Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 61 Rest and recuperate, or forge ahead?
"Fifth brother..." Zhu Biao paused for a moment, thought for a while, and then continued: "Fifth brother is very lazy every day, or sleeps until the sun is high, or reads some books on the market. Occasionally Weifu went to West Street for a while, but nothing else happened."

"Oh?" Old Zhu frowned, "You bastard, you're living a good life!"

"... foster father, foster mother." Mu Ying bowed her head and thought for a while, then said to Lao Zhu and Empress Ma: "Rong boy dare to say something, I don't think the fifth younger brother has saved any city for us. If we wait If you ask, you will give me everything. These days, he told me many ways to improve firearms, such as the 'paper-wrapped gunpowder method', the 'rear-loading method', the 'flint method', and even more ingenious '' Rifling method', 'pointed projectile', etc., are all good ways to greatly increase the power of firearms."

"The firecracker is an important military weapon. No matter which one of these methods is worth tens of thousands of gold, it is enough to determine the success or failure of a national war. If the fifth brother has something else in mind, how can he tell it all?"

"Yes. Although the fifth brother is also stubborn, he has always been very close to his elder brother, Erchen. Even the wife of Erchen, the fifth brother is also very caring." Zhu Biao also said.

"Just now, he even held Erchen privately and asked Erchen to get more milk from cow and goat, saying that it can strengthen the physique of pregnant women. If it wasn't for Erchen's close relatives, how could there be such careful thought?"

Both the son and adopted son spoke out in defense, and even his wife, Ma Shi, looked at his face from the sidelines.Lao Zhu looked a little ashamed, thought for a while, "The time is short, let's see it again."

"Biao'er, we have ordered the palace to manufacture the soap that Lao Wu made. When we turn around, this transaction will be incorporated into the imperial property according to Lao Wu's method."

"Let Lao Wu be responsible for this matter. Don't let him be too idle alone. If this person is idle, he will inevitably be useless."

"However, he is still young, you should take a look at him first, on the surface, he should be in charge of your business."

"...Yes." Zhu Biao nodded.Mu Ying couldn't bear it for Zhu Su, raised her head and said, "Won't the adoptive father call the fifth younger brother to have a chat alone?"

"...There are a lot of things going on in the court, and we have a lot of things to think about...later." Lao Zhu thought for a while and said.

Zhu Biao and Mu Ying were silent.The carriage has also arrived at the palace gate.Zhu Biao Muying got up and said goodbye, while Lao Zhu and Queen Ma drove straight to Kunning Palace.

"...Chong Ba, are you really still suspicious of Xiao Wu?" Earlier, her son and adopted son were still around, so it was difficult to question her husband, but now that her son and adopted son were gone, Empress Ma said.

"Before Xiaowu left the palace, he specifically asked Xi'er and the others to take good care of me. In recent days, Xi'er and the others have come to my palace to calm down in the morning and evening, no matter the wind or the sun. Because of my brother's warning."

"That child is sincere to us. If he knows our doubts, won't that child's heart be chilled?"

"...We don't want to do this either." Old Zhu sighed.

Lao Zhu opened the window and took in the watery night outside the window into the house.He was still very tangled in his heart. "The methods that Lao Wu told me are really effective. Not to mention the methods of improving firearms that Yinger mentioned, but the cabinet is now on the right track, and it only takes a few more years for the prime minister to be replaced. It was replaced. From now on, I, Da Ming, will not have to worry about being a prime minister."

"He told us that the household registration system has disadvantages, and that military households will become a serious problem in the future. We also sent people from the Gongwei Division to look at it among the people. It has only been a few years since the founding of Ming Dynasty, and now there are craftsmen with craftsmanship who don't know how to craft, Military households in remote military households are oppressed by thousands of households, and some civilians have been acquired by large households, and there is still no way to attract relatives."

"We originally thought that our system is flawless. As long as we follow this system, it will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty forever. I didn't expect that there are already some problems in just a few years. If it is passed down like this, It must be completely rotten like what Lao Wu said!"

"Then... doesn't it mean that what Su'er said is true?" Empress Ma said. "It's more about explaining your doubts to him!"

"What he said is not false." Old Zhu rubbed the space between his frowning brows.These days, in order to fill these holes in the system, he has spent a lot of energy, and he feels quite powerless. "But he doesn't know why, he always implies that we are militaristic, and lures us to covet the mountains and rivers outside the Central Plains..."

"Let the Hanlin Academy rummaged through the ancient books, but they couldn't find the 'golden mountain', the 'god seed' and the like mentioned by Lao Wu. Those Hanlin thought I was asking for a fairy mountain, and they all told me that the Central Plains is omnipresent. Yes, there are wild lands outside, this is the consensus of ancient and modern sages..."

"Let's think about it, so many generations of Han ancestors say things that are more credible than Lao Wu's random words?"

"Those civil servants were also quite frightened. We set up a Maritime Department that has not yet been seen. If you are warlike, you will die, and at this time, you should rest with the people first... He also quoted scriptures, saying, from ancient times to the present, which dynasty, after unifying the Central Plains, the first thing is not to recuperate, but to make enemies on all sides without stopping?"

"The Sui Dynasty did this, but a small Goguryeo completely ruined the Great Sui Dynasty! We showed a little bit to Mr. Li yesterday, and Mr. Li immediately turned pale, asking us to rest with the people and use the country The community is the most important..."

"What you mean is that Su'er took advantage of the outside world to lure you into being a hero of the expansion, did he have ulterior motives?" Queen Ma frowned. "Isn't that right? Even if there were demons, with Emperor Yang Yin Jian in front, you Emperor Zhu wouldn't be able to fall for this evil, would you?"

"However, that guy, the fifth, really convinced me." Old Zhu smiled helplessly. "Sister, these days we have been mending, mending these holes in the Ming court. I didn't find it at first, but the more I look at it now, the more I feel that our Ming is a big grass basket, and there are holes everywhere!"

"Fill the upper side and the lower side, and the left side and the right side. The more I mend it, the more I think about it. Even if our generation makes Daming like an iron bucket, what if there are filial sons and grandsons like Jiajing Tianqi and Qian Qianyi?" How reliable a system can't stand up to killing talented officials!"

"Su Er's words are right. There is no permanent system! The more we think about it these days, the more we feel that the imperial system has limits!"

"Since this is the case, it's better to save more family property..." Lao Zhu looked at the "Picture of Kun Yu Wan Guo" hand-painted by Zhu Su on the screen under the moonlight, and drew a big circle on the picture with one hand. , including Europe, Asia, Australia, the United States and other continents. "As long as the family business is big enough, even if there are prodigal descendants, it can support them for a few more years!"

"Then you want to..." Empress Ma looked at his back, somewhat puzzled by what Lao Zhu was thinking.

"We can't make up our mind..." Lao Zhu smiled wryly. "We used to be cattle herders in Fengyang, but now we are the emperor. Back then, we were willing to let go, but the higher the status we are now, the more we feel like we are walking on thin ice."

"If we set a national policy of expanding everywhere, in case the old fifth is really a monster who will harm the country, and the soldiers will be exhausted, but there will be no gains, won't the Central Plains fall into war again? Our old Zhu's family will become the home of all Han people. sinner!"

"We became the patriarch of the Huaxia clan, and we have to make peace for the Han people all over the world! Besides, how can such a big event be decided by a mere little boy?"

(End of this chapter)