Chapter 56 The Prince's Confusion

As soon as Zhu Qizhen said this, the prince immediately knelt down and said, "My son is not afraid."

Zhu Qizhen said, "Attack, I am not embarrassing you, but giving you the opportunity to control the talents of the world. The prince must not be abolished in our dynasty system, and I don't have this intention. In the battle of the Southern Expedition, you only saw the small profits in front of you, but you did not see that with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, you will face the South Ocean like a stone pressing an egg. No matter what twists and turns there are, you will definitely win."

"You are the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I will not let you take risks personally. At that time, I will use the elite soldiers and generals of the world for you, and the younger generation of officials will be chosen by you."

"You can only pacify Nanyang, this is your team."

"In the future, there will be no helpers."

The prince immediately said, "The son of the son does not know the deep meaning of the father, and he deserves to die."

"What's the point of death, but not the point of death." Zhu Qizhen said: "Don't you want to go back to Beijing, but after you arrive in Nanyang, you can go back to Beijing."

Zhu Qizhen sighed secretly in his heart.

Time drives people to grow old.

The Battle of Nanyang is probably going to last several years. When the prince returns to the army, Zhu Qizhen will be sixty years younger.

By then, Zhu Qizhen should let the prince gain a foothold in the center.

Although Zhu Qizhen was unwilling to share power with others, he had to think about the Ming Dynasty after all. People had metabolism, and the country would also have their own metabolism. The Yangtze River waves pushed the previous waves, and the new generation replaced the old.

Zhu Qizhen is already the old man to be replaced.

Even though Zhu Qizhen never missed the invisible enemy of time in various political struggles, he had no way to deal with it.

When the prince heard Zhu Qizhen's words, he was shocked and said, "My son thanked my father."

Zhu Qizhen's words hit the prince's heart.

This is what the prince has always been worried about. Zhu Qizhen's words have been relieved of the prince's knot.

But when it comes to this, Zhu Qizhen didn't have the heart to say anything to the prince and said, "You come from afar, I won't keep you anymore. In a few days, I'm going to Suzhou, you can go with me."

The prince said, "Yes." Then he bowed and retreated.

He returned to his residence, which was also a palace in the Forbidden City. He immediately summoned Liu Daxia and said with a choice that Zhu Qizhen said.

Liu Daxia thought for a while and said, "Your Highness will be able to return to Beijing after staying in Nanyang for about ten years."

The prince was shocked and said, "How is it possible? How can it be fought for ten years in just Nanyang?"

The prince has always been afraid of launching the Battle of Southeast Asia. Now that he doesn't care, he also agrees to use the strength of the Ming Dynasty to pacify the country. It may be a bit tight for a year, but it takes more than three years to do it.

Where does it take ten years?

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, when you will return to Beijing, it never depends on how you fight in Nanyang? Even if your Highness attacks Nanyang, there are still the West, and there are other countries when you fight in the West."

"It depends only on what Your Majesty feels that he is not obedient to the government's power."

When the prince heard this, he felt like he was suffering from Rahe.

He wanted to deny this matter very much, but Liu Daxia's words seemed to have penetrated into the prince's heart and destroyed all his reason for a moment.

It seems that this is the only way to accept it. Why, as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the deputy monarch of the court, he could only wander in the wilderness.

Su Dongpo's exile was at least in China. The place where the prince was located was the rest of his life in Jianghai, who went south thousands of miles, and became alliances with gulls and savages.

You know, the same thing is different in different eyes.

For Zhu Qizhen, sending the prince to Southeast Asia was like a later generation of general companies sent people to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to explore the market. However, from the traditional Confucian values, this is a place that is even distant to exile.

The prince sighed for a while and said, "After all, it's my father."

Only the prince himself can understand what the meaning behind this sentence is.

But at this moment, he completely believed Liu Daxia's words.

He recalled that his father in his impression was always a complete political creature, and human feelings were just a layer of skin that was tied to interests.

