Daming: The Sims, Lao Zhu’s mentality collapsed

Chapter 11 For the sake of Ming Dynasty, Jianwen, please die first

Lao Zhu already wanted to curse.

This Zhu Yunwen is a fool!
  The armies of the kings seemed huge, but in fact they were only enough to protect themselves. If the Emperor's six divisions were to attack together, no vassal king would be able to withstand it.

The seven kingdoms of the Han Dynasty were not weak, but they eventually perished. This was the principle of obedience and rebellion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not a fool. When he divided the kings, he certainly did not want to cause trouble for future emperors. In his layout, these vassal kings were both the emperor's sword and his shield.

When the emperor needs the vassal king to attack, these people will be the most loyal pawns and the sharpest swords. And if a foreign enemy invades, these people will also be the thickest shield. Unless the vassal king dies, the emperor can still stay in the capital safely.

The Nine Great Barrier Kings seem to be the biggest hidden danger, but in fact they are the strongest barrier and the biggest support for the Zhu family emperor.

If any vassal king rebelled, other vassal kings would swarm in and kill the rebellious vassal king without Zhu Yunwen taking action himself. For these vassal kings, they can only live well if the emperor lives well. They are all grasshoppers on a rope. If something happens to the emperor, they will not be much better. To protect the emperor is to protect themselves.

But Zhu Yunwen violently cut down the vassal, and after witnessing the tragic ending of his own brothers, the vassal kings were not fools, so how could they be willing to be the lambs to be slaughtered. Emperor Jianwen personally pushed his most loyal supporters to oppose him.

He broke his sword and took off his armor, which was enough to withstand thousands of troops. It was like destroying his limbs.

"Confused!"

Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed.

He didn't understand how he could have such a brain-dead grandson despite being so smart all his life.
  [After defeating several uncles, you have gained a great sense of accomplishment. You feel that the feudal king is nothing more than that. 】

[But what you don’t know is that it’s not that these uncles are incompetent. If they resist foreign enemies, each of them is more fierce than the other. But in front of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they were like little fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. They were naturally restrained and had no ability or dare to resist. They could only be slaughtered by the emperor. 】

[In June of the first year of Jianwen, Ni Liang, the guard of Qianhu in Yanshan, reported the news that King Zhu Di of Yan was plotting a mutiny. He issued an edict to arrest the officials of the Prince of Yan's palace. As a result, Yu Liang and others from the Banner School were executed, and Zhang Liang, the commander of the capital of Peking, Xin then betrayed the court and surrendered to King Yan. 】

[In the autumn and July of the first year of Jianwen, King Zhu Di of Yan swore an oath to disobey his command, and issued an order to his soldiers to raise troops to "pacify Jingnan" under the banner of "Qingjun's Side". 】

[You are angry, why, why can’t King Yan just accept his fate like the defeated vassal king? Why do you want to resist, why do you want to rebel! 】

[You just want to cut down the vassal, and the most they can do is lose their lives. Why should they disobey your will! 】

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he saw everyone here.

Why did the kings resist?

Damn you!

How did Zhu Yunwen say this?

You want someone else's life, but you still want them to cooperate with you. How can you cooperate or commit suicide?

Unfortunately, suicide is not an option.

King Xiang committed suicide, which was equivalent to making Emperor Jianwen bear the infamy of forcing his blood relatives to death. Although this was true, Emperor Jianwen was still angry about this and gave King Xiang the evil posthumous title of "violent". Violent!
  What a bad reputation this is. King Xiang will have to bear this sin even after his death and will have no peace!
  In Zhu Yunwen's heart, the vassal king was not even qualified to commit suicide!
  [At the beginning of the Jingnan period, no one thought that King Yan would win. Only 800 people followed him in rebellion, and he was unable to control any territory except his fiefdom of Peiping. 】

[And you control hundreds of thousands of troops, have actual control over the country, and have abolished several vassal states. Even the King of North Korea, Li Fangyuan, has publicly expressed support for you to defeat King Yan. 】

