I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

Between the two of them, there was a table with a few delicate dishes on it. A stove beside the table was warming a pot of high-quality wine. As the temperature of the water on the stove rose slowly, a strong aroma The aroma of wine wafted out.

"How do you feel this year, have you gained anything!"

Taking out the wine that had been warmed, Zhu Zhangui filled Yu Qian's glass and asked if he had gained anything from being the governor for more than a year.

Yu Qian is a free and easy person, plus he and Zhu Zhangui are life-and-death friends, if Zhu Zhangui pours wine for others, they will definitely be flattered and thank you sincerely.

But Yu Qian picked up the fine wine carelessly, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, and took a sip enjoying it, without showing any sign of getting up to thank him.

"It's okay, that's it. After more than a year of experience, I feel that I thought too naively before. There are many things that are completely different from what I thought. At the end of the year, I will finish the work, and then I can report to His Majesty and you."

Yu Qian shrugged his shoulders and replied very easily.

Zhu Zhangui shook his head amusedly.

Don't look at Yu Qian's easy answer, but according to his understanding, the other party has suffered a lot, encountered many obstacles, and even been assassinated more than once in the past year as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Those chieftains are not to be trifled with. Knowing that the governor sent by the imperial court is uneasy and kind, they will honestly arrest them without a fight.

The most dangerous time, when Yu Qian was patrolling a place, he was attacked by thousands of people. If it wasn't for Yu Qian's guards who tried their best to protect him out, Yu Qian would have died at that time.

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news. When Yungui is done, I may transfer you to the Ministry of War later. You have to be mentally prepared. You have to know about this matter in advance!"

Yu Qian nodded without saying anything.

From the moment he followed Zhu Zhangui to the Northern Expedition, he was labeled a grandson on Yu Qian's head, and with his cousin, he was sold to the grandson in Yu Qian's life.

If Zhu Zhangui loses power in the future, Yu Qian will be among the first to be dealt with by the enemy.

With such a relationship between the two, Zhu Zhangui has already arranged his future, and he doesn't bother to worry about it, so he can do whatever he wants.

Picking up the wine glass and touching it with Zhu Zhangui, Yu Qian drank the fine wine in one gulp, closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and then exhaled slowly.

Picking up the jug in the hot water and pouring it for the two, Yu Qian asked casually.

"Your Highness, have you received any letters from home after the Chinese New Year?"

"I received it. My father said that everything is fine at home. Qingyao also found out that she was pregnant not long after I left. It is estimated that she will give birth in a month or two! You are going to be an uncle too!"

Yu Qian laughed when he heard the words, picked up the wine he had just poured, and drank it in one gulp.

Wiping the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, Yu Qian restrained his smile.

"It seems that the crown prince is announcing good news but not bad news. I'm afraid you don't know about some things, Your Highness!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was tasting the side dishes, suddenly stopped and looked at Yu Qian.

Zhu Zhangui really doesn't know what happened to the court recently.

During this period of time, he has been busy with Bangladesh, Myanmar and road construction. The letter from his father just told him that everything is fine at home, so he doesn't have to worry about it, and he can expand his territory outside, don't worry about it. The matter did not mention.

In his memory, nothing major happened in the 15 years of Yongle, that is, a vassal king was demoted to a commoner, something happened with Jiaozhi, and the rest seemed to be fine.

Judging by Zhu Zhangui's expression, it seemed that he was really unclear. Yu Qian took out a simple map of Ming Dynasty from his bosom, and pointed to the location of the northern grassland.

"In October last year, the Alutai tribe completely subdued the remnants of the Wala tribe, and Duoyan Sanwei was also surrendered by it. Now the entire northern grasslands are all led by the Arutai horse!"

After clicking Yilibali again, (in today's Turpan Xinjiang area) Yu Qian said with a serious expression: "The guys in the west don't know what Arutai has given them. There is a faint tendency for the two sides to unite!"

Then he moved his hand down and clicked on Wusi Zangdusi, "The guys on the plateau are not honest, those living Buddha chieftains are also planning something, they have been in frequent contact recently, and there is a faint tendency to develop eastward!"

Listening to Yu Qian's introduction, Zhu Zhangui looked at a map with a colder expression.

These guys saw Daming's army outside and wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot them.

After introducing the situation in the west, Yu Qian pointed at Nuer Gandusi and looked at Zhu Zhangui helplessly.

"This may be caused by you, Your Highness. Nurgan Dusi, the orphans of Jing Nan, don't know where to find out. The imperial court killed a large number of them lying outside, and even captured Emperor Jianwen and imprisoned them." information!"

