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

Chapter 103 It's time to get out!
When Xu Da returned home from the military camp, he saw the mountains of gifts and couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

These gifts were all wedding gifts for Zhu Kai. There were people from the royal family as well as generals from all over the country. Many of them had watched Zhu Kai grow up, and they loved him so much that they doted on him. Now that Zhu Kai was getting married, they were all very happy and gave him expensive gifts.

In addition, some officials who were recorded by Hu Weiyong in the "Record of Traitors" also gave gifts to Zhu Kai. They did not want to give gifts to Zhu Kai, but Hu Weiyong was able to ruin their reputation. Many real examples were already before them, and they had to be afraid.

How to do?
Go and please Hu Weiyong's master. As long as Zhu Kai agrees to let them go, what trouble can Hu Weiyong cause him?
These civil servants have relatively developed information exchange, and they have always regarded Zhu Kai as a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, so they have a certain degree of research and understanding of Zhu Kai's preferences.

At present, the most profitable bookstore in Yingtian Prefecture is "Sanwei Bookstore" which Zhu Kai taught Xu Miaoyun to manage. The most popular book sold there is "Jin Ping Mei" written by Luo Guanzhong, and "Water Margin" written by Shi Nai'an. Recently, I heard that a novel of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will be launched... If it was just selling books, it would be nothing. The key is that Zhu Kai sells books purely to make money. Various collector's editions and classic editions of books emerge in an endless stream. In one word: expensive!

The scholars in Yingtian Prefecture gradually realized that Zhu Kai was not selling knowledge by selling books, but making money.

Zhu Kai likes money!
After knowing Zhu Kai's preferences, it became easy to give him a gift.

It's just money. We scholars regard money as dirt and don't take such vulgar things seriously at all!

Therefore, among those who gave gifts to Zhu Kai, those who wanted to please Zhu Kai gave the most gifts.

Of course, there were also gifts from Li Shanchang to Zhu Kai, as well as gifts from the officials who followed Li Shanchang...

Xu Da thought that his house was already very big, but recently he felt that his house was a little small.

The gifts almost filled up the entire house. There were fine horses, armor, ginseng, deer antlers, jewelry, jade, cloth, silk, and even gold and silver that filled five rooms.

These gifts undoubtedly made Xu Da feel overwhelmed. He asked Xu Miaoyun: "These gifts should be managed by Ma Xiuying and the people in the harem. Why are you, a wife who has not yet married, doing these things? It will not be good for you if people outside know about it!"

A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Xu Miaoyun hasn't even married into the family yet, but she has already started helping Zhu Kai deal with household affairs. If outsiders find out, everyone will think that Xu Miaoyun has gone too far.

How could Xu Miaoyun not know the controversy that would be caused by doing this?
But what can we do about it?
Zhu Kai had said a year ago that all these things should be handled by Xu Miaoyun. After Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, they also handed over the gifts they received for Zhu Kai to Xu Miaoyun.

Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang both fully agreed with what housekeeper Xu Miaoyun did. Zhu Kai was good in everything, and if he was asked to take care of so many things, it would be more painful than killing him. Since their daughter-in-law was so capable, let her do it to prevent Zhu Kai from making trouble again.

So, when Xu Miaoyun brought up Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da was suddenly speechless.

The key is that I can’t tell you anything!
Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, Ma Xiuying was the empress, and they were also Xu Da's elder brother and sister-in-law. If Xu Da dared to object, given their protective personalities, they would scold him to death.

"Forget it, do whatever you want, I don't care."

Xu Da felt extremely sad that his little cotton-padded jacket had become someone else's, but...what else could he do?

As he thought about it, the depression on Xu Da's face turned into a smile.

It's not bad to marry my daughter there... at least, she won't be bullied.

Anyone who marries off his daughter would worry that his daughter would be bullied, especially when the other party's family is supreme. Xu Miaoyun is so sensible and is the apple of Xu Da's eye. How could he not worry about his daughter?

But now it seems... not so bad.

As long as my daughter is fine, what else is there to worry about?

Xu Da's footsteps gradually became lighter.

