Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 162 The incident of seizing the door
Another one was sent to the hospital.

Zhu Yunfeng is not ignorant of history.

But only after personal contact can you truly express your feelings.

The Zhu family really does have their own way of treating illnesses.

Queen Ma had intracranial ependymoma.

Empress Xu had breast cancer.

Old Zhu Di was plagued by old age diseases.

Zhu Gaochi's obesity led to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Zhu Zhanji was seriously ill and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, but his condition is still unknown.

Except for Mr. Zhu who is relatively healthy, no one else is as good as him.

It can only be said that the Ming Emperor’s incredible luck was mostly used up by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, including his lifespan.

Recently, Zhu Yunfeng has been busy arranging helicopter medical transportation.

After spending the one million yuan he had recharged previously, he recharged another three million yuan to the private nursing home, and the director and shareholders were overjoyed.

A big customer indeed.

But it’s normal, after all, it’s not a foreign country.

In our country, the medical expenses of ordinary families are actually considered low.

Compared with foreign countries.

In foreign countries, it costs thousands of dollars to call an ambulance or for a doctor or nurse to visit you or chat with you for a few minutes. It is too cheap.

This is just the basic cost.

If you need surgery, a minor surgery will cost tens of thousands of dollars, and a major surgery will start from hundreds of thousands of dollars, and medical insurance will not cover it, so foreigners are in tears.

Therefore, spending several million in a hospital, even if it is a high-end private hospital that is two or three times more expensive than a tertiary hospital, is already a very high medical expense.

About two months later, in July of the Gregorian calendar and June of the lunar calendar, almost all of the Zhu family members were discharged from the hospital.

Empress Xu recovered well after the operation and passed away after staying in the hospital for a month.

Zhu Gaochi's myocardial disease has been successfully controlled through drug treatment and surgical intervention is unlikely to be required.

Zhu Zhanji was overworked and had some chronic diseases, which ruined his health.

Old Zhu Di was the last to arrive. After examination, it was found that he had old age diseases related to the nervous system, cardiovascular system, and respiratory system.

It is a chronic disease. Under normal circumstances, a short period of rest should allow one to live a few more years.

But he loved to be active, and in his later years he was always engaged in the Northern Expedition. As a result, he was sent to the frontier area, and he probably died of diseases such as colds and old age diseases during the march.

The hospital performs surgery when necessary and gives medicine when necessary, and basically can save their lives.

By July, all these troublesome people were finally discharged from the hospital.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had to move on to the next dynasty.

Although they knew it was during the reign of Zhu Qizhen, they did not know exactly when, so they had to make adequate preparations.

After all, looking at the history of the Ming Dynasty, the early Ming Dynasty was still stable.

Zhu Yuanzhang established his empire.

Zhu Yunwen reduced the power of the princes, which led to the Jingnan Campaign.

After the Jingnan Campaign, from Zhu Di to Zhu Zhanji, the Ming Dynasty entered a period of rapid and stable development for 32 years.

Although Zhu Di was a bit warlike during his reign, which resulted in a lot of consumption of the national treasury.

However, during the reign of Renzong and Xuanzong, the country grew rapidly in strength after ten years of recuperation, so much so that the "History of Ming Dynasty" compiled in the Qing Dynasty praised this period highly.

"History of Ming Dynasty" said that during the reign of Renzong and Xuanzong, "officials performed their duties properly, politics was fair, discipline was well-established, granaries were well-stocked, the people lived happily, and there were no disasters in the years. It had been sixty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the people's morale had gradually eased, and there was a clear sign of peace and order."

As a result, when it came to Zhu Qizhen's rule, the Ming Dynasty's national strength took a sharp turn for the worse.

In addition to the fact that the elite troops were wiped out by the Oirat, the most important thing was that the political turmoil in the Ming Dynasty began under Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunfeng consulted a large amount of information, including "History of Ming Dynasty", "Veritable Records of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty" and other miscellaneous notes written by contemporary literati.

Such as "Miscellaneous Notes from Yupu" and "Records of Dreams", etc., to truly restore Zhu Qizhen's life.

They had some understanding of it before. Old Zhu often read "History of Ming Dynasty" and other historians and professors' research and comments on the Ming Dynasty.

But he watched every emperor.

