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

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care: "That shabby place is freezing cold and so high... People may not even be able to stay there, what's the point of it?"

Land and population are different. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the more population the better. But land is different. Zhu Yuanzhang is an old farmer, so he naturally likes fertile land. If the land in Liaodong was not fertile, Zhu Yuanzhang would never let the people and prisoners of war from the Central Plains go to Liaodong.

Now there was another place called U-Tsang, whose farming was not good and whose geographical location was not good. Zhu Yuanzhang refused to accept it no matter what.

"There are so many good lands in the world, why do you have to focus on U-Tsang?"

Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips in disdain and said, "When the time comes, we will move all the nobles and common people out and let them farm for us."

Zhu Biao would not argue with Zhu Yuanzhang about such meaningless things, but he felt that Zhu Kai's approach was better. As the emperor who ruled the world, he could not reflect his likes and dislikes based on the barrenness or fertility of a place. On the contrary, he should provide help to the barren places.

Zhu Yuanzhang...he is more extreme. Anyway, Zhu Kai is around, so whether Zhu Yuanzhang likes it or not has no effect on him.

Zhu Kai knew what to do, and it was useless even if Zhu Yuanzhang objected.

With Zhu Kai here, everything will be easy.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang... there is no need to consider Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Kai is not in Yingtian Prefecture, and Zhu Biao is too lazy to argue with Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Forget it, let that brat handle it."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered to himself a lot, thinking that the U-Tsang Mountains were high and the emperor was far away, and even if he had any orders, Zhu Kai might not listen. So he simply let Zhu Kai do it on his own.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang soon became worried about Zhu Kai: "That bastard has only so many men. He wants to march into U-Tsang and do business with Wang Baobao and his men. Are these soldiers enough?"

"not enough."

Zhu Biao quickly responded to Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts and said, "I think we should send at least 50,000 troops to the western border."

"What about the general who led the troops?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not object to who could lead how many troops, but when he thought about the choice of the leader, he hesitated: "Lan Yu is still very young after all. If he leads the troops out, many people will not obey him. For example, those who followed us to conquer the world in the past, no one would believe him."

After all, Lan Yu is still too young. He offended Zhu Kai in the past two years and was abandoned by most of the generals. Although Lan Yu is following Zhu Kai now, who will obey him?

Zhu Yuanzhang had a headache choosing generals to lead the troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not deny Lan Yu's ability. He even believed that Lan Yu would surpass many generals and become a famous general of the Ming Dynasty. But now... with Li Wenzhong, Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and a group of generals who followed him from his hometown in Huaixi, not many people would submit to him.

Could it be that Lan Yu would be allowed to lead an army of 150,000 alone?

Not suitable.

Lan Yu does not have the ability to lead so many soldiers now.

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's entanglement and hesitation, Zhu Biao seemed to have figured it out long ago, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Dad, the third and fourth brothers are married, and they can also lead the troops."

"Yup!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard Zhu Biao's words, and he slapped his thigh fiercely: "Why didn't I think of them?"

"Well, that's all. Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang will lead the troops and obey Zhu Kai's leadership. Hey, Biao'er, do you think we have extended their fiefdoms too far? Should we move their territory to the north and west?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden words caught Zhu Biao by surprise, but after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he thought about it carefully and felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal made sense: "I think it's okay, but it's a little early now. It's better to wait a little longer. No matter what, we have to develop the Western Jin Dynasty and Qin before we go."

"You bastard! You only learn some fancy things from Kai'er and use your brother as free labor, right? You bastard!"

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed with a smile, and then said: "However, the fiefs of Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang do need to be developed well, otherwise it will cost too much to mobilize food and grass from Huguang or Qilu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

This can be considered as a disguised agreement with what Zhu Biao said.

These two people really need to make efforts and work hard for the construction of Ming Dynasty.

As for whether Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang agreed with his ideas and wishes, these were not within Zhu Yuanzhang's consideration at all.

Even his most beloved son Zhu Kai was sent out to work, so how could Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang stay out of it?
They are all brats!

Zhu Yuanzhang loved Zhu Kai the most. His initial idea was the same as Ma Xiuying's, that is, to give Zhu Kai enough ability to protect himself so that he could live a stable and worry-free life. But later... Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had such an idea. Zhu Kai was too outstanding, so outstanding that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to make Zhu Kai the crown prince, or even the emperor directly, and make himself the emperor emeritus, and travel around the Ming Dynasty with Ma Xiuying.

