Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 81: Fourth Uncle, I am here to save you! Of course we have to dig hard at the foundation! (Two chapters in one)

As Zhu Yunhuan's voice fell.

Several guards came in and pulled Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu away.

soon.

From outside, there was the sound of a board falling heavily, and the screams of two people rising and falling, like pigs being slaughtered.

Zhu Yunhuan, lying on the bed, closed his eyes and listened quietly to the screams of wolves and ghosts howling, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

The two little bastards finally fell into his hands.

The more arrogant they were before, the more miserable they are now.

This revenge feels so good!
Zhu Di was filled with heartache when he heard this. After a few more screams, he could no longer sit still. He stood up suddenly and walked outside.

Want to stop the beating of my two sons!

He has always been very doting on his son.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu had never been beaten since they were young.

Being beaten so hard at this time, it was a blow to the son, but the pain was felt by the father!

"Fourth Uncle, you have to think carefully about this."

Zhu Di had just taken two steps when Zhu Yunhuan's voice sounded behind him.

He still had his eyes closed and didn't look at Zhu Di.

But just by listening to the noise, I knew what was going on.

"Grandpa Emperor ordered my nephew to discipline me."

"Originally, it's not my nephew's job to educate my child."

"But it's your fault that you didn't take good care of them, causing them to make mistakes and get into trouble."

"This is Fourth Uncle's responsibility."

"If Fourth Uncle feels that his nephew should not be disciplined, go ahead and stop them and take them back."

"But at that time, the one who came to take care of them was not the nephew, but the emperor grandfather."

"It's not just the two of them who need to be punished, but also your father, Fourth Uncle."

"After all, if a son is not taught well, it is the fault of his father."

"Now they are just being punished on behalf of their father."

“It’s also an opportunity for them to show their filial piety.”

"Fourth Uncle, what do you think?"

Zhu Di stopped in his tracks, his face still showing pain.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally made up his mind, walked back and sat down.

"That's right!"

Zhu Yunxun smiled and said, "Anyway, they will be brought up by my nephew after they enter the Prince of Wu's mansion. There is still a long way to go."

"Discipline always involves a little beating."

"After receiving this beating today, they will learn to fear evil and behave themselves in the future."

"This way, you can get less punishment."

The corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly.

After hearing Zhu Yunhuan say this calmly, they were afraid that the two of them would be beaten again in the future.

His heart ached even more.

But Zhu Di opened his mouth and finally swallowed his words.

His father asked him to hand over Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu to Zhu Yunhuan for discipline, which was actually giving Zhu Yunhuan a chance to "avenge".

They are all grandsons, why is father so partial?

Zhu Di secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud, so he could only smile and said, "Thank you for your help, Hu'er."

"These two little bastards will surely turn over a new leaf after your discipline."

"When I grow up and achieve success, I will thank you and repay you."

Now that you have grown up, are you coming to avenge today's revenge?
As they were talking, the beating outside had already been completed.

The servants placed the two men on a wooden board and carried them in.

When Zhu Yunhuan looked, he saw that both of their buttocks had been beaten to pieces, and he was in so much pain that he was crying and snotting.

Seeing the miserable state of the two men, Zhu Di couldn't help but burst into tears.

Both of them were lying on their stomachs with their buttocks facing the sky.

Zhu Gaochi closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, while Zhu Gaoxu stared at Zhu Yunhuan.

That look seemed as if he wanted to eat him alive.

As the son of Prince of Yan, had Zhu Gaoxu ever suffered such torture in his life?
One can imagine the hatred in his heart at this moment.

Zhu Yunxun glanced at him and smiled faintly: "Brother Xu, you still have a long time to stay in the Prince of Wu's Mansion."

"If you still don't accept it, then this matter of getting beaten, once is new, twice is familiar, three times ..."

"I surrender! I surrender!" The hatred in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He cried and said, "Brother Wu Wang hit me, I deserved it."

"I will definitely remember the teachings of my brother King Wu and never make the same mistake again. I will never dare to do it again!"

"I promise...I swear..."

Beside him, Zhu Gaochi, who had been gritting his teeth and keeping silent, suddenly spoke.

"From now on, if His Royal Highness the King of Wu tells me to go east, I will never go west."

"Let me go south, I will never go north."

"I will never frown even if I have to endure hardships!"

Zhu Gaochi did not jump as fast as Zhu Gaoxu, but when it came to his attitude, he was not at all behind.

Is this what it means to be a wise man who knows the times?
Do you understand the situation?
A man who can bend and stretch?
Zhu Yunhuan had a new understanding of the two brothers and said with a smile: "This is more reasonable!"

"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient."

"I will definitely beat you less in the future!"

"Thank you, brother Prince Wu!" Zhu Gaoxu shouted hurriedly, his voice still filled with tears.

