"The general trend of the world is mighty, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. A few bookworms www.biquge.info pen "Fun" pavilion, don't think about it, take their own humiliation, and lose face! ”

After Zhou Quan learned what Hu Hong and others had done, he smiled and immediately wrote down such words. Then it was spread out intentionally or unintentionally, and the little old literati left in the entire empire completely disappeared as a result.

Just kidding, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and reading and saying it sounds good is to govern the country and level the world, but the reality is that it is all for yourself to have a way out. Now not only the current emperor Zhou Quan does not want to see the old scholars, but the successor crown prince Zhou Yu also does not like the old Confucianism, which is a very obvious signal that in the foreseeable thirty or forty years, the old Confucianism will not want to have a bright future.

There can be thirty or forty years in life!

"Where has the fleet arrived? It's close to Taibai Harbor, right? After putting aside Hu Hong's old Confucian affairs, Zhou Quan's attention returned to the war itself.

"I arrived at Huishi Bay two months ago, rested here for a while, and has been sailing since then, and it should not be far from Taibai Port at this time."

The so-called Taibai Port is Dover, and Chinese merchant ships have been to it more than once in recent years. The British king was honest and really ceded Taibai Port to Huaxia, not only for the sake of not confronting Huaxia head-on, but also for the convenience of them stealing shipbuilding and navigation technology from Huaxia.

In recent years, Britain has gained a lot of benefits, at least near Taibai Harbor, many British natives have made a fortune because of their services to Chinese merchants, and the British royal family has also gained a lot of benefits, at least in terms of shipbuilding technology, Britain has surpassed the gold country and reached the highest peak of Europa.

Zhou Quan is not afraid of what will happen to Britain, this is only an island country, sparsely populated, and Britain itself is still divided at this time, and China is fully qualified to adopt a strategy of dividing and placing it.

From Taibai Port to Huishi Bay, Zhang Shun traveled for half a year, but after getting familiar with the waterway, wind direction and ocean currents, now the fleet only needs about two months to arrive.

"What about the situation at home?" Zhou Quan asked again.

Jiang Yuan, who succeeded Du Gou'er as the chief officer of MI9, said with a smile: "The people in China are also dissatisfied with the statements of those rotten bookworms, but they are very interested in His Highness Yu's response, and many people say that His Majesty has a successor. ”

"There must be opposition too, you don't have to hide it, especially on Zhou'er's side, what is his reaction?"

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Jiang Yuan's back.

If Zhou Quan has any regrets, Zhou Yu and Zhou Zhou's brothers are definitely one of them.

There is no way, both of them are interested in the throne, and both of them have performed quite well, it is inevitable that this will be the case.

Zhou Yu is the eldest son, although Zhou Zhou is not a son-in-law, but his mother has served as Zhou Quan's official secretary for a long time and has a wide range of contacts; Zhou Yu participated in several wars, killed the Wushu, and had outstanding military achievements, while Zhou Zhou quelled the Japanese rebellion, cleared the cannibals in Luzon, and swept the grasslands, expeditioned to Wangjianhe, and drove the Mengwu Murowei to the north and west of the cold plain, and his military achievements were also not small; In terms of supporters, Yue Fei and current Prime Minister Li Qing supported Zhou Yu, while Zhou Zhou was also supported by Han Shizhong and former Prime Minister Sun Cheng......

This is Zhou Quan's biggest headache at present, if it is not handled well, this huge empire may usher in a civil strife first.

"This, the Prince of Heaven himself didn't say anything, but Sun Xing's side made a big fuss, saying that if the Prince of Heaven replaced Prince Yu as the deputy marshal, he would definitely succeed immediately."

"Sun Xing is an idiot, he hasn't grown up for so many years, if it weren't for Sun Cheng, heh!" Zhou Quan sneered.

He glanced at Jiang Yuan and knew that this guy didn't dare to tell the truth, so he avoided the important and trivialized.

Zhou Zhou must have an opinion, he has wanted to fight for this expedition opportunity for a long time, and he has been working hard for this in the past few years.

Moreover, Zhou Quan's sources are not only MI9, he even knows some things that Jiang Yuan does not know.

"You go and call Zeus, I have something to say to him." Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't say anything more, Zhou Quan slowly spoke.

Jiang Yuan's heart jumped suddenly.

Summoning a prince, this matter should be the work of the people around Zhou Quan, and it will not be his turn.

When it comes to their position, every word and deed is very meaningful, and Zhou Quan sent him to summon him, there must be some kind of meaning, and he wants to express it.

I just don't know if this means to express it to him, or to Zhou Zhou.

Jiang Yuan didn't dare to think about it, and after answering, he walked out of Daming Hall.

At the door of Daming Hall, he forcibly glanced back at Zhou Quan's thoughts, quickened his pace, and trotted away.

It was easy to find out where Zhou Zhou was, and less than half an hour later, Jiang Yuan came to Zhou Zhou. After he explained his intentions, Zhou Zhou, who was wiping the gun, grinned, and then said, "I understand, let's go, let's go!" ”

His smile was a little ugly.

After finishing speaking, Zhou Zhou put the gun back on the gun rack, although the movement was very stable, Jiang Yuan still felt a little heavy.

However, when Zhou Zhou stepped out, his steps became more and more relaxed.

