Zhu Houzhao panicked.
He didn't want Su Ce to know his identity as the Ming Crown Prince.
He had been very lonely all these years. Although there were many second generation heirs around him, they would often look for him to play, compliment him, and even curry favor with him openly and secretly.
However, Zhu Houzhao knew that these scoundrels did not really treat him as a friend.
They were only afraid of their own power.
If Su Ce knew of his identity as the Crown Prince, he might be like his friends, only able to compliment him and not talk to him sincerely.
In the past, his father always told him that the emperor was a loner. At that time, Zhu Houzhao did not understand. As he grew up, he understood.
Even the Crown Prince was lonely, but the Emperor was even lonelier.
Of course, he didn't know that Su Ce already knew his identity.
Luckily, Su Ce was just asking casually.
* Cough cough *
Su Ce coughed lightly and 'inadvertently' changed the topic.
Why do you feel comfortable talking to some people? It's not that they are good at speaking, but that they have high EQ.
Although Su Ce did not travel thousands of miles, he had read thousands of books, so his EQ was naturally very high.
He looked at Zhu Houzhao and chuckled,""Why do you think they should be killed?”
Zhu Houzhao said," Because they are against the opening of the trading company. They are short-sighted and hinder the development of the Ming Dynasty. They allow the pirates to flood the country."”
Su Ce smiled and shook his head." It's not like that. I'm asking you what you want to achieve with this matter."”
"Open a shipping company!" Zhu Houzhao replied.
Su Ce said," Yes, you want to open a shipping company. The result of you killing them didn't lead to the opening of the shipping company. Think about it this way. Are you a failure?”
Zhu Houzhao was stunned.
It seemed like…that was really the case.
Even if they were killed, they didn't open the shipping company. This was like an invisible contest between the two sides, and the end result was to open the shipping company.
If he opened it, he would win. If he didn't open it, he would still be a loser.
Su Ce poured the warm water from the red clay stove into a teacup and handed a cup to Zhu Houzhao. He also blew on the tea.
"What's the purpose of killing? Venting her anger? Or is it because you can't argue with others?"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned again.
That's right, why would I want to kill them? Isn't it because I can't refute their words?
If this wasn't Incompetent Rage, what was it?
Zhu Houzhao gradually calmed down and was no longer as angry as before.
If you are angry, you have already failed.
Because you didn't have any other methods to deal with your opponent, you could only use anger to cover up your defeat.
Zhu Houzhao always felt that Su Ce was very powerful, but not because of his martial arts or sophistry.
He felt that Su Ce was powerful because nothing seemed to be able to provoke Su Ce's anger and make him retreat.
His red lips and peach-white eyes were calm and filled with wisdom. However, he was still so young. Why did he give off such a feeling?
I probably won't be able to reach Brother Ce's level in my entire life, right?
Su Ce took a sip of tea and gently placed the teacup on the table. He said to Zhu Houzhao,""Taking ten thousand steps back, even if you kill everyone, who will govern the country then?”
"Could the person who was brought up be a bureaucrat who lived in a dead position?”
"Those who are able to sit in the Imperial Court must be doing a good job in their yamen.”
"What do you think?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded.”
Su Ce said," Yes, that's right. However, they still don't want to follow the emperor's will. Some of them are thinking about their own interests. Perhaps they have interests entangled with the big merchants in the southeast.”
" The other group of people might not be truly worried about the future.”
"No one knows what will happen in the future. You may think that this matter is beneficial, but others will also worry that this matter will develop in a worse direction.”
"Oh, I have two iron balls in my hand, one big and one small. If I let go at the same time, who do you think will fall first?”
"Of course it's big." Zhu Houzhao said.”
"I said two of them landed together," said Su Ce.”
"How is that possible? The bigger one will definitely land first."
Su Ce smiled." Yes, you see. We both have different views on the same thing. We will have differences. Isn't the country's governance more important than ours?" It was normal for others to have different thoughts.”
Su Ce released the two iron balls in his hands.
Swoosh.
The two of them landed on the ground at the same time under Zhu Houzhao's astonished gaze.
He seemed to understand something, but at the same time, he seemed to not understand anything.
The concept that Su Ce instilled into Zhu Houzhao could be summarized in four words-'result oriented.'
"Then can't we open a shipping company?" Zhu Houzhao said unwillingly. Every time the Japanese slaves landed in the southeast, the people of eastern Zhejiang would be alarmed. How could our Ming Dynasty always be so cowardly!!!”
Su Ce shook his head." As long as you debate the other party and convince him, won't you be able to open it?"”
"But I don't know how to refute it." Zhu Houzhao sighed.”
"Tell me, what reason did the other party use to oppose the opening of the shipping company?"”
Zhu Houzhao quickly repeated the words of the Left Imperial Censor and the Minister of War to Su Ce.
Su Ce nodded.
He had long known that those old foxes in the imperial court would use an excuse to evade the imperial power.
It was nothing more than filial piety.
Su Ce said to Zhu Houzhao," There's no such thing as 'a piece of board is not allowed to enter the sea' in the records of Taizu. That's a common explanation for the first decree to ban the sea in the fourth year of Hongwu's reign.”
" In the fourth year of Hongwu, the coastal people were forbidden from going out to sea without permission. Fourteen years," Forbid the people of the coastal areas to have private relations with overseas countries "; In the 17th year, Tang He, Duke of Xinguo, was sent to patrol Zhejiang and Fujian, prohibiting people from fishing in the sea.'Twenty-three years later, the Ministry of Revenue was ordered to strictly prohibit foreign traffic. The emperor because the dynasty gold and silver, copper coins, gunpowder, weapons and other items are not allowed to go out of the country.'In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, anyone who dared to engage in private trade with foreign countries was severely punished.”In the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the people were forbidden from trading with foreign countries.”
Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth like a swallow.
This was the Hongwu Record. The history of the Hongwu Dynasty was written by Emperor Taizong Wen (Zhu Di).
How many words were covered in a record? These ancient texts were too many to understand.
But now, Su Ce was actually reciting it at a steady pace.
Heavens, he was so powerful! If I were to recite the record of the founding ancestor in front of the ministers in such a leisurely manner, wouldn't their eyes pop out of their sockets?
Su Ce looked at the dazed Zhu Houzhao and asked,""Did you hear the change?"
Zhu Houzhao:
"What? What?"
Su Ce asked,"In the fourth year of Hongwu, it was 'no going out to sea', and in the fourteenth year, it was' colluding with foreign countries'." Who do you think is stricter?"
Zhu Houzhao said," Of course it's the first one. The first one is that we can't go out to sea at all. The second one didn't say that we can't go out to sea. It only said that we can't collude with foreign countries."”
Eh, he seemed to have understood something as he stared blankly at Su Ce, who still had a calm expression.
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