My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 116 Brother and brother may be a good choice!

"How is your harvest this time?"

In the big tent, the father and the father sat opposite each other, eating and chatting.

After filling a bowl of soup for the old man and putting it in front of him, Zhu Gaoyu replied casually.

"It's okay, it's not a loss."

The old man raised his eyelids, snorted softly and said, "Stop pretending, I know you made a lot of money this trip, I don't want your money."

Zhu Gaoyu was taken aback for a moment, and looked suspiciously at the old man opposite him.

The old man's character has always been to take advantage or suffer, this time he didn't even ask for money, did the sun come out from the west?
"You bastard, what kind of look is this?"

The old man, who was munching on spinach, noticed Zhu Gaoyu's strange eyes, felt upset, raised his chopsticks and knocked Zhu Gaoyu's forehead.

"Ouch!"

Zhu Gaoyu rubbed his forehead and muttered, "Just pretend, anyway, I just didn't make any money."

When the old man heard this, he raised his chopsticks and wanted to knock. Zhu Gaoyu quickly backed away, dodging the old man's attack.

The old man snorted and knocked on the empty bowl, Zhu Gaoyu hurried over to fill him with soup.

"I heard that guy Wang Jin sent you away, why did you ask him to go?"

Wu Shan had already reported the matter of exchanging boats for horses, but the old man didn't say anything about it.

For Daming, ships are really not important. If you want to make them, you can make a new batch of them soon after the imperial court orders them.

But this kind of strong horse is different. Horses cannot be raised with your hard work. They need the environment and blood training.

Bringing so many fine horses back to Daming, not to mention how much it would increase the army's combat power, would also be of great help to improving the bloodlines of the horses in the Central Plains.

In the old man's opinion, exchanging ten warships for [-] war horses is a very good deal. If possible, he would like to do it again.

"Oh, you said that!"

"I heard that there is a kind of high-yield grain overseas that can produce ten thousand catties per mu. I asked him to take the fleet to look for it."

"If we can find it, we will never starve to death again in Ming Dynasty, and your eternal happiness and prosperity will no longer be in vain."

Taking out an orange from the nearby fruit plate, Zhu Gaoyu replied while peeling the skin.

"oops!"

However, just as he finished speaking, the old man tapped him again with chopsticks.

"What does it mean to have a false name? Lao Tzu's prosperous age is a prosperous age."

The prosperous age of Yongle, which he was proud of, was said by his son to be a vain name, which made the old man very upset.

Although this is indeed the case, how can a son expose Lao Tzu's shortcomings.

"Ah, yes yes yes!"

Seeing the old man's threatening eyes, Zhu Gaoyu nodded repeatedly, stuffed the peeled orange into the old man's hand and said, "It's my son who made a mistake. Your eternal happiness and prosperity are real."

"Humph!"

The old man snorted coldly, took the orange and stuffed it into his mouth, but after chewing it twice, his face immediately twisted together.

"Uh, is it sour?"

Zhu Gaoyu looked suspiciously at the remaining half of the oranges in his hand.

The old man didn't say anything, he picked up half of the orange in Zhu Gaoyu's hand, and stuffed it directly into Zhu Gaoyu's mouth, and then both of them had distorted expressions.

After a long time, the father and two finally recovered.

The old man exhaled, said "comfortable", picked up the steamed bun next to him, and continued to eat.

"This is a war. Don't bring these things with you in the future. If the people below see it, it will be rumored that our men are extravagant."

He mistakenly thought that these fruits and vegetables were specially brought by the old man for himself, so he reminded Zhu Gaoyu that he should not bring these things with him when he goes out to fight in the future.

Although as an emperor, he should enjoy these things for granted, but the old man is a self-disciplined person. In the army, he has always set an example and does not want his officers to learn this bad habit by imitating others.

Once this habit is developed in the army, can the officers still fight, and will the soldiers still work hard?
Zhu Gaoyu nodded, "It's not much, I'll bring it later, and you can eat it yourself."

