The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 518: Prince of Yan Zhu Di: "Dad?!!"

Ming dynasty.

Old Zhu looked at the corpses of the Ming army scattered all over the sky.

His face was gloomy.

He picked up the stone mirror silently.

Queen Ma did not try to stop her.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers mean hundreds of thousands of families.

There is no need for them to risk their lives in this meaningless war.

A colorful light enveloped the palace.

After the light disappeared.

Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer visible.

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[After the Baigou River, Li Jinglong retreated first to Dezhou, and then to Jinan. ]

【Zhu Di took advantage of the victory and planned to attack Nanjing directly via Shandong, but he was resisted by Shandong Councillor Tie Xuan in Jinan. After besieging for several months, he had to return without success.】

[In September 1400, Tie Xuan was promoted to the governor of Shandong, the minister of war, and the general in charge of military affairs. Sheng Yong, the left governor, was promoted to the general, the Marquis of Licheng, and the commander of the Yan army in the northern expedition.]

【Li Jinglong was dismissed from his post and recalled to Nanjing.】

[At the end of that year, the Yan army was defeated by Sheng Yong in the Battle of Dongchang.]

【Emperor Jianwen was encouraged by this victory and restored Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to their posts.】

[In March 1401, the Yan army defeated Sheng Yong in the Battle of Jiahe.]

【On April 17, Emperor Jianwen dismissed Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng again and replaced Qi Tai with Ru Rong.】

[At this time, Ru Rong and the demoted Li Jinglong were the leaders of the peace faction in the court. ]

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{??? No, you voted now?}
{Did they collapse in the battle of Baigou River?}

{I don’t know what you are doing for a moment...}
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Song Shenzong Period
You don’t know, I am very familiar with it!

Zhao Xu looked at the sky with helplessness.

He is very familiar with this kind of reorganization pattern!
When victory seemed in sight, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were reinstated.

When the war situation turned unfavorable, they were dismissed from office.

This was not only a symbolic change intended by Emperor Jianwen to appease Prince of Yan.

It shows that there was serious factional strife around Emperor Jianwen!
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[In the first month of 1402, Zhu Di changed his strategy and decided to bypass Shandong and march straight to Nanjing.]

[In March, Zhu Di entered Suzhou. ]

[On the seventh day of the third month, he was defeated by Xu Huizu at Qimen Mountain, south of Lingbi.]

[On March 12, Zhu Di took advantage of Xu Huizu's sudden recall and the arrival of reinforcements to launch a surprise attack on Ping An, who was stationed in Lingbi, and captured Ping An himself and several other important generals.]

[On the third day of April, the army broke through the Shengyong defense line on the Huai River, bypassed the two strong fortified cities of Fengyang near the Huai River and Huai'an on the canal, and went straight down the Huai River at lightning speed.]

【On April 11, Yangzhou was captured.】

[On April 25, Zhu Di's troops were blocked by Sheng Yong's navy at Puzikou on the other side of Nanjing.]

[On April 27, Chen Xuan, the deputy commander of the Yangtze River fleet, defected to the Prince of Yan. Zhu Di crossed the river by boat and reached the outskirts of Nanjing without encountering any resistance.]

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The period of Han Dynasty and Emperor Ming Dynasty
"They..."

Liu Lun couldn't understand.

There are actually people who surrender?

Liu Zhuang lay on his side on the couch, fanning himself with a door fan.

"Are you really that stupid, kid?"

"What does the internal fighting of the Zhu family have to do with them?"

Liu Lun was stunned for a moment.

Yes... this is an internal fight.

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[Before this, Emperor Jianwen had called back his troops from the north and gathered new soldiers near Nanjing to defend the capital.]

【However, the court's policy was not finalized until the last moment.】

[Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who were recalled on May 11, strongly advocated defending the capital at all costs.]

【Li Jinglong and Ru Rui were inclined to resolve the issue through negotiation. 】

[On May 30, Emperor Jianwen sent Li Jinglong and Zhu Yuanzhang's 19th son Zhu Sui to Longtan outside Nanjing to propose peace talks with Zhu Di.]

【They came back to report that the negotiations had failed.】

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On the canopy.

Under the city gate.

A group of soldiers entered one after another.

There are two red flags erected behind the leading chariot pavilion.

The left flag is embroidered with the sun, the moon and the Big Dipper, and the right flag is embroidered with the word "swallow".

Zhu Di, wearing a black armor, had a blank expression on his face. He was riding a war horse.

Heading towards the palace.

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[On the third day of June, Li Jinglong and Zhu Tan, who was guarding the Jinchuan Gate, opened the city gates and welcomed Zhu Di into the city.]

【Xu Huizu and others fought hard but were defeated.】

[The Yan army entered Nanjing City, and the vigorous "Battle of Jingnan" ended with the victory of the King of Yan.]

