In October of the twenty-second year of Yongle.
Capital, Eastern Palace, Crown Prince's Residence.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi lay on the sickbed with a pale face, his eyes filled with worry.
The Crown Princess Zhang sat in front of the sickbed and held Zhu Gaochi's hand tightly. She also looked at Zhu Gaochi with a worried expression.
Zhu Gaochi's eyes were dim and his spirit was dispirited. He said to Zhang shi,"
"Write a letter to Third Brother. At this juncture, only Third Brother can think of a way. I'm afraid my body can't do it. Now, I can only call Third Brother back from Nanjing.”
Zhang shi nodded worriedly:
"I know. I've already sent someone to inform him. I believe that this child is already on his way back to the capital.”
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said,"
"Don't worry about me. When Third Brother comes back, I can naturally recuperate in peace.”
At this moment, a loud voice sounded outside the Crown Prince's residence.
"Father! Mother! I'm back!"
Then, a muscular young man wearing a python robe walked into the Crown Prince's residence with an anxious expression and strode toward Zhu Gaochi's bedroom.
The young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes. His face was pale and he had no beard. He had a heroic look on his face.
The person who came was none other than Zhu Gaochi's second son, the younger brother of the Emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, the Yue King Zhu Zhanyong.
Speaking of Zhu Zhanyong, there was actually no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who did not know him. It was not because of his noble status, nor because he was the current King of Yue.
It was because Zhu Zhanyong had done a few big things that shook the world.
The first major event was in the eighth year of Yongle. The eleven-year-old Zhu Zhanyong ignored the opposition of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. He chased after Zhu Di, who was conquering the northern Mongolia, and requested to follow Zhu Di.
After obtaining Zhu Di's approval, he followed the army all the way north, thus opening the prelude to the first northern expedition of Yongle Dynasty.
In this northern expedition, the young Zhu Zhanyong had shown his brilliance. At such a young age, he had led a battalion of soldiers to slaughter the Tartar tribe, causing rivers of blood to flow. He had made countless contributions.
From then on, whenever Zhu Di wanted to go on an expedition, he would bring his grandson, Zhu Zhanyong, along.
The second major event was in the fifteenth year of Yongle, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Ji Gang, called a deer a horse. Zhu Zhanyong was furious and killed Ji Gang on the spot in front of all the civil and military officials.
The world was shocked when this matter came out. Zhu Zhanyong was imprisoned by Zhu Di in front of all the civil and military officials.
However, he was quickly released because the court quickly found evidence of Ji Gang's rebellion and his entire family was executed.
The third major event was in the 15th year of Yongle. Zhu Di had conferred the title of Taisun Concubine and Taisun Concubine for Zhu Zhanji. On the day of the conferment, Zhu Zhanyong had directly robbed the Taisun Concubine Sun on the streets!
At this moment, Zhu Di was furious and removed Zhu Zhanyong's Yue Wangjue from the Imperial Clan Court.
However, in the end, the original Taisun Concubine was given to Zhu Zhanyong because Zhu Zhanyong had already cooked the rice for Taisun Concubine.
In the 16th year of Yongle, Zhu Zhanyong was released from house arrest and restored his title as a prince. Sun Ruowei, the former imperial concubine, became the princess of the Yue Prince's residence!
The fourth major event, in the 18th year of Yongle, Zhu Zhanyong established the Royal Bank in Nanjing. The princes of the seven provinces of Jiangnan were involved. The matter was exposed and Zhu Zhanyong was imprisoned again, but the Royal Bank was preserved.
Half a year later, Zhu Zhanyong returned!
In the same year, the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, and Zhu Zhanyong stayed in Nanjing.
The fifth major event, in the 19th year of Yongle, the Ming Royal Chamber of Commerce was established. 90% of the princes of the Ming Dynasty participated in it, and Zhu Zhanyong was the chairman. After the incident, he was imprisoned again, and Zhu Di became the second chairman of the Royal Chamber of Commerce.
A month later, Zhu Zhanyong was released from house arrest and returned to Nanjing!
In the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanyong was actually a Bear Lord who kept courting death, but no matter what he did, he wouldn't die!
Since the 15th year of Yongle, Zhu Zhanyong had basically challenged Zhu Di's bottom line every year. However, every time he crossed the bottom line, Zhu Di had no way to make a move on this brat.
Although Zhu Zhanyong's actions constantly challenged Zhu Di's bottom line, it also allowed Zhu Di to obtain huge benefits.
Killing Ji Gang removed Zhu Di's greatest threat and opened the royal bank, allowing the emperor to completely control the world's wealth.
The establishment of the Royal Chamber of Commerce would allow Zhu Di to no longer have to worry about not having enough money and food to fight a war!
All these things made Zhu Di love and hate Zhu Zhanyong!
In the end, he simply threw Zhu Zhanyong to Nanjing and let him do whatever he wanted in Nanjing.
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