Chapter 292 The Death of King Yan (2)

"Your Highness, it seems wrong!"

A personal soldier pointed to the camp in the distance and shouted: "Look, your highness, there are soldiers in the camp."

Zhu Di's face became extremely serious. He also saw that the camp gate opened in the darkness, and clusters of black figures surged out of the camp gate. There were thousands or tens of thousands of people. Zhu Di gritted his teeth and whispered: "Crime!"

"The whole army got on!" With his order, three thousand guards turned over and ignored the camp and turned around and left. However, it was too late. They rushed to Yibiao's army from the south. The general Qiu Fu blocked the way. The soldiers of Beidaying also chased him. Two armies attacked left and right, surrounding the King of Yan's team in the middle.

Zhu Di was furious, and he rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Did you back? How dare you intercept my way!"

Hundreds of cavalry in the first row lowered their heads in shame, and no one dared to look at Zhu Di. Zhu Di saw the other party's guilt, he drew his sword and shouted again: "You all dodge me, those who block me will die!"

After shouting, he raised his sword and rushed forward. Hundreds of cavalry were so scared that they dodged to both sides. At this moment, an army rushed out of the slant and rushed into two. Nearly a thousand cavalry surrounded the King of Yan and dozens of his personal guards. The other personal soldiers were suddenly red in their eyes and rushed up to fight to the death.

General Qiu Fu bowed and said, "Your Highness, we have absolutely no intention to hurt Your Highness. Please call the army to avoid unnecessary accidental injuries."

"Stop it all!" With Zhu Di's shout, the soldiers calmed down.

Zhu Di looked at Qiu Fu coldly and said, "I treat you very well, why do you betray me?"

"Your Highness, I have never betrayed Your Highness. I just hope to obey our advice in the matter of establishing an heir. Please make the second prince the crown prince."

"Please make the second prince the prince!" The soldiers shouted together, and the shouts were earth-shaking, which made Zhu Di take a few steps back. He suddenly felt something was wrong. If he dragged it down, the soldiers might lose control.

Zhu Di thought of countermeasures urgently, and he suddenly said to Qiu Fu: "Where is my son who wants to be the King of Yan? Let him come to see me!"

"The second prince is injured and cannot ride a horse. If your highness wants to see him, you can go to the military camp. Please make a decision early. I will not be able to control the army."

The situation in front of him was already very critical. Zhu Di decided to pretend to agree first and come to deal with them after returning to Peiping. The most urgent task now is not to be imprisoned. Thinking of this, he immediately agreed: "Okay! I will go with you to the camp and meet your coach."

The soldiers surrounding him opened a hole, and more than a thousand cavalrymen of Zhu Gaoxi surrounded him to the camp, while his personal guards were surrounded by tens of thousands of armies, waiting for a final compromise.

Zhu Di was filled with anger. He never expected that his son would be forced to cede, and there was no general below who didn't listen to him. These were all generals he promoted. However, he did not expect that the generals he promoted had already been replaced, and all of them were Zhu Gaoxi's confidants. How could these generals listen to him?

"Little beast, do you still have the face to see me?"

Without waiting for the notice, Zhu Di opened the curtain and rushed in. He saw Zhu Gaoxi in the tent holding two half-naked pink heads drinking. Except for his personal bodyguard Wu Si, there was no one else in the tent.

Zhu Gaoxi obviously did not expect his father to suddenly break in. He just got the news that his father had been surrounded and was proud of himself, so he found two secretly hidden fans to drink. Unexpectedly, his father rushed in. Zhu Gaoxi stood up in fear and stammered: "Father, why are you here?"

Zhu Gaoxi only had three points to force the palace, but seven points was inspired by Lu Siyuan, so he did not dare to see his father. At this moment, his father suddenly appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but panic and confused, not knowing what to do for a moment?

Zhu Di looked at this unfilial son and his eyes were almost spitting out of fire. He shouted: "Beast, kneel down for me!"

At this time, more than a dozen Zhu Gaoxi's personal soldiers rushed in outside the tent and surrounded Zhu Di. Zhu Gaoxi's heart gradually calmed down. He waved his hand and ordered his personal soldiers and the pink head to retreat, and the tent became quiet.

