Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 25 Whoever the people help will win!
Walk out of Wuying Hall.

Xia Zhibai saw a man with a gentle yet resolute face, and a frown on his face, as if he was worried about something.

Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said politely, "Zhu Biao greets you, sir."

He came very early.

When he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had captured Xia Zhibai, he rushed over, but he didn't dare to go in and stayed at the door of the palace.

During the dispute between Xia Zhibai and Zhu Yuanzhang, no one kept silent. Although he was standing outside the hall, he almost listened to the whole process.

After hearing some important points, he deliberately dismissed the eunuchs and attendants around him to prevent those words from causing some people in the palace to have disloyalty.

This is also why, after hearing the news of the arrival of the person, Mao Xiang and other Jinyiwei did not rush in immediately, but were stopped by him in advance.

Xia Zhibai glanced at Zhu Biao calmly, his eyes were calm, without any arrogance or resentment. Even though he had just had an argument with Zhu Yuanzhang, he did not lose his manners.

He bowed slightly to Zhu Biao, with a calm and relaxed tone, "Xia Zhibai greets His Highness. Does His Highness want to personally see me off?"

Zhu Biao shook his head.

Xia Zhibai's fearless look made Zhu Biao feel a little helpless. He could feel that Xia Zhibai was more disappointed.

Disappointed father.

However, he knew that his father was not that bad and he did care about the people, but his strategies were often inappropriate.

Zhu Biao said: "Zhu Biao did not laugh at your ideas. On the contrary, Zhu Biao thought that some of your views and opinions were quite unique."

“It’s also thought-provoking.”

"My father has a bad temper and gets angry easily, but his concern and love for the people are real."

"Due to my father's background, he often did not consider things thoroughly and was eager to achieve success in one fell swoop, so he did not do enough in many things. Sir, you have resentment towards my father, and Zhu Biao fully understands."

"Please forgive me, Mr. Xia."

Xia Zhibai frowned and did not respond directly. Instead, he asked Zhu Biao a question: "Do you know what the greatest benefit of being an emperor is in the minds of emperors of all dynasties?"

Zhu Biao was stunned.

I don't know why this question comes up.

He looked at Xia Zhibai suspiciously, thought about it in his mind, but when he saw Wuying Palace on the side, he hesitated to speak, and finally did not dare to say it out loud.

"Please continue your speech, sir." Zhu Biao said.

Xia Zhibai noticed the changes in Zhu Biao's eyes. Zhu Biao might have his own views on being an emperor, but being in that position, even though he was favored and cherished by Zhu Yuanzhang, he did not dare to touch this bad luck.

“Power!”

"The advantage of being an emperor is that you own all the wealth and power in the world, and all the subjects in the world must obey you."

"Whether right or wrong."

"If the emperor is right, all his subjects will listen to him. If the emperor is wrong, all his subjects will obey him."

"He alone has the power to decide life and death for all living beings in the world. He can take any wealth and any beauty he wants. The whole world comes to support the emperor."

"Who wouldn't love such power?!"

Xia Zhibai's mouth curled up with a hint of mockery, and he looked at Zhu Biao and said coldly: "You underestimate your father too much. He was able to rise from a cowherd to the position of emperor. He can see many things more clearly than anyone else."

"I also know the pros and cons."

"There are many things that can be done, can be done, and can be done well. Your father knows all of this, but you have to understand that understanding the truth is one thing, and being willing to act according to the truth is another."

"After your father established his own country, whether it was the Great Edict or the Great Ming Law, he was full of arrogance and superiority." "Zhu Biao, from the day your father left the bottom and took control of power, the father in your heart who loved the people like his own children has changed."

"From that moment on, he was blinded by power and no longer considered himself a member of the lower class."

"He thinks he is extraordinary, that his humble origins are a complete accident, that he should be superior to others."

"The Ming Dynasty's current policies of obvious exploitation and oppression are just the external manifestation of your father's true thoughts."

"In your father's heart, the lower class people are completely lowly, and those who don't obey him are even more of a group of unruly people, untouchables, and fools in his eyes."

"Your father doesn't care about the lives of the lower classes, nor does he care about the harm of those policies. In his eyes, everything in this world belongs to him, and he doesn't need to think about others at all."

"The only thing he has to do, wants to do, and can do now is to protect the great family business he has built."

"He thought that if he could tame the people of the world into obedient slaves, the world would be as he wished, lasting for thousands of years, as solid as a rock. Even if it weakened in the future, the Zhu family would still be able to maintain its prosperity."

"It's just that he was wrong."

"He unified the world by driving out the brutal Yuan Dynasty. He should have known that there are many other places outside the Central Plains. Those places may not be weaker than the Ming Dynasty. If Mongolia can attack them, they can also attack us."

"If you shove your head into your shell, your butt will only show out. Then, you will be kicked harder by others and fall even more uglier."

"in addition."

"Your father and all the emperors in the past have misunderstood one thing."

"Being an emperor does not mean you own all the wealth, resources and land in the world. This is completely the wishful thinking and self-righteousness of these emperors."

“It’s the people who really own these.”

"It is the people of the world who hand these things over to the emperors. They have high hopes for the emperors, hoping that they can lead them to a better life like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in history."

“It’s just that they were all mispaid.”

“The emperor who holds the power of the world and controls the wealth of the world does not think that this is handed over to him by the people, but thinks that this is what he should enjoy by right.”

“You can spend it as you like.”

"History has proven time and again that these emperors' fanciful ideas are the real creators of history, not the monarchs, but the people."

“If you really want to make your country last forever, the only people you can trust and rely on are the people, and only the people.”

“When a dynasty has millions of people who sincerely support it, it is impossible for that dynasty to fall or be defeated.”

"The Ming Dynasty originally had this foundation that would last for thousands of years, but your father was too greedy and selfish. He would rather give it up than maintain the prosperity of your Zhu family for a hundred years."

"Your father has read so many books, but he has always ignored one sentence."

"Moral support from many, scant support!"

"This world has never been about whoever wins, they help."

“Whoever the people help will win.”

"next time."

"The people may not necessarily help the Ming Dynasty."

"One lamp lights up thousands of lamps, and the dark are all illuminated, and the light will never end!"

“This is the way of the Ming Dynasty.”

(End of this chapter)