Prince of Chaos

Chapter 676 National War
Zhu Changluo held Zhu Youxiao's little hand and stood in the cold wind, looking at these Thai and Westerners who lined up to watch the moon one after another.

After seeing the moon, almost all of these people had tears in their eyes, and they bowed deeply to Zhu Changluo, thanking Zhu Changluo for telling him the truth in the sky.

Xiao Zhuyou asked puzzledly, "Daddy, why are these people crying?"

Zhu Changluo touched little Zhu Youxiao's head, and said, "Because they saw the ideal."

Little Zhu Youxiao was puzzled, he looked at Zhu Changluo suspiciously.

Zhu Changluo smiled slightly, and then said to Zhu Youxiao: "Ideals are the driving force for one's progress. Do you know what Daddy's ideals are?"

Xiao Zhu said with a smile from the school: "Daddy's ideal is to give the school more delicious and fun things."

When Zhu Changluo heard Zhu Youxiao's answer, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "The school is right, daddy's ideal is for the school."

Xiao Zhu Youxiao bared his teeth and smiled, very happy.

Even if he continues to wait in the cold wind, he still enjoys it.

After a long time, these Taixi people, Xu Guangqi, Chen Jinglun and other teachers and students of Xishan Third Hospital all resigned one by one.

Xiao Zhu Youxiao finally let himself go and ran towards the astronomical telescope. Sun Xian immediately moved a small stool for Xiao Zhu Youxiao to stand on and look at the world in the astronomical telescope.

The difference is that after Zhu Youxiao saw the scenery in the deep space, he was not as excited as Galileo and others.

Xiao Zhu Youxiao is more curious and delighted, as if these are common sights to Xiao Zhu Youxiao, and he cares more about the different visual experience brought by this kind of telescope.

It can be seen that under Zhu Changluo's new education, Zhu Youxiao's knowledge and character are completely different from the children of this era. He is more like a child who has received modern education.

It's just that he doesn't have the opportunity to get in touch with the world from an early age through the Internet like the children of the future.

However, as long as Zhu Changluo is around, these are not problems.

Zhu Changluo is like a time machine, which can bring Zhu Youxiao a different worldview, values, and outlook on life.

As for whether Zhu Youxiao can become a generation of enlightened masters in the future, this is not something that Zhu Changluo can control.

What Zhu Changluo can do for Zhu Youxiao, or for Daming, is to make a good start so that the successors can continue along this road and continue to search for the future world that Zhu Changluo once saw.

If this result can be achieved, all the efforts made by Zhu Changluo will be worthwhile.

When Xiao Zhu was tired from playing with the school and felt bored, Zhu Changluo carried him back to the top of the dragon.

It wasn't long after he boarded the dragon, Xiao Zhu Youxiao fell asleep.

After returning to the hot spring palace, the Crown Princess Shangguan finally waited for Zhu Chang, Luo Zhu Youxiao, father and son to return.

Seeing Zhu Changluo holding little Zhu Youxiao in his arms, Shangguan hurried up to catch him.

Zhu Changluo turned around, and instead of giving Zhu Youxiao to Shangguan, he said with a little reproach: "My concubine, you are a twin now, this little guy is very noisy, why are you hugging him?"

Listening to Zhu Changluo's harsh words, Shangguan's heart was suddenly as sweet as honey, she looked at Zhu Changluo tenderly and said, "It doesn't matter, haven't you shown yourself yet?"

Zhu Changluo said: "If you don't show it, then you have to be more careful. Take good care of it, take good care of your body, and it will be perfect to add another little princess to Gu."

Listening to Zhu Changluo's words, Shangguan's heart almost melted.

Throughout the ages, no matter whether it is the royal family or the common people in Guizhou, all of them have a patriarchal idea, and they all believe that male babies are better than female babies.

Of course, there is a feudal concept of passing on the family line, but for the people living in Guizhou at the bottom, having more boys is equivalent to having one more labor force.

In ancient social life, whether a family can prosper depends on which family has more labor.

And this labor is often dominated by men, so in an increasingly labor-intensive agricultural society, the value of men is even higher.

After all, farming is not a highly skilled job, it is mainly done by physical labor and accumulated experience, so, for men with strength advantages, they will naturally be loved by all walks of life.

And girls in such a social structure, the value that can be highlighted, in addition to childbearing, is the value of marriage.

It can be said that this is the misfortune of the times, but also the inevitability of the times.

After all, the development of society is driven by labor force.

People who have no labor value, delusional talk about equality, is simply a joke.

