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

Chapter 429: Brothers working together can break through metal

I have to say that Zhu Xi’s speech was very contagious.

Whether it was the competitive succession system that promoted the meritorious, or the world map that shocked the kings, or the metaphor he once said, calling the vassal king a weapon of the country.

To be honest, what Zhu Zhen said before was correct. No matter who ascended the throne as the new king, it would be difficult to tolerate the kings.

There are too many vassal kings, and the annual salary alone is a huge burden.

Sooner or later the country will be impoverished.

After all, nobility in the Ming Dynasty could not be downgraded, and every family was a king with an iron hat.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, there were only eight iron hat kings, and they were still thinking about cutting down the vassal.

Except for Zhu Yuanzhang who could tolerate the kings he had conferred, only his eldest brother Zhu Biao could convince everyone.

But besides them?

However, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji was not good at force. He said he was guarding the border and defending the country. In fact, the fiefdom was in Kaifeng, not far from the capital.

He didn't have to discuss it with his brothers.

Such great achievements will surely be passed down through the ages.

Zhu Ming looked at the other kings again and said: "This time I returned to Beijing with Brother Sixteen. I know that Brother Sixteen is actually not suitable for guarding the border and defending the country. There are other brothers. Some brothers With millions of soldiers in his chest, he can become a great general and king. Take the Third Brother and the Fourth Brother for example. There are also those like the Fifth Brother and the Sixteenth Brother who are good at other things."

"But Old Eighteen, not all brothers can help you conquer the world. For example, your fifth brother and I just want to read books, especially many medical books," Zhou Wang Zhu Ru, who had always seemed relatively silent, suddenly said, with a look on his face. Also a little ashamed.

I'm afraid it's only Zhu Zhen, because his ambition is to conquer the world, and this requires the help of his brothers.

As one of the first vassal kings and the fifth brother among the brothers, he is also the last legitimate son of Queen Ma.

Moreover, Zhu Rui was not only diligent and studious, and could recite poems and compose poems, but also liked medical things.

Even if it is the third brother who is always looking for trouble and being arrogant, Zhu Ming also feels that at least he is better than outsiders.

It's not that I can't deal with it, but I just can't bear to deal with it.

This made many Zhu family princes tempted.

It's not that all kings have ambitions to ascend the throne and become emperor.

I'm afraid even Zhu Yuanzhang understands this son's nature.

They, the eighteenth generation, want to be the emperor for eternity, no, they want to be the emperor for eternity.

Therefore, this book can also be used in times of famine, so that people can use local materials to find something edible to survive the difficult times.

At this time, the kings no longer had the "excited emotions" they had before. Even Zhu Lao San and Zhu Fan no longer looked strange. Instead, they looked at Zhu Chu and the world map behind him, and fell into deep thought. There was also a strange brilliance in the center.

It's better than having an outsider usurp the throne, right?

Virtue is not worthy?

Zhu Ming is also very sincere. He is not going to fall out with his brothers, let alone cut down the vassal relationship. Instead, he categorically says that he wants to bring the brothers to play together, and we will create history that belongs to our generation.

"After all, you are a family and brothers. Brothers and sisters should love each other," Zhu Yuanzhang also helped.

The title of the book is Materia Medica for Famine Relief. This is because Zhu Zhu did not want to see the suffering of the people. Once there is a natural disaster, families will be destroyed and people will be killed.

If Zhu Ming had not shown all his sincerity to be honest with his brothers on such an occasion, then it is conceivable that his road to the throne would not have been easy, and he would have even fallen out with his brothers, and even been criticized by many brothers. It is not an exaggeration to say that opposition and obstruction will turn into a crusade of mass attacks.

These are all biological sons, not other people's children. How could they be willing to part with them? Tiger poison will not eat its children.

Zhu Zhenzhen would rather have Zhu Laosan rebel than happen to Wu Sangui in the later period.

If you can really conquer the whole world, let alone be crowned king, you will directly be crowned emperor all over the world.

But now he is convincing the brothers so sincerely that the kings can also feel his sincerity.

And this is also a situation that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to see, so he had today's family banquet and abandoned the harem and princesses. It was only he, the father, who took the lead in creating such an opportunity for these sons.

Zhu Ming then said to him: "In that case, if Fifth Brother is willing, you can return to the capital at any time and do what you like. Moreover, there are still many areas that need to be researched and developed in the medical field. It happens that you are good at these things. , why not just do what you want and like to do.”

Zhu Ming said something before that was very straightforward and cruel. Is any of you my opponent?

