My Daming New Empire

The eldest uncle, Zhang Chang, was the noble of Uncle Pengcheng, and is the left governor of the Chinese army's governor's mansion. The second uncle, Zhang Sheng, is also in the army and currently has a vacant post as a commander.

Today is Zhang Chang's 39th birthday. In this era, men live too much in reality, and pass nine but not ten. Therefore, the 39th birthday is considered to be a whole life.

After Zhu Zhanji and the others entered the house, they naturally asked the guards to bring in the birthday gifts they had prepared.The servants were busy receiving gifts from several large carts, and put them into storage according to the list.

Since it was a birthday and Zhang Chang was one of the commanders of the five major military regions, he naturally had countless subordinates who paid birthday wishes.

As a great-grandson, Zhu Zhanji could not have contact with foreign ministers, but there was no taboo to contact these sergeants and nobles.

The Zhu family established their family with martial arts and established a country. They have always attached great importance to military power, and they have a complete method of cultivating successors.

So as long as he doesn't compete with Zhu Di for power in the court and develops his own power in the army, Zhu Di will never interfere.

Like Zhu Zhanji, who is the governor of Habayashi Zuowei in name, and Zhu Gaochi has three guards under his name.

But because the military power he leads is virtual power, and Zhu Gaoxu started his career with martial arts, but the two guards he leads are real power, so Zhu Gaoxu has the confidence to compete with Zhu Gaochi.

But in Zhu Zhanji's view, this kind of competition is actually a small fight.Although there was competition among the three brothers, they still maintained a superficial harmony and never turned their faces.

Seeing such a situation, Zhu Zhanji understood that Zhu Gaoxu was a sharpening stone for Zhu Gaochi.

It's just that Zhu Gaochi is too useless, so it seems that Hanwang seems to have the upper hand.

But all of this is an illusion.

So in his heart, he never regarded Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui as his enemies.

Zhu Gaochi is not in good health, and he is unwilling to deal with Xungui and the sergeants.Accompanied by Zhang Sheng, he entered the back house to rest.

Zhu Zhanji stayed in the front yard and met a large group of soldiers.

In more than a month, the second Northern Expedition will begin, and this is the most talked about topic today.

Zhu Zhanji is going to go to the Northern Expedition with his retinue this time, and many of these soldiers will go to the battlefield together this time, so when it comes to fighting, there is still a lot of common language.

However, none of the senior generals from the Northern Expedition came here.

It's not because Zhang Chang doesn't have enough face, but because most of those marshals are not in Yingtian now.

In this Northern Expedition, Liu Sheng, Marquis of Anyuan, led the camp, Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, led the central army, Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, Li Bin, Marquis of Fengcheng, led the left and right sentries, Wang Tong, Marquis of Chengshan, and Tan Qing, the governor, led the left and right guards. Honored as a vanguard, he led a total of 50 troops to march north.

Liu Sheng had already gone to Peiping last month. Most of his subordinates were musketeers and artillery units. There were many heavy troops, so he set off with the forward army.

Zheng Heng, Chen Mao, Li Bin and others have also been stationed in the camp now, mobilizing and preparing for the war.However, even if they didn't arrive, they all ordered their family members to send gifts.

Now that they haven't experienced the change of the civil castle, the noble family is very powerful.No matter whether those civil servants or eunuchs, they still dare not show signs of disobedience to the nobles and generals.

With 280 million troops and 50 horses, this is a combat power that can overwhelm the world.

So the more he saw this, the more Zhu Zhanji sighed.

Such a good card was turned into a bad card by Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Qizhen's grandfather and grandson.

Millions of troops ended up as waste, and 50 troops ended up with not even [-] horses.

In order to protect Beiping, the outside of the Great Wall was lost, the Northeast was lost, and Annan was also lost.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji are also praised by those shameless Confucianism as "the rule of benevolence and propaganda", Zhu Zhanji really wants to spit on them.

Although talking and laughing with all the soldiers, Zhu Zhanji always guarded the last line.He just needs to get acquainted with these people, and let everyone know what kind of person he is and what kind of attitude he has towards war.