However, after all, Zhu Changluo's soul is not a native of Daming, but a modern person who traveled through time.

Therefore, in some concepts, nature is superior to people at this time.

And this is also reflected in his views on girls.

Because of the misfortune of his aunt Princess Yong'an, Zhu Changluo killed the entire palace servants in the princess mansion, and also killed the eunuch and maid in charge of the princess mansion.

Later, he actively promoted the reform of the Princess Mansion, and gave his sister, Princess Rongchang, great freedom, allowing her to live a happy married life with his son-in-law Yang Chunyuan.

His own younger sister, Princess Yunmeng, Zhu Xuanyuan, was even more favored by him to the sky. Now she has passed the age of 15 to choose a son-in-law, and she is still going her own way as a savage princess in the Forbidden City.

All of this is inseparable from Zhu Changluo's enlightenment and unconditional indulgence, otherwise, even if Zhu Xuanyuan did not die in the 15th year of Wanli, her life would still be repeating the tragic life of a princess in the past.

Now, everything has changed.

Zhu Changluo, who is the crown prince of Jianguo, the son of Yitong, and also the patriarch of the clan's mansion, not only wants to change the miserable lives of the princesses of Ming Dynasty, but also wants them to live a normal life.

Only in this way can he live up to Zhu Changluo's ambition.

His ambition is not just the re-emergence of Daming, but also his ambition to lead by example and bring different changes and different lives to those around him.

Otherwise, no matter how ambitious he is, he is still a person without warmth.

And what Zhu Changluo wants to be the most is a person with warmth and ideals.

After all, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless.

Although, now he also enjoys the evil monogamy and multiple concubines of the old era, but this does not hinder his double standard.

After carrying Zhu Youxiao into the hot spring palace, Zhu Changluo sent him to his small palace and gave him to the nurse to take care of him.

On the other hand, he pulled Shangguan to talk again, after comforting Shangguan.

Zhu Changluo and Shangguan went to bed, and they slept very well this time!

After all, Zhu Changluo is not strong. He has to deal with so many women by himself, and the most important thing is to pay attention to temperance and protect his body.

After all, his body is also a body of ten thousand gold, so how can he not take good care of his body?

However, this kind of plain sleep is still relatively rare for Zhu Changluo.

After all, the current age is still young, and he insists on exercising every day. Although the daily affairs of the court are quite heavy, this will not hinder his energy output at night.

Therefore, it can also be seen from these aspects that Zhu Changluo seems to have indeed inherited Zhu Changluo's lustful genes.

Now, Zhu Changluo can only pray that he won't be like the original Zhu Changluo, who just became enthroned and hasn't warmed up the throne yet, so he is unexplainably happy to death.

If this is the case, Zhu Changluo might as well just become a monk and become a monk.

The next morning.

Zhu Changluo did not return to the Forbidden City immediately, because today Zhu Changluo will meet Chen Zhenlong again to commend his great achievements.

Chen Zhenlong waited outside the hot spring palace early in the morning. After Zhu Changluo finished his breakfast, Sun Xian brought him in.

"I see Your Highness."

After Chen Zhenlong entered the palace, he bowed obediently.

Zhu Changluo stretched out his hand and said, "Be flat, give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Chen Zhenlong thanked Xie En, and Sun Siam gave Chen Zhenlong a brocade pier covered with a cotton pad.

Chen Zhenlong sat slightly on the brocade pier, and Zhu Changluo said: "Chen Qing's great achievement this time, in Gu's opinion, is comparable to the great achievement of opening up territories! But Gu can't reward Yu Qing heavily, and I feel deeply wronged in Gu's heart." Miss you."

Hearing Zhu Changluo's words, Chen Zhenlong immediately replied: "I thank Your Highness for your grace! I started at the end of my life. If Your Highness appoints a minister, I will be nothing more than a small ship merchant wandering in Nanyang. The same day, the boat dumped into the sea and cooked a meal in the belly of the fish. It is all the gift of His Highness's grace that I can have such glory today. Therefore, I dare not ask for anything else."

Zhu Changluo said: "Qing is an honest man."

After sighing this sentence, Zhu Changluo said to Sun Xian again: "Declaration."

After Sun Xian received Zhu Changluo's order, he immediately opened a jade order that had been prepared long ago.

Sun Xian sang: "Ocean Marquis Chen Zhenlong accepts the order."

Chen Zhenlong immediately got up and knelt down to accept the order.

"My minister, Chen Zhenlong, greets the jade decree."

