Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 810: Ripples
But no matter what that ditch is, for everyone in the Huagai Palace, it is the most intuitive way to see how complicated the image of the current emperor is.

Zhu Biao just sighed casually. What concerned him most was the news of his teacher's death that he had just learned. He was already thinking about going to talk to his father privately and asking for a way to save his teacher's life.

However, Zhu Biao's casual remarks made everyone feel a little sad.

No matter what people say in later generations, they say that Emperor Hongwu was bloodthirsty.

But in the same way, it was the people of the Ming Dynasty who praised Emperor Hongwu as the greatest emperor in history and boasted that his achievements surpassed those of Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Living together for a time, they received diametrically opposite opinions. Even if it was due to the re-emergence of border troubles, such a scene would be rare.

"I'm not curious about what that ditch is."

In Yecheng, Zhang Fei patted his thigh and sighed:
"But now it seems that the affairs after the death of Emperor Hongwu are quite interesting."

"Don't talk about how future generations will comment on it, just talk about the opinions of the Ming Dynasty."

"Those who say he is bloodthirsty and fabricate slanderous accusations against him are people of insight."

"To call him the greatest emperor of all time, wiser than the two phoenixes, is also a wise man."

I have some guesses about this Pang Tong, so I said:
"The differences in reviews are mostly related to the source. The reviews of the market and the opinions of the public are naturally very different."

"In addition, his comments may be like those of the Tang and Song dynasties."

“When a country is well governed, people tend to focus on its shortcomings when reading history. When a country is in chaos, people tend to recall its strengths when thinking about history.”

This made everyone nod in agreement. After all, many people remembered that when the Mongolian army entered the city at the end of the Song Dynasty, there were still people who used Zilong's name to pretend to be a saint in order to repel the enemy. This could barely be considered a situation where people longed for heroes in times of chaos.

Zhang Fei disagreed with this and pulled Pang Tong aside and said:
"Pang, military advisor, please don't deceive me. I read Zhuangzi yesterday and it's true. Scholars like to respect the past and despise the present. What does it have to do with whether to govern or not?"

Pang Tong burst into laughter, grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeve and said:
"Yide is confused, the kind of pedantic person who likes to talk about governance, although his voice is arrogant, he is just a mosquito."

"Everyone who has read a little bit of books thinks that he has a destiny like Zhou Gong, but they don't know that without mastering the six arts, it is difficult to even survive at that time!"

Pang Tong's words made some people in the hall laugh and some sigh.

"It is no wonder that novels were so popular in the Ming Dynasty and became rare books passed down to future generations."

Ma Liang shook his head:
"Not only did he do strange things in the previous dynasty, but he also compiled the history of this dynasty. It is rare that he did not suffer a crime."

Kong Ming shook his head instead:
"It is difficult to know the whole picture from just one leaf. Now we know that the matter of Ming is only for a short period of time, and it is too early to talk about its gains and losses."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

[However, when it comes to the matter of Song Lian, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't kill him immediately because of his identity as Zhu Biao's teacher. However, Empress Ma played the greatest role in this.

Nowadays, people often talk about Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty, and often use the death of Empress Ma in the 15th year of Hongwu as the time point when Zhu Yuanzhang changed his regime.

This statement is not wrong. After all, it is well known that Zhu Yuanzhang started from a low point. Even if we don't mention how much help Empress Ma played in Zhu Yuanzhang's education, just the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang was almost killed by Guo Zixing alone, if it weren't for Empress Ma's wisdom and protection, it is hard to say whether the person who eventually sat on the throne would be Zhang or Chen.

As for the specific feelings between the two, there are not many descriptions due to the limitations of the times, but it is not difficult to get a glimpse of the clues from the short words "The emperor cried bitterly, and did not appoint a queen again."

But then again, Empress Ma did interfere with the course of the Ming Dynasty, both during her lifetime and after her death. In August of the 15th year of Hongwu, Empress Ma passed away. Zhu Yuanzhang was so grief-stricken that he summoned his sons who had been enfeoffed to return to Beijing to pay tribute to their mother.

After the funeral, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the things Empress Ma did to worship Buddha during her lifetime, and ordered the princes to bring a monk back with them when they returned to their fiefdoms.

Her role was also very simple. She often accompanied the princes and chanted scriptures and prayed for Empress Ma.

As we all know, there was a monk who had a very pleasant conversation with Zhu Di at that time. Later, after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's order, he volunteered to follow Zhu Di back to Beiping.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no objection and nodded in agreement immediately.

This monk was not well-known during the Hongwu Dynasty, but in the Yongle Dynasty, everyone knew his name as the Prime Minister in Black. This may be regarded as one of the aftermath of the four major cases of the Hongwu Dynasty.

This is the end of this issue. The next issue will be - The Governance of the North and the South and the Fengtian Rebellion!

But I have to say that Wen Mang really can't bear to leave the audience. 】

In Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin's sensitive nerves were immediately touched.

He immediately explained to his son in detail:
"You are still young and do not understand the ways of the world. When you travel around the world, it is inevitable that monks, Taoists and scholars will compete to accompany you."

"You can just listen to what these people say, but you need to think twice before you believe it or not, and you can't take it as a guide."

"You are the future emperor, you must not indulge in lies!"

Although Li Chengqian didn't understand, he still wrote it down carefully.

Soon, Aye raised his head, clapped his hands on the armrests of the chair and sighed:
"How many scholars are there in later generations? How many wonderful people are there?"

Li Chengqian turned his head and saw a wide wall covered with quickly painted lines. Only when he looked carefully could he see that they were lines made up of words, many of which were bold and interesting.

〖It seems that among all the founding emperors in history, in terms of power and authority, is Zhu Yuanzhang the best?
That’s right. Not only that, when it comes to setting traps for future generations, no one can match Zhu.

After all, he came to power in his prime and held power for nearly twenty years. It would be inaccurate to use any one word to summarize the Hongwu Dynasty. Zhu can be called a hero or a tyrant, a sage or a hero, a benevolent man or a devil. The characterizations of emperors in history are complex and varied, and no one can match him.

Seriously speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang did explore a relatively constructive political model. Unfortunately, he did not realize that this model was only suitable for him, and forcing future generations to follow suit is almost like the ugly duckling trying to imitate a beautiful woman.

To put it in a metaphor, Lao Zhu's brain and quality are equivalent to 4090 overwhelming all those who are not convinced, but he did not think that future generations would use this set of equipment which is equivalent to the integrated graphics card playing Black Myth, and they would be directly burned.

What you said is that even if you are capable, you won't do it. If you really follow this approach, the emperor will be working like a laborer. It's pointless. It's better to just start.

The bottom line is that he thought he was kind-hearted and forgot that he rose to power through reform. After becoming emperor, he was afraid of reform and wanted to rely on eternal stability to last forever. However, he didn't expect that after his death, no one could play with the system he had set up, and they could only make various patches.

Zhu Yuanzhang's approach was actually somewhat inspired by Zhao Kuangyin's, but he didn't expect that Zhao's heroes were mostly officials, who had a relatively clear sense of proportion, while Zhu's group of heroes was somewhat unruly.

Then he should learn from Zhao Da and save wealth for future generations.

Zhao Er: Well said, play your cards and drift along the Gaoliang River!
Laobao: I’m following you. Play your cards. Tumubao will lead the army in person!

Emperor Taizong of Tang: It's boring. I don't want to play anymore. I'm leaving.

(End of this chapter)