Ming Dynasty: Regrets about the Jingnan Rebellion? I changed it in a dream!

Chapter 111: Zhou had two capitals, Ming had two emperors

This will prevent these capable clan members from causing trouble in the local area.

The emperor ordered him to come to the capital.

Anyone who dares to make trouble will be beaten to death.

He would not sentence the descendants of the Zhu family to death, but breaking their limbs was no problem.

Anyway, they were supported by the imperial court.

Sometimes he didn't want to use force like his father.

But without the use of force, it is impossible to subdue these people.

Unless they are beaten to a pulp, they won't feel the pain at all.

The benevolent attitude is based on the premise that they all behave themselves, do not cause trouble, do not make trouble, and do not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Anyone who causes trouble, makes a commotion, or violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty will not be so easy to deal with.

Of course, this vassal system is only suitable for myself at present.

Further improvement and adjustment are needed.

Under his combination of firm and flexible governance methods, Hongsheng's national strength surpassed that of the Hongwu Dynasty.

When he first ascended the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang gave himself an era name: Jianwen.

But he did not listen and chose Hong Sheng instead.

Hongwu implies great military force, expanding territory and demonstrating his great military achievements.

Hongsheng means a grand and prosperous era. It inherits the will of Hongwu and creates a grand and prosperous era for the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the origin of the reign title.

Everything is good in the Ming Dynasty today.

The only bad thing is... it's a bit tiring.

The over-concentration of imperial power forced him to be involved in all state affairs.

He also thought about whether he should restart the prime minister system to relieve the pressure on himself.

However, the abolition of the prime minister system was decided by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and it would not be good for him to restart it immediately.

Fortunately, he also has a good son, Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying.

During the time he was away, all national affairs in Luoyang were handled by Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying.

Xu Yungong quickly responded: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to investigate."

"I guess the news should be on the way back."

Zhu Gaoxu was buried in Beiping, which is a long distance away from Yingtian Prefecture.

If the intelligence is not urgent, it will take more than ten days to go back and forth.

Hearing this, Zhu Biao nodded.

"That's good. If you have any news about Gao Xu, notify me immediately."

"Also, if there is any news from the tavern, notify me immediately."

Hearing this, Xu Yungong nodded.

"Yes."

"Also, since you are here, let's take a look at how much the land holdings of these nobles have increased."

“If the amount of land annexation exceeds 10,000 acres, you should know what to do.”

They are already familiar with this kind of thing.

Any noble who has annexed more than 10,000 acres of land will be investigated for evidence of his crimes over the years.

If they had known better and returned the land to the people, the crime would have been less severe.

If they don't know what's good for them, there are plenty of ways to deal with them, such as confiscating their property, exiling them, or even beheading them.

……

In the tavern.

Zhu Gaosui sat in the tavern feeling somewhat bored.

Sitting next to him were Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu and Di Ping. Zhu Gaosui glanced at their expressions.

"Bomb! Do you want it?"

"There's only one left in my hand."

Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhu Gaoxu and Di Ping with a smile, and both of them looked embarrassed.

Zhu Gaoxu threw the cards in his hand onto the table and said to Zhu Gaosui, "I don't want to play anymore. I played ten rounds and I didn't win a single one."

"Old Third, you won't let me go?"

When playing cards, the main thing is to play the cards reasonably, and you also need a certain ability to remember cards.

Zhu Gaoxu's memory was insufficient, and the key point was that he did not notice Zhu Gaosui and Di Ping's "cheating" at all.

Helplessly, he could only throw a bag of gold beans to Zhu Gaosui.

Looking at the golden beans in his hand, Zhu Gaosui was a little surprised.

"Second brother, you still have money? Didn't you donate all your money to the court to buy muskets?"

This trip as regent was enough to almost consume all the money Zhu Gaoxu had accumulated over the past decade.

Zhu Gaoxu had no special hobbies, did not indulge in wine and women, and would go on expeditions from time to time.

Over time, a certain amount of money was accumulated.

The biggest expenditure may be the purchase of weapons.

Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly: "I say, Third Brother, am I that stupid? Although I am not as wealthy as before, I am not completely broke."

After saying this, he turned his gaze towards Di Ping.

"Di Ping, if you deal me such bad cards again, I'll beat you up or something."

Di Ping felt a little embarrassed and glanced at Zhu Gaosui.

