Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"What's wrong, Your Majesty? Why are you a little frustrated?"

Nanjing Imperial Palace, inside Kunning Palace.

Queen Xu Miaoyun looked at the frowning Zhu Di, gently rubbing his eyebrows with her hands, and asked.

Xu Miaoyun was the first hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the eldest daughter of Xu Da, King of Wuning, Zhongshan. Xu Miaoyun was very talented and had a quiet temperament when she was young. She liked reading and was known as "the best girl". It is said that she even won the favor of General Xu Da. The true story of the art of war.

Xu Miaoyun was admitted to the palace when she was still a girl and was chosen to be the side of King Zhu Di of Yan. In the ninth year of Hongwu, she was personally appointed as the Princess of Yan by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Gaochi guarded Peiping and participated in military affairs dispatch.

Such a capable queen is the most important person for Zhu Di to express his heart and seek help.

Kunning Palace, as the queen's bedroom, has nine rooms in width and five rooms in depth. After Xu Miaoyunping retired as the eunuch, it became extremely quiet.

"Miaoyun."

Zhu Di was silent for a moment, and then said: "I received advice from an expert today, and I know that the country will be destroyed after the Ming Dynasty, but I can't do anything. I am not depressed. Instead, I am unwilling!"

"I thought something happened to your Majesty."

Xu Miaoyun was slightly startled, but stretched her beautiful eyebrows.

Zhu Di, who was pillowing on her thigh, opened his eyes after hearing this. Xu Miaoyun covered them with one hand and continued.

"Since there is no human life in the world that lasts forever, your majesty should know that there is no country that lasts for thousands of years. Since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the short Qin Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty lasted only a few dozen years, and the Tang Dynasty only lasted less than three hundred years. In the middle and late period of the Tang Dynasty, there were many vassal towns and separatist regimes. It was like a person who was dying of poisoning cut off his limbs to prevent the spread of the poison, just to breathe in vain."

"If I look at it, our Ming Dynasty doesn't need to be so greedy. If it can be passed on more than two hundred years smoothly, it is already blessed by God. Why should your majesty worry about what will happen a hundred years later? You must know that it is Emperor Taizu Gao. Those who are so worried about the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have expected that kid Zhu Yunwen to cut down the vassal vassal and force His Majesty to raise troops to appease the emperor, right?"

Zhu Di turned over gently, faced Xu Miaoyun, and asked: "Miaoyun, you mean that even my father can't predict what will happen after his death, so I don't have to worry about it, right?"

"Do the things in front of you, cherish the people in front of you, and spend more time with your sons when you have time. Don't push your sons to the enemy. Guarding against sons is like guarding against thieves. Which of them didn't come out of my belly? Not you His flesh and blood?"

Zhu Di sighed and said, "But I am still not willing to give in!"

"Donkey temper."

Xu Miaoyun tapped Zhu Di's head with her finger, and instead of persuading anything, she said.

"To untie the bell, you must tie the bell. Then go find some expert and ask how the Ming Dynasty fell, how to prevent the Ming Dynasty from falling, and if there is any solution."

Zhu Di replied helplessly: "The expert doesn't want to say anything for the time being. He has to wait until next time."

"When you have trouble making up your mind, go to the old monk." Xu Miaoyun said with a smile: "Everyone has his or her own strengths. Your Majesty is good at generals, strategy, and decision-making, but a little less at governance, country planning, and thinking. Why not ask Master Daoyan?"

Zhu Di shook his head repeatedly. The old monk was crazy and had murderous intentions towards him.

Of course Zhu Di knew that it was just at this specific moment that Dao Yan realized that the so-called "dragon slaying technique" was to slay the dragon of the feudal monarchy, and of course it was not directed at Zhu Di personally.

But Zhu Di still felt that he should let Dao Yan calm down for a few days before talking.

"Since Master Daoyan is temporarily at a loss, Your Majesty can also ask those smart civil servants, maybe they can get the answer."

Zhu Di nodded and simply raised his voice.

"Ma He, go summon the eldest prince for me and come directly to Kunning Palace."

Ma He, who was waiting far away outside, did not delay after receiving the oral order, and took his people to summon the eldest prince to announce the decree.

Not long after, the chubby eldest prince Zhu Gaochi entered the palace to pay an audience.

"My son, I have met my father and the emperor, and I have met my mother." Zhu Gaochi saluted respectfully towards Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Forgive me."

"Thank you, Father, for your grace."

After Zhu Gaochi stood up straight, he looked up at his father who was sitting on the chair. He saw that his face was still resolute, but his eyes were bloodshot and he looked a little tired.

Some time ago, Zhu Di often summoned him to discuss matters with civil servants, and Zhu Gaochi also went to Qianqing Palace every day to pay his respects. Zhu Gaochi clearly remembered that his father's previous state was not like this.

Zhu Gaochi suddenly remembered a name - Jiang Xinghuo.

"Did Jiang Xinghuo say something to his father again?" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself.

Zhu Gaochi became increasingly curious about this mysterious figure hiding in the prison.

Zhu Di was not verbose. After hiding the causal characters, he simply told Zhu Gaochi about the periodic law of the dynasty.

"Chi'er, do you think there is any solution?"

After Zhu Gaochi pondered for a moment, he replied cautiously: "Reporting to my father, according to the historical records that I have studied, this new inference is not biased at all. The contradiction between population and land is indeed the core contradiction of the dynasty. And if we say It is also a fact that it is extremely difficult to change. As it is said, whether he wants to admit it or not, the emperor himself is the biggest landowner."

"But I feel that now that your Majesty has seen through this secret, policies can be formulated to prevent land annexation as early as possible. Not to mention the new policy formulated by His Majesty to suppress land annexation within two or three generations. , it will definitely be implemented, and Ming Dynasty may be able to extend its national destiny for a long time."

Zhu Di's fingers tapped the chair gently.

"I conquered the world with my own hands, just like your grandfather. As for your grandfather, he is not afraid of those civil servants who came from gentry and landlords, not to mention ten, even hundreds, thousands, thousands, hundreds of thousands. Your grandfather would not be afraid of killing them. I can blink, so can I."

"But your grandfather killed so many officials, but he only shocked them for a while, not for a lifetime."

"I killed Fang Xiaoru and other Jianwen officials just to shock them for a while, so I don't plan to kill officials like your grandfather from time to time."

"But the knife in my hand will always hang over the heads of these gentry and landlords. They are afraid!"

Zhu Di held the chair, leaned forward, and looked at Zhu Gaochi with majestic eyes.

"But what about you? The civil servants around you are all big landowners with countless fields."

"It's true that the emperor is the largest landowner. I can cut my own flesh for the future of the Ming Dynasty, but how can these big landowners below be so noble that they restrict themselves and cut their own flesh?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his head and his voice was very firm.

"Father, I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty! Not the prince of civil servants! Give me some time, and there will definitely be a solution!"

Zhu Di was slightly startled, then waved his hand boldly and said.

"I will give you time. Since you are the prince of Ming Dynasty, then think carefully about how Ming Dynasty can get out of this dynasty cycle. Go, go!"

After a moment, looking at Zhu Gaochi's leaving back, Zhu Di suddenly held Queen Xu's hand and said.

"Chi'er was pushed into this dilemma by my own hands..."