Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 35
After all the brothers had left, the prince took Zhu Zhen into the Wenhua Palace.

This is the place where the prince read and listened to lectures, with simple and elegant decoration.The tens of thousands of volumes of books on the huge bookshelves on the east and west walls make the Wenhua Palace even more bookish.

The only dragon chair with wood carving and gold lacquer that fully shows the royal style, as well as the copper body enamel and copper gilt all kinds of ornately decorated incense burners and endowments are the decorations that Zhu Yuanzhang will only use when he comes.

Zhu Biao took Zhu Zhen and walked slowly in front of the long mahogany bookshelves, showing him the rows of books, many of which were isolated books from the Tang and Song Dynasties, and even bamboo slips and silk books from the Qin and Han Dynasties.

"How much is this worth..." Zhu Zhen sighed vulgarly.

"That's right." Zhu Biaohui misunderstood, touched the top of his head and said, "The wisdom crystallization of these ancient sages is indeed a priceless treasure. How could it be useless?"

"Brother, do you know?" Zhu Zhen asked awkwardly.The news from His Royal Highness is indeed well-informed.

"Well, the three of you have been pestering in the yard for a day, how can I ignore it?" Zhu Biao saw that his lips were cracked with frost, and touched his earlobe, feeling a little frostbitten.

So someone brought some ointment, and while smearing it on Zhu Zhen with his own hands, he said softly: "You don't want to learn from your second and fourth brothers. They are born generals, and it doesn't matter if they can't study well. Let them know how to read. They can understand military books and maps; learn some principles and sharpen their minds."

Zhu Zhen opened his mouth slightly, so the request can be so low?

"Then I want to be a general too." He got excited right away.

"I think you just don't want to study!" Zhu Biao pinched his cheeks and scolded with a smile: "Silly boy, isn't it hard to practice martial arts and fight? No, it's harder than sitting in the big hall to study." It will be ten times more tiring. And you may be injured, or even killed!"

"You are so afraid of pain and death, do you really want to join the army?" Zhu Biao said, let go of him, walked to the desk, picked up the brush and dipped it in the ink, as if to write:

"If you really want to, I'll write a note to let you follow Wei Guogong to the Northern Expedition!"

"This..." Zhu Zhen was made into a dough by the eldest brother, and hurriedly went to take his hand and said: "My brother is still young, and he can eat, isn't it causing trouble for others?"

"Hmph, I don't need a mouthful of dry food for you." The prince put down his pen, held his right cuff with his left hand, and flicked his head smartly and said:
"Now you know that you are different from your two brothers?"

"Well, I see." Zhu Zhen was very obedient.

"Father sealed them in Shaanxi and Beiping; sealed your third brother in Shanxi, they are destined to lead troops to fight and defend the country for my Ming Dynasty." Zhu Biao sighed, hugged Zhu Zhen's shoulders and said:
"This is their fate, and I can't help it. But you are different, you are still young, and the feudal kingdom is in Huguang, so you don't have that much responsibility."

The crown prince pulled Zhu Zhen in front of him, knelt down and looked at him and said, "That's why elder brother doesn't want you to die too early, and wants you to stay and help me, are you willing?"

"Yeah, I am willing." Zhu Zhen nodded vigorously, he felt that he was willing to do anything for his eldest brother.It's so embarrassing...

"If you don't study, how can you help elder brother in the future?" Zhu Biaotu asked poorly.

"It turns out that you still want to persuade me to study..." Zhu Zhen pouted, saying in dislike of anyone:
"I just think that what they teach is useless. They take a few broken books as the most important principles in the world all day long, and learn them over and over again. It seems that if you learn the tricks of Confucius, you will know everything."

"Haha, there is spirituality, it really is the material for reading." Zhu Biao smiled instead of anger: "Who doesn't hear Cheng Zi say: Investigating things to get rid of the principles is not to exhaust the things in the world, but to exhaust one thing, others can be exhausted." analogy."

"Oranges? What about oranges? Isn't he talking nonsense? Everyone knows that every line is like a mountain, how can there be a universal truth in the world?" Zhu Zhen retorted unconvinced.

"Hahaha, what you are talking about is 'art', and what gentlemen teach is 'Tao'." Zhu Biao's knowledge is enough to hang Zhu Zhen, and he easily exposes his sophistry: "Cheng Zi means that you should first understand Taoism and learn Taoism later." If you use the technique, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and there will be no disadvantages.”

"Uh..." Zhu Zhen was at a loss for words as soon as he dragged the text.

"Have you ever heard of 'things have their beginnings and ends, and things have their beginnings and ends, and if you know what happened first, then you can take the shortest way'?" the prince asked again with a smile.

Zhu Zhen shook his head.

"You don't know the sentences in "University", so how dare you say that they are useless?" The prince sneered mercilessly: "I think you can become a speech official."

"I'm still a keyboard warrior..." Zhu Zhen secretly complained to himself.

"So now you should study for me honestly, and when you have thoroughly understood what the teacher taught, if you still think it is useless, it will not be too late to come and argue with me." The crown prince flicked his brain again and said:

"Even if it is to understand their memorials and understand their scolding when dealing with those civil servants in the future, I have to study hard."

After finishing the work, he coaxed him again: "With such a smart head, learning that little thing is not a piece of cake?"

"Oh, I got it." Zhu Zhen was dejected, the elder brother was right, this kind of feeling of being refuted speechless is really uncomfortable.

It's like being culturally crushed...

"Actually, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, there are some more practical books. For example, this "University Yanyi" is about the way of governance and the principles of people's livelihood. The emperor liked it very much, and even had someone write it in the Hall of Martial Heroes. In the middle hall, so that you can read it every day." Zhu Biao said, picked up a book from the bookshelf and said:

"Accordingly, this book is not something you should read at such an age, but you kid, you can't use it as usual, just treat it as a shock to your kid."

As he spoke, he handed the book "University Yanyi" to Zhu Zhendao:

"Go back and read it carefully, and see if you still say that reading is useless."

"Hey." Zhu Zhen nodded and took it with both hands.

"By the way, do you know why this book is called "University Yanyi"?" Zhu Biao asked.

Zhu Zhen shook his head.

"Because it was written by the author Zhen Dexiu, borrowing the meaning of "Great Learning", citing Confucian classics and historical events, and attaching his own words." Zhu Biao smiled proudly and said, "So before reading this book, You have to thoroughly understand "University"..."

"Big brother is the real show!" Zhu Zhen looked at Zhu Biao helplessly.

His Royal Highness is really an old sow wearing bras - one set after another.

"I admire you!"

"So-so." Zhu Biao said with a smile, "If you don't have any means, how can you discipline your weird little brothers?"

"Okay, I'll learn." Zhu Zhen pondered for a moment, finally made up his mind, and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, good brother!" Zhu Biao raised his right hand and said, "Come on, let's make an oath by high-fiving, and we will not go back on our word!"

"Cut..." Zhu Zhen snorted, and vowed to himself that if it was useful, Daming wouldn't have to die.

However, he still raised his palm and slapped his elder brother loudly.

(End of this chapter)