The entire edict left by the old man is in meticulous regular script.
Only when writing about King Zhu Di of Yan, the handwriting was messy, and every line revealed the helplessness, regret and anger when I started writing.
Zhu Yunxi secretly counted the time. When the old man wrote this edict, it was probably the year when Zhu Yunwen and the others formed the bullshit Eight Kings Alliance and secretly tampered with the sandalwood borneol slices they paid tribute to the old man to murder him.
Unless he was extremely sad or extremely disappointed, the old man would never write these three words "killable".
Of course, in addition to these, the old man must also know that in those years, King Yan Zhu Di secretly recruited troops to expand his strength and prepare for his ambition to raise troops and seek the throne after his death.
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"As for your other uncles, my eldest grandson, you'd better give us some old face! They all succeed more than they do, and they're just stupid idiots who will live their lives waiting to die."
"We know you are in trouble too. It's not easy to be the emperor. If you are really in trouble and have no choice but to have an attack, don't bleed!"
"Just like you said when you were a kid, block it out. At worst, you can spend a few dollars to kill a few people and attack those unclaimed lands, and then they will block them all."
"In addition, let me tell you something. Either you don't do this kind of thing or you don't leave any trouble! Don't pick it up. When you do it, don't care about the distance. Don't care about who is good to you and who is not good to you. Since you are doing it,
If you want to offend their hearts, we will kill the evil ones to the end!"
"After we die, call them all back. When we are buried, you can find any excuse to detain them all in the capital, and then catch them all in one go."
"Of course, our great grandson, don't do this unless you have to. We know that you are a filial child. We have given you the family fortune. The emperor has made you the emperor. Your uncles are so crooked that they can't respond.
You, just bear with it!"
"Ah!"
Thinking back to this, Zhu Yunxi smiled in his heart and looked at the old man in the coffin, "Grandpa Emperor, you have always said good and bad things. You really have double standards!"
In fact, it is understandable that the old man must have had complicated emotions when he wrote this edict.
Not only was he afraid that his grandson would be wronged, but he also couldn't bear to leave his sons. He wanted to be a peacemaker, but he couldn't think of any suitable reason.
"Finally, I have two words for you! First, don't put too much emphasis on martial arts over literature. We should value literature over martial arts. Civil servants are more honest than warriors. We were born as warriors and know what those killers are like. They are not afraid of the emperor in their hearts.
Ah! Those scholars who suffered from the plague can only be powerful ministers at most. If Huo Guang is so powerful, the Liu family will not be the emperor!"
"Second, treat your subjects well. You must remember that life is not easy for the people in the world. As emperors, we must give justice to the people of the world and give them a stable meal."
"Thousands of words will eventually come to an end, and life will gradually end with farewell. Grandson, our fate is over in this life. We have no hope of seeing each other again. I hope you take good care of your health!"
At this time, Zhu Yunxi's eyes were slightly red, and he still looked at the old man in the coffin, "Grandpa Huang, we will never see you again!"
Thinking about it, he suddenly wanted to laugh again.
Because on the last page of the old man’s edict, there were two lines of solemn small words.
"If you don't pass the throne to Liu Jin, I won't let you go. When you go underground in the future, we'll beat you up every day!"
In the future, the throne will be passed on to Liujin, not entirely because Liujin is the eldest son, but because of stability.
The biggest crisis for a dynasty is not external, but internal, civil strife.
The most serious aspect of civil strife is the instability of the successor.
Although the old man has been a dictator all his life, he knows that not everyone can be like him. After all, ruling the world depends on many people helping the emperor.
As long as the emperor is not a fool and can choose the right person, the country will not be in chaos. But once the throne changes and the situation becomes unstable, the consequences will be comparable to a turmoil in which half the country and tens of millions of people are killed or injured.
Come to think of it, the old man is actually really far-sighted.
Such problems arose in the history of the Ming Dynasty. The fraternal disputes between the Ming Ying Zong and the Ming Daizong, as well as the subsequent restoration of the Ying Zong, led to waves of political purges, and the internal affairs were mired in internal strife for decades.
But generally speaking, the Ming Dynasty before Zhengde was still running well. It was not until Emperor Zhengde died young that Ming Xiaozong had no heirs and could only honor Emperor Zhengde's cousin as the emperor. Then the Ming Dynasty began to truly decline.
The reason for "Under the River" is also due to internal strife. The dispute over great etiquette and the power struggle between the old and new schools led to the two sides hating each other. Then decades of internal strife caused various problems of official corruption to emerge one after another.
This was even more true when Wanli came, preferring King Fu. However, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was to have direct descendants and no direct eldest son. The ministers wanted to establish Wanli's eldest son, and Wanli wanted to establish King Fu. After decades of resentment, the two looked at each other. Endless internal fighting.
The demise of the Ming Dynasty began in Wanli.
Only a dynasty that inherits orderly and upright laws can last for a long time.
How to achieve an orderly inheritance? That requires the monarchs of previous generations to establish the inheritance system so that future generations cannot violate it, discourage other people's ambitions, and eliminate hidden dangers.
But will Zhu Yunxi do what the old man imagined?
The answer is no, because what he wants is a completely different Ming Empire.
