I saw Lao Zhu squinting his eyes, as if he was recalling something, and after a while, he said again: "I expelled the Tartars and created the Ming Dynasty's society, and I have worked hard for future generations, trying my best to stabilize the Ming Dynasty, but I have often been thinking recently, how long can my Ming Dynasty last?" ”

Li Jie heard Lao Zhu's question but fell silent all of a sudden, he suddenly felt that Lao Zhu was really old, as soon as he was old, he liked to recall the past, miss the old people, and even doubt what he had done in his life, even Lao Zhu, who had always been confident, was now shaken, and he didn't know how long the country he had beaten down could be inherited?

"How long does Your Majesty want to pass it on?" After Li Jie was silent for a long time, he finally looked up at Lao Zhu and asked.

"Of course I want the Ming Dynasty to be passed down from generation to generation and never change!" Lao Zhu said honestly, today is the Spring Festival, and he also wants to find someone to talk to him, so he left Li Jie behind.

"This ......" Li Jie was silent when he heard this, as if he didn't know how to answer.

"What, are you afraid to answer or don't want to answer?" Lao Zhu also said coldly when he saw Li Jie's hesitant appearance.

"Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth or a lie?" Li Jie hesitated again, and finally raised his head and asked.

"How can you tell a lie, and how can you tell the truth?" Lao Zhu asked again.

"If Your Majesty wants to hear lies, then the minister will definitely answer, I will never change the Ming Dynasty, if Your Majesty wants to hear the truth......" Li Jie suddenly showed a hesitant expression again when he said this, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "If Your Majesty wants to hear the truth, the First Emperor of the year also thought the same as Your Majesty!" ”

"You ......" Lao Zhu heard Li Jie's last words, but his eyes were angry, and his eyebrows stood up, Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms, won the government and proclaimed himself the first emperor, and he also imagined that the throne could be ...... the second and third generations, and it would be passed down for thousands of generations, this kind of thinking was really exactly the same as Lao Zhu, but he compared himself to Qin Shi Huang, who had a mixed reputation, Lao Zhu was still very annoyed.

"Your Majesty, this is the truth you asked me to tell!" Li Jie saw Lao Zhu's angry appearance and hurriedly defended himself, and at the same time prepared to dodge, in case the old man really hit him with a plate, he would have to dodge in time.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu had no intention of making a move, but slowly controlled his anger, his face calmed down, and then he stared at Li Jie with a long breath: "You kid think I am Qin Shi Huang?" ”

"Your Majesty has the great talent of the First Emperor, but there is no fault of the First Emperor!" Li Jie hurriedly patted a sycophant and said.

In fact, speaking from the heart, Lao Zhu and Qin Shi Huang are still very similar, both of them are eloquent and eloquent, swallowing mountains and rivers, and the evaluation of the two in history is both positive and negative, of course, Lao Zhu's evaluation is relatively much better, after all, although Lao Zhu has killed many heroes, he is not a recognized tyrant.

In addition, Qin is known as the third generation and died, but in fact, it was only passed down for two generations. Lao Zhu is the same, he passed the throne to his grandson, but his grandson was overthrown after four years as emperor, although the person who grabbed the throne was Lao Zhu's son, but legally speaking, Lao Zhu's throne inheritance was only passed on for two lifetimes, and Zhu Di's usurpation of the throne has actually created a new dynasty.

Regarding Li Jie's sycophancy, Lao Zhu snorted coldly and asked again: "Don't play tricks with me, how long do you think my Ming dynasty can be inherited?" ”

"This ......" Li Jie was also very helpless when he heard this, of course he knew this question, the Ming Dynasty in history had a total of sixteen generations of emperors, a total of two hundred and seventy-six years, but now due to his crossing, the direction of history has changed, so this number should not be accurate, as for how long the Ming Dynasty can be inherited in the future, he does not know.

"Don't have any scruples, I just want to hear the truth today!" Lao Zhu spoke again.

