Chapter 926 Defense
In fact, by now, everyone has already agreed on the feasibility of Zhu Pingan’s suggestion, so the remaining question is...
Everyone turned their attention to King Yu.
King Yu was struggling at this time. His face turned from red to white and then from white to red. In his heart, heaven and man were at war. A voice said: How can I, the son of the emperor, give bribes and gifts to a little thief like Yan Shifan? If we do this, wouldn’t it It is to make people in the world laugh at me, Zhu Zaihe; another voice said: Well, you are right...
Well, although I know the feasibility of Zhu Pingan's suggestion in my heart, King Yu really can't lose face. Go and give bribes and gifts to Yan Shifan.
How could I, the son of the emperor, bow my head and give gifts and bribes to his ministers? !
Don’t you want dignity? !
Even if Gu does not want dignity, the noble blood flowing in Gu's body will not allow Gu to bow his head to give gifts or bribes to a courtier!
If you do this, wouldn’t Gu become the laughing stock of the whole world and be ridiculed by everyone in the world! I am not as good as Zhendi, so I will be even worse than Zhendi! If my father finds out, what will my father think of me? !
No! Absolutely not! ! !
King Yu rejected Zhu Pingan's suggestion from the bottom of his heart.
However, although King Yu rejected Zhu Ping'an's suggestion from the bottom of his heart, he did not close the door completely, but still left a few gaps.
This is related to the three-year gift! The annual gifts for the first two years were enough for 50,000 taels of silver each year. Last year, due to the troubled times and financial constraints on the treasury, it was reduced to 30,000 taels. However, the annual gifts for the three years combined were enough for 130,000 taels of silver.
Nowadays, life is really unsustainable. With these 130,000 taels of silver, Gu can flex his muscles...
In fact, Chen Yiqin has a similar mentality to King Yu.
On the one hand, Chen Yiqin disagreed with Zhu Ping'an's suggestion. Since Chen Yiqin joined Prince Yu's palace, he has been anxious and dedicated to protecting Prince Yu. If King Yu is allowed to go down and give gifts and bribes to Yan Shifan, wouldn't it be a kind of harm and humiliation to His Royal Highness, who is so valuable? As the saying goes: The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord is concerned about the humiliation of his ministers and they will die! The humiliation of His Royal Highness King Yu is even more of a humiliation for us! As a minister, how can I let His Highness do something that is disgraceful?
On the other hand, Zhu Ping'an's suggestions can indeed help King Yu get back his three-year annual gift. With these three-year annual gift, King Yu will not be constrained by money at all. , which left Chen Yiqin in a dilemma.
Gao Gong thinks Zhu Pingan's suggestion is good. Gao Gong is pragmatic. Face is worth nothing. Being able to solve the problem of annual gifts is the key. Besides, there are countless examples of people who have achieved great things without sticking to trivial details throughout the ages. Han Xin was humiliated, Gou Jian tasted excrement to restore the country, Liu Bang shared my share, even Taizu Hongwu once begged for a living... What's more, now it's just a mere gift. It's a gift...
Yin Shidan's inner balance was greatly tilted towards Zhu Pingan's suggestion. He felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, and he could definitely try it.
After Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, he had been silently watching the reactions of everyone in the room, and naturally saw King Yu's expression of resistance and rejection.
However, Zhu Pingan was not worried at all.
Historical books record that King Yu finally got back the gift by bribing Yan Shifan. I just pushed hard to speed up the process on the basis of respecting the historical trajectory.
Moreover, in history, King Yu bribed Yan Shifan, which did not bring any stain on King Yu. Instead, it established a rare highlight in King Yu's life of "enduring humiliation and shouldering heavy burdens, accomplishing big things without hesitating about trivial matters"... In addition, Yan Shifan was stained because of this, and became a powerful factor in the downfall of Yan Party and Yan Shifan's death.
A suggestion can get back the annual gift for King Yu without leaving any stain, so there is no reason for him to let go of this credit.
