The next day, early in the morning.

Zhu Zhanyan and his father Zhu Gaoxu got up early in the morning to wash and change their clothes, because today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and according to the rules, today is to sacrifice heaven and earth and Taimiao.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't know how many times he had gone through this procedure, but he still went through the whole process very seriously.

Some people say that the Han people have no faith, because although there is a large and complete mythological system, there are very few people who really have faith.

In later generations, people with a clear faith accounted for only about 20% of the total population, and this is still due to the fact that there are many ethnic minorities.

In addition, the beliefs of the Han people seem too "casual".

If you want to take the exam, you will worship Wenquxing, and if you want to get married, you will worship Yue Lao, and it is estimated that only the God of Wealth is the enduring god.

However, in fact, the belief of the Han people is in the body of their ancestors.

A sentence that you can't lose the face of your ancestors may be a sentence that almost all Han people have heard, and if you are not in awe when you burn incense and worship the Buddha, your parents may not say anything about you, but if you are not in awe when you worship your ancestors, then you probably want to eat fried meat with bamboo shoots.

After respectfully worshipping the Sheji altar and the Taimiao, Zhu Zhanyan followed his father to the Qianqing Palace behind the old man's buttocks.

This procedure was not available before, after all, their family was in Yingtian before, when can't they see each other if they want to? But now it's different.

Since Zhu Gaoxu became a vassal domain, Zhu Zhanyan has come to the capital several times, which is almost a routine.

The procedure of sacrificing the altar and the temple is extremely complicated, and by the time the six members of the old Zhu family arrived at the Qianqing Palace, it was already more than half of the hour, and it was almost noon.

"Sit down." Zhu Di took the lead in sitting down, and then motioned for his sons and grandchildren to sit down.

Zhu Gaochi took Zhu Zhanji to the head first, then Zhu Gaochu took Zhu Zhanji, and finally Zhu Gaosui alone.

"It's rare to get together today, the second and third are back, let's sit together as a family and talk about it, there are some things that still need to be solved."

"Let's talk about Warat first."

Zhu Di made a start, obviously because he didn't want ink, because what he cared about most was actually Zhu Zhan's thoughts, and if nothing else, Zhu Zhanyan would leave Beijing within three days.

However, although Zhu Gaoxu made a thinking look, Zhu Zhanyu's expression did not change at all, and at a glance, he knew that he was completely unconcerned.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyan was clear about the problem of Wara, but he was not very willing to intervene.

The old man did not raise the problem of Warat this time because there was cross-border grazing like last time, and the current Warat people are not honest, but there are very few cases of cross-border grazing.

If there were, it was only a very small number of ordinary herders who were oppressed, and in order to make a living, they had to find a place to feed their cattle and sheep.

Therefore, the core of the problem this time is not the present, but the future.

If it is not removed, it will be a disaster after all.

The reason why the current Wara is so obedient is because their strength is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jingguan built by Zhu Zhan in the fishing sea before is a benchmark.

Although the current herdsmen are no longer afraid of the Jingguan that is covered with grass so that it is completely invisible, they are afraid of the aftermath of the Jingguan.

If there is no war, then there is nothing, but when it comes to war, the first thing that comes to people's minds is the Jingguan.

To put it bluntly, the current Wara is accumulating strength, and when their strength is on par with Daming, or even a little weaker, they will dare to make a move against Daming.

To deal with Wara, Zhu Zhanyan has a way.

"Father!"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Gaosui finally couldn't help it.

Now there are three of them, the eldest is the crown prince, and even the son has been canonized as the emperor's grandson, if there is no accident, the eldest family will be a proper emperor in the future, and his younger brother and his heirs can only be courtiers forever.

Yes, the crown prince is the king, and the prince is the minister, although Emperor Taizu Gao originally stipulated that the officials should also salute when they see the prince, but the king is the king, and the minister is the minister.

In addition to the boss, the second brother is also in the mix.

Don't say how big the kid's name is, even the second child is now in charge of Yunnan, which is since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no vassal king has ever had this right.

Even, the old man changed the title of the second child to King Wu.

Look at these two brothers, and then look at yourself, Zhu Gaosui is really unwilling.

said that he was not as good as the boss, he admitted, after all, the boss was the eldest son, who had been in charge of the country for many years and had worked hard.

said that he was not as good as the second child, and he also admitted that after all, when Jing was in trouble, the second child saved the old man from fire and water more than once, if there was no second child, they would have been sent down by Jianwen to see Emperor Taizu Gao.