The situation in Feng Sheng's family is different from that in Xu Da's family. Feng Sheng is worried at this time. His daughter is silly all day long and has no brains at all. She still looks like she has not grown up. When she marries Zhu Kai and there is such a comprehensive Xu Miaoyun, what should he do with his silly daughter!

But Feng Yuting acted as if nothing had happened: Zhu Kai is with me and loves me, do I need to think so much?

Faced with his daughter's answer, as the wedding date approached, Feng Shengchou's face had more wrinkles.

In ancient times, marriage was a very ritualistic affair.

As the second prince of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is a twin brother of Zhu Biao from the same mother, which is almost impossible in ancient times.

why?
Because in ancient times, twins were considered unlucky. The "Book of Changes" clearly stated: one is yang and two is yin. The ancient people who paid attention to feng shui believed that twins were a bad sign.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai lived in the royal family. In the Ming Dynasty, where the system of primogeniture was particularly serious, Zhu Kai became a thorn in the eyes of many people since he was born. The fact that he can still live until now shows how much pressure Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying have to bear.

Zhu Kai was also dishonest. He was the greatest villain in Yingtian Prefecture throughout history. The civil officials hated him with a vengeance and wanted him to disappear from Yingtian Prefecture.

But now Zhu Kai is not only living well in Yingtian Prefecture, but he is also married. The scale of his wedding is even bigger than when Zhu Biao got married.

In the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, a palace that is only used for sacrifices, Zhu Kai married Xu Miaoyun and Feng Yuting.

Xu Miaoyun and Feng Yuting were backed by Xu Da and Feng Sheng, two generals whom Zhu Yuanzhang trusted and was close to. Zhu Kai married their daughters, and his power in the army soared, becoming even more powerful than Zhu Biao.

What is Zhu Yuanzhang going to do?
Train both sons to become emperors?
The big joke of slipping the world!

What the civil officials could not stand the most was that the person who presided over Zhu Kai’s wedding was Li Shanchang!

This first founding hero of the Ming Dynasty and the head of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants actually changed sides and flattered Zhu Kai!

In the eyes of many people, Li Shanchang became a traitor. He betrayed his previous team and joined the enemy side.

This is a manifestation of incompetence, just like Hu Weiyong!
In a blink of an eye, Li Shanchang's reputation declined rapidly.

But even so, there are still many fans of Li Shanchang who support him blindly. They believe that following Li Shanchang is the right thing to do!

Because he was the head of a civil servant, Zhu Kai inexplicably gained a lot of followers, as well as a lot of people who hated him.

Li Shanchang was neither happy nor disappointed with this result.

It's more of a calmness, or perhaps... it's a kind of frustration about the unfinished work.

……

On Zhu Kai's wedding, all the princes and ministers in Yingtian Prefecture came to congratulate Zhu Kai. Regardless of whether the smiles on their faces matched their feelings in their hearts, when they faced Zhu Kai, they had only blessings.

If there were anyone who truly congratulated Zhu Kai, it would be the group of wise officials who followed Zhu Kai.

When Zhu Kai came to the brothers with a wine glass, they seemed to have been prepared for a long time. They stood up with their wine glasses in hand and shouted in unison:
"Master Kai!"

People from three tables shouted Zhu Kai's nickname in the underworld at the same time, and the entire Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests fell into silence.

Seeing this group of little brats, many people's faces suddenly darkened.

Zhu Kai's group of wise men are all their children. Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying are still sitting up there. How can you be so loud and shouting down there?

If you ever anger Zhu Yuanzhang, you don't have to call him Master Kai anymore. Master Kai will just burn incense for you.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry, instead the smile on his face became even brighter.

He saw the shadow of his childhood in Zhu Kai and a group of "sages".

Isn't this how we all lived when we were kids?
He has a group of friends around him, and he is the second in command. He once played the game of becoming emperor with Tang He, Xu Da and others... Haven't all of them come true now?
Forget it...why think so much?
drink!

drink!

I drank it happily, and felt refreshed all over...

Zhu Biao got married, Zhu Kai also got married, and next it was Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang's turn.

Thinking of Zhu Chong, the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face diminished a little.

