Chapter 368 Lies won’t hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!
You can’t do it, but you can’t not want to!
This is what Xia Zhibai wants to tell Zhu Biao.
As a prince, you must have the courage to be the first. If you keep dormant under the wings of the emperor, no matter how good your talents are, they will eventually be wiped out.
Zhu Biao's current power can be described as overwhelming.
But Zhu Biao almost never did anything "out of the ordinary". He just carried out the tasks day after day step by step, like a puppet on strings, doing mechanical things day after day. Lack of initiative as a leader.
What's even more frightening is that Zhu Biao has lost his own thoughts.
There is nothing I want to do, and I lack real persistence.
Throughout the ages, there have been many wise and virtuous kings, but which one has not had his or her own firm thoughts on governing? Which one doesn’t have its own unique style? But Zhu Biao did not. Even though Zhu Biao is regarded by the world as the most stable prince since ancient times, if the world is asked to comment on Zhu Biao's style of handling political affairs, no one may be able to summarize the characteristics.
Because the world only saw Zhu Yuanzhang's shadow.
This is the reason why King Jin and King Yan dare to covet the position of crown prince.
Because Zhu Biao cannot 'convince the public'!
They obeyed Zhu Biao, but they believed that Zhu Biao was a good elder brother who handled matters fairly and tolerated them. However, this was only within the family. In the whole world, the Jin King's literary talents and martial arts were not inferior to Zhu Biao's, and he was even better. Ambition, even Zhu Yuanzhang looked at King Jin differently.
As for King Yan.
Also ambitious.
However, compared to the comprehensiveness of King Jin, King Yan is more like Zhu Yuanzhang. He has a violent temper and likes to speak with his fists. Therefore, he will follow Zhu Yuanzhang's character, which is competitive. With the help of the great monk Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Di's ambitions It is constantly growing.
Zhu Biao has actually been treading water these years.
The gap between him and other vassal kings was constantly narrowing, and this also resulted in Zhu Yuanzhang having to put more effort into clearing out the ambitious and meritorious ministers one by one in order for Zhu Biao to secure the throne in the future. Leave Zhu Biao a world that is easy to control.
Zhu Yuanzhang is strong. If Zhu Biao is strong enough, why would Zhu Yuanzhang be like this?
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son were actually torturing each other.
As his eldest son and his appointed crown prince, Zhu Yuanzhang devoted all his efforts to Zhu Biao and passed on all his life-long knowledge. But even so, Zhu Biao was still a little "unenlightened", so Zhu Yuanzhang often blamed Zhu Biao. , and there were no shortage of reminders, but Zhu Biao never realized it.
Zhu Biao only thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was too strong.
In the end, Zhu Biao's method of compromise was to obey and obey Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.
Although this calmed Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction, it also aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's more worries.
Worried that Zhu Biao would not be able to take over the emerging empire of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he had to rely on his own thunderous methods to demonstrate to Zhu Biao over and over again how to govern the Ming Empire, and at the same time, he continued to remove possible thorns on the road to power for Zhu Biao.
Isn't this Zhu Yuanzhang's compromise? !
Li Jinglong was stunned on the spot.
His whole body was already dripping with cold sweat, and his eyes looking into Xia Zhibai were full of shock and fear.
He never imagined that Xia Zhibai would dare to discuss the emperor's family affairs.
He even dared to make comments.
Attack the prince directly.
Is this really what a minister of Xia Zhibai can do?
And how do these words make sense? Doesn’t the prince want to be stable and take the lead?
Li Jinglong looked at Xia Zhibai, who was calm and gentle, and then at Zhu Biao, whose face was extremely ugly. He couldn't help but shrink his neck, opened his mouth, and subconsciously took a few steps back, even wanting to find a gap to get in.
There was no words for a long time.
Zhu Biao's face was extremely gloomy, so gloomy that he could shed tears. He looked at Xia Zhibai with horrifying eyes, his eyes filled with bloodshot eyes and anger. If there was a sword beside him, he would have wanted to chop Xia Zhibai on the spot. At this age, besides Zhu Yuanzhang, this was the first time that someone had killed him. Such scolding.
He couldn't accept it for a while.
Xia Zhibai looked calm. If anything, it is indeed difficult to hear. It is indeed difficult to accept a person with strong self-esteem and a high position like Zhu Biao, but this is the fact. Zhu Yuanzhang only tolerated Zhu Biao because of his own He came from a low background, so he subconsciously felt that he shouldn't have too high expectations for his son, and just let him solve everything.
But this does not mean that Zhu Biao is really that good.
At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Zhu Biao's biggest identity was just the eldest son. Zhu Yuanzhang had always been dissatisfied with him in many other aspects, but he did some ideological work for himself later and finally chose to compromise.
Xia Zhibai said: "Has Your Highness not been taught such a lesson for a long time?"
"But lies won't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!"
"The reason why His Highness is angry is that he also agrees with it in his heart."
"Otherwise we will just laugh it off."
"It is true that His Highness is talented, and it is true that he is proficient in handling various political affairs, but he lacks his own style and has not formed his own thoughts on governing the country. He is more like duckweed, moving according to His Majesty's thoughts."
"Such an approach will certainly help you avoid being scolded."
"But it also means that His Highness lacks the ability to truly face the storm and the courage to truly stand alone."
"In this regard, Your Majesty is not as good as other princes."
"Not even the King of Zhou."
"Although King Zhou has a weak character and can't distinguish between good and bad, he also knows what he should do and what he should insist on. Unlike His Highness, who said it was just to deal with His Majesty, but in fact he had long lost his own prejudices."
"His Highness believes that it is not advisable for the court to spend real money to promote banknotes."
"Has Your Highness really thought about it seriously?"
“Have you really considered the current situation of Ming Dynasty?”
"I have given you all the suggestions and ideas I can give to His Highness."
"Whether Your Highness listens or doesn't listen, I can't say anything."
"Your Highness, you should also be aware that the Ming Dynasty's current situation is closely related to you."
"Because you are the crown prince, and His Majesty is old, so he is destined to lean towards you."
"If His Highness is unable to withstand the wind and rain, then His Majesty can only do more to protect His Highness from the wind and rain, even if it will affect the so-called eternal foundation of the Ming Dynasty. After all, if even the second generation cannot sit firmly, what is the point of eternal life?"
"Hearing too many flattery words always makes people lose the ability to think independently."
"Your Highness, it's time to wake up."
Xia Zhibai sighed meaningfully.
Then he walked out of the room leisurely.
Zhu Biao obviously did not correct his attitude. No matter how much he said to Zhu Biao, he was talking to a cow. He did not have the courage to pioneer and be the first. Even if he crushed all the business methods of later generations and fed them to Zhu Biao, he would still be wrong. It will still spit out.
Because of fear of risk! ! !
(End of chapter)