I'm a street kid, but my wife, a policewoman, won't divorce her

Chapter 581: Associations of old people!
"Mingzhe, now that the Ming Dynasty has unified the world, what are your plans next?"

Seeing that his daughter had become Su Mingzhe's concubine, although Guo Jing was kind-hearted, he was not so pedantic as to break up the couple.

So, he could only sigh and change the subject.

Facing Guo Jing's question, Su Mingzhe pondered for a moment before answering:

"Master, I want to learn from Gou Jian, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Ten years of accumulation, ten years of training... As for twenty years later, I may choose to abdicate to the next emperor..."

"This is Yu Min's rest and recuperation, very good!"

It is said that the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she is. Huang Rong already valued and trusted Su Mingzhe, her eldest disciple. After listening to Su Mingzhe's arrangements, she nodded in satisfaction.

Guo Jing also nodded with satisfaction:
"Since the An-Shi Rebellion in the Former Tang Dynasty, five hundred years have passed. The Central Plains has been in constant war and the people are living in misery! Mingzhe, if you can really stop fighting for the next twenty years, it will be a great contribution to the country and the people!"

……

After learning that his eldest daughter had become Su Mingzhe's concubine, Guo Jing felt a little sad and helpless.

However, the matter was done and he could only wish his daughter the best.

Guo Jing and his wife lived with Guo Xiang and Guo Polu in the Duke of Chu's Mansion in Dadu for several months. When the hot summer came, they returned to Peach Blossom Island to escape the heat.

When the four members of the Guo family left, Guo Fu was reluctant to see them off.

In fact, she had a thousand words to say to her parents, but the man was standing next to her, so she didn't dare to speak at all.

Guo Fu waited until Guo Jing and his wife disappeared at the end of the official road before she followed the man back to the Forbidden City.

When they reached the Qianqing Palace, Guo Fu said goodbye to the man:
"Your Majesty, I will return to the harem first!"

"Don't leave yet!"

During the few months that Guo Jing and his wife stayed in the capital, Su Mingzhe suppressed the itch in his heart and did not bully Guo Fu.

Now that Guo Jing and his wife are gone, how could Su Mingzhe let her escape from his sight so easily?

Pulling Guo Fu into the bedroom of the Qianqing Palace, Su Mingzhe took out a small notebook and opened the first page, which read:

"On January 17, Concubine Li met her parents for the first time and put eye drops on the emperor. She must be punished three times!"

……

The world is so peaceful!

As the new Khan of the grassland paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The countries in the Western Regions paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Guiqian, who fled to Southeast Asia, gave up his imperial title and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The world is so peaceful!

At least since the Hongwu era, there has been no war for ten years.

……

This day.

In the Qingque Palace.

Guo Fu gave birth to the third child, who was also Su Mingzhe's 100th prince.

"Sister, this little guy is so ugly!"

Guo Xiang was already a grown-up girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old. When she saw the son born to her sister, whose skin was wrinkled and a little purple, she suddenly felt a little disgusted and didn't even want to hold him.

"What do you know? This is just a newborn baby. It will be fine in a few days."

Guo Fu took her first son in hand, and despite the fact that he was blowing bubbles from his mouth, she happily held him in her arms and kissed him again and again.

After ten years in the palace, she only gave birth to two princesses and was often ridiculed by those concubines who gave birth to princes.

Now, she also has a son!
Let’s see who dares to say that she can’t give birth to a son!
……

When you have more children, you should work hard to earn a living.

At the grand court meeting.

Su Mingzhe spoke on behalf of Liu Bingzhong and directly submitted a memorial, stating that the 'Ten Years of Population Growth' plan had ended, and that the next step would be to start the 'Ten Years of Lessons'.

Among the court officials, the vast majority of military officers were excited and supportive when they heard about the "Ten Years of Lessons".

After ten years of inaction, my bones have become rusty. After ten years of lessons, I think it’s time to conquer the south and the north and expand the territory!

The civil officials strongly opposed it.

