Daming: The Sims, Lao Zhu’s mentality collapsed

Chapter 10 Zhu Yunwen’s Simulated Life
  Zhu Yuanzhang had a complicated expression. After simulating Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiongying, and Zhu Bai, his heart felt as heavy as if he had been punched more than a dozen times.

Two sons, one died of illness and the other committed suicide. An eldest grandson died at the age of eight.

Ming Dynasty, don’t we have any normal descendants?

[Please select the object to be simulated. 】

Simulation object one: Zhu Yunwen
  Identity: [Emperor’s second grandson] [Grandson] [Emperor] [Monk]

Simulated object two: Zhu Di
  Identity: [Prince] [Emperor] [General Zhengbei]

Simulation object three: Zhu Gaochi

Identity: [County Prince] [Prince] [Executive Deputy Emperor] [Emperor]

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he saw this scene.

Although he was very happy to be randomly selected as three emperors of the Zhu family, except for Zhu Yunwen, he never thought that the other two people would also have the status of emperors!
  "Zhu Gaochi... the word "high generation", next to the word "fire", is this the fucking son of the fourth child?" The more Lao Zhu calculated, the more something was wrong.

He arranged a generational table for his children and grandchildren. Just by counting their names, he could figure out which descendants they were from.

For example, the prince lineage is sorted according to twenty characters such as "Yunwen follows the instructions of his ancestors...". The lineage of the King of Yan is sorted according to the twenty-digit characters such as "Gao Zhan Qi Jian You...".

What is going on? Lao Si’s lineage actually has the appearance of an emperor. This is not in our budget at all!
  Zhu Yuanzhang looked serious, and after much hesitation, he chose to imitate his unborn concubine grandson Zhu Yunwen first.

[In the tenth year of Hongwu, you were born. You are the grandson of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the second son of Prince Zhu Biao, and your biological mother is the concubine Lu of the East Palace. 】

[Originally, you and the throne are incompatible with each other. You are neither a prince nor a direct descendant of the prince, but your life is too good. 】

[The Crown Princess and the Emperor's eldest grandson passed away one after another. Your mother became the Crown Prince's stepmother and was later named the Crown Princess, and you naturally became the grandson. 】

[Although you have become the grandson, you are still not the first heir to the throne. The ones ahead of you are your father and uncles. 】

[Until the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, your father, Prince Zhu Biao, died young; your second uncle, King Zhu Yu of Qin, died of illness in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu; and your third uncle, King Zhu Yu of Jin, died of illness in the thirty-first year of Hongwu. 】

[There are only two people left who are qualified to compete with you for the throne: the fourth uncle, King of Yan Zhu Di, and the fifth uncle, King of Wu Zhu Di. 】

[Your biggest competitor is your fourth uncle Zhu Di. He is brave and good at fighting, has made great military exploits, and controls a large number of troops in Peiping. Many people in the court support him. 】

[But the fourth uncle has the biggest flaw: he is not born to Queen Ma. 】

[In other words, King Yan is not a legitimate son, but a concubine. Coupled with the old emperor's preference for the prince's lineage, King Yan will still be unable to compete with you in the end. 】

[But the fifth uncle, Zhu Ru, makes you more afraid. 】

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought.

His grandson must be so talented, why is he even afraid of the fifth child?
  This kid has nothing to be afraid of. He is either hanging out on the Qinhuai River and listening to music, or he is fishing and enjoying himself by the Xuanwu Lake.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that it would be a major wrong choice for him to pass the throne to Zhu Yunwen.

If you're even afraid of the fucking old man, what else can you do?

[The fifth uncle, King Wu Zhu, once went on the Northern Expedition with his father-in-law Xu Da. Although he did not rise to prominence, he inherited part of the military power of the Northern Expedition and formed his own three guards of King Wu. 】

[Later, your fifth uncle came to dominate Suzhou. Suzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. This fifth uncle can be said to want money to have money and an army to have an army. ]     【The most important thing is that your fifth uncle is the legitimate son of the old emperor and the biological son of Queen Ma. If according to the etiquette, all the people in front of your fifth uncle are dead, and the only King of Yan, Zhu Di, who is older than him, is just a concubine, and he is the heir to the throne. 】

[It’s just that your fifth uncle only wants to be an idle cloud and a crane, and has no thoughts about the throne. After the death of his third uncle, King Jin, he went to Beijing to pay homage and made it clear that he was participating in the competition for the throne. He also asked to cut off the three guards of the vassal king and hand over military power. 】

[This move shocked the government and the public, and also made the old emperor completely disappointed with the fifth son. Although he had no intention of passing on the fifth son to the throne, after this incident, King Wu completely lost the right to compete for the throne. 】

[Until here, you breathed a sigh of relief. The throne belongs to you. 】

Seeing this, Lao Zhu was speechless.

