It must be said that Zhu Yunwen was very good at judging people, analyzing situations, manipulating people's hearts, setting traps and so on. His methods were all superb.
With his help, the eldest prince spread the word far and wide that Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming emperor, supported him in becoming the king of Adan.
In the eyes of everyone in the Kingdom of Adan, Zhu Yunwen is now like a cow giving birth to a big bull—he's incredibly powerful.
After all, the people of Aden had witnessed the Ming Dynasty's fleet dealing with the King of Aden because of past grievances.
The power of the Ming Dynasty was something I had only heard about before, but now I have seen it for myself, so naturally I am completely convinced.
They all understood that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was so powerful was because the legendary Crown Prince had single-handedly increased the national strength of the Ming Dynasty several times over, which led to its current strength.
Therefore, this grandson of the Ming emperor could basically decide the fate of Adan with a flick of his wrist.
If he were to openly express his support for someone, even if that person was just a beggar from the Kingdom of Adan, then absolutely no one would dare to disagree.
Although Zhu Yunwen did not stand up and publicly express his support for the eldest prince of Adan.
However, after the eldest prince of Adan met with Zhu Yunwen in private and obtained Zhu Yunwen's consent, he dared to publicize the matter to the people of Adan.
They also spread the same words Zhu Yunwen had said everywhere.
That statement was made by Zhu Yunwen: "The successor to the throne should naturally be the eldest son of the legitimate wife."
Everyone knows that the eldest prince of Adan would never dare to spread rumors, so their blatant propaganda must mean that Zhu Yunwen must have said this to him privately, which would certainly indicate Zhu Yunwen's stance.
Since Zhu Yunwen supported the eldest prince, the ministers in the Adan Kingdom's court dared not express their support for the younger prince.
Even the common people dared not speak ill of the eldest prince anymore, and naturally dared not support the youngest prince either.
As soon as the news was released, it had an immediate effect. Everyone throughout the Kingdom of Adan changed their tune and supported the eldest prince as the king of Adan.
Therefore, unsurprisingly, the eldest prince of Adan ascended to the throne of Adan the very next day in the royal court with the unanimous support of the officials.
If the eldest prince of Aden ascends the throne and immediately declares Aden a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and establishes a list and specifications for annual tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
As for Zhu Yunwen, he really couldn't say anything, so he could only continue to support him to the end.
But ironically, after the eldest prince of Adan, with the help of Zhu Yunwen's power, successfully became the king of Adan, he seemed to have forgotten his promise to Zhu Yunwen.
He avoided discussing the matter and even deliberately kept himself very busy, not even going to see Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen naturally understood what he was thinking. The fact that he didn't bring up the matter himself already showed his attitude: he didn't really want to acknowledge it.
Even if Zhu Yunwen went to him and forced him to fulfill his promise, he would still be an ungrateful wretch who could never be tamed.
They might turn against him at any time, which confirms that Zhu Yunwen's guess was correct.
That ingrate had no intention of actually making the Ming Dynasty a vassal state of Adan.
Zhu Yunwen was not surprised by this.
Everything was exactly as he had expected.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen did not take the initiative to seek out this eldest prince, who was also the new king of Adan.
Since Zhu Yunwen didn't contact him, the eldest prince genuinely believed that Zhu Yunwen might not take the matter seriously.
Gradually, he felt relieved and then, with renewed courage, went to see Zhu Yunwen several times.
Zhu Yunwen also very cleverly and subtly mentioned the matter of vassal states.
However, the eldest prince always made excuses, and Zhu Yunwen didn't say anything.
This is intentional; it's to indulge him.
They had used the tactic of praising someone to death before, and now they're naturally using it on this eldest prince again.
In fact, even if Zhu Yunwen wanted to remove this eldest prince from the throne of Adan right now, it wouldn't be a problem.
They insisted that the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Adandan acknowledge his previous promise, and the prince dared not disobey.
However, since Zhu Yunwen knew that he would never keep his promise and would definitely be an ingrate in the future, he would definitely carry out his original plan.
That is to deliberately indulge him, let him bring disaster to Adan, and then Adan went to Zhu Yunwen for help, and then they took the initiative to offer to become a vassal state of Zhu Yunwen or the Ming Dynasty.
One step in the plan so far is for Zhu Yunwen to pretend that the eldest prince of Adan believes that he is currently powerless against him.
This prevented Adan from becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, which effectively allowed Adan to expand its power.
After several such instances, the eldest prince of Adan truly felt that after ascending the throne, the grandson of the Ming dynasty seemed unable to do anything to him.
They didn't even dare to force him to fulfill his previous promises; it seems the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than that.
Slowly, it really started to swell up.
The more arrogant Zhu Yunwen became, the more low-key he appeared, and the more humble he was to everyone else.
Thus, the arrogant and conceited prince of Adan, who inherited his father's traits, was gradually brought to his head by Zhu Yunwen's subtle praise, much like a frog being slowly boiled in water.
Then, this prince of Adan became arrogant. Within a few days, he assembled an army and forcibly recruited some middle-aged men to serve as soldiers in the military camp.
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