Ming Dynasty: Regrets about the Jingnan Rebellion? I changed it in a dream!

Chapter 155 The Truth of the First Year of Hongwu
"How is this possible?" Zhu Di looked at his father in disbelief.

If my father wanted me to be the emperor.

Why not give a legitimate reason?

The power of Emperor Taizu was among the highest among all the emperors recorded in history books.

There has never been an emperor who dared to massacre meritorious officials and civil servants, but his throne remained stable.

If he wanted to make himself the crown prince, it would be a very easy thing to do.

Zhu Biao was also a little confused.

"If you want the fourth son to be the emperor, why bother letting him rebel? Wouldn't it be better to just appoint him as the heir?"

He himself died of illness, and the Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying also died of illness.

Among them, the King of Qin and the King of Jin both died young and died before Zhu Yuanzhang.

In fact, Zhu Di’s legitimacy was enough.

The only surviving legitimate son.

In response, Zhu Yuanzhang did not rush to explain, but looked at Zhuang Mu.

"Boy, don't you want to know how your grandfather and I met?"

Zhuang Mu nodded.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang began to explain the whole story.

"This matter has to start from the first year of Hongwu, the year when our Ming Dynasty was founded."

"That year, a kind of wine emerged in Yingtian Prefecture that could make the people have sweet dreams."

"At first, I lived deep in the palace and didn't know about this."

"But as time went on, a large number of people in Yingtian Prefecture became addicted to pleasure, which led to the neglect of farming."

"You all know my temper."

Of course, they are very clear about this.

It is illegal for people not to work during the busy farming season.

The government needs to punish him.

This law was enacted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although it is very strict, the effect is significant.

Relying on such high pressure, the Ming Dynasty quickly recovered from the ruins at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Later, we sent someone to investigate the matter."

“We also learned that the people in the city were in a state of depression because of the wine from the Zhuang family’s wine shop.”

"It was your grandfather, Zhuang Yi, who brewed the wine that caused the people to indulge in dreams and be unable to extricate themselves."

"Originally, we were planning to directly close down the Zhuang family's wine shop and put your grandfather in jail."

"But I am also curious. No matter how good a dream is, it is still a dream. How can it make the people and officials so addicted to it?"

"Out of curiosity, we summoned Zhuang Yi to meet him."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked.

Even Zhu Biao was a little surprised.

Although he knew the rumors about this tavern, he had never heard that his father had ever summoned this Zhuang Yi.

"Father, how come I don't know about this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao.

"We don't want you to know, but we have a thousand ways to do it."

Zhu Biao remained silent. That was true.

If my father wanted to hide it, it would be normal for me not to know.

"What happened next?" Zhuang Mu asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh.

"In the palace, we summoned Zhuang Yi."

“And asked, since you can dream what you want to see, can you see the future?”

"Because we want to know how long our Ming Dynasty can last."

Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts began to drift back to that night.

……

In the first year of Hongwu, in the imperial palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang lit the lamp, looked at the middle-aged man kneeling in front of him, and asked, "Are you Zhuang Yi?"

The middle-aged man nodded.

"Your Majesty, I am Zhuang Yi."

"I heard that your wine can make you dream about what you want to see?"

Zhuang Yi did not deny it and said softly, "Yes."

After getting his reply, Zhu Yuanzhang flicked his sleeves and placed two glasses of wine on the dragon table.

"I'm curious, if I want to dream about the future of Ming Dynasty, is it possible?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yi was stunned.

He replied, "I have never tried this before."

In fact, the most frequent dreams are erotic dreams of being surrounded by beautiful women, dreams of being an emperor, dreams of being an immortal, etc.

In fact, there are very few people who dream about the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang said bluntly: "If you haven't tried it, then give it a try."

"If you can really let me see the future of the Ming Dynasty, I can forgive your sins."

"We will even give you a lot of rewards."

As an emperor, it is very easy to pardon Zhuang Yi.

……

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation, Zhu Di recalled what Zhuang Yi's son, Zhuang Die, said in his dream.

That is, Emperor Taizu also drank the dream wine brewed by him.

At that time, I thought that my father just missed his parents and brothers.

Unexpectedly, the first thing my father thought of was about the future of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words.

From the day the country was founded, my father knew that he would become an emperor in the future?
Then why not stop it, but help yourself instead?
"So, you saw the future of Ming Dynasty?"

"You saw me plotting rebellion?"

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Di's question, pondered for a moment, and said.