None of his children gave him peace of mind, especially Zhu Chong. For the so-called love, he actually pursued Wang Baobao's godsister, and he was such a romantic man that he wanted to marry no one else. Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his teeth ached.

If Zhu Chong was not that unimportant, Zhu Yuanzhang would have wanted to break his legs.

But now, with Zhu Kai's marriage, the abilities demonstrated by Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai made Zhu Yuanzhang gradually relax his mentality.

Forget it, let him be. As long as Zhu Kai and Zhu Biao are around, there won't be any setbacks in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Chong, who was bullying Zhu Di together with Zhu Gang, felt that someone was watching him. He immediately became alert and looked around.

After the trip to the fiefdom, Zhu Chong became very alert and careful in everything he did. But when he found that the gaze he sensed came from his old father, he suddenly became uneasy.

My second brother is getting married, so it won’t be my turn next, right?

He won't separate me from...

When Zhu Chong was about to defend his love in a decisive way, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang holding up the wine glass towards him and then drinking it.

Zhu Chong suddenly panicked. Everything he had just thought of disappeared at this moment. He drank the wine with his mind in a mess.

He didn't understand why Zhu Yuanzhang drank with him alone.

……

Noon and evening.

Zhu Kai never stopped. There were too many civil and military officials appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and no one dared not give Zhu Yuanzhang face at this time. They all sat obediently. Zhu Kai did not spoil the fun. He toasted as usual. No matter what would happen in the future, he had to wait until the wine was finished before talking about it.

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying left, and everyone knew that the wedding banquet was about to end.

Today is Zhu Kai’s wedding night, who dares to disturb him?
A group of princes and ministers left the scene one after another, and took away the group of people who were going to make trouble for Zhu Kai in the bridal chamber. Making trouble in the bridal chamber in the palace at night was simply too much to bear.

Of course, there were also those who wanted to disturb Zhu Kai's bridal chamber, such as Zhu Di, Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang, but with Zhu Biao, the eldest brother, around, how could he allow others to interfere with his brothers' lifelong affairs? He directly and severely drove them away.

No one is allowed to disturb Zhu Kai tonight!

……

At this moment in the Fengxian Hall, Feng Yuting was fidgeting. Xu Miaoyun next to her was able to sit calmly, but she could not stand the chatterbox next to her who kept nagging.

"Sister, are you hungry? I'll get you some snacks from the table."

As she said this, Feng Yuting was about to stand up to get some snacks, but was stopped by Xu Miaoyun: "Sister, wait a little longer, your husband will be done soon... It will be fine once your husband comes."

"But...I'm so hungry."

Feng Yuting looked at Xu Miaoyun with grievance, but Xu Miaoyun would never listen to her pleas: "Sister, please stop making trouble. Our husband still needs to lift our veil. It's not appropriate to go now."

"That's right. When my husband comes, we can come back and sit down. He drank so much that he won't be able to tell."

Feng Yuting was probably very hungry, so she didn't bother to dissuade him. She lifted half of her red veil, ran to the table carefully, picked up two pieces of cake and immediately walked back quickly: "Sister, here! One for each of us."

Xu Miaoyun took the pastries helplessly.

Her husband is still like a child, and so is her sister who married him with her... The two children are making a fuss, and Xu Miaoyun gets a headache just thinking about it.

Feng Yuting finished her cakes, looked at Xu Miaoyun under the hood, and asked a very obscure question: "Sister, did your mother-in-law teach you?"

Xu Miaoyun, who was eating osmanthus cake, frowned when she heard Feng Yuting's question: "What to teach?"

“That’s it!”

Although Feng Yuting was heartless and thick-skinned, it was difficult for her to say it out loud at this moment: "Aren't we having our wedding night tonight? We don't have any experience, isn't there anyone at home to teach you?"

"..."

Xu Miaoyun then remembered that some old ladies in her family had indeed taught her.

After all, serving the husband is a wife's duty. This is his first marriage, so he needs to share some experiences in advance.

I have taught you, but how can I have the nerve to talk about these things between the two brides?
Xu Miaoyun's face was redder than the red veil. She would not discuss with Xu Miaoyun what to do on the wedding night. She hurriedly said to Feng Yuting, "Sister, don't talk. Your husband will be here soon. Let's just write quietly."