He didn't know whether Zhu Gaoxu was stupid or not, but he didn't notice at all that he and Zhu Gaosui had exchanged cards in private.

He didn't even feel there was anything wrong even after losing more than a dozen games. Hmm... it's hard to say whether that's stupid or not.

"By the way, have you heard any news about Lan Yu in the past few days?"

"My hand still hurts now. If I meet him again."

"Kill him with two strikes." Zhu Gaoxu directly raised his spear.

Ever since Lan Yu cut his hand with a knife.

Whenever he comes here, he carries a weapon with him.

Although he is skilled in martial arts, he is still afraid of machetes.

He is not stupid, and he fights Lan Yu with his bare hands.

Zhu Gaosui fiddled with the golden beans in his hand and sighed slightly.

"Don't mention it. Not to mention Lan Yu, even the Taoist priest hasn't made any movement these days."

"Second brother, could it be that Lan Yu was frightened by you?"

Zhu Gaoxu could use his bare hands to swing a chair and force Lan Yu to flee in embarrassment.

His martial arts are indeed rare.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, probably only King Kaiping Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong can be compared.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded upon hearing this.

"Speaking of this, I remember."

"When Lan Yu saw me, he seemed very surprised. He asked, 'Am I not already dead?'"

"Speaking of which, how come I didn't know when I died?"

Hearing this news, Zhu Gaosui lowered his head in thought.

When Lan Yu saw Zhu Gaoxu, he said in surprise, "Aren't you dead?"

It is indeed very strange. How could Zhu Gaoxu, a general, die?

Could it be that this blue jade is not the blue jade from the Hongwu Dynasty?
If it were Lan Yu of the Hongwu Dynasty, he would definitely not have said such a thing.

"Brother, any more information?"

"information?"

"There's nothing special about the rest, but judging from her appearance, Lan Yu should be quite old."

If we speculate based on what Zhu Gaoxu said, then it is highly likely that this blue jade is not the blue jade from the Hongwu Dynasty.

That's it.

As long as Lan Yu comes again, we will know the reason.

"Speaking of which, second brother, have you made up your mind?"

"Who will the throne be passed to?"

These days, they are not only waiting here for Lan Yu, but also advancing the progress of the dream world.

Although they both became emperors.

But after all, he is too old and may die at any time.

Even if it is a dream, the throne must be passed on. At least give a satisfactory ending, with a beginning and an end.

But the key point is... Zhu Gaoxu had a very bad relationship with his son.

After the Battle of Tumu, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui established the dual imperial system.

Although it's ridiculous, I can just play around in my dreams.

Moreover, the Ming system was modeled after the two capitals system of the Zhou Dynasty.

In this case, it should be no problem for the two of them to establish a dual-emperor system. A dual-emperor system also requires an heir.

In the dream, Zhu Gaosui had only two sons, one of whom died young at the age of seventeen.

Only the second son was still alive, so the successor to the Southern Emperor was naturally his second son Zhu Zhanhan.

Moreover, Zhu Gaosui's wife was the daughter of the Mu family in Yunnan. Zhu Zhanhun had a relationship with the Mu family, so there was no problem with the Southern Emperor's succession.

Zhu Gaoxu had many children, but his eldest son died early, and his second son had a bad relationship with Zhu Gaoxu.

The rest of his sons were either sickly or could not even survive him.

Either they are mediocre or they are simply incapable of holding military power.

Now he finally understood why Zhu Di loved Zhu Zhanji so much.

Indeed, if there is one grandson among my grandchildren who is capable and outstanding.

He will definitely choose him as his successor.

"Oh, let me think about it."

Anyway, it is impossible for his second legitimate son to ascend the throne. If he were to ascend the throne, who knows how he would be portrayed in history books.

At the same time, in order to compete for the right of inheritance to the Northern Emperor, the other descendants also vied to show their filial piety to Zhu Gaoxu.

Even the filial piety was not shown to Zhu Gaosui.

This made it impossible for him to distinguish who was capable and who was not.

It is no wonder that emperors of every dynasty chose the system of primogeniture.

At the very least, the eldest son has been born the longest, and even if he has poor abilities, he can still be trained with plenty of time.

Minimum capabilities are guaranteed.

If the choice is made subjectively, disputes will arise and internal struggles will continue.

At this time.

