Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 219 There is no two suns in the sky
In April of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen sat high on the dragon throne in the Qianqing Palace in Beijing.

Below, the eunuch Lu Jiude, who was guarding Fengyang, slowly entered the palace and kowtowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I, Lu Jiude, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty."

Chongzhen stared at him, motionless. After a long while, when Lu Jiude's back was soaked with sweat, he finally said, "You betrayed me too?"

Lu Jiude hurriedly said: "I have not betrayed Your Majesty."

"No betrayal?"

Chongzhen was a little angry and asked, "Then why are you here as a messenger?"

"But that is true, Your Majesty."

Lu Jiude showed a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "If it weren't for this, even if I was caught by the bandits, I would definitely commit suicide and thank you for your grace. But since Your Majesty Taizu is here, I can't do anything. I can't even abandon Taizu for Your Majesty's sake."

"Forehead"

Chongzhen was choked for a moment, because if the other party was really Zhu Yuanzhang, his ancestor, then let alone a eunuch under his command, even if it was himself, it would be the right thing to do to give up the throne.

But he still said, "Do you believe him when he says he is Taizu? Do you have any evidence?"

Lu Jiude said: "Your Majesty, many people have been to the Hongwu Year and have seen Empress Gao and Prince Yiwen with their own eyes. Although I have never been there, Your Majesty Taizu has rewarded me with a magical instrument that reflects the Hongwu Year."

"Immortal weapon? What kind of immortal weapon?"

"That magic weapon is like a mirror, through which one can see the scene of another world. I saw Sichuan Governor Chen Shiqi and Provincial Inspector Liu Zhibo. Huguang Governor Li Qiande, Hubei Governor Wang Yangji and others arrived during the Hongwu Dynasty. General Qin Lao, the Shizhu Xuanfu Envoy, was even received by Empress Gao."

Lu Jiude added: "This time I came here, I brought such a magical device, it is said to be called a memory box, the old man Taizu left a message for your majesty to hear. There is also a thousand-mile megaphone, which can be used for communication thousands of miles away."

The video box is of course a projector, and the megaphone is of course a radio. That is to say, there is no Internet. If there is Internet, they can still make video calls thousands of kilometers away.

But these things are enough to subvert Chongzhen's cognition.

He was stunned for a few seconds, then said, "In that case, let's take out the magic weapon and let us see it."

"Yes."

Lu Jiude then waved his hand to the back and said, "Bring the magic weapon here."

The guards outside put the wooden boards, screens, projectors, radios and other items brought by Lu Jiude into the hall.

Chongzhen looked at it curiously.

I saw Lu Jiude had someone bring a few tables over, then propped up the wooden boards, hung up the screen, placed the projector aside and began to adjust its position.

The radio is much more convenient, you can just put it on the table next to you.

After finishing it, Lu Jiude wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Your Majesty, it took a long time for your Highness the King of Wu to teach me how to use this magic weapon. I don't know if it will work."

"You can use it to see it."

Chongzhen said.

Lu Jiude then clicked on the projector.

The content played was not Zhu's speech outside the city, but the scene of Chen Shiqi and Liu Zhibo going to the Hongwu Dynasty that was recorded earlier.

In addition, during the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Yuanzhang went to other dynasties such as the Yongle Dynasty and the Hongxi Dynasty to participate in the Chinese New Year celebrations, and received the worship of Zhu Di the Great, Zhu Di the Old, Zhu Gaochi, and their civil and military officials.

The content was very long, lasting more than an hour. Not only were the images clear, but there were also voices. During the whole process, Chongzhen's eyes widened, as if he was holding his breath.

After a long time, the image finally ended.

Lu Jiude knelt on the ground again and said, "Your Majesty, these are the photos of His Majesty Taizu traveling through time and space and visiting the dynasties of Chengzu, Renzong and others. I heard from His Royal Highness Prince Wu that after Taizu descended to the mortal world, he went to the twelfth year of Hongwu and saved the Empress of Gaozu, and then went to other dynasties one after another. Now not only has Taizu descended to this place, but even Chengzu, who is in his twenties, has come here. In the battle of Tongguan, it was Chengzu who led 800 guards to help General Sun defeat Li Zicheng. Now Chengzu is leading more than a thousand people to hunt down Li Zicheng."

"Eight hundred men defeated Li Zicheng?"

Chongzhen was stunned.

Lu Jiude continued, "The soldiers and horses brought by Taizu are all heavenly soldiers and generals, and one person can fight against hundreds of people. I personally saw Taizu order Jinyiwei to execute the traitorous officials after the fall of Ming Dynasty. Those people led the people to rebel and gathered tens of thousands of people. Taizu sent a few hundred people to destroy them all. They all had immortal weapons and could blow those people to death from dozens of miles away, and they themselves did not suffer any casualties."