"Huh? Oh."

Feng Yuting obeyed obediently, but now that the matter was brought up, she naturally would not forget it.

Thinking of the postures that the old woman at home taught her, Feng Yuting began to twist her body uncomfortably.

It seems... quite exciting.

After sending the people away, Zhu Kai returned and walked into the Fengxian Hall. Lai Fu wanted to follow him in with the small notebook, but was pushed away by Zhu Kai. He asked impatiently, "What are you doing here?"

Lai Fu was not annoyed by Zhu Kai's scolding. He smiled and explained to Zhu Kai: "Master, tonight is your big day. The daily record must be written in detail. Master, you go about your business. I am just a crippled body... Ouch!"

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Kai kicked him to the ground.

What kind of hobbies does this damn eunuch have?
I'm about to have my wedding night, and you still want to take notes?
If I gave you a camera now, would you still plan to shoot a video?
Daily records?
fart!
Zhu Kai never took the rules seriously, so he naturally ignored Lai Fu's request and pointed at him and shouted, "Get out of here! If you dare to come near me tonight, I'll skin you alive!"

Lai Fu wanted to say a few more words of advice, but Zhu Kai raised his fist to hit him. Lai Fu was so scared that he shrank his neck and ran away obediently.

Having served Zhu Kai for so long, Lai Fu knew very well that Zhu Kai had a quick temper and never spoke a word a second time. If you made him angry, Zhu Kai would definitely use his fists to teach you a lesson!

So, run!
After driving away the annoying Lai Fu, Fengxian Hall finally became quiet. Zhu Kai walked briskly into the hall and then went to the back hall.

At this moment, Zhu Kai was very excited.

He was getting married, and marrying two women at once. Zhu Kai, who was a second-generation man, felt that his life had reached its peak.

Before traveling through time, he was a sailor. Although he could party every night after getting off the ship, he never got married. He traveled through time to the Ming Dynasty and became a favored prince. He also married two wives at once, both of whom were girls from high-ranking officials and nobles.

And I am just eighteen years old!
Eighteen years old, the peak of life!

Can't I lie down later?
Thinking of this, Zhu Kai picked up the beef he had brought out of his arms.

Today is our wedding night. It would be a waste of time to get instant noodles or a homemade hot pot from the super ocean freighter. Let’s eat some beef first.

"Madam...your husband is back!"

Zhu Kai strode towards the bed, where the two brides were sitting waiting for him.

After lifting the visor, two delicate faces appeared in front of Zhu Kai. Even though he was not drunk after drinking outside all day, Zhu Kai was now a little tipsy.

"Husband!"

"Master!"

Xu Miaoyun and Feng Yuting looked at Zhu Kai at the same time.

When six eyes meet, everything is said without words!
……

There is no doubt that Zhu Kai is the happiest person now.

But Zhu Kai is not the kind of person who would rather live in comfort than leave. He got married and had two beautiful wives, but this did not prevent Zhu Kai from wanting to do other things.

For example... go to Qilu!

There is no need to say much about the Kong family, which is a cancer, let alone fighting against the Japanese pirates.

To use a popular saying in later generations, beating the Japanese devils would bring honor to the family!
First incense!

Although the current Ming Dynasty has not yet experienced the scarred years more than 300 years later, this does not prevent Zhu Kai from hating the Japanese devils.

Of course, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight to reach the Japanese lair. For example, it is not easy to build a ship to go to the island country, and even if it is built, it may not be possible to go there immediately.

However, if Zhu knew that such a tiny island country had so many silver mountains, he would definitely be very interested.

Zhu Kai was a man who could not sit still, nor was he the kind of man who would forget all about love just because he had a woman. After a leisurely honeymoon, Zhu Kai found Zhu Yuanzhang.

The first words he said when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang were: Dad, I want to go to Qi and Lu.

Hearing Zhu Kai say that he wanted to go out again, Zhu Yuanzhang would not say anything more this time. He could not grasp Zhu Kai's pulse. What if Zhu Kai wanted to go happily, but he interfered and made Zhu Kai change his mind again? That would be bad.

So, Zhu Kai can just make his own decision.

