Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 16 I am the crown prince! The emperor's son!

After saying these words, Zhu Biao seemed to have completely let go of the shackles in his heart. He looked straight at Zhu Yuanzhang and said firmly: "I think I am wrong."

"Father abolished the prime minister system and increased his workload in order to strengthen the imperial power. I, your son, can understand this."

“I agree.”

"Therefore, I am willing to share the burden with you, and I am also willing to take over the extra political affairs, but you have always been too focused on farming."

"My father was a farmer in the past and had no chance to study when he was young. So in order to help me and other princes get rid of the label of 'illiterate', he spent a lot of money to build a main hall in the palace."

"We will place ancient and modern books in it, and invite famous scholars of the time, such as Song Lian, Zhan Tong, and the Four Heroes of Wuzhong, to explain the Four Books and Five Classics to our princes, and teach them how to govern the country."

"At the same time, let those heroes who fought bravely for the Ming Dynasty, such as Xu Da and other generals, teach our princes martial arts."

"In this way, we, the descendants of the Zhu family, will be able to master both civil and military skills, and learn everything from ancient times to the present."

"For this reason, my father also made a big fuss about the content of the imperial examinations in the academies he built throughout the country, in order to weaken the abilities of other scholars and make sure that the world's all-round talents can only come from the Zhu family."

"Then consolidate and maintain the rule of my Zhu family."

"All these ministers know."

"I have tried to persuade the emperor in the past, but all I got was scolding and beatings from him. I finally compromised."

"Don't mention it again."

"When it came to the Hu Weiyong case, your father handed the case over to me. I didn't want to implicate so many people, but your father insisted."

"Tens of thousands of people were killed in one fell swoop."

"At that time, I cried and asked my father why he did this. Even my mother questioned him at that time, but my father just asked the eunuch to find a whip for me."

"Then, in front of my son, he used his palm to pull out the thorns from the bramble, letting his palm bleed profusely."

"Father said that this thorny bramble is like the imperial power. I am kind and I dare not take it. So Father took action and pulled out the possible thorns so that he could hand over a stable world to me."

"At that time, I was really frightened by my father."

"I had nightmares for several days."

"My Queen Mother came to comfort me many times at that time. Even now, every time I think of the scene at that time, I can't help but feel my heart tremble."

"But now I want to tell you, father, what I think of this thorn. It is hard to catch a thorny thorn, but once I catch it, I will not let it go."

"And the bramble that your father has plucked out all its thorns and is stained with your father's blood may become unusually slippery without thorns, so I really can't hold it."

"Even the thorn can be lost."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was terribly gloomy, and he looked at Zhu Biao fiercely: "Boss! That's enough! You are so presumptuous! You bastard! We will make you shut up!"

Zhu Biao also stood up, staring at Zhu Yuanzhang with red eyes, and said stubbornly: "I still want to say it! If I don't say it this time, I'm afraid I won't have the courage to say it again in the future."

"And it was you, Father, who asked me to say it. If I said it, you would get angry. I didn't want to say anything, but you insisted that I say it. And if I said it, you would always be like this!"

"But this time I disobeyed your order."

"Father, you always think of your son and daughter in everything, and you always plan ahead for your son and daughter. I always follow your will."

"But since you, Father, have already made all the arrangements and plans, why do you let me learn so many things? Just so that I can disagree with you and contradict you? And then be rejected by you and fall into pain!"

"Father, you have always told me that I am the crown prince of Ming Dynasty, the heir to the throne, and the future successor of Ming Dynasty."

"But you, Father, have always taught me and reminded me as a peasant, a commoner, a monk, and a beggar."

"People should not forget their roots." "Father! You may have been a peasant in the past, but I cannot follow your example and become a peasant's son. I cannot become a peasant's son either."

"I am the prince!"

"It's you, the emperor's son, father!"

"Shut up! We told you to shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red and his face was extremely angry. He raised his hand high, but when he saw Zhu Biao's stubborn and painful look, he suddenly couldn't bring himself to do it.

Finally, he clenched his fists and put his veiny hands behind his back.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao with fear and terror, but still raised his head stubbornly, feeling only sadness and loneliness in his heart.

He sighed slightly, suppressed his fluctuating emotions, reached out to wipe the tears from Zhu Biao's cheeks, and said earnestly: "Boss, I know you resent and hate me in your heart, but I am fifty-eight this year, and I don't know how long it will take before my time is up."

"There's not much we can do for you. We promised your mother that we would let you be a peaceful emperor, and we can't break our promise."

"Father..." Zhu Biao choked.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, interrupting Zhu Biao and saying, "No more."

"Let's go out for a walk."

Zhu Yuanzhang left the hall step by step with his hands behind his back and a hunched figure.

As he walked, he said, "Boss, you will be more ambitious and capable than me in the future. If your mother saw you like this today, she would probably praise you in front of us every day."

"We are old."

"But I am still the emperor after all. I have to consider the entire Zhu family and the future of our Ming Dynasty. There is nothing I can do."

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang left, his back looking desolate.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's lonely and desolate back, Zhu Biao suddenly felt very uncomfortable, his nose felt sore, and his eyes became red again.

He heard Zhu Yuanzhang's first few words.

And he had not intended to say it like this, but his emotions were just surging and he let out all the emotions that he had been holding back for years.

I really didn't take my father's feelings into consideration.

Zhu Biao secretly blamed himself and said, "Father, I don't blame you, but you were too strict with me in the past."

"I can hardly breathe."

"This time, I really didn't think it through properly."

"My son is wrong."

Zhu Biao stood in the hall, looking at the empty hall, lost in thought for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked aimlessly in the palace with his hands behind his back, feeling very upset.

He has always had a hot temper. If he had not restrained himself just now, he would have slapped her in the face. Although he didn't really do it just now, he still felt a little guilty.

Will it scare the boss?
After all, the eldest brother is the prince, how can he be compared with the other boys? Normally, just scolding him would be enough, how can he really fight?

The boss is the same. He usually hides so quickly, why didn’t he hide this time?
Besides, it was me who asked the boss to say that, so how could I still be so angry?

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly blamed himself, and unconsciously walked to the Taimiao. He looked at the Taimiao built for the ancestors of the Zhu family and walked in.

(End of this chapter)