Da Qin: Self-destruction and time travel, I will extend my life for Qin for a thousand years

Chapter 184 Cui Yuan: I earn money from Ming Dynasty for the good of Ming Dynasty!

Originally, Zhu Di was dismissive of this inexplicable agreement.

Not to mention whether Cui Yuan really came from the future, even if he really came from the future, how could he let Zhu Yuanzhang break his legs with just a few words?

Zhu Yuanzhang was partial to Zhu Biao, but he, Zhu Di, was also the son of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma!

But now, Zhu Di was shaken for the first time.

Looking at Qin Shihuang, Han Gaozu and Tang Taizong in front of him, he felt his heart twitching for no reason.

If Cui Yuan was not completely sure, how could he bring such an exaggerated audience lineup?

"Your Highness, Prince Yan, I'm sorry."

Cui Yuan smiled apologetically: "Your future is so interesting. Everyone is very interested, so I specially brought some more people."

Everyone nodded, especially Liu Bang, who nodded while taking out the deck chairs and setting them up for everyone in the pavilion in the Imperial Garden.

Because he was going to watch a show, he specially brought all his equipment.

Ying Zheng, Cui Yuan, Ying Yinman, Li Shimin and himself all have one - this is the latest recliner developed by the Mohist family, which is very light and easy to carry.

Zhu Di felt even more uncomfortable when he saw this formation, and his heart was full of ominous premonitions.

"Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng? Han Gaozu Liu Bang? Tang Taizong Li Shimin? Ninth Princess Ying Yinman?"

Zhu Di couldn't bear it anymore and retorted directly, wanting to end this temptation: "Then I still say that I am Yuanshi Tianzun! I am the rebirth of the God of War in the sky!"

"That's right!"

Zhu Biao also nodded, helped his fourth brother, and said coldly to Cui Yuan and others: "Father, they must be lying. Please drive them away immediately!"

"There is no need to test them, they are just liars!"

What Zhu Biao and Zhu Di said was reasonable. Now except Cui Yuan's mouth, it can be said that there is almost no evidence to prove the identities of these people.

How could it be possible to just let him say whatever he said?

According to their expectations, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be on their side, but the development of things was completely beyond their expectations.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, not only did he not raise any suspicion, but he returned the gift seriously and expressed his respect for the three emperors.

"The later Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty met here His Majesty the First Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

Although he prefers Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di is also his and Empress Ma's legitimate son, it does not mean that Zhu Yuanzhang will side with them unconditionally.

Cui Yuan's miraculous powers have long been displayed, and he has no reason to deceive himself and others.

Moreover, after getting the news, he had already blocked Yingtian Mansion and transferred the registration of the recent entry and exit of the city gate.

As a result, not to mention finding out that Cui Yuan was out of the city, even how he brought people into the city, they found nothing!

Not to mention that although Ying Zheng and others have no other evidence to prove their identity, the majesty exuded by every move confirms their identity as the ruler of the world.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang can be almost 100% sure that Cui Yuan has no possibility of lying!

Standing in front of him were the three famous emperors in history!

"nice!"

"He is indeed the emperor who was praised to the heavens by Cui Yuan."

Ying Zheng smiled with satisfaction. He actually had a jade seal that could prove his identity. It seemed that he didn't need to take it out now.

Liu Bang and Li Shimin also smiled. Zhu Yuanzhang's trust saved them a lot of effort.

"His Majesty the First Emperor, I can't boast to the heavens. His Majesty the Ming Emperor is indeed one of the top three emperors in Chinese history!"

Cui Yuan felt a lot more relaxed when he saw this scene.

It can be seen that his plan is really successful. Although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't say it, he actually basically believes in himself.

In the future, many people will think that Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor who values ​​his relatives and is simple and cruel at the same time. In order to help his sons and grandsons remove obstacles to ascending to the throne, he can even kill his former heroes without mercy.

But in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was not an emperor who killed without any brains. It can even be said that he was very smart.

Whether it is political strategy or military capabilities, they are among the top three emperors in the past dynasties. Not even Li Shimin dared to say that he could suppress Zhu Yuanzhang.

A very simple truth is that Luo Guanzhong, who wrote one of China's four great masterpieces, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", described many battles in it based on the actual combat experience of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the most famous Battle of Chibi, Luo Guanzhong’s original reference prototype for describing this battle was the Battle of Poyang Lake between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang!

