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

Chapter 49 Zhu Yuanzhang's Second Brother-in-Law, Li Zhen
However, what Zhu Gang said made some sense. It would save time to fight one person instead of three, so he said, "Okay, I'll talk to my second brother later and ask him to take you out to play. Do you have money? Going out to play requires money. Our father hates bullying the people the most."

"Brother, I promise I won't." Zhu Chong immediately patted his chest and promised, "Before, we beat up the cook and were beaten up by the second brother. Since then, we will never bully the people and servants again."

Zhu Gang also nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, brother, we have money, we can go out and have fun enough."

"Okay, I see."

Zhu Biao said he understood, and then said to Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang: "You two go back first. I will talk to my second brother about this matter after I finish my work here."

"it is good!"

Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang were overjoyed and bowed together, saying, "Thank you, big brother!"

Zhu Gang came forward and said to Zhu Biao with a smile: "Brother, is there anything we can help you with? If you can use my brother, just let me know."

Zhu Biao waved his hands and scolded with a smile: "I just asked you to help carry the food and you changed the subject. Now I promised you to go out and play and you want to help?"

"Hey, brother, I was wrong."

Zhu Gang laughed foolishly, and then said, "Brother, I'm going out to play, and I promise not to cause any trouble."

After saying this, Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang left happily and joyfully.

Zhu Biao watched the two brothers leave, then smiled helplessly and shook his head.

The third and fourth brothers say that they hate the second brother the most, but in fact they are closest to him.

Even closer than Zhu Di.

The affairs of the Northern Expedition weighed heavily on his shoulders and did not allow Zhu Biao to have too many emotions. After sorting out his thoughts, he returned to the East Palace to continue his work.

Zhu Biao was a down-to-earth man, and a good elder brother who took good care of his younger brothers. He had always remembered the requests of Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang, so after finishing his work, Zhu Biao took a break and went to Fengxian Hall to find Zhu Kai. However, when he arrived at Fengxian Hall, Lai Fu at the door told Zhu Biao:

"The Second Prince is in Duke Cao's vegetable garden in the Imperial City. He hasn't returned to Fengxian Palace for three days. The Second Prince was afraid that the dog would starve, so he asked me to send it over today. It seems that he plans to stay at Duke Cao's place for a while."

Duke of Cao, Li Zhen, Zhu Yuanzhang's second brother-in-law.

After Li Zhen surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, he never fought for fame or fortune, and only cared about his own vegetable garden.

While his son Li Wenzhong was leading troops to fight outside, he was in charge of the meals for some of the soldiers in the barracks. With him around, the meals in the barracks were much richer.

Don't think that Li Zhen is a man with no future. Just because he doesn't command troops doesn't mean he doesn't understand military affairs. When he and Li Wenzhong were farming in Yanzhou, they were besieged in the city for two months by Zhang Shicheng's troops. Li Wenzhong couldn't think of any way to break the siege. Li Zhen took away his son's military power without saying a word and began to command him, ordering Li Wenzhong to go out of the city to fight and resolve the crisis of Yanzhou being besieged.

After the war, he went back to farming and growing vegetables... I have to admit that there were really talented people in Huaixi in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Li Zhen was like an old farmer, but he could fight better than his son Li Wenzhong.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s enthronement as emperor was largely due to the contributions of his fellow villagers from Huaixi.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang had only Li Zhen's family as relatives besides Ma Xiuying and his sons. Reluctant to let him leave, he allocated several hundred acres of land in the imperial city and asked Li Zhen to raise pigs and grow vegetables, and be responsible for the supply of vegetables and meat in the palace. When Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing to do, he liked to visit his brother-in-law, and sometimes even went to the fields himself.

On weekdays, Zhu Kai liked to go and play with Li Zhen, but on weekdays, Zhu Kai would go back to Fengxian Hall to sleep at night. But now he has not been back to Fengxian Hall to rest for three days, and he also took Lan Yu away. It seems that he is planning to live with Li Zhen for a long time.

Faintly, Zhu Biao felt that something big was happening. Curious, Zhu Biao did not care about his tiredness and went to Li Zhen's vegetable garden to find Zhu Kai.

Zhu Biao was the crown prince and the third in command in the imperial palace after Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying. Although he was not allowed to leave the palace at night, this ban did not apply to Zhu Biao.

Li Zhen's vegetable garden has a strong farm atmosphere.

Peppers, eggplants, and some young seedlings that Zhu Biao couldn't recognize were growing exceptionally vigorously. When he came into the house, he saw Zhu Kai, shirtless, eating barbecue and drinking beer with Li Zhen.

When Li Zhen saw Zhu Biao, he hurriedly wanted to stand up and greet him, but Zhu Biao quickly stepped forward and said, "Second uncle, I am your nephew. How can I let you greet me? My father will definitely beat me if he finds out."

As he spoke, Zhu Biao pulled Li Zhen to sit down. Zhu Kai asked with a smile, "Brother, how come you have time to come to Second Uncle's place? Have you finished the things that Dad asked you to do?"

The weather was hot and Zhu Biao came in a hurry, sweating all over. Faced with Zhu Kai's question, Zhu Biao did not answer immediately. Instead, he took off his coat first, took the cold beer in front of Zhu Kai, drank it all in one gulp, and felt relaxed all over.

"I came to look for you. Lai Fu said you came to see your second uncle and brought Lan Yu with you. I was worried that something had happened, so I came to see you."

"Second brother, you haven't been back to Fengxian Temple for several days. You've been staying at Second Uncle's place... Did you get into trouble and need to hide from Dad?"

Zhu Biao's first reaction was that Zhu Kai must have gotten into some trouble by living with Li Zhen, and was afraid of being beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang, so he came here to hide. Moreover, he had been staying here for three days and was planning to stay longer, which seemed to show that he had gotten into quite a bit of trouble.

This time he came just to find out what was going on. He couldn't just stand by and watch Zhu Kai get beaten, right?

Before Zhu Kai could answer, Zhu Biao said self-reproachfully: "It's mainly my fault. I was too busy these days and didn't have time to take care of you."

"Brother, you think too much. This prince is the young tiger of our Zhu family and the auspicious sign of our Ming Dynasty. How can you think of me like this?"

Zhu Kai immediately showed an aggrieved expression, "Brother, I was hurt by your words. The imperial physician said that there are two cows that can't be healed."

"Two cows? How long do you plan to eat them?"

Zhu Biao widened his eyes. His second brother was really brave enough to speak.

However, Zhu Biao was relieved. Zhu Kai dared to bargain with him, which meant that he had not caused any serious trouble. He then picked up the skewers on the barbecue stove, took a bite, and immediately widened his eyes: "Why is it beef again?"

"hey-hey."

Li Zhen laughed, revealing his two gold-studded teeth. "Your Highness, you may not know that a cow in my vegetable garden accidentally fell to death when Kai'er was plowing the field three days ago. I thought it would be a pity to throw it away, so I skinned it and ate its meat."

"..."

Second uncle, the highest point in your vegetable garden is only one foot high. How high would it take for a cow to fall to death?

Only Zhu Kai could come up with such a lame excuse.

Zhu Biao finally understood why Zhu Kai asked him for two cows. It turned out that Zhu Kai ate the beef and needed his help as the eldest brother to pay for it.

Zhu Kai is really a genuine person - he kills one cow and returns two.

(End of this chapter)