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

Chapter 32 Zhu Biao: Whenever my father beats me, I think of...

Soon after Zhu Biao asked the question, the palace guards saw...

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was holding a belt and chasing after Crown Prince Zhu Biao to beat his son. It was really... another day of loving father and filial son.

The palace guards were already accustomed to this scene. They did not show any expression of watching a show, and their eyes were not even focused on the father and son.

I started beating my son again...

Although they thought this was childish, the guards were quite envious in their hearts.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so old, but he can still be chased and beaten by his old father. What a heartwarming scene. Then think about my own father... it seems like he hasn't beaten me for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. How could his eldest son have such poor judgment? After saying so much, didn't he realize that I couldn't answer the questions he mentioned?
And keep asking! Ask! Ask!

Doesn't this make us look bad?

Such inconsiderate behavior...it must be Zhu Kai's fault!

Zhu Biao spent a long time with Zhu Kai and was led astray by Zhu Kai.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought this was a shortcoming of Zhu Biao and he had to help him correct it.

So...a scene of loving father and filial son was played out in the palace.

Outside the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang chased after Zhu Biao and cursed him:

"You little bastard, you ask me everything. You ask me everything. Don't you have a brain? Can't you think for yourself?"

As Zhu Biao ran, he responded to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Dad, I thought about it, but I can't figure it out. Shouldn't I ask you?"

"Did your second brother teach you this again? If dad doesn't know, just say you don't know. Can't I just go and ask my second brother? Why are you hitting me?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yuanzhang helplessly:

"Dad, you can't take out the anger you got from my second brother on me. I'm not your punching bag!"

"fart!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face flushed, his hands holding the soles of his shoes tightened, and his steps became faster:

"You are all my sons. Would I use you as a punching bag? Stop right there, you little bastard. I have to teach you a lesson today!"

Zhu Biao is not stupid, how could he listen?

After chasing for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang was tired and gasped with his hands on his knees.

Zhu Biao was also tired, but he did not relax his vigilance at all. He turned his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as he chased him again, he would definitely run away again.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang standing in the golden sunlight.

At this time, he was supporting his knees with his hands and cursing at Zhu Biao.

For no reason...Zhu Biao's mind suddenly popped up the dog named "Lan Yu" raised by Zhu Kai.

The night before yesterday, Zhu Biao went to see Zhu Kai and thought of a question: if he had a dog, what would he name it...

Dad...

Zhu Biao couldn't help but shudder and quickly threw the thought out.

He is my own father, how can he be my enemy?

However, Zhu Biao couldn't help but think about this...

Phew, it's all my second brother's fault. Why not just give the dog a proper name? Why did he have to use a human name?

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to notice that Zhu Biao's eyes were not right, so he stood up and pointed at Zhu Biao with his belt:

"What are you looking at, little bastard?"

"Uh…I didn't."

Zhu Biao knew that he could no longer stay with Zhu Yuanzhang, so he quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Dad, I'm going to look for my second brother first. You take a rest."

After saying this, Zhu Biao bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said goodbye, then ran to find Zhu Kai. Zhu Yuanzhang watched Zhu Biao leave, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the Jinshen Hall.

Why didn’t you go find Kai’er earlier? Why did your dad go through all the trouble to chase you?
He just deserves a beating!

After returning to Jinshen Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Yuan Qi to call Hu Weiyong.

Then we continued to talk about how to tax when developing business. Taxation is beneficial to the growth of the national treasury, and Zhu Yuanzhang must figure out the business issues.

Wang Guangyang didn't understand business operations, so he couldn't solve Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts.

He could only be vague and say that he would wait until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had sorted out his thoughts on the business matters.

Soon, Hu Weiyong ran in, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Hu Weiyong, he was speechless. He now hated Hu Weiyong very much.

Zhu Kai is right!

This guy is a complete villain - in order to gain his trust, he disguised himself to the point that even Zhu Yuanzhang was deceived.

It has to be admitted that Zhu Yuanzhang failed in getting to know Hu Weiyong.

In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Hu Weiyong could understand his thoughts.

Moreover, he was quite capable and very respectful to Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Yuanzhang thought he was an honest person. However, after being described by Zhu Kai as a "cruel and ruthless, a complete villain", Hu Weiyong was on the road to becoming a "villain".

However, no matter how annoying it is, this person is useful.

Because Hu Weiyong was a villain, it didn't matter if he died at any time.

Instead, Zhu Yuanzhang threw some of the difficult and dirty work to Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong's reputation among ministers plummeted rapidly, to the point where everyone was calling for his death.

After Hu Weiyong revealed his villainous nature, Zhu Yuanzhang felt more confident and bold in using him.

Hu Weiyong was called here today to develop commerce.

Wang Guangyang could also guess why Zhu Yuanzhang called Hu Weiyong over. Now, he was even more worried about the development of commerce. Letting Hu Weiyong, a ruthless man, deal with commercial issues... Wang Guangyang could predict that commerce would not become more prosperous, but would become withered.

Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions to Hu Weiyong were also very simple:
"Hu Weiyong, I appoint you as the Minister of Commerce and Trade Development of the Ming Dynasty. You must clarify how the development of commerce and trade will benefit the Ming Dynasty, formulate certain rules and regulations, and supervise the development of commerce while also playing a management role. The most important thing is taxation, so you must formulate a detailed system."

When Hu Weiyong heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he thought:
"Your Majesty, if we talk about developing commerce... Throughout history, even in the Han and Tang dynasties, there was no precedent for developing commerce, Your Majesty. I think this is inappropriate."

Then, Hu Weiyong answered Zhu Yuanzhang's question about collecting taxes to fill the treasury:
"Merchants are profit-driven and despicable people. Why should we help them develop? In my opinion, we should confiscate their property and bring them to justice!"

There is no easier way to fill the national treasury than by confiscating property!
If so, copy it twice!
When Wang Guangyang heard Hu Weiyong's words, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

My guess was correct. His Majesty asked Hu Weiyong to handle the development of commerce in order to confiscate the property.

Hu Weiyong will only make the development of commerce worse.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Hu Weiyong's murderous words, he was not surprised, nor was he furious.

He just said to Hu Weiyong: "This is the second prince's idea."

The second prince?

That's okay.

Hu Weiyong immediately said in a serious tone: "The Second Prince is indeed a man of great talent and intelligence. He can think of such a good way to fill the national treasury. Your Majesty, having the Second Prince is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty and the people! Your Majesty may not know that 70% of the commerce in Yingtian Prefecture is controlled by dukes, civil officials and military officials. It is even worse outside Yingtian Prefecture. This chaos should have been rectified long ago!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will go and ask the Lord... I will go and ask the Second Prince about how to develop commerce."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, and then said to Hu Weiyong:

"The Crown Prince happens to be here too. You two can go and listen together. Hu Weiyong, this matter cannot be messed up."

If you mess up, you'll have to deal with it yourself.

(End of this chapter)