But now he is not even as good as Zhu Zhanyan, a nephew, which makes him unacceptable.

Zhu Zhanyan, the son of King Wu, can be given two guards by making an exception, and he, the king of Zhao, also has two? And one of them was only nominally his, but in fact it was put in the border guards!

As the saying goes, don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath.

Last year, the old man didn't let him enter Beijing, so he could only stay in Zhangde Mansion, and this year he finally got the edict to be able to enter Beijing, and he caught up with this kind of opportunity, how could he sit still?

"Father, sons only need to ......"

"Shut up!"

"Poof......

Zhu Gaosui was directly scolded by the old man as soon as he started, and Zhu Zhanyu, who was sitting on the side, couldn't hold back for a moment and laughed.

The sky is above, he really didn't hold back, and he didn't deliberately laugh at his good third uncle.

Although Zhu Zhanyan knew what his good third uncle wanted to say from the beginning, in his expectation, it should be his good third uncle who finished speaking, and then the old man scolded him again, asking him to take back his unrealistic fantasies.

But ah, the son of the Knowing Son is the Father.

To put it mildly, it was really Zhu Gaosui pouting, and the old man knew what kind of fart he was going to make.

"Zhan Yan, what do you think?"

Zhu Gaosui was already angry, and just wanted to scold his nephew, but the old man opened his mouth before him.

Obviously, the old man has been running for Zhu Zhan from the beginning, and the previous ones were polite, but now Zhu Gaosui is stammering, whether he says it or not, and he doesn't say it.

"Let my cousin tell me about it." Zhu Zhanyan didn't even think about it, and directly set his eyes on his cousin.

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanji looked confused.

The future Emperor Xuande is actually very smart, otherwise the sentence "A good saint grandson, can ensure the prosperity of the three generations of the Ming Dynasty" would not have existed.

It's just that Zhu Zhanyan's light in the past two years has been a little too dazzling and bloody, which has forcibly reduced his sense of existence.

In the final analysis, he is Zhu Gaochi's son after all, and Zhu Gaochi has a certain bias towards his education, which makes him unable to make Zhu Zhanchi's kind of decision.

In the Ming Dynasty in recent years, from the grassland to Annan to the Japanese Invaders, killing is the only main theme.

Zhu Zhanyan, the son of King Wu, can do it casually, because for other people, it doesn't matter if Zhu Zhanyan is crooked, just a son, and it won't have much impact if he is gone.

But Zhu Zhanji can't.

Zhu Zhanji has been canonized as the emperor's grandson, which means that he is the rightful prince.

Although he brought a storage character, don't forget that he also brought a gentleman character.

And Jun will not make mistakes.

"Cousin, you are the grandson of the emperor, you will be the crown prince in the future, and even the emperor, grandpa and uncle are looking forward to your growth, you have to behave, right?"

Zhu Zhanyan had a smile on his face, and what he said sounded a little harsh, but it was actually true.

"Cousin, look, no matter what you say now, you are immature if you reach the sky, but if one day, you inherit the unification, you can't make mistakes at that time."

"Junki, tell me about it." Zhu Di frowned and turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Zhu Di still had to admit that he had neglected Zhu Zhanji a little in the past two years, because Zhu Zhanji's knife was too sharp and too easy to use.

Although Zhu Di is not like those emperors who are greedy for power, clinging to power and are unwilling to let go, if he encounters a capable minister, he still hopes to be able to bloom again.

And now, he suddenly found that he had lost the most basic and important thing.

"Grandpa, according to my grandson's foolish opinion, we should take the initiative!"

Completely ignoring his father's crazy eyes on the side, Zhu Zhanji's face was a little excited, looking at Zhu Di in front of him.

"Oh? What is the active method? Zhu Di's heart moved, but he remained silent on the surface.

"My grandson thinks we can start with the mutual market!" Seeing that the old man did not object, Zhu Zhanji's interest rose.

"Previously, Grandpa, you adjusted the price of tea and horses in the market, so that the exchange price of tea and horses has reached a record low."

"In addition to the tea and horse market, there is also a mutual market between the imperial court and the grassland, so my grandson thinks that we might as well adjust the price."

