"Li Dingguo, please order!"

"hurry up……"

"No need to worry, whoever talks more will do the talking!"

In front of the Qianqing Palace, when Zhu Ciran urged Li Dingguo loudly, the younger brothers and sisters such as Zhu Ciyan, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Shu'e, and Zhu Shumo who were following behind him encouraged him without thinking it was a big deal.

The impatient Li Dingguo stood in front of a bunch of red firecrackers, lighting a stick of incense in his hand, and hesitantly "try it out" in front of the firecrackers.

His movements seemed like he was about to run away in the next second.

Not far away, Wang An, Wei Zhongxian, Wang Tiqian, Liu Ruoyu and other four eunuchs, along with many maids and eunuchs, all looked at this scene with smiles.

"My brother brought this boy with him, do you think he can become a capable minister in the future?"

Standing in front of the white marble guardrail, Zhu Youxiao looked at this warm scene and asked with a smile on his face, while Zhu Youjian, who was standing next to him, looked at Li Dingguo who was "eager to try" and looked calm. The opening:

"I don't know, but Dingguo's research on border affairs is good. I plan to send him to study at Yanshan University the year after next."

"Not taking it with you?" Zhu Youxiao turned around in surprise. Apparently, in his opinion, Li Dingguo could learn more by being with Zhu Youjian.

It's just that Zhu Youjian knows very well that some things cannot be taught, and some people are born with higher talents in some things.

Li Dingguo was delayed in history, but after studying with peace of mind in Sichuan, he did not show strong governance capabilities in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Maybe the study time is too short, or maybe I really don’t have the talent for governance.

In short, Li Dingguo's political ability is indeed average according to the current Zhu Youjian, but his military talent is pretty good.

If he can reach the military capability of a famous king at the age of 31 at the age of twenty, then Ming Dynasty will have another Dinghai Shenzhen in border affairs.

Therefore, facing his brother's inquiry, Zhu Youjian shook his head and said:

"A tiger will only become a domestic cat if kept in a home. Only when it is released can the tiger roar in the mountains and forests."

"He will follow the way other Yanshan students go."

"Twenty years from now, if Ming Dynasty has him in its affairs, peace will be guaranteed for at least fifty years."

Zhu Youjian gave Li Dingguo a high evaluation, while Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly when he heard this.

Obviously, he heard that his younger brother was training helpers for Zhu Ciran, or preparing for him to become a vassal.

Twenty years later, when Qi Jin, Qin Bangping and others are obviously no longer around, and Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others are also over fifty years old, then the twenty-nine-year-old Li Dingguo will undoubtedly become the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this Great Wall can only protect the family and the country. How to run the family still needs to be screened...

"Does my brother have any ministers that he likes?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Youjian again, because he knew that what the Ming Dynasty needed was not famous generals, but famous ministers.

"There are some, but I haven't decided yet..."

Zhu Youjian was silent. He naturally knew what Da Ming was missing, and he had been looking for this kind of person for a long time.

In general, the Ming Dynasty's political group is now very mature.

Among them are Gu Bingqian, Bi Ziyan, Li Changgeng, Dong Yingju, Sun Chengzong, Zhu Xieyuan, and outside they are Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, Shen Tingyang, Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng.

It can be said that the latter is the substitute of the former. Once anyone of the former has a problem, the latter will immediately take over.

In addition, most of the latter are civil and military figures, and they are not weak and can be bullied externally. In terms of strategic vision, they can be said to be world-class.

The only embarrassing point is that the former are basically all veterans in their fifties and sixties, and the youngest Li Changgeng is also in his fifties.

As for the latter, they are quite old. Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou are both thirty-six years old. Wu Aheng, Yang Wenyue, and Shen Tingyang are also thirty-four or five years old. The youngest is Lu Xiangsheng, but he is also twenty-nine years old.

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Whether the former can survive for ten years is still a question. Although the latter can guarantee peace for twenty years, it will also become a problem after thirty years.

At present, the people who Zhu Youjian pays a little attention to include Wang Jiazhen, who is temporarily acting as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Fan Jingwen, one of the literary selection doctors, and Yan Yingyuan, who he pays attention to, as well as Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou, Qu Shichu and others who compiled in the Hanlin Academy.

Of course, these people are also older, basically in their thirties, so Zhu Youjian is mainly concerned about Du Yinxi, Zhang Huangyan, and...

Sun Kewang...

"..." Thinking of Sun Kewang, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly and was a little silent.

It has to be said that in terms of political ability alone, if Sun Kewang were less impetuous, he would undoubtedly be a first-class existence in the late Ming Dynasty.

In Yunnan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, before the Western Army entered Yunnan, like other parts of the country, military disasters, disasters and famines came all at once, one after another.

After the Shadingzhou Rebellion broke out, the people of Yunnan fled into exile, starved to death everywhere, and the social economy completely collapsed.

At the beginning of Sun Kewang's rule in Yunnan, he was faced with "the people dug up grass and trees to eat", "famine and epidemics, eighty-nine died", "natural disasters were prevalent, fifty-six out of ten died, the sick looked at each other, the coffins were exhausted, and the dead were all on the table"

Wrap it up and bury it in the wilderness as a "good luck" mess.

However, after Sun Kewang took over, production quickly recovered that year, which not only fed the armies of Daxi Army, Mu Tianbo and others, but also resulted in a bumper harvest in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Not only that, when he relied on three to four million men to feed tens of thousands of troops, he still had the energy to open warehouses and provide relief to the people.

