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

Chapter 118: The truth revealed, two different historical lines
The two old men, Zhu Di and Zhu Biao, sat facing each other, with some people standing beside them.

Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, Di Ping, and Zhu Wei stood behind Zhu Di.

Lan Yu and Xu Yungong stood behind Zhu Biao.

Zhuang Mu came between the two of them and began to ask.

"You two, let me make it clear first that you two are willing to be interrogated."

Still following that rule, he would not intervene proactively unless the customer wanted to.

Zhu Di and Zhu Biao looked at each other and nodded.

They both wanted to know what was going on.

With the consent of Zhu Di and Zhu Biao, Zhuang Mu began to act as an interrogator and began to sort out the relationship between the two.

"First of all, old man, please introduce yourself."

"Well, I am the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the 35th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu passed the throne to me..."

In the real world, he would never admit that he was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no Jianwen Dynasty in the history books of the Ming Dynasty.

Only in the 35th year of Hongwu did Emperor Taizu pass the throne to Prince of Yan Zhu Di.

As for how Emperor Taizu passed on the throne in the imperial mausoleum, let’s not worry about it.

Zhuang Mu looked at the old man in silence and said helplessly, "Old man, honesty is relative."

"Why are you dishonest?"

"I know who's lying."

Most of the energy in dreams comes from brain activity.

Therefore, he can be said to have become a human lie detector.

Normally, brain activity is abnormally active when lying.

You need to think about its logic, fabrication, creation, etc.

As the saying goes, the brain is divided into left and right, and also into rationality and emotion.

Zhu Di still did not blush and said: "No matter what, I am the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were standing behind him, also looked at each other, smiled and said nothing.

Dad is still the same dad.

Knowing one's mistakes but refusing to change or admit them.

Lan Yu and Xu Yungong looked at this scene in silence.

What is going on? How come the throne still remains in Zhu Di's hands?
There was also some surprise in Zhu Biao's eyes. Wasn't he the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
How could it be the fourth one?

And judging from Zhuang Mu's expression, the fourth brother probably didn't tell the truth.

"Old Four, now that you are the emperor, why are you still telling lies?"

"Haven't I and my father taught you that if you make a mistake, you must admit it and accept the punishment if you know it."

Covering up and concealing are the worst acts.

Life lasts for decades. Who can guarantee that they will not make mistakes? The key is how to deal with and view mistakes.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Biao and then at Zhuang Mu.

"Never mind. I won't say this anyway. Zhuang, you say it for me."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Mu began to explain to Zhu Biao.

"My father, Zhu Di, is the fourth son of Emperor Taizu and the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He ascended the throne in the fourth year of Jianwen and changed the reign title to Yongle."

Zhu Biao spoke without waiting for Zhuang Mu to ask.

"I am the eldest son of Emperor Taizu, and also the Crown Prince Zhu Biao of the Hongwu Dynasty. I am the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in the 31st year of Hongwu."

"Emperor Taizu personally abdicated to me and changed the reign title to Hongsheng."

He did not ascend the throne after Zhu Yuanzhang's death or in front of his coffin.

Zhu Yuanzhang was old and could no longer preside over the government and handle state affairs, so he abdicated to him.

However, why did Zhu Di ascend the throne in the fourth year of Jianwen? Whose reign title was Jianwen?

Zhuang Mu seemed to be thinking about something.

"Now that our identity is confirmed, we need to see when the future changes."

Next, we enter the verification phase.

Before the 13th year of Hongwu, everything was exactly the same.

It was not until the 13th year of Hongwu that history changed.

The source of the change was Zhu Di.

"So, you're saying that Prince Yan Zhu Di's personality changed drastically in the 13th year of Hongwu."

"And he acquired special healing abilities and cured Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying in the fifteenth year of Hongwu?"

Zhu Biao nodded.

This was the past as he remembered it.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Zhu Biao also spoke to Lan Yu and Xu Yungong.

"These two are Lan Yu, Duke of Liang, and Xu Yungong, Duke of Wei."

"They all felt the changes in the fourth brother in the thirteenth year of Hongwu."

When listening to these words.

Zhu Di already had a rough idea of what was going on.

His words completely matched the timeline in the dream and everything that happened in the dream.

In other words, Zhuang Mu was not actually creating a dream for himself, but rather sending himself directly to the past.

And changed the history of the Ming Dynasty.

So Zhu Di grabbed Zhuang Mu and said, "Brother, please wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, Zhu Di took Zhuang Mu to the backyard.

He began to ask, "Zhuang boy, what is going on?"

"Didn't you say that this was just a dream? Why is everything that Big Brother said just now exactly the same as in the dream!"

Zhuang Mu was slightly stunned.

"Exactly the same?"

"Nonsense, the timeline of my dream world is the 13th year of Hongwu." Zhu Di paced back and forth, speaking with his hands on his hips, and looked a little nervous.

"In order to atone for my sins, I thought about changing the history in my dreams and letting my eldest brother ascend the throne and become emperor." "It's my way of atonement, so I used your dream healing ability to save my mother, Zhu Xiongying, and my eldest brother."

