I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 69: In the aftermath, what really matters is people’s hearts!

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In the East Palace, Zhu Yunzhen took the flintlock gun that had just been delivered and tried several shots in succession.

Not bad.

The effect is better than he imagined.

It seems that Ming's craftsmen and related technologies are not behind at all.

It's just not being put to good use.

That day Zhu Yunxi discussed the drawings with the craftsmen, and they rushed to work day and night, and finally made a sample gun.

Beside, Xu Miaojin looked at the target not far away, and said: "With such a sharp weapon, what kind of martial arts do you still practice?"

In the past few days, when Zhu Yunxi was free, he practiced martial arts with Xu Miaojin.

Although it's just some basic skills, it still looks good.

Zhu Yunxuan smiled and said: "This thing requires time to prepare and aim. It is not bad when facing the enemy in battle, but if we meet on a narrow road, it may not be in time."

Xu Miaojin said: "I think as long as the distance is more than seven steps, martial arts masters may not be able to defeat the person with this flintlock."

Zhu Yunzhen smiled.

If it is a gun of later generations, it will be different.

Seven steps away, the gun is fast.

Within seven steps, the gun was fast and accurate.

"This thing still has a lot of room for improvement."

He pondered in his mind.

In Xu Miaojin's view, the flintlock gun is already comparable to a magic weapon when it is made like this.

But Zhu Yunxi knew that there was still a lot of room for improvement after seeing the guns of later generations.

For example, reloading.

Today's flintlock guns are still front-loaded.

If it can be changed to rear loading, the effect will be more than a little bit better.

However, there is no rush.

You can't become a fat man with one mouthful, you can only do it step by step.

Afterwards, Zhu Yunxi asked people to load the flintlock gun and put it in the long box, ready to enter the palace.

"Your Majesty didn't ask after Zhu Xi's death?" Xu Miaojin asked in a low voice.

Zhu Yunxuan shook his head and said, "If he dies like this, it will only make Grandpa Huang hate him even more."

Xu Miaojin was puzzled and said, "Why?"

"Dead at the hands of a woman in the palace, and a person who served with her, spread the reputation of insulting the royal family."

"But if you cover it up, you can't learn from it, and the same thing may happen in the future."

Zhu Yunxi said: "In order to let the latecomers learn a lesson, Grandpa Huang did not cover up the matter, but decided to make it public and inform all the royal family members of the cause of Zhu Xi's death."

"For this reason, the emperor's grandfather has already decreed that Zhu Yu's actions are unprecedented in ancient times, and the crime cannot be punished by public opinion."

"Although he is dead now, he cannot be exonerated, so he is specially ordered to be buried with the duke's ceremony."

Xu Miaojin was stunned for a long time when he heard the words, and sighed: "I thought he would pursue this matter and set up a big prison."

No wonder Xu Miaojin thinks so.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lao Zhu has always been tyrannical and cruel.

Killing like hemp, without mercy.

Zhu Yunxi shook his head.

He now has a better understanding of Lao Zhu's temperament.

After all, Lao Zhu is still a person who puts the country and the country first.

Although he is very protective of his family, he will not exceed the necessary limit.

Zhu Xi died.

Yinger can finally rest in peace.

Zhu Yunzhen did not go to Ying'er's grave in person to pay homage and tell her about revenge.

At this moment, he must avoid suspicion.

The dead die, but the living continue to live.

I believe that Ying'er can understand under the nine springs.

Worship is not in a hurry.

Several maidservants who killed him committed suicide after assassinating Zhu Xi.

When the emperor was angry, he buried a million corpses.

The man was angry, blood spattered three feet.

Although the status of the few court ladies is low, they are people close to Zhu Xi.

Zhu Xi even abused the people around him, so he deserved his own fate for his current fate.

When deciding on the strategy to kill Zhu Xi, Zhu Yunxi's thoughts were simple and direct.

Let Lao Zhu kill him, definitely not.

But it was easy for Lao Zhu to scold him.

It is not even necessary to submit any evidence to Lao Zhu.

When he went to Zhu Xing's house, he told Lao Zhu that he suspected that Zhu Xing was the real murderer who ordered the assassin to assassinate.

Lao Zhu really thinks so.

She also thought that Zhu Yunxi had evidence in her hands, but she didn't submit it to herself and announced it to the world just to take care of the Tian family's face and "family affection", so that she would not be able to step down.

Therefore, Lao Zhu severely reprimanded Zhu Xi.

The subsequent development was exactly as Zhu Yunxi expected.

After Zhu Xi was reprimanded, he abused those around him even more.