Private friendship cannot be developed now.

Zhu Di will be the emperor for more than ten years. His desire for power is very strong, and Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to directly conflict with him.

After returning from the Northern Expedition this time, Zhu Zhanji had already thought about it and wanted to go outside with Zheng He.

For him, fighting with others in China is far less fun than traveling across the world and conquering the world.

It's just that he didn't know what Zhu Di would think about this matter.

As the heir most valued by Zhu Di in this empire, it's hard to say whether Zhu Di will let him take risks.

However, Zhu Zhanji also has the confidence to convince Zhu Di that it is a power struggle.

It was already evening when he left Zhang's house, and when he returned to the East Palace to settle down, it was already dark.

At noon, there is a lot of fish and meat, and in the evening, the princess asked the kitchen to prepare some light side dishes and porridge.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the son in front of him who didn't look like him at all, but was just like his grandfather.After sending the servants away, he sighed and said, "Da'er is sharing cups with the generals today, isn't it afraid that your grandpa will be suspicious?"

Zhu Zhanji has understood over the years that his father cannot be said to be incompetent, and he has always had a clear understanding of the current situation.

He admired Confucianism, but met his father Zhu Di who was a strong man and didn't give him room to play.

Now his own son is completely different from his way of thinking about governing the country, which also makes him doubt his own way.

But he didn't intend to change himself, because this had become the only spiritual force supporting him.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to hit him in this regard, no matter how pedantic he is, he is still a good father and a good prince.

He will go to the Northern Expedition in two months, and then he wants to go to sea. In ten years from UI, he still needs Zhu Gaochi to help him stabilize the situation.

So he thought about it, and decided to teach Zhu Gaochi not to let him be completely fascinated by Confucianism.

"Grandpa Huang never cared about the ability of his children and grandchildren, and was even happy with such a situation. As long as we don't take the initiative to snatch power, he will give us the power that should be given to us. I will exchange cups with the generals, This kind of contact is allowed by him, and we have to gradually take over the power in this process. If we can't do it, he will be disappointed."

Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Zhanji for a while, and asked, "Eldest son, did your grandpa teach you these, or did you think of them yourself?"

"Is there a difference? Father, your biggest misunderstanding is that you want to govern the country in a Confucian way. If you are a mortal, this idea is correct, but you are a prince, you are the emperor who will rule the world in the future, but you To be confused by Confucianism and to limit one's thinking to one method is the biggest mistake."

"Why?"

"Don't you understand? Since you are the emperor, you have to embrace all rivers and rivers, and you can't focus on one method. Besides, this method is still wrong."

"Since the Han Dynasty, which dynasty did not rule the country with Confucianism?"

"So they were all wiped out."

Zhu Zhanji's words shocked Zhu Gaochi's heart, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Did you find a better way? Why did you push the collapse of the dynasty to Confucianism?"

These are two completely different questions, which shows that Zhu Gaochi's heart is completely confused.

Zhu Zhanji's voice became more indifferent, and he said softly: "This country is composed of the royal family, the soldiers, the poor, and the landlord class. Since the past dynasties, the landlord class has been the most solid foundation for each dynasty. They are stable, The country is stable. Confucianism is the spokesperson of the landlord class. They played a positive role in national unity and social stability at the beginning of each dynasty. Therefore, Confucianism has also become the most ideal partner of our royal family. However, the land in the Central Plains is limited, and the stability of the dynasty will allow the landlord class to develop rapidly. They are like a wild beast, greedily devouring the countless land. The rich get richer, and the poor have no place to stand. When the land and the population When the contradictions between the two parties reach a certain level, it will cause an overall change in social stability, and it is time for a change of dynasty.”

Zhu Gaochi asked: "This is what your grandfather often said, Confucianism can be used, but not reused?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "In the final analysis, what our royal family needs is the whole country, and each class has its own job. But Confucianism often swallows all the benefits in the end. At that time, the royal family is just a puppet. So we have to recognize our own position and do a good job in the overall balance of society, instead of completely falling to the side of Confucianism.”