People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 684 Seeking Common Ground While Reserving Differences Has Always Been Chen Han’s Pursuit
I don't know why Zhu Biao felt his blood boiling after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words. It was not because he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that he could surpass his father as long as he reconciled the conflicts among the officials, but he felt that his father had guided him on a path to do things.

He had always felt that he might be stuck on how to heal the trauma left by his father, and that he might not have enough time to do other things.

To be honest, for a prince who wants to do something, this kind of thing is very cruel. He always feels that he may need to constantly make up for the mistakes made by his father, and he needs time and energy in this process.

So sometimes he had some complaints, but he was too embarrassed to express them out loud. After all, this was his father. If he expressed them out loud, wouldn't it be unfilial? If he expressed them out loud, wouldn't it be that he had no sense of responsibility at all? So he didn't say anything.

Sometimes I even have to take on all the responsibilities by myself.

Precisely because of this, he sometimes wondered if he was being too foolishly filial, and if he had taken too much responsibility on himself during this process.

Sometimes he even wondered whether he should continue to live like this, whether he should always take the blame for his father's mistakes on himself, or whether he should put all other ideas above his father's governance. In this process, many things that people are unwilling to understand will naturally arise, so now he is always very conflicted.

Now, after listening to what his father said, he finally realized that he was not such a person. It turned out that what he had been doing was correct. It turned out that his father had always understood what he said. It turned out that his father had never thought of imposing these things on him.

It is precisely because of this that he now feels much more relaxed. He once thought, if he blindly caters to his father's ideas, blindly lets his father's ideas override his own, and blindly accommodates others, then what is the point of being an emperor?
But now he doesn't need to think about these things, his father gave him a very good answer. His father did not give up teaching him even when he was old. Even when he could carry out his ideas openly, his father did not give up guiding him. This is what touched him very much.

"Dad, I have always felt that there are some problems with your governance. I have always felt that you are too cruel to both the people and the officials.

Now I think it's not like that at all. Now I think it should be like this. Just like Chen Han said, if no one does these things in your era, then it is very likely that no one dares to do these things. It is very likely that in this process everyone will find that it is the real sadness that no one does these things. "

So Zhu Biao always spoke in a rather obscure way, and even said something that some outsiders could not understand, but in fact the old man understood what he said at once. What exactly were those things, because what he wanted to say was that if he had not governed the world like this, he would not have to pay attention to some tails for his son. In fact, sometimes he himself also felt that he was too much.

After all, in this process, everyone can see that if they hadn't made the world like this, then their son wouldn't have to consider these issues under such circumstances, and their son wouldn't have to be confused at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his eldest son on the shoulder and said, "In fact, you should understand your achievements over the years. You are my pride, not just because you are my son, not just because you are my eldest son over the years. What you have done by my side makes me feel very relieved that you have not let me down."

In fact, no matter what era, no matter what kind of person, no matter which country, sons all hope to be appreciated by their fathers.

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Biao felt his eyes suddenly become red. He was not just a prince, he was not just the regent prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he was not just the crown prince with a heavy fist.

He is also a living person. If he is a living person, he can't help but have this kind of thought. If he can get his father's approval one day and make this founding emperor have more expectations of him, then it means that he will have more achievements and influence. At this point, Zhu Biao's eyes were red not only because he got his father's approval.

It was more because of what I did that finally made my father realize very clearly that everything I did was right, that all of this could be praised by others, that my father had actually been paying attention to all of this, and that everything I did was not in vain.

This may be what a son really wants to see. This may be the answer a son particularly wants to get from his father. Maybe all sons think so.

Seeing Zhu Biao's eyes were red, the old man patted his shoulder again and said, "Okay, don't be like this. You are a real man. You didn't bring shame to our Zhu family. You didn't let us say a word of no. We watched you grow up step by step, so there is no need for you to feel wronged, and there is no need to feel recognized by your father. You can relax."

This was both an encouragement to Zhu Biao from the old man and his recognition of Zhu Biao. If he did not recognize his son, he would not have said such words. Through his observations over the years, he actually always felt that his son was a very talented person.

Although his son will definitely get some recognition from him as a father, this is not the real reason. The reason is that he really thinks his son is a rare talent, and he is really proud of his son.

His son has achieved some achievements that are difficult for him to surpass and some prestige that is difficult for him to reach at such a young age. In fact, he has always felt very proud, because his son's path is different from his own, but he has still made some footprints of his own.

