Seeing that Lao Zhu's mentality had collapsed, Zhu Gaojie decided to add another piece of firewood: "Grandpa, do you remember King Liao, King Han, and King Shen? According to your wishes, these three uncles should have conquered the Northeast and With Liaodong, the fiefdom of the King of Liao, as the core, the "Three Kings Axis" was established in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty. It could not only stabilize the defense of the Ming Dynasty in the northeast and form a barrier for the Ming Dynasty outside Shanhaiguan, but also gradually control the surrounding Nurgandusi and North Korea. erosion, and eventually incorporated it into the Ming Dynasty, completely stabilizing the Northeast."
Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and was a little surprised: "How do you know our plan? You probably haven't told anyone about our deployment in the Northeast, right?"
The Three Kings Axis is indeed Zhu Yuanzhang's carefully planned deployment.
It has to be said that Lao Zhu's strategic vision is definitely extraordinary. He raised the King of Zong out of town to a level that did not belong to him.
If everything goes smoothly according to Lao Zhu's deployment in the Northeast, the entire Northeast can be completely transformed into a king without any noise. There is no need for the Jurchens to establish the Qing Dynasty. Not only the Nuergandusi where the Jurchens are located, but even North Korea , will also be transformed by the Ming Dynasty King!
This kind of national policy that has been practiced for hundreds of years is truly admirable.
If the national policy of the Three Kings was still there, perhaps the Ming Dynasty could not change its fate of being overthrown by Li Zicheng's uprising, but there was absolutely no such thing as the Han people being enslaved by foreigners.
It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang planned everything, but his descendants did not follow his ideas.
Zhu Gaojie sighed: "The national policy of transforming the Northeast depends on the three kings. However, among the three kings, Uncle Wang of Liao tried his best to make the Ming Dynasty take root in the Northeast according to your wishes. Only then did it become desolate. Liaodong was under construction. However, Uncle Wang of Liao was ordered by Emperor Jianwen to return to Beijing. Uncle Wang of Liao did not dare to disobey the emperor's wishes, so he was forced to return to Beijing. As for King Han and King Shen, let alone King Shen, they were not able to As a vassal, Emperor Jianwen put him under house arrest in Jinling City. None of the three kings of the Northeast could stay in the Northeast, and Wang's national policy of transforming the Northeast was stillborn."
Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if he was struck by lightning, his body was completely cold.
He spent all his efforts to plan national policies for future generations. For these national policies, Zhu Yuanzhang spent decades to build the prototype. If these century-old plans can be implemented steadily, why worry that the Ming Dynasty will not last forever?
However, it only took Emperor Jianwen less than a year to crush all of Zhu Yuanzhang's plans and destroy the national policies that Zhu Yuanzhang had worked hard on since he ascended the throne.
Therefore, Emperor Jianwen still had some brains. After only four years in office, he hollowed out the lifeline left to the Ming Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang for decades. This efficiency was unparalleled.
Who said Emperor Jianwen had no effect on the Ming Dynasty?
nonsense!
Side effects are also effects!
Zhu Gaojie's words one after another completely broke Zhu Yuanzhang's defenses.
It turns out that it was my most doting grandson who stabbed me, a grandfather, in the back.
pain!
It hurts so much!
Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his sadness and asked: "Are you still going to tell us that Yun Wen forced the fourth child to rebel?"
"You guessed it right."
Zhu Gaojie said, "My father was one of the most threatening vassal kings to Emperor Jianwen in the Ming Dynasty at that time. He had a heavy army and was rebellious, and his relationship with Jianwen was extremely bad. If my father were alive, how could Emperor Jianwen sleep at all.
"
"A number of vassal kings were killed one after another. In just ten months, five vassal kings were crippled, four were deposed as common people, and one was forced to commit suicide. In addition, the remaining
The vassal kings did not fare well either. Emperor Jianwen killed them one after another, but the fate of those vassal kings was better than these five. As long as Emperor Jianwen honestly put the knife on their necks, they would be fine.
You can keep your royal title."
"And if my father did nothing, his fate would definitely not be any better than that of King Xiang. At the least, he would be deprived of his royal title and become a commoner, and he would be imprisoned in a cage for the rest of his life. At worst, he would die suddenly on the spot. If
If my father doesn't rebel, he will die."
"Under this situation, my father still had a glimmer of hope. He pretended to be crazy and acted stupid, and the dignified vassal king was forced to eat shit in the pig pen. Despite this, Emperor Jianwen still did not intend to let my father go. My father was helpless
He could only be forced to rebel. Who would have thought that Emperor Jianwen killed his own uncle and was as fierce as a tiger. Once the war started, he was weak and incompetent. My father conquered the world with the power of Peking. After that, he was imprisoned or exiled.
The kings have also restored their reputation and vassal status, so that your sons can enjoy their long life."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "What about Yunwen? The fourth child won the kingdom, how did he deal with Yunwen?"
Although Jianwen disappointed him, it also made Lao Zhu feel despair.
But this child... is Biao'er's son after all, and was once Lao Zhu's most beloved grandson.
Zhu Gaojie sighed: "Emperor Jianwen... after Nanjing was conquered, he set himself on fire and died in the palace. Of course, no one knows the truth about this. After my father broke into the palace, he only saw charred corpses on the ground. How could he
From this charred corpse, we can tell whether it is Emperor Jianwen. Some people say that Emperor Jianwen shaved off his hair and became a monk. My father never thought about killing this nephew. After he ascended the throne, he has been sending people to find Emperor Jianwen and want to shake hands with Jianwen.
