"According to the time, Zhu Ling should have arrived in Yunnan, right?"

Inside the room, Zhu Gaoxu sat on a chair, his eyes looking around, but his mouth was saying irrelevant words.

"What do you think your grandfather would think?"

"What are you talking about?" poured a cup of tea for his father, and Zhu Zhanyan also sat down.

"Is it about Ma Qi? Or is it about the steppe? ”

"Let's talk about it." Zhu Gaoxu didn't directly say what he wanted to ask, but asked his son to say it.

The reason why he left Xiangzhou Mansion to come to Dhaka was for this matter.

Over the years, Zhu Gaoxu has become accustomed to the life of his son as the backbone, although he probably knows the old man's reaction, but he still wants his son to make sure that he can feel at ease.

"Then let's talk about Ma Qi first." Zhu Zhanyan naturally knew what his father was thinking, so he took a sip of tea and began to talk.

"Now that the imperial court is conquest of the rebellion in Jianzhou, the Wa State must continue to supply people, coupled with the consumption of your son and me in the past two years, if the Ming Dynasty fights again, the people will have opinions."

Power is a public instrument, and it is okay if this kind of thing comes from someone else's mouth, but it comes from the mouth of the crown prince......

He wanted to refute, but he didn't know how.

"What, you...... Infected by uncle? After a long time, Zhu Zhanyan said cautiously.

"Of course I will." Zhu Zhanyan sat down and poured himself a cup of tea again.

In fact, when Zhu Zhanyan was halfway through, he guessed what Zhu Zhanyan wanted to say, but he was powerless to refute it.

"Like Emperor Gao, the crown prince, grandpa also dislikes eunuchs, but because of his helplessness as an emperor, he must have a few obedient eunuchs."

Zhu Gaoxu was silent.

"Although I will also be disappointed, as far as grandpa is concerned, there is a high probability that he will not do anything to the grassland."

"You're right." Zhu Gaoxu didn't get angry, but laughed.

"Tell me about it."

"The current Ming Dynasty can already be regarded as a rich country and a strong people, isn't it strong enough?"

"Although we are sure that there is sufficient evidence, this is only for us, and if the imperial court wants to use troops, it will either be lost in this regard, or it will be recognized by either the Warat or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

"So much?"

"Can't say anything like that."

"So there's really nothing to say about it."

"Of course it's national power!" Zhu Gaoxu did not hesitate at all, and directly refuted his son's words.

"Last time I went to Yingtian, I talked a lot with your uncle, which was quite inspiring."

"Of course not enough!" Zhu Zhanyan did not hesitate at all.

The second is that the relationship between Zhu Zhanyan and the old man is still cold, and Zhu Zhanyan will hardly say anything unrelated to business with the old man.

"Daming now has a mountain of silver and silver, and there is no shortage of money; There are new grains such as corn and sweet potatoes, and they have begun to be promoted, and there is no shortage of food. ”

"Not to mention the officials, the generals can also be said to be charging into battle at the risk of arrows and stones, but the vast majority of officials are waiting for the news of the war in Yingtian and in various places."

…

"Then, do you think that if there is a real fight, what is the chance of Da Ming winning?"

There was a brief and eerie silence in the room, and Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son's back, not knowing what to say for a moment.

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanyan looked his father up and down.

"What I can't get, I may not mind giving it to my uncle or cousin, but it doesn't mean that some Fanbang barbarians can also get their hands on it."

"It doesn't count."

"In the hands of officials

The power is also very large, but in this world, corrupt officials are like the sand of the Yellow River, and clean officials are rare. ”

……

"There is not enough reason to do it."

"Merchants, not to mention this, they have been representatives of profit over righteousness since ancient times."

"Facts have proved that your son and I are the most effective, now the Ming Dynasty, without the troubles of the Tatars, the Warat will not cross the border for grazing, and the coastal people will no longer be harassed by the Japanese invaders."

"First of all, I agree with the statement that rights are public instruments, but the statement is the statement, and the reality is the reality."

"As for the argument that rights are public instruments...... It's good for you to listen to it, and if you're serious, you'll lose. ”

"But it's easy to be majestic and brave, but it's the hardest thing to learn to tolerate and forgive."

"Rights are public instruments, never a family thing, compared to your way to solve the problem, it is better to let the world know that you have the determination to solve the problem, which may be able to solve things at the lowest cost."

How is it that the wealth of the country does not equal the strength of the people?

"Daddy." Zhu Gaoxu turned around and stared at his father very seriously.

"First." Zhu Zhanyan stretched out a finger and looked at his father very seriously.

"Rights are public weapons, not to mention our Ming Dynasty, all dynasties can follow this article, because this statement aims to use rights to make the entire dynasty move forward."

"But you also know that the seven guards of Kansai are the grass on the wall, whoever forces them falls to whom, if they really fight, they will be a muddy one."

"I didn't say you......" Zhu Gaoxu sighed when he heard this.

"Second, the people's heart."

Zhu Zhanyan paused, looked in the northeast direction, and then sighed.

First, although Zhu Zhanyan has helped the court a lot over the years, most of the time he gets along with the old man in the form of transactions, and every time he helps, he will get benefits.

