Zhu Zhanji was silent for a long time, and suddenly sat up, "Uncle Qing, go." ”

"Where?"

"Find grandpa." Zhu Zhanji said, "He must have a way." ”

Li Qing didn't think so, but he still went to the Shuai camp with Zhu Zhanji.

In the handsome camp.

Zhu Zhanji briefly said Li Qing's worries, "Grandpa, how should we deal with this situation?" ”

"I can't handle it." Zhu Di was very simple, "Tatar doesn't want to fight head-on, we don't have any tricks at all." ”

"Huh? This ...... "Zhu Zhanji was dumbfounded: Grandpa Huang, your wise and martial personality has collapsed!"

In his impression, his grandfather is an omnipotent person, especially in the military, he thought that his grandfather would do it easily, but it turned out to be such a result.

Zhu Zhanji scratched his head, and saw that his grandfather was still calm, as if he didn't take it to heart, and suddenly said: "Grandpa, you must have thought of a solution, and deliberately let me guess right?" ”

"I thought about it too much, but I really didn't have it this time." Zhu Di shook his head.

"Then aren't we ......" Zhu Zhanji hesitated, "Run for nothing?" ”

"Huh? Don't run in vain. Zhu Di said with a smile: "Victory is to achieve the goal, not how many enemies are killed, as long as the strategic goal can be achieved, it is to win." ”

"Isn't the strategic purpose to weaken the Tatars?" Zhu Zhanji was even more confused.

"That's right," Zhu Di nodded: "But whether to fight or not, how to fight, they have the initiative, so it is difficult to weaken directly, only indirectly." ”

Zhu Zhanji's head was a little itchy, "My grandson is dull." ”

"Quite simply, keeping Varat alive is a weakening of the Tatars." Zhu Di said, "As soon as we come, they can only fight us wholeheartedly, whether they fight or not, they have no time to care about anything else." ”

"Of course, there are deeper considerations for sending troops." Zhu Di's face was serious: "Zhanji, what do you think is the most important thing for the emperor?" ”

This question was too general, and Zhu Zhanji didn't know where to start for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said tentatively:

"Abilities?"

"No, it's power!"

Zhu Di snorted: "If an emperor has no power, is he still called an emperor?" ”

"That's what Grandpa said." Zhu Zhanji nodded.

Zhu Di asked again: "What is the composition of the emperor's power?" ”

This time there was an entry point, Zhu Zhanji thought for a little and replied: "The power of life and death!" ”

"It's too general." Zhu Di shook his head: "You remember, if you become an emperor in the future, you only need to master three things to hold the imperial power tightly in your hands." ”

"Ask Grandpa Huang to teach me." Zhu Zhanji leaned down and bowed, excited.

Zhu Di stretched out three fingers: "Military power, financial power, official appointment and dismissal and promotion rights!" ”

"As long as you master these three things, you are a veritable emperor." Zhu Di said indifferently, "To tell you the truth, grandpa's Northern Expedition is not for war, but to continue to hold military power and use the army to control the situation." ”

"This year's Northern Expedition, next year's Northern Expedition, and the year after next will still be the Northern Expedition." Zhu Di sighed, "As long as grandpa's old life is here, they don't want to infiltrate the army." ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, and at the same time, the pride in his heart disappeared.

He is deeply aware that he is still too immature in politics after all.

However, thinking of the cost of military spending, he hesitated a little, "Grandpa's continuous Northern Expedition ...... the national finances"

"Huh...... It can't be broken. ”

Zhu Di sneered: "Since I ascended the throne, have I spent less money?

Conquered Jiaozhi in the south, invaded the grassland in the north, compiled the canon, opened the canal, and built a new capital...... Has Daming collapsed? ”

"But ......"

"But the people are miserable, aren't they?" Zhu Di nodded and said, "Through the canal and the construction of the capital, the people have indeed been affected, but the war is the business of the army, what is in the way of the people?"

