In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Tianyu traveled through time and became the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.
Good news: His biological father is Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is very kind to him.
Bad news: This biological father is a bit murderous and will kill tens of thousands of people in the future.
Zhu Biao looked at the execution list piled up on the desk, then looked at the unshaven old father in front of him with a look of "we think he deserves to be killed", and took a deep breath.
"Father, can you... Stop killing me?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: "What did you say?"
"My son is saying," Zhu Biao pointed to the list, "there are some people here who can actually be kept."
From that day on, the Prince of Ming Dynasty had a side job - to persuade Lao Zhu not to kill.
The court advised: "Father, the old officials of the Yuan Dynasty who are talented and learned can be retained. If you kill them all, who will work for you?"
Advising before a major case: "Father, the law must be strict, but not excessive. It is too cruel to implicate the nine clans. Can the three clans do it?"
Even when he was about to surrender, he advised: "Father, it is unlucky to surrender. If word spreads, who would dare to surrender?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely annoyed by him, but every time he saw his son's sincere eyes, he lowered his raised hands.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Biao to him and asked quietly: "Biao'er, do you think we have killed too many people?"
Zhu Biao thought for a while and told the truth: "I just feel that when the Ming Dynasty was just established and everyone was killed, who would farm the land, fight the war, and pay taxes to my father?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time.
"Okay, let's kill less."
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief - but this was just the beginning.
Because the bigger problem is: he himself is dying.
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the countdown to death begins.
