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

Chapter 119 Information reconciliation! Zhu Biao's hesitation, anger? Or gratitude?

"Zhu Yunwen imprisoned the King of Zhou, deposed the King of Dai, placed the King of Qi under house arrest, demoted the King of Min, and even forced the King of Xiang to death."

"One year, just one year. It hasn't even been a year since Dad passed away, and he can't wait to put us in danger."

The more Zhu Di spoke, the more excited he became, and he loudly recounted Zhu Yunwen's crimes in the tavern in a high-pitched voice.

"My three sons are all in Yingtian Prefecture."

"For their safety, I pretended to be crazy and ate pig food in the pig pen for several months."

"Only then will he let me and my three sons go."

Hearing these words, Zhu Biao felt a little bit unbelievable.

Why is this happening?

Did these events really happen or were they fabricated by Zhu Di?

So which world's history is true?

Zhu Biao could feel the grievances suffered by Zhu Di, and reducing the power of the princes was a policy that the emperor could not avoid.

But the key lies in how to reduce the power. Obviously, Zhu Yunwen was too hasty and harsh in reducing the power of the princes.

Directly from a prince to a commoner.

He even forced a prince to death. Who could bear this?
"Alas, I have no choice. I know if this continues."

"Sooner or later, my family will die at the hands of Zhu Yunwen, so I raised an army in the name of clearing the emperor's side and pacifying the national crisis."

"Launch the Jingnan Campaign."

Xu Yungong and Lan Yu both frowned at this time.

In other words, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di, the Emperor Zhu Di in front of him, was actually a rebel and a Yan thief.

Words like traitor and rebellion are taboo words in any era.

Zhu Di continued to speak.

"The Jingnan Rebellion lasted for four years. Zhu Yunwen and I fought for four years."

"I defeated Geng Bingwen, I defeated Ping An, I defeated Li Jinglong, I defeated Xu Yungong, and each side had its own wins and losses."

"I know very well that if I continue like this, I will lose sooner or later."

"Therefore, I chose to take a detour and attack the capital Yingtian Prefecture. Zhu Yunwen never expected this."

"I would suddenly turn my horse around, cross the river and head straight for the capital, and eventually, I would succeed and win."

"After I invaded Yingtian Prefecture, I burned Zhu Yunwen to death in the palace and lied to the outside world that he was missing."

"I killed all officials in Yingtian Prefecture who opposed me and killed Fang Xiaoru's entire family. From then on, no one in Yingtian Prefecture dared to disobey me."

"With the support of my ministers, I ascended the throne and became emperor, and the whole world submitted to me."

"I successfully sat on my father's throne and became the emperor."

Zhu Biao stood up suddenly, looking unhappy.

Whether it was Zhu Di or Zhu Biao, they were both emperors.

They cannot tolerate the existence of treason.

He never expected that his younger brother would actually rebel and kill his own son.

The emperor was burned to death in the palace. He didn't understand where the good brother in his memory had gone.

"So, you are my brother, Prince Yan Zhu Laosi."

"Yes."

"You are also the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di."

"Yes."

"You are still the traitor Zhu Di who usurped power and murdered the Zhu family members!"

"Yes."

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di with some anger.

"What is this! You are not my brother. My brother does not have the heart of rebellion like you!"

"Old Four has been with me for many years, and the thing he said most was to beware of the vassal king."

"Even because of this, he angered the emperor and was beaten by him, but he still didn't change his words!"

"He is not a traitor, let alone an emperor! He died on his way to his fiefdom in the 25th year of Hongwu!"

"You're just a guy pretending to be him."

"I will never allow anyone to slander the fourth brother's reputation."

"Lan Yu, Xu Yungong!"

Hearing Zhu Biao's call, Lan Yu and Xu Yungong took a step forward.

He looked at Zhu Di eagerly.

At this time, Xu Yungong also spoke up: "How dare you, a traitor, smear the reputation of the King of Yan!"