Sun Xian said: "Following the Heavenly Way and the Holy Son of Heaven, Chen Zhenlong, the Marquis of the Ocean, has traveled tens of thousands of miles across the ocean, traveling tens of thousands of miles. He has traveled around dozens of countries in Thailand and the West. It is very comforting for him to take the Holy Grace to shine beyond the four seas." You have lived up to your holy order, containing 500 million volumes of Western classics and literary works, enriching the cultural context of Ming Dynasty, and its achievements are as great as those of Tang Monk! Therefore, I bestow you with a vermilion python robe, a golden belt, and a thousand stones , to show meritorious service. Qin Zai!"

After Chen Zhenlong heard Zhu Changluo's gift, he bowed excitedly: "Chen Zhenlong kowtows to thank you. The holy prince will live forever!"

Zhu Changluo smiled and said: "Get up, you have won this. After the sweet potatoes are cultivated and adapted to the soil and water of my Ming Dynasty, at that time, the three characters of Chen Zhenlong will not only be prominent in the government and the public, but also understand the past and the present, and become There are countless living Bodhisattvas."

Chen Zhenlong bowed respectfully: "This is all the merit of His Highness, the minister is not just in the honor of His Highness."

Zhu Changluo said: "It's your merit, it's your merit. Gu won't rob you. If all of Gu's subordinates can be as lonely as you are, if meritorious deeds, Gu's holy name is unworthy of others, it will be able to be resounding." All over the world."

Chen Zhenlong was amazed, the crown prince's capacity to accommodate people is comparable to the Milky Way in the universe, and his brilliance is like the sun in the sky, shining forever on every corner of the world.It is beyond the imagination of people of his rank.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Zhenlong reported another matter.

"Your Highness, I found something in Taixi. I feel that this matter is of great importance, so I want to report it to Your Highness."

Zhu Changluo looked at Chen Zhenlong who was suddenly so serious, Zhu Changluo asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Chen Zhenlong carefully took out a handful of black beans from his sleeve pocket.

After Zhu Changluo saw this, he was surprised and said, "Coffee?"

Chen Zhenlong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the Crown Prince to know what he held in his hand.

"Your Highness knows about this thing?"

Chen Zhenlong asked in doubt.

Zhu Changluo said: "One thing I know, this product should be used to refresh oneself, but the taste is extremely bitter. If you can add milk and brown sugar, the taste will be much better."

Chen Zhenlong was even more shocked. He really didn't expect that Zhu Changluo even knew how to drink this thing.

Moreover, he also said a way that even he didn't know how to drink it.

This made Chen Zhenlong not know how to answer the conversation.

Seeing Chen Zhenlong's appearance, Zhu Changluo smiled and said, "Chen Qing continued."

Chen Zhenlong took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued: "I heard in Taixi that this thing was passed from Arabia to Taixi. This thing has the same effect as tea. If this thing takes root in Taixi, and with the development of Taixi Merchant ships spread across the world, and my Ming tea may encounter a strong enemy, and I will lose the power to control the northwest grasslands.”

Chen Zhenlong's words are light, but every word is important. Zhu Changluo never thought that Chen Zhenlong would have such insight.This had to make Zhu Changluo look at him with admiration.

However, thinking about Chen Zhenlong's background as a maritime merchant, he analyzed the matter from the perspective of a merchant, which can be considered as a consideration in the process of cleaning up.

Zhu Changluo immediately paid attention.

Daming's tea is the nuclear weapon that Ming uses to control the northwest and northern grasslands.

Because the diet structure of grassland people is different from that of the Central Plains, they almost all eat livestock and meat, so eating too much food will cause spleen and stomach discomfort, and the only way to solve this problem is to drink tea.

Drinking tea can not only relieve the spleen and stomach problems of grassland people who have been eating meat for a long time, but also bring them different enjoyment of life.

Therefore, at the beginning of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains Dynasty was using tea to control the nomadic peoples on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the north.

In the Song Dynasty, don’t look at the fact that the Song Dynasty was overwhelmed by the Liao, Jin, Xixia and other ethnic minority regimes, and they gave New Year’s coins every year to keep them safe. However, in the tea-horse trade, the people of the Song Dynasty would not be soft-hearted, and they should earn money. The silver still has to be earned.

After all, losing the battle means changing the dynasty, changing the emperor, and it doesn't conflict with making money.Therefore, the tea merchants in the Song Dynasty still went their own way, either through official channels to engage in the tea horse trade, or they did it on their own and smuggled it.

In this unbalanced system, more than 100 catties of tea can be exchanged for a good-looking war horse. For tea merchants, such a business is as simple as picking up money.