The old man let out a "hmm", stuffed the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth, clapped his hands and said, "Also, don't risk the lives of soldiers for uncertain things in the future."

"The fact that there is high-yield grain overseas is a legend after all. It is not worth the lives of thousands of soldiers for this."

In the old man's mind, the so-called high-yield grain in Zhu Gaoyu's mouth is completely a myth.

It is completely irresponsible to take the lives of thousands of soldiers for an unreliable myth and legend.

This kind of behavior is no different from looking for an elixir of life. It is useless except to waste national power.

"Father, I know you don't believe in high-yield grain, but I have to do this."

After eating and drinking, the old man, who squinted his eyes and pretended to sleep, slowly opened his eyes.

"Tell me."

The old man still knows a little about this young son, and he knows that he is not the kind of person who talks big.

He wanted to hear what it was that made this kid so anxious to find high-yield grain.

Raising his hand to ask the eunuch next to him to take away the leftovers, Zhu Gaoyu sat next to the old man, helped him take off his boots, beat his legs and said:

"You have been the emperor for so many years, and you should be very clear about the natural disasters in the past few years, right?"

The old man nodded silently.

It was better at the beginning, but in the past two years, there have been more and more natural disasters, either floods or droughts, and the winter is extremely cold, and the number of people who freeze to death is increasing every year, which makes him very troubled.

Seeing the old man nodding, Zhu Gaoyu continued: "I have many people from hundreds of families under my command, and you, the old man, know that too."

"Several of them are good at astronomy, based on their calculations and observations of the sky, they came to a conclusion that we are heading for an extremely cold period."

Seeing that the old man was frowning, as if he didn't understand, Zhu Gaoyu found an easy-to-understand explanation for him.

"There are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the span of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the world is very long, maybe hundreds or even thousands of years, and the next time period of our Ming Dynasty is exactly in the time period of winter."

"According to them, the celestial phenomena will be very erratic during this period. There may be severe droughts in some places for several years, or floods for several years, earth dragons turning over, etc., and various natural disasters will occur one after another. "

"The situation of our Daming, you old man knows very well. If there is a year of drought and flood, there will be starvation everywhere, and the children will have to eat. If there is a drought for several years, and the court does not have enough food to relieve the disaster, what will happen? very clear."

Hearing what Zhu Gaoyu said, the old man closed his eyes and imagined the scene at that time.

There was a severe drought in a certain place and no crops were harvested. The imperial court squeezed out some food to relieve the disaster for a while.

The common people had no rice grains to cook, and all the food that could be eaten in the whole world was eaten into their stomachs. The hungry and helpless people finally chose to attack the rich family's yamen, and then chose to rebel under the suppression and persecution of the imperial court.

Not only did drought occur here, but also floods occurred in the surrounding provinces, and the earth dragon turned over.

Driven by the rebellion here, other people who had nowhere to live rose up one after another and chose to overthrow the imperial court that had led them to rise.

Looking at the pensive old man, Zhu Gaoyu didn't say anything more.

In fact, there are many more, which he did not say.

For example, in land annexation, a large amount of land fell into the hands of gentry landlords, and the imperial court increased food and payment in order to suppress the rebellion.

But these increased food and salaries, because the rich have a relationship to spend money, escaped them.

In order to collect enough money, the imperial court put everything on those who had fields.

These farmers were persecuted and had to sell their fields to pay taxes, and then became refugees, and became rebels because of hunger.

In addition, there are problems of military households and arrears of food and salaries for soldiers.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoyu couldn't help but admire Chongzhen. He was capable of sustaining such a long time in that harsh environment.

"Fourth, what's the environment like in those places in the south?"

The old man who had been silent for a long time suddenly opened his mouth and asked about the environment and land conditions in the south.

Zhu Gaoyu's heart moved, and he seemed to understand the old man's thoughts. He didn't hide anything, and said bluntly: "Comparatively speaking, it is much better than the land north of the Yangtze River."

"Such as Cochin, Champa, and Siam, these areas have a special environment. If they are cultivated properly, they can produce three crops a year."

"And the climate is pleasant, there is no severe cold, and there are various fruit and fish industries."

"Based on my son's calculations, if the southwestern area of ​​Qiongzhou can be well developed, it will be no problem to support a population of [-] million."

The old man opened his slightly squinted eyes, but before he could speak, Zhu Gaoyu continued, "Actually, the most ideal place is Tianzhu!"

"They are rich in all kinds of products in the south, and the pepper that is in short supply is produced there, and there is a huge plain in the north, and the land is quite fertile. If it can be developed, I will not have food problems in the Ming Dynasty."

"Besides, they all rely on the sea and are rich in various seafood resources. The annual seafood goods can also greatly fill the gap."

"All in all, if we control the entire southwestern region of Qiongzhou, and then add the Jiangnan region, which may be slightly less affected in the future, it will be absolutely no problem for my Ming Dynasty to support a population of [-] to [-] million."

"Sixty million!"

Hearing this number, the old man's eyes were confused.

He couldn't imagine how powerful a country should be with such a large population.

After all, without strong strength and national power, it is impossible to support such a large population.

From the emergence of Yanhuang to the present, there are so many countries, so many dynasties, and how many people have more than [-] million people.

Every time it reaches a certain peak, because of uneven land and insufficient food, the country will collapse and fall into chaos.

From ancient times to the present, all emperors know that the people are actually easy to manage.

As long as the people are fed and given justice when they are wronged, the people will not rebel and will strongly support the court.

However, most of the courts could not solve these two small problems.

There is a brief settlement, also known as a flourishing age.

Many people praised him as the emperor of the prosperous age, but he was very clear about the old man who managed the entire empire.

His own Yongle Dynasty is far, far away from the prosperous age.

In terms of fairness and justice to the common people, the old man can still claim that he can barely do it.It can make the people of the world have enough to eat and no longer have to worry about hunger. This old man still thinks that he is far behind.

Every year at the end of the year, he was shocked by the lists of death from freezing and starvation reported from various places, but these lists were still the result of subtraction and subtraction below.

If they were reported truthfully, most people would not dare to look at those numbers at all.

"Hey, do you think we men can create a prosperous world?"

After thinking about it for a long time, the old man is a little confused now. He doesn't know whether all the hard work he has done can wipe away his own stains, and whether he can make future generations praise Emperor Yong Le when they mention him, good emperor!
"can!"

Noticing the old man's confused eyes, Zhu Gaoyu looked into the old man's eyes and nodded seriously.

"Father, my son knows your wishes and difficulties. My son will do everything to realize your ideal."

"As the saying goes, if you don't steam steamed buns to fight for your reputation, you don't want to be a general's soldier, you are not a good soldier. Similarly, if you don't want to be an emperor through the ages, you are not a good emperor."

"Since your old man has already sat in this position, let's fight for the position of the emperor through the ages!"

"When future generations mention me, I hope he will say so."

"Zhu Gaoyu, oh... I've heard that, isn't he the fourth son of the eternal emperor Yongle, this kid is not bad."

"Hahaha……"

Zhu Gaoyu's funny words made the old man laugh out loud. He reached out and patted Zhu Gaoyu's head, and said with a smile, "Okay, not for anything else, but for future generations to praise you, I have to fight hard."

"What the hell is Khan Li Shimin, he has two shoulders and one head, and they all came from rebel backgrounds, and no one has anything more than anyone else."

"He has famous ministers and generals, and my ministers are not bad."

"He has a lot of sons. Although I have fewer sons than him, each of my sons is worth ten."

The more he talked, the stronger the ambition in his heart became. The old man stood up and pinched his waist and said: "The Emperor Shihuang's achievements have been surpassed through the ages. I don't think I can compare with him. Compared with him, the second brother Li, I still have no problem."

Looking at the proud and ambitious old man, Zhu Gaoyu smiled.