In the dream, not only did the relationship between Zhu Di and Xu Yungong improve greatly, but Zhu Di also cured Xu Da's illness.

This made Xu Yungong respect him very much.

Now, the old man in front of him, who looks very much like Zhu Di, is slandering Zhu Di as a traitor and a usurper.

Of course he couldn't just sit back and watch.

In their memory, when did Zhu Di ever plot treason?
He followed Zhu Biao for many years, giving him advice and being inseparable from him, without any behavior of treason or usurpation of the throne.

Naturally, they didn't believe what Zhu Di said.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were also a little surprised.

"Dad, what's wrong with Xu Yungong? Did he get kicked in the head?"

During the Jingnan Campaign, Xu Yungong was the most difficult opponent, if it weren't for the alienation strategy.

Otherwise, Xu Yungong might have led his army back to Shuntian Prefecture.

Of course, Zhu Yunwen didn’t know how to employ people.

If Xu Yungong had been the commander-in-chief, the defeat would not have been so devastating.

It can be said that Emperor Taizu also played a final trick on Zhu Yunwen.

After all, the reason why Zhu Yunwen trusted Li Jinglong was because Zhu Yuanzhang was optimistic about Li Jinglong.

It turns out that my father sometimes does make mistakes.

Just like Chang Mao back then, no matter how many opportunities he was given or how much experience he had, he was still a hopeless case.

Chang Mao, Yang Xian, Wang Guangyang, Li Jinglong, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and so on.

Especially the last three. If any one of these three had been able to persuade Zhu Yunwen not to act too hastily, Zhu Yunwen would not have lost the throne.

The example of the Han Dynasty is in the history books, but I just can’t understand it.

"Dad, do you want me to arrest them all?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked.

He had weapons with him, and Zhu Gaosui, Di Ping, and Zhu Wei were by his side.

Four against two, if we can't win, I'll just kill myself here.

The atmosphere between the two sides suddenly became tense.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Biao's angry eyes, but he couldn't help feeling a little happy in his heart.

He chuckled and said, "Brother, you are still like this."

"Whether you want to admit it or not, I am Zhu Laosi, the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di."

Zhu Biao did not hesitate, pointed at Zhu Di and shouted angrily: "You are not!"

"I'm!"

Knowing that Zhu Biao found it hard to accept, he still had to say it.

"The Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, who plotted to usurp the throne and murdered his own nephew, was me."

"That good brother who saved his nephew and never had any bad intentions was also me."

Just like Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, both the butterfly and Zhuangzi are one person. The same is true in the parallel world, both the Yongle Emperor and the Prince of Yan are Zhu Di.

There is no distinction.

Rather than saying that he went back to the past, it would be more accurate to say that the young King of Yan gained a memory from the future.

No matter how you distinguish him, Zhu Di is still Zhu Di, it's just that what he knows is different.

"That year, after Fengtian Jingnan was pacified."

"I became the emperor, but I was also afraid."

"From the moment I sat on the throne, I have been a thief forever."

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid that after I die and go underground, my father will ignore me, and you will ignore me. I'm afraid that my whole family will ostracize me."

"Therefore, I want to make up for my mistakes with merit."

"But I still couldn't sleep for whole nights. Later, I met Zhuang Mu."

"The old monk said that Zhuang Mu's wine can make up for my mistakes."

"He can create dreams to atone for his sins."

"But I didn't expect that this kid didn't control his abilities well. I don't know how he sent me to the past of a parallel world."

"In fact, the Prince of Yan Zhu Di after the 13th year of Hongwu is me."

Hearing this, Zhu Biao suddenly felt as if the sky was falling.

He looked a little dazed, staggered back two steps, and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Xu Yungong was supporting him.

"So, since the 13th year of Hongwu, my brother has always been the rebel who sought power and usurped the throne and killed his relatives..."

Looking at Zhu Biao's appearance, Zhu Di did not feel surprised.

continued.

"That's right. So you know why I would never go to a feudal lord and why I always talk about the threats from the feudal lords."

