Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 603: The Underworld - Thick Eyebrows and Big Eyes Zhu Chongba

"Uh... Ouch!"

"Pick up the leather belt!"

After Zhu Yunwen arrived in the underworld, he was severely beaten by Zhu Bo, then by Zhu Yuanzhang, and when he had nothing to do, he was severely beaten by the furious Zhu Biao.

Even when he went out, he was often ambushed by Lan Yu and others. Although they did not dare to use their fists, they would still ridicule him. After all, he was the only emperor of a unified country who was overthrown by a vassal king during his rising period.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned a blind eye to these things.

Now, he was eager to know what happened to the Ming Dynasty after the death of Zhu Yunwen, so he stopped farming every day and stayed in the yard of his mansion, waiting for Huaguang to appear.

Whenever he saw him like this, Zhu Biao would seize the opportunity to beat Zhu Yunwen severely.

Ever since he knew that he couldn't kill anyone in this place, Zhu Biao would kill them every time. As Zhu Yunwen's good brother, Zhu Xiongying, who died young, kept the same appearance as when he died in the underworld. Every time Zhu Yunwen was beaten, he would come out and click his tongue afterwards.

"It's fine that Geng Bingwen can't beat the fourth brother, but you think Jiujiang and Jingchun can beat the fourth brother..."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the sky for seven years, but the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty never came. However, he could not understand how Zhu Di could lead 300,000 men to defeat Zhu Yunwen's million-strong army head-on.

Every time he asked Geng Bingwen and others, Geng Bingwen and others only explained the process and results of the Battle of Zhending, but did not explain the rest of the background. This made Zhu Yuanzhang think that Zhu Di defeated Geng Bingwen, who had 200,000 soldiers, with 300,000 soldiers in the Zhending battlefield.

"Grandpa, it's my grandson who is incompetent..."

Zhu Yunwen, with a bruised face and nose, did not dare to tell the truth. Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated questioning, he could only make up a lie. At the same time, he thought that no matter who became emperor between Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu, he must die later.

"Buzz rumbling..."

"coming?!"

Suddenly, a bright light appeared in the sky. Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was Zhu Di coming. After all, the eldest, second and third sons had not lived past the age of fifty. Calculating the time, Zhu Di should be about the same age too.

As a result, as soon as he stood up, he saw the bright light shining on him and Zhu Yunwen.

"what's the situation?"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen could react, they were lifted into the air by the light and slowly landed on an island.

"Grandpa, where is this?"

Zhu Yunwen looked around with a bruised face. There was the sea, high mountains, a waterfall that dropped hundreds of feet, and a lake covering thousands of acres. There were rows of buildings along the lake on both sides, and there were also many people.

"Don't panic. Since Hua Guang brought us here, it must be the intention of the underworld."

"I looked around when I landed just now. This place isn't that big. It's only about ten miles from east to west and seven or eight miles from north to south."

"Grandpa is cautious, and I admire him!"

Zhu Yunwen flattered him, but Zhu Yuanzhang felt very unhappy.

Now, the more he looks at Zhu Yunwen, the more uncomfortable he feels.

"You are the ones who destroyed my Yuan Dynasty?!"

Suddenly, hundreds of people gathered in front of them. Zhu Yunwen was startled, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also startled.

Hundreds of people surrounded them, but only dozens of them glared at them. They were all wearing Yuanfu, and the leader looked somewhat familiar to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"May I ask your Excellency who is..."

"Kublai Khan!"

As soon as Kublai Khan opened his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang felt terrible. Although he had thought about this day, he did not expect it to come so soon.

"Kublai Khan, keep your voice down!"

After Kublai Khan introduced himself in a menacing manner, a tall man with thick eyebrows and long eyes, wearing a black and red crown, shouted at him from the crowd surrounding them.

"Emperor Wu, I'll just chat with him."

Kublai Khan's morale dropped sharply, but he could do nothing about it.

"Emperor Wu, do you want to fight?"

A forty-year-old man dressed in a white Mongolian robe walked out from behind Kublai Khan. Upon hearing this, Emperor Wu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Good, Temujin. We haven't fought for ten years, and you barbarians still dare to make a fuss!"

"Fellow Liu clan members, come forward shoulder to shoulder!"

Following Emperor Wu's order, more than twenty majestic young men immediately rushed up with him, followed by a thirty-year-old emperor who looked unruly and had a few little kids cheering for him.

"Zhao clan members, take revenge if there is revenge! Repay injustice if there is injustice!"