My butt hurts so much that it's unbearable.

After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong.

What Zhu Yunhuan said was "fight less" rather than "don't fight".

Doesn’t this mean that I will be beaten again in the future?

Zhu Gaoxu's heart suddenly seemed to sink to the depths of an ice river, and he felt completely chilled.

His face showed an expression of despair.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince of Wu!" Zhu Gaochi reacted a lot slower.

That extremely fat face, all the facial features were squeezed into a ball because of the severe pain he was enduring.

……

Great revenge!!!

Zhu Yunhuan was finally able to vent his anger.

Not interested in teasing either of them anymore.

After all, I was still lying in bed.

He then said, "Well, your injuries look serious, but you have a lot of flesh on your buttocks, so these are just flesh wounds, not serious."

"Someone, carry them both down, apply medicine to their wounds, and take good care of them."

Upon hearing this, several servants came forward and carried Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu away.

At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly remembered something, and hurried to the door of the room, shouting to the entourage who came with him outside:

"Go to the mansion and get the best medicine for wounds. Apply it carefully to the two of them. There must not be any mistakes."

It can be seen that Zhu Di really loves his son.

Lying on the bed, Zhu Yunhuan couldn't help but think of his cheap father Zhu Biao.

Ok.

To be honest, there is no emotion.

After dealing with Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, the room suddenly became quiet again.

"Amitabha!"

Yao Guangxiao chanted a Buddhist name and said, "Why did His Majesty the King of Wu specially ask me to come to your palace?"

"I am a monk who only knows how to chant Buddhist scriptures and I am not familiar with worldly affairs."

"Following His Royal Highness Prince Yan, we pray for his blessings and drive away evil spirits."

"I don't understand why His Royal Highness the King of Wu thinks that I bewitched the King of Yan."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhu Di came back to his senses from his concern for his son.

Before that, I suddenly received an imperial edict from my father, denouncing Yao Guangxiao as an evil monk who used evil words to deceive the Prince of Yan.

He also required Yao Guangxiao to leave the Prince of Yan's Palace and go to the Prince of Wu's Palace to be disciplined by the Prince of Wu.

He was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

Yao Guangxiao was just a monk.

Although he had close contacts with him on weekdays, there were many Buddhists in the Ming Dynasty.

Among the Buddhist royal family members, it is quite normal for them to have their favorite monks come in and out frequently and pray for them and recite scriptures for them.

How could others know that Yao Guangxiao was secretly giving him advice?
Even among the servants in the palace, except for a few close confidants, many people were kept in the dark.

I thought that the King of Yan believed in Buddhism, and that Monk Daoyan came to chant sutras just for Buddhist purposes.

Zhu Di believed that one of his trusted people must have betrayed him, which led to the leak of the news.

And they went to great lengths to investigate.

But no clues were found.

In the end, it was Yao Guangxiao who persuaded Zhu Di to give up the plan, believing that it must be because he went to see King Wu that night that aroused King Wu's suspicion, and it was not a traitor who leaked the information.

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao asked, and he pricked up his ears and looked at Zhu Yunhuan to see how he would react and how he would answer.

"Master Daoyan, monks do not tell lies!" Zhu Yunhuan moved his body slightly, tilted his head, and looked sideways at Yao Guangxiao.

"Master, what you have done is known to heaven, earth and gods. Do you need me to explain it clearly?"

"Amitabha!" Yao Guangxiao's face was calm, without even the slightest sign of abnormality, and he said, "All I do every day is eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, nothing else!"

Great acting!

There was absolutely no flaw in his tone or expression.

Zhu Yunhuan was amazed in his heart!
Zhu Di also chatted with him and said, "Master Daoyan is a monk who is well versed in Buddhism and does not care about worldly affairs."

"I also believe in Buddhism, so I always keep the master by my side."

"Especially when traveling at night, I am afraid of ghosts and evil spirits causing trouble. It is much more reassuring to have a master chanting beside me."

"That's why I came to your house the night before yesterday and brought him with me."

"Today, I suddenly received an order from my father, saying that Master Daoyan had bewitched me, and that he would send Master Daoyan to your house for you to discipline him strictly. I was really confused, and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry."

"What the hell is going on here? This misunderstanding has become a big deal!"

What a wonderful performance! The expression, tone and movements are all just right.

Once it is said, it is very convincing.

It makes people want to believe it.

Zhu Yunhuan thought that if he didn't know Yao Guangxiao inside and out, he would have been deceived by the two of them.

However, even someone as smart as Yao Guangxiao would never have thought that he had already seen through everything and could not have been fooled by their brilliant performance.

Hearing Zhu Di say this, Zhu Yunhuan began to make plans in his mind and said with a smile: "In fact, my nephew asked Master Daoyan to come to my house mainly to take care of my two cousins."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Di's mouth opened into an egg shape, as if he was a little bit unbelievable.