"If you want to go, just go. Why are you telling me?" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand in disdain: "If you want to go out, just go and tell your mother. Don't bother me."

Two words: No matter!
As long as Ma Xiuying agrees to let you go, there is no need to talk about the rest. I, Zhu Yuanzhang, fully support you.

Well~it’s a wasted trip!
Zhu Kai went to see Ma Xiuying. Although Ma Xiuying didn't want Zhu Kai to go out, she gradually understood that her son was getting older and older, and he was no longer the child who always followed him and cried "Mom, I'm hungry". The palace couldn't hold him, and Yingtian Prefecture couldn't keep him either. Instead of letting Zhu Kai make a scene just because he was going out, it was better to let Zhu Kai go out and tell him when to come back. That was enough.

Ma Xiuying agreed to let Zhu Kai go, but she also kept him in Kunning Palace and kept reminding him: "If you go out, you must take Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhou with you. You are not young anymore, so you should be more mature, don't be reckless, think more about your family, and your two wives..."

In the past, Zhu Kai felt a headache when he heard Ma Xiuying's constant chattering, but now he listened to Ma Xiuying's chattering happily without any expression of impatience.

It’s not because Zhu Kai has grown up, but because he knows... he can go out and play.

Qi and Lu...not only now, but also in the future Qi and Lu will be a heavily armed province.

The only province in the world with all types of industries, the leading model of northern economy... a province with high postgraduate and civil service examination scores, countless names made Zhu Kai yearn for this province.

……

Zhu Kai did not bring his two newlywed wives with him on this trip. They also wanted to go out, but the idea that men should be responsible for the outside world and women should be responsible for the inside world made the two women support Zhu Kai's decision to go out.

Far from being clingy, she was very considerate and helped Zhu Kai pack his luggage, and provided all-round support for Zhu Kai's venture out.

Zhu Kai went to Qi and Lu, not to the northern border, so he only brought the troops of Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhou.

The previous time he went to the northern border, Zhu Kai led the troops of Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhou and created a record in the northern border that was unmatched by the entire Ming army. Zhu Yuanzhang also expanded Zhang Hao's guards to 1,200 troops, and the city defense troops led by Zhang Zhou to 4,000. When Zhu Kai went to Qi and Lu, Zhu Yuanzhang told him to take these two teams with him no matter what.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

There was no problem for Zhu Kai to go to Qi and Lu. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both knew that Zhu Kai's final destination was Qi and Lu, but the civil and military officials in the court did not know. So Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao planned to conceal the truth from the civil and military officials in the court and let Zhu Kai go north under the name of inspecting the northern border.

As for how the message is transmitted after crossing the Yellow River, isn't it Zhu Yuanzhang who has the final say?

After Zhu Kai's reminder, Jinyiwei appeared ahead of schedule, and when Jinyiwei was first established, it was led by Zhu Kai. Even if Zhu Kai didn't like to do things very much, his occasional mentions would affect the formation of Jinyiwei.

There will be countless spy movies in the future, and there are also in-depth and easy-to-understand analyses of some of the agents' methods on the Internet. Zhu Kai used to be a sailor, walking on the sea all day. In addition, they are all passionate young people, and they talked a lot about movies or skills about agents. Those crew members might even argue for a long time over one or two details. Zhu Kai occasionally participated in it and had argued with others... Agents, luxury cars and beautiful women, everyone will be very curious, and every man is full of yearning, and Zhu Kai is no exception.

After arriving in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Kai used the knowledge and information he had learned to form a team of special agents hundreds of years in advance. The experience Zhu Kai had in dealing with special agents was enough to make this Jinyiwei more pure and more powerful than those in history.

Take something as trivial as blocking information, for example. After layers of screening by the Jinyiwei, only a handful of pieces of information could make it to Yingtian Prefecture.

Even if Zhu Kai stayed in Qi and Lu, it would take half a year for people in Yingtian Prefecture to know the news.

In half a year, Zhu Kai could accomplish a lot of things, but it would be too late for those scholars and literati to know.

Yingtian, in the palace of Prince Han.

There was no sign of joy or anger on Li Shanchang's face.

