Looking at Zhu Cixi's leaving figure, Zhu Youjian snorted coldly.
Zhu Cijiong, who was standing next to him, frowned when he saw this scene. This old man doesn't want to depose his great nephew, does he? But if the boss is eliminated, who can become the prince? The second child is already the Great Khan, and I am also the emperor. The fourth child is King Annan, the fifth child is Khwarezmo Khan, the sixth child is the governor of Siam and the Prince Consort of Siam, and the seventh child is the King of Bukhara. The eighth child is the Tajik Khan, the ninth child is the King of Malacca, and the tenth child is Karatau Khan... Do we want to give the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth younger brothers the crown prince? This is not okay, my second brother and I will be unconvinced!
In addition, there is also a King Yan! He is the great grandson. If the great nephew is deposed, he will be the son of a sinner and his status will be in jeopardy... Will the Ming Dynasty be in chaos by then?
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong came close to Zhu Youjian and said with a smile: "Father, please calm down, my eldest brother is actually very filial."
"Filial piety?" Zhu Youjian snorted, "He can't wait to be the emperor!"
"Father, why can't I wait? I really don't want to be the emperor." Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "You are now in the prime of life and can live to be at least 80 years old. How can he dare to think..."
"Huh? Only 80 years old?" Zhu Youjian turned his head and glared at Zhu Cijiong - you cursed me to die early, right? I lived to be 90 years old in my last life! I will be in better health in this life. I will at least live to be 100 years old. I will not agree to die at the age of 80!
Zhu Cijiong flattered the horse and was glared at by Chongzhen. He immediately changed his words and said, "My son is wrong. My father's body and bones are so good that he will live to be at least 100 years old!"
That's pretty much it!
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "I am only 55 years old this year, and I will be the emperor for 45 years... Let him be an 80-year-old nephew!"
After hearing this, Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief. The old man's meaning was very clear. My great nephew cannot be crippled! It seems that the old man is not old enough to be a fool, and he knows that the Ming Dynasty cannot live without his great nephew.
If the Ming Dynasty did not have this great nephew who could make money, the financial hole would not be filled at all. And once Ming Dynasty's finances explode, Ming Dynasty's banking industry will also be destroyed. At that time, the surrounding countries of son and grandson, which rely on financial subsidies from the Ming Dynasty and borrow money from the banks of the Ming Dynasty, will also have to go bankrupt...
At this time, Zhu Youjian turned around and walked towards the newly built Guanshui Pavilion on Nantai Island, and Zhu Cijiong quickly followed him inside. As he walked, he said to Chongzhen: "Father, if the boss can be the crown prince for more than eighty years, he will be blessed."
Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, and just entered the Guanshui Pavilion by himself. It is said to be the Guanshui Pavilion, but it is actually an indoor stage built on the water's edge. It is the place where Zhu Youjian guided the artistic work of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cijiong came back from Japan this time and brought a Qingqi dance troupe composed entirely of beautiful girls. He wanted Zhu Youjian to guide him...
Zhu Cijiong also followed him into the Guanshui Pavilion. While greeting the dancers and musicians who had already been prepared to start the performance, he sat down next to Zhu Youjian.
"Father, in fact, the eldest son enjoys being the crown prince more happily than any other prince in history. He has more real power than most emperors, and he has more money than any emperor in history... so he is early I don’t want to miss Beijing anymore.”
Zhu Cijiong began to persuade Chongzhen to retreat. He glanced at the expressionless loving father of the Ming Dynasty, and then said: "And there is nothing that my father can do to him! Although my Ming Dynasty except the Xian Temple was abolished once (later his father After the restoration, he became the crown prince again), there was no second prince who was deposed, but in the case of the eldest brother, there is probably no second prince. As for the previous dynasties where fathers and sons killed each other, and brothers killed each other, it was even more Needless to say. So the eldest brother’s crown prince is not only happy, but also not afraid. Even if he makes his father unhappy, he just goes back to Shanghai and squints. Can you still depose him? If you depose him, how many years a year will it take? Who will fill the financial hole worth tens of millions?
