Chapter 2258 Father, brother is too comfortable
Looking at Zhu Cixi's leaving figure, Zhu Youjian snorted coldly.
Zhu Cijiong, who was standing next to him, saw this scene and frowned. This old man wouldn't want to depose the nephew, right? But who can be the prince if the boss is deposed? The second brother is already sweating profusely, I am also the emperor, and the fourth brother is
King Annan, the fifth child is Khwarazmo Khan, the sixth child is the governor of Siam and the Prince Consort of Siam, the seventh child is the king of Bukhara, the eighth child is the Tajik Khan, the ninth child is the king of Malacca, and the tenth child is
Karatou Khan... Do you want to give the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and other younger brothers the crown prince? This is not possible, the second child and I will not be convinced!
In addition, there is also King Yan! He is the great grandson. If the great nephew is deposed, he will be the son of a sinner and his status will not be guaranteed... Will the Ming Dynasty be in chaos by then?
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong came close to Zhu Youjian and said with a smile: "Father, please calm down, I am actually very filial."
"Filial piety?" Zhu Youjian snorted, "He can't wait to be the emperor!"
"Father, how can I not wait for you? I really don't want to be the emperor." Zhu Cijiong said with a smile, "You are now in the prime of life and can live to be at least 80 years old. How can he dare to think..."
"Huh? Only 80 years old?" Zhu Youjian turned his head and glared at Zhu Cijiong - you cursed me to die early? I lived to be 90 years old in my last life! I will be in better health in this life, at least I will live to be 100 years old, 80 years old
I'll die if I don't agree!
Zhu Cijiong flattered the horse and was glared at by Chongzhen. He immediately changed his words and said: "My son is wrong. My father's body and bones are so good that he will live to be at least 100 years old!"
That’s pretty much it!
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "I am only 55 years old this year, and I will be the emperor for 45 years... Let him be an 80-year-old nephew!"
After hearing this, Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief. The old man's meaning was very clear. The great nephew cannot be abolished! It seems that the old man is not old enough to be foolish yet, and he knows that the Ming Dynasty cannot live without a great nephew.
If the Ming Dynasty did not have this great nephew who could make money, the financial hole would not be filled at all. And once the Ming Dynasty's finances exploded, then the banking industry of the Ming Dynasty would also be destroyed. At that time, there will be a group of people around who rely on financial subsidies from the Ming Dynasty and rely on the financial support from the Ming Dynasty.
The country of the son and the country of the grandson, whose banks borrowed money for turnover, will also have to go bankrupt...
At this time, Zhu Youjian turned around and walked to the newly built Guanshui Pavilion on Nantai Island. Zhu Cijiong also walked in quickly. As he walked, he said to Chongzhen: "Father, if the boss can be
He has been a prince for more than eighty years, so he will be blessed."
Zhu Youjian didn't say anything, and just entered the Guanshui Pavilion by himself. It was said to be the Guanshui Pavilion, but it was actually an indoor stage built on the water's edge. It was the place where Zhu Youjian guided the artistic work of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cijiong came from Japan this time
When I came back, I also brought a Qingqi dance troupe composed entirely of beautiful girls, and I wanted Zhu Youjian to guide me...
Zhu Cijiong also followed him into the Guanshui Pavilion. While greeting the dancers and musicians who had already been prepared to start the performance, he sat down next to Zhu Youjian.
"Father, in fact, the eldest son enjoys being the crown prince more happily than any other prince in history. He has more real power than most emperors, and he has more money than any emperor in history... so he is early
I don’t want to miss Beijing anymore.”
Zhu Cijiong began to persuade Chongzhen to retreat. He glanced at the expressionless loving father of the Ming Dynasty, and then said: "And there is nothing that my father can do to him! Although my Ming Dynasty except the Xian Temple was abolished once (later his father
After the restoration, he became the prince again), there was no second deposed prince, but in the case of the eldest brother, there is probably no second prince. As for the previous dynasties where fathers and sons killed each other, and brothers killed each other, it was even more
Needless to say. So my eldest brother is not only happy to be the crown prince, but also not afraid. Even if he makes his father unhappy, he will just go back to Shanghai and squint. Can you still depose him? How many years a year can you depose him?
