Daming 1805

Chapter 5 Imperial Front Key Administration.

Chapter 5 Imperial Front Key Administration.

Listening to Zhu Jingyuan's answer, Emperor Zhu Zhongliang of Ming Dynasty also fell into a brief confusion.

The old emperor has inherited the old Zhu family's tradition of caring for his offspring, but as an emperor who has worked for 30 years through assessment and competition, he himself is not pedantic.

So after a short silence, Zhu Zhongliang's order came down:

"Then Jingyuan, tell me what you think about the matter of peace. If you can't tell one, two or three, go to the grassroots to exercise tomorrow...

"Everyone, don't be stunned, let's all sit down, let's listen to what this kid can say, and then it's not too late to have a meeting."

After the emperor finished speaking, he sat down under the service of the servants. With some helplessness and doubts, the princes and ministers bowed again and took their seats after thanking them.

Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan looked at each other, their expressions and eyes were full of shock and helplessness.

Zhu Jingyuan really wanted to complain loudly, I just wanted to wait until all of you have finished discussing, and then stand up and grab your father's mission.

As a result, pull me out now and let me publicly comment on this matter?What's good about this?Which of the princes and ministers here does not understand better than me?

When Zhu Jingyuan was stunned, Zhu Jianyan, who was next to him, came back.

Zhu Jianyan nodded to his son with mixed feelings, and gave a slightly encouraging look with a fist clenched, indicating that Zhu Jingyuan should speak boldly, no one would do anything against him.

As the party concerned, Zhu Jingyuan felt a little bit of a fan of the authorities, and did not immediately realize that his use had been expanded again.

I just feel that I have no way out anyway, so I can only bite the bullet and open the government.

As a keyboard politician in the previous life, he has been educated by the royal family for another ten years in this life, and it is no problem to express his political thoughts and intentions normally.

Moreover, he does have his own ideas, about peace talks, about dealing with domestic and international situations.

Now, having the opportunity to speak publicly in public is also a good opportunity to exercise.

It was just the first time that he made a political speech on an official occasion. The audience was the most powerful group in the entire empire and the entire world. Zhu Jingyuan felt a little nervous.

But Zhu Jingyuan was not too flustered, he was even a little excited and a little excited.

If their opinions can be recognized by them, they should be able to obtain better conditions for the negotiation, and the future career will be smoother.

Zhu Jingyuan made up his mind and walked to the table in the middle of the conference room. While everyone was seated, he took a few deep breaths and tried his best to adjust his mentality.

After everyone was seated, Zhu Jingyuan, according to the rules, first bowed to the emperor above, and then bowed his hands to the surrounding ministers.

This action is to tell everyone that I will officially speak soon, please calm down and listen carefully:
"I think the empire can consider negotiating peace, and it should be said that it should have been negotiated long ago. My main reasons are as follows:

"First, the current development of military technology is good for defense but not for offense. When the industrial level of the two participating parties is not much different, it is very easy to enter a war of attrition.

"The current battle situation is indeed like this. Both the enemy and us have continued to invest a lot of manpower and resources, but they have not been able to achieve breakthrough progress.

"If this form of war continues, the imperial court, consortium, and commercial firms will not be able to benefit. Instead, it will cause social unrest, and may even endanger the safety of the community.

"Second, this war, which should have ended long ago, has detonated all kinds of contradictions accumulated within the empire, and the people's uprisings in various places are the actual manifestation.

"So we should and must end the war as soon as possible, and turn the power of the court and all aspects to appease the people's revolt and maintain social order.

"Otherwise, the reappearance of the Chongzhen Crisis Situation spread among the people is not just an alarmist, you should not want the Ming Empire to be overthrown again, right?
"Third, the empire has continued to expand in recent decades, conquering and seizing vast amounts of land, without integrating the conquered areas into the imperial system.

"This part of the land is very easy to gain and then lose again, and the frontier land lost after the establishment of the Anti-Ming Alliance is the evidence on the surface.

"We need a peaceful time, a planned education and transformation of this part of the land, so that these places can truly become part of the empire.

"To sum up, I think it is time to negotiate. The empire needs time to recuperate, to appease the people's rebellion, to educate the border people, and to restore its strength for the future."

Having said this, Zhu Jingyuan bowed his hands to the surrounding again and bowed to the emperor, indicating that the presentation of his words had come to an end, and then everyone could doubt and ask questions.

Some of the surrounding ministers whispered, some closed their eyes and pondered, but after several seconds, no one stood up to speak.

In fact, just as Zhu Jingyuan spoke, some princes and ministers suddenly realized something.

After looking at Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan's father and son a few times in a row, he slowly showed an expression of sudden realization.

This situation seems to be contagious. When Zhu Jingyuan stopped, it had spread to all the princes and ministers at the scene.

The ministers present actually understood that the Ming Empire really needed to rest and digest.

But none of the ministers dared to take the responsibility for the initiative and peace.

There is no uncontrolled military-industrial complex within the empire. All arms industries are controlled by the royal consortium, and the royal consortium cannot drive the empire to continuously pursue war.

Empires possess vast wealth, and to wage wars do not need to borrow money from the people, make unrealistic promises to any group, and do not worry about going bankrupt after a truce.

Theoretically, it can be stopped at any time.

However, in the cultural traditions of the empire, the first initiative was easy to be dismissed, especially after the emperor's rebirth of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is a big victory, if someone proposes a peace, the impact will be relatively small.

When the war was deadlocked or even unfavorable, no one dared to propose peace.

Now Zhu Jingyuan, a half-year-old child who is "children's words without taboo", put forward a proposal to negotiate reconciliation regardless, in fact, everyone is happy.

After the princes and ministers understood the logic, they looked at Zhu Jianyan with gratitude and admiration.

Zhu Jianyan brought a half-old child here. Before, everyone thought he was confused, but now it seems that he is really a fairy.

Now everyone dares to stand up and doubt, for fear that Xiao Zhu will not be able to stand it; nor can they agree, for fear of taking on the reputation of "supporting peace talks", so they all keep their mouths shut.

Zhu Jianyan was the most calm on the surface, but also the most emotional in his heart.

Inspired by his son, he planned to cooperate with his son, using his son's status as a dutiful son, and using filial piety to negate the notoriety of seeking peace.

But after seeing his grandson, his father, the old emperor quickly realized that this child Jing Yuan had other uses.

So he guided Zhu Jingyuan and took on the burden of "opening a proposal for peace", which solved the difficulty that the ministers did not dare to propose.

Since then, not only two generations of emperors have accepted his love, but also this wave of ministers have also accepted his love.

All the princes and ministers present here will understand this, and now Zhu Jingyuan's career is no longer a worry.

Now that everyone's intentions have been determined, they are waiting for the old emperor to humbly accept the remonstrance and accept Zhu Jingyuan's proposal for peace.

But the old emperor was also an old fox. Although he was relieved in his heart, he was calm on the surface and continued to say in a very casual tone:
"Then, my good grandson, if you want to preside over the peace talks, what should you do? What are your requirements?"

The old emperor's name for Zhu Jingyuan had unknowingly become "good grandson".

(End of this chapter)

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