When Li Jie heard this, he also knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to reply: "Your Majesty, if you start from the Qin Dynasty, the longest is the east and west Han Dynasty for more than 400 years, the second is the north and south two Song Dynasty, about 300 years of rivers and mountains, and then the Tang Dynasty 289 years of rivers and mountains, although the Han and Song Dynasty are long, but they are divided into two parts, so really calculated, the Tang Dynasty should rule the longest dynasty." ”

"You mean that if you are full of calculations, I am afraid that my Ming Dynasty will not last for three hundred years?" Lao Zhu pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and then asked.

"Your Majesty's question can not be answered, according to the rise and fall of history, but it is not absolute, there are too many accidents in history, no one can predict the direction of history, so for the future of the Ming Dynasty, the minister can only use the six words 'do your best, obey the mandate of heaven'!" Li Jie finally said what was in his heart.

"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven!" Lao Zhu pondered these six words carefully several times, and his face also showed a somewhat confused look, he was not a person who believed in fate before, and even thought that fate was only in his own hands, but as he grew older, he slowly discovered that even if he became an emperor, there were still too many things that could not be controlled by him.

Seeing Lao Zhu's confused appearance, Li Jie's heart suddenly surged with the words "Hero Twilight", Zhu Yuanzhang, who rose from the recklessness, defeated Chen Youliang and other competitors, and expelled Meng Yuan from the Central Plains in one fell swoop, is indeed old, and even he has begun to worry about his posthumous affairs.

"Your Majesty, although the rise and fall of dynasties is the law of history, it is not without ways to extend the life of a dynasty." Li Jie thought about it and said again, facing Lao Zhu, who was showing a state of aging, he suddenly felt a little soft-hearted.

"What's the solution?" Lao Zhu asked with a shock when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, do you remember when I said that you didn't really defeat the Mongols?" Li Jie opened his mouth and asked rhetorically.

"Of course, I remember that although I expelled the Meng Yuan, the Meng Yuan was only a part of the Mongols, and they also established many khanates in the west, which were still ruled by the Mongols, and some of them could even threaten the safety of the Ming Dynasty!" Lao Zhu nodded, this incident also opened his eyes, and for the first time, he set his sights on areas outside the Central Plains.

"Yes, the Mongols' approach is actually very wise, firstly, they have too much land to fight, and they can only divide and rule, and secondly, they are divided into several khanates, even if one or several khanates are destroyed, the other khanates are still there, and the Mongol rule is not extinct, in fact, Your Majesty can refer to the practices of these Mongols." Li Jie spoke again.

"Nonsense, do you want me to divide the Great Ming among my sons, and then let them each lead a country as emperor?" Lao Zhu Wenyan glared again and said, Li Jie's suggestion was completely unfeasible in his opinion, Liu Bang did it back then, and the later Seven Kingdoms Rebellion had proved that this method was not feasible at all.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, the Central Plains must not be divided, but there is not only the Ming Dynasty in the world, such as what King Yan did in Goryeo." Li Jie reminded again.

Lao Zhu also woke up all of a sudden, and finally understood what Li Jie meant, he didn't let himself split the Ming Dynasty, but let his son go out and expand the territory with the backing of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this thing is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, for example, Zhu Di is in Goryeo, if it weren't for Li Jie's plan in advance, Zhu Di would not know how much time and energy it would take to rely on the soldiers and horses under his own command to attack, and he might even put himself in danger, even now, Zhu Di still took a big risk in staying in Goryeo.

Thinking of the above, Lao Zhu also showed a silent expression, understanding that it is one thing, whether he can do it is another thing, not to mention anything else, Lao Zhu may not be willing to let his sons take risks.

Li Jie can also understand Lao Zhu's mood, so he didn't say anything after speaking, he said that the above is not actually a suggestion to Lao Zhu, but to tell him that there is another possibility, as for whether to choose this path, it depends on him.

After a long time, Lao Zhu still didn't make up his mind, and finally waved his hand to Li Jie and said, "I'm tired, you can step down!" ”

"Yes, the minister is retiring!" Li Jie immediately stood up and saluted, and slowly withdrew from the warm pavilion after speaking, and waited until he went out, Li Jie sighed, Lao Zhu is really not good at serving, I hope there will be no second time in the future.