Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 23 Sun Xianzi Filial Piety

Late at night, while Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di were having a secret conversation, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was lying on the dragon bed, was having a lot of thoughts and was confused.

Previously, Zhu Biao's death from illness was a huge blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was depressed for more than half a month and even went to court wearing mourning clothes.

Fortunately, the "miraculous prophecy" that Zhu Biao passed away and "restored his throne" gave him some spiritual comfort, so that he did not fall into despair, but began to train the next generation heir to the throne in his mind, Zhu Yunwen.

However, things are unpredictable. Zhang Yixian of the Taiyuan Hospital diagnosed that Zhu Yunwen had lost his fertility. With Zhang's medical skills, there was almost no possibility of misdiagnosis.

This sudden change directly caused Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit to plummet and he was heartbroken.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Prince Zhu Biao and King Qin Zhu Feng had passed away. Although the third king of Jin was brave and capable and even stronger than Zhu Di in military terms, he was narrow-minded, harsh in his treatment, and unpopular.

Only the fourth Prince of Yan was open-minded, knowledgeable, good at making use of others, and magnificent. He was the best successor to the throne after Prince Zhu Biao.

However, if he establishes King Yan now, it will be suspected of abolishing the elder and establishing the young. It may cause the dissatisfaction of the King of Jin, and even lead to instability in the country and turmoil in the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang lay in bed and meditated hard, tossing and turning, and was so entangled in his heart that he fell asleep in a daze when it was about to get light the next day.

In his dream, he met Master Gao Bin, the host of Huangjue Temple, who had long since passed away, and had some communication with him.

After confiding his inner worries to Gao Bin, Zhu Yuanzhang asked respectfully: "Excuse me, Master, who should we choose to inherit this country?"

Master Gao Bin smiled and said: "It's not difficult to choose! Whoever can protect the country will be passed on to him. If you pass it on to someone who can't protect the country, then your Zhu family dynasty will have two generations. Death?"

"This--"

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was about to ask further questions, Master Gao Bin smiled and turned into a ball of pure air and disappeared.

"Mage!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted in his dream, and then woke up suddenly.

As soon as he woke up, he sneezed immediately, and then clear mucus flowed from his nostrils.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to his own minor symptoms, because the New Year was about to come and there were too many things that he, the emperor, needed to deal with.

Moreover, after the first lunar month, he still had to supervise the Ministry of Rites and other yamen to prepare for the burial of Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao. How could he care about the slight cold?
A few days later, Zhu Di kept his promise and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to appoint the second son Zhu Gaoxu, who was talented and very handsome, as the crown prince of the Yan Dynasty on the grounds that his eldest son Zhu Gaochi had a foot problem. However, Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent.

Zhu Di felt disappointed about this, but he was not angry because this result was expected.

How could a person like Zhu Yuanzhang not know that another purpose of Zhu Di's move was to test his emperor's attitude towards "abolish the elder and establish the younger". If he agreed to make Zhu Gaoxu the crown prince of Yan, it would be a disguised expression of his intention to all the officials. Zhu Di was appointed as the new crown prince.

For this reason, Zhu Di also comforted Zhu Gaoxu and said: "The New Year is coming, and your imperial grandfather is busy with government affairs. He probably did not bother to review the memorial. When the New Year is over, he should be able to review it."

"Your Majesty, Grandpa Shengming, he will definitely grant your request."

Zhu Gaoxu's double-entendre answer just touched Zhu Di's heart, which made Zhu Di full of expectations for the future.

A few days later, the New Year's Day (Spring Festival) of the 26th year of Hongwu came as promised. However, due to the recent death of Prince Zhu Biao, everything was kept simple for this festival.

In addition, Zhu Yunwen was still in bed and recuperating from illness. Zhu Yuanzhang was in a low mood and canceled many toasts.

Perhaps considering the death of Zhu Biao due to illness and the sudden death of Qin King Zhu Ping, Zhu Yuanzhang specifically warned the King of Jin at the family banquet to live in moderation and rest his body.

King Zhu Fan of Jin was born two years later than King Qin. He is 36 years old this year. He has developed good physical fitness through many years of military service, but he also suffered from many diseases.

In addition, he was brave, fierce, arrogant and domineering, which offended many Jin officials and harmed many good people.

