Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 298: Old Zhu is in a coma! Regicide!
Snapped!
Lao Zhu raised his leg and kicked Chang Sheng away.

"You rebellious grandson, come out and lie to me. Let me see how I will deal with you today!"

The roar sounded like thunder.

At the scene, all the officials were trembling with fear.

What happened to your Majesty today?
As soon as he returned to the court, he shouted for war and killing against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What happened?
While I was in doubt, I saw the Emperor rushing forward angrily.

At this time, Zhu Yunhuan was hiding behind the crowd, watching the situation.

Seeing Lao Zhu rushing towards him with a spear in hand and a sword hanging from his waist, he secretly cursed Yang Rong for being incompetent for not being able to dissuade Lao Zhu, and retreated with smoke under his feet.

Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy.

Turn around and run.

"You little bastard, you still dare to run?" Old Zhu shouted loudly: "I must beat you to death today."

As he spoke, he started running.

The ministers were silent as a mouse, not daring to step forward, and they all moved away.

Chang Sheng only felt sharp pains in his chest.

Your Majesty really kicked me hard!
Fortunately, it was winter now, and he had just taken off his armor and put on a thick cotton jacket.

He kicked the cotton jacket, which reduced a lot of the force.

Otherwise, this kick might break two of my ribs.

When he came to his senses, he saw that His Majesty was still chasing after His Royal Highness, and he immediately ignored the pain and shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and hold on to His Majesty!"

The ministers looked at each other, but no one dared to step forward.

When His Majesty was furious, he held a weapon in his hand and did not recognize his relatives.

If I go forward to stop the fight now and get killed by His Majesty's sword, there will be no place to seek redress.

Chang Sheng got up from the ground and saw that Old Zhu was too far away from him. He stamped his feet and said, "As a minister, do you really want to watch the tragedy of the royal family happen?"

"When your Majesty's anger subsides and he regrets it, how will you deal with it?"

Although he was a dandy boy, he held a high position after all, and many of the people he interacted with were learned people.

At this time, he spoke in an orderly manner, unlike his usual behavior, and reminded loudly: "Do you remember that when the late prince was here, His Majesty also raised his sword to kill him?"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderclap.

All the ministers suddenly woke up as if from a dream.

Yes.

Now His Majesty looks very furious and angry.

But if Zhu Yunhuan really did something extremely treasonous and Your Majesty really wanted to depose him or kill him, he would not come with a spear or a sword to beat and scold him. Instead, he would mobilize troops to prevent any changes and send people to convey the order to arrest and kill him.

His Majesty came here alone, chasing after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, shouting and calling for killing. This is clearly a family conflict, a family affair, not a state affair.

This means that His Majesty just wants to vent his anger and does not really want to depose the crown prince or kill his grandson.

If these ministers do not dissuade His Majesty at this time, His Majesty will really be embarrassed.

After realizing this, all the ministers swarmed forward.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible!"

"Quick, stop His Majesty!"

"'Small sticks are accepted, big sticks are walked away', Your Highness, please walk away quickly."

……

In fact, there was no need for them to shout, Zhu Yunhuan ran faster than anyone else.

The ministers were numerous and powerful, and they divided their troops into several groups and soon surrounded Zhu.

Some people grabbed the spears, some hugged his legs, and some held Lao Zhu's hands... three layers inside and three layers outside, holding Lao Zhu tightly.

"Let me go!" Old Zhu shouted angrily, "I will not stop until I kill this rebellious grandson today."

Although stopped by the ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang was still out of breath and angry.

"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sometimes naughty, he is good at governing the country and is a good crown prince."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please don't get angry. It's not good for your health if you get angry."

"Your Highness is at fault, Your Majesty can just reprimand him, but why would you start such a fuss?"

……

Some people were puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened to make you so angry?"

Old Zhu pointed at Zhu Yunxun who was not far away and said angrily: "It's all this rebellious grandson's fault!"

"He...he...he actually wrote a letter pretending to be someone else to deceive us."

"We thought that the Ming Academy of Sciences had produced some rare genius who was good at governing the country, but it turned out to be this rebellious grandson pretending to be him."

"He played us like a fool and deceived the emperor. Tell me, is he a traitor? Should we teach him a lesson?"

The ministers suddenly realized.

It turns out to be just such a small matter.

His Majesty the Emperor felt that he had been deceived and fooled, and that such a big fuss had been caused at the Ming Academy of Sciences. He was too embarrassed to save face, so he ran to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to "settle the score."

This must be stopped!

