When the emperor comes to modern times, history collapses!

Information from all over the Zhengde Ming Dynasty was quietly placed on the desk of Dunzhuang in the imperial study.

Zhu Gang stared at the information, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and he snorted: "Humph! I never thought that these ignorant brats would have such courage to openly rebel against our ancestors!"

Zhu Ming on the side shook his head slightly: "That can't be said. Think about it, the information they obtained is too incredible. Old Zhu and Zhu Di traveled through time and space to come to our dynasty, and with their help, the Jin Gong Wang Zhu Gang a hundred years ago was able to ascend the supreme dragon throne. Anyone who hears such absurd news will probably think that the person sitting on the dragon throne is a liar."

Zhu Gang was stunned after hearing this. His shrewd eyes rolled around for a few times, and then an awkward smile appeared on his face. He muttered to himself: "Hmm... Now that you mention it, it seems to be true. According to this situation, it is reasonable for them to rebel. If they don't rebel, it would be a bit abnormal."

Old Zhu nodded slightly, expressing his agreement, "Yes, you are indeed the descendants of our Old Zhu family. It's just a pity that we are all iron-blooded soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. If we really fight each other, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty will still suffer in the end."

Zhu Ming's eyes rolled, and he suddenly laughed and suggested to everyone: "In my opinion, how about sending Li Jinglong to lead the army to quell the rebellion? With Li Jinglong's talents, he will surely succeed immediately and ensure that this rebellion suppression operation is foolproof."

After hearing this, Zhu Di thought for a moment and then slowly said, "If Jiujiang leads the team personally, it will indeed make people feel more at ease. After all, General Li Jinglong is both wise and brave, and has been on the battlefield for many years. His military ability is unquestionable." His words were full of trust and admiration for Li Jinglong.

Old Zhu's weather-beaten face suddenly sank slightly.

As for Li Jinglong, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well his drinking capacity and never had any doubts about him. It was not an exaggeration to call him the God of War of the Ming Dynasty.

However, once it came to leading troops to fight, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart began to be in ups and downs, which was really difficult to estimate.

After all, although Li Jinglong seemed to be sure of victory thanks to the astonishingly advanced weapons and equipment of the Allied Forces of Ten Thousand Dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea how the outcome would be if a real fight broke out.

Recalling the first time he heard the title "Ming God of War" from Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming was full of expectations and thought it would be a wise and brave general like Li Jing, who was feared by the world.

Who would have thought that after truly learning about Li Jinglong’s so-called “amazing record”, Zhu Yuanzhang was simply stunned!
I wondered if I was blind to have entrusted such a person with such an important task.

Based on his outrageous performance, if he had faced a slightly normal opponent, Zhu Di would probably have died long ago.

In this case, how could there be any chance for those bizarre and eccentric emperors of the Ming Dynasty to appear on the stage later?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but feel lingering fears. He shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, shouting anxiously: "No, no, Li Jinglong absolutely cannot do this! We must not let him become the god of war of the Ming Dynasty again! In the Jingnan Campaign, 600,000 troops faced a mere few tens of thousands of troops. Not only did Li Jinglong fail to win, but he also gave away his glorious military exploits in vain and continuously sent all kinds of military supplies to the other side. If this happens again, the princes of various places might hold powerful Mark machine guns, push hundreds of fierce Krupp cannons behind them, shout the slogan of "serving the king" at the top of their lungs, and rush towards our capital of the Ming Dynasty like a broken bamboo!"

Zhu Di of Wan Dynasty seemed to have just woken up from a dream.

He was the first person in history to rebel against a vassal king and eventually ascend the throne!
Zhu Di knew very well about the thrilling Jingnan Campaign. If we talk about the minister who made the greatest contribution, it would be Li Jinglong.

"Father is right. Let's change someone else. We can call him over when we have something to drink."

Zhu Di was holding a crucial piece of information, and the person involved in this information was Zhu Youlang who was far away in Xingwang Mansion.

Zhu Di's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Let's not talk about the other princes for now, but I have to deal with Prince Xing Zhu Youlang myself!"

Old Zhu, who was standing by, stared at the seemingly ordinary intelligence with suspicion, and asked in confusion: "What on earth did this kid do to you? Why do you feel so upset about it?"

