Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 136: Jingnan ends, Zhu Di takes power

Soon, the news of Zhu Yunwen's self-immolation and death spread from the palace to the entire Yingtian City.

Zhu Di also issued an imperial edict to allow the people in the city to live a normal life. All soldiers were not allowed to disturb the people. As long as they laid down their weapons and were willing to submit to Zhu Di, they would be forgiven.

Except for three people, Fang Xiaoru, Qitai and the great hero Huang Zicheng.

These three people were specially marked by Zhu Di and were not allowed to be pardoned. They were taken back to prison and placed under strict supervision.

After all, Zhu Di attacked the imperial city from Qingjun's side.

If you let these few days go, wouldn't it mean that you are not justified in your reputation and have made up your mind from the beginning to become the emperor?

Although he did think so in his heart, on the surface, he had to pretend that he had to fight for the sake of the country, the emperor, and his nephew.

The reason why things are like this now is all the fault of Huang Zicheng and others.

Anyway, now that the raw rice has been cooked and the overall situation has been decided, Zhu Di can relax and take good care of his reputation.

Of course, Zhu Di did not forget the soldiers who were still fighting hard in the north.

Zhu Di immediately ordered Li Jinglong to withdraw his troops, and let the 300,000 soldiers recruited from the garrison return to their respective homes without returning to the capital.

For these imperial troops, Zhu Di did not hold anyone accountable.

Even Geng Bingwen, Ping An, Qu Neng and his son, Li Jinglong, and Zhu Di, who were against him, were not demoted. They just told a few people to perform their duties.

Everything in the past has passed. Zhu Di will not let them care about it, and hopes that they will not take it to heart.

Continue to serve the country and fight the enemy bravely.

It has to be said that Zhu Di stayed in the Beijing camp for two months and his reputation in the military was still very good.

Now that they heard that Zhu Yunwen was dead and Zhu Di became emperor, and Zhu Di was willing to forgive everyone's crimes, most people planned to surrender without even thinking about it.

After all, Zhu Di's reputation was trustworthy, and it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter. As a result, Zhu Yunwen didn't even send him a winter coat.

If the fighting continues, I am afraid that these southern troops will not be killed by the Yan army, but will also be frozen to death by the cold winter.

The only one who was not satisfied was naturally Li Jinglong. This was his first time to command such a large-scale battle, and it had already ended within a few days of the battle.

Li Jinglong still wanted to struggle, but thinking about Zhu Yunwen's death, who should he fight for?

In the end, Li Jinglong led an army of 700,000 people back south, and on the way back, he sent back the guardsmen from Henan, Anhui and Shandong.

He only brought more than 300,000 elite elite soldiers back to Yingtian City.

When Li Jinglong returned to Yingtian City, he found that there seemed to be no change in Yingtian City.

The people here still live and work in peace and contentment here. What they were like before is still what they are now.

After Zhu Di finished handling Zhu Yunwen's funeral, he received the news that Li Jinglong was willing to surrender, which made him let go of the last stone in his heart.

After all, it was an army of 700,000 people. If Li Jinglong committed a crime and had to fight him to death, Zhu Di really had no good solution.

Fortunately everything is resolved now.

Zhu Yunwen disappeared, Qitai Huang Zicheng and others were captured, Yingtian City was also occupied by him, and Li Jinglong also surrendered.

Zhu Di thought about it carefully and realized that this seemed to be a sign of great joy. Next, he only had to wait quietly for Li Jinglong to return while Zhang Yu led the northern army to Yingtian City.

Then his enthronement ceremony is not far away.

But in fact, there is still a thorn in Zhu Di's heart, and that is the whereabouts of Zhu Yunwen.

Although the dust has settled now, even if Zhu Yunwen appears again, it is impossible to cause any trouble, but after all, he has snatched the position of the eldest nephew, and Zhu Yunwen was not found for a day.

After all, Zhu Di couldn't rest assured for a day. Zhu Di once quietly found Bai Chu, hoping to ask Bai Chu for advice and let Bai Chu calculate Zhu Yunwen's position for him.

Bai Chu didn't tell himself at the time, he just said that he needed to observe the sky at night before he could figure it out.

There was no way, Zhu Di could only hope that Bai Chu could give him a satisfactory answer.

While waiting, Zhu Di comforted the people and appeared on the streets every day so that all people could see him.

Zhu Di's move was to tell the people that he was diligent and caring for the people, that he was with the people and was very cordial.

Sure enough, Zhu Di's move was very effective, and the security of Yingtian City was quickly restored to stability.

Of course, this is also related to the heads hanging on the top of Chaoyangmen City.

However, Zhu Di's reputation for loving the people like a son spread among the people.

The common people put their worries at ease and took to the streets again, shouting loudly to do business, and Yingtian City returned to its former prosperity.

Zhu Di liked the feeling of being in power at first, but it didn't take long for Zhu Di to feel the pain of those in power.

As Zhu Di settled in Yingtian, a memorial letter was all sent to the Prince of Yan's Mansion according to Zhu Di's order.

At first, Zhu Di was very obsessed with this feeling of having power.

He felt that now he was the uncrowned king, and the life and death of everyone in the world was determined by his own words.

At first, Zhu Di handled government affairs cautiously, but as time went by, Zhu Di only felt dizzy and had back pain.

At this time, he finally realized his father's pain and understood why his father could be such a good emperor.

With this energy alone, Zhu Di felt that he couldn't do it at all.

Zhu Di was tortured by thousands of memorials every day and was in agony.

There was no other way, so Zhu Di could only pull Bai Chu and wanted him to correct the memorial with him.

However, he was directly and sternly rejected by Bai Chu. He was a god, and he wanted to live forever in the future, not to be tortured by these mundane things here.

The Ming Dynasty was so huge that all the political affairs that happened every day had to be handled by a "nine-three-three" person.

Although this greatly strengthened the centralization of monarchy, it also made the emperor's profession a high-risk profession.

After all, it would be okay if someone like Zhu Yuanzhang, who was as strong and talented as Zhu Yuanzhang, had to work 007 hours a day. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang died at the age of seventy-one, which was considered a long life.

But how many of Zhu Yuanzhang’s descendants are as awesome as Zhu Yuanzhang?

Zhu Gaoxu died after ten months in office. Zhu Zhanji died young at the age of thirty-five, and Zhu Youtang died at the age of thirty-five.

It can be said that in the Ming Dynasty, the more Ming troops were involved, the earlier they died. The reason was that the heavy government affairs made these emperors breathless.

When Zhu Di saw that Bai Chu was unwilling to help, he immediately quit.

How long will it take for him to do this pile of memorials every day if he is left to do it alone?

The key is that he can't let it slip. After all, he finally won the throne. If Zhu Yunwen does well, won't he leave an eternal infamy in future generations?

All kinds of emotions were intertwined, making Zhu Di handle the complicated government affairs with gritted teeth.

Seeing Zhu Di like this, Bai Chu had no choice but to give Zhu Di an idea.

"I will recommend a few more people to the prince."

"If the prince can invite these people to serve as his political advisers, let them review the memorial on your behalf and then give suggestions.

(End of this chapter)