If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 182 Not Interested

On his way back to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanquan did not choose to go back to Nanjing via North Korea and Tianjin. Instead, he went all the way south and returned directly to Nanjing via Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom.

The reason for taking this route is that the journey south is shorter and requires less time on the way.

Although it is the closest to take a branch line directly from Kyushu Island to Nanjing, and the Ming Dynasty's navigation technology also supports this level of voyage, but considering that there are three feudal kings and a female Japanese king of the Japanese country on the ship, it is better to be safe. .

Therefore, the fleet turned to the Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom, docked in the country's capital to replenish fresh water and food, and then turned back to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

From a voyage perspective, it adds about two-thirds of the voyage, but overall this road is indeed better.

It's not a question of tailwind or headwind, but that the Ming Dynasty has now established a stronghold in the Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty's warships have begun to patrol these areas, and many islands have garrisoned troops.

It can be said that this ten thousand miles of sea territory is now the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As the fleet sailed along the Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom, they saw several Ming warships patrolling.

Looking at these warships flying flags to show respect to his own ship, Zhu Zhanyu felt a great sense of accomplishment.

After all, if it hadn't been for his intervention, it would have been impossible for Daming to make such a change.

And these seemingly insignificant changes may be able to change the situation in which Chinese civilization gradually becomes insular in a few hundred years.

Although he can live hundreds of years later and directly rewrite future history with his own will, it still brings a great sense of accomplishment to see that the country has really changed under his influence.

This also strengthened Zhu Zhankun's determination to continue to develop the Japanese country and bring the entire Japanese country under his control.

After all, everything is inseparable from the word money. Historically, Zhu Zhanji later stopped his voyages to the West. It was not because the court could not get benefits and benefits, and its finances were in crisis, so it had to abandon the expansion strategy of the Yongle Dynasty and turn to contraction. And stick to it?
If Zhu Zhanji could earn millions more taels of silver a year at that time, Ming Dynasty's voyages to the West would have continued, and Ming Dynasty's fleet would have arrived in Europe, which would have shocked those white people.

Therefore, we really cannot let go of the few gold and silver mountains of the Japanese country. Instead of letting the Japanese people fight on such a broken island for hundreds of years, it is better to turn them into obedient citizens of the Ming Dynasty and mine and cultivate land for the Ming Dynasty.

"Third uncle, after returning to Nanjing, you and I will jointly submit a letter to the court to clarify the benefits that controlling the Japanese country can bring to the country, and then propose to the emperor a marriage between the prince and the female Japanese king of the Japanese country, and strive to solidify this matter." Zhu Zhanjun found Zhu Gaosui and told him about the matter again: "In addition, Prince Ning's uncle would also like to help you go and talk to him and try to get him to sign his name. In this way, three vassal princes proposed that the court And pay more attention to it.”

"Well, you make the decision in this matter. Third uncle will listen to you." Zhu Gaosui's behavior when facing Zhu Zhanjun was just like when he was following Zhu Gaoxu before.

For this King Zhao, he may not be smart enough, but he at least understands that following smart people will lead to meat.

The reason why he followed Zhu Gaoxu in the past was because the emperor did show his preference for Zhu Gaoxu, which made Zhu Gaosui feel that Zhu Gaoxu had the possibility of ascending to the throne.

But now that Zhu Gaoxu has been sent to Yunnan, and he almost died alone in the place where it started to snow in September in Nuergandusi, it is naturally impossible for him to continue to follow Zhu Gaoxu to the dark side.

As for Zhu Zhanchun, although he was an uncle and nephew in terms of relationship and seniority, Zhu Zhanchun did benefit from him. Not only did he arrange for businessmen in Nanjing to help him develop the fiefdom of Nuer Gandusi, but he also brought Zhu Gaosui along with him. The expansion of the Japanese country gave him a good land with two large gold mines, and he really made a lot of money.This made Zhu Gaosui, whose mouth was full of food, deeply realize how good his eldest nephew was to him and how much benefits he could get from following him.

If Zhu Gaosui can live such a comfortable life in the future, he won't mind letting his boss become the prince and succeed him as the emperor in the future.

After all, he clearly knows that the eldest brother is a kind-hearted person and is really good to his brothers. He is not as duplicitous as the second brother said.

Of course, Zhu Gaosui also knew clearly that although his eldest brother was kind-hearted on the outside, if he had to treat him as a good gentleman and think he was easy to bully, that would be the end of his life.

It’s just that Zhu Gaosui recognized the boss as the emperor, but the boss’s next generation...

When Zhu Gaosui thought of this, he couldn't help but compare Zhu Zhanjun and Zhu Zhanji, and he had to shake his head and sigh. It would be perfect if the order of these two people was changed.

Although Zhu Zhanjun slept for eight years as a child and missed the opportunity to compete for favor and heirloom in front of Zhu Di, whether it was his intelligence as a child or his magical methods and shrewdness when he grew up, Zhu Gaosui felt that Zhu Zhanjun wanted to More talented than Zhu Zhanji.

Of course, if it was just to this extent, Zhu Gaosui wouldn't have any other ideas.

But compared with Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanquan was much better at conducting himself, which can be seen in the conquest of Japan and the vassal king's new policy.

Zhu Zhanji was brought up by the old man and personally educated him since he was a child. His personality and temper were very similar to Zhu Di's, and in a sense, Zhu Zhanji was more ruthless than Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi.

Just like the conquest of Japan, if Zhu Zhanji was in charge of this matter, he would never think of dragging his uncle and other vassal kings to eat on the table. Instead, he would directly use the army in the name of the imperial court to monopolize The entire Japanese country.

They would not even think about turning the future heirs of the Japanese country into Ming ancestry through marriage and in-laws, and control the Japanese country in this gentle way.

He would conquer with a large army just like Zhu Di conquered Annan, and then forcibly bring the entire Japanese country under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

This is not to say that it is impossible, and it is difficult to say which one is better in terms of efficiency, but at least for Zhu Gaosui, he prefers Zhu Zhancheng's approach of everyone sharing the cake, and you are good, I am good, everyone is good.

Although he could also see that there was a knife hidden in Zhu Zhanchun's various arrangements, at least he was willing to swallow the knife.

So Zhu Gaosui looked around and saw no one else, so he asked Zhu Zhanjuan in a low voice: "Zhanjuan, I received the news that your eldest brother has been granted the title of grandson. Don't you have any ideas?"

"Idea? What kind of idea is Third Uncle talking about?" Of course Zhu Zhanjuan understood what Zhu Gaosui was saying, but he really had no interest in that position: "If Third Uncle, you want to fight with my father, I don't care about it. , you can’t compete with my dad anyway.

If Third Uncle, you want me to fight with Big Brother... I'm not interested. "

(End of this chapter)