"Now there is a vague sense of chaos. There have been several conflicts with the soldiers guarding them, resulting in several bloody deaths!"

Putting away the map in his hand, Yu Qian looked at the silent Zhu Zhangui with a solemn expression.

"In addition to these big problems, there are also Cochin in our east, and the three regions of Fujian, Shandong, and Zhejiang. The Japanese pirates who just got up last year!"

"Japanese pirates!"

Zhu Zhangui looked up at Yu Qian abruptly, with a hint of doubt in his expression.

He has arranged people in the island country, and he has almost cleaned up the pirates along the coast. He has also cleaned up the smuggling merchant families in the local area, and all the rest have joined the Sun Moon Chamber of Commerce. Where did the pirates come from? ?

Yu Qian shook his head.

"How does this minister know that the things I told you are all what I read in the official newspaper, and some of my friends wrote to me."

"I'm afraid only the crown prince and those elders in the court know the real specific situation."

"However, I estimate that the situation is not much better, and may even be worse than what I said."

Zhu Zhangui frowned tightly.

He has been concerned about overseas affairs in the past few years, and in his memory, Daming was also very peaceful during this period in history.

In addition, there is an old man watching, so he pays less attention to the affairs of the court.

During this period of time, because he was too busy and far away from the old man, even if the old man received the court report, Zhu Zhangui didn't know about it.

Now after what Yu Qian said, Zhu Zhangui discovered that Daming is now enemies on all sides.

"Your Highness, listen to my advice, let's stop fighting overseas. If you continue to fight like this, not only will you not be able to win outside, but you will also be unable to defend at home."

"Although our Ming Dynasty is strong and powerful, the common people are already exhausted after years of war. If you hadn't been giving blood to the imperial court for several years, the household department would have collapsed long ago."

"Although we can get a lot of benefits overseas, we also need to pay to manage it. In addition, 40 to [-] troops are overseas, and the court has to pay for food, drink, and casualties every day."

"Counting in your plan to buy shares in the Chamber of Commerce that Never Sets, and the overall income from overseas, our imperial court can at best be considered a small profit!"

"It's just a small profit, and you don't care about the safety of your hometown. Your Highness, if you say something disrespectful, you don't know which is more serious."

"No matter how much profit those lands outside will bring to our Daming in the future, for us now, we still focus on giving."

"If our Da Ming is in a safe position, it's okay to do this, but now Da Ming is not safe either."

After pouring a glass of wine for the silent Zhu Zhangui, Yu Qian earnestly said what he had kept in his heart for a long time.

Although Zhu Zhangui's plan for overseas expeditions has expanded Daming's territory and made the country rich, it is also consuming Daming's experience.

If the country is prosperous and the people are strong, Daming can still bear this consumption.

But at this time, Daming had just gone through the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Lao Zhu's more than a dozen Northern Expeditions, the old man's Jingnan, and several Southern and Northern Expeditions, Daming has really reached its limit.

This limit is not the limit of financial resources and food items, but the limit of spirit and talent.

The overseas plan proposed by Zhu Zhangui can indeed make Daming rich quickly.

Ming's army is also capable and capable of winning battles of conquest.

However, managing and guarding the colony in the later stage required a lot of manpower, material resources and troops. With the current state of Ming Dynasty, to be honest, it was a bit overwhelming.

If it wasn't for fighting Burma to open the road from Ah San to Daming, Yu Qian would definitely oppose the plan to go to war.

The current Daming is already full, and if he eats any more, he will be full to death.

After listening to Yu Qian's story, Zhu Zhangui was silent for a long time, then looked at Yu Qian and asked.

"Your idea is to retreat and give up these occupied lands!"

Yu Qian waved his hands in fright.

"I don't have this idea. What I mean is to maintain the current state and stop expanding abroad."

"After more than ten years have digested these lands, let the people of our Ming Dynasty also cultivate themselves, and then start the battle of conquest, and our Ming Dynasty will be invincible."

"But at this moment, Daming really can't eat anymore, and if he eats any more, he will be stuffed to death."

"What's more important is that in places such as the north and the west, we found that our Ming's troops are all overseas, and the country is already a bit empty, so we started to move around."

"If something really happens, then you and Your Majesty will not only not gain eternal reputation for expanding the territory, but will be accused and scolded by countless people for the loss of the country!"

Yu Qian got up and bowed to Zhu Zhangui and fell to the ground.

"Your Highness, first defend the home after opening up. If the home is gone, what's the use of building a bigger territory."

