After the video was shared, the emperors returned to their respective places.
When Zhao Ji woke up, the little eunuch beside him reported the situation outside to him, and at the same time, the protective shield outside Zhao Ji's palace also disappeared.
"Official!!"
"Guan! Seeing that you are safe and sound, I will feel relieved!"
Zhao Ji's eyes wandered back and forth between the two groups of people who were at war with each other. Finally, he stopped at Zhong Shidao and Li Gang.
"Qing Zhong, Qing Li!"
When Zhong Shidao and Li Gang were called by Zhao Ji, their bodies shook slightly and they quickly saluted and said, "I'm here!"
"Qing Zhong, you command all the troops in the capital. Qing Li, you command all the troops from outside. You must stop the Jurchen attack for me!"
Zhao Ji had a rare moment of toughness, but he didn't know if he suddenly became enlightened after being taught by Zhao Kuangyin.
"I will take your orders!!!"
After Zhao Ji completed the arrangements, Cai Jing asked cautiously: "Butler, what should I do with the stone tablet outside that pretends to be a ghost and confuses the public?"
Cai Jing was named as a traitor in the video, and he felt very uneasy at the moment.
However, he still believed that the butler was still the same butler, and as long as he flattered him and said something nice, he could still make him happy.
Unexpectedly, Cai Jing miscalculated this time.
"That's not something that's just pretending to be a ghost or making lies to deceive people. Do you know who I saw when I was in a coma?" Zhao Ji asked with a half-smile.
"Who?" Cai Jing and others were confused. They all said you were in a coma. Who else could you see? Could it be someone you saw in a dream?
A rare masculine and resolute expression appeared on Zhao Ji's face, and he said: "I have met Emperor Taizu!"
"Emperor Taizu?"
"???"
"Are you kidding me? Did you go to the underworld?"
Cai Jing and others almost laughed out loud, and even Li Gang and Zhong Shidao looked at each other, feeling that Zhao Ji's words were simply unbelievable.
"Hmph! It's a pity that I didn't get the rune stones from the ancestors. Otherwise, I should have summoned the ancestors at this time to rectify this decadent Song Dynasty!"
Although Zhao Ji's voice was still weak, with the blessing of his status as emperor, it still sounded quite powerful.
"The ancestors are coming?"
"Your Majesty, are you really awake?"
"."
Zhao Ji had already learned from the video and Zhao Gou about the tragic fate of himself and the Northern Song Dynasty in the future. In order to prevent himself from ending up in the same tragedy as in history, he decided to leave the capital first, leaving Zhong Shidao and Li Gang to fight against the Jurchens.
I just don’t know if Zhao Kuangyin will be so angry that he will travel through time and space to beat him again when he knows Zhao Ji’s current plan.
On the other side, Zhu Youjian returned to his own time and space. After landing, he summoned Zhu Di as soon as possible.
Why Zhu Di and not Zhu Yuanzhang?
Because Zhu Youjian believed that Zhu Di was better than Zhu Yuanzhang in recognizing and employing people. This can be seen from Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's choice of successors for themselves, as well as the assistants they designated for the successors.
Zhu Yuanzhang initially selected Prince Zhu Biao as his successor. In fact, this choice was relatively correct.
Zhu Biao was a benevolent man. Although he was not as good as Zhu Di in terms of military and strategy, he should have been a praised benevolent king in peaceful times.
He can very well make up for Zhu Yuanzhang's excessive murderous spirit, allowing the court and the country to recuperate and restore their vitality.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang chose Zhu Biao or even Zhu Yunwen instead of Zhu Di.
Unfortunately, Prince Zhu Biao died before Zhu Yuanzhang.
In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang chose the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen as his successor. Although Zhu Yunwen was also a benevolent and righteous person, he was a junior after all, and it was difficult for him to suppress the emperor's uncles and vassal kings who held military power by himself.
Therefore, the first thing Zhu Yunwen did after taking office was to cut down the feudal vassal.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang specially selected the "sonorous trio" for Zhu Yunwen. Although they all had certain specialties and advantages, they were all too divorced from reality and even too idealistic.
