At the end of the morning court, the Crown Prince looked dejected. Everyone was making suggestions during the morning court, but he was the only one who was scolded.
I don’t know if it’s because Zhu Di likes to scold his son more and more as he gets older. Of course, he also liked it before.
After leaving the door, Zhu Gaochi returned to the East Palace in despair, sighing along the way.
The two sons who came back were Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong. Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanji were both busy.
Zhu Gaochi looked at his two sons who were very different in appearance and sighed: "My sons have grown up, and they are no longer in charge of their father."
Then he pointed at the one who looked more like him and said, "Zhan Zhen, do you really agree to send troops?"
"Back to my father, I agree. Now that the Ming Dynasty is strong and its treasury is full, this is indeed an opportunity."
"We have conquered such a vast land like the grassland. How to maintain it? It will only increase the expenses of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the warships of the Ming Dynasty are powerful, but we cannot use the warships on the grassland. Our biggest advantage is gone.
We still have to rely on soldiers to fight, and the grassland people are tough, but the Ming soldiers will still have a hard time fighting."
Zhu Gaochi is indeed worthy of the word benevolence. He is not like Zhu Di who wants to be an emperor for eternity. He is a very qualified and conservative monarch, but Zhu Di now wants to expand the territory.
When he thought of Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanjun, the fat father sighed. Zhu Zhanji has paid less and less attention to him as a father in the past two years. He has all the power and status. For someone like him,
Some cowardly fathers seem to have much less respect.
Maybe people like him can't understand Zhu Gaochi's kindness.
There were some conflicts between father and son. Historically, it was even said that Zhu Gaochi's death was caused by Zhu Zhanji. Of course, this is not very credible.
He gave some words of comfort and asked Fat Dad to stop confronting Zhu Di, so as not to make Zhu Di unhappy.
"Zhan Xing, I can reluctantly agree with your suggestion of attacking Japan. We are backed by strong ships and cannons, but in the vast grasslands and deserts, even if we conquer Japan, it will not be of great benefit to the country." Zhu Gaochi still insisted on his opinion.
Zhu Zhanzhen said from a different perspective: "If my father conquered the desert and then conquered the Western Regions, then the Silk Road from the Han and Tang Dynasties would be unimpeded."
Zhu Zhanzhen's words did not have any persuasive effect, but made Zhu Gaochi speechless: "After conquering the desert, do you still want to fight?"
Zhu Zhanzhen estimated that Zhu Di's intention was like this, but now the matter of opening up the Silk Road does not make Zhu Gaochi happy. As long as there is a war, Zhu Gaochi basically disagrees.
After persuading her to no avail, Zhu Zhanzhen went to find the princess himself first, and he had to pay attention to the matter of choosing a wife first.
The Crown Princess looked at the dozens of portraits in front of her with sweetness and distress. These were the ones who had gone through a round of preliminary selection. They were all good-looking and had a clean family background.
"It's amazing how come there are so many girls with both good looks and good looks in the two capitals." The Crown Princess worried sweetly.
This kind of ancient PS cannot be believed. After Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanyong selected their concubines, the Crown Princess has deeply understood this truth.
"Mother, what are you worried about?"
"I'm not choosing a concubine for you. The scale of your concubine selection this time is no smaller than that of your eldest brother."
Who doesn’t want to cling to a powerful grandson?
However, in order to avoid conflicts, the Crown Princess meant to exclude all the daughters of the duke's house, which was considered a tacit rule.
Zhu Zhanchen looked at the selected girls over there, feeling a little hesitant in his heart.
He had never been married in his previous life, so this was his first time. When he really wanted to choose a concubine, he realized that he was a little confused.
I originally thought that I could marry multiple wives anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. If I didn't like it, I would just leave it alone. However, when I thought that the matchmaker was marrying me, my first wife, and my future wife, my mentality changed again.
Could it be that the Zhu family's dedicated genes are affecting me?
The crown princess has already received the order, and Zhu Zhanzhen can participate in the selection of the concubine himself.
Zhu Zhanzhen walked over, and the princess placed the eight images in front of him and said, "Take a look for yourself, which one do you like?"
After reading it from beginning to end, every painting looked like a fairy. If you can believe this kind of painting, it would be a ghost. After reading it, Zhu Zhanzhen said: "Mother, please change another batch."
Hu Shanggong brought another batch of paintings, but Zhu Zhanzhen was still dissatisfied after seeing them.
After viewing five or six batches of portraits in a row, Zhu Zhanzhen was not satisfied.
"Zhan Zhen, what do you like? You have to have an explanation so that we can help you choose."
"Just... just..." Zhu Zhanzhen couldn't say anything for a moment.
It's rare to see Zhu Zhanzhen hesitating like this. He himself doesn't know what's going on?
Hu Shanggong said: "Crown Princess, your Highness may be shy. Don't rush him. Let him think about it."
The Crown Princess was surprised. She shouldn't be. Among her sons, he was the thickest and toughest. He probably couldn't even write the word "shy", so how could it be used to describe him.
"Mom, I'll go back to the yard and think about it first."
After Zhu Zhanzhen left, Hu Shanggong said: "Crown Princess, I will go to your Highness to discuss it later."
"Well, you can go later. This child has not been around in the past few years. Maybe he has changed his temperament."
In the small courtyard, Li Xiaozhu was painting. Zhu Zhanyi walked over and asked mindlessly: "Xiaozhu, do you like me?"
This sudden question caught Li Xiaozhu off guard, and her cheeks turned red: "Your Highness is wise, mighty, and talented, so naturally I like you."
Zhu Zhanzhen went to Zara again: "Zara, do you like me?"
"I like it."
Zhu Zhanchen finally understood why Zhu Zhanji was unwilling to marry a strange woman.
I have never met her, never got along with her, but she is better than someone I have been with for a long time. Don’t you know what she is like, what her personality is, and how well you can get along with her?
Everything is unknown, but you have to choose her.
When Hu Shanggong came, Zhu Zhanzhen discussed with her alone in the room.
"Your Highness, you have someone in mind, right?" Hu Shanggong said straightforwardly.
Recalling that Hu Shanggong quietly arranged for his sister to take the position when Zhu Zhanji was choosing a concubine, Zhu Zhanzhen said: "Hu Shanggong, do you want to be my princess?"
"Your Highness, even if you are willing, the Crown Princess will not be willing. It is impossible for the clan, etiquette, and human ethics. As long as His Highness promises to take me away in Shanwei, how can I dare to ask for anything?
The title of royal concubine."
Zhu Zhanchen sighed: "Then you choose for me. Choose someone who is suitable to be the princess of Pearl River County. She has good looks and orderly words and deeds, just as everyone likes."
"I don't dare to surround myself with kindness."
"Why?"
"Your Highness is never one to let others make the decision. Your Highness has to make the decision yourself when it comes to matters that are on your mind."