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Chapter 8 Covering Hands for Rain

King Yan Zhu Di originally did not want to attend the morning court the next day, but his father gave a death order that all ministers in Yingtian Prefecture must be morning court. The King of Yan is not only a vassal king but also a minister of military affairs, how could he be absent? However, King Yan Fameng did not expect that this morning court would come for him.

"Sir Liu, do you know what bill His Majesty is going to announce?"

"General Lan, I don't know much about what bill His Majesty is going to announce."

King Yan Zhu Di knew very well that the General Lan in front of him was his deceased brother's deceased. It was five years ago when he met him. At that time, he and he surrounded and defeated Emperor Tianyuan Tugusi Temur and completely eliminated the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. King Yan followed his father and returned to the court quickly, but he asked his father to guard the cold and painful borders and guard for five years.

"General Lan, thank you for your hard work for five years."

"Your Highness, your words are so serious. As soldiers, we must defend our country."

"What a good sentence to defend the country, and if you have the chance, you should drink and have a good chat with the general."

"Your Highness, King Yan, are you polite."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang came in, he found that the King of Yan and General Lan had a great chat. He knew very well that the King of Yan wanted to win over General Lan Yu. Although he knew Lan Yu's character very well, he had to be careful for his precious emperor's grandson. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang had a plan in his mind. In addition to announcing the inheritance of his eldest son in the morning, Zhu Yuanzhang also took this opportunity to push his precious grandson Zhu Yunwen to the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang was old, and at the age of 65, he was already in a bad state. In addition, he didn't know how many years he would have to survive. Zhu Yuanzhang had to take advantage of his energy and still have some time to do what he did, which was to help his grandson clear the obstacles. Zhu Yuanzhang had to eradicate all the objects that threatened Zhu Yunwen's future rule.

"Long live my emperor, long live!"

"The family of all the ministers is peaceful!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at King Yan Zhu Di carefully and found that he had no fear on his face. It seemed that he was not scared by himself. Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang must implement his plan. King Yan Zhu Di was too outstanding. He was even more suitable to inherit the throne than Zhu Yunwen, but he was not a direct orthodox, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be passed down to him. Zhu Yuanzhang did not attach so much importance to this system of inheritance of eldest sons, but Zhu Yuanzhang promised Empress Ma to continue orthodox must be the bloodline of both of them. This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang established Zhu Yunwen Crown Prince instead of Zhu Di.

"Mr. Minister of Rites, read out the latest proposal I have issued..."

"I will receive the order!"

Chen Shansheng, Minister of Rites, immediately read the edict: "The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun summoned him, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the people's hearts have been peaceful and the people live and work in peace, but this prosperity has hidden dangers. There are Hu people eyeing him in the north, and Japanese pirates in the east are harassed. In order to achieve long-term stability, I decided to follow the old system to implement the system of inheritance of the eldest son."

When King Yan Zhu Di heard this, he immediately clenched his fists because he knew very well that his father would always deprive him of the inheritance of the throne, but the inheritance of the eldest son was not the biggest accident today. Next, Zhu Yuanzhang actually pushed the eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen to the throne.

"I am old and have no energy to deal with many things. Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen is both filial and virtuous, and he will serve as the supervisor of the country from now on to assist me in governing the government."

Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden move caught everyone present off guard, and even the smart and wise King Yan began to feel uneasy. Zhu Yuanzhang's surprise was to force the ministers to follow his wishes, and finally successfully brought Zhu Yunwen to the throne. In addition to appointing Zhu Yunwen as the supervisor, Zhu Yuanzhang also appointed Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru, Mei Yin, Ma Quan and Lan Yu as auxiliary ministers to assist Zhu Yunwen in power. It is worth mentioning that Zhu Yunwen's father-in-law Ma Quan was originally a fourth-rank Guanglu Shaoqing who was promoted to the first-rank Guanglu Dafu. Lan Yu had some slight words about this matter. After all, he had been a second-rank official for decades and was a second-rank official. Ma Quan did nothing, and was promoted to a first-rank official with a nepotism, which made him even more dissatisfied. Ma Quan finally became his immediate superior.

Lan Yu didn't know that it was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang on purpose, to test whether he had any unfaithful intentions. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the temperament of a military officer very well and would not obey the command of a civil servant. Ma Quan was a genuine civil servant and he was also holding the title of prince and father-in-law on his head. If Lan Yu obeyed his management, it would be equivalent to obeying Zhu Yunwen's management. On the contrary, Lan Yu had a rebellious intention. How could Lan Yu, a martial artist, see Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements, and eventually led to his miserable fate.

In the Crown Prince's Mansion, Zhu Yunwen invited these assistant ministers to banquets. This was a big problem for Wen Xing, who had just arrived in the Ming Dynasty. After all, this banquet was carefully prepared for him by Grandpa. However, he did not understand the worldly ways, and did not know the character of these ministers. Besides, he asked him, a policeman in the 25th century to govern the country, which was really a bit rushing to put on the shelves. In the end, Wen Xing was already very tired under the bombardment of these civil officials.

"Your Highness, Lan Yu wishes you a cup..."

"Dry!"

Wen Xing took a sip of wine. Perhaps because of his limited alcohol tolerance, he actually spit out the remaining half cup. Seeing his weak appearance, Lan Yu couldn't help but shake his head. After all, for him, the dead Zhu Biao was the wise master, and this Zhu Yunwen was not as good as his.

"The prince has just recovered from a serious illness and should not drink alcohol."

"What the Duke Guanglu said is so good, it is better for us to toast the prince with tea instead of wine."

"OK."

All the ministers changed the wine to tea, but Lan Yu was still drinking alone. No one present was still doing this, but it was reported to Zhu Yuanzhang's eye. Zhu Yuanzhang had gradually become suspicious of Lan Yu, and he even sent secret guards to monitor Lan Yu.

Yao Guangxiao in the Yan Prince's Mansion kept appeaseing King Yan Zhu Di because Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the system of the eldest son's inheritance system deeply hurt him. This can be said to be a heart-wrenching problem of Zhu Di, because his mother was the Mongolian princess Zhu Di was squeezed everywhere. He suffered hardships and has been determined to become the king of a country since he became an adult. After all, no one dared to ride on him with this.

"Your Highness, you must calm down. It's not the time yet, we have to wait."

"Wait! Or wait, when is the time?"

"Your Highness King Yan, do you really want me to tell me?"

"Military advisor, we are only two of us here, just say anything."

"Your Highness, the opportunity is to wait for Your Majesty to become the predecessor..."

"you……"

King Yan swallowed the words "Great Rebellion" and then laughed. After all, Yao Guangxiao was right. As long as his father was alive for one day, he would never have the idea of ​​taking the throne.

(End of this chapter)
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