Yao Guangxiao walked in and Di Ping stood up quickly.

Zhu Gaoxu joked, "Mr. Yao, you are really punctual."

After saying that, Zhuang Mu went downstairs.

Yao Guangxiao just smiled faintly and walked to the counter.

As soon as Yao Guangxiao arrived, Zhu Wei opened the door of the tavern and Zhu Di walked in.

Zhu Gaosui quickly stood up and bowed: "Dad, you are here."

Zhu Di glanced at the seated Zhu Gaoxu.

He said calmly, "Well, there hasn't been any news recently."

"Yes, the tavern has been safe and sound for the past half month."

After receiving the news, Zhu Di came to the counter and, as usual, had a dream every three days.

He took the dream wine made by Zhuang Mu, went to the recliner and slowly lay down.

Fall into a dream.

……

Twenty years of Hongwu.

Under his influence, the history in the dream has deviated from its original direction.

First of all, of course, Zhu Xiongying and his mother, Empress Ma, did not die early.

This led to his father Zhu Yuanzhang being suspicious in character, but always maintaining stability in moderation.

In his later years, the reason why his father became cruel and bloodthirsty was partly because his mother died of illness, and Zhu Yuanzhang's sword was now without a scabbard.

As long as his mother was around, Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, jealousy, and murderous nature would be greatly reduced.

However, in the 18th year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan case still broke out.

Because this case did not mean that Zhu Yuanzhang was bloodthirsty.

Its main purpose was to kill corrupt officials, crack down on landlords and powerful people, and rob wealthy businessmen.

Therefore, the Guo Huan case still broke out.

It was only because of the existence of Empress Ma that Zhu Yuanzhang did not massacre too many people.

then.

He changed Li Wenzhong's ending and his father-in-law's ending.

Zhuang Mu gave himself the ability to heal.

It is also incredible.

No matter what the disease was, he could cure it completely. His reputation as a miracle doctor even overshadowed his reputation as Prince of Yan Zhu Di.

"Old Four? What are you daydreaming about?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di came to his senses and hurriedly followed Zhu Biao.

"No, it's nothing."

Looking at Zhu Di, Zhu Biao spoke slowly.

"Why, the name of the miracle doctor is a little inappropriate?"

"Now your name has spread all over the country. Even I can't compare to you."

Zhu Di felt a little helpless after hearing this.

"Brother, I really didn't know it would turn out like this."

Originally, I thought that if I didn't go to the fiefdom, I could rely on Zhuang Mu's healing ability to change history.

Can bear fruit.

Because Zhuang Mu's healing effects were so good, his reputation as a miracle doctor had spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

It even overshadowed Zhu Biao's reputation.

All of these Huaixi nobles were afraid of death, so they all came to make friends with Zhu Di.

Yes, it is still a purposeful way of making friends.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious about this and even wanted to kill all the nobles who had shown goodwill to him.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao's advice avoided a disaster.

After all, among those who showed goodwill to him, the King of Yan, there was a very outstanding person.

South Korean public Lee Shan-chang.

Perhaps because Li Shanchang was too old, he wanted to live a few more years. Therefore, among the Huaixi nobles, he was the one who most frequently wanted to show goodwill to him.

"It doesn't matter. Everyone is afraid of death, and I am no exception."

"I am very happy to have a brother like you who is a great doctor."

"If I have any health problems in the future, I will have to rely on you."

Zhu Di was silent.

In fact, Zhu Biao's health in recent years is obviously much better than that of Zhu Biao in original history.

The most important reason is.

With Empress Ma's mediation, Zhu Biao felt much less pressure.

In the original history, because of the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, father and son, often quarreled due to differences in political views.

This indirectly caused Zhu Biao to be under great pressure.

The prince is under a lot of pressure, and he is well aware of this.

After all, Zhu Gaochi was also the crown prince, and he himself was the one putting pressure on him.

A moderate amount of pressure can make people grow.

But at the same time, excessive stress can make people collapse.

For example, Fusu, Liu Ju, and Li Chengqian.

"Don't worry, big brother. I'm here, and your health will be fine."

In another half a month, it would be the 25th year of Hongwu.

My mission is almost completed.

At this time, news came that Lan Yu had returned with his army from the northern expedition, and Zhu Biao went there in person to welcome him.

Come outside the city.

I saw Lan Yu walking slowly towards this side.