Chapter 41: Zhu Yunwen's Suggestion
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his grandson deliberately came over to accompany him to eat tonight, and after eating, this kid didn't go back to the East Palace, and when he thought about it, he knew that there must be something wrong with this kid.
"Yun Wei, there must be something wrong with you coming to the imperial grandfather for dinner, right? Is there a piece of government affairs that you don't understand? ”
The imperial grandson smiled and said harmlessly.
"The emperor's grandfather fell ill this time, and the grandson was very worried, but fortunately, God opened his eyes, the emperor's grandfather's body is now safe and sound, but the grandson has thought more after this incident!"
"Oh? What did you think? Speak up and let grandpa hear it. Zhu Yuanzhang asked with interest.
"Yes! The grandson felt that it was not easy for the emperor's grandfather to be a father, and finally waited for the sons to grow up, but he had to leave the emperor's grandfather, and even when the emperor's grandfather fell ill, there was only one son by his side, the twenty uncles! ”
"This time, the emperor's grandfather fell ill, and the affairs of the court and the central government were not delayed or chaotic, it was entirely the credit of the twenty uncles, twenty aunts and four aunts, with them, the grandson could get out of the situation, and he was more assured of the safety of the imperial grandfather."
"So my grandson is thinking, it's better to take this opportunity to let the twenty uncles, twenty aunts, four aunts, and the three younger brothers of the fourth uncle's family stay in Jingshi together, and don't go back!"
"The grandson is not cursing the emperor's grandfather, if the emperor's grandfather occasionally feels cold next time and someone takes care of him, the grandson can also be more assured, this is not as good as relying on our own family!"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer immediately after hearing this, but pointed to the osmanthus flowers that were blooming in the garden at this time.
"Look at this osmanthus, how good it blooms, our Ming Dynasty is like this osmanthus, the land under our feet is the people, we are the emperor, you are like the sun in the sky."
"Your fourth uncle is good at using soldiers, just like a subordinate in this garden, who is responsible for cleaning up the weeds around this osmanthus and preventing these weeds from affecting its growth."
"As for your twenty uncle, he is like the rain in the sky, after the rain falls, it can make the flowers bloom better, and it can also make the land more moist, so that the roots of both flowers and trees will be rooted deeper in the soil and more strong, all of which are indispensable!"
"Your fourth uncle guards Beiping, although the last time you went to Beiping to inspect, his prestige in the Beiping army is very high, and it can even be said that there is no court in his eyes, and there is no emperor without you, the grandson, or even me!"
"This is not good, but we have also reprimanded him and punished him, didn't this make his daughter-in-law and children all come to Beijing? Let's just tell him that both we and you have the ability to make a holy decree, let him hand over his wife and children, and if he doesn't pay it, it will be a rebellion! ”
"You haven't seen it in the past few months, he also knows that he is wrong, last time when your third uncle was gone, we also fell ill, your fourth uncle had to go to Beijing to see, we didn't let it, the first thing we did when we woke up was to ask someone to reply to him, we are fine! Let him be optimistic about the northern frontier of our Ming Dynasty and protect the people of our Ming Dynasty! ”
"He also admitted his mistakes many times in his letters, and promised us many times that he must govern those soldiers under him well, which is not entirely a bad thing."
"Especially for you, you are not as good as your fourth uncle in military affairs, with your fourth uncle here, you will definitely become your big help in the future, at least if the Yuan people in the north gather again, they will be sad for the fourth pass!"
"Let's talk about your twentieth uncle, your twentieth uncle is even more amazing, he is light or slow, he uses a sentence in the poem, called sneaking into the night with the wind, moist rain silently, his credit, it doesn't seem to be as big as your fourth uncle's credit, it looks so straightforward."
"But what your twenty-uncle has done is the great thing that will work for a thousand years! You count from ancient times to the present day. Let's not talk far, starting from the first emperor of the ancestral dragon, from the Qin Dynasty to our Ming Dynasty, how many dynasties have been changed in between? ”
"The dynasty has changed, and one family after another has been replaced as the emperor, we can also see that there is no dynasty in the world that will not perish, but those dynasties in history all perished because of something, aren't they all because the people can't survive, can't afford to eat, can't plant land, and have to rebel!"
"Including your grandfather and me, if your twentieth uncle can really let the people of our Ming Dynasty eat enough, then our Ming Dynasty will be able to sit firmly, I dare not say that it can surpass the Zhou Dynasty for eight hundred years, but at least the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, our Ming Dynasty can be counted on."
"Tang Taizong Li Shimin, both in history books and literati, call him the first emperor of the ages, but how many years did the Tang Dynasty last? Isn't it just over 200 years old? There is a difference of eleven to three hundred years, but if the people still have a way to live, how can they perish later? ”
After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he could only say: "My grandson is taught!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "You just said that it is not easy for us to be a father, but it is easy for the people, how many soldiers and soldiers we have in the Ming Dynasty, they are all children in the family, and some are even the only seedlings in the family." ”
"People's children are sent to the battlefield to fight for your old Zhu family, and protect the country for your old Zhu family, people are not bitter? If we become emperors, we have to suffer in front of the common people! Either how will the people obey you, or how will those sons obey you? ”
"Your heart is kind, right, I feel sorry for your grandfather, I want your uncles to stay in front of your grandfather, so that your grandfather can live for a long time, grandpa didn't love you in vain, but this can't be done."
Zhu Yunwen didn't expect the emperor's grandfather to be so firm in his heart! And said such a long list of words, which made Zhu Yunwen indefensible, but he still did not give up.
"Imperial grandfather, grandson thinks that even though the fourth uncle has worked hard in Beiping, he can't miss the fourth uncle, but the twentieth uncle is still young, but he is only sixteen, and now he has just gotten married."
"Beiping is inseparable from the fourth uncle, but Liaodong may not be inseparable from the twenty uncle, isn't the twenty uncle planning to plant the grain called corn in Liaodong? There is land in Liaodong, and we also have land in Yingtian, so it is really not possible to let the second uncle open a wasteland in Yingtian, and it is the same in our Yingtian. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and glanced at Zhu Yunwen when he heard this, Zhu Yunwen didn't dare to look at him, so he had to bow his head respectfully and look at the ground.
"Sun Tzu, you didn't see how good and fertile the land of Kaiyuan is this time, the rice and wheat grown in Kaiyuan are better than other places, although the weather is cold and ripe once a year, but if it is fully spread, there are plains, then it is likely to become the granary of our Ming Dynasty in the future!"
"How big a piece of land should be talented, there are so many mountains, and how can there be wasteland for him to reclaim, the land that can be reclaimed has been handed over to the people, and the rest that can't be cultivated is all mountains, and can't grow food!"