"Father, please sit down! Let's talk."

Zhu Di held back his breath and sat down, "What do you want to talk to me?"

"Father, forgive me for being rude. I want to ask my father. Originally, the father had an absolute advantage, with a strong army of 600,000, but he defeated the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop, but why did he fall to this point today, and even food depends on the supply of the enemy."

"Is this how you talk to your father?"

"The boy dare not, but this is the common voice of the 80,000 soldiers in Shanxi. Everyone thinks that this is because the father is hesitant and gave up a great opportunity. If the father passes the throne to a weak lord like the prince, all the soldiers will die without a place to bury him. Therefore, everyone hopes that the father will make me the heir, enter the south with the strongest posture, and give everyone a glory and wealth..."

"Bah!" Before Zhu Gaoxi finished speaking, he was spitted by Zhu Di, "You bastard, do you think you are fighting and killing the emperor? Do you think you are better than Li Weizheng's new firearm? You have to follow your words and go straight to the Southern Dynasty. All people will die without a burial place. Fortunately, I am awake and have not made you the prince, otherwise my foundation will be destroyed in your hands."

Zhu Gaoxi wiped the spit on his face, and he became angry and said viciously: "Today you have been surrounded by my 80,000 troops. You have to pay it, and you have to pay it if you don't give it to me. If you don't give it to me today, don't blame me for being rude!"

"You dare to kill your father!" Zhu Di could no longer control the anger in his heart. He drew out his sword and roared: "Beast, I will kill you today!"

He swung the sword and chopped his son. Zhu Gaoxi was caught off guard. He was slashed on his shoulder with a sword. He suddenly felt blood surged. Zhu Di said nothing and waved his sword to his neck with a blue face. Zhu Gaoxi was shocked. He raised his chair to resist. "Crack!" The chair was cut in half. Zhu Di shouted loudly, and the sword tip took the head of Zhu Gaoxi's neck...

"Come here! Come and save me!"

Zhu Gaoxi shouted wildly, blood flowing all over him, and he could hardly support him. At the critical moment, a cold light flashed. Zhu Di suddenly stopped. He remained motionless, looking at a black shadow in the corner incredibly, and then looked down at his chest. His chest gradually turned red and the blood was getting bigger and bigger. Zhu Di shouted, "Dang Cang!", and he fell straight to the sky, his eyes widened. As the last trace of vitality disappeared from his eyes, a generation of heroes died tragically in the hands of his son.

Dozens of guards rushed into the camp, and the situation in front of them was shocked. His Highness Yan was dead, and Zhu Gaoxi was also shocked. He slowly knelt in front of his father, his hands tremblingly shook in front of him. He sat on the ground weakly, his mind blank, "How could this happen! How could this happen!"

Suddenly, he turned around and stared at Wu Si coldly, "You, you are so brave, you dare to kill my father!"

Wu Si smiled miserably and whistled to the sky: "My wish is over, I'm not to cherish death!"

He stabbed his backhand and inserted his heart into his heart. He slowly fell down. The tent was silent. At this time, Lu Siyuan rushed in. He saw Shisanlang who had closed his eyes peacefully at first sight, and tears also poured into his eyes, "Okay! OK! Good death!"

"Master, what should we do now?"

Zhu Gaoxi jumped up and said in panic: "Do you want me to take the name of father-killing?"

"No! His Highness of the King of Yan was killed by his personal soldiers, Yang Yan. Yang Yan colluded with the Southern Dynasty and asked for honor."

Lu Siyuan wiped away the tears in the corner of his eyes and said coldly: "Now we must immediately order to kill all the prince's personal soldiers and not allow one person to escape."

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month of the second year of Tianqi, King of Yan Zhu Di was killed by his second son. Zhu Gaoxi killed all his personal soldiers, but he blamed the Southern Dynasty. He immediately captured Taiyuan, made Taiyuan the capital, and proclaimed himself the King of Yan. He also issued an ultimatum to his brother Zhu Gaochi, ordering him to surrender to himself.

