Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 21 Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked. Could it be that his son had made progress under the influence of Chu Nan?

"What are you all doing standing here? Why don't you go in?" Zhu Yuanzhang soon vented his anger and walked out to ask.

you said so?
When Chu Nan heard Zhu Yuanzhang ask this, he was speechless. If you are so angry, why don’t you stand here? Are you going to go inside and let you smash you?

"Come here, set up the imperial study and tidy up the Huagai Palace." And the next second, Zhu Yuanzhang was also going to the imperial study.

The princes and Liu Bowen also followed, but before Chu Nan left, he took a look inside the Huagai Palace.

It was really a mess.

I am speechless. You already know that you can't hold meetings here, but you still let us in?
Royal study room.

They soon arrived at the imperial study, where Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the main seat and the others sat on both sides.

"Chu Nan." At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger seemed to have subsided a lot, and he could speak calmly, but the first person to ask questions was Chu Nan.

"How is the house I gave you?"

"Very good, very good." Chu Nan was a little surprised that she actually cared about him, but he still nodded.

"Are you used to spending the 1,100 taels of gold?"

"Very good, very good."

"After being promoted to the third rank, are you still doing things smoothly?"

"Very good, very good."

"Are the four maids you were given warming the bed well enough?"

"Very good, very good... huh?" Chu Nan was shocked. He hadn't even touched those four maids, so how could they warm him up?

"Your Majesty, minister..."

"Oh, no need to say more." But when Chu Nan was about to explain, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and looked at Chu Nan with a wise expression.

"I understand everything you said. It takes giving corrupt officials the power to embezzle so that they have the motivation to do things. Similarly, it takes giving a hot-blooded young woman like you so that they have the motivation to do things!"

"I don't think there's any problem. As long as you, Chu Nan, do your job well, it's okay to have a few more maids to serve you. If you make more contributions in the future, I will give you more maids to serve you comfortably and happily!"

“Your Majesty…” Chu Nan was numb. He didn’t mean that.

"Lord Chu, congratulations!" But before he could explain, the other princes started laughing.

"Master Chu, you are so lucky."

"But please take care of your body and don't overindulge yourself."

"It's okay, Master Chu can still exercise. As long as Master Chu is well, the maids will be well too!"

"Alas." Even Liu Bowen sighed.

Time really makes people grow old, it’s great to be young.

I am speechless.

Chu Nan was really annoyed. He had been dealing with modern things all this time and had never thought about these things.

If he continues to talk nonsense, his kind and pure character will be tainted.

"Your Majesty," he said directly.

"I know that Your Majesty wants to ask me for advice today, so please speak directly."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little shocked. Chu Nan actually took the initiative to bring up this topic today? He had always been pushing it aside in the past, so this was quite unexpected.

Then he did not delay and looked at Chu Nan with a serious expression.

"Chun Nan, you've seen it all. I'm very unhappy today."

"Lan Yu is so arrogant because he relies on his military achievements. He almost ignores me. How can this be tolerated?"

"There are too many problems in my Ming Dynasty. The Northern Yuan Dynasty has not been resolved, the people's poverty has not been resolved, and the problems of corrupt officials and disobedience of honest officials are being resolved."

"But now, the problem of these arrogant and powerful generals has troubled me again. If I don't curb their power, they will arrogantly ride on my head. I want to solve this problem first."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the princes present did not refute, because they all saw what happened today.

Lan Yu was indeed too arrogant, which made Zhu Yuanzhang unhappy, and they were unhappy too. Moreover, there were definitely more than one general who was so arrogant and looked down on others. This matter really needed to be resolved.

Chu Nan was not surprised either. He had long guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang had asked him to come for this matter.

This problem is indeed a major problem that affects the stability of the early Ming Dynasty. It must be solved, and once solved, it will also help Chu Nan's own safety.

But Chu Nan did not directly come up with a solution, but instead asked Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I would like to ask your Majesty and the princes what countermeasures you have."

"Our strategy?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought Chu Nan's rhetorical question was a good one. They couldn't just ask Chu Nan when they had problems. They still had to think independently. Even without Chu Nan, the Ming Dynasty was still established.

At the same time, he also wanted to test his sons to see if their brains had improved after listening to so many strategies from Chu Nan recently.

