in2ebook Chapter 266 Nephew, where are you?!
Chapter 266 Nephew, where are you?!
Lin Ke continued, "However, Fang Xiaoru was definitely purged by Zhu Di, but whether he was executed along with his entire clan is still controversial."
"However, in terms of usurping the throne, the other emperor, Li Shimin, received far less controversy than Zhu Di!"
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: ?????? Hehe!
"The reason for this is that Zhu Di's Jingnan Campaign was a civil war. They fought for several years, not to mention how many civilians died and how much damage it caused to the society at that time."
"The Xuanwu Gate Incident orchestrated by the Second Prince did not take long. His main target was Crown Prince Li Jiancheng; in other words, the common people outside were still eating and drinking as usual."
"This actually has little to do with them, so it hasn't caused any destructive impact on society. At most, they might wake up one day to find that the emperor has been replaced."
"That's why, although both Li Shimin and Zhu Di usurped the throne, Li Shimin generally received far less negative controversy."
"However, on a side note, it is said that after Li Yuan retired, he had more than 30 younger brothers and sisters with his second wife. He was living a very carefree life. Many people jokingly say that while his second wife was expanding the territory outside, Li Yuan was expanding the family line at home!"
Lin Ke finished speaking, then couldn't help but laugh a few times, before trying to save face: "I don't usually laugh at people! Pfft... Haha... Unless I really can't help laughing!"
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Pfft, hahaha! Erfeng opened the door and saw that there were more than thirty younger brothers and sisters, hahaha!
A spoiled young master from the Song Dynasty: Hahaha, are you surprised? Unexpected?
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: "He not only has to nurse his own child! He also has to support his father's child, lol!"
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: ?(?`^′?)?！ ！ ！
Emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty: ...
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: This old Zhu is hilarious! Hahahaha!
In another timeline, Li Shimin is furious at these comments! Fine, fine! The Xuanwu Gate Incident is more important to him than Judy's next door!
But people are laughing at him for having over thirty younger brothers and sisters born to his father!
……
Back to the live broadcast room.
After calming down, Lin Ke continued, "Let me tell you another piece of gossip about Erfeng, but this is a fabricated story from another country."
"In later generations, there was a country called Kimchi. According to them, they once ruled the Central Plains, shot out one of Li Shimin's eyes, and then Li Shimin knelt down and begged for mercy. They even made a drama about this fabricated story!"
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty (spitting blood in anger): ? ? ? What the hell is this?!
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: Where is this tiny country?! How dare they spread such slander against His Majesty! I'll wipe out their ancestors!!!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: This is utterly shameless!
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: "With Li Shimin's achievements, he would never do something like shooting someone blind and begging for mercy!"
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin was furious; he was about to be driven mad by the rubbish fabricated by this small country!
He never imagined that more than a thousand years later, a small foreign country would speak ill of him in this way!
If you say he murdered his brother to seize the throne and forced his father to abdicate, he'll admit to all that. But this pile of shit... all he wants now is to chop the crap out of him!
Don't let me find out who it is! Otherwise, I might just wipe out their ancestors!
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"And this isn't the first time they've fabricated stories about our ancestors. For example, their original history isn't very long, but in order to emulate us, they created a mythical figure and pushed his age back by more than 1900 years!"
"They even claim figures like Confucius and Qu Yuan as belonging to their country, and then change a single character in festivals like the Dragon Boat Festival and claim them as their own!"
Confucius/Qu Yuan: I have never seen such a shameless person!!!
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: ...Where is this tiny country?! I want to go and beat it up!
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: We are too! They only steal from us! Warning: We'll skin you alive!
Judy, the Grand General Who Conquers the North: Where did this audacity come from! Who gave them the courage!?
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Lin Ke saw the comments on the screen and explained, "Speaking of ancestors, they consider themselves descendants of Goguryeo."
"But in reality, Goguryeo had nothing to do with them. The true ancestors of this group should be Silla, which was established in 503 AD. It was in opposition to Goguryeo to the north and Baekje to the west."
“Our ancestors bought a batch of world maps before, and you should be able to find the location on them.”
Silla: I'm so grateful!
Empress Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: I'll beat him up!
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Got it! I'll take a look at what the ancestors of such a shameless person were like when I have time!
First Emperor: I'd like to see just how someone dares to say such a thing!
Liu Zhuzhu from the Han Dynasty: This group of people is not even as good as the Xiongnu!
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But let's get back to Zhu Di. He was quite a comical man. To ensure the legitimacy of his own throne, he refused to acknowledge the years Zhu Yunwen had reigned.
"So he changed the first to fourth years of the Jianwen reign to the thirty-second to thirty-fifth years of the Hongwu reign, and then changed it to the Yongle reign the following year. Good heavens, did Old Zhu know he would live for another four years?"
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: ...
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: Does he think that once he changes it, no one will know?!?
"In addition, if you were an official who was demoted during the Jianwen era, then congratulations, you will be reinstated during the Yongle era. Zhu Di was also actively erasing the traces of the Jianwen era."
"However, precisely because Zhu Di knew that he had seized the throne through usurpation, he also achieved the Yongle Prosperity during his reign, although it was sometimes quite ridiculous!"
Judy: Does anyone know my lost nephew?
"It was only after Zhu Yunwen disappeared that Zhu Di began searching for his nephew. It is said that Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean were to find his nephew Zhu Yunwen, so Zhu Yunwen was jokingly called the famous 'lost child' of the Ming Dynasty."
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu: What he's doing sounds so funny!!
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: Fourth Prince!!!
Judy, the Grand General Who Conquers the North: ...
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: Hahahaha, looking for my nephew!
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: Oh my god, he's hilarious! I wonder if he found it yet!?
……
"However, Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts have always been a mystery, and there is no concrete evidence to prove whether he was ever found, though there are many rumors about him."
"Some say he became a monk, some say he went overseas, and some say he burned to death in the fire. The truth is probably only known to Judy or Zhu Yunwen themselves."
Lin Ke continued, "Let's tell another interesting story about the Ming Dynasty and then we'll wrap up on this part."
"It is said that during the Jiajing reign, there was a farmer named Chen Hu who, by chance, had a personal grudge against a eunuch who was on official business outside the palace. They got into an argument, but since the eunuch was serving the emperor, Chen Hu was no match for him and was subsequently beaten up." (From Wanli Yehuo Bian)
"In this matter, Chen Hu came to a conclusion: This eunuch is a formidable figure! So when he returned, he sent his eldest son to the palace to become a eunuch."
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: Damn! This farmer is ruthless! He just sent his eldest son in like that!
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: This eldest son is really pitiful, why him? Besides, being a eunuch isn't easy!
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty commented: What a terrifying idea! I thought they would send him to school so he could become an official!
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"However, no one expected that the young Chen Ju, who was sent to the palace by Chen Hu, would become a leader of eunuchs decades later, and even become the Grand Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial and concurrently the Director of the Eastern Depot."
"Moreover, he was honest and upright, and during his tenure he cracked the case of the seditious book, which stabilized the court. After his death, Emperor Shenzong of Ming inscribed the shrine with the words 'Qing Zhong' (meaning 'pure and loyal').
"However, Chen Hu did not stop after sending his eldest son to the palace. He offended another scholar and was beaten up by the servants sent by the scholar. This time, he realized another truth: scholars are really this powerful!"
"So he sent his second son to study, and finally, in the twentieth year of the Wanli reign, his second son, Chen Wance, passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi."