Tongzhou is the northernmost end of the Grand Canal of the Ming Dynasty. Although grain transport ships from the south can directly reach Chaoyangmen Wharf east of Beijing through the Grand Canal, Tongzhou is the distribution center for grain and materials in the entire North China region.

The name of Tongzhou comes from "Caoyun Tongji". In 1149 AD, King Wanyan Liang of Hailing killed Jin Xizong and proclaimed himself emperor. In order to meet the needs of expanding the territory of the Jin Dynasty and strengthening its rule, Wanyan Liang decided to move the capital to Yanjing.

In 1151 AD, Wanyan Liang ordered Minister Zhang Hao to expand Yanjing City and began to use Lushui to transport materials to Yanjing. Since Lushui was in Lu County, the eastern part of Yanjing City, various materials transported through Lushui needed to be transferred through Lu County and then transported to Yanjing City. Given the status of Lu County as a material transfer hub, Lu County was promoted to Tongzhou in the same year, taking the meaning of "grain transportation and transportation", that is, Tongzhou mainly serves canal transportation in urban functions.

After Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing after the Jingnan Dynasty, the Grand Canal became more and more important. Tongzhou was a major place for canal transportation and storage, and it has always been called "the emperor's warehouse".

After Zhu Hongsan established his capital in Beijing, he naturally needed food from the south to maintain the rule of the north. Therefore, a large garrison camp was set up in Tongzhou, and guarding troops of 10,000 people were stationed all year round, in order to ensure the food area of ​​millions of people in the capital.

Today is the first day of the second month of the 15th year of the Shenwu of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Hongsan, who had left Beijing for more than a year, finally returned to Beijing. However, Zhu Hongsan was not in a good mood when he returned home. Several of his sons in Beijing were beaten to death, which made Zhu Hongsan not have the joy of going home at all.

When Zhu Hongsan was in Yongping Prefecture, he ordered all the cabinet ministers, princes and other princes to go to Tongzhou to welcome the emperor, so these people were waiting outside Tongzhou City early.

At noon, Zhu Hongsan's imperial chariot arrived in Tongzhou, but Zhu Hongsan did not show up. Instead, a small eunuch came out and said, "Sir, the emperor has an order, let you go back, prepare for the grand ceremony on the fifth day of the second month!"

Feng Ziyong and others looked at each other. They thought the emperor could use thunder to deal with Zhu Jiang when he came back, but they didn't expect that this was not the case. But Feng Ziyong and others had no choice but to bow and take the order back to the city.

Feng Ziyong waited for the civil servant to leave, leaving only a few princes led by the crown prince Zhu Hai*. Today, except for the young prince who did not come, all other princes arrived. In addition to the crown prince Zhu Hai, the deposed king of Qin Zhu Jiang, the deposed king of Chu Zhu Huai, the fifth king of Yue Zhu Lang, the sixth king of Jin Zhu Bo, there were also the seventh prince Zhu Tao, the eighth prince Zhu Qing, the eighth prince, these princes, and the Yan King Zhu Yuan who followed Zhu Hongsan, these were all the adult sons of Zhu Hongsan.

After reading the imperial eunuch, the young eunuch smiled at the prince and other princes and said, "My uncle, the emperor has his order. All the princes kneel here and wait for the emperor to summon him!"

It is the second month of the lunar calendar. Although North China has been in full swing, the temperature is still very cold. These princes have suffered this kind of suffering. But after I spoke, I had no choice but to kneel in the mud and wait for my father's summoning.

This kneeling came from noon to Shen Shi, which was only two hours after kneeling. The prince and the deposed Qin king joined the army and suffered such hardships back then. The two of them could hold on, but the seventh and eighth and the eighth and the eighth and the seventh and eighth and the eighth were a little unbearable and knelt on the ground and cried quietly.

Zhu Tao is Qian Yuting's son, about the same age as the eldest grandson of the emperor Zhu Shengduo. In addition, Zhu Shengduo was raised by Qian Yuting, so the two have a deep relationship. When Zhu Shengduo saw Zhu Tao crying in the imperial chariot, he couldn't help but whisper in front of Zhu Hongsan: "The emperor's grandfather, uncle seven and uncle eight have just become adults, and he didn't participate in that incident this time. It's so cold outside now, are you going to let them..."

Before Zhu Shengduo finished speaking, Zhu Yuan, the fourth son of the emperor, was interrupted by Zhu Shengduo and said, "Father, you must not indulge these guys. Who knows that Lao Qi and Lao Ba Shen did not participate, so it would be nothing to let them kneel down!"

Zhu Yuan lost his life in Shenyang. If he hadn't been cleverly hiding in the gutter of the palace, he would have died in the chaos. Zhu Yuan suffered so much, naturally hated the initiator Zhu Jiang, and wished that his father would directly order Zhu Jiang to kill him.

Although Zhu Yuan was taking advantage of this, Zhu Hongsan was the father of these princes after all. In addition, according to the information from the East Factory, the seventh and eighth and the eighth did not participate in the Beijing affairs, so Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Let the sixth and seventh brothers get up and go into the imperial chariot to wait!"

A little eunuch went out to deliver the order, Zhu Tao and Zhu Xiao quickly stood up and followed the little eunuch to change into clean clothes, and then entered the imperial chariot to kneel down to thank his father for his kindness.

When Zhu Jiang saw that his two younger brothers had no need to suffer, he immediately stopped doing it. Zhu Jiang has now been deposed as a royal lord and has become a commoner, and he himself knew that he would definitely not be able to escape today. Anyway, it would be better to give up if he did this.

Zhu Jiang knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Father, why are you so partial? The seventh and eighth and eighth are your sons, what about us? Are the fifth and sixth and sixth not your sons?"

