My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 38 Difficult choice! (Seek to collect and invest in follow-up reading.)
When the two returned to the palace, Empress Xu helped the old man take off his boots, and asked someone to bring a basin of water to soak the old man's feet.

"call!"

Exhale slowly, feeling the coldness under your feet and the gentle kneading hands of your wife.

The old man continued the topic just now and said: "Overseas is a rich place, spices, ivory..., oh, yes, there are also high-yielding fresh species that that stinky boy said, these are all good things, and a few of them can bring infinite benefits to our common people."

"However, when our father was alive, he issued some sea ban policies."

"We all know the reason. At the beginning, it was to prevent the remnants of Bei Yuan and Chen Youliang from making trouble, but later on, our father became confused as he got older. Coupled with the instigation of those officials, this sea ban has changed."

"That's us... the old man's son, plus we still have some prestige. If we do some things, those people don't dare to make a fuss. They can only watch us make money and be popular and hot."

"But we are fine, the children below us are not."

Looking down at his wife who was silently listening to his complaints, the old man said helplessly: "Miao Yun, I can make a bet for you. After our generation dies, those people will definitely use the ancestral system to suppress the emperor to death in order to rob this benefit."

Empress Xu nodded silently. Naturally, she could see these things clearly, but because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, she didn't say anything, she just raised some points when educating the four children.

"In addition, we are going to move the capital to Beiping, and the next emperor may not be able to leave the deep palace for the rest of his life, and will not understand the situation outside."

"People who don't distinguish between five grains and have never seen the living conditions of ordinary people with their own eyes understand the important issues of people's livelihood and national interests!"

"Those people will be jealous in the future. It would be good if the sea trade organized by the imperial court can last three generations."

Empress Xu raised her head slightly, looked at the old man and said, "So in addition to protecting the south, you also need Sier's lineage, to break free from the shackles of the ancestral system, and to control the ocean trade forever."

The old man nodded in agreement.

"I do have the idea."

"The sea is so rich, how many things have we done with the profits that Zheng He brought back from the first two trips."

"It's just these few trips. If it lasts for a long time, the court will definitely guarantee it financially, not to mention other aspects."

"If I don't make this decision, the descendants of future generations will be suppressed by the ancestral system and can only close the ocean trade. Those vassal states that belong to us will also cut off contact with us. After decades or hundreds of years, people will not recognize us as the suzerain state."

"In addition, the center of the imperial court is in the north, and the areas laid down by the south will gradually become chaotic."

"For example, Jiaozhi, there are troubles every day. If Zhang Fu is not there, we can't imagine what it will be like."

"It's still close. If the center is moved to the north in the future, Jiaozhi may be lost at any time."

"If it really becomes like that, our decades of hard work and the bloodshed of hundreds of thousands of soldiers will be in vain."

"Those people, don't look at all of them who are very obedient and obedient on weekdays, but in fact, all of them are evil ghosts who eat people and don't spit out their bones."

"A capable emperor can still suppress them. Once the ability is a bit weak, coupled with the country's calm and the decline of the status of generals, the situation in the Song Dynasty is likely to reappear in our dynasty."

Sighing lightly, the old man pressed his temple wearily.

"So we know that placing the fourth child there and giving him military power will bring trouble to the successors in the future, but we have to make this decision."

"Compared to losing the city and land, humiliating the ancestors, and causing the people of the Han family to suffer again, the struggle of our own children is nothing. No matter who wins or loses, this meal will still rot in our own pot."

Seeing her husband's tired expression, Empress Xu felt very distressed.

country and children.

This is a tough choice.

If you choose a country, your children will fall into internal strife, and there will be no peace in the royal family in the future.

You can choose your children. Once you encounter a faint and incompetent monarch later, the countless efforts of the ancestors and the achievements of countless soldiers in exchange for blood and life will be in vain.

It was hard for her to imagine how much pain her husband had gone through before he made the final choice.

Both of them knew in their hearts that once a choice was made.

Daming will have two outcomes in the future.

First, there was a conflict between the eldest brother's lineage and the fourth child's lineage, and the two fought again for imperial power.

The result was nothing more than the fact that the imperial court had no sea power, and Zhu Gaoyu had no land power. The two sides had a tie, and no one could do anything to the other.

Another result is that the fourth child wins, like his father, and wins the throne again.

Such a result is actually very good. Zhu Gaoyu attaches great importance to sea power, and since he is basically in the south, he will never give up his own interests easily.

If the boss side wins, the southern side has been developed by the fourth brother, and the important area that brings huge benefits, the court will definitely not give up.

Regardless of the outcome, the Zhu family's royal family is the ultimate beneficiary.

And the second result is that the two parties will join forces as they expected, work together to develop Daming, and protect the foundation laid down by their ancestors.

But is this possible?
Ordinary peasant brothers can beat their heads and blood for the inheritance, not to mention the throne that has attracted countless people to throw their heads and blood.

Empress Xu sighed softly, and hugged the old man's neck from behind, crystal clear tears flowed from her beautiful eyes.

"Fourth brother, do we really want to watch their brothers fight each other? When I think of that scene, my heart hurts like a knife."

The old man turned around with a sigh, put his wife in his arms, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his wife's eyes with his cheek.

"Miao Yun, we don't want to do this either, but in this home, these things will happen eventually."

"We have also fantasized many times that their brothers can live in harmony, but they don't fight, and the people below will push them to fight."

"Not all emperors have the ability of the eldest brother, who can convince our dozen or so brothers to him."

"We have been thinking more than once, it would be great if the elder brother was still alive, then our family would not have so many troubles, maybe we are still in Beiping now, and the whole family is living a happy life."

"It's a pity that those are imaginations after all. We have come to this position and we must be prepared to face all of this."

"We've already made up our minds. Let's gather their four brothers together later. I'll let go of this old face and beg them. No matter how much they fight, we must give each other a way to survive. Our lineage can no longer be stained with the blood of our brothers, or we won't be able to stop it completely in the future."

　Thanks to brother 20220711140983038 for the 500 reward!

　　
　
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