Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Ming Dynasty, the first year of Jianwen, February.

Capital.

In the first year of the new emperor's accession to the throne, all the princes had to go to the capital to pay tribute according to their ancestral teachings.

After the princes from all over the country submitted their petitions requesting to come to the capital, the new emperor readily agreed. The capital, which had been quiet for more than half a year, immediately became lively after the princes arrived one after another.

"Hey, have you heard that the Prince of Yan came to the court via the imperial road and did not bow when he ascended the throne?"

"I heard that the emperor was magnanimous and didn't bother with Prince Yan."

"Wow, you don't even kneel down, is this okay?"

"There are people singing all over the street - Mo Zhuyan, have you not been out recently?"

"There are many noble people on the street. It's easy to get into trouble when you go out. What do you mean by Mo Zhu Yan?"

"Don't chase the swallows. Chase the swallows and they will fly high. Fly high to the heaven's territory."

"This swallow?"

"Understand, understand——"

"No way?"

"Who knows? I don't know where this ballad came from. It has been sung since the first month of the lunar year."

"Drink, drink. These things above have nothing to do with us."

"Yes, there is a new official in Taohua Lane. Very interesting."

"Oh, then, tonight——"

"necessary."

On the most prosperous street in the capital, two people wearing square scarves and plain long gowns came out of a tavern and kept chatting next to a very simple carriage.

After the two men left, Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting in the car, lifted the curtain and looked at the back of the person who was talking.

"Brother, this is scary!"

Zhu Gaoxu's face was unusually pale, not because he was scared by the scholar, but because he was scared by the person he met with his brother in the tavern before.

"Humph, for this supreme position, nothing is impossible. The most terrifying thing is that our Zhu family has been deliberately plotted against from the very beginning."

Zhu Gaochi had thought that human nature was evil, but he had never imagined it to be so evil.

"It took more than ten years—"

I really admire Zhu Gaoxu.

"It took more than ten years to get such a huge kingdom for nothing, and our Zhu family became the victims. Don't you think it's not worth it?"

Zhu Gaochi sneered.

"That's a real bargain. Old people are old people. They are smarter than us."

Zhu Gaoxu felt that he should go back and calm down.

"Go, go back."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After returning to his residence, Zhu Gaochi let Zhu Gaoxu tell his third brother about what he had seen and heard that day, while he himself quickly sat down at the desk to write a letter home.

His father pretended to be crazy in order to get his sons back, but it was in vain.

After discussion, the three bigwigs in Prince Yan's Mansion had no choice but to put the matter aside and instead decide on a strategy for his father's trip to Beijing this time.

Just like when the emperor’s grandfather passed away, the kings were still not allowed to lead their troops into the capital.

His father invited him as per custom, and Zhu Yunwen replied that he could come.

This put the Prince of Yan's Mansion in a dilemma.

If you don't come, you will be suspected.

If you come here rashly, you might never come back.

A family of four men, all trapped in the capital.

In the end, Monk Daoyan came up with an idea and did the opposite.

Intellectuals are very fond of imagining things. The more arrogant you act, the more they will think you are not a problem, but a brainless warrior.

In addition to being a brainless warrior, he also has to show some of the uncle's dissatisfaction with his nephew.

My interpretation of this dissatisfaction is that as your uncle, I don't see that you are very satisfied at the moment, but I will also see how you, as your junior, will impress me in the future.

The literati also have to maintain their dignity, just like Zhu Yunwen who was controlled by the literati. Therefore, for the sake of the Zhu family's reputation and the image that Zhu Yunwen has always established for himself among the court officials, he must appear generous and tolerant.

So when his father arrived, when he went to court, he walked along the imperial road that only the emperor could walk, and he did not kneel when he saw Zhu Yunwen.

Of course, the next day, the ministers were filled with impeachment memorials.

As expected, Zhu Yunwen only gave one sentence, saying, don't ask your closest relatives.

During the past six months since coming to the capital, Zhu Gaochi has not been idle. While his younger brothers acted arrogantly, he was respectful and cautious.

He managed all the people in the palace, big and small, those who could manage the palace and those who couldn't.

The news coming from the inside is that the Minister of Revenue Zhuo Jing secretly asked to see Zhu Yunwen and suggested that Zhu Yunwen take the opportunity to kill his father, but was fanned by Zhu Yunwen with his sleeve.

So his father came and left in a hurry.

Mo Zhuyan's ballad appeared just before his father went to Beijing.

The people below just listened to what the two scholars said and didn't take it seriously at all.

Zhu Yunwen threw the pearl into the dark.

However, the three brothers were still trapped in the capital.

His father wanted to take them back, but Zhu Yunwen rejected the idea because the anniversary of his grandfather's death was approaching.

This is a bit tricky.

My uncle has prepared everything, but they still don't have a suitable reason.

Just shouting "ho ho".

Not only could they not find a reason, but those in the army couldn't find a reason either.

He had just met with people from the Geng and Li families.

It was also because of the excitement of the vassal kings coming to Beijing to meet the emperor that the Jinyiwei were insufficient, so he found the opportunity to have a secret conversation with these people for a whole morning.

I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know before.

According to the Geng family, two months before the emperor's grandfather passed away, he issued two imperial edicts in succession, handing over the military power over several armies to the Prince of Yan.

Let's pass the throne to Prince Yan. They don't think it's appropriate.

According to their speculation, the Prince of Yan was the eldest among the princes. Once the civil officials in the court controlled Zhu Yunwen's chaotic politics, the emperor's grandfather hoped that the Prince of Yan, the emperor's uncle with military power in his hands, would stand up and support his nephew.

My great-grandfather was a man who could be described as either ruthless or kind-hearted.

It all depends on who he is dealing with. From the root, the emperor wanted to protect the bloodline of the Zhu family, so he let the Prince of Yan be Zhu Yunwen's backer.

However, after these two imperial edicts were issued, my grandfather fell ill.

Then, my grandfather passed away not long after Zhu Yunwen's careful care.

During this period, the Emperor's grandfather never summoned these old ministers who had followed him for many years, which was unreasonable.

Like all the other princes and grandchildren of the emperor, they had never seen their grandfather being seriously ill, dying, or even dead.

The only people in the harem who could have contact with the emperor's grandfather were the palace maids and eunuchs, the Crown Princess Lu, Zhu Yunwen, and the concubines who were taking care of him when he was ill.

Almost all the concubines died, and the palace maids and eunuchs were also buried with them.

In other words, apart from Zhu Yunwen and his mother, there was no other surviving person who knew about the entire process of the Emperor's grandfather from his illness to his death.

It is said that Princess Ningguo's husband Mei Yin was finally summoned into the palace.

But this person was also the one who read out his grandfather's will and confirmed Zhu Yunwen as the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In the same month that Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Qi Tai, the left vice minister of the Ministry of War, was promoted to Shangshu and participated in military affairs together with Huang Zicheng.

According to my grandfather's rules, the Ministry of War is only responsible for troop deployment and logistics, and the Five Military Commanders' Office can only be in charge of the army.

Once Zhu Yunwen made this move, the Geng family, the Li family, and the Xu family, who originally controlled the military, were all sidelined.

All civil servants are promoted.

This made the three families feel like they had something stuck in their throats. After laying out all the past events and sorting them out, they came to a very scary conclusion.

The layout for the civil servants to rise to power may have started twenty years ago.