But many people are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and think that your virtue is not worthy of the throne. What qualifications do you have to be the emperor? Where will it be your turn to be the emperor?
Neither direct nor eldest, this is the limitation of birth.

At that point, who would dare to say that he is not qualified?

Even the successive wars that broke out earlier made Zhu Zhen feel the limitations of his personal strength, and he had to start to disperse his troops and move forward on several fronts simultaneously.

"The same goes for other brothers."

"While the kings are gathering together this time, I will make a statement that I want the throne," Zhu Zhen once again expressed his ambition bluntly.

In particular, his compilation of "Herbal for Famine Rescue" records edible wild plants. It not only captures some of the main characteristics of plants, but also uses some easy-to-understand, concise and accurate botanical terms, which is of great significance to the development of botany. It plays an important role and is also a symbol of the development of Chinese Materia Medica from pharmacology to applied botany.

In that case, I'm afraid Zhu Zhen will have to step on the corpses and blood of his brothers to secure his throne.

The children have grown up, especially the first batch of vassal kings. Even Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid of them making trouble.

But to be honest, except for a few generals, Zhu Zhen was more willing to believe in his brothers.

Zhu Ju still made considerable contributions in this regard.

After all, blood is thicker than water, and it is their own family's business to cause trouble.

The most important thing is that Zhu Min mentioned his eldest brother several times. Even with his current status and reputation, he did not ignore family ties, which is commendable.

"According to my opinion, as princes, we might as well do something we like. After all, life is short."

"Those who want to make great achievements should complete their great deeds, even if they want to open up new territories and tear up the soil."

"If you are not good at leading troops in war, can't you use other methods to create a prosperous Ming Dynasty with us?"

"Those who want to go back to the capital, come back. Those who want to go sightseeing, go and have a good time. As long as you don't harm the people and don't bring trouble to the court, it doesn't matter, brothers or brothers. I will support you."

"As you lead the troops in the front, I will guarantee you the stability of the rear, as well as absolute trust and sufficient supply support."

"If you want to have many insights and ideals to use in government affairs, come to the DPRK to help me manage the country."

"We are brothers, we can talk about anything, and we can talk about anything. Just like now. I will say whatever I have to say. I want to be the emperor, and am I trying my best to get your support?"

Brothers working together can cut through metal.

Zhu Chu is taking action to prove his sincerity.

And he also promised that he would not force the kings to do anything, but promised to give them the most precious freedom.

With the status and status of the kings, do they still lack anything? Is there anything left?

If they have to say it, they can only seek their own policies in their positions, which will restrict their personal freedom.

Even though the princes of the Zhu family are all princes, they look very noble.

But at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also put shackles on them.

If you are born to be a king, you will naturally have to fulfill the mission and responsibilities of being a king.

But are those things really what they want to do?
Who cared?

For example, the sixteenth brother Zhu Zhuan has always been very depressed. He doesn't like wielding swords and guns, but he has to rush to the northern border to join the vassal. And until now, the palace has not been built, so he can only live elsewhere temporarily. .

In fact, the demands of many feudal kings are very simple and simple, and there are also some people who just want to live a happy and relaxed life like idle clouds and wild cranes.

For example, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu.

"Old Shiba, are you telling the truth?" Zhu Chun looked at Zhu Ming eagerly, and even said: "If you really do what you promised, you can let us do what we like. Then you can cheat me away from Shu." I won’t argue with you about General Qu Neng and his 50,000-strong army.”

Zhu Ming suddenly felt guilty, and at the same time he guessed that this young man, who was born in the fourth year of Hongwu, looked elegant and had a scholarly air, was none other than his grievance, the Eleventh One. elder brother.

Zhu Chun was also a person who loved reading and learning, and was known as a scholar of Shu. In history, he even left a book "Xianyuan Ruizhi Ji", which recorded many of Zhu Chun's works and poems.

So when Zhu Chun invited him to send troops into Tibet, he was directly rejected by Zhu Chun.

This is a gentle and elegant scholar prince. Compared with military affairs, he may prefer to visit Mount Emei to worship.

In addition to Zhu Chun, there is also Zhu Bai. This old man also likes things about monks. Not only does he highly admire the legendary old immortal Zhang Sanfeng, he also wrote a book "Taihe Mountain Searching for the Former Residence of Zhang Sanfeng" and also calls himself Zi. Kyoshi.

Therefore, the freedom promised by Zhu Zhen indeed touched the minds of many vassal kings.

