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

Chapter 134: The King of Han has no heir, so why not fight? This is the outcome!

On the way, Zhu Gaosui explained the reason for the dream.

Xu Zengshou was slightly thoughtful.

"In other words, this world may be the future world of Ming Dynasty?"

"Then why am I Duke Dingguo?
"Shouldn't the Duke be my brother?"

According to Zhu Gaosui, he should have been resurrected from his own tomb.

But, that tomb is the tomb of Duke Dingguo, which means that I am Duke Dingguo?
But logically speaking, shouldn't his elder brother Xu Yungong be the one who inherited the title of Duke?
How did I come to be called Duke Dingguo?

Zhu Gaosui explained: "I forgot to tell you."

"During the Jingnan Rebellion, although you were in the Jianwen Dynasty, your heart was with my father."

"After that, Zhu Yunwen knew that you had contact with the Prince of Yan, and he executed you in court."

"After my father ascended the throne, he posthumously conferred upon you the title of Duke Dingguo."

"For my mother's sake, Xu Yungong's title was not abolished, but passed down."

"Therefore, the Xu family has two dukes in two countries."

As Xu Zengshou listened to Zhu Gaosui's explanation, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that I would become a Duke!"

Looking at his happy appearance, Zhu Gaosui felt a little helpless.

"You paid for this with your life. Why should you be happy about it?"

In Zhu Gaosui's view, a title is far less important than his life.

Xu Zengshou was still so happy, but in Xu Zengshou's view, it was just his life that could be exchanged for the title of Duke.

Why not?

On the surface, he and his brother Xu Yungong were in harmony, but in fact, he also had some expectations in his heart.

He wanted to inherit the title of Duke, but unfortunately, he was not qualified.

A family with two dukes of the same state sounds very domineering.

"If my father knew, he would definitely be very happy."

Xu Zengshou said with a smile.

If Xu Da knew that the Xu family had two dukes and one queen.

I guess his mouth corners must be split from smiling.

My father always said that he was a loser, very dissolute, and his abilities were not as good as those of others, but better than those of others.

You will never achieve much in your lifetime.

Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Zengshou and asked.

"Grandpa, is he okay?"

Xu Zengshou still spoke with a smile, but there was a hint of sadness in his tone.

"No, my father died of illness two years ago."

"I'm afraid he can't see this."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaosui didn't say much. As the third son, he actually understood Xu Zengshou's thoughts.

It's just a tacit understanding.

Because of their special abilities, Zhu Gaosui and Xu Zengshou were able to walk very quickly.

It only took some time to cross the Yellow River.

After all, the Yellow River's riverbed is so wide that they can't jump across it.

"By the way, Gao Sui, are we sure we are still human?"

"How can anyone jump several feet high?"

Xu Zengshou felt the power in his body and asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaosui responded indifferently.

"It shouldn't count. We should all be dead already."

"If I remember correctly, corpses like us were called Hanba in the pre-Qin period. So, could we be Hanba?"

Xu Zengshou naturally read a lot of books.

Unlike Xu Yungong who read the Four Books and Five Classics, he, like his father, liked folk rumors and stories.

However, Zhu Gaosui just said it lightly.

"According to legend, Hanba will bring severe drought. We are not qualified to affect the weather."

Xu Zengshou was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhu Gaosui actually knew what Hanba meant.

This is true.

Rumor has it that the Hanba will bring severe drought, and at most they are very strong and can jump far.

It seems not qualified and affects the weather.

Under the leadership of Zhu Gaosui, the two men soon arrived at Le'an Prefecture.

But looking at the words engraved on the city, he was confused.

Wuding Prefecture?
Isn’t it Le’an Prefecture?

Strange, did I remember the wrong way?

"Gao Sui, isn't this Wuding Prefecture? Not Le'an Prefecture."

Zhu Gaosui scratched his head.

It's impossible. My memory can't be wrong.

Over the years, I have never taken the wrong route.

The Battle of Tumu Fort was where he started his career, although the pattern was slightly different.

But they are roughly the same size, so it is impossible to remember them wrong.

"Go in and have a look."

Although entering and leaving the city required official documents from the imperial court, both Zhu Gaosui and Xu Zengshou possessed special abilities.

It is naturally impossible to take the right path.

Since we don’t know where Zhu Gaoxu’s tomb is, the easiest way is to ask Zhu Gaoxu’s descendants.

However, when Zhu Gaosui sneaked into the city and came to the Prince of Han's Palace in Le'an.

But he was stunned.

Xu Zengshou looked at the name hanging on the plaque in front of him and scratched his head.

"Gao Sui, are you sure this is the right place? Are you sure we are in the right place?"

"Isn't this the government office of Wuding Prefecture?"

Zhu Gaosui frowned, wondering if he really remembered it wrong?
So Zhu Gaosui stopped a passerby and asked.

"Hello, I'm passing by to look for my relatives. May I ask if the vassal state of the King of Han has been relocated?"

