The Last Time Someone Dared To Talk To Old Zhu Like This, The Grass On His Grave Is Now Tall
Shangyuan County was about 30 miles away from Yingtian Prefecture.
Because it was located in the prosperous Jiangnan area and was a suburban county in the capital region, the official road from Shangyuan County to Yingtian Prefecture was very flat.
Sitting in the carriage still did not feel bumpy.
At this moment, this cavalry troop had already left the boundary of Shangyuan County. They would enter Yingtian City after traveling another 20 miles along the official road.
In the carriage, the father and son continued their conversation.
Zhu Biao lifted the curtain and looked out of the window. He said,"For Ye Jin to be able to govern a county to such prosperity at the age of twenty, if he is nurtured a little, he will definitely be a pillar of our Great Ming Country in the future. Thus, your son wishes to return to Shangyuan County tomorrow and see with his own eyes how Shangyuan County collects business taxes to improve the people's livelihood.”
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and refused,"The state affairs are complicated these days. If you come to Shangyuan County, do you want to exhaust your father to death?!”
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao should be the oddities among all the emperors.
As everyone knew, it was difficult to get a secondary position in any unit.
If you wanted to do something, the leader would think that you wanted to fight for power.
He didn't want to do anything, but he couldn't establish his prestige in front of the employees.
Without the support of the masses, how could he inherit power in the future?!
If this was the case for a single unit, then what about the emperor and his son?
Crown Prince sounded cool, but it was actually one of the most dangerous professions in history.
In the thousands of years of history of Xia Country, countless crown princes had been deposed or killed.
He had to worry about his father's suspicion and guard against his brother's persecutions.
By the time he made it out of it, he would probably become a person with mental berserk disorder.
But Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were different.
Not only did Zhu Yuanzhang never worry that Zhu Biao wouldn't fight for power, he even gave him the greatest power to familiarize himself with political affairs.
Zhu Biao was also a perfect heir to the dynasty.
Not only was he humble and polite, but his ability to handle political affairs was also very strong. He had a high prestige in the hearts of the officials.
As the eldest brother, Zhu Yuanzhang's other children also loved and respected Zhu Biao.
He had no other choice and had never thought of threatening Zhu Biao's position as the Crown Prince.
Therefore, there were two major watershed moments in Hongwu's reign.
One was the death of Empress Ma in the 15th year of Hongwu, and the other was the death of Crown Prince Zhu Biao in the 25th year of Hongwu.
The outbreak of these two symbolic events also greatly contributed to Zhu Yuanzhang's tyranny, allowing him to massacre meritorious officials in his later years.
However, Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Biao were still alive, so Zhu Yuanzhang was not as tyrannical as he was in his later years.
Moreover, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang spoke very casually, unlike the other princes who were trembling with fear.
When he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he immediately shook his head and said,""The business tax reform is of great importance. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't be at ease.”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said,"How about this? You will be in charge of the capital's political affairs for the next few days. I will come to Shangyuan County to visit in disguise and take a look at this kid's way of governing. If there is anything different from what he said, hmph, I will whip him." Oh, right, Xiong Ying has been bored to death in the palace these days. I'll bring him out to relax.”
Zhu Biao was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would really slap Ye Jin, so he quickly comforted him,"Father, you're old. You should enjoy life in the capital. The capital is 30 miles away from Shangyuan County. I'm afraid that you'll be tired from traveling back and forth.”
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him." Although your father is old, it's not the time when I can't walk the path yet. This matter is decided just like that.”
Zhu Biao saw that he had made up his mind and did not dare to say anything more. He could only protest in a low voice," I'm afraid that you and Ye Jin will quarrel again. Without my son, I'm afraid that you'll be angry and cut him down."”
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at first, then his face revealed a trace of anger."Do you really think that your father is a tyrant who likes to kill innocent people? However, even though that kid looked annoying, I didn't feel any killing intent towards him. Haha, it has been many years since anyone dared to speak to me like this.”
"Yes, the grass on the grave of someone who dares to talk to you like this is already tall and dense. Probably only heroes like Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng would dare to be so presumptuous.”Zhu Biao shrugged as if it was a matter of course.
"By the way, those people have been dead for more than ten years. Ye Jin doesn't look old either. Do you think he's the reincarnation of some ambitious person?”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened." The times create heroes. What kind of heroes are those people? One killed the emperor and ascended the throne. The other was two-faced. One moment, he joined Qianyuan, and the next moment, he rebelled. Although that kid was a little bit of a bastard, his moral integrity should be much stronger than these two.”
Zhu Biao whispered,"You seem to have done all these things before, right?"!”
This was the truth.
Old Zhu's history was actually not very clean.
Before his strength had grown, he had once surrendered to Meng Yuan.
After that, his strength grew, but in name, he was still a subordinate of Han Lin 'er of the Red Turban Army.
Even the title of King Wu before he ascended the throne was given to him by Han Lin 'er.
However, before Old Zhu was about to become the emperor, he sent someone to kill Han Lin 'er, saying that she had fallen into the water and died.
Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Biao's words, he immediately kicked him." How can you expose your father's shortcomings like this?"”
Only Zhu Biao dared to say that.
If anyone else dared to expose Old Zhu's shortcomings, the grass on his grave would probably be tall now.
"Yes, yes, yes. I was wrong." Zhu Biao quickly begged for mercy and then said,"However, to be able to govern a county to such prosperity at the age of twenty, with a little nurturing, Ye Jin will definitely be the pillar of our Great Ming Country in the future.”
Then, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a pleading expression and said,""Father, you must show mercy when the time comes. Your son will be of great use to him in the future.”
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao, unconcerned about his blatant attempt to win over the officials.
"Do you think I brought Xiong Ying's grandson out of the palace just to let him relax?"!”
Zhu Biao was stunned at first, then a trace of surprise appeared on his face.
"Father, you actually think so far ahead?!”
"Those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region. If you don't plan for the future, you can't plan for the present. Ye Jin is only twenty years old, so the person who can use him is not you and me, but Xiong Ying's son.”
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