NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14
14: Cheng Zu? Which bastard gave me this title?
【The current group task is based on the request of group member Zhu Youjian, and the publisher cannot get the reward.
This announcement appeared in front of several people almost at the moment Zhu Youjian opened his mouth.
Obviously, this is the chat group explaining why Zhu Youjian did not get the reward.
“All right.”
Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said:”Now is not the time to worry about these things, but to discuss how to save the Ming Dynasty of Chongzhen.”
At this point, Zhu Di took over and looked at Zhu Gaoxun and said:”Gaoxun, can our army reach the Ming Dynasty of Chongzhen?”
“Of course you can.” Zhu Gaoxun nodded, then looked at Zhu Youjian and said,”Take a look, after the group task is released, does the help button appear on your chat group interface?” After receiving the prompt, Zhu Youjian quickly looked at the group interface, and found the button after a tour,”Found it, there is a help button!”
“This is the key point that we three dynasties can help you. The help button will only appear in the chat group interface of the person asking for help.”
Zhu Gaoxun didn’t say a part of the words, that is, as the group owner, he can go to the time and space where the group members are at will.
It’s not that Zhu Gaoxun didn’t say this, but there is no need to do so. He can explain it when he needs it.
Zhu Youjian was very happy to get Zhu Gaoxun’s reminder, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang,”Youjian boy, tell us first, how much territory is still under the control of the Chongzhen Ming Dynasty?”
“this……”Zhu Youjian felt very embarrassed,”Grandpa, my grandchildren are here, so I can’t explain in detail.”
“Let me do it.”
Zhu Gaoxun waved his hand, opened the emperor chat group, clicked on Zhu Youjian’s personal information, and a light curtain suddenly appeared on the scene.
【Group member – Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, the 16th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The land area owned by this group member is as follows. 】
Below the brief information introduction is a zoomed-out, lifelike map of the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period.
Everyone at the scene can clearly see the situation faced by the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period at this time, because it even marks out various forces.
“This function is really good.”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed as he looked at it. After reading the whole map, he frowned at Zhu Youjian and said,”Is this what you said about the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is in danger? We can see that there is a lot of room for improvement!”
When a military enthusiast like Zhu Di saw this kind of map, his heart was immediately excited. The existence of such a map would be of great benefit to marching and fighting!
At this moment, Zhu Di even wanted to pull out the map of his own dynasty to take a look, but the most important thing at the moment was the group task, so he suppressed his thoughts.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang’s question, Zhu Di quickly browsed the map and sighed:
“Zhu Youjian, your ability is really mediocre. At this time, the Chongzhen Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty only had some bandits, and the rich lands such as Jiangnan were still in the hands of the court. How could you choose to hang yourself after Li Zicheng entered Beijing?”
“Our ancestors drove out the Tartars, forged the character and spirit of the Ming Dynasty.” Zhu Youjian said what he was thinking,”If the bandits enter the capital, how can I, a grandson, live in shame? The king dies for the country, which is the righteousness!”
“”You are so stupid!”
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted coldly, and his momentum burst out, frightening Zhu Youjian.
Seeing Zhu Youjian’s attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to argue with him, pointing to the map and said:”This rebel Li Zicheng is like a sharp sword piercing Taiyuan Prefecture, but as long as you hold on to Shuntian Prefecture and order the king to come to the rescue, you can turn danger into safety.”
“Next, we just need to slowly rectify the administration of officials. With money in one hand and a knife in the other, are we still afraid that the world will be unstable?”
Earlier, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di heard Zhu Gaoyi say that the rebels invaded Shuntian Prefecture and Zhu Youjian hanged himself in Coal Hill, they looked at Zhu Youjian differently.
They thought that even if this person was less capable, he still had the blood of the old Zhu family.
Now, after taking a look at this map, it is not the case at all!
Zhu Di took over Zhu Yuanzhang’s words and continued:”On this map, the Tartars are still outside Shanhaiguan. Although Zhang Xianzhong has taken over Sichuan and Shu, he still has the female general Qin Liangyu fighting against him.”
“But you……Hundreds of years have passed, and most of the meritorious generals in the world are still descendants of the meritorious generals of the Yongle Dynasty or even the Hongwu Dynasty.”
“Zhu Youjian, in your seventeen years as emperor, haven’t you found any capable general who is worthy of reuse?”
The map shows that the Earl of Xiangcheng, the Marquis of Xinle, and even the Duke of Chengguo are still holding important responsibilities in Shuntian Prefecture.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di knew these meritorious generals very well. Most of them were just people who relied on their ancestors’ merits to eat, drink and have fun. How capable could they be?
And Zhu Youjian actually arranged these people to hold important positions in important towns in the south of the Yangtze River and even in important places in the capital. It was simply laughable.
At this point.
The two men also understood in their hearts that Zhu Youjian was not only blind, but also had no ability to judge people.
Zhu Gaoxun stood aside, and when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di spoke, he did not choose to speak.
Otherwise, if these two knew that Zhu Youjian had forced to death many capable people who could even save the corrupt situation, these two would probably beat Zhu Youjian to death on the spot.
Again, Zhu Youjian came to power.
If he could know people and appoint them to positions, and had the ability to judge people and not be stubborn and self-righteous, the Chongzhen Dynasty would never have collapsed so quickly!
Just when Zhu Gaoxun was thinking to himself, Zhu Youjian spoke,”Chengzu, my grandchildren……”
“”Stop!” Zhu Di frowned and stared at Zhu Youjian and said,”Which bastard gave me the title of Chengzu?”
It’s no wonder that Zhu Di was angry, because after he ascended the throne, he emphasized his legitimacy all the time.
In Zhu Di’s explanation, his throne was inherited, not seized by rebellion!
If he called himself Taizong, Zhu Di might not be so angry, because Li Shiming was Emperor Taizong of Tang.
But the word”Zu” was a slap in his face.
Zhu Di wanted to ask this question before, and now he finally couldn’t help asking it.
Zhu Di had made up his mind in his heart that he must beat this bastard severely when he found him!
Who knew…
Zhu Di had just finished speaking, and Zhu Youjian was still struggling over whether to speak or not, when Zhu Yuanzhang slapped Zhu Di on the back and said,”I, your father, am not struggling over this issue, so why are you struggling over this issue, you bastard?””
“Which is more important right now, the mission or your broken Chengzu problem?” When
Zhu Di met Zhu Yuanzhang, he was like a mouse meeting a cat, he was controlled tightly, without any room for resistance.
Zhu Gaoxun saw this scene and couldn’t help laughing in his heart, but he couldn’t really laugh, he felt very uncomfortable.
Seeing Zhu Di calm down, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Youjian and said,”Youjian boy, you continue.”
Zhu Youjian didn’t dare to mention the word Chengzu again, and said directly to Zhu Yuanzhang,”Grandmaster, I think that all civil officials in the world are not trustworthy, and the same goes for military generals…….Only the meritorious generals, who have received the grace of the country for generations, can be trusted…….”
As he spoke, Zhu Youjian may have realized his problem, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed coldly,”No wonder you can manage the Ming Dynasty like this. With such a fickle character, how can you achieve great things?”
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoyi’s face suddenly became strange. Many problems of the Ming Dynasty actually existed since Dingguo…….
What would the old man think if he knew that he had contributed to the deterioration of the situation during the Chongzhen reign?