Now I specialize in the study of Zhu Qizhen and have gained quite a few insights.

On July 6, Hongwu visited the Qianqing Palace.

After reading Professor Luo's research book on Zhu Qizhen from the History Department of Northeast Normal University, Old Zhu said with emotion: "He is not completely useless."

Professor Luo believes that Zhu Qizhen was neither a foolish ruler nor a wise ruler, but an emperor who maintained the status quo at a historical turning point and whose merits and demerits outweighed each other.

In his early years, he was incompetent, favored eunuchs, killed innocent people indiscriminately, allowed the garrisons to become corrupt, and created political chaos. He frequently waged war against foreign enemies and brutally suppressed the country internally, which greatly consumed the national strength that had been strong during the Renzong and Xuanzong periods.

By the late Tianshun Dynasty, the country finally came to its senses, appeased the refugees, recuperated, worked hard to govern the country, and barely maintained the Ming Dynasty, which can be considered as making up for its mistakes.

But Zhu Yunfeng doesn't think so.

Although Zhu Qizhen was also his direct ancestor, their founding ancestor, Prince Ji Zhu Jianjun, was the seventh son of Zhu Qizhen.

But this does not mean that Zhu Yunfeng has to speak well of him.

Zhu Yunfeng shook his head and said, "At most, he did a little bit of human work before the expedition and after the restoration, and changed from a personification to a human. His merits are merits, and his faults are faults. There is no way that the merits and faults can offset each other."

"The Ming Dynasty's decline began with him."

"The reign of Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xuanzong was going well, but once Zhu Qizhen took power, he began to frequently wage wars against foreign enemies, which consumed the Ming Dynasty's national strength. The soldiers and officers in the garrisons who had managed to survive during the reign of Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xuanzong were now back to the days before liberation."

"During his reign, he started to govern the country with spies, the government was in chaos, and he was ambitious. The Battle of Tumu Fortress made the Tatars see the weakness of the Ming Dynasty. We can't think he was good just because he improved a little in the later period."

"And the fact that he did a slightly better job in the later period was also from the perspective of people's history. He rested and recuperated the people, abolished the system of burying the dead alive with the dead, appeased the rebels and refugees, and made life a little better for the people of the Ming Dynasty."

“But from the perspective of heroic history, he is still a mess in the later period.”

"They were able to build a temple for the enemy, and they also sent the wives and children of the heroes who fought against Mongolia to the enemy, and killed the heroes who defended the Ming Dynasty. They couldn't even produce a cerebral thrombosis in 20 years."

Many marketing accounts in later generations whitewashed Zhu Qizhen, saying that the Battle of Tumu was a conspiracy of the civil service group.

But in fact, the number of civil servants who died in the Tumu Incident was just as much as that of military officers.

Even the chief minister of the Ming cabinet died there, as well as two of the six ministers of the six ministries.

The remaining fifty civil servants included the vice ministers of the six ministries, the censors of the Inspectorate, the Hanlin Academy, the Tongzhengsi, the five temples, and the six departments.

In contrast, only sixteen military generals died.

The civil service group must be crazy to come up with such a conspiracy to kill themselves.

Rather than saying it was a conspiracy of the civil service group, it would be more convincing to say that it was Zhu Qizhen's conspiracy to kill the civil service group, but ended up shooting himself in the foot.

Because before Zhu Qizhen took power, he did not actually hold real power.

The real power was in the hands of Zhu Gaochi's wife, Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhu Qizhen's grandmother.

Empress Dowager Zhang relied heavily on the Three Yangs, Zhang Fu and others to coordinate the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, suppress Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen, and govern the country in an orderly manner before Zhu Qizhen took power.

It can be said that the political situation was clear and the national strength did not decline during the early period of Zhu Qizhen's reign. Most of the credit should be attributed to Empress Dowager Zhang and had little to do with him.

As a result, Zhu Qizhen made a lot of bold moves as soon as he came to power. He promoted Wang Zhen, renovated the palace, frequently used military force, and persecuted his ministers, which eventually led to the Tumu Incident.

After the coup d'état, he continued to slaughter loyal ministers, persecute his brothers and sisters, and build temples for his enemies. Yuan Bin was loyal and stayed with him during his captivity, but was eventually exiled by him after his restoration.

