Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 11 Qin Wang's death
September [-].

This day is called Wanshou Festival, which is Zhu Yuanzhang’s birthday.

Zhu Yuanzhang started from a young age, so he was quite particular about festival etiquette.

After all, Wanshou Festival is the emperor's birthday and is a major festival for the imperial court. As the grandson of the emperor, Zhu Gaoxu was naturally temporarily released from confinement by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At the royal family banquet hosted by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Gaoxu met his second uncle, King Zhu Fang of Qin, third uncle, King Zhu Fan of Jin, and more than a dozen vassal prince uncles.

King Zhu Di of Yan did not come to participate in the Wanshou Festival in person this time because he had military affairs, but he sent someone to send birthday gifts.

Among Zhu Gaoxu's many uncles, some have already been granted vassal status, such as King Qi, King Shu, King Dai, King Su, etc. Some have been crowned kings but have not been granted vassal status due to their youth, such as King Gu, King Han, King Shen, etc. Those who were younger than him, such as King An, King Tang, King Ying, and King Yi, were all under ten years old.

Since Prince Zhu Biao was not in good health and had limited mobility, he came to the scene to meet everyone, exchanged pleasantries and then withdrew.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so depressed that he couldn't be happy even on his birthday, and even canceled the toasting session for all officials.

Only after seeing the miraculous effect of the soybean oil soap as a birthday gift from Zhu Gaoxu, did he feel relieved, because this added a steady stream of money to the Royal Commercial Bank.

Perhaps considering that Prince Zhu Biao was in poor health, Zhu Yuanzhang specifically mentioned at the family banquet that King Qin Zhu Ping, who had an old illness, must live in moderation and must not act recklessly and damage his health.

Now his temples are all white and he is nearly [-] years old. King Zhu Ping of Qin seems to be suffering from some kind of chronic disease and his body exudes the smell of rotten apples.

Although he is in good spirits and speaks loudly, he is greedy for sex, strong on the outside but dry on the inside. He has a big belly and a round waist, like a swollen balloon, giving people the illusion that he will burst at any time.

Moreover, King Qin Zhu Peng had a bad temper and often abused the people in the palace of King Qin.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang warned the King of Qin not to abuse the palace people wantonly, and to be careful of the palace people becoming resentful and poisoning their daily food.

King Qin Zhu Xi agreed, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his nature was hard to change, so he just told him to take care of himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang's patient persuasion was equivalent to special concern in the eyes of King Qin, which flattered him.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Prince Zhu Biao may not survive until next year based on his physical condition.

The King of Qin felt that if the prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the future, as Zhu Yunwen was weak, Zhu Yunxi was dead, and the other sons were young, according to the rules of eldest son and younger son, he would have a [-]% chance as the second son of the emperor. He will be appointed as the new crown prince by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The King of Qin and other vassal kings saw that Prince Zhu Biao was about to die. Although they coveted the position of crown prince, they naturally did not dare to make a mistake in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's majesty.

Because the northern border was guarded by veteran military generals and vassal kings such as King Yan and King Liao who would participate in the Wanshou Festival in the future, no Tartars dared to invade the border during the Wanshou Festival, so there was no disturbance during the Wanshou Festival this time.

As soon as the Longevity Festival ended, Zhu Gaoxu began his life of confinement again.

However, this kind of life only lasted for 20 days before he was released from confinement again because King Qin Zhu Ping died!

After learning the news, Zhu Gaoxu felt that he had traveled to a fake Ming Dynasty, because he clearly remembered that King Qin Zhu Ping died of illness in the 28th year of Hongwu, and it was only the 25th year of Hongwu now.

But this is good news, because it means that after the death of Prince Zhu Biao in the future, King Zhu Di of Yan will have one less competitor.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know that all the changes in history today are closely related to his time travel.

Historically, Monk Daoyan had already made plans to help King Zhu Di of Yan ascend to the throne, but he did not encounter the opportunity to deal with King Zhu Ping of Qin and King Zhu Fan of Jin earlier, and he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would not play his cards according to common sense. After Prince Zhu Biao died of illness, he appointed Zhu Yunwen as his grandson.

In addition, Zhu Biao died suddenly of illness, which was unexpected by everyone, so that monk Daoyan had no time to make some plans. In the end, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he had to encourage King Zhu Di of Yan to raise troops to quell Jingnan.

After all, compared with Zhu Yunwen's justifiable succession, Zhu Dijing's difficulty in raising troops was essentially a rebellion.

But as Zhu Gaoxu traveled through time, and under his indirect influence, Prince Zhu Biao lived to the present.

Seeing that the prince Zhu Biao was not dead, the ambitions of the two kings of Qin and Jin increased greatly. During this period, driven by ambition, the two kings did many things that they wanted to do but did not dare to do in the past. This gave Monk Daoyan a chance. Use means.

If the prince Zhu Biao was seriously ill and Zhu Yunwen was ill, while Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was on Zhu Biao and his son, he could add fuel to the flames and ruin the reputation of the two kings of Qin and Jin through the hands of others.

So, after the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yunwen was ill, Zhu Yunxi was dead, and Zhu Biao's other sons were all young, it was both emotional and reasonable that King Zhu Di of Yan should become the new crown prince.

