Chapter 60

Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.】

Liu Che sprayed all the wine he had just drunk.】

"Zhu Yuanzhang?! Chen Youliang?! What is all this?!"】

He coughed while pointing at the Sky Screen, laughing until tears came out,】

"Fourth son? Free-range prince? Hahahaha! This Zhu Di, sounds like a wild child that no one wants!"】

Tang Dynasty.】

Li Shimin also couldn't help but smile,】

"Free-range prince... this immortal, speaks truly humorously. However, growing up in the flames of war, it may not be a bad thing. I was like this when I was young too."】

Song Dynasty.】

Zhao Kuangyin stroked his beard, thoughtful,】

"Zhu Yuanzhang... this name is quite domineering. Chen Youliang... who is this again? Sounds like a struggle for hegemony in chaotic times."】

And at this moment, a bullet chat floated across the Sky Screen:】

【Zhu Yuanzhang (Ming Taizu): @Zhu Di, you rebellious son! I fought for whom? Wasn't it to win the empire for you all! You still feel aggrieved?!】】

Seeing this bullet chat, the emperors of all dynasties collectively froze.】

Zhu Yuanzhang? Ming Taizu?】

This Zhu Di's father... is still alive? And, also watching the Sky Screen?!】

【Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, "Oh? Father and son watching together? Interesting. @Zhu Yuanzhang, your son rebelled, what do you think?"】】

Liu Bang was even more afraid that the world wouldn't be chaotic,】

【@Zhu Yuanzhang, Old Zhu, your family education is not good! Your son even rebelled against your grandson, and you are still sending bullet chats here? Hurry up, family law!】】

【Liu Che: "@Zhu Yuanzhang, you are a father, tsk tsk."】】

【Li Shimin: "@Zhu Yuanzhang, Your Majesty, calm your anger. The affairs of descendants are hard to predict."】】

【Zhao Kuangyin: "@Zhu Yuanzhang, same as a founding emperor, understand, understand."】】

The bullet chats were instantly led astray, all @Zhu Yuanzhang.】

And the Sky Screen continued to play Zhu Di's "bitter childhood":】

【What kind of educational environment did Zhu Di grow up in?】

【Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have time to hold him, he didn't relax on his son's education at all.】

【When Zhu Di was 7 years old, he was required by his father to wear hemp shoes and wrapped leggings, walking to the outskirts of the city like a soldier, one-third of the road had to be walked, this is called "practicing labor."】

【At the same time, he also received orthodox Confucian classical education taught by great scholars in the palace's Great Ben Hall.】

【In the scene, a little boy appeared, wearing coarse hemp shoes, legs wrapped in leggings, walking hard on a rugged mountain road.】

【The sun was scorching, he was covered in sweat, but his eyes were stubborn, not stopping for a step.】

【Several eunuchs followed behind, wanting to help him, but were shaken off.】

【Seeing this, the bullet chats were quiet for a moment.】

【Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang):... 7 years old? Practicing labor? This Zhu Yuanzhang, teaching his son is quite strict.】】

【Liu Bang (Han Taizu): I wasn't that ruthless to my son. @Liu Ying, look at others!】】

【Liu Che (Han Wu Di): Strict father produces filial son? Not necessarily. However, this perseverance is not bad.】】

【Li Shimin (Tang Taizong): Literature and martial arts combined, it is similar to when I was young.】】

【Zhao Kuangyin (Song Taizu): Alas, why bother. The child is still young...】

And Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Year 10, Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture.】

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the small, stubborn figure on the Sky Screen, his nose suddenly sour.】

Is that the fourth son?】

He really hadn't held him much, and hadn't even looked at him straight.】

At that time, he was busy fighting, busy fighting for the world, where did he have time to manage his son?】

By the time the world was won, the sons had grown up, and they weren't close to him.】

Especially the fourth son, who was dull since childhood, didn't like to talk, but the stubbornness in his bones was exactly like him.】

He looked at the small figure on the Sky Screen, step by step, walking hard, but never shouting tired.】

A place in his heart suddenly softened.】

"This rebellious son... when he was young, he could endure hardship," he muttered.】

Beside him, Empress Ma held his hand and said softly:】

"Chongba, the fourth son is a good child, it's just that his temperament is too much like you, too stubborn."】

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, said nothing, but his eyes never left the Sky Screen.】

On the Sky Screen, the scene continued:】

【At 10 years old, he was enfeoffed as the Prince of Yan.】

【At 17, he married the daughter of Xu Da, becoming the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty's first fierce general.】

【At 20, he was sent to "Central Capital" Fengyang to be stationed, practicing martial arts while understanding the suffering of the people; history records that he "knew everything about the small things of the people."】

【This experience can be seen as Zhu Di's "workplace internship."】

【Later, Zhu Di was enfeoffed in Beiping, he led troops to fight fiercely with the Mongols many times, and in 1396 even chased to Cheche'er Mountain, capturing dozens of enemy troops, growing from a "fourth son" ignored by his father into the head of the fierce border kings of the Ming Dynasty.】

【In the scene, young Zhu Di wore armor and held a sharp weapon, leading troops to charge in the wind and snow outside the Great Wall.】

【Arrows were like rain, he was fearless, charging ahead, beheading generals and seizing flags, blood staining his battle robe, his eyes like fire.】

【Seeing this, the emperors of all dynasties looked serious.】

【Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang): Oh? Can fight? This is not bad, I also won the world on horseback back then.】】

【Liu Bang (Han Taizu): Xu Da's son-in-law? This Old Zhu, knows how to arrange, the two are a perfect match.】】

【Liu Che (Han Wu Di): Chased to Cheche'er Mountain? Captured enemy troops? Hmm, this Zhu Di has a shadow of me when I was young.】】

【Li Shimin (Tang Taizong): Head of the border kings... guarding the border, protecting the country, this is a great responsibility.】】

【Zhao Kuangyin (Song Taizu): Alas, military generals... literature officials are still better.】

【Bullet chats floated by, and on the Sky Screen, the voice of that later person suddenly became low and solemn:】

【He has great ambition, the man who turned "usurpation" into the "Greatest Emperor"】

【If there were no accidents, Zhu Di would be a prince guarding the border for his whole life. But the accident came -】

【The scene changed, the festive East Palace suddenly hung with white banners.】

【A gentle and elegant young man (Zhu Biao) lay on the sickbed, gasping for breath.】

【A kind-faced old woman (Empress Ma) held the young man's hand, tears streaming down her face.】

【A tiger-headed little boy (Zhu Xiongying) was playing in the courtyard, suddenly fell to the ground, his body burning hot, suffering from smallpox.】

【The scene switched rapidly: Empress Ma passed away, Zhu Biao passed away, Zhu Xiongying died young...】