Great Ming: Taking Fourth Brother Begging, I Leave All the Officials Paralyzed

In the sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at his eight-year-old son, Zhu Su, who stood before him holding a chipped bowl and wearing ragged straw sandals, and fell into deep thought.

“Father, is the treasury out of money again?” Zhu Su tapped his bowl.

“Wretched son, that's because we're preparing for the northern campaign!” Old Zhu gritted his teeth.

“Got it. I'll take Fourth Brother out begging for alms.”

The next day, news of victory arrived: the eight-year-old prince had taken Prince of Yan Zhu Di to collect stall fees on the capital's commercial streets, completely draining the fortune of Shen Wansan, the richest man in the realm!

The entire court was stunned!

Zhu Su wasn't just the best at making money, he also played dirty without the slightest scruple. Anyone who dared impeach him would, at best, be dragged off to beg in the streets; at worst, their whole family would be sent to dig coal.

Hu Weiyong: “Your Highness, you really did demolish my entire residence!”

Zhu Di: “Ninth Brother, save me a leg from that beggar's chicken!”

Zhu Yuanzhang cried out in despair: “My entire Great Ming has turned into the Beggars' Gang! But he can fill the treasury all by himself. What can I do? I can only let him get away with it!”