Richest Man in the Lighthouse: "Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao?"
Ordinary Group Owner: "They were emperors from ancient Huaxia dynasties. One rose from a beggar to become an emperor, a man who cleared a hell-level dungeon."
Ordinary Group Owner: "Zhu Biao was his eldest son, the Crown Prince."
Ordinary Group Owner: "Most emperors didn't exactly distrust their Crown Princes, but they were more or less wary of them. Zhu Yuanzhang was different when it came to Zhu Biao."
Ordinary Group Owner: "In our terms, if Zhu Biao rebelled, Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest concern would be whether Zhu Biao had enough troops and whether he should send him some more."
Zhu Yuanzhang's indulgence toward Zhu Biao was something none of his other sons could ever hope to match. While Zhu Biao was still Crown Prince, Zhu Yuanzhang had already granted him powers nearly equal to the emperor's, and nearly every important court position was filled by people Zhu Yuanzhang had selected for Zhu Biao's future administration.
More importantly, Zhu Biao himself was outstanding—so outstanding that the civil and military officials, the army, and even the other princes all sincerely respected him and followed his lead.
That was almost impossible in an imperial family, yet Zhu Biao had achieved it.
Those princes might have feared and revered Zhu Yuanzhang, and they might have felt that he was excessively biased, but they would never have had a single bad word to say about Zhu Biao.
It was just a pity that he died too early. If he had successfully inherited the throne, Fengtian Jingnan would never have happened, and Great Ming would have taken a different path.
That path might not necessarily have created the "Yongle Prosperity," but with Zhu Biao's abilities and Zhu Di's talent for leading troops, they surely could have created