Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 427: Fighting with Confucians? War of words among kings

Posthumous title, this is very particular.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also called Emperor Hongwu. The reason why he was called so was because the first reign of the Ming Dynasty was named Hongwu, so it was natural to call him Emperor Hongwu.

But try calling him Ming Taizu?

I'm not dead yet, why are you cursing me?

That is the posthumous title after death.

In front of all his brothers, Zhu Yu dared to shout that he wanted to be the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced.

But he actually gave himself a posthumous title in public.

How can any living person give himself a posthumous title?
Zhu Yuanzhang is so angry, why do you dare to take a step ahead of me?

Facing his father's anger, Zhu Ming was unhurried and didn't even take it seriously.

But Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced, which does not mean that others should also acquiesce that Zhu Ming became the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang must be Ming Taizu.

However, the premise is that you don't take into account Zhu Xi's military exploits this year, and that he will create countless miraculous achievements in the future.

The other brothers secretly gave him a cold sweat.

However, Zhu Ming said: "Dad, the so-called posthumous title is judged by the descendants and ministers of later generations. Why do we need to let them give us a posthumous title? I will call myself Ming Taizong before I die. No one can give us a name except father Mother, it’s just me. You and my mother named me, so I gave this posthumous title to myself.”

To be honest, as a legitimate son, especially after the death of my eldest brother two years ago, I heard that my father once asked the civil and military officials, saying that the King of Yan is like me, how would he do?

Is it really necessary to start the drama of seizing the heir on the spot?
So Zhu Di chose to remain silent.

He, Zhu Chu, only served as Taizong of the Ming Dynasty and never claimed to be an ancestor. He attributed all the credit for the Ming Dynasty to the only Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

You Zhu Laosan, who do you think you are?
And for some reason, Zhu Fan always disliked Zhu Min and always made trouble for him.

Zhu Ming snorted coldly: "I'll give you face and call you third brother. If I don't give you face, who are you? Are you also a vassal king? Why do you deserve the title of king? Can you guard the border and defend the country? Or can you govern one side?" Without the identity our father gave you, who are you? I have also heard that you are just like that idiot our second brother, who only dares to dominate the people."

Our father is not like any other emperor, even his sons are scared to death.

Zhu Yu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang seriously, with an open face.

Zhu Ming stopped pretending and started yelling. Are you worthy of competing with me?
Than birth? They are both the sons of Emperor Hongwu. Why is one more noble than the other?
"Return to the legitimate son, do you really regard those things that Confucianism uses to control people's hearts as sacred scriptures? If you only establish the direct descendant and not the virtuous, the family fortune will be ruined sooner or later."

Zhu Di frowned.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "That's all. When you act like a fool, you are so lawless that even we can't control you. Do whatever you want."

Sooner or later, Zhu Yu's fame will surpass that of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"What? Are you here to take charge?" Zhu Xi looked at Zhu Fan, his disdainful tone was palpable, and he said bluntly: "Third brother, you have been in Taiyuan for so many years, but you have never been to the grassland outside Guan. Right? No, you have gone on an expedition, but you have achieved nothing. But my brother is different from you. I sent out troops twice. The first time I wiped out the Tatars, I only led 15,000 troops. The second time, although the court prepared five An army of 100,000, but I also have an army of hundreds of thousands, and I even wiped out Wala and Uliangha. The entire grassland belongs to me. What do you compare to me? Are you qualified?"

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his shoes and once again acquiesced to Zhu Chu's actions.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved and he understood.

Although they are brothers, to be honest, the relationship between Zhu Laosi and Zhu Laosan is not very good.

Good guy, if you were just looking for a fight, now you actually have the demeanor of an eternal emperor?
Even Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhu Ming.

And he, isn't it another statement?

Zhu Fan then launched an offensive against Zhu Ming and sneered: "You are just an old man, and you are just a commoner. It is not your turn to be Taizong."

"I said, Lao Shiba, you finally showed your fox tail," Zhu Fan stood up again, glanced at Zhu Yunwen first, and said to Zhu Yun that he was really incompetent, and then said to Zhu Fen, "I don't know what we are doing." What mistakes did the eldest nephew Yunwen make, but even if he is to be deposed, it will not be your turn to be the crown prince. Even if the eldest brother and the second brother are gone, my third brother is still there. Not to mention your fourth brother. .”

