People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 683: To be an emperor, one must know how to balance!
After hearing what his father said, Zhu Biao finally felt a little better. To be honest, many of his previous worries came from his own lack of confidence.

Now, after Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he finally realized that he didn't need to worry so much. It was impossible for his son-in-law to steal his voice as he imagined.

In fact, what Chen Han did helped himself from a higher level, and he would have more say in the future.

Even when facing scholars, businessmen, and even people in the military.

With Chen Han leading the charge, many problems will be solved easily, because Chen Han's methods are different from the previous ones. Chen Han will never do things according to the current people's conventional thinking.

He didn't feel that there were so many rules and regulations restricting him. He acted completely according to his own logic and he didn't let those educated people catch him at all.

Chen Han himself even struck hard at those scholars, letting them know that if they were really provoked, Chen Han would face a lot of crises.

It was because after seeing this that the old man didn't care about Chen Han's worries at all. He even felt that what Chen Han was going to do now would make the Ming Dynasty less worried.

Because what Chen Han wants to eradicate now is not only the monument in the hearts of those scholars, but also the problems brought about by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was well aware that what he did would not bring much benefit to his descendants, especially the suppression of scholars, the oppression of civil servants, and the exploitation of businessmen.

Each of these blood debts will be reflected back at his descendants in the future, but he has no way of doing it, because the world he founded is actually riddled with holes.

At that time, my Ming Dynasty had no time to think about what would happen in the future. We could only consider the problems at hand and whether we could solve them. We could not consider from a very rational perspective whether we could make the world live a better life.

Under such circumstances, even smart people like Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen would not be able to take a bird's-eye view and build more things for the future.

Because no one knows what to do in the future, and no one knows what should be done to enable the Ming Dynasty to embark on a more prosperous path.

Under such circumstances, it was already very difficult for everyone to fill their stomachs and for everyone to feel that the Ming Dynasty was different from the previous Yuan Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang never felt that he owed the Ming Dynasty anything.

Even if his own strategies will make it extremely difficult for the future descendants of the Ming Dynasty to take care of themselves, even if he knows that these problems will definitely exist, even if he understands that if these problems are not resolved, they will become a huge hidden danger, so what?
People of our generation don’t have the time to think about so many things. I can only let them live a relatively good life.

Because under many circumstances, we don't have too much time to think about so many things, because the Mongols in the north are still trying to invade the Ming Dynasty, which has just gained a foothold.

Under such circumstances, what we can consider is to prevent the Ming Dynasty from being in danger and from being destroyed by the northern nomadic peoples just after its establishment.

Under such circumstances, these are all we can do, so Zhu Yuanzhang initially thought that he might have done something wrong, but now that he is about to die, he looks back and realizes that these are all he could do at the time.

So now, even when Zhu Biao said these things in front of him, he did not feel that he owed the Ming Dynasty much.

Instead, he said to Zhu Biao, "All your worries now are because you have heard Chen Han say that in the future time and space, you simply cannot exist.

"You will die earlier than your father, and now that Chen Han has arrived and saved your life, you are a little uneasy.

"You don't know how to govern the world because you have discovered your own talents, or you have discovered that you are not as good as your son-in-law Chen Han. You are afraid that the more successful Chen Han is, the more disappointed everyone in the world will be in you."

Zhu Yuanzhang has now pointed out Zhu Biao's biggest worry, because he has always been worried about himself. What should he do if he doesn't do as well as Chen Han?
Because Chen Han is his son-in-law and his subject, but now Chen Han's morale is obviously higher, which makes him, the old Taishan, feel the pressure.

Chen Han is a volcano that can erupt continuously, and I have already somewhat calmed down. How can I expect him to have more confidence under such circumstances?

He himself felt that his ability was not as good as Chen Han's. In such a predicament, everyone was watching him. If the future achievements of the team were not as good as Chen Han's, then would the world belong to Chen Han or himself? This was a huge problem.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder and said, "Big Brother, the reason why your father is so pleased with you is that your achievements have never been much less than your father's."

When he said this, Zhu Biao felt a little surprised. You know, the current Ming Dynasty was created by his father, and the reason why the current Ming Dynasty can have its current glory is also due to his father.

In everyone's mind, their father is a god-like figure. In everyone's mind, their father is the immortal Buddha who is high above.

Even he thought so in his heart. He always felt that his father was extremely great, just like the sun shining on the earth. Everyone was receiving the light from his father, the sun.

But now his father actually told him that your current achievements are actually comparable to your father's, and you have even surpassed your father in many aspects. At that moment, he wondered if he had heard it wrong, and if his father had expressed it wrongly?
Because he never thought that he could be compared with his father. He just thought about whether he could make up for the mistakes his father made. After making up for them, if he had time, could he do something that he thought was within his ability and surpass his father in some aspects.

