Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 204: Extending the Life of the Ming Dynasty for Two Hundred Years
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally uttered a word.

"Apart from the Cabinet and the Grand Council, is there no other solution?

Even a little bit will do!"

Yang Chen saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had a look that he would not let him leave unless he came up with a solution, and for a moment he felt a little troubled. Everyone knew what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang was. If he did not satisfy him, it would be impossible for him to leave.

So, for some unknown reason, he uttered these words.

"There is definitely a way, it just depends on whether Your Majesty is willing to use it."

As soon as he heard that there was a solution, Zhu Yuanzhang urged Yang Chen to speak out.

"I know you have a lot of tricks up your sleeve. If you have a solution, then tell me what it is."

After a long while, Yang Chen slowly opened his mouth and said:
"In our later generations, someone once taught us that China has had a stubborn disease for thousands of years that is difficult to completely cure, and the reason is that the people in power have been in power for too long.

Generally speaking, a normal person is only happy in the first half of his work, and starts to do whatever he wants in the second half. Therefore, the only way to make a country stable is to frequently change the country's leaders and keep fresh blood in the leadership positions.

For example, Your Majesty, if you are really as recorded in history, Abiao will serve as the crown prince for a long time in the future.

May I ask your Majesty, have you ever seen a prince who is willing to stay in the position of heir to the emperor for decades?"

These words instantly made Zhu Yuanzhang fall into deep thought. He knew very well that as long as one is a human being, he will have ambitions and lofty aspirations, especially when living in the atmosphere of an imperial family.

At present, he has seen that many of his sons want to show their talents, and he has actually given these sons opportunities.

Whether it was Zhu Chong serving as a manager in Zhenjiang Prefecture, or Zhu Gang taking a fleet to Nanyang to find a position, it was all because these sons had the ambition to prove themselves.

Since there was a woman like that, Zhu Yuanzhang certainly couldn't suppress the other party, otherwise the situation that the second son showed up in Xi'an would happen again, where he would beat and scold his subordinates, making them so angry that they died at the hands of a woman. Even he, as her father, couldn't stand it.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang began to have concerns about whether the method of frequently changing emperors was feasible.

Of course, he understood Zhu Biao's abilities, and Zhu Yuanzhang was 100% confident in handing over the position of emperor to Zhu Biao in the future.

So who would Zhu Biao hand over this position to after he left? Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Yuanzhang had great trust in the intelligence of his grandson. But what happened after Zhu Xiongying? Zhu Yuanzhang was confused. After all, he had already turned into ashes by then, and it was impossible for him to manage the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the disadvantage of frequently changing emperors. Zhu Yuanzhang also discovered this big problem, so in the end, what to do?
"No, no, this won't work, what if the heir is too young?
Look at Xiongying, he is only a few years old but he already wants to fly to the outside world. What if he doesn’t want to be emperor in the future?
We will be gone by that time, and we cannot teach our grandchildren to become emperors. We don’t know whether our descendants will be able to manage future generations. If there is any slight change, wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty be in danger?
Your method won’t work, absolutely not! "

"Do you have any other solutions? Tell me quickly. I know your intentions very well. There must be more than this. If you don't tell me the truth, I won't let you go today."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also determined to do it, looking like a deadbeat. Now Yang Chen was in some trouble.

Method.

There is definitely a way, it’s nothing more than delegating power!
Whoever the people think is capable will be the emperor.

But this is just a pipe dream, not to mention that traffic information is not well developed at all nowadays.

Even in later generations there is no way to achieve complete fairness and justice.

So he chose to remain silent. As long as he didn't speak, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely give up.

Seeing that Yang Chen couldn't explain it for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that something was wrong and asked tentatively:

"Is there something you're hiding? You look like you're constipated."

Yang Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty! It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I have no idea. This is a completely unsolvable problem. If you want to find a solution, you can only leave it to the people behind to figure it out. We should believe in the wisdom of future generations, and we shouldn't be the ones thinking about what will happen next.

The only thing we can do now is to continuously lay a solid foundation for our successors. As long as the foundation is solid, I believe that someone in the future will be able to think of a solution to these problems.”

