It’s a new year again, and Zhu Biao is already eleven years old.
At this time, the boy's body will grow taller, strips will be drawn, and placed in the farmer's house. In two or three years, he will be able to start a family and start a business. Take the time to marry a wife and have children, and continue the family life, for fear of wasting time. If everything goes well,
It is not impossible to become a grandfather at the age of thirty.
After all, in this era where the average life expectancy is only thirty or forty years old, time is particularly precious.
For a country's crown prince, there doesn't seem to be such a rush.
Zhu Biao is still in the process of learning, and what he wants to learn is very complicated.
First of all, people from the Hanlin Academy taught him music, chess, calligraphy and painting, classics and history collections, standard royal education, which could not be neglected at all. On the other side, led by Gao Qi and others, they tried their best to teach him Zhang's studies, and they were teaching the prince instead of Zhang Ximeng.
What Zhang Ximeng said is certainly good, but the entire Zhang School still lacks rich content, especially classics like the Four Books and Five Classics. The result is that most of them are dry truths. Zhu Biao can easily memorize articles, but
Not necessarily understanding much of the content.
The military generals also hoped that His Highness would be good at martial arts, so they advocated that Zhu Biao enter martial arts and learn the art of war. He would first be able to command troops and then learn to govern the country, just like his father.
At the same time, Queen Ma often taught Zhu Biao, letting him learn arithmetic, understand some business methods, and understand how the royal workshop operated, which would be indispensable for financial management in the future.
Everything is a good skill, and Zhu Biao tried his best to learn it.
But all these messy things were poured into his head, making Zhu Biao a little unable to handle it.
In addition, Zhu Biao also has another worry, that is, as the eldest brother, he has to take care of his brothers... Others say it is easy, but the fourth brother, Zhu Di, is simply possessed by a demon star.
Some time ago, I don't know where I learned how to ride a horse. As soon as the little kid took off his crotchless pants, he got a pony and galloped around the palace.
If nothing else, there was an accident and he fell headlong to the ground. Zhu Biao was almost frightened to death at that time.
When he ran over, he pulled Zhu Di up and had a look. This bastard was still having fun!
Zhu Biao had no choice but to issue a strict order not to allow Zhu Di to ride a horse.
Seeing that he could no longer ride the horse, Zhu Di started to make trouble in the school. Such a small amount of food could actually make the teacher helpless. The teacher made some spices to smoke the room, and he could replace it with pepper powder, making the school like a small barbecue.
.
He also poured vinegar into Master's wine glass and sprinkled salt into the noodle bowl.
The most outrageous thing is that this guy actually peed at the entrance of Fengtian Palace when Zhu Yuanzhang came back.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he wanted to beat someone.
What else can Zhu Biao do? He can only pamper his younger brother!
He protected Zhu Di and blocked Lao Zhu's family methods.
Some people say that if Zhu Biao lives a long life, will Zhu Di dare to appease Jingnan?
The person who asked this question probably doesn’t know what Zhu Biao’s status is in front of his brothers!
If Zhu Di dares to prick him, his butt will be exposed!
"You just protect them. Believe it or not, if one day Zhu Di sets fire to Fengtian Temple, you won't allow us to beat him?"
Zhu Biao frowned and said, "It's your father's fault that you didn't raise your child well. You led the troops to fight Chahan as soon as the fourth child was born. More than a year later, you came back and then went to Peiping. When you came back, the fourth child was almost five years old."
How many days have you been with him? How can you blame him for everything?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Okay! You are really good! You dare to reason with your father! Didn't you say that it is the father's fault that he did not raise the child? Let me also give you a word, it is the fault of the teacher that he did not teach you strictly! You should go to Peking immediately to see him.
King Lu, let him teach you well!"
Zhu Biao was not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang. Instead, he continued: "My husband is busy with official duties and is above my father. If I say that my husband has done something wrong, the child will not admit it. As for my father asking the child to go to Peking, the child wants to ask the father. It is justified."
I don’t know what reason the father has for letting the child go to Peking?"
Listening to his son's plausive words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but shake his head, "No wonder the fourth child is so naughty! It's you, the eldest brother, who covers up the affair! Don't you want to be justified? Well, let me tell you, the truth has been prepared for a long time."
Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands on his hips and said angrily: "Passing the decree, the fourth son of the emperor is conferred the title of King of Yan, and he will rule Beiping in the future. At present, the prince will go north to temporarily take care of the fiefdom for his younger brother. There must be no mistake!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he stared at Zhu Biao and sneered: "This is what we said in Shanhaiguan. You won't let your father break your words, right?"
Zhu Biao had no choice but to nod.
"The child obeys the order, but the child is gone. The mother is in poor health and needs the father's care. The younger brothers also need the father's mercy."
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "You don't need to say this, just pack your bags and set off!"
…
The young Zhu Biao was sent to Peking by Old Zhu. When the news came out, some people were unconvinced. For example, some people found Li Zhen, Zhu Yuanzhang's sister-in-law, Zhu Wenzheng's mother... but Old Zhu didn't buy it at all.
.
What's even worse is that Queen Ma didn't say anything.
