Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 205: Mingzong Fortress

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's hands were like iron clamps, clamping Yang Chen's shoulders, preventing him from moving.

After making sure that the other party was not struggling, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth to remind him:

"Boy, you only have two choices now.

First, explain the whole story to us clearly. What exactly happened when the Ming Dynasty was facing the danger of collapse? Who was the person who stood up to maintain the peace of the Ming Dynasty at that time, and what abilities did he have?

You must not think of fooling me. You told me in person that the Ming Dynasty had a national life of nearly three hundred years. Now you go back on your words and say that if the Ming Dynasty was without someone, it would have perished more than two hundred years ago. In other words, this will happen in the next few decades.

We will never allow any accidents to happen to Biao'er during his tenure as emperor. If you don't tell the truth, be careful or we will be rude to you!
You know our methods!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength in his hands increased uncontrollably, causing Yang Chen to gasp for air and think to himself, this guy is really strong, how could a normal middle-aged man have such great strength?
But it is normal if you think about it, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang made his fortune as a military general. Although he is more famous as an emperor, his talent in leading troops and fighting is definitely not inferior to many people.

Otherwise, Chang Yuchun and Xu Da would never have been convinced by this elder brother just because of his age.

"I mentioned the first option before. As for the second one, we know what kind of person you are in your daily life. If you don't tell the truth, we will take back the maidservants around you. From now on, you can only be accompanied by eunuchs and servants. Anyway, they are just assistants, so it is more convenient and energy-saving for men to do it.

So that people won’t say that we are biased towards you.”

Yang Chen would definitely not have any objection to being controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang with brute force. After all, this guy was a rough man, so it was normal for him to use some brute force.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's next words made Yang Chen feel terrified when he thought about it carefully!
What does it mean to take back the maidservant around you?

Wouldn't this make him live like a eunuch? If this is the case, Yang Chen will never accept it. He is a layman. You have to admit this to him more than once, otherwise he will not accept Cui Shulan's request to accompany him.

Normal people have powerful abilities. Who can resist a beauty of the same age from coming into their arms?

Yang Chen won't take the initiative to ask for it, but that doesn't mean he can choose to accept it when others approach him!
Now, he has finally raised a group of girls in Zhenjiang Prefecture who are a disaster to the country and the people. They are of various styles, including pure and cute, tall and mature, and caring sisters and young women.

This is a man's ultimate dream. Now Zhu Yuanzhang tells him that if he doesn't cooperate honestly, everything he has will be taken away. This is no different from taking away half of his life.

What made Yang Chen even more unacceptable was that Zhu Yuanzhang actually arranged a group of eunuchs and servants to work for him.

If you ask what Yang Chen hates the most, then book boy is definitely at the top of the list.

You have to know that the ancients are just ancient, which doesn't mean they are backward.

The good customs of Longyang have been maintained in the Central Plains since the Tang Dynasty.

Especially in the Song Dynasty in Bian Jing, which is today's Kaifeng, there were male brothels. At that time, male brothels were called Xiangguguan or Beehive. It even became the mainstream aesthetic in the Song Dynasty. Many men painted pictures on their heads to express how unique their beauty was.

And many middle-class powerful people, in order to satisfy their own desires, selected the best-looking people who were willing to accept them from these places as their servants. They usually studied and worked together, and at night, the servants would become the master's companions and solve some of the master's special needs.

Zhu Yuanzhang made such an arrangement for him, and even if Yang Chen was stupid, he knew what it meant.

His expression remained frozen for a moment, then he slowly relaxed and persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Ahem. Your Majesty, I choose the first option in this matter, but we need to find a place to sit down and talk properly. How about going to the garden? Yes! Let's go to the garden!"

Yang Chen knew that this place was not a good choice to talk, so he quickly made such a request to Zhu Yuanzhang, although he didn't understand why Yang Chen did so.

However, as long as Yang Chen is willing to tell the truth behind it, Zhu Yuanzhang will let it go.

Follow him to the garden.

Although it is called a garden, this place is actually a leisure park. It has not only flowers but also bushes and grass. After being renovated, it looks very beautiful. In addition to these, there are also some basic sports facilities. It can be said that it is almost no different from the place where the elderly in later generations dance square dances.

