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

Chapter 114 Zhu Kai: Beat me? Old Zhu has to buy me a drink!
About how Zhu Kai led 3,000 troops to sweep across the northern desert, and finally brought back 20,000 tribal cavalry.

Xu Da and Feng Sheng noticed the fighting power displayed by the 20,000 soldiers and horses brought by Zhu Kai, especially their riding skills, which were much higher than those of ordinary Ming troops. Moreover, these 20,000 people from the grassland tribes had been completely conquered by Zhu Kai, so Xu Da and Feng Sheng had no psychological burden at all to recruit them for their own use.

Now, the 20,000 people brought by Zhu Kai have been incorporated into the military register of the Ming border army, and a part of them have been given Ming citizenship accordingly, making them officially become citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no temptation that can compare to the identity of a Ming citizen. People who have obtained Ming citizenship try harder to show themselves, and those who have not obtained Ming citizenship try even harder to show themselves, hoping to obtain Ming citizenship through their outstanding performance.

Xu Da and Feng Sheng were very cautious when recruiting the 20,000 people brought by Zhu Kai, fearing that these people would cause trouble. But when they saw that these people were more dedicated than the original soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they were naturally happy. The two of them were also willing to use these 20,000 people, their efforts and hard work, to make other Ming border troops feel oppressed, and then compete to improve.

Under the instruction of Xu Da and Feng Sheng, the story of Zhu Kai and his 3,000 personal troops sweeping across the northern desert was widely spread. Who among the Ming border troops did not know that Zhu Kai was the Ming Dynasty's god of war?

In addition, the place where Zhu Kai lived in Yingtian Prefecture was called "Fengxian Palace", and he was also called the Flying General of the Ming Dynasty by the border troops.

We can't just call Zhu Kai the reincarnation of Fengxian. Lu Bu is fierce, but he's a bit of a useless "father". No matter if he's a godfather or a biological father... who dares to be Zhu Kai's godfather?
When Zhu Kai appeared in Yanjing with his personal soldiers, almost everyone's eyes were focused on him.

The Flying General of the Ming Dynasty, the Second Prince of the Ming Dynasty, the God of War of the Ming Dynasty...

The new recruits who had just entered the military camp were very curious about these titles for Zhu Kai. Most of them felt that Zhu Kai's reputation was a bit undeserved, and it was only because of his identity as the second prince that others worshipped him by boasting.

However, when they saw Zhu Kai's bear-like body, which brought tremendous pressure to people, they gradually believed that the previous rumors were not exaggerating about Zhu Kai, and perhaps he really was quite capable.

At this time, the person in charge of the overall situation in Yanjing was Feng Sheng, Zhu Kai's Lord Taishan. Originally, Xu Da was also going to come to the northern border, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew Xu Da's health and did not want him to suffer any more, so he let him stay in Yingtian Prefecture to handle the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

When Feng Sheng saw Zhu Kai, he couldn't help but feel a headache. His son-in-law was good in every way except that he loved to cause trouble.

The administrative division of Yanjing still belongs to Qi and Lu, and Zhu Kai is Feng Sheng's son-in-law. After Zhu Kai left Yingtian Prefecture, Feng Sheng naturally kept an eye on his actions along the way.

As for what Zhu Kai did in Lu County, Laizhou and other places, Feng Sheng couldn't help but frown when he saw Zhu Kai:
"Boy, there is nothing in this world that you dare not do, but... well done!"

Back then, Feng Sheng followed Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other generals in the northern expedition to conquer Qi and Lu and defeat the Mongols. He wanted to visit Kong Kejian, but was stopped outside the door by Kong Kejian, who also pretended to obey Zhu Yuanzhang but actually disobeyed him. Feng Sheng remembered all these things and felt greatly insulted.

Military generals are all people who will avenge their enemies, but due to the big tree of Kong family, they dare not act rashly. This anger has been pent up in Feng Sheng's heart for five years. Now that it has been directly broken by Zhu Kai, how can Feng Sheng not be happy?
As for the consequences of bringing down Kong Kejian, Feng Sheng naturally knew: "You bastard, you just like to make enemies for yourself and make trouble for no reason! Can the scholars in the world let you go?"

"They won't let me go, so I won't let them go."

