Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 306: Looking through the history of the rise and fall of the world, I understand the guilt of countless people!
"wisdom."

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered a few times.

The tickler in his hand had stopped moving.

The whole person fell into a state of silence, as if he was deeply lost in thought.

outside the temple.

It's unknown when Zhu Biao arrived.

Pu Gou'er bowed respectfully to Zhu Biao and said, "Your Highness."

Zhu Biao nodded and asked, "What's the situation in the palace? Did Xia Zhibai have an argument with His Majesty?"

Pu Gou'er smiled bitterly, lowered his head and looked around, and whispered: "Your Highness, I didn't dare to get close just now, and I don't know what was said specifically, but I did hear some quarrels, and I seemed to have faintly heard that Xia Xueshi mentioned Your Highness, but I didn't hear clearly what he said specifically."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Biao frowned, he looked at Pu Gou'er deeply, and said in a cold voice: "It's already this hour, and you are still hesitating here. I forgive you for being innocent. Just tell me everything you heard. I want to hear what Xia Zhibai said about me."

Park Gou'er looked embarrassed.

But when he met Zhu Biao's cold gaze head-on, he was frightened and shuddered all over.

Although their crown prince was gentle, if he really got angry, even His Majesty would back off. How could he dare to provoke Zhu Biao? Pu Gou'er hesitated and said cautiously, "I really didn't hear clearly just now."

"I only vaguely heard that Scholar Xia said that His Highness does not look like the Crown Prince."

"More like the self your majesty wants."

"I lack my own opinions and the courage to challenge Your Majesty."

Before he finished speaking, Pu Gou'er had already knelt on the ground, banging his head against the ground repeatedly, begging Zhu Biao for forgiveness, while saying: "This is just what I heard accidentally, and I may not have heard it clearly. Maybe I heard it wrongly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Biao ignored Pu Gou'er who was banging his head on the ground. He was stunned when he heard these words.

Not like the prince, but like His Majesty? !

Zhu Biao's pupils shrank slightly, and his body trembled slightly. Finally, he looked at Pu Gou'er fiercely, kicked him, and said, "Keep talking, I won't punish you."

Park Gou'er was so sad that he could not even cry.

How dare he continue speaking?
These words are deadly.

Zhu Biao's eyes turned cold, and he asked in a cold voice: "Why, you don't even want to listen to me?"

Pu Gou'er shook his head quickly and said, "Your Highness, I really didn't hear the rest. How could a servant like me hear these words? I heard a little bit outside the palace and hurriedly retreated to the side, not daring to come forward at all. I really don't know."

Park Gou'er's head was shaking like a rattle.

See this.

Zhu Biao became angry and kicked Pu Gou'er again. Seeing that Pu Gou'er still refused to talk, he did not press the issue any further but walked to the palace gate.

He did not enter the temple.

Just wait at the palace gate and listen.

However, to Zhu Biao's surprise, he did not hear any quarrel, only deathly silence.

Just when Zhu Biao was puzzled, Xia Zhibai's voice suddenly rang out.

Xia Zhibai said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to think too much. Now that you have entered the political world, you can only keep playing without a chance to rest. And since Your Majesty has already taken action against the court officials, you can't stop."

"Your Majesty, so do the others."

“Once you embark on this path, there is no turning back.”

"Your Majesty, what you really want to do is not to leave behind an empire that will last for generations, nor a system that will last for generations, because these things are destined to be impossible. The Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties all dreamed of doing so, but history has proven that three hundred years is a long life."

"Your Majesty, what you want to leave behind for the world is that when something happens in the future, the descendants of the Zhu family and the descendants of China can raise their arms and call for something that will be recognized and believed by the people."

“This may be a belief, a culture, or a simple emotion.”

"This requires your Majesty to weigh and consider."

"And your Majesty, it's time to change your past ideas."

“Some colloquialisms and slangs may be crude but true. They may be unpleasant to people, but they do contain hidden truths.”

"For example: a new emperor chooses his own ministers."

Outside the palace, Zhu Biao's face turned pale when he heard Xia Zhibai's words.

The whole person was frightened and took several steps back.

I didn't dare to come forward at all.

Xia Zhibai’s words were really scary.

A new emperor appoints new ministers. Is this something a minister can say?
But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard these words, they seemed unusually calm.

He stared at Xia Zhibai and knew that Xia Zhibai did not want him to abdicate, but to let go.

Let Zhu Biao do things according to his own ideas.

Now, Zhu Biao's so-called "team" was all arranged by him forcibly. This was not what Zhu Biao wanted in the first place. And when Zhu Biao really ascends the throne in the future, many of these people will be destined to step down. This will be the case for emperors from generation to generation, and the replacement of court officials will be gradually achieved.

Moreover, the alternation of the old and the new is more useful than killing.

Checked and balanced killing is the right thing to do.

Rotation!

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes.

Xia Zhibai waited quietly by the side.

Everything in the world has its life cycle. Heaven and man, man and things will change. Only true wisdom can last forever in the world. It is difficult to achieve long-term stability by relying solely on the system or wishful thinking.

A hundred years later it will be nothing but a handful of earth.

Whatever Zhu Yuanzhang is determined to achieve now, or has already achieved, will collapse in a hundred years, and even his descendants will not take it seriously. Therefore, we must not stop looking back, but always move forward, and always believe that those who come after us will be more knowledgeable and better adapted to the environment than our predecessors and present people.

And you can make the right choice in that situation.

Rather than following a map.

The true eternal foundation should be something that the descendants of the Zhu family rely on for survival, or even something they believe in, something that they recognize from the bottom of their hearts, and are willing to accept and even stick to.

As long as this "foundation" does not collapse, the Ming Dynasty will not perish.

At least it won't collapse for a while.

just
Is there really such a thing in the world?

Is there really such a thing as something that can be protected for all eternity?
In the past, he believed in centralization, thinking that as long as he controlled the world's power, everything would be safe. However, people like Hu Weiyong sounded the alarm for him. There have always been and will be no fewer people secretly eyeing the imperial power. The temptation of power is too great.

He believed that his descendants would have the desire to persevere.

But they may not have the ability to hold on.

As for the system, Zhu Yuanzhang had already sneered at it. The Wei Suo system and economic system that he trusted were now beginning to collapse from within and he could not trust them at all. As for the royal family, Zhu Yuanzhang could not trust them either.

He is still there.

The second and third sons had already built the dragon throne and put on dragon robes.

If the emperor was young during the Han Dynasty, I am afraid that the royal family would be the biggest danger to the Ming Dynasty.

Jinyiwei? No.

Harsh laws and severe punishments are also not an option.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with various policies and systems he had promoted, as well as various institutions he had established, etc. In the end, without exception, he rejected them one by one, and none of them could become the real "foothold" of the Zhu family.

a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes, looking very tired.

He shook his head: "I have searched through the history of the rise and fall of the world, read about the countless innocent people, the hundreds of families vying to cross the river, the mountains and rivers, and the jade bones, but in the end I still can't find it. There is no such foundation in the world. It didn't exist in the past, it doesn't exist now, and it won't exist in the future."

"Eternal time is illusory."

"How can it be possible?"

"Haha."

"I was stupid enough to actually listen to what he said." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and his face returned to normal, but his expression was a little bleak and lonely, and there was also a hint of unwillingness.

(End of this chapter)