But... Zhu Kai was too lazy, so lazy that Zhu Yuanzhang was not confident in handing the Ming Dynasty over to Zhu Kai.

But Zhu Kai's ability made Zhu Yuanzhang unwilling to give up.

Therefore, this father and son have been in love and hate with each other.

Fortunately, between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Kai, there was Zhu Biao who could act as a lubricant.

Zhu Biao had a gentle personality and no ambition or desire, which was the best lubricant to reconcile Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Kai.

"It's up to you."

Zhu Yuanzhang said that he would leave this matter to Zhu Biao to handle, and let Zhu Biao do the rest.

……

In the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Wang Baobao and Tianbaonu, as well as Hei'erhuozhe, the nominal king of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and Wang Baobao's confidants, were sitting together discussing things.

The first thing to do is He Daming's trade, but the trade is completely controlled by Daming. They can only raise their hands to take the money, and any discussion is meaningless.

Another important thing... which was not so important in Wang Baobao's opinion, was that a small noble in U-Tsang actually sent people to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to discuss placing Zhu Kai under house arrest...

Tianbaonu and Heidehuozhe thought they could give it a try, since it didn't matter if they failed.

But in Wang Baobao's opinion, this attempt would definitely fail.

Tianbaonu and Heierhuozhe came together to find Wang Baobao and talk about this matter.

They both looked grim, but Wang Baobao was as calm as ever: "Failed?"

"Failed."

Tian Baonu looked very unhappy and explained to Wang Baobao: "That Uszang noble named Danma is a useless waste. He said that he had 30,000 soldiers and it would be easy to capture Zhu Kai, but in the end, he was captured by Zhu Kai without doing anything."

After waiting for so long, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom. This loss left Tian Baonu with no chance to adjust his plan.

Just two words: uncomfortable! As uncomfortable as Tianbaonu was Heide'erhuozhe next to him. He originally thought that Danma would control Zhu Kai in U-Tsang, and Wang Baobao would take his people to leave East Chagatai quickly. Now that Danma failed, he would become the one being threatened again.

Such days were dark and gloomy, and Hei De Er Huo Zhe even felt that he would never see the day when he would regain his freedom.

Wang Baobao didn't care about it: "Don't think it's easy to deal with Zhu Kai. That guy named Danma... let alone 30,000 people, even 300,000 people may not be able to catch Zhu Kai."

Looking at the unconvinced Tianbao slave and the sad Heide'erhuo beside him, Wang Baobao knew what they were thinking. He did not think of exposing them, but just said, "We still have a chance later. We definitely have a chance."

To deal with Zhu Kai, you must first integrate your own strength, otherwise it will be useless no matter what you do to Zhu Kai.

Tian Baonu asked Wang Baobao: "Prince Qi, what should we do next? The Ming Dynasty has taken over U-Tsang. We are surrounded by the Ming Dynasty to the east and south. Do we have no choice but to go west?"

"No."

Wang Baobao shook his head. "It was the Ming Dynasty that wanted to drive us westward that allowed us to go west. The trade...has tied us up and we can't move."

If they want their army to have enough combat effectiveness and not to be separated from the Ming Dynasty, they cannot do without the Ming Dynasty.

"Wait a little longer. Once we have prepared our weapons, we may be able to fight the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Baobao said to Tianbaonu, "We must make good use of the opportunity of mutual trade to strengthen our strength."

Hei Erhuozhe suddenly thought of something and said to Wang Baobao: "King Qi, there is a place called Constantine in the south of Timurid Khanate. That place has not been conquered by my Mongolian army. I heard that it has existed for more than a thousand years. There must be a lot of people and wealth there. Can we..."

"is it?"

Wang Baobao's eyes lit up.

What does he need most now?
Wealth and population.

A dynasty that has existed for more than a thousand years...it must have a large population and wealth.

Looking at the history of the Central Plains, is there any dynasty that has existed for thousands of years?

The Han Dynasty existed for more than four hundred years, which was already incredible. Now a dynasty that has lasted for more than a thousand years has suddenly appeared. How come this sounds so... unbelievable?

Wang Baobao was a little unconvinced. He looked at the dark fireman and said, "How strong is this thousand-year-old dynasty?"

Could it be that the Hei Er Huo person wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife?

Wang Baobao really didn't think he could defeat a dynasty that had existed for thousands of years.

