Chapter One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty Six Zhu Biao burst into tears
After thinking for a while, Zhu Biao asked deliberately, "Do you think that the navy alone can win? You must know that the navy is indeed very powerful in the rivers and seas, but once it goes ashore, its strength will be greatly reduced. Although the Yan army has no fighting
Ships are no match for the navy, but the Yan army can retreat inland."
"The Yan army has the entire Ming Dynasty on its back, how can you defeat him?"
Zhu Yunye stretched out a finger and smiled faintly: "Father, first of all, if Yan Jun wants to command the world, he must defend the capital. If he cannot even defend the capital, who will listen to his orders?"
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded. If he could not defend the capital, he would lose his rightful name. How was that different from other vassal kings? Naturally, they would not listen to his orders.
However, the capital city was completely within the attack range of the navy. Without the navy, the Yan army could only be passively attacked. How could it defend it?
"Secondly, one capital and fourteen provinces are only a part of the Ming Dynasty, not the entire Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty also has tens of thousands of miles of sea and numerous governor's offices overseas. As long as the father and the emperor give a decree, they can summon hundreds of thousands of troops. It is not yet known who will win.
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"It's a good idea, and it's very clear!" Zhu Biao nodded in admiration.
Zhu Biao personally inspected the sea and naturally knew how huge the Ming Dynasty's overseas potential was.
But Zhu Yunye didn't know this, at least he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Even so, Zhu Yunye was able to realize the importance of overseas affairs, which showed that he was truly able to look at the problem from an overall perspective.
This is extremely rare!
Zhu Biao had nothing else to ask, so he waved his hand, "It's getting late, you can go back."
"My son, please retire!" Zhu Yunye and his younger brother bowed to his father, the emperor and his mother respectively.
After his son left, Han Jingyun asked curiously, "What happened to the emperor today? Why did he ask Yunye these questions?"
Zhu Biao sighed sadly, "I am really sad and happy today!"
Han Jingyun saw that Zhu Biao looked wrong and quickly waved his hand to the palace maids and eunuchs to leave.
He personally served Zhu Biao and sat down by the bed. Seeing tears flowing from Zhu Biao's eyes, he quickly asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?"
Zhu Biao immediately hugged her waist and could no longer suppress the grief in his heart. "One is my biological brother and the other is my biological son. They actually united to rebel against me."
Han Jingyun was stunned for a moment. Of course his biological brother was Zhu Di, but who was his biological son? Could it be Zhu Yunwen?
Han Jingyun didn't dare to ask at all, so he could only reach out and caress Zhu Biao's back, trying to soothe the sadness in his heart.
"Since I came to the throne, I have always treated the kings favorably. However, the fourth king wanted to rebel against me. Except for the evil king of Shu, none of the other kings was willing to lead troops to serve the king. What did I do wrong?
What, to make all the vassal kings in the world dissociate themselves from me?"
Han Jingyun could only comfort him softly, "Maybe the kings are really held back by something."
Han Jingyun himself didn't believe this, but there was no other way. Now he had to say something that could comfort Zhu Biao and let him get through this hurdle first.
Otherwise, if we continue to grieve like this, what should we do if something goes wrong?
"Zhu Yunwen, he is my biological son! He is also divorced from me. How did I treat him badly?"
Zhu Biao was betrayed by his brothers and sons one after another, crying like a child.
At this moment, even Han Jingyun didn't know how to comfort him. It seemed that no matter what she said, it would only make things worse.
So, Han Jingyun had no choice but to keep patting Zhu Biao on the back to comfort him.
I don't know when Zhu Biao fell asleep.
Han Jingyun slowly let Zhu Biao lie on the bed, looking at him breathing steadily, he felt slightly relieved.
"Go to sleep, you will feel better when you wake up."
The Fire Dragon Cannon came out of nowhere and destroyed millions of Yan troops in one battle, shocking the world.
The news is like a hurricane, spreading in all directions at a jaw-dropping speed.
Yan Zhen and Bao Zhao followed the Yan army and were not killed by the fire dragon cannon.
However, the two of them were also frightened out of their wits by such a terrifying scene like a city being set on fire, and were easily captured by the Ming army.
When Zhu Biao learned that the two men were still alive, he immediately arrested them and brought them to court. He wanted to personally ask them why they wanted to bring trouble to the world.
"Bring someone to commit the crime!"
Wang Yue received the emperor's signal and immediately shouted loudly.
Yan Zhen and Bao Zhao were wearing prison clothes, their hands and feet were chained, and they were escorted into Fengtian Hall by guards.
The two of them never expected that they would come to Fengtian Hall wearing scarlet court clothes in the past, but now they would come in wearing prison clothes.
All the civil and military officials turned to look at the two men, and the crowd began to whisper among themselves.
"Kneel down!"
The guards escorted the two people into the palace and kicked them hard at their feet.
The two of them lost control of their legs and fell to their knees heavily on the ground.
Zhu Biao sat on the dragon chair and looked at the two people with cold eyes. He saw that they were still looking arrogantly to one side, with unconvinced expressions on their faces.
