A parallel world of the Ming Dynasty.

April, the fifteenth year of Hongwu.

Since Zhu Quan confronted Zhu Yuanzhang, his life has changed dramatically.

He became the first prince in the Ming Dynasty to be crowned as a king when he was still a minor, and was given the title of Prince of Ning by the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang also granted him the right to establish his own government and rank him as one of the three highest officials in the imperial court.

To establish a mansion means to move out of the imperial palace and have one's own private territory, the Prince Ning's Mansion.

To build a garrison means to establish one's own guard. Generally, there are three guards, and the number of people in each guard ranges from 3,000 to 19,000. Three guards mean 9,000 to 57,000 people.

The Yitong Sansi, the Sansi are the Three Dukes and Three Masters. The Three Masters are the Taishi, Taifu and Taibao; the Three Dukes are the Taiwei, Situ and Sikong; it is equivalent to having the power to appoint subordinate officials.

After finishing chatting with the group members, Zhu Quan hurried to the palace to find Lao Zhu with the disease-curing pills.

"What? You contacted that Immortal Master Su and asked for a pill that can cure all diseases?"

When Old Zhu heard what Zhu Quan said, he couldn't help but exclaimed, his face full of surprise.

"Yes, the healing pill is here. It will definitely cure the Queen's illness."

Zhu Quan did not explain that the pill was not given by Su Qing, but he bought it with his own points.

He took out a dark brown pill the size of a longan and handed it to Lao Zhu.

"Hurry, the girl is saved."

Old Zhu took the pill and ran to the harem, not wanting to delay for a moment.

You know what, even though Mr. Zhu is old, he disappeared in a flash.

Zhu Quan followed behind and walked towards the Kunning Palace where Empress Ma lived.

By the time he arrived at Kunning Palace, the matter was already over.

There was a pool of black blood on the floor of Kunning Palace, which was probably vomited out by Empress Ma after taking the disease-curing pill.

At this time, Queen Ma's expression was very different from before.

Her face is rosy and shiny, and she is full of energy, as if she has been reborn.

"Little Seventeen is here. I heard from your father that you asked the immortal master for this elixir. I must thank you very much."

Seeing Zhu Quan stepping into Kunning Palace, Empress Ma stepped forward, took his hand, and said with a kind face.

"Thank you Uncle Seventeen for saving Grandma Huang and me."

The Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying jumped off the bed and bowed solemnly to Zhu Quan.

The eight-year-old Zhu Xiongying is three and a half years older than Zhu Quan, but a generation younger than him.

"Your Highness, you are too polite. The Queen is ill. I see it with my own eyes and feel pain in my heart. I wish I could take her place."

"Now that I have the ability, I should try every possible means to make the queen recover."

Zhu Quan quickly stepped aside and did not accept Zhu Xiongying's greeting.

It was just a disease-curing pill, but he didn't care much about it.

Besides, his original body was raised by Queen Ma, so he had to acknowledge and repay this favor.

As long as Empress Ma was alive, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have started a killing spree, and the future of the Ming Dynasty would have changed for the better.

"Haha, Seventeen, you did a great job. My sister's illness is cured, and I feel relieved."

"Fortunately, we didn't ask a eunuch to test the medicine, otherwise it would have been wasted."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat cross-legged on the bed, his face flushed and he looked very excited.

"I said Seventeen would not harm me. If you let the little eunuch try the medicine, my illness would not be cured."

Queen Ma rolled her eyes at him and said, "We can't let Seventeen go and ask for another elixir, can we?"

"Hey, we can't argue with you, so you have the final say."

"You have just recovered from a serious illness. You should have a good rest first. We still have official business to attend to."

Zhu Yuanzhang got off the bed quickly and walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Everyone responded in unison and saw him off respectfully, and Zhu Quan also left.

"Boy, are you okay? If you are, tell me what happened after my death."

When leaving Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang held Zhu Quan and refused to let him leave.

Zhu Quan thought that there was indeed nothing wrong, so he followed him to the Fengtian Hall.

After the two men sat down, Zhu Quan asked, "What does your majesty want to know? I will tell you everything I know."

"Tell me, why did Yunwen lose the world after sitting on the throne for only four years after my death?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled. Logically speaking, since he gave the throne to Zhu Yunwen, it meant that he was very satisfied with Zhu Yunwen.

Otherwise, why didn't he give the throne to Zhu Yunhuan, or Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, or Zhu Di?

Since Zhu Yunwen could satisfy him, why did he lose the world in just four years? Could it be that he had misjudged this guy and thought he was a waste?

Even if the fourth brother wanted to rebel and challenge the entire Ming Dynasty with just a small vassal state, it would be unbelievable that he succeeded in his rebellion.

"There are many reasons for the defeat of Emperor Jianwen. Scholars of later generations have summarized several reasons. Let me tell you about them."

Zhu Quan thought about it for a moment and said, "First, they blindly reduced the power of the vassal states without any family affection."

