In the Imperial Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the eunuch's report.
"Liu Bowen was so angry that the state preceptor scolded him?”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The head eunuch smiled.
"Hahaha, good. That's how it should be. Kill that old scholar's arrogance.”Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.
He was born a farmer, and he hated the group of scholars who were so self-righteous. They were always talking about themselves, and it was annoying.
Now, with the state preceptor helping him teach those scholars a lesson, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely happy.
"By the way, what happened to Liu Bowen?”Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
The head eunuch reported,"
"Your Majesty, he went to the directorate.”
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and muttered,"
"Looks like he went to find help.”
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, no matter how many helpers Mister Liu finds, he won't be able to win against the state preceptor," the head eunuch replied with a smile.”
"Yes, of course." Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.
He knew how terrifying the state preceptor's abilities were.
At this moment, a palace servant entered the hall and whispered a few words into the head eunuch's ear. The head eunuch waved his hand to dismiss him.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is here." the head eunuch said.
"Quickly announce it!"
Not long after, Zhu Biao entered the Hall of Diligent Government under the guidance of the palace servants.
"Your son greets Imperial Father!" Zhu Biao cupped his hands and bowed.
"Son, come quickly. Tell Imperial Father, how did it feel to study at the Stargazing Tower today?”Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
Zhu Biao walked forward and muttered,"
"Reporting to Imperial Father, the content of Imperial Preceptor's teachings…is too profound. Your son only knows a little.”
"That's normal. The state preceptor's knowledge is unfathomable. If you can learn a little, it will be a great gain.”Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.
Zhu Biao was silent for a while and then said,
"The state preceptor said that he wants to rebel against Confucianism!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and stared at Zhu Biao for a while before shaking his head."Your understanding is wrong.”
Zhu Biao fell silent again.
After a long time, he looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked,
"Father, do you support the state preceptor?"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and dismissed the eunuch.
Only he and the Crown Prince were left in the huge hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and said in a deep voice,"
"It's not that we support the state preceptor, it's the state preceptor who supports us!”
Zhu Biao frowned and asked,"
"What do you mean?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said,
"You're still young, so there are many things you don't understand. When you grow up, you'll understand what the state preceptor and I want to do.”
"I want to do something earth-shattering. If this is done, the Ming Dynasty will never be destroyed. My Zhu family's ancestral temple will also be able to survive for a long time, and the commoners will be able to live a good life.”
Zhu Biao said in a deep voice,
"But Father, you have expelled the Tartars, taken back the Sixteen Prefectures of Dark Cloud, and restored China. This is already an earth-shattering event. Is there anything more important than this?”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and shook his head.
"Biao Er, we thought the same way before. Expel Meng Yuan, sweep away the rebellion, and let the world settle down. This is indeed a thousand years of merit.”
Zhu Biao nodded seriously.
In his heart, he worshipped his father.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed,
"What we originally wanted was to let this Ming Dynasty have a clear administration of officials, no internal and external troubles, and everyone has food to eat.”
"Imperial Father's ambition is also your son's ambition.”Zhu Biao said seriously.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head in relief and said,
"However, after a conversation with the state preceptor, I realized that I was still too narrow-minded.”
Zhu Biao frowned slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and said in a deep voice,"
"Even if I become the emperor, there are some things that I can't do anything about. For example, when I govern the world, I need a large number of officials. As long as there are benefits for those officials, no one can control them.”
"In the past, I always thought that corrupt officials would kill everyone they saw. After killing them until their heads rolled, others would not dare to be greedy anymore.”
"However, human greed is endless. You can kill one or ten thousand, but you can't kill everyone.”
"Taking ten thousand steps back, even if those officials did not dare to be greedy when I was in power, once I am no longer around, they will continue to be greedy.”
"In the end, there will be more and more corrupt officials. The wealth of the country will all be stolen by them, and my Ming Dynasty will still perish.”
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and continued,"
"But now, the Imperial Preceptor has found us a brand new path. Although it is still unable to put an end to all greed, at least it can allow the Great Ming Dynasty to continue for a thousand years and let the people no longer suffer as they did in the past.”
Zhu Biao fell silent.
Just as he was about to continue speaking, he suddenly heard a "wuwu wu" sound and was immediately shocked.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked. He thought that someone was eavesdropping on their conversation and shouted angrily,
"Who is it?"
"Father, Father, it's this thing that's ringing.”Zhu Biao carefully took out a glowing object from his pocket.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised and looked over.
Zhu Biao was holding a rectangular object in his hand. It was glowing like a luminous pearl.
The sound just now came from this thing.
PS: You send flowers, he sends tickets, I write.
There was an orderly division of labor.
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