This battle lasted for 37 days and was known as the largest water battle in the Middle Ages.

In this battle, the troops led by Zhu Yuanzhang only had more than 200,000 troops plus reinforcements, while Chen Youliang had an army of 600,000 people and owned the largest ships in the world, while Zhu Yuanzhang only had a few small boats.

Both quantity and quality are much worse than the opposite. However, Zhu Yuanzhang faced the adversity and came up with siege tactics. He used small boats to surround Chen Youliang's large ship and tried to defeat it one by one.

Regarding this tactic, Chen Youliang also immediately came up with a corresponding method, which was to use iron chains to tie all the big ships together to preserve the stability of the lineup so that they would not be scattered by the opponent.

However, after Chen Youliang tied the boats together, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately decided to set fire to them after observing the wind.

Due to the connection between the ships and the help of the wind, Chen Youliang lost most of his fleet in an instant, leading to the defeat of the Battle of Poyang Lake.

It can be said that the Battle of Red Cliff is a replica of the water battle of Poyang Lake.

Chen Youliang is Cao Cao, and Zhu Yuanzhang is the Sun-Liu coalition.

Almost all of Zhuge Liang's strategies in the novel can be found in Zhu Yuanzhang!

"Biao'er, go ahead and ask."

After Zhu Yuanzhang saluted, he retreated.

Although Zhu Biao looked reluctant, he had no intention of refuting, so he could only step forward with Zhu Di who was also unwilling.

"Wait a moment, His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

Cui Yuan interrupted and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang: "We agreed before that I will answer your three questions only if you agree to give Da Qin a complete set of firearm design drawings."

"Now that you asked the prince to ask me, are these questions included in these three questions?"

"Of course."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He would not take advantage of these trivial matters: "As long as you are indeed from seven hundred years later, then the questions asked by Zhu Biao will naturally be included."

"very good!"

Cui Yuan was very satisfied: "It is a pleasure to make a deal with His Majesty!"

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di on the side frowned, this Cui Yuan was a little too disrespectful of themselves.

Last time he disappeared suddenly, and this time he ignored himself in person and expressed his opinions to his father.

No matter what they say, they are still the princes of the Ming Dynasty. When have they ever been insulted like this?

"Let me ask you the first question!" Zhu Biao stepped forward with a bad look and stopped Cui Yuan in front of him, preventing him from looking at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Why do you want to get the Ming Dynasty's trade concession? What's going on in your heart?" What's on your mind?"

"It's very simple."

In fact, Zhu Biao asked two questions, but Cui Yuan didn't care: "The first is why I want to get a trade license. Naturally, I want to use it to earn money from the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, even Ying Zheng was a little confused and didn't understand why Cui Yuan said it so straightforwardly.

However, this confusion did not last long, because it was soon solved: "As for my thoughts, I do have small thoughts of earning money and food for the Qin Dynasty, but equally, I am more interested in making the Ming Dynasty great again!"

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di: "???"

Both brothers were dumbfounded. This was the first time they heard such outrageous remarks.

Even if they just want to make money from our Ming Dynasty, they actually say it is for the good of Ming Dynasty.

This is as absurd as beating you up and saying afterwards that it was all for your own good.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not have such a big reaction, his eyes were full of distrust.

"I know this matter is very contradictory, but I am indeed telling the truth from the bottom of my heart!"

Cui Yuan's tone was sincere, his eyes were pure, and he looked unreserved. Everyone was stunned. Except for Ying Zheng, almost everyone wanted to believe Cui Yuan.

"His Royal Highness, please think carefully about why your Majesty must execute Hu Weiyong, and why must you eradicate the power of the Huaixi faction?"

Zhu Biao frowned. After taking a look at Zhu Yuanzhang, he tentatively said: "Of course it's because Hu Weiyong acted too recklessly, was corrupt and perverted the law, and joined forces with many meritorious officials to create a mess in the court and make my father very upset."

"Aren't these the reasons you said before?"

Cui Yuan nodded in approval: "His Royal Highness the Prince has such a good memory!"

"But these are actually just superficial reasons. I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince can see the deeper reasons?"

The deeper reason?

Zhu Biao frowned. After thinking for a moment, it was still useless. He could only look at Zhu Yuanzhang as if asking for help.