I hate that iron cannot become steel!

If he were the King of Wu, even if there was only a slight chance, he would fight for the throne. What's more, for the King of Wu in the 31st year of Hongwu, it was more than just a chance. He was a strong contender for the throne.

But for Lao Zhu, this may not be a bad thing. After all, he has always only wanted to pass the throne to the prince's lineage. The simulation is enough to prove that Zhu Zhu was not deliberately hiding his clumsiness but was actually a person who coveted the throne. He really despised the throne.

There are actually people in the world who despise the throne!
  [In the fifth month of the thirty-first year of Hongwu, the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang died. You became the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty and granted a general amnesty to the world. The following year was regarded as the first year of Jianwen. 】

[Although you have become the emperor as you wished, you are really not happy because you still have nine serious worries. 】

[These nine confidants are the nine great fortress kings who were entrusted by the late emperor to control the nine sides. 】

[They are King Qin, King Jin, King Yan, King Dai, King Gu, King Liao, King Ning, King Qing, and King Su. In the layout of the late emperor, the Nine Great Sai Kings were the swords and armors that guarded your home and courtyard. Since you were guarding your home and courtyard for the emperor, of course you would have military power. 】

[Each vassal king has three guards, and the number of guards ranges from 3,000 to 19,000. Among the kings, the kings of Yan and Jin had the largest military strength, each with more than 100,000 troops. But it’s not about having many soldiers, but about being skilled. The strongest among the vassal kings is Ning Wang Zhu Quan. This is your seventeenth uncle. He has 80,000 elite soldiers with armor and 6,000 leather chariots under his command. He controls dozens of cities in the territory and covers an area of ​​more than a thousand miles. . 】

[The princes and ministers will all bow down and pay homage to them when they see them. Major events in the fiefdom and troop movements must be reported to the local vassal king before proceeding. 】

[These feudal kings make you terrified. You are afraid that these people will rebel. Once they rebel, how will you resist? 】

[You were already wary of your uncles when you were the grandson of the emperor, and you were even more determined to cut down the vassal vassal after you became the emperor. In the first year after taking the throne, you began to reduce the vassal status. 】

[Among the kings, the most powerful one is King Ning and King Zhu Quan, but the one you fear the most is your fourth uncle, King Yan. He has the highest prestige and greatest achievements. If King Yan is not eliminated, you will feel uneasy. 】

[You have three confidants, namely Fang Xiaoru, Qitai, and Huang Zicheng. Qi Tai said: "Among the kings, King Yan is the most powerful, and we should start with King Yan to eliminate vassals." And Huang Zicheng said: "We should cut off King Yan's wings first, and then attack King Yan last. Among the kings, King Wu , The relationship between the King of Xiang and the King of Yan is irreversible, and these two kings must be weakened."]

[You said: "My fifth uncle, King Wu, surrendered the military power himself. It is not harmful to me, so there is no need to worry about it. Let's start with Qi, Xiang, Dai, and Min."]

[In November of the 31st year of Hongwu, you ordered Zhang Bing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to be the chief envoy of Peiping. Xie Gui and Zhang Xin were in charge of the Beiping Commandery Department and secretly monitored the affairs of Prince Yan's palace. 】

[In February of the first year of Jianwen, you issued an order to the kings not to control the civil and military officials of the palace; in March, in order to guard against the fourth uncle Yan King Zhu Di who was enfeoffed in Peiping and weaken his military strength, you ordered the governors Song Zhong, Xu Kai, and Geng Qi to lead the army. The troops were stationed in Kaiping, Linqing, and Shanhaiguan around Peiping, and the troops and horses of the Peiping and Yongqing guards were transferred to Zhangde and Shunde. 】

[In April of Xia, you attacked King Xiang and slandered him for treason. King Xiang burned himself to death. King Zhu Shu of Qi and King Zhu Gui of Dai were also deposed as commoners by you. 】

[In June, you took action against Min King Zhu Chu, deposed him as a commoner, and exiled him to Zhangzhou. 】

[When the late emperor was still alive, he once asked you how you would treat your uncles, the vassal kings. Your answer was: "Embrace them with virtue and treat them with courtesy."]

[You lied to the late Emperor and did not keep this promise. 】

[From the beginning of the vassal reduction, you have already regarded your uncles as dead people. 】

(End of this chapter)