There were not many people walking around at this time, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Chen quickly found a suitable place to sit down.

Regarding the matter of Shao Bao Yu Qian, Yang Chen was thinking about how to respond.

The main reason is that Mingzongbao’s actions were too outrageous, otherwise Yang Chen wouldn’t know what to say.

This is also something he has rarely mentioned.

The five dragons almost made Zhu Yuanzhang faint.
No, to be precise, Zhu Yuanzhang had already passed away at that time.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't even accept the fact that his descendants were not Zhu Biao, let alone the mess that the Zongbao had done.

He thought that this matter would disappear from now on, but who could have thought that he would accidentally reveal this matter while talking nonsense. Now, Zhu Yuanzhang forced him to know what happened in the future.

What can he do?
One can only hope that Zhu Yuanzhang can bear the consequences of this incident after a while. If he can't bear it for a while, that doesn't matter. Anyway, there are already many medical equipment that barefoot doctors can use in Zhenjiang Prefecture. Yang Chen believes that relying on these advanced things, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely be able to recover from the brink of death.

The two sat down, and Zhu Yuanzhang spoke in a grim tone with a hint of warning:
"Boy, I'm glad you can tell me the truth, but I still want to make it clear in advance that you should think this matter through carefully. Don't try to fool me. I'm not stupid. I can tell whether it's a lie or not."

"Yes, yes, I know your methods very well. No one can deceive you, right?"

It was rare for Yang Chen to flatter Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little satisfied.

As expected, they are young people who dare not lie easily after speaking a few words. In Lao Zhu's opinion, this is quite good.

On the other hand, Yang Chen began to pray for Zhu Di in his heart.

"Yongle, it's not that I don't want to help you, but your father forced me to do it. If anything happens, don't blame me."

This was considered a prior statement, and Yang Chen finally became serious.

"Ahem. Your Majesty, this matter needs to start with the fourth child of your family.

After the Jingnan Campaign was over, you, the fourth one, had nightmares all the time. According to historical records, Yongle was already in his forties, but he would still be scared to death if he met you in his dreams.

In order to have a good sleep, Yongle had to have his second son Zhu Gaoxu personally stand outside the door to keep watch before he could fall asleep peacefully.

But he thought, he couldn't let his son keep watch for him all the time, could he? Then he immediately arranged for the crown prince Zhu Gaochi to stay in the country and handle all the emperor's affairs. It was similar to the situation between your majesty and A Biao, but the way he handled it was completely different from your majesty's, which was also a side factor that led to what happened later. "

To be honest, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he still felt gratified.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that his own son was afraid of him, and this was his education.

But I didn't expect that Zhu Di actually only liked his eldest son, but there was something wrong with the way Yang Chen described it.

After questioning, I found out that Zhu Di actually wanted to play the same trick as Emperor Gaozu of Tang. He loved the crown prince, but also supported the second son, which led to some misunderstandings and illusions among the second son.

"We knew what this reckless man could accomplish. We used to think highly of this bastard, but now, brothers are killing each other, which goes against our ancestral teachings! If this guy wasn't at the border, we would have given this bastard a beating right away!"

"Boy! Tell us what happened next that caused the Ming Dynasty to be in such a critical situation!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang cursed Zhu Di in the air, he wanted to know all the details that followed.

Yang Chen didn't waste any words and quickly said:

"What happened next is very interesting. Yongle handed over all state affairs to you, and led his troops to the north. At that time, the Northern Yuan Dynasty had been destroyed by Lan Yu under your command. The Northern Yuan Dynasty disappeared, and they restored the title of their ancestors. The main component was the Tatar tribe.

And here’s the interesting thing. According to historical records, not long after you passed away, the savior of the Ming Dynasty was born!

This is Yu Qian, Yu Shaobao! "

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned at this moment, as Yang Chen looked very familiar to him. Even his choice of words when he was talking about excitement was not right, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very unhappy. Who in the world would dare to use "ga ga" to describe the fact of his death in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang?
I'm afraid there is no one else except Yang Chen.

The funny thing is that I couldn't even interrupt the other party, otherwise who knows if Yang Chen would be so excited that he would forget what happened next.

Yang Chen didn't realize there was anything wrong with his speech, and continued talking.

