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Chapter 97 Death of Zhu Biao
  At 9 o'clock in the evening, under the great expectations of ancient people from all dynasties, Su Chen started broadcasting on time.

Su Chen's first opening sentence was still to greet all the historical figures.

"Good evening everyone, I am the anchor Su Chen. Welcome everyone to the live broadcast room on time."

As soon as he finished speaking, dense barrages passed through the live broadcast room, all of which were greetings to him.

Su Chen was filled with joy to be warmly welcomed by so many historical figures, and his live broadcast became even more fulfilling.

Su Chen took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and then went straight to the topic.

"The product for sale tonight is salt, but before selling the product, the anchor will first answer the questions raised by His Majesty Hongwu yesterday."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty cheered up and listened carefully.

Except for those involved like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao who were extremely nervous, all the subjects were equally nervous.

Because Zhu Biao's reputation has long been spread throughout the world, all the people in the world are looking forward to Zhu Biao becoming the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But for some unknown reason, it was King Zhu Di of Yan who finally ascended the throne, which puzzled the people of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the truth is finally known, everyone is naturally nervous.

"His Majesty Hongwu wanted to know why Prince Zhu Biao died. The anchor searched some information today and found that there is no conclusion about the cause of Zhu Biao's death. Historical scholars have different opinions on Zhu Biao's death."

"There are many historical documents that record Zhu Biao's death before and after his death. The most important reference is the "History of the Ming Dynasty". The "History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Zhu Biao was infected with wind-cold after returning to Nanjing from an inspection tour of Shaanxi, and then the illness never improved. Several He died suddenly a few months later.”

Zhu Yuanzhang: How is this possible? Wind-cold is not a terminal illness, it's just a common disease. How could you die so easily if you don't take medicine and can recover within seven days? We don't believe this conclusion.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head repeatedly with a look of disbelief, feeling that the cause of death was ridiculous.

If he died of an incurable disease, he could still believe it, but if Feng Han died, he wouldn't believe it even if he were killed.

His Biao'er was in his prime, so he couldn't resist a cold.

Besides, there are so many highly skilled doctors in the Imperial Hospital, which are more than enough to treat a cold patient.

What’s even more outrageous is that if a wind chill has not improved for several months, how can a wind chill last for several months?

He would not believe this kind of deception to a three-year-old child.

There must be some hidden secret in this, it must be like this.

As an emperor, he understands most about history books, that is, a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone.

He seriously doubted the authenticity of "History of the Ming Dynasty" and it was likely that a lot of history had been tampered with by later generations.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited, Su Chen expressed his understanding. It was obviously impossible to convince Zhu Yuanzhang that a father who loved his son believed in such a general statement.

"Later generations of scholars were also very skeptical of this rhetoric and questioned whether it contained elements of forgery. The reason is very simple."

"On the one hand, Zhu Biao was thirty-eight years old at the time and was in his prime. The wind and cold were not a serious illness and would not drag on for several months."

"On the other hand, there are many different opinions in other historical materials, which makes the general records in "History of the Ming Dynasty" untenable."

Zhu Yuanzhang: We knew it couldn't be the reason. None of these historians are good. They like to tamper with history.

Su Chen said he was noncommittal. History is a product of politics. It is common for those in power in various dynasties to tamper with history out of political considerations.

"In order to uncover Zhu Biao's death, an important mystery in the early Ming Dynasty, later generations of scholars summarized and speculated on several real causes of Zhu Biao's death, and conducted arguments from various aspects in an attempt to uncover the historical truth."

Zhu Biao:......

Zhu Biao didn't know what to say for a moment, and looked at the live broadcast room with a complicated expression.

Dying young was enough to make him miserable. Unexpectedly, there was not even a real cause of death, but several causes of death were speculated. It must be said that it was really ridiculous. “One of the hypotheses about the cause of Zhu Biao’s death is that he was assassinated by his younger brother, King Zhu Chong (shang) of Qin.”

As soon as these words came out, many people's faces changed drastically, especially Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned livid.

Brothers killing each other is what he hates the most, and it is also a sign of harm to him, and it even touches his negative side.