After hearing this, Zhu Biao felt that he should cherish this hard-earned recognition. He always felt that he was not as good as his father, but now his father actually said that as long as he made some achievements, he could surpass him. This gave Zhu Biao motivation.

In fact, just like the old man, he himself has no one to talk to, because those around him are either old scholars or some flatterers. Those old scholars strictly abide by the etiquette in front of him and have nothing to say to them. Although those flatterers say all the good things to you, what can they do?

Precisely because of this, just like the old man, Zhu Biao himself has always been a relatively lonely person. Although his women sometimes speak very bluntly in front of him and sometimes are very straightforward, he understands it very well.

Because Chen Han came from a place six hundred years later, they didn't have so many ideas that they must be inferior to others. They didn't have so many opinions that they should be this way or that way. Instead, they always felt that they should live like a human being, which was actually good. But sometimes Zhu Biao found Chen Han's straightforwardness a bit unbearable.

Because sometimes when Chen Han discussed some issues with himself, he would argue to very extreme points. Chen Han really dared to get angry with himself, which made the civil servants around him feel a little uncomfortable. They felt that Chen Han was sometimes too presumptuous.

Although Zhu Biao himself did not think that this behavior was wrong, he always felt that this behavior was very good, because in this way he could truly explain some objective facts clearly, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, and in this way everyone could see that he was a truly tolerant person.

But although he could accept it, those officials simply could not. They all thought that Chen Han was like a madman, and sometimes even said bad things about Chen Han in front of him, thinking that if Chen Han continued like this, many people would lose the dignity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In fact, Zhu Biao has always told Chen Han this, but why Chen Han couldn't accept it? It wasn't that he couldn't accept it, but that his habits could not be changed.

Chen Han has told him many times that in his place there are not so many concepts of inequality, and everyone is equal. However, Chen Han would never say that I want to emphasize equality for everyone in the Ming Dynasty, because this is a modern concept and cannot be combined with ancient ethics.

Another aspect is that if you use modern concepts to fit ancient ethics, first of all you will feel very uncomfortable, and secondly the people around you will not be able to adapt to your ideas.

So Chen Han has always felt that I should cater to these ideas of the Ming Dynasty, but I want to make some small changes in the process.

I should not let the Ming Dynasty's ideas transform me through its methods. I should transform them. I cannot make everyone accept my ideas, but I cannot let myself fall into the trap of such ideas.

Because if you want to change, you must change some of the so-called dregs of ancient feudalism.

The ancient times must have had their own set of formal logic, but I discovered this when I came back to the ancient times six hundred years later.

The rigidity of their imperial examination system at times was actually one of the main reasons why it was impossible to produce innovative things in ancient times.

So in this regard, Chen Han needs to slowly change these things through his own efforts, instead of thinking that everyone must enjoy the new concept of equality, which is impossible.

It is because Chen Han understands what it means to seek common ground while reserving differences, and it is because Chen Han has always understood that what he should do is to make some subtle changes that will influence things silently, rather than requiring drastic changes that require agreement on ideas and concepts.

The idea that you need to make everyone know that you are the best is wrong. This idea is definitely very dangerous and this idea itself is extreme.

Chen Han never does anything extreme, he just wants to make some changes in people's lives. How can he make some changes in their lives?

It's a very simple truth, that is to improve their living standards, make the economy prosperous, let the economy drive changes in everyone's cognition, and let the economy promote everyone's acceptance of new methods and new ideas. This is the real change.

Just like what people say, the economic base determines the superstructure, which is very true, because the key to anything is to make everyone feel the change in everyone's living standards after your change, so that everyone can agree with your ideas to a large extent.

This will make everyone think that what you say is right, otherwise others will just think that everything you say is just bragging.

Because there is actually a huge difference between theoretical and practical things.

After Chen Han came to the Ming Dynasty, he discovered that his new theories, new concepts, and new methods could not be successfully implemented without slowly changing the economic foundation of most people. It was impossible for them to have any interest in his ideas.

They will not think that your ideas are correct. They may even think that what you are saying is completely subverting all our previous cognition.

If you think that you are the only smart one and everyone else is stupid, then the split cognitive concepts that arise in this process will make all your reforms very difficult.

After Chen Han experienced the impact of this change, he knew that he had to understand one thing, which was that he could not force people to change their minds, and he could not let the people think that he was an alien. If they thought that he was an alien, they would have great resistance to his reforms...

(End of this chapter)