Zhu Yunzhen only gently guided the maid to buy the "poison", and then killed Zhu Xi easily.

As soon as Zhu Xi died, several maidservants also committed suicide, and Lao Zhu had no intention of investigating.

A clever strategy does not require any complicated calculations.

What really counts is the "people's heart".

Zhu Yunzhen decided on such a strategy precisely because he calculated Lao Zhu's heart, Zhu Xi's heart, and the maidservant's heart.

It seems very simple, but in fact it is very clever.

Those seemingly useless means, interceding for Zhu Xi, guiding Lao Zhu step by step, even rebelling against the courtiers, observing the situation in the Qin Palace...

Any conspiracy, in the final analysis, is to play with people's hearts.

What happened to Zhu Xi made Zhu Yunxi slowly change his mind.

It would be a huge tragedy for Zhu Yunqi if he inherited the Datong.

Conversely, if the old Zhu made Zhu Di the crown prince and let him be the emperor, would Zhu Yunxi's situation be really good?

At the beginning, Zhu Yunxi really thought so.

Zhu Di became emperor without going through the Jingnan War, so he did not have to deal with his nephew.

But now, Zhu Yunxi has changed his mind.

It is unreliable to entrust one's own destiny on others.

This time Zhu Xi ordered someone to assassinate Zhu Yunxian. Zhu Di was definitely not involved, but was he really unaware of it?
Or, in fact, he had already heard the wind, or expected that something might happen, and deliberately let it go?

If Zhu Yunxi died, and it was found out later that Zhu Xi did it, then for Zhu Di, it would kill two birds with one stone.

On the way to Yangshan for hunting, Zhu Di even knew how to send a horse and horse to pick him up.

He also explained that he didn't come in person because there were hunting things to arrange.

Why did you not send anyone back with Zhu Yunxi when there was nothing else to do when you came back?

If there had been, the assassination would not have happened, and the guards and Ying'er would not have died.

Whether this was intentional, or a momentary negligence, has no way of finding out.

But this incident reminded Zhu Yunxi that he must never entrust his fate in the hands of others.

He also wants to fight for the position of crown prince.

Moreover, Zhu Yunxi found that unconsciously, he already had an excellent impression in Lao Zhu's heart.

In this battle for the crown prince's position, he has an advantage.

The servants prepared the carriage, and Zhu Yunxi went to the palace.

In the palace, Lao Zhu was reviewing the memorial, and Zhu Yunxi walked in.

"Grandfather!"

He didn't kneel down to salute, but ran towards Lao Zhu with a smile.

Lao Zhu put down the brush in his hand, picked up Zhu Yunyu and said, "Here comes your son, let the emperor see it, has it grown taller?"

Zhu Yunxi curled his lips and said, "How could it be so fast, Grandpa Huang just saw it yesterday."

Old Zhu laughed out loud.

Zhu Yunzhen observed the words and expressions and found that although Zhu Xiang died, Lao Zhu did not feel much sadness.

It seems that in his heart, he has always been very entangled with this son.

On the one hand, Zhu Xi's actions have already touched Lao Zhu's bottom line, and Lao Zhu can't wait to pull him out and behead him.

On the other hand, Zhu Xi was his son, and as a father, Lao Zhu couldn't bear to deal with his son.

Especially after Zhu Fang sent people to assassinate Zhu Yunxian, Lao Zhu was even more in a dilemma.

Now, once Zhu Xun died, it was all over.

For Lao Zhu, he was relieved.

From now on, I no longer have to worry about how to treat Zhu Xi.

"Recently, Japanese pirates are raging along the coast again. It's really abominable."

Lao Zhu is worrying about this matter.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirate rebellion began when Lao Zhu was in power.

Since the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, Dongying has entered a period of division between the North and the South.

At this time, wars between different samurai groups in Japan were frequent.

Some warriors who were defeated and fled turned to the sea and became pirates.

They came to my country's coastal areas and looted wantonly, becoming the earliest Japanese pirates.

Later, Fang Guozhen, Zhang Shicheng and others were defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang successively, and the rest of them also fled to the coastal area, colluding with the pirates from Dongying.

Coupled with the cooperation of some smuggling merchants along the coast, the Japanese pirate rebellion broke out in the early Ming Dynasty.

The influence of Japanese pirates is very far-reaching.

Without Japanese pirates, there would be no sea ban.

Later, although Longqing switched it on and off, in the following hundreds of years, the Ming and Qing dynasties always wavered between prohibition and release.

This continued until the later Opium Wars.

"Grandfather, I brought a sharp weapon with me when I entered the palace this time."

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(End of this chapter)