In Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di was sitting on the dragon chair, wearing a dragon robe and a winged crown, looking at the hall lightly.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, Xunqing and national relatives gathered, divided into two shifts, the emperor was promoted, sat down, hundreds of officials worshipped, brushed and worshipped, three shouts long live, uniform, strong and powerful!

Zhu Di is nearly sixty years old, already old, his beard and hair are white, but his majesty is still there, sitting on a high throne, his old face still reveals self-confidence and the perseverance to dominate everything. Meritorious generals, veterans, upstarts of the imperial court, thinkers and talents of the Ming Empire, and the elites of this great era are all prostrate at his feet, shouting long live and worshipping.

"Father, the son is willing to lead the troops to fight, and in less than half a year, he will definitely capture Li Li and subdue Annan." Zhu Gaosui was majestic and heroic, standing in front of the main hall and said loudly.

The ministers couldn't help but look at Zhu Gaosui a few more times, and in their eyes, Zhu Gaosui had no sense of existence.

Zhu Di gave birth to a total of four sons, and Empress Xu gave birth to three, namely Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui, and there is also a fourth son of the emperor whose biological mother is unknown, Zhu Gao, who died young and was not knighted. Because Zhu Gaochi is the eldest son and benevolent, he has won the support of most ministers, so most of the people in the DPRK and China are princelings.

The Han King Zhu Gaoxu was heroic and extraordinary, and he was quite influential in the army, that is, he was narrow-minded and arrogant, which offended many civil servants. This Zhu Gaosui has never been qualified for the position of prince, and he has always done his own thing, and he has never liked the minister.

He suddenly came out to ask for war, which made the ministers stunned. He was brave in battle, and that was more than ten years ago, and I don't see him have any strategy.

Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly: "Third brother, I know that you are brave and good at fighting, but you need money to fight, and the household department has long been unable to come up with money." "He didn't want to hit this younger brother, saying that he was not capable of leading the army, only that he had no money.

Zhu Gaosui retorted: "Big brother, Annan is our land, although the land is small, let a small Annan be independent, let us put our face where to put Ming, North Korea in the north, Tatar and Warat in the north, they all think that our Ming is easy to bully." ”

"Third brother, don't you know, Annan has not been educated for more than ten years, and it is a pity to abandon it, and it is tasteless to eat. Annan has dragged down our finances, and if this continues, Tatar will call, and we will have to surrender. ”

"Big brother, in short, give up Annan, I will never agree." He turned to his father and said, "Father, the son recommended Jiangning Chen Yuan, he has a way to solve the current problem." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the cabinet chief assistant didn't speak, what is the ability of a civilian. Liu Guan, a scholar of Huagai Palace, is good with Wang Dao, because of the Wang Xian incident, he is very repulsive to Chen Yuan, and he snorted coldly: "National affairs, how can you let a Tian Sheer court talk nonsense. ”

Zhu Di gave him a cold look, he already admired Chen Yuan, but the scholar objected, so he wanted to ask, and signaled to the eunuch Wang Yan beside him, Wang Yan understood, and said sharply: "Xuanjiang Ning Chen Yuan is here." ”

Among the ministers, many people didn't know Chen Yuan, their expressions were different, looking at Chen Yuan who was slowly entering the hall, some were curious, some were disdainful, and some were disdainful.

"Grass people Chen Yuan, meet Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Pingshen, Gao Sui said, do you have a way to solve the current problem?" Zhu Di asked, with hope in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, how dare the grass people talk about national affairs."

Zhu Gaosui said anxiously: "Didn't you tell this king, do you have a way, be modest, say it quickly." ”

Chen Yuan was speechless, you, the prince, can say casually, the magnates here, one person can kill me with a single finger, do I dare to talk nonsense.

"Say, I forgive you not guilty." Zhu Di spoke.

