Chapter 185 He respects us, but is not afraid of us!
Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are back.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes are as calm as water, making it impossible to see any ups and downs.
He put the memorial that was crumpled into a ball in his hand on the table, and stared at it with a complicated expression. In the end, he did not choose to restore the memorial, but took the ball of paper to the candlelight The side was burned directly.
Zhu Biao was startled.
He knew that his father would be angry because of this, but based on his past temper, after being angry, he would still read the memorial. But this time, his father made an exception. Not only did he not read it, but he also Just choose to burn it.
This is very unusual.
And this memorial indeed made my father feel disgusted and dissatisfied.
Even
Maybe with a bit of panic.
This is the first time Zhu Biao has seen such unusual behavior in so many years.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood by the candlelight, his wrinkled face changing little by little as the candlelight flickered out.
Eventually.
This newly sent memorial was completely turned into ashes under the eyes of the father and son, and no longer existed. No one except Xia Zhibai knew what was specifically written in it. , only Zhu Yuanzhang, who glanced at it, might know what was written on it.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have froze. He just stood upright, staring blankly at the bit of ashes.
"Father." Zhu Biao called softly several times.
Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses, turned around and returned to the high platform, the fatigue in his eyes became more obvious.
He glanced at Zhu Biao tiredly and said: "Boss, it's getting late. You should go back and rest first. We have to deal with these memorials."
"Now the court There is a shortage of people. If we don’t work harder, there will be trouble in the court.”
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said: "Father, my son is not tired."
"My son is willing to stay by my father's side to serve him and to share his worries and solve his problems."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. He picked up the memorial he had read earlier and nodded towards Zhu Biao, indicating that Zhu Biao would take the memorial.
Zhu Biao looked hesitant. After hesitating for a moment, he still reached out and took it.
He was equally curious about Xia Zhibai's memorials.
"Take it back and have a look."
"Although we don't like Xia Zhibai's ambition or his strong attitude, to a certain extent, he has indeed done a thorough study of the world, but He is not us. The world is too important in his eyes, but there is more than the world in our eyes. "Father, what do Xia Zhibai want to do?"
He asked anyway.
Xia Zhibai is very contradictory.
On the one hand, it looks very cunning, but on the other hand, it is very simple.
His eyes are all about the world, but he is secretly against the world.
He is ambitious and courageous, but seems very vain, making people dare not believe it easily, but he is also capable of creating miracles.
This is a mysterious existence.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao. He continued to take out a memorial, and while flipping through it, he said softly: "He wants to rebel, but he doesn't dare to rebel against us. He has no confidence in what we have established." He dismissed everything and tried to persuade us to listen to him in his own way. ”
"In Xia Zhibai's eyes, our Ming Dynasty is destined to be short-lived and will perish after two generations."
"He believes that the Ming Dynasty we established is the Qin and Sui Dynasties in history."
" He respects us, but he is not afraid of us.”
“What he respects is that we have become emperor from a commoner. What he respects is that we have truly succeeded in driving out the Tartars.” 'Bridging the North and the South' has become our lifelong mission."
"But at the same time"
A cold light flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
He said coldly: "He looks down on us, thinking that we are just farmers and don't know how to govern the world. No matter how many books we read, how many principles we understand, and how many lessons we learn, we will still be in trouble after all. Following the old path of history, he feels that we are not good enough to be an emperor."
"He wants to teach us how to do things!"
"He feels that our world should be governed according to his ideas. ”
“He feels that Ming Dynasty should not wear new shoes and follow the old path.”
"He feels that since we are peasants, we should always think of peasants in our hearts. We should not just turn our backs and deny people when we become the emperor, and we should not completely break up with the civilian Zhu Chongba in the past. He wants to What is important is that we take the common people as the foundation, reorganize the world, and set a new order of ethics for the world."
"He wants us to be the great sage of the world!"
Zhu Yuanzhang put up his sleeves. With a flick, it was still very calm, but the tone was piercingly cold.
When Zhu Yuanzhang spoke coldly, Zhu Biao suddenly felt a biting chill on his body. An invisible pressure emerged from Zhu Yuanzhang, pouring down towards the hall like a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, crushing people. Suffocated.
The palace was completely silent.
Zhu Biao subconsciously held his breath.
"Xia Zhibai is domineering, sharp-edged, and restless, but it's all a scholar's opinion." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, his eyes full of indifference and disdain: "He doesn't even know how big the world is, and how big it is. You don’t know how difficult it is to govern the world. Do you really think that you can get things done with just some whims?”
“We have killed so many people over the years, and we can’t suppress these bullies, so how can he? Why do you think you can do it?"
"He can even be kicked in the face by others."
