In war, there is never any right or wrong, there are only interests.

Fan Zhong didn't understand this truth in the past, at that time, he only knew that he was loyal to the emperor, and the emperor would do whatever he asked him to do.

Therefore, Fan Zhong has always regarded Zhu Zhanyan as an anti-thief, an anti-thief who intends to steal the country.

It may not be appropriate to say that he is stealing the country, because Zhu Zhan Yan is also the grandson of Emperor Taizong, and Zhu Zhan Yan's father Zhu Gaoxu is also the son of Emperor Taizong.

However, the generals are relatively simple-minded, which is why they have been suppressed by Wenchen.

However, during his time in Europe, Fan Zhong's mind changed.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, he had to admit that Zhu Zhanji was indeed more suitable than Zhu Zhanji to be the ruler of the Ming Dynasty.

This is an irrefutable result, because Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanji are fundamentally different.

For more than ten years, Zhu Zhanji's eyes have been on places outside Daming, and he rarely returns to Daming, but Zhu Zhanji has always focused on his cousin, for fear that the throne under his ass will be taken away by his cousin.

After coming to Europe, Fan Zhong saw everything in Europe, including the good and the bad.

He had never seen the Venetian fleet, which claimed to be the strongest in the Mediterranean, nor the maritime prowess of what would be called the first universal empire in history.

However, coupled with hearsay, although Fan Zhong did not fully recognize that Europe had the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, he did not dare to underestimate the potential of Europe.

From this point alone, Fan Zhong felt that Zhu Zhanji was stronger than Zhu Zhanji.

Besides......

Thinking of this, Fan Zhong raised his head and looked at the Pyrenees in the distance.

Zhu Zhanji's fiery temper is incomparable to Zhu Zhanji, for example, this time, after the Kingdom of Aragon learned of the fall of Aachen, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Zhu Zhanyan dared to send a fleet of troops as soon as he made a small move.

Look at Zhu Zhan and think about the imperial court......

Fan Zhong felt that if it was the imperial court, when encountering this kind of thing, it would definitely go through the routine procedures, and then go through the ridicule of those civil officials, and when it really began to solve the matter, everyone would take advantage of it and retreat.

And now?

As soon as Yolanda of Aragon learned of the fall of Aachen, he wanted people to cross the Rhône River and get some cheap in the land of the original Holy Roman Empire.

On the one hand, Zhu Zhan asked people to lead the fleet to the Strait of Gibraltar, and without advancing or retreating, they occupied the Strait of Gibraltar to death, making the Kingdom of Aragon a rat trap.

On the other hand, Zhu Zhan asked the fleet to send Fan Zhong to the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, where he landed at a pass halfway between the Central Plateau and the Pyrenees.

The location is very ambiguous.

On the surface, the Ming army was an ally of the Kingdom of Aragon and a backup force to support the Kingdom of France to drive out the Kingdom of England, so there was nothing wrong with the Ming army landing at the junction of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of France.

Don't ask, just support your allies! Don't you need my support? Then I can withdraw Wang Jinghong in the English Channel!

However, in fact, after Fan Zhong landed here, it was equivalent to directly choking the neck of the Kingdom of Aragon.

Do you dare to jump? Then I will go all the way to the west and cut off the connection between you and the Kingdom of France, and at the same time, the Ming army in the Strait of Gibraltar will also attack, and then the Kingdom of Aragon will have to face a double attack from sea and land.

Although the strength of the Kingdom of Aragon is strong, it can be regarded as one of the largest powers in Europe, and the Kingdom of Castile is a solid ally, but it is still a lot worse than the Ming army.

At the very least, now that the Ming army's fire attack has spread all over Europe, who doesn't know that the Ming army is very good at siege?

As for the sea power, it is even more incomparable, if they could have the sea power of the level of the Ming army, the Kingdom of France would have been swallowed up by the Kingdom of Aragon long ago.

Thinking of this, Fan Zhong couldn't help but sigh.

Think about it, if the original Emperor Xuande could have the decisive character of King Wu, and could have done it earlier, maybe the current situation would be different, right?

At the same time, Aachen.

After the war, Aachen had already begun to rebuild, and along with Aachen, there was even one more city, Rome.