But as for Li Shanchang himself, he now has some emotions, and the reason for his emotions is very simple: Zhu Kai did not bring him with him on this trip.

Zhu Kai did not bring Li Shanchang on this trip. Li Shanchang originally wanted to go with Zhu Kai, and he was ready to meet Zhu Kai. However, a few days before Zhu Kai was about to leave, he did not even see him.

This feeling of alienation after something happened made Li Shanchang feel like a dispensable tool, used when needed and thrown away when not needed.

This feeling of being ignored in terms of status made Li Shanchang particularly uncomfortable and he felt like he was being ignored.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang had never ignored himself like this!
Zhu Kai is going too far!

But... Li Shanchang quickly adjusted his mentality. Zhu Yuanzhang did not ignore him because Zhu Yuanzhang needed him, but did Zhu Kai need him?

No need!
If Li Shanchang had not gone to find Hu Weiyong himself, he would not even have the chance to meet Zhu Kai now.

Li Shanchang finally chose to lie down. Let Zhu Kai do whatever he wanted. After all, he had made contributions, and with Zhu Kai... he would have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and he would not have to worry about being targeted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

If Li Qi knew what his father was thinking, he would probably collapse: before coming to Yingtian Prefecture, he was ambitious and wanted to compete with the Zhu family, but now... he just wants to lie down.

Just because of Zhu Kai's appearance, Li Shanchang's mentality changed, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a collapse.

……

Li Shanchang's idea of ​​lying down was a good one, but Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both saw and remembered his ability.

All the civil and military officials in the court were inferior to Li Shanchang.

Zhu Yuanzhang drove Li Shanchang out of the court because Li Shanchang's influence was too great and Zhu Yuanzhang could not control him, so he excluded him from the court. But now it is different. With Zhu Kai intimidating Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang's vigilance towards him instantly decreased a lot. With Zhu Kai around, it is okay to use Li Shanchang.

After finding Zhu Biao and discussing with him, he gave Li Shanchang'an the position of prime minister again.

"Let Xu Da step down from the position of Prime Minister and take charge of the Five Military Protectorate. Lan Yu is too young."

Zhu Yuanzhang knocked on the table and said slowly: "However, when Hu Weiyong finishes the affairs of Qi and Lu, he will come back and there will be more trouble. Our prime minister... has too many people."

Throughout history, there have only been two prime ministers who can exist in the court at the same time. When there are more and more people, it would be inappropriate to kick any of them out.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to disperse the power of the prime minister, but he was not as ruthless as he was in the Ming Dynasty without Zhu Kai.

With Zhu Kai and Zhu Biao around, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to kill them from the beginning. A peaceful solution might not be a bad solution.

Zhu Yuanzhang said he had a headache: "Sometimes, having too many capable people can also be a burden."

Zhu Biao only listened to such Versailles words. Building the Ming Dynasty as described by Zhu Kai was far from being something that could be accomplished by simply having a few prime ministers.

It won't work even if we add one more prime minister.

Zhu Biao said what he wanted to say: "Dad, I have also thought about how to solve the problem of the prime minister's heavy workload. After talking with Brother Kai, he said that it would be enough to add a few more prime ministers. I thought about it and found that this is indeed a good idea."

"Let Li Shanchang take the main position, and Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang or other prime ministers serve as Li Shanchang's deputies, each responsible for the corresponding six ministries. If there are any issues in the six ministries or local areas, they can report to the deputy prime ministers first. After they solve the problem, they will hand it over to Li Shanchang for review, and Li Shanchang will be responsible for reporting to you."

If we understand the literal meaning of the left and right prime ministers, there is no distinction between high and low. Everyone just subconsciously puts the left prime minister in a high position, but this is just an unspoken rule. But now Zhu Biao has raised Li Shanchang's status to a higher level.

Is it a bad thing to raise Li Shanchang's status?

Will Zhu Yuanzhang still be afraid of him?

will not!

At least the current Zhu Yuanzhang does not think so. On the contrary, he believes that pushing Li Shanchang to the highest position of prime minister, second only to the prime minister, would weaken Li Shanchang's power.

Li Shanchang couldn't win the hearts of everyone.