Yanhe..."
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Do you want to shake hands and make peace, or do you want to cut the grass and root out the roots?"
What a wise man he is, how could he not hear the confusion in Zhu Gaojie's words!
What a joke!
What kind of urine is the fourth child? As a father, he still doesn’t know?
This guy is definitely afraid that Jianwen is still alive and cannot sleep peacefully, and wants to find Jianwen and eliminate all future troubles!
Damn uncle-nephew love!
When did the Zhu family have a close relationship between uncle and nephew?
Zhu Gaojie has always been very thick-skinned. He pretended not to hear these sarcastic words from Lao Zhu and said to himself: "Besides, if my father becomes the emperor, isn't it 10,000 times better than Jianwen becoming the emperor?"
Zhu Yuanzhang became interested: "What did your father do?"
"Grandpa, my father has done it for you."
Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "In the Northern Expedition, I led the Ming army northward from the Great Wall. In the first battle, I personally conquered the Tatar tribe and beat the Tatar tribe to pieces. In the second battle, I personally conquered the Oara tribe and defeated only a few hundred people in Oara who were in panic.
Run away and drink from the vast sea of horses!"
"He compiled the Yongle Dadian and said without any humility that the Yongle Dadian is the most amazing book in ancient and modern times!"
"He organized a fleet and ordered Zheng He to sail to the Western Seas, making the Ming Dynasty's reputation known to everyone in the world!"
"As for Nuergandusi and North Korea, although Wang Hua's national policy in the Northeast failed to fulfill his wish, the king's division of the Ming Dynasty has swept across the Northeast. Nuergandusi has now become the Jianzhou Province of the Ming Dynasty. The Joseon Dynasty was destroyed and is now
It became the Koryo Province of the Ming Dynasty. By the way, after conquering Korea, we also destroyed the Japanese country, and now the Japanese country is called Yingzhou Province."
"Not only did the Ming Dynasty win consecutive battles in the north, but the Ming Dynasty also showed weakness in the far south, breaking up the southwestern countries and establishing the Ming Dynasty's Annan Province in Jiaozhi."
"You don't have to worry about fighting too many wars and draining the Ming Dynasty's treasury. The Ming Dynasty's current annual treasury income is more than five times that of the Hongwu Dynasty!"
Huo Qubing interrupted: "This is true. I participated in the battle in Mobei. This battle was really exciting. I led 800 people to chase down tens of thousands of Wala cavalry. Xiao Zhu even killed them with one arrow.
Killed Mahamu, the leader of Wala, and captured King Anle of Wala!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was in disbelief: "This was all done by the fourth child? Why don't I believe he has such great ability?"
He knew the fourth child's fighting skills.
Defeating Mobei, annihilating Nuer Gandusi, destroying Jiaozhi, destroying Korea, destroying Japan... he believed it was true.
But it is a bit nonsense to say that the treasury income of the Ming Dynasty was five times that of the Hongwu Dynasty.
Does Fourth Brother know what economics is?
Zhu Gaojie said with some embarrassment: "Ahem, I did all the things like annihilating Nuer Gandusi, annihilating Jiaozhi, annihilating Korea, annihilating the Japanese state, and developing the economy. However, compiling the Yongle Grand Canon and crippling Mobei are all my fault.
But it was all done by my father."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little shocked: "You, Lao Si, can you give such great power to a vassal king? Is there something wrong with you?"
Zhu Gaojie coughed lightly and said, "To be precise, I am now the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty."
"Crown Prince? Are you making your grandpa happy?"
Zhu Yuanzhang questioned, "I remember that the fourth son had four sons. The Crown Prince of Yan was named Zhu Gaochi, followed by Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui. You should be the youngest son of the fourth son. In terms of seniority, the prince could not rank you. Why?
, your three previous brothers all died young?"
Zhu Gaojie scratched his head: "Uh... I disappoint you. My three brothers are still alive."
Cao Cao on the side warmly reminded: "Lao Zhu, don't worry about it. His three brothers are living well, but one is more wicked than the other. After Zhu Laosi became the emperor, he made his eldest son Zhu Gaochi the emperor.
The crown prince, the second son Zhu Gaoxu is the King of Han, the third son Zhu Gaosui is the King of Zhao, and this Zhu Xiaosi is the King of Qi.
"In the past two years, first, the third son, King Zhao, attempted to assassinate Zhu Laosi but failed and was almost deposed. Then, the son of the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, the grandson Zhu Zhanji, attempted to rebel and mobilized the army to try to stage the Xuanwumen War.
The change did not work. The crown prince Zhu Gaochi was directly deposed as the king of Gan, and the emperor's grandson was also deposed as the crown prince of Gan. Finally, the second Han king Zhu Gaochi openly rebelled in the vassal state, and Xiao Zhu led his army to defeat him.
He was crushed, and now he is caught and used as a tool.
"Of Zhu Di's four sons, only Xiao Zhu has not rebelled. The remaining three sons either want to kill their own father or want to rebel and usurp the throne. Doesn't this mean that Xiao Zhu becomes the prince?
"But Xiao Zhu is really a good prince. With the help of our brothers and his cleverness, he has made the dynasty prosperous. Now Zhu Di has handed over the power of the country to Xiao Zhu's hands. He is already half
Retired.
"Tsk, tsk, it's not easy for Zhu Di. He is almost sixty, and there are three rebellious sons among his four sons. They all want to kill their own father. Anyone else would be desperate."