If he could do this, it would be the biggest gain for Zhu Biao. He would never ask for anything else because he felt that he was not qualified to ask for these things. Even though he understood that Chen Han's arrival had changed the trajectory of his life, he felt that he might need to do something to break through in order to live his life again.

But I never thought that I could surpass my father, because it was too unrealistic. My father had done so many things, and he had reached the pinnacle of his life in so many fields. How could I achieve that?

So when his father said this, he was a little surprised, but he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say, "You are more merciful than your father. At least you have made the people and officials believe it. No matter your means or your ability, you have accomplished it and made the people accept it."

When talking about this, Zhu Biao felt a little ashamed for some reason, because he always felt that what he did was based on the cooperation between him and his father, so he could achieve the current effect. Without his father's cooperation, he would have no way to do what his father said under such circumstances.

Because his father had always been the bad guy in front, he let all the good guys do the same thing, and made the officials think that he had pleaded for them a lot in front of his father and exempted them from punishment.

But is it really so? In fact, sometimes it is not the case, because Zhu Biao has never been a kind person, or he is not as kind as some officials imagine.

Because everything he did was entirely out of the goal of maintaining the Ming Dynasty as a whole. He would never let you officials know what I am thinking, never let you officials succeed, and never let you officials understand how to defend against me in the future.

So many things are superficial, and many things are done based on some acting levels, so Zhu Biao never felt that he had any honor in this regard.

He even felt that some of his actions had nothing to do with being a gentleman. He believed that he was not as open and honest as a gentleman. But sometimes he was troubled by this, because it was certain that an open and honest gentleman could not accomplish great things.

Because if you want to fight against those who are not gentlemen, you must be more cunning than them, you must put in more effort, and you must be a hundred times smarter than them to be able to deal with them.

How could Zhu Biao, who grew up in such an environment, be a gentleman as those scholars thought? This is impossible because one person cannot have so many complex sides.

So he agreed with his father's statement that if at least on the surface you make everyone think you are a gentleman, then you are successful.

Because you can't make your appearance and your heart be the same. When faced with those corrupt businesses, it is impossible for him to identify with them.

But after being injured, he realized that if he continued to kill people like his father did, soon no one would be able to truly stand up and serve as an official.

Just as Chen Han said, if Zhu really set the salary for officials' parents so low and punished them with such cruel punishments, more and more officials would resign in a few decades or even a dozen years.

Because those officials know very well in their hearts that there is no way to gain more benefits under such circumstances.

If they can't get more benefits, why do they want to be officials? If they can't get more benefits, can they do something else to buy money? If they can't get more benefits, can they do something else to make a living? These things are all feasible, and because of this, Zhu Biao now understands.

In order to truly make those officials agree with the Ming Dynasty, they must understand that the current Ming Dynasty is their last hope. They must understand that only by building a good Ming Dynasty can they gain more. This is what Chen Han and Zhu Biao should do now.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "Perhaps you don't even know it yourself, in fact, you haven't discovered this benefit at all. If the officials all believe you, then in the future, you can stand up for Chen Han in dealing with those radical things he does.

"Don't think this is just a little bit of maneuvering. In fact, there are many tricks involved. You need to know what it takes to be a good emperor. Balance.

"Why did my father have to stir up several major cases and then kill both civil and military officials? It was to maintain this balance.

"Chen Han has now broken this balance. He has made all officials in the world feel a certain crisis, because the new school that Chen Han has promoted and the craftsmen that have been trained have threatened the officials' path to advancement."

Zhu Biao agreed with this point, because now that Chen Han had developed the Daming Project, the academy's biggest rivals were those who came from a family of imperial scholars. If Chen Han continued in this way, the balance would inevitably be broken, just as his father had said.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "How can we ensure balance? It's very simple, give each party fifty lashes. The good thing about the Daming Engineering College that Chen Han created is that it provides a path for a large number of craftsmen to be promoted, allowing them to become officials through their skills.

"But if that's the case, will those scholars who have studied hard for more than ten years agree to it? It's impossible. Because according to the method Chen Han came up with, after passing the test and entering the Daming Engineering College, the craftsmen only need to study for three to four years before they can become apprentices and then be granted certain official positions.

"You can imagine how tempting three to four years is. It makes those who have studied hard for more than ten years feel that their previous hard work is a mockery.

“So now or in the near future, a large number of scholars will inevitably rise up to oppose Daming Engineering College.

"And then your ability to mediate will be revealed. For a long time to come, what you need to do is to constantly mediate. Where will your authority come from in the future? It is to mediate these contradictions.

"You don't even have to do anything else. By reconciling these contradictions, you will achieve as much as being a father."

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(End of this chapter)