Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 71: Misfortunes often go hand in hand with blessings!
In the sky, only half of the setting sun remains.

At this time, the afterglow was no longer dazzling, but rather very soft.

It is not dazzling, but at first glance, it is very red.

As red as blood.

The sunset is romantic and the sky is full of blood.

The desolation was filled with murderous intent, just like the knife before him.

Zhu Yunhuan subconsciously dodged to the side.

But he had never learned martial arts since childhood, so how could he react to the sudden change? He was already in a panic and just acted on instinct.

"Crack!"

The knife hit the chair next to Zhu Yunhuan with such force that it penetrated seven inches into the wood.

It made him tremble with fear.

If this knife had hit his body, Zhu Yunhuan would probably have been split in half immediately, and even the gods could not have saved him.

He was able to avoid it, it was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

The assassin was eager to act quickly and did not dare to delay for even a second.

He had just jumped onto the carriage, and before he could even balance himself, he started swinging his sword around.

While the chaos was going on outside, the horse pulling the cart was frightened and strained, and suddenly moved forward, causing the body of the cart to shake even more violently.

As a result, the knife deviated from the expected position.

Failed!
brush!
brush!
brush!
The surrounding guards finally reacted and drew their swords.

At this moment, no guard dared to hesitate or retreat.

No matter how afraid I am, I would never dare to do this!
Only by protecting His Royal Highness the King of Wu can you ensure your own safety.

If anything happens to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu, with the Emperor's methods, they won't be able to survive.

Even family members will be implicated.

The best outcome is to die on the spot!
In the street not far away, the people who were protecting secretly also rushed over.

Before going to court today, Yang Shiqi specifically asked Zhu Yunhuan to bring three times more guards than usual, and also deployed additional personnel to provide secret protection.

Now it starts to work.

However, the assassination attempt came too suddenly and swiftly. The guards had never expected that someone in Jinling City would dare to assassinate the king. They were caught off guard.

By the time he came to his senses, the assassin had already entered the carriage.

Zhu Yunhuan was very clear about his situation and knew that he could turn danger into safety as long as he delayed for a moment.

However, how could the assassin in front of him give him this opportunity?

When the knife missed, the assassin did not even bother to pull the knife out from the chair. Instead, he threw another punch without wasting half a second.

"Snapped!"

This time, good luck did not come again.

Zhu Yunhuan had no time to react at all before he was hit by the huge fist and was knocked flying.

With a "bang", the back of his head hit the beam above the carriage.

Suddenly, everything went dark before my eyes and I passed out.

At the last moment, he saw two long knives piercing through the assassin's chest from his back.

Blood splattered everywhere.

The assassin's eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness, but his body fell down powerlessly.

Zhu Yunhuan also completely lost consciousness.

……

"Your Highness, King Wu, wake up!"

"Your Highness, King Wu, wake up!"

"Your Highness, King Wu, wake up!"

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhu Yunhuan seemed to have had a very long dream.

All the things in the dream were bizarre and strange, but when I recalled them, they were fragmented and I couldn't piece together the specific details.

A gentle call sounded in my ears.

He opened his eyes drowsily, and what met his eyes were balls of not-too-bright candlelight.

Then, Zhao Rui was seen shouting beside the bed.

His face was covered with tear marks. When he saw Zhu Yunhuan wake up, he was overjoyed and couldn't help but dance with his hands and feet and shouted: "Your Highness the Prince of Wu is awake, Your Highness the Prince of Wu is awake!"

An old man with gray hair and beard walked quickly forward, put his hand on Zhu Yunhuan's pulse, and signaled Zhao Rui not to say anything.

Yang Shiqi, who was outside, heard the news and rushed in.

He looked at the imperial physician who was taking Zhu Yunhuan's pulse.

The imperial physician heaved a long sigh, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Good people are blessed by heaven."

"Your Highness the King of Wu is blessed with a long life and has been blessed by God. He has successfully passed the critical period."

"After that, you just need to rest quietly for a few days, and you will be back to normal."

"I will prescribe a few prescriptions for your Highness to calm your mind and nourish your spirit. You can take them on time every day."

The nervousness on Yang Shiqi's face suddenly faded away like a tide, and he said: "I'm glad that your highness is okay, I'm glad that your highness is okay."

"Thank you sir!"

He ordered Zhao Rui, "Send someone to the palace immediately to report the news so that His Majesty doesn't have to worry anymore."

Zhao Rui took the order and ran out quickly.

Yang Shiqi then called his servant and asked him to follow the imperial physician to prescribe medicine.

