Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 80 Captivity
  "Father, you are so complimentary. This is the responsibility of your sons and ministers."

Zhu Di quickly replied humbly.

Zhu Yuanzhang had Li Laosan sent out of the palace and asked him to return to Peking and live a peaceful life. He should not participate in such things in the future.

After Li Laosan thanked the emperor, he retreated from the study room. He always felt that the emperor must have noticed something, but the emperor let him go.

Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen did not speak. They both understood that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was likely to affect the entire Ming Dynasty, and even themselves.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision. He said to Zhu Di in a deep voice:
  "Fourth, Hu Weiyong's house will be yours from now on. After a while, you can bring your wife and children over."

"I'm already old, and I don't want to have a son to take care of me when I die!"

These two sentences made Zhu Di freeze.

He never thought that even though his suspicions had been cleared, he would still be imprisoned in Yingtian City by his father.

Not only him, but also his son and his wife will leave Peiping and return to Yingtian. In this way, Zhu Di will never have the chance to rebel.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang blankly, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Yunwen was completely different from Zhu Di. He was so happy now. He didn't expect that the emperor would eventually decide to cut Zhu Di out of the feudal clan.

Although King Yan's vassal territory is still preserved, if they are all transferred back to the capital, then no one will be able to manage King Yan's vassal territory, and it will become an empty shell.

It seemed that his grandfather still loved him very much.

“Grandpa Huang is wise and responds to the wind of heaven, far better than Peiping.

Zhu Yunwen looked happy and almost laughed out loud.

"It's better for Fourth Uncle to live in Yingtian than to live in Peiping. Fourth Uncle, don't you think so?"

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Di with a sneer, while Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di. This glance made Zhu Di feel like he was being watched.

Zhu Di also understood that Zhu Yuanzhang was forcing him, leaving him no room to refuse.

Otherwise, you can come back obediently and accept being imprisoned peacefully.

Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would order to abolish Zhu Di's power and lock his whole family at home.

In the end, they were all banned, depending on whether Zhu Di wanted to be toasted or fined.

"Yes, I obey your orders."

Zhu Di couldn't figure out why Zhu Yuanzhang treated him like this?

In fact, after experiencing a series of events, Zhu Yuanzhang already had a kind of recognition and even fear of Zhu Di's strength.

All more than 200,000 prisoners were massacred.

Seeing that the situation was over, Zhu Di was able to assassinate Jiang Wei quietly. What's even more terrible is that when everything was about to end, Zhu Di was able to turn against the wind and directly put Jiang Wei to death. In other words, from the beginning , Jiang Yu was framed.

Zhu Di had such skill and ability, and there were capable people around him to help him. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but worry about Zhu Yunwen.
  If Zhu Di could stay in Peiping for a longer time, given the geographical convenience of Peiping, I am afraid that Zhu Yunwen would become another Southern Song Dynasty court within a few years.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave Hu Weiyong's house to Zhu Di just to let him follow Hu Weiyong's example and stop him from thinking about usurping the throne.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still thought too highly of his grandson. Zhu Yunqi was driven to Nanyang by Zhu Di to become a monk before he could even take Zhao Gou's position.

Zhu Di returned to the inn dejectedly. Although Hu Weiyong's house belonged to Zhu Di, it had not been repaired yet, so Zhu Di did not go to live there.

When he was in front of Bai Chu, Zhu Di told Bai Chu what happened today as usual, but Zhu Di quickly shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "I have forgotten that you are just an incarnation now. Let me tell you, you too I won’t understand.” “Why should my lord be worried?”

But what Zhu Di didn't expect was that this time Bai Chu's incarnation actually took the initiative to talk to him.

"You, you're back?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and quickly told Bai Chu the whole story. When Bai Chu heard this, he smiled freely and said without any care.

“Blessings come from disasters, misfortunes come from blessings.

"I have a way to send the prince back to Peking!"

Yingtianfu, post house.

After Bai Chu understood what was going on in Peiping, he rushed back to the capital as quickly as possible.

When Bai Chu returned to the capital, Zhu Di had already been arrested by the government. Bai Chu had no choice but to put away his clone skills and wait for Zhu Di at a post station. When Zhu Di told Bai Chu what happened in the study room, Bai Chu started laughing. He felt that returning to Peiping wouldn't be too difficult. Zhu Di was startled and hurriedly said to Bai Chu:
  "Mr. Bai, are you kidding?"

"Judging from the current situation, it seems that my father wants to keep me in the capital. On the surface, he wants me to fulfill my filial duty, but in fact, he wants to put me under house arrest.

“For this matter, we have to bring the princess and my sons to the capital.

"It will be extremely difficult to return to Peiping.

Bai Chu didn't take it seriously and continued:

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong.

"May I ask, Your Majesty, why did Your Majesty send the Prince and his brothers to the north?"

Zhu Di replied without thinking:

“Of course it’s because there is Beiyuan in the north, which is the great enemy of Ming Dynasty.

As long as the Northern Yuan Dynasty is not destroyed, the Ming Dynasty will have no peace. "

"In order for the people of the Ming Dynasty to live a stable life, my father enfeoffed all the princes to the north.

"As the saying goes, sealing the king to guard the border is nothing more than that.

Bai Chushen nodded his head in agreement.

"Emperor Hongwu was wise and mighty, and divided the kings among himself, not entirely because he liked his sons."

Granting the king a title to guard the border was indeed a wise policy of Ming Taizu, which made great contributions to the long-term stability of the Hongwu Dynasty. "It's a pity that except Emperor Hongwu, no one can control these vassal kings who are fighting on the battlefield.

"So, in the future, being granted the title of king to guard the border will definitely be a huge threat to the Ming Dynasty. I just want to say one thing to the prince. If the prince stays in the capital, then who else can stand alone in the Xuanfu area in the north? ? "There is no comparison between Peiping with the prince and Peiping without the prince.

As long as the Tatars invade the south again, the emperor will definitely reuse the prince, so the prince does not need to worry. After Zhu Di heard this, he shook his head with a bitter look on his face.

"I have asked my father for instructions on this matter. My father said that for the future defense of the north, the third brother alone will be enough.

"My father has made up his mind, but there is really nothing he can do.

Zhu Di was a little discouraged. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang's lineage is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Northwest front, King Su, King Qing, King An, King Jin, King Dai, King Gu, King Yan, King Ning, King Shen, and King Liao.

(End of this chapter)