Mu Linfeng laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "A million troops? Do you think this is a kid running a dollhouse? Today's Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles. The war in Liaodong alone costs the treasury countless amounts of money every year. Your father, the Emperor,
Where will the money come from to support this million-strong army? Even if you have money, where can you mobilize so many troops now? Whether it is the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the northeast, Li Chuang in the northwest, or Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest, there is no war that would not kill your father.
You’ve lost your mind…Do you think the Ming Dynasty was still a prosperous age comparable to Zhenguan?”
When Zhu A'ao heard what Mu Linfeng said, she couldn't help being stunned. Normally, her father never talked to her about the affairs of the world, including her mother and some of her close ministers and servants. They all praised the world as a peaceful and prosperous age. Even now,
The next time he came to the south of the Yangtze River with Wang Chengen, he encountered Mu Linfeng and Long Qingyun's rebellion. Wang Chengen was still far-fetched and told her that it was just ordinary thieves taking advantage of the tight situation in the Northeast and taking advantage of the cavalry to cause chaos, but he still tried his best to whitewash peace to her.
Zhu Aelao sighed: "It turns out that my father has so many things to do. It's really hard for my father!"
Mu Linfeng listened and was silent for a long time, thinking: "Yeah, it's really hard for old Chongzhen. To be honest, Chongzhen can be considered a good emperor who cared about the country and the people. It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty has gone and cannot be reversed.
Moreover, Chongzhen was suspicious by nature, and Huang Taiji's counter-intentional plan caused him to destroy the Great Wall and kill Yuan Chonghuan..." Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng couldn't help but sigh again.
Zhu Yuyao looked at Mu Linfeng and suddenly said: "You are the little prince of Yunnan Mu Prince's Palace, with the title of hereditary vassal king. Is it really because Prince Fu humiliated your wife that you rebelled? Let's not talk about your talents.
If the siege weapons you use can help my father to pacify the world, you will surely go down in history. Why do you want to rebel? Is the throne really so tempting?"
Mu Linfeng looked at Zhu Aona and asked curiously: "Do you think Mu wants to be the emperor?"
Zhu Aao snorted coldly and said: "Otherwise, I really can't think of any reason!"
Mu Linfeng laughed, and then said silently: "I really haven't thought about becoming the emperor. The emperor has to take care of everything, why don't you tire me to death?"
Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng said to Zhu Aina: "Now you understand the hard work of your father. Just imagine what else is more difficult in this world than being an emperor? Even in a peaceful and prosperous age, you should have done well, but you should not have done it well.
Well, I will leave an eternal infamy, not to mention this troubled world... Since the princess asked me, I can tell the princess that Mu never thought of being an emperor! To be honest, I had fantasized about it before and dreamed of being an emperor, but now
I won’t think so anymore, not now, and never in the future. Absolute strength will lead to absolute corruption. The emperor system is just a problem in the first place. If Mu comes to power one day..."
When Mu Linfeng said this, he saw Zhu Yurao looking at him in surprise, and smiled in his heart: "Yes, why am I talking so much to a yellow-haired girl like you!"
When Zhu A'ao heard what Mu Linfeng said, it was beyond her expectation. This was the first time he had heard such words as "absolute rights will lead to absolute corruption".
Zhu Aolao asked curiously: "You don't want to be emperor, but why?"
Mu Linfeng pondered for a while and said: "If Mu said that Mu just wanted to do something for the world, do something good for the people, and prevent China from being bullied by other countries in the future, would you believe it, princess?"
Zhu Ya'ao looked at Mu Linfeng in surprise and saw that he was not joking at all. She suddenly remembered that the people in Huai'an loved Mu Linfeng so much. She seemed to think that Mu Linfeng was telling the truth and asked curiously: "Other countries? Are you talking about North Korea or North Korea?
Mongolia, Japan?”
Mu Linfeng lamented that people in this era are really short-sighted. In their eyes, the only foreign countries are Korea, Mongolia, and Japan... After all, Zheng He also sailed to the West during the Yongle period. Haven't Zhu Yuyao heard of it? Or?
Or, even if Zhu Yurao knew about it, he didn't think that these countries that were far away from their Ming Dynasty would not threaten them?
Mu Linfeng couldn't help but sigh and laugh at the thought of this, and thought to himself: "It's a pity that I'm not a geographer, otherwise I would really have to open schools here all over the country to teach these people!"
When Mu Linfeng thought of Zheng He, he couldn't help but trembled in his heart, and thought to himself: "Yes, from the 17th to the 18th century, the powerful countries were the countries with relatively developed maritime world. Since Zheng He during the Yongle period was able to sail to the West,
, so it means that the navigation industry of the Ming Dynasty was still relatively developed during that period, but I don’t know what it will be like at this time? What if I also build a powerful maritime power?”
Zhu Ya'ao looked at Mu Linfeng. She couldn't understand the man in front of her at all. He was completely silent and didn't know what he was thinking.
Zhu Yuyao sat aside and said nothing, just looked at Mu Linfeng quietly, and suddenly thought: "Did all of his weird things come up in this silence?"
