After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 305

"Traitor, villain!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the words, "The potato seeds we gave to each province were less than a hundred catties, and he dared to greed ten catties of ink by himself! It's lawless!"

"Even dare to be greedy for the seeds issued by the court, what else is he afraid to do?"

"Even if our father and mother starved to death, they were not willing to eat the grain seeds. How many potatoes and seeds can these ten catties of seeds grow? Without these ten catties of seeds, Jiangxi Province has fully promoted the cultivation of potatoes. I'm afraid it will be postponed for a quarter!"

After finishing speaking, he sat down on the chair again: "We have enacted a lot of severe punishment regulations, and announced the assets of officials according to the teaching of the master. Why do black sheep like Song Chuyu keep killing them?"

The two tigers remained silent and did not answer, not daring to participate in the discussion of major political affairs.

Suddenly, a cold murderous look appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "Pass the decree, cut him into pieces, and cut him into pieces!"

"Follow the order!" Erhu turned and left expressionlessly.

He does not participate in any political discussions, nor does he take the emperor's words lightly.Knowing that he doesn't have that ability, he will only help the emperor kill people.

……

"Report to the emperor, Lord Yansheng, please see me." As soon as the two tigers left, another deputy commander of the guard came in to report.

"Yan Shenggong wants to see us?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard the words.

He is very contemptuous of Yan Shenggong, and feels that this family is capricious and has no integrity.He also once ordered to say to Yan Shenggong: "Your family has been a traitor for dozens of generations, and you still want to make friends in the Ming Dynasty?"

The original text of the imperial decree at that time was: I heard that Confucius, the ancestor of Erzu, taught the world, supported Gangchang, and his descendants were very human.Therefore, for dozens of generations, he often served as the guest king's family. Hu Yuan entered the Central Plains and despised etiquette.Yi Lun is jealous, and the naive hates it.

However, they still gave face to their ancestor Confucius, and did not overly target Yanshenggong's mansion, allowing them to continue to enjoy the title of Yanshenggong.

"What does he want to see us for?" said rather disgusted, "He is not in Shandong to enjoy the shadow of his ancestors, but also wants to participate in the government affairs of the court?"

"I don't know about this end." The guard commanded.

"Let him come to see us." Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said.Couldn't have imagined it, Yan Shenggong's reputation in the hearts of scholars is too great, if he neglects, he will be scolded by those scholars.

So I could only endure the discomfort and give him a face.

Not long after, an elderly Confucian scholar walked into the imperial study with a refined temperament.

After the deputy commander of the guards brought him in, he stayed in the imperial study and did not leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced over.

The commander of the guards immediately said: "Your Majesty, Lord Yan Sheng didn't do a body search, and the general is here to protect the safety of the Emperor."

"Why didn't you search your body?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze.

"Your Majesty, Yanshenggong Mansion is a sacred place in the hearts of scholars all over the world, and Yanshenggong is also respected by the world." The guard commanded, "There are many scholars in the court, all of whom are students of Confucius, and they all insist that they should not treat Yanshenggong. Body search, saying that doing so is disrespectful to Confucius. If the general does it forcefully, I am afraid that the emperor will get a bad name for disrespecting scholars."

After Yan Shenggong heard the words, his body stood up straight like a knotted bamboo pole, and he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang proudly.

It looks like Lao Tzu is lofty and lofty, and Lao Tzu is the best in the world among scholars.

The emperor of flowing water, the mansion of Yanshenggong made of iron.

You are an emperor who was born as a farmer, and you have never read the books of sages, so you can't stand on the stage compared with the emperors of all dynasties.

"Can Yan Shenggong disrespect the court's etiquette?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly when he heard the words, "Besides, who is our Zhu Yuanzhang? When we were marching and fighting, we also killed many Hu Yuan rebels. He was six How can a 70-year-old man hurt us?"

"The last general, the last general..." The commander of the guards broke out in cold sweat upon hearing this.

"Get out!"

"Go to the supervising army to receive fifty army sticks, and pay a fine of one year."

"According to the order!"

The commander of the guards retreated.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang turn his gaze to Yan Shenggong, and said impatiently: "Tell me, you came to see us from Shandong all the way, why?"

"Please turn your back on the emperor." Yan Shenggong didn't bow down when he saw the emperor, and he was sure that the emperor would not dare to kill him.And his expression was extremely arrogant, as if I was here to give you advice.

"Okay, I'd like to hear what you want to say to us." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and let the serving maid exit the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, what Qin Yu did seems to be beneficial to the imperial court, but in fact it is endangering the emperor's country." Yan Shenggong's first words shocked Zhu Yuanzhang, "If your majesty wants to spread Ming Dynasty to the For generations to come, it is best to kill this great harm first."

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

Those who are familiar with him know that the calmer Emperor Zhu's tone is, the more terrifying the power that will erupt from behind.

The calm before the storm.

"Please listen carefully to the emperor." However, Yan Shenggong did not feel any murderous intent, and he still looked like a good teacher, pointing Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty, do you know the five arts of controlling the people in the emperor's art?"

"We really don't know about this." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not read books when he was a child, he liked to study very much later on, and later became the emperor. Of course he knew what the five arts of controlling the people were.

"Your majesty has never read the books of sages and sages before, and he doesn't know the five arts of controlling the people. It is reasonable." Yan Shenggong said lightly, with an expression that I had guessed a long time ago, "I am here today to teach the emperor the five arts of controlling the people. Yes, with the five techniques of controlling the people, the emperor's country can last forever."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't express any opinion when he heard the words, but motioned him to continue talking.

"The ancestor Confucius said: The people can be taught, but they cannot be made to know." Yan Shenggong said more confidently when he saw this, "The merchant who moved the wood and established the faith said: The people are weak and the country is strong, and the people are strong and the country is weak. Therefore, the country of Tao , for the weak.”

"The "Tao Te Ching" said: The ancient goodness is the way, not to enlighten the people, but to be stupid. The people are difficult to govern because of their wisdom."

"The meaning of the saints in the Spring and Autumn Period could not be more clear. Only when the people are weak can the country be strong."

"The emperor thought, why did Emperor Wu of the Han respect Confucianism at the beginning? Wasn't it for fooling the people and controlling the people? The emperors of all dynasties respected Confucianism for the purpose of controlling the people. Only emperors who mastered the art of controlling the people are qualified. The emperor. Only then can the people be honest and will not rebel against the emperor."

"In this way, the emperor's country will be more stable."

"The five techniques of controlling the people were proposed by Lord Shang. They are foolish people, weak people, tired people, humiliating people, and poor people."

"And Qin Yu's so-called 'Renaissance', such as "Fights Break the Sphere", "The Romance of the Dragon and Snake", "Zuo Son-in-law and God of War", etc., do not have any thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and pay too much attention to personal love and hatred. Everything is centered on the individual. Its purpose is to open the minds of the people, which is exactly the opposite of the art of controlling the people of the sages of the past dynasties."

(End of this chapter)