Zhu Houxi's question sounded very childish, and if he said it, he would definitely be scorned, but Zhu Youxi didn't think it was funny.

For Zhu Houwei, the imperial nephew who sat in the Dragon Court, Zhu Youqi felt that he had a certain understanding, to put it simply, Zhu Houwei in his eyes was not a master who was willing to do useless work and spend money indiscriminately.

It costs a lot of money to study in the world, which is to open up the wisdom of the people, and to emerge more talents in the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, this return is in the future.

It is the same for spending a lot of money to repair the iron factory, he has been to the big iron factory in Tongzhou, and has seen so many blast furnaces and pieces of black iron ingots, after knowing the output of the iron factory, he knows that compared with the income after the iron factory is built, the money for building the factory is not worth mentioning at all.

There is also a salt administration silver of 5 million taels to the household department every year, and the income from commercial taxes is handed over to the household department, the purpose of this is obviously to plug the mouth of the foreign court, to say that it is to buy security, and when the new policy is implemented, there are not so many buzzing flies flying around his ears.

As for the shipyards, it's for plunder!

As long as there is a strong sailor who can conquer the sea, then the Ming can unscrupulously march the conquest to the world and plunder the wealth of the entire world.

In the final analysis, Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Yongle are two completely different types of people.

In the eyes of Confucianism, Zhu Di also knew that he was not in the right position, so he was eager to prove himself, so that everyone in the world would believe that only he was sitting on the throne was the luck of the Ming Dynasty and the blessing of all the people.

So he personally conquered the desert several times, and the remnants of the missing arms and legs that had been beaten by the Hongwu Emperor were dying of beating, and he sent his henchman Zheng He to the West several times to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and to show grace to all countries, and the loss-making business was done overseas.

But usurpation is usurpation, no matter how much he washes it, he can destroy the ten clans of Fang Xiaoru to shock the world, to block the mouth of the Confucian scholars in the world, but he can't block the hearts of the people.

Therefore, he sent Zheng He to the West to find Emperor Jianwen, and his five expeditions to Mobei became a poor army, and he wanted to pass on the throne to Renzong but did not clean up the Han King, which caused the Han King of Xuanzong to learn from him and raise troops to Jingjing......

If you think that you are good, that everything you do is good, and that you are heinous, then even if you become a Buddha on the ground, it is also a superficial disguise.

And what about Emperor Jiajing?

Emperor Jiajing was a king who had an extremely strong purpose in everything he did, and he only wanted tangible benefits, and he had no interest in vain things.

He wants to build a water division, but he doesn't want to learn from Yongle to promote the national prestige and deter the four yi, he wants to be a robber and a butcher!

Compared with real benefits, any face and any etiquette are a fart!

If Jiajing cared about this, he could treat the clan like this, if he wanted to be an emperor who was content with pleasure, what was the need to touch the interests of the gentry and nobles?

The emperor who grasps the financial power with his left hand and the military power with the right hand will not do stupid things, so he said that steel can build ships, can face storms at sea, and stand still in the face of huge waves and tsunamis, then it must be true.

So Zhu Youqi is looking forward to it, looking forward to a miracle to happen, to be able to appear alive in front of his eyes, and now the only thing he needs to do is wait.

But then again, he is responsible for building the foundation and equipment of the shipyard, and this shipbuilding has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't need to pay for the money for shipbuilding, so he just needs to look at it.

"If only my son could be a few years younger." Zhu Youqi couldn't help but sigh.

"Why?" Zhu Houxi was puzzled.

Zhu Youqi smiled bitterly: "Your cousin opened Yenching University in the capital, and the most studied in this university is not Confucianism but miscellaneous studies, you know."

Zhu Houxi nodded very obediently.

"As far as my father knows, this miscellaneous study includes astronomy and geography, music and painting, medicine and commerce, as well as the knowledge of Gewu, and the construction of a big iron ship is the knowledge of Gewu, and those six guys are also the leaders of Gewu's learning."

Zhu Houxi raised his head and asked, "My father is planning to let me go to Yenching University to study this science of things."

Zhu Youqi nodded and said: "You are the son of the king, there is no need to learn Confucianism, it is meaningless to take the road of imperial examination, and my father thinks that your cousin has prejudices against Confucianism, and after the prosperity of miscellaneous studies, it will inevitably affect the dominance of Confucianism over Shilin."

Those courtiers must have known it, but there was no way to stop your cousin's firm will to study miscellaneous, so they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

My father is old, and I don't know how many years I have left to live, and I can't see what the future holds, but my father thinks he can try.

Even if you go the wrong way, it won't have any effect on my son, if you go right, with your cousin's temperament, you, as his cousin, will inevitably be reused, maybe our vein will not need to be sealed overseas......"

Zhu Houxi nodded thoughtfully, looked at his father's majestic body, his father had nothing to do all day when he was in Zhongxiang, so he was obsessed with alchemy and asked.

Now that I have arrived in the capital, I suddenly have something to do, and I may feel that I am still useful, so my heart to ask questions has faded, and the spirit of the whole person has changed greatly.

What Zhu Houxi didn't know was that if history had not changed, then a few years later he would have been welcomed into Beijing by the courtiers led by Yang Tinghe and become the real Jiajing Emperor.

And he will also follow in his father's footsteps and become a famous Taoist emperor through the ages, and he is also considered by later generations to be one of the most famous Taoist emperors and the wisest emperor in history.

It's a pity that there is no what if......

Because of Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houxi has lost the throne in his life.

However, smart people will not become stupid because of different status, for the smart child Zhu Houxi, he quickly understood the intention of his father's words, and also knew how to go in the future.

"The reason why my father thinks it's a pity that you are older is because my father planned to send you to the palace to give the king as a companion, as long as the queen has no children, then there is a chance that the king will be the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

However, your cousin said that he will send his heir to Yenching University in the future, and he will not let the children in the university know his identity, and he will give his son a healthy growth environment, a happy childhood, and be able to meet some real friends. ”

Zhu Houxi said: "It is to let the royal descendants know the sufferings of the people, and they can grow up with the children of ordinary people, at least they will not say stupid things like why they don't eat minced meat."

Zhu Youqi laughed, patted his son's shoulder, and said with a smile: "So it's a pity for my father, otherwise you can become friends with your cousin's sons and grow up together, how wonderful!"

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