Chapter 162: Cultivate oneself, manage one’s family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world! (First update)
Prince Yan’s Mansion.
Zhu Di was wearing regular clothes.
I was a little impatient waiting inside the house.
"What did Yao Guangxiao do? If you ask him to deliver a message, can it be delivered for so long?"
At this time.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the house.
Yao Guangxiao is back.
Behind him was Xia Zhibai, who was still wearing coarse linen clothes.
Yao Guangxiao glanced at the field, smiled and cupped his hands, and then stepped back with interest.
Only Zhu Di and Xia Zhibai were left in the hall.
Xia Zhibai strolled to the lobby, saluted Zhu Di in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and said calmly: "Xia Zhibai meets His Highness King Yan."
Zhu Di sneered and glanced outside the hall. Suddenly he got angry and said: "Xia Zhibai, you are so brave, you dare to plot against me. Do you really think that because you are from Kyoto, you can ignore me, Zhu Di?"
Zhu Di glare.
His anger was not feigned.
But he was angry from the bottom of his heart, especially after waiting for a while, and he was holding back a fire in his heart.
Xia Zhibai slightly cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness is too worried. I have no intention of scheming against Your Highness, and I have never plotted against Your Highness. It's just that many things in the world are not one-sided. One is one, and two is two, but There is me in you, and you are in me. Your Highness is in charge of Peiping's military affairs, and it is inevitable that he will be involved in Peiping's major and minor affairs."
"Then again."
< br>“My original intention for this trip is just to do business.”
“I have no other intentions.”
"If it weren't for the fact that the sergeants under your Highness' command recklessly violated military discipline, why would I have done this unnecessary thing? As for the follow-up, it was mostly His Highness's spontaneous actions. I just followed the trend."
"Speaking like a glib." Zhu Di snorted coldly. A sound.
Xia Zhibai smiled lightly and said slowly: "Your Highness does not need to use such a posture to overwhelm others. I, Xia Zhibai, will not be affected."
"I I just wanted to give something to His Highness."
"What?" Zhu Di frowned, a flash of suspicion in his eyes.
"The thing that His Highness has been worried about recently." Xia Zhibai smiled, took out a book from his arms, and then placed it on the wooden table beside him.
Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, reached out and picked up the book, looked at it a few times, and a strange color appeared in his eyes.
Xia Zhibai said: "Your Highness, I said it."
"I am only doing business."
"These are just for self-protection."
"Since His Highness is not happy, leave it to His Highness."
Zhu Di snorted coldly, his expression softening a lot.
This book records the daily interactions of the military attaches in Peking in recent days.
Zhu Di put down the book, turned around and looked deeply at Xia Zhibai, and said in a deep voice: "What exactly do you want to do?"
He couldn't understand.
Xia Zhi spent so much effort to collect the information and just handed it over to him?
Xia Zhibai said: "Business!"
"Your Highness is in charge of Beiping, and I want to seek cooperation."
"It's just that His Highness is too arrogant and has no cooperation. Therefore, I can only find other ways to seek cooperation."
"It's just that I didn't expect that Peiping in His Highness's hands would deteriorate so quickly."
"The frontier of the empire is devastated."
Xia Zhibai sighed, his eyes full of regret.
Zhu Di closed his eyes slightly and sneered: "You are really smart. You guessed what I was thinking before you came, right? I really don't want to be entangled with you anymore. I have to get the things you have in your hands. Get it, and it is strictly forbidden to hand it over to the court."
Xia Zhibai shook his head.
He said calmly: "Before I came here, I had a conversation with Master Yao."
Zhu Di frowned.
Xia Zhibai said: "Master Yao spoke highly of His Highness. Before I came to Peiping, I had the same expectations for His Highness. However, during the period after I came to Peiping, I I feel that His Highness is not as powerful as the rumors say."
"And he is very short-sighted."
"In terms of politics, His Highness is in charge of military affairs and is not very familiar with civil affairs. This is understandable, but. In the military aspect, he is also careless, which is absolutely inappropriate."
"Your Highness is in a military town like Peiping and is facing a direct threat from Beiyuan. In this case, His Highness. Over the past few years, he has not proposed a more independent "national strategy", nor has he carried out a long-term diplomatic strategy like other commanders in history."
"The vision is always limited to one-third of an acre of land."
"In terms of tactics, His Highness attaches great importance to firearms, and he only emphasizes 'audio'."
"There is no firearms. He has proposed more advanced and pioneering tactics. In terms of military management, after so many years, he still has not implemented the orders and prohibitions like Xu Da. He is called competent. He has no long-term military management philosophy, military innovation, and combat guiding ideology. On the other hand, His Highness still adopts a more instinctive "on-the-spot" approach. His Highness does not meet the high praise of the outside world."
"If His Highness still does not put away his arrogance."
< br>“I’m afraid it will be difficult to do anything big in the future.”
"His Highness's ambition can be seen by many people in the world."
"But from His Majesty to the officials, not many people really take His Highness seriously. This is the reason."
"Your Highness is too short-sighted."
"Has your Highness ever climbed high and looked far away in the past?" Xia Zhibai suddenly asked another thing.
Zhu Di hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Of course there is."
"How is the scenery in the world?"
"It's so beautiful."
"But does your Highness know what the world is in my eyes?" Xia Zhibai looked at Zhu Di. Zhu Di shook his head.
How could he know Xia Zhibai's views.
