Chapter 42: The Prince's Worries

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, the thieves in the south of the Yangtze River are in turmoil, and now everything is unknown, maybe Lu Lin really died at the hands of thieves, even if you take 10,000 steps back and say, Lu Lin's death really has another inside story." As long as His Majesty's mind has not changed, His Royal Highness's position is as stable as Mount Tai. ”

The prince got up and stood with his hands in his hands, and suddenly a cool breeze blew in, stirring the prince's clothes, and said, "What if my father and emperor have other intentions?" ”

Zhang Mao said: "Your Highness, don't think nonsense, if Your Majesty really has other meanings, you will never let Your Highness lead the troops outside, and now Your Highness is in control of Jiaozhi, Nanyang Metropolitan Division, Nanyang Naval Division, land and water soldiers and horses, there are hundreds of thousands of people, it can be said that Your Highness raised his arms and shouted, and the southern country shook." If Your Majesty is interested in saving it now, how can Your Highness sit in this position? ”

The crown prince said: "I know what you said, but the latest news is that my father intends to tour the south next year, and I am afraid that he will stay in Nanjing for a while." ”

"Han Shoufu wanted to return to Beijing alone, but he was denied by his father."

"Father is ready to crown Ji'er as the emperor's grandson."

The prince's tone was a little low.

He had a sentence in his heart, but he couldn't say it, this sentence was: "Is my father absolutely unworthy of the heavy responsibility of the world, and he pins his hopes on Ji'er." ”

The crown prince has no feelings for his eldest son.

Because they haven't seen each other much until now.

And in the midst of the heavenly family. Where there is any father-son affection.

And the prince has an indescribable worry in his heart. This worry is Zhu Qizhen's body.

Since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he has been insisting on exercising, and now he is fifty years old, and he is still in the prime of life. The traces of aging did not leave much on Zhu Qizhen's body.

And Zhu Qizhen has been adhering to it for many years at the age of the prince.

The prince has been in the south for a long time, and because he is not adapted to the climate in the south, he has been sick several times.

When people are sick, they will think crankily when they have time. So did he. Once, when he was recuperating from his illness, a thought came to his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it for a long time.

That is: "My father sent me to the Far South, there are all kinds of plagues, do you want me to die here?" ”

Although this is the prince's crankiness. But from the prince's point of view, it is not wrong.

The tropical plague in the south has caused many people to die, after all, the plague is fair to everyone, and it will not be avoided just because you are the prince.

Malaria, in particular.

It is even more a life-threatening disease, even when the United States fought Vietnam in later generations, a considerable number of American GIs were infected with malaria. In this day and age, it is even more commonplace.

Although Zhu Qizhen also sent a large number of medical masters to the prince's side, the prince was inevitably born of a few serious illnesses.

In this era of antiquity, a serious illness and death

, how much is the difference?

Maybe it's just a piece of paper distance.

This is also the reason why the prince knew that this idea might not be right, but he couldn't help but think about it, because he saw too many soldiers dying of malaria.

And he also vaguely guessed what Zhu Qizhen meant.

Zhu Qizhen may not have been defenseless against the prince who had been cultivated since childhood.

The prince was right about this.

Zhu Qizhen, as a qualified emperor, is not only against the crown prince, but also against every minister who is reused. It's just that this looming precaution, after being discovered by the prince, made this idea implanted deep in his mind.

The prince has another speculation in his heart, that is: "Maybe my father didn't think about passing on to me at all in order to maintain his power, and he wanted to pass on the throne more than Ji'er." ”

"Is it another good saint?"

Liu Daxia said: "Congratulations to Your Highness, Your Majesty has established the grandson, this is the meaning that there is no easy storage in Zhaoming." ”

The prince was silent for a moment, and said: "Lone is the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, originally in Beijing, not here, if Lone has been outside, once the world changes, the position of the Ninth Five, will it really be Lonely?" ”

"I'm going back."

Zhang Mao said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty's heart is as solid as a rock and cannot be shaken. ”

The prince's mood of wanting to return to the center of power has never changed, and he has done many things in private, but in the end they are all useless.

