The two returned to the palace, and Queen Xu helped the old man take off the boots on his feet, and asked someone to bring a basin of water to soak the old man's feet.

"Whew!"

Exhaled slowly, feeling the coldness under my feet and my wife's gently kneading hands.

The old man continued the topic just now: "Overseas is a rich place, spices, ivory ......, oh, by the way, and the high-yield fresh species in the mouth of that stinky boy, these are all good things, and any few of them can bring endless benefits to our people." ”

"But when our father was alive, he issued some sea ban policies."

"We all know what the reason is, at the beginning, it was to prevent the remnants of Beiyuan and Chen Youliang from making trouble, but later our father became confused with his age, and with the pampering of those officials, this sea ban changed its taste."

"That's us... It's the old man's son, plus he still has a little prestige, let's do some things, and those people don't dare to chirp, they can only watch us make money, eat and drink spicy. ”

"But we're fine, but the kids below us can't."

Looking down at his wife, who was silently listening to his complaints, the old man said helplessly: "Miaoyun, we can make a bet on you, after our generation dies, in order to snatch this benefit, those people will definitely use the ancestral system to crush the emperor behind them." ”

Queen Xu nodded silently, these are things that she can naturally see clearly, but for the reason that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, she didn't say anything, but just mentioned some points when educating the four children.

"In addition, we are going to move the capital to Beiping, and the emperor behind may not be able to get out of the deep palace in his life and don't understand the situation outside."

"There is no distinction between grains and grains, people who have not seen the living conditions of the common people with their own eyes, and they know the major matters of people's livelihood and national interests!"

"In the future, those people will be red-eyed, and it would be good if the Western sea trade organized by the imperial court could last for three generations."

Empress Xu raised her head slightly, looked at the old man and said, "So in addition to guarding the south, you also need to be in the vein of the child, jump out of the shackles of the ancestral system, and master the maritime trade forever." ”

The old man nodded in agreement.

"I do have that idea."

"The sea is too rich, and the income brought back by Zheng He's first two trips has made us do a lot."

"This is just these few trips, if it is maintained for a long time, not to mention other aspects of the court, the financial aspect can definitely be guaranteed."

"If I don't make this decision, the descendants of future generations will be pressed by the ancestral system in the future, and they can only close the maritime trade, and those vassal states that belong to us will also be cut off from us, and after a few decades and a hundred years, it is not certain that people will still recognize us as the suzerain."

"In addition, the center of the imperial court is in the north, and the area under the south will gradually appear chaotic."

"For example, Jiaozhi, there is chaos every day, if it weren't for Zhang Fu there, we wouldn't dare to imagine what would have become."

"It's still close, and if the center is moved to the north in the future, Cochin may be lost at any time."

"If it really becomes like that, our decades of hard work and hundreds of thousands of soldiers desperately shed blood will be in vain."

"Those people, don't look at all of them who are very obedient and obedient on weekdays, but in fact, they are all evil ghosts who eat people and don't spit out bones."

"A capable emperor can still suppress them, once the ability is a little worse, coupled with the fact that the country is calm and the status of the generals is declining, the situation in the Song Dynasty is likely to appear again in our dynasty."

With a light sigh, the old man pressed his temples tiredly.

"So we know that arranging the fourth child there and giving him military power will bring trouble to the heirs in the future, but we have to make this decision."

"Compared to losing the city and losing the land, dishonoring the ancestors, and making the people of the Han family suffer again, the struggle of their own children is nothing, no matter who wins or loses, this rice will still rot in their own pot after all."

Queen Xu looked at her husband's tired expression, and her heart ached.

The country and the children.

It's a tough choice.

If you choose a country, your children will be caught in infighting, and it will be difficult for the royal family to have peace in the future.

You can choose your children, and once you encounter a stupid and incompetent monarch in the future, the countless efforts of the ancestors and the achievements of countless soldiers who have exchanged their blood and lives will be in vain.

It was hard for her to imagine how much pain her husband had gone through to make his final choice.

Both of them knew in their hearts that once the choice was made.

Daming will have two outcomes in the future.

First, there was a conflict between the eldest and fourth first, and the two fought again for imperial power.

The result is nothing more than that the imperial court has no sea power, Zhu Gaoyu has no land power, and the two sides have a draw, and no one can help anyone.

Another result is that the fourth child won the victory, like his father, and regained the throne.

This result is actually very good, Zhu Gaoyu attaches great importance to maritime power, and he is basically in the south, so he will definitely not easily give up his own interests.

If the boss's side wins, the southern side has been developed by the fourth elder and brings huge benefits, and the imperial court will definitely not give up.

Regardless of the outcome, the Zhu royal family is the ultimate beneficiary.

And the second result is that the two parties join forces as they expect, work together to develop the Ming Dynasty and protect the foundation laid down by their ancestors.

But is this possible?

Ordinary peasant brothers can break their heads and blood in order to share the inheritance, not to mention the throne that has caused countless people to throw their heads and spill their blood.

Empress Xu sighed lightly and hugged the old man's neck from behind, tears streaming down her beautiful eyes.

"Fourth brother, do we really want to watch their brothers kill each other, when I think of that scene, my heart hurts like a knife."

The old man sighed softly and turned around, hugged his wife into his arms, and wiped the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes with his cheeks.

"Miaoyun, we don't want to do this, but in this family, these things will happen after all."

"We have also fantasized many times that their brothers can get along in harmony, but if they don't fight, the people below will push them up to fight."

"Not all emperors have the ability of the eldest brother, who can convince a dozen of our brothers to him."

"We have been thinking more than once, how good it would be if the eldest brother was still alive, so that our family would not have so many troubles, maybe it is still in Beiping, and the family is living a happy life."

"It's a pity that those are imaginations after all, we have come to this position, and we must be ready to face all this."

"We've already thought about it, go back and gather their four brothers together, I give up this old face, beg them, no matter how they fight, we must give each other a way to live when the time comes, our vein can no longer be stained with the blood of our brothers, otherwise we will not be able to take it at all in the future."