As the Ming Crown Prince, the future king of the empire.
Someone actually said in front of him that the Zhu family was not even an official dog?
Crown Prince Zhu Biao blurted out," How dare you!" He was so angry that he almost asked the inspector to pull this guy over and kill him.
However, he quickly calmed down.
Because Miao Yun next door asked why?
Compared to Zhu Biao's anger, Xu Miaoyun was not only shocked but also confused.
All things are inferior, only reading is superior.
But what was the ultimate goal of studying? Was it to sell to the emperor's family and seek fame and wealth?
The social status of scholars was definitely first-class in feudal society. It was completely incomparable to Chen Shu's current status as a businessman.
However, after hearing Chen Shu say something similar twice, Xu Miaoyun vaguely felt the meaning behind his words.
"Master, you seem to have a lot of opinions about the current Emperor?”
Chen Shu looked up at the little beauty and laughed.
If it were anyone else, they would probably feel that they had a lot of opinions about Old Zhu, but his thoughts were completely different from others.
"On the contrary, I think that the current Emperor can be ranked in the top ten, or even the top five, among the emperors from ancient times to the present!”
"He has a share of the title of the one emperor in history!”
"Ah!"
Xu Miaoyun and Zhu Biao couldn't help but exclaim softly.
Why did Chen Shu's words contradict himself?
Earlier, he had said that the Zhu family was not even an official dog, so why did he give the Emperor such a high evaluation?
Even Zhu Biao did not dare to use these words to describe his father.
Chen Shu did not want to be an official, but he had such a high opinion of the Emperor. The Ming Crown Prince could not help but lean forward, wanting to hear what Chen Shu was going to say next.
On the other side of the courtyard, Chen Shu couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xu Miaoyun's mouth open for a long time.
When he said that Old Zhu was the greatest emperor in history, it wasn't because he wanted to please the public. It was because Zhu Yuanzhang really had such an evaluation in history.
The Qin Emperor, Tang Zong, and Ming Taizu were the three emperors who were known as the One Emperor for all eternity in history.
In Chen Shu's heart, Old Zhu Zhen was not necessarily worse than the other two emperors. After all, he had only started with a bowl. Zhu Yuanzhang was the only person in history who had turned the tables on such a heaven-defying difficulty and won the world.
"Do you think I'm overrating you?”
Chen Shu couldn't help but want to tease Xu Sanjia's daughter. Xu Miaoyun nodded instinctively, but she quickly shook her head as if she realized that she was being disrespectful.
"Hahaha!"
Chen Shu found it interesting and laughed loudly.
"Let me ask you, since ancient times, do you know how many emperors have been born from commoners to emperors?”
Xu Miaoyun thought for a moment and shook her head. She had never noticed this problem before.
"Only His Majesty!"
Chen Shu answered the question and continued,"
"As a peasant, he seized the world, expelled the Tartars, and restored China!”
"No matter what others think, just this achievement of His Majesty is enough to make him record in history!”
"Moreover, after he ascended the throne, he was diligent and thrifty, diligent in government and loving the people!”
"All kinds of policies are for the sake of the people!”
"Set up a decree so that the people can report corrupt officials!”
" Light taxes, let the people recuperate and live 1
" He also set up the Sanatorium, the Leaky Marsh Garden, and the Huimin Pharmacy to solve the problems of the elderly who were lonely and had no place to be buried when they died, and the people who were sick had no way to be treated!”
"All these prove that His Majesty has the appearance of a wise ruler. Why would I have any objections to the Emperor himself?”
Zhu Biao heard Chen Shu's praise of Zhu Yuanzhang from outside the wall and couldn't help but feel his blood boil.
Chen Shu recounted the emperor's achievements in detail. Many of them did not even pay attention to his son.
He was the emperor of the ages!
When Zhu Biao heard this term, he was deeply proud of his father. However, he still did not understand. Since the people behind the courtyard respected the Emperor so much, why did they say that the officials of the Zhu family were not even dogs?
Xu Miaoyun obviously had the same question. After Chen Shu finished talking about Zhu Yuanzhang's merits, she raised the question that Zhu Biao wanted to ask.
"If that's the case, then why did Master reject the title?”
"Your Majesty is so wise. Isn't it good to work for Your Majesty and benefit the people?“
Chen Shu chuckled and shook his head.
"As the saying goes, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. I admit that our Emperor is a good Emperor!”
"But he's not a good boss!”
"Working under him, damn it, I still want to live a few more years!”
Xu Miaoyun was not convinced and retorted,"
"If Mister is not greedy or snatching, why would you be afraid of the Emperor beheading you?”
"Good!"
Zhu Biao couldn't help but secretly cheer when he saw Xu Miaoyun standing up for his father.
Miao Yun was indeed Uncle Xu's daughter, she knew how to speak up for the Emperor.
However, Chen Shu's words made Xu Miaoyun choke back.
"Then isn't your father also corrupt? Aren't you afraid that your father will be beheaded?”
"Where did my father get it?"
Xu Miaoyun was so choked by Chen Shu that she almost couldn't breathe. She finally understood how Xu Da felt back then.
She clearly had a clean background, but because she could not reveal the identity of the Duke of Wei, she could not explain the origin of the two thousand taels of silver.
Xu Da was accused of being a corrupt official. Xu Miaoyun was furious and wanted to bite this detestable guy.
"Look, even your father wasn't spared. What do you mean by incorruptible?”
"In my opinion, although your father is a bit of a bastard, he can barely be considered an honest person!”
"But even an honest person who followed Old Zhu to conquer the world still can't help but be corrupt!”
"Have you thought about why?"
Although Chen Shu's sample was biased, corruption was indeed a thing that could not be stopped in the officialdom. Xu Miaoyun shook her head to show that she did not know and waited for Chen Shu's answer.
"Because the emperor is too stingy!"
"A person who embezzles three thousand taels of silver, how much does he give your father a year? It's less than fifty taels of silver!”
"What does the Emperor's actions amount to?”
" It's to let a hungry dog guard the delicacies. He hopes that the dog will eat less, but he also hopes that the dog will not make any mistakes."
"How can there be such a good thing in this world?”
These words were rough, but not rough. Even Zhu Biao, who was behind the wall, fell into deep thought.
The salary of the officials in the Ming Dynasty could be said to be the lowest since the Pre-Qin period. The highest salary in the entire court was the salary of Great General Xu Da, who earned five thousand dans of grain a year, which was equivalent to two thousand five hundred taels of silver.
2,500 taels of silver might be considered a tycoon among the common people, but it was nothing compared to the corrupt officials they had caught over the years.
Just like what the youth on the other side of the wall had said, a starving dog, what right did you have to let him enjoy all kinds of delicacies and expect him to be loyal to his duty?
Although he felt that Chen Shu wasn't entirely right, Zhu Biao was still deeply suspicious.
However, on the other side of the wall, Xu Miaoyun started arguing with Chen Shu.
"Corrupted or not, it has nothing to do with treatment, but with character!”
"Miao Yun doesn't believe that our Ming Dynasty only has greedy bureaucrats and no scholars who are dedicated to the people!”
"Yes!"
Chen Shu took over Xu Miaoyun's words and admitted it openly.
"However, you can't expect a Saint to help you rule the world!”
These words were like thunder, striking the heart of the Xu family's daughter, the Ming Crown Prince.
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