Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

After Monk Daoyan and Qiu Fu left, a long time passed.

Zhu Di then turned around,

He slammed the coffee table beside him with a gloomy expression, his eyes concealing a struggle and confusion. As if warning himself, he whispered through gritted teeth, "That's my father. How could I... How could I..."

And the other side.

Monk Daoyan and Qiu Fu walked side by side in silence.

Arriving at a deserted spot in the mansion, Qiu Fu glanced around to confirm that no one was around before finally speaking, "Master Daoyan, Your Highness values ​​friendship and loyalty. I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to decide. You've already said so much, but at this critical moment, instead of trying to persuade the prince, you're dragging me away instead."

He really didn't understand.

Logically speaking, wouldn't it be easiest to persuade His Royal Highness Prince Yan to make up his mind if we strike while the iron is hot and try to persuade him while he's still in a state of anger?

Monk Daoyan, however, remained calm, with a faint smile on his face as he said, "Things like this cannot be rushed or forced. Your Highness must think clearly about what he truly desires."

He was very patient. He waited ten years for a response to his words "The White Hat is King". After these two months, Zhu Di's desire for power had already grown. Some things are irreversible.

To put it another way, even if Zhu Di doesn't do it, there are plenty of people who are willing to do it. Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Qiu Fu beside him.

Qiu Fu sighed deeply, lowered his head slightly, and said, "For Your Highness...this matter is indeed difficult."

After a pause, he raised his head and looked at Monk Daoyan, saying, "However, since Master Daoyan said there are two options, why can't we choose the first one? Isn't that what Cao Cao did back then? It seems like a feasible solution."

In fact, he thinks the first option is also possible.

Monk Daoyan raised his palm and chanted the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, the first method I mentioned is just a method that ordinary people can see as feasible. In fact, the first method is just a way to seek death."

Qiu Fu frowned in confusion, "Seeking one's own death? Cao Cao did that back then, how glorious was that?"

However, Daoyan just chuckled disapprovingly.

As he walked slowly forward, he said, "First, this is no longer the era of 'there can only be one Son of Heaven' like in the Wei, Shu, and Wu dynasties. For example, when Emperors Huizong and Qinzong of the Song Dynasty were captured by the Jin people, Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou proclaimed himself emperor and established the Southern Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the return of the two emperors, he even murdered a renowned general like Yue Fei, who was dedicated to the country."

"In today's era, the effectiveness of this 'command', which is to 'use the emperor to command the princes', is only one-tenth of what Cao Cao achieved back then."

After the Wei and Jin dynasties, rituals and music collapsed.

In short, everyone has long lost their sense of martial ethics.

After a pause, Monk Daoyan continued:

"Secondly, His Majesty has officially passed away, and the procedures in Yingtian Prefecture are formal and complete. Even if His Majesty were to be "resurrected" in front of the world, he would only be able to serve His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan..."

"Will the ambitious King of Qin, King of Jin, and other kings be willing to acknowledge this resurrected Majesty as the true Majesty? People worry not about scarcity but about inequality!"

"By then, not only will His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan be alone and helpless against the nobles of Huaixi, but the other princes will also be eyeing him covetously. Furthermore, when even His Majesty's own son denies his identity, how many people in the world will believe that the His Majesty in the Prince's hands is the Hongwu Emperor? Can the Prince still rally the world's forces behind him?"

"Even more, what will people in the world say about the prince?

"Having someone impersonate your own father for the throne is treasonous? ... Or is it simply overly ambitious and worthy of death?"

"Only when His Majesty is truly dead, will the Prince of Qin, the Prince of Jin... and those interested in that position be willing to acknowledge that this is His Majesty. Only then can the blame be placed on the Huaixi nobles and Zhu Yunhuan."