"Can't we just abolish the prime minister system and replace it with a cabinet?" Zhu Su was puzzled.
Lao Zhu glanced at him. Xindao Laowu claimed that he did not understand the policy system, which is indeed not an excuse. To ask such a simple question. It seems that the method of the Military Aircraft Department was not thought up by himself, but indeed came from future generations.
Zhu Biao explained to Zhu Su: "Fifth brother, how can it be so easy to depose the prime minister?"
"The prime minister is the head of the hundred officials and is responsible for the important affairs of the court. To abolish the prime minister rashly will definitely cause shock to the government and the public."
"What's more, although Prime Minister Wang has made no achievements, he did not make any big mistakes. It's okay if he is just deposed, but if he uses this to depose the prime minister, the officials in the court will definitely not agree."
"Now the imperial court is in a troubled time..."
Seeing his eldest son talking, Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction. Although Biao'er has a more rigid temperament, he is indeed the best among the brothers when it comes to his ability as a king.
Zhu Su's face turned red. I thought no wonder when Lao Zhu deposed the prime minister, he had to wait for Hu Weiyong to form a clique and make it known to everyone, and he had enough leverage before taking action. In this way, he also pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and dealt with a large number of officials before he successfully dethroned the prime minister.
If the matter of abolishing the prime minister is brought up now, it will be strange that all the officials will not be angry but will become rich! It is true that I was too naive.
"There are so many twists and turns in the court, it's strange that I can understand it! I told you I didn't understand the policy." Zhu Laowu spread his hands.
"However, if we can find an excuse to first put up the cabinet's airs, and then slowly remove the prime minister's real power..." Lao Zhu touched his chin.
"Let's build a cabinet in the name of defending the Mongolian Yuan in the north. Just say that we need a group of people to consult the Mongolian Yuan at any time." Lao Zhu said.
Zhu Biao also nodded. "This is very appropriate. The north is newly defeated and a cabinet is established in the name of defending the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. All officials will have no doubts."
Zhu Su was stunned. "Dad, aren't you ready to deal with Meng Yuan?"
"How else can we deal with it?" Lao Zhu rolled his eyes at him. "After all, Meng Yuan has a big family and a big business. We didn't kill him during the Northern Expedition and let him take a breath. The situation is considered to be at a standstill."
"Fortunately, Meng Yuan was also expelled from the Great Wall, and the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been lost for more than four hundred years were recovered. The northerners could no longer drive straight in."
"It's only been a few years since we conquered the north, and Ming Dynasty is still very poor. We can only stay in a stalemate for a few years, and then try to find a way to destroy Meng Yuan after a while."
"What's more..." Everyone here is my own family, so I don't have any scruples. Lao Zhu's tone was full of worry. "These old brothers who conquer the world with us basically have no rewards or titles."
"For example, if your uncle Xu's princes are able to destroy the Yuan Dynasty again, then they should be crowned kings..."
"A king with a different surname...this is a way to bring disaster!"
It was precisely because of this concern that Lao Zhu let Xu Da's middle route army serve as bait during the Northern Expedition. I just want Li Wenzhong from the east road to swallow this great achievement of destroying the Yuan.
After all, Li Wenzhong is his own family. He is his own nephew.
"Dad, you mean... you want to suppress Wu Xun?" Zhu Biao asked.
"Yeah." Lao Zhu nodded. "After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the wars have almost been fought. Let's accumulate some national power first, and when Lan Yu's group of military generals grow up, let them take the merit of destroying the Yuan."
"For now, let's defend first."
"What's more, the 'Three Hundred Years Curse' is still hanging over my Ming Dynasty. If we don't get more food from the ground, even if we destroy Meng Yuan now, it will be in vain in the future."
"Hmm." Zhu Biao nodded heavily. Indeed, it is time for Ming Dynasty to develop its internal strength. In the future, we will have to feed a lot of refugees who were displaced during the Little Ice Age!