"Isn't this Le'an Prefecture? Why was it renamed Wuding Prefecture?"

After hearing this, the passers-by who were stopped by him were a little confused.

"Le'an Prefecture? Hasn't this place always been called Wuding Prefecture?"

"The King of Han is relocating? Is there such a king in the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Gaosui fell silent.

How is this possible? The only direct vassal kings of the old man are the King of Zhao and the King of Han.

When Zhu Gaosui was resurrected, he saw with his own eyes the existence of his own Prince Zhao's Palace. How could the Prince of Han disappear?

Therefore, Zhu Gaosui refused to believe it and continued to ask the rest of the people in the city.

But most people are unaware.

Perhaps it was because it was too long ago, most of these people were in their thirties or forties.

Of course it is unlikely to know.

"Let's go and see what the government knows."

In this situation, I guess only the government might know something about it.

At the same time, this also made Zhu Gaosui have a bad feeling.

Second brother...

Because they are not from this world.

Plus, if you have special abilities, you can naturally be bolder.

Zhu Gaosui took Xu Zengshou directly and broke into the Wuding government office, which was originally the Hanwang Palace.

The prefect of Wuding Prefecture was found and could be easily identified by the clothes he was wearing.

Zhu Gaosui had been in charge of the Jinyiwei for so many years, so he naturally knew what kind of clothes officials of different ranks wore.

"You are the prefect of Wuding Prefecture?"

Prefect Cao looked at the two people who suddenly appeared in front of him and was also very confused.

"Who are you two?"

Xu Zengshou asked at this time.

"Let me ask you, where did the Han Palace go? Also, why was Le'an Prefecture changed to Wuding Prefecture?"

Zhu Gaosui didn't care about Xu Zengshou's interruption.

Instead, he stared intently at the prefect of Wuding Prefecture in front of him.

Hearing this, Prefect Cao was also somewhat bewildered: "Hanwang Mansion? Who are you? Barging in and asking such rude questions."

"Why should I answer your questions..."

After saying that, he was ready to call someone to throw the two people who trespassed into the government office into jail. Xu Zengshou was a little nervous at this time. Not playing by the rules?

He could only look at Zhu Gaosui, and before he had the chance to ask what he was going to do next.

Zhu Gaosui kicked his legs hard and appeared in front of Prefect Cao as if he had teleported.

He simply grabbed Prefect Cao's neck with one hand and said coldly.

"I'm asking you again, where is the Han Palace, and where is the Le'an Palace?"

Zhu Gaosui's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

There is no need to be nice to these officials. He has been suppressing them for so many years.

How could I not know what they were thinking?

Violence is the most direct way to deal with these officials.

After all, the Jinyiwei is synonymous with violent law enforcement.

Prefect Cao was immediately frightened by Zhu Gaosui's momentum and quickly said, "This, this is all from the Xuanzong period."

"I...I'm not sure either. When I was in office, this was Wuding Prefecture."

do not know?
"How many years has it been since the Xuanzong Dynasty?"

Although he did not know the news about Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, he still knew about it after so many dynasties.

"Reporting to the Lord, Xuande, Zhengtong, Jingtai, Tianshun, Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde, seven dynasties have passed, and now it is the 41st year of Jiajing."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaosui was no longer surprised.

After so many dynasties, it's normal not to know.

Orthodox, Jingtai.

I guess this is what would have happened if he and Zhu Gaosui had not rebelled.

Jingtai should be the reign title of Zhu Qiyu's nephew who was temporarily pushed to the throne.

So, Emperor Jiajing is indeed my father's descendant.

He is the descendant of the eldest brother.

If the old man knew that the person who was confronting him was his own descendant, he would probably be furious.

"Then why did the Han Palace disappear? Did Le'an change its name?"

"Tell me, or I'll kill you."

Upon hearing this, Prefect Cao immediately begged for mercy.

"Please be merciful, my lord. I really don't know about these things."

Zhu Gaosui frowned slightly.

"You are a prefect, but you don't know these things? What kind of prefect are you?"

Upon hearing this, Prefect Cao hurriedly spoke.

"My father has some connections with the cabinet..."

"If you want to know this, the Jinyiwei Experience Department of Wuding Prefecture should have archive records..."

If you have connections, that's normal.

Zhu Gaosui glanced at Xu Zengshou.

"Catch him. If he dares to run, just kill him."

"I'm going to the Experience Department."

The Experience Department is a civil service archive, which records mostly major events and records of officials.

Whether an official can be promoted depends entirely on the archival records of the Experience Department.

As the commander of the Jinyiwei, Zhu Gaosui was naturally very clear about the composition of the Jinyiwei.

The Experience Department did not belong to the central agency, but was under the jurisdiction of the local military headquarters.

Soon, Zhu Gaosui sneaked into the warehouse of the Experience Office and found records about Zhu Gaoxu.

"Record of the Eastern Expedition".

