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Chapter 177 Zhu Youxiao: So, you don’t know how I died?

It is so.

How can there be an emperor in the world who died a year and a half after falling into the water?

And throughout the entire sixth year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao also made several wood carvings!

Not only others felt strange, but the person involved, Zhu Youxiao, felt extremely strange and difficult to understand.

Of course he himself knows about his own body.

As far as the current status is concerned,
Far from being dead, Zhu Youxiao never imagined that he would die next year.

For a moment, Zhu Youxiao fell into alertness, and at the same time his brain began to think rapidly, as if he was looking for someone who could murder him.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to, but when you think about it...it's simply too much.

Especially not long ago, he hinted that Wei Zhongxian could strike hard at the Donglin Party, and Wei Zhongxian also attacked decisively, catching the Donglin Party off guard and causing heavy losses.

Many key members of the Donglin Party were either dead or arrested.

Is it possible...

Has anything to do with this?

For a moment, Zhu Youxiao was confused and in a bad mood: Anyone who hears that he is going to die in one year will do the same to me.

Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath, and suddenly looked at Zhu Youjian who was playing with his children again, and said to Zhu Youjian: "Brother Huang, do you know how I died, but what's the secret behind it?"

After all, there was a person involved, and Zhu Youxiao started asking without hesitation.

It's just a pity that he obviously asked the wrong person.

Zhu Youjian was still playing happily with Zhu Yijun. Suddenly, after hearing Zhu Youxiao's voice, he couldn't help but raised his head and looked at Zhu Youxiao, his eyes full of confusion: "Huh?"

On Zhu Youjian's face, there was a trace of clear stupidity that was not belonging to his age.

Even in this situation, Zhu Youxiao couldn't fix it.

what?
"Were you by my side when I passed away?" Zhu Youxiao frowned.

"Yes, brother."

Zhu Youjian nodded: "You died... ahem, your body was swollen when you died, and you looked like a big fat man. The officials said that something went wrong when you fell into the water in the fifth year of Tianqi. Died due to collapse."

After that, Zhu Youjian said again: "I inherited your throne, and I was very happy at the time. I wanted to do something great, but when I was serious, I didn't care much about this aspect..."

"But I am still okay with your posthumous name."

Listening to Zhu Youjian's words, Zhu Youxiao froze a little: "Then you give me the posthumous title of Emperor Zhai, and the temple name is Xizong? This is a good name? Why don't you give me the title of Ming Zhongzong?"

Knowing people is called zhe; knowing clearly that the abyss is deep is called zhe; knowing that officials should be honest is called zhe; knowing clearly that everything is connected is called zhe; knowing the subtleties and concerns to the end is called zhe; knowing and being able to distinguish things is called zhe.

And Xi means the faint morning light.

It seems that he is praising Zhu Youxiao as a good emperor, but everyone knows that even Zhu Qizhen can be given the posthumous title of Emperor Rui and the temple name Yingzong.

Even the king of a subjugated country can be given a beautiful posthumous title.

Among the many beautiful posthumous titles, what does 'Zhe' mean?The Donglin Party specially put it out to ridicule?
And the temple name Xizong is even more outrageous.

The emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties always had temple names that were in line with the ancients. Although they were all beautiful posthumous titles, they were also suspected of allusion.

For example, under Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty was Liu Che, Shizong of the Han Dynasty, and the last emperor was naturally Jiajing, Shizong of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was mean and ungrateful, superstitious and liked to take pills.

Jiajing was mean and ungrateful, superstitious and liked to take pills.

And Yongzheng was similar. He was also unkind, superstitious, and liked to take elixirs... The difference was that the quality of Yongzheng's elixirs was too poor. Both Han Shizong and Ming Shizong lived well after taking elixirs. He died suddenly, which can only mean that the level of alchemy in the Qing Dynasty was too low.

Although their achievements are very different, in terms of personal personalities, I have to say that they are quite similar.

And who was the last Xizong?

There was only one Xizong, but the last one who was almost the same was Xizong of Tang Dynasty. Xizong specialized in games and court affairs, and entrusted the eunuch Tian Lingzi to handle them.

It is almost carved from the same mold as Apocalypse.

However, Emperor Tianqi and Tang Xizong are completely different!Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty was made emperor by the eunuchs. He was half a puppet and could not help himself.

But Emperor Tianqi controlled Wei Zhongxian's court remotely. Regarding the Donglin Party, Zhu Youxiao couldn't do it himself, so he took action in the name of Wei Zhongxian.

