Regardless of who becomes emperor in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that once he was gone, these powerful military generals who had overshadowed him would be very difficult to suppress.

Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang had almost decided that Zhu Yunwen was his successor to the throne, he was still worried about whether Zhu Yunwen would be able to succeed as emperor.

After all, he had read history books and knew that Zhu Yunwen was a cautionary tale.

He helped Zhu Yunwen kill all the military generals, but in the end, Zhu Yunwen still failed to secure his throne.

While some of the reasons for Zhu Yunwen's self-destructive actions may be attributed to his own actions, this does not mean that Zhu Yuanzhang was wrong to kill those military generals.

After reading history books, Zhu Yuanzhang learned that he had helped Zhu Yunwen kill so many powerful ministers who posed a threat to him.

In that situation, as long as Zhu Yunwen was of sound mind, properly controlled the court, and didn't do anything reckless, even if he wanted to reduce the power of the princes, he should have started with the strongest, Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan.

Then they wouldn't lose their throne.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Zhu Yunwen was not as foolish as Zhu Yunwen.

If I help Zhu Yunwen ascend the throne and then kill those powerful ministers, even if Zhu Yunwen later becomes emperor and reduces the power of the princes, as long as he acts normally and doesn't do anything as irrational as Zhu Yunwen, he can still hold the throne securely.

Therefore, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, as long as he helped Zhu Yuntong ascend the throne and Zhu Yuntong did not engage in any underhanded tactics, the only threats to Zhu Yutong would be those powerful ministers and military generals.

Therefore, he still had the idea of ​​killing these military officers.

Although Zhu Yunwen's strength and ability were indeed impressive and astonishing.

But who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

If those brave and skilled generals are left behind, what if Zhu Yunwen is unable to control them after Zhu Yuanzhang's death?

Zhu Yuanzhang's considerations were not without reason.

However, Zhu Yunwen did not want to kill them all.

His ideas were completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang's; he was unaware that Zhu Yuanzhang was wholeheartedly determined to make him emperor.

All he knew was that Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of meritorious officials seemed to be in line with history again.

Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang killed military generals and powerful ministers precisely to pave the way for Zhu Yunwen.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang is having this idea again, which, in Zhu Yunwen's view, seems to be in line with the trajectory of history.

He even believed that Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to make Zhu Yunwen the future emperor.

So at this moment, the two people are standing at different angles. Since they are at different angles, Zhu Yunwen naturally does not want Zhu Yuanzhang to kill these military officers.

In Zhu Yunwen's view, he would need these military officers in the future, so they absolutely could not die now.

It is important to understand that cultivating a military general is far more difficult than making good use of one.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen and said:

"Fu Youde and Feng Sheng are both rare talents in military command, and they are on the same level as Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Tang He."

Whether in terms of military ability, leadership skills, or bravery, he is undoubtedly a general of exceptional talent.

It's a pity that neither of them are easy to deal with. Take Fu Youde, for example; he's insatiable and extremely fond of empty fame.

Relying on his merits, he repeatedly demanded rewards from us. He was the most shameless of all the generals.

Today they demand some fertile land from us, tomorrow they demand some luxurious mansions. They even exploit the people in their fiefdoms in various ways; this is truly disheartening.

Zhu Yunwen remained silent. In his opinion, Fu Youde was indeed somewhat greedy.

However, with a little pressure from the imperial power, it is not impossible to control them, and they would not necessarily be killed.

However, Zhu Yunwen also understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts at this moment. After all, he was already old and might leave this world one day.

But once he leaves, how can the Ming Dynasty be preserved?

If Crown Prince Zhu Biao were still alive, this problem would naturally not exist.

Given Zhu Biao's methods and boldness, even if these civil and military officials were highly meritorious and threatened the emperor, they would never dare to harbor any dissent in front of Zhu Biao.

But once Zhu Yuanzhang passed away and the throne passed to Zhu Yunwen or other grandsons, would these military generals really remain obedient?

Especially for someone as greedy as Fu Youde, wouldn't he threaten imperial power for a little bit of profit?

Moreover, Fu Youde's youngest daughter married the son of Zhu Yuanzhang's third son, Zhu Gang, making Fu Youde and Prince Jin, Zhu Gang, related by marriage.

So after Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, would his third son, Prince Jin Zhu Gang, rebel because he was dissatisfied with his nephew becoming emperor?

If a rebellion were to break out, would General Fu Youde help his in-laws or an outsider?

This point seems to be beyond doubt.

Indeed, if things continue as they are, the probability of this happening is very high.

However, there was one thing Zhu Yunwen was very clear about: Prince Jin, Zhu Gang, would die in the thirty-first year of Hongwu's reign, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive.

So, since Prince Zhu Gang of Jin was already dead by then, how could he possibly threaten his grandson's throne after Zhu Yuanzhang's death?

Among the many vassal kings, only Zhu Di was actually the one who posed a threat to the throne of Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson.

After all, the second and third sons of Zhu Yuanzhang would both die before Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, Zhu Gang wouldn't live to see the end of the story, so he couldn't possibly rebel, and Fu Youde couldn't possibly help a dead man rebel.

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