"As for the academy monopolizing the officialdom," Han Du said with a strange look, "the academy belongs to the emperor, so wouldn't it be bad to monopolize the officialdom?"
Lao Zhu stared at Han Du for a moment, and suddenly wanted to laugh, but before he could laugh a few times, he coughed violently. His body was too weak now, and he was not allowed to have such violent mood swings.
matter.
Han Du quickly stepped forward and patted Lao Zhu's chest a few times to relax him a little.
After Lao Zhu regained his breath, he looked at Han Du and sighed: "I have one last question."
"Excuse me, Your Majesty." Han Du's expression did not change at all. .??.
Lao Zhu grabbed Han Du's hand with all his strength. This sudden move made Han Du stunned. Then he didn't resist at all and allowed Lao Zhu to hold on.
"Who are you exactly?"
Han Du was even more stunned, then shook his head slightly and asked: "Why does the emperor ask like this?"
"You don't need to know why I'm asking you, you just need to tell me who you are!" Lao Zhu stared at Han Du's eyes, not letting go of any change in his expression.
Han Du fell silent immediately. After a moment, he moved his lips and said, "Does the Emperor want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Lao Zhu looked at Han Du for a long time, then suddenly let go of his hand, withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's listen to the lies first."
Han Du couldn't help but glance at Lao Zhu, and thought to himself, it is really different. If you are an ordinary person, I am afraid that you can't wait to hear the truth at this time, but Lao Zhu just wants to do the opposite.
"Okay, the lie is that I, Han Du, was born two years before the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Han De's son has been known as a child prodigy since he was a child, and he was a scholar at the age of fourteen. As for what happened next, the emperor knows better than I do.
I don’t need to say anything, sir?”
Han Du sighed and said.
After hearing this, Lao Zhu remained motionless, and his expression did not even change at all. After pausing for a few breaths, he continued to ask: "What about the truth?"
"What's the truth?" After Lao Zhu finished speaking, Han Du spoke immediately.
But Lao Zhu waited for a long time, but did not wait for Han Du's next words, until he turned his head and looked at Han Du.
Han Ducai smiled bitterly and said, "I don't even know who I am!"
Lao Zhu's eyes suddenly condensed, and the gaze he looked at Han Du gradually became cold.
Han Du noticed that the chill around his body was getting worse, so he lowered his head and explained: "I will tell the emperor a story~"
"Say!" Lao Zhu's face was as cold as ice.
"I seem to have had a dream~" Han Du raised his head, looked into the void with unfocused eyes, and murmured to himself.
"Dream? What dream?" Lao Zhu's heart suddenly tightened, as if he realized that Han Du's dream was unusual.
Han Du continued, "I dreamed that I seemed to be living in an extremely distant future."
"You can actually see the future generations?" Lao Zhu stared at Han Du in disbelief with his eyes wide open, but when he saw that Han Du didn't lie, he suddenly came back to his senses and asked: "Da Ming, Daming
How's it going? In the future generations you see, is there still a Ming Dynasty?"
"This dream is extremely clear, as if Chen Zhen has lived for decades in later generations." Han Du continued, and then seemed to come back to his senses after hearing Lao Zhu's words.
Looking at Lao Zhu, he shook his head and said: "I do know about the Ming Dynasty in later generations, but that is in the history books."
When Han Du said that he knew about the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu felt happy. But when Han Du said that he knew about the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu's face suddenly darkened.
After a few breaths, Lao Zhu sighed slightly and said: "As far as you know, how long has the Ming Dynasty been spread?"
"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by the emperor, there have been a total of sixteen emperors, which lasted for 276 years."
"276 years?" Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and after a long time he let out a long sigh, "It's a little less."
The bitterness on Han Du's face became even stronger, and he said, "Your Majesty, this is just a dream of mine."
Lao Zhu looked very disappointed. He felt that it was impossible for his name to be passed down for only 276 years. Even if it was passed down for three hundred years, he would feel much better. If it could go further and exceed 320 years, he would be able to smile.
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As a result, it happened to be 276 years that made Lao Zhu extremely uncomfortable.
As for Han Du, he said that this was just a dream, but Lao Zhu didn't think so. He believed that this was a warning from God, which was only conveyed through Han Du.
"How did the Ming Dynasty fall?" In the end, Lao Zhu couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked the most critical question.
"Because of famine." Han Du said truthfully. On the surface, the Ming Dynasty was caused by corrupt officials and the Manchus entering the country. In fact, the most fundamental reason was because of famine. It was the famine that led to the rise of refugees. Under the chaos caused by the refugees,
, the Ming Dynasty quickly collapsed. If there was no famine and the people would not have enough to eat, Emperor Chongzhen's ability could still stabilize the overall situation of the world. As long as the Ming Dynasty is stable, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be nothing more than a scabies disease.
Give the Manchus a hundred years
Can't pass!
