"Hahaha."

At the door of the Qianqing Palace, the Son of Heaven walked in with Zai Yu and Zai Yan laughing.

Zai Yan told a joke about the envoys of the Champa State, which made the emperor and the second child laugh.

Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands on his hips, sighed, and said, "Today's matter is discussed happily." Boss, you're doing a good job. ”

"The sons don't dare to take credit, this is all taught by the father."

"Ah, counting the time, I have been the emperor for twenty-one years, and a few years ago, I felt that the affairs of the state came first, where could the affairs of the state come nonsense? But in the past two years, my mind has changed a little. A person's lifespan is always limited, and I am desperately trying to expand my territory and raise the prestige of my country, but if my descendants are not good, then the collapse of all this is just a matter of moments.

The generation of Tianjiao and Genghis Khan back then, the territory he laid was big, right? But now the Golden Family is being chased away by our Ming cavalry. I sometimes wonder what would be my greatest achievement in this life?

Now, I have the answer. If I have merit, the greatest merit should be to leave a bold and decisive and capable monarch to the Ming Dynasty after Zhengde! ”

The prince of his generation is quite normal.

In the Ming generation, because of the palace turmoil, there were several generations of emperors who did not study well in their childhood.

However, he has systematically received both Chinese and Western education, and on the one hand, he knows the Chinese tradition, and on the other hand, he has no resistance to the way of science.

Zhu Houzhao sometimes struggles with which one is better.

When the heir issue was discussed, it was relatively sensitive, and Zai Yuan only felt that it was his father's encouragement and recognition of him, and immediately said, "Father, sons, etc., will not disappoint my father!" ”

"Don't say disappointed, not disappointed. Come, come, come in with me. ”

The emperor is holding one in one hand, and today he is happy, and he wants to have a drink.

After the general direction of Nanyang was decided, there was the "Ming Covenant" constraints, and Yan Song implemented it, as the emperor, his things were actually simple, that is, to take an idea when there was a problem in the process, and now everything has just begun, so he only needs to wait for the result.

Yan Song can be regarded as a smooth progress, and he has always been relatively proud in Zhengde, but in the final analysis, he is still open.

But this time it was extremely difficult, and even he was a little stressed. And he knows the nature of Emperor Zhengde very well, once something goes wrong, he will definitely deal with people.

Therefore, he did not delay, and on the way back, he thought of calling the envoys of the two countries of Manraka and Champa.

"Yan Weizhong is a person who has a good mind and sufficient means, and he can't make a big mistake if he does the idea you mentioned. It is estimated that it will take a small ten years, and by that time, several seaports in the South Seas will complement each other, and the economy and society will be prosperous, and the future will be stable.

Governing the country is sometimes like governing the family, and it is necessary to be harmonious and united internally, how to unite within the country? The sages have foretold that they should always pay attention to the living conditions of the people, so they should always pay attention to the living conditions of the people. Externally, we must work together, that is, we must not divide or fight internally. ”

Zhu Houzhao took a few glasses of wine and began to enjoy the future planned in his heart.

It is also a great achievement to include Nanyang in the palm of his hand, and more importantly, the rise of commerce and trade, from this moment on, he is almost confident,

That is, the Ming Dynasty will not miss the Age of Discovery.

Instead, it will be gradually embedded in it under the exploration of businessmen.

In this way, even if it cannot lead the industrial revolution, at least when the industrial revolution comes, it will not be completely unaware.

From this point of view, his mission as a traverser has been basically completed.

How well he does it in the follow-up, he actually can't control it.

"Father," Zai Yan put down the wine cup and suddenly got up, "The son has something to ask for." ”

"You say."

"Erchen wants to ask his father for advice, follow Yan Ge Lao, learn to deal with Nanyang affairs together, and increase his knowledge."

Zai Yuan glanced at his second brother in surprise.

He wasn't surprised to bring up this matter, he was surprised that the second child had never revealed a word to him before.

but

This was not the case with their brothers' previous relationship.

Zai Yuan also suddenly felt that his second brother was different at this moment.

"Why do you have this idea?"

Zai Yan said: "The son sees that his father is concerned about this matter, and he will definitely talk about it day and night in the next few years, if the son is in Beijing, no matter how the father sighs, the son has no good plan to say, and he can't share the worries for his father, which is really unfilial." In this case, he wanted to follow Yan Ge Lao to the south together, keep in mind his father's entrustment, and do a good job of the important matters that his father cared about. ”

Seeing the emperor's surprised and relieved expression, Zai Yan pinched the wine glass in his hand.

That's what he should say.

"Father, son-in-law also ask for help in handling Nanyang affairs."

Although the boss is slow to react, it is definitely better to say it than not to say it.

"Good, good." Zhu Houzhao said with satisfaction, "You all feel this heart." However, once Nanyang is gone, it will be thousands of miles, and it will take two or three years to come back, and that place is not as safe as Jingshi, I will think about it again,"

"Yes!"

"Boss,"

"My son is here."

"Your contribution this time is not small, and you have been working very hard recently, you are not only my son, but also the eldest son, it should be said that there is no shame on me, and everyone in the court is excited at the moment, this situation is not easy to come by. The way to be a king lies in the word reward and punishment, and meritorious service must be rewarded, this time, I will crown your county prince title as a prince, right? ”

There are two kinds of current Ming princes, namely first-class princes and second-class princes.

The difference is whether it is hereditary or not.

Usually, if you don't deliberately emphasize, then you are talking about a second-class prince.

But no matter what, it's enough to be happy, especially considering that the second Zaiyan first crowned the prince, and in the past half a year, he has made his eldest son suffocated to death.

immediately knelt down and kowtowed,

"Son-in-law, thank your father for your favor!"

Zaiyan's complexion did not change, and he only smiled and said, "Congratulations, big brother!" ”

"Thank you, second brother."

Zai's heart is happy,

In addition, he also learned a set of logic, that is, to find the place that his father cares about, and do something to make some movements, it's as simple as that.

At the beginning, the idea of this 'great power strategy' was put forward by a group of ministers around him.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houzhao took out a book from his arms, "The prince is not so good, you can take a look at this note." Xinjian Bowang Shouren is in Hezhen again, and the grain price in Jiangnan this year is significantly higher than in previous years. The solution is also available to the imperial court, which is to transport grain from Taiwan and Lu to the north. Nowadays, ships and navigation skills are available, and the imperial court has also opened merchants to enclose land in that place.

I will now give you an envoy, which is divided into two parts: first, in recent years, we have tried to find a way to transport grain from the South Seas to the Central Plains; Second, to continue to encourage immigration, not only the imperial court to transport silver, it is best to let the people of the Central Plains go spontaneously, this is very difficult, you have to use your brains. ”

Now the Ming Dynasty has a population of sixty or seventy million, and this population size is overwhelming in the world, in fact, the strength of the country is very complicated, there are many elements and conditions, but there must be no one missing, that is, population.

Population is potential, and at least more soldiers are conscripted.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to let them go to sea, one more person to go out, they could have more influence, and at the same time reduce the burden on the mainland, judging from the example of the later Qing Dynasty, the abolition of the poll tax and the introduction of high-yield crops would quickly bring about a doubling of the population.

This event, if you are crowded at home, it is a disaster, but if you deal with it well and form an atmosphere to go out, it is a super opportunity.