After the doctor left, he walked to the bedside, looked at Zhu Yunhuan and asked, "Your Highness, would you like something to eat?"

"No, I'm neither hungry nor thirsty."

The assassin's punch seemed very heavy, but in fact, when his body was knocked away, most of the force had been naturally dissipated.

However, he was unlucky as he was hit by the rear beam of the carriage and was knocked unconscious.

There's no big problem.

He was only fourteen or fifteen years old, which was the time when his body's self-healing ability was incredibly strong.

This minor injury will be almost healed after a good night's sleep.

"Mr. Yang's words came true. Someone was desperate and took a risk to assassinate me in the streets of Jinling City."

"Sir, you are really good at predicting things!"

Zhu Yunhuan sighed softly.

If Yang Shiqi had not made arrangements early and strengthened the guards around him several times, he would have died today.

I never thought that someone would dare to do such a thing right under Zhu's nose in Jinling City.

The Jinyiwei's spies and inspectors were spread throughout the city, monitoring every move in Jinling, but they had no idea about it beforehand.

This was beyond Zhu Yunhuan's expectations.

"I'm not that great. I didn't foresee this."

Yang Shiqi shook his head and denied it, saying, "It's just to be prepared, just in case."

“I didn’t expect it would actually come in handy.”

Yang Shiqi sighed and felt a little scared.

Fortunately, we made preparations in advance, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

"It's not that the guards around His Highness are insufficient. The key is that there is a lack of experts who are quick enough to react."

"If someone had reacted and stopped the assassin, he wouldn't have been able to get on the carriage, and Your Highness wouldn't have been frightened like this."

Yang Shiqi pointed out the shortcomings incisively and accurately.

To put it bluntly, the most important thing for an assassin to assassinate a prince like him is speed.

Be fast, fast enough!

As fast as possible!

It happened unexpectedly and with lightning speed.

Therefore, the guards around Zhu Yunhuan also need to be masters with extremely quick reactions.

At the most critical moment, block it.

You don't need to have extremely strong skills or martial arts, you just need to be calm and composed, not panic, and react very quickly when faced with sudden changes.

If the assassin delays for just half a second, giving the other guards time to react, he will inevitably die.

He would not be in any danger either.

In later generations, the former leader of Japan was assassinated, wasn't it because the bodyguards around him reacted a little bit slowly?
Zhu Yunhuan recalled that when he searched Park's house that day, he was attacked by a dart.

At that time, it was the Jinyiwei commander Jiang Li who reacted quickly and knocked down the dart with one knife.

I lack someone like him around me.

When selecting guards for the palace, the most important criterion is loyalty and reliability, not how good their fighting skills are.

After all, there is strength in numbers. Even if one's skills are mediocre, they can still win by relying on numbers.

But if they are not loyal and reliable enough, then there will be big problems.

The guards stay by the prince's side all day long. If they have any ill intentions, it would be easiest for them to assassinate the prince.

Loyalty naturally comes first when selecting people.

Anyway, they don't have to charge into battle.

Perhaps most people will never have the opportunity to fight others with real guns and swords in their entire lives, and they lack practical combat experience.

Even if one's training is orderly, when faced with sudden changes, people will panic and their reactions will be slower.

This is very deadly.

"Well, it seems that we have to select a few elite troops in the future." Zhu Yunhuan said with a smile.

He had an idea in mind.

Most of the palace guards today come from military families and are loyal and reliable.

But although they have been practicing martial arts since childhood, they are quite good at it.

But many guards have never actually seen blood or killed anyone.

After all, they might not encounter such an incident as the assassination of a prince even once in their lifetime.

Most of the time, guards just need to look majestic and powerful.

It's a bit like the Custodians.

In fact, they are the elite among the elite.

In fact, because they had lived in the capital for a long time and were far away from the battlefield, they did not often fight on the battlefield with real swords and guns like the border troops.

Over time, only an empty frame is left.

Just for show!
This has been the case throughout all dynasties.

No one can avoid it.

The same goes for the palace guards.

There had been peace for so long that no one came to assassinate him, and there was no actual combat experience.

He usually speaks very logically.

When a big change really happens, everything becomes a mess in a hurry.

We still have to select some elite soldiers who have experienced bloody battles on the battlefield to serve as guards.

"Cultivate yourself, regulate your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world!"

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Highness needs to do something, you can't just look into the distance."

"You also need to spare some energy to pay attention to the people around you."

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. Of course he understood this truth.

The problem is, his previous incarnation was just a teenager, living under the protection of others, so how could he understand these things?