Zhu Di nodded heavily upon hearing this, and said indignantly: "Humph, he didn't offend me, but his son offended me badly! Back then, I worked hard all my life and finally became the emperor. After my death, I also had a resounding temple name - Taizong. But who would have thought that after more than a hundred years, it was because of this Zhu Houcong that my temple name was forcibly changed to Chengzu!"

In fact, when Zhu Di first heard that his temple name had changed, he felt it was very strange.

After all, according to common sense, only the founding emperor is qualified to be honored as "ancestor".

Now that I have been given such a title by my juniors for no reason, isn't it clearly telling the world that I came to the throne in an illegitimate way?
After careful questioning, Zhu Di finally learned the truth. It turned out that he was indeed Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, after a hundred years of vicissitudes, his name was arbitrarily changed to Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty by later generations.

Compared with the two, Zhu Di preferred the temple name Taizong.

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang Empire. His Zhenguan Administration laid the foundation for the Tang Dynasty's prosperity. The temple name "Taizong" has become the fixed title for the second emperor of the empire since the Tang Dynasty.

After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaochi and others chose to use the temple name "Taizong", which actually contained profound political intentions.

Through this action, he conveyed the message to the world that Zhu Di was the legitimate successor to the throne of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, not Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.

This approach undoubtedly denied the legitimacy of Emperor Jianwen and clearly showed that Zhu Di was the second-generation legitimate successor after Emperor Taizu.

However, things are unpredictable, and the carefully selected temple name "Taizong" was eventually changed by the later Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houcong changed it to "Ming Chengzu". Although his purpose was not to target Zhu Di, it made it clear that Zhu Di's emperorship was not legitimate.

At this time, Zhu Youxuan had no idea that he had been targeted by Zhu Di because of Zhu Houcong.

He was in the palace of Prince Xing of Anlu, secretly discussing rebellion with several trusted ministers.

Zhu Youlang was furious and said passionately: "My great Ming Dynasty has been robbed by such thieves. I swear to take back the world that belongs to our Zhu family!"

The confidants around him echoed, "Your Highness is right. That villain dared to usurp the name of Jin Gong Wang Zhu Gang and usurp power. He is so bold. Not to mention that Jin Gong Wang has passed away many years ago. Even if he were still alive, how could he seize the Ming Dynasty so easily?"

Another confidant then said indignantly: "Perhaps that villain does not take our Ming Dynasty seriously at all, and just made up such an excuse."

Zhu Youqiu slammed the table and said, "This is too much. I suspect that the emperor has been controlled. In this case, we will send troops to conquer under the slogan of serving the king."

While they were discussing heatedly, no one had expected that tens of thousands of fully armed troops suddenly emerged from a very hidden corner outside the seemingly peaceful palace.

These soldiers were all wearing shining helmets and armor, holding sharp weapons, and were ready for battle.

Zhu Ming slowly turned his body and scanned the surroundings, thinking to himself, "This is the area surrounding the Anlu Xingwang Mansion. I wonder what the emperor, who is famous and renowned throughout history, is busy with right now?"

When Zhu Di, who was standing nearby, heard this, he could not help but frown slightly and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Famous?" Zhu Ming nodded affirmatively and responded: "Yes, his reputation is indeed quite big, but it is not a good reputation."

Upon hearing this, Wan Chao Zhu Di snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "I don't think he has a good reputation. I remember what you said before, that among the emperors who had not attended court for decades, there was a man like him. All the soldiers listen to my orders, and search carefully for Zhu Houcong in a while, and make sure to capture him. I will definitely teach him a lesson. He has been idle all day and has no time to change the temple name of his ancestors. He is just making trouble out of nothing!"

Zhu Ming shook his head: "Zhu Houcong was born not long ago."

Wan Chao Zhu Di snorted coldly: "I will shoot him!"

At this time, outside the gate of Prince Xing's Mansion, a team of guards were patrolling back and forth with weapons in hand.

Suddenly, they saw in the distance a fierce and mighty army approaching the palace.

The guards were immediately shocked and looked terrified.

One of the guards reacted quickly and rushed into the palace, shouting as he ran: "Your Majesty, something bad has happened! There are tens of thousands of strange troops outside, heading towards the palace."