[But King Yan was like a god possessed by a god, and he was unparalleled in bravery. He started with eight hundred soldiers and horses, and the more he fought, the more brave he became. But your army was retreating steadily, and many generals surrendered to King Yan. 】

[In August of the first year of Jianwen, you took Taizu’s old general Geng Bingwen as your general and led an army of three hundred thousand to attack Yan. The army arrived at Zhending, and the vanguard arrived at Xiong County. They were attacked by King Yan, and all nine thousand people died in the battle. They fought again in Zhending and were defeated again. 】

[You changed commanders before the battle, replaced Geng Bingwen with Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, merged with 500,000 people, and took advantage of King Yan to annex King Ning to sneak attack on the empty Beiping, but ultimately failed. 】

[In the battle of Zhengcunba, the imperial court was defeated and retreated to Dezhou. In the Battle of Baigouhe, the imperial court was defeated again. Jinan's defensive battle was narrowly won... Battle after battle, your army lost more and won less. You were forced to dismiss Qi Tai, Minister of War, and Huang Zicheng, minister of Taichang Temple, to slow down the Yan division. 】

[You changed generals again, replacing Li Jinglong with Sheng Yong, who had just come into his own recently. This time it finally worked. In the battle of Dongchang, the Yan division was defeated and the general Zhang Yu died in the battle. 】

[But in the following days, Sheng Yong was no match for the brave King Yan, and the court was defeated one after another. You can only ask Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to recruit King Qin in the name of exile. 】

[However, the plan to recruit troops and diligent kings failed to proceed smoothly. Who has the troops? The vassal king has troops. 】

[But why did the vassal king lend you his troops and horses? Is it possible that he wanted to lend his troops to you until you defeated King Yan, who was also the vassal king, and then went back to slaughter them? 】

[This is inevitable. Once King Yan is defeated, you will completely lose tolerance for the vassal kings because of this matter and abolish them one by one. 】

[The feudal king is not a fool, so they are all pretending to be stupid at this time, neither aiding King Yan nor you. But in this situation, not helping you is equivalent to helping King Yan. 】

[However, there is an exception for the vassal king, who chose to help you. 】

[Your fifth uncle, King Wu Zhuji. 】

[Although he had asked himself to cut off the three guards back then, at this time, King Wu Zhuji chose to spend a lot of money and recruit three thousand martyrs at his own expense to assist you. 】

[You are greatly surprised. You never expected that the only vassal king who helped you was actually King Wu Zhu Zhu, who had a sworn relationship with King Yan! Three thousand martyrs are small and have little impact on the situation of the battle, but what is really important to you is that you can spread this matter, affect the morale of Yanshi and revive the lost prestige of the imperial court! 】

[When you praised King Wu at the court, you probably meant: "Look! Even King Wu, who has the best relationship with King Yan, is on the opposite side of him. Is there any need to say who to choose at this time?"]

[With your full support, giving money to money and edicts to edicts, Wu King Zhu Rui quickly recruited 50,000 righteous men, but what happened next made you doubt your life. 】

[The king of Wu, Zhu Ji, took these 50,000 righteous men and defected to the king of Yan, Zhu Di. 】

[Your fifth uncle Zhu Ji publicly stated: "I help Jianwen because I am the blood descendant of Taizu. I help King Yan because I am the blood descendant of Taizu. I want the Ming Dynasty to prosper, so I have to give up Jianwen."]

[The general meaning of this sentence is: The reason why I help Emperor Jianwen is because I am the son of the late emperor. No matter how stupid Emperor Jianwen is, I should help him. But I helped King Zhu Di of Yan also because I was the son of the late emperor. If the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of a fool like Emperor Jianwen, it would be destroyed sooner or later. The only person who could make the Ming Dynasty prosperous was Yan King Zhu Di. For the sake of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jianwen, you have no choice but to die first. 】

[You realize now that you have been treated as a fool by King Wu. 】

(End of this chapter)