Chapter 3 Section 3 Who is the most suitable successor

In March of the thirteenth year of Hongwu (AD 1380), Zhu Di led 5,770 guards to leave the capital in a mighty way, and went to Beiping (now Beijing) to become a feudal vassal.This year, he was twenty-one years old. March in the south of the Yangtze River is the most humid and tender season of the year, and the further north you go across the Huaihe River, the more desolate the land will be.The cold wind was like a knife, making the cavalry face bitter again and again.However, Zhu Di became more and more excited as he walked.He likes this desolate Northland, likes the magnanimous atmosphere of the Northland.The air of the land was just like his.What's more, behind Yanshan, there are wolf-like eyes of a powerful Mongolian cavalry. When he thinks of this, he can't help but burst into excitement.The martial blood inherited from his father burned his heart so that he couldn't rest.

Knowing a son is like a father.When he was still a child, Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to pay attention to this fourth child.At the time of enfeoffment, he assigned the fourth son to the most important land of Yan; when he married, he ordered the fourth son to marry the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country.Zhu Yuanzhang never verbally expressed his respect for the fourth child, but Zhu Di always felt his father's special appreciation for him.However, it was this appreciation that made Zhu Di more cautious.It is not easy to be the son of a great man.If you are too cowardly, you will not be valued, if you are too strong, you will be suspected.Extraordinary attention means extra risk.If you are not careful, you may lose your father's trust, and losing your father's trust means disaster.

Facts have proved that Zhu Yuanzhang's high regard is justified.Although Zhu Yuanzhang has many sons, very few are worthy.Maybe it's because of heredity. Most of them are hooligans and behave absurdly. They indulge in wine and sex in the feudal country, harm the people, humiliate the officials, and break the law, and so on.And "King Yan was in the country, he asked the people to be quiet and undisturbed, and won the hearts of the army and the people. Everyone said that he had the degree of a king."He strictly abides by his father's regulations, never intervenes in matters outside the scope of power, and does his duties in an orderly manner.

In the past few years, Zhu Yuanzhang was very impressed by several things.On the year of Zhu Yuanzhang's sixty-eighth birthday, all the kings racked their brains to collect treasures from all over the world to honor the emperor to celebrate his longevity.Du Zhudi's birthday gift was unusual, and he sent several plants of Jiahe.The so-called Jiahe refers to the abnormally large ears of crops, which has been considered auspicious in ancient times.Taking this as a gift is not only in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's personality that hates luxury, but also caters to his consistent proposition of emphasizing farmers and sympathizing with the people.Sure enough, after he made progress, "Taizu was overjoyed, and gave it to him in chapter one of the poem."Zhu Di accurately scratched the emperor's itch.

In the 20th year of Hongwu (1387 A.D.), the famous general Lan Yuzheng went to Naha, Mongolia, and returned to his army. In order to curry favor with King Yan, he sent a captured famous horse to the palace.Unexpectedly, instead of accepting the horse, King Yan reprimanded him: "The general captures a famous horse, so it should be sent to the court first. Sending it to me is not a gift of respecting the father." Yu was blushing at the time and could barely get off the stage.At that time, Lan Yu was powerful and powerful, ranking first among the military officials. All the kings were afraid of him, but King Yan dared to reprimand him face to face. Zhu Di must be said to be courageous.Don't look at these heroic officials who are now very famous, in fact, my father is always on guard against them, and making friends with them will only make my father suspicious.He knew that if this matter spread to Yingtian, he would definitely get points for himself from his father.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu (1390 A.D.), Zhu Di was established in the year.Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he could be alone, so he ordered him to join forces with Jin Wang Zhu Yan to conquer Mongolia.Zhu Di marched at high speed, braved the heavy snow, went deep into the barren, and surrounded the Mongolian army with lightning speed. There are tens of thousands of men and women of famous kings and chiefs, no sheep and horses, and thousands of camels."At this time, King Jin had not found any trace of the enemy. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and he was deeply shocked by the military talent of the fourth child.He can't stop thinking about who he will pass on to in the future.