I looked at the signature and it turned out to be written by that kid Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Gaosui then opened the book and read its contents.

"In August, Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu rebelled... On the day of Renwu, the imperial court moved to the south of Le'an City. Gaoxu was about to leave, but Wang Bin and others stopped him..."

In short, Zhu Gaoxu rebelled not long after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne.

Later on.

Zhu Zhanji led his army to personally attack the Prince of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, and captured him without bloodshed.

Afterwards, Le'an was renamed Wuding.

"As soon as you ascended the throne, you couldn't wait to take action against your second uncle, nephew...it seems that I still underestimated you."

Zhu Gaosui knew it clearly.

How could Zhu Gaoxu want to rebel? Isn't it that Zhu Gaoxu is afraid that he will become Prince of Yan Zhu Di?
In order to launch another Jingnan Rebellion, he acted decisively and directly accuses him of a crime.

Before Zhu Gaoxu could even react, he was captured directly.

As for what is recorded in the history books, whoever is the emperor can change it.

After all, even after so many dynasties, the Ming Dynasty still did not recognize the Jianwen Dynasty.

Isn’t this the history that was changed by old man Zhu Di?

If Zhu Gaoxu wanted to rebel and raise an army...with Zhu Gaoxu's military ability, how could he defeat his second brother without bloodshed?
He didn't believe it anyway.

Everyone knows how strong Zhu Gaoxu's military capabilities are.

Although the old man brought Zhu Gaoxu with him on several subsequent northern expeditions, he was only there to support him.

He was never allowed to lead the attack because his achievements were so great, and if he could make contributions in the Northern Expedition.

There is a high possibility that he will become the next Li Shimin and seize political power through military means.

If the court had been without generals, Zhu Di would not have brought Zhu Gaoxu with him.

In the seventh year of Yongle, Zhu Di originally planned to send Qiu Fu to the north, but who knows what the result would be.

Qiu Fu, who ranked first in the list of meritorious generals...actually had his entire army annihilated on the grassland.

Zhu Di was so angry that he executed Qiu Fu and stripped him of his title.

From then on, Zhu Di had to lead the army himself, with Zhu Gaoxu as his commander.

The valiant and warlike King of Han rebelled, but was defeated without bloodshed.

There is only one possibility: the rebellion was fake, and Zhu Zhanji's reduction of the power of the princes was real.

It's normal to think about it.

After all, the case is right in front of us. Zhu Yunwen lost the throne because of his hesitation.

Zhu Zhanji is a decisive and ruthless version of Zhu Yunwen.

"Nephew, don't tell me you killed my second brother."

Zhu Gaosui murmured to himself, and then continued to look down.

Zhu Zhanji arrested Zhu Gaoxu on the pretext of treason and imprisoned him.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaosui didn't think there was anything wrong.

Until you see the following record.

After being captured, Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu became rampant. One day, he tripped Zhu Zhanji, causing him to become furious.

Zhu Gaoxu was directly captured using a copper vat.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu was extremely strong and could run around holding the copper vat.

In the end, Zhu Zhanji roasted Zhu Gaoxu alive in a copper vat using charcoal.

Kill all other descendants!

Zhu Gaosui's face suddenly turned grim. He gritted his teeth and said in disbelief, "Zhu Zhanji!"

"Nephew, you are so cruel!!!"

When he saw Zhu Gaoxu being burned to death in a copper vat, he could no longer hold back.

Although he often quarreled with Zhu Gaoxu and plotted against him, he was still somewhat angry when he learned that Zhu Gaoxu was burned to death alive.

No matter what, he is my brother, if it weren’t for the Jingnan Rebellion.

Their brotherly relationship is beyond words. Although there are some calculations of personal interests between them now, the affection is still there.

Even when Zhu Yunwen was reducing the power of the princes, he wasn't so harsh.

The Prince of Xiang burned himself to death, which was an indirect killing.

Even after Zhu Di seized the throne, he would not immediately kill all the descendants of the crown prince, right? !

Looking at Zhu Zhanji again, he doesn’t even want to act anymore.

This directly wiped out Zhu Gaoxu's family line, a hatred second only to the murder of one's parents.

Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu made great efforts to help Zhu Zhanji establish his empire.

How many capable generals are there around Prince Yan?
Zhang Yu died in battle, Zhu Neng was slightly better, and Qiu Fu's army was completely wiped out when fighting against foreign enemies. It was all thanks to Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu.

Not to mention anything else, even if the imperial family is ruthless, at least leave behind an heir, right?
My dear uncle, you don’t even consider his merits and don’t leave any offspring?

Zhu Gaosui had to admit it.

In terms of ruthlessness, Zhu Zhanji was as good as himself, or even more ruthless.

After putting this case file away.

Zhu Gaosui stood up and left the Experience Office.

After returning to the prefectural government office, he took Xu Zengshou away, but did not make things difficult for the prefect.

(End of this chapter)