With just this one word, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up, but he still wanted to know who the Ming Dynasty could use now.

“Since we can’t find a suitable organization, let me ask you, besides Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang, are there any other capable ministers? It would be best if they are selfless and willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the cause, and even willing to put their own lives above their own for the sake of the people of the world.

It would be best if he was younger and could help my grandson."

"Let me choose people for you? Where can I find talents for you? I'm not a headhunter."

Yang Chen refused immediately. What a joke! This is not the information age. Capable people would not write their abilities on their heads for others to see.

Since ancient times, only capable people have sought out powerful leaders, and there are very few examples of powerful leaders seeking out capable people. The most classic example is Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so anxious and trying again and again to find a capable person to replace Hu Weiyong, he couldn't help but think of something.

Then he squinted his eyes and stared at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked:
"No? Your Majesty, what happened to you today? It has happened several times. Could it be that something happened to Hu Weiyong? That's not right! I remember that this guy seemed to have just been out to sea for a short time. Even if something could happen to him, it would definitely not happen at this time.

So, if I am not mistaken, this must have something to do with Li Wenzhong. Am I right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was choked by this sudden question. He knew that Yang Chen was a bit shrewd, but he didn't expect that this guy would dare to say anything.

So he showed a cold expression and warned:

"You bastard, do you know how Yang Xiu died?"

"Yang Xiu."

Yang Chen's mind flashed through the scene where this guy, in order to show off, repeatedly exposed Cao Cao's thoughts in advance, and then was killed by Cao Cao using a trick.

Looking back and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's ill intentions, Yang Chen quickly tried to smooth things over.

"Oh! Your Majesty, you don't need to use Yang Xiu to warn me. I am not the kind of person who likes to speak out my thoughts. But if you really want to select talents, there are too few people to be found in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to find any."

"Hmm? What do you mean? Are you saying that there are no talented people in the Ming Dynasty?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang approaching him, Yang Chen quickly explained:
"No, no, no! Your Majesty, you misunderstood. It's not that the Ming Dynasty has no talents, but that you have killed almost all of the talents in the Ming Dynasty. Even if I want to help you find someone, I can't find it!"

Upon hearing that most of the Ming Dynasty's talents had been killed by him, Zhu Yuanzhang felt the blood in his chest calm down.

He said it as if he had no reason. In his opinion, it was because these people had great abilities but did not do their job properly, so they deserved to be killed by him.

But from what Yang Chen said, it seemed that he was the one who was unreasonable, which instantly made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely dissatisfied.

Just when he wanted to teach Yang Chen a lesson and told him that he was not wrong, the other party spoke.

"Hey! But I really remembered one person, that person is Yao Guangxiao! The think tank around your fourth child.

In the original timeline, the reason why Yongle was able to do so well was entirely because of the support of Yao Guangxiao. Not only that, Yao Guangxiao helped Yongle not for money, status, fame or fortune, but only to prove that his knowledge was useful.

Afterwards, Yao Guangxiao also taught Yongle's grandson and trained him to become an emperor who created a prosperous era for the Ming Dynasty.

After his death, there were only some coarse monk's robes in his tomb.

Later generations called him the Prime Minister in Black to prove that his abilities were comparable to those of a prime minister.

Some time ago, he came to me to discuss philosophy. After I taught him some philosophy, he seemed to be enlightened. His ability is definitely stronger than Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and others, and his loyalty must also surpass many people.

Anyway, if you want to find someone to replace Hu Weiyong, no one can be more suitable than Yao Guangxiao. "

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knew a lot about Yao Guangxiao, especially that this guy was giving advice to his son. When he learned about this person, Zhu Yuanzhang actually had only one thought in his mind, which was to kill him.

Everyone in the court knew that Zhu Yuanzhang hated others provoking his family relationships the most, and it was obvious that Yao Guangxiao had touched upon this point.

Just when he was about to take action against Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Biao directly dissuaded him from doing so.

Because Yao Guangxiao was one of the few advisers around Zhu Di, if he was killed.

I'm afraid this is a huge blow to Zhu Di, not to mention that Zhu Di wants to conquer the world through war and killing, and the talents he needs are extremely powerful.

