Listening to Zhu Jingyuan's answer, Emperor Zhu Zhongliang of the Ming Dynasty also fell into brief confusion.

The old emperor inherited the old Zhu family's tradition of caring for their descendants, but as an emperor who was appointed through competition and served for thirty years, he himself was not pedantic.

So after a short silence, Zhu Zhongliang's instructions came down:

"Then Jingyuan, just tell me what you think about the peace negotiation. If you can't tell me, go to the grassroots level for training tomorrow...

"Everyone, please stop standing there and sit down. Let's first listen to what this kid has to say, and then we can have a meeting again."

After the emperor finished speaking, he sat down under the service of his servants. The princes, princes and ministers, with some helplessness and doubts, bowed again to thank him and sat down around him.

Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan, father and son, looked at each other, their expressions and eyes full of shock and helplessness.

Zhu Jingyuan really wants to complain loudly. I just want to wait until you have finished discussing it and then stand up and steal my father's task.

As a result, I was pulled out now and asked to publicly comment on the peace negotiation? What is there to comment on? Which of the princes, princes and ministers here does not understand better than me?

While Zhu Jingyuan was stunned, Zhu Jianyan next to him came back to his senses.

Zhu Jianyan nodded to his son with mixed emotions, clenched his fist slightly and gave an encouraging look, indicating that Zhu Jingyuan should speak boldly, no one would go against him.

As a person involved, Zhu Jingyuan felt a bit obsessed with the authorities and did not immediately realize that his use had been expanded again.

I just felt that I had no way out anyway, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and openly discuss politics.

As a keyboard politician in his previous life, he has received ten years of education as a royal child in this life. It is no problem to express his political thoughts and intentions normally.

Moreover, I do have my own ideas about peace negotiations and various ideas about dealing with domestic and international situations.

Now that I have the opportunity to speak publicly in public, it is also a good training opportunity.

It was just the first time he made political remarks in an official setting, and the audience was the most powerful group in the entire empire and the world, so Zhu Jingyuan felt a little nervous.

But Zhu Jingyuan was not too panicked, and was even a little excited.

If your opinions can be recognized by them, you should be able to obtain better conditions for negotiations, and your future career will be smoother.

Zhu Jingyuan made up his mind and walked to the table in the middle of the conference room. While everyone was sitting down, he took a few deep breaths and tried hard to adjust his mentality.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Jingyuan followed the rules and first bowed to the emperor above him, and then bowed his hands to the ministers around him.

This action tells everyone that he is about to formally speak. Please calm down and listen carefully:

"I think the empire can consider negotiating peace. It should be said that it should have been negotiated long ago. My main reasons are as follows:

“First, the current development of military technology is conducive to defense but not offensive. When the industrial levels of the two parties involved in the war are not much different, it is extremely easy to enter a war of attrition.

"The current war situation is indeed like this. Both the enemy and we have continued to invest a lot of manpower and resources, but neither has been able to make breakthrough progress.

"If this form of war continues, the imperial court, financial groups, and commercial banks will not be able to benefit. Instead, it will cause social unrest and may even endanger the security of the country.

"Second, this war, which should have ended long ago, has detonated various contradictions accumulated within the empire, and the civil uprisings that have broken out in various places are the actual manifestation.

"So we should and must end the war as soon as possible and shift the power of the court and all parties to appease the civil uprising and maintain social order.

"Otherwise, the reappearance of the crisis in Chongzhen among the people is not just alarmist. You don't want the Ming Empire to overthrow again, right?

“Third, the empire has continued to expand in recent decades, conquering and seizing a large amount of land, but it has not integrated the conquered areas into the imperial system.

"This part of land is very easy to gain and lose again. The border lands lost after the establishment of the Anti-Ming Alliance are clear evidence.

"We need a peaceful time to civilize and transform this part of the land in a planned way, so that these places can truly become part of the empire.

"To sum up, I think peace should be negotiated. The empire needs time to recuperate, appease the civil unrest, educate the border residents, and restore its strength for the future."

When Zhu Jingyuan said this, he once again raised his hands to those around him and bowed to the emperor, indicating that his speech was over and everyone could question and ask questions.

Some of the ministers around were whispering to each other, and some had their eyes closed in deep thought, but after several seconds, no one stood up and spoke.

In fact, when Zhu Jingyuan just opened his mouth to speak, some princes and ministers suddenly realized something.

After looking at Zhu Jianyan and Zhu Jingyuan and his son several times in succession, he slowly showed an expression of sudden realization.

This situation seemed to be contagious. When Zhu Jingyuan stopped, the news had already spread to all the princes and ministers present.

The ministers present actually understood that the Ming Empire really needed to rest and digest.

But no minister dared to assume the responsibility of initiating peace.

There is no uncontrolled military-industrial complex within the empire. All arms industries are controlled by the royal consortium. The royal consortium cannot drive the empire to continuously pursue war.

The empire has massive wealth. To wage war, there is no need to borrow money from the people, no need to make unrealistic promises to any group, and no need to worry about bankruptcy due to an armistice.

Theoretically, a ceasefire can be made at any time.

However, in the cultural tradition of the empire, it is easy for people to despise the first initiative of peace, especially after the founder of the Ming Dynasty re-established the Ming Dynasty.

If someone proposes peace talks after a big victory, the impact will be relatively small.

When the war situation is stalemate or even unfavorable, no one dares to propose peace.

Now Zhu Jingyuan, a half-year-old child who is "childlike", has put forward the proposal for peace without hesitation, and everyone is actually happy.

After the princes and ministers understood the logic, they looked at Zhu Jianyan with gratitude and admiration.

Zhu Jianyan brought a half-year-old child here. Before, everyone thought he was suffering from Qihu, but now it seems that this is really a miracle.

Now no one dares to stand up and question it, for fear that Xiao Zhu will not be able to withstand it; nor can they agree with it, for fear of being known as "supporting the peace negotiation", so they all keep silent.

Zhu Jianyan was the calmest on the surface, but also the most emotional in his heart.

Inspired by his son, he planned to cooperate with him, taking advantage of his son's status as a filial son and using filial piety to offset the bad reputation of seeking peace.

But after seeing his grandson, his father, the old emperor, quickly realized that the child Jingyuan had other uses.

Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan was guided to shoulder the burden of "publicly proposing peace", which solved the problem of ministers not daring to propose peace.

Since then, not only the two generations of emperors have accepted his affection, but this wave of ministers have also accepted his affection.

All the princes and ministers here will understand this, and now Zhu Jingyuan no longer has to worry about his career.

Now that everyone's intentions are determined, they are waiting for the old emperor to humbly accept his advice and accept Zhu Jingyuan's peace proposal.

But the old emperor was also an old fox. Although he was relieved in his heart, he remained calm on the surface and continued in a very casual tone:

"Then, my dear grandson, please tell me, if you are asked to preside over the peace talks, what should you do? What are your requirements?"
Chapter completed!