Wang E, the Prince's tutor, said bluntly:
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has only been established for ten years. Ten years ago, the people were in poverty and all industries were in decline. Now, ten years have passed, and the people have just had a little surplus food at home, and can buy new clothes for the New Year. If we start a war again, I am afraid we will repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty!"

What Wang E said was just the superficial reason.

The real reason is that, in the eyes of the civil officials, during the "Ten Years of Lessons", the power of the military generals will definitely increase greatly, which is very unfavorable for the civil officials to suppress the military generals.

This was a huge blow to the "using culture to control the military" strategy that had been in place since the Song Dynasty.

Both sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly.

In the end, the only thing left for the emperor, Su Mingzhe, to make the final decision.

Su Mingzhe looked at the ministers with a kind look:

"What the Grand Master said is indeed reasonable. The people of the Central Plains have just started to live and work in peace and contentment. If we rashly launch a war, we will definitely have to increase taxes, which is really inappropriate! After all, the Ming Dynasty was founded because the previous dynasty had too many heavy taxes and the people suffered unbearably, so we replaced it!"

"Zixia was the governor of Jufu and asked about government. Confucius said, 'Don't be hasty and don't be too quick to make a profit. If you are too hasty, you won't achieve your goal. If you are too quick to make a profit, you won't achieve great things.' I agree with you!"

"Governing a country requires long-term policies. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been established for ten years, the policy of population growth has achieved remarkable results. We should continue to maintain it and not stop it!"

When the civil officials heard what Su Mingzhe said, they immediately smiled happily.

When Su Mingzhe got to this point, his tone suddenly changed:
"However, as the saying goes, those who forget war will be in danger, and those who love war will perish!"

"Ten years of population growth and ten years of training were the national policies set when the Ming Dynasty was founded. They cannot be changed..."

When Liu Bingzhong heard Su Mingzhe's final decision and agreed to his memorial, his eyelids drooped slightly, and there was no trace of joy of victory on his face.

'Ten years of accumulation and ten years of learning' was originally proposed by Su Mingzhe.

Therefore, it was only natural for Su Mingzhe to agree to this memorial.

Seeing that Liu Bingzhong's memorial was confirmed, the civil officials were not reconciled and immediately put forward many restrictive conditions.

For civil officials, restricting the development of military generals is their duty.

Su Mingzhe was happy to see this happen.

After all, the way of an emperor is to balance the court and not allow one side to dominate.

The grand court meeting ended.

Su Mingzhe returned to the imperial study and began to handle government affairs.

Had lunch.

Su Mingzhe was bored and when he heard the news that Guo Fu had given birth to a child, he immediately went to Qingque Palace to visit her.

As soon as he entered the door, he was suddenly thrown into the arms of a young girl:
"I caught...brother-in-law?"

The moment Guo Xiang hugged Su Mingzhe, she felt something was wrong and quickly took off her blindfold. She saw herself lying in the arms of her brother-in-law Su Mingzhe in an indecent posture. She stepped back in shame.

Su Mingzhe pinched his fingers with some regret.

When Guo Xiang pounced on him just now, he instinctively stretched out his hand to block her, and just happened to pinch a jumping big white rabbit.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"

Qingying and Qingtong, who were playing hide-and-seek not far away, saw Su Mingzhe appear and hurried over to kowtow in a proper manner.

“Excuse me, excuse me…”

Su Mingzhe suppressed his inner turmoil, picked up the four-year-old forty-sixth princess Su Qingtong, and rubbed the seven-year-old twenty-fifth princess Su Qingying's bun. Then he smiled at his sister-in-law Guo Xiang and said:
"Xiang'er is taking Qingying and Qingtong out to play. Is that tiring?"

"It's not hard..."

Guo Xiang's big white rabbits were pinched by Su Mingzhe, and she naturally felt it too. She was feeling shy and annoyed at the moment, and when she heard the question, she just responded casually.

"Just keep playing!"

Su Mingzhe put his daughter down, looked at Guo Xiang again, and then walked towards Guo Fu's bedroom.

By the way, Guo Xiang's rabbits are comparable to Guo Fu's. I don't know what they were fed to grow so big.

(End of this chapter)