Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 538 Everyone, at every stage, has their own mission

Black River Guard.

This was once just the most ordinary guard post of the Ming Dynasty in Nuergandusi. Normally, almost no one was stationed here, because although the strategic position here is important, there has been no war in the north of Nuergandusi, and there were not even many people. This place has naturally been gradually ignored.

However, today is different.

The once ordinary guardhouse has become extraordinary under the changes of the current situation, and all of this is because this is the only way from Beishanwei to Wuliangha Sanwei.

It is also the last guard station before crossing Heilongjiang.

After passing Heilongjiang, there is Mulijiwei to the south, Fuyuwei to the south, and Fuyuwei to the south...

It is the Duoyan Guard where Zhu Zhanhe is currently stationed.

In the Ming Dynasty, whether in the capital or in ordinary cities, there was an unwritten rule, that is, no matter who you were, as long as the emperor did not personally lead the army, you could not lead troops into the city.

Or, you can bring a few guards into the city to spend the night, but the soldiers you lead must be stationed outside the city. If there is no permission from the city guards, they are not allowed to enter the city without authorization, and those who violate it will be punished as treason.

Of course, rules are dead but people are alive, just like Zhu Zhanhe.

If he strictly followed the rules, it would be impossible for him to successfully enter Tongzhou this time, let alone take over Shuntian Mansion.

However, Zhu Zhanhe is obviously not Zhu Zhanhe, nor does he have such a privilege.

On top of the Black River Guards City, the defenders were staring nervously at the camp outside. They worked in shifts of four hours and were on duty all night long.

Outside Heihe Guard City, Zhu Zhanyong was sitting in a temporary tent, eating quietly. Next to him was his third brother Zhu Zhanyong.

Although Zhu Zhanyong was not controlled, the two guards behind him who stared at him were obviously not for nothing.

The two brothers were like this, one eating, the other watching, silent, but each had their own thoughts.

In fact, after that meeting, Zhu Zhanyi knew that his third brother was moved by his heart, and he was not satisfied with helping his sister-in-law get revenge, so Zhu Zhanyi made preparations in advance.

It seems that he is also moved, and is gathering people and horses to prepare to go south, but in fact, the people and horses he has gathered are prepared for his third brother. Contrary to his third brother's idea, they are to prevent his sister-in-law's revenge.

Solemn and vigilant, quite a reputation.

This is the evaluation of Zhu Zhanyi in later history books. Now it seems that Zhu Zhanyi can afford this evaluation.

Do you have any intention of competing for position?Zhu Zhanyong made his thoughts on this issue clear at the first opportunity, but Zhu Zhanyong was different. He put this issue aside first, thought about a bigger problem, and came up with the answer.

Does the lineage of Emperor Hongxi still have a chance of winning?
Faced with this question, an answer emerged in Zhu Zhanzhen's mind, which was also the answer closest to reality.

No.

Although he is also from Emperor Hongxi's lineage, and can even be ranked as the second child now, he still can't convince himself, convince himself and tell himself that Hongxi's lineage still has a chance of winning.

yes!Before the death of Emperor Hongxi and even the death of Emperor Xuande, the Empress Dowager Zhang was able to temporarily temper Tianzheng, but this was just to give face.

But now, the emperor has died without any heirs, and his two uncles have been exiled to the wilderness. In addition, Zhu Zhanhe is powerful...

What the Empress Dowager Zhang could do before, does not mean that the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei can also do it.

With no authority, no generals, no soldiers, and not even a match for their civil and military skills, all that was left to the Hong Xi lineage was the so-called historical convention of "differentiation between descendants and concubines, ordering elders and younger ones"...

What can the Hongxi lineage fight for?

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyi followed this answer and thought of another question.

Is there any point in continuing to fight?
No.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Zhu Zhanzhen knew that the answer to this question must be no.

When the two sides in a battle are not equal in strength, and even the cheering audience invariably favors one side, the outcome of the battle is unquestionable.

Maybe, a miracle will happen at this time, but in the fight for the highest position in the world, even if you win, no one will cheer you on, and you will not be the one with the last laugh.

In addition, their Hongxi lineage...

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, started out as a commoner and conquered a huge world.

Emperor Taizong raised troops to quell the situation and sought survival from death, which allowed Ming Dynasty to make great progress in martial arts and prestige.

Emperor Hongxi worked hard to govern. Although he only reigned for one year, during the Yongle period, he repeatedly supervised the country as the prince and made outstanding contributions to the internal governance of the Ming Dynasty.

however……

During the Xuande Dynasty, because he was afraid of the threat of Zhu Zhanhe, Emperor Xuande united with Wala and wanted to attack and kill Zhu Zhanhe in Liangzhou Guards. To this end, he even did not hesitate to use firearms as bargaining chips to cooperate with Wala.

