At the family dinner, the atmosphere was awkward.
Because of Zhang's words, the original harmonious atmosphere disappeared in an instant.
But Mrs. Zhang was also in trouble, so she had no choice but to ask for help.
Before returning to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji had a secret conversation with her. The biggest problem restricting the development of North American dynasties was that there were too few Han people.
Although there are a large number of indigenous people in North America, they are indigenous people after all, and they are not educated enough to drink blood from their hair.
Zhu Zhanji could regard these indigenous barbarians as his subjects and try to order Confucian officials to educate them, but this is bound to be an extremely long process, and it will take at least dozens or hundreds of years to see results.
The proportion of Han people is too small, which is always a huge hidden danger!
Therefore, Zhang's return to Beijing this time actually shouldered a major responsibility, which was to persuade the Ming Emperor and the Ming Crown Prince to migrate people to North America and support the division of dynasties in North America.
But the question is, will the Ming Dynasty agree?
It's okay for His Majesty the Emperor, after all, he has always loved his grandson Zhu Zhanji.
Now Zhu Zhanji is working hard alone in North America, overcoming obstacles and establishing North American dynasties.
His Majesty the Emperor should agree to support, even for the sake of the former Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, he would probably agree.
However, the current prince Zhu Gaoxu is different.
You must know that there is a "deep hatred" between Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaoxu!
At that time, it was precisely because the Han king Zhu Gaoxu competed with his grandson Zhu Zhanji for the throne, and Zhu Zhanji failed to seize the throne, so he was deposed as the grandson and was exiled to North America.
In other words, even if Zhu Gaoxu has now become the prince of the dynasty, whether he is willing to capitalize on his enemies is a question.
Mrs. Zhang glanced at Zhu Gaoxu uneasily, and seeing that he was silent, she did not dare to speak again.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Di smiled and said a few words to lighten the atmosphere.
Then he looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said tentatively: "Second brother, it's really not easy for Zhan Ji to work hard alone in North America."
"As my second uncle, help him if you can!"
Zhu Gaoxu was not surprised at all by Zhu Di's request.
After all, he was the great sage grandson Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Di favored his beloved grandson the most, so it was understandable that Zhu Di turned to him.
But the problem is that Ming Dynasty is now short of people everywhere, whether it is Liaodong or Lingbei, or even central and southern Jiaozhi, everyone is asking for important people in the court.
The Han people are simple and diligent, and they are born with farming and farming engraved in their bones. They are so much better than those lazy and easy-going native barbarians that they are now the most popular people in the country. People from all over the country are scrambling to get the imperial court to relocate the Han people. The people went over and helped them develop the place.
Zhu Zhanji also needs someone now. Where can Zhu Gaoxu find him?
You must know that North America is different from Liaodong and Lingbei.
When the people went to Liaodong and Lingbei, they were still within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so they would not have much resistance.
But North America is thousands of miles away overseas. If you go there, you may never come back in your lifetime. Who of the people of the Ming Dynasty would be willing to go there when they settled down and relocated?
Zhu Gaoxu sighed and explained in detail.
"Dad, sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to, but there is a shortage of people in every part of the court now!"
"The imperial court is now developing Liaodong and Lingbei. In addition, there are also places such as Zhongnan and Jiaozhi. They are all vying for the imperial court to move Han people there."
"So if it were now, there might be no other way to migrate people to North America!"
Upon hearing his words, Mrs. Zhang looked a little sad and looked at Zhu Di uneasily.
Zhu Di's face darkened when he heard this, and he slammed his chopsticks on the table.
"Prince!"
"I have tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Can't you think of a way to support North America first?"
Wow, this old guy is really mad!
Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother to talk nonsense to him, so he turned around and left.
Zhu Di is now an ordinary old man in his dying years, who only wants to help his beloved grandson start a business in North America!
After all, the love between grandfather and grandson is deep, which is actually understandable.
But support is support, and we can't ignore the overall situation and affect the development of Ming Dynasty, right?
As soon as Zhu Gaoxu left, Zhu Zhanhe followed immediately.
"Dad, you have such a bad temper!"
"It's not that dad has a bad temper, it's just that your grandpa is too irritating!"
Zhu Gaoxu explained angrily.
"He only has eyes for that little bastard Zhu Zhanji now!"
"Zhu Zhanji will give him whatever he asks for, and he will continue to stay here to eat. Your father and I are really afraid that the old man will move everyone here!"
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe was a little bit dumbfounded.
But judging from the performance of Grandpa Huang Fang Cai, it seems that this is really possible!
"Summon the court ministers for discussion!"
"Draw up a charter for this matter!"
Zhu Gaoxu pinched his eyebrows and spoke, not wanting to give Zhu Di a chance to speak.
He settled the matter directly with the court officials and let the old man sulk!
A moment later, inside Wenyuan Pavilion.
All the ministers gathered together.
Zhu Gaoxu briefly described what happened, and everyone looked at each other in shock.
Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was the first to jump out and sternly object.
"Your Highness, I firmly oppose this."
"Nowadays, the imperial court lacks manpower for all new policies. Where are the people migrating to North America?"
"And once these people move to North America, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back in their lifetime, and I'm sure these people themselves won't want to!"
Wang Jing, the Minister of Rites, also objected, "What Mr. Song said is absolutely true. It is absolutely impossible to relocate the people!"
"Moreover, this North American dynasty is just a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. How can there be any reason to arrogantly claim to be emperor and claim to be the Celestial Dynasty?"
"Your Highness, I believe that not only can I not support the development of North America, but I also want to suppress it to prevent future troubles!"
Xie Jin, the Minister of Academic Affairs, also followed the output and unconditionally suppressed the North American dynasty.
"There is only one Great Ming Dynasty in this world, and that is my Central Plains Great Ming Dynasty!"
"How can a mere vassal state claim to be the Celestial Dynasty?"
"The wolf's ambition is obvious!"
For a time, everyone spoke out, calling for the suppression of the North American dynasty.
Led by Song Li, Wang Jing, Xie Jin and others, they were die-hard members of the Han Dynasty. They risked their lives to help the Han Dynasty seize the throne, and then exiled Zhu Zhanji.
But now it's better. Zhu Zhanji not only successfully established the country in North America, but also had the nerve to ask the court for support. Isn't this deliberately disgusting?
You dare to proclaim yourself emperor in North America and establish your own dynasty. How come you still have the nerve to ask for support from the imperial court?
Why do you still think that you are the son of destiny, and do you still want to return to the Ming Dynasty one day?
Jian Yi, the Minister of Personnel, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Hubu, were somewhat silent and did not speak for a while.
However, the attitude of the two of them was also quite obvious, that is, they would not accept Zhu Zhanji's request.
After all, the current domestic situation in Ming Dynasty is very good and prosperous, which is a great opportunity for rapid development.
How can you ignore domestic development just to support you, Zhu Zhanji?
Furthermore, Zhu Zhanji's presumption of proclaiming himself emperor and establishing his own dynasty also touched the bottom line of the court.
Since you are so awesome, then go ahead and play by yourself, what kind of support do you need?
