Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Zhu Tao followed the guard to the harem, where Empress Ma was reading a book.

The Book of Stones was written by Xie Jin, and it was written well, but she didn't find any clues.

After Zhu Tao came in, he first saluted solemnly.

"I'm paying my respects to my mother. Didn't my son just enter the palace to greet you a few days ago? Now that you've asked me to come, do you have anything else for me to do?"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Tao carefully and said.

"Is Tao'er too busy these days? She seems to be getting thinner and thinner day by day. That's not okay. You have to pay attention to your health and take care of your elder brother and your father."

Zhu Tao was afraid of talking about this issue, and just now he was fleeing upwards, wanting to hide for a while, and now he is talking about it here again.

"Mother, don't worry, as long as it is within my ability, I will do it. It's just that the child is a little lazy, so I will adjust it properly in the future."

In fact, Zhu Tao has long regarded Empress Ma as his own mother, so when facing this kind mother, he really can't play his temper like he did when facing Zhu Yuanzhang.

Empress Ma nodded, and stopped entangled with these, and directly changed the subject.

"Tao'er, you've been married for some time, and you haven't seen any movement in Wan'er's stomach. You have to take this matter seriously, and our Zhu family is still pointing at you for spreading your branches and leaves." , No, I will point out a few more handmaidens to you."

But Zhu Tao shook his head. He knew it very well. Before getting married, he emphasized that there would be no concubine behavior, and he would only marry one woman in his life.

"Mother, don't worry, I will take this matter to heart, and I will give you a big fat grandson sooner or later."

Looking at the happy water in the fat house on Empress Ma's table, Zhu Tao wanted to change the subject quickly, so he said.

"I have also developed a lot of new beverages. When I come to the palace to visit you in two days, I will bring them all along so that you can try them out."

At this time, it happened that Zhu Yuanzhang came back from the dynasty and arrived at Queen Ma's palace and said.

"You brat, you made your father lose face just now. I have to beat you twice with the sole of my shoe in front of your mother today, or I won't be able to relieve my anger."

As he said that, he really took off his shoes and wanted to hit Zhu Tao.

Of course Zhu Tao knew in his heart that his father was just making gestures with him, so he was reluctant to really do it, but Empress Ma said.

"Okay, there is no such thing as you as a father. The child is already tired enough. Look at how many things you need to advise you. If it weren't for Tao'er, wouldn't you have a lot of things to think about?" I can't even think of it."

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head, thinking that there was nothing wrong with what the queen said. In the past two years, no matter the big or small things in the Ming Dynasty, they were basically moving forward according to Zhu Tao's plan.

The emperor himself and a group of ministers have become the executors, and he has truly realized the rule of the world, and Zhu Tao is the real planner of Daming.

If others were so successful, they would have been sent away by a glass of poisoned wine long ago, but in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Tao was basically his own son, even surpassing his own son.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little wronged now, and he said helplessly to Queen Ma.

"We have now made this brat the county king, but after all, he is our own child, at least he needs to be made a prince, but look at his laziness, there is no reason to make him a prince."

Zhu Tao was also full of helplessness, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said.

"Father, I told you a long time ago that being an emperor is the most difficult job in the world. You have suffered enough. You have to make me a prince. It is still the kind with real power. If you have real power, you have to work. If you work, you have to work." It takes a lot of effort, I am a person who likes to eat and wait to die, this is more uncomfortable than killing me, I don’t need to be a prince, you can also revoke my title as the county king..."

As soon as Zhu Tao said this, before he could continue, he was directly kicked by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Stinky boy, if you keep sneaking around like this, I still have to kick you, cheer up and add luster to our family's country, isn't that good!"

At this moment, Zhu Tao glanced helplessly at Empress Ma, hoping that his old lady would come out and say a few words for him.

Empress Ma also loves her son, so she naturally knows this truth, and at critical moments, she has to speak for herself.

"Chongba, don't talk about anything else with your son, haven't we been talking about this all the time? Since Tao'er is married, we have to hurry up and let us hug our grandson. This is a serious matter."

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang come back to his senses, and said.

"It makes sense, none of these princes have three or five sons, and you don't even bother to think about this aspect. I give you a task. You must give us two grandchildren within three years."

On this topic, Zhu Tao just wanted to advise. After all, after 200 years, the imperial clan of Ming Dynasty has become an incurable disease.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't even afford money for fighting, but he had to spend the fiscal and tax revenue of several provinces to feed these clan moths.

After all, 200 years later, the number of descendants of the emperor had already reached one million.

Such things must be prevented before they happen, he said directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, I think you should stop urging me to have a son. I will tell you one thing. You will understand how harmful this is. After the Ming Dynasty, the number of clans must reach at least one million. The imperial court is in great danger."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Tao's words, he was stunned immediately. He has never gotten rid of the inertial thinking of the leader of the peasant uprising army.

Moreover, many of my family members died of starvation. When I ascended the throne, I didn't have many relatives at all, so I naturally hoped for more children and more blessings.

"Brat, don't talk nonsense, it's right to let you have a son, you remember, only having more sons and more blessings can make Daming's country strong forever, besides, why there are millions of them. "

Seeing that his father couldn't listen to what he said, Zhu Tao smiled and said to him.

"Since this is the case, this matter is very simple. It's just a simple arithmetic problem. Let's do the math. How many princes and grandchildren do you have now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it roughly, and then said to Zhu Tao.

"If you can add two more grandchildren to us, there will be a total of forty."

Zhu Tao nodded and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"If these forty people are counted as the first generation, and each of them has five sons, how many people will there be in the second generation?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head vigorously and said.

"It's okay for each child to have five children. You must have at least ten children to count. Daming's taxation is enough to support us royal descendants. You don't have to worry about it."