Chapter 27 Li Er: Zhu Di spent his entire life proving himself, so was he?
"I previously collected all the books in the world and burned them, hoping to unify the thoughts and writing and implement the Qin law, but I never thought of compiling them into a book before doing so. In this respect, I am not as good as him."

"As for sailing to the West, promoting national prestige, and attracting the attention of all nations..."

Ying Zheng looked at the words on the jade and silk that recorded Zheng He's six voyages to the West, and a certain desire blossomed in his eyes.

"Such an unprecedented achievement is really something to be desired."

"pity!"

Ying Zheng's eyes flashed with reluctance: "I am confident that I can expand the territory, but sailing to the West is too difficult. The gap between our national strength and craftsmen is too great. It is already the limit for us to support Xu Fu to go to sea to search for immortals."

"It is simply impossible to emulate the later Ming Dynasty and provide more than 240 ships for six voyages to the West."

"I hope that in the future, the sky curtain can be passed down to future generations to indicate the navigation route. In this way, I hope to witness this unprecedented achievement during my lifetime."

After seeing the vast territory and superb navigation technology of the Ming Dynasty in the future, a seed of ambition quietly sprouted in Ying Zheng's heart.

Due to the limitations of navigation technology in overseas oceans, it was difficult to reach the level of the later Ming Dynasty.

But the Qin people are very familiar with expanding territory.

Ying Zheng was originally worried because his soldiers had no achievements to show for themselves after the destruction of the six kingdoms.

Now the appearance of the sky curtain seemed to point him in a direction.

……

"No marriage with Han, no alliance with Tang, no annual tribute with Song, and no etiquette between brothers and enemies?"

Looking at Teacher Wang Xueqi’s domineering quotes, Liu Che suddenly felt unhappy.

If you are unhappy, you will be unhappy.

But Liu Che had to admit that the Ming Dynasty should indeed be proud of this!

Moreover, in Liu Che's view, exchanging women for peace was a shameful thing.
If it weren't for the country's lack of national strength, it would have suffered repeated defeats against the Huns and would not have had to use women to exchange for peace.

"Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, and the early years of this dynasty all adopted the policy of marriage alliance. Why? Because we were defeated repeatedly in the battles against the Xiongnu!"

"If you can't even protect your own children, how can you be called a strong man? This situation must be reversed in our dynasty!"

"Get rid of the disease."

Emperor Wu of Han touched little Huo Qubing's head lovingly and said, "You must grow up quickly and healthily, and help me drive these annoying invaders out of the Han Dynasty."

"Let them know what it means that anyone who offends the mighty Han will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

Looking at Liu Che's earnest gaze, the six-year-old Han war god nodded as if he understood.

At the same time, Li Shimin's face turned red because of the "Tang Alliance".

"I am just a temporary measure!"

At that time, he had just launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident and had been on the throne for less than a month when a Turkic army of 100,000 marched straight to Chang'an, while the defenders in the city were only 10,000, and the strength of the two sides was greatly disparate.

Out of desperation, he set up the empty city plan and made the "Wei River Alliance" with the other side.

Unexpectedly, he was taken out by Tianmu and whipped.

Li Shimin originally regarded this as the most humiliating moment in his life.

Now that I was pointed out by Tianmu again, I felt a little ashamed.

"I swear here that I will drive the Turks who humiliated me away thousands of miles away in this lifetime!"

Li Shimin secretly vowed to make the Turks who humiliated him pay the price!
Of course, compared with the Song Dynasty's ceding land and paying tribute, marriage alliances and alliances are nothing.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw the words 'no annual tribute from the Song Dynasty', his face turned black.

How could the descendants of later generations be so weak?

Is it true that there was no emperor with backbone in the Song Dynasty? Does the only impression that the Song Dynasty gave people was that it was defeated in foreign wars time and time again, was weak and could be bullied, and ceded land and paid tribute?

What a shame!

……

Before Zhao Kuangyin had time to think, the scene on the screen changed again.

As the video producer narrates the end.

The only things left in the video are mixed clips from film and television clips in "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty".

With the appearance of Zhu Di played by Wang Xueqi.

The entire first half of the video was instantly filled with overwhelming barrage of comments.

Look around.

All the words are "Welcome Emperor Yongle"!

……

Hongwu period.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene in amazement.

"The person on the sky curtain is not the fourth child. Why did the sky curtain mistake this person for our fourth child?"

Zhu Biao looked at the sky carefully.

After noticing words like "very vivid", "too similar", and "imitation" interspersed in the comments, I had a vague idea in my mind.

After thinking it over carefully, he reported, "Father, if what I guessed is correct, the person in the sky should be the image of my fourth brother when he was alive, imitated by the immortal through his great power."

"The purpose is to present the life story of the fourth brother in a more vivid way."

"I see. But the fourth one in the sky is really brave and extraordinary!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "How brave! I am a little jealous."

Yongle period.

Zhu Di, who had also figured out the reason, was in a good mood as he looked at the densely packed signs of "Welcome Emperor Yongle".

"To be admired by future generations means that my hard work in this life has not been in vain!"

……

on the screen.

Zhu Di was wearing armor and carrying a sword.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of generals, he led Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, and the young Zhu Zhanji, walking in the smoke-filled Yingtian Palace.

Come to the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang.

With the low and lyrical music of his back, Zhu Di’s domineering monologue slowly comes out.

【Dad, I'm back.】

On the roof, the grandfather and grandson looked at the starry sky and talked.