Not only are his ability to govern the country and his military level worrying, but his character and morals are also corrupt.

Zhu Yunfeng racked his brains but couldn't understand why the marketing accounts came up with a conspiracy theory about the civil service group to whitewash Zhu Qizhen.

"Humph!"

After hearing what Zhu Yunfeng said, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered Zhu Qizhen's tricks and said angrily, "I'm going to beat this guy to death."

He already knew about Zhu Qizhen's outrageous actions, so he was already angry before.

This time it’s a deeper understanding.

It can only be said that Old Zhu was not unaware of how anthropomorphic Zhu Qizhen was. It was just that, knowing all the bad things Zhu Qizhen had done, he suddenly discovered that he seemed to have done some good things as well, and he couldn't help but sigh.

It is a common human nature to find faults in good people and strengths in bad people.

However, after being reminded by Zhu Yunfeng, all the bad things he had done before suddenly flooded into Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, and his blood pressure naturally rose instantly.

After all, some mentally retarded people think that if a good person does a small bad thing in his life, it will become an indelible stain, and that if a bad person does a small good thing in his life, he will become a moral model.

Old Zhu is not that kind of person.

"Let's see when it's time to draw again."

Zhu Yunfeng silently touched the chili water in his pocket and said, "If it was before Tumu Fort, at most I would beat him up. After Tumu Fort, he was a foreign student in Wala. If it was before the Duomen Incident, I would beat him half to death. After the Duomen Incident, I have the tiger bench, chili water, and electric baton ready."

Little Zhu Di beside him looked at him in surprise and sighed: "There are still many living devils in this world."

"Well, bring everyone this time."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Let everyone see what evil deeds our descendants will have in their future lives."

"Big Zhu Di and Old Zhu Di, what should we do if there are two Zhu Dis?"

"Just take the elder Zhu Di with you. The elder Zhu Di is too old. I'm afraid he would scare himself to death if he were to take a helicopter."

"Okay then, I'll go call them now?"

Little Zhu Di said tentatively.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's envoy, he traveled all over the dynasties and periods and had become a familiar face.

"Well, go ahead and put the blindfolds on them and meet in the cellar."

"it is good."

"We'll wait for them in the cellar."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and walked towards the cellar with the gait of a tiger and a dragon.

Little Zhu Di then went to Big Zhu Di and took him away.

Then he went to the Hongxi Dynasty to find Zhu Gaochi, and then Zhu Zhanji.

The three of them were wearing eye masks. Zhu Yuanzhang said to them, "This time I will take you to break through time and space and go to the Ming Dynasty in the future. Your lives will be extended and you will not die prematurely, but you will also have to observe history and know what will happen in the future so that you can prepare in advance. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Father (Grandfather Huang) (Grandfather Taizu)."

Although the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren could not see because of the blindfolds, they still bowed in response to Zhu Yuanzhang's voice.

Now, Lao Zhu’s prestige in their hearts is really too high.

After Zhu Yuanzhang took them to the sky, they believed in the immortality, so Zhu Yuanzhang had truly deified himself and became a true immortal in the Ming Dynasty. For example, in addition to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Zhu Di also built a separate temple for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He was not conferred the title as an emperor, but was honored as the Supreme God Emperor of Shenwu Fadao, which was somewhat similar to the Song Dynasty.

Although Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji had not yet built a temple for him, it was because they had only been in contact with him for a short time and only started to do so in recent months.

In another two years, it is estimated that Lao Zhu will also be deified by them.

"Let's go."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and several people held hands and touched the sixth ball.

Zhu Yunfeng still had some guesses about the order of the balls.

According to the list of Ming emperors, the first is Hongwu, the second is Jianwen, the third is Yongle, the fourth is Hongxi, the fifth is Xuande, the sixth is Zhengtong, and the seventh is Jingtai.

Therefore, Zhu Yunfeng felt that it was most likely during the Zhengtong period, but it was not known exactly when Zhu Qizhen took over.

As space flows and time changes, in just a moment, the group arrives in another world.

Just like the previous dynasties, it appeared in the Treasure House located in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

What is surprising is that, unlike the countless treasures in the Treasure House during the Xuande Dynasty, the treasures in the Treasure House of this era are much less, as if they have all been used up.

