"Can you talk about it...... Why? ”

For these two holy decrees, Zhang knew that she had no possibility of refusal.

At the beginning, the first line of the emperor and the first line of King Wu were exchanged for the life of Emperor Xuande in exchange for the time when the orthodox emperor could grow up safely, and at the same time, the power was also redistributed.

On the bright side, King Wu's lineage controls the government with the cabinet and the six ministries, except for some things in the clan, almost all the big and small things in the government and the opposition are in the hands of King Wu's lineage.

Of course, King Wu's first line didn't make it too ugly, and he still left the last bit of decency for the emperor's first line.

That is, the emperor's seal was handed over to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and all the folds, official documents and holy decrees must be stamped by the Zhang family before they can be sent out smoothly.

But in fact, everyone knows that this is and is only the last dignity left by King Wu's lineage to the emperor's lineage.

It's like now, if Zhu Zhanyan or Zhu Gaoxu came over with the holy decree in person, it shows the attitude of King Wu, and this chapter is different from usual, it's not that the Zhang family can cover it if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to cover it, he can not cover it.

To put it bluntly, the so-called choice still only exists in the hands of the strong, as a weakling, your so-called choice is actually left to you by the strong, if you want, you will actually have nothing.

"Trust issues."

Although there was no need to answer this question, out of respect for the "Queen of the Five Perfections", Zhu Zhanyan still opened his mouth to answer.

"Zhang Fu is old, and the most suitable thing for him is to be a Dinghai God Needle in the court, but as the so-called replacement of the old and the new, the position of the Governor of the Chinese Military Governor Mansion and the Zuo Governor still needs to be handed over to the capable new generation."

"And ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan raised his head and looked behind Zhang.

There was a screen, but Zhu Zhanyan was not looking at the screen, but at the person behind the screen.

Because of the sunlight, there is a figure printed on the screen, but it seems to be one person, but it is actually two people.

The current Empress Dowager Sun and the Orthodox Emperor Zhu Qizhen.

"You, I trust." Retracting his gaze, Zhu Zhanyan's tone inadvertently revealed a little mockery.

"You educated your cousin very well, and so did King Xiang, and the reason why your cousin failed and did something that the descendants of the Zhu family despised, in fact, it has nothing to do with you, the main reason is still me."

"It's me who makes my cousin anxious, he is forced by his own eagerness to take risks and seek skin with the tiger."

"So, in general, you're a great mother, but some people aren't."

Speaking of which, the mockery in Zhu Zhanyan's tone was completely undisguised.

"I still say the same thing, there are no pillars growing in the courtyard, and the Taiping Emperor can't do what he says."

"Even if you have the blood of an eagle and are locked up in a cage, you can only grow into a free-range chicken, and it is impossible to soar in the sky."

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan stopped, and his gaze turned to the direction of the screen again.

Visible to the naked eye, the figure reflected on the screen trembled a little, and seemed to be very angry, but it had to be forcibly suppressed.

"Alas......" Zhang sighed and beckoned.

Soon, a chamberlain came over with a wooden box and opened it after walking in front of Zhang.

What is placed inside is the jade seal that represents the emperor.

It seemed to be struggling, but in the end, Zhang still picked up the jade seal and stamped the two holy decrees in turn.

In fact, how can Zhang not know what kind of character his daughter-in-law is?

A person who is emotionally swayed by jealousy will not be a qualified mother after all, and the children he teaches will not be excellent.

Moreover, as far as the two holy decrees that Zhu Zhanyan brought over, in fact, strictly speaking, they still saved face for the emperor.

dismissed from his original position and crowned as a master.

This actually pushed Zhang Fu to the emperor's side, although Zhang Fu went with the flow and acted according to the arrangements of the imperial court, but in fact Zhang Fu just wanted stability.

In this treacherous situation, only by following the tide can he protect himself, but if King Wu forcibly let Zhang Fu make a choice, he will still stand in line according to King Wu's ideas.

After all, anyone can see which side the situation is tilting towards right now.

Neither is it right...... Some people can't see it......

After achieving his goal, Zhu Zhanyan put away the two volumes of holy decrees with satisfaction, bowed to the Zhang family and left.

After Zhu Zhanyan left, Sun Ruowei hugged Zhu Qizhen and walked in front of the Zhang family with his head down.

It seems to be respectful, but because she is bowing her head, the dissatisfaction and yin owl in her eyes are well hidden.

……

Inshou Palace.

"Coming back?"

In the conservatory in the courtyard, Princess Wu was teasing the little Zhu Qiming, while Zhu Gaoxu saw his son who had returned.

This morning, he watched his son leave with two scrolls of the Divine Decree.

"Hmm." Zhu Zhanyan handed over the two volumes of the holy decree to Zhu Ling, and then opened the conservatory and walked in.