Suddenly, a sturdy fat man came jogging from a distance with a stick and joined the beating of Temujin and dozens of others. Behind him were only a few young men with fast steps, and the others were thin young men wearing red robes with wide sleeves.

Facing this group of people who joined the battlefield, except for the fat man with a stick who rushed left and right, most of the others needed two or three people to deal with one Mongolian, and their fighting power was worrying...

Standing not far away, a sturdy, handsome young man stroked his mustache and joked to the dozen people around him:
"Zhi Nu, look at this Han leader in later generations. Except for Zhao Kuangyin who was good at fighting, the rest were all rotten fish and shrimp. Alas..."

As the young man spoke, he shook his head in disdain, and it was almost as if "Everyone here is garbage" was written on his face.

"Father, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to say this?"

Standing next to the young man, a young man with a kind yet sinister look in his brows spoke.

When the young man heard this, he immediately snorted coldly: "If you are not as skilled as others, you have to admit it. If you were a little tougher, you wouldn't..."

As he spoke, the young man subconsciously touched his leather belt, and the sinister young man couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Grandpa, what's going on?"

"Let's take a look first."

Zhu Yunwen was stunned by the scene before him, while Zhu Yuanzhang analyzed a lot of things.

He took the initiative to walk up to the only tall man wearing a pure black crown and bowed: "I guess you are the First Emperor. I am Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Nice to meet you, Senior."

Being able to bend and stretch is the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang and most of the heroes were able to succeed.

Ying Zheng glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, then glanced at his own clothes. Obviously he also knew why Zhu Yuanzhang could recognize him.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also glanced around Ying Zheng.

There were two men on his left and right, one was a boy of thirteen or fourteen, and the other was a young man in his thirties.

"May I ask where this place is?"

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed and asked, and Ying Zheng did not hide anything.

"Every ten years, a brilliant light appears in this world to welcome the emperors to come here for a meeting."

"Ten years..." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, he had actually been dead for ten years.

"Grandpa, I want to go see Emperor Wen."

When Zhu Yunwen heard about the emperors of past dynasties, he immediately thought of Emperor Wen of Han. Before Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, Ying Zheng's eyes sparkled:
"Grandpa? Your second emperor of the Ming Dynasty is your grandson?"

"Uh... just an unfilial descendant." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little speechless. However, there were only two of them in the Ming Dynasty. If they were too ostentatious, they would inevitably be bullied.

“Hmm… hehe…”

Ying Zheng smiled softly. The young man from the Tianri Watch not far away, another young man in his forties, and Emperor Wu who was in the chaos of the battle couldn't help but look at him with annoyance.

"Your grandson is so young, how come he came down so soon?"

Ying Zheng couldn't hide his smile when asking, but Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was bleeding.

Obviously, they all saw the glory of the Ming Dynasty, and they also knew that Zhu Yunwen was sent down after only two years as emperor.

"Father, from this perspective, I am not bad. I have been working for three years."

"shut up!"

As soon as the young man of about thirteen or fourteen opened his mouth, the smile on Ying Zheng's face froze instantly and he glared at him sideways.

The young man quickly covered his mouth. Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to cover up and directly told the story of Zhu Yunwen's asshole...

As soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted a lot of attention.

When they heard that Zhu Yunwen, who had an army of one million, was defeated by Zhu Di, a vassal king who had an army of 300,000, many emperors could not help laughing.

The young man from the Sun Watch that day also stroked his mustache and chuckled:

"Except for my father-in-law, I have never heard of anyone whose army of one million could not defeat three hundred thousand people... Oh, yes, there are also Fu Jian and the others..."

"Li Shimin, don't go too far!"

As soon as Li Shimin opened his mouth, a handsome man in his thirties couldn't help but speak, but Li Shimin continued to laugh:
"Father-in-law, if I hadn't rescued you in time at Yanmen Pass, you would have been abducted by the Turks and taken to the grasslands. You can't stand my words?"

"A million troops..."

Li Shimin sighed and said: "If I had a million troops when I conquered Goguryeo, I would have recovered the Three Kingdoms of Korea."

"Alas... My achievements are not great, my virtue is not deep, so China is not stable, and the four barbarians are not submissive. Otherwise, there would not be these farces."

Li Shimin said to the Khans and emperors of Mongolia and the two Song dynasties who were fighting in a group, and also to the strong fat man holding a stick:

"Zhao Kuangyin, your skills with a stick are almost as good as my subordinate Yuchi Jingde!"

