"Okay, I won't ask more, it seems that you have already planned it."

When he saw this secret letter, Zhu Gaoxu knew what his son was thinking, so he didn't plan to ask more.

In this regard, although he is reluctant to admit it, he has to say that there is still a gap between him and his son.

Zhu Gaoxu is ruthless enough, but not ruthless enough.

Compared with ordinary people, he is ruthless enough, even more ruthless than the previous Emperor Xuande, but compared with Zhu Zhanqi, he is still a lot worse.

Zhu Zhanyan's ruthlessness is mainly reflected in two aspects, one is external, and the other is internal.

Externally, there is no need to say much about this, I am afraid that since ancient times, there have been few people who are more ruthless than him, and even people are a little worse than him.

Internally, Zhu Zhanyan has a ruthlessness that Zhu Gaoxu does not have, that is, he dares to shuffle internally.

If it was Zhu Gaoxu, even if he succeeded in the end, I am afraid he would not have done anything to his brother, but Zhu Zhanyu was different.

Emperor Xuande was not worthy of the position, and he united with the grassland, and even handed over all the firearms to the grassland, Zhu Zhan Yan ruthlessly played a game after learning about it, and forced Emperor Xuande to death.

Although Zhu Gaoxu is facing a biological brother who is like a brother and sister, and Zhu Zhanyan is facing a cousin, there is a gap between the two, but even so, there are not many people who can achieve Zhu Zhanyan's level.

It seems that Zhu Zhanyan's standard for measuring people is only right and wrong.

If you do it right, such as Wang Jinghong this time, although he acted privately, he helped the Ming army a lot, and Zhu Zhanyan was not ready to punish him.

But if you do something wrong, such as Zhu Zhanji, or Zhu Gaosui, he can be ruthless.

Although, before that, he had retreated again and again.

"When you're done fighting, I'll go over and see your third uncle." When he thought of this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly sighed.

Through that name, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to see the third brother who had been arching the fire behind his ass before.

However, he went the wrong way and died in a foreign land.

"Huh? That's right! After his father said this, Zhu Zhanyan suddenly thought of something.

"Didn't you receive a reply from those who were sent when you exiled the third uncle? Why haven't I heard anything about this during my time in Europe? ”

"You're talking about...... Australia? Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while before remembering the name of that place.

"That's right!" I didn't expect that Zhu Zhanyan was not in a hurry, but now that I think about it, Zhu Zhanyan is also a little anxious.

"It's been two years, and I haven't received any news from there, so you stopped me?"

"Nope." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head.

"I haven't received any news from there, I don't know as much about things over there as you do, and if I do, I will definitely send it to you."

Zhu Gaoxu's brain is not flexible enough, but there is one good thing, that is, he will not force things that he is not good at, but will send them to his son and let his son decide.

"Hmm......" Zhu Zhanyan frowned, obviously not very satisfied.

Of course, he was not dissatisfied with his father, but with those who escorted Zhu Gaosui to Australia in the first place.

"When I go back to Europe, let's go to Xiangzhou Mansion and let Zhanqi send someone to take a look."

Zhu Zhanyan didn't think that those people were all dead, although Australia is indeed not a good place, poisonous snakes and poisonous insects are everywhere, but it will not let those people all fold there.

The only possibility is that something is wrong, either the news is suppressed, such as the old port Xuanwei Division, or those people have betrayed the imperial court, thinking that the emperor is far away, and chose to set up their own doors in Australia.

"Alright, that's still too far, let's talk about what is in front of us." Zhu Gaoxu was not very interested in this matter, he thought that there were more important things, and they were right in front of him.

"For Qi Ming, how do you arrange it?"

Zhu Qiming, the only third generation of the current Wu Wang lineage.

As the only third generation of King Wu's lineage, and he is also the son of Zhu Zhanyan and the eldest son, his starting point may be the end point that others cannot reach in their lives.

Power, money, and everything else are at his fingertips.

The so-called all roads lead to Rome, he is the one who was born in Rome, and even in Rome, he is an absolute top existence.

However, everything in this world has a cause and effect.

The super high starting point means that he has more things to carry.

For ordinary people, have a few years of happy fun, spend a good childhood, and then go to private school, study, get fame, become an official, and then start the cycle over and over again.

For the people at the bottom, they had fun for six or seven years, and then they began to help their families work in the fields, and then they married wives and ropes, and the cycle began over and over again.

But for Zhu Qiming, none of that.

Other people's children, whether they are low-level people or ordinary people, will at least have a good childhood, but he has to start learning at the earliest age of four and five years old at the latest.

For others, if they are unsuccessful, they may have a way out, or go to the sea to do business, or return to their hometown to farm, but for Zhu Qiming, such a thing as a retreat has not existed since he was born.

He has to work harder than everyone else, and he has to be better than everyone else, otherwise at the center of this power vortex, whether it's not hard enough or not good enough, he will be crushed.

Therefore, his childhood is learning, his youth is learning, his youth is still learning, and even he has to study until he is old.