"He should be punished, he should be punished!" A minister immediately echoed, "Your Highness, it is indeed wrong for you to do this, but Your Majesty should not be angry, the health of the emperor is the most important thing."

"Yes, Your Majesty, how to punish His Royal Highness can be discussed later. There is no need to rush."

"Your Majesty, please drink some water and take a rest."

……

All the ministers were busy giving advice and remonstrances.

But Old Zhu's anger was growing stronger and stronger. He pointed at Zhu Yunhuan and said, "You unfilial grandson, why don't you come and die?"

Zhu Yunhuan shrank his head and said, "Grandpa Emperor, first promise that you will never hit me, and I will come over."

Old Zhu was so angry that he jumped up and down, shouting angrily: "Rebellious grandson! Rebellious grandson!"

After saying that, he suddenly felt dizzy and fell down.

At this time, the ministers were still hugging and pulling, so when Zhu Yuanzhang fell, he was naturally supported by them.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Oh no! His Majesty has fainted."

"Send it to the doctor quickly!"

……

Zhu Yunhuan was also shocked. He no longer cared about anything else and rushed forward.

"Grandpa Huang!"

"Grandpa Huang!"

He called out softly twice, but there was no response.

At this point, even Zhu Yunhuan started to panic.

"Quick, carry His Majesty into the house to rest. The imperial physician should be here soon." Yang Rong walked over hurriedly.

"Don't move." Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand to stop him and reached out to check Old Zhu's breathing and pulse.

Although he was not a medical student in his previous life, he still knew some basic first aid knowledge.

For example, you should pinch the Ren Zhong point. Another example is that you should not move the person who has fainted randomly, especially the head.

Because the cause of the fainting spell is unclear, voluntary head movements may make the symptoms worse.

"Your Highness, His Majesty can't hide outside here." Yang Rong said while giving a wink.

Zhu Yunhuan was slightly stunned.

Only then did I realize that Lao Zhu's breathing was steady and there was nothing wrong with his pulse.

Looking at Yang Rong's expression, he immediately realized that Lao Zhu was pretending to be unconscious.

But why?

There was no time to think about it, so he ordered, "Go and bring a bed board over, and carry Grandpa Huang in."

Soon, the guards lifted the head of the bed, and Zhu Yunhuan personally held the head, gently moved Old Zhu's body onto it, and carried it into the bedroom of the East Palace.

At this time, the imperial physician had rushed over but was stopped by Yang Rong.

"Your Majesty has something to say to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. No one else is allowed in for the time being."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers guarding outside were stunned.

"Is your majesty awake?"

"You are talking nonsense. Your Majesty is still in a coma, how can he talk to His Royal Highness?" "Yes, let the imperial physician go in and treat Your Majesty!"

……

Yang Rong said coldly: "Your Majesty has woken up. He has something important to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. No one is allowed to enter."

The atmosphere in the field suddenly turned cold.

The ministers were worried about His Majesty's illness before, but at this moment they suddenly felt something was wrong.

His Majesty suddenly fainted... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was by his side, no outsiders were allowed to enter, and no imperial physicians were allowed to treat him... This...

Everyone's heartbeat began to speed up.

The noise disappeared, leaving only deathly silence.

"Yang Rong, who do you think you are? How dare you stop the imperial physician from treating His Majesty!"

Soon, a minister jumped out and pointed at Yang Rong's nose and cursed him.

This sentence was like lighting a powder keg. All the ministers were immediately outraged and spoke out one after another.

"Yang Rong, are you going to rebel?"

"Yang Rong, let the doctor in, let us in!"

"Your Majesty fainted, and you dared to obstruct the imperial physician's treatment. You should be cut into pieces and your entire clan exterminated!"

"Everyone, don't worry about him. Let's rush in and rescue His Majesty no matter what!"

"Yes, rush in!"

……

Yang Shiqi, Yao Guangxiao and Xia Yuanji were all standing in the crowd. They were all stunned when they saw this scene.

Yang Shiqi looked at Yang Rong frequently.

But in public, it was impossible to see him making any eye contact or hints.

This change came too suddenly.

Even Yang Shiqi and Yao Guangxiao were caught off guard.

"What are you arguing about?" Yao Guangxiao stood up and stopped everyone. "When it's time for the imperial physician to treat the disease, His Royal Highness will let them in. Before that, no one should make a fuss."

The person in Old Zhu's room at this time was Zhu Yunhuan.

Of course Yao Guangxiao would stand on Yang Rong's side.

Yang Shiqi also stepped forward and said: "Strong winds reveal strong grass, and turbulent times reveal loyal ministers. Now that your Majesty has suddenly fainted and people are in a state of panic, you, as ministers in the court, should abide by your duties and stabilize the court."

