Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 322: He is called the crown prince, but he is actually the prime minister!
After breakfast.

Xia Zhibai walked towards the Hanlin Academy.

The boss of the steamed bun shop looked at Xia Zhibai's receding figure, and the more he looked, the more familiar he felt. Finally, when Xia Zhibai disappeared from his sight, he remembered who Xia Zhibai was. He slapped his thigh and complained, "Oh, isn't that Lord Xia?"

"Why did I take his money?"

"This"

The bun shop owner stood there in a daze, staring straight ahead, suddenly at a loss as to what to do.

even.

He also thought about whether he had said anything wrong when he was questioned, and whether he had brought discredit to the people from Kyoto Enterprise. Finally, he found that he had not, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and amid the shouting on the side, he threw himself into the busy sales again.

However, he also decided to bring a few trays of buns over after the market closed.

As soon as Xia Zhibai arrived at the gate of the Hanlin Academy, an eunuch came up, bowed slightly, and said, "Master Xia, His Highness has summoned you to the Wenhua Pavilion."

Xia Zhibai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be there right away."

Xia Zhibai was not surprised that Zhu Biao came to see him.

Comparatively speaking, what he proposed was somewhat "advanced" and beyond Zhu Biao's current scope of handling. To a certain extent, Zhu Biao's mind was at a standstill, and if he did not have a stronger ability to sort out the issues, it would be difficult for him to find a breakthrough in a short time.

He would not think that Zhu Biao was incompetent.

It was just that a heavy responsibility was suddenly placed on Zhu Biao, and it was a field that Zhu Biao had never set foot in before. It was very normal for Zhu Biao to be unable to handle it all of a sudden.

Speechless all the way.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xia Zhibai arrived.

As soon as I entered the hall, I saw Zhu Biao with dark circles under his eyes, sitting at the desk, reviewing the memorials submitted by officials today.

Xia Zhibai said: "Xia Zhibai pays respect to His Highness."

Zhu Biao raised his head, put down the memorial in his hand, and said with a smile: "Xia Xue Shi, you are here."

"Come here, give me a seat."

Zhu Biao was very straightforward. He was not shy or evasive. He came straight to the point and said, "I have considered your suggestion, but after two days of thinking, I find it difficult to implement it. I feel that it involves too many things and too many officials. Although I am the crown prince, it will be very difficult to implement it. It may even be difficult for me to do it."

Zhu Biao also smiled bitterly and said, "It's strange to say, I have never felt so powerless before. Even when I was dealing with Hu Weiyong or other cases, I never felt clueless or at a loss. But when faced with the matter you mentioned, I was suddenly in trouble. It's really strange."

Xia Zhibai said: "Your Highness's reaction is actually very normal."

“Because the direction is wrong.”

"Oh." Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and he looked at Xia Zhibai and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."

Xia Zhibai put the chair aside, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Because Your Highness is too impatient, eager to achieve success, eager to achieve it quickly. As the saying goes, haste makes waste. Some things are destined to take a long time. Once you are eager to achieve success, eager to do it in a short time, all kinds of difficult, thorny and complicated things will be squeezed together."

"in addition."

"As the crown prince, your highness has positioned yourself wrongly."

"Wrong self-positioning?" Zhu Biao was stunned and looked at Xia Zhibai suspiciously, not quite understanding the meaning of this sentence.

The crown prince is the default heir to the emperor.

And it was confirmed very early.

How can it be wrong?
Xia Zhibai shook his head and said, "Your Highness's self-positioning is indeed wrong. Although Your Highness is the crown prince in name, in reality he is not the crown prince in all aspects. Even when handling government affairs, he still has a strong "subjective" aura. This is the real reason why Your Highness finds it difficult." Zhu Biao's face became serious and he said in a serious voice, "Master Xia, can you explain in detail?"

Xia Zhibai nodded and said, "Zhuangzi said: A gentleman should be like a dragon or a snake. What is a dragon? It can be a hero in the world. When it is big, it can raise clouds and spit out fog. When it is small, it can hide its shape. When it rises, it can fly in the universe. When it hides, it can lurk in the waves."

"Among all the emperors in history, the one who fits the description best is Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang."

"According to historical records, in the court of King Huai of Chu, Liu Bang, who was called a rogue in the countryside, was regarded as the 'elder of Pei' in the eyes of the princes and ministers. When Liu Bang talked about his career with Liu Taigong, he only talked about benefits, as if Liu Bang was a profit-seeking person."

"Is it really so?"

"No."

"It's just that Mr. Liu can only understand small profits."

"When Liu Bang debated with Zhang Liang, he turned into a gentleman, and when he debated with Kuai Che, he turned into a monarch."

"Liu Bang was able to rise from a gangster to an emperor."

"It is because he can indulge in wine and sex with scoundrels, and can also discuss wealth with profit-seeking people, and can divide the world with famous generals, and can also survey the four seas with geniuses."

"He is like a dragon and a snake. The transformation between dragon and snake depends on who is on the other side."

“And today there are those who have the appearance of dragons and snakes in the world.”

"Only your majesty."

"Although your Highness is the crown prince, he actually does not have the aura of a monarch."

"When His Highness was asked to face things as a leader, His Highness suddenly became anxious and embarrassed."

"If Your Highness pays attention to His Majesty, you will find that whenever His Majesty decides on something, the first thing he does is not to implement various policies, but to find people, a lot of people, and then ask these people for advice and then choose the best one."

"Your Highness may find it difficult to understand this."

"in short."

"Your Highness's East Palace has no close ministers belonging to Your Highness, only ministers appointed by Your Majesty."

"So His Highness is helpless when encountering problems. These officials in the Eastern Palace are unlikely to become His Highness's close ministers, because they have had little to do with His Highness from the beginning to the end. They were all promoted by His Majesty. Compared with His Highness, they obey His Majesty's orders more."

"In this situation, if His Highness encounters a problem, he will subconsciously turn to His Majesty for help."

"And apply your majesty's approach."

"but"

"You can still copy the ordinary things, but when you encounter something that needs to be solved as a 'ruler', you will be at a loss immediately, because this is beyond the scope of 'imitation' of Your Highness, and it requires Your Highness to make a decision as a 'ruler'."

"Your Highness has never had this experience!!!"

Xia Zhibai shook his head and sighed, "Perhaps in the minds of many people in the world, His Majesty dotes on Your Highness extremely and has put all the important officials in the world into the East Palace for Your Highness to command. But because the starting point is too high, Your Highness lacks the real process of 'turning the clouds with a flip of the hand and rain with a flip of the hand'."

"Your Highness doesn't look like the crown prince now."

"More like a large prime minister!"

"No matter how powerful the prime minister is, he still has the mentality of a subject."

"They are different from the Lord in every way."

(End of this chapter)