Li Shimin's words undoubtedly demoted Zhao Kuangyin to the level of his generals. Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He looked back at the other young man who was running away and said, "Sanlang, I'll deal with you when I get back!"

"Ah?" Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was thrown to the ground by Yelu Longxu who joined the melee, with a scream.

After a while, as everyone was tired of fighting, a handsome man in his forties walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "It's okay, maybe your Ming Dynasty won't perish in the second generation?"

"Uh..." Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless: "Who are you?"

"The unfilial son Yang Guang is my son." The man's introduction was unique, but Zhu Yuanzhang understood it and bowed, saying, "So you are the senior Emperor Wen of Sui."

"Haha, what seniors and juniors? They are all dead now."

Yang Jian looked at Zhu Yunwen who was running to find Emperor Wen of Han not far away, and sighed: "It seems that your prince has not been able to ascend the throne..."

"..." Yang Jian's words immediately made Li Shimin, Kublai Khan and Liu Che, who were not far away, look over here.

"It's not a big deal. At least your Ming Dynasty is still pretty big."

Yang Jian looked at the Ming Dynasty territory floating in the air, but he did not feel envious. After all, the Sui Dynasty also had more than 400 miles of land.

After several chats, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually became familiar with them. Everyone had already learned about Zhu Yuanzhang's background from Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty and admired him very much.

Of course, this still involves some wrangling with Kublai Khan.

"Although the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, the Khans of the Mongol Empire still exist, which is not bad..."

Temujin stroked his beard, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything. After all, he still remembered that the Timurid Empire had detained the Ming Dynasty's envoys.

Gao Xu said that Timur would march eastward to invade the Ming Dynasty. So after Yunwen's death, would Timur take advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to invade?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang became uneasy and was absent-minded throughout the entire imperial party.

The emperors were all experienced people, and basically no one advised them, as there was still a long time to live.

Soon, the three-day party ended, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen were sent back to the land of the Ming Dynasty by Huaguang.

Time passed little by little, and soon Zhu Yuanzhang had experienced another ten years, and the emperor's meeting was held again.

If a new dynasty continent had not appeared in this world, Zhu Yuanzhang would probably have suspected that the Ming Dynasty really perished in the second generation.

His original anxiety was gradually diluted as time went by. He had attended the emperor's gatherings three times and his mentality had calmed down.

Seeing that he had been in this world for thirty-six years, just as Zhu Yuanzhang was waiting for the fourth emperor's gathering to arrive, the land of the Ming Dynasty suddenly shook.

"Buzz rumbling..."

"What happened?!"

On the vegetable field, Zhu Yunwen asked his attendants in panic, while Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Xu Da and others subconsciously looked up at the sky.

"Who's here? Is it Lao Si and Gao Xu?"

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that Yunwen had said that it was Gao Xu who conquered Nanjing City. Maybe this guy would directly proclaim himself emperor in Nanjing after Yunwen's death and make the fourth brother the emperor emeritus.

If this is the case, then it can explain why he has waited for thirty-six years. After all, the emperor and his ministers will wait for the day when the reigning emperor passes away before they can see Hua Guang descend upon them.

If it is Gao Xu, then Gao Xu should be 55 years old now, which is a good age.

"Buzz rumbling..."

The land of the Ming Dynasty suddenly began to expand and rise.

This scene was seen by other emperors, big and small, such as Yang Jian and Ying Zheng, who were very angry.

"What happened to the second emperor? Why can't the speed of territorial expansion be stopped? It's almost catching up with Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire!"

Under the watchful eyes of the public, the territory of the Ming Dynasty grew from 700 li to 1,400 li, then to 2,000 li, 3,000 li, 4,000 li...

It went beyond the territory of the Mongol Empire and stretched for five thousand miles, which was jaw-dropping.

In the end, its momentum stopped at a range of 4,800 miles, but this was not the emperors' estimate, but a voice in their hearts told them.

"Four thousand eight hundred miles... So you, Zhu Chongba, a fellow with thick eyebrows and big eyes, have been teasing me for the past thirty years?"

Emperors such as Ying Zheng, Yang Jian, Liu Bang, and Zhao Kuangyin gritted their teeth, and even the usually confident Li Shimin was a little overwhelmed.

The Tang Dynasty that he was so proud of was only a quarter of the Ming Dynasty of Zhu Yuanzhang?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin looked at his once beloved "young slave" and his hand directly touched the leather belt.