If the historical truth is really like this, even if it is his biological son, he will not let him go, just pretend that there is no such unfilial and rebellious son.

Zhu Biao frowned and shook his head. He didn't believe this hypothesis and thought it was nonsense.

King Qin Zhu Xi was his biological brother from both father and mother. He had grown up watching this biological brother and did not believe that Zhu Xi could do such a thing.

King Qin Zhu Ping: That's nonsense. The one I respect the most is my eldest brother. How could he commit such an evil act as killing his brother?

Li Shimin:...

He suspected that Zhu Xi was criticizing Sang and Huai, and there was sufficient evidence.

"The reason for this inference is that the fiefdom of Qin King Zhu Ping was in Shaanxi, and Zhu Biao died young shortly after returning to Nanjing after inspecting Shaanxi. Therefore, some scholars speculate that Zhu Biao was assassinated by Zhu Ping during his inspection of Shaanxi. "

"Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Biao to inspect Shaanxi, firstly to inspect Shaanxi's local governance and border defense, and secondly to examine whether Xi'an could be used as a place to move the capital."

"Many scholars believe that Shaanxi is Zhu Ping's fiefdom, and Zhu Biao's trip was also for supervision. He may have discovered something terrible, so Zhu Ping chose to assassinate Zhu Biao to cover up the conspiracy behind the scenes."

Zhu Yuanzhang: Anchor, is this true? Did King Qin Zhu Feng really have a conspiracy and was discovered by Biao'er, so he chose to assassinate Biao'er?
  King Qin Zhu Ping: My father is aware that these are all false rumors. There is no way that my son may have any rebellious intentions.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Shut up and listen to the anchor.

"The reason scholars speculate this is because Zhu Ping was not honest in Shaanxi and made many mistakes that angered Zhu Yuanzhang."

"For example, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, considering that the country was greatly damaged during the Peasant War at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the people everywhere were in dire straits, he asked the local governments to implement a policy of recuperation and recuperation. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was disobedient in Shaanxi and insisted on carrying out large-scale construction projects to bring benefits to the local people. It will be a huge burden, causing a waste of money and people.”

"Moreover, Zhu Xiang's personal life was extravagant, and he often tortured, abused, and killed palace residents. Many of his mistakes were reported to Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with him and issued many edicts to reprimand and curse him."

"So some scholars believe that when Zhu Biao went to Shaanxi for inspection, he also had the intention of disciplining Zhu Xi on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang, forcing Zhu Xi to resist with assassination."

Zhu Yuanzhang: Anchor, did later scholars find any evidence for this inference?

"In fact, the theory that Qin King Zhu Xi plotted to kill Zhu Biao is untenable and is completely the product of subjective conjecture."

"Zhu Feng did act recklessly in Shaanxi, which also made Zhu Yuanzhang very dissatisfied. However, before Zhu Biao went to Shaanxi for inspection, Zhu Yuanzhang had recalled Zhu Fang to Nanjing for questioning, so Zhu Fang had no chance to plot against Zhu Biao."

"Historical records show that after Zhu Biao returned to Nanjing from Shaanxi, he took the initiative to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang and eased the conflict between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Chong. It was precisely because of Zhu Biao's intercession that Zhu Yuanzhang was exempted from questioning Zhu Chong and allowed him to return to Xi'an."

"Based on this fact, when Zhu Biao went to Shaanxi, Zhu Feng was in Nanjing awaiting trial, so there was no time to commit the crime."

"Even if Zhu Biao can be assassinated, it will not be of any benefit to Zhu Fang. Zhu Yuanzhang cannot let a Qin king who is facing crime succeed to the position of crown prince of the Ming Dynasty."

"So from a logical inference, the cause of Zhu Biao's death has little to do with Zhu Ping."

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, the fratricide he was most worried about did not happen.

Zhu Biao was calm and composed, with a slight smile on his lips. He had indeed seen the right person.

King Zhu Ping of Qin: What am I talking about? Only evil people struck by thunder can do such a thing as brother-killing. It is impossible for me to do such a thing.

Li Shimin:...

He is now 100% sure that this boy Zhu Ping was just asking him, otherwise he wouldn't have emphasized it twice.

(End of this chapter)