Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 85 Six hundred and a half!
Emperor Yongle looked at his eldest grandson in front of him, who had water drops on his face, slightly messy hair, and a look of confusion and helplessness. He looked around again and again with doubts, and finally took the bowl of medicine.

Zhu Zhanji watched Emperor Yongle drink two bowls, then poured two bowls for his father Zhu Gaochi. After watching his father Zhu Gaochi finish drinking, he put down the bowl in his hand with satisfaction.

"Next, let's show this memorial to grandpa!" Zhu Zhanhe felt relieved as he watched his grandfather and uncle drink two more bowls of medicine each, so he spoke.

"Okay, give it to me!" After hearing this, Emperor Yongle walked over from the small couch eagerly, ready to take the memorial from Zhu Zhanhe's hand.

"Let me go first!" At this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi stood up and prepared to take a look at the contents of the memorial first.

"Boss!" Emperor Yongle looked solemnly at his eldest son, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. After all, judging by his eldest son Zhu Zhanji's behavior just now, Emperor Yongle was certain that the contents of the memorial were absolutely shocking, so he was somewhat worried about the Crown Prince's health.

"Dad, I am the crown prince of the country! I should take responsibility!" Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi said to Emperor Yongle, then came to his nephew and stretched out his hand.

"Uncle, please be mentally prepared when reading this memorial. The content inside may be unacceptable to you!" Zhu Zhanhe looked at the prince of the Ming Dynasty with a determined look on his face and couldn't help but remind him.

"It's okay, give it to me." Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Zhanhe and nodded silently.

"Uncle, please remember that the problem in this memorial has not been solved yet! You have to hold on! If you fall, no one in my Zhu family will be able to solve this problem!" Zhu Zhanhe was really worried about the health of Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. It would be troublesome if this memorial really triggered some sudden illness like high blood pressure, sudden cerebral death, heart disease, etc.!
Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe decided to use pressure to make this diligent and responsible prince hold on tenaciously.

"Okay!" Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi also heard the hidden meaning in Zhu Zhanhe's words. He was worried that he would be scared to death or anxious to death by the content! So he replied firmly.

Then, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi took the memorial from Zhu Zhanhe's hand and opened it with a serious face.

The moment he opened it, Emperor Yongle saw his eldest son's pupils dilate rapidly, as if he had seen something terrible.

Then, as the prince read further, his body began to tremble. Zhu Zhanji hurried forward to support his father.

Finally, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi finished reading the memorial in his hand with a grim face!
He stared at the last page for a long, long time, and finally looked up at the ceiling, wondering what he was thinking!
"Dad~?!" Zhu Zhanji supported the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, and felt that his father seemed to be about to fall, so he called out softly.

"I'm fine!" The prince slowly lowered his head, and everyone saw Zhu Gaochi's flushed face, bloodshot eyes, and a hint of red at the corners of his mouth!
"Dad, please take a last look at it!" Crown Prince Zhu Gaoxu did not wait for Emperor Yongle to refute, but bowed respectfully and handed the memorial in his hand to the big monk Daoyan beside him.

"Master! Please!" Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi bent over and said respectfully in a deep voice.

"Okay! Your Highness, there is no need to bow! Let me, the monk, take a look at it first!" Daoyan was indeed a master. He directly opened the memorial, but his face was stunned when he saw the content.

As he read deeper, Monk Daoyan lowered his head silently, and the rosary in his hand shattered to the ground again...

"Amitabha!" Monk Daoyan chanted the Buddha's name in a heavy voice, announcing that he had finished reading the memorial.

His originally calm and peaceful face was now filled with seriousness and confusion.

"Give it to me!" Emperor Yongle came to the old monk who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and stretched out his hand to ask for the memorial!
"Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. There is always a way to solve everything!" Looking at the hand extended by Emperor Yongle, Monk Daoyan spoke in a stammering voice as a reminder, but still handed over the memorial in his hand.

"In my life, I've experienced everything from swords to fire, from storms to waves! Now I sit in a high position, even ruling the world! You don't have to worry!" Emperor Yongle grabbed the memorial handed to him by Daoyan, his face full of determination. However, his slightly trembling hands revealed his inner turmoil. Emperor Yongle quickly walked to the small couch, slowly lay down, and then slowly unfolded the thick memorial with his hands.