Because Europe is a little too far away from the Central Plains, if you want to rule here, you need an institution similar to Xiangzhou Mansion and Nanzhou Mansion.

However, compared with the situation of Indochina and Delhi Sultan, one state capital does not seem to be enough, so on the European side, there is bound to be a higher regulation than Xiangzhou and Nanzhou.

The name of this institution, Zhu Zhanyan, has already been thought of, and he is going to call it Xuntianfu, which means to follow.

Judging from the name, you can know the status of this Xuntianfu, and it means to follow, compared to Ying and Shun, on the surface, it seems that the meaning is not too much, but in fact it gives people a slightly inferior feeling.

That's what Zhu Zhanyan wants.

At first, Zhu Zhanyan was still struggling with where Xuntianfu was going to be set up, and there were three places on his list.

Aachen, which was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Rome, which was extremely important to the Holy See, and Constantinople, which was of special strategic importance.

In a strategic sense, the castle was superior to Rome, which in turn was superior to Aachen.

In the ruling sense, Rome was superior to Aachen, and Aachen was superior to Castle.

In an economic sense, Rome was superior to the castle, which in turn was superior to Aachen.

In the end, Zhu Zhan Yan still settled on Rome, firstly, because Rome is close to the Mediterranean Sea and the transportation is more convenient, compared with Aachen, whether it is by water or land, Rome is more convenient.

Moreover, Rome is the place where the Holy See was once located, and although the facilities here were destroyed during the siege, the foundation is still there, and it is relatively simple to rebuild.

Of course, Aachen was not abandoned, because the main target of the Ming army in the future was Western Europe, and it was not enough to have Rome alone.

"Dad, do you really want to lead the troops in the direction of Paris?"

In Aachen City, Qian Zhong looked at his father Qian Yong with a worried face, and the idea of not wanting his father to leave was completely written on his face.

"Why not?" Facing his son's question, Qian Yong raised his head and looked at his son with a serious face.

"Zhong'er, you have to know that everyone likes the good things in this world."

"What's a good thing? Gold and silver are good things, grain is good things, land is good things, power is good things. ”

"If there is a law, such as our Da Ming, it may not be perfect, but it can make most people follow morality, and if you retreat to the next best, you can also make them follow the law, and at the worst, you can punish someone if they do evil."

"But in war, this is not possible."

"So, these good things are coveted by everyone, and if they don't have them, they will come and grab them."

"Even if we are strong enough, we can't let our guard down, because no one can guarantee that you will always be so strong, so we have to take precautions and nip all unstable factors in the bud as much as possible."

"I know this......" Qian Zhong lowered his head slightly and said with a snort.

"However, didn't His Royal Highness say that there is no need to worry about the Kingdom of France? Your words ...... past this time"

Qian Yong could see that his son had a lot of things to say, but he would stop every time it was the most critical moment, because he didn't want to say that word.

Die.

The Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile, none of these enemies alone is enough to compete with the Ming Dynasty, but if it is in chaos, it is not necessarily.

Besides, even if the difference in strength is too large and the outcome is already doomed, no one can guarantee that there will be no casualties in the war.

Since no one can guarantee that there will be no casualties, no one can guarantee that the casualties will not be themselves.

Qian Zhong's worries are right, for Yu Gong, Qian Yong is one of Zhu Zhanyan's most important right-hand men, and there is no room for error.

Privately, Qian Zhong is Qian Yong's son, so he naturally doesn't want his father to have an accident.

"Zhong'er, come here." Thinking of this, Qian Yong beckoned.

Qian Zhong was a little confused, but he still obeyed his father's words and walked over.

"Zhong'er, you also know that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is a lifesaver for me, and even for our family."

"The grace of saving lives cannot be repaid, although it takes a lifetime, or even a life to gamble on a life to repay this kindness, in the eyes of many people, it seems that it is a little too much, but this is the only thing we have."

"Actually, you may not know that in the early years, when I was guarding the Japanese kingdom for my father, someone once came to me and tried to persuade me to betray His Royal Highness and serve them."

When Qian Zhong heard this, he raised his head in shock and looked at his father.

He didn't know that his father had such a past.

Qian Yong didn't seem to feel his son's gaze, and leaned back in his chair, looking at the roof with blank eyes.

