Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 167 Yunwen, are you really planning to disown this grandpa?
  "Dad will give you an explanation for this matter." Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Di with burning eyes: "Fourth, we are ordering you to rebel now, do you dare?"

"Dare!" Zhu Di wiped his nose and tears with his sleeves, "As long as dad gives the order, even if I am alone, I will go to Yingtian Mansion with a knife to ask for an explanation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this good son with satisfaction and patted him hard on the shoulder.

"We have always thought that you are okay. You kid, you have been smart since you were a child."

Li Qing almost didn't laugh out loud. He looked at Lao Li and kept shrugging his shoulders.

"Get ready first. Let's go to Yingtian Mansion to find Zhu Yunzhen." Lao Zhu said through gritted teeth, "We want to see what this great grandson has in his head!"

"Actually, Brother Chongba..." Li Qing interrupted him, "You came from Hongwu seven years ago. You probably don't know that when Zhu Yunwen was just established as the emperor's grandson, you were already worried about whether the kings would support themselves with troops. , committed many illegal acts, and began to consider weakening the power of the feudal king."

"You once said to Zhu Yunwen: "We entrust the kings with the responsibility of resisting the Hulu, so that the border will not be chaotic and leave you peace." However, Zhu Yunwen asked: "If the Hulu are not stable, let the kings defend themselves, but what if The kings are restless, who will resist them?"

"You thought about it for a long time and decided to ask Zhu Yunwen for his opinion."

"At that time, he believed that we should "embrace them with virtue and control them with etiquette. If they can't do it, then cut off their land, and if they can't do it, they can change their people, and if they go too far, they can use troops to attack them." After listening to this sentence, you feel very I am very happy and think that my eldest grandson is indeed very filial."

At this point, Zhenjun winked and turned the topic to Li Shimin again.

"You have also seen the result, and the whole family is filled with filial piety... But having said that, compared to the Tang Dynasty where father died and his son laughed, Zhu Yunwen's behavior of withdrawing from the vassal seemed tender and tender - at least he was willing to find some reasons, wasn't he? "

Li Shimin's face darkened - Why don't you change the topic to me?
  "Bah! It turns out that this bitch is actually being two-faced!" Lao Zhu scolded fiercely: "It's one thing in front of us, and another after we die! How could we be blind and take such a fancy? A bastard?"

"No sense of confidentiality!" Li Qing pointed at Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu couldn't help but be surprised: "Why don't we have any sense of confidentiality?"

"You leaked the secrets of the imperial court." Li Qing reached out and nodded again.

Lao Zhu subconsciously asked: "When will we leak... Oh!"

At this time, everyone also understood the implication of Li Qing's words and couldn't help but smile knowingly. Li Qing continued: "In addition, Huang Zicheng, who was studying in the East Palace, discussed with the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen about reducing the vassal state. Zhu Yunwen asked Huang Zicheng, my dog ​​uncles all have heavy troops. What should I do if something changes? ?”

"Huang Zicheng said that the kings only have guards and can only protect themselves; if something unexpected happens, they can send out a large army of flying dragons to ride on their faces. That would really be a battle with [-] troops versus a few hundred people. The advantage lies with me - just ask us How to lose? The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty is not weak. King Wu cut mountains into copper and boiled seas into salt. Wasn't he also crushed by the imperial army? "

"Zhu Yunwen thinks that Mr. Fengchu is right, so every time he meets Huang Zicheng, he will respectfully address him as Mr. Huang and hold the disciple ceremony."

"As for Huang Zicheng... the comparison is hard to describe in one word; when Zhu Yunwen came to the throne, he appointed Huang Zicheng to be concurrently a Hanlin scholar, and participated in state affairs with Qi Tai, and conspired to deprive the vassal king of power."

"Qi Tai felt that he should attack Yan King Zhu Di first. After all, the fourth king was the eldest among the kings, and he was also the legitimate son and the vassal. But Huang Zicheng disagreed, thinking that the kings of Zhou, Qi, Xiang, Dai, and Min, During the reign of the late emperor, he had done many illegal things and was famous for his crimes. But now if you want to investigate the crime, you should start with King Zhou. King Zhou is the mother-brother of King Yan. To kill King Zhou is to cut off King Yan's hands and feet."

"So, you also know what happened next. Huang Zicheng came up with a bad idea. It can't be said that it is useless. At least it can be said that it is not helpful. If he were not loyal enough and would rather die than surrender, I am afraid there would be enough There is reason to suspect that he is actually a traitor sent by King Zhu Di of Yan."

At this point, Li Qing couldn't help but laugh at him.