So will he completely deny the old man's plan?
The answer is also no. The future is not the future of the emperor, but the future of the people of the world.
Only a constitutional monarchy can ensure the true long-term stability of the family and the world...
Just thinking about it, suddenly, the sky became slightly brighter!
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It was very cold in front of the mourning hall, and the mourning officials retired exhausted after spending the night.
Of course, another wave of crying officials is preparing.
The vassal kings were also exhausted long ago, shrinking to the ground in embarrassment and losing all their strength.
Zhu Yunxi had been sitting on the round stool. He had dark circles under his eyes and had no energy at all.
Li Jinglong quietly walked to Zhu Yunxi and whispered, "Your Majesty, please go and have a rest!"
Zhu Yunxi waved his hands in the room, "No!"
"Your Majesty, please go and have a rest and have some hot tea and rice!" Li Jinglong choked, "I'm sure the old man won't be happy if you don't think about food and tea!" He then said, "At this time, , your body cannot collapse!"
Immediately, he glanced at the exhausted vassal princes and said, "Your Majesty, you have a rest, and all the princes can also have a rest!"
"They..." Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi understood Li Jinglong's intention.
Let the feudal princes go and have a rest, then these feudal princes will definitely chat in private.
It is tantamount to giving them time to jump into the pit again.
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxi rubbed his knees and stood up, "I will listen to you!"
"I will arrange what you want!" Li Jinglong supported Zhu Yunxi and said.
The latter thought about it, then looked back at the old man's coffin, "Heat the noodle soup!"
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A bowl of hot pot noodles was placed in front of Zhu Yunxi.
In fact, when people in Jiangnan eat noodles, they don’t eat noodles cooked in a pot with green onion and ginger. They mostly eat Yangchun noodles with vegetarian soup.
This way of eating the hotpot is rich in oil and salt, which makes it unsightly but filling.
"The year my father left, I also brought a bowl of hot noodle soup to Grandpa Huang!"
Zhu Yunxi sat on the throne, looked at the noodles in front of him, and said to Li Jinglong with a wry smile, "At that time, the two of us finished a bowl of noodles in front of our father's soul, and then..." As he said,
He paused, "Then, Grandpa Huang named me the King of Wu, and my second brother the King of Huai!"
Li Jinglong immediately said, "Wu is the most noble king of the Ming Dynasty. The Supreme Emperor named the emperor Wu at that time. In fact, the old man has already made a decision about who should belong to the throne, and it must be you!" He said, smiling, "It's a pity that some people
Claiming to be smart but not seeing clearly, and still having wishful thinking will only make people laugh in the end!"
In fact, when Zhu Yunxi was speaking, he was also thinking about it in his mind.
But what he recalled was not what happened back then, but what he overheard his father Li Wenzhong say when he was a child.
That year, the title of the fifth emperor, Zhu Ji, was changed from King of Wu to King of Zhou. Li Wenzhong said privately that the title of Lao Wu should have been changed a long time ago. Where should he make the King of Wu and set up the Crown Prince? The King of Wu can only belong to the crown prince branch!
That year was the eleventh year of Hongwu, the year when Zhu Yunxi was about to be born.
That year, Zhu Biao's eldest son, Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying, was still there.
Li Wenzhong also said that in the future, he was afraid that the title of King Wu would fall on the crown prince's legitimate second son.
In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying passed away. Li Wenzhong said at home that since the emperor's grandson passed away, among the princes and other princes, the one who can be named King of Wu must be the crown prince.
Li Jinglong really remembered these words, so even though he was not particularly close to Zhu Yunxi, the emperor's grandson, in the early years, when the old man named Zhu Yunxi the Queen of Wu, he immediately stood clearly on Zhu Yunxi's side.
At this time, the bastard reported his shame, and Li Zhigang, the Minister of Rites, asked to see him.
Zhu Yunxi just took two bites when he felt he couldn't take any more. He wiped his mouth and said, "Pass!"
"I pay homage to your Majesty!"
"Get up! But what about the burial of Emperor Daxing?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
Li Zhigang raised his head and did not answer the emperor's question directly. Instead, he looked at Zhu Yunxi's face and said hesitantly, "The emperor has something on his mind!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "How did you know that I have something on my mind?"
"Not only do you know this, but all the officials also know it to some extent!" Li Zhigang said, "This time I ask to see the emperor, it is precisely to relieve the emperor's worries!"
Zhu Yunxi's eyes suddenly narrowed, and Li Jinglong next to him was startled.
"This bird man will never stop dying if his words are not shocking!" Li Jinglong thought to himself.
"Tell me how to relieve my worries!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"I would like to ask your Majesty!" Li Zhigang said solemnly, "Your Majesty, please honor the late Prince Yiwen with the title of Emperor!"
Saying this, he kowtowed.
In an instant, Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up.
Li Jinglong, on the other hand, was stunned.
"Damn it, why didn't I think of this!" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "Who can argue that the emperor is the emperor's grandson when he pursues the title of emperor? If the crown prince pursues the title of emperor, then
Your Majesty and the vassal princes have already established their status as monarchs and ministers, so why are they pretending to be uncles and kings?"