To put it bluntly, Wei Zhongxian is just Zhu Youxiao's white glove.

When Zhu Youjian saw his royal brother's expression, he couldn't help but smile awkwardly, and said aggrievedly: "Brother, you know that I was not good enough when I was young, so when I took over the throne, the Donglin Party Whatever you say, I will do whatever you say..."

When Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he believed in his ministers unconditionally. As long as you dared to say something, he would believe it.

Later, it may be because I was deceived in the early years and was confused, so after the middle and later stages, my main focus was to be suspicious, always feeling that these ministers were trying to trick me.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao looked up at the sky speechlessly, feeling that this younger brother was a bit silly and cute, what a younger brother.

But there is nothing to say, after all, everyone can see how the Ming Dynasty trained the vassal kings.Although there are indeed elites among the feudal lords, the number is not very large after all, and most of them are mediocre.

Moreover, looking at his age, his royal brother seems to have been the emperor for more than ten to twenty years. This emperor should be... OK?

At this moment, Zhu Houcong suddenly opened his mouth and said: "You school, go back and check the ministers of your court, and then go to the Imperial Hospital to have a look around. Don't drink your favorite drink. I have better ones here." Yes, I’ll give you some next time.”

A kind reminder from my great-great-grandfather.

After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Youxiao immediately nodded and said, "Yes, ancestor."

Zhu Youxiao still didn't know who was who.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Youjian immediately came to Zhu Youxiao's side, quietly introduced Zhu Youxiao to the Ming emperors present, and also talked about the current national war, allowing Zhu Youxiao to briefly understand the current situation. Condition.

But obviously, after Zhu Youxiao heard the current situation, he was a little confused, but he quickly accepted it openly.

After all, he could meet all the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, so such a small thing was not a big deal.As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Youxiao immediately said humbly: "Ancestors, please rest assured. After I return, I will integrate [-] elites to fight in coordination with your ancestors."

"So good!"

"Wonderful."

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qiyu praised each other. The effect of these fifteen thousand elites joining the battlefield can be said to be very powerful and shocking. Fifteen thousand elites are more important than a hundred thousand miscellaneous soldiers!
The time when Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao joined the group chat was quite coincidental. In this way, he could also directly participate in the carving up of the Qianlong Dynasty after the war. If he had joined the group later, there would be no such benefit.

The tactical plan is still being held. It can be seen that Zhu Zhanji is really confident and seems to be dismissive of the general named Zeng stationed in Xiangyang City. Zhu Qiyu is also in the midst of a winning streak and is not too strong at all. of respect.

But it's just a lack of respect. If you are serious, you will still be serious. The father and son don't want to capsize in the gutter and be ridiculed by their ancestors and descendants.

Emperor Tianqi is not very concerned about the situation of the war. What he is most concerned about now is the future of the Ming Dynasty, and... What is Huang Taiji in Liaodong going crazy about?I have mobilized [-] elites, so the Liaodong border defense line should be okay, right?

So, when Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward to say a few words and asked everyone to help analyze the battle situation on his side, the brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian secretly began to have a small meeting below.

Zhu Youxiao asked: "What happened to Ming Dynasty after my death?"

"Pretty...pretty good." Zhu Youjian felt a little guilty.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes became sharp: "Very good? All the slaves have entered the Central Plains! You didn't let them in, right?"

At this moment, Zhu Youjian suddenly straightened his back: "No, when I died, Jiannu definitely did not enter the customs!"

Yes.

When Zhu Youjian hanged himself in Meishan, Jiannu did not enter the customs!
This is the real deal.

And when Zhu Youjian said this, Zhu Youxiao did not doubt anything else, and just sighed longly: "I didn't expect that my Ming Dynasty would die in the hands of Jian Nu... Alas, how did Jian Nu take over the world? Then Huang Taiji has just proclaimed himself emperor, and now he can conquer the whole world? I, I really can’t think of it.”

It is not that the surrounding barbarians did not rise in history, but they were all beaten back. Even the golden family of Genghis Khan, the arrogant Genghis Khan, had to fight for a long time to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty still took half of the country.

Zhu Youxiao really couldn't imagine how the Ming Dynasty was destroyed so quickly in only six or seventy years, and even half of the country could not be maintained.

"What kind of waste is the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty? It really chills me!" Zhu Youxiao was heartbroken and cursed in a low voice.

And Zhu Youjian said with some embarrassment: "Actually...our Ming Dynasty did not die at the hands of the slaves...the last emperor also had merits and some shining points."