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Chongzhen sat in his seat in silence for a long time, not knowing how to respond.

I heard before that the Southern Emperor had very few soldiers, only a few thousand men. I naively hoped that the officials in the South would receive my imperial edict and get rid of him.

Who knows that there are more than just a few thousand people. According to their combat effectiveness, these few thousand people are enough to match an army of one million.

"You said the Ming Dynasty was destroyed?"

Chongzhen asked again.

"Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Wu said that if Taizu had not come, General Sun would have died in the battle of Tongguan, and the Ming Dynasty would have only Wu Sangui's elite troops left. Li Zicheng would have quickly conquered Shanxi and Beijing this month."

Lu Jiude said cautiously.

"You said Li Zicheng will capture Beijing this month?"

Chongzhen opened his eyes wide and asked, "Where is Wu Sangui? Where is Wu Sangui?"

"At that time, Wang Yongji, the governor of Ji and Liao, and Yang E, the governor of Shuntian, hoped to have Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Ningyuan, return to Shanhaiguan to support the capital, but they were blocked by Chen Ge Lao. Some people originally said that they hoped to move the capital to Nanjing, but Chen Ge Lao and Wei Ge Lao strongly opposed it. After Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, he looted money, and they took out money to save their lives. Wu Sangui then opened Shanhaiguan and surrendered to the Jiannu. The Jiannu entered the pass, and Li Zicheng could not resist. Before leaving, he killed countless court officials, took away tens of millions of taels of silver, and burned down the capital. In the end, the country was taken by the Jiannu."

Lu Jiude said truthfully.

Chongzhen immediately became alert, as these words sounded like partisanship.

But he quickly shook his head and removed the year.

The guy in the south calls himself Emperor Taizu, how is he related to party struggles?

I have also been somewhat paranoid due to the factional struggles among the ministers for so many years.

Could it be that something like this really happened later?
Will his own Ming Dynasty be taken away by the Jiannu outside the Great Wall?
Chongzhen was silent for a long time again.

Seeing that he remained silent, Lu Jiude glanced at Wang Chengen beside him and continued boldly: "Your Majesty, the Great Ancestor said that it was only by hanging yourself and dying for your country that you did not disgrace the character of the Ming Dynasty. And the eunuch Wang hanged himself with your Majesty on Coal Hill, so the Great Ancestor was barely relieved. Otherwise, he would not have sent us here to inform your Majesty, and would have sent troops to Beijing to capture your Majesty."

"Be bold!"

Wang Chengen scolded: "Lu Jiude, do you know what you are talking about?"

Lu Jiude kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, these are what Grandpa Taizu said. I am just telling you what you said. Here is the imperial edict drafted by Shi Kefa, which is stamped with Grandpa Taizu's jade seal."

"Bring it here."

Chongzhen frowned and said.

Lu Jiude took out the imperial edict from his arms and raised it above his head with both hands. Wang Chengen walked down to receive the imperial edict, then he also raised his hands above his head and walked back to the steps and bent down to place the imperial edict on the table.

Chongzhen opened the imperial edict, and inside was Zhu Yuanzhang's words to Chongzhen. Next to it was indeed a jade seal with the six words "Treasure of the Emperor of the Great Ming" stamped on it.

At that moment, Chongzhen was a little dazed.

He often issued imperial edicts and stamped the imperial seal on them. How could he not recognize the identical seal?

There may be someone in this world who has the courage and ability to copy the same seal from a circulated imperial seal sample, but to make it exactly the same just by looking at the sample, how great a person must he be?

Just this content.

You’re welcome.

Not only did he scold me, but he also asked me to go to Nanjing to see him immediately.

Lu Jiude saw Chongzhen holding Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict with both hands, and looked at it for a long time, and then continued to say: "Your Majesty, I also brought a thousand-mile sound transmission tube, which allows Your Majesty to talk to Taizu." "Well, what should I do?"

Chongzhen put down the imperial edict and asked.

Lu Jiude called the telegraph operator who was accompanying the army. The telegraph operator sat on a chair, adjusted the channel, stood up and said, "It's connected."

"Your Majesty, please come over here and put this on so that you can talk to him."

Lu Jiude raised his headphones and said.

"Your Majesty, I will go first."

Wang Chengen stopped Chongzhen who was about to stand up, walked down to the table, carefully put on his headphones, and asked tentatively, "Is anyone here?"

"Hey, hey, hey."

A young voice came from the other side, and Wang Chengen was so scared that he almost fell to the ground.

"say."

The voice over there said again.

Wang Chengen asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

"I am Zhu Yunfeng, the Hongwu King of Wu in the Ming Dynasty. Who are you? Are you Chongzhen?"

"King Wu? The Ming Dynasty has never had a King Wu Zhu Yunfeng."

"Father-in-law."

