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Chapter 102 Emperor Jianwen insisted on cutting down the vassal, Yan Wang Zhu Di fought back like this

Parallel time and space - Daming.

In the 31st year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was seriously ill. Zhu Yunwen stayed in front of the hospital bed and took good care of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yunwen burst into tears all day long, never left day and night, couldn't take off his clothes, and couldn't eat.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was about to die, he didn't feel any pain or regret.

Although the prince Zhu Biao is dead, the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunqi is not bad at all. It must be handed over to him, and the Ming Dynasty will surely prosper.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang died, and Zhu Yunqi succeeded to the throne.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's death appeared to be a great mourning event, in fact, almost all civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief.

In their view, the cruelty of the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang has become history.

The new emperor, Zhu Yunwen, is a saint, benevolent and filial, which is the great fortune of Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Yunwen came to power, he was named Jianwen and Emperor Jianwen.

Just after Zhu Yunwen came to court, he summoned his trusted ministers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others to plot a big event.

In any case, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunqi was always a young man.

He who had just ascended the throne naturally wanted to make some achievements.

After Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he strengthened the role of civil servants, lenient sentences and provincial prisons, severely punished eunuchs, and reformed bad governance.

It has to be said that Zhu Yunqi's method is very effective, and the court is running in an orderly manner.

The ministers praised him one after another.

For a time, words of praise such as "the ideal successor of the Ming Empire", "a brand new future for the Ming Empire", and "the Ming Empire has returned to its peak" flowed in an endless stream.

Hearing these remarks, Zhu Yunqi himself was also very happy.

Being able to get the approval of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty shows that I have done a good job.

In Zhu Yunqi's heart, there is still a higher ideal pursuit.

He wanted to learn from Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, cut down the vassal and ruled, and created a prosperous world with his own hands.

Seeing the Rebellion of the Eight Kings on the sky today, it made him firmer in his mind to cut down the vassal.

then.

Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen said: "A few lovers, what do you think of the Eight Kings Rebellion?"

Huang Zicheng stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings was a great catastrophe for the Jin Kingdom. It exhausted the strength of the Jin Kingdom, destroyed the whole world of the Jin Kingdom, and gave opportunities for foreign races to take advantage of it. From this point of view, the princes and kings have no choice but to calm down."

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen dares to mention that in our Ming Dynasty, the strength of the princes and kings should not be underestimated."

"Among the kings, the kings of the north are the most powerful, and the kings of Qin, Zhu Xi, Jin, and Yan are the most powerful."

"Your Majesty, your seniority is low, and you have just come to power, if..."

Huang Zicheng didn't continue talking.

Because in his opinion, Zhu Yunqi should understand what he meant.

It is not a good thing to say something too clearly.

"Everything Aiqing said is reasonable. The Eight Kings Rebellion was extremely harmful. The destruction of the Jin Kingdom is inseparable from the Eight Kings Rebellion."

"And when Aiqing mentioned Daming, did she want to say that some of my uncles are suspected of rebellion?"

"Your Majesty! I dare not!"

Huang Zicheng is a smart man, he immediately knelt down and said that he had absolutely no such intentions.

"Ai Qing, please get up, I don't blame you."

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "For Daming to have a more glorious future, what should I do?"

"His Majesty."

Qi Tai stepped forward, cupped his hands and saluted, and said: "The Eight Kings' Rebellion in the Jin Dynasty is the same as the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty Jingdi's time. They are all disasters caused by the vassal states."

"Your Majesty needs to take precautions before they happen. Huang Zicheng is right. The strength of the princes of my Ming Dynasty cannot be underestimated."

"Since the Chinese dynasties, the most important thing for a new emperor to ascend the throne is to consolidate his authority and eliminate all real and hidden dangers."

"Your Majesty, your uncles have no objection now, but what will happen after a long time? Who can tell clearly."

"Nowadays, all the military officials who founded the country have been killed by the former emperor. The only ones who can pose a threat to His Majesty's throne are the fathers and uncles like me, Da Ming, who hold heavy troops."

"And the former emperor once said that in order to prevent the treacherous ministers and ministers in the court from plotting against the law, it was stipulated that the kings could transfer the central government to arrest the treacherous ministers. It also allows future emperors to order the "reduction of feudal lords" when necessary."

"Your Majesty, don't miss this legitimate opportunity."

"Why was Han Jingdi Liu Qi able to quell the Seven Kings Rebellion so quickly? That's because he has made sufficient preparations."

"When the feudal kings didn't realize it, they made full preparations."

"Your Majesty can follow Liu Qi's example and catch the princes by surprise."

"Otherwise, it will be too difficult to touch your uncles after your Majesty becomes bigger and stronger."

Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen nodded.

I thought what Qi Tai said was right.

Zhu Yunxuan asked: "Both lovers are right, but cutting down the feudal clan is not a trivial matter. My uncles are smarter than the other. If I want to cut down the feudal clan, which uncle should I start with?"

Qi Tai replied: "Your Majesty, since it is cutting down the vassals, there must be key points. In my opinion, King Yan Zhu Di is the strongest, and King Yan is naturally intelligent and good at forbearance. If he grows up, he will really belong to the Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty." The disaster of the imperial court, I suggest that King Yan should be attacked first."

"Well, that makes sense, anyone else want to say?"

Zhuo Jing, the servant of the household department, also went up to ask for instructions, saying: "Your Majesty, the minister and Qi Tai have the same idea. King Yan is located in Beiping, where the development is rapid and the strength is the strongest. It is best to move King Yan first."

"In my opinion, changing King Yan's land to Nanchang and swallowing his troops is the best choice."

What the two said was well-founded, and Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunqi almost nodded in agreement.

But Huang Zicheng objected.

Huang Zicheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

"This method is too radical and unacceptable. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cut down the vassals, he also implemented the Tweet Order, which slowly began to weaken the power of the vassal kings."

"The king of Yan guarded the northern frontier so many times and repelled the nomads in the north, and failed to let them go south to invade our Central Plains. This is a great credit."

"King Yan has made no mistakes. If we attack him first, I'm afraid we will encounter strong opposition."

"In order to win the civil and military support of the Manchu Dynasty and to comply with the wishes of the people, we should find the prince with problems first."

"Well! Makes sense."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunqi agreed very much, and immediately adopted Huang Zicheng's suggestion.

In order for the operation to go smoothly, Zhu Yunqi started cutting down the feudal clan with lightning speed.

In July of the 31st year of Hongwu, the king of Zhou was cut.

Because King Zhou was the same mother and brother of King Yan, and Zhu Yunwen was afraid that he would become one with King Yan, so he decided to abolish King Zhou first.

At that time, Zhu Youxi, the second son of King Zhou, reported his father's rebellion, so he sent Cao Guogong Li Jinglong to pass through Kaifeng in the name of preparing for the frontier, escorted the whole family of King Zhou back to Nanjing, deposed them as common people, and moved to Menghua.

In April of the first year of Jianwen, the three princes of Qi, Xiang and Dai were abolished and became common people.

King Bo of Xiang was afraid and had no way to explain himself, so he burned his palace to death; King Qi was put under house arrest in Nanjing; King Dai was put under house arrest in Datong.

The biggest threat right now is Yan Wang Zhu Di.

In December of the 31st year of Hongwu, in order to guard against the rebellion of the King of Yan, Zhu Yunqi sent Zhang Bing, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, as the political envoy of Beiping, and Xie Gui and Zhang Xin, the commanders of the capital, as the commanders of the capital of Peiping.

Then he ordered the governor Song Zhong to garrison troops in Kaiping, and transferred the troops under the jurisdiction of King Yan from the Northern Plains.

And at this time in Peking.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saw that several princes had been deposed one after another, and he understood that he would not be able to escape the catastrophe, so he bought time and prepared for war.

Zhu Di looked worried.

During this period of time, because of the cutting of the feudal clan, he was miserable, and his three sons were also imprisoned.

The situation is not optimistic.

Zhu Di said with a sad face: "Brother's son, you are really ruthless!"

"This is to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and make our uncle all empty!"

"But I, Zhu Di, are not the ones to admit defeat easily, cut down the feudal clan? I, Zhu Di, am not willing to compromise on this."

"Huang Zicheng! Qi Tai! Just wait, one day, I, Zhu Di, will take your heads!"

"Going through the difficulties like this now?"

Zhu Di is pondering.

"correct!"

Suddenly, he had an idea.

"I'll pretend to be crazy first, and pretend to be a little bit. As long as I pretend to be crazy enough, and there is no threat to the court, my nephew will not stare at me. I know him very well."

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Di had an idea.

In order to buy time, in the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di first pretended to be sick, so that Emperor Hui sent his three sons back to Peiping, and then pretended to be crazy because his subordinates were executed by the court.

In the end, he really deceived Emperor Jianwen.

Although Shi Gecheng, the head of the royal family, rebelled later and secretly played "Yan Wang pretending to be sick" to the court, Zhu Di pretended to be crazy and was discovered.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

At this time, Zhu Di had united with other feudal lords, secretly developed his own strength, and had the strength to confront Zhu Yunqi head-on.

Zhu Yunqi probably never expected that his momentary negligence gave Zhu Di such a great opportunity to make a comeback.

(End of this chapter)