In history, the Ming Dynasty perished in the hands of Li Zicheng.

In this plane, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was not destroyed. Instead, he swept across the world and eliminated the borers together, and the land annexation was greatly alleviated.

As long as you don't seek death, you can basically live for a long time.

When Zhu Youjian said this, Zhu Youxiao felt something was wrong: "Youjian, this last emperor...couldn't it be you?!"

Zhu Youjian was shocked: "Brother Emperor, how can the emperor's affairs be called the last generation?"

Then, Zhu Youjian mentioned something like "the emperor guards the country, the king dies in the country", and what "there are still four emperors in the Southern Ming Dynasty. The last emperor should be Yongli, not me" and other words, which attracted Zhu Youxiao. ...The fist is hard.

But after a moment of hardening, Zhu Youxiao's fist loosened again.

Zhu Youxiao's main purpose at the moment is not to investigate the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but to study the cause of his own death, so Zhu Youxiao said: "Youjian, tell me everything that happened before and after my death, down to the smallest detail!"

"Okay, brother."

Zhu Youjian nodded immediately and immediately began to recall the past.

However, recalling it over and over again, Zhu Youjian's memory was all stuck on the sentence "My brother should be Yao and Shun", and other details were delayed. It took him a long time to think of any of them.

Although the two brothers were not considered to be 'Yao and Shun' at all, Zhu Youxiao did not dislike these subtle details and immediately fell into deep thought.

On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang's meeting also came to an end. After he finished speaking, he went straight to Zhu Youxiao, with a calm expression on his face, and said: "You kid, do you remember what we wrote on the sign we set up in Nanjing? What word?"

Once Zhu Yuanzhang said something very calmly, he would probably be a little dissatisfied or even angry.

Only when he was extremely angry would Zhu Yuanzhang yell loudly, like Zhu Qizhen did...

When he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, Zhu Youxiao, who was originally thinking about what he should do when he went back, suddenly froze.

The scene that he least wanted to face faced Principal Zhu You.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then he raised his hands and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Taizu, the monument you erected says 'eunuchs are not allowed to engage in politics'..."

During the Zhu Qizhen era, Wang Zhen was already in power, but Zhu Qizhen was still a bit taboo and did not give Wang Zhen any actual official position. He had always been a eunuch.

Therefore, although Wang Zhen has already interfered in politics, he at least has a fig leaf to block him.

But Wei Zhongxian was different. Wei Zhongxian briefly served as the Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief for a period of time. The Commander-in-Chief is a first-class military attache. Among the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, he was at the third level. The only ones above him were generals and governors!

In name, of course.

But this is also a big mistake.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he did not hesitate. He knelt down with a plop and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Taizu, you are guilty of not being filial to your descendants, but there are reasons for it! During the emperor's time, the Ming Dynasty had frequent party disputes, civil servants were powerful, and ministerial power was secretive. If we overpower the monarch, our children and grandchildren will have no choice but to promote eunuchs and use their power to confront and check the civil servants, otherwise I, the emperor, will become a puppet sooner or later!"

In the final analysis, the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty came from the failure to go to court in the late Wanli Dynasty.

Jiajing did not go to court either, but they only paid attention to small matters. For big matters, they specially asked the cabinet bachelors and the eunuchs to hold meetings and make decisions. The power was tightly grasped.

As for Wanli, if he didn't go to court, he would completely let himself go. I don't care about the small things, and you can discuss the big things yourself. The civil servants in the later period of Wanli were very happy, so one after another parties sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain and began to grow wildly.

As for Mingguangzong...this guy only became emperor for 30 days, so he basically didn't become emperor.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne. On the one hand, Zhu Youxiao focused on carpentry crafts to paralyze the civil servants. On the other hand, he promoted eunuchs to check and balance the civil servants. At the same time, he let the eunuchs collect taxes and control the tax money. In your own hands.

Although eunuchs are also greedy for money, they can always collect some to supply the Liaodong frontier army.

Otherwise...just look at Zhu Youjian.

After abolishing the Jin Yiwei and the eunuchs, he was deposing his martial arts. He almost couldn't collect taxes and had no money to pay military salaries, which led to a series of chain reactions...

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's promotion of Wei Zhongxian was actually quite helpless to a certain extent.

The Ming Dynasty was already riddled with holes by the time of the Tianqi Dynasty. All Zhu Youxiao could do was to use his superb craftsmanship to hammer a few more nails into the rotten ship of the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)