Chapter 55: The Godson

The prince's heart couldn't help but turn, and he secretly said in his heart: "What the hell do I say, it is in line with my father's thoughts." He suddenly remembered Liu Daxia's advice to him, when treating His Majesty, he should be father and son first, and then monarchs and ministers, thinking that every father likes a son who lies to him, and sometimes it is better to have something to say directly. He finally said, "Yes, that's what Erchen meant. ”

"Since my father ascended the throne, he has frequently used troops abroad, and my Ming Dynasty is to the south of the old port, the north is the ice field, the east to Japan, and the west to the green mountains, so that it is extremely prosperous, Sima Fa has a saying, although the country is big, the belligerent will die. Erchen thought that the Nanyang miasma land, the army entered the Nanyang, although the military doctors were frequent, but thirty out of ten were going to get sick, and the sergeants really couldn't adapt. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know what you said. ”

Tropical diseases are a serious problem.

This is also the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty did not annex some countries in Indochina.

Even though Zhu Qizhen greatly strengthened the military doctors, the Battle of Annam was still the most serious non-combat attrition among the several major wars after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne.

And Zhu Qizhen also saw that his son, no matter how he educated, essentially accepted not Zhu Qizhen's values, but the values of the Ming era.

That is, Confucian values.

There's no way around it.

The influence of the times on people is silent and irresistible.

Although Zhu Qizhen was a little disappointed in his heart, he also had to admit the reality. even knows that if he really has a son with the values of the future, it may not be a good thing.

Zhu Qizhen actually understood in his heart that he had brought strength and chaos to Daming, especially the ideological confusion. and the pitfalls that come with this chaos.

And it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to give up the prince, it is very difficult to abolish the prince in the Ming Dynasty. Second, the crown prince Zhu Jianjun, although there are some places that do not suit Zhu Qizhen's wishes, but how many of his brothers can beat the prince? Not necessarily.

Third, Zhu Qizhen has invested too much sunk cost in the prince. A lot of his foreshadowing was laid out for the crown prince's future succession.

Some can be changed, some can't.

"My son, do you know something?" Zhu Qizhen said as he called Huai En to give a few instructions, and Huai En immediately took people down to get busy, and after a while, dozens of letters were placed in front of the prince.

The prince opened it and saw that the earliest one was actually in the Hongwu period, until March this year. It's all about one thing, that is, the chaos in Jiangxi.

Not to mention too far, since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, in the three years of orthodoxy, more than 30,000 people in Jiangxi gathered and were defeated by Wuxing. After the rebellion of Ye Liuzong, he also moved to Jiangxi, and those who came from near and far did not

In the minority. These big messes, and small messes.

Just like this time, there were more than 1,000 bandits in Jiangxi. This kind of thing, mixed with I don't know how much, can't arouse Zhu Qizhen's interest at all.

Because the bandits in Jiangxi have not been in trouble for a day or two.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What do I think is the root cause of the banditry in Jiangxi? ”

The prince is naturally not stupid, after all, he was taught by Zhu Qizhen, and said: "There are many people and few places. The land is not enough to sustain a man. ”

The high population density of Jiangxi and Fujian has long been no news.

Zhu Qizhen nodded to Huai En again, and Huai En brought another overlapping song. It was handed to the crown prince.

The prince saw that the main body of these swords was the exiles, and this time it was not traced back to the Hongwu period, but from the Yongle period.

There were not too many displaced people during the Yongle period, but more of them were war displaced people caused by the Battle of Jingyan.

However, after the orthodoxy, the number of displaced people has been increasing, and the number of displaced people has been reaching a new high, and there have been as many as three times when the number of displaced people has reached one million at one time, which were presided over by Yu Qian, Xiang Zhong, and Yuan Jie.

And this digital growth has not stopped.

For example, this earthquake in the northwest has displaced more than one million people.