Not to mention today's orthodox dynasty...

The abolition of Gongyang Neo-Confucianism and the re-establishment of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism made the hard work of the King of Wu for several years in vain. Now the emperor was captured by the enemy and became the first emperor to be captured in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It is simply a shame for the Ming Dynasty...

Zhu Zhanchen felt that their Hongxi lineage had been completely disgraced, and had even reached the point where they would be silent when facing their ancestors a hundred years later.

From Xuande to Zhengtong, what the father and son did was more outrageous than the other.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanzhen sighed softly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at the third brother who was still using his chopsticks.

If they follow their sister-in-law's arrangements and go south to the capital under the pretext of avenging the emperor and purging traitors, that's not to say that there is no possibility of success, but that possibility is really slim.

The result with a high probability is to add a meaningless civil strife to Daming, which will increase the burden on the court and the people, and my relatives will not have a good ending in the end.

At best, it would be someone who has abolished the clan status, but at worst... it is not impossible to even sit down.

"Eat something." Looking at the untouched food in front of his third brother, Zhu Zhanqian said slowly.

"If you don't eat today, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat in the future."

"We will cross the river early tomorrow morning. If nothing unexpected happens, we will arrive at Fuyuwei before dark."

"There are already people sent by cousin Zhanhe. When the time comes..."

At this point, Zhu Zhanchen almost opened his mouth to tell the ending, but finally gave up.

That ending was not a happy one, and both brothers knew it clearly, so there was no need to emphasize it again and again.

"Huh!" Zhu Zhanyong snorted coldly when he heard the words, and turned his head to one side.

"With a stupid brother like you, how can I still eat?"

"I don't think about how to turn defeat into victory. Instead, I think about kneeling down and licking the enemy. Is this useful? You don't think Zhu Zhanhe, the god of death, will really let us go, do you?"

"I never thought about it that way." Zhu Zhanyong shook his head slightly, and the answer in his mouth was filled with despair, which made Zhu Zhanyong stunned.

"Didn't think about it that way? Then why did you..." Looking at his younger brother, Zhu Zhanyong was puzzled,

There is nothing important in life except death. If we insist on saying that there is, then it can only be "life". Only the birth of life can compete with death.

He originally thought that his brother arrested him and sent him to Zhu Zhanhe in exchange for credit and a chance to survive.

However, judging from his younger brother's words, it seems that he has never thought about it that way, even...

He seemed ready to die generously.

Zhu Zhanchen sighed deeply when he heard this, looked at his third brother, and opened his lips slightly: "Third brother, you don't understand..."

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The next day, at dusk, Duo Yanwei appeared.

Zhu Zhanhe stood at the gate of the camp, with the soldiers behind him lined up in order, as if they were waiting for a big battle to come.

But in reality, they were waiting for someone.

As winter approaches, it gets dark earlier and faster, but in the afterglow of sunset, a team of about 2000 people appears in the distance, slowly coming here.

Zhu Zhanhe raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and watched quietly.

I don't know how long it took, but the team finally arrived in front of Zhu Zhanhe.

More than 500 people stopped [-] meters away, and slowly separated from the middle, a carriage drove out slowly, and came to a place about ten meters in front of Zhu Zhanhe.

A man slowly got out of the carriage with the help of a guard, but...

This person is not Zhu Zhanzhen, but Zhu Zhanzhen's eldest son, Zhu Qiyong.

After getting off the carriage, Zhu Qiyong raised his head, looked at Zhu Zhanhe, pinched the things in his sleeves, waved to the guards beside him, and then walked slowly but firmly towards Zhu Zhanhe.

Behind Zhu Qiyong, the guards divided into two groups and walked behind the carriage.

After a while, a man and a coffin were carried out of the carriage.

"Yong'er, meet your uncle." Walking to Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Qiyong slowly knelt down.

Zhu Zhanhe sighed slightly, and did not look at Zhu Qiyong, but turned his attention to the people and coffin beside the carriage.

The person is Zhu Zhanyong, and the coffin is...

"Your father..." After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Zhanhe spoke slowly.

"Report to my uncle." Zhu Qiyong knelt on the ground and replied with his head lowered.

"My father said that Emperor Taizong said that he wanted to fight the battle of three generations by himself so that future generations could enjoy peace forever, but he failed in the end."

"However, most of the unfinished business of Emperor Taizong has been completed in your hands, cousin. You have even seen the dawn of success."

