My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 755 The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty

"That's what happened. Now we occupy the Port of Suez and the Ottomans occupy Cairo. Both sides jointly dig the canal and will equally share the benefits of the canal in the future."

Zhu Zhanhe patiently explained the current situation in Egypt to Helen.

"I didn't expect that the once fierce Mamluk dynasty would be destroyed by you so easily!"

After hearing this, Helen was stunned for a while and then murmured to herself.

"There is no ever-lasting dynasty in this world. Your Roman Empire was once extremely powerful, but then it still experienced wars and divisions. Now there is only a split Byzantine Empire left to survive. My estimate is that they will die at the hands of the Ottomans before long!"

When Zhu Zhanhe heard Helen's words, he felt something in his heart, so he sighed.

"But haven't you, China, always been strong? Even if there are occasional alien invasions, you can still rise again and build an extremely powerful empire!"

Helen did not agree with Zhu Zhanhe's words. She had been studying the history of China during this period, from ancient myths and legends to the rise and fall of past dynasties. Especially those vast history books shocked her even more. This was the first time she had seen them. A nation is so obsessed with recording history.

"Yes, from a historical point of view, China has always been very powerful. The main reason is that our ancestors expanded everywhere and included all the places that could be conquered and occupied into the territory of the empire. Except for the grasslands in the north, there were almost no surrounding areas. A force that can threaten us.”

Zhu Zhanhe paused for a moment when he said this, and then suddenly sighed and said: "But the threat to the empire does not lie externally, but internally. Throughout the dynasties, as long as we have no internal problems, external threats are not something to be afraid of. But After the establishment of each dynasty, after a period of prosperity, it will inevitably decline. Eventually, China will fall into a strange cycle of dynasties, and basically no dynasty can survive for three hundred years."

"Your Highness said that, don't you think the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty can't do it either?"

Helen hesitated for a moment, and finally asked what she was thinking.

"As one of the Chinese dynasties, the Ming Dynasty still cannot escape the fate of dynastic reincarnation. As for us Han..."

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly stopped when he said this, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"What's wrong with the big man?"

Helen asked curiously.

"I can't say for sure about Dahan's future fate. Everything I do now is to prepare for Dahan's future. As for how far Dahan will develop in the future, I can't predict it!"

Zhu Zhanhe finally shook his head and said.

Ever since Zhu Gaoxu led his troops to the sea and established the Han Dynasty in Tianzhu, the fate of their father and son has been unknown. At least Zhu Zhanhe could not predict the fate of their father and son from the original history, and the Han Dynasty was destined to be destroyed under his governance. It would become a unique empire, so Zhu Zhanhe could not predict the future fate of the Han Dynasty at all.

Looking at the worried Zhu Zhanhe, Helen also felt very confused. In her opinion, the Han Dynasty was already one of the most powerful empires in the world, and the only one that could compare with them was Zhu Zhanhe's mother country, the Ming Dynasty.

As the heir to such a powerful empire, Zhu Zhanhe should have nothing to fear, but in Helen's view, Zhu Zhanhe often showed worried expressions and considered too long-term things. However, he was extremely knowledgeable and had almost no knowledge of astronomy and geography. Knowing everything, Helen always felt that there were too many mysteries in Zhu Zhanhe.

In fact, Helen's view is not wrong. Zhu Zhanhe does think too much sometimes, but as a time traveler, he is too aware of the history of later generations, and he wants to change the direction of history too much, but the inertia of history is too great, so Sometimes some of Zhu Zhanhe's views are rather pessimistic.

At the same time, in the Imperial City of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji was sitting in the Wuying Palace with a gloomy face, and some of the ministers below did not dare to make any sound. After a while, Zhu Zhanji finally raised his head and glanced at the ministers, and then asked: "What do you think should be done with these people?"

Facing Zhu Zhanji's inquiry, Yang Rong, Yang Pu and others below all bowed their heads and remained silent. No one wanted to be this evil person.

It turns out that just a few days ago, Li Qi, the new king of Jiaozhi, was officially canonized by Zhu Zhanji, and then returned some Ming officials who had been captured to the Ming Dynasty.

Most of these officials were captured by various rebels during the Jiaozhi War. Among them, Li Shan captured the most people. Later, Li Shan died at the hands of Li Qi, so these prisoners fell into the hands of Li Qi.

However, the reason why these officials were able to survive was not because of the good intentions of the various rebels. In fact, during the rebellion before Jiaozhi, many Ming officials who preferred death to surrender eventually died at the hands of the rebels, and these who survived However, many officials surrendered to the rebels, and some even took the initiative to dedicate the city to the rebels just in exchange for their lives.

This batch of officials returned by Li Qi totaled more than [-] people, among whom Cai Fu, the governor of Jiaozhi, Zhu Guang, the commander of the capital, Xue Ju, Yu Zan, Lu Gui, the commander of Qianhu, and Li Zhong of Qianhu had the highest official positions.

In particular, the governor Cai Fu not only surrendered voluntarily, but also taught the Cochin rebels how to make siege equipment after the surrender, and even provided them with information on the garrison garrisons in various places in Cochin, etc., which caused huge losses to the Ming Dynasty.

"Why aren't you talking? What should Cai Fu and others do?"

When Zhu Zhanji saw that everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, he immediately snorted and asked again.

"Your Majesty, the defeat of Jiaozhi is not the fault of one person. However, Cai Fu and others received the emperor's favor, but they did not want to be loyal to the country. Instead, they surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. I think they should be severely punished!"

Yang Rong finally stood up and expressed his stance. He was on duty in the cabinet today, so he had to stand up and express his stance.

"So, Yang Aiqing hopes that I will execute everyone?"

Zhu Zhanji raised his eyes and glanced at Yang Rong, then asked coldly.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I feel that most people's crimes are not punishable by death. They only need to be dismissed from their official positions. As for Cai Fu, Zhu Guang and others, their crimes are unavoidable. If they are not killed, the people will not be angry!"

Yang Rong hesitated and finally said again.

He had actually come out a long time ago. With Zhu Zhanji's attitude, it would be difficult to quell the anger in the opponent's heart if he didn't kill a few today, but he definitely couldn't kill all of the more than a hundred people, so he could only pick a few leaders to kill.

"what do y'all think?"

Zhu Zhanji did not comment, but asked other ministers again.

"My minister agrees!"

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, and others also stood up and agreed.

In fact, everyone knows that, except for a few people such as Cai Fu, most of the people who surrendered were forced to do nothing. If they were all killed, it would definitely make the officials in the DPRK feel sad, so they selected a few It is enough to kill the unforgivable crime and let Zhu Zhanji vent his anger.

(End of this chapter)