This achievement will make him stand more firmly in Prince Yu's Mansion, and his status in Prince Yu's heart will also be further enhanced.
Of course, at this time, you need to add more fire to King Yu.
"Excuse me, Your Highness, how is Han Xin?" Zhu Ping'an looked up at King Yu and asked softly.
"The three heroes of the early Han Dynasty are unparalleled in their achievements and unparalleled in the world. They can be called unparalleled national warriors." King Yu was slightly startled, and then replied without hesitation.
King Yu admired Han Xin very much. As a person who aspired to the world, he would be eager for talents like Han Xin, an unparalleled national scholar. King Yu still remembered that Zhu Ping'an had compared himself to Liu Hou at the poetry meeting when he first entered Prince Yu's palace, hinting that he was Liu Bang, and he had a great time for a few days.
"What about the crotch humiliation?" Zhu Pingan asked again.
"A small impatience will mess up a big plan. The Marquis of Huaiyin endured the humiliation and shouldered the burden, and finally achieved great things."
As King Yu said this, his heart couldn't help but move, and the balance in his heart began to tilt slowly.
"Your Highness is wise. I believe that without the 'humiliation of the crotch', Marquis Huaiyin's great achievements would be less colorful. It is precisely because of the 'humiliation of the crotch' that the image of Marquis Huaiyin is like this. Tall. The Marquis of Huaiyin is also a hero. In ancient times, the so-called heroic people must be able to stand up to others and draw their swords when they are insulted. Stand up and fight, this is not enough to be brave. There are great brave people in the world who are not surprised when they are attacked without any reason. The person they hold hostage is very big, and their ambition is very far-reaching, so they can tolerate small anger. But when it comes to making big plans, you should support them with full strength and wait for them to fail. Those who achieve great things will not pay attention to small details."
Zhu Ping'an handed over to King Yu and talked very seriously.
"Suffer small anger and make big plans, nurture your full strength and wait for it to fail, those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters..." King Yu repeated it softly, and the look on his face slowly became solemn.
"There was also Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who was defeated by Wu King Fu Chai and was forced to surrender to Wu Ting for peace. Gou Jian endured the humiliation and burden, worked like an ox or a horse, tasted manure and was pardoned. Later, he tasted gall on the firewood, swallowed up the Wu Kingdom, and dominated the world..." Seeing that King Yu was interested, Zhu Ping'an then brought up the most inspirational example of Gou Jian's story of lying on a salary and tasting courage to further strengthen King Yu's belief.
Sure enough, King Yu became even more excited after hearing this, and the blood flowing in his body seemed to be burning.
"Your Highness, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight." Zhu Pingan finally bowed, bowed, and said a famous Western proverb.
This proverb is probably known to everyone in the West, but in the Ming Dynasty it was the first time it appeared!
“If you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight!”
When King Yu heard this, he couldn't help but trembled all over. Then he pressed the chair hard with both hands and stood up firmly.
"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight..."
Chen Yiqin couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. He didn't even feel the hand stroking his beard pulling out a bunch of beard. arrive.
Yes, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight! If you want to be crowned emperor, you must be able to bear the weight of the crown. There is no free lunch in the world. There is no reason to gain something without paying the price.
Zhu Ping'an was able to see this step at such a young age. I have grown so old in vain.
Haha
You have to take a long-term view, I was almost short-sighted.
Chen Yiqin couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, stroking his beard, and then found a handful of beard that had been pulled off in his hand...
Gao Gong and Yin Shidan were also Zhu Ping'an's This sentence "If you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight" is shocking.
"Your Highness, if you want to let him perish, you must first make him crazy... Why don't we give Yan Shifan a helping hand?" Zhu Ping'an added at the end.
Uh
Zhu Ping'an is really every word is exquisite, every sentence is beautiful!
Everyone was startled again when they heard the words. After chewing, they felt that the two sentences Zhu Pingan said were more profound.
"I have decided to be alone. This time I will follow Zihou's strategy." King Yu looked around at everyone and said firmly. (End of this chapter)