"Father……"

"Chi Nu, I have something to tell you, come, let's talk!"

"Mother! Look..."

Li Zhi cried and turned to Empress Changsun for help, but even Empress Changsun ignored his pleading gaze.

Such a scene not only happened on the land of the Tang Dynasty, but also on the lands of other dynasties.

Zhao Kuangyin grabbed a long stick and started beating Zhao Guangyi.

As they were outputting, rays of brilliant light appeared on the streets of Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Jinglong, Mu Chun, Chen Xuan, Yu Xin, Qiu Fu, Yang Qiu and other famous ministers and generals who were granted titles during the Yongle period and died before Zhu Di all came to this world with their families.

In a short period of time, not only did the land of the Ming Dynasty expand tenfold, but the population of the Ming Dynasty also instantly increased from more than 5,000 to more than 8,000.

"Where am I?"

In the city of Nanjing, a Daming Palace suddenly rose from an open space. Zhu Di, who was supposed to die, looked at the scene before him and suddenly felt very relaxed, as if he had returned to his thirties.

He threw back the quilt and got off the bed. He came to the glass mirror and saw his appearance. He rubbed his face with his hands in disbelief.

"I...I...I am thirty-six years old again?"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Dad! Please come out quickly!"

Suddenly, Zhu Di heard a familiar voice and he hurried out.

As soon as he walked out of the Changshou Palace, Zhu Di saw two figures running towards him.

"father!"

Zhu Gaochi ran towards Zhu Di with tears in his eyes, and Zhu Di also trotted towards him.

But when Zhu Gaochi opened his arms, Zhu Di walked past him and hugged Empress Xu who was walking towards him with tears in his eyes.

"Girl...Girl! Girl!"

After more than twenty years, he finally saw his sister Xu again.

"You are such an adult, and you have no shame in front of children."

Empress Xu smiled and patted Zhu Di's broad back, while Zhu Gaochi, who was ignored, turned back and wiped his tears:
"Dad, why did you come just now? Mom and I have been waiting for you for a long time..."

"Hmm?" Zhu Di wiped away his tears and glared at Zhu Gaochi: "Are you saying that I should die earlier?"

"No, no, no, I just miss you too much, mainly because I miss you."

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly explained, but Zhu Di ignored him and looked directly at Empress Xu: "Sister, I've kept you waiting for a long time..."

"I would rather wait twenty-five years, until you are a hundred years old."

Empress Xu stretched out her hand and stroked his beard with a smile.

"Sister, you are still good to me. After you left, no one cared about me."

Zhu Di acted coquettishly towards Empress Xu, who smiled with a hint of helplessness: "Well, we still have Gao Chi and Gao Xu."

"Gao Chi walked ahead of me, leaving me as an old man to see off the young. Gao Xu was busy with government affairs all day long, leaving Yue'er to accompany me all day long."

Zhu Di was talking, and then he remembered that Empress Xu didn't know Zhu Qiyue, so he immediately introduced him: "Sister, you don't know, Yue'er is the most like me, he..."

Zhu Di talked incessantly about Zhu Qiyue, and Empress Xu listened patiently. The couple lived in harmony. Only Zhu Gaochi stood aside, looking like a pillar next to him.

"Old Four! Come out here!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise out of nowhere, and Zhu Di's whole body began to tremble as a physiological reaction.

There was fear in his eyes. Empress Xu saw it and smiled bitterly at him, "I wanted to tell you this, but you keep talking about it."

"Dad, grandpa, grandpa, uncle, and brother are all waiting outside."

"Then you didn't tell me earlier!"

As soon as Zhu Gaochi opened his mouth, he was immediately scolded by Zhu Di. Zhu Gaochi was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears. He couldn't help but think of Zhu Gaoxu.

"Okay, stop talking about the kids."

As soon as Empress Xu opened her mouth, Zhu Gaochi almost couldn't hold it anymore, and acted like a big kid weighing over 200 pounds.

"I won't say who he was talking about. When I think about how he walked in front of me and made me shed so many tears, I'm lucky I didn't beat him up!"

"Dad, are you crying for me?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes flashed, but the next second he was met with Zhu Di's impatient eyes:
"Shut up, can't you see I'm talking to your mother?"

"Oh..." Zhu Gaochi closed his mouth in grievance. At this moment, his longing for Zhu Gaoxu reached its peak.

"Second brother, please come down quickly, I can't bear it alone..."

(End of this chapter)