King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Jin Yiwei ordered him to prison.

The students of the Hanlin Academy who participated in the fight also woke up from their anger and irrationality at this moment.

They huddled in the corner in fear, feeling extremely regretful, wondering why they were so impulsive, why they participated in the beating, and why they caused someone's death.

"The King of Han and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have arrived!"

Just when everyone was panic-stricken and worried, an extremely loud shout came from outside.

Then the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi were seen walking in from outside with gloomy faces, supported by a group of Jinyiwei.

"Student pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Prince Han."

Seeing the students kneeling on the ground, trembling, with fear on their faces, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu looked at each other and did not ask those who were kneeling on the ground to stand up. Instead, they had gloomy faces and stared at the people kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.

"Are you dissatisfied with the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Ministry of Works?"

After a long silence, Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but ask the first question.

The students kneeling on the ground did not dare to answer. Of course, facing such a situation, they were already frightened out of their wits, their hearts filled with fear and anxiety. They had never encountered what was happening before, so naturally they did not know how to answer this question.

At the same time, they were kneeling on the ground and could deeply feel the anger and rage contained in the words of Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, which made them even more at a loss.

"waste!!"

"You can't even talk anymore?"

"Or did you not hear what I said, and need me to repeat it to you?"

"Answer me!!"

Seeing that no one responded to his words, Zhu Gaochi shouted in a deep voice and questioned.

Feeling the cold and threatening anger coming from above, the students knew they could no longer play dumb and stammered, "Students...students don't dare."

"Don't you dare?"

"As a student, in broad daylight, he blocked a newly appointed official from the Ming Dynasty court, clashed with him, beat him to death, and instead of reflecting on his mistakes, his first reaction was to flee the scene in an attempt to evade his guilt."

"Is there anything else you dare not do?"

Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly.

"Do you know that the three people you beat to death were all talented people that the court had worked so hard to find. They had great talents and abilities in the Ministry of Industry and in the production and manufacture of military equipment. They were also the ones who were developing a new generation of powerful firearms for the court."

"With your actions, it is very likely that the development of a firearm that has already been half completed will suddenly be put on hold."

"Do you know how much loss this will bring to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Because of your impulsive actions, how many soldiers will be killed and wounded in the battles with the enemy on the front lines, leaving us with safe and secure rear areas?"

"At the same time, their efforts would have led to a bright future waiting for them, but what about now?"

"It hasn't even started, and it hasn't even ended yet. But you bastards have completely ended it."

"You all, do you know how this action will chill the hearts of many officials and craftsmen in the Ministry of Works who work diligently day and night for the Ming Dynasty?"

Having said this, Zhu Gaochi paused, his expression suddenly becoming even darker, causing the air temperature in the entire prison to drop by several degrees unconsciously, and continued:
"You guys don't have any strong abilities. Of course, I don't necessarily expect you to have any great abilities, but why do you have to come out and cause trouble for me?"

"Besides reciting a few sage books and talking nonsense, what else can you do?"

"They talked about their ideals and aspirations, felt that they were being humiliated, and looked frustrated. They complained about their fate and the injustice of the court."

"But ask yourself, do you really have the ability to serve the emperor and bring benefits to the people?"

“How can the five grains be divided without the use of the limbs?”

"If the imperial court really takes you in, lets you enter the officialdom, lets you govern a region, governs the people, and shepherds the people for the emperor, what will that be like?"

"Apart from letting some parasites, corrupt officials, and idiots occupy the toilet without doing anything, and they are all very self-righteous, is this really responsible for the people of the world? Is this really responsible for our Ming Dynasty?"

This is said.

It can be said that his words were not harsh enough. He actually criticized the group of students in front of him as worthless and good for nothing. He was just short of directly calling them good-for-nothings and wastes raised by the court.

The faces of the students kneeling on the ground could not help but turn slightly red.

Of course, this statement also made many people feel very dissatisfied, and they were very dissatisfied with the prince's evaluation and judgment of them.

Many people wanted to refute, wanted to rebut, wanted to defend themselves, wanted to tell Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi that they were not that kind of people, nor were they completely useless, and that they were of no use to the court.

Zhu Gaochi, who was standing at the door, took in the expressions of the people kneeling on the ground and snorted coldly:

"What?"

"Very unconvinced?"

"I feel very uncomfortable after hearing this. Do you want to refute my evaluation of you? Do you think I am wrong?"

"Okay!"

"No need to push so hard, and no need to hide it."

"I grant you the right to speak your mind."

"As long as you can tell us when to plant, harvest, store, and so on."

"I can guarantee you all this matter. Not only will you not be punished."

"I will also give those who can give me a satisfactory answer a position to help them realize their ideals and ambitions, and give them a broad sky to explore and do their work."

"Tell me about it!"

"Who will answer me?"

"Who can give me a satisfactory answer?"

"I've given you a chance. Don't say I didn't give you a chance."

"Who comes first?"

Say it.

Zhu Gaochi raised his eyebrows, half-closed his eyes and looked coldly at the people kneeling on the ground, waiting for them to give him a satisfactory answer.

at the same time.

As Zhu Gaochi finished speaking, the students kneeling on the ground began to become restless, and each of them showed a look of contemplation and contemplation. Of course, there were some who turned their heads to see the reactions of those around them. Although there was constant restlessness below, in the end, no one stood up from the crowd to answer the questions raised by Zhu Gaochi.

It’s not that they didn’t want to answer, or that they were dissatisfied with the conditions proposed by Zhu Gaochi.