"As long as we settle everything in the house and kill and subdue all the wolves around us, we can fight however you want!"

Yu Qian's words kept Zhu Zhangui awake all night, thinking about whether to continue to expand, or to stabilize the current territory first, and return to China to clean up the vicious dogs around him.

To be honest, Zhu Zhangui is really not reconciled to temporarily stopping the expansion.

Now that the neighbors around are in chaos, it is a good time to conquer everywhere.

But what Yu Qian said is right, Daming has reached the limit at present.

In Daming's current state, if he strides too far, it's easy to get involved, and if he doesn't pay attention, he will turn over.

Once Daming got down, the vicious dogs around would jump up and bite without hesitation, and those conquered colonies would also be in turmoil.

Once Da Ming loses control of these colonies in the future, all the lands he has won now will be lost soon.

Thinking about the end of the empire on which the sun never sets, Zhu Zhangui looked at the red sun slowly rising outside the window, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

"I've always wanted to do more things while the old man is still alive. But I've ignored the current Daming, which can't afford such a large territory."

"I can't even control a great Ming on the northern grasslands, yet I am delusional about controlling countless territories beyond the sea."

"It seems that not only the old man and the others were blinded by the victory and benefits, but even I was sunk in it, almost dragging Daming into the abyss ahead of schedule."

"Yu Qian, you are worthy of being the savior who brought Daming 200 years of national fortune. Your words awakened me and brought Daming [-] years of national fortune. My old Zhu family owes you again!"

Chapter 220: Zhu Zhangui: Dear brother, I tricked you again.

"Little brat, this battle may not be able to continue. Our grandparents are going back. If we don't go back home, there will be chaos!"

As soon as Zhu Zhangui returned to the defense line of Tianciguan in the Three Kingdoms, when he saw the old man, the old man said this sentence with a frown.

Zhu Zhangui also sighed.

"I heard about it from Yu Qian when I was in Burma. He also suggested to his grandson to stop and keep the status quo. First, he went back to China to clean up the wild dogs around him, let the people recuperate for a few years, and was thinking about going abroad!"

"Ugh!"

"It's fine to go back, I'm old too, and I can't go out anymore. Go back and help you clean up the bad neighbors around you. When I'm done beating them up, I'll retreat behind the scenes and let your father ascend the throne!"

Zhu Zhangui didn't speak on this matter, he always remembered what his father said, don't take your grandfather's words seriously, or you will be cheated to death.

Flipping through the memorial handed over by the old man, Zhu Zhangui asked: "How do you plan to arrange it here, and who will you keep here?"

The old man seemed to have a plan in mind, so he replied directly.

"I plan to let Zhang Fu stay here temporarily. I can take care of our neighbors myself. As for the people who manage these places."

The old man pondered for a while, and three figures kept flashing in his mind, and finally fixed on a person's face.

"I originally wanted your second uncle and third uncle to stay here, but considering that your father and you are worried, if the two sides start to quarrel again, it will make people see our men's jokes."

At the beginning, the old man called Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui over, just to let the two brothers manage the Three Kingdoms area.

But later, considering the character of the second child, the old man was worried that there would be conflicts between the two parties. One country would be divided into two families, or even the two countries would conquer each other.

So in the end he chose Zhu Zhanji, and even the candidate Zhu Zhanji was only temporary in his mind.

In the future, when Daming completely controls the Asan area, if he is still alive, he will transfer Zhu Zhanji back and control the Asan area in the hands of the court.

The vassal king has great power in his hands, and the consequences are very serious.

If nothing else, just talk about him.

If he didn't have certain rights in his hands back then, but was raised like a piglet like a vassal king now, he just wanted to be quiet, and he didn't have that chance.

He has already experienced the pain of the vassal king in controlling power, and he can no longer leave troubles for future generations.

In the afternoon when Zhu Zhangui returned to the camp, the old man called everyone together and announced his decision.

"What? Stop fighting, go back!"

In the conference room, after hearing the old man's order to suspend the expansion war and stabilize the current territory, Zhu Gaoxu exclaimed in surprise.

This place will be his territory in the future, and he has already regarded this place as his base.

But just when he was full of fighting spirit and was about to lay down a territory no smaller than Daming, the old man announced that he would stop his external expansion, and even asked the two brothers to follow him back.

Isn't this Nima a joke?

If you don't leave this place to me, why do you let me do it?Do you take a walk?

"Your Majesty, aren't we fighting well here? Why did we suddenly announce a strike! Did something happen to the court?"