Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 89 The upcoming Ming Dynasty version of Xuanwu Gate! (Subscribe)

"I know that you want to use that imperial edict to get the position you want."

"But I want to say one thing here: if you don't have strong power and backing, no matter how high your position is, it will be like a castle in the air and will fall down at the slightest push."

Xia Yuanji said eloquently: "The reason why your majesty was able to ascend the throne is because he has the northern Youzhou land, plus his many years of military merit, and Jianwen..."

Having said that, Xia Yuanji looked at Zhu Biao and smiled awkwardly.

Zhu Biao waved his hand: "It's okay, just continue."

"I am sorry for the inconvenience."

Xia Yuanji clasped his fists and continued, "The series of mistakes made by the Jianwen court, coupled with your Majesty's existing capital and your status as the son of Emperor Taizu Gao, allowed you to barely control the court."

"The current Crown Prince, your father, is able to sit firmly on the throne. No matter how the King of Han and the King of Zhao act, they cannot shake his position."

"It is because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's many years of experience as a regent and the civil servants he has cultivated that he has a stable foundation."

"What about you? If you go ahead and ask for the imperial edict as you wish, I can tell you clearly that even if you take the position, you will not be able to sit in it securely."

"Because you don't have the tyrannical power to intimidate the officials, and you don't have enough benefits to make them follow you."

"Starting with the military households is a really good idea. If the plan goes well, you will have the strong backing of the entire military household group."

"But the problem is that the local garrison is already on the verge of collapse. If you don't change your mindset, the actual result you get may not even reach one-tenth of your idea."

"That's why I suggest that you get out of this pit of the garrison and build your own solid foundation in the Central Plains."

"Once our power is consolidated in the future, whether or not there is an imperial edict will not really matter."

"In the next hundred years, Your Majesty, if you have the strength, you can fight for everything. Without the strength, this imperial edict is nothing more than a useless piece of waste paper."

After hearing what Xia Yuanji said, several people nodded slightly.

Old Zhu sighed, "In fact, this fight for the throne is no different from our fight for supremacy in the past."

"With military power, food, and people, no one dares to look down on you."

"Without strength, food, and people, no matter how high your status is, it's just a castle in the air. You can die at any time."

Zhu Zhanjun looked at Old Zhu and smiled, "For example, a certain little Ming king, right?"

Old Zhu glared at him and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Did you understand what Mr. Xia meant?"

Zhu Zhanjun chuckled: "Old Xia's words have enlightened me. I have gained the absolute trust of Grandfather Emperor now. It doesn't really make much sense for me to stay with him any longer."

"The most urgent thing should be to develop my own strength. Even if something unexpected happens in the future, I will be able to save it all."

Xia Yuanji nodded: "Yes, to be disrespectful, His Majesty's personality is somewhat changeable. He may like you very much at this moment, but his mind may change the next moment."

"After all, before you came back, the emperor's eldest grandson was the most favored."

"Look at it now. It has been a long time since His Majesty summoned the eldest grandson to teach him."

Zhu Biao, who was also thinking about it, nodded and said, "The Central Plains is indeed a good place. The terrain is flat and very suitable for planting."

"And we have space. When our area increases in the future, we can train a large number of war horses and cavalry."

"The plains have invincible war horses. Combined with the future firearms troops, the disadvantage of the plains being defenseless will be completely eliminated."

At this point, he smiled and added: "Of course, this is the worst idea. If possible, I still don't want our Zhu family to fight among themselves."

The next few people started to discuss based on this goal and finally decided on the next plan direction.

Zhu Biao also suggested that since the situation outside was quite chaotic, Zhu Zhanjun should not take any action, but wait until the situation was right before proposing this idea to the old man.

"It's dawn. Let Minister Xia go back first so as not to delay the court affairs."

Queen Ma, who was listening to the conversation, noticed a bright light coming out from the east and quickly spoke out to remind them.

Xia Yuanji slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no! His Majesty gave me some things yesterday, and I said I would give them to him at dawn."

He stood up and said to Zhu Zhanjun, "Your Highness, please send me out quickly. I will finish my work quickly while there is no morning meeting today."

