Zhu Cijiong's face turned a little dark.

The third brother of his own family.

Scolding people, why do you beat around the bush?

However, seeing that he was sincere and punished completely out of concern for himself, Zhu Cizhi did not delve into the meaning of his words.

Well!

Zhu Cican's words, translated into the vernacular, are...... Are you fighting and killing the enemy with too much blood, and you are delirious?

In the modern era before Zhu Cijiong's crossing, there is a proper noun to describe this kind of person.

A martial madman who hurts people with a knife.

completely ignored Zhu Cican's "beating around the bush and scolding".

Zhu Cizhi continued to patiently express his opinions.

"Third brother, do you know that my Daming's paralysis lies in finance, right?"

"The third brother, do you know that the territory can't even catch up with half of the Ming Dynasty, and how much fiscal revenue was at the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty?"

"There's no need to think about it...... At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, the national tax revenue was less than four or five trillion two hundred billion...... At the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, the tax revenue was 160 million taels of silver. ”

No doubt.

Throughout the history of the dynasties, the Ming Dynasty was definitely the poorest one, and the richest was undoubtedly the Great Song Dynasty.

And the fiscal revenue had an almost decisive impact on the strength of the dynasty.

Take the Northern Song Dynasty as an example.

Later generations of scholars kept calling the Northern Song Dynasty a weak Song Dynasty.

However, they ignored the enemy states of the Northern Song Dynasty, which were the Great Liao, the Great Jin, the Western Xia, and the Mongols.

These major rivals and powers, just pull one out, they are all full of combat effectiveness.

Among them, Mongolia is to Siberia in the north, the South China Sea in the south, the Danube River in Europe in the west, and the island country of Fuso in the east...... The Great Yuan Empire, which spanned Europe and Asia, was established.

The so-called "weak Song Dynasty" was able to raise more than 100,000 troops with half of the territory of the country to fight against the four great powers for more than 300 years, relying on extremely high fiscal taxes.

And what brought such a huge amount of fiscal revenue to the Great Song Dynasty was the policy of opening up the sea to trade.

Today's Ming Dynasty is already stormy, and there is a danger of the collapse of the dynasty at any time.

As a result, he still held the so-called ancestral training of the year and did not let go, and engaged in the national policy of banning the sea and suppressing business, instead of reforming and strengthening the country, which is really ridiculous.

Seeing that this four, who was only thirteen years old, spoke generously, quoted scriptures, and spoke freely.

Zhu Cican, who was shocked, opened his mouth, and he couldn't find a refutation of the opinion of this fourth brother who was regarded as a martial madman.

"Third brother, don't worry."

"Since I dare to boast about Haikou, I am naturally confident."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to joke with my life and plunge headlong into the dangerous Liaodong."

Looking at the third brother Zhu Cican, who was bluffed by himself, Zhu Cizhi said with a smile.

"Are you really sure?"

For the first time in my life.

Zhu Cican's eyes were a little fluttering when he looked at his young fourth brother.

He felt that this Zhu Cijiong, who had seen him since he was a child, was a little unfamiliar.

"Of course I am."

"Don't worry, third brother."

"At most seven years, I will recast a Haiyan River Qing, the four seas worship, and the strong Ming of all countries coming to the dynasty!"

"Okay."

"You and I are both descendants of the Ming royal family."

"Today's Da Ming is really ...... In a word, the fourth brother, you do it boldly, if you have any needs, just ask, the third brother will help. ”

"The situation in Liaodong is complicated and unknown... The third brother has some private soldiers, and he also has a lot of family wealth, so he takes what he wants. ”

is worthy of the later third prince of Zhu, Zhu Cican.

When he was persuaded by the fourth brother, his attitude immediately took a ninety-degree turn.

"Thank you, third brother, if you need it in the future, you will definitely not be welcome."

Zhu Cizhi said politely.

Joke.

He's a man with the Imperial System.

Ordinary help, really of little use to him.

What he needs is precisely a chaotic situation like Liaodong.

There, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Feel free to play however you want.

Break the old rules and establish a new world that belongs to him Zhu Cizhi.

"Okay, remember to mention it to the third brother if you need to."

"Again, the safety of one's own life is the most important thing."

"I really feel that I can't stay in Liaodong anymore, and I still take my fifth brother to plead with my father."

Looking at Zhu Cican, who was full of concern, Zhu Cizhi did not refute further.

After all, a piece of kindness is the rarest.

After a few more words, Zhu Cizhi led the flying general Li Guang, centurion Zhang Xiaoyi, maid Zhang Xiaodie, and other more than 30 people, and drove Jane from the light car, looked at the city gate, and went to Liaodong.

……

And at the moment.

The dormitory of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen.

The governor of Xichang, who was wearing a bullfighting suit, was reporting the matter surrounded by several eunuchs of Xichang wearing flying fish suits.

I have to admire the eastern, western, and inner factories of the Ming Dynasty, as well as secret agencies like Jinyiwei.

Even in the late Ming Dynasty and the Chongzhen period, the efficiency of these spy agencies was still jaw-dropping.

If Zhu Cizhi, Zhu Cican, and Zhu Cihuan were present, they would definitely be able to hear that the situation reported by the Xichang Governor's Office was exactly what they had just talked about.

Word for word, without deviation.

"Okay, yes!"

"But I underestimated the Four Princes, His Royal Highness the Yongwang."

"Even his own father calculated."

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen sneered again and again, it was obvious that he was really angry.

"Three years of defeating the enemy!"

"Five years of Pingliao!!"

"There are 100,000 armor soldiers in seven years... Million gold... Tens of millions of grain and grass!! ”

"But I underestimated him."

"It's our Zhu family's ancestral training family law that hinders him."

Zhu Youzhen sneered again and again.

He originally planned to wait for Zhu Cizhi to admit his mistake, and he also planned to find a reason to punish him casually, so as to save him from going to Liaodong to suffer the crime.

As a result, I heard this.

Chongzhen, who was angry, heard that the eunuch came to report that Zhu Cizhi's biological mother, the imperial concubine Tian, was here.

No need to ask, it must be a plea.

As a result, without waiting for Tian to speak, Chongzhen, who was full of fire and nowhere to go, scolded her first.

"Look, your good son."

"On weekdays, I spoil and indulge in arrogance, and I don't read sage books."

"The fourth child is what you're used to... What a system! ”

Yes?

Don't wait for Tian to react.

Zhu Youzhen asked the governor of Xichang, who was waiting next to him, to repeat the contents of the report.

In a flash.

Tian's face turned white with fright.

"Open the sea ban? Encourage trade? Decentralization to the local government to focus on infrastructure? Out of the Shanhaiguan guerrilla post-Jin troops? ”

"When the court confronts Your Majesty, refute the rules of the ancestors."

"This kid, how did he get into such a catastrophe."

Imperial Concubine Tian understood.

Zhu Youzhen originally planned to let Zhu Cizhi go, but this baby brutally intensified the matter to the point of no return.

Which one of the eight calves in the court gave Zhu Cizhi the bad idea of using the four princes as gunmen? !

Thanks to Zhu Youzhen, he felt sorry for his own blood and bones, if this was someone else, it would be the end of the Jiu clan.

It is even said that in other dynasties, Zhu Cizhi's crimes will be imprisoned and demoted to a concubine even if he does not kill.

Hearing the imperial concubine Tian, who understood the reason, she sighed in her heart.

I'm afraid I'm powerless to go back to heaven in this matter.

But.

After all, it is biological flesh and blood.

Even if a dead horse is a live horse doctor, you have to find a way to save it.