Lu Jiude came over and explained, "Your Highness Prince Wu is an outstanding descendant of the Zhu family who was found by Taizu six hundred years after his death. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiannu slaughtered the descendants of the Zhu family everywhere. Your Highness Prince Wu's ancestors were from the lineage of Changsha Prince Ji, who hid in the mountains and forests and changed their surname to Chen, which is how they escaped the disaster."

"Oh."

Wang Chengen responded, then asked, "Where's Taizu?"

"Why, are you so anxious to be scolded?"

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Wang Chengen was choked by Zhu Yunfeng's words. He wanted to respond, but then he thought that the other party seemed to be a prince, so he said: "If it is really Taizu, Your Majesty will welcome you very much."

"Which one are you?"

"Wang Cheng'en."

"Oh."

Zhu Yunfeng stood up in awe and said, "So it's you. When the old man Taizu comes over later, you can talk to him. Just because you hanged yourself on Coal Hill with Chongzhen, he still likes you very much."

Wang Chengen already knew his future fate, but he didn't mention it. He just said calmly: "Then I would like to thank Your Highness."

After a while, Old Zhu answered the phone, and an old voice came: "I am Zhu Yuanzhang."

Wang Chengen bent his waist unconsciously and said, "Grandpa, I am Wang Chengen."

"Well, I know you are a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. If Chongzhen is willing to come to Nanjing this time, you can come with him. I want to see you."

"Yes, then I will ask Your Majesty to speak to Taizu."

"it is good."

Lao Zhu replied.

Wang Chengen took off his headphones, looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty."

Chongzhen's face had a complicated expression.

At this time, he actually believed it 90%.

First of all, he knew that Lu Jiude was not the kind of person who would betray his master for fame and fortune.

Now it seems that the officials in the south have basically submitted to Taizu, which is obviously true.

Secondly, the effect of the magic weapon was too good. He saw many people with his own eyes, including the Ming Dynasty’s Nanjing and Beijing imperial palaces, Emperor Yongle, Emperor Hongxi, Emperor Xuande, and so many civil and military officials.

If someone were to act it might be possible to fake it, but there is no third palace in the world as magnificent as that one, except the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Imperial Palace in Nanjing.

The most important thing is that although it is fake, what the magic weapon shows is what you see with your own eyes.

If it wasn't a magic weapon, how could it possibly retain the image?
So Chongzhen already believed most of it.

Just looking at the devastated Ming Dynasty, he really didn't know how to face Taizu.

But no matter what, we have to face it.

Chongzhen slowly came to the table, hesitated for two seconds, put on the headphones, and said softly: "I am Zhu Youjian."

There was dead silence on the other end of the headphones.

It was not until Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen in confusion that a voice came from the other side: "My good descendants, I handed the Ming Dynasty to you, and you just ruined my foundation."

This dull and old voice was full of oppression. Chongzhen hesitated and said, "Taizu, it was the ministers who misled me."

"Bastard thing."

When Zhu heard that he was shirking responsibility just like in history, he was so angry that he started to curse: "You are the only one who has the final say on state affairs. You hold the money, you place all the officials, and you control the army. You have 15 ministers of war, and you sentenced seven to death and arrested six. In the end, you misled the ministers, or did the ministers misled you? You are a mediocre person, and your ability and virtue are not worthy of your position. My country is handed over to you, and my Ming Dynasty should perish. If you didn't have some backbone left, I would not tolerate you. Now get out of Nanjing immediately, and I will scold you, your unfilial descendant, in person."

Chongzhen was scolded so much that he did not behave himself. Instead, he became angry and said, "I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty after all. How can I be humiliated? I don't care whether you are Taizu or not. If you have the ability, come to Beijing."

Old Zhu was dumbfounded.

He knew that Chongzhen was stubborn, paranoid and irritable, and that he had great character flaws.

Who knew that character flaws could be so big?

He even dared to talk back to his ancestor.

But it's normal.

After all, they were talking over the headphones, not scolding him face to face. Firstly, Chongzhen was not completely sure that he was Zhu Yuanzhang. Secondly, the remote conversation was somewhat like an online conversation, so it was reasonable that he was not afraid of him.

But even so, Old Zhu was so angry that he was shaking all over. He said with anger: "Okay, okay, you have made a difference. You are the first one of my descendants who dares to talk to me like this. In this case, you just wait for me in Beijing. My fourth son in the Hongwu Dynasty did not have the opportunity to quell the rebellion, so let him have his fun this time. You just sit in the Qianqing Palace and wait for me obediently. I will come and slap you in the face."

"Snapped!"

The channel was changed directly and the communication was cut off, and the only sound in the headset was a busy tone.

"Beep beep beep beep beep."

Hearing the noisy busy tone, Chongzhen stood there in a daze, before realizing what he had said.

broken.

It seems that the other party is really Taizu.

And myself.

You have disobeyed Grandpa Taizu!

(End of this chapter)