For Yolanda, the bait was big enough when the entire kingdom of France was in front of her.

As for daughters and grandchildren?

Sorry, patriarchy is not limited to the Central Plains, in this era, patriarchy is practiced all over the world, except for a very few ethnic groups that still maintain matrilineal clans.

For example, by the peptide man.

As for why there are so many women who are patriarchal to become queens, it is just the result of weighing the pros and cons, and for medieval Europe, they actually preferred women to be kings.

Because this is so easy to manipulate, there is one in the history of the Kingdom of France, which was used as a marriage three times in a row, and as a result, all the kingdoms obtained by her own marriage and the first two marriages were given to her last husband as a dowry.

Of course, she didn't do it voluntarily, but she couldn't help it.

Therefore, Yolanda's choice seems to have no family affection, or even no humanity to speak of, but for this era, this is not uncommon.

Even, ask yourself, will this not be the case in the Hereafter?

Constantinople.

After taking Fort Nico, Zhu Zhanyan did not choose to advance further, and the reason was still that cliché.

Winter is not suitable for war.

But even if he couldn't fight, Zhu Zhanyan was not idle.

From the eighth year of Yongle to the second year of Xuande, it has been eighteen years, if he only knows how to fight, then even if the Ming Dynasty has the rule of the Western Han Dynasty Wenjing, then he will be defeated.

The reason why he was able to support Zhu Zhan's expedition for so long was that Zhu Zhan'an had never relaxed his handling of internal problems.

In this little free time, he first made a summary of the current problems.

Xiangzhou Mansion and Nanzhou Mansion have stabilized, among which Xiangzhou Mansion has experienced its own arson and burned the mountain, and now more than seventy percent of the population is dominated by Han people, which are slowly migrated from the Central Plains in the past ten years.

Now the main problem is the Nanzhou capital.

Ah San's group of people is still difficult to control, and the current stability is because he gave them a life without worrying about food and clothing, but people's lives are summed up by a bunch of desires.

Now Ah San is in the stage of satisfying desires, and when they get used to this kind of life, new desires will soon breed.

Zhu Zhanyan originally planned to choose a suitable node to deal with Ah San, although he is a person who does not even trust his own people on many issues, but in terms of nationality, he is still willing to believe in the Han people.

Now it seems that the war he launched against Europe may be a good opportunity to consume Ah San through appropriate decision-making, so that Ah San can slowly walk into the path that the Japanese country walked back then.

But this is something that will only have a chance to start next year, after all, the season is not suitable now, and I can't force Ah San to die, and they are not pure fools.

In addition to the Nanzhou capital, there is also a problem that the old land of the Timurid Empire is gone.

Now the Arabian Peninsula has not been taken, but this is not a problem, there are many deserts there, and the people there cannot form effective combat power due to geographical reasons, so it is very simple to take it.

Now the main problem is the land problem in the old lands of the Timurid Empire.

Although soybeans, a leguminous plant, are born in symbiosis with rhizobia, thus having the ability to fix nitrogen and fertilize the field, the multi-year consumption of potatoes cannot be replenished by soybeans in a year.

For now, it can only be raised slowly, and time is ...... It should take about two to three years before other crops can be planted.

At last......

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanyan sighed deeply.

Looking at the secret letter in front of him, and then looking at his father's signature, Zhu Zhanyan had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He knew his father well.

A person, all his life, may be fighting for power, but deep in his heart, there is more or less family affection, and his struggle is more or less to prove himself to his father.

But...... Time has changed.

He worked hard and did everything to show the old man, but now the old man is gone.

Not only is the old man gone, but his eldest brother and third brother are also gone.

Zhu Zhanyan knew very well that his father had now entered a state of emptiness, if it weren't for himself and his younger brothers, I am afraid that his father would have no desires and no desires.

issued an edict to establish a prince, and at the same time let his cousin drive the expedition himself, Zhu Zhanyan knew very well that this was a deal made by his father and his cousin.

The core of the transaction is to set up Zhu Qizhen, who is not yet one year old, as the crown prince, and at the same time, King Wu will withdraw from Shuntian Mansion, in exchange, Zhu Zhanji, the biggest obstacle to King Wu, will not return to Shuntian Mansion or the Central Plains.

He will die bravely outside the gate for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

The deal...... It's hard to tell exactly who made it and who lost it.

For the Wu Wang line, although Zhu Zhanji has long lost any rights, he is still a big mountain in front of the Wu Wang line, if he doesn't want to rebel and usurp the throne, then he can only level the mountain, but not bypass it.

Therefore, this deal has removed the biggest obstacle to King Wu's lineage, although it is to withdraw from Shuntianfu, but now the cabinet and the six Shangshu in the court are all people from King Wu's lineage.

For a young prince, it is too simple to button a hat, and there are not too many opportunities.

Therefore, for Wu Wang's line, this transaction is actually quite profitable.