There are no longer two deputy prime ministers in the world, but three, five, seven, or even more.

How many people can Li Shanchang gather by then?

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Biao's words, and then said to Zhu Biao: "Let's think about this matter carefully. If it's appropriate, you can also go in and participate in some of the affairs."

Zhu Biao did not refuse. He said yes and agreed.

Being a crown prince doesn't give him much power, but it's just an identity that looks particularly intimidating. Zhu Yuanzhang controlled the court, and Zhu Biao was more like a brick in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, he could be moved wherever he was needed, and he basically had no choice.

Coincidentally, Zhu Biao also understood what he wanted to do, so he did not refute Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement, but chose to do it.

After discussing how to deal with Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly lost interest: "I don't know what happened to that bastard now. I guess he has become a wild horse that has run away from its reins again."

There was no need to ask who the "bastard" Zhu Yuanzhang was talking about. Zhu Biao also knew that the only person who could make his father swear was Zhu Kai.

Zhu Biao smiled, and everything was said without words.

"Okay, that's it for today."

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched, stood up and walked out, saying to Zhu Biao, "I'm going to your mother's place, and we'll have lunch together at noon."

"..."

Zhu Biao hesitated for a while, but still chose to refuse: "Dad, the Crown Princess is pregnant, I want to go back to take care of her."

"Then let's go together. It's a good opportunity for your mother to see the eldest girl."

Chang Yuchun's daughter was raised by Ma Xiuying as her own daughter. She was such a good shield and more useful than Zhu Biao.

Just in case, when Zhu Yuanzhang left Wuying Palace, he reminded Zhu Biao: "Remember, bring our daughter-in-law with you at noon."

"..."

Zhu Biao was very depressed when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang left without giving him a chance to explain.

What are these things?

Brother Kai has caused you trouble, and you, as his father, actually used me to take the blame.

Of course, Zhu Biao had to go too.

Ma Xiuying gave Zhu Yuanzhang a cold look, which made Zhu Yuanzhang uncomfortable, and Zhu Biao's life was not much better either.

Therefore, after Zhu Kai left, the top priority was to make Ma Xiuying happy first. If Ma Xiuying was happy, the whole family would be happy.

It’s all because of Zhu Kai!

Zhu Biao wondered whether he should also find an opportunity to teach this brat a lesson!

Otherwise, how much anger would you have to endure?

……

At noon, Zhu Biao, who brought the Crown Princess to Kunning Palace, heard Zhu Yuanzhang's loud shouts and Ma Xiuying's happy laughter when he stood at the door.

what happened?

It's not as tense as I imagined.

Could it be that my mother was as happy as I was when she learned that Kaidi had left?
Zhu Biao was very confused. This was not what he had imagined.

After entering the gate of Kunning Palace, Zhu Biao saw that Ma Xiuying was riding on a vehicle he had never seen before, with two round wheels...

what is this?
Did Kaidi give it to his mother?

Zhu Biao remembered that this was a toy called a mountain bike. Zhu Kai had ridden this bike and acted recklessly in the palace, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

This little bastard got a new thing, but he didn't give it to himself, so he showed it off in front of me. Then he took advantage of Zhu Kai's inattention, beat Zhu Kai up, snatched the mountain bike and left.

Then, Zhu Biao never saw Zhu Yuanzhang riding...

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang fell twice when he was learning to ride a bicycle, and he just couldn't learn how to ride a bicycle. Finally, in a fit of rage, he chose not to ride.

Zhu Biao also had a bicycle given to him by Zhu Kai, but because it was a gift from Zhu Kai, Zhu Biao was reluctant to ride it and kept it in the East Palace. However, whenever he had free time, Zhu Biao would always clean the gifts given to him by Zhu Kai, including the mountain bike.

Besides, this kind of car is very novel, and no one knows where Zhu Kai got it. There is no such thing in the entire Ming Dynasty. If he rides the car outside, he will definitely be watched by people. Zhu Biao doesn't like people watching, so he chooses to put the car aside.

However, now that Zhu Biao saw Ma Xiuying happily riding the bike, he couldn't help but become interested... It looked like a very interesting toy.

"Girl, let's try!"