"Yes, in that dream about the future."

"We did see that you would rebel."

"I also saw the death of your mother and your eldest brother."

"It's just that... in this dream, your rebellion was not successful."

"It was suppressed by Lan Yu and the heroes we left behind."

"Before he left Beiping Prefecture, he was captured and later executed."

If that's the case, then there's nothing wrong with it.

If my father had not killed Lan Yu, Fu Youde and others.

It is totally unrealistic for me to rebel.

"It was also during this dream that Zhuang Yi and I became a little more familiar with each other."

"Similarly, I also saw the fall of our Ming Dynasty in this dream."

The fall of the Ming Dynasty?
This surprised Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and others.

Although Zhu Yunwen's ability could not compare with theirs, it was not so bad that he would be destroyed directly.

Looking at everyone's surprised eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

"After experiencing the affairs of the vassal kings, Yun Wen demoted all the vassal kings to mere signatories."

"It is precisely because of this that the seeds of disaster were sown for our Ming Dynasty."

"Although Zhu Yunwen's ability was limited, he was still able to control Lan Yu's arrogant and powerful generals during his reign."

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Lan Yu.

Sensing Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze, Lan Yu's heart trembled, and he felt a strong desire to kill.

"I never thought that Zhu Yunwen would die before he was in power for even half of our time."

"His youngest son ascended the throne."

"It was also at this time that the Huaixi noble group headed by Lan Yu began to cause trouble."

"And they began to test the imperial power step by step in the court. Yun Wen's children were young and could not control these arrogant and powerful generals."

"Finally, Lan Yu and others launched a coup, drove the young emperor off the throne, and established Zhu Yunhuan as emperor."

Well, it does sound like something Lan Yu would do.

Lan Yu was an arrogant person, especially after he completely destroyed the Yuan court.

They can even bombard their own cities.

It is not impossible that he supported Zhu Yunhuan to ascend to the throne.

"As time goes by, Lan Yu and other Huaixi nobles are becoming less and less satisfied with their current status."

"Zhu Yunhuan is another incompetent guy."

"So, Lan Yu's nearly 1,000 adopted sons began to incite Lan Yu to usurp the throne."

"And tell me, if Zhu Chongba, a beggar, could achieve the throne, why couldn't their adoptive father?"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao frowned.

If I remember correctly, during the Hong Sheng Dynasty, Lan Yu had quite a few adopted sons.

There are probably nearly a thousand people.

Moreover, each of them wants to be as arrogant and domineering as Lan Yu.

If Lan Yu became emperor, the status of these adopted sons would be even more unattainable.

In addition, these people all look like Lan Yu, so it is not impossible that they instigated Lan Yu to usurp the throne.

"Finally, under the instigation of his adopted sons, Lan Yu usurped the throne."

"What can we do? We, the Zhu clan, have no power or influence, so we can do nothing about it."

Zhu Yunwen reduced the power of the princes and completely demoted them to common people. Without the power of the royal family, they could only watch Lan Yu usurp the throne and could do nothing.

Zhu Di was silent at this time.

"So, in order to completely prevent the seizure of power by the relatives of the emperor, and also to test whether I can become the emperor, you launched a purge of the nobles and generals?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"You can say that."

Zhu Di was very happy.

Nephew, I didn't expect that the last person the old man was thinking about was me!

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "However, this is not our ultimate goal."

This statement.

Zhu Di was confused again.

Killing the meritorious officials greatly reduced the difficulty of his own campaign of Jingnan. Wasn't the purpose to make himself the emperor?

Yao Guangxiao also noticed the surprise at this time.

Indeed, if Zhu Yuanzhang had seen Zhu Yunwen's lineage, he would have destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

If its real purpose was to make Zhu Di the emperor.

In fact, there was no need to make Zhu Yunwen the crown prince, but to directly make Zhu Di the crown prince.

When Zhu Di ascended the throne, he would inevitably purge Lan Yu and others.

The relationship between the two was not very good.

"Our goal is to save our leader."

Zhu Biao was slightly startled.

"I?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"And the reason why we want to do this is because we learned something."

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked towards Zhuang Mu.

He whispered, "Actually, you shouldn't be alive."

Zhuang Mu was slightly stunned.

"Me? Shouldn't I be alive?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"In this dream, Zhuang Yi naturally saw his future."

"I don't know why. Maybe it's a curse, or maybe it's a punishment from God for him prying into the secrets of heaven."

"All the children your father gave birth to will die young."