When the fifth brother Zhu Lang and the sixth brother Zhu Bo heard Zhu Jiang talk for them, he quickly explained: "Father, my son is willing to kneel here, my son has absolutely no complaints!" These two princes knew that Zhu Jiang was not kind to speak for them. Zhu Jiang is now rebellious, and it is not a good relationship with him.

It’s okay that Zhu Jiang didn’t say anything, but as soon as he finished speaking, he made Zhu Hongsan furious. Zhu Hongsan stood up and walked out of the imperial chariot and cursed: “You rebel son, you dare to plot against rebel and kill your father. I will kill you now!”

Zhu Hongsan turned around and pulled out the embroidered sword from the Jinyiwei who was guarding beside him, and was about to kill Zhu Jiang.

When the prince Zhu Hai saw that his father was about to kill Zhu Jiang, he was overjoyed. Zhu Jiang died and he had a great enemy. But Zhu Hai could not do this. He was the crown prince and his brother, and he wanted to pretend to be brotherly and friendly in front of his father. So when Zhu Hai saw Zhu Hongsan, he immediately stepped forward and hugged Zhu Hongsan's legs and cried, "Father, the second brother is your son! You can kill your son with your own hands! Today this is my fault. I am not virtuous and incompetent. I can't be the important task of this prince. Please depose my son's prince and let other brothers be the ones! As long as the father is healthy and the younger brothers are harmonious, it's better not to be the prince!"

Zhu Jiang really wanted to vomit when he saw what Zhu Hai said. Zhu Jiang said angrily: "Zhu Hai, put away your hypocritical face! I don't need you to plead!"

After saying that, Zhu Jiang shouted to Zhu Hongsan: "Father, you gave your son this life, I will give it back to you now!"

Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he heard Zhu Jiang say this, but his legs were held tightly by Zhu Hai and could not move at all. What's more, Zhu Hongsan did this just because he was angry. He could really kill his son!

Zhu Hongsan was breathing heavily, pointing at Zhu Jiang and cursing: "You rebellious son, are you going to be angry to death? Okay! Since you don't want to be my son, I will expel you from the family tree and take you to the Fengyang Imperial Tomb to detain you, and never see me in the future!"

This is already the heaviest punishment for Zhu Jiang. Zhu Jiang can murder his father, but Zhu Hongsan is reluctant to kill his son. Li Chengen, who is beside him, also knows that this is the ending. Now that the emperor has spoken, Li Chengen immediately ordered the Jinyiwei to step forward, take down some tokens representing the royal family on Zhu Jiang, and then throw them into a prison car and take them to Fengyang.

Zhu Hai was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this. Now that Zhu Jiang is no longer a threat, his position as a prince is stable.

Zhu Hai hugged Zhu Hongsan's legs and cried: "Father, don't be angry. This country still needs to be governed by the father. Please don't be angry about your second brother! This is all the son's fault. The son has not disciplined his younger brother well!"

Zhu Hongsan saw Zhu Hai like this and said, "Zhu Hai, you are doing a good job!" After Zhu Hongsan said that, he handed the knife in his hand to the Jinyiwei, and then helped Zhu Hai up with his own hands.

Zhu Huai, the King of Chu who was like a fat pig, wanted to vomit when he saw Zhu Hai pretending to be friendly and brotherly. Zhu Huai knelt on the ground and said, "Father, my son has a copy and has submitted a report!"

Zhu Hongsan originally didn't like this fat son, but after all, he was his own son. Zhu Hongsan frowned and said, "Brother San, what's wrong with you?"

"Father, my son impeached the Crown Prince Zhu Hai, Zhu Hai had one thing in front of him and another behind him. He was actually similar to Zhu Jiang, and he was also a villain who was dark and vicious in his heart!"

Zhu Huai's accusation was so serious. In ancient times, filial piety was the first priority. As the crown prince of the country, he wanted to put filial piety first. However, Zhu Huai now said that Zhu Hai also wanted to kill his father, which surprised Zhu Hai.

Zhu Hai didn't know what evidence Zhu Huai had, but he must have been prepared for his words to be heard today. Zhu Hai quickly said in a trembling voice: "Father, it's late today, let's go back to the palace first!"

When Zhu Hongsan saw Zhu Hai’s appearance and color change, he was already suspicious. Zhu Hongsan pushed Zhu Hai away and said, “Brother San, do you have any evidence that your elder brother wants to kill his father?”

Zhu Huai glared at Zhu Hai fiercely and said, "Father, do you know that Qian Lide, the commander of the Jinyiwei, is Erchen's uncle. Erchen listened to the commander Qian and said that the prince had collusion with Liaoning Governor Guo Huan, and was preparing to use the mantis to stalk the cicada. After Zhao Guodong was planning a rebellion, Guo Huan organized an army to eradicate Zhao Guodong and then control his father. Zhu Hai ascended the throne in the capital and regarded his father as the emperor!"

Zhu Hai was so scared that he knew about his conspiracy with Xia Wanchun at that time that Zhu Huai knew clearly, and quickly explained: "Father, the matter is different from what my third brother said. Erchen had had communication with Guo Huan, but Erchen warned him that Zhao Guodong might be unfavorable to his father, so he asked him to pay attention to Zhao Guodong, and he had no other thoughts!"

Zhu Hongsan was very suspicious. He had already believed Zhu Huai's words by 80%, but he didn't want his eldest son Zhu Hai, whom he had high hopes, to become like this. Zhu Hongsan asked with a low face: "Lao San, do you say your elder brother colluded with Guo Huan, is there any evidence?"
Chapter completed!