When the conversation started, the old man didn't let Zhu Gaoyu go back, he asked someone to lift the roof of the tent, and the two of them lay on the carpet, roasting the fire and eating fruits, looking at the starry sky, thinking about the future, and chatting about future plans .

Until midnight, Zhu Gaoyu, who had been riding on horseback for several days, fell asleep in a daze.

While chatting, there was no sound around him, instead there were bursts of snoring, the old man turned his head to look.

I saw Zhu Gaoyu hugging a round pillow, falling asleep soundly.

Looking at his sleeping son, the old man sat up slowly, asked someone to fetch a blanket, and gently covered Zhu Gaoyu.

During the chat between the two, Zhu Gaoyu talked about what he experienced during the time he went to sea.

The old man was not at all dissatisfied with his son's acceptance of Ceylon, one of the countries listed by his father, without his permission, but was very happy.

The country of Ceylon, he knew from his son's narration, is a very important place in the future.

And that white-eyed wolf also occupied areas such as Guli, where pepper is produced.

Daming controlled these places, and the pepper business will be completely controlled by Daming in the future.

With the opening of the sea trade, Daming who has mastered pepper, plus the best-selling items of silk tea, the money of the western countries that Zhu Gaoyu mentioned will slowly flow into Daming's pockets.

By then, Ming Dynasty will become the strongest and richest country in the world.

Once the strength has accumulated to a certain level, before falling asleep, Zhu Gaoyu's words of conquering the world can be officially started.

"Conquer the world, become the master of the world, and become the new emperor after Di Xin."

Thinking of that grand goal, the old man couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

If he really did all this, I am afraid that even the first emperor, who has accomplished so much through the ages, will not be able to compare with himself.

But after being excited for a moment, the old man fell silent again.

He is getting older, even if there is a day, it is not something that can be done in ten or ten years.

Perhaps when Daming conquered the world, he would have been dead for an unknown number of years.

Lying quietly next to his son, listening to his son's even snoring, looking at the stars in the sky.

In his heart, the old man compared his four sons.

Although the boss is obese and struggles to walk, he has a strong talent in government affairs and is a benevolent person. If he becomes an emperor in the future, he must be a benevolent monarch. However, his eyes are only on the present, but he has never set his sights on the future.

The second child is brave, but lacks in strategy. He may be better than ordinary people, but in the real political arena, he is still far behind.

Even if the second child became the emperor, he would at best be an open-minded lord, and he would definitely not have any good comments in terms of governing the people's livelihood.

The third child has a cunning personality. It is okay for such a person to engage in conspiracies and tricks. Being an emperor does not have any great achievements.

As for the fourth child.

Turning his head and looking to the side, the old man smiled on the same handsome face as when he was young.

Zhu Gaoyu has wisdom, force, and methods. He also has far-sighted vision. Every step of his planning not only benefits the present, but also has a great impact on the future.

All that Zhu Gaoyu did on his voyages alone brought endless benefits and benefits to Daming.

Even if he doesn't occupy other countries in the future, Da Mingguang can bring countless benefits to the imperial court by defending these important places.

What's more, this kid knows how to show both kindness and majesty, to be decisive when he should be strict, and to be kind to everyone when he should be kind.

And it is very good to the common people. Just the collection of folk goods by the chamber of commerce has brought huge benefits to the common people in the south of the Yangtze River.

When I came back again, the old man heard that the family who fried camellias used to earn enough money to support their family.

But after joining the Chamber of Commerce, relying on the skill of frying tea and the tea picked from his own tea field, his income has reached more than 100 taels in just one year.

This is just one of them, there are many similar to this one.

A person who can make money for the court and benefit the people is probably the monarch most people in the world want to have.

Thinking of this, the old man fell into silence. After a long time, he secretly made a decision in his heart.

The boss is not in good health, if one day the boss is one step ahead of him, he will not make wrong choices like his father.

As for the troubles that will be caused by making this choice, the old man believes that his fourth son will definitely be able to solve this problem in the future.

(End of this chapter)