"However, this kind of person doesn't have a lot of money. He usually talks about his heart and mind, and when in danger, he dies to repay the king. He can be regarded as raising the average age of Hanlin bachelors, but lowering the average IQ."

"Trash! What kind of blindness can you let someone like Huang Zicheng come to you!" Lao Zhu cursed angrily.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di's expression suddenly became strange, and he said calmly: "Dad, that Huang Zicheng was assigned to Zhu Yunwen by your old man..."

Lao Zhu suddenly choked.

Damn it, aren’t we scolding ourselves? The blind person is actually ourselves?

When Queen Ma heard this, she covered her mouth and chuckled. Zhu Biao was sitting on the side with an extremely weird look on his face. It looked like he was having a hard time suppressing his laughter, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud.

But after Lao Li laughed, Zhu Biao also succeeded.

Lao Zhu, whose face turned purple, looked at Zhu Di with a look that looked at death, and his tone was cold.

"Fourth, are you successful?"

"No, no, no, dad..." Zhu Di apologized quickly.

Li Qing stood up and said to Lao Zhu: "Brother Chongba, please think clearly. Zhu Yunwen dares to be two-faced. When we arrive in Nanjing, whether he recognizes you or not is a completely different matter..."

"He dares!" Lao Zhu Yuan stared, "He dares to deny us, we will skin him!"

"Okay! If you have this consciousness, that's no problem." Li Qing said with a smile: "Let's go together this time. It's inconvenient to be accompanied by others, so I have to save some face for you..."

"What do you mean by giving us face!" Lao Zhu was unhappy, "We are his grandfather! Can he still rebel against his ancestors with his grandson? How can he be so capable? He wants to bully God!"

Li Qing didn't say anything, just snapped his fingers, and the two of them disappeared into the palace.

"Hey...take me one..." Li Shimin looked at the two people who disappeared and said calmly.

……

Yingtian Mansion, Qianqing Palace.

In ancient times, information was blocked, and the imperial court was in Yingtian Mansion, thousands of miles away, so of course it had no idea what was happening in Peiping.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were still arguing fiercely about reducing the vassal status, but since Zhu Di had not made any changes, Qi Tai had always been at a disadvantage. "The three sons of King Yan must stay in Yingtian Mansion!" Qi Tai rolled up his sleeves and seemed ready to have a fight with Huang Zicheng.

"No!" Huang Zicheng shouted: "You are just trying to scare the enemy! King Yan has already had objections, and your behavior will undoubtedly intensify the conflict between the court and King Yan!"

"Originally I said to kill King Yan first, but what happened?" Qi Tai said angrily: "If King Yan was to be killed early, how can there be so many things? It's you, a rotten scholar! You have to say 'first small, then big', "Easy things first, hard things later'! Let me tell you! After killing King Zhou and forcing King Xiang to death, King Yan has already been prepared! The news of his madness coming from Peiping is just a way for him to paralyze us in order to protect himself!"

"It's because he's crazy! That's why we should send him back!" Huang Zicheng said without giving in: "We are the imperial court! We have great righteousness! We should not have such villainous methods! His Prince Yan's Mansion only has hundreds of guards. With that, Why are you fighting with us? When the imperial army arrives, Prince Yan’s palace will be reduced to ashes!"

"You, you, you... you are a corrupt scholar! Reading will make you stupid!" Qitai walked away angrily.

Seeing Qitai leaving without even saying hello, Zhu Yunwen felt a little uncomfortable.

"Wei Guogong, you are their uncle, tell me what should be done?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Wei Guogong Xu Huizu.

Essentially, Zhu Yunwen wanted to improve the relationship between them and let Xu Huizu intercede with Po Xia Don and let them go.

However, Xu Huizu said righteously: "Your Majesty, according to the kinship relationship, they are all my nephews. It can be said that I have watched them grow up since childhood and know their character very well."

"These three people must not let the tiger go back to the mountain. They must stay in Yingtian Mansion as hostages. If the situation in the north changes, we can hold the three of them hostage and threaten King Yan to capture him without mercy. If we let the tiger go back to the mountain, the consequences will be disastrous."

Having said this, he paused and focused on Zhu Gaoxu: "Especially their second eldest brother, Zhu Gaoxu. Among these three people, Zhu Gaoxu is the most brave and the most rogue. Duan, I think he may not even be loyal to his father, let alone His Majesty?"

After all, he is an uncle, and he understands his nephew.

But having said that, this good uncle of the Ming Dynasty was not merciless at all when he tricked his nephew.