In fact, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they found that this problem was something they had never thought about, never studied, and even less understood in depth.

Therefore, naturally, I don’t know how to answer this question.

Faced with an extremely tempting yet simple problem, there is absolutely no way to solve it.

The fat meat right next to my mouth is totally out of my mouth.

It made them scratch their heads and feel extremely anxious.

After a long time, one of the students finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slowly raised his body from the kneeling position on the ground, and bowed to Zhu Gaochi, with an extremely unwilling expression on his face and his words showing his unwillingness, and said:
"His Royal Highness..."

"Is this question too excessive?"

"All of us students study Confucian classics and books on governing a country."

"What does this have to do with how we govern the country?"

"Your Highness, aren't you asking this question just to embarrass us?"

"What's the point?"

"It would be better for Your Highness to punish us directly instead of pretending to be so hypocritical."

Zhu Gaochi was shocked. He looked at the student who stood up and confronted him with a look of astonishment and disbelief, and could not help but be stunned for a moment.

He was pretending to be righteous and deliberately making things difficult for the people in front of him?

Are you sure he wasn't the one who gave these people the chance?

Wasn’t the question he just asked simple enough?

Shouldn’t the issues of sowing, harvesting, and storing grains be the simplest things?

Could there be any problem or thing simpler than this?
As for the question he raised, shouldn't any normal person, anyone who has paid a little attention to this matter, be able to answer it?
Is it really that difficult?
Or is it that these students, who are highly expected by the court, have never paid any attention to these things at all, or have never taken these things to heart?

But upon closer thought, the answer is obvious.

Obviously, these people have never paid attention to and cannot answer this extremely simple question he raised.

Such an embarrassing situation really made Zhu Gaochi completely confused and unable to believe it.

At this moment, he finally understood what Zhu Gaoxu had asserted before, that the students who were given preferential treatment in the court were all trash. They were just a group of trash who only knew how to talk big and were very self-righteous.

He didn't believe it before, but after facing the question he just asked.

Zhu Gaochi completely believed it and understood what Zhu Gaoxu had said before, why he could not see any hope in the current Ming Dynasty. He felt that the Ming Dynasty court was falling into a chronic death and its luck was slowly being eroded.

As for this group of people now, these students will be promised to the public and sent to various parts of the country to govern the people.

I know nothing and I understand nothing.

If this continues, what hope is there for the entire Ming Dynasty?
Isn't it these bastards that are slowly wearing away the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty?

After a long time, there is no way that the Ming Dynasty can be saved or rise again!

At the same time, he also understood why Zhu Gaoxu asked him to ask this question before entering the imperial prison. His words made him feel for himself what kind of people these Hanlin Academy students who enjoyed various preferential treatments from the Ming Dynasty court and were given high hopes were, and what they could really bring to the Ming Dynasty court. Are these people still qualified to enjoy the preferential treatment given by the court? Are the preferential treatments given by the court over the years just like throwing meat buns at dogs and never getting back?

Seeing the people in front of him, although no one except the students in front of him spoke or stood up to object or refute, the expressions on their faces already explained what they were thinking.

There is no doubt that although these people did not say anything, they also agreed with this person's opinion from the bottom of their hearts. This person's questioning and rebuttal also meant that they thought that he was deliberately making things difficult for them in this matter.

to this end.

Zhu Gaochi was really disappointed at this point. He no longer had any hope for the people in front of him. Of course, he had given up the idea of ​​giving these people a chance and letting go of the students who participated in the beating.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Gaochi's eyes, which had been wide open, slowly narrowed and he shook his head slightly. There was no trace of joy, anger, sorrow or happiness on his face, but his voice was as cold as a knife, and he said in a deep voice:
"You guys, your actions and practices today."

"This really opened my eyes and overturned my previous understanding of you all."

"Of course. I have completely lost my confidence in you. I don't see any hope in you people."

"I came here to give you a chance. I wanted to see if you guys were worth me pulling down to plead for you and doing something illegal."

“But now it seems that nothing matters anymore.”

"You guys are just like what the King of Han said outside the Imperial Prison. You are truly hopeless and terminally ill."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, turned his head and looked at Ji Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, and said coldly:

"The murderer must pay with his life!"

"All those who participated in this incident will be punished as accessory to their crimes. No one should be spared. I will punish them all severely!"

This is said.

The students kneeling on the ground no longer had angry expressions on their faces, and were replaced by faces full of fear and trepidation. They suddenly reacted and understood what the prince's words meant to them.

In an instant, they all panicked and rushed to the bars of the prison door in an ugly manner, their voices trembling with fear:

"No, no, no, it can't be like this."

"Your Highness, Your Highness, spare my life!"

"We didn't mean it, we didn't mean it"

"We know we were wrong, we know we were wrong, we will change. We will change. Please give us a chance, Your Highness, please give us a chance!!"

"Please."

Zhu Gaochi didn't even bother to look at the students begging for mercy in front of him, as if he hadn't heard anything. He turned to look at the Prince of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, who had been smiling and silent from beginning to end, as if he was watching the fun and the curiosity, and said unhappily:
"Are you satisfied?"

"Is it comfortable to watch?"

"Are you satisfied with this result, second brother?"

"Do you have anything else to add to our approach, or do you have any alternative ideas?"

"If you have any, why not bring them all up directly? Don't bother two people with one thing. Don't ask me to make another trip because of the things at hand. I don't want to see these disgusting things again." (End of this chapter)