"Why can a prince suddenly become a miracle doctor?"

"And at the critical moment, I will save Zhu Xiongying, my mother, and you."

It is precisely because of our experience that we know clearly what will happen in the future.

At the same time, Zhu Biao also realized that what Zhu Di said... was all true.

"So, Father and Mother have known about this all along?"

Zhu Di nodded.

"Ah."

There are four people who know about this.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, Xu Miaoyun, and Xu Da.

In order to avoid causing any psychological burden to Zhu Biao, this matter was never told to him.

Until Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma died, the truth was not made clear, and they were left to find the answer themselves.

If we can find the answer, that would be the best.

If you can't find the answer, just pretend that it never happened.

"Then why did you die?"

Zhu Di paused for a moment, looked at Zhu Biao's inquiring eyes, and said.

"Please forgive me. You were seriously ill at that time and the imperial physician was unable to cure your illness."

"And my healing ability is simply not enough to completely heal you, so I need to use my healing ability multiple times."

"The price of using the healing ability too many times is mental exhaustion and physical death."

Zhu Biao was slightly startled.

"So you took the initiative to go to the vassal state in order to keep it from me?"

Zhu Di nodded.

"In fact, when we met, we were already exhausted, but I didn't want you to see me in such a state of humiliation."

"I didn't take the initiative to meet you. In fact... I died on the way to the fiefdom."

"The reason I spread this story after arriving in Peking is to relieve you of the psychological burden."

"Although the Jingnan incident was not my original intention, it is a fact that I was plotting to usurp the throne."

"I will accompany you with my life, so I won't owe you anything."

It turned out that he was able to live to this day, ascend the throne and become emperor, and establish a prosperous and flourishing era.

It has always been because the fourth brother has been protecting him from behind.

Even at the risk of their own lives to save their own safety.

In order to avoid any psychological burden, he concealed the cause of his death.

Although he didn't know the details of the Fengtian Jingnan Movement, but for himself.

The fourth one has done enough.

He suddenly felt mixed emotions.

"What about Lu and my other descendants?"

Zhu Di was slightly silent.

“Only grandchildren remain.”

Zhu Biao stared at Zhu Di, his mood was very complicated.

Should I be angry or grateful?

Zhu Di killed his son and wife. How could he not be angry about the murder of his wife and son?
But he also saved himself and his eldest son Zhu Xiongying. How could he not repay his life-saving grace?
"Who else knows about this matter?"

After emotional conflicts, Zhu Biao chose to doubt the authenticity.

At present, all of them are Zhu Di’s oral statements, and no one has proved that what Zhu Di said is true.

It was impossible for him to easily believe Zhu Laosi in front of him based on his words alone.

Zhu Di was silent for a moment and then spoke.

"Father, mother, father-in-law and Miaoyun."

Xu Yungong frowned at this time.

"You mean, my sister also knows about this?"

"Then why have you never heard her say that?!"

Zhu Di looked at his brother-in-law in front of him and said calmly: "Because I didn't let her say it."

"Her character, don't you know?"

"By the way, I want to ask... Is she still alive..."

Zhu Di suddenly thought of this matter, since Zhu Biao was here.

That means Miaoyun in the dream is also real.

Then...will she still be alive?

Zhu Biao thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "I will come here again after I ask Princess Yan, if what you said is wrong."

"Old Four, the revenge for the murder of my wife and son cannot be avoided even if we are brothers!"

In fact, when Zhu Di killed Zhu Yunwen, he did not have much feeling in his heart, because Zhu Yunwen had reduced the power of the princes and forced his brother to death.

To be honest, this was indeed an act of self-protection on Zhu Di's part.

He doesn't blame Zhu Di.

But... he could not forgive Zhu Di for killing Lu, Zhu Yunhuan and others.

Fortunately, Zhu Di left him a grandchild, otherwise even if he was grateful for saving his life, he would never be able to forgive him for cutting off his lineage and grandchildren.

(End of this chapter)