Seeing that the atmosphere was finally becoming more and more harmonious and the situation was heading in a good direction, Zhu Yuanzhang could finally breathe a sigh of relief and actively greeted him: "Okay, everyone, sit down first and let's talk while eating."

The father spoke, and all the kings sat down one after another.

I saw that the positions to the left and right of Zhu Yuanzhang were vacant. Without asking, I knew that the left hand position was reserved for the eldest son, and the right hand position was reserved for the second oldest son.

Although both Zhu Biao and Zhu Xi have passed away, there is still space left for them to express their remembrance. The other brothers naturally sat according to their order.

And the seating order is in contrast, for example, the third brother Zhu Fan is on the left, and the fourth brother Zhu Di is on the right.

Then there are the fifth brother Zhu Zhu, and the sixth brother Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu.

But after reaching the seventh brother Qi Wang Zhu Su, the order became chaotic.

Because Bage is Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, born in the second year of Hongwu.

When the Hu Weiyong case broke out, Princess Tan's brother was also implicated.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang would not kill his own children. For example, when the Lan Yu case broke out, the princess of Shu King Zhu Chun was Lan Yu's daughter. Wasn't everything fine in the end?
But this myna scared herself and was in panic all day long.

Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this and had to issue an edict to summon him to the capital to appease him.

Unexpectedly, this guy thought he couldn't survive, so he took the princess and burned himself together. He was only twenty-two years old, and he didn't even have any heirs left.

So he became the only Tan King.

There was also the ninth brother Zhao Wang Zhu Qi, who died young for some reason, at the age of two.

Then there is Lao Shi Zhutan, that is, King Luhuang. This one is even more important and there is no need to go into details.

In this way, we went directly to the seat of eleventh brother Zhu Chun.

Then the odd and even numbers were staggered, and the seventh brother's side became the position of the twelfth brother Zhu Bai, and opposite him was the thirteenth brother Zhu Gui, who was the fiefdom in Datong Mansion. At first, he complained that Zhu Gu didn't ask him for help. That one.

There is nothing to say after that. Except for Lao Twenty-Six, who is rumored to exist but is not sure whether he exists, the other brothers are still alive.

The fourteenth brother Zhu Mei was originally named the King of Han, but was later renamed the King of Su. Historically, he was a vassal in Ganzhou, and now he is a vassal before he leaves.

The fifteenth brother is Zhu Zhi, king of Liao.

The sixteenth brother is King Qing Zhu Zhuan.

The seventeenth brother is none other than Ning Wang Zhu Quan.

The eighteenth-year-old Zhu Chu sat next to Zhu Chuan, and opposite him was the nineteenth-year-old Valley King Zhu Chu.

Zhu Chu's younger brother, the old twenty-one Korean king Zhu Song, is next to his elder brother, and opposite is the old twenty-one king Zhu Mo.

Followed by the 22nd old An Wang Zhu Ying, and the 23rd old Tang Wang Zhu Huan.

And the last two little brothers, the old twenty-fourth Ying Wang Zhu Dong and the old twenty-fifth Yi Wang Zhu.

Since the last three brothers were too young, they were accompanied by several young eunuchs.

When all the kings were seated, one person was in trouble.

It is none other than Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the third generation of the Zhu family's royal family.

Originally, based on his identity and status as the emperor's grandson and prince, the first position under Zhu Yuanzhang should be his.

After all, the king of heaven and earth is the master of the family, and the king must be placed before the kiss.

But now that Zhu Chu has spoken in person, it has been confirmed within the family that he has been deposed.

Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a moment, but consciously walked to the last seat and sat down at the end.

There are a total of twenty princes and one grandson (not called the grandson at first). This level and scale make the palace servants and maidens around them feel secretly frightened.

Even if you are usually cautious and don't dare to be careless, now you have to be even more cautious and don't dare to make any mistakes.

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's order: "Notify the imperial dining room that the banquet can begin."

Suddenly, countless delicacies from the mountains and seas that had been prepared were served one after another.

Although there is no so-called Manchu-Han banquet today, the size of the banquet is definitely not bad. Even if there is no official term for the eight major cuisines, the specialties from all over the country are now gathered on the same table.

This is a palace meal, and it is also a royal family banquet, how could it be wrong?

"Eighteenth brother, you are really impressive for once," Zhu Quan, who was opposite, winked at Zhu Zhen.

Everyone was in a commotion before, and he hadn't found a chance to talk to Zhu Zhen alone.

Zhu Zhen also had a good impression of Zhu Quan and said with a smile: "We brothers will have to have a few drinks later."