Zhu Yuanzhang followed behind to protect Ma Xiuying, and he was also itching to do it.

My wife can ride a bike, so why do I keep falling off?

Zhu Yuanzhang, unwilling to accept the defeat, decided to borrow Ma Xiuying's car to practice. The car given to him by Zhu Kai had been dropped several times, and he was worried that he would damage the car.

Zhu Biao stood at the entrance but did not go in. Looking at Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang having fun together, Zhu Biao felt... they probably didn't need him now, right?

This bike should make them happy for a long time...

"Let's go back first and come back in two days."

Zhu Biao supported the Crown Princess and left Kunning Palace...

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After Zhu Kai left Yingtian Prefecture, he rushed around like a bear entering the deep mountains and forests.

The good official road became Zhu Kai's racing track, where he rushed around recklessly.

Of course, it was only Zhu Kai and the Zhang brothers who were rushing around. As for the army... they were following far behind under the leadership of Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Hao and Zhang Zhou are used to it.
Passing through Fengyang, Zhu Kai slowly stopped. He thought of an old acquaintance, an uncle who was very straightforward, so straightforward that he was silly.

Once, because he was still single, he embezzled the money for building the Enke Hall and spent it in the Yihong Courtyard, becoming the top courtesan in the Yihong Courtyard. Then the courtesan ran away with the money.

Ma Sandao's corruption was also discovered by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was so angry that he wanted to torture Ma Sandao to death. If Zhu Kai had not protected him, the grass on his grave would be seven feet high now... After all, he was an orphan.

At that time, in order to save Ma Sandao, Zhu Kai was severely beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang. If Ma Xiuying had not stopped him, Zhu Kai's butt would have been beaten into pieces by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Fortunately, Zhu Kai paid a heavy price to save Ma Sandao, and Ma Sandao also lost the opportunity to continue staying in Yingtian Prefecture and returned to Fengyang to live.

This is also why Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to kill his old brother Ma Sandao. It was all because Ma Sandao was too upright, making it impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to find a way to protect him. Fortunately, Zhu Kai appeared to block the knife for Ma Sandao, which gave Zhu Yuanzhang a way out.

Otherwise, Ma Sandao would have died a long time ago.

"Yes, I was corrupt..."

Zhu Kai couldn't help laughing when he thought of Ma Sandao confidently telling the story of his corruption in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, and he seemed to have very good reasons.

This guy is so honest, there's nothing like him.

As for why he saved Ma Sandao, it was not just because he was honest or something, there was another reason. When Ma Sandao was in Bozhou, he saved Ma Xiuying's life. Including when they were crossing the river to Yingtian Prefecture, Zhu Kai fell off the boat due to playfulness, and Ma Sandao was the first to jump down to save Zhu Kai.

This is an uncle who is naive and even a little silly. His original intention has not changed over the years. The last time Zhu Kai went to Fengyang, Ma Sandao was out on business and he didn't see him. This time... he should not be gone, right?

"Let's go to Fengyang for a walk before we leave."

Zhu Kai rode his horse into Fengyang... No, he rode his horse into Zhongdu.

It is like walking in the night in fine clothes when you are rich and powerful but do not return to your hometown. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peasant family and he had the same idea. When he founded the Ming Dynasty, the first thing he thought of was to return to Fengyang to build the capital. However, he was rejected by his ministers in the end, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to accept it.

Zhu Kai also felt that it was a bit unrealistic for Zhu Yuanzhang to make his hometown the capital, and Fengyang was simply not capable of shouldering the responsibility of being the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

However, although the ministers stopped Zhu Yuanzhang from having the crazy idea of ​​moving the capital to Fengyang, they did not stop him from giving up on transforming his hometown. With a wave of their hands, countless silver and money flowed into Fengyang, which was built into a secondary capital.

The reason is very simple: All of our ancestors, Zhu, are in Fengyang. Why don’t you let us build a house in Fengyang?

As soon as these words were spoken, all those who wanted to object kept silent.

The ancients ruled the world with filial piety. Zhu Yuanzhang brought out all his ancestors, so others could not find a good excuse to oppose.

That’s it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was at least the emperor of a country, so it was natural for him to want to spend some money.

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