After Mu Linfeng pondered for a long time, he saw Zhu Yuyao looking at him in a daze, and then he said: "Maybe, sticking to the old rules, clinging to the past, closing the country, and only living in a cocoon, why did the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty become so developed? Isn't it because of the Silk Road? Although the Ming Dynasty has
Maritime Silk Road, but the eunuchs disrupted the government, alas..."
Zhu A'ao looked at Mu Linfeng. She had vaguely heard what Mu Linfeng said, but what was Mu Linfeng's intention in saying this now? After Mu Linfeng finished speaking, he stopped talking.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Commander Mu, there are troops coming from the north, about tens of thousands of people, heading straight for us..."
Mu Linfeng and Zhu Ya'ao's expressions changed slightly when they heard the explanation. Mu Linfeng was afraid that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui would renege on their word, while Zhu Aa'a hoped that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui's surrender was just a temporary measure. However, they both guessed wrong. The intruder was not the Huai'an army. Naturally,
Nor is it the Yangzhou Army.
Mu Linfeng climbed out of the car and took out his telescope to look. He saw the 10,000 cavalry rushing towards this side in a mighty manner. The word "Zhu" was clearly written on the flag. Mu Linfeng thought to himself: "What is this?"
Are you a relative of the emperor?"
Zhu Ayao also climbed out of the car, stood up, and took the telescope from Mu Linfeng's hand. After reading it, she kept shouting: "This princess is here, come and save her..."
Mu Linfeng was shocked when he heard this, and quickly covered Zhu Yurao's mouth, then tied Zhu Yurao's hands and feet with a rope, and blocked Zhu Yurao's mouth with a cloth, and then said to Zhu Yurao: "Your Highness, Princess, I have offended you so much!"
After Mu Linfeng finished speaking, he jumped off the carriage and said to his followers: "You guys are driving the carriage straight to Yangzhou. If you encounter any obstacles on the way, you will kill them all. You must send the princess safely to Yangzhou!"
After receiving the order, those few personal soldiers immediately drove away in carriages. Mu Linfeng asked the remaining personal soldiers to load their muskets and prepare for battle at any time. The five hundred personal soldiers immediately lined up in formation, waiting for the enemy's arrival.
Mu Linfeng wondered in his heart: "Where did these more than ten thousand Zhu troops come from?"
When he was hesitating, he saw the 10,000 troops in front of him stopped neatly. Mu Linfeng was even more surprised and asked his troops to be more vigilant.
But I saw a middle-aged man with a beard walking out of the enemy camp, and he shouted angrily: "Where is Mu Linfeng?"
Mu Linfeng took a few steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "I'm here, Mu Linfeng, I haven't asked for advice yet!"
After the man looked at Mu Linfeng for a long time, he laughed and said, "My name is Zhu Dadian. You must have heard of my name, right?"
Mu Linfeng wondered in his heart: "Zhu Dadian? Who is this person? I have never heard of such a person in the late Ming Dynasty?" He said: "It turns out to be General Zhu. I wonder where General Zhu came from? I want to go. Where to go?”
Zhu Dadian laughed and said: "Since you have heard of my name, why are you asking me all this?"
Mu Linfeng secretly wondered: "Which damn onion are you from? You are talking to me like this!" Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng already knew that he was coming with bad intentions, and he quickly raised his hands and said, "Is it possible that you are here for Mu?"
A deputy general next to Zhu Dadian rode out, pointed at Mu Linfeng and said: "Look at you, you don't even know the name of our Marshal Zhu, right? Back then, our Marshal Zhu participated in politics from the right in Fujian, and was promoted to the censor of the capital, and then to the right. Minister, do you know why?"
Mu Linfeng was amused in his heart, how could such a famous person come out halfway, but he still smiled and said: "Mu, I don't know, I haven't asked for advice yet!"
But I heard the deputy general say proudly: "That's all because of our Marshal Zhu's success in defeating the thieves..." After the deputy general finished speaking, the ten thousand soldiers behind him burst out laughing.
Mu Linfeng's expression changed when he heard this, and he knew that the "thief" in his mouth was the same as himself. He quickly smiled and said, "Is it possible that Marshal Zhu is going to defeat thieves again this time?"
The lieutenant general was about to answer, but he saw Zhu Dadian waved his hand to signal the lieutenant general to be silent, and said: "No, I am originally the governor appointed by the emperor and the governor of Luzhou, Fengyang, Huai'an, and Yangzhou Si County. However, On the way to the merchant, I heard that Yangzhou has been occupied by Mu Linfeng. Just as I was about to arrive in Huai'an, I heard that Huai'an was also occupied by you..."
Mu Linfeng laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "Oh? It turns out that Marshal Zhu came here to take back these four counties?"
Zhu Dadian touched his beard and sneered: "Wrong, it's a common thief!"
As soon as Zhu Dadian finished speaking, the deputy general beside him immediately raised his hand and said: "Ping thief..." Then more than 10,000 soldiers behind him immediately shouted: "Ping thief... Ping thief..."
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