"You need to rest more. I'll be counting on you to help me in the future. Don't get tired."

Xia Yuanji smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm in good health and can work for another few decades."

"By the way, Your Highness will send someone to the Ministry of Household Affairs in a while. I have some household registration information there. Your Highness, please take it and have a look."

"I proposed planting some precious medicinal herbs. Please consider these things and see if you can receive these seeds."

Zhu Zhanjun nodded, and after Xia Yuanji bowed and said goodbye to Old Zhu and the others, he sent him out.

"Alas, we are just bystanders after all. We can't notice some things at the first time." "Fortunately, Xia Yuanji is here, otherwise it will be a headache for us when the plan goes wrong in the future."

Thinking back on Xia Yuanji's ideas and suggestions, Old Zhu felt emotional.

Their initial idea was good, but they didn't understand the current reality.

The plans made by Zhu Lao and Zhu Biao were based on the situation when they were alive.

Although it has only been a dozen years, for a court, it is not an exaggeration to see a change every day.

Although Zhu Zhanjun had reviewed many memorials, the old man only gave him simple things, and he only had a vague understanding of the core of the court and the current situation of the country.

As for historical records, just look at them for fun. If you use them as reference material, you may get killed without knowing how you died.

After chatting about some more things with Lao Zhu and others, Zhu Zhanjun returned to the real world.

He called Liangzi over immediately.

Among the dozen or so subordinates, each has a clear division of labor.

Xiaohu and Hanzi, a few people who are not good at management, have the main task of guarding Zhu Zhanjun.

Liangzi was different from them. He was a careful and cautious person. Zhu Zhanjun handed over the task of spreading intelligence under his own men to Liangzi, intending to train him to be a talent in this area so that he could take over the Jinyiwei in the future and have sufficient experience.

"Your Highness."

After Liangzi entered the room and closed the door, Zhu Zhanjun wrote a note and said, "Pick a few people yourself and go to Fengyang, Yingzhou and other areas to find out the situation there."

He handed the written content to Liang Zi, "The general tasks are all above, and you can decide how to arrange them specifically."

Liangzi took it with both hands, took a look at it and had an idea in his mind, then he leaned over to the candle next to him that had not yet been extinguished and lit the note.

"Dong dong dong..."

Liangzi had just finished burning the note when there was a knock on the door.

"Palace Yu Ye Liquor!"

There was a knock on the door and a deep voice was heard.

Liangzi stood up and walked to the door, opened it, and a man dressed as a farmer handed him a bamboo tube, then bowed and left.

Zhu Zhanjun didn't say a word the whole time, just watched the scene calmly.

Liangzi closed the door, poured out a wax ball from the bamboo tube, pinched it open with his hands, and took out a small piece of paper.

After taking a quick look to confirm that there was no problem, he placed the note on the table in front of Zhu Zhanjun, then took out a copy of the Analects of Confucius next to it and began to search.

The note was only as long and wide as an index finger, and had a string of Arabic numerals written on it.

While Liangzi was flipping through the Analects, he wrote the words next to the numbers.

The translation was completed quickly.

"Tonight at midnight, the drought demon will arrive."

These eight short words explain the time and the event.

Zhu Zhanjun did not pay attention to the new empty seal case.

The small intelligence department under Zhu Zhanjun focused its attention on his second uncle who was about to take action.

The Eastern Palace faction to which Zhu Zhanjun belonged took out the imperial seal and completely established the status of the Eastern Palace.

If my second uncle wants to get that position, he has to use other methods.

With Second Uncle's brain, he might not be good at plotting or scheming, so he could only choose the simplest way.

Let’s have a Ming Dynasty version of the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

In the past few days, the small intelligence department found out that many relatives of the Princess of Han came to visit the Prince of Han's Mansion.

Interestingly, these relatives are all healthy people.

There were also some people sitting quietly at the gate of the palace. Although they were called scholars, they had strong bodies and tough faces and did not look like scholars at all.

Looking at the note, Zhu Zhanjun tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers, and after a long time he suddenly chuckled.

"Uncle, you are a little too anxious."

(End of this chapter)