If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 324 Southwest Rebellion
Zhu Zhanchuan and Meng Qinglin were busy training soldiers, but the Zhang family in the palace was not idle either. They circled around their two pregnant daughters-in-law with concern every day, watching their bellies getting bigger day by day. The mood is also very good.

This is her eldest grandson. Although he has not been born yet, it also represents the blossoming of their branch.

You must know that in this era, the reproduction of descendants is very important. There is a word called ancestral succession, which means to extend the clan and continue the descendants.

Since ancient times, it has been said that "there are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having heirs." In the eyes of the ancients, having no heirs is the greatest unfilial piety, because this makes your ancestors lose people to offer sacrifices to, and turns them into lonely ghosts. Of course, this It is a very unfilial thing.

So sometimes, if a son cannot be born, they will find a way to adopt a child from a relative of the same clan to continue the legacy, so that no one will worship their ancestors in the future.

For the royal family of the feudal dynasty, the reproduction of descendants is even more important, and this matter even involves the stability of the country.

Don’t you see, the inheritance of the throne in all dynasties from ancient times to the present has been full of overt and covert struggles and the flash of swords and swords. How many people can pass it from emperor to prince smoothly without competition for imperial power?
Not to mention anything else, the inheritance of the throne has not stopped since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Taizu. None of the three emperors of the Ming Dynasty has ascended to the throne smoothly.

Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang, of course, relied on his true skills to conquer the country with one sword and one shot. The legitimacy of the throne was extremely orthodox. As the saying goes, there is no one who can win the country with integrity.

But this journey has also been bloody and bloody. How many powerful people have been defeated and how many storms have been experienced before we can secure this country?
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang's succession to the next generation of the throne was very safe and smooth. After all, his eldest son Zhu Biao was quite upright.

Not only was he the eldest son of Empress Ma, he was also Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite and beloved son.

The so-called sons of Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations were divided into two types, Zhu Biao and others. This is not a joke, but this was what happened in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

As the eldest son who inherited the family business, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally put all his efforts into cultivating Zhu Biao. Whether it was his prestige as a prince or the civil servants and generals he used to govern the country, Zhu Yuanzhang paved the way for Zhu Biao. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang burps himself, Zhu Biao can successfully succeed to the throne without any obstacles.

Unfortunately, Zhu Biao died.

He died earlier than Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Biao's eldest son Zhu Xiongying died earlier.

As a result, great problems arose in the succession of the Ming Dynasty's throne, even to the point of shaking the country's foundation.

Not to mention anything else, among the next generation of Ming Dynasty military generals, the general Lan Yu who carried the cauldron was skinned, and the generals of Lan Yu's line were also killed by Lao Zhu with the Lan Yu case. It is said that they were chopped up one after another. More than 5000 heads.

The only reason for this is that Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Yunwen could not control Lan Yu, a strong general. If he died, Lan Yu would definitely support Zhu Yunxi, a son of Chang, to seize the throne.

With Zhu Yunwen's abilities and the talents under his command, there was no way he could defeat Lan Yu, the No. 1 military leader of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

After all, all the six founding kings who could defeat Lan Yu at that time had died of illness. Among the Ming army, the only one who could defeat Lan Yu in a war was Xu Huizu, who had lost his armor and lost his armor to Zhu Di.

If Lan Yu really had been kept, then Zhu Yuanzhang might have just left, and Lan Yu could have sent Zhu Yunwen down to accompany him.

Therefore, in order to avoid problems with the succession of Ming Dynasty's throne, Lao Zhu had no choice but to personally send Lan Yu away first.

But even so, Zhu Yunwen, a loser, still failed to keep the throne, and was usurped by Zhu Di. This made Zhu Di the reputation of the most successful rebellion among feudal lords, and also allowed Zhu Di to successfully erase the Jianwen Dynasty from the official records of the Ming Dynasty. , directly extended the Hongwu Dynasty for another four years.However, the battle for the throne of the Ming Dynasty was not over yet. After Yongle ascended the throne, the fight for the heir apparent between the King of Han and the crown prince was almost obvious.

If it weren't for the emperor playing checks and balances, the two brothers might not have started fighting long ago.

That is to say, Zhu Zhankun completely eliminated the King of Han and threw him to the border of Yunnan and Guizhou, completely eliminating the possibility of him competing for the throne.

It is conceivable that for the Zhang family who has experienced all this, it is of great significance that Zhu Zhanquan can have descendants.

Not to mention that these two children of Zhu Zhanju were the first to be born of the Qi generation among the "Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou" lineage of King Yan. This is even more significant, symbolizing that the Ming Dynasty royal family has a new generation. The Ming Dynasty's kingdoms and royal families became more and more extended, which was a sign of prosperity.

In fact, in Nanjing at this time, ever since the imperial court received the report from Zheng Fan and learned that King Zheng was there, they had already seen a new increase in the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty from the fortune compass.

Of course, this also caused all the civil and military officials in the court to collectively write a letter urging Zhu Zhanji to have a son as soon as possible. At the same time, some people took this opportunity to write a letter asking the emperor to replace his grandson.

After all, Zhu Zhanji, as the eldest son, has no children yet, but Zhu Zhanqun, who married with him, already has two children. This contrast is too obvious, and it will indeed affect the possibility of the future inheritance of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di was noncommittal about this. He neither urged Zhu Zhanji nor showed much excitement about Zhu Zhanquan's pregnancy. He just gave him a normal reward and nothing more.

This made Zhu Gaochi, who had been prepared to deal with it, very uncomfortable, and felt as if his punch was empty.

However, Zhu Gaochi did not dwell too much on this matter, because at this moment there was a bigger problem before them, that is, Annan rebelled again.

Since the imperial court successfully conquered Annan in the fourth year of Yongle, this area has never been peaceful. It has been in a state of suppression and rebellion, rebellion and suppression, and has never been able to settle down.

Although the imperial court established counties and counties and brought the entire Annan under the direct control of the imperial court, this place had been separated from the Central Plains for too long, and the Ming Dynasty did not have much of a popular base here.

Even though the Ming army conquered Annan and overthrew the original rule of the Li Dynasty and gained a lot of popular support, the court's governance of this area has always been very poor.

So now that Annan has finally rebelled again, the court has to discuss sending troops to suppress it.

Originally, there was nothing much to say about this matter. With the current national strength and military level of the Ming Dynasty, suppressing an Annan was easier than crushing an ant.

Especially after the King of Han was thrown to Yunnan by Zhu Di to become a vassal, Yunnan was guarded by Zhu Gaoxu and the Mu family, so there would be no problems no matter what.

But unfortunately, it was the King of Han himself who forced Annan to rebel this time.

(End of this chapter)