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Chapter 191 Rebellion
"In the 22nd year of Yongle, that is, in 1424 A.D., Ming Chengzu Zhu Di died of illness on the way back from the Northern Expedition, so the crown prince Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne with the support of his officials, and he became Ming Renzong."

"However, at this moment, Zhu Gaoxu saw the right opportunity and sent his confidants into the capital to wait for the opportunity to rebel."

"Unexpectedly, at this time, the elder brother Zhu Gaochi recalled his second younger brother Zhu Gaoxu to the capital, increased his salary, and rewarded him with tens of thousands of gold, silver and jewels, and then let him return to the feudal state of Le'an Prefecture go."

"But don't think that this is what Zhu Gaochi did to stabilize Zhu Gaoxu, it's not at all!"

"Zhu Gaochi pays more attention to love and righteousness. He also knows that Zhu Gaoxu still wants to fight for the throne. He made such a move just to let Zhu Gaoxu stop thinking about these non-existent things."

"Besides, compared with the strength of the imperial court, Zhu Gaoxu is not worth mentioning at all! Zhu Gaochi is also afraid that Zhu Gaoxu will act recklessly, and when he is caught, it will be difficult for Zhu Gaochi, right? They are all brothers!"

"Okay, in October of that year, Zhu Gaochi issued another imperial decree, what? Canonize Zhu Zhantan, Zhu Gaoxu's direct son, as the eldest son, and his other sons are all named county kings."

"It is reasonable to say that Zhu Gaochi made these actions, as long as Zhu Gaoxu is not too stupid, he should be able to guess it? This is the elder brother Zhu Gaochi helping him!"

"But Zhu Gaoxu is not only ungrateful, but also his determination to rebel is getting stronger and stronger! You say you look down on me, brother? Okay! Then I will let you look at me properly!"

"In the first year of Hongxi, that is, in 1425, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi died of illness, and the crown prince Zhu Zhanji rushed from Nanjing to BJ for the funeral."

"This is an excellent opportunity for Zhu Gaoxu! So he planned to set up an ambush halfway to rob and kill the crown prince Zhu Zhanji!"

"But it is a pity that the people sent by Zhu Gaoxu did not wait for Zhu Zhanji, but waited for the news of Zhu Zhanji's enthronement in BJ."

"Hey, what's going on here? It turns out that Zhu Zhanji went to BJ faster than Zhu Gaoxu imagined. When he sent someone to rob and kill Zhu Zhanji halfway, he didn't expect that Zhu Zhanji had already passed them the location of the robbery."

"So Zhu Gaoxu's robbing and killing operation can only end in failure. Speaking of which, do you understand?"

"This is another story about an uncle robbing his nephew for the throne. Last time, Zhu Di robbed his nephew Zhu Yun for the throne, and he won."

"So this time Uncle Zhu Gaoxu wants to snatch the throne from his nephew Zhu Zhanji, can he win it?"

"It is said that not long after, Zhu Zhanji, who ascended the throne, rewarded Zhu Gaoxu and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui far more than other palaces."

"Later, this Zhu Gaoxu made several suggestions to Zhu Zhanji that benefited the country and the people. Zhu Zhanji accepted it as soon as he heard it, and immediately organized officials to implement it."

"Then what is Zhu Gaoxu up to? Why did he suddenly write to Zhu Zhanji and put forward several suggestions for the benefit of the country and the people?"

"It turns out that Zhu Gaoxu was testing his nephew! Later, Zhu Gaoxu made other requests and suggestions one after another. Hey, Zhu Zhanji did all of them if he didn't fall behind."

"Through this incident, Zhu Gaoxu thought that his nephew Zhu Zhanji was very weak! He was easy to bully! So he became even more arrogant."

"In August of the first year of Xuande, Zhu Gaoxu finally couldn't take it anymore, so he rebelled and joined forces with Shandong to command Jin Rong to rebel together!"

"Then Zhu Gaoxu distributed swords and arrows and banners in the guards, plundered all the horses in the surrounding counties and counties to serve as war horses, and set up the five armies of the front, back, left, and middle."

"Subsequently, Wang Bin, Zhu Huan, etc. were appointed as grand masters, governors, ministers and other positions. Zhu Gaoxu also tried to win over the British Duke Zhang Fu as an internal correspondent, but was reported by Zhang Fu instead."

"At that time, Censor Li Jun was keeping his filial piety at home. When he heard the news of Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, he didn't care about keeping his filial piety. He immediately changed his name and surname, and rushed from Xiaolu to BJ to report that Zhu Gaoxu had rebelled."

"But at that time, many people had already reported that Zhu Gaoxu had rebelled, and the ministers asked Zhu Zhanji to send troops to suppress it, but Zhu Zhanji still couldn't bear to send troops to attack Zhu Gaoxu at this time."

"It's not that Zhu Zhanji is really afraid of Zhu Gaoxu, but that he really can't bear to kill his uncle. After all, he is his father's brother."

"So Zhu Zhanji wrote a letter and handed it to the eunuch Hou Tai to hand it to Zhu Gaoxu."

"It is said that Zhu Gaoxu deployed heavy troops and sat facing south to meet Hou Tai. This is to think that he is already the emperor."

"At this time, Zhu Gaoxu said that during the Yongle period, my father listened to the villain's slander, cut off my guards, and sealed me to this Pole Anzhou."

"And when my eldest brother was in power, he only used gold and silver treasures to lure and fool me. How could I live here so depressed?"

"Go back now and tell my nephew Zhu Zhanji to send the treacherous minister Xia Yuanji and others over, and then discuss my request slowly."

"Hou Tai was very scared after hearing this, so he had to return to the capital immediately. Zhu Zhanji asked him what Zhu Gaoxu had said. Hou Tai was too scared to answer truthfully."

"In the same month, Zhu Gaoxu sent hundreds of households Chen Gang to go to school, and wrote letters to the princes and ministers, but the content was basically accusing them."

"At this time, Zhu Zhanji sighed and said, I can only help him to this place, and my uncle really rebelled."

"So Zhu Zhanji sent Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, to lead an army to crusade against Zhu Gaoxu, but the scholar Yang Rong persuaded Zhu Zhanji to go on his own, but the British Duke Zhang Fu disagreed."

"Zhang Fu said that as long as His Majesty gives me [-] troops, I will be able to capture Zhu Gaoxu and present him to His Majesty."

"After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji said that if you give you [-] soldiers and horses, you can indeed capture Zhu Gaoxu, but I have just ascended the throne, and there may be half-hearted villains in the court who are not convinced by me. These villains cannot be deterred."

"It is said that Zhu Gaoxu was very happy when he heard that Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, led the army to attack him! He thought Xue Lu was easy to deal with!"

"But later Zhu Gaoxu heard that Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji had personally conquered, so he was a little scared."

"By this time, Zhu Zhanji wrote another letter to Zhu Gaoxu, saying that Zhang Ao's loss of the country began at Yigao, Huainan was killed, and Wu was killed."

"Now that my army is approaching, as long as you hand over the rebellious ministers and traitors who encouraged you to rebel, I will be able to forgive you for your fault, and the favors and courtesy will remain the same as before."

"Otherwise, once the war starts, you will definitely be caught by me, or tied up as a rare commodity by your subordinates and offered to me. At that time, it will be too late for you to regret it."

(End of this chapter)