"Huh? I thought there would be more stuff as you go further in, why are there so few?"

Young Zhu Di also noticed something strange and was very surprised.

"I do not know."

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head and said, "Let's take a look first."

"where is this?"

After Ji He unblinded Zhu Zhanji, he looked around curiously.

"It should be in the Imperial Palace Treasure House."

Little Zhu Di walked towards the gate, wanting to see what the world was like outside.

What he didn't expect was that just as he reached the door, a large group of people seemed to be rushing in from outside.

The sound of footsteps "dong dong dong dong" was endless.

Everyone came to the door.

Young Zhu Di pushed the door open and saw teams of guards walking around outside. The entire palace seemed to be under martial law.

A team of guards passed by the entrance of the Treasure House. Someone saw the door of the Treasure House open and shouted in surprise, "Who is it?"

"Da da da"

As usual, little Zhu Di picked up his AK and fired directly at the bottom, then shouted: "I am Zhu Di, come here and answer the question, otherwise you will die!"

AK bullets hit the ground with a clatter, sparks flew, and more than a dozen holes were shot in the hard marble floor.

The guards below were stunned, looking at each other, and couldn't help swallowing their saliva, not daring to move.

After a while, someone shouted, "Hurry up, there's an assassin!"

"clatter!"

Young Zhu Di fired a shot directly at the man who was shouting, but he didn't aim at his life, just hit his feet.

He tried not to kill anyone when he came to the New Dynasty. Firstly, he admired warriors for charging at such a critical juncture. Secondly, it would be hard to explain if he killed someone, so he tried to use deterrence as the main purpose.

For this, he fired a shot, and then even took out a grenade and threw it at the open space next to him. With a "bang", an explosion sounded, and the surrounding guards rushed over.

Little Zhu Di stood at the gate of the Treasure House, looking down from above, controlling the jade steps leading to the main hall of the Treasure House, holding an AK and shouting, "Now I am still talking to you nicely, if you don't listen to me, I will have to kill you all! Can you talk to me nicely?"

"I'm so proud of you. You haven't even become an emperor yet, but you're already acting like one?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped out from the threshold, glanced at little Zhu Di, and said with dissatisfaction.

Little Zhu Di smiled awkwardly and said, "Father, I am trying to intimidate them. Besides, at this time, they are probably the descendants of Zhanji. At this time, I am already the emperor and have been dead for many years."

Zhu Di rolled his eyes at him and said, "Is that how you curse me?"

"Curse myself."

It's really interesting when two people argue with each other.

However, young Zhu Di's shooting and throwing grenades did have a deterrent effect.

The guards below didn't know where they came from, and they knew that the other party had powerful firearms, so they didn't act impulsively at the first sight.

The leading guard general flag stood up and shouted: "Who are you?"

"I am Zhu Zhanji. Now I am here to ask, who is the current emperor? But it is my eldest son Zhu Qizhen?"

Zhu Zhanji walked over and asked.

The chief guard below had a stunned expression, and the other guards looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Da da da!"

Little Zhu Di fired two more shots into the sky and said, "I'm asking you a question. If no one here knows Zhan Ji, find someone who knows him."

Everyone was still in doubt.

The main thing is that I don’t know what to do.

The other party was wearing a dragon robe and called himself Zhu Di or Zhu Zhanji, but they didn't know any of them.

Go ahead and catch them, they have powerful firearms.

Although it didn't hit anyone, you can tell from the holes on the ground that if it had hit someone, it would have been fatal.

What’s more, if they really went up to take it, what if they were really Zhu Di or Zhu Zhanji?
So you want to die?

Don’t go up and get it.

As palace guards, they were under martial law, so it was only reasonable for them to go.

So no one could make up their mind.

After a while, the general flag said again: "I remember that Captain Liu is an old man in the palace. Call him over to have a look."

"Quick, go call Captain Liu."

someone shouted.

About a quarter of an hour later, a military general who was about fifty years old came hurriedly. When he got closer and saw Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji, he was stunned.

Captain Liu's name was Liu Kegong, and he was the captain of Wuxiang Youwei.

His father was Liu Qing, who was born in the middle of the Hongwu period. He served as a captain of the Fuyu Guard and followed Zhu Di in the Jingnan Rebellion.

