Chapter 56: The Prince's Confusion

As soon as Zhu Qizhen said this, the prince immediately knelt down and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Get up, I am not actually embarrassing you, but giving you the opportunity to control the world's talents." I have a system, and the prince must not be abolished, and I don't have this heart. And the battle of the Southern Expedition, you only saw the small profits in front of you, but you didn't see that with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the South Seas are like stones pressing eggs, no matter what twists and turns there are, you will definitely be able to win. ”

"You are the Prince of Daming, and I will not let you take the risk myself. When the time comes, I will also use the world's elite soldiers and strong generals for you, and the younger generation of hundreds of officials will also be at your disposal. ”

"You can only pacify Nanyang, this is your team."

"In the future, when you ascend the throne, you will not be without helpers."

The prince immediately said: "The son doesn't know the deep meaning of his father, and he deserves death." ”

"What ten thousand deaths, not ten thousand deaths." Zhu Qizhen said: "You don't want to go back to Beijing, after Nanyang arrives, you can go back to Beijing." ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly sighed in his heart.

The years make people old.

The Battle of Nanyang is estimated to take several years, and when the prince returns to his division, Zhu Qizhen will be sixty years younger.

At that time, it is time for Zhu Qizhen to let the prince gain a firm foothold in the center.

Although Zhu Qizhen was reluctant to share power with others at the thought of sharing power, he had to think about Da Ming after all. People have a metabolism, and countries will also have their own metabolism. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation replaces the old.

Zhu Qizhen is already the old man who is going to be replaced.

The invisible enemy of the years, even though Zhu Qizhen has never missed in various political struggles, there is no way to face it.

When the prince heard Zhu Qizhen's words, he was suddenly shocked in his heart and said, "The son has thanked his father. ”

Zhu Qizhen's words hit the knot in the prince's heart.

This is what the prince has been worried about. Zhu Qizhen's words can be regarded as untying the prince's long-standing knot.

It's just that when it comes to this, Zhu Qizhen didn't have the heart to say anything to the prince, and said: "You come from afar, I won't keep you, in a few days, I will go to Suzhou, you can go with me." ”

The prince said, "Yes." Then he bowed and withdrew.

He returned to his residence, which was also a palace in the Forbidden City. Immediately summon Liu Daxia. Zhu Qizhen said selectively.

Liu Daxia pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness will stay in Nanyang for another ten years or so, and you will be able to return to Beijing." ”

The prince was taken aback and said, "How is it possible? How can it be ten years to fight in the South Seas? ”

The prince has always been a bogeyman for launching the war of the South Seas, and now that he doesn't care about it, he also agrees to use the strength of the Ming Dynasty to pacify a country with a low eye, which may be a little tight for a year, but more than three years.

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How long does it take?

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, when you return to Beijing, it never depends on how well you fight in Nanyang?" Even if His Highness fights the South Seas, there are still the West, and there are other countries that fight the West. ”

"It just depends on what Your Majesty thinks is powerless against the government."

When the prince heard this, he was like a thunderbolt.

He wanted to deny this matter, but Liu Daxia's words seemed to have penetrated into the prince's heart. Destroyed all his sanity for a moment.

It seems that this can only be accepted, why he, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the vice monarch of the imperial court, can only be in a wild place, wandering around.

Su Dongpo's penal colony is still in China. And where the prince is, it is the rest of Jiang Hai's life, going south for thousands of miles, allied with gulls, and with savages.

You know, the same place. It's not the same in different eyes.

For Zhu Qizhen, sending the crown prince to Nanyang is like sending people to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to open up the market, but from the traditional Confucian values, this is a place that is too far away to be exiled.

The crown prince sighed for a while and said, "After all, it is my father." ”

What is the meaning behind this sentence, only the prince himself can understand.

It's just that at this moment, he completely believed Liu Daxia's words.

He recalled that his father in his impression had always been a complete political creature, and human favor was just a layer of skin on interests.