Xia Zhibai said: "It is a truly huge painting. When you are close, it is easy for a blind person to feel the elephant by just looking at the details. But when you are far away, you cannot see clearly. To grasp such a huge painting requires a lot of knowledge and skills. A lot of homework needs to be done and a lot of bold and reliable predictions need to be made.”
“His Royal Highness is just trying to figure out what’s going on.”
“You can only see what’s in front of you.”
< br>“But I can’t see the magnificent picture outside my field of vision.”
“When I first started studying, I heard a saying.”
"Cultivation of one's character, order of family, governance of the country, peace of the world."
"At the beginning of my study, I didn't take this sentence seriously, I even regarded it as a joke. I even dismissed it and thought it was decadent."
"It was only later that I gradually came to some realizations. As an ordinary person, the first thing you have to do is yourself. Only when you have a strong self-foundation can you consider other things."
"His Royal Highness is born. Noble."
"Destined to be extraordinary from the beginning."
"And this also means that it is difficult for His Highness to cultivate himself well."
"Among His Majesty's descendants, only the Crown Prince can barely do it."
"And Your Highness."
Xia Zhibai shook his head frankly.
Zhu Di was silent.
Xia Zhibai said: "Everyone has ambitions, and it is right to have ambitions. Just like Yao Guangxiao looks at me, thinking that I 'hid my wisdom in my heart, plan my actions, and use my body as a chess player to stir up the wind and clouds.' Because I want to achieve my goal However, the basis for realizing ambition is to do the current thing well. ”
“I am currently a business official”
“My main business is business.” br>“I came here this time also to start a business.”
“As for the others, it was an unexpected trip. In His Highness’ opinion, I can bring these things that His Highness has worked so hard to cultivate. It is unbelievable to hand over books that have been completely knocked to the ground, but in my eyes, these were not in my plan.”
"Why not hand it over for better business in the future?"
"What does it have to do with me?"
"But I am actually quite grateful to His Highness."< br>
“If it hadn’t been for His Highness’s impulsive move, I would not have seen clearly the real situation in the army so quickly, let alone said some dusty thoughts in advance.”
“After His Highness and I talked, Together, the picture of Ming Dynasty has opened up a lot.”
"I believe it."
"The words I said when I first came to Peking should reach His Majesty's ears, and Your Majesty will make a corresponding decision."
" But I also want to remind His Highness.”
“His Highness is the vassal king and controls the military affairs of several provinces in the north. His Highness needs to figure out whether his current identity is a general leading the army or enough to indulge in intoxication. The "indulgent" prince."
"As for the other things, your highness should not consider it."
"I have no intention of having any grudge against His Highness, nor do I have any intention of worrying about Your Highness. I came here today just to resolve these issues." Xia Zhibai slightly cupped his hands towards Zhu Di and said: "I will not participate in the military affairs of Peking, let alone interfere. He only cares about business matters."
Zhu Di looked at Xia Zhibai with a complicated expression.
He actually couldn't listen to this.
But I can really feel the sincerity in Xia Zhibai's words.
And Xia Zhibai did express his position and handed over the collected information to himself.
Zhu Di said: "What do you mean, I am not qualified to be a general, nor am I qualified to be a vassal king?" Rumor has it that being a vassal king does not depend on me, but on His Majesty. His Majesty wants His Highness to be a vassal king who is only in charge of military affairs, but His Highness intends to get involved in civil affairs."
< br>“This has crossed the line.”
“If you cross the line, you will be punished.”
“Your Highness needs to know that civil government is civil government and military government is military government.”
"The two are different."
"You can't confuse them, otherwise it will only go further and further. Today, His Majesty has divided many of his descendants into the world, and vassal kings such as King Qin and King Jin are all stationed there. In important military areas, they are mainly responsible for local military affairs, but there are also people like the King of Zhou who are mainly responsible for coordinating the supply of grain and grass, but more importantly, they are responsible for the civil affairs of the fiefdom."
"Now His Majesty is responsible for His Highness. The vassal king made a distinction. "
"There are two points for civil and military affairs."
"This is a red line."
"For example, if His Highness secretly seeks to win over the Chief Secretary of Peking, then he has crossed a red line and will definitely be punished. If the King of Zhou goes to have close contact with his father-in-law in the future, he will also be targeted. The reason is the same."
"The vassal king can only choose between military and civil affairs, and he can never combine civil and military administration."
"That's not a vassal king, that's a vassal king!"
"To a certain extent "This is your Majesty's protection of the vassal king today."
"Otherwise, future emperors of the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate even the slightly ambitious emperors who controlled the local military and political affairs, and would definitely take action. Cutting down vassals, or even abolishing vassals, and only controlling a part of the local power, as long as it is not too excessive, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty can still turn a blind eye and continue to ensure the prosperity and wealth of these vassal princes. "
"Therefore, the more someone crosses the line, the more ruthless His Majesty will be today."
"Because the more someone breaks the rules, it means that the more likely the princes and grandsons of the vassal in future generations will stumble on this, or even... Die directly on it."
"Your Majesty must deal with it seriously now."
"No one dares to commit it!"
Xia Zhibai shook his head and put some money into his hands. The truth is revealed.
Zhu Di thought that his actions were very covert and no one could detect them, but little did he know that in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he was clearly seen, but Zhu Di himself was not aware of it yet.
(End of this chapter)