He sighed: "Whenever a large army goes out to fight, it will cost a lot of money. Even if the country is big, if it is warlike, it will perish!"
"But." Zhu Su interrupted the heavy Lao Zhu and his elder brother. "If there is no war, where can we get more food?"
"Of course we need to recuperate and encourage mulberry farming..." Lao Zhu said matter-of-factly, but he immediately realized something and turned his head sharply: "Lao Wu, do you have a way to get food?"
"To get food, to put it bluntly, we need more land, right?" Zhu Su said matter-of-factly. “If we don’t fight, where will we go to acquire land?”
I thought he would say something lofty, but I didn't expect it to be so superficial. The expectation on Lao Zhu's face quickly faded. Zhu Biao explained for Old Zhu: "Fifth brother, outside of China, there are mostly barbaric lands. It is useless to take them, but it is a waste of money and food."
"Besides, our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory. The fields in Ming Dynasty have not been cultivated yet, so why bother to acquire land outside?"
"Fart's wild land, fart's vast territory!" Zhu Su said excitedly. What he hates most is this set of self-contained and arrogant statements. "Cochin and Siam, those places are wild enough, right? Their rice can be harvested three times a year!"
"Pfft!" Old Zhu was drinking tea. Hearing this, a mouthful of tea soup was sprayed directly on Zhu Su's face.
He didn't bother to wipe the tea stains from the corner of his mouth, and leaned over the tea table: "What? Three crops a year?"
"It shouldn't be! Aren't Jiaozhi and Siam located further north in Lingnan? Lingnan is full of miasma. How can they be so rich?" Zhu Biao didn't believe it.
"Brother, you were fooled by those gentlemen!" Zhu Su rolled his eyes. "Those gentlemen have never been out of the Central Plains. They heard people say that the deserts in the south and north of Lingnan are barbaric, so they thought that the further away from the Central Plains, the worse the environment would be."
"Actually, those rotten scholars don't know how big this world is. There are so many places where you can farm!"
He turned to Lao Zhu and said:
"My child has not slept these past few days, so he is drawing on the memory in his mind to make a 'Picture of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms' for you. The picture was roughly drawn last night, and it is on my desk in my room!"
"A map of Kun Yu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms?" Lao Zhu was excited and inexplicably excited. Taking Zhu Su's hand: "Go and get the picture immediately!"
After thinking about it, he simply stood up. "No, let's go with you!"
"We don't want to wait any longer, we must see this 'Kun Yu Ten Thousand Kingdoms Map' as soon as possible!"
When he heard that there was a better farming land in the world than the Central Plains, the eyes of Lao Zhu, who was born as a farmer, turned red instantly. Now he was thinking about hoarding food because of the "Three Hundred Years Curse" and was confused.
Now I am even more eager to take all the places in the world that can grow food into the Ming Dynasty!
Lao Zhu couldn't care less about the impact. Both left and right are in their own palaces. He thought Long Yu was too slow, so he just took his two sons and strode forward. The father and son, together with a group of guards and eunuchs, arrived at Zhu Su's courtyard.
"Your Highness, this... Oh, Your Majesty!" Xiang Deng, who was staying in the courtyard, saw the Emperor coming in person, and immediately knelt in front of the door and trembled.
"Get lost!" Lao Zhu directly sent Xiang Deng away from a distance, letting Erhu take over the defense of the small courtyard. "Guard this yard for us, no one is allowed in or out!" He said, leading Zhu Biao and Zhu Su in.
Zhu Su's room was in a mess. Because he was afraid that his memory would fade, he decided to be the first to draw the map of the world that he still remembered. However, the name of World Map is too modern, and "Kunyu Ten Thousand Kingdoms Map" sounds more domineering and revealing.
Because I don’t know the distribution and situation of the countries in this era, I guess there are many mistakes and omissions. But it is enough to use it to arouse the Ming Dynasty's desire to conquer foreign countries.
"This...this is the Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms?" Zhu Biao looked at the map displayed by Zhu Su and was a little stunned for a moment.