Ten minutes later, he came to Daming Hall, but when asked about Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan did not wait for him here, but asked him to go to the back garden.

There is a courtyard behind Daming Hall, after Zhou Quan reached middle age, he paid attention to health preservation, so he opened a small pond in the yard, and planted acres of vegetable fields by the pond - he really used his leisure time to plant vegetables and fruit trees himself, at this time the grapes in the garden were just right, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables were thriving.

Zhou Zhou walked over from the path between the furrows and saw Zhou Quan holding a watering can and watering vegetables.

Seeing him coming, Zhou Quan stuffed the watering can directly into his hand: "Help me water the vegetables!" ”

Zhou Zhou was slightly stunned, and then did as he said. The father and son didn't speak for a long time, and when the vegetables were almost watered, Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Zhou'er, if you also have such a garden, what will you plant in it?" ”

"Naturally, like my father, I planted some fruits and vegetables." Zhou Zhou replied without hesitation.

When they get along with father and son, they don't have to be honored as their father, but they are commensurate like ordinary people.

"Hehe, I can't help it, you will definitely grow all chestnuts, you love to eat chestnuts!" Zhou Quan laughed.

Zhou Zhou also smiled, but he didn't dare to take over the conversation.

"If it's your brother, he likes to eat watermelons the most, so half of it will be used by him to grow watermelons, but the other half, he will still grow some of each, and occasionally taste fresh." Zhou Quan said again.

At the mention of Zhou Yu, Zhou Zhou's smile did not change, but his eyes flashed.

"Therefore, if your brother inherits the throne, you will at most stay away from the center, and you may go to Hu Zhou or Cheng Zhou to be at ease, and you can come back to see me every two or three years. If you inherit the throne, your elder brother, third brother, and even a few older brothers will probably not survive. Zhou Quan said again.

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhou's face changed greatly, his feet became weak, although he tried hard to persevere, but he still knelt down: "Father, these words...... This is not meant by a child! ”

"Yes, it's not your intention, but the people around you." Zhou Quan said with emotion: "You see, those people around you are waiting for you to succeed to the throne, and then they are in power and show their strengths in life...... O Zhou'er, you have no intention of killing your brother and slaughtering your brother, but they want to use the lives of your brother and brother to dye their official hat red. ”

Zhou Zhou was trembling there, not knowing what to say.

He knew his father's temperament, and it was completely meaningless to defend at this time, but it would make Zhou Quan even more angry.

"Of course, this is not the most daring, those partners of yours are the most daring, they are thinking of launching a mutiny, let you learn from Li Shimin, and let me learn from Li Yuan." When Zhou Quan said this, he couldn't help laughing: "It's really naïve, and I don't want to think about it, how much power I have pushed out when I have been the emperor all these years, you guys are really making trouble, the biggest possibility is nothing more than killing me, and then being killed by those who have gained power is to avenge me!" ”

"The child will never have such a heart, father, father, the child will never dare to ......"

"Whether you dare or not is another matter, but what you are doing now is this matter, to the MI9 Garrison, to the Yingtian Garrison, to the Second Army, the Third Army...... Hehe, Zhou'er, you have done a good job, you have made a number of contacts in the army over the years. But Zhou'er, haven't you thought about it, why do I dare to let you and your brother go to the army, and I don't care if you have military support to deal with me? ”

When he said this, Zhou Quan's voice was still very gentle, without a hint of anger.

Zhou Zhou knelt there, shaking even more.

In these years, he intends to compete for the throne, so he naturally has to make some preparations, and as the second son of the emperor who he is very favored, it is not a big problem to secretly stuff a few loyalists into the key departments.

"I know you think my father is unfair, why can your brother arrange for manpower...... Zhou'er, this is another place where you are not as good as your brother, he arranged it openly, Lu You, Yu Yunwen, Chen Kangbo, Ye Yi asked...... Every man your brother has arranged for me to report to me, why he recommended him, and what talents this person has, he can explain them one by one. If these people are competent, it is your brother's knowledge, and if they are incompetent, it proves that your brother has not been careful. But what about you, did you say a word to me when you arranged for manpower? ”

"The third place where you are not as good as your brother is that your brother understands my policy and long-term plan, and he knows that I do not make all kinds of laws for a moment, but really wants the government and the succession to the throne to be carried out under this law, not by luck and conspiracy...... I have told you more than once that you want to fight for the throne, according to the rules, you just don't listen! ”

Zhou Zhou pursed his lips and hung his head, he now knew that he was in his father's heart, and there were so many places that he could not compare to his brother Zhou Yu.

"Okay, okay, obviously you won't reflect for a while...... I can't do anything to kill my son, but I can't watch you kill each other, so there's only one choice. You resign from all your jobs for the sake of your health, and then stay in the Five Kingdoms City for two years, and your mother will come over to accompany you, and then come out after these little people around you are gone. ”

Seeing Zhou Zhou's appearance, Zhou Quan sighed.

"Since my father said so, so be it." Zhou Zhou knew that the matter was irreparable, he was stubborn, and looked up at Zhou Quan: "I hope you are right, father!" ”

"One day I'll tell you brothers why I'm always right." Zhou Quan said in a deep voice.

At this time, the conspiracy of the second son was resolved, which was also to eliminate the worries of the eldest son, and at the same time to commend the eldest son's achievements all the time.

I think the eldest son, who is far away, will understand what he means.