"That's natural, but I'm afraid you have to toast your father first," Zhu Quan said and looked to the other side.

At the same time, other princes looked at Zhu Chu one after another.

Originally, the first person to toast Zhu Yuanzhang should be Zhu Laosan, the current leader of the kings.

But who doesn’t know at this time that Zhu Xi has already taken control of the overall situation. Even Zhu Fan has to admit that as long as nothing unexpected happens, Lao Ba will successfully become the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which is what he will give himself while he is alive. The posthumous title given to him is Ming Taizong.

At this moment, shouldn’t Ming Taizong propose a toast to Ming Taizu?

At the dinner table, Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak or move his chopsticks, and no one dared to move them.

At the same time, everyone was waiting, waiting for Zhu Yu to toast Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Ming didn't hesitate, stood up, picked up the wine glass and walked to the other side.

Arriving in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Min held the wine glass in his left hand, lifted his robe with his right hand and knelt down.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, he was so generous?

"Dad, my son wishes you a happy new year, may you be blessed as long as the East China Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains," Zhu Ming said, raising his glass: "My son, I wish you good health and all the best."

Then he raised his glass and drank it all.

Zhu Yuanzhang said dumbfounded: "Are you celebrating your birthday?"

Why are they all using the same phrases for birthday wishes?

The other brothers looked at each other silently, then stood up and left their seats. They also knelt down, raised their glasses and shouted: "I wish my father (father) good fortune, good health, and good luck."

Who dares to throw away the lyrics when there is Zhu Li's "Pearls and jade in front"?

Can you name a better word than the future emperor?
That's not possible. What if someone wears small shoes in the future?
So Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to celebrate his birthday once.

However, as a father, he was very pleased to see his sons gathered together in front of him, and Zhu Min easily solved the problem in a peaceful way.

What Zhu Yuanzhang feared most and what he least wanted to see was brothers fighting each other.

He really didn't want the most ruthless emperor's situation to happen, where they would fight for the throne.

When Zhu Yunwen was made the grandson, one reason was that the second and third sons at the time were incompetent, and the other was because he was afraid that making the fourth son would cause discord among the brothers.

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhu Zhen could really convince all his brothers.

I'm afraid this is Zhu Chu's ambition and caliber. Others regard the vassal king as a great harm to the country, but he is the only one who says that the vassal king is a weapon for the country.

Only he, who will not cut down the vassal vassal in the future, can gain the support of the kings.

Would you like to try it as Zhu Yunwen instead? As soon as Lao Zhu died, he had to cut off the vassalage immediately, and he was not willing to pretend for a few years.

Seeing that his serious worries were solved, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled for the first time in a long time, felt even more relaxed, and greeted his sons to gather together.

During this period, Zhu Zhen was still being booed by all the brothers, so he had to tell the story of his journey to the south and the north.

Especially when he mentioned the artifact such as the Hongyi Cannon, it aroused the curiosity and expectations of the kings.

Seeing that Zhu Zhen gradually became the protagonist of everyone's attention, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded secretly, and he indeed had the magnanimity of an emperor.

Even Zhu Fan and Zhu Di were in a trance for a while, as if they saw hallucinations in Zhu Xi, as if the eldest brother was reborn.

Once upon a time, didn't these younger brothers all surround their eldest brother?

Although Zhu Zhen is the eighteenth child, he is not ranked high in the ranking. Instead, he is the younger brother of many people. There are actually only seven younger brothers behind him.

But even his brothers are now willing to gather around him like stars holding the moon.

"Fourth, it seems that we can't compete with him," Zhu Fan said sincerely.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Ming deeply, but did not speak. He didn't know what he was thinking.

(PS: As a side note, the original title of the fourth volume was The Age of Discovery. The outline of this volume should be that the first half is about kings fighting for their heirs. The second half is about technological development and overseas competition for hegemony.

The kings were mainly divided into four factions in fighting for their heirs, namely Zhu Laosan's faction, Zhu Laosi's faction, Zhu Chu and Zhu Shiba's faction, and Zhu Yunwen's faction.

The construction of the navy was also paved in the third volume, with Admiral Li Cunzhao. And Xiao Baozi, I have been hesitating whether to let him be the eunuch of the Three Treasures, that is, Zheng He.

But for some reasons. The final stage has begun. Therefore, the plot of the kings took a long time, and the protagonist had to work hard to convince the brothers.

The only goal at the moment is to land smoothly, that is, to write the ending smoothly. I hope you all understand. Try to be as messy as possible. It is impossible for a eunuch to be a eunuch. )
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