Zhu Kai curled his lips and looked down upon the scholars: "I think these scholars are just too full. Damn it... Sooner or later, I will take off their crowns and use them as chamber pots."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Sheng, with a dark face, raised his foot and was ready to kick Zhu Kai. This idiot...how dare he say anything?
Zhu Kai dodged nimbly and said to Feng Sheng, "Brother, if you ask me, you are just too cowardly. It's such a good opportunity to rebuild the world. Just kill those scholars. Who can cause trouble for you? You are just too cowardly! Humph!"

student?
What is a scholar?
Confucianism?

Throughout history, with heavy price and time of suffering, it has been proven that Confucianism was wrong and they went in the wrong direction. If the stubborn problems of Confucianism had been solved when the Ming Dynasty was founded, there would not be so many problems today.
The bottom line is that they are too cautious. Seeing that the time is ripe to sweep the world and rebuild a new dynasty, they naturally don't want to create trouble.

Finally, after weighing all the pros and cons, they gave up some interests and pulled some fence-sitters into their camp. But they had no idea that a hundred years later, these fence-sitters would be the ones doing bad things!
Feng Sheng was rebuked by Zhu Kai and kept silent with a sullen face. What could be more uncomfortable than being taught a lesson by one's own junior?

Feng Sheng didn't know how to refute, so he could only say: "Go home and let your father beat you up!"

"My dad beats me? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhu Kai waved his hand proudly, "I solved his biggest problem, why should he beat me? Not only can he not beat me, he has to buy me a drink!"

"Is it? lol!"

Feng Sheng sneered.

If others don’t know, doesn’t he know?

Zhu Yuanzhang liked to beat Zhu Kai. Zhu Kai was in such good health that he had no psychological burden at all after getting beaten.

No more talking, just fight.

……

Although he had scolded Zhu Kai before, Feng Sheng liked this boy from the bottom of his heart. When he returned to his residence, a big pot of beef and beef ribs had already been cooked.

Feng Sheng knew that Zhu Kai liked to eat beef, so before Zhu Kai came, he slaughtered a cow for him so that Zhu Kai could have a big meal.

Zhu Kai was naturally happy. He picked up the beef bone and started tearing it apart.

How to say it, when Zhu Kai eats meat, he doesn't like to use chopsticks or anything like that. He likes to use his hands the most. He would grab a piece of bone with meat on it from the basin in front of him, open his mouth and bite it, then shake his head, and a piece of meat would be torn off by Zhu Kai, and then he would chew it quickly. A piece of meat would be swallowed by Zhu Kai in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, this guy seems to be extravagant and wasteful. He likes to eat bones, so he eats the easy-to-chew parts. He doesn't even look at the other bone joints and just throws them directly on the table.

While eating, he praised Feng Sheng: "My father-in-law is really good to me. He knows that I like this and he specially prepared it for me."

Zhu Kai was happy, but still a little regretful: "It would be nice if there was wine."

"Drinking is not allowed in the army. This is an iron rule."

Feng Sheng had been with Xu Da and Chang Yuchun for a long time, and he knew that military discipline was unshakable, so there were no major celebrations. He did not allow anyone to drink in the army, including himself.

Then, Feng Sheng suddenly thought of something and said to Zhu Kai: "However, our life in the North is much better than before, and I have to thank you for this."

"I?"

Zhu Kai waved his hand. "It's too empty to say thank you. If my father-in-law wants to reward me, you should give me something practical. Ten thousand cows is not too much, and five thousand cows is not too little. My father-in-law can just show his appreciation."

"..."

Feng Sheng's face immediately darkened.

Why does this guy speak so irritatingly?

Ten thousand cows...he really dares to show off.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard!"

Feng Sheng's face darkened, and he said to Zhu Kai, "Five thousand cattle? There are not even five thousand cattle in the entire northern army right now."

Zhu Kai wanted to bargain again, but Feng Sheng didn't give him the chance: "Okay, no need to talk anymore, I tell you... a maximum of 800 cows, no more."

"No, father-in-law, I want so many cows not to eat, but to use."

Zhu Kai sighed, "Father-in-law, you don't know how miserable the people of Qi and Lu are. They don't have enough food to eat, they don't have enough clothes to wear, and they even have to eat their own children. Kong Kejian can't see the suffering of the people, and he even colluded with the Japanese pirates to rob the people. The people are really miserable..."

"..."

Feng Sheng was speechless.

The King of Qi in the land of Qi and Lu was Zhu Yuanzhang's eighth son Zhu Gui.

What will happen to Qi and Lu in the future is Zhu Gui’s business. What does it have to do with you?
Feng Sheng had never seen a person as shameless as Zhu Kai. He was eating beef ribs with relish while licking Feng Sheng's face and asking for more beef.