A gleam of light flashed across Yao Guangxiao's slightly lowered eyes, and then disappeared in an instant.

Zhu Yunhuan turned a blind eye to this.

I have seen so many superb acting skills these days.

He already understood that the two of them were just deliberately not controlling their facial expressions.

People who really know how to act don’t control their expressions all the time and prevent their emotions from leaking out.

On the contrary, they will show the same joys, sorrows, anger and happiness as ordinary people, and their facial expressions will change colorfully.

This is true.

They only perform just right when it is most needed and most critical.

True and false, false and true.

They are all mixed together, and outsiders have no way of telling them apart.

"They will be staying in my house for a long time. If Fourth Uncle doesn't have someone capable to watch over them, I'm afraid he won't feel at ease."

"It just so happens that I know that Master Daoyan has a close relationship with my fourth uncle and is well versed in Buddhism."

"So I found an excuse and asked Grandfather Emperor to send Master Daoyan to my house."

"One is to chant sutras and pray for the two precious sons of my fourth uncle, to ward off evil spirits and disasters, and to bless them to grow up safely."

"Secondly, with Master Daoyan watching over us, Fourth Uncle will feel more at ease."

"So as to prevent me from always suspecting that I was abusing them both."

Zhu Di waved his hands and said, "Hu'er, what are you talking about? Fourth uncle can't trust others, but can he not trust you?"

"Who are you now? You are the regent, and the heir to the Ming Dynasty chosen by the emperor."

"How could you abuse those two little bastards?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"If you tell this to others, no one will believe it!"

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "As long as Fourth Uncle can trust me, I'm glad."

"I will only discipline them both properly, and there will never be any abuse."

"I can trust you! I can trust you!" Zhu Di said repeatedly, and then said, "If you want me to send someone to look after those two little bastards, just tell me."

"Can't I send someone?"

"Why do we have to go through so much trouble and ask Father to issue an order?"

His eyes flickered, and he looked at Zhu Yunhuan casually.

Obviously, he still didn't believe what he said.

"Uncle, why did I take such a long detour? Others don't know the reason. With your intelligence, how could you not think of it?"

Zhu Yunhuan sighed softly and said, "My father is the eldest brother. When he was alive, he took good care of my second uncle, third uncle, and you, fourth uncle."

"You did something wrong and made Grandfather Huang angry. He wanted to punish you, and my father always intervened."

"I tried every possible way to calm Grandpa Huang down and reduce the punishment for you. I tried my best to protect my brother."

"Uncle, do you think this is the case?"

When Zhu Di heard him mention Zhu Biao, he burst into tears and said, "An elder brother is like a father! My elder brother has protected me since I was a child and has been very kind to me. It's a pity that God is jealous of talents and caused my elder brother to die young... Alas!"

Looking at his genuine expression, I don't know how much of it is true and how much is false.

Zhu Yunhuan also had an expression of reminiscing about his loving father, and said: "When the father is alive, observe his ambition; when the father is dead, observe his behavior; if one does not change his father's way for three years, he can be called filial!"

"When my father was alive, he protected you."

"Now that my father is gone, I should protect my uncles like he did."

"Fourth uncle did something wrong the day before yesterday, and Grandfather Emperor was very angry and furious."

"I almost issued an order to depose Fourth Uncle from his title of king."

"It was my earnest persuasion that led to my quick thinking and I came up with a scapegoat."

"Tell Grandfather the Emperor that all this was caused by the evil monk Yao Guangxiao, and it was not what Fourth Uncle wanted. Only then did Grandfather the Emperor change his mind."

"Originally, the Emperor wanted to torture the evil monk to death, but I saved him."

"That's why I decided to have him come to my house and discipline him strictly."

"Fourth uncle, I did this to save you!"

"Otherwise, do you think this level will be so easy to pass?"

Zhu Yunhuan glanced at Yao Guangxiao and said, "Master, you have been with the Prince of Yan for many years and have won his favor. You should be willing to protect the Prince of Yan from disasters, right?"

"Amitabha!" Monk Daoyan chanted the Buddha's name softly.

Zhu Di was stunned and said in amazement: "So that's how it is! So, Fourth Uncle, I have to thank you very much?"

"That's not necessary!" Zhu Yunxun was very generous and said, "He is not an outsider. I am protecting my fourth uncle to inherit my father's legacy. It is only natural. You don't have to thank me!"

Zhu Di's expression changed constantly. After a while, he stood up and bowed deeply to Zhu Yunhuan who was lying on the bed.

"Thank you for saving me, nephew! I will remember this and repay you handsomely one day!"

"I've already said it, no need to thank me!" Zhu Yunxun said with a smile, "Fourth Uncle, why are you so polite?"

Zhu Di sat down again and said, "Huer really has the demeanor of an elder brother. No wonder father likes you and wants you to inherit the throne and rule the Ming Dynasty."