"How's it going today? Is there any fuss? ”

Zhu Zhanyan said as he grimaced at his son.

didn't sell his father's face at all, Zhu Qiming's mouth deflated, and he immediately howled at the top of his throat.

"Go, go, go! Go aside! ”

Princess Wu angrily pushed her son aside and began to coax the new ancestor of the family.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't care, the child, if he wasn't born to play, it would be meaningless.

"Smooth?" Seeing his son sit down, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and poured a cup of tea.

"Well, what could not go well?" Zhu Zhanyan took the tea handed over by his father and leaned back on the chair very comfortably.

"The eldest aunt is still a sensible person, as for Queen Sun, ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan shook his head slightly: "Compared with the eldest aunt, she is not a little worse." ”

"Your aunt can't help it." Zhu Gaoxu sighed lightly when he heard this.

"It can be regarded as a creation to make people, if the previous Queen Hu gave birth to a prince instead of a princess, this Ming Dynasty would be a different scene."

"As a result, it's Queen Sun, and we're the first one after the Ming Dynasty."

"Okay......"

Zhu Zhanyan didn't care, and he felt that it was a good thing for Sun Ruowei to take the throne, after all, if it was Hu Shanxiang, the excuse for King Wu's line might not be easy to find.

"This matter, let's just talk about it at home, if this spreads, it is estimated that someone will have to say that our family is a bitch and a chaste archway."

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Zhu Gaoxu also shook his head with a smile.

"What about Europe? How's it going? ”

"Everything is under control." Zhu Zhanyan took a sip of tea in the cup, looking very comfortable.

"If there are no accidents, the hardest part will be gnawed down before this winter, and the rest will not be a big problem, just fence it off, and it won't be long before they have to give in."

"What do you think?" Speaking of this, even Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be a little curious.

"From the Timurid Empire to Europe, it seems to outsiders that you have always been the same as before, but you don't seem to have made such a big deal before, right?"

"That is, you killed more people when you were in the Wa Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom, and later in Siam and Nanzhang and other countries, you really didn't kill much, and the killing was also killed later, giving people a completely different feeling."

"How did you become more radical in the Timurid Empire and in Europe?"

"It's very simple." Zhu Zhanyan was surprised that his father could ask such a question.

"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different."

"In Siam and Nanzhang, I didn't encounter much resistance, and because of the poisonous path of Shu, there are still many Central Plains people in Nanzhang Siam, and they were influenced by our Central Plains culture very early, so I didn't worry."

"The Timurid Empire and the steppe are actually about the same, the conflict between the Central Plains and the steppe has not been resolved for thousands of years, I don't want to spend that effort, it's better to kill it directly."

"It's even more so in Europe, they are all religious, and the power of the pope even exceeded the power of the king for a time, if you put this on you, can you accept this?"

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, as if he had imagined the scene of divine power being greater than royal power, so he shook his head.

"That's right." Zhu Zhanyan looked at his father and shook his head, and suddenly thought of something.

"Zhu Ping, you go to my study and bring the secret letter I received in Xiangzhou Mansion."

"Yes!"

……

"What letter? You just say no? Do you have to show it to me? Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son helplessly.

"You'd better take a look." Zhu Zhanyan shook his head with a smile, and then shook it back and forth, looking very unbeaten.

"Sometimes, the impact of black and white words on a person is much greater than hearing and dictating."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything more when he heard this, but just raised his eyebrows.

Soon, Zhu Ping took the secret letter and handed it over to Zhu Gaoxu at Zhu Zhanyu's signal.

Zhu Gaoxu's expression was curious at first, but after a while, his brows furrowed, and they became tighter and tighter.

Finally, he gasped.

"Shhh...... When did you do it? How did I not know? ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son, as if he had just met his son, who had been raised for more than 20 years.

"When it was against the Timurid Empire." Zhu Zhanyan explained very easily.

In fact, the content on the secret letter is relatively simple, and the reason why Zhu Gaoxu took so long was mainly because he had to digest it.

The secret letter was sent by Xing Kun, because in the autumn, Zhu Zhan Yan specially sent people to count the grain harvest in various parts of Europe.

Of course, the Ming army could not have traveled all over Europe to collect this, they only selectively selected three or five locations in a region to collect data.

So this data can't be completely accurate, but it's relatively accurate.

According to Xing Kun's statistics, Europe's grain output this year is about 40 percent lower than in previous years.

Note that it's not compared to when there were potatoes, it's compared to before potatoes appeared.

In other words, Europe, which has potatoes, has a 40% lower harvest this year than when there were no potatoes.

Potatoes, which were originally introduced to increase grain production, eventually became the main culprit in the decline in grain production.

(End of chapter)