Then he looked at the princes and said, "These arrogant generals are too arrogant. I relied on them to build my country, so I used them."

"But now, the world has been conquered. I want to govern the country and keep it stable. The arrogance of these arrogant soldiers and brave generals has become a factor that makes the Ming Dynasty unstable."

"Plus, they hold military power, which makes things even more unstable. If I am gone for a hundred years, will you still be able to control these arrogant and powerful generals?"

"My dear princes, please tell me what you think."

But when Zhu Yuanzhang asked the question, the princes all frowned.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in trouble and they wanted to help, but wasn’t this problem a little too complicated for them who were only in their teens?
"What? No way?" Zhu Yuanzhang became angry when he saw that the princes were stunned for a long time and no one answered.

Chu Nan is only nineteen years old, but he is full of evil schemes. How come no one here has a solution for such a long time?
We are almost the same age, why is there such a big gap?

"Father." Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get angry, Prince of Qin Zhu Chong stood up and spoke.

"I have a plan."

"Tell me about it." Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted when he heard it. He thought his son was quite capable. He was happy and wanted to see what the plan was. If it was a good one, he would not need Chu Nan's help.

"Replying to Your Majesty." Zhu Chong also spoke.

"What the emperor is worried about is that the generals have military power and are too arrogant. He is afraid that they will cause chaos. The solution is very simple."

"We can learn from history and follow the example of Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, who gave up his military power over a cup of wine. We can take away the military power of these generals, and then use civil officials to lead military officials in the court and in the localities, so that these military generals will not be able to become powerful, right?"

"What!" Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just been happy about his son's plan, was shocked when he heard this plan.

"The Song Dynasty valued civil officials over military officials, and as a result, it was beaten from its founding to its demise. Every time the military generals won a battle, the civil officials had to pay money to seek peace. Don't you know this part of history?"

"You still use history as a mirror. The Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty in this way. Have you forgotten? I'm afraid you are a spy of the Yuan Dynasty. Do you want the Yuan Dynasty to come again?"

"Get out of my way!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. He thought it was a good plan and what kind of brains he had.

Chu Nan also shook his head. Only Song Chao could come up with such a strategy of giving up one's own martial arts.

It is also because of this that the Song Dynasty could not unify China and was bullied by the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. Even the Western Xia could jump up and beat them to a pulp.

So in fact, in many aspects the Song Dynasty was not as good as the Qing Dynasty.

"No one has a solution?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. What were these people learning? Was there no one useful at the critical moment? And he was my son.

"Your Majesty, I have a good idea." But at this moment, Zhu Di stood up and spoke confidently.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang saw that it was Zhu Di who stood up, he looked suspicious.

"Oh? Do you have a plan too?"

It's good enough that Zhu Di didn't get mad to death because of this clever plan.

But he still decided to trust Zhu Di: "You tell me."

"Yes." Zhu Di spoke directly.

"Father, I think you relied on these foreign generals to conquer the world, but that was not the only way."

"But now, if we want to protect the world, it should be up to us, the children and grandchildren."

"So my suggestion is to let each of your princes choose a military commander as their teacher and learn their skills in marching and fighting."

"As long as you learn all their special skills, then these generals will be useless, right? And the task of defending the world can be handed over to your children and grandchildren, right? Are you still afraid that you can't control these arrogant and brave generals?"

"Huh?" After hearing Zhu Di's words, the princes present and Liu Bowen looked at him in surprise. What a good plan.

Chu Nan also frowned. As expected of Zhu Di, he actually thought of so much?
Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked and looked at Zhu Di in disbelief. This strategy was much better than Zhu Chong's strategy of destroying his own martial arts.

It also implies Chu Nan's strategy of fighting corruption, which is to throw away corrupt officials after using them, which is similar in nature.

"Good boy." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but praise him.

"Your strategy is quite vicious. You learn strategies from the generals, and then you don't need them anymore. That's good."

"Hehe." Zhu Di laughed when he heard it.

"Thank you for your praise, Father. I have been studying Lord Chu's schemes and have gotten a glimpse of them. Lord Chu's schemes all involve poison."

"So I was also inspired to come up with this plan, but this is only half of my plan. It's not really poisonous."

"The cruel part of this plot of mine is yet to come!"

(End of this chapter)