His own mother didn't care, so what could others do? Just like that, Zhu Biao, escorted by Guo Ying, headed north to Peiping.
"Sister, actually we have talked with Mr. several times, and now we can see some of Biao'er's problems."
Queen Ma frowned, "What do you want to say? You have driven the child away, and you still want to say bad things about him?"
"No!" Lao Zhu waved his hand, "Sister, Biao'er has too many people's attention, and all aspects must be taken care of. As a son, you must be filial, as a heir apparent, you must be respectful, as an elder brother, you must be loving... No matter whether he is civilized or martial, he is
You have to care and care... Tell me, there are so many things, let alone a child, even we can't do it well!"
Empress Ma sighed softly, "Who says it's not the case, but after all, he is our eldest son and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty!"
"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "This is what we want to say, no matter what, you can't be the emperor. If you want to sit in this chair, you must be ruthless! There are thorns in the dragon chair!"
Empress Ma was stunned for a while and whispered: "Compassion does not control soldiers, and justice does not amass wealth. Indeed, Biao'er is too kind."
"It's not about kindness, but the people around Biao'er are too kind to him. He can't tell whether there is truth or lies in this." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sister, you heard, right? That Yesu actually wants to poison
The dead iron pot, as well as other ministers, all want to kill the king. In order to save their face, they must kill them! Aren't these people usually loyal ministers? When things get tough, everyone is a traitor. Sitting on this dragon chair,
You really may not understand it clearly.”
After hearing these words, Queen Ma's expression suddenly changed, and she couldn't help but sigh, "Chongba, you said it's so difficult to be born into the royal family?"
Lao Zhu sighed helplessly, "We can't tell, but if we continue like this, we're afraid of harming Biao'er. Let him go to Peking and learn more from Mr. Zhang. From the outside, Yingtian may be much better.
"
Queen Ma pondered for a long time and finally nodded.
"You have good intentions! But my child has gone so far, and I can't let go... How about I write a letter to Jiang Nan and remind her to take good care of Biao'er?"
"Don't!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand quickly, "Sister, please don't bother her. When we came back, we heard that Jiang Tiju was pregnant again."
"Oh? So, the Zhang family is going to add new people?"
Lao Zhu smiled and said, "Who can say otherwise? Although we are still in our prime, the next generation cannot be careless. Such a big foundation needs good children to take over it. I hope he can understand my father's painstaking efforts.
!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned to the north...
Before the first lunar month, Zhu Biao arrived in Peking in a light snow.
After he arrived, he only saw Jiang Nan.
"Where's sir?"
"Go to work."
Jiang Nan brought Zhu Biao to Nuange, prepared a bowl of strong ginger tea for him, and then said: "It's not freezing cold. In order to build the camp, I took the people from the Gongde Camp early."
"Gongde camp? But those prisoners of Dayuan?" Zhu Biao asked in a low voice.
"Yes! It's that group of people, including the emperor, queen, and prince of Dayuan, many of them!"
Zhu Biao was startled again and was silent for a while. He mustered up his courage and said, "It's freezing cold right now. It's very cold. I'm afraid it's a little unhuman to work at this time, right?"
Jiang Nan did not speak, but smiled slightly, "Your Highness has his own opinions, so why not wait until Prime Minister Zhang comes back and tell him again!"
Zhu Biao nodded in agreement and then went to the prepared residence.
After a while, Zhang Ximeng came back covered in snow.
Jiang Nan took his cotton robe, helped him dust off the snow, and then said: "His Royal Highness is here, and as soon as he came over, he started to punish him. He said that you were too cruel to the people in Gongde Camp. Take a look.
How to deal with it?"
Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are wrong. His Highness the Crown Prince does not want to accuse him. He is just such a character. I know it in my heart."
After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, he grabbed his robe again and said, "I'll go take a look. You don't have to wait for me to eat."
While talking, Zhang Ximeng went to Zhu Biao's residence.
Far away, Zhang Ximeng saw a small figure at the door, waiting here, his little face turned red from the cold, and he was stamping his feet.
Seeing Zhang Ximeng coming, he quickly came to greet him.
"Disciple has met sir."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "It's cold outside, come in quickly!"
Zhu Biao agreed, and their master and apprentice entered the room. Zhu Biao asked Zhang Ximeng to sit down. Then he turned around and fetched a pot of ginger tea and poured a bowl for Zhang Ximeng.
"I drank this from my wife's place. Sir, please use it to drive away the cold."
Zhang Ximeng took it and took a sip. It was hot and heart-warming.
"Your Highness, let me tell you something! While we were busy today, an old woman also brought a pot of hot tea, and Emperor Dayuan and his family all got a bowl."
Zhu Biao's eyes gleamed and he said with a smile: "Really? She must be a kind woman. Good people are rewarded!"
"But her two sons were captured by the Yuan army and were left alive and dead. Her wife was also forcibly drafted into a civilian husband, fell into the river, and drowned."
Zhu Biao's face changed, "This, what should we do? Her life must be difficult, right?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled warmly and said earnestly: "It's not difficult to say. As long as the piers and platforms can be repaired, and if Hu Qi invades, the beacon can be ignited in advance, and there won't be such a big loss."