"The people of this prosperous world can speak, and the emperor and the doctor say that it is useless!"

Queen Xu, who was eating elegantly, was also attracted by these words, put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped her lips lightly, and couldn't help but repeat it.

Swallowing the bun in his mouth, Zhu Gaoyu lay on the old man's case, looked at the old man who was in thought, and asked, "Dad, what is the prosperous age?" ”

The old man raised his head slightly, and replied: "There is no worry about foreign enemies, no hunger, no cold injury, the old have something to rely on, the young have education, the men are diligent, the women are virtuous, the monarch is benevolent and virtuous, the ministers serve the law and enforce the law, there is no greed, no killing, no evil, no lawlessness, this is a prosperous world!" ”

Empress Xu smiled, yearning for the realm of prosperity in her heart.

Zhu Gaoyu clapped his head and asked, "Can I be considered a prosperous world?" ”

"That's ......" The old man was about to open his mouth to say yes, but looking at his son's serious eyes, he sighed and shook his head.

"I don't know."

Zhu Gaoyu asked again, "How does it compare with the Tang Dynasty?" ”

The old man pondered for a moment, then shook his head again.

"I haven't been in the Tang Dynasty, I don't know where to compare."

Zhu Gaoyu asked again: "How does that compare with the Song Dynasty?" ”

Listening to Zhu Gaoyu's comparison of Daming with the weak Song, the old man smiled disdainfully.

"The Manchu Dynasty doctors, none of them are men, how can they be qualified to compare with my Daming."

"I am the Great Ming..."

"But they have money."

The old man was just about to brag about Daming, but Zhu Gaoyu's words made the old man speechless in an instant.

Yes, although the Song Dynasty was weak, people were rich.

After paying the compensation, he gave New Year's coins to those aliens, and he was still very rich.

The old man sometimes thinks that the land of the Ming Dynasty is larger and the population is larger than that of the Song Dynasty, and although the rebellion at the end of the Yuan Dynasty has passed, the economy is also recovering rapidly.

He couldn't figure it out.

Why was the Song Dynasty so rich, and the Ming Dynasty was so poor that they almost couldn't afford to eat, what was the problem?

Now looking at his son's serious appearance, it seems that he wants to communicate with himself.

The old man is not a person who can't listen to persuasion, and he has wanted a confidant more than once.

However, except for Queen Xu, others were very in awe and fear of him, let alone talking to him intimately, and they didn't dare to say a few words.

When the other three sons saw him, they didn't even dare to fart, let alone communicate with him intimately.

Just when the old man felt that he was lonely and no one understood him, the fourth son, who had always been messing around, suddenly discussed the past and the present with him seriously.

Although his son's words made him a little nervous, he was extremely excited in his heart.

After so many years, he finally has a son who has a heart-to-heart conversation with him.

"Sit!"

The old man was very solemn, not only sat up straight, but also stretched out his hand to signal Zhu Gaoyu to sit down, completely looking like a monarch and a minister.

Empress Xu also asked people to put away the tableware, take pen and paper, and planned to personally record the conversation between the father and son.

Looking at the two men who were sitting opposite each other seriously, quietly looking at the two of them cooking tea, Queen Xu had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and her heart was full of relief.

The child has finally grown up.

As Biyu put the sprayed tea in front of the two of them, and retreated to Queen Xu's side to grind it, Zhu Gaoyu took a sip of tea and began a formal exchange.

"Dad, you have always compared yourself with Taizong Li Shimin in your heart, and you feel that you have the same experience as him, and you are not worse than him."

"But today my son is going to say something disrespectful."

"At present, compared with Taizong Li Shimin's Zhenguan rule, not to mention a difference of 108,000 miles, it is also a thousand zhang away."

"Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about the finances of the imperial court, my Ming Dynasty is more than a step worse than the Tang Dynasty."

"That's right, they did inherit the property of the Sui Dynasty, but we can't ignore their own efforts and development."

"Since ancient and modern times, the Tang Dynasty has been rich and powerful, and few countries can compare with it, which is an indisputable fact, and it is also the existence that we look up to and chase."

"As for the reason, you, who have been the emperor for so many years, must know in your heart that it is nothing more than some policies formulated by your grandfather that led to all this."

"However, due to some pressure, you can't change this, you can only try to close the loopholes."

"But what the result." Zhu Gaoyu spread his hands, "There are some changes, but they still can't shake the fundamentals." ”

At the beginning, the old man was silent.

As he became emperor for longer and longer, he found that some of the systems set by his father were very hidden.

But at the beginning, he rebelled under the banner of Zhu Yunwen's destruction of the ancestral system, if he wanted to ask for change, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face in disguise.