"Only three months after Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he could not wait to issue an edict to reduce the power of the feudal lords, throwing aside his promise to Your Majesty to 'use both kindness and severity'."

"In one year, he eliminated dozens of vassal kings. First, he took away the throne of King Zhou from my fifth brother, demoted him to a commoner, and banished him to Menghua, Yunnan."

"Then, he issued decrees to deprive the seventh, twelfth, and thirteenth brothers of their thrones and demoted them to commoners."

"He placed his seventh brother under house arrest in Yingtian Prefecture, and his thirteenth brother under house arrest in Datong, and they were not allowed to leave for the rest of their lives."

"The twelfth brother could not bear the humiliation, and to protect his reputation, he and his family burned themselves to death."

"Afterwards, he issued an edict to depose his eighteenth brother from the throne of King Min, demoting him to a commoner and banishing him to Zhangzhou."

"In order to protect himself, the fourth brother had to pretend to be crazy and stupid, and ate the rotten rice in the slop bucket, and only then did he escape."

"From then on, all the kings felt insecure, and Zhu Yunwen lost the support of the royal family."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils suddenly shrank and his eyeballs turned red.

He always attached great importance to blood ties. Even if his other sons were not favored by him, they were still his sons, Zhu Yuanzhang.

As a father, he can scold and beat his child, but others are not allowed to say a bad word about him.

My goodness! As soon as he died, the successor he personally chose actually forced his sons into this state.

Worse than an animal! Fortunately, all this will happen in the future. He has already abolished Zhu Yunwen's mother, and this kid will never be qualified to inherit the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang controlled his temper, calmed down, and continued to listen.

"Second, they are greedy for fame and false benevolence and righteousness!"

Zhu Quan continued, "After my fourth brother raised his army to quell the rebellion, the two sides were on the verge of a war, but Emperor Jianwen, out of consideration for the relationship between uncle and nephew, told the generals who led the army to attack, 'Don't let me be accused of killing my uncle,' which made the generals more frustrated and defeated than won."

"Your Majesty, tell me, is he being hypocritical?"

"The war has already been fought, but he had to do this, as if the person who reduced the power of the vassal and forced my uncle to commit suicide was not him."

After stating the second reason, Zhu Quan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and commented without hesitation.

There are no fathers and sons on the battlefield, let alone uncles and nephews? Since you have made up your mind to reduce the power of the feudal lords, then be ruthless and reduce it to the end.

Either don't do it, or do it thoroughly.

While he was reducing the power of the vassal states, he suddenly felt guilty and started to worry about the relationship between uncle and nephew. What was he doing? If not stupid, what was he? "Third, he believed others' words too easily and had no opinions of his own."

"When Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he listened to the advice of Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai and began to reduce the power of the feudal lords."

"Although these three people are well-educated, they are all like Zhao Kuo, who is good at talking about war on paper, and not like Han Xin, who is a complete man of both civil and military talents."

"After the Jingnan Rebellion, Emperor Jianwen listened to the advice of these three people and put aside the Duke of Wei Xu Yungong and the Marquis of Changxing Geng Bingwen, who were both good at fighting. Instead, he appointed the Duke of Cao Li Jinglong as the general and asked him to lead an army of 500,000 to the north. As a result, the 500,000-man army was defeated by the 50,000-man army of my fourth brother, and the victory was in vain."

"It can be said that Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai played an indispensable role in the Fourth Brother's conquest of the world."

"Some even suspected that the three of them were traitors planted by the fourth brother next to Zhu Yunwen."

After hearing this, Old Zhu frowned even more tightly.

Five hundred thousand troops were defeated by fifty thousand troops. Is Li Jinglong a pig?

As long as you know a little bit about military affairs, you can use 500,000 people to delay Zhu Di's 50,000 people, right? "Where are Xu Da, Fu Youde, Li Wenzhong and the others, and where is Lan Yu? I remember that I had many brave generals under my command, why did all of them disappear after I passed away?"

After listening for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized that his old brothers were gone and only the younger generation were left?

"Well, Xu Da died of illness in the 18th year of Hongwu, and Your Majesty posthumously named him the King of Zhongshan. As for Li Wenzhong, he died of illness in the 17th year of Hongwu, and was posthumously named the King of Qiyang."

Zhu Quan glanced at him and said calmly, "As for Fu Youde, Lan Yu and others, because the crown prince died of illness, your majesty was worried that the young Zhu Yunwen would not be able to suppress the old Huaixi people, so he ordered them to be executed."

"In the 26th year of Hongwu, Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and others were sentenced to death."

"In the same year, the Lan Yu case broke out. Your Majesty killed Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen, Heshou Marquis Zhang Yi, Zhuo Marquis Zhu Shou, Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi, Dongguan Earl He Rong, Personnel Minister Zhan Hui, and Revenue Minister Fu Youwen, among 15,000 people. They were also skinned and stuffed with straw, their homes were confiscated, and their three clans were exterminated."

