Chapter 47 Shi Naian died in Hongwu three years!
Looking at the green rice seedlings in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang felt mixed emotions in his heart, and his eyes looking at Xia Zhibai were full of complex colors.
As an emperor who has actually been to the ground, he can naturally recognize it. What Xia Zhibai handed over were real rice seedlings, not tares that many officials could not recognize at all.
Is it just that this rice seedling is so much more productive than other rice seedlings?
He couldn't believe it.
Just looking at the heavy potatoes held in his left hand, he felt silent for a moment.
For a while.
He was a little afraid to pick it up.
I just feel that this rice seedling weighs as much as a thousand catties.
Xia Zhibai said: "Your Majesty, take it, you deserve it."
"It's just that I hope His Majesty will plant this rice seedling himself, instead of just going through the motions or letting ministers do it for him like in the past."
"As the person who is closest to the people and understands the people's sufferings best. The emperor, who has been in power for eighteen years, has only gone to the fields a handful of times."
"This shouldn't happen."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xia Zhi deeply. Bai, for the first time, he felt like he couldn't see through the young man in front of him.
He did not pick it up immediately, but asked curiously: "You are so dissatisfied with us, why do you still put such a sacred object in our hands?"
He was really confused.
Xia Zhibai smiled and nodded, then shook his head and said: "I do have a lot of dissatisfaction with your current majesty."
"Set hundreds of officials as domestic slaves. Treating the national treasury as private property, using the heart of one person to seize the hearts of all people, allowing his descendants to do evil in all directions, and build large-scale construction projects, without any real thought of recuperating and recuperating with the people."
"So that the people above and below are trembling with fear. Provoking Your Majesty for no reason will lead to disaster, exhaustion of people's wealth, ruin of the world, and hardship for the people."
"But there is one sentence that is right."
"A warrior with shortcomings is still a warrior, and no matter how perfect a fly is, he is just a fly."
"Your Majesty was an emperor who had great achievements in the past."
"No matter how bad he is, he is still a fly." Emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.
He smiled and reached out to take it.
Xia Zhibai continued: "When the Ming Dynasty was founded, your majesty worked hard on political affairs, drove out the barbarians, and almost brought peace. How lucky is the Han Dynasty." After the Han and Tang Dynasties, there was another glorious and prosperous country."
"But all this began to change as your Majesty took the throne in the world. Your Majesty was addicted to private infighting, fighting for power and profit, and was exhausted. The desire of the world is not enough for the long-term happiness of his family."
"From then on, the world that was supposed to be soaring took a turn for the worse."
"The longevity of the Ming Dynasty no longer exists."
"The human heart is like water."
"It's just that water flows downward, but the human heart always wants to be higher when it is high."< br>
“But Your Majesty has forgotten.”
“Rights are just tools to realize ideals.”
Xia Zhibai sighed softly, paused for a while, and looked at the old man with a complicated expression on his back, with a stooped back and wrinkles on his face.
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head, only seeing the tender green rice seedlings, and seemed to turn a deaf ear to these words.
Xia Zhibai said softly: "His Majesty was so high-spirited and ambitious back then. Although he was born in a poor family, he could still say firmly, 'Brothers, let's build a big world together'."< br>
“It’s just that after His Majesty came to the throne, the vigor and sharpness of the year gradually disappeared, and he became proud and complacent, with some arrogance.”
“I am a commoner in Huaiyou, and the world What's wrong with me?" "I can't match the high spirits of the past."
In a trance, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have returned to the time when he was a fierce warrior and a powerful tiger, his eyes were full of nostalgia and lamentation.
"Now, haha."
"I'm afraid it has gradually changed. Old guys, don't blame me."
"Your Majesty, you are old. .”
Xia Zhibai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a complicated expression, filled with emotion in his heart. No matter how heroic and majestic the person is, he will never be able to defeat the years.
“Your Majesty is not only old, but your heart is also old. He has become stubborn, stubborn, unwilling to make progress, afraid of change, and even afraid to face some bleak things. The truth."
"Now, Your Majesty, you only want to live in a world where you flatter others and please others, even in a world that you have carefully fabricated for yourself."
"But that is true. "
Xia Zhibai shook his head and said: "No."
"His Majesty talks about loving the people every year, but in the eighteen years since the founding of the country, how many times has His Majesty actually gone to the fields? Even encouraging farm work has begun to be done by ministers, without even pretending. Such an emperor is not like you in the past. , there is a huge difference.”
“Your Majesty knows that.”
“Many people in the world still respect Your Majesty for the rest of their lives, and are always infinitely grateful to Your Majesty.”
"It's just Your Majesty, do you think you can really afford this respect and gratitude?"
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything and just remained silent.
"A dynasty spans all generations."
"It can never be carried by an emperor, let alone a surname."
"But the dawn of the world."
"Today's great tomorrow, you can see all the way to the end, lifeless and lifeless."
"It's just like the last years of the dynasty."
"Xia Zhibai, that's enough!" Zhu Biao looked angry and shouted angrily on the spot. As a son of a man, how could he tolerate Xia Zhibai's humiliation of his father and the Ming Dynasty again and again?
"Let him speak." Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand.
After Zhu Biao stopped blaming, after hearing Xia Zhibai's words, he did not feel angry now, but seemed very calm.
Xia Zhibai returned to the oxcart, looked through the area covered by the potato plants, and took out a tightly bound book.
He handed it into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyes, somewhat confused, what did Xia Zhibai mean? Are there any books in the world that he doesn’t have?
He looked over with lowered eyebrows.
Water Margin!
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and looked confused. He had never heard of this book.
Xia Zhibai said: "This is a novel written by Mr. Shi Naian when the world was in turmoil."
"Your Majesty, you can take a look when you have time. You may have other insights. In my opinion, the best thing about this novel is that rebellion is justified, but the best thing about this book is that it surrenders and recruits peace."
"The life trajectory of Mr. Shi Naian coincides with most of His Majesty's time."
"He died in the third year of Hongwu."
Hearing from Xia Zhibai If so, Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed slightly, and he looked a bit wary and uneasy.
As a political creature, I can hear some meaning from just these three or two sentences.
He was born in a rebellion, so he agreed with the saying that rebellion is justified from the bottom of his heart, but as an emperor, he hated this statement deeply.
And what does surrender mean? Are you mocking yourself for finally surrendering and compromising?
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were cloudy and uncertain, looking at the three words "Water Margin" on the paper, with a rare hint of panic and heaviness.
There is even a strong killing intent!
He felt uneasy.
(End of this chapter)