In this context, it only took Sun Kewang one year to restore Yunnan's economy from total bankruptcy to the point where "materials are abundant and the people are prosperous". "One year's local wealth is enough to support the army."

Afterwards, on the basis of two consecutive years of bumper harvests, Sun Kewang lifted the "peasant bans" in the sixth year of Shunzhi and put out lanterns during the Lantern Festival. The scene even surpassed the heyday of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, in this year, Sun Kewang began to carry out the reform of the camp system, adjusted some of the overly idealistic regulations in the camp system, and adjusted the industrial and commercial policies and official administration, thus ushering in another good year.

The soldiers and civilians of Yunnan "sweat like rain, and the people are rich and the soldiers are strong." The tillers have land and the warriors have food, making Yunnan one of the places with the best economic conditions in the country at that time, comparable to Jiangnan.

Even Sun Kewang's successful governance in Yunnan had a huge impact and attraction on the regions and people under the rule of the Qing court.

In the 10th year of Shunzhi, Ding Daren, an aide to the governor of the Qing army in Pianyuan, heard in Hunan that "the people in central Yunnan are happy with their work, and the people in Yunnan are happy, if they don't know who is fighting."

Even Jiangnan, far away from Yunnan and richest in the world, also spreads that "Southern Yunnan is the most prosperous land in the world. Its people are isolated from mountains and seas, but they still live in the crown belt today."

Until Sun Kewang was jealous of Li Dingguo and surrendered to the Qing army, Yunnan was still in a prosperous age with "accumulation of grain and grass in the mountains" and "more than enough money and grain".

If Sun Kewang had not surrendered and the Qing army's entry into Yunnan interrupted Yunnan's rapid economic development and massacred the people, Yunnan's agricultural production was severely damaged. Yunnan might have been one of the wealthier provinces in the early Qing Dynasty.

Such a person, if he were a little less impetuous, could completely replace Hong Chengchou and become a highly capable chief minister of the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.

Zhu Youjian asked Jin Yiwei to go to Mizhi County to inquire about Sun Kewang's whereabouts. However, perhaps because the relocation of the people caused Sun Kewang's family to move, Jin Yiwei did not find Sun Kewang.

However, he is still confident, because at Sun Kewang's age, his values ​​have basically been cultivated. Nowadays, all scribes in the world have a way to rise. Even if he does not join the civil service, he will join the army.

No matter what, unless he is unlucky enough to be hacked to death on the battlefield, Zhu Youjian will always be able to see him...

"Crackling——"

"Ring, ring, ring!"

The sound of firecrackers being lit woke up Zhu Youjian. He concentrated his attention and sighed inwardly as he watched Li Dingguo run away with a puff of smoke, and Zhu Ciran and others who were clapping and applauding nearby.

He didn't know if his eldest nephew could handle it.

If he, like Zhu Di, cultivated a prodigal Zhu Zhanji, he would probably die of anger on the other side of the ocean.

"Stop playing around and come in to eat."

Zhang Yan's voice sounded, and Zhu Ciran and others who were playing around heard the words and immediately ran into the Qianqing Palace, while Li Dingguo also ran to Zhu Youjian's side.

Zhu Youjian put his hand on his shoulder, and then walked into the Qianqing Palace with Zhu Youxiao.

Around the large round table in the palace, many concubines were already standing in front of their seats. As expected, Zhu Youjian was still sitting in the first place on the left, Zhu Ciran was placed in the first place on his left, and Li Dingguo was next to Zhu Ciran.

, followed by Zhu Ciyan and Zhu Cijiong.

Zhu Youxiao is sitting in the main seat, with Zhang Yan in the first place on the right, followed by Zhu Shu'e and Zhu Shu'an.

After that, there are Princess Zhu Huiyan of Ningde, Princess Zhu Huijing of Suiping, and Princess Zhu Huishi of Le'an.

Chongzhen used to be very close to his three sisters, but since Zhu Youjian arrived, he has gradually alienated them.

It's not that he is deliberately distant, but that he is indeed busy and does not have time to play with them.

What's more, considering his two lifetimes together, he is almost fifty years old, so he really can't play with them.

As he grew older, he even lacked topics to talk about with his royal brother Zhu Youxiao.

Whenever Zhu Youxiao came to him and wanted to show off his behavior as an older brother, he would always be ignored by Zhu Youjian unconsciously.

Maybe he is mentally too old and can no longer talk.

When the table was served, because it was a family banquet, Zhu Youjian didn't follow the rules so much. He lowered his head and picked up the food while he was eating. When Zhu Youxiao saw this, he smiled and said to everyone:

"Move quickly..."

"Yes..." Everyone responded and immediately started to move quickly.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao holds family banquets several times a month, and they are lively every time.

It's just that every time Zhu Youjian appears, the atmosphere is always a little cold.

The concubines were afraid of him, but Princess Ningde and the other two didn't know how to communicate with their younger brother.

This family dinner was a bit depressing. There was no laughter and laughter in the past, and there seemed to be only the sound of people immersed in eating.

Zhu Youjian's mind was full of things that needed to be dealt with, and he didn't care about the atmosphere at the dinner table. However, Zhu Youxiao was interested in adjusting the atmosphere and took the initiative to say:

"Recently, the British princes and other princes have been asking when my brother will choose a concubine to marry. From the cabinet, Gu Bingqian, Han Xu, and Sun Chengzong have also come to inquire."

"Siam, Nanzhang, Kambolchi, Sulu, Bali and other countries outside the country are also interested. North Korea has already selected 3,000 beautiful women in the country and is preparing to select 72 of them to send over.
To be continued...