"But you are making so much noise here, hoping that the world will not be in chaos. Why don't you leave immediately?"

"Do you really think the sword of the Censorate can't kill you?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers showed fear on their faces.

During this period of time, Yang Shiqi was in charge of the Censorate and his authority grew day by day. Ministers in the court were afraid of him like a tiger, fearing that they would be caught by the Censorate and impeached.

Seeing Yang Shiqi shouting loudly at this time, many people naturally began to worry.

However, this situation only lasted for a moment, and another minister stood up and pointed at Yang Shiqi and said, "Don't be so arrogant. Today we must go in to see the emperor. You are maliciously blocking us. Do you want to kill the emperor?"

"Yes, we have to go in!"

……

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……

There was a big noise outside.

The room was extremely quiet.

After the guards sent them into the bedroom, Yang Rong ordered them all to leave, leaving only Old Zhu and Zhu Yunhuan in the room.

Zhu Yunhuan looked at Old Zhu and couldn't help feeling sad.

Since he came into this world, his cheap grandfather Lao Zhu has been really good to him.

Unconsciously, he has completely integrated himself into the identity of "grandson".

At this moment, looking at Old Zhu lying on the hospital bed, I was so flustered that I didn't know what to do.

"Where is the imperial physician? Why hasn't he come yet?" he asked loudly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was suddenly grabbed by a strong hand.

Old Zhu, who was hiding in the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Ah, Grandpa Emperor, you're awake!" Zhu Yunhuan woke up in shock.

"Shh!" Lao Zhu made a gesture to keep quiet.

"Don't yell so that people outside can hear you."

Zhu Yunhuan was puzzled.

But the next moment, he saw Lao Zhu's big hand hitting him hard on the forehead.

"You little bastard, you actually dared to pretend to be Zhu's grandson and deceive your royal grandfather. You are a traitor!"

The sudden attack caught Zhu Yunhuan off guard and he was hit hard.

"Grandpa Emperor, I didn't lie to you. I wrote my own name - Zhu Sun! Grandson of the Zhu family!"

"It's you, Grandpa Huang, who didn't notice it."

Zhu Yunhuan reached out and touched his hit head, explaining with dissatisfaction.

Looking at Old Zhu's expression, was the fainting just now just pretend?

"Humph!" Old Zhu was still angry and asked, "How did the editorial department of Science find out that the person who wrote the letter was from us?"

Zhu Yunxun chuckled and said, "When Grandpa Huang wrote his first letter, he used his real name."

"When Lai Wen'an found out, he thought someone was disobeying his superiors and reported it to me immediately."

"My grandson read the letter and recognized the handwriting of the Emperor's grandfather."

Old Zhu was stunned.

He had been confused about this before.

According to his understanding of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, they have to deal with a huge amount of letters every day, so it should be impossible to discover the identity of the sender.

Unless someone is watching his every move closely.

But Jiang Li's Jinyiwei did not find any such traces.

This is very confusing.

After listening to Zhu Yunhuan's explanation, he realized that it was his own mistake and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

As the two were talking, the noise outside was getting louder and louder.

Zhu Yunxun said, "Grandpa Emperor, I will go outside first to calm the ministers' quarrel."

"Don't go!" Lao Zhu shook his head: "We deliberately fell unconscious just to create the opportunity now."

"If your men can't even stop the court officials, and you still need to deal with them, how are you going to face the turbulent world in the future?"

It was intentional!

Zhu Yunhuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Lao Zhu is still in good health.

"Grandpa Emperor, what opportunities are you creating?"

Zhu Yunhuan was too lazy to think or reason, so he just asked directly.

Old Zhu smiled faintly, reached out and touched his head, no longer angry, but looked at him kindly, and said: "It has been more than a year since you led the troops to the battle, and I haven't seen you for more than a year."

"Let us take a good look... Yes, you have grown up!"

"Today we just need to talk things over in private."

Zhu Yunxun smiled and said, "Grandpa Emperor, if you have anything to tell me, just summon me. Is it necessary to go through all this trouble?"

Old Zhu smiled slightly and said calmly: "Because today I want you to do something! Something earth-shattering!"

Zhu Yunxun was stunned for a moment, looked at Old Zhu, pursed his lips slightly, and did not ask any questions.

The atmosphere in the field suddenly became solemn again.

Only my breathing became heavy and my heartbeat quickened suddenly.

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Yunhuan and said word by word: "We want you to kill the king!"

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(End of this chapter)