"My father told me that one generation has its own mission. This is what my cousin told Emperor Taizong when he was still in Yingtian Mansion. He thought it made sense, so he relayed it to me."

"He said that as descendants of the Zhu family, we should have the belief to climb the peak bravely, but if one day we no longer have the ability to climb the peak, then we should not become an obstacle to the Zhu family's climb to the top."

When he said this, Zhu Qiyong slowly raised his head, reached into his sleeve and pulled out something.

When he saw that thing, Zhu Ping's whole body tensed up and he quickly ducked in front of Zhu Zhanhe, looking at Zhu Qiyong in front of him with a wary expression.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a dagger reflected dazzling light in Zhu Qiyong's hand.

However, Zhu Zhanhe stretched out his hand and slowly pulled Zhu Ping aside.

"Today, Yonger has completed the first task assigned by his father. Now, Yonger will give his father's second..."

Before Zhu Qiyong finished speaking, Zhu Zhanhe raised his hand, and Zhu Ping, who was pulled aside, quickly bullied him, and the saber in his left hand flew out, knocking down the dagger in Zhu Qiyong's hand with one blow.

Seeing Zhu Ping's success, Zhu Zhanhe turned around and walked towards the camp while talking.

"Whether it is an obstacle to the Zhu family's climb to the peak, this question doesn't count if you say it, it doesn't matter if your father says it, or even if I say it."

……

That night.

In late autumn on the grassland, the evening wind is annoyingly tight. They don't seem to be interested in you. They just want to get into your knees, your elbows, and into the seams of your bones.

Looking at the full moon hanging in the sky, Zhu Zhanhe sat on the ground, feeling a little sad.

Originally, he thought that there could not be two kinds of people in one family, just like his cousin Zhu Zhanji and his nephew Zhu Qizhen.

But today, after seeing Zhu Zhanzhen's coffin and Zhu Qiyong's determined look, Zhu Zhanhe realized that in this world, two kinds of people can really be raised in one family.

One is completely corrupted by power, and is filled with nothing but power.

The other kind, however, emerges from the mud and remains unsullied, knowing the big and small, public and private, and what is the best result.

Zhu Zhanhe knew what Zhu Zhanzhen, a cousin he had not met a few times, was thinking.

Zhu Zhanhe wanted to ascend the throne. Emperor Zhu Qizhen was the biggest obstacle, but this biggest obstacle had been solved by Zhu Ling.

However, just because the biggest obstacle has been resolved does not mean that all obstacles have been resolved.

Just as Zhu Zhanyong, who wanted to go south to Beijing, thought, there are differences between concubines and concubines, and the elders and younger ones are in order.

Without Zhu Qizhen, there is still Zhu Zhanyong; without Zhu Zhanyong, there is still him Zhu Zhanyong.

Perhaps, for the sake of the overall situation and the future of the Ming Dynasty, they could support Zhu Zhanhe to ascend the throne, but some ambitious people would not think so.

As long as they are still there, it is difficult to say that there will not be a day in the future when someone with ulterior motives will take them hostage and use them as their name to cause another turmoil in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, what Zhu Zhanzhen did was not only to stabilize the current Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible, but also to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

In fact, the Wu Wang lineage had already prepared for this.

Just as Zhu Ling went to Wala Camp to kill Zhu Qizhen and then committed suicide, Zhu Gaoxu had already arranged everything for his son and thought of all solutions.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't notice Zhu Ling's matter because he trusted Zhu Ling enough, but after Zhu Ling's matter, Zhu Zhanhe immediately thought of many problems and sent someone to investigate.

Later, Zhu Zhanhe found out that his father had arranged so much for him.

As mentioned before, Zhu Qizhen was the biggest obstacle for Zhu Zhanhe to ascend the throne. Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanxi, the legitimate sons of Emperor Hongxi, were also obstacles for Zhu Zhanhe after he ascended the throne.

Zhu Gaoxu originally planned to advise his son to recruit Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong in the name of opening up the territory after his son ascended the throne. This was also to prevent the occurrence of another situation like Zhu Zhanyong who gathered troops to rebel. Exiled overseas.

Zhu Gaojiu had already thought about the place of exile, which was Australia, where Zhu Gaojiu was originally exiled.

In the future, when Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyang are exiled, Xiangzhou Prefecture can take action to completely eliminate Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong and completely eliminate the hidden dangers of their sons.

Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu had already thought of the reasons.

The first choice is shipwreck. After all, sea navigation is quite risky, so it is not uncommon to have a shipwreck or something.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu had even thought of the reasons for the next update.

Once something unexpected happened and the real cause of death of brothers Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong was exposed, Zhu Gaoxu also thought of other solutions.

(End of this chapter)