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Chapter 524 Zhu Gaochi: Fooling, and continuing to fool!

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"grandfather……"

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Di with a little worry.

Zhu Di looked at the sentence "buried together with Empress Xu" and slowly came back to his senses.

"You little brat...your grandfather isn't dead yet, take that sad face away!"

Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting on the stone pier, couldn't help but lean forward and said:
"Dad! You can't go on like this!"

"Your body cannot bear the fatigue of traveling thousands of miles!"

Zhu Di glanced at him and snorted coldly:
"I'm in much better shape than you!"

"Look at you now! You take three breaths after taking two steps! I'm afraid you'll die in front of me!"

Zhu Gaochi looked at the big bulge and patted it subconsciously.

"Dad, let's talk about your problem again!"

The prince looked up suddenly!

This old man is so cunning! He's changing the subject again!
Zhu Di smacked his lips, rubbed his hands twice, and finally sighed.

"Boss."

"I have been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the border since I was young."

"When I was ten years old, Taizu named me the King of Yan."

"At the age of 20, he was enfeoffed in Peking."

"Your grandfather, as well as famous generals from previous dynasties such as Fu Youde, have taught me many times how to lead troops in battle, which has benefited me a lot."

"In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Nairbuhua was conquered."

"In the 20th year of Hongwu, Nahachu was captured."

"From the 23rd year of Hongwu to the 29th year of Hongwu, we continued to march deep into the northern desert to fight."

"I've long been accustomed to this kind of military life..."

Zhu Di paused slightly, as if recalling the past.

“I don’t like Nanjing.”

"This is not my home."

"Boss."

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi who was in deep thought and said sincerely:
"Whatever I said before about you preparing to take the throne, you always thought I was fooling you."

"But those are Dad's true words."

"Why didn't I let the second brother lead the troops alone? Wasn't it because I was afraid that there would be another me?"

"You are the crown prince recognized by all the civil and military officials in the court, and the heir apparent that everyone wants."

"But Emperor Jianwen is still the emperor recognized by the whole world!"

"Tell me, can you beat the second brother, or can this brat beat the second brother?"

Zhu Zhanji turned slightly to avoid the finger pointing at him.

I haven’t fought it yet, but maybe I can fight it?
Zhu Di didn't care about his grandson's actions at all. He just looked at the prince with tender eyes and said earnestly:
"I will quell the foreign invasion, and you will take charge of the government."

"If the second brother doesn't have great military achievements, he can't pose a threat to you."

"Do you understand my painstaking efforts? Do you understand?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his head, looked at his father who was no longer young, and sighed:

"Dad, I understand."

Zhu Di nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"You started out by tricking me with nine fakes and one real thing."

Zhu Di's smile froze.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the old man who could not hold it anymore and sighed again.

"Father, I think it is right for my son to conquer Wala."

"Alutai keeps harassing important border towns, so he deserves a lesson."

"But I would not agree to the next two expeditions to the north."

"Why the hell are you so stubborn!"

Zhu Di jumped up suddenly!
He put his hands on his hips and pointed at the fat prince.

"You! You! I..."

Zhu Gaochi wiped the spit from his face and said calmly:
"Dad, you don't think your people are doing well, do you?"

"Have you forgotten Tang Sai'er?"

Zhu Di pointed at him and was speechless for a moment.

……

[There is no doubt that Zhu Di was a good fighter. ]

【He seized the world as a vassal king. 】

【“Five expeditions to the northern desert, three plunders of the enemy’s court.” 】【However, the strategic purpose of Emperor Chengzu’s northern expedition was to make the Tatars and Oirat tribes on the grasslands submit to the Ming Dynasty, so as to achieve the goal of solving the problem once and for all. 】

[But this goal was obviously not achieved.]