Culture must be studied, martial arts must be studied, people's hearts must also be studied, and the so-called imperial art must be studied.

Other people can choose to be in a corner of peace, choose to be an ordinary person, but he can't, he may not be the best, but he must be a member of the best group.

Therefore, it may not be a good thing to be born with a high starting point.

"I've thought about it a long time ago." For his father's question, Zhu Zhanyan gave the answer, which he was preparing the moment he learned that Hu Shanshu was pregnant.

"This time, Zhantan is going to clean up corrupt officials, and I asked Zhou Xin to accompany him."

"Zhou Xin is a person who is upright, but he is easy to break, he is not suitable to be an important official, the most suitable place for him is actually the grassroots level, a small official such as a county order."

"But with his knowledge and his character, it's too wasteful to be a petty official, so I plan to make him Qi Ming's teacher after Zhantan comes back."

"For Qi Ming, I want to let him learn what children should learn first, let him learn the good in this world first, and let him know what a good person looks like."

"When he is seven or eight years old, let Chen Xun be his teacher."

"Chen Xun is a more extreme person, but he is also suitable, he can let Qi Ming know the sinister nature of this world, and let him know how important it is to know people."

"By that time, I will have to deal with all the things I have to deal with, and I can basically stay in Beijing all year round, and I don't need to run around like I am now."

"When that time comes, I'll teach him personally."

"It's a rarity." Listening to his son's plan, Zhu Gaoxu was a little emotional.

"I originally thought that you would want Qi Ming to be a person like you, but I didn't expect you to let Zhou Xin be his teacher first."

"Me? Stop it. Zhu Zhanyan first pointed at himself in disbelief, and then shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I'm an anomaly, different from ordinary people."

"The difference between me and others is that I can clearly know the sinister nature of people's hearts, so I don't have to go through this stage, but Qi Ming can't, he has to learn."

"Therefore, he must first learn well, to know what people are like to be morally good, and then teach him to recognize the sinister nature of people's hearts, so that he can suffer as little as possible in people's hearts."

"Hmm......" Zhu Gaoxu nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at his son with emotion.

"You're right, and it's good that you matured early, otherwise, I'm afraid it's ......."

"Come on, you......" Zhu Zhanyan rolled his eyes angrily.

"You don't have much say in teaching children, you see what life I had when I was a child?"

"Aside from studying with my cousin in the palace hall, did you teach me anything else?"

"Don't talk about those intrigue skills, it can be said that you are not good at it, so you don't teach, but aren't you the leader of the generals? You didn't teach me how to charge and dispatch troops in battle? ”

"What are you talking about!?" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly became anxious when he heard this.

"Is that what I don't teach you? Look at the way you looked when you were a child, you were skinnier than your father and me, running around every day, if it weren't for your grandfather's strict management, I'm afraid you wouldn't even dare to go to the university hall! ”

"Shall I teach you? Do I teach you what you learn? ”

……

In the courtyard of Renshou Palace, Princess Wu was holding Zhu Qiming, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanyan, father and son, were arguing there, and in the back room, Hu Shanshu was looking at the scene in the courtyard through the window.

Harmony.

But in Europe, this is not the case.

……

Holy Roman Empire, Aachen.

"You take this." Sigismund handed a token to his son-in-law.

"If you don't want anything to happen to Elizabeth and the child in her womb, let them go first, and unless you can calm all the insecurity, it's better not to let them come back."

"You know what happened this autumn, and with the Habsburg dynasty in full swing, the Holy Roman Empire is already in danger."

"None of the Habsburgs were fuel-efficient lamps, and at the last moment, they would certainly have moved."

"I have contacted Yolanda of Aragon, and she will accept Elizabeth and give her a place to stay."

"Yolanda of Aragon?" Albrecht looked at his father-in-law in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Didn't they unite with the Ming army? Will you really accept Elizabeth with all sincerity? ”

"Don't worry." Hearing this, Sigismund smiled mockingly.

"This woman's ambitions are very big, the reason why she united with the Ming army is because she wants to annex the Kingdom of France with the help of the Ming army, so when the Holy Roman Empire is unsustainable, it is time for her to start targeting the Ming army."

"Because she will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Ming army take all the results of the battle and ignore it."

"That ......," Albrecht looked suspicious.

"Can she really confront or even defeat the Ming army?"

Hearing this, Sigismund was also silent.

In fact, he also knew that if the Holy Roman Empire could not compete with the Ming army, England and France, which were in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, could not compete either, and the Kingdom of Aragon, although better off than these two countries, was limited.

After all, the land area is the foundation of everything, and only with the land area can there be food, population, and strength.

The final result of the Kingdom of Aragon...... I'm afraid it's no different from the Holy Roman Empire.

"That's all we can do for now." Sigismund let out a long sigh and looked at his son-in-law very seriously.

"The Kingdom of Aragon may not be able to defeat the Ming army, but we all know that even if they can't, they will definitely be the last to fall."

"So, that's the only option we have."

(End of chapter)