Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 122 Chu Nan was also surprised. Zhu Yuanzhang’s plan to deal with Lan Yu was really vicious!
"This is not something difficult to think of." Chu Nan looked at the confused Zhu Di in front of him and smiled.

"Most people don't understand your Majesty's move. Your Highness is still young, so it's normal that you can't see it clearly. So what you are asking me now must be about that matter."

"As expected, you are Lord Chu!" Upon hearing Chu Nan say this, Zhu Di immediately laughed.

"Then Lord Chu, please tell me what your majesty's intention is."

"I really don't understand. Your Majesty is very kind to Lan Yu... Why did he give him so many rewards and let him return to Jinling?"

"Then tell me." Chu Nan did not intend to hide it from Zhu Di, but to be on the safe side, he brought Zhu Di to the camp. After making sure that there was no one around, he looked at Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, it is actually easy to understand His Majesty's thoughts."

Chu Nan's eyes became serious: "Your Majesty doesn't like Lan Yu, you know this, right?"

"I know." Zhu Di nodded without hesitation.

"How can my father still like Lan Yu when he wants to kill her?"

"That raises a question." Chu Nan just laughed.

"Your Majesty doesn't like Lan Yu, so why did you give him such a high title?"

"Why? Could it be that my father has changed his mind and likes Lan Yu again?" Zhu Di asked in confusion.

"Ah?" Chu Nan was shocked when he heard Zhu Di's words. Zhu Di at this age was still so naive and cute. If he played guessing games with him, he would probably not be able to figure it out even if he played guessing games for a whole day.

I have to be more straightforward, thinking about Chu Nan and speaking directly.

"Your Highness, Prince of Yan, although His Majesty gave Lan Yu the title of Duke, he did not give him an official position. Without an official position, there is no real power. So even though His Majesty gave him a high title, he is actually still on guard against him."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately understood.

"So this is what the emperor did. He gave me the title of Duke, but didn't give me any official position. This Duke is just an idle position. Isn't this a promotion in name only, but a demotion in reality?"

Zhu Di nodded seriously. By this calculation, Lan Yu’s current strength is not even as good as that of a prefect?
"Your Majesty's methods are more than that. If it was just a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality, Lan Yu would be happy." Chu Nan laughed again when he heard it.

"Your Majesty announced in public that he and Lan Yu had used a self-torture trick to deceive the Northern Yuan people, and then asked Lan Yu to leave the camp and return to Nanjing..."

As he spoke, Chu Nan looked at Zhu Di more seriously: "Your Highness Prince of Yan, what do you think will happen?"

"What happened?" Zhu Di heard Chu Nan say this and started thinking seriously.

"Isn't this a reward for Lan Yu's strategy? Otherwise, how can he win the support of the people? Letting him return to Jinling is also a good thing for him."

"This..." Chu Nan was speechless after hearing this.

Then he patted Zhu Di on the shoulder and said, "Your Highness Prince of Yan, please think about it carefully. But please don't tell anyone what you said today, otherwise His Majesty will have some thoughts."

"I know about this as a subject." Although Zhu Di was young, he knew many things he should and should not say. Besides, he was the one who asked Chu Nan about this matter, so naturally he would not tell anyone else.

But he just couldn't figure out why his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, would do this...

"What!" Suddenly, Zhu Di widened his eyes, then looked at Chu Nan as if he had thought of something.

"Master Chu, my father wants to!!!"

"You can't say it!" But when Chu Nan saw that Zhu Di had guessed it, he signaled him to be quiet.

"This matter cannot be explained, just make it clear."

"This, this..." After Zhu Di thought everything through after being reminded by Chu Nan, he was shocked.

He didn't expect that his father would do that. How terrible!

The shock on Zhu Di's face turned into horror: "Mr. Chu, the emperor's mind is so terrible. Fortunately, I will be a prince in the future and will not think about these terrible things." After finding out the truth, Zhu Di no longer had any thoughts and left.

"This..." Chu Nan was speechless after hearing his words. You will be a prince in the future? I'm afraid not!

But Zhu Di was right. The emperor's mind was too terrible. When Chu Nan saw through Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts about Lan Yu, he was also surprised.

……

Zhu Yuanzhang's camp.

Zhu Yuanzhang, wearing a bright red dragon robe, stood with his hands behind his back, and behind him was Mao Xiang, the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes slightly, his face was calm, as if everything was under his control, and his voice was also very calm.

"Mao Xiang, has the news been released?"

"Your Majesty, he was released." Mao Xiang answered honestly.

"Lan Yu and His Majesty used a self-torture trick to deceive the Northern Yuan people, causing them to lose more than 70,000 elite troops."

"Now, His Majesty has arranged for him to return to Nanjing to recuperate, considering his injury. Unfortunately, the date of his return to Nanjing was accidentally leaked to the Beiyuan people..."

"Well... that's good, haha." After listening to Mao Xiang's report, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately laughed.

Yes, that was his plan.

Not giving Lan Yu real power is to give him a reason to return to Nanjing.

Announcing Lan Yu's contribution publicly and rewarding Lan Yu was intended to let the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty know that Lan Yu had contributed to the deaths of so many people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so that they would hate Lan Yu to the core.

And then if he leaked the route and time of Lan Yu's meeting in Nanjing, wouldn't Lan Yu have to die?

"It's difficult." After thinking about all this, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and laughed.

"I originally wanted to do it myself and watch Lan Yu die, but Lan Yu has made such great contributions to me. If I kill him, it will be unjustifiable and will disappoint many people in the world."

"So I had no choice but to let him die at the hands of the Northern Yuan people, and then make the people of the world angry. Haha, haha, hahahaha, it's Lan Yu's fault for deserving to die!"

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with viciousness, "Lan Yu, you dare to make me unhappy? I will let you die!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is wise!" Seeing this situation, the killings were made without hesitation, and the Jinyiwei commander Mao Xiang, who heard everything, was also terrified at this moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so terrible that he could only flatter Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Brilliant?" But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard his words, he just shook his head and laughed.

"My methods are not clever at all. If you were in my position, able to command the six ministries and mobilize everything in the world, your methods would also be very clever."

"I dare not, I dare not." Upon hearing this life-threatening question, Mao Xiang immediately became afraid and knelt down to express that he dared not.

"But Your Majesty, there is one thing I don't understand." But Mao Xiang was puzzled by another thing.

"So Lan Yu surrendered to the Northern Yuan people after being intercepted by them? How should we deal with that?"

"Huh?" But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Mao Xiang's words, he was a little shocked.

"How can you ask such a question?"

"How many people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty did Lan Yu kill with his self-torture tactics? How could the Northern Yuan Dynasty tolerate him? If Lan Yu is caught, he will surely die!"

(End of this chapter)