Chapter 209

Because Su Qiao had recalled the Method to break the deadlock targeting the end of the Ming.

Su Qiao followed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and glanced over.

He suddenly saw the "Register of Great Ming Imperial Clan Members Who Died in Battle" tightly gripped in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

Su Qiao's throat trembled slightly.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, he asked,

"Your Majesty, may I ask about that strategy I proposed for the late years of Great Ming...?"

Zhu Yuanzhang answered in a hoarse voice,

"I can only tell you this."

"There are only Zhu family members who died fighting, none who fled back!"

131, King is not King, Marquis is not Marquis.

Hearing the news, Su Qiao's body trembled involuntarily, and he closed his eyes without thinking.

Back then, when he told Old Zhu that strategy,

Su Qiao never expected

that Old Zhu would actually let the Zhu imperial clan charge to the very front.

After a long while,

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang before him.

He solemnly clasped his hands, bowed deeply, and said,

"Please allow this subject to bow to Your Majesty!"

This bow was made by Su Qiao willingly and wholeheartedly.

Su Qiao was also a Han person.

Su Qiao knew.

For whom did those Zhu family members who died at Xingshan die!

Zhu Yuanzhang stared fiercely at Su Qiao and asked,

"So, is the Method to break the deadlock found in maritime affairs?"

Su Qiao nodded slightly and said,

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it lies precisely in maritime affairs!"

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly sat down on the Danbi stone.

Looking at Su Qiao before him, he asked,

"Is there a way to break this deadlock?"

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, gritted his teeth solemnly, and said,

"There is!"

Su Qiao's voice echoed beneath the vast Fengtian Sect.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Qiao as if he could hardly believe it and asked,

"Do you truly have the confidence to suppress these fierce ministers of the entire court?"

Su Qiao nodded slightly and said,

"This subject does not!"

That would be a joke.

What kind of existence were the ministers of the Jiajing reign?

Let alone them bound together.

Even that young Grand Secretary alone was an unparalleled existence.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more curious.

"Then do you truly have a Method to break the deadlock?"

Su Qiao answered,

"This subject has no Method to break the deadlock, but this subject knows why this deadlock is trapped!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was momentarily stunned.

"Why is this deadlock trapped?"

"Trapped by intention!"

"Trapped by the intention of the later rulers of Great Ming!"

"Trapped by the later rulers putting the branch before the root!"

Upon Su Qiao's words, all the emperors in the chat group were momentarily stunned.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Qiao with a puzzled expression and asked,

"Putting the branch before the root? What does putting the branch before the root mean?"

Su Qiao took a deep breath and said,

"Opening the seas is merely a means, not the goal!"

"The current goal of the later rulers is merely to open the seas, yet they do not know why to open the seas!"

"This subject begs Your Majesty to ask yourself: why must the seas be opened?"

Su Qiao's question echoed beneath the Fengtian Sect.

It echoed within the chat group.

Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but murmur,

"Why open the seas...?"

"Naturally, it is for the Great Ming!"

Su Qiao's gaze gradually grew firm.

"Yes! It is to protect the Great Ming."

"I beg Your Majesty to ask yourself again: why protect the Great Ming?"

Zhu Yuanzhang almost blurted out

"Naturally, it is for the Zhu family's empire!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Old Zhu finished speaking, Su Qiao declared with absolute certainty

"Wrong!"

"The hidden dragon lies in the abyss; this is precisely where the error lies!"

"Opening the seas is to protect the Great Ming, but protecting the Great Ming is not to protect the Zhu family's single-surname empire."

"It is so that the sacred vessels of the Central Plains may never again be stained by barbarian blood!"

"It is so that all people under heaven may live in peace and prosperity!"

"It is so that all people under heaven may no longer suffer the bitterness of war!"

Su Qiao stared fixedly at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since Old Zhu knew the events of later generations,

Su Qiao no longer concealed anything.

Heaven sent him on this journey to the Great Ming.

Naturally, he must do his utmost to help the Great Ming.

If Old Zhu listens, he listens.

If he does not listen,

at worst, he will simply return.

Zhu Yuanzhang's figure trembled slightly.

Su Qiao's words echoed repeatedly in his mind.

Protect the Great Ming.

It is for the people, not for the Zhu family.

Thinking thus, Zhu Yuanzhang murmured of his own accord

"The ruler is of slight importance, the state is next, and the people are of greatest weight..."

"Indeed!"

Su Qiao stared fixedly at Zhu Yuanzhang and declared loudly