Chen Yuancai said: "Emperor Xie, the grass people want to ask Scholar Yang, what is their attitude towards Annan?" ”

Chen Yuan asked Shoufu at the beginning, which was a bit rude, but Yang Shiqi's attitude in the court was the most obvious, Yang Shiqi said: "The emperor and the ancestors said that all the four sides are limited to mountains and seas, and they are isolated in a corner, and the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make orders." If he doesn't think about it and comes to disturb me, then he is ominous. He is not a problem for China, and it is also ominous for me to raise troops and commit minor offenses. Anming is not my Ming land, because of unauthorized entry, so it has been dragging me Daming, its identity is unknown, and it should be abandoned. ”

Bachelor Yang moved out of the Emperor's ancestral teachings, which was left by Zhu Yuanzhang to educate his children and grandchildren, and in the diplomatic chapter, he warned his children and grandchildren not to infringe on others. It is reasonable, it is true, and the ministers agree with it.

In fact, Yang Shiqi is right, Zhu Yuanzhang is far-sighted, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, with such a large area of land is already very satisfied, don't expand the land area at will. Because the territory is too vast and the cultural differences are different, everyone will not agree with each other. And as long as one disagrees and rises up to rebel, the others will follow. This is the reason why the Qin Dynasty was unified for the first time, the area was unprecedentedly wide, and the reason why it perished the fastest. Because one old and one young of the Six Kingdoms will not identify with the Qin State.

Later, the Han Dynasty, because of the implementation of benevolent government and the slow assimilation of the people, only had 300 years of country. The territory of the Tang Dynasty was also vast, and many of the territories after expansion were later independent. The same is true of the Yuan Dynasty, which was the largest in area and perished in just a hundred years.

Zhu Di is so happy and likes to expand his territory. But without decades of assimilation, even if it is defeated, it will be lost very quickly, and Annan is an obvious example. went to the West, built a new capital, and fought almost every year, emptying the treasury. Therefore, Zhu Gaochi and his son had to carry out a policy of austerity, abandon Annan, and recuperate.

If Zhu Gaochi and his son continue to fight, I believe that the Ming Dynasty will not live for 150 years. How can there be three hundred years.

However, Chen Yuan felt that since he came, he had to fight for it, Annan was a mistake made by Zhu Di Yongle in the early years, he got a lion, he couldn't eat it, he was reluctant to lose it, he wanted to fight to stay.

"Dare to ask the scholar again, where is my Ming land."

Yang Shiqi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant by asking this question, he was very knowledgeable, and said loudly: "My Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, thousands of miles longitudinal and horizontal, and the place where I have a Ming Dynasty and my Ming army is the land of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"The scholar is really knowledgeable, and his answer is not leaky." Chen Yuan admired. Just when Yang Shiqi felt that the problem pediatrics was a little disdainful, Chen Yuan said again, "So, does Annan have the land of the Ming Dynasty, and does Annan have the people of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"This? Of course! ”

"Since it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, it is not an invasion of the army, they want to be independent, send troops to suppress and defend the country, how can it be regarded as violating the ancestral teachings of the Emperor Ming. The Song Dynasty lost its land bit by bit, and finally settled in the south of the Yangtze River, survived for a long time, and no longer won the respect of other countries, and sent troops to plunder at every turn, and the people were miserable. Give up Annan today, give up the north tomorrow, give up the northwest the day after tomorrow, who will I get respect for the Ming Dynasty. Losing the land, losing power and humiliating the country, being a scholar, and being taught by Confucius, is it a traitor to survive? ”

"Y-you're a strong word." Yang Shiqi pointed at Chen Yuan, his body trembling.

"Qin Shi Huang is unified, Annan is my Chinese land, I am a small people in Shengdou, I know that not an inch of land, land is the foundation of the people, is the foundation of the country, I sold a piece of land in a word, I have been studying for more than ten years, there has never been a book, or which sage told me that I can do this."

"You, you-"

Liu Guan hugged Wat and scolded: "Zhuzi, An dares to make a big statement in the court and insult the scholars, Your Majesty, please take down Chen Yuan immediately." ”