This is not your family's business. Those of us who are emperors, khans, princes, kings, and supervisors in foreign countries all have to drink the northwest wind! There are also those Wangzhuang and Xunzhuang outside the Jiubian Fortress. How many of them can be maintained without rewards from the court? "
"Huh," Zhu Youjian snorted again, "I spent so much money just to seize some cultivable land for the country's growing population!"
The current Emperor Chongzhen, on the one hand, has a powerful strength that no emperor in the past has ever had - he rules more than 220 million people! It is more than the combined population of the entire Europe plus the New World plus the Ottoman Empire and the Rakshasa Kingdom’s territories outside Europe!
On the other hand, the problem of feeding 220 million people was a huge pressure in the 17th century!
Although the climate in these years has been warmer and wetter than the first 17 years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Little Ice Age has not passed!
Therefore, the vast northern land of the Ming Dynasty still faced a drought and cold climate, and the land output was insufficient. However, the number of people eating began to increase at a rapid rate due to the arrival of the "Chongzhen Reign".
Under this situation, Emperor Chongzhen had to continue to implement the national policy of "exporting the poor" in order to alleviate the domestic food crisis.
The series of foreign aggressions he launched were all centered on this goal. Even Zhu Cixuan's westward expedition and Zhu Cijiong's eastward advance also served this goal.
The real purpose of Zhu Cixuan's western expedition was to take away the excess population from the Mongolian grasslands - Zhu Cixuan founded the country with New Confucianism and not only spread New Confucianism in the Han region, but also spread New Confucianism to the grasslands and the Western Regions.
So the Mongolians are having more children now... If we don't send them to the Western Regions to eat and guard the Mobei grassland, they will be in big trouble sooner or later!
As for Zhu Cijiong's actions in Japan, it was to facilitate the surplus population in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty to make a living in the New World.
The reason why Zhu Youjian's national policy of radical expansion can be implemented is because the new army of the Ming Dynasty under his leadership is relatively capable of fighting (in fact, they have not met any particularly capable opponents, they are all bullying the weak), and it is because of Zhu Cixiang A financial system was built that could overdraw future wealth and use debt to support the Ming Dynasty's expansionary national policy.
And those vassal states or friendly countries of the same clan that Zhu Youjian expanded are not all "junk assets" with no hope of profit. Most of them are still good... In the distant future, they can still continue to own the country. They can repay their debts with interest, but for now they still need Zhu Cihong's banking system to provide them with blood transfusions.
Therefore, the current Ming Dynasty, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and the friends of the same clan cannot live without Zhu Cixiang for a day!
Zhu Cijiong said with an envious look: "Speaking of it, the prince, eldest brother, is no different from the real emperor...even more comfortable!
He now has as much power as the emperor, gets more money than the emperor, has less responsibilities than the emperor, and doesn't have as many things to worry about.
If he wants to live happily until he is over eighty, his whole life will be enough, so why should he be an emperor? If you really want to become an emperor, it will just leave a name in the history of history, and you will be considered an official emperor. "
Zhu Cijiong’s mouth is indeed powerful!
After what he said, Zhu Youjian also felt that Zhu Cixiang's life was too comfortable...
"Father," Zhu Cijiong said, "you also know that our family has many thrones now. You have one, I have one, the second child has one, and the eldest is actually an emperor... and he is also a just-in-charge The emperor who enjoys happiness and does not have to worry about hundreds of millions of people in the world is much more comfortable than you!"
"Why doesn't he have to worry about the common people in the world? He is still in charge of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces!"
"Father, are you kidding me?" Zhu Cijiong burst into laughter, "Those four provinces are nothing but oil and water, and it is also convenient to go to Nanyang and the East, so people who are desperate have a place to go, and there are few people who want to rebel. . My eldest brother is good at management. It’s not difficult at all to make tens of millions for us a year... The rest is all about enjoying the blessings of an emperor!
Father, my eldest brother’s life is so comfortable, and all the brothers are envious of it! Your old man is going to watch him remain comfortable until he is over 80 years old? "