Aren't you just letting others arrange things?

But the time he spent traveling through was too short.

Various major events come one after another, and I am overwhelmed and have no time or energy to deal with the things around me.

Besides, selecting suitable and loyal elite guards is not something that can be done overnight.

"However, Your Highness does not need to worry about it for the time being." Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty has already sent the elite Jinyiwei to protect us."

"This shouldn't happen again in the future."

At this point, he smiled brilliantly, stood up, bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness. Congratulations, Your Highness."

"I won a great victory in the court today and was chosen by His Majesty as the successor to the Ming Dynasty."

"He will be officially crowned as the crown prince soon."

"The future of the Ming Dynasty will depend on your Highness."

Zhu Yunhuan also laughed.

Although I was quite frightened, I was finally safe.

Today’s harvest is still very rich.

He said to Yang Shiqi: "It is thanks to your good planning that I was able to achieve a surprise victory."

"I see your talent and ability, sir."

"I will definitely entrust you with important tasks in the future."

"Let your name go down in history and live up to what you have learned."

At this time, of course, we must win over Yang Shiqi, the strategist, and paint a big picture for him.

Unexpectedly, there was no joy on Yang Shiqi's face.

Instead, he restrained his smile, concentrated his mind, and said with a serious expression: "Your Highness, don't be too happy yet. I'm afraid you will have a heavy burden in the future."

Zhu Yunxun was stunned for a moment, and asked hurriedly: "But what happened again?"

Yang Shiqi sighed softly, his expression changed from joy to worry, and he slowly said: "After hearing the news that Your Highness was assassinated and unconscious, Your Majesty was so angry that he also fainted."

what?
Zhu Yunhuan was horrified.

At Mr. Zhu’s age, his body can’t bear it.

Logically speaking, Lao Zhu should still have a few years to live.

However, my own time travel may not have caused the butterfly effect, leading to changes in the world line.

Today in the court, Old Zhu got very angry and cried bitterly because of Zhu Biao's matter.

Then he was deliberately provoked by Zhu Yunhuan and became extremely excited.

Later I felt particularly happy.

After all, he is an elderly man and is ill.

How can the body withstand such ups and downs in emotions?
Plus, after the joy, I suddenly heard the news that Zhu Yunhuan was assassinated and in a coma...

No wonder Lao Zhu was so anxious that he fainted on the spot.

It is possible that he would die early because of this.

If that's the case, things will be bad.

At present, Zhu Yunhuan’s foundation in the court is still too shallow.

There is no time to build up my own power yet.

All the plans, so far, have remained just paper.

Although most of the military generals and nobles supported him, it was only because of their own interests.

It doesn't mean that you really obey him and recognize him as your master.

Not to mention the civil servants.

As for the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Yan and the other vassal kings, which one of them submitted to him?

Moreover, the kings all had large armies under their command.

Especially the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Yan.

Even if he had military generals and nobles to suppress him, if a real fight broke out, the situation would be beyond his control.

At this time, nothing must happen to Lao Zhu!

"Fortunately, after the imperial physician's rescue, His Majesty woke up quickly."

Yang Shiqi's words immediately made Zhu Yunhuan feel a lot more at ease.

Just be fine!

As long as Lao Zhu is around, no one dares to move.

Whoever touches it will die!

As long as he is given a few years to make the arrangements, by then, all the civil service groups, military generals and nobles, and frontier vassal kings will be wiped out in the blink of an eye and can be easily controlled.

"After His Majesty woke up, he kept asking to come to the Prince Wu's mansion to see His Highness."

"However, the imperial physician said that Your Majesty did not sleep all night yesterday, and your body is already weak, and you have been stimulated repeatedly today."

"First there was great sorrow and great joy, then great joy and great sorrow again. You must stay in bed and rest quietly. You must not move again."

"It was only after our family tried to stop and persuade him that His Majesty was forcibly stopped."

Although Yang Shiqi was in the Prince of Wu's palace, these things had already spread out.

"Originally, after hearing that His Highness had been assassinated and was unconscious, all the kings and ministers came to visit His Highness."

"After learning that His Majesty was in a coma, they all left in a hurry and rushed to the palace, which made the Prince Wu's mansion much quieter."

A warm feeling flowed through Zhu Yunhuan's heart.

He originally had no feelings for Lao Zhu.

After all, he is just a cheap grandfather.

If I have to say yes, it's simply admiration and curiosity for outstanding historical figures.

But Old Zhu was truly sincere to his grandson.

This made Zhu Yunhuan feel a little touched.