I couldn't help but ask, "What? Don't you still admit your guilt?"
Yan Zhen, who had gray hair and a messy beard, sneered, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It's up to you whether you want to kill or behead. Why bother talking nonsense?"
"How dare you! How dare you be disrespectful to the emperor, slap your mouth!" Seeing the two men rushing against the emperor, the guard quickly pulled out a wooden sign to teach them a lesson.
"Wait a minute." Zhu Biao waved his hand slightly to stop the guard.
Zhu Biao stared at the two of them and said slowly, "I have never treated you badly. If you want to resign and go back to your hometown, I am sure. For the sake of being a king and a minister, I will even give you a generous reward so that you can go back to your hometown."
From now on, we will have no worries about food and clothing. But why do you want to collude with Zhu Di and rebel against me?"
When Yan Zhen heard this, he laughed loudly and shouted angrily, "Huge reward? Are you giving away beggars? It has been more than 20 years since the Ming Dynasty opened to the sea. There are so many governor's palaces, and every year gold and silver are flowing towards the emperor's inner treasury. Your Majesty, you
When collecting gold and silver treasures, did you ever think of the people of the world?"
Zhu Biao got angry and said that he had made a lot of money, which he admitted. But he said that he had not benefited the people, but he did not admit it!
"Why don't I think about the people of the world? I use money to build county schools, and the money I spend every year exceeds tens of millions of dollars! Over the years, I have never been in shortage. How come I don't bless the people?"
After Yan Zhen heard this, his expression became even more angry, and he shouted sternly, "The emperor is confused, those are common people, how can they be the emperor's subjects? The emperor's subjects should be gentry, gentry, scholarly family, official family, these talents
They are the emperor's subjects! The common people know nothing, they only need to farm the land and pay taxes to the imperial court."
Han Du couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and said coldly, "You might as well say that in your eyes, the people are just cattle and horses."
Yan Zhen raised his head arrogantly, obviously that was what he was thinking. "Emperor" Han Du bowed towards Zhu Biao.
However, Zhu Biao slightly raised his hand to stop him. Seeing this, Han Du had to stop talking for the time being.
Zhu Biao asked Yan Zhen again, "Just because you don't see the people in your eyes doesn't mean that I don't. Since it's my money, what does it have to do with you if I use it on the people?"
"How come it has nothing to do with us?" Yan Zhen's eyes were as big as bells, as if he was extremely wronged.
"In recent years, how many people have gone to sea for sea trade, doesn't the emperor know? The emperor should go to the countryside to see. The entire village is empty, the land is no longer cultivated, and large areas are abandoned. If this continues,
The country will be without a country, the country will be without a country!"
Yan Zhen screamed hysterically, as if someone had dug up his ancestral grave.
"Moreover, maritime trade has led to rampant merchants, and everyone talks about
Profit. Open your mouth to make money, but shut your mouth to business, resulting in the collapse of etiquette and music, and the loss of morality!"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but ponder as he listened. The people in the capital have indeed changed a lot in recent years, and many people have indeed begun to be keen on making money.
Maritime trade and shipping company securities have become topics that people talk about all the time. Especially securities, whoever buys that ship will make a lot of money in one trip. This kind of topic is always on the lips
It was talked about among people in the wine shop, and every time it appeared, it would inevitably attract the attention of both literati and peddlers.
Han Du couldn't listen anymore, so he took a step forward and yelled at Yan Zhen, "That's nonsense!"
"You said that there are no people in the countryside and all the land is abandoned. But why don't you say, what kind of land is all this abandoned land?"
As soon as these words came out, the officials all came to their senses and began to discuss in whispers.
Zhu Biao's eyes also lit up. When he heard that the land was abandoned, he felt extremely heavy. He knew very well what the land meant to the people and what it meant to the court.
Just when I was wondering if this was really a consequence of sea trade, Han Du stepped forward.
"Han Du, since you know what's going on, then you can explain it carefully."
Han Du turned around and bowed, "I obey."
Then he turned around, raised his head and faced all the courtiers, and said loudly, "Everyone, the land that Yan Zhen calls abandoned is just the land owned by the squires and big landowners!"
Seeing that everyone was still unaware of the problem, Han Du continued, "Moreover, do you know why these people's land was abandoned?"
His tone suddenly became cold and stern, and he stared at Yan Zhen with anger in his eyes, saying, "Because they squeeze the people too hard! From one acre of land, even in good years, 70% of the income will be taken away by these squire and big landowners and left to
The common people don’t have enough to live on!”
"And once a bad year comes, the harvest in the fields decreases, but the grain taken away by these squire and big landowners will not be less at all! The output in one year is not enough for them!"
"ah"
"how so"
"Killing the chicken to retrieve the egg is simply too much, too much."
All the officials were shocked when they heard this. They couldn't imagine that there were still people in the world who didn't understand the principle of long flowing water, and couldn't even tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal.
Han Du glanced at the officials and continued, "Some people may ask, if the people can't bring out food, how can they receive it?"
"It's very simple. Since you can't get food, then sell your sons and daughters to pay off the debt!"