Ming, night.

Prince Yan Mansion in Beiping.

Even Zhu Yunwen couldn't sleep, his fourth uncle Zhu Di.

In April of the 20th year of Zhizheng, Chen Youliang personally led a large army to attack Yingtian. At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was regarded as Duke of Wu by his subordinates.

But compared with Chen Youliang, he was weaker in terms of power. At this time, when the government and the people were panicked when they heard this news, they just thought it was the situation, and Zhu Yuanzhang had little chance of winning.

That is, when the war was about to begin, a concubine with a low status left Zhu Yuanzhang with a son, Zhu Di.

This concubine is Concubine Wang.

The reason why Concubine Wang said that she was a low-minded person was because she was a Mongolian, and the biggest reason why Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like his son.

It was because Concubine Wang was only seven months pregnant that she gave birth to Zhu Di.

At that time, there were many wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. After hearing about this, Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that Concubine Wang was unfaithful and sentenced him to death with an "iron skirt".

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhu Di was a bastard at that time and wanted to execute him.

Queen Ma advised: "Before Concubine became pregnant, she was in the harem and had never had any contact with any man. I can testify for her. This child may not be a bastard."

"Even if it is true, you have so many adopted sons, even if there is one more, it doesn't matter. The child is still young and he will never remember it."

So Zhu Di survived like this.

Zhu Di's childhood was full of shadows. His body was particularly weak due to premature birth. Zhu Di, who had just been born, was not favored by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Until he was seven years old, Zhu Di didn't even have his own name, and Zhu Yuanzhang almost never saw him. Even if he saw him, he would think he did not exist.

His only hope in childhood may be his elder brother Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao is kind and generous, has a pure personality since childhood, and has always taken good care of his younger brother. This is also Zhu Di's only beautiful memory in childhood.

Until when he was seven years old, when Zhu Biao and Zhu Di were playing, Zhu Yuanzhang came to look for Zhu Biao and happened to see Zhu Di.

At this time, Zhu Di had grown up. At first glance, it looked different from himself, but when he looked closely, it was somewhat similar.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he might have blamed Concubine Qian for being wrongly blamed seven years ago.

From then on, Zhu Di got his own name and his status and treatment were the same as those of other brothers and younger brothers.

But that's all that. Zhu Yuanzhang's love was concentrated on his elder brother Zhu Biao, and it was during the war, so Zhu Di was almost free.

This also led to Zhu Di hang out with military generals since he was a child, and he had not even received a formal education.

Compared to his elder brother Zhu Biao, he is almost illiterate. This is not to say that he is illiterate, but to mean that his literary talent is extremely low.

According to historical materials and the memorials revised by Zhu Di later became Emperor Yongle, it can be proved that this is true.

His military life as a child may also be related to the bloodline of the Mongols. Zhu Di has loved fighting immediately since he was a child.

Although his literary talent is not good, his military strategy is extremely outstanding due to his influence.

To a certain extent, his personality is very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang, and he has shown excellent military talent since he was a child.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Di was ten years old and was awarded the title of King of Yan.

In the ninth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di married the most meritorious official of the Ming Dynasty and ranked first among the founding "Six Kings" of the country. Xu, the daughter of the famous general Xu Da, was his wife.

In the 13th year of Hongwu, Zhu Di, who was 21 years old, was in the vassal of Yanjing Beiping.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang seized the position of the former Prime Minister of Yuan, and the Taiwei Naier Buhua, and the Zhiyuan Alutemur and others were repeatedly troubled by borders. He ordered King Zhu Qi of Jin and King Zhu Di of Yan to divide his troops and attack the Northern Yuan again.

This time, a Duke of Ying, Fu Youde, was the former general of the capture of the enemy, Zhao Yong, Marquis of Nanxiong, Cao Xing, Marquis of Huaiyuan, was the deputy general of the left and right, Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, and Sun Ke, Marquis of Quanning, was the left and right general, and was in charge of the army.

Wang Bi was ordered to lead Shanxi soldiers to obey the ruler of King Jin, and the rest were obeyed by King Yan Zhu Di.

At the age of 30, Zhu Di finally became the commander of the army for the first time.

The Zhu Di vassal land of Beiping was a war-torn place at that time and was enfeoffed here, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay too much attention to it.

In the tenth year of Peking, famous generals Fu Youde, Feng Sheng and Lan Yu used Beiping as the starting point to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

For Zhu Di, these famous generals were the admirers in his heart. In every battle, Zhu Di learned from them humbly. When facing the King of Yan’s advice, many famous generals also gave them all their gifts.

During this expedition, King Zhu Di of Yan surrendered Nai'er Buhua without spending a single soldier, while King Zhu Qi of Jin did not even dare to go deep into the hinterland of Mongolia.

This makes Zhu Di's military achievements even more outstanding.

For a time, Zhu Di became a hero of the Ming Dynasty, especially his identity as a prince, which made him even more famous in military achievements.

Zhu Di went on a large-scale battle for the first time and won a great victory without bloodshed. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and rewarded him with a treasure note worth one million ingots.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to write about Baochao as much as he wanted. It soon became inflationary and was worthless.

As a vassal king, Zhu Di had the idea of ​​becoming an emperor, but he had no intention of rebelling.

But all of this changed with the death of his elder brother Zhu Biao several months ago.

Looking at all the brothers, Zhu Di, the second brother Zhu Chuang, was extremely licentious, and the third brother Zhu Chuang, the king of Jin, had long become a foil.

The fifth brother, Zhu Su, King Ding of Zhou, was Zhu Di's younger brother. This younger brother did not mean the same biological mother.

In the Ming Dynasty royal family, mothers have three concepts: legitimate mother, biological mother, and adoptive mother.

Zhu Di and Zhu Su were raised by Concubine Cheng Mu from childhood, so they became younger brothers. There is no need to worry.

As for the other younger brothers, they were too young, and some had not even joined the vassal state. Zhu Di happened to have such great military achievements last year and his power was unparalleled.

Perhaps the King of Ning, Zhu Quan, who is also the King of Sai, seems to be quite good at fighting, but in Zhu Di's eyes, he is a reckless man and there is no need to worry about it.

From this point of view, Zhu Di was the most powerful successor to the throne among all his brothers.

As for the descendants of elder brother Zhu Biao, the eldest son Zhu Yunwen is only fifteen years old now, so what ability can he inherit the throne?

Besides, my father is now in his seventies and has no time to cultivate the next generation of successors.

That guy who is not dry can hold all the civil and military officials of the court, and can you hold these famous founding generals?

In this way, who else can I do?

But on that night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and Zhu Di sat alone in the study, looking at the secret letter from Zhu Yuanzhang that he had made Zhu Yunwen the grandson.

His heart completely cooled down.

"Father, why isn't you me? Why do you choose him? It's obviously the most suitable person, I."

Zhu Di is destined to be sleepless, his mind is full of chaos and distracting thoughts.

Zhu Yuanzhang's move completely cut off his thoughts about the throne.

But Zhu Di seemed to feel unwilling.
Chapter completed!