Zhu Biao, the good-for-nothing big brother, didn't manage to get Xiao Wu, but he brought Zhu Di, who was almost killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, back to the East Palace to recuperate.
That night, in the prison of Yingtian Prefecture, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing outside the cell, looked at his son who was curled up on a pile of straw and sleeping. The anger that had been accumulated in his chest had unknowingly turned sour.
She had suffered before, so she did not want her child to suffer the same pain.
This was the simplest wish of any parent in the world.
Seeing his son, who had been spoiled since he was young, sleeping on a pile of straw, even the heroic and iron-blooded Old Zhu's heart softened for no reason.
"Open the door." Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to say the word "prison" at all.
"Yes." Trembling, the jailer took out the key and tried to open the keyhole a few times, but he couldn't.
"Hand it over!" Zhu Yuanzhang grabbed the key impatiently and unlocked the door. When he walked into the cell, Zhu Su had already woken up because of the commotion.
The father and son looked at each other and then looked away.
It was the first time the atmosphere between them had become so awkward.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to speak."Why did you let Li Shan Chang go?"
Zhu Su did not answer.
"Is it because of what Father said to you before that you think I'm warning you?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was not a fool. He knew that there was always a force around Zhu Su. In Zhu Su's own words, it was the Holy Fire... Meow Meow Sect...
And he, Zhu Su, was the Cult Master.
Zhu Yuanzhang would not believe a single word of this.
However, this did not stop him from loving his naughty son.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Zhu Su was just an intelligent but mischievous, happy and kind-hearted child.
Until Zhu Su suddenly left Jinling and traveled more than 2,000 miles overnight to save Chang Yuchun, who suddenly fell ill.
No one could explain why Zhu Su was so sure that Chang Yuchun would suddenly fall ill. It was as if he could predict the future and knew that Chang Yuchun would be in danger.
After that, he created garlicin, artesunate, and saved Chang Yuchun. There were also the hygiene regulations to treat the plague. Before that, there was also the salt factory...
All of this made Zhu Yuanzhang no longer appear superficial.
No matter how much Zhu Su pretended to be cynical, it did not prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from seeing the essence through the phenomenon and perceiving his son's excellence.
He could even easily relate it to an earlier time when Zhu Su and Empress Ma had used the example of the Records of the Three Kingdoms to perfectly explain the complicated situation in the imperial court.
Even the conversation Zhu Su had with Crown Prince Zhu Biao before the incident at the Drunken Immortal Restaurant…
Zhu Yuanzhang did not hear the conversation between the two of them, nor did he send anyone to monitor them.
But when Zhu Biao found him and told him about the plan to stabilize the balance of power in the court, and hinted that this was all his own idea, Zhu Yuanzhang knew everything.
This was because he liked to use examples to explain, quote classics, and use comparisons to analyze and weigh the pros and cons before expressing his views.
It was never Zhu Biao's style.
And such a decisive way of doing things was not the way a modest gentleman like Zhu Biao would do things.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad.
What made him sad was that he had told Zhu Su sincerely before this," Even if he still loved to cause trouble as before, as his father, he would not be soft-hearted when he should beat him up, but he would still pretend to be stupid when he should!
The reason had already been broken apart and explained to him!
Isn't it good for you to be a carefree prince for the rest of your life?
He would protect him while he was alive. After he died, Zhu Biao, as his elder brother, would also protect him!
Why are you in such a hurry to prove yourself?
He even used Zhu Biao to convey this message to him? Prove that she was better than Big Brother?
Do you still treat your big brother as your big brother?
Do you still treat me as your father?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already confirmed that his son had developed strange thoughts, decided to add fuel to Zhu Su's ambitions!
You saved Chang Yuchun, so he naturally has to return the favor, but this isn't enough.
Then I'll fulfill your previous joke and marry Xu Miaoyun to you!
With two generals standing behind you, isn't that enough to give birth to your ambition?
This was Zhu Yuanzhang, who had climbed from the bottom to the peak of power. He was a true hero!
Zhu Yuanzhang was like a lone tiger who was at the peak of power. No one should try to influence his will or encroach on his authority!
He had already decided on Zhu Biao as his successor, so no one could influence his decision!
It could be said that Zhu Yuanzhang had already fallen into a misunderstanding.
He had already determined that Zhu Su was unwilling to be ordinary and wanted to prove to him that he was better than Zhu Biao.
Therefore, when Zhu Su accidentally met Xu Miaoyun in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant and Li Tong's incident happened, he was shocked.
After that, when Xu Da entered the palace to report, Zhu Yuanzhang, who heard the news, only thought that this was another deliberate test by Zhu Su.
He wanted to see if Zhu Yuanzhang would change his mind because of his outstanding performance.