Who will fill the financial hole worth tens of millions?
This is not your family’s business. Those of us who are emperors, khans, princes, kings, and supervisors in foreign countries all have to drink the northwest wind! There are also those royal villages outside the Jiubian Fortress.
, how much of Xunzhuang can be maintained without the rewards from the imperial court?"
"Huh," Zhu Youjian snorted again, "I spent so much money just to seize some cultivable land for the country's growing population!"
The current Emperor Chongzhen, on the one hand, has a powerful strength that no emperor in the past has ever had - the people he rules exceed 220 million! This is more than the entire Europe plus the New World plus the Ottoman Empire and the Rakshasa Kingdom's territories outside Europe.
The total population is large!
On the other hand, the problem of feeding 220 million people was a huge pressure in the 17th century!
Although the climate in these years has been warmer and wetter than the first 17 years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Little Ice Age has not passed!
Therefore, the vast northern land of the Ming Dynasty still faced a drought and cold climate, and the land output was insufficient. However, the number of people eating began to increase at a rapid rate due to the arrival of the "Chongzhen Reign".
Under this situation, Emperor Chongzhen had to continue to implement the national policy of "exporting the poor" in order to alleviate the domestic food crisis.
The series of foreign invasions he launched were all centered on this goal. Even Zhu Cixuan's western expedition and Zhu Cijiong's eastward advance also served this goal.
The real purpose of Zhu Cixuan's Western Expedition was to take away the surplus population from the Mongolian grasslands - Zhu Cixuan founded the country with New Confucianism and not only spread New Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, but also spread New Confucianism to the grasslands and the Western Regions.
So the Mongolians are having more children now... If we don't send them to the Western Regions to eat and guard the Mobei grassland, they will be in big trouble sooner or later!
As for Zhu Cijiong's actions in Japan, it was to facilitate the surplus population in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty to make a living in the New World.
The reason why Zhu Youjian's national policy of radical expansion can be implemented is because the new army of the Ming Dynasty under his leadership is relatively capable of fighting (in fact, they have not met any particularly capable opponents, they are all bullying the weak), and it is because of Zhu Cihong
A financial system was built that could overdraw future wealth and use debt to support the Ming Dynasty's expansionary national policy.
And those vassal states or friendly countries of the same clan that Zhu Youjian expanded are not all "junk assets" with no hope of profit. Most of them are still good... In the distant future, they can still continue to own the country.
They can repay their debts with interest, but for now they still need Zhu Cihong's banking system to provide them with blood transfusions.
Therefore, the current Ming Dynasty, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and the friends of the same clan cannot live without Zhu Cixiang for a day!
Zhu Cijiong said with an envious look: "Speaking of it, the prince, eldest brother, is no different from the real emperor...even more comfortable!
He now has as much power as the emperor, gets more money than the emperor, has less responsibilities than the emperor, and doesn't have as many things to worry about.
If he wants to live like this until he is over eighty years old, which is enough for a lifetime, why should he be an emperor? If he really wants to become one, he will just leave his name in the history of the world, and he will be officially an emperor."
Zhu Cijiong’s mouth is really powerful!
After what he said, Zhu Youjian also felt that Zhu Cixiang's life was too comfortable...
"Father," Zhu Cijiong said, "you also know that there are many thrones in our family now. You have one, I have one, the second child has one, and the eldest is actually an emperor... and he is just in charge.
Enjoy the blessings and the emperor who does not have to worry about hundreds of millions of people in the world is much more comfortable than you!"
"Why doesn't he have to worry about the common people in the world? He is still in charge of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong!"
"Father, are you kidding me?" Zhu Cijiong burst into laughter, "Those four provinces are nothing but oil and water, and it is also convenient to go to Nanyang and the East, so people who are desperate have a place to go, and there are few people who want to rebel.
.My eldest brother is good at management. It is not difficult at all to make tens of millions for us a year...The rest is just to enjoy the blessings of an emperor!
Chapter completed!