Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 498 Yao Guangxiao returns

Zhu Di's subordinates really didn't want to hand over their military power.

But after listening to Zhu Di's words, they fell silent. They would die if they did not surrender their military power. Your Majesty would not let them go, let alone Zhu Di.

Unless you rebel.

However, with the Yan Fan's small military strength, it is impossible for the rebellion to succeed while the old emperor is still alive. If you rebel, you will die faster. However, the soldiers in Peiping were all brought out by them personally. Now that their military power has been deprived, they will They were very unconvinced and unwilling to hand everything over.

"You all obey orders!"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but said.

The father wanted to die, but he didn't want to die. None of the family wanted to die. The only blame was that the father didn't know how to calm down even after returning to Beijing. He just liked to mess around.

"You go down!"

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said, "I want to be quiet."

Zhang Yu and the others understood that this was an unchangeable fact.

They could not keep the military power, so they had to hand it over. After receiving Zhu Di's order, they left Prince Yan's residence with reluctance and helplessness, and returned to the military camp to take one last look at the soldiers who originally belonged to them.

In Prince Yan's palace, there was a gloomy atmosphere.

They don't know what to do.

"Go back and rest!"

Zhu Di waved his hand and said.

"Husband!"

Xu Miaoyun shouted worriedly.

Zhu Di shook his head slightly and said, "I'm fine. You can go and rest."

After that, he went straight back to his study, unable to summon up any other energy. However, the moment he entered the study, he seemed to find something wrong. The layout inside had been changed by others.

Under normal circumstances, no one can enter his study, not even the three Zhu Gaochi brothers, but there are exceptions.

The exception is Yao Guangxiao.

It was as if the layout had been changed deliberately to draw his attention, to tell him something.

"Master Daoyan!"

Zhu Di thought about it and opened the door to the secret room next to him. As soon as he entered, he saw candles lighting up the secret room. A monk in black was sitting peacefully in it, reading a copy of the Tao Te Ching.

"As a monk, Master also reads the Tao Te Ching?"

Zhu Di laughed out loud.

Seeing Yao Guangxiao coming back, all his other worries were forgotten and he felt happy.

How worried he was that Yao Guangxiao was so chased by the Jin Yiwei that he did not dare to return to Peiping. He might even be secretly killed by the Jin Yiwei.

Yao Guangxiao closed the book and smiled slightly: "My junior brother said that I am not a serious monk. Since I am not a serious monk, is it normal to read the Tao Te Ching?"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

"Master came back so soon?"

Zhu Di said again.

Yao Guangxiao said: "After escaping from Yingtian, I came back to Peiping and waited for the prince here. I know everything about Yingtian, thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Di sighed deeply, sat down in front of Yao Guangxiao, and asked, "Master, what else do I think I can do?"

Except for the private soldiers hiding in the dark, he has nothing left.

But those private soldiers may not be able to feed themselves.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to cut off two-thirds of his salary, leaving those who could not afford private soldiers at all.

Years of planning were all in vain just because of one fanning the flames, and it was too late to regret.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, we still have many ways."

Yao Guangxiao said calmly. Zhu Di respectfully said: "Master, please give me some advice!"

Yao Guangxiao pondered and said: "First of all, the problem of private soldiers is easy to solve. There are so many tribes on the Jurchen side, and the north of North Korea is not far from us. Since there is no salary to support private soldiers, then we must support them with war! Although His Highness and some Jurchens We have good relations with the tribes, but these Jurchen tribes that we have good relations with must have other enemies within the Jurchens. If we help the tribes with which we have good relations and attack their hostile tribes, they must be very happy and willing to provide food support."

"Raise soldiers by war?"

Zhu Di seemed to have cleared away the clouds and found his own hope and light, and laughed and said: "Master is right, it is good to fight to raise an army."

There are countless tribes in the north, let them fight as they please.

As long as they can be defeated, they can plunder loot and collect some tribe employment fees, so raising troops will not be a problem.

"His Royal Highness was hit hard and couldn't think of this for a while."

Yao Guangxiao narrowed his eyes and said again: "But this is not enough."

and also?

Zhu Di quickly asked: "Master, please give me some advice."

He found that he had been hit hard and his whole head was dizzy. There were indeed many things that he had not expected. Now that Yao Guangxiao was back, he would lead him out of the haze and everything would get better.

"It's easy!"

"Didn't His Majesty send someone to replace His Highness and take over all military power in Peiping?"

"Your Highness's soldiers only obey His Highness's orders. Even if they reluctantly obey the new general, they may not obey them willingly."

"At this time, as long as His Highness contacts the Yuanmeng Tatars and the Jurchen tribes he has friends with in the north, and asks them to come to Peiping to fight, or to fight for real, without any deception, what else can the new general do?"

Yao Guangxiao narrowed his eyes and said murderously.

I have to say that his idea is still very cruel!

Since Zhu Xuan didn't want him to have a good time, he couldn't make it possible for Zhu Xuan to have a good time.

"No, absolutely not!"

Zhu Di thought for a long time, shook his head and refused: "Those Tatars, barbarians, and wolf-like ambitions, how can I let them come in and kill my Ming people? I absolutely do not agree with this method."

Yao Guangxiao knew that this would be the case. He had already thought about the words of persuasion and said calmly: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. In fact, the process is not important, what is important is the result. Your Highness can think about it. When the new general arrives, he will not be able to lead the troops to attack." When the Tatars are conquered, His Majesty will return the military power to His Highness."

Regaining military power was a temptation for Zhu Di.

As long as you have military power, you will be able to do many things in the future.

Zhu Di looked struggling, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Okay, I agreed, and I will arrange for someone to contact the Tatars later."

Yao Guangxiao smiled slightly and agreed.

He also wants revenge, wants revenge.

"Master, what do you think of Zhu Yunxuan's weapons?"

Zhu Di asked again.

The weapons he saw on the day of the military exercise shocked him.

If he were to meet him on the battlefield, those weapons would render him helpless, and he would not even have the ability to resist.

Hearing this, Yao Guangxiao also felt embarrassed and sighed quietly: "We have no way to deal with those weapons for the time being. We can't even get the technology now. In the future, if we really break up with Zhu Yunxuan, we won't be able to face each other on the battlefield."

If they faced each other on the battlefield, they would die miserably.

“To seize power, we can only start from other aspects.”

"I haven't thought about this clearly yet. Please give me some time, Your Highness, to think about it carefully."

Yao Guangxiao was full of bad news.

Zhu Di knew that Yao Guangxiao had some unscrupulous ideas again.

He didn't care at all about the bad water.

The worse Yao Guangxiao is, the better it is for him. He wants to make Zhu Xuan regret and make everyone who has suppressed him regret, and he also wants to ascend to that supreme position and accept the respect of the world.

(End of this chapter)