The cattle that Zhu Kai has eaten since he was a child are enough to feed half of Qi and Lu.

If you are so compassionate, then you shouldn't eat beef!
Feng Sheng finally couldn't resist Zhu Kai's constant nagging and finally agreed to give Zhu Kai 1,200 cows, and no more.

When Zhu Kai heard about it, he was naturally delighted. After returning to his resting place, he wrote a letter to his eighth brother: Eighth brother, I, as the eldest brother, have begged for a thousand cows for you from the northern border to help you solve the difficult farming problem of the people in Qi and Lu. If you want to be grateful, just give me the land in Zhaoyuan.

I don’t want anything more, I just want the operating rights for 30 years... and then I will return Zhaoyuan to you after 30 years.

Others may not know, but Zhu Kai knows clearly that there is gold buried underground in Zhaoyuan.

After thinking about it, I feel that only Zhaoyuan is not enough and it is a bit of a loss... I want to develop shipping, so I can talk to him about it. It is not impossible to assign Huangdao to myself. There is sea salt there, which is a good opportunity to make some money.

They don’t ask for much, just the same as Zhaoyuan, just 30 years of operating rights.

This is not robbery, but bringing advanced experience to my dear eighth brother.

After all, he is still young, and he cannot grasp some of the profitable businesses. …

A few days later, Zhu Gui, who was far away in Yingtian Prefecture, received a letter from Zhu Kai. Seeing that Zhu Kai gave him a thousand cows, he was very grateful. Then he thought about how he was bullied by Zhu Di in Yingtian Prefecture and teased by Zhu Su and Zhu Zhen. Fortunately, Zhu Su just kept asking him to study hard. The most hateful one was Zhu Zhen, who relied on Zhu Di's support to beat him... If Zhu Gui could beat him, he would fight him eight hundred rounds every day.

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were his backers, but they were not very reliable.

I basically never see him every day, and apart from taking him out to play occasionally, I can't do much to help him. I just say a few words when Zhu Yu complains: Eighth Brother, you can't beat Seventh Brother because you are not good enough. If you practice hard, you will be able to beat him sooner or later.

What Zhu Yu wants is sooner or later?

What he wants is now!

But now, Zhu Kai's letter was like a blessing from heaven, making Zhu Yu feel the warmth from his brother.

Although Zhu Kai was not in Yingtian Prefecture, his group of wise men were in Yingtian Prefecture. Zhu Gui had heard that Zhu Kai's group of wise men had never met any opponents in fighting in Yingtian Prefecture.

The gratitude in Zhu Yu's heart...

Not to mention Zhaoyuan and Huangdao, what would it matter even if Qi and Lu were given to Zhu Kai?

So... Zhu Gui, feeling that he had a backer, got hot-headed and overturned the table during class in the Wenhua Hall, raising his arms and shouting: A real man should be like this.

Coincidentally, this lesson happened to be about "Records of the Grand Historian: The Biography of Xiang Yu", and the teacher was Song Lian.

When Zhu Yuanzhang shouted "A real man should be like this", Song Lian's face turned very dark. Do you really want to learn from Xiang Yu and rebel?
Without saying a word, he reported it directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then, Zhu Gui was captured and taken to Wuying Palace.

After being beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang felt relaxed and happy, and felt extremely satisfied.

When beating Zhu Kai, Zhu Yuanzhang cursed him as he beat him: "Zhu Kai, this bastard, is not in Yingtian Prefecture but is causing me so much trouble!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also feeling emotional in his heart. His sons were growing up more and more, and he could beat one a day for ten days without repeating himself.

Simply perfect!
……

Northern border, Yanjing.

The initial greetings were just a conversation between the father-in-law and the son-in-law.

After settling the troops brought by Zhu Kai, Feng Sheng brought Zhu Kai to the military camp.

Just saying to Zhu Kai: Fight!

"Old Feng, why did you bring me here?"

Zhu Kai looked very puzzled. "My mother said that I am not allowed to go to the battlefield again, otherwise she will break my legs! Aren't you trying to make me break my mother's rules?"

Feng Sheng sneered after hearing this. Why are you pretending to be nice to me? Didn't you come to the North just to take a walk around the grassland?

Glancing at Zhu Kai, Feng Sheng said slowly, "August is the time when the grass grows and the sheep grow fat on the grassland."

This poor excuse made Zhu Kai smile.

Hmmmm... Feng Sheng is right, now is the time to eat lamb.