With a "thump", the moment Emperor Yongle opened the memorial, he sat up directly from the small couch, his eyes wide open, full of disbelief.

Emperor Yongle glanced at everyone around him, then sat upright again and carefully opened the memorial again, as if he was afraid of damaging it. After a careful look, he saw that the title of the memorial was written in five big characters: "Theory of the Fall of the Ming Dynasty"!
"You~, he~, I~..." Emperor Yongle stared at his children and grandchildren in front of him with wide eyes, babbling and unable to speak. He just kept looking back and forth at Prince Han, Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Zhanji and the old monk Daoyan with a panic-stricken look.

When Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi looked at Emperor Yongle, his eyes were full of hesitation to speak.

Facing the gaze of Emperor Yongle, Prince Han lowered his head unconsciously.

Zhu Zhanji also lowered his head with an uneasy look on his face, not daring to look into Emperor Yongle's eyes.

When Emperor Yongle's eyes saw Zhu Zhanhe standing beside him, Zhu Zhanhe had a calm expression on his face and looked directly at Emperor Yongle without any hesitation. For a moment, Emperor Yongle seemed to see the deep gaze of Emperor Hongwu!
Emperor Yongle took a deep breath, suppressed his inner anxiety, and read the memorial carefully again.

Skipping the flattering content at the beginning, the first article's opening reads, "A Treatise on the Fall of the Ming Dynasty: The Lifespan of the Dynasty Limited to Six Hundred and a Half Years!" These eye-catching words made Emperor Yongle's eyes water!
Emperor Yongle certainly knew the term "six hundred and a half".

Back in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu once asked Liu Bowen, a scholar from Qingtian, "When will the Ming Dynasty fall?" Liu Bowen, then serving as the Grand Historian of the Ming Dynasty, replied, "Six and a half years."

And these six hundred and a half were not clear at all, and there were all kinds of explanations! So Emperor Yongle continued to look down patiently.
I saw some strange data recorded below:
Xia Dynasty: about 470 years, with kings;

Shang Dynasty: about 554 years, with kings;

Western Zhou Dynasty: about 275 years, with kings;

Eastern Zhou Dynasty: about 515 years, with kings;
Qin Dynasty: 15 years, two emperors;
Western Han Dynasty: 210 years, emperors
Xin Dynasty: 15 years, one emperor;
Eastern Han Dynasty: 195 years, fourteen emperors;

Three Kingdoms: Wei: 46 years, five emperors;
Shu: 43 years, two emperors;
Wu: 59 years, four emperors;
Western Jin Dynasty: 51 years, four emperors;
Eastern Jin: ruled for 103 years, with emperors;
Southern and Northern Dynasties: Southern Dynasties (Song 59 years, Qi 23 years, Liang 55 years, Chen 32 years);

Northern Dynasties (Northern Wei 148 years, Eastern Wei 16 years, Western Wei 22 years, Northern Qi 27 ​​years, Northern Zhou 24 years)
Sui Dynasty: 38 years, two emperors;
Tang Dynasty: 289 years, emperors;
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms:

Five Dynasties (Later Liang 16 years, Later Tang 13 years, Later Jin 11 years, Later Han 3 years, Later Zhou 9 years);

Ten Kingdoms (Former Shu 18 years, Later Shu 31 years, Southern Wu 35 years, Southern Tang 38 years, Wuyue 71 years, Min 36 years, Southern Chu 44 years, Southern Han 54 years, Nanping 39 years, Northern Han 28 years)
Song Dynasty: The Northern Song Dynasty lasted 167 years and had nine emperors;
Southern Song Dynasty: 152 years, nine emperors;
Yuan Dynasty: 98 years, emperors!
Looking at the national fortunes of countries throughout history, since the unification of Qin, the lifespan of each dynasty has been no more than three hundred years, or six and a half centuries!
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao has been on the throne for thirty-one years!
Jianwen reigned for four years!

It is now the 20th year of Yongle!

To date, the Ming Dynasty has already lasted for fifty-five years! Taking the ancient times as an example, the remaining lifespan of our Ming Dynasty is less than two hundred and fifty years! Or even less!

Seeing this, Emperor Yongle felt dizzy...

All of this content directly caused Emperor Yongle to collapse his faith and began to question the correctness of launching the Jingnan Campaign!
(End of this chapter)