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

"That's right!"

Yao Guangxiao generously admitted that he represented Zhu Di.

However, Zhu Di still doesn't know what Yao Guangxiao is doing.

He does not represent Zhu Di, but himself, but without Zhu Di's name, he is not convincing enough. Zhu Di has to bear the blame even if he doesn't want to, and everything is a foregone conclusion.

Up to now, Zhu Di had no objection to doing this. After reading Yao Guangxiao's letter, he did nothing. What he expected was that Yao Guangxiao could successfully complete this plan and help him find everything he had lost.

Yao Guangxiao continued: "His Royal Highness King Yan once really wanted to rebel. When the prince was here, you princes were not favored. His Highness King Yan didn't think it was a problem and could tolerate it. But now that Prince Jingyi is gone, your majesty supports a The illegitimate son becomes the grandson of the emperor, and His Highness Prince Yan has made great achievements in battle, but is not taken seriously. Do you think he can be willing to do so?"

Zhu Gui listened and smiled bitterly: "In the eyes of the father, except for the direct line, other sons are not important."

Don't talk about Zhu Di.

All their princes and grandchildren were not taken seriously in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"But Zhu Yunxuan is not a direct descendant, just an illegitimate son."

Yao Guangxiao said calmly: "An illegitimate son who has never even met Prince Jingyi, why can he sit in that position?"

Hearing this, Zhu Gui frowned and thought it made sense.

In terms of status in the Zhu family, among the vassal kings, who is not higher than an illegitimate son of unknown origin?

However, even Zhu Gui felt a little unhappy that an illegitimate child could sit in that position. You must know that an illegitimate child is not a direct lineage. In those big families, he may not even be a bastard, and he will not be taken seriously at all.

It's just part of the branching process.

Yao Guangxiao saw Zhu Gui's expression changed again, and secretly wanted to control his emotions well, and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is now demoted to a commoner, and he accepts it, but he doesn't want to see all his younger brothers being jealous of the emperor's grandson. , was eventually cut off from the vassal, and everything we worked hard to build in the vassal land ended up being nothing.”

Zhu Gui came to his senses and asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Yao Guangxiao laughed and said: "I made it very clear just now. His Highness King Yan does not want to see all of your highnesses end up being cut off from their vassals. It is actually selfish to ask me to solve this matter, because His Highness King Yan still has That thought."

That thought, of course, refers to rebellion and becoming the emperor himself.

The reason for using Zhu Di to persuade Zhu Gui is still very good.

After all, Zhu Di is still their fourth brother and the current head of the princes, so he has reason to protect his younger brothers.

"If His Highness King Yan is in power in the future Ming Dynasty, he will definitely not do anything to the vassal kings."

Yao Guangxiao continued: "On this point, please rest assured, Your Highness, you are all brothers, and King Yan has also been a vassal king, so he knows your thoughts best."

Zhu Gui asked again: "Then what can I do?"

Unconsciously, he walked into Yao Guangxiao's logic.

Now his thoughts were driven by Yao Guangxiao, and he thought exactly as Yao Guangxiao said, thinking that the current situation of their vassal king was very bad.

"His Royal Highness King Yan has established an alliance of vassals."

Yao Guangxiao continued: "The King of Zhou and the King of Chu are all in the vassal alliance. I wonder what your highness thinks?"

Zhu Gui was shocked when he heard the words "Alliance of Lords". He felt that the fourth brother was trying to gather the power of all their lords to resist the court and the illegitimate son. He was a little bold.

"What good can this alliance do?"

Zhu Gui asked again.

Yao Guangxiao explained: "You are all Zhu Yunxuan's imperial uncles and his elders. If just one or two of you resist, you will definitely not be taken seriously. If all the vassal kings resist together, no matter what Zhu Yunxuan wants to do, he must carefully consider the impact , reputation and other issues, as long as the feudal kings alliance is united enough, the situation can be reversed."

Zhu Gui asked again: "Are all the vassal kings willing to join?" Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said: "No! We dare not persuade some vassal kings who have a good relationship with Zhu Yunxuan, but for others, it is basically not a problem."

Hearing this, Zhu Gui fell silent.

It sounds right and a very good approach, but is it possible to do this specifically?

This question is worth pondering.

It's just that his mind was really shaken and he wanted to join this alliance, but he was afraid of any accidents.

My mind was wavering and I couldn't make a decision for a while.

Yao Guangxiao continued: "I understand the concerns of His Highness Prince Dai. Please rest assured that this alliance is currently very hidden and not many people know about it. The list of names in the alliance is also kept secret. I only dare to name King Yan, King Zhou and King Chu. , I don’t dare to reveal anything else, and it will be kept secret until we take action.”

Having said this, he said calmly: "If something happens, His Highness Prince Yan is willing to bear all the consequences and will never implicate you."

With this guarantee, and the fact that Zhu Di was indeed rebellious, Zhu Gui felt it was normal to be able to do such a thing.

Maybe it's worth joining.

"All right!"

Zhu Gui didn't think as much as Zhu Zhen and Zhu Zhen. He just wanted to keep his vassal territory. He didn't care at all about who rebelled and who became emperor.

He agreed to join this alliance.

The premise is that he feels that Zhu Di is trustworthy.

Without Zhu Di, he would not dare to join.

"Your Highness will soon discover that the decision he made is the right one."

Yao Guangxiao laughed and said: "With the participation of His Highness the King, we can do a lot of things. However, King Gu still needs His Highness to mention it."

"Nineteenth brother also wants to join?"

"That's right!"

Yao Guangxiao continued: "The more people in the vassal alliance, the greater its role will be in the future. However, the relationship between Gu Wang and Zhu Yunxuan is quite good. They attended classes together in the main hall back then, so the king needs to be persuaded."

After Zhu Gui finished persuading him, he went to find Zhu Su.

A brother's persuasion is definitely much better than an outsider's.

"All right!"

Zhu Guilian agreed to this.

We were almost done talking about what we were supposed to talk about. Zhu Gui stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Thank you, Master, for clarifying my doubts. I understand what should be done next, so I won't accompany you anymore."

After getting the answer he wanted and knowing what to do next, he was ready to go back.

"My status is quite special. If it is inconvenient for me to appear outside, I will not send it to Your Highness."

Yao Guangxiao said with his hands clasped together.

When he walked outside Kaiyuan Temple, Zhu Gui was blown away by the oncoming mountain wind and became more awake. So he wondered if he was crazy for daring to do such a rebellious thing, or to do it with Yao Guangxiao.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he would not be allowed to peel off his skin, stuff straw inside like those corrupt officials, and hang it on the city gate.

"Father won't know. I do this for myself."

Zhu Gui was thinking in his mind and sighed helplessly. (End of chapter)