"We all know that the ambition of the Wara wolf, the current quiet is just a short period of dormancy, once they accumulate enough capital, they will immediately attack the Ming Dynasty!"

"If we adjust the price of the mutual market, it can greatly extend the time for them to accumulate strength, and secondly, it can also create more opportunities for us!"

It seems that he has finally found a stage for performance, and the expression on Zhu Zhanji's face is getting more and more excited, but what they don't notice is that the expression on his father Zhu Gaochi's face is getting worse and worse.

If this is the case, then the old man doesn't need Zhu Zhanji to stand up and point out the country, and at this time, this method is obviously not suitable.

Not everyone is Zhu Zhanyan, ordinary people can't make that determination, and some people are destined not to become people like Zhu Zhanyan.

For example, Zhu Di.

The emperor will not make mistakes, at least not on the surface, and in the same way, the emperor must not have a stain on his body.

Why did Zhu Gaochi ignore Zhu Zhanqi's growing prestige, because in today's orthodox thought, Zhu Zhanqi cannot be the emperor.

If a person like Zhu Zhanyan becomes an emperor, he may win the hearts of the people, but he will not let the officials return to their hearts.

Unless, there are special circumstances.

And now, Zhu Zhanji is obviously influenced by his cousin, and seeing that his cousin is becoming more and more respected and loved by people, this is a benchmark in Zhu Zhanji's eyes, giving him an illusion.

As long as you learn from your cousin and do better, you will become the person who is in the limelight.

The current Warat is very well-behaved, and this year it has also taken the initiative to increase the number and value of tribute.

I also know that in this case, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty, the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, to stumble on Wara and take the initiative to destroy the relationship between the two sides, even if he really wants to do this, it cannot be made clear.

"Well, the idea is good, but it can't be used yet." Zhu Di first nodded approvingly, and then gave a failing review.

"Zhan Qi, what do you see?"

"Me?" Zhu Zhanyan was still thinking about his cousin's words, and when he was suddenly pointed out by the old man, he subconsciously blurted out.

"I think my cousin is right."

……

The atmosphere is at an impasse.

It is also said that Zhu Zhanji is because Zhu Zhanji has been too conspicuous in the past two years, so he unconsciously moved closer to Zhu Zhanji's style of acting, but made a small change.

But no matter how much it is changed, Zhu Zhanji's radical approach is also learned from Zhu Zhanji, and the ideas of the two people are similar in the general direction.

However, Zhu Zhanyan actually didn't have no choice, but he said behind his cousin that he wouldn't do this kind of thing that offended people.

Although he was not afraid, it was not necessary.

"So, there's no better way?" Zhu Di's brows were furrowed tightly, obviously very dissatisfied.

Zhu Gaochi lowered his head, and Zhu Zhanji also knew that he had made a mistake just now, so he also sat behind his father honestly and said nothing.

As for Zhu Gaosui, he hasn't opened his mouth since he was choked back by the old man, and now he naturally can't open his mouth.

Only Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son.

He knew that his son would never do anything unprepared, although he chose the Japanese country among the two choices of the grassland and the Japanese country.

However, since Zhu Zhanyan had already analyzed it rationally at the beginning, and said that the problem of the grassland was relatively simple, it proved that he definitely had a way.

"Father, my son has a little idea." After thinking for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu broke the silence and took the lead in speaking.

"Huh?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Zhanyan sighed.

He knew that his father had relented, but this was also expected by him.

Zhu Zhanyan knows very well that his father actually does not hate the old man, but has been working hard to prove himself and prove that he is no worse than his eldest brother.

Zhu Zhanyan can judge the old man's actions from the perspective of God, but Zhu Gaochu can't and won't.

Because from the facts, the old man is not bad to his second son.

In history, he was given a great degree of freedom, and he also listened to his slander several times and punished the subordinate officials of the East Palace, until he revealed several times that he had the idea of seizing the heir, and the old man let him go to the domain.

It can be said that except for the position of the prince, the old man basically gave everything else that could be given to Zhu Gaoxu.

The father and son did not have an overnight feud, not to mention that the old man had nothing wrong in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes except for being a little eccentric, how could he look at the old man embarrassed and ignore it?

After all, he hasn't been in Beijing for several years, and his thoughts and family affection will unleash unparalleled power with the addition of time.

This power is enough to make people make irrational decisions.

(End of chapter)