Why didn't officials at all levels in the state capitals around Shandong send troops to stop it? Even if the troops were very small, if they were really loyal to Jianwen, it would be impossible for there to be no movement at all.

In addition, after arriving in the capital, Li Jinglong immediately opened the city gate without saying a word, and King Yan drove straight in and stormed the palace, thus ending the Battle of Jingnan.

Speaking of Li Jinglong, Zhu Song also found it very interesting. An army of half a million! An army of half a million fought against the tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled defenders of Beiping City! They fought for so long and still couldn't defeat them.

As a result, after King Yan brought back the three guards of Duoyan from King Ning, he went out to fight in the city and fought several more battles, but all of them were lost without exception.

Not only did they lose the battle, but they were also knocked out of their spirits. They were not even willing to wait for the new generals to be sent from the imperial court, nor were they willing to defend, let alone face King Yan's army, and ran away overnight.

Returned to the capital.

When Zhu Song thought of this, he felt that his previous behavior of siding with others was simply stupid. What was there to worry about? Jianwen treated the emperor like that. Even if there was no rebellion by King Yan, I'm afraid the world would not be peaceful.

After Zhu Di became emperor, he changed the name of the country to Yongle, created the prosperous age of Yongle, and laid a solid foundation for the rule of Renxuan. If Zhu Qizhen, the "Mingbao Sect", had not been so unfaithful, the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty would have been over.

It will be extended a lot further.

This is a multiple-choice question. As the vassal king, since I can no longer stay out of the matter, I should closely follow the fourth brother. Although it is possible, the good birds will be hidden and the cunning rabbits will be killed, but the two evils are mutual.

Whichever is lighter.

"Old Cao, I said that I wanted to find a few merchants from Kaiyuan to form a caravan and travel all over the country to find out the news for us. How is it going?"

Cao Qinghe cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, we have basically finished everything."

Zhu Song nodded with satisfaction: "We must be cautious. It is best not to let these businessmen know that the boss behind the scenes is me. Since we have given up military power, we can no longer keep a blind eye on the news.

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Lao Cao originally did not agree with Zhu Song's establishment of an intelligence network, but after what happened, Lao Cao understood that if he wanted to protect himself, intelligence was really important.

The military power is gone. If we don't work hard in observing the six routes, I'm afraid I will have to wait for death.

Suddenly, Zhu Song thought of another thing: "How is our cornfield doing?"

Lao Cao said with some pity: "What a pity. We have followed His Highness's instructions and asked the herdsmen to drive the sheep into the corn fields. The corn seedlings that have just grown and are half a man tall have been eaten. This year will definitely

It cannot bear even a single grain."

Zhu Song sighed: "Otherwise, there is no other way. I finally managed to get three years. If I can figure it out in one year, the imperial court will not be able to come over and cause trouble for me."

"I guess the imperial court is starting to prepare to deal with other vassal kings again. Let's wait and see."

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Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking.

In King Yan's study, Yao Guangxiao laughed while looking at the letter in his hand.

"Your Highness! Your Highness, King Han, is indeed extremely smart. He resorted to a bitter trick and took out the imperial edict left by the late emperor. This can be regarded as dodging a disaster. It can be seen that when the late emperor was here, King Han

Your Highness is not very optimistic about His Majesty Jianwen."

Zhu Di asked: "Master, what you mean is that Lao Twenty has actually been prepared for it. He also guessed that Jianwen might reduce the vassal status after he ascends the throne?"

Yao Guangxiao nodded: "From the current point of view, yes, it seems that His Highness King Han's vision is further than we thought. Your Highness, this means that our calculation is correct. His Highness King Han will definitely be a good helper for us."

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Zhu Di nodded.

"Since Old Twenty has escaped this disaster, which vassal king should the court start with next? Will it be me?"

Yao Guangxiao shook his head: "Your Highness, no, His Highness has outstanding military achievements. Jianwen will not touch His Highness so easily. Even if he wants to do so, he has to do it. He must put His Highness behind him, and wait until His Highness shows his weakness, then the court will do something like this."

reason."

"If His Highness has been fulfilling his duties during this period and has not shown any flaws, and if all the vassal kings in the world have finished cutting off all the things that should be shaved off, and only His Highness is left, the imperial court will definitely take action against His Highness, because as a prince,

The leader of the kings and all the kings are gone, so your highness, the leader of the kings, is no threat to the imperial court."

Zhu Di thought for a long time: "I need time!"

Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together: "Your Highness, the other princes will buy time for Your Highness!"

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Yao Guangxiao was right.

After the imperial court took back its claws on King Han, it immediately began to organize the next operation.

The target of the next operation has already been set, that is King Zhou, a prince who looks very similar to Zhu Di.

Li Jinglong, whom Zhu Song had thought of earlier, appeared on the scene at this time. Jianwen secretly summoned him, and the next day he led his troops to leave Yingtian, ostensibly going to Peking to reinforce border defenses.

But in fact, when he went north, he went not to Shandong, but to Yangzhou.

The only way to pass Yangzhou was Shandong, so Li Jinglong had only one destination: Prince Zhou's Mansion in Henan.

On this day, people were crying all over the palace. Li Jinglong led an army to raid Henan and surrounded the palace. His soldiers and the royal guards went in and ransacked the house.

At this moment, King Zhou was still studying the effects of medicinal materials at home. The green leaf in his hand was probably a branch of some kind of herbal medicine. When he saw Jin Yiwei kicking in the door, his first reaction was to be stunned for a while, and then cursed loudly.

"You are so brave. I am the King of Zhou and I am of the blood of the late emperor. How dare you treat me like this? Believe it or not, I will kill you all!"

A Jinyi guard Qianhu hung an embroidered spring knife on his waist and looked at King Zhou with a cold smile.

"His Royal Highness, King Zhou, we are here on His Majesty's orders! Please, Your Highness, King Zhou, please don't make things difficult for us and come out with dignity."

In the end, King Zhou still failed to choose his own dignity, so he was tied up and taken out by Jin Yiwei.

Li Jinglong may not be very good at fighting, but he does have some skills in catching people. During the process of going north, he even divided several groups of soldiers and horses into pretending to advance. Only when his troops arrived at the gate of Prince Zhou's Mansion did the world react.

Oh~ It turns out that he was going to the King of Zhou.

King Zhou's entire family, young and old, including the princess, concubines and children, were all forced to move to the capital.

The king of Zhou did not even see Emperor Jianwen in person, so he was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Yunnan.

The final charge of being demoted to a commoner and exiled was the crime of treason. A vassal prince with little military power in his hands, a vassal prince with a total military strength of less than 6,000 in the entire royal palace, and a minimum of three guards was labeled as treason.
Chapter completed!