Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 1 Zhu Biao’s twin brother, the most rebellious son in the Ming Dynasty!

In the seventh month of the fourth year of Hongwu, Yingtian.

It has been 1356 years since Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing Road and renamed it Yingtian in the 16th year of Zhizheng, which was AD.

In order to keep Yingtian Prefecture prosperous, Zhu Yuanzhang moved people from Jiangxi and wealthy merchants from all over the world to Yingtian. Yingtian, which had experienced the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, became slightly prosperous after Zhu Yuanzhang worked hard for 16 years to govern the city and cultivate the people.

The imperial city is located in the east of Yingtian City, covering an area of ​​more than 1,570 acres, accounting for one-third of the entire Yingtian Prefecture. However, the imperial city has only been built for seven years, and Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to add burden to the people on the grounds of building the imperial city, so the construction progress was slow. Except for several main palaces, other places were still a huge construction site.

As the sun sets, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the golden glazed tiles, bathing the palaces in the imperial city in golden light.

At this time, Crown Prince Zhu Biao was walking hurriedly to Fengxian Hall to find his younger brother Zhu Kai and his fifth brother Zhu Di.

They skipped classes again, and Song Lian wanted to go to Zhu Yuanzhang to complain. But did Zhu Biao know how hard his father beat his son? He wanted to persuade his brother to hide from the limelight before Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at Fengxian Hall, and then admit his mistake after Zhu Yuanzhang's anger subsided.

Fengxian Hall was built in the first year of the Hongwu reign. Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to use it to display his throne, but his twin brother Zhu Kai insisted on living in Fengxian Hall. Moreover, when Zhu Yuanzhang was hosting a banquet for his ministers, Zhu Kai held a cup of water and shouted in front of the ministers, "Fengxian Hall should be my bedroom."

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and asked Zhu Kai why he wanted to go to Fengxian Hall. His brother drank a sip of water and then said happily: "Although I am not yet a young man, I am the bravest in the world. Before the battle, father shouted, 'Where is my son Fengxian?' Isn't it domineering?"

Zhu Biao was sitting next to Zhu Yuanzhang at the time. After Zhu Kai said, "Where is my son Fengxian?", he clearly saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's already dark face became even darker in an instant.

Where is my son Fengxian...Isn’t this Lu Bu, the three-surnamed slave in the late Eastern Han Dynasty?

Lu Bu is powerful, but he is a useless father!
Which father is willing to shout "Where is my son Fengxian?"
As expected, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened, and he shouted, "You are Fengxian, do you want to kill your father?" Zhu Kai wanted to run away when he saw the situation was not good, but was held down by the six guards in the hall.

You have to press it!
When Zhu Kai was thirteen years old, he sneaked out and went to the mountain to kill a tiger with three punches. After carrying the dead tiger back to Yingtian, the civil and military officials were shocked and praised him as the best in the world. Then Zhu Yuanzhang sent fierce generals to train him. He became braver than ten thousand men and had such strength in his arms that Zhu Yuanzhang boasted to everyone he met, "This is the Zhu family's young tiger!"
It was this 'young tiger' of the Zhu family who made Zhu Yuanzhang change his shoes more frequently.

Beat your son and you will ruin your shoes!

But after beating his son, Zhu Yuanzhang still gave Fengxian Hall to Zhu Kai as his bedroom.

Thinking of the past, a look of reminiscence flashed across Zhu Biao's face as he walked hurriedly.

When he was young, Zhu Yuanzhang went out to fight, and Ma Xiuying was busy helping Zhu Yuanzhang stabilize the rear. Therefore, for a long time, only Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai lived together. He knew that his younger brother was smarter than himself and knew his limits. And when his father was hosting a banquet for all the ministers, he made such a joke by calling himself "Fengxian". Wasn't it just a defilement of his own name?

Only when all the civil and military officials in the world believe that Zhu Kai is a perverse person, will his position as the crown prince as the elder brother become more secure.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai are twin brothers. Zhu Biao was born before Zhu Kai, so he was made the "crown prince". The position of the former crown prince of Wu and the current crown prince of Ming Dynasty all belonged to Zhu Biao, while Zhu Kai, who was born only one stick of incense later than Zhu Biao, had nothing.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying felt that they owed Zhu Kai.

Therefore, they doted on him particularly. Except for the position of crown prince, Zhu Kai had everything that Zhu Biao had, and Zhu Kai also had things that Zhu Biao did not have. Whenever Zhu Kai wanted something, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying would always scold Zhu Kai first and then give him the thing.

But precisely because of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying's doting on Zhu Kai, the civil officials disliked Zhu Kai very much. They were worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would depose him and pass the crown prince position to Zhu Kai because of his preference for him. So they kept asking Zhu Yuanzhang to make Zhu Kai a king and let him leave Yingtian.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying were reluctant to let Zhu Kai go away to serve as a fief, and Zhu Biao was also reluctant to let go of this younger brother who had grown up with him.

It's just... he really deserves a beating.

Zhu Biao remembered the good things about Zhu Kai, but when he thought about the annoying things Zhu Kai did, he got so angry that his teeth itched. His third brother Zhu Chong and fourth brother Zhu Gang had become famous playboys in Yingtian Prefecture, and his fifth brother Zhu Di also followed in the footsteps of his third and fourth brothers.

Zhu Biao walked in a hurry. Although it was already evening, the weather was very hot. In addition, Zhu Biao lacked exercise, so he was already out of breath when he arrived outside the hall.

Before he could catch his breath, he heard Zhu Kai's voice from inside:
"Come on, Fifth Brother, this drink is called beer. I'll add some ice cubes to it, and it will definitely be a great summer drink."

"Okay, second brother, let me try it... Ugh, why is it wine?"

Zhu Di's horrified voice rang out from the hall, and he said in panic, "Second brother, have you forgotten that our father doesn't allow us to drink alcohol now?"

"Why are you panicking? Don't you remember what I just taught you?"

"Hey, how could my brother forget?"

liqueur?
Zhu Biao was also panicked. The world had just regained peace, but people's livelihood was in decline and the common people could not even meet the standard of food and clothing. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a ban on alcohol to preserve food, but how could Zhu Kai dare to risk the disapproval of the world and drink in the palace?

Zhu Biao had no time to think about what Zhu Kai taught Zhu Di, and quickly pushed open the palace door.

"Second brother, how can you drink in the palace?"

When Zhu Biao opened the door, he saw his two brothers with their chests and abdomens exposed. They ran straight to the man who was sitting cross-legged like a bear and said anxiously, "Do you know that Mr. Song has gone to complain to the emperor because you took your fifth brother to skip classes? You still dare to drink in the palace. Will our father beat you to death when he comes?"

(End of this chapter)