Qi Tai was a Jinshi during the Zhu Yuanzhang era, and Huang Zicheng was originally the No. 1 scholar, but because he was nervous, he failed to answer Zhu Yuanzhang's date of birth, resulting in his being demoted to the top three.
Both of them are experts in studying Confucianism, and when it comes to theoretical knowledge, they use the same method.
Fang Xiaoru was even more complicated. His teacher was the great scholar Song Lian, who was quite legendary in his own right. He was even hidden by Zhu Yuanzhang and was reluctant to use it, so he specifically left it to the next emperor as "Zhuge Liang". Of course, Fang Xiaoru was still far behind Zhuge Liang.
few.
These three Confucian scholars are all upright and good people, and their loyalty to Zhu Yunwen and the Ming Dynasty is also impeccable.
It's just that they, like Zhu Yunwen, have put themselves in the wrong position. Since they are important ministers of the court, they should not govern the country with academics all day long. That can only be a stupid thing done by nerds.
Everyone must know what happened next.
With the assistance of these three "crouching dragons, phoenixes" and "Tomb Tigers", Zhu Yunwen began to drastically reduce the vassal status.
In the end, Zhu Yunwen lost his throne, and the "Three Sons" also lost themselves.
However, these three people are quite tough and live up to their integrity as scholars.
After Qi Tai was arrested, he would rather die than surrender. Zhu Di ordered him to be executed, and his family was exterminated. The only surviving 6-year-old son was sent to the frontier, and was not pardoned until Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty. His female relatives were even more pitiful, and they were punished as officials for generations.
Prostitutes came to the military camp every day to entertain the soldiers.
Huang Zicheng's fate was similar to that of Qi Tai. After the capital was captured, Zhu Di interrogated him personally. Huang Zicheng refused to die, but Zhu Di became so angry that he ordered him to be dismembered and died. Huang Zicheng's family was exterminated, and the surviving female relatives served as official prostitutes for generations.
And Fang Xiaoru was the worst.
Because he refused to surrender, and refused to draft an edict for Zhu Di, he even said shamelessly, "So what if you kill my ten tribes?"
As a result, ten of his clans were really wiped out, and Fang Xiaoru himself was executed by Zhu Di Lingchi.
It can be seen from this that the successors and assistants selected by Zhu Yuanzhang were somewhat inappropriate.
Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions were good. He hoped that the Ming Dynasty could recuperate and prosper under the leadership of a benevolent monarch, but he ignored their shortcomings of being divorced from reality and overly subjective and idealistic. This is actually a common problem among most scholars.
Looking at Zhu Di's choice of successor and successor's assistant ministers, one has to admire Zhu Di's discernment in people.
Among Zhu Di's sons, the ones most likely to inherit the throne are the eldest son Zhu Gaochi and the second son Zhu Gaoxu.
Although the eldest son is in poor health and is very fat, he has a kind temperament and is the eldest son, so he naturally has the advantage of being the successor.
The second son, Zhu Gaoxu, was the replica of Zhu Di. He was very brave and had many wonderful performances in the Battle of Jingnan. Zhu Di had been wandering between the two, not knowing which one to choose as his successor.
Later, when Zhu Di consulted the great talent Xie Jin for his opinion, Xie Jin pointed out a key point - "good saintly grandson"!
It means that Zhu Gaochi had a good son, Zhu Zhanji, and it was this that made Zhu Di determined to make Zhu Gaochi the prince.
Facts have proved that Zhu Di's choice was very correct. Although the father and son Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji did not rule for a long time, and their combined time was only eleven years, they created one of the prosperous times in Chinese history, the "Reign of Renxuan".
.
Of course, it would have been even more perfect if Zhu Di hadn't said that sentence that made Zhu Gaoxu still resentful and even led to rebellion.
The think tank assigned by Zhu Di to his son and grandson was also three people, but these three people were much stronger than the three people under Emperor Jianwen!
They are the famous "Three Yangs" in the history of the Ming Dynasty: Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu.
The three of them are important ministers in the cabinet and have served in four dynasties.
With their assistance, Zhu Gaochi successfully retained his position as prince and ascended to the throne.
Zhu Zhanji, with the help of San Yang, rectified the official administration, developed the economy, and put the Ming Dynasty on the road of rapid development.