The tax increase before has been reduced back, what are the people suffering from? ”

"But...... Spend money! "Zhu Zhanji was deeply influenced by Zhu Di, and at the same time, he was not shallow under Zhu Gaochi's influence.

Zhu Di scolded: "What's wrong with learning, learn from your father?!" ”

Grandpa taught his grandson, Li Qing was not easy to interject, reached out and pinched a grape in the ice bucket and threw it into his mouth, the ice was sweet and delicious.

So, he pinched another one.

After Zhu Di finished scolding, he said: "The water and grass are abundant in spring, except for people, there is almost no need to worry about the rations of war horses and donkeys, and our Ming Dynasty can't afford to raise more than 100,000 troops in the grassland for a few months?" ”

Zhu Zhanji was speechless.

Zhu Di said again: "I tell you, once the imperial power is damaged, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty will definitely shrink greatly, which is much more than the money spent on the expedition, the maritime trade continues, and the Ming Dynasty has money!" ”

"That's what Grandpa Huang said." Zhu Zhanji's face was hot, and he was ashamed of his ignorance.

"It's good to understand!"

Zhu Di's face softened a little, and then he sighed: "Do you know why Jianwen failed back then?" ”

"This ...... The grandchildren don't know. ”

Regarding Jianwen, Zhu Zhanji only dared to talk to his kind father in private, and never dared to mention it in front of Zhu Di.

"It's because of Wenchen."

"That's it!" Zhu Zhanji suddenly realized, in fact, he already knew that the essence of the Battle of Jingyan was a civil and military dispute, and of course, it was inseparable from the wisdom and martial arts of the emperor's grandfather.

"What do you think of Qi Fang and Huang?"

"Rebels and thieves!" Zhu Zhanji's politically correct answer.

"I'm asking...... Never mind. Zhu Di asked in a different way, "Do you know why they did that?" ”

"In order to fight with the generals!"

"Yes, not entirely." Zhu Di nodded and shook his head: "Actually, in essence, the Jianwen New Deal still has merits, and it can even be called a good policy. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Zhanji was a little confused: Grandpa actually praised Jianwen, did the sun come out in the west?

I only heard Zhu Di continue: "The main summary of Jianwen's new policy is: emphasizing civil servants, lightly paying taxes, redressing grievances, changing the official system, and cutting the vassal king; In fact, these strategies, as long as they are implemented properly, have a lot of benefits for the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Zhanji thought so, but he didn't dare to admit it, he knew that there was still but, and at the same time, he didn't want to affirm Jianwen.

Because affirming Jianwen means denying grandpa and denying their lineage.

"But," Zhu Di snorted: "Those civil servants are not good things, let's not talk about heavy civil ministers, and light taxes are not for the people, but for the interests of the gentry, as for redressing grievances...... hehe

Most of the officials punished by Taizu were corrupt officials, they were redressed, and they were all corrupt and bribed officials, so it can be seen that they rehabilitated the people? Oh, the purpose is to weaken the punishment for corruption;

If an emperor loses the right to appoint and dismiss officials, the deterrence and control of officials will be greatly weakened;

The reason for cutting the vassal king is because of the binding of the vassal king and the nobles, which makes the Wenchen jealous. ”

Zhu Zhanji swallowed his saliva, and suddenly felt that the group of people was terrifying.

Zhu Di snorted: "Qi Fang and Huang, especially Fang Xiaoru, have a very high prestige in the Wenchen circle, and the reason is that he is too capable of working for the welfare of Wenchen. ”

"I raze his three clans and kill his students, just to suppress this evil wind!"

Zhu Di was murderous, and immediately, he smiled bitterly: "Look at it now, the effect is not very big!" ”

Zhu Zhanji was surprised: "Grandpa Huang thinks that Wenchen privately praised Fang Xiaoru, not because he was loyal to the monarch, but because he was ......."