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{Wow...you jump through the plot so quickly...}
{The Battle of Baigou River was the turning point of fate, which I will definitely talk about in detail. As for the things that followed... the elite Ming army was completely wiped out in the Battle of Baigou River, so the things that followed are not interesting.}
{I think the author just got scared and can’t find any information.}
{He raised an army of 800 men and fought against the empire from a small corner.}
{In just four years, the world turned upside down. The Jianwen Emperor, who had justice, status, imperial financial and military resources, was defeated by an out-and-out "traitor"}
{On the surface, Zhu Di's rebellion was extremely heinous and anyone could kill him.}
{However, the moral force of the great cause of the world is based on interests.}
{Without interests as a backing, any moral precepts are nothing but empty slogans.}
{The struggle between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen was neither a struggle between ethnic groups nor a major adjustment of the interest structure within the entire society.}
{It is just an internal struggle within the Zhu family. Who wins or loses does not affect the interests of the vast majority of members of society.}
{The ministers all understood that the world belonged to the Zhu family anyway, so it would be fine as long as the master had the surname Zhu.}
{As for the common people, they don’t even care whether your last name is Zhu or not. As long as they have a bowl of rice to eat, they will call you long live.}
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Later Zhou Dynasty: Emperor Shizong's reign
Guo Rong scratched his head with the pen.

Something seemed to be wrong with the Ming Dynasty since its founding emperor.

Zhu Yunwen shouldn't have reduced the power of the princes at all.

This does not mean that the princes of the Ming Dynasty were not in the same league as the princes of the Western Han Dynasty.

Why are you in such a hurry to overthrow the old regime when the old emperor's body is still warm?

Even if he wanted to depose the emperor, he could issue a will in the name of Zhu Yuanzhang and ask all the kings to attend the funeral. It would be up to Zhu Yunwen to decide what to do.

We had to fight and we lost.

Li Jinglong is your relative and also the relative of Prince Yan.

"Losing to the rebels and losing to the true dragon emperor."

“That has a very different meaning.”

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【As for Emperor Jianwen...】

[The Veritable Records of Emperor Taizong of Ming recorded: "The emperor saw smoke rising from the palace and hurriedly sent an emissary to rescue. But it was too late. The emissary took the corpse out of the fire and reported it to the emperor. The emperor cried, 'Are you really that stupid? I came here to help you do good, but you didn't understand and came to this?' ... On the 25th day of the 11th month, the emperor prepared a funeral for Emperor Jianwen. He sent officials to offer sacrifices and stopped court for three days."

[The History of Ming Dynasty records: "The capital fell, a fire broke out in the palace, and the emperor's whereabouts were unknown. The Prince of Yan sent an envoy to retrieve the emperor and empress's bodies from the fire, and buried them eight days later on the Renshen year. Some say the emperor escaped through an underground tunnel."]

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{It is highly likely that Zhu Yunwen set fire to the palace and fled.}
{Professor Huang Yunmei, an expert on Ming history, once quoted "Ma Shenglong's Phoenix Terrace Records" in "Ming History Research"}
{“The sewer in the palace leads directly to the outside of the earthen city. It is 12 feet high and 8 feet wide, enough for a person and a horse to pass through. It is a preparation for sneaking out in the event of disaster. It can be said to be a well-thought-out plan.”}
{A factory near Nanjing Taiping Gate also dug out a tunnel when building a new factory building. The tunnel is located next to the original Ming Palace.}
{The tunnel is about 2.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, which is basically consistent with historical records.}
{After all, regardless of whether his death was real or fake, Zhu Di had to insist to the public that Zhu Yunwen was dead, and that he had committed suicide. Only in this way would it be in his best interest.}
{Emperor Wanli also asked Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng replied: This matter is not recorded in the national history, but the ministers of the previous dynasty passed it on by word of mouth, saying that Emperor Jianwen disguised himself as a monk and escaped from the secret passage of the imperial palace. After that, he traveled around, and no one knew where he went.}
{This answer basically represents the semi-official attitude of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the court basically acknowledged that Zhu Yunwen did flee in the guise of a monk, but it is unclear what happened after his escape.}
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Ming Dynasty - Jianwen Period
There was deathly silence in the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yunwen knelt on the ground, covered in dust and dirt, motionless.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sky and sighed.

He threw the stick in his hand and sighed.

"Monk...monk..."

"You are such an idiot!"

"Tell me! Where are we now?"

Zhu Yunwen raised his head, wiped the blood from his nose, lowered his head and whispered:

"three."

"two."

"one."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

Then there was a sound of armor rubbing against each other.

A rather authoritative voice sounded from behind.

"Nephew, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you unwilling to even show your face?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again. He looked down at Zhu Yunwen who was kneeling in front of him.

Dragon robe.

He glanced at his clothes again.

Dragon robe...

He understood instantly.

Zhu Di, who was standing behind him, looked at the emperor who had his back to him and felt indescribable pride in his heart.

I am about to reconquer the world!
Standing here is your destiny!

He stared at the emperor's back, and the emperor lowered his head. He was afraid.

He squatted... squatted?
What did he do with the stick? To hit himself? He had some courage of the Zhu family!
But what's the point of him preparing a stick? His brain is really not working well.

The emperor gripped the stick tightly and turned slowly.

Zhu Di raised his head and took a step forward.

The emperor slowly turned his head and looked back.

Humph, I want to point my finger at you and yell at you...

"father?!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped the wooden stick in his hand and stepped forward.

With a grim smile on his face:
"You got the wrong person, King Yan!"

"I'm your eldest nephew!"

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(End of this chapter)