"Grandpa Emperor will definitely be safe." He murmured.

Yang Shiqi had a complicated expression, and after a long while he said, "Your Majesty is old after all."

He lowered his head and sighed softly, then turned his gaze to Zhu Yunhuan. After hesitating for a while, he said, "If something happens to His Majesty, Your Highness will probably have to shoulder the heavy responsibility immediately."

Zhu Yunhuan's expression changed drastically, and in an instant he felt countless thoughts flooding into his mind.

He shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, Grandpa Huang will be fine!"

Old Zhu must hold on!

Even if I have to die, it can't be now!
Yang Shiqi looked at him, and their eyes met.

"I hope so." Yang Shiqi said, "We can only pray."

"Your Majesty, please don't be in any trouble, otherwise..."

He did not continue.

The room fell into silence.

The results are obvious.

If Zhu Yuanzhang really passed away in a short time, even if Zhu Yunhuan successfully inherited the throne, could he keep the throne without any foundation or power?

The Ming Dynasty at this time was not the Ming Dynasty in later generations whose rule had become stable.

Just having a title can shock the world!

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had just been established and people's hearts were still unstable.

Apart from anything else, if Zhu Yunhuan succeeded to the throne, I'm afraid the King of Qin would be the first to stand up and oppose it.

That person was the one who dared to make a five-clawed dragon bed privately at home.

It would be strange if she could take a teenager like him seriously.

The problem is that although the King of Qin was tyrannical and cruel, he had quite good military talent.

He has an army of over 100,000 under his command.

Apart from this, which one of the King of Jin, the King of Yan, and even the other kings is a easy person to deal with?
Even Lan Yu, although he had just received favor from Zhu Yunhuan, was also Zhu Yunhuan's great uncle and a staunch supporter of him.

But if old Zhu were to pass away now, he would probably have other thoughts when facing the young Zhu Yunhuan.

He would still be helped to take the position, after all, this was in the interests of Lan Yu.

But after taking office, Lan Yu would probably become a "powerful minister" with omnipotent power in the court.

With Old Zhu keeping things under control, everything will be easy.

But how easy would it be to let Zhu Yunhuan take charge of the Ming Dynasty right away?
He still needs a little more time.

half an hour.

Zhu Yunhuan drove away all the messy thoughts in his mind and asked, "Have you found out who the person who assassinated me is?"

"Those people were true warriors who would rather die than surrender. They have all been killed."

Yang Shiqi said: "Right now, the Jinyiwei, the Imperial City Division, the Yingtian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, etc. are all tracking down the murderer."

"The only clue we have now is that those people had some connection with the Park family members that Your Highness and the Royal Guards searched that night, or they are the remnants of the Park family outside."

Someone from the Park family?

Zhu Yunhuan frowned.

It does make sense that someone from the Park family came to assassinate him.

After all, it was he who led the Jinyiwei to search and confiscate the Park family.

From the 80-year-old man to the baby in the cradle, all members of the Park family were killed, leaving no one alive.

If there really are remnants of the Park family outside, it is normal for them to hate him to the core.

However, is it really that simple?

Knowing what he was thinking, Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly and said, "The person is already dead, there is no evidence."

"It may not be easy to track down the mastermind behind this."

"but."

When he said this, his voice suddenly stopped.

Instead, he stood up, went outside to take a look, and ordered the guards to guard the place well and not let anyone get close.

He even took a careful look at the next room.

Only after everything was done correctly did Yang Shiqi return to the room.

He whispered, "The following words will come out of my mouth and enter Your Highness' ears. No third person must know them."

When Zhu Yunhuan saw this, he nodded slightly while lying on the bed.

Yang Shiqi said, "After His Majesty woke up, he suddenly found fault with the King of Qin for no reason and ordered him to be severely beaten."

"I heard that the beating was very severe. I'm afraid the King of Qin will have to stay in bed for a long time."

Could it be that the King of Qin sent someone to assassinate him?

Did Lao Zhu get the news and beat him up?
Zhu Yunhuan fell into deep thought.

Given the King of Qin's temperament, he could actually do something like sending people to assassinate his nephew.

is it him?
At this time, Yang Shiqi's tone changed again, and he said: "Your Highness, forgive me for being blunt, but misfortune often leads to blessing, and blessing often leads to misfortune."

"Your Highness won the victory in the court, but was assassinated when he came out. This is a blessing and a curse."

"But as long as we take advantage of this incident and plan well, we can turn disaster into blessing and gain huge benefits from it. That's what it means to have a blessing in disguise!"

(End of this chapter)