What if it doubles ten times or twenty times in the future?

But it's different now. I don't know what mistake the eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen made, and he was deposed by the eighteenth in public. Moreover, Zhu Yunwen silently acquiesced, and his father also acquiesced.

As an emperor, there is nothing wrong with claiming to be Taizu, so there must be nothing wrong with him at all.

Didn't Zhu Di ever think about ascending the throne?
Of course he had thought about it, but it was a pity that he had the eldest brother, the crown prince, and the great grandson Zhu Yunwen later, and he was far away in Yanjing, so it was difficult for him to have a chance to rise to power.

But Zhu Di looked at Zhu Ming, opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

"And let's get straight to the point. Our father is holding this family gathering today to bring all our feudal lords together for one purpose."

Anyway, it’s not like he hasn’t been whipped before, so it won’t be any good if he’s whipped a few times.

The fourth child also winked at Zhu Zhen repeatedly.

"I, Zhu Shiba, want to take office. Who is in favor of it and who is against it?"

Zhu Di understood even more that Zhu Laosan was trying to drag him into trouble.

In his original letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Xi dared to scold Zhu Xi for not being a son of a man, a subject of a human being, and not worthy of being a human being.

At the beginning, the second King Qin did many evil things in the vassal territory, but in front of me, he was honest and honest.

Today alone, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has doubled by Zhu Chu himself.

He is a dead pig and is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water.

If Zhu Ming becomes the second emperor and is also named Taizong.

And Zhu Fan didn't dare to be disrespectful at all.

"What did you say?" Zhu Fan's face turned red with anger, and his beautiful beard, which he was usually so proud of, was almost pulled off by him.

"If I were to be more direct, who of you would be my opponent among the connected forces of Yunnan, Tibet, all of Xinjiang, and the Mongolian grasslands?"

"If I am not the emperor, who is qualified to be the emperor?"

Zhu Chu stopped pretending and showed his cards.

No one is qualified for this emperor except me.

"Old Shiba, you have gone too far." Zhu Bai, the King of Hunan, Lao Twelve stood up, glared at Zhu Ming, and said: "Father is still here. Who will succeed the throne? That is what Father has the final say. You What is this? Forced to have a baby? Do you want to rebel? "

Zhu Bai rarely had great ambitions, and he often encouraged himself by assisting the country and helping the world and the people.

Moreover, Zhu Bai was not only good at learning, but also had the ability to fight rebellions and lead troops to fight.

So he had the courage to stand up and rebuke Zhu Chu.

Zhu Ming shook his head and said, "This brother."

"I'm your twelfth brother Zhu Bai," Zhu Bai's face darkened, "Oh my God, this brother, you don't even know who I am, right?"

"Ahem," Zhu Zhen coughed dryly to cover up his embarrassment, and then said: "Brother Twelve, I just said that the kings gathered together this year was because our father did it on purpose. Isn't it, dad. Dad, please speak up. "

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "You have finished what you said, and I am still talking nonsense. However, if you want to ascend the throne, that's no problem. But you have to convince your brothers."

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had already expressed his stance. Zhu Yu was right. This was forcing the palace, but it was not Zhu Yuanzhang's palace that was forced, but the palaces of the kings present.

Zhu Bai looked at his father in disbelief. He didn't expect that his father would actually support Lao Shiba?
Then why did he come forward?
Thinking about it, Zhu Bai bowed his head sadly and retreated.

Some of Zhu Bai’s deeds have been mentioned before.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to entrust the feudal kings to the feudal country, he gave each prince a jade belt to wear. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the kings to turn around and let him see the decorations behind the belt. All the kings turned their backs to the emperor. Father, only Zhu Bai turned the belt over to show his father for inspection.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked him why he did this?

Zhu Bai replied: "You cannot carry your father's back."

This is Zhu Bai.

Because of his background, Zhu Bai seemed a little inferior and wanted to be recognized by his father.

But this time, he was too smart and made a mistake. It turned out that his father really wanted to support Lao Shiba to ascend to the throne?
We are both concubines, why are we different?
Father, you are partial.

Not to mention Zhu Bai's sadness.

Zhu Zhen stood there alone, turning his head and scanning the faces of all the brothers and vassal kings one by one. Many feudal kings lowered their heads one after another, not even daring to meet his eyes.