Although he was uncertain, Wang Baobao was not afraid. He had fought against great generals of the Ming Dynasty such as Li Wenzhong, Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Chang Yuchun. Facing an unknown enemy, the only thing Wang Baobao could think of was the challenge.

Heidehuozhe immediately said: "I don't know much about this, but my father Khan once met their envoys and bought goods from us. They gave us gold coins."

gold?

Tian Baonu's eyes lit up when he heard this...

If they are really that rich, they can make a comeback.

He immediately turned to look at Wang Baobao, hoping to hear from him the order to march south. However, Wang Baobao was not carried away by this, but still felt that they could give that place a try: "We can send someone to contact them, or we can lead the troops directly over there to give it a try."

When it comes to fighting, Wang Baobao has never been defeated by anyone.

"it is good."

Tianbaonu immediately agreed, and then looked at Heide Erhuozhe: "Do you have a way to contact them?"

"…I'm not sure either. I need to ask the elders."

"What are you waiting for? Go now."

Tian Baonu couldn't wait a moment, he immediately went with Hei De Er Huo Zhe to find the familiar place called Constantine.

If Zhu Kai could hear the conversation between Heidehuozhe, Wang Baobao and Tianbaonu at this time, he would definitely strongly support their actions.

Are you kidding? This is exactly what he wants!
Let Wang Baobao and his remnants of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty serve as the spearhead for conquering the world, while Zhu Kai leads the well-rested Ming Dynasty to receive the spoils in the rear. Is there any deal more suitable than this?

By then, the Renaissance had already begun to sprout in Europe, and the Ming Dynasty, with the emergence of Zhu Kai, had already embarked on a path of faster development. Whether it was conquering the south or the north, the Ming Dynasty was many years ahead.

The only slow thing is the population growth, which is what makes Zhu Kai most uncomfortable.

Even if those Europeans were captured as slaves... one Han Chinese leading four or five Europeans as slaves would not be enough. Zhu Kai needed more Han Chinese... more Ming Dynasty people.

But it was most convenient for Wang Baobao and his men to reach Europe first. Although the Mongols occupied the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years, the savagery in their bones would not change. Places like Europe and Central and West Asia would inevitably be flooded with blood because of the Mongols.

By the time Wang Baobao has integrated Europe and Central and West Asia, the population of the Ming Dynasty will have exploded. By then, it will be much easier to fight against the Mongols led by Wang Baobao.

If Zhu Kai knew that Wang Baobao had set his sights on Constantinople, he might have increased the amount of weapons in the trade by 20%, so that they could fight Rome to a pulp.

Zhu Kai did not stay in U-Tsang all the time, and the current U-Tsang is far inferior to that of later generations.

Now there is nothing but the bare Zhigong Temple.

If we want to make people interested in coming to U-Tsang, we have to wait until they are rich. It is nothing but a foolish dream to build U-Tsang into a tourist destination now. Now that the world is just beginning to settle down, how many people will come to U-Tsang for tourism?
No matter what, they have to wait until they are tired of visiting Jiangnan before it can take shape.

Without waiting for Lan Yu to send troops over, Zhu Kai left first. When he left, he handed over all the affairs of U-Tsang to Nangaba Zangbu to handle, and asked Zangbudagan to assist him. It was not a big problem to govern U-Tsang.

As for Nangaba Zangbu, he is just a charlatan. Whether he has the ability to handle the affairs of U-Tsang... Zhu Kai does not need to worry. A smart person who can realize the use of economic warfare to defeat U-Tsang will not be at a loss as to how to use his own advantages to deal with problems.

If worst comes to worst, don’t we still have the 30,000 soldiers sent by Lan Yu?
With 30,000 Ming troops, plus the troops under the command of Nangaba Zangbu, they are definitely the largest force in U-Tsang. With the help of Zangbudagan, the former chieftain of the first tribe in U-Tsang, Zhu Kai does not have to worry about any problems they will encounter.

After knowing that Zhu Kai had entrusted all the affairs of U-Tsang to him, Nang Gyalpa Zangbu was full of confidence and assured Zhu Kai, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will definitely protect U-Tsang for you."

Zhu Kai patted him on the shoulder, praised his good brother a few words, and then left.

As for Zangbu Dagan who was standing next to him, Zhu Kai didn't say much to him.

Without even speaking to him, Zangbudagan looked unhappy.

He gave up half of the Guge tribe but failed to leave a good impression on Zhu Kai.

A typical case of stealing a chicken but losing the rice. (End of this chapter)