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

Chapter 342 The Exhausted Zhu Yuanzhang
Qin Yu YY created a free, equal, and powerful feudal dynasty. He never thought that an emperor would really do this.Therefore, there is no consideration at all about whether equality and freedom can be implemented in the feudal dynasty.

How did he know that the village chief Huang in front of him was Emperor Zhu?
It would never have occurred to Emperor Zhu to take his idea seriously.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Qin Yu's words as advice from an immortal. Now that he heard Li Shanchang's questioning, he immediately suspected that he said this out of selfishness, fear of freedom and equality, and damage his privilege of being a nobleman.

"Your Majesty, this old minister has absolutely no such intention!" Li Shanchang immediately sensed the change in the emperor's tone, and said, "What this old minister means is that if everyone is equal, how can the emperor's dignity be reflected?"

"It doesn't matter if the ministers are equal to the common people, but the emperor... If everyone is equal, will the emperor also be equal to the common people?"

"The "Tao Te Ching" says: Heaven and Earth last forever. The reason why heaven and earth can last forever is because they do not live on their own, so they can live forever. Isn't it because they are selfless? That's why they can become selfish." Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding of "Tao Te Ching" is still very profound , said, "The reason why heaven and earth can run forever is because the movement of heaven and earth is not for oneself, but for the sake of everything in the world."

"And the emperor is the heaven of the people."

"If everything the emperor does is for the people, not for himself, then the emperor and his dynasty can be as eternal as heaven and earth. It will not repeat the mistakes of previous dynasties, which will die in 300 years."

"If the series of policies we implement can make the people live a good life, the people will naturally respect us."

"If we abuse the people and harm the people, the people will curse inwardly even though they respect them on the surface."

"Respect must come from the hearts of others. We want the people to respect us from the bottom of their hearts. We cannot threaten them with power, but we must use strategies that benefit the people to make them respect us from the bottom of their hearts."

"Mr. Qin said that the emperor can achieve the greatest selfishness only with the greatest selflessness."

"If the people love their emperor and their dynasty from the bottom of their hearts, and they don't need to force or publicize it, they will love it themselves. Such a dynasty can last for a long time."

"If power is used to force them to love the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, once foreign enemies invade, they will use their legs and their actual actions to prove that the forced love is superficial."

"At the end of the dynasties, there were more people who betrayed the dynasties than the enemies."

"It can't be their fault, it's their helpless choice."

"They used their choices to prove to the world that their dynasty is more hateful than other races."

"So if we want our Daming Dynasty to be passed on for generations to come, we must let the people of the world love the emperor from the bottom of their hearts and love Daming from the bottom of their hearts."

"There is an old saying that a twisted melon is not sweet."

"People have steelyards in their hearts, and they all know that loving Daming is just a fake slogan. Love their beautiful life and happy life is real."

"People will only die for a better life."

"People, will not die for those who oppress them!"

"Your majesty is wise!" Li Shanchang retreated, "It's because the old minister is superficial."

"As for your claim that the people and the emperor are equal, it is definitely unrealistic." Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "Mr. Qin said that there is no absolute equality in the world. There is no place where absolute equality exists."

"It only needs to be equal within a certain range. Stick to the most important equality, such as the dignity of the people, the prosperity of the people's life, and the right to discuss state affairs with them."

"The people in Huaxia don't have high expectations. They don't think that everyone will be a court official, and everyone will be an emperor."

"As long as the 'inequality' is controlled within the acceptable range of the common people, and the common people are not oppressed, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment, and live their lives comfortably."

"The emperor's words are really enlightening." Liu Bowen said.

"It seems that advocating freedom and equality can really be realized in the Ming Dynasty." Li Shan said long.

"Okay, let's back down." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Do everything according to the imperial decree, and complete the replacement of beliefs in Daming as soon as possible. It is too exhausting for us to support the beams of the building of the Ming Dynasty to keep it from falling temporarily."

"All the ministers have to complete the column replacement quickly within this period of time. We are already feeling physically and mentally exhausted."

"According to the order!"

Suddenly a person rushed out of the crowd of ministers and knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"We all said we were tired and retired from the court." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Speak if you have something to say, and fart if you have something to say." The emperor who was born as a peasant would occasionally reveal his true temperament when he was impatient.

According to what he said, when you want to swear at someone, just swear at that is the true temperament.If you feel unhappy and hold back, you may be suspected of embarrassing yourself, and you may also be suspected of being a hypocrite.

"Zhang Yuwen, the chief minister of the Imperial Academy, impeached the king of Shu, Zhu Xun, and the king of Qin, Zhu Chun." Zhang Yuwen said, "They are engaged in strange tricks in the Armament Bureau and Ship Department. I hope the emperor will clearly observe and severely punish this unhealthy practice."

"What kind of machines are they using steam as power to replace traditional textile machines and boats rowed by oars. To be honest, I don't believe there is such a thing in the world at all."

"God created man-made to make them work. If steam replaces man-power, why do we need workers? Machines replace man-power, so where should many workers go? The actions of King Shu and King Qin really violated the will of heaven. Dao, endanger Daming Jiangshan!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yuwen in disbelief.

The emperor just cleaned up Confucianism.

He dared to risk himself.

Confucianism refers to science and technology, inventions and creations as strange skills and obscene skills.The term "unique skill and obscenity" is the sharpest knife used by feudal nobles in the past dynasties to attack folk inventions and creations.

In this court, there is really no shortage of people who dare to die!
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhang Yuwen, who was kneeling in front of him, and gritted his teeth: "These remnants of Confucianism are really inexhaustible, endless! Come on, drag them out, and behead them!"

"Follow the order!" In an instant, Erhu led two imperial guards, set him up, and dragged him out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, my death is not a pity, I want to remonstrate with death! It is really against the law of heaven to replace human labor with machines. If they are really successfully developed, the millions of spinners in the south of the Yangtze River and the oarsmen on the boat will never be able to survive. If they are resettled everywhere, there will be great chaos in the south of the Yangtze River." Zhang Yuwen kept yelling,

"I hope that the emperor will wake up!"

However, no one paid attention to him, and his voice gradually faded away until it disappeared.

"Why can't these Confucian ideas be cleaned up?" Zhu Yuanzhang lamented to the officials, feeling powerless and exhausted.

(End of this chapter)