After all, Zhu Zhen is no longer the 'doormat' he was back then. Nowadays, he exudes an aura of calmness and self-reliance that many people in the world would not dare to look at.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly shocked. Is this the courage to fight on a battlefield of millions of people?

Even Zhu Di was shocked. The eighteenth brother was indeed an extraordinary person.

But do you want to make the feudal kings submit just like this?

I'm afraid it's not enough.

"Eighteenth brother, this matter is of great concern. Why not wait until the next year and have my father bring it to the court before making a decision? After all, this is an important matter for the country. Whether it is to abolish the crown prince or establish a direct heir, it is not a small matter. "

Some people want to make peace.

This is to involve all the civil and military officials of the dynasty. In this case, the situation will be chaotic.

However, today's situation shows that neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Zhen wants to cause trouble and wants a quick resolution.

To put it bluntly, with the strength of Emperor Hongwu, if he were not worried about the discord between his sons after his death, he would not care about the opinions of the ministers in the court. Who he wants to establish is not a matter of his words.

Throughout the dynasties, even Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was hindered by his aristocratic family, and there were also times when Wei Zheng threatened to die.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang, in his hands, the imperial power was highly concentrated.

Are you dissatisfied? Who are you? Are you willing to kill your whole family?

Still not convinced?
Kill the nine tribes.

What? What about killing the Shi clan? Then just kill the ten tribes.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has never executed any of the ten clans, the four major Hongwu cases were widely implicated, and they were even more implicated than the ten clans.

So instead of saying that Zhu Yuanzhang was paving the way for Zhu Qi, in fact, even Zhu Yuanzhang admitted that he was paving the way for his other sons.

He hoped that during this family dinner, Zhu Zhen could talk to his brothers and gain their support.

As long as their brothers work together, there will be no problem, and Zhu Yuanzhang can be completely relieved.

It's that simple.

So, you still want to take it to court?

So what is the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? Are you qualified enough to discuss the affairs of their Zhu family? Are you qualified to discuss the crown prince issue?
Zhu Yuanzhang showed disdain.

Whoever is allowed to sit in the country he has conquered can sit on it.

Strictly speaking, Zhu Yunwen was not worthy of being the emperor's grandson. Didn't he end up becoming Zhu Biao's so-called legitimate son? Zhu Yunxi said, shall I leave?
Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but said: "In fact, the identity of Lao Shiba is easy to solve. With the countless extraordinary achievements he has made this year, he has been awarded no titles and no rewards. Only his mother-in-law can be named the concubine. Later, it can be used as a reward, and at the same time, it can also make Chu'er his legitimate son."

Once Concubine Zhou becomes the new queen, then Concubine Zhou's only two sons, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Song, will also become legitimate sons. It can be said that sons are more valuable than mothers.

All the vassal kings were shocked and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in disbelief. In order to support Lao Shiba, did his father actually go to this extent?

"Father." "Dad."

The third, fourth, fifth, King of Jin Zhu Fan, King of Yan Zhu Di, and King of Zhou Zhu Ji, the three legitimate sons couldn't sit still.

What is this for? Doesn't this mean putting their mother, Queen Ma, in an unfair position?
What about their mothers?
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, isn't it the issue of Lao Shiba's origin that you always clamor about? Do you remember your mother now?
What else should we do?
Don't you think about your father's problem?

Do you have to force us to death?

"Dad," suddenly, Zhu Min spoke, shook his head at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said confidently: "With his son's ability and means, he really wouldn't raise the so-called identity issue in this way. If he were your son, I would need it. You can only ascend the throne by using this method to reach this point, then I am too inferior, right?"

Zhu Ming really thought so.

To be honest, Zhu Ming was able to reach where he is today because of his noble birth.

But after reaching this stage, and with the cheating plug-in of the system, if Zhu Yuanzhang is still needed to help him at this age, then Zhu Yun is too incompetent.

"I remember that after I became the king and became a vassal, I first put down the Dingyuan battle in Yunnan. With a huge disparity in military strength, I quelled the rebellion of Silun and sent a 600,000-strong army. Then I wiped out all the chieftain families in Yunnan, returned them to their hometowns, and divided their lands in People. I also found many new crops and handed them over to the court, and in recent years I have vigorously developed people's livelihood in Yunnan. Not to mention that the people are rich. At least now the people in Yunnan have been lifted out of poverty, and every household can eat enough and have surplus food. Even because I developed animal husbandry, the people I can still have a bite of meat every now and then.”