He sighed again, glanced at the black-robed monk, and turned back to say, "To be honest, when Fourth Uncle is reciting sutras and chanting Buddhist scriptures, he always needs the Master to take care of him."

"After so many years, I've gotten used to it."

"Now that he is leaving me, I am afraid I won't be able to sleep well."

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "The Buddha has great magical powers. Let the master pray for you and exorcise evil spirits in my house. I think it will be the same."

Zhu Di was dejected, with his head down and no words.

This time he brought Yao Guangxiao with him to find out the situation and see if the situation could be salvaged so as to bring Monk Daoyan back to the mansion.

Without Yao Guangxiao by his side to offer advice and suggestions, Zhu Di always felt uneasy in everything he did.

But after hearing what Zhu Yunhuan said, I knew that the situation was irreversible.

After a while, Fang said, "Well, let Master Daoyan stay in your house and help take care of those two little bastards."

"But Master is a monk after all, so some things are still inconvenient."

Just waiting for your words!
Zhu Yunxun wanted to laugh secretly in his heart, and quickly took over the conversation, saying: "It doesn't seem appropriate for my cousins to stay in my house without anyone to take care of them."

"Master Daoyan alone may not be able to take care of everything."

"Although I have no shortage of servants in my house."

"But it would definitely be different if we sent someone from Prince Yan's Mansion here."

"My cousins grew up in Peking. Now they have to stay in Nanjing and cannot stay in their own homes. It's inevitable that they will feel uncomfortable."

"With the old people from Prince Yan's Mansion taking care of me, I feel at ease."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Then I will send a few eunuchs and palace maids from my mansion to take care of their daily lives."

"Absolutely not!" Zhu Yunhuan immediately refused, saying, "They come to my house to be disciplined and reform themselves."

"We sent a lot of people to serve us, so it's inevitable that they will behave like they used to, being naughty and mischievous as always."

"That's not good!"

"If I can't make them change their ways and turn over a new leaf, I will have failed the Emperor's trust."

He paused here, and said thoughtfully: "At most, we can send one more person."

Zhu Di felt sorry for his two precious sons and was afraid that they would suffer, so he wanted to send a hundred servants from his mansion to serve them.

When I heard Zhu Yunhuan’s refusal just now, I felt a little anxious.

At this moment, the situation took a turn for the better and I felt relieved that I could finally send another person.

He hurriedly said, "Okay, Fourth Uncle, I'll arrange it right away."

"Don't worry!" Zhu Yunhuan stopped him and said, "I'm not at peace either! I was assassinated yesterday."

"It would be best if the person sent by Fourth Uncle is a eunuch, so that he can easily enter and exit the inner courtyard of the palace and follow closely."

"This person cannot be just an ordinary eunuch. He must be tall and strong, muscular, and have some martial arts skills."

"This way, if anything unexpected happens, he can protect his cousin and his younger cousin."

"I wonder if there is such a eunuch in Fourth Uncle's house?"

Zhu Yunhuan had already made up his mind.

If you want to undermine Zhu Di, you have to do it ruthlessly.

It would be too little to just dig out Yao Guangxiao. It would be even better if we could dig out the eunuch Zheng He as well!

In the future we will definitely send ships out to sea to discover the New World before the West does.

That's when Zheng He would be useful.

The description just now was tailor-made according to Zheng He's appearance.

Next, it depends on whether Zhu Di will accept the challenge!

Actually, Zheng He should still be called Ma He now. He did not make any military achievements and was not a very important person in Zhu Di's palace.

Also, he needs to take care of his two precious sons, so he shouldn't be reluctant to leave.

"What a coincidence!" Zhu Di clapped his hands happily and said, "I happen to have such a eunuch in my house, his name is Ma He."

"This man is nine feet tall, much taller than an ordinary person. He is strong and muscular. He has also learned martial arts and is very brave."

"He is usually in charge of guarding the inner courtyard of the palace, and he is very capable."

"It's really the most suitable person to let him take care of the two little brats, hahahaha!"

Get on the road!

Really good!
Zhu Yunhuan secretly cheered for Zhu Di in his heart!

You give me whatever I want, you are really a money-giving boy!

At that moment, Zhu Yunhuan pretended to be surprised and said, "This is really a coincidence. Then let Fourth Uncle arrange it and send Ma He to my house as soon as possible."

Zhu Di stroked his beard and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away. I'll have to trouble you to discipline my two little bastards from now on."

Zhu Yunxun pursed his lips and smiled.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao next to him raised his eyes slightly and looked at him deeply.

There seemed to be a deep look in her eyes, as if she had seen through his plan.

Soon, though.

Monk Daoyan's eyes returned to normal.

He said nothing and let Zhu Di leave.

……

(End of this chapter)