"Ten percent!"

"Don't look at me like that, it's really ten percent." Zhu Zhanyan spread his hands and put on a posture like this.

"If you want to get involved in the Central Plains, as long as I live, they won't have any possibility."

"Ma Qi won't make any big waves in this matter, not to mention that grandpa's trust in him is not very high, even if it is very high, his old man will not say anything."

"I'm not worried about these two points, one is that you never play conspiracy, and you use tricks and tricks, and the other is that what you do has always been for the people of the world."

"As for the steppe ......"

"What do you mean by that?"

"You're really going to make a move?" This is the first time Zhu Gaoxu has had a disagreement with his son.

"The country is rich, the rich are the imperial court, the rich are the officials, and the rich are the merchants."

…

"And now, neither Warat nor the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is a small country, and it is too difficult to fight both of them at the same time, unless the Kansai Seven Guards die for the imperial court."

"I admit that the current Ming Dynasty and the wealth of the country are, or it should be said that our Ming Dynasty has always been rich, but the wealth of the country really does not equal the strength of the people."

And it was the ordinary people who risked their lives to run away for officials and businessmen, or even to buy time for the emperor to move south.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand violently and interrupted his son's words.

"Therefore, when the war breaks out, it is still those people who have not had enough to eat, who rush to the battlefield, who are the pillars of their families, the children of their families, and the fathers of their families."

"The child asked you, what is the basis for you to say that Da Ming is powerful?"

"Learn to tolerate and learn to forgive, but in exchange for the Tatars mercilessly killing 100,000 of my Ming soldiers, in exchange for Warat crossing the border again and again for grazing, in exchange for the Japanese invaders attacking my Ming Sea Frontier again and again."

"Third, the imperial court can't afford a two-front battle."

What do you mean by that? Isn't the current Ming strong enough? ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his head sharply and looked at his son in surprise.

"Even if the imperial court can't withstand the two-sided attack of Warat and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, I will take action."

"Huh?" Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Zhu Zhanyan in surprise.

"But the reality is that even if the emperor has this kind of awareness, the officials will not."

"Fourth, Da Ming is not strong enough."

"Daddy." Zhu Zhanyan stood up, walked to the door, and looked outside.

"Learn to tolerate and forgive, rights are public instruments, these words are from the mouth of the uncle, but you can't say it."

……

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxu once again threw out a question.

"One is that the personality is incompatible, even if you have changed, but you are not the one who can say this, and the other is that these words can only be said by people who have read poetry and books, you ......"

"People like eunuchs, just look for them when they are gone, it's not very important, not to mention that grandpa doesn't like them yet."

"You have confused the two concepts, the wealth of the country is not the same as the strength of the people."

Zhu Zhanyan rolled his eyes, he felt that his father was still too simple, and it was no wonder that he would be played by Zhu Gaochi and his son in history.

"Inspire is inspire, forget it." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand, looking very unconcerned.

"But if war breaks out, the emperor will not come to the battlefield in person, even if it is like grandpa's last imperial expedition, it will be in the rear, and he will not risk the arrows and stones."

"Reason!" Zhu Gaoxu was a little angry.

"What your uncle said is actually right, conspiracy and trickery can't make a big deal, you must put the people of the world first."

Because what Zhu Zhanyan said was right.

With a way to resolve his obsession, Zhu Gaoxu is naturally no longer obsessed with the position of the crown prince.

Zhu Zhanyan looked at his father with a face full of surprise and speechlessness, as if he was exploring whether the father in front of him was still the father who would only solve problems with beating, killing and killing with golden beans.

…

……

Zhu Zhanyan smiled slightly, this is what he was waiting for.

But his own obsession has been resolved, but he has always thought that his son still minds, and he minds the injustice of the old man back then.

Not only yes, Zhu Zhanyan is also a little conservative, Zhu Gaoxu knows very well that once the war breaks out and the life and death of the Ming Dynasty comes, the first to run will definitely be officials and businessmen.

Zhu Gaoxu's movements paused for a moment, and then he spoke: "Reason"

As for the reasons why Zhu Gaoxu thinks so, there are two reasons.

"I admit that what Uncle said is also reasonable, but the problem is that these truths must be seen in combination with facts."

"You can't always deal with things between countries in this extremely radical way, once or twice, but too many times, it will always affect you."

"As long as I make a move, there will be no more suspense."

"But obviously, none of them will admit it."

"This is different from when I attacked Annan while conquering the Japanese State, I used no more than 100,000 horses to conquer the Japanese State back then, and the attack on Annan was mainly in the form of fire attack, and I didn't need many people."

……

In fact, after such a long time, Zhu Gaoxu really weakened his heart to compete for the prince, because he found that even if he was not the crown prince, he could prove that he was very good.

"Therefore, the wealth of the country does not mean that the people are strong."

"There are four reasons."

"What kind of life are the people living now? We don't know the exact number, but I dare say that before the implementation of the new tax system, at least more than half of the people in the Ming Dynasty did not have enough to eat. ”

"So ......"

Zhu Zhanyan spread his hands and did not continue.

Zhu Gaoxu frowned when he heard this, but nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that there are some things that this conclusion still applies, and it seems that he should also make a change......