After thinking for a while, Zhu Biao asked deliberately: "Do you think you can win with just the navy? You know that the navy is indeed very powerful in the rivers and seas, but once it goes ashore, its strength will be greatly reduced. Although the Yan army does not Warships are no match for the navy, but the Yan army can retreat inland."
"Yan Jun has the entire Ming Dynasty on his back, how can you defeat him?"
Zhu Yunye stretched out a finger and smiled faintly: "Father, first of all, if Yan Jun wants to command the world, he must defend the capital. If he can't even defend the capital, who will listen to his orders?"
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded. If he could not defend the capital, he would lose his rightful name. How was that different from other vassal kings? Naturally, no one would listen to his orders.
However, the capital was completely within the attack range of the navy. Without the navy, the Yan army could only be passively attacked. How could it defend it?
"Secondly, one capital and fourteen provinces are only a part of the Ming Dynasty, not the entire Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty also has tens of thousands of miles of sea and numerous governor's mansions overseas. As long as the father and the emperor give a decree, they can summon hundreds of thousands of troops. It is not yet known who will win. !”
"It's a good idea, and it's very clear!" Zhu Biao nodded in admiration.
Zhu Biao personally inspected the sea and naturally knew how much potential Ming Dynasty had overseas.
But Zhu Yunye didn't know this clearly, at least he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Even so, Zhu Yunye can still realize the importance of overseas, which shows that he can truly look at the problem from an overall perspective.
This is extremely rare!
Zhu Biao had nothing else to ask, so he waved his hand: "It's getting late, you can go back."
"My son, please retire!" Zhu Yunye and his younger brother bowed to their father, emperor and mother respectively.
After his son left, Han Jingyun asked curiously: "What happened to the emperor today? Why did he ask Yunye these questions?"
Zhu Biao sighed sadly: "I am really sad and happy today!"
Han Jingyun saw that Zhu Biao's expression was wrong and quickly waved the palace maids and eunuchs to leave.
He personally served Zhu Biao and sat down beside the bed. Seeing tears flowing out of Zhu Biao's eyes, he quickly asked: "What's wrong with the emperor?"
Zhu Biao immediately hugged her waist and could no longer suppress the grief in his heart. "One is my biological brother and the other is my biological son. They actually united to fight against me..."
Han Jingyun was stunned for a moment. Of course his biological brother was Zhu Di, but who was his biological son? Could it be Zhu Yunwen?
Han Jingyun didn't dare to ask at all, so he could only reach out and caress Zhu Biao's back, trying to soothe the sadness in his heart.
"Since I came to the throne, I have always treated the kings favorably. But the fourth king wants to rebel against me. Except for the evil king of Shu, none of the other kings are willing to lead troops to serve the king. What on earth have I done wrong to let all the feudal lords in the world Are the royal capital and me at odds with each other?"
Han Jingyun could only comfort him softly, "Maybe the kings are really held back by something..."
Han Jingyun himself didn't believe this, but there was no other way. Now he had to say something that could comfort Zhu Biao and let him get through this hurdle first.
Otherwise, if we continue to grieve like this, what should we do if something goes wrong?
"Zhu Yunwen, he is my biological son! He is also divorced from me. Why did I treat him badly..."
Zhu Biao was betrayed by his brothers and sons one after another, crying like a child.
At this time, even Han Jingyun didn't know how to comfort him. It seemed like no matter what she said, it would only make things worse.
Therefore, Han Jingyun had no choice but to pat Zhu Biao's back to comfort him.
I don't know when, Zhu Biao fell asleep.
Han Jingyun slowly let Zhu Biao lie down on the bed. Looking at him breathing steadily, he felt slightly relieved.
"Go to sleep. You'll feel better when you wake up."
...
The Fire Dragon Cannon was born and destroyed millions of Yan troops in one battle, shocking the world.
The news spread like a hurricane at a jaw-dropping speed.
Yan Zhen and Bao Zhao followed the Yan army and were not killed by the fire dragon cannon.
However, the two of them were shocked out of their wits by such a terrifying scene like a city being set on fire, and were easily captured by the Ming army.
When Zhu Biao learned that the two of them were still alive, he immediately caught them and brought them to court. He wanted to personally ask them why they wanted to bring trouble to the world.
"Bring someone to commit the crime!"
Wang Yue received the emperor's signal and immediately shouted loudly.
Yan Zhen and Bao Zhao were wearing prison clothes, their hands and feet were chained, and they were escorted into Fengtian Hall by guards.
The two of them never thought that in the past they would come to Fengtian Palace wearing scarlet court uniforms, but now they would come in wearing prison uniforms.
All the civil and military officials turned to look at the two men, and the crowd began to whisper among themselves.
"Kneel down!"
The guards escorted the two people into the palace and kicked them hard at their feet.
The two of them lost control of their legs and fell to their knees heavily on the ground.
Zhu Biao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the two of them coldly, seeing that they were still looking arrogantly to one side, with unconvinced expressions on their faces.