"Famine?" Lao Zhudu's eyes widened in complete disbelief.
Because since sweet potatoes, potatoes and red rice were cultivated on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, there has been no famine in the Ming Dynasty for several years. Every year, the Ming Navy would catch millions of kilograms of marine fish from the sea, dry them into salted fish and sell them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
And the people along the coast can only catch more fish than the navy.
Nanyang also transports more than ten million dan of grain and a large amount of sugar to the Ming Dynasty every year. And this is only because the Nanyang islands still have a lot of land, which has to be abandoned due to lack of manpower. If in the future, as
There are more and more people in Nanyang, and the amount of food Nanyang can provide to Ming Dynasty every year will only be greater.
The Ming Dynasty now has so much food that it is impossible to eat it all. In order to prevent the food from rotting in vain, Lao Zhu has no choice but to stock up on all kinds of vermicelli like crazy. He is also constantly using the grain to make wine. After all, even vermicelli can only be stored for two or three days.
Years, and wine can be stored for decades or even hundreds of years without any problem. Anyway, people's demand for wine has never decreased in history. Now brew more wine and store it. If food is in short supply in the future, you don't have to worry about the lack of wine.
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It is precisely this that makes Lao Zhu find it very incredible. How could the Ming Dynasty die from famine?
"The Ming Dynasty was rich all over the world, with a continuous supply of food from Nanyang, as well as food such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and rice. How could the Ming Dynasty be short of food, and how could there be a famine?"
When Han Du heard this, he smiled bitterly and sighed: "None of the things the emperor mentioned was found in the Ming Dynasty in my dream."
"None? What do you mean?" Lao Zhu couldn't understand Han Du's words even more.
Han Du had no choice but to explain patiently: "In my dream, there were no sweet potatoes, no potatoes, and no red rice in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, and people could not go fishing at all. There was no Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty, and there were no overseas governors.
government, so the Ming Dynasty did not receive a grain of food supplement from overseas. Therefore, I also think that it is just a dream!"
Lao Zhu frowned and thought hard, "If there were no fishing in the sea, no potatoes, potatoes and rice, no food from Nanyang, and no benefits from the Governor's Mansion, the people of Ming Dynasty would still be hungry now. If there were a natural disaster or man-made disaster
, it is not impossible for a famine to occur~"
Seeing that Lao Zhu was still staring at the famine, Han Du had to remind him again: "Your Majesty, that was just a dream of mine. Now that the Ming Dynasty has everything, there will definitely be no more famine."
Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly laughed, "Hahaha, this is so true. Now that the Ming Dynasty has everything, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to appear again.
famine. And the Ming Dynasty was able to last for 276 years even if it had nothing, so now that it has these things, it will definitely last longer."
"Han Du, do you know what my lifelong wish is?"
Han Du lowered his head and said, "I don't know."
Lao Zhu didn't care and continued: "I look down on the former Song Dynasty the most, but the former Song Dynasty lasted for 320 years. Therefore, my biggest wish in this life is that I hope that the Ming Dynasty can last for more than 320 years. The more the better. However,
, as long as it can surpass the previous Song Dynasty, I will be satisfied."
"If you make an oath now so that the Ming Dynasty can last for more than 320 years, I will spare your life!"
Facing Lao Zhu's ultimatum, Han Du slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know whether the Ming Dynasty can last for 320 years, because I will definitely not live until that time. But I can swear that during my lifetime, I will let you
Everything the sun and moon illuminate is the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"
Everything the sun and moon illuminate is the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
Han Du's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in Lao Zhu's ears, making him lose consciousness for a while!
After a long time, looking at Han Du kneeling in front of him seriously, Lao Zhu sighed with emotion and said: "Do you still remember the promise you made in front of me?"
"I dare not or forget it!" Han Du suddenly clasped his fists and bowed.
Lao Zhu pondered for a moment, then suddenly he smiled and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it again, I would have forgotten it. I thought you were just talking, but I didn't expect you actually wanted to do it!"
"The Ming Dynasty has the most hard-working people and the wisest king. Except for the Ming Dynasty, the rest of the world are barbarians and uncivilized beasts. What virtues and abilities do they have that can steal the world? This world should belong to the Ming Dynasty!"
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Lao Zhu looked at Han Du, who was full of arrogance and looked around, and couldn't help but sigh: "I don't even have your arrogance~"
Having said that, no matter whether Lao Zhu is jealous and attacks himself, or whether he is magnanimous and lets him go, everything is left to fate!
Lao Zhu stared at Han Du for a long time, and finally said, "But only if you have such arrogance can you be worthy of your ambition to make the Ming Dynasty the territory that the sun and moon shine upon!"
"Go out and call them all in!"
Happiness came so quickly that Han Du didn't even react for a moment.
Finally, Lao Zhu said again: "Go and call them all in."
"Yes." Han Du lowered his head and answered, then stood up and turned around to go out.