It's not okay to co-author Zhu Yunwen to change the rules, you Zhu Di can do it, this double standard is too shameless.

Due to some pressure and his reputation, the old man knew that some systems were problematic, so he could only choose to put them aside for the time being, or use other methods to make up for them.

The issue of the ancestral system, this is a hurdle in front of all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoyu can also understand his father's difficulties, so he no longer talks about this topic, and talks about other aspects.

"This is only the economic aspect, and in terms of foreign wars, my Daming is also much different from them."

"At the time of Zhenguan, none of the countries around the Tang Dynasty dared to speak out."

"Those generals in the Tang Dynasty, each of them can lead an army to fight in all directions, in the Tang Dynasty, the generals who have never destroyed the country are embarrassed to call themselves famous generals."

"And what about my Da Ming, those who can lead the army alone, the old who died and the old, and now the Da Ming, who was tossed down by the cases of his grandfather, coupled with the Jing disaster launched by your father later, the military generals are almost out of nowhere."

"My father-in-law and Uncle Zhu Neng should have been your left and right arms, but God is jealous of talents, and there is no death."

"In the entire court, there are countless generals, but there are only a few handsome and talented people."

"This has to force you, father, to lead the army to the north to conquer the barbarians in the old body of an emperor."

"The emperor's personal expedition sounds very uplifting, but this is an indisputable fact that no one in the court and the DPRK is indisputable."

Hearing these words, the old man's eyebrows were full of sorrow.

Yes, he likes to fight so much, and he also wants to accompany his wife and enjoy the life of an emperor.

But there are people around who are not convinced, and Zhang Fu and the others can only take care of one side, and the enemy of the northern barbarians, he can only put on his armor and go into battle in person.

Sometimes he thinks that if his subordinates can be like Li Shimin, there are a series of famous marshals such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Li Xiaogong, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong and other generals, how can he be so tired.

The old man felt that even his father was inferior.

His father and Xu Da and others, he has a Zhu Neng who can handle it, but he died just a few years after he ascended the throne.

It's depressing to think about.

Zhu Gaoyu poured a cup of tea for the old man, and then continued:

"In terms of officials, the Tang Dynasty is not comparable to my Ming Dynasty. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji and others, can govern the people when they get off the horse, and they can kill the enemy when they get on the horse. ”

Hearing this, the old man's heart was pantothenic, and he couldn't help but envy.

There are so many famous generals, famous marshals, and famous ministers, how fortunate Li Shimin is.

Not noticing the old man's expression, Zhu Gaoyu pointed behind him and said hatefully: "But look at my Ming Dynasty again, those civil officials and doctors, can they still afford to hold a sword?" How many more points did they read into the Art of War? ”

"You're welcome, except for books and beautiful concubines, I'm afraid they can't even lift a bucket of water."

"As for the art of war, it is estimated that they didn't even read a few words, and all their ghost thoughts were put on intrigue, fighting for power, embezzlement and bribery, and harming the people."

"And outside the court, the country of the state, my Ming Dynasty is even more incomparable with it."

"Emperor Taizong Li Shimin experienced the Weishui Alliance, and only four years after counterattacking and winning, the enemy's thief leader Jieli, was reduced to the Tang Dynasty Dancing Queen, and every time there was a ceremony, he was pulled out to dance and play."

"And on the other hand, how many years have passed since the defeat of the Mengyuan Dynasty and the retreat to the grassland, the north is still the north of those barbarians, and every year it still disturbs my Ming border from time to time, killing my people, humiliating my subjects, and plundering my grain and property."

The old man clenched his fists, he fantasized more than once about comparing himself to Li Shimin, but now it seems so ridiculous.

Looking at his father's unwilling eyes, Zhu Gaoyu said solemnly: "Dad, it's better not to be ashamed, it's better to be a fat man with a swollen face, that's what makes people laugh." ”

"Perhaps no one dares to say anything now, fearing your majesty. But countless years later, those descendants will definitely point to the history books and ridicule: just Yongle dares to compare with Tian Khan, which is really ridiculous. ”

The old man's face turned dark, but he was not angry, and looked at Zhu Gaoyu quietly.

"Dad, face is earned by yourself, not by bragging. We are not as good as others, but we do not admit defeat. The son doesn't believe it, our father and son are of the same mind, and I will give you back to my father, and I can't give you the title of an emperor through the ages! ”

"Let's not let the children and grandchildren of later generations, who are full of food and idle, look at the history books of the Yongle Dynasty, look at your great achievements, and praise the admired five-body body."

"Ancient and modern emperors, who can be called the first emperor of the ages, only the first emperor and Yongleer!"