Therefore, no matter how unreasonable the other aspects were, such as Yu 'er's betrayal and Li Tong's schemes, Xu Miaoyun agreed to the appointment on a whim.
And why Zhu Su had coincidentally appeared in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant to save the damsel in distress.
All the coincidences added together were not coincidences to Zhu Yuanzhang, but had ulterior motives.
At this time, Zhu Su just happened to send a letter, asking him to pretend to be deaf and mute.
Zhu Yuanzhang would naturally satisfy his request.
However, a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. Zhu Yuanzhang gave Zhu Su a chance.
As long as Zhu Su killed Li Shan Chang, or Li Shan Chang died because of this conflict, then Zhu Su would be too smart to be smart. As a prince, he would never be able to get the throne if he had the stain of harming the founding minister.
All of his ambitions would die like a lone wolf, leaving his corpse in the wilderness and eventually be blown away by the wind.
But in the end, Zhu Su did not kill Li Shan Zhang.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised, in his opinion, the consequences of Zhu Su humiliating Li Shan Chang were even worse than killing him.
Zhu Su's actions had clearly caused a rift between him and the ministers. Although there were some twists and turns, he had still achieved his goal.
The trouble of brothers fighting would not happen among his sons, so he could rest assured.
Until now, Zhu Yuanzhang finally came to his senses.
Zhu Su actually intended to let Li Shan Chang go!
All of this finally made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that his son probably didn't care about being separated from the ministers at all, nor did he care about his bad reputation in the future.
Then what did he want to do?
Letting Li Shan Chang go and then recruiting him later, or was he just using this matter to secretly declare war on him?
Did it mean that he wanted to ignite the flames of war in the Central Plains again?!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even dare to think about it.
However, no matter how far his thoughts drifted, the person sitting in front of him was only a thirteen-year-old youth who was rubbing his stomach and starving.
He was her son.
Remembering Empress Ma's warning, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and took out a cloth bag from his pocket. Inside was a baked white film.
"Eat." Zhu Yuanzhang handed the cloth bag to his son. His eyes were lowered, carefully hiding the sorrow in his eyes.
Zhu Su touched the white membrane that had formed on the grilled meat. After taking a few bites, he found it hard to swallow.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he was still picky about food despite being so hungry. He could not help but feel his palms itch. However, after thinking for a moment, he took out an oilpaper bag from his sleeve and spread it out in Zhu Su's hand.
This was the crispy meat he had gotten from the imperial kitchen before he came.
After Zhu Su wolfed down the pancake and crispy meat, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Su returned to their previous states.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son's mouth and finally couldn't help but wipe it clean with a handkerchief.
Zhu Yuanzhang could only sigh in his heart when he saw Zhu Su's resistance and endurance. The last time he did this was when Zhu Su was one or two years old.
In the blink of an eye, she was already so big…
Zhu Yuanzhang finally asked the question that would decide the fate of the father and son,""Father will ask you again, why did you let Li Shan Zhang go?”
"Because he did not deserve to die, because he was a founding hero, because he was a partner who fought side by side with you.
It wasn't easy for him to win the world with you, and he's only had a few peaceful days?”In the end, Zhu Su still said most of what was on his mind.
He wasn't stupid enough to say that this was to leave a good reputation for his father, Old Zhu. Otherwise, with Old Zhu's temper, it wouldn't be strange for him to go to Fengyang and kill him.
"Just this? No other reason? That's not what you told your brother.”When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his eyes were fixed on Zhu Su.
As expected, he did not notice any surprise on the other party's face after hearing about this.
"I said that Lee Shan Chang was looking for death, but I didn't say that I was going to kill him, right? Wouldn't it be fine if he were to pull him down from the position of Prime Minister?
It wasn't easy for him either. If I were him, I would have been tricked by a bastard like Li Jinglong first, then bullied and insulted by a silkpants like me. Even if I was doing it for his own good, causing his reputation to be completely ruined, so that he could save his life in the end, how would such an outcome be better than killing him?”
Zhu Su's answer was within Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.
"They used Miao Yun to plot against the Xu family and even your father. Don't you hate them?”Zhu Yuanzhang's face was filled with disbelief.
"Li Tong is dead. I broke one of Li Qi's fingers. Li Shan Chang couldn't be said to have suffered a great humiliation, but his foundation as a person was almost destroyed. Father, what else do I want? Killing people is just a small matter. Do I have to dig up their ancestral graves?!”Zhu Su said unhappily.
Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his nose. Suddenly, he repeated the second question he had asked earlier."Brat, you haven't answered me. Did what Imperial Father said to you before make you think that I was warning you?”
"What words?" Zhu Su decided to play dumb.
