Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 89 Favoring Zhu Yunwen

If one person is not handled well, all the vassal kings in the world will be in danger, and they will even protect their own interests and jointly speak out. Even if he is alive, how long can he live as an old man?
  Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and finally made up his mind.

"Okay, Fourth Brother, I already know this."

"The feudal lords are relatives of the emperor. They represent the dignity of the royal family and cannot be desecrated."

"Immediately send people to arrest all the people who insulted Prince Yan's Mansion, throw them into the sky prison, and choose a day to kill them."

"Fourth, starting from today, all the property of your Prince Yan's Mansion will be returned."

"Hurry up and let people turn around the coal industry. This winter, I don't want to see people using expensive coal anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang planned to make peace with him and give both sides a big deal.

Since anyone dares to cause trouble in Prince Yan's Mansion, just arrest him and kill him.

If Zhu Di wants his property back, Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally give it to him. As for those things, he doesn't care.

As long as Zhu Di is still in Yingtian, he will be a bird in a cage and will never escape from his hands.

By then, even if he is gone, Zhu Di will not be able to cause much trouble in Yingtian Mansion. In this way, Zhu Yunwen can firmly sit on the throne of emperor.

When the court settles down, Zhu Di can be used again to take charge of Northern Xinjiang and continue his mission.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to let it go, but Zhu Di was obviously not that easy to fool, so he said loudly again.

"Your Majesty, how dare a mere servant humiliate Prince Yan's Mansion like this?"

"There must be someone behind this."

"My son begged my father to send people to Peking to investigate and catch the people behind the scenes.

"My son thought that this person must be a big shot. Otherwise, who has such great ability and dares to offend Prince Yan's house in such a way that all the civil and military officials in Peiping are so scared that they remain silent?"

Zhu Di was going to burn the fire directly on Zhu Yunzhen's head.

Now that he has this opportunity, Zhu Di must of course take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and cannot let Zhu Yunwen just let it go.

Unfortunately, Zhu Di didn't know that this competition was not fair from the beginning. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was betting on Zhu Yunwen, it was impossible for Zhu Di to win this game.

"I have sent people to Peiping to investigate this matter, and the masterminds behind the scenes have also been arrested and thrown into prison.

Zhu Di wanted to continue the pursuit, but Zhu Yuanzhang said:

"If it is found out that Huang Zicheng did it, then I will never let him go.

Zhu Di wanted to say something else, but Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him and continued:
  "Let's end this matter here. Send someone to Peiping immediately to clean up the mess.

"It's the end of the year soon, and this is the coldest season. If something unexpected happens, I won't let you off lightly.

"If nothing happens, you can leave.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Di had no choice but to lower his head and bow his hands to everyone.

"My son will never disappoint my father."

Zhu Yuanzhang responded, and then let Zhu Yunwen help him out of the hall.

Zhu Di took a deep look at Zhu Yunwen's back and gave up completely.

Zhu Di knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would never pass the throne to him. The only thing he cared about now was Zhu Yunwen.

Even if there was even the slightest threat to Zhu Yunwen's status, he would eradicate them without hesitation.

With a sigh in his heart, Zhu Di turned around lonely and walked slowly outside the palace gate. Since he could not ascend to the throne through the proper way, he had to find another way.

As soon as the surrounding officials saw Zhu Di approaching, they all backed away, as if they were seeing the god of plague, which was intimidating.

It is obvious that Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di are at odds, and if Zhu Yuanzhang supports Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di will undoubtedly lose.

When Zhu Yunwen ascends the throne in the future, it will be time to settle the accounts for Zhu Di.

At this time, anyone who comes close to Zhu Di will die miserably. On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen supported each other and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

"Yunwen, I hope you can remember what I said today.

"Your uncles have no grudge against you. They are your assistants in governing the world. You must remember

Along the way, Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget to ask Zhu Yunwen, hoping that he would understand his painstaking efforts.

As time passed, Zhu Yuanzhang found that the conflicts between Zhu Yunwen and the kings deepened.

This was not the result he wanted. In his opinion, Zhu Yunwen was the problem.

Because Zhu Yunwen is the prince and the future emperor, as long as he is magnanimous and accepts his uncles, then his uncles will not rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to teach Zhu Yunwen well during his lifetime and let him understand the purpose of the several vassal kings he left to him.

After Zhu Yunwen heard this sentence, he still looked in awe and said respectfully.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson knows this. Please rest assured, Grandpa Huang. As long as those uncles abide by etiquette, my grandson will treat each other with courtesy.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. If it had been before, he would have believed in Zhu Yunwen without hesitation.
  However, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di had such a quarrel that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether he could trust Zhu Yunwen.

"Grandpa Huang, after all, Mr. Huang has taught his grandson for such a long time. Now that he is locked up, his grandson wants to see him.

Zhu Yunwen sent Zhu Yuanzhang back to Qianqing Palace, and then asked Zhu Yuanzhang for orders to visit Huang Zicheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to agree at first, but when he saw Zhu Yunwen's pleading eyes, he agreed.

Little did he know that it was his moment of weakness that led to the beginning of the Jingnan War.

The Heavenly Prison is a place used to imprison people who have committed the most heinous crimes.

Although the cells here are not as gloomy as those in the palace, they still mean that all the prisoners have been sentenced to death.

This time, Huang Zicheng can be said to have lost his wits.

He actually let people occupy all the property of Prince Yan's palace, leaving nothing for Zhu Di.

If things are done to perfection, there will naturally be backlash.

As for the backlash from King Yan Zhu Di, even if Huang Zicheng was the teacher of the emperor's grandson, he would not be able to handle it.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Yunwen was the crown prince, very important and ranked first.

But Huang Zicheng is a foreigner after all, so how can he compare to Zhu Di?

No matter how Zhu Di is suppressed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he is also Zhu Di's biological son. He can bully, but if someone dares to bully him, he will receive the care of Zhu Di's old father.

Before Huang Zicheng was arrested, he was still at home, happily reading a letter sent from Peiping.

It can be seen from the letter that the Huang family is very prosperous this time.

Not to mention the land, shops, and restaurants, just a coal mine is enough to make the Huang family's mouth water.

However, Huang Zicheng is a scholar after all, so he also pays attention to food appearance.

He knew that there were many people near the coal mines who made a living by digging coal, so Huang Zicheng gave them some money and asked them to work hard.

What Zhu Di can give, he can naturally give.

It's a pity that if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.

Huang Zicheng was full, but the people below him couldn't hold on.

In desperation, they had to turn their attention to the lowest level, those who dug coal.

The most profitable way is, of course, to plunder and exploit.

(End of this chapter)