【Do you know what the Jingnan Campaign is? 】

【Even if all the iron in the nine provinces were gathered together, it would be difficult to make such a mistake. 】

[From today on, Grandpa is an eternal thief. ]

【I regret it so much.】

[I often dream about your great-grandmother.]

[I dreamed that she was suffering, being beaten by your great grandfather.]

[She gave birth to a disloyal and unfilial thief who plotted rebellion and usurped the throne.]

[You say you are fair, I say I am fair, whether it is fair or not, only God knows. ]

Barrage:

——It made me cry. Emperor Yongle spent his entire life atonement for his sins.

——The main reason was that Jianwen was too cruel. He imprisoned the entire family of King Zhou, deposed King Dai, placed King Qi under house arrest, killed King Xiang, and sent soldiers to watch Zhu Di. Zhu Di had to eat pig food in the pigsty for several years and pretended to be crazy and stupid to deceive Jianwen. If it were an ordinary person, he would have committed suicide long ago because of this humiliation.

——So Zhu Di spent his whole life proving himself, and lived in fear for decades, never having a comfortable life. ——Alas, I don’t know if Zhu Di will forgive him in the future.

……

[From today on, Grandpa is an eternal thief. ]

【I regret it so much.】

Even though I know that the sky curtain was created by immortal magic and is not the real Fourth Brother.

But when Old Zhu saw this, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

My eyes instantly became moist.

"They are all good kids. It's us. We are the ones who made them become like this!"

"We were blind for a moment and established Yun Wen, this bastard!"

"Old Four, we don't blame you!"

"I, as your father, am sorry for you!"

Old Zhu burst into tears again.

He established a vassal king in the beginning.

Originally, he wanted Biao'er's younger brothers to form a barrier to help his elder brother defend the country.

But I didn't expect it.

After the eldest brother died, this bastard Zhu Yunwen had no regard for family ties at all. He started to reduce the power of the princes right away, and he was so cruel.

He forced his good son to death and forced them to rebel.

In the final analysis, it was all Zhu Yuanzhang's fault.

If he hadn't set up that bullshit vassal state in the first place and let his children be idle princes, there probably wouldn't have been so much trouble.

of course.

With Tianmu's guidance, Lao Zhu still has a chance to correct his mistakes.

The most urgent task is to find a famous doctor to take a good look at the boss's health, and then drive that bastard Zhu Yunwen back to Fengyang.

As for the fourth child...

If the boss's health is really at the point where he can't be saved, we will take the lead and pass the throne to this brat!
In this way, the fourth brother’s succession is legitimate. Let’s see how those people can still scold our fourth brother!

……

Faced with the constant invasion of the northern border.

[Hurry up! Give me an idea and solve the problem at once! ]

[I also want to have no war for a hundred years, how wonderful it would be, you all go back and hug your children, how wonderful it would be.]

[This battle must be fought! ]

[Back then, Zhao and Qin were mortal enemies. When they were chasing the Xiongnu, Qin was able to open the city gates to make way for the road, so why did they chase them thousands of miles away? ]

【If the ancients could do it, so can we! 】

……

In the military camp, Zhu Di talked about the past with the soldiers.

[When I was young, I followed General Xu Da in the Northern Expedition. The Huai River and Huai River areas were originally a land of fish and rice, but there were no people for hundreds of miles. The enemy fenced off the area to make horse farms, killed people and buried them underground to make fertilizer.]

[It was July, the height of summer, but the area was freezing cold and filled with black smoke]

[General Xu Da said that in another ten years, our children won’t even know what Tang poetry and Song lyrics are.]

[Years of war and a fiscal deficit as high as Mount Tai, but I can't just watch the enemy grow bigger and rush in! ]

[Even if you don't want to go to this battle, I, an old man, will fight alone and not let them cross the Great Wall! ]

[The emperor will die for the country soon, it is only natural! 】

[Even if my descendants in the future despise me, they must at least show me some respect.]

……

Faced with requests for peace from various grassland tribes, Zhu Di responded with domineering attitude.

[In the fifth year of Yongle, Liaodong was plundered on a large scale. ]

[In the 11th, 12th, and 15th years of Yongle, you personally led troops to plunder our borders.]

[Now, withdraw the troops? ]

【late! 】

……

The scene changes.

Onon River.

Zhu Di was in high spirits.

【This is the Onon River. 】

[It was also the starting point for their ancestors to dominate the world. ]

[In the past five hundred years, I am the only one who has reached this place. ]

……

On the eve of the decisive battle with the main enemy force.

【Fighting for twenty years, raiding thousands of miles. 】

[Today, we will fight against the main force of the enemy. ]

[I want you to join me in trampling the camps, I want you to join me in fighting on the battlefield! ]

【Let our descendants never suffer from war again! 】

【Do not defeat the enemy! 】

【I swear not to turn back! 】

……

The end of life.

Zhu Di chatted and laughed with Yang Shiqi.

[That day I looked down and calculated that I was already 65 years old, over years old.]

[You said that at my age, I can ride a horse to kill the enemy and dismount to govern the country. Which emperor in ancient and modern times can compare to me? ]

[Alas, I can’t go back. The doctor said, I am a candle in the wind and a lamp in the rain.]

[No matter how great a hero is, he will grow old. 】

【Life is so short.】

[Such a landscape would make people nostalgic. 】

……

The Tang Dynasty plane.

During the Zhenguan period.

Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, looked at the comment: So Zhu Di spent his whole life proving himself, lived in fear for decades, and never had a comfortable life.

He was silent for a long time.

If Zhu Di spent his whole life proving himself, then what about Li Shimin?

(End of this chapter)