When Zhu Youlu heard that "tens of thousands of troops" were approaching, he was horrified and exclaimed with his eyes wide open: "What? Tens of thousands of troops? This is impossible! I have already laid a tight net around Anlu and arranged many spies to patrol everywhere. If there really are tens of thousands of troops here, how could we not notice it?" As he spoke, he shook his head in disbelief.

Someone beside him suddenly speculated, "Could it be that your Majesty has secretly set up a secret department?" However, Zhu Youluo rejected this idea without hesitation and responded categorically, "Impossible! Without the order from the king himself, they would never easily show up in front of people."

At this time, someone proposed another possibility: "Could it be newly recruited soldiers?"

The messenger hurriedly explained, "I don't think it's possible. I have spied on this army from afar and saw that they were wearing uniform military uniforms and marching in unison. They were well-trained and this was obviously not something a newly formed army could do."

Everyone racked their brains but still could not guess where this mysterious army came from.

I don't even know why he suddenly appeared in the city.

At this moment, Zhu Di led the powerful coalition army of all dynasties and arrived at the gate of the palace.

Zhu Di gave an order: "Surround this palace tightly, not even a fly is allowed to fly out!"

In an instant, the allied forces of all dynasties were like a group of ferocious wolves or a huge and agile gluttonous snake. They quickly took action and surrounded the entire palace tightly like a whirlwind, leaving no gaps.

The steward of the palace was so frightened when he saw this, but he still tried to stay calm and stood inside the door and shouted, "Who are you? Don't you know that this is a strategic place in the palace? How dare you be so bold as to surround the palace? Aren't you afraid that your entire family will be executed and your entire clan will be implicated?"

Zhu Di shouted with a loud speaker in his hand: "I am targeting your palace. Tell your prince to come out and see me. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Deafening shouts came from outside the palace. The sound was like a raging storm, instantly breaking the original tranquility in the palace.

Several people who were discussing something in the study were suddenly startled and thought to themselves that something was not right.

Zhu Youqiu subconsciously believed that his carefully planned and long-plotted rebellion had been exposed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youqiu couldn't help but break out in sweat on his forehead and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Without having time to think, he turned around and ran towards the back door, ready to take the opportunity to escape from this place that was about to be plunged into blood and gore.

However, when he ran to the back door, he found in despair that the entire palace had been surrounded. The soldiers surrounded the palace tightly like a solid wall. Not to mention people, even a fly would find it difficult to fly out.

Faced with such a tight blockade, Zhu Youlang felt a deep sense of powerlessness rising in his heart. At this moment, he really could not escape even if he had wings.

Time passed by minute by minute, and after about a quarter of an hour, Zhu Youlang still did not show up. Seeing this, Zhu Di, who had been waiting outside the gate, gradually became gloomy. He turned his head to look at the cannons that had been ready beside him, and ordered coldly: "Gunners, get ready, blow the gate open!"

You know, these Krupp cannons are extremely powerful. Even the solid and thick city walls can hardly withstand their fierce attacks, let alone just the gate of a royal palace.

With a loud bang, the shells whizzed towards the gate of the palace. With a "boom", a large section of the wall of the palace was blown down in an instant, and dust and smoke were flying.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhu Youqiu came up with a plan. He hastily changed into a servant's clothes, trying to blend in with the crowd and escape from the palace.

Zhu Di had been prepared for this.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered his men to quickly control all the people present and have them identified one by one.

Seeing that his plan was about to be discovered and he could no longer hide it, Zhu Youjun sighed helplessly and slowly walked out of the crowd. Pretending to be calm, he bowed to Zhu Di and asked, "General, I am Zhu Youjun. I wonder why you are leading your army to attack my Prince Xing's mansion today?"

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Yougan sharply, and said expressionlessly, "I have received accurate information that Prince Xing Zhu Yougan is plotting a rebellion!"

When Zhu Youqi heard this, his face turned pale as paper. He shouted in horror, "It's unfair, General! I have always been loyal to the court and have no second thoughts. Someone must have ulterior motives and deliberately made false accusations to Your Majesty to frame me. Please be careful!"

"Whether it's an injustice or not, you know it in your heart. Come, take him away."

Zhu Di stared at the baby held in the arms of a maid.

From the examination just now, we know that this baby is Zhu Houcong.

The Jiajing Emperor in history.

The emperor who changed his name from "Emperor Taizong of Ming" to "Emperor Chengzu of Ming". (End of this chapter)