Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 716 Minghe Hanfeng
In the Huagai Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he started talking about the fate of Zhao's descendants in the Yuan Dynasty.

"This Chongzhen is the last emperor of our Ming Dynasty. His temple name was changed to Huai by that barbarian?"

"We are all ministers who have lost our country... Oh, a bunch of traitors who have brought disaster upon our country!"

These words are so straightforward that they require no interpretation.

Moreover, judging from what Chongzhen said, the emperor seemed to have a magnanimous character when the Ming Dynasty fell, which made Zhu Yuanzhang secretly relieved.

After all, he absolutely did not want to see a situation like Zhao Xian, the young emperor, being manipulated by others after surrendering.

And what the young man said next was also what he knew:
A member of the Zhao Song royal family, he married a Mongolian woman and was sent to Tibet to study Buddhism. In the end, he was suspected and executed.

But as he watched, Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table:
"What kind of wish power? What kind of reincarnation? What kind of love between father and son? It's ridiculous!"

After calming down a little, Zhu Yuanzhang understood and sneered:
"Could it be that this Tibetan monk is taking advantage of the fact that we are no longer alive and cannot speak? So he made up this story to confuse the people!"

"Why didn't the holy grandson Emperor Xuande punish this evil monk? He allowed his absurd words to be passed down to future generations!"

Although he said so, Zhu Biao clearly saw that his father was looking at Zhu Xiongying several times, so he stood up immediately:
"Dad, since this person is a Tibetan monk, what he wrote must be just to confuse the Tibetan people."

"There is no work written in Han language that has been circulated, how did Emperor Xuande know about it?"

This made sense, so Zhu Yuanzhang tried hard to suppress his concern, put on a smiling face and rubbed Zhu Xiongying's head.

But he turned his head and muttered:

"If I had known... I shouldn't have bothered with that iron pot, or it wouldn't have been such a big deal if it had died in Dadu."

Zhu Biao knew that the Hu name of Emperor Shun of Yuan was difficult to pronounce, but translated into Xia Yan it means iron pot, so that was how Emperor Yuan was called.

After venting a little, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the young man's final evaluation of the two Song dynasties again and said carefully:
“To govern a country by learning from the past dynasties is like sifting through sand to find gold.”

"Now, the future generations have already said why Song Zhichensha was so powerful. You need to take this as a warning so that our Ming Dynasty will not fall into this shackles again."

"The location of Song's real gold was clearly revealed by later generations, so there is no need for us to explain what to do."

"We only hope that the reign of Yongle will be much better than that of Hongwu. As long as Xuande is not inferior to you, we will feel... ridiculous!"

Zhu Biao had just lowered his head and listened to his father's gentle teachings, but suddenly he was shocked by a loud roar. Fortunately, there was a chair next to him, which prevented him from falling to the ground.

Without waiting for Empress Ma to get angry, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to be at a loss:
"Hey, Biao'er... Daddy is not talking about you, it's just... it's just that this rumor has been spread on your head in the future. How can we tolerate it?!"

Zhu Biao, who was dizzy, looked back and saw every word clearly on the huge light screen that was nearly two people tall. Zhu Biao easily found the content that his father was concerned about:
"Is this your nickname?"

Zhu Biao looked at it carefully and kept it in mind.

He had just heard his father mention his foreign name, saying that he was Yongle, and that he would be praised by later generations. This was the first time he saw his foreign name with his own eyes, and he sneered at its content:
"These are all nonsense from a villain. People in the future will just treat them as jokes. Why should Daddy care?"

Having said that, but thinking back to the divine military strategist Zhu Wu, thinking of the words of reincarnation, and looking at the hook in front of him who didn't want to know the meaning of the descendants, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty gritted his teeth and said bitterly:

"I hate unofficial history the most in my life!"

Empress Ma found it funny. Zhuge Liang had never liked reading the miscellaneous editions of the Yuan Dynasty, but she especially liked listening to herself narrating the various arrangements of the history of the Song and Yuan dynasties in the vernacular novels. At that time, she did not seem to hate unofficial history the most.

But even though she was laughing, Empress Ma couldn't help but frown as she saw the words that came next. "Zhongba, that Baozong..."

Emperor Ming slowly shook his head, remembering that the Ming Dynasty reached its peak during the reign of the Bao Zong. Now he understood that the Ming Dynasty's decline was probably due to the Bao Zong's misrule of the country.

And Chongzhen really seemed to be the unfortunate emperor of the Ming Dynasty who lost his country. Judging from the words he spoke and the fact that the Ming Dynasty died of poverty, could it be that the Ming Dynasty eventually followed the old path of the Tang Dynasty?

But what does it mean that the civil officials are too cold?
If he could still guess the general meaning of these, then the bandits' words of dying for the country and pirates defending the national borders made him even more frightened.

If this is true, it would more truly verify Chongzhen's angry words that "all my ministers are ministers of a fallen country."

It seems like the Song Dynasty, where noble officials were corrupt and the common people died for the country.

Seeing her husband's face becoming increasingly gloomy, Empress Ma couldn't help but worry:

"Chongba..."

Waving his hands, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in anger:

"If the civil officials were dedicated to governing the people, and the generals and soldiers were brave in battle and fearless of death, how could the Ming Dynasty fall?"

"This is how a country is destroyed. How can we demand more?"

Having said that, seeing that His Majesty's face is almost as gloomy as Emperor Taizu of Song, who doesn't know that His Majesty is probably very demanding in his heart?

But since no one wanted to touch this bad luck at this time, Zhu Biao thought about it for a moment and said carefully:
"Dad, I'm afraid the last two words are all about people's names. So, could the Zicheng Nan Zicheng be Li Zicheng?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and said coldly:

"Write it all down, if you need it later..."

At this point Ming Tianzi also sighed. What would it matter if he knew who it was?

Just like Li Zicheng, who was suspected to have tried his best for the Ming Dynasty but still failed, apart from his name, nothing is known about his hometown and family background. Even if we knew what was the use, this person’s grandfather might not even have been born yet.

So in the end, Emperor Ming waved his hand in disinterest:
"Biao'er, tell me, why are there so many corrupt officials who only care about enriching themselves?"

If this problem were thrown to the court officials, they would most likely say that the world has lost its civilization, and that once the great principles were implemented and everyone served the public, the world would be united. If this problem were thrown to the censors... now there should be no censor who dares to offend my father.

What if I were asked to speak for myself? Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and said slowly:
"If supervision is not extensive, they will naturally become one; if they do not care about the world, they will only care about enriching themselves; if mediocre and evil officials are not punished, they will not be eliminated on their own."

So Zhu Yuanzhang finally had a little more smile on his face.

Then he looked up and saw those who could be called ancestors to him comforting him.

〖Zhao Kuangyin: Emperor Wen of Wei once said that since ancient times, there has been no country that has not perished. Hongwu does not need to worry too much about what happens three hundred years later.

Li Shimin: If a country has loyal ministers, the borders will not be weakened, the country will not be in danger, and the ancestral temples will not be destroyed. If we are open-minded and open to people's opinions, select and accept advice to govern the country, the effect will last for ten generations.

Liu Bei: Since the Ming Dynasty has restored the Han Dynasty, if the Han Dynasty survives, the Ming Dynasty will continue. Later generations will know that the Hongwu era has shown that the Ming style has merged with the Han style without interruption. What harm is there?

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed slightly and he slowly let out a long breath.

(End of this chapter)