Zhu Yuanzhang also seemed to be stumped. He was silent for a while before saying, "Is it because I gave too many rewards to the heroes? It gave them too much sense of security and thought they could strive for more?"

"That's right! Your Majesty is really not an eternal wise king. He revealed the essence in just one sentence!"

Cui Yuan smiled and said: "There is a saying in Mencius, which is: Knowing is born from sorrow and dies from happiness."

"Although His Majesty's move to abolish the prime minister has weakened the group of heroes to a certain extent, it has not fundamentally solved the serious problem of internal strife in the Central Committee of the Ming Dynasty, and it will only intensify in the future!"

"Because you have given the heroes too many rewards and too much glory, allowing them to reach the sky in one step, lose themselves in glory, wealth and power, and have a sense of security beyond reality!"

"Hu Weiyong is like this, and Li Shanchang is like this too!"

"That's why they cross the bottom line step by step, because in their eyes, no matter what they do, Your Majesty, you will remember the past and forgive them."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng suddenly realized: "Is this the "Insufficiency Song" you mentioned before? It seems to have been created during the Ming Dynasty?"

When he and Li Si asked Cui Yuan if he knew the method of immortality, Cui Yuan used this "Song of Insufficiency" to secretly mock them.

"Insufficient song?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself, obviously very curious about him.

"This was created by your descendants." Ying Zheng repeated the song, and Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly shocked after hearing it.

He really didn't expect that among his descendants, there would be such a talented person with such a rough fate.

"If your Majesty still doesn't believe it, the most obvious example is the confrontation between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty hundreds of years ago."

Cui Yuan continued to give an example: "Obviously the national and military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Jin Dynasty, but the soldiers and civilians on the border were able to withstand the attacks of the powerful Jin Dynasty time and time again."

"Of course there are famous generals such as Yue Fei, but the bigger reason is that the people and the army on the border of the Southern Song Dynasty are always in crisis and have been working together to survive."

"And because the Jin army often went south to plunder and kill landowners to steal food, land annexation on the border of the Southern Song Dynasty was greatly curbed."

"Whenever a landlord wants to seize land, he will be beaten away or killed by the Jin army. There is no chance for him to steadily absorb the people's support."

"After the Jin army retreated, the common people could directly obtain the landlord's land without paying any price. In order to protect the land, they would naturally fight against the Jin army. That's why the Southern Song Dynasty was able to sustain for so long under the pressure of the Jin Dynasty."

Hearing this, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Biao, even Ying Zheng, Li Shimin and Liu Bang were shocked!

Although they had never heard Cui Yuan tell stories about the Southern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, this did not stop them from understanding what Cui Yuan meant.

This means that in many cases, enemy plunder can not only destroy the border but also stabilize the border!

The three kings and Zhu Yuanzhang were all extraordinary people. It is easy to find similar situations in the fine salt of governing the country in the past.

Da Qin versus the Xiongnu.

The Han versus the Huns.

Tang Dynasty to the Turks.

The Ming Dynasty versus the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The stability of almost border areas is much higher than that of inland areas. Although it cannot be said that there is no infighting at all, it is very rare.

Ying Zheng even understood the reason why Cui Yuan did not let Qin directly occupy the Xiongnu, Dayuezhi and Donghu, but wanted them to be turned into colonies.

To put it bluntly, I just want the Xiongnu to keep putting pressure on Daqin!

Even a tiger without teeth is still a tiger!

"That's why Your Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I say that although earning money and food from the Ming Dynasty is beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, many of the benefits actually lie with the Ming Dynasty and you all!"

Cui Yuan smiled and said: "Just imagine, once His Majesty gives us a trade license, then we will definitely make money from the hero group."

"After all, we will make money from whoever has money. We are not interested in the people's wealth, and we cannot value it."

"Once the hero group realized that it was losing a lot of money and food and was unable to stop it, it would definitely have a sense of crisis again and no longer indulge in internal fighting."

"Instead, they try to make achievements, even go to the coast to fight against Japanese pirates, go to sea to do trade, and earn money from all over the world."

"By that time, not only will the Ming Dynasty's regime become stronger and stronger, but internal strife will also be greatly reduced!"

"And the price that Ming Dynasty needs to pay is just a little money and food from the heroic families!"

(End of this chapter)