"It's so stupid!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and his words were sharp.
But underneath the hysteria, there is also a strong uneasiness.
Because Xia Zhibai revealed a truth, a truth that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to believe, but also recognized extremely, that is, the 'scholars' of the Ming Dynasty really could not go back. This time In the "Guo Huan Case", the number of confiscated ministers was actually not that many, but there were too many "officials" and "landlords with status" underneath. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get more than 24 million shi of money and food.
This is no longer an issue for the Chief Secretary.
But twelve!
The entire Ming Dynasty is without exception.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
He worked hard to crack down on corrupt officials and publicize the "Great Edict", hoping to rectify the long-standing unhealthy trends in the world and return the world to the ancient style, but the results of each investigation failed. , but slapped him in the face again and again.
It’s just that he couldn’t really do what Xia Zhibai wanted.
It's too dangerous.
Even he can't control it.
One step is chaos, chaos means uncontrollability, and uncontrollability means something will happen.
Today’s Daming is in an embarrassing situation.
Can't go up, can't go down.
superior?
The unhealthy tendencies in the world have long been rampant, and the desires are hard to fill.
He has tried so hard to contain it, but still to no avail. Based on his understanding of all parties in the world, local officials at all levels use the power given by the old hierarchy to seize wealth to satisfy their growing needs. The inflated desire has developed to an astonishing degree.
As Xia Zhibai said, the traditional political situation is becoming increasingly corrupt.
The internal structure of the old system has been destroyed.
He is familiar with the history of the world, how could he not understand this situation?
Because of this.
He deliberately implemented "small government" in the world, which was to reduce the number of local officials and use the most subjective attitude to curb the spread.
But it can only be delayed.
And he has another powerful measure.
Just kill!
As long as we kill fast enough and in enough numbers, all these corrupt officials will be eliminated before they have time to threaten the court. In this way, we can ensure the Ming Dynasty and the future of the Zhu family. The descendants can sit firmly in the world.
So Xia Zhibai was right when he said that Zhu Biao was not like his father.
Zhu Biao is indeed different.
His heart is too soft to make a heavy move.
I never dared to really kill them all and eradicate them completely.
Zhu Yuanzhang recovered his mind. He looked at Zhu Biao indifferently, with a shadow flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Biao'er, you need to always remember that the emperor cannot have any feelings, except for our Zhu family. Everyone else is able to kill, dare to kill, and want to kill. "There is no relationship"
"There is only life or death!"
Zhu. Biao's heart trembled, knowing that his father was teaching him: "My son, please remember this."
"We are not asking you to remember, but to ask you to do this in the future. It is not easy for us to conquer this world, but it is even more difficult to hold on to this world. We are from a mud-legged background. Not many people in the world think highly of us, but I have to You have to work hard to make a difference in the world," Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Zhu Biao nodded quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Okay, it's getting late, so you should go back first."
"You should take a good look at this memorial written by Xia Zhibai when you go down. He Although some of the ideas are undesirable, they may not be regarded as viewpoints from other perspectives."
"I obey the order," Zhu Biao said.
He looked at the many memorials on the desk, with a hint of worry and worry in his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no one to speak to anymore.
I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the memorial.
After standing still for a while, Zhu Biao glanced at the memorial in his hand and said respectfully: "Father, please rest early, I will leave first."
After that.
Zhu Biao slowly exited the hall.
Back in the East Palace, after a brief cleaning, Zhu Biao went to the study.
How can he think about sleeping now?
He couldn't sleep unless he read Xia Zhibai's memorial. He asked the serving eunuch to hold the lamp beside him, placed the memorial squarely on the desk, and read it carefully. He read it all night, and it wasn't until the sky got bright that Zhu Biao reluctantly put down the memorial.
He already knew why his father was so eclipsed last night.
Because Xia Zhibai didn't pay attention to the current social hierarchy at all, and all were distinguished by assets. This distinction completely evened out the originally large differences between the upper and lower classes, and made them completely clear at a glance.
At the same time.
It also pointed out the problems that Ming Dynasty wanted to achieve long-term peace and stability.
That is to say, land is limited, but people’s desires are unlimited. As time goes by, the appetite of existing landlords will only grow bigger and bigger, and they will definitely occupy the people’s land, and when the people When there is no land or land, and they are completely reduced to long-term workers or slaves, the world will fall.
Want to contain.
It can only unite the people at the lowest level.
But as Xia Zhibai said, the Ming royal family is the largest landowner in the world. Who can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty has leniently cared for these low-level people, and these people will not covet the royal family's things. Heart?
Wouldn’t it be like shooting yourself in the foot in the end?
Who is willing to do this?
(End of this chapter)