After calculating with difficulty for a long time, Prince Zhu Biao was the first to react.
He had just deduced it according to Chu Ze's algorithm, and halfway through the derivation, he suddenly came to his senses.
Chu Ze's algorithm is clearly wrong.
He is counting all the children born to the county kings of each generation as county kings!
This is not the case in the rules set by his father!
"There is something wrong with your algorithm... The title of Ming Dynasty is not inherited like this at all. In each generation, only the heirs of the prince are considered to be county kings, and no matter how many heirs there are, only one county king can be considered. right."
"You're just talking nonsense!"
After Zhu Biao came to his senses, he immediately frowned and stared at Chu Ze. He almost let Chu Ze get in.
Especially when I was doing the math just now, I almost scared myself to death!
This is only the fourth generation, and more than 200,000 county kings have emerged.
"Yeah! That's right! When did we say that the heirs of the county prince are all county princes! You guy, if you can't do calculations, don't make blind calculations!"
After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still flexing his fingers, suddenly froze.
He had just followed Chu Ze's words and calculated along with him. He didn't know the result. He almost scared himself to death when he calculated...
However, after Zhu Di, who was still wringing his fingers, heard what his father and brother said, he retracted his hands without leaving a trace.
Conveniently, he also wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
"Is that so? Sorry, I didn't study history or mathematics well at the time... I must have made a miscalculation. However, even though I made a miscalculation, I still remember one thing clearly."
"The number of royal clan members in the Ming Dynasty is approximately more than 60,000. I don't know how many princes and princes there are among them."
"But the specific value seems to mean that in the later period of the Ming Dynasty, one-third of the country's finances were used to support the clan."
"And because every time a prince gives birth to a son, he earns almost eight to nine thousand taels more in income every year. Therefore, there are historical records that some princes made a fortune by giving birth to sons. When they had nothing to do, they devoted themselves to giving birth to sons."
One-third of the country's income is used to support relatives...
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because Chu Ze's algorithm was wrong, suddenly became breathless when he heard Chu Ze's words.
What a joke, one-third of the country's finances are used to support relatives.
How can the remaining money be used?
Moreover, how could it be possible to use so much.
It's obvious that Chu Ze's calculation just now is wrong. He only supports a few children. How can he use so much money?
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was not very good at arithmetic, could only turn his attention to Zhu Biao, who was both talented and knowledgeable.
I hope his Biao'er can speak again and point out Chu Ze's mistakes.
However, what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect was that Zhu Biao seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying at this time.
His pupils actually began to dilate.
Beads of sweat kept falling from his forehead.
The lips even looked a little purple from being too nervous.
"Biao'er, don't scare us! What's wrong with you?"
Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang was so frightened that he jumped up from the throne.
He looked so panicked that he wanted to reach out to help Zhu Biao, who was acting abnormally.
However, before he could make a move, Zhu Di, who had been standing next to Zhu Biao, had already taken the first step to support his elder brother.
"Brother, brother, are you okay? What's wrong with you?"
"He... he didn't lie... everything he said is true... it's all true! We didn't do the calculation before. Although Chu Ze made a mistake in calculating the hereditary method of hereditary titles, the conclusion he came to was it is true."
"If we proceed according to the method of princes giving birth to county kings, and the county kings being hereditary and irreplaceable, the number of county kings will indeed skyrocket."
"Moreover, this is a case where the numbers are fixed, and the numbers have skyrocketed!"
"If...if, according to what Chu Ze just said, there are some princes who make a fortune by having sons when they have nothing to do, then one prince can even give birth to one or two hundred county princes..."
"If there are just a few such princes, the number of clans will reach an appalling level within even ten generations."
"Father, you are wrong. You think of this matter too simply! Everything he said is true! This is a strategy to subjugate the country!"
...
Zhu Biao, who was gradually coming to his senses with the help of his younger brother, was looking at his father with a pale face.
Although Chu Ze had a misunderstanding about the title change, the number he calculated was extremely huge.
It sounds extremely appalling.
However, he also opened the door to a new world for Zhu Biao.
Out of curiosity, Zhu Biao also followed Chu Ze's ideas and began to calculate from generation to generation.
But when the sixth and seventh generations are counted.
Zhu Biao did not dare to continue the calculation.
Because, by the seventh generation of the Zhu family, the clan had become extremely large.
And with the birth of a new generation, and as Chu Ze said, the emergence of princes who specialize in making a fortune by giving birth to sons.
Then the clan will become the biggest burden to the entire Ming Dynasty!
none of them.
Until they brought down the entire Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Biao came to his senses, his first reaction was to explain the importance of this matter to his father.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw his son's expression, he trusted Zhu Biao.
Even if he couldn't figure it out in a short time, he had already realized the seriousness of the matter.
As for Zhu Di on the side, there was only confusion and worry in his eyes at this time.
Is this matter so serious? This was the first time he had seen his eldest brother so frightened!
"Chu Ze, you...are you really from the later generations?"
If at the beginning, Zhu Biao basically had no trust in Chu Ze's so-called statement from later generations.
Now, his heart was somewhat shaken.
After hearing his son's inquiry, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention to Chu Ze again.
But this time, the way he looked at Chu Ze was much more complicated.
There is suspicion, horror, and confusion.
"Your Highness, as I said just now, I cannot prove my identity as a time traveler for the time being, but I am convinced that I am indeed a person from later generations."
After hearing Zhu Biao's inquiry, Chu Ze nodded with certainty.
Faced with Chu Ze's affirmative answer, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually calmed down.
After letting Zhu Di help Zhu Biao sit down, Zhu Yuanzhang finally sat back on the throne, and with great energy, he began to take Chu Ze, the so-called time traveler, seriously.