"Back then in the royal study, you asked me if you looked like your fifth granduncle!”Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.
"Oh…" Zhu Su suddenly understood."Then do I look like my fifth granduncle?"
"What do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang gave a fake smile and glanced at Zhu Su.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes. At that time, I indeed sensed that father felt that I was outstanding, so I humiliated Li Shan Chang to defile myself.”As Zhu Su spoke, his eyes were fixed on Zhu Yuanzhang's feet.
As expected, the sense of danger came from there.
"Do you think that being the emperor is a difficult job?”Zhu Yuanzhang said with a faint smile.
However, Zhu Su did not answer Zhu Yuanzhang's question. Instead, he asked him an interesting question."Father, do you think it's interesting to be the emperor, or do you think the process of fighting all the way to become the emperor is interesting?”
" Of course it's the latter," Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out without thinking.
However, he suddenly realized that by saying this, he would inevitably be suspected of encouraging his son to rebel against him, so he said from a practical point of view,"Your father's journey was more dangerous than a narrow escape. I will miss it because it was exciting enough, but I definitely won't want to do it all over again!”
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he looked deeply at Zhu Su.
Zhu Su finally understood.
"Father, wait a moment. Let me think it through.”After a moment of silence, Zhu Su suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang."Old man, you don't think that I'm going to snatch Eldest Brother's position of Crown Prince, do you?”
Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his nose. He suddenly felt a little guilty. After all, he had already begun to think about whether Zhu Su was going to rebel.
"Father! How can there be a thirty-year-old prince in the world?!”Zhu Su suddenly stood up and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang indignantly.
" Huh?!" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Biao, who was now in his twenties. He roared angrily at the traitor in front of him,"You're not the fucking Crown Prince yet!”
"No, that's not what I meant." Zhu Su waved his hand with a smile, thinking that he should calm his father down first so that he could finish his words.
"Father, you know that the territory outside Great Ming is very large, right?”Zhu Su began to guide him patiently.
"Your father is not a fool!" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Su and said impatiently,""Yes, very big. And then?"
"Your son will give you an example from what you can understand. Take the Mengyuan that you just overthrew as an example. After their ancestor, Genghis Khan, conquered the west, he established the Four Khaganates, which were ruled by his four sons.
Then in the future, why can't you, Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang, imitate Genghis Khan or even surpass him, conquer a larger territory and rule them?
Of course, we only have one Da Ming, but the rulers of different regions can be your sons.
Father, I have never intended to eat and wait for death in the land of Ming Dynasty. I, Zhu Su, want to conquer civilization with civilization and tame barbarism.
I want to build a giant ship that can cross the ocean and go to the other side of the sea. I know that there is a vast land there. I want to build a Ming Dynasty that belongs to me, Zhu Su!”
After Zhu Su finished speaking, he looked proudly at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in a daze. The latter did not know how to react.
" Su 'er, you're really ambitious…So your plan is…" Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly. From the moment he knew that Zhu Su was an excessively ambitious target, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he was being too narrow-minded.
This was what Zhu Su had been waiting for. " Isn't my son's fief in Hangzhou? Just nice. Give me two years and I'll clean up the sea area. Aren't you always worried about Zhang Shicheng's remnants? I promise to clean it up for you!
At that time, you can re-open the sea ban. I guarantee you that in less than ten years, the strength of the Great Ming Dynasty will rise in a straight line. At that time, it will be time for us to begin conquering the world! Father, don't you want to see how powerful I will be at that time?
In the future, when our country surpasses the Han and Tang Dynasties, we can make the world submit to Ming Dynasty!
" Zhu Su's voice seemed to carry some kind of strange appeal.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he definitely wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
When an ambitious person met an ambitious person, it was like a kapok meeting sparks.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized something and his expression turned ugly."You said just now that we should take advantage of this opportunity…What opportunity?”
"Humiliating and beating up the Duke of Korea? For such a big crime, when will you be able to do it if you don't send him to his fief?”
"Good boy…So you were waiting for me here…"
Old Zhu, who was forcing a smile, felt his temples swelling.
Only when the beads on his son's abacus fell on his face did he realize that he felt a sense of guilt that made him want to slap himself when he woke up in bed tonight.
After thinking for a long time, I thought that my son was going to rebel.
She did not expect her son to look down on the little things at home…
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was secretly thinking of compensating him, suddenly patted Zhu Su's shoulder.""Son, you have ambition! Then, do you want me to give you some rewards?”
After all, the misunderstanding had been resolved in such a strange way. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who felt guilty, still tried his best to compensate his son.
Zhu Su raised his eyebrows and smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang.""Why don't you issue a decree to betroth Miao Yun to me?”
Obviously, Zhu Su didn't know that his father had decreed a marriage.
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