Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Zhu Yuanzhang has issued an edict that no one can be conferred a title without military merit.

And the higher you go, the more military merits you accumulate. It's so difficult.

It’s not that it’s difficult to accumulate military merits, but it’s too difficult for the court to support a major war. After each war, the Ming Dynasty has to take several years to recover.

"We are all brothers. We share happiness and difficulties together." Lan Yu said, patting his chest.

Meanwhile in Peking.

Prince of Yan Zhu Di received a secret report from the capital.

"The emperor's grandson Zhu Yunhuan is in the Eastern Palace, acting as regent."

This is the only sentence in the secret report.

Zhu Di looked at the secret report, muttering to himself, not understanding its meaning.

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed in it?" Princess Xu Miaoyun came over and asked.

Zhu Di did not hide anything, but handed the secret report to Xu Miaoyun, "Look."

Xu Miaoyun took the secret report and read it, with a look of disbelief in her eyes, "Zhu Yunhuan? Isn't that the legitimate son of the Crown Princess Chang? The younger brother of the Emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying, who has the same father and mother as him."

Zhu Di hummed, "That's right, but he is weak and incompetent, and can't be used for any major task. How could he be made the crown prince? Didn't they say that their eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen would be made the crown prince?"

Zhu Di was puzzled.

When there were previous rumors that Zhu Yunwen would be enthroned, Zhu Di was angry and unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Because Zhu Di did not dare to rebel against his father.

As long as Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, Zhu Di did not dare to rebel.

But if Zhu Yunhuan was made the emperor, Zhu Di would have no objection, after all, he was the legitimate son of his eldest brother.

But the key is...can Zhu Yunhuan be of great use?

"Your Highness, no matter what the speculations were before, the overall situation has been decided now, the crown prince has been appointed, and the foundation of the country has been established. There is nothing more to say." Xu Miaoyun returned the secret report to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di shook his head slightly. "I am not against my nephew becoming the crown prince. The key is whether he can be the crown prince. He is neither good at civil affairs nor military affairs. If the Ming Dynasty is handed over to him, isn't my father afraid that the second emperor will perish?"

Hearing this, Xu Miaoyun realized that Zhu Di had something else in mind.

"You mean... there was a big change in the capital? Yunhu was forced to the throne, and someone is controlling the government? But that doesn't make sense, there's also my father." Xu Miaoyun was puzzled.

Zhu Di sighed, "This is exactly what I cannot understand. With my father in power, no one dares to control the government, unless there is a mutiny in the palace and someone puts my father under house arrest. But who has the guts to do that? I suspect my father has passed away, and a fight for the throne has begun in the capital."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and consoled him, "Your Highness, this is impossible. If our father had passed away, such a big news would be impossible to conceal. Besides, our father is in such good health, how could he have passed away?"

Zhu Di held Xu Miaoyun's hand and said, "You forgot that my eldest brother passed away this year. Father had worked hard to train a successor for decades, but now he has passed away! Father has lost his father, mother, wife, son, and grandson. It has been a series of blows. Father is also old and may not be able to withstand this blow."

Zhu Yuanzhang: You little bastard, you either hope for good things from me or hope for my death. You are here to help me quell the rebellion, right?

Xu Miaoyun snuggled in Zhu Di's arms, "Your Highness, we will fight back when the enemy comes, and we will block the flood with earth. The fate of the world is uncertain, so don't be the first to do it. I believe that the other princes have also received the news, and some of them will be unable to hold back and want to find out what is going on."

"Yes, that's what I mean. Let's wait and see the follow-up news." Zhu Di hugged Xu Miaoyun. The couple lived in harmony and lived a good life.

Zhu Di had no objection to Zhu Yunhuan being the crown prince because Zhu Yunhuan was Zhu Biao's legitimate son.

But, the prerequisite is that Zhu Yunhuan is not a puppet or a tyrant.

Otherwise, Zhu Di would have had to resort to the Fengtian Jingnan Rebellion.

Zhu Di was far away in Peking, but he could receive secret reports from the capital, not to mention other kings.

Basically, all the princes received the secret report that Zhu Yunhuan became the crown prince. Some were confused, some didn't care, and some were full of suspicion and even wanted to return to Beijing to find out the situation.