When he learned that his father was killed, Zhu Gaochi was extremely sad. He ordered the whole city to mourn and promulgated the world to expose Zhu Gaoxi's crime of killing his father. At the same time, under the support of General Zhu Neng, Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne of King Yan. In this way, two kings of Yan appeared in the north, and they were no longer in harmony. Zhu Gaoxi took the lead. He personally led an army of 60,000 to attack Hebei from Jingxing. Zhu Gaochi also urgently ordered General Zhu Neng to lead 50,000 troops to fight. The civil war was turbulent over the ground of Yan.

In the Tianbao Pavilion of the Zhengshi Hall, seven Pingzhangshi are discussing the release of craftsmanship and immigration to the Ryukyu Island. Releasing craftsmanship is the suggestion of Zhuo Jing, the new Minister of Works. This is also in line with the requirements of commercial development. With the vigorous development of commerce, the Ming Dynasty has gradually formed five major commercial centers, namely, Beijing, Hangzhou Prefecture, Chengdu Prefecture, Wuchang Prefecture and Liaodong Jinzhou Prefecture. The development of commerce has driven the prosperity of handicraft workshops.

Especially in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, large-scale operations have appeared. Suzhou Prefecture's silk spinning industry is the representative of it. There are handicraft workshops all over the city, including more than a thousand looms, which not only requires a large number of skilled workers, but also has a great demand for skilled craftsmen. At present, the Ming Dynasty still implements a strict craftsman system. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital alone. These craftsmen are controlled by the government and have no personal freedom. Even if they can take on some scattered work, they must obtain the consent of the government. Then the son inherits his father's business and pass it on from generation to generation.

Minister of Works Zhuo Jing talked happily: "Dear ministers, I can give an example. The Lin family in Fuzhou is a famous shipbuilding family. He applied for my first private shipyard in the Ming Dynasty last summer to build sea ships for traders. Now his orders have been scheduled for five years. He told me several times that I wanted to expand the scale and hoped that I could place some shipbuilders for him. He was willing to hire him with high salaries. However, my Ming Dynasty ruled that craftsmen cannot be hired by private workshops. This led to the fact that there were no craftsmen in the folk that could not be expanded, and the craftsmen in the capital had no work to do, lived in poverty, and they could not accept disciples to teach skills. All this was restricted by a small household registration. Therefore, the Ministry of Works officially proposed to cancel the restrictions on craftsmen to promote the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce."

"But if the craftsmen are released, what should I do if the government's regular quantity is done?" Qi Tai, the Minister of Rites, said with some concern.

Li Weizheng smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. We just let go of the personal freedom of craftsmen. This does not mean that the skilled craftsmen will disappear. The work of the government can be handed over to some large workshops. The materials and workers do not need to worry about the government. The cost account private workshop is better than us, and we will only pay in the end."

He stood up and said to everyone: "In fact, the salary that Emperor Taizu gave to the officials is not low. An official needs countless farmers to support him, but in the end everyone is still impoverished. The key is that the court's taxes are too small. Think about the Song Dynasty, when industry and commerce are developed, the court's annual tax revenue is even more than 100 million yuan. How rich is this? There is no case of large-scale rebellion among farmers who are not full of food. Therefore, I advocate farm-based, enriching the country with industry and commerce, and expanding the country with overseas expansion. In this way, twenty years later, my Ming Dynasty will be rich and the country is strong, so why should I be afraid of the Northern Rong on the grassland!"

Everyone nodded repeatedly. At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the door. A guard appeared at the door. He whispered: "Prime Minister, there is something big!"

Seeing that he was nervous, Li Wei was stunned and walked up to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

The guard officer whispered a few words in Li Weizheng's ear. Li Weizheng's eyes lit up. He nodded and walked back to the meeting. He couldn't help but feel excited and said to everyone: "Latest news, a mutiny occurred in Taiyuan, and the King of Yan was killed by his son Gao Xi!"

Everyone was shocked. In an instant, there were thunderous cheers in Tianbao Pavilion. The news quickly reached the major court rooms. There were excited cheers everywhere, and the entire capital was boiling.
Chapter completed!