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "What do you think is the reason for the increasing number of displaced people?" ”

The prince hesitated for a while and said, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are many people and few places. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Then do you still think Nanyang can not be taken?" Although there are many islands in the South Seas, the land is empty and the weather is hot, but it is ripe for several years a year, and it can nourish hundreds of millions of souls. ”

"Although the latest compilation of the Yellow Book has not yet begun, the number of people in this dynasty has reached as many as 10,000. And the more people, the faster the growth. If the people of the world can't get enough to eat, what will happen to my family? ”

The crown prince suddenly felt a stirring in his heart, but he immediately said: "Father, it's not like this. Although there are many open lands in the South Seas, this open land is not only found in the South Seas, such as Luzon. The country is small and weak, and its landform is similar to Yizhou. If Luzon is taken, it will be enough to settle millions of living beings. ”

"Why should my father give up the easy and the difficult, besides. I will go to the land I want, and I will return to trade as I want, so why do I have to fight. ”

Zhu Qizhen sneered: "My son doesn't know what it is, how can he allow others to snore on the side of the couch?" ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately felt speechless.

Zhu Qizhen's sentence is a pun, not only to say that after the Ming Dynasty occupied Nanyang, it was not tolerated that the Hui maritime merchants would dominate the Nanyang trade, and it was also to say that the Muslim forces that occupied the dominant power in the Nanyang were willing to welcome the imperial court into the mastership?

The prince just that

In a word, it's a little too naïve.

However, who makes the crown prince is at stake. The Xian family under his command made a steady stream of benefits in Nanyang, and if they failed, or even fought beautifully, they would lose the prestige of the prince, and not to mention the victory or defeat, first of all, the interests of trade, the prince would lose more than half.

This is all the power of the prince.

Moreover, the prince has read four books and five classics since he was a child, although he has not read stupidly, but he is very unaccustomed to Zhu Qizhen's naked model of only talking about interests, other people's status, justice or not, and he can't help but oppose it.

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "I'm also thinking about you. This position is yours for a long time, what kind of emperor do you want to be? ”

The prince immediately bowed his head and said, "How dare the sons and daughters speak falsely. ”

When the crown prince was the emperor, it was when the old emperor died, how could the prince talk nonsense on this topic. If he is not careful, Zhu Qizhen will be mistaken, thinking that the prince thinks he has lived too long.

The best thing to do is not to get involved in this topic.

Zhu Qizhen said: "If you say it, you can say it." ”

The crown prince could only reply with a panacea: "The child wants to be an emperor like his father." ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "It's not easy for me to be an emperor, do you know how long it took me to take control of the imperial court when I ascended the throne?" ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't wait for the prince to answer, so he asked himself and replied: "Ten years." After Sanyang is old, the power of the court will come into my hands, the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, the people who are in my hands will be divided peacefully, but when you use it, it may not be. ”

"You have to have your own team. But who are you on the team now? Liu Daxia, Yu Mian, Zhang Mao, Wang Zhi, and some Jiaozhi scholars, can these people support the Ming Dynasty, do you know? ”

The prince was speechless for a while.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Even if your team can support the big tomorrow, but when can you place them in the cabinet, don't talk about others, just say that Liu Daxia, I'm afraid it will take more than ten years to touch the edge of the cabinet, and if he has been by your side, I'm afraid that even if he touches the side of the cabinet, his talent will not be able to assume the role of the first assistant." ”

The first assistant of the cabinet is not that easy to do.

Each cabinet chief assistant was carefully selected by Zhu Qizhen. The resumes are very rich, just looking at Han Yong's resume, he is a first-class cow.

Liu Daxia has always been the prince's staff mastermind, and it is impossible to exercise the ability to rule the world.

Many times the counsellors seem to be calculating. But obsessed with people's hearts and ghosts, do you know what it means to associate yin and yang and control the world?

Zhu Qizhen said: "In the battle of the Southern Expedition, do you think I have forced you into a dilemma? It's not good to advance, it's not good to retreat, yes or no? ”