In other words, Zhu Biao who appeared in the tavern was born from history transformed by Zhu Di's dream.

Strange, could it be that the past has been changed?

But if the past is changed, the present should also change.

There is only one conclusion, that is, due to some accidental mistake, what caused Zhu Di to change was not the past in his dream.

But the past of a parallel world.

After all, only the parallel world will not affect the present.

"Ahem, is it possible that this isn't a dream?"

"Not a dream? What do you mean?"

"You used the power of my dreams to travel to another you in a parallel world and changed the past of this parallel world."

Zhu Di was slightly stunned.

Not a dream?
In other words, everything you do is real.

Zhu Di pondered for a long time and said, "What should we do now?"

"Just explain it to your eldest brother, what else can you do?"

Knowing that the dream was not fake, Zhu Di was actually quite happy in his heart, after all, the dream became reality.

This means that one's atonement is not a dream.

The lump in his heart also completely disappeared.

There was nothing wrong with my conspiracy to rebel, but didn't I also successfully make up for my mistake?

He successfully resurrected Zhu Biao from another world and allowed him to ascend the throne.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di sighed.

Brother, I really don’t owe you anything this time.

"Wait, Zhuang boy, how many of those dreams you created were real dreams?"

"How many of these are parallel worlds?!"

Zhu Di suddenly thought that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui also dreamed of becoming emperor.

If this dream is also a parallel world...

Zhuang Mu touched his head embarrassedly.

"I can't really explain this. You know the situation of my tavern."

"Except for the old monk who comes frequently, the rest of the visitors are very few."

"I'm not very proficient in using this ability to create dreams while drinking, so there might be occasional accidents."

"Anyway, the old monk's dream was indeed a dream."

The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly, this kid.

I just hope that Zhu Gaoxu’s dream of becoming emperor was really just a dream.

The emperor was captured, and even though he had redeemed himself, he found it hard to accept this humiliation.

However, the most urgent task is to deal with Zhu Biao's affairs first.

As for Zhu Gaoxu’s dream, we can talk about it later.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di took Zhuang Mu back to the tavern.

Zhu Biao was sitting there quietly at this time, waiting for Zhu Di to explain to him what was going on.

"Old Four, tell me, what is going on?"

Zhu Di put his hands on his hips, looked at his elder brother in front of him, and sighed.

"I'm sorry, brother. I'm sorry for you."

"But my mistake has been corrected."

"Brother, do you want to know what the real history is like?"

Real history?

What else could it be?
Zhu Biao looked at Lan Yu beside him, and then looked at Xu Yungong beside him.

So he asked, "Go ahead and I'll listen."

"Since the Hongwu era thirteen years ago, we have been experiencing the same thing."

"After the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the abnormality of Prince of Yan Zhu Di began to be corrected. That year, Prince of Yan Zhu Di did not change at all. He was still the one who ranked last in the Fengyang Martial Arts Arena."

"He did not refuse to be a vassal, but followed what a vassal king should do. In the 13th year of Hongwu, Prince of Yan Zhu Di followed General Xu Da to Beiping to be a vassal."

"Two years later, news came from Yingtian Prefecture that the Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying had contracted bean disease and died."

"After a few months, the mother probably couldn't bear the shock and was overworked, and eventually died of illness."

"In the 17th year of Hongwu, General Li Wenzhong died of illness."

"In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, General Xu Da died of illness."

"In the 25th year of the Hongwu reign, Crown Prince Zhu Biao fell seriously ill shortly after returning from an inspection tour regarding the relocation of the capital."

"He eventually died of illness."

"The death of Crown Prince Zhu Biao made Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang suspicious, cold-blooded and bloodthirsty. In the same year, he appointed Zhu Yunwen as the crown prince."

"He knew that making Zhu Yunhuan the emperor would easily lead to the phenomenon of the power of foreign relatives becoming too large and suppressing the emperor."

"Therefore, he chose Zhu Yunwen, who had no maternal power, as the crown prince and designated him as the successor."

"And on the grounds that Lan Yu was plotting treason, all the Huaixi nobles who were related to Lan Yu were killed. Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others all died in this massacre."

Zhu Biao was somewhat incredulous as he listened to Zhu Di's story.

Even Lan Yu found it hard to believe that he was actually killed?
So Zhu Biao asked in confusion: "But why am I still alive now?"

"Why is Lan Yu still alive?!"

Zhu Di let out a long sigh.

"Brother, listen to me first, then you will understand everything."

"After killing Lan Yu and other arrogant and powerful generals, Emperor Taizu's body could no longer bear the heavy burden."

"In the 31st year of the Hongwu reign, he died of illness in the capital."

"In the same year, the crown prince Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and changed the reign title to Jianwen."

"In the same year, Zhu Yunwen listened to the words of treacherous ministers and believed that the power of the princes was too great, so he began to reduce the power of the princes."

(End of this chapter)