Liu Daxia said: "Your Highness, you must not belittle yourself or be resentful. Today is a saint who is rare in a century. Even Taizu Taizong was reborn today, that's all."

"Any wise ruler, the prince will not have a good time."

"Whether it is Han Wu, Tang Taizong, or even Taizong of this dynasty, this may be the way Your Majesty protects you."

The corner of the prince's mouth twitched slightly and said, "I hope so." He didn't want to say this anymore, but picked up the post on the table and said, "Send someone to Cao's mansion and say he's alone. Go and prepare the frame."

"Let me be quiet."

Liu Daxia immediately bowed and retreated.

When the prince was alone in the room, all the light of the prince became dark. He asked himself silently, "How long should I wait?"

This is the answer that no one knows.

Although Zhu Qizhen is old, since his youth, he has been exercising for decades, which has always been quite good.

The prince didn't know when he would have to wait until he could return to Beijing.

The prince was born when Zhu Qizhen was fifteen or sixteen years old. In other words, the age difference between the prince and Zhu Qizhen is only sixteen years.

Now Zhu Qizhen is in his fifties.

The prince is in his thirties too.

The prince was in Jiaozhi and Jiading all year round. Because of the tropical climate, he was very uncomfortable, and he was somewhat weak and sick.

The prince was very worried that he might not be able to stand his father.

The unwillingness was like hundreds of poisonous insects biting his heart.

"Your Highness, the frame is ready." Someone outside suddenly knocked on the door and said.

The prince looked at the shadows falling on the window paper and slowly moved the muscles on his face. He smiled slightly, as if he had blocked everything in his smile. He said lightly everywhere: "Here you come."

The prince read some information about Cao Nai's recent situation in the carriage and said in his heart: "Cao Nai's deadline is now this year."

This was what the prince had expected long ago.

This is why the prince almost went to see Cao Nai. On the one hand, he was going to rush the emperor's itinerary. Zhu Qizhen said that he would go to Suzhou in two days. The prince could only meet Cao Nai within these two days.

Secondly, this is also what is done for the living.

That's right, in the eyes of the prince, Cao Nai was already a dead person. Even if he was not a dead person, he was still a dead person. However, the identity of Cao Nai's senior officials did not change.

The prince’s various respects to Cao Nai were actually to set off his own sign of respecting the wise and the wise.

Therefore, the prince was very respectful to Cao Nai.

It was not surprising that Cao's mansion would get off the car and hold the door in person. The servants of Cao's mansion never expected it. Fortunately, the Cao family also had some background. Naturally, it was obvious that the prince was very arrogant and did not dare to neglect it.

After the prince arrived, Cao Nai walked over slowly with the help of his son.

At this moment, Cao Nai couldn't even walk with a crutch, and his originally tall body became hunched. The original Cao Nai was a tall Hebei man, and he could not tell at all about Cao Nai's style back then.

Seeing this, the prince immediately stepped forward and supported him and said, "Mr. Cao, why bother coming out? I'll go see you."

Cao Nai wanted to salute forcibly but was stopped by the prince.

After both sides sat down, Cao Nai waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat. Cao Nai then said, "It is really a great honor for the old minister to visit the prince's humble house."

The prince said: "I'm sorry, Cao Gong, the elders of the country, heard that Cao Gong was sick, so I should have come to see him."

Cao Nai said, "Thank you, Your Highness. I'm taking the initiative to guess. Your Highness came after seeing Your Majesty."

There is no need to guess this, it is the meaning of the question.

The prince didn't know what was sold in Cao Nai's gourd, and said, "That's it."

Cao Nai said, "The old minister, let me take the initiative to ask if Your Highness can tell you what you have discussed with Your Majesty to the old minister."

The prince pondered for a moment and said that this matter could be big or small or big, just to reveal the forbidden Chinese language, or small, just to chat in private. After all, Cao Nai's qualifications were there, and it seemed that nothing big was wrong.

The prince said, "Okay."
Chapter completed!