"Yongle was the emperor and launched many northern expeditions, which can be said to have overdrawn the life of the Ming Dynasty. Although his achievements were indeed very strong, this came at a great price. As a result, the worst impression of this emperor among later generations is that he was a warmongerer, apart from rebelling to make a fortune and conquering the Wolf and Lair.

If Zhu Gaochi had not served as regent and possessed flexible political skills to keep the Ming Dynasty stable, the people would have rebelled during the Yongle Emperor's reign. That's not true. In fact, rebellions by the people were common in the Ming Dynasty. It's just that during Zhu Gaochi's tenure, he was able to suppress them with gentle means, which is completely different from your Majesty's use of force to suppress them.

Unfortunately, Ming Renzong was on the throne for less than ten months, and he died after being emperor for only seven or eight months.

"What? You said Chi'er died after being emperor for less than ten months?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very surprised by the death of his grandson.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi was just less than one year old. No, he was already over one year old. This guy was born in the eleventh year of Hongwu, and now it was January and almost February of the thirteenth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy about the birth of this big fat boy, because Zhu Gaochi weighed almost 8.9 jin when he was born. Compared with other grandchildren, the birth of a big fat grandson proved that the Zhu family had good food.

Not to mention, Zhu Gaochi's maternal grandfather was Xu Da, and Zhu Yuanzhang had a very good relationship with Xu Da. No matter where you look at it, this child can be loved by many parties.

Who would have thought that such an outstanding grandson would only be emperor for less than ten months?

This made Zhu Yuanzhang think of some bad things.

Just like Zhu Xiongying, as soon as Lu showed the slightest suspicion, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged for her to be removed from the palace and sent to the cold palace.

Seeing the cold murderous intent in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Yang Chen knew what this guy was thinking, so he quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, please do not misunderstand. Zhu Gaochi, the Ming Renzong, did not die because of others, but because of himself.

Zhu Gaochi showed a unique talent since he was a child, and that talent was in eating.

When he was under a lot of pressure, he liked to eat. As he ate, he became a fat man. This was also one of the reasons why Yongle disliked him.

At that time, Zhu Gaochi was inferior to his other brothers, especially his second brother Zhu Gaoxu.

You must know that Yongle of your family started out as a rebel. Zhu Gaoxu's nickname in later generations was Xiang Yu of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to show that he was absolutely top-notch in terms of personal martial arts.

In addition, during the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di broke through the encirclement more than once, and it can be said that they went through life and death together.

Facing this outstanding brother, Zhu Gaochi was under great psychological pressure. Whenever he was unhappy, he would eat. As he ate more and more, his body shape became somewhat unsightly. In the end, one of the main reasons why he died was that he was too fat, which caused some health problems. "

After hearing these words, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded. My goodness, it turns out that this grandson died of obesity!

Although he didn't want to admit it, it was a fact. It was just that Yang Chen gave him face and didn't say it directly.

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down a bit before speaking slowly:

"Go on, what did you say about Yu Qian just now?"

Yang Chen took a sip of tea and continued:

"Yu Qian, didn't I just say that Yu Qian was born on the day your Majesty died? During the subsequent reign of Emperor Yongle, Yu Qian gradually showed his amazing talent, successfully passed the imperial examinations, and entered the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. However, he was very low-key at the time, and no one knew how talented this genius really was."

This point was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang. There were many geniuses in the Ming Dynasty, but the only thing that was not lacking was these mediocre geniuses.

Who among those who can get into the core position is not a genius beyond genius?

According to the time calculation, Yu Qian was born when he just left, and when he passed the imperial examination, he was probably only in his early twenties.

It is completely impossible to enter the core field at this age.

"During Yu Qian's tenure, the Ming Dynasty was ruled by another emperor, Zhu Gaochi's eldest son, Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji.

Your Majesty, you know this Zhu Zhanji. It seems that he was born when you were about to die, so there were five dragons ruling the country. He is the last dragon.

It's strange to say that Yongle disliked Zhu Gaochi very much, but he liked Zhu Zhanji very much, and even made the Three Yangs and Yao Guangxiao his junior teachers and junior tutors. It is said that when Zhu Zhanji wanted to ride a horse, Yongle would lie on the ground and act as a horse. "

(End of this chapter)