After the Jingnan Rebellion, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Regional Command and was stationed in Liaodong for more than 30 years. He served in the Hongwu, Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande dynasties and died of illness in the seventh year of Zhengtong.

Liu Kegong is the second son of Liu Qing. He is in his fifties this year. Due to his father's military merits, he has been promoted to the rank of small flag, general flag, centurion, and finally thousand-householder in the Twelve Guards.

He served in the Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and current dynasties, so naturally he knew Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji.

Seeing him again at this moment, the shadow in his memory emerged, and he immediately knelt down in shock and said: "Your Majesty Liu Ke respectfully pays homage to His Majesty Taizong, His Majesty Renzong, and His Majesty Xuanzong."

'Are they really Taizong, Renzong and Xuanzong?'

The guards below looked at each other again, feeling fortunate that they had not acted rashly.

"Are you Liu Qing's son?"

Zhu Di vaguely remembered that he had a subordinate whose son was named Liu Kegong.

"Yes, Your Majesty. My father's name is Qing."

"What time is it now? Who is the current emperor?"

"This"

Liu Kegong immediately looked hesitant.

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Just say what I tell you to say, just speak frankly."

Liu Kegong had no choice but to say, "Yesterday the emperor was still His Majesty Jingtai, but this morning the emperor was restored to the throne. At this moment, the emperor is handling state affairs in the Fengtian Hall."

'The coup d'etat?'

Little Zhu Di, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He looked at each other and immediately understood what time it was.

They originally speculated that the sixth one was the Zhengtong Dynasty, but the previous spheres were often in the late period of the emperors of each dynasty.

For example, during the second Jianwen Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen was about to die. The third Yongle Dynasty was similar.

From this perspective, it seems that the sphere connects the Zhengtong Dynasty and the Tianshun Dynasty, so the Jingtai Dynasty in the middle becomes the sixth one.

This is exactly the time of the coup d'etat, when Zhu Qiyu was about to die. Then the seventh one should actually be the late Tianshun Dynasty when Zhu Qizhen was about to die.

"How many old people in the palace still know Zhan Ji and his friends?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and asked.

Because he needed to deify himself, Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell them what happened later, so he traveled through time under the pretext of bringing them here to see what happened later. Therefore, Zhu Di and the others did not actually know what Zhu Qizhen had done.

But Lao Zhu understood, so he realized the seriousness of the matter.

Liu Kegong did not recognize Old Zhu and looked at him in surprise. Big Zhu Di said, "This is His Majesty Taizu."

"I pay my respects to His Majesty Taizu."

Liu Kegong kowtowed again and said, "Your Majesty, there are quite a few."

"Call them all."

"Yes."

Liu Kegong waved his hand and said, "Go quickly and call Commander Sun, Commander Wang, Commander Wang's assistant, Commander Bian's assistant, and Commander Ruan's assistant."

These people were Sun Gan, commander of the Left Guard of Yanshan, Wang Yu, commander of the Vanguard of Yulin, Wang Xing, commander of the Left Guard of Jinwu, Bian Zhi, commander of the Fujun Guard, and Ruan Xin, assistant commander of the Right Guard of Yanshan.

The Twelve Guards of the Capital Camp were responsible for defending the capital and also served as the imperial guards. Therefore, starting from the reign of Zhu Di, they were all served by the descendants of the meritorious men who had followed him in the Jingnan Campaign.

However, after the Battle of Tumu, a large number of sons of nobles were killed in the battle, and the strength of the Beijing camp was severely weakened.

However, there were still some second and third generation nobles who remained. These people had experienced many dynasties and naturally knew Zhu Di and others.

At this moment, Liu Kegong called out, and immediately more than a dozen second- and third-generation nobles who served as middle and senior levels in the Twelve Guards came over.

After their identification, they immediately confirmed the identities of Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

Once the identity is confirmed, everything will be easy.

The many guards below immediately followed the lead of Zhu Yuanzhang and others. The originally tense atmosphere and chaos in the palace were slightly calmed down. A large number of guards began to obey the call and headed towards the Treasure House.

After gathering at least several thousand guards, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and a group of people headed towards the Fengtian Hall in a mighty manner.

(End of this chapter)