"So, by the time Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, most of the old Huaixi people had died."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was instantly silenced.

Yes, if the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince died one after another, he would definitely be able to do such a thing.

As an emperor, maintaining one's own rule is the first priority.

As for the old brothers, I have to apologize to them and ask them to go on their way.

"How did these three fools get into the court?"

After a pause, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to ask about the origins of Fang Xiaoru and the other two.

"Fang Xiaoru was a disciple of the great Confucian scholar Song Lian and was deeply trusted by Emperor Jianwen. After his fourth brother ascended the throne, he was ordered to draft an edict of accession to the throne. He refused to do so and his entire clan was executed."

"Qi Tai was the first place winner in the Yingtian County Examination in the 17th year of Hongwu, and became a Jinshi the following year. After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he ordered him to participate in state affairs with Huang Zicheng, and promoted him to Minister of War. In the 4th year of Jianwen, the capital was lost, and Qi Tai fled to other counties to try to restore it. He was captured by the soldiers under his fourth brother, and died without giving in. His entire clan was exterminated."

"Huang Zicheng was the top scorer in the imperial examination in the 18th year of Hongwu. He was initially a companion to the Eastern Palace and met Emperor Jianwen. After his fourth brother ascended the throne, he executed all his clansmen and his women served as courtesans for generations."

Zhu Quan said calmly: "Strictly speaking, the three of them are the regents chosen by your majesty for Emperor Jianwen."

"What? You mean we chose those three idiots?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at himself, his face full of disbelief.

He couldn't believe it. With his ability to judge people, how could he choose three fools? "Yes, that's right. His Majesty chose it for him."

Zhu Quan nodded and confirmed again: "In general, the failure of Emperor Jianwen was due to his indecisiveness and inability to judge people. It was his own fault, and no one else can be blamed."

"I understand what you mean."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he asked again: "Then tell me, how did your elder brother die?"

The imperial physician examined Zhu Biao and found everything was normal, without any disease.

He just couldn't understand why the prince died so suddenly. "Your Highness, in the 25th year of Hongwu, you were ordered to inspect Guanzhong. On the way back, you caught a cold and died."

Zhu Quan replied: "To put it simply, he died of exhaustion."

Since the abolition of the prime minister system that had lasted for more than a thousand years in the 13th year of Hongwu, centralization of power reached its peak.

But correspondingly, without the help of the prime minister, the emperor's work became much busier.

According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang reviewed and reviewed more than 200 memorials every day, and had more than 400 state affairs to deal with.

Starting from the tenth year of Hongwu, A Biao assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in handling government affairs and became the executive vice emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

With so much work to do every day, he often has to work until very late before he can rest.

From the time he helped Zhu Yuanzhang handle state affairs to his death, the high-intensity work of 007 every day would tire even a cow to death.

"Nonsense, how could Biaoer die of exhaustion? That's nonsense."

Zhu Yuanzhang puffed his beard and glared, his face full of disbelief.

"Anyway, that's what the history books say. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, there's nothing I can do."

Zhu Quan spread his hands, looking indifferent.

The A Biao in history died, but the A Biao now is still alive and well.

As long as Zhu Quan is around, he will never let A Biao die.

As for the historical records, what does it matter whether Zhu Yuanzhang believes them or not?

"Is that so? Then let Biao'er have an easier time in the future and not have to deal with so many state affairs."

Seeing that Zhu Quan spoke with such confidence and did not seem to be lying, Old Zhu believed it.

But we can't go on like this. It would be too unprofitable if we exhaust ourselves to death.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is relieved. Who will handle government affairs?"

Zhu Quan grinned and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of being exhausted to death by such heavy government affairs?"

Anyway, one of these two men will have to die of exhaustion, it just depends on what Mr. Zhu chooses.

"Um?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

"After the fourth brother ascended the throne, what did he do?"

After thinking for a while, Old Zhu asked, "Is he also being lazy and asking the prince to help with government affairs?"

The eldest son of the fourth son Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, was already four years old, and the second son Zhu Gaoxu was also two years old.

If the fourth son ascends the throne twenty years later, the eldest son will be twenty-four years old, just in time to handle government affairs.

"Well, you could say that, but that's not the case."

Zhu Quan thought for a moment and explained, "After my fourth brother ascended the throne, he established a cabinet system, with Hanlin academicians assisting him in handling government affairs."

"But in the middle and late period, my fourth brother personally led five expeditions against the Tatars and the Oirat tribes, and was often on the battlefield. The government affairs were basically handed over to my nephew, the Crown Prince Gao Chi, to handle."

"There is even a saying in later generations that my nephew Gao Chi is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and my fourth brother is just his son's expeditionary general."

Uh. Cabinet? Wala? Expeditionary general? Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dumbfounded.

I saw a godfather said that the latter part was very watery. 　　I explained in a low voice that it is necessary to write about the development of group members.

Should we just write about the results and not the process? 　　There is no such a way.

(End of this chapter)