"Then we should let them go back!" Zhu Yunwen was heartbroken and immediately found the reason from Xu Huizu's words: "Didn't it mean that Zhu Gaoxu has a traitor in his head and may not be loyal to the King of Yan? Then I will let him go back and take a look at him. Can we cause King Yan to rebel? If we can really capture King Yan, I might as well show mercy and let him succeed King Yan... Huang Qing, just give him a secret edict to tell him what I mean. .”

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Huang Zicheng immediately and sincerely bowed to him: "Your Majesty's move can be said to be a great grace from heaven. He, King Yan, has no legitimate reason to rebel. If he continues to rebel like this, he will definitely be poked in the back by the people in the world!"

Xu Huizu sighed sadly at the side, thinking that as long as he can conquer the world, why should he care if the people in the world poke his back?

If I fall into your hands, I will die. In comparison, being scolded is nothing.

To be honest, he really didn't want those three children to go back. But it's a pity that my Majesty is a very smart person.

When the three sons of King Yan go back, they are like a toad entering a well or a wild donkey entering a deserted beach.

All the ministers knew that under the strategy hatched by such a wise man as Huang Zicheng, the court was now facing a situation where every vassal was treated as the last vassal to be eliminated, and then there was no need to be afraid of rebellion.

Zhu Yunwen is actually quite contradictory. You can say that he is soft-hearted. He forced his uncle to death and deposed his uncle without any mercy, just like harvesting wheat piece by piece. You can say that he is cruel... He has been soft-hearted to Zhu Di many times, not to him. When my son was put back, he would make a show of saying "Don't hurt my uncle", which gave people the impression that his brain was not fully developed and his cerebellum was not developed at all.

Just after Xu Huizu left in disappointment, Li Qing took Lao Zhu to Qianqing Palace.

Looking at this familiar but unfamiliar palace, Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

Things are people, things are not things, so I want to speak and cry first.

In this era, the eldest grandson left first, the younger sister left him first, and Biaoer also left him, leaving him alone. In the end, I could only pull out a seemingly tall man among the short ones, but it turned out that this tall man was still falsely tall.

I thought that Zhu Yunwen would live in harmony with his uncles, and would be gentler no matter how hard it was, but he never thought that this bastard would withdraw from the feudal clan...

You are really our great grandson, Lao Zhu secretly gritted his teeth.

Zhu Yunwen, who was talking quietly to Huang Zicheng, also noticed the two people who suddenly appeared in Qianqing Palace. He couldn't help frowning, stood up and was about to yell loudly, but he showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

He fell back on the chair and pointed in the direction of the two of them, trembling.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Huang Zicheng asked with concern.

"Emperor, oh, oh, oh, grandpa..." Zhu Yun said tremblingly.

"Emperor Taizu?" Huang Zicheng turned around and looked in the direction Zhu Yunwen was pointing, and couldn't help being surprised.

After all, he is a scholar who has read a lot of history books. He immediately came to his senses and shouted loudly: "Who are you! How dare you pretend to be my great ancestor, Emperor Gao!"

"Emperor Taizu Gao?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but exclaimed: "So this is the posthumous title your boy gave us?"

"Emperor...grandfather..." Zhu Yunwen was horrified in his heart. He was already guilty of being a thief, forcing Uncle Xiang Wang to death and demoting so many uncles. Now that he saw Lao Zhu, of course he felt very guilty and subconsciously felt guilty. stand up.

Before Lao Zhu could say anything, he saw Huang Zicheng banging the table hard on the side and shouting sadly: "Your Majesty! When Emperor Taizu Gao left, he had a bright head and blue beard. How can he look so young now! Please wake up. , this is clearly someone pretending to be Taizu Emperor Gao, in my opinion, it must be Yan Ni’s doing!"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhu Yunwen seemed to have found his backbone, "How could he be Grandpa Huang? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Lao Zhu's ears were very good, so of course he could hear what they both said clearly. He couldn't help but frown and asked in a cold voice: "Yunwen, are you really planning to disown this grandpa?"

"Your Majesty! Zi Bu Yu's strange power confuses the spirit! When a person dies, his blood will be exhausted, his essence will be extinguished, his body will rot when he dies, and he will become ashes. What's the use of being a ghost!" Huang Zicheng gritted his teeth and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Qing: "This must be It’s a villain’s conspiracy! I want to disrupt His Majesty’s determination to reduce the vassal state! The vassal king is a cancer of our Ming Dynasty and must be eliminated! I hope Your Majesty will think twice!”

Zhu Yunwen stared at Zhu Yuanzhang with a serious face, as if heaven and man were at war in his heart. After Huang Zicheng finished talking about ghosts, his eyes immediately came back to reality and he murmured: "Yes! Huang Qing is right, the emperor is dead. How can you be my emperor?"

As he spoke, his expression gradually became ferocious.

(End of this chapter)