The prince said: "Even if you can't go back to Beijing to live for a long time, you have to see your father." In this way, is it the father and son of that family? ”

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness is right, Your Highness must go back." After all, I'm getting old now. Your Highness should also be filial at the knee. ”

Fifty years old can still be classified as a young person for modern people, but it is indeed an old man in ancient times. Liu Daxia also knows that with today's body bones, he may be able to live a long life.

But out of consideration for Daming Sheji.

It is best to let the crown prince be in Beijing, and once there is a change, it is possible to complete the transfer of power smoothly.

After all, if the power of the Ming Dynasty is in a vacuum, it is too easy for things to happen.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Xuanzong went out of the fortress in the autumn, and he also met with the minister on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, but he went before the fifth day of the first month.

Therefore, once this situation occurs, it is impossible for the prince to rush back to Jingshi.

Zhu Qizhen is quite confident in his body. This kind of self-confidence is not useless, this kind of self-confidence is based on Zhu Qizhen's decades of training.

But others don't think so.

The prince was overjoyed and said: "It's still Liu Qing who knows his lonely mind. ”

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, the minister is willing to take a trip to Beijing, please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to recall Your Highness." It's just that whether you can stay in Beijing or not, but it's not something that the ministers can control. ”

The prince said

"As long as you can let Gu return to his father and do his filial piety, it's enough, and the others don't dare to be delusional." ”

Although the prince did not dare to be delusional, the divine light in his eyes told others that he was in delusion.

Although the prince did not mean to urge Liu Daxia.

But Liu Daxia also understood very well, quickly explained the affairs, and brought all kinds of gifts on the road. Starting from Jiading, take the Xian family's boat, first come to Guangzhou, stay for a few days, and go on the road with the gift sent by the princess of Chongqing to Jingshi.

Princess Chongqing and Xian Jing have been living in Foshan, and later Princess Chongqing did not like the environment of Foshan, so she found a hill nearby and built a courtyard.

Although the princess of Chongqing is in Guangdong, she is very generous to the relatives of Jingshi every year, especially the father and mother, and at most they give gifts worth 100,000 taels.

was reprimanded by Zhu Qizhen.

But the princess of Chongqing has not changed, and she still gives heavy gifts every year, but it can be regarded as a little restrained, and no more than 30,000 taels are sent to Beijing every year, but some things are ingenious.

It's not just money that can be measured.

Liu Daxia took this boat, because of the north wind, it took about two months to travel from Guangdong to Tianjin.

When he came to Tianjin Port again, he found that Tianjin Port had changed a lot.

It seems that the city of Beijing changes at a fixed frequency every year, and those who are in it do not know it, but if you don't come for a few years and come back from afar, you will find the changes.

Liu Daxia found that there were all kinds of big chimneys in Tianjin Port, emitting billowing black smoke, which smeared the color of the sky a little.

Liu Daxia naturally knows what a steam engine is.

But I never expected that the steam engine would be so widespread in the north.

Many rivers have steam engine rooms on the side of the river, which are used to carry water when waiting for the spring drought. In wood processing plants, steam engines are also used to process wood.

The implementation of the steam engine has always been the constant purpose of Zhu Qizhen, in other places, Zhu Qizhen may not be able to reach the whip, but near Beijing, it is the place where Zhu Qizhen is most tightly controlled, not to mention that there is a young government to control the economy.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen has too many ways to implement the steam engine.

Beijing and Tianjin are also the most common places for the implementation of Daming steam engines.

Even before entering Beijing, Liu Daxia saw the railway from Zunhua to Beijing, and the steam locomotive was like an iron dragon, dragging ten carriages, billowing black smoke, and driving into Beijing at an unstoppable speed.

Only pungent black smoke remains.

Liu Daxia was stunned.

The speed of the train was not very fast, the load was not too much, and these carriages were obviously much smaller than the carriages of later generations, either for other reasons or because the power of the steam engine was quite limited. Even this steam engine has been improved several times under Belin's auspices. Still so.