Mother, you have to see clearly that I am not going to the grassland to fight, I just want to have a picnic on the grassland.

Zhu Kai asked Feng Sheng: "Old Feng, when I first came here, you said you wanted to thank me? Thank you for what?"

"Don't you know, kid?"

Feng Sheng waved his hand on the map and pointed to Liaodong. "This is the granary of the Mongols. You swept through it last year, but the Mongols also knew the importance of this place. So after you left, they sent a large number of troops to fight for it. They fought for half a year. Now half of this place is occupied by us, and the remaining half is still in the hands of the Mongols. But the half they control is not enough to feed the Mongols."

Even if the Ming Dynasty lost Liaodong, they still had Jiangnan, Qilu, Huguang and other places to supply them with food. But if the Mongols lost Liaodong, they would cut off most of their food sources.

"Oh."

Zhu Kai said he knew, "If there is not enough food, how will the Mongols deal with it? Don't they want to take Liaodong back?"

"They are not strong enough, nor do they have enough troops. As long as they dare to attack Liaodong, I can go straight to Huanglong and kill the king's court on the grassland."

Feng Sheng said confidently, "In the past six months, I have sent many scouts to the grasslands and found that there are only a few tribes of the Mongols. A large number of troops have not appeared in the northern border. In the past six months, I have not heard any news about Wang Baobao. From this point of view... Wang Baobao may run away."

"run?"

Zhu Kai didn't quite understand the tactics and strategies.

But in terms of the overall view, Zhu Kai's overall view is stronger than that of generals such as Feng Sheng and Xu Da.

When Feng Sheng said that Wang Baobao was going to run away, Zhu Kai's first thought was: "West? This old man is going to the Western Regions?"

“Given Wang Baobao’s ability to be cautious and far-sighted, he may not necessarily go to the Western Regions, but will continue westward.”

Feng Sheng put himself in the shoes of Wang Baobao and said to Zhu Kai: "If I were Wang Baobao, I would not feel that the Western Regions are safe. They are too close to our Ming Dynasty. They are always close to us. Wang Baobao wants five, ten or even twenty years to recuperate. Only after such a long time will they be strong enough to fight a big battle with us."

Zhu Kai laughed after hearing this: "Haha, this algorithm doesn't work either. If they become stronger, will our Ming Dynasty just stand still?"

In ten, twenty years...even fifty years, they will not be a match.

"If they want to fight us, there's only one way!"

Zhu Kai raised a finger, indicating that his only solution was one word: "Rob!"

Feng Sheng and his men may not know that at this time, there are several powerful countries in Central Asia and Western Europe that are in a stage of decline. If Wang Baobao rushes over and takes the opportunity to gather these tribes, the strength of the Mongols may increase dramatically.

In history, Lan Yu was the one who destroyed the Yuan Dynasty.

And it was destroyed in the north.

Now that Zhu Kai is here, he lets Can Yuan escape instead. Isn't this a slap in the face?

No, you can't think like that.

Zhu Kai realized...he had fallen into a misunderstanding by thinking this way.

I know what will happen five hundred years in the future and five hundred years in the future... Europe's future will be full of wars, and the Ming Dynasty can take advantage of the westward advance of the Mongols to play a mantis stalking the cicada while the oriole is behind.

A plan quickly formed in Zhu Kai's mind. In his plan, the Mongols would act as tools. When the Mongols beat Eastern Europe, Western Asia and Central Asia into a sieve, Zhu Kai could just sit back and reap the benefits.

Zhu Kai did not tell Feng Sheng about his plan, but asked: "Father-in-law, what do you think?"

Feng Sheng felt quite uncomfortable when Zhu Kai called him "father-in-law". He felt that Zhu Kai must have bad intentions when he said this.

"If the Mongols go west, it may not be a bad opportunity for us."

Feng Sheng expressed his thoughts truthfully, "We can take this opportunity to incorporate the grassland into the scope of the Ming Dynasty, recuperate, and let the remaining people on the grassland become citizens of the Ming Dynasty. Let them help us raise horses, cattle and sheep to improve our strength... In the long run, even if the Mongols return in 20 years, they may not be our opponents."

"Wang Baobao is cautious, so he will not stay in the Western Regions. The Western Regions are our defense barrier. Once Wang Baobao comes back, we can also make full preparations to fight the Mongols in the Western Regions."

Zhu Kai asked in return: "Then why can't we directly bring the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty? When Wang Baobao expands westward in the future, we can take over the territory they conquer from behind, isn't that possible?"

"???"

(End of this chapter)