"Daddy! Are you crazy!? ”

Shuntian Mansion, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qiming rushed into his father's residence with an angry face, and the bright yellow edict in his hand made Xia Xuan and the others unable to take their eyes off.

Those palace maids in the palace may not know anything, but as officials at the pillar level of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally know what the content of that edict is.

Because, that edict was written by Emperor Zhu Zhanyan in front of them.

"Crazy what crazy? Can you speak? Zhu Zhanyan frowned, and spoke very unhappily.

"You're twenty-seven years old, so many people are here, can you stabilize your focus?"

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Xia Xuan and the others: "Let's stop here today, you can go back for the time being and deal with the matter at hand first, and talk about today's matter later." ”

"The ministers retired ......"

……

Xia Xuan and the others are very discerning, after all, if they don't have some basic vision, they can't be in the officialdom of Daming for so long.

You must know that in the Tianming Dynasty, although it was quite clear because of the unprecedented emperor Zhu Zhanqi, the so-called companion of the king was like a tiger, which was one thing before, and now it is another thing.

Many times, even if the emperor knows that you are very capable, and even knows that you are wronged, you still have to die when he really wants you to die.

If you want to be a good emperor, it is difficult to be a good person, because being an emperor is unreasonable, especially to ministers.

Three years ago, Zhu Zhanyan once told his son Zhu Qiming about this question, and Zhu Qiming asked rhetorically: What do you say if you are unreasonable? Is there anything unreasonable in this world?

Although Zhu Zhanyan was a little disappointed at the time, he still calmly told him the political significance behind the general.

The emperor, killing, employing, rewarding, and punishing people, depends on whether it is needed or not, not whether it is right or wrong.

Today's Zhu Zhanyan has a feeling that the dragon slayer will eventually become an evil dragon, but the reality is that everyone hopes that their country is a country of gentlemen, at least when treating their courtiers and people, but this does not exist.

……

"Sit." Zhu Zhanyan watched Xia Xuan and the others leave, stood up and walked to the small table on the side, and motioned for his son to sit down.

"You must know that although you are the crown prince, you are still a courtier in front of your father and me, and since you have obtained the edict, you must carry it out."

"No, you really didn't drink too much?" Regarding his father's seriousness, Zhu Qiming didn't care at all.

It's not that he doesn't respect his father, and it's not that he doesn't fear his father, on the contrary, what he fears most is his father.

You must know that when he was in Xiangzhou Mansion, he was beaten by his own father.

However, things are different today.

"No, you said that, but in fact you sent an abdication edict to your son and me?" Zhu Qiming put the edict in his hand on the table.

"You are only fifty-one years old this year, and the dawn has only been in your hands for eleven years, and now it is the time for the sun to rise, but you want to abdicate?"

"Who said I was going to abdicate?" Zhu Zhanyan calmly poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and looked up at his son.

"I want to retreat, but I am retreating to the position of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although you will ascend the throne as the emperor at that time, but the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, I don't make a decision, you still can't do it."

"Then why do you have to abdicate?" Zhu Qiming immediately didn't understand.

"According to what you said, isn't it actually the same as when Grandpa Tai, his old man drove the expedition and let his uncle and grandfather, who was still the prince at the time, supervise the country?"

"If it's the same, then why bother?"

"Or ......"

Zhu Qiming suddenly moved his buttocks with a conscious face, and moved back a little quietly.

"You're not trying to pick a picker and run away, are you?"

I haven't thought about this before, because it has been eleven years since Zhu Zhanyan ascended the throne, and the Ming Dynasty is now thriving, and the entire Eurasian continent, including the Siberian region that has never been set foot before, has also been taken over.

The current Da Ming is really invincible.

On the same continent, you can't beat the Ming Dynasty, and if you are not on the Eurasian continent, you don't have the ability to cross the sea and the ocean.

However, Zhu Qiming had heard his father say more than once before that he wanted to pick a son, and his grandfather Zhu Gaoxu also told him before his death, saying that his father did not covet the throne, and what the throne was for his father was to try a fresh feeling.