But again, for Zhu Zhanji, this deal is not necessarily a loss.

Both Zhu Zhanji and Empress Dowager Zhang know that now they have no hope of turning around, and if they don't make this transaction, Zhu Qizhen won't even have a chance to be born!

When the time comes, as long as King Wu and his family survive Empress Dowager Zhang, and then Zhu Zhanji, on the way, they will either blame or induce mistakes, and dispose of Zhu Zhanji's two brothers, and the throne will naturally fall into the hands of King Wu.

Instead of living a life that can be seen at a glance, it is better to gamble.

At least, now that Zhu Qizhen is born, they can still protect Zhu Qizhen to grow up, as for the future road...... Then it can only be left to Zhu Qizhen by himself.

So, on the surface, this deal looks like it's a win for both parties.

King Wu paid a Zhu Gaoxu, who had no desires, and asked him to carry the black cauldron in exchange for the possibility of future generations becoming the orthodox heir.

Zhu Zhanji paid a self that had no hope of turning the tables and won a chance for his son to grow up.

It's just that while the two sides make money from each other, they also have omissions.

For King Wu's lineage, the most perfect result is that Zhu Zhanyan ascends the throne and succeeds to the throne, but Zhu Zhanyan's reputation is too bad, so he can only retreat to the second best place and let Zhu Zhanyan's son cross Zhu Zhanyan and ascend the throne directly.

But so far, Zhu Zhanyan has no heirs.

As for Zhu Zhanqi's younger brothers, Zhu Zhanqi is a concubine and has no chance; Zhu Zhantan is not in good health and has no heirs, and he has no chance; Zhu Zhanyao...... It's still a little bit off.

For Zhu Zhanji, the most perfect result is that Zhu Qizhen has grown up and has excellent results, thus blocking the opportunity for King Wu to transform from a dragon to a dragon.

However, the premise is that Zhu Qizhen must be successful.

……

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi ......"

Just when Zhu Zhanyan fell into his own thoughts, Zhu Ling's voice pulled back his thoughts from wandering in the world.

"Come in." Shaking his head, Zhu Zhanyan sorted out his thoughts.

"Your Royal Highness, the Kingdom of Aragon has sent a secret letter."

Zhu Ling walked in quickly, lowered his head and presented a secret letter to Zhu Zhanyan.

"What about translation?" Zhu Zhanyan pinched the corners of his eyes with a little headache.

This era is not good, if it is the English of later generations, then Zhu Zhanyan is confident that he can still understand some of it, after all, although a long time has passed, after all, he has also passed the fourth level.

Maybe I can't recognize it all, but I can recognize some of it more or less.

But in this era, Middle English is used, and there are even many languages that have not been seen in later generations, so it is very difficult to do.

After all, there are some things that cannot be read by translators, but they are not easy to use and deal with one, after all, in this era, translation is still relatively rare.

"Wait outside the door."

Zhu Ling cautiously raised his head and looked at Zhu Zhanyan, and after getting affirmative permission, Zhu Ling went out and brought the translator over.

"Your Royal Highness, there is nothing special on this letter, just to thank you for taking care of Mary, Queen of France, and at the same time to say that the Kingdom of Aragon has agreed to your request."

I don't know if the translator was clever enough or if that's what the letter says, but there is nothing wrong with the translator's answer.

Of course, it's also possible that Yolanda took this into account.

"Got it, you can step back first."

"The villain quits."

After the translator withdrew, Zhu Zhanyan picked up the letter and read it.

With the level 4 that he had basically returned to the teacher, he could be said to have completely incommisced these Middle English, so he could only hand over the letter to Zhu Ling.

"Go and change the two translators and ask them to double-check the contents of the letter and see if there are any discrepancies."

"Yes!"

Zhu Ling bowed and retreated, leaving Zhu Zhanyan alone behind his desk.

Now, the problem of the sea route is basically solved, as long as the Kingdom of Aragon opens its mouth, the Kingdom of Decisione, which is one with it, will also agree, and from then on the Mediterranean army can go sideways.

Now the only problem is after getting out of the Strait of Gibraltar.

You know, in this era, there are not only the Kingdom of Aragon and the Duchy of Venice, two countries that have made great progress in the sea, but beyond the Mediterranean, there is also a place called Grape Buds.

If it weren't for the appearance of Zhu Zhanqi, soon after, the grape buds would have begun their maritime expansion, and even controlled the Strait of Malacca for a time.

"Hoo ......"

Zhu Zhanyan exhaled a long breath and stood up.

Now that the chessboard is in place, and the chess pieces such as Sigismund, Martin V, Yolanda, and Henry VI are in place, you will also play a game of chess as a chess piece!

The instructor once said: Fighting with the sky is endless; Fighting with the ground, the fun is endless; Fight with people, the fun is endless!

(End of chapter)