"It seems that the Zhuang family has no descendants."

Extinction?

Then why am I alive?

Besides, am I not a time traveler?

Looking at Zhuang Mu thoughtfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "You should be curious about why you have a memory of the future, right?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Mu’s body trembled.

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to explain: "Ever since Zhuang Yi learned that the Zhuang family would be extinct."

"Then you start to dream madly about the future and want to change your ending."

"But no matter how hard he tries, you will eventually die."

"In the endless cycle of dreams and reality, he began to go a little crazy."

"Fortunately, he eventually found a solution."

Zhuang Mu's heart was no longer able to calm down at this moment.

His eyes were fixed on Zhu Yuanzhang.

"This method is to exchange life for life."

"After countless rehearsals, your grandfather discovered that you could only be born after his death."

"Use his death in exchange for your life."

"At the same time, he also discovered that as long as you are successfully born, you will have the same dream ability as him."

"Moreover, it is even more powerful than that and can even affect reality."

"After thinking it over, he finally decided to let you live."

"In a short period of time, the large amount of dreaming caused him to start to have trouble distinguishing between reality and dreams."

"In order to prevent you from ending up like him, he finally started his journey."

"This time, he dreamed of being there for a full six hundred and fifty-five years."

"He found a way to keep you from sinking into the dream."

"That's why you have memories of 655 years into the future."

"Before you were born, I created a dream of the future for you."

"This way, you can greatly reduce the risk of abusing and becoming addicted to this ability."

"It seems that he did."

One can sense Zhuang Mu's desireless attitude.

There is no sign of madness at all, which shows that he is trying his best to restrain the use of his abilities.

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's story.

Zhuang Mu was silent.

It turns out that all of this was done by my grandfather.

It seems that my father doesn't know these truths either.

No wonder grandpa ran away suddenly.

My father told me that when I was born, my grandfather appeared at the door of the Zhuang family's tavern.

After that, he never appeared again.

Zhuang Mu pondered for a long time and sighed: "My grandpa, why do you do this?"

"Isn't it good to live on your own?"

In response, Zhu Yuanzhang just smiled.

"Old Four, aren't you asking why it's not our goal to make you the emperor?"

"Let me tell you now. When I learned of Zhuang Yi's idea, a plan came to my mind."

"That is to use you and Zhuang Mu to change the future for us."

Zhu Di was stunned.

Zhuang Mu was also stunned.

Zhu Biao was even more confused.

"for?"

"Yes, I have experienced many dreams just like Zhuang Yi."

"But we found that no matter what, we couldn't change Biao'er's ending."

"The 25th year of Hongwu was a hurdle that was hard to overcome."

"Therefore, we thought that since Zhuang Yi could exchange his life for Zhuang Mu's life."

"Then we can do the same, exchanging lives for each other's."

"I tried to exchange my life for Biao'er's, but I failed."

"Later, I remembered that Zhuang Yi once said that if Zhuang Mu were alive, the power of his dreams would be even stronger."

“It can even affect reality.”

"So, I finally planned the Jingnan Rebellion. I wanted to use the guilt you felt for rebelling to help me change Biao'er's fate."

“As it turns out, we succeeded.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some disbelief.

In other words, all of this was planned by his own father?

At this time, Zhuang Mu was also a little confused.

"Are you so sure that he and I can meet?"

"Are you so sure that the old man will change the past out of guilt?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled indifferently.

"Don't we understand the character of the fourth brother?"

"Besides, you are a person with special abilities. As long as you use them, they will definitely spread widely."

"Besides, why do you think the Zhuang family's wine shop can stand firm in Yingtian Prefecture?"

Some special preparations.

In addition, the imperial court's household registration system meant that wine shops and taverns were destined to be inseparable from Yingtian Prefecture.

Zhu Di felt mixed emotions when he heard these words.

He sighed, "Dad, what am I in your heart?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly with a trace of guilt in his eyes.

"Sorry, Lao Si, this is the only way to save our Biao'er."

These words instantly reminded Zhu Di of the scene he had experienced in his dream.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were still fresh in his memory.

If he had a choice, between the Prince of Yan and the Crown Prince, he would choose Crown Prince Zhu Biao without hesitation.

Of course, there are still many surprises.

He originally wanted to use Zhu Di's rebellion and guilt to change Zhu Biao's fate.

In a sense, Zhu Di was just a tool.

But no one expected that Zhu Di would be an excellent emperor.

(End of this chapter)