Grandpa's words, coupled with his father's complaints more than once over the years, suddenly made Zhu Qiming feel that this possibility is getting bigger and bigger.

"What kind of pick?" Zhu Zhanyan glanced at his son angrily, and gave his son a brain meltdown with a flick of his hand.

"Daming is so big, although there are your second and third uncles watching over there in Europe, but you can't handle this part of the Central Plains now, and I dare to pick a pick?"

The current Ming Dynasty is actually divided into three parts, that is, the three centers of Shuntianfu, Xiangzhou Mansion and Xuntianfu set by Zhu Zhanqi at the beginning.

Zhu Zhanyan himself sat in Shuntian Mansion and dealt with matters related to the Central Plains.

Zhu Zhanqi sat in Xiangzhou Mansion and handled the affairs of Xiangzhou Prefecture, Nanzhou Prefecture and some Central Asian regions.

Zhu Zhan Yan sat in Xuntianfu and dealt with the affairs of Europe and West Asia.

Although after more than ten years, the steam locomotive has made great progress and development, but paving the road is not a simple matter.

Not to mention ten years, I'm afraid that even if it is twenty years, it is a bit reluctant in terms of Daming's current level of science and technology.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanqi set this kind of governance policy of "dividing the world into three parts".

In fact, it was not like this originally, because there is also a Zhu Zhantan in the line of King Wu, and unlike Zhu Zhanqi, Zhu Zhantan is a son-in-law, so it stands to reason that he can get a share.

However, Zhu Zhantan's health was not good, and he died in the second year after witnessing his eldest brother ascend the throne, leaving no heirs.

……

"You remember, there may be geniuses in this world, but the so-called geniuses also have to work hard, the difference is only that geniuses need less effort, while ordinary people need to double or even ten times the effort."

Looking at his son's expression of disbelief, Zhu Zhanyan felt that he needed to educate his son well.

"Don't look at your second and third uncles who are conscientious now, but this is because your two cousins are still young and not enough to be able to take charge on their own, otherwise your second and third uncles will do the same as your father and me."

"I know, you know I don't like being an emperor, because I don't like being grounded in one place for a long time, although it's not a grounding."

"Yes, I fell in the pit of the throne, and it hurt, but if I look back, I will find that I jumped into this pit willingly."

"So, I'm not going to complain, I'm going to keep going, because I know there's no turning back."

"The same goes for you."

"But I ......" Zhu Qiming was a little unconvinced, but before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhanyan interrupted him.

"Maybe you want to say that it's not your choice, but let me tell you, many people's lives are actually predestined from the moment they are born."

Zhu Zhanyan said, looking behind him, where the portrait of Emperor Taizong was hanging.

"I was born as your grandfather's son, and I don't have a choice."

……

Zhu Qiming was silent when he heard this.

In the past, he was young and didn't understand, but that was all in the past, and when he became an adult, he knew a lot of things that he didn't know before, including those things in the Yongle period.

"You remember, you are the eldest son of Emperor Ming and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no accident, you are destined to inherit the unification in the future."

Looking at his son who bowed his head and pondered, Zhu Zhanyan spoke again.

"The Central Plains has been up and down for nearly 5,000 years, even since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, there have been more than 1,800 years, and only the Yuan Dynasty has expanded its territory compared with us, but what is the end of the Yuan Dynasty?"

"If the stall is spread out too big, that's the problem, if it is not handled well, our Ming Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty and eventually become fragmented."

"If it's just a corner of peace, I'm willing to make you a person who has nothing to do and enjoys life, but you are my eldest son, and you will be the emperor of the entire Ming Empire in the future, so you don't have the qualifications to enjoy it."

"You remember, in your eyes, the Ming Dynasty is like the sun and thriving, but in my eyes, it is just the dawn of an empire, and everything has just begun."

"It's easy to fight the world, but it's hard to rule the world."

"As an emperor, even if it is only a successor, you must grow into an irreplaceable person, because if you are not irreplaceable, then you will definitely be replaced."

Looking at his father in front of him, Zhu Qiming had mixed feelings in his heart.

(End of chapter)