Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Zhu Di felt a chill on his back and took a deep breath.

He immediately condemned himself in his heart: "This is my father! This is my father! This is my father! How could I think like this?"

"Is there...is there any other method?"

"Once the truth of what happened to my father is known, my second and third brothers, who have ambitions for the throne, will definitely not let me use the title of 'Hongwu Emperor' to gain an advantage in the fight for the throne. So they will directly accuse my father of being a fake one... and put me in an unjust position."

"Unless... I give up?"

The moment this idea came to his mind, Zhu Di immediately suppressed it - once a person's ambition expands, it is difficult to take it back, and he didn't want to!

"Retirement..."

"By the way! Can I pretend that my father never showed up? Secretly feeding him well, could this be considered a compromise? The only pity is that some important things will be compromised, and I'll lose a pretext for starting a rebellion."

All of a sudden.

Zhu Di's mind was in a state of intense conflict.

People's hearts will change.

Even though his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, held a bloodline of oppression against him, with the fear etched in his DNA and the residual power of the Hongwu Emperor, times had changed, and human nature was the most vulnerable to the test...

But at this moment, a voice suddenly rang in my ears: "Old Four, what are you thinking about?"

Zhu Di's heart suddenly tightened.

Fortunately, he had been trained in the North for many years and had a strong psychological endurance. He managed to remain calm and squeezed out a somewhat stiff smile. "Ah? I... wasn't thinking about anything. I was just thinking... it's been a long time since we last talked like this."

As people get older, they tend to be more concerned with and tied to family ties. Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but show some emotion on his face: "Yes, I'm old now. I used to be able to talk to Biao'er often, but since Biao'er passed away, alas..."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was disturbed by him, Zhu Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he couldn't help but complain, "Dad, you're really biased. No matter what you do, you only think of my eldest brother..."

But he did not notice the deep meaning hidden in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes - Zhu Yuanzhang had lived for so long that he had become a shrewd man. Moreover, he had been prepared for this matter. Even though Zhu Di's words seemed to be flawless, just through some subtle clues in Zhu Di's expression, Zhu Yuanzhang had a rough idea in his mind - his son... was really grown up!

But Zhu Yuanzhang did not show anything.

After all, this was something he had thought about early on. Now that he had already arrived in Peking, he had made all the mental preparations.

Moreover, a wise monarch must be ambitious.

Just in my heart...

In the end, there was still a hint of loss - even though he didn't see the determination on Zhu Di's face, at least he was entangled and hesitated...

the other side.

Zhu Di didn't notice these things. He took a deep breath and put aside his somewhat messy thoughts.

This is too hard to think about.

He could only put the matter aside for now and tentatively asked about another more important matter, seemingly casually asking, "Dad? Has an extraordinary figure emerged in Yingtian Prefecture?"

Whatever the answer to that question is.

In fact, for him, it is more important to know the identity of the person behind the Huaixi nobles. As long as he is determined to seize the throne, he will have to face that person - a person who forced his wise father to come to Beiping, a person who can control the Huaixi nobles, and a person who stabilizes the situation in Yingtian Prefecture under such circumstances - he must not be ignored!

"A remarkable person?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't react at first. After all, in his concept, "this person" didn't exist at all.

Zhu Di nodded, avoiding sensitive topics and said, "Over the past two months, I've heard a little about the situation in Yingtian Prefecture. Also, the newspaper published by Yingtian Prefecture has spread to Beiping. It's said that... the Duke of Liang and his men have been doing good things recently."

"Your son is stationed in Beiping and has fought against the Duke of Liang and his men many times. I have some understanding of them. This... is not like their style of behavior?" Zhu Di asked indirectly.

Hear this.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang show a hint of realization on his face.

He finally understood why the fourth brother asked this question:

He passed away suddenly, and a group of Huaixi nobles who were notorious for their reckless behavior came to power with the cowardly and incompetent puppet emperor. The situation was about to become chaotic, but in the end it was maintained so steadily!

The key is.

The Huaixi nobles who were originally thought to start messing around in Yingtian Prefecture not only did not get worse, but instead withdrew their actions one by one, stopped messing around at all, and became good citizens!

Think like a normal person.

How could this happen without some powerful figure behind the scenes directing and controlling it?

And actually...

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile: "Hehehehe..." The figure in a crescent-shaped white silk shirt appeared in his mind.

What an incredible person...isn't that our great grandson?

He looks clean on the outside, but he is actually a scoundrel in the inside. He has completely fooled the group of Huaixi nobles who even gave him a headache. Not only the Huaixi nobles, but also the civil and military officials in the court are under his control.

I saw my dad suddenly burst into laughter.

Zhu Di's head was full of question marks: "Uh... Dad, what are you laughing at?"