Chapter 4 In the fourth quarter, the throne passed by

The Chinese are the nation with the most sense of destiny.They obey authority in everything, and authority is produced in a way of resignation.At home, the father is the natural authority. "There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the family. The father is the head of the family, the most respected." In an empire, the emperor is the natural authority. After the emperor dies, he is his eldest son, regardless of whether the eldest son is heartless or not. Or wicked. Placing the fortune and misfortune of the world on probability, this method of resigning oneself to luck is undoubtedly very mentally handicapped.However, this mentally retarded approach has its origins.In Gein's autocratic society, the key to maintaining social stability is to restrain the people's initiative and vitality.The primogeniture system was established to suppress the vitality within the royal family.Therefore, the fate of many people has been determined at the moment of birth.

For example, Zhu Di, although his IQ, quality and ability are far superior to other brothers, however, due to the decision of birth order, his ambition is destined to be imprisoned within a radius of several hundred miles of Beiping in this life.Once the old emperor dies, the new emperor will definitely impose strict restrictions on the kings. At that time, he may only be able to issue orders in the tens of thousands of square meters of King Yan's mansion, manage hundreds of servants, and take care of the gardens of the mansion. . Fate once showed him a smiling face.It was in April of the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu (1392 A.D.), and the prince Zhu Biao passed away before he could take over. At this time, Zhu Di was thirty-three years old.Zhu Yuanzhang once proposed to establish King Yan, but it was immediately rejected by those Confucian officials who were familiar with classics and history.Under their strong suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose the prince's eldest son, the sixteen-year-old Zhu Yun.

The dozens of days when Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated were also the most difficult days in Zhu Di's life. It was during these days that Zhu Di discovered his desire for the throne.Alcoholic wine and women can't hold his energy at all. Among all things in the world, only power can make him ecstatic.Letting him be a vassal quietly is like imprisoning a thousand-mile horse in a stable for the rest of his life.However, the opportunity finally passed him by. After making this difficult decision, the old emperor began to act resolutely.He raised his butcher knife, looking for excuses, speeding up the pace of slaughtering heroes, and basically wiped out all the capable "veteran generals of Yuan Gong".However, a wise man is bound to make mistakes if he has thousands of worries.The old emperor tried his best, but still ignored his sons.He didn't take any precautions against the kings, but hoped that they would become a barrier to consolidate the power of the emperor and grandson.

The old emperor failed in the end because he violated his own creed and placed hope in others, although this "other" was his own flesh and blood.Now that there is an opening, Zhu Di will take advantage of it.From then on, he stepped up his pace to recruit talents, and at the same time extended his kindness to his subordinates in case they could be used at critical times.