I couldn't help but ask: "What? Don't you still admit your guilt?"
Yan Zhen, who had a head full of gray hair and a messy beard, sneered: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It's up to you to kill or behead them as you please. Why bother talking nonsense?"
"How dare you! How dare you disrespect the emperor, slap your mouth!" Seeing the two men rushing against the emperor, the guard quickly pulled out a wooden sign to teach them a lesson.
"Wait a minute." Zhu Biao waved his hand slightly to stop the guard.
Zhu Biao stared at the two of them and said slowly: "I have never treated you badly. If you want to resign and return to your hometown, I am sure. For the sake of being a monarch and my ministers, I will even give you a generous reward so that you can go back." We will have no worries about food and clothing after returning home. But why do you want to collude with Zhu Di and rebel against me?"
When Yan Zhen heard this, he laughed loudly and shouted angrily: "Huge reward? Are you giving away beggars? It has been more than 20 years since the Ming Dynasty opened to the sea. There are so many governor's mansions, and every year gold and silver are flowing towards the emperor's inner treasury. Your Majesty, When you collected the gold and silver treasures, did you ever think about the people of the world?"
Zhu Biao was angry and said that he had made a lot of money, which he acknowledged. But he doesn’t admit that he has not blessed his people!
"Why don't I think about the people of the world? I use money to build county schools, and the money I spend every year exceeds tens of millions of dollars! In so many years, I have never been short of money, how come I don't bless the people?"
After hearing this, Yan Zhen's expression became even more angry, and he shouted sternly: "The emperor is confused, those are common people, how can they be the emperor's subjects? The emperor's subjects should be gentry, gentry, scholarly family, official family, etc." They are the emperor’s people! The common people don’t know anything, they only need to farm the land to provide taxes for the imperial court.”
Han Du couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and said coldly: "You might as well say that in your eyes, the people are just cattle and horses."
Yan Zhen raised his head arrogantly, obviously that was what he was thinking. "Your Majesty..." Han Du bowed towards Zhu Biao.
However, Zhu Biao raised his hand slightly to stop him. Seeing this, Han Du had to stop talking for the time being.
Zhu Biao asked Yan Zhen again: "Just because you don't see the people in your eyes doesn't mean that I don't. Since it's my money, what does it have to do with you if I use it on the people?"
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"How come it has nothing to do with us?" Yan Zhen's eyes were as wide as bells, as if he was extremely wronged.
"In recent years, how many people have gone to sea for sea trade. Doesn't the emperor know? The emperor should go to the countryside to see. The entire village is empty, the land is no longer cultivated, and large areas are abandoned. If this continues, The country will not be a country, and the country will not be a country!"
Yan Zhen screamed hysterically, as if someone had dug up his ancestral grave.
"Moreover, maritime trade has led to merchants running rampant, and everyone talks about profit. They talk about money but shut up about business, leading to the collapse of etiquette and music, and no morality!"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but ponder as he listened. The people in the capital have indeed changed a lot in recent years, and many people have indeed begun to be keen on making money.
Maritime Trade and Shipping Securities have become topics on people's lips all the time. Especially securities, whoever buys that boat will make a lot of money in one trip. This kind of topic is always talked about in wine shops, and every time it comes up, it will inevitably attract the attention of both literati and peddlers.
Han Du couldn't listen anymore, so he took a step forward and shouted at Yan Zhen: "That's nonsense!"
"You said that there are no people in the countryside and the land is abandoned. But why don't you say, what kind of land is this abandoned?"
As soon as these words came out, the officials all came to their senses and began to discuss in whispers.
Zhu Biao's eyes also lit up. When he heard that the land was abandoned, he felt extremely heavy. He knew very well what the land meant to the people and what it meant to the court.
Just when I was wondering whether this was really a consequence of sea trade, Han Du stood up.
"Han Du, since you know what's going on, then you should talk about it."
Han Du turned around and bowed, "I obey."
Then he turned around, raised his head and faced all the courtiers, and said loudly: "Everyone, the land that Yan Zhen calls abandoned is just the land owned by the squires and big landowners!"
Seeing that everyone was still unaware of the problem, Han Du continued: "Furthermore, do you know why these people's land was abandoned?"
His tone suddenly became cold and stern, and he stared at Yan Zhen with anger in his eyes, saying: "Because they squeeze the people too hard! From one acre of land, even in a good year, 70% of the income will be taken away by these squire and big landowners, leaving nothing behind What is given to the people is not enough to live on!”
"And once a bad year comes, the harvest in the fields decreases, but the grain taken away by these squires and big landowners will not be less at all! The output in one year is not enough for them!"
"ah......"
"how so......"
"...Killing the chicken to lay the egg, this is simply too much, too much..."
All the officials were shocked when they heard it. They couldn't imagine that there were still people in the world who didn't understand the principle of long flowing water, and couldn't even tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.
Han Du glanced at the officials and continued: "Some people may ask, if the people can't get food, how can they receive it?"
"It's very simple. Since you can't get food, then sell your sons and daughters to pay off the debt!"
