After suddenly hearing Chu Ze mentioning himself, Zhu Biao also sighed helplessly.

While he sighed, Lao Zhu, who was on the throne, could not help but shake his head.

Children cannot be taught... If you want to cut down the vassal, you should at least use the power of thunder to take down the strongest one first!

This Zhu Yunwen...is so embarrassing!

As Lao Zhu shook his head, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Di who was standing aside.

His eyes couldn't help but become a little complicated.

"Chu Ze! When Yun Wen cut down the feudal vassal... what were his methods?"

After taking a look at Zhu Di, Lao Zhu turned his attention to Chu Ze.

The reduction of vassal states is, to put it bluntly, a confrontation between royal power and imperial power.

From what Chu Ze said, it seemed that the methods adopted by Zhu Yunwen to reduce the feudal vassal were not gentle.

After Zhu Biao heard his father mention this most important issue, he also turned his attention to Chu Ze.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang asked more implicitly, anyone with a discerning eye could hear it.

What Zhu Yuanzhang said about his means was not about Zhu Yunwen's ability.

It's a purely literal meaning.

"Your Majesty, you are asking for something."

"Now that you have enacted enfeoffment, many descendants speculate that it is because you do not trust foreign ministers, and then you are too small-minded, thinking that the palms and backs of your hands are all meat. If one lineage inherits the imperial power, the remaining children will all be crowned kings.

Let them not covet the throne."

"As a result, after Zhu Yunwen came to power, looking at the uncles who surrounded him, he always felt that they had bad intentions, and then..."

When Chu Ze mentioned the most important point, his voice stopped immediately.

He raised his head and looked at Lao Zhu's face, and found that his face was still as normal before continuing.

"After Zhu Yunwen came to power, he formulated a plan to reduce the vassal status. The first person to take action was King Zhou, your fifth son."

"In the first year of Jianwen, Zhu You's second son, King of Runan, Zhu Youhuang, reported to the court that his father Zhu You was plotting evil. Emperor Jianwen sent people to raid Kaifeng, arrested Zhu You, demoted him to a commoner, and resettled him to Menghua, Yunnan.

In the fourth year of Jianwen's reign, Zhu Rui was summoned to the capital Nanjing and imprisoned."

"After the King of Zhou was captured, the other one was King Zhu Wen of Qi. After Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen came to power, he deposed King Qi as a commoner and imprisoned him in the capital for four years."

"The other one is the acting king Zhu Gui, but this one is...according to history, he has an impatient personality and a bad temper. He goes to the streets to bully men and women. In the first year of Jianwen, he was deposed as a commoner by Emperor Jianwen."

"Then... the King of Min, Zhu Ming, was almost the same and was deposed as a commoner."

After Chu Ze finished speaking four words in one breath, he suddenly stopped talking.

He just silently turned his head and looked again at Yan King Zhu Di who was standing beside him.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, listened to Chu Ze's explanation of the fate of his four sons.

His breath couldn't help but become a little disordered.

Although his face was still expressionless, the violent rise and fall of his chest was enough to show that he was not at peace inside at this time.

Four vassal kings, four deposed.

Moreover, according to what Chu Ze said, these vassal kings were only weak vassal kings.

They have all suffered the consequences of being deposed as common people, or simply imprisoned. What about the powerful feudal kings?

What will happen to them if they cut off the vassal state...

On this point, with Zhu Yuanzhang's scheming skills, he would not fail to guess the result, but this result is obviously not the result he hopes to see.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Lao Zhu is at least relatively pleased.

Although Zhu Yunwen's methods may be a bit tough and ruthless.

But at any rate, he could be considered as leaving behind the lives of several of his uncles.

"Your Majesty, after Emperor Jianwen came to power, he reigned for less than four years in total. It seems that he cut down five vassals in one year."

"Except for the previous four vassal kings who were notorious for their evil deeds, the fifth one he killed is your twelfth son, King Zhu Bai of Xiang!"

"This one's situation is different from the previous four."

"In the historical records of later generations, it is emphatically recorded that after Your Majesty's funeral, the King of Xiang learned that his father had passed away and was extremely sad, so he had the intention of abandoning the world!"

"Moreover, the traces left by King Xiang in the history books are almost all positive. He was studious, filial, and capable of both literary and military skills."

"The most important thing is that the relationship between King Xiang and King Yan, the most powerful vassal king at that time, that is, Zhu Di, the fourth son of your family, has always been very good."

"However, the King of Xiang was clearly well-received, but the reason why he was removed from his vassal status was because he was guilty of forging treasures and committing murder without authorization."

"This is quite strange in itself, but what is even more strange is that Emperor Jianwen issued an edict and ordered Zhu Bai to go to the capital for interrogation. After a meeting and discussion, the ministers of the DPRK and China decided to send troops to hide weapons in carts filled with wood piles and

They disguised themselves as a caravan until they arrived in Jingzhou, when soldiers preparing to arrest Zhu Bai unexpectedly surrounded Zhu Bai's mansion."

"Since Zhu Bai is really guilty and the evidence is conclusive, why do we need to use such means to arrest him?"

"If Zhu Bai is really guilty, he cannot stand upright. He has been given an order to come to the capital. If he does not come, he will be disobedient. Wouldn't it be more justifiable to cut down the vassalage?"

"Zhu Bai also had a bit of a fierce temper when he said it. After hearing what Jianwen did, he left these words."

"I think the previous ministers who were imprisoned when they encountered violent dynasties often committed suicide. As the son of Taizu, when my father passed away, I could neither visit the patient nor attend the funeral. It is with deep regret that I have to live in this world.

What fun is there! Will I be humiliated by slaves again today? How can I survive like this!"

"After saying this, he drank farewell with his family. Zhu Bai then set fire to his palace and concubines. He put on the prince's clothes, held a bow and arrow and rode a white horse, jumped into the fire and committed suicide. Everyone in the palace died because of Zhu Bai.

"

"What? Old Twelve set himself on fire!"

"Are you...are you talking nonsense! How could Lao Twelve...how..."

"Chu Ze, are you kidding?"

After hearing Chu Ze slowly narrating Zhu Bai's death, both Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent, and Zhu Di, who was standing silently aside, couldn't help but raise their heads and look at Chu Ze in disbelief.

As for Zhu Yunwen's father, Zhu Biao's face looked extremely ugly at this time.

Although the position of the four uncles was cut off from the vassal kings earlier, although it was excessive, at least the four of them did have problems, and their lives were also spared.

At least this does not touch the bottom line.

And the death of Xiang King Zhu Bai... this has obviously touched the bottom line.

However, facing the three people's different looks, Chu Ze spread his hands and tilted his head slightly.

I put on a look that made me feel helpless, and I didn’t forget to add a sentence at the end.

"After hearing that Zhu Bai burned himself, Emperor Jianwen was very angry, so... he was given the posthumous title "Rou, childless, and the country will be destroyed!"
Chapter completed!