HLnovel Chapter 656 Hongwu Year 35
Chapter 656 Hongwu Year 35
During the Hongwu era, Zhu Yunwen spat at the figure of the Prince of Yan, just as he met Zhu Di's sudden gaze.
Zhu Yunwen gave an embarrassed smile. Zhu Di strode closer, patted his nephew on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Yunwen, don't run around this time. Look how worried your fourth uncle is. I've been looking for you everywhere, almost to the heavens!"
King Zhu Shuang of Qin nearly died laughing, exclaiming, "Oh, Fourth Prince, is that concern for him? You clearly want to capture him!" He then teased, "Hey, you two, one running away and the other chasing, it just goes to show what the younger generation calls 'unable to escape even with wings,' hahaha!"
Zhu Yunwen: Second Uncle, why are you speaking such blunt truths!
Zhu Di was furious, and the consequences would be severe. He smiled and uttered a sentence that left the Prince of Qin feeling as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat: "You're so good that you only like taking medicine fed to you by an old woman!"
King Qin Zhu Shuang (（｀Δ′）！): "Ah! Ah! Ah! Fourth Brother Zhu, I'm not done with you yet!"
King Zhu Su of Zhou stopped the enraged King Qin and quickly tried to smooth things over: "Second brother, calm down! Our father is still here!"
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his dangerous eyes and gave each of them a flick on the forehead. They've been making a ruckus like this every day, since they were kids, and they're still like this now!
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"Because at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the status of military generals and nobles was still higher than that of civil officials. The lessons of the previous dynasty were profound and thought-provoking, just like the Song Dynasty learned from the experience of the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was clearly a person who valued military generals."
Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi: ??? Others' stories, the Great Song Dynasty will never be absent!
Empress Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: ??? Ah! My Great Tang Dynasty!
"But as Zhu Yunwen's grandson, he neither went deep into the battlefield like his father nor inherited his father's methods. He was an emperor who was close to the literati and officials."
"As soon as he took office, the civil officials knew that their own people had risen to power, and they immediately promoted them. For example, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru were promoted under these circumstances."
"Promoting the six ministers to the first rank, or elevating the former sixth-rank official of the Court of Imperial Stud to the fifth rank, etc., all civil officials in the court were very happy about this move!"
Having reigned as emperor for many years, Zhu Yuanzhang was very unhappy. He glared at Zhu Yunwen and thought, "What? Haven't you learned your lesson from the Song Dynasty? Are you trying to revert to the old ways?"
"The consequences of suppressing military power with civil administration, coupled with the fact that Fang Xiaoru, whom they heavily relied on, was also studying the *Zhou Li* (Rites of Zhou) and considered restoring the well-field system, were actually quite impractical."
"Back to the Jingnan Rebellion, Emperor Jianwen disappeared, and Zhu Di was just one step away from becoming emperor. But as for becoming emperor and ascending the throne, the traditional procedure has always been: 'I first express my refusal, then the ministers urge me to take the throne, and finally, I have no choice but to go ahead with it.'"
The emperors who were urged to ascend the throne: Damn it! How am I supposed to do anything after you say that?!
"The same applies to Zhu Di. After all, his slogan was: 'Purge the court of corrupt officials and eliminate treacherous ministers.' Therefore, he did not ascend the throne immediately upon entering the palace. The official date of his accession was June 17th of the fourth year of the Jianwen reign. He paid homage at the Xiaoling Mausoleum and then took the throne in the Fengtian Hall."
"In the netherworld, Zhu Yuanzhang was resurrected. Unable to let go of his Ming Dynasty, he passed the throne to Zhu Di in the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu's reign! He'd never even heard of Jianwen!"
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: "..."
"Speaking of this, according to some historical records, there is the famous story of Fang Xiaoru being executed along with ten generations of his family. The most widely circulated story is that when Zhu Di ascended the throne, he needed someone to write an edict, and Yao Guangxiao slapped his forehead and recommended Fang Xiaoru."
"Fang Xiaoru refused, displaying unyielding pride, refusing to submit to Judy, and tragically, his entire clan was executed."
"But there's a problem, because Yao Guangxiao is still in Beiping at this time!"
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