"I would like to ask all the brothers present, who can achieve this kind of political achievement?"

The kings looked at each other, knowing for the first time that Yunnan had developed to such an extent that the people could even eat meat? real or fake?
If you put it in other places, it would be good if the people can have full stomachs. How can you still eat meat there?

Is this still the Yunnan they remember?

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, Yunnan was a place of exile. According to legend, it was a place where uncivilized savages lived. It was also full of miasmatic forests, as well as man-eating beasts and various poisonous insects.

It seems that there is only one way to die.

Even Zhu Ju, who had been to Dali before, showed admiration.

"I am eighteen. In the 24th year of Hongwu, I was granted the title of king and vassal. Within three years, I laid a solid foundation for Yunnan. Then I returned to Beijing in the 26th year of Hongwu. I rushed to Ningxia Town at the end of the year, and then sent troops to the grasslands beyond the Great Wall. Tatar 1 I don’t need to say more about the war, right? You’ve all heard about what happened this year.”

"Excuse me, brothers, who can do it?"

There was another moment of silence.

Only then did the kings understand that Zhu Zhen had actually been a vassal for less than four years after he was granted the title of king. It had been less than four years since the 24th year of Hongwu.

Within four years, he accomplished something that could not be accomplished by others in a lifetime or even several generations.

Who can achieve such feats?
I'm afraid no one can match it.

"So I'm not arrogant when I say I want to be the emperor. It can also be said that among all our father's children, I consider myself to be the best. I'm not referring to anyone, but to all of you here. It’s all useless,” Zhu Ming said with a mocking look on his face.

The kings were very angry, but they were unable to refute.

Which one of his achievements was not an immortal achievement?
If you really want to compete, you must have outstanding results.

Even vassal kings such as Zhu Di and Zhu Fan also went to the north.

But have you ever conquered grassland territory? Have you made the Tatars and Walas surrender?

not at all.

What else is there to say?

The group laughed at each other, but Zhu Ming accepted it and continued: "There is also the idea of ​​​​establishing a direct line and establishing a eldest son. It's all bullshit, stinky bullshit. Whose family doesn't have an incompetent child? Whose family doesn't have a more capable child? An outstanding child? If the eldest child doesn't make a difference and the second child does, can't we make a compromise?"

"Yes, the eldest brother of our family is extremely outstanding. I also admit that if our eldest brother is still here and we let him be the emperor, I will be completely convinced. Because if the eldest brother is the emperor, he can accommodate our brothers. As long as the eldest brother is the emperor, I can do my best to be the big brother's general king, and I have no idea about the throne."

"But except for the eldest brother. All the brothers present, including Yunwen, who can tolerate me? I now have a population of more than one million and a military force of more than one million. There are also those territories that have been conquered , respect me for the time being.”

"Which emperor can tolerate me? Either my biological father, or my eldest brother who is like my father. Apart from them, no one can tolerate me, and I will never place my destiny on the kindness of others. So even if it’s you, fourth brother, I won’t accept it.”

Zhu Ming looked at Zhu Di.

Just now, Zhu Fan dragged Zhu Di into the water, but Zhu Di did not open his mouth to refute.

This made Zhu Di understand that even if their brothers had always gotten along well, Zhu Di could not be trusted on such a major matter.

If Zhu Di could become emperor, he would never hesitate.

And once Zhu Di becomes emperor, I am afraid that the first person to have surgery will be his eighteenth brother.

He wished he could let his eighteenth brother die.

Such a powerful eighteenth brother can only be a good eighteenth brother if he dies as soon as possible.

Zhu Di looked away with a guilty conscience.

Zhu Ming looked at each of the feudal prince brothers again, was dull for a moment, and suddenly said: "So, I abandon it to establish a direct descendant. Although I am an old man, I have the ability to lead the Ming Dynasty and lead us. Lao Zhu’s family has moved towards glory and established a foundation that will last for generations to come.”

"Similarly, I will not act arbitrarily and only choose successors from my own descendants. It is better to establish a virtuous and capable person than to establish a direct lineage. I, Zhu Chu, am willing to swear in front of our father and all brothers. In the future, when the heir apparent is to be established, he will be selected from all the descendants of the clan."

what?
As soon as these words came out, the whole room was shocked.

(End of this chapter)