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, you must not be presumptuous, and you must not be resentful, today is a once-in-a-century holy monarch, even if Taizu Taizong is reborn today, it is nothing more than that." ”

"But as long as it is Mingjun, the prince will not have a good time."

"Whether it is Han Wu, Tang Taizong, or even Taizong of this dynasty. This may be Your Majesty's way of preserving you. ”

The corners of the prince's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "I hope so." He didn't want to say this, but picked up the post on the table on the side and said, "Send someone to Cao's mansion, and say that you will go over immediately." You go and get the frame ready. ”

"Let me be quiet."

Liu Daxia immediately saluted and retreated.

When the prince was alone in the room, all the prince's light became dim, and he silently asked himself, "How long will I wait?" ”

This is the answer that no one knows.

Although Zhu Qizhen is old, since he was a teenager, he has been exercising for decades, so that his body has always been quite good.

The prince didn't know when it would be. He was able to return to Beijing.

The crown prince was born when Zhu Qizhen was fifteen or sixteen years old. In other words, the age difference between the prince and Zhu Qizhen is only sixteen years.

Now Zhu Qizhen is in his fifties.

The crown prince is also in his thirties.

The prince is in Jiaozhi all year round, and these places in Jiading make him very uncomfortable because of the tropical climate

Yes, on the contrary, he is a little frail and sickly.

The prince was worried that he might not survive his father.

A stream of unwillingness, as if thousands of poisonous insects were biting his heart.

"Your Highness, the frame is ready." Someone outside suddenly knocked lightly on the door and said.

The prince looked at the shadow that fell on the window paper, slowly moved the muscles on his face, smiled slightly, seemed to block everything behind the smile, and said lightly: "It's coming." ”

The prince read some information about Cao Nai's recent situation in the carriage, and secretly said in his heart: "Cao Nai's limit is this year. ”

This is something that the prince had expected a long time ago.

This is also why the prince went to see Cao Nai almost non-stop. On the one hand, he had to catch up with the emperor's itinerary. Zhu Qizhen said that he would go to Suzhou in two days. The time for the prince to see Cao Nai can only be within these two days.

Second, it is also to do this thing for the living.

That's right, in the eyes of the prince, Cao Nai is already a dead man. Even if not dead, he is a dying man. But Cao Nai's identity as a veteran minister has not changed.

The prince's various respects to Cao Nai are actually to start his own sign of being a corporal of Lixian.

Therefore, the prince was very respectful to Cao Nai.

Don't let people disturb Caofu, get out of the car and buckle the door in person. The people of Cao Mansion never expected it. Fortunately, the Cao family also has some background. Naturally, it can be seen that the prince has an extraordinary bearing and does not dare to slack off.

After the prince arrived, Cao Nai, supported by his son, walked over slowly.

At this moment, Cao Nai couldn't even walk with crutches, and his originally tall body became rickety. The original Cao Nai was a tall Hebei man, and he couldn't see Cao Nai's demeanor at all.

Seeing this, the prince immediately stepped forward to support him and said, "Gong Cao, you are not feeling well, why do you have to come out, I will go to see you." ”

Cao Nai wanted to reluctantly salute, but was stopped by the prince.

After the two sides sat down, Cao Nai waved his hand to let everyone retreat. Cao Nai then said: "It is really a great honor for the old minister to come to the cold house. ”

The prince said: "It's over, the elder of Cao Commune, I heard that Cao Gong is sick, and Gu should have come to see it." ”

Cao Nai said: "Thank you, Your Highness, the old minister took the liberty to guess, His Highness came after meeting His Majesty." ”

In fact, there is no need to guess, it is the meaning of the question.

The prince didn't know what medicine was sold in Cao Nai's gourd, and said, "Exactly." ”

Cao Nai said: "Then the old minister, take the liberty of asking, can Your Highness tell the old minister what you talked about with Your Majesty." ”

The prince pondered for a moment, this matter can be big or small, it can be big, it is to leak the forbidden Chinese, but it is small, it is to talk in private. After all, Cao Nai's qualifications are there, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

The prince said, "Okay." ”