……

{Zhu Di's series of northern expeditions actually had little to do with the so-called life-and-death border defense issues, but were more like a declaration of world morality and political hegemony.}
{If any political entity does not respect the Ming Dynasty as the common ruler of the world, or intentionally or unintentionally challenges and threatens its status as the common ruler of the world, the Ming Dynasty will resort to force to punish it.}
{From the historical records handed down during the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the Mongolian tribes often had serious disagreements on whether to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.}
{From this perspective, the refusal of the Mongolian tribes on the northern steppes to recognize the vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty and to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty became the direct cause of their Northern Expedition.}
{Because the Ming Dynasty knew very little about the conflicts between the Mongolian tribes, it was unable to reap the benefits from them.}
{Then simply treat all tribute missions from Mobei equally and bestow the same gifts.}
{Zhu Di's goal was nothing more than to place the various tribes under the "world" of the Ming Dynasty and then achieve permanent peace among them.}
{This was the background of the times. It was definitely a waste of money and manpower, but we had to fight against the Mongol provocation...}
{It's just for the sake of face, so for this reason I like the Han Dynasty very much.}
{I never pretend to be strong, I will be a coward if I can't do it, I will accept the humiliation, anyway, I will not do things that make the people suffer and then maintain the reputation of a great country.}
{Just develop, and then kill you in one wave!}
……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang tapped his fingers in anxiety.

"This is not a matter of pretending to be rich or not."

“It’s a completely different situation.”

The Xiongnu never ruled the Central Plains, but the Yuan Dynasty was a regime that actually ruled a unified grassland.

The descendants of Genghis Khan's Golden Family still firmly believe that they are "blessed by God."

They have the legal right to recover the Central Plains.

While recognizing the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, he organized the Northern Expedition. One purpose was to inherit the legal system and territory, and the other was to disrupt the Northern Yuan Dynasty's plan to recover the Central Plains.

“The threat to the grasslands is not going away.”

But they cannot be completely eliminated.

It’s difficult.

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
"Neither the Tatars nor the Oirat could ever truly submit to the Ming Dynasty."

Li Longji played with the warm jade cup.

"So Zhu Di could only settle for the next best thing, hoping to keep the Mongolian tribes evenly matched to relieve the pressure on the border areas of Ming Dynasty."

"So whether it's the Tatars or the Oirat, whoever dares to show up, Zhu Di will fight them."

"But as the saying goes, if one force weakens, another will rise."

"The Ming army's northern expedition eventually fell into such a cycle."

Yang Yuhuan looked around.

"Sanlang, who are you talking to?"

Li Longji looked at the confused imperial concubine and felt helpless.

I pretended, but the listeners didn’t understand!
White outfit!

……

[But this does not mean that the five northern expeditions were useless. ]

[The Northern Expedition did resist the harassment of the Mongol tribes on the border areas of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the northern border residents to live a relatively stable life during the Yongle period.]

[In addition, the many northern expeditions made many people from the Mongolian tribes submit to the Ming court, promoting ethnic integration.]

[From these aspects, the Northern Expedition has certain effects, but the price paid is also very high, and the input-output ratio is not cost-effective. ]

[It was because they realized that simply resorting to force would not solve the Ming Dynasty's border problems, and because of the inconvenience of sending a large army on multiple expeditions.]

【Zhu Di decided to move the capital to Beiping. 】

[After the capital was moved to Beijing, the focus of defense was naturally on the capital and the north. ]

[The situation of "the emperor is his own fence" and "the emperor guards the border" has been formed. 】

……

{The emperor guards the country's gates! The king dies for the country!}
{Great Song, so beautiful! Learn from it!}

{Li Longji, look good! Learn well!}
……

Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyin had no expression on his face.

What? Bianjing is not considered the border of the Song Dynasty?

The gate was just broken!

It’s not like I opened it myself… Well, I opened it myself.

"Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan..."

……

[The Ming Dynasty's territory reached its peak during Zhu Di's reign.]

[“It stretches from Korea in the east, borders Tibet in the west, encompasses Annan in the south, and is close to the Great Desert in the north.”]

[11,750 li from east to west, 10,940 li from north to south.]

[“The territory is vast, far surpassing that of the Han and Tang dynasties.”]

[Military performance: S-level, 5 points]

……

(End of this chapter)