And this was the plan that Monk Daoyan had already begun to implement after he learned that Prince Zhu Biao was seriously ill and might die soon.

He knew very well how terrifying the all-pervasive Jin Yiwei was, so all the methods he adopted were carried out under the guise of others.

For example, rumors were spread in Xi'an Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture respectively that King Qin and King Jin would probably be established as princes.

The ninth day of October.

Zhu Yuanzhang came down from the morning court, first met with several ministers in the Wenhua Hall, and then retreated to the side hall, where he met the commander of the Jinyi Guards Jiang Ying (sound ring) who had been waiting here for a long time.

"See Your Majesty." Jiang Wei hurriedly knelt down to salute and said in a rich voice.Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, stabilized his figure, and then raised his hand slightly to indicate that Jiang Zhen did not need to be polite. He waited until the other party was level before asking questions.

"You said in your secret letter that you have found out the cause of King Qin's death, but the causes and consequences are more complicated and need to be reported in person. Tell me, what happened when King Qin died suddenly?"

"Your Majesty, I—" Jiang Gu's knees softened, and he knelt down again, touching his head to the ground and saying, "I beg your Majesty to show your condolences."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in an extremely bad mood. It was still unclear whether the prince Zhu Biao could survive this new year. But now the King of Qin Zhu Ping went first, which really surprised him.

Last night, he had learned about the death of King Qin from other channels, and ordered the disposal of those Jin Yiwei spies who failed to protect King Qin.

After listening to Jiang Wei's words, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed very calm.

"I want to hear the reason, please explain it carefully."

Jiang Wei raised his head slightly, followed Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and responded respectfully: "Yes."

Next, he slowly told the reason for King Qin's death.

On the Wanshou Festival last month, King Qin was cared for by Zhu Yuanzhang at the royal family banquet, and he mistakenly thought that Zhu Yuanzhang intended to make him the crown prince after the death of Prince Zhu Biao due to illness.

Coupled with the adulation of those who wanted to be the heroes of Conglong and the rumors among the people that "the King of Qin was established as the crown prince", the King of Qin believed that none of the many sons of Prince Zhu Biao was worthy of the big post. In order of precedence, he, the second son of the emperor, should be the crown prince. .

As a result, Qin King Zhu Zhen was lost in flattery, and he felt more and more unscrupulous that he could inherit the throne in the future.

After the Wanshou Festival, the King of Qin was ordered to return to the feudal state. However, on the way back to the feudal land, he ordered his guards to snatch the women of the people for their sexual pleasure. Wherever he passed, the people were filled with resentment.

After he returned to the royal palace in the fiefdom, he intensified his debauchery, to the point that his body finally couldn't bear it and he couldn't afford to fall ill.

When the King of Qin was seriously ill, three old women who had always been tortured and abused by him and were resentful took advantage of him to be sick in bed and jointly poisoned the decoction, eventually poisoning him to death.

"That's all?" Zhu Yuanzhang calmly listened to Jiang Yu's statement and asked without sadness or joy.

Although he had known the reason for it for a long time, but thinking back to his advice to Qin King Zhu Xi at the Wanshou Festival banquet last month, he never expected that his words turned out to be a prophecy.

Jiang Wei was still kneeling on the ground, lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, I have finished stating the results of Jin Yiwei's investigation."

"The King of Qin passed away suddenly. Apart from the Jin Yiwei who participated in the investigation, who else knows the secret?"

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hand on his forehead and asked slightly tiredly.

"Your Majesty, everyone in the entire palace knows the reason why His Royal Highness King Qin died of illness, and it has now spread throughout Shaanxi."

Jiang Wei didn't dare to hide it and answered truthfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a mixture of sadness and anger: "If King Qin dies, the local people will definitely applaud, right?"

The historical Qin King Zhu Ping died in the 28th year of Hongwu. In this time and space, Zhu Gaoxu's time travel triggered a series of changes, so that Zhu Ping died three years early. However, the cause of his death was surprisingly consistent with history.

The King of Qin thought he would become the crown prince, so he became arrogant and complacent, and abused the palace people even more. The palace people could not bear the humiliation and poisoned him to death.

The result of Jinyiwei's investigation was that no one instigated or forced the palace people to do it, but they could not bear the humiliation and poisoned them. There were a lot of witnesses. After all, many palace people had been abused by King Qin.

In other words, the three old palace men sacrificed themselves to save other suffering palace men from the hands of the King of Qin.

Jinyiwei could not find Monk Daoyan. After all, the death of King Qin was not directly related to Monk Daoyan.

No one can say that a hurricane is caused by a butterfly flapping its wings, because there are other key factors in the formation of a hurricane.

It can be said that the death of King Qin was his own fault.

Monk Daoyan's push only accelerated King Qin's defeat.

"I don't know." Jiang Wei touched his forehead to the ground again.

"Humph." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "You don't dare to say it."

After a pause, he waved his hand in despair and said, "Go down."

"I beg you to retire." After Jiang Gu touched his forehead to the ground, he bowed and retreated.

PS: The reason for the coma and death of Qin King Zhu Ping is recorded in history books.

　Thanks Zhu Wei for the reward!grateful!Thank you brothers for your investment!
　　
　
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