Therefore, no matter how the dynasties change, tea merchants still stand firmly on the stage of history and never leave.

After the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang violently cracked down on tea horse smuggling. For this reason, Zhu Changluo killed his son-in-law Ouyang Lun.

The purpose is to let the world see his determination to fight corruption!
Zhu Yuanzhang, who controlled the Central Plains Dynasty, set a more stringent price for tea and horse trade than the previous dynasty. Originally, more than 100 catties could be exchanged for a horse, but at Zhu Yuanzhang's place, seventy or eighty catties could be exchanged for grassland people's horses.

Faced with such harsh conditions, the prairie people couldn't beat them again and again, and in the end they could only bow their heads and admit it.

Therefore, in such a lucrative tea-horse trade, smuggling is also rampant except for the government-run tea-horse department.

Its rampant level is comparable to the smuggled salt of salt merchants!
Therefore, in such a system, whether it is Ming itself or a series of officials attached to the tea-horse trade, tea merchants, etc. all attach great importance to the role of tea.

It is no exaggeration to say that tea is an ancient economic nuclear weapon!
Now, something that can compete with tea has suddenly appeared. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is almost going to shake the foundation of the country.

Therefore, facing what Chen Zhenlong said, Zhu Changluo had to pay attention to it.

Zhu Changluo said: "Can you cook this thing?"

Chen Zhenlong said: "I have been in Taixi for a year. Apart from completing the tasks assigned to me by Your Highness, this is what I pay most attention to. I have already learned how to cook this food in Taixi."

Zhu Changluo said: "Okay. I will go back to the palace with Gu later and cook a pot for Gu."

Chen Zhenlong bowed and said: "I obey the order."

After chatting here with Chen Zhenlong, Zhu Changluo said to Sun Xian: "Get ready to drive, I have to go back to the palace."

After explaining to Sun Xian, Zhu Changluo left here and went to Emperor Wanli.

Arriving in the greenhouse of Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo bowed softly: "Father, my son has something important to tell Father."

Emperor Wanli was relieved of the sparkling water in his hand, and looked at Zhu Changluo curiously. This didn't seem to be Zhu Changluo's style.

Emperor Wanli said, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Zhu Changluo said: "My son may be about to fight a national war."

After Emperor Wanli heard this, his eyes widened immediately, "Fighting a national war? Who? Are you still fighting Japanese pirates?"

Zhu Changluo said: "No, I want to reopen the Western Regions!"

When Emperor Wanli heard about the Western Regions, he was even more stupefied. If it was to fight Japanese pirates, the Japanese pirates still have silver mines, and they would not suffer losses after fighting.

But fighting in the Western Regions is different.

The Western Regions are no longer the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Now the Western Regions are under the control of Hui Hui, which has completely lost the efficacy of the Silk Road. Moreover, the Western Regions are almost useless except for some flashy jade and some luxury spices for the Central Plains.

Fighting the Western Regions is completely a loss-making business, and the basis is that it is not profitable.

If it was beneficial, wouldn't Daming take it into his pocket at the founding of the country like Han and Tang?
It can be seen that the attractiveness of the Western Regions to the Central Plains Dynasty has declined sharply. If there is no enmity between life and death, who would care about such a poor place?

Emperor Wanli was immediately agitated, "Chang Luo, Prince, the Western Regions are not a good place, and there is no benefit in fighting a national war there. Moreover, the current Daming cannot stand such a toss. Don't mess around. "

Zhu Changluo took a deep breath and said, "Father, I don't know. However, the Huihui who control the Western Regions have a huge empire behind them, and a thing that can replace tea has appeared in this empire. If it is, let it go , our Daming’s tea will suffer a devastating blow. At that time, not only the Western Regions, but also the Mobei Grassland will get rid of Ming’s control.”

"If things go on like this, Ming's defense in the northwest and north will become more arduous and passive. At that time, the Huihui Empire, which controls the Western Regions, will also be ready to move and invade Daming from the east. Therefore, I must make plans early to eliminate the threat in the future. In the bud!"

Emperor Wanli took a deep breath. Is there any god in this world that can replace tea?
Thinking that the Ming Dynasty's tea could no longer occupy the absolute advantage to control the northwest and the northern grasslands, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but feel chills down his back.

This is really scary!

We must not let this happen. We must, as Zhu Changluo said, nip this thing in its infancy, or directly control it in our own hands, otherwise it will really cause endless troubles and prolong the disaster to future generations!
Emperor Wanli finished the sparkling water in his hand in one gulp, and asked, "What is it?"

Zhu Changluo said: "Coffee!"

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