Wouldn't it be the same as crippling Zhu Di's hands and feet if Yao Guangxiao was deposed?

"No, no, this guy belongs to Lao Si. If I take him away from Lao Si, wouldn't that be a bit unfair?

This is not fair to the fourth child."

Yang Chen was somewhat surprised by Zhu Yuanzhang's decision to reject Yao Guangxiao.

Because according to his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu was not a person of this character. It was somewhat unexpected that the other party actually did this.

After a long while, Yang Chen finally broke his silence and spoke again, acting as a headhunter:

"Well, since His Majesty doesn't like Yao Guangxiao, then I can only look for other people. I don't know if His Majesty will like the Three Yangs?
The so-called Three Yangs are Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu.

All three of them were talents selected from the cabinet established after Yongle became emperor to serve as important cabinet ministers. Among them, Yang Shiqi was the chief minister of the cabinet and the prince's tutor. After his death, Yang Pu took over as the chief minister and also the prince's tutor.

Without exception, all three of them did a lot for the Ming Dynasty during their tenure, so it can be said that it was a good choice to make them capable ministers.”

"Three Yangs."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered to himself and secretly wrote down the names of the three people, considering them to be joining the next team of capable ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty will not have the position of prime minister for the time being, it cannot leave the position vacant with capable officials forever.

After all, the imperial court needs many people to serve at the same time in order to function, and any one of them being missing is important.

In addition, he did not want Zhu Biao to be busy and exhausted while he was away. Sitting on the throne of emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well how tiring it would be to deal with things, and he must have one or two loyal people to accompany him.

San Yang is a good choice, but it is not enough.

"Who else but them?"

I thought that having the Three Yangs was enough for Zhu Yuanzhang, but I didn't expect this guy to be so greedy.

He was about to refuse, but Yang Chen suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a young man who was a good choice.

It’s just that this young man has not been born yet, but that doesn’t affect Yang Chen’s introduction of him to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Hey! There really is one! This person can be said to be a legend of the Ming Dynasty. Some people in later generations said that he extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. It can be said that he single-handedly stopped the Ming Dynasty from collapsing!"

Now, Yang Chen wanted to introduce this person excitedly, but Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him with a strange look.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had many big problems in his heart.

The first thing to be asked is how could the Ming Dynasty have the problem of "extending its life for another 200 years?" The Ming Dynasty only lasted for more than 300 years, and he has been the emperor for more than ten years. If we subtract 200 years, then the crisis of the Ming Dynasty's collapse will occur within the next few decades!
So, Zhu Yuanzhang stared into Yang Chen's eyes and said calmly:

"Boy, what did you say just now? Who extended the life of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years, and why did you say that the Ming Dynasty was in a precarious situation at that time? What is there that we don't know?"

Yang Chen swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva to moisten his throat, then he realized that he disliked Zhu Yuanzhang for being too long-winded and seemed to have said something extraordinary.

He looked around quickly, trying to make Zhu Yuanzhang forget about it, and at the same time pretended to suddenly remember something.

"Oh! Your Majesty, I almost forgot something important. It is very important and cannot be forgotten.

Let's talk about it later. I have to deal with it right now, otherwise the delay will become very serious. Your Majesty, we will always be like this!"

Before he could finish his words, Yang Chen slipped away.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang let him leave? He predicted the other party's escape route in advance, rushed forward first, grabbed Yang Chen's shoulder, and shouted:
"Haha! You bastard, you want to run away after becoming a riddler? You are just daydreaming! Tell the truth. If you don't explain clearly, you can forget about leaving! Tell me in advance, otherwise I will blame you for being violent!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang caught Yang Chen, he dragged him to a sparsely populated place.

Seeing this, Yang Chen dared not surrender on the spot, and hurriedly explained:

"No! Your Majesty! I'm really not kidding you. It's better for us not to get into this matter. The more we get into it, the more unhappy we'll probably be. If anything goes wrong in the end, I can't take the responsibility alone.

How about this? I will explain it to you slowly when I am free. It is really hard to say what will happen in this situation now!"

(End of this chapter)