"Once, that person sent someone to convince me, saying that I didn't need to give up my life for a momentary kindness, and that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World had already repaid the kindness of saving our family when I brought back the new grain with your mother-in-law and Uncle Jane."

"But I know it's not."

"Back then, maybe it was just a whim of His Royal Highness the Prince, or it was done at will, but for us, that's everything."

"If we have a lot of money, I will repay it with money afterwards."

"If we are on the side of the elite, I will use my power to repay afterwards."

"However, if we have nothing, we are like a wild grass, and if it weren't for the help of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, we would not even have the most basic life."

"So, I want to repay His Royal Highness, and I can't wait to take everything out, but we are a wild grass, what can we take out?"

Speaking of this, Qian Yong sat up straight and said with a smile on his face.

"Therefore, for us, at most, we can only set ourselves on fire and warm our hands to His Royal Highness."

……

Qian Zhong looked at his father in a daze.

He knew that his father was very loyal, loyal to the point that no one could shake it, and it can be seen from the situation in the past ten years.

But he didn't expect that his father would be so loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince.

But...... It seems normal as well.

After all, haven't my father, my mother-in-law, and Uncle Jane always been like this?

"Let's go, Zhong'er."

Qian Yong gently stroked the top of Qian Zhong's head, and a smile appeared on his face that Qian Zhong had never seen before.

In this smile, there is tenderness, kindness, and ...... Wish.

"Go, go to Vilno, find your mother-in-law."

"Many people knew everything back then, but many people kept silent, because His Royal Highness the Prince of the World once gave a death order, and no one was allowed to say it, and whoever said it would be punished."

"But you, as my Qian Yong's son, should know these things."

"It's just that Father is not qualified to tell you about these things, there are only two people in this world...... No, maybe there is only one person who is qualified to talk to you about these things, and that is your mother-in-law. ”

Qian Zhong looked at his father in a daze, but Qian Yong had already turned his head and looked at Nanfang in a daze.

Years later, he still remembers.

That year, he, Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng, in order to bring the new grain seeds back to Daming, suffered a lot of hardship, and Zhu Sanfeng sacrificed everything except his life.

After coming back, although they made great contributions to getting back the new grain, and although they became Zhu Zhanyan's cronies, they still couldn't stop people's mouths.

Especially what happened to Zhu Sanfeng, which is often talked about behind people's backs.

Even...... Their families disliked them because of this.

Qian Yong remembered that three years after their return, Zhu Zhan Yan personally issued an order, saying that anyone who dared to speak ill of Qian Yong and the others behind their backs would be arrested and sentenced to death for insulting the nobles.

Since then, the talk has almost ceased to exist, and people look at them no longer with jealousy mixed with disdain, but with fear.

Qian Yong will never forget what Zhu Zhanyan said to him back then.

"Your experience can only be brought out by you, whether as merit or for self-deprecation."

"Those ignorant people are not qualified to judge, or even judge you."

"Those powerful people who are hungry for profit are also not qualified, and they have to add me."

"The only one who can judge you is yourself, and you can only judge yourself, not the other two."

Thinking of this, Qian Yong looked at his son again.

In fact, he once thought that he and Zhu Sanfeng would live like this for the rest of his life, dedicate his whole life to Zhu Zhan Gully, and then accompany Zhu Zhan Gully to grow old together, and even after his death, he would be buried at the door of Zhu Zhan's mausoleum and guard the mausoleum for Zhu Zhan Gully.

As for the children......

He knew that Zhu Zhanyan's toughness only temporarily made those remarks hold in people's hearts and did not disappear.

If he had a child, Zhu Zhanyan and himself and others would inevitably suffer the same thing after a hundred years.

However, at the insistence of Zhu Sanfeng, he still had the son of Qian Zhong.

Although Qian Zhong was dissatisfied with his biological father and Zhu Sanfeng's mother-in-law, since he was his son, he was Zhu Sanfeng's son.

As the son of his own couple, he should know this, and he should be stronger, strong enough to at least deal with it.

If he is not strong enough, then he will not be able to take over the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and become Zhu Qiming's right and left hand just like he is now Zhu Zhanyan's left and right hand.

(End of chapter)