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508 Second choice

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said in a slow tone: "First, just focus on the matter. Considering that you don't really want to take the opportunity to rebel, you can avoid your death penalty. The quasi-cabinet proposes to choose another person to take over the King of Tang. Considering that such a thing will not happen again in the future, the King of Tang will be elected as a person with aged and stable age."

When he heard this, Zhu Youjian's face turned pale, and the two uncles whose faces flashed through his head, as if they were laughing at him, and seemed to be proud, and they couldn't help but show reluctance and anger on their faces.

In the original history, Zhu Youjian was imprisoned in Fengyang, but his younger brother was the one who eventually succeeded the position of King Tang, and the two uncles who bullied him were beaten to death by him before committing the crime. However, this plane has been different due to the butterfly effect.

After Emperor Chongzhen said his first choice, he saw Zhu Youjian's face change, and he felt a little confident. He had asked the Jinyiwei to investigate the internal conflicts within the Tang Wang family. That's why he deliberately made an excuse to say that he should be a person of age and stability.

After waiting for a while, Emperor Chongzhen's face became more serious and his expression became more serious. He said slowly: "The second choice is that I will give you a bright road, and provide you with an unprecedented opportunity. The opportunity to leave your name in history books in the future..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, he saw Zhu Youjian suddenly kneeling down, and said loudly with a hurricane: "Your Majesty, the second choice for the criminal!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Zhu Youjian made a choice.

After thinking about it a little, he knew it clearly. For this young grandson of Tang, nothing else mattered. The most important thing was to not let his two uncles succeed. It can be seen that he would kill his two uncles in the original plane. It was indeed a bit crazy to do this in the era of filial piety in the feudal dynasty. Those who know a little bit clearly would attack them secretly.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhu Youjian who was lying on the ground for a while, but still said seriously: "Although I also hope you will choose the second choice, but before you make a choice, listen to me finish the second choice."

Zhu Youjian was a little surprised when he heard this. He raised his head and looked at Emperor Chongzhen with a little surprise, then fell down and said, "The sinner obeyed the order!"

"If I want to revive the Ming Dynasty, the problem of vassal kings must be solved. You should know that the vassal kings of my Ming Dynasty are hereditary. In this way, the longer the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the more vassal kings will be. There will be more and more fields without taxes. It can be imagined that one day in the future, there will be so many vassal kings that the whole world will be afraid that the land will not be enough to be enfeoffed. The number of royal family members will also increase over time. Many years ago, the court was unable to afford the salary of the royal family, so that the court had to use various methods to default and reduce the number of people registered in the Jade Butterfly."

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Such a thing is not a good result for the Ming Dynasty or the royal family surnamed Zhu. The problems caused by it are unbearable, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the royal family. Do you understand what I said?"

Zhu Youjian had been stunned for a long time. He had never considered these things in the past, and even complained about the court's mean royal family after hearing some things. Now, after hearing the emperor's explanation, he realized that this problem seemed very serious. At least he knew the amount of the Tang King's fiefdom. But he was a little confused. How should this matter be solved? There have been no good solutions in all dynasties, so he has been dragging it like this? Could it be that the emperor is so young, but he already has a solution?

After Emperor Chongzhen asked, he did not wait for Zhu Youjian to answer, and continued: "So I have thought that instead of letting the royal family stay in the country and eventually dragging the Ming Dynasty to perish together, it is better to uphold the aspirations of Taizu and divide the royal family abroad, to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, and expand a new place of survival for the royal family named Zhu..."

Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that the emperor would propose such a solution, which was really unexpected!

Before he could come back to his senses, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "For example, I plan to enfeoff you to Dongwu, where the products are abundant and the grain is ripe three times a year. But the barbarians do not know how to manage it, so they ruined a good place in vain."

Speaking of this, he looked up and signaled. When Cao Huachun saw it, he quickly took out the prepared Dongwu map from his sleeve and spread it forward to the table.

"Get up, I will tell you about the land of Dongwu."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian had forgotten the distinction between high and low, and as he spoke, he looked at the map curiously. Where is Donggo?

Emperor Chongzhen pointed to the Myanmar plot in later generations and said, "This is Dongwu, which is connected to the north of my Ming Dynasty Yunnan, and to the south is the Indian Ocean. There are many ports that can be used to develop navigators to control many places. In addition, to the west is India, where there are many plains and rich resources. However, the locals are dull and lazy, and they are also useless to waste their land..."

Zhu Youjian looked at the map, listening and thinking in his heart. Originally, after seeing Dongwu at first sight, he felt that there was no wild place? But with Emperor Chongzhen's explanation, his eyes slowly lit up, and there was such a good place?

After Emperor Chongzhen introduced him, he said to Zhu Youjian seriously: "My plan is to take back the existing fief of the King of Tang and change it to this place of Dongwu. Of course, it is impossible for Dongwu to be disobeyed by the king and directly enfeoffed it. It is necessary to send troops to conquer it. This matter, the court can assist you. How big the King of Tang is to enfeoff the territory depends on your own ability."

When Zhu Youjian heard this, he was a little surprised and didn't understand what the emperor said in the end meant?

Regarding this, Emperor Chongzhen also saw it from his eyes and continued to explain: "The court used troops in various places and did not have much spare energy to use troops to cave me. Therefore, you still have to do your best to cave me in the land."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen said seriously: "I promise that the vassal states abroad are just like the vassal states decided by Taizu. The vassal kings are in charge of military and political power, and all matters are decided by the vassal kings."

When Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up, he continued to explain: "The troops needed to establish a vassal state can be recruited by the vassal kings in nearby provinces; the money and grain required can be auctioned off the existing vestige fields. In addition, I will also send the court's military ministers and commanding generals to assist, and lead the local government to cooperate with them with all their strength."

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen paused, stared at Zhu Youjian's face and asked, "This is the second choice, how about?"

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