"Or else?" Zhu Di snorted, "After Grandpa entered Nanjing City, except for Qi Fanghuang on the Jing Martyrdom list, did the other Beijing officials have a hard bone?"

Yang Rong also pretended to let me go to the tomb of filial piety, in his words?

Ru Yu even knelt on the ground and begged me to ascend the throne, one by one...... Still loyal?

What is it? ”

Zhu Di scolded and scolded, he looked down on this group of civil servants from his bones, "After I marched into Nanjing City, only Tie Xuan and a small number of local officials were still desperately saving them, and everyone else was thinking about changing the court." ”

"Now you know, why did they stop them from sending troops?"

Zhu Zhanji's face was a little ugly, "In order to weaken grandpa's military power." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Di said indifferently: "I didn't go out to fight, I just wanted to take charge of the army, I haven't died yet, they want to repeat the old tricks, hum, early." ”

"Grandpa Huang is wise." Zhu Zhanji was convinced, "My grandson will definitely learn from you." ”

Zhu Di smiled, enjoying his grandson's sycophants very much, "Good boy, better than your father." ”

"Uh... Actually, my dad is pretty good. Zhu Zhanji whispered.

Zhu Di smiled and scolded: "Bullshit, just like him...... He is not fit to be an emperor. ”

"Your Majesty, people can't look good." Li Qing finished eating the last grape and said, "The prince's ability to govern is obvious to all...... The crown prince maneuvered around it, made a great contribution, and supervised the country very well. ”

"I didn't say that he was not good at supervising the country." Zhu Di said categorically, "But he is only suitable for supervising the country, not for being an emperor, he is not ambitious and domineering as an emperor, he is not good at being an emperor." ”

Zhu Di never concealed his dislike for a good child.

"Zhanji, grandpa will tell you something."

"Hey, Grandpa Huang, you say."

Zhu Di said: "After I die, those eight lambs will definitely rehabilitate Fang Xiaoru, and your father's soft egg will probably agree, and when the time comes, you will have to stir up the yellow." ”

"Well, grandpa don't worry." Zhu Zhanji solemnly promised: "If that's the case, Sun Er will definitely stop it." ”

Zhu Di smiled and looked up at the tent: "Then grandpa will be relieved." ”

He muttered, "My whole life...... It really didn't take a few days to be comfortable, I asked myself if I was worthy of the country and the society, I was not wrong, and I would not admit my mistake;

I don't care what the future generations think of me, and I can't control it;

But the Zhu family, the successor, can't deny me, can't deny my merits. ”

"The emperor's grandfather is wise and martial, and he is a saint of the ages." Zhu Zhanji's face was full of reverence.

Although this is a sycophant, it is also sincere.

Zhu Di smiled heartily and smiled with satisfaction: "Zhan Ji! ”

"My grandson is here."

"You remember, an emperor without real power can't be an emperor."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and continued to listen to the following.

Zhu Di's face became serious: "Looking at the emperors of previous dynasties, there are very few people who have great achievements, most of them are mediocre, even mediocre, could it be that those emperors don't want to make some achievements?"

No, it's not, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it!

I dare to say that the emperors since Qin Shi Huang, except for the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty, the rest of the emperors are almost mediocre, and the reason why they give the impression of faint monarchs is because they are too weak;

can neither control the civil ministers nor the military generals, so they can only decentralize power, but whether it is a civil minister or a military general, with power, the vast majority of them will damage the public and private.

And in the end, it's the emperor who bears the blame! ”

With a sigh of relief, Zhu Di continued: "Take Jianwen as an example, doesn't he want to be a good emperor?

Does he want to die of the Ming Dynasty?

The reason why it made a mess is that on the one hand, he is not capable enough, but more importantly, he is too weak. ”

Zhu Di advised: "You remember, today's weak king is the mediocre king in the eyes of future generations." ”

"Grandchildren remember." Zhu Zhanji nodded seriously.