Zhu Gaoxu particularly understood Zhu Yuanzhang's mood. When King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty was on his way to seal Taiyuan, he whipped his cook, and later tied him up with galloping horses and split his chariot several times.If it had not been for the protection of Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang would have abolished the title of King Jin and demoted him to a commoner.

Now at the family banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang held King Jin's hand and told King Jin to take care of his health. This reminded King Jin of many things, who had been loved and respected by Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child.

At that time, on the eve of Jin King Zhu Fan's enthronement, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him to get married and hired Na, the daughter of the founding hero Yongping Marquis Xie Cheng, as the wife of the Jin king. Xie became the prime minister of the Jin government and assisted his son-in-law.

Such careful arrangements show that as the father of the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang cared deeply about his "third son" Jin Wang Zhu Fan and had high expectations.

In addition, in recent years, the great generals in the DPRK, such as Ying Guogong Fu Youde, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, etc., although they have high positions, are still under the control of Jin Wang Zhu Fan.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the King of Jin great power, that is, "Anyone who goes out to fight, build cities and farm fields can do so without reporting (reporting to the court) if it is not a major event."

Now that Prince Zhu Biao and King Zhu Feng of Qin have died of illness, Zhu Yunwen is frail and sick, and Zhu Yunxi is dead. Under such circumstances, King Zhu Fan of Jin will inevitably think that Zhu Yuanzhang intends to appoint him as the new prince, and he can't help but feel secretly happy.

During the dinner, or perhaps thinking about the issue of border security, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di discussed and arranged the defense matters in northern Xinjiang, but they did not mention a word about the appointment of a new crown prince.

Although the King of Jin coveted the position of crown prince, he did not dare to make any mistakes with Zhu Yuanzhang around.

As for the border area, there were no disturbances during the Spring Festival of the Ming Dynasty because there were senior military generals guarding the border areas and no Tartars dared to take advantage of the cold winter to invade the border area.

Not long after, when Monk Daoyan learned that Zhu Yuanzhang showed great concern for King Jin at the royal family banquet, he made a decisive decision and immediately sent a letter to King Jin, activating the deepest secret hidden around King Jin and the only one still alive. Zi——Taoist Qingxuan.

He wanted to seize the opportunity before the edict to appoint the new crown prince came out, without telling the King of Yan Zhu Di, and secretly used the "blood letter of all people" to discredit the King of Jin, so as to win the final victory for the King of Yan Zhu Di to seize the throne.

Time flies, winter goes and spring comes.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, in the third month of spring.

In the eighth year of Gengxu (the eighth day of the lunar month), Zhu Biao, the crown prince of Yiwen, was officially buried on the east side of Xiaoling Tomb, which was known as Ming Dong Tomb in history.

Five days later, Zhu Yuanzhang developed an unbearable headache and a persistent cough, so he excused himself for the day because of illness.

Although he did not go to court, he issued an edict, ordering the kings who had previously surrendered to the vassal, such as Qin, Jin, Yan, Qi, etc., to return to the vassal and restore their kingdoms. Without an edict, they were not allowed to return to the capital.

However, the King of Jin seemed to be thinking of seizing the throne, and his eldest son Zhu Jixi stayed in the capital for many days.

If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't strictly ordered him to return to his fiefdom, I don't know what trouble would have happened.

Compared with the prince of Jin who stayed in the capital and refused to leave, King Zhu Di of Yan rode his horse back north after being ordered to do his duty.

However, as soon as he left Yingtian Mansion, he suddenly fell ill due to a cold, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to order someone to take him back to Beijing for recuperation.

A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly fainted in the morning and fell into a febrile coma that lasted for more than six hours.

For a time, the situation in the capital became very tense.

When he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang was seriously ill and in a coma, the ambitious King of Jin could no longer tolerate it and began to plan a conspiracy against King Zhu Di of Yan in order to gain greater benefits.

On the one hand, he instructed the prince to find a way to offer auspiciousness before entering the capital.

On the other hand, he immediately sent his most powerful confidant, Taoist Qingxuan, to rush to the capital. He secretly contacted Lan Yu, the Duke of Liang who was idle at home, and promised him the title of king, allowing him to win over the old troops in the army and wait for the opportunity. .

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