Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 326: It doesn't matter if you lose your sharpness, but you will die if you lose your spirit!

Zhu Biao laughed out of anger.

"If I don't do this, I won't live long."

"Xia Zhibai, are you saying this the other way around?"

"If I follow your words, I will not live long. Do you know how much will have to be changed if your idea is really implemented? Basically, every aspect of the Ming Dynasty will have to be changed."

"You have only mentioned military and political reforms, and you also know that the Ming Dynasty practices a small government. According to what you said, the Ming Dynasty must expand its government, and the total salary of officials will definitely increase significantly, which means that the financial system must also be changed."

"The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty now mainly comes from land tax and some salt and iron tax. If we want to change this, the scope of the change will be too large."

"It almost completely overturned the system created by Your Majesty."

"Don't say I'm just a crown prince. Even if I were the prime minister of Ming, I would be dismissed if I dared to submit these words. As a minister, it is enough to complete the affairs of the court. It is unacceptable to discuss national affairs. You still want to point fingers. You are not the only smart person in the world."

"There are many people smarter than you."

"I advise you not to make a mistake."

"Don't take the court's tolerance of you as an ability."

"You're not that great!"

"Your Majesty created this system. Do you know how many books Your Majesty read, how many books Your Majesty consulted, how many ministers Your Majesty asked, and how many times Your Majesty argued with your ministers? You don't know at all. Do you think these systems were really decided by Your Majesty on a whim?"

"absurd!"

Zhu Biao sneered and his eyes became even colder.

He respects Xia Zhibai very much.

But that’s also the bottom line.

Not everything you say is something you are willing to listen to.

He was somewhat dissatisfied with the current system, but he had no intention of starting a new one, nor did he think he could do it. The Ming system was created by fully absorbing the experiences and lessons of the Song and Yuan dynasties in history and combining them with current realities. It was the most appropriate and suitable system in the world.

none of them.

There are even fewer exceptions.

As for the fact that he would die in this system, he was speechless and wanted to laugh.

He is His Majesty's eldest son and the recognized crown prince by the world.

My father also trusts him the most.

How could it harm him?
Anyone could die under this system except him, because he was the only one who knew how solid his position was. Even if the second, third, and fourth brothers joined forces, they could not shake his position in the slightest.

This is his confidence.

And he couldn't think of the reason for his death!

Despite Zhu Biao's rebuke and scolding, Xia Zhibai did not say anything back, but just endured it silently.

After Zhu Biao finished venting, Xia Zhibai straightened his clothes and said calmly, "Your Highness, if you have anything else to say, or if you have anything else you want to scold, you can vent it all at once."

Zhu Biao frowned and said coldly: "Xia Zhibai, don't be so shameless."

"I have already given you a lot of face!"

"If what you said is just a little bit of a lie and it gets to your Majesty's ears, even if my mother is still alive, she can't protect you."

Xia Zhibai nodded and smiled, "Your Highness is right." "My words are indeed heretical and treasonous. As a minister, I recklessly discuss state affairs, or even openly criticize and slander. This kind of thing is a huge political mistake in all dynasties and will definitely be severely punished. The lighter one will be demoted, and the heavier one will be killed."

"It's just that I want to tell His Highness."

"The system created by Your Majesty does have its rationale, and it can indeed stabilize the current situation to a great extent. If there are good ministers to assist, it can even extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. However, this does not conflict with Your Majesty's death under this system."

"Your Highness is the biggest victim of this system!"

“There is no other like it!”

Zhu Biao sneered, looked at Xia Zhibai in surprise, and sneered: "Xia Zhibai, I am the crown prince, the prince of Ming Dynasty. How come I have become the biggest victim of this system? In your eyes, am I not worthy of being the crown prince?"

Xia Zhibai shook his head.

He looked at Zhu Biao calmly and said, "Your Highness is naturally suitable to be the crown prince, but doesn't Your Highness feel too tired?"

"And it's exhausting and even depressing in all aspects."

"Your Highness, do you remember what I said before? You are actually a large prime minister."

"Although you are in charge of the Eastern Palace and review memorials for His Majesty, you can make your own decisions without going through His Majesty's decision, but how many decisions have you really made over the years? How many of them were based on your own wishes rather than His Majesty's thoughts?"

"As a subject, this is understandable."

"But as the crown prince, this is obviously not acceptable."

"Because the crown prince needs to have his own ideas and his own decision-making ability, and every time Your Highness has such thoughts, he will be severely criticized by His Majesty and scolded. Over time, Your Highness gradually loses his original intention."

"But Your Highness is a human being. Humans have their own consciousness and persistence. If the current high pressure is not released and vented, sooner or later, it will completely wear down Your Majesty's mental strength."

"By then, Your Highness will be close to death."

"even"

"Your Highness may not survive Your Majesty."

"This is a very likely event. If that happens, has Your Highness ever considered what will happen after his death? Has Your Highness ever considered the future of the Ming Dynasty? Has Your Highness ever thought about what crazy actions Your Majesty would take to ensure the succession to the throne?"

"Your Highness's body may seem as vigorous as a furnace, but in fact, the vitality deep inside has long been exhausted."

"Just waiting for the last bit of depression to overwhelm you."

"Your Highness is now getting more and more adept at handling various political affairs, and is becoming more and more adapted to them, but he is also becoming more and more depressed and bored, and even more and more tired and wants to escape."

"The current emperor is a man of extremely strong character, and your personality is not as kind as the outside world says, so there is bound to be a conflict. However, in front of the strong emperor, all your struggles and efforts are in vain."

"It will only turn into internal friction in the end."

"You no longer have the courage to stand up and resist His Majesty's backward rules and regulations. You are now on a path of slow death. The one who killed you is not others, but yourself. You are in a high position, but you force yourself to smooth out your edges and try to become the Holy Prince in His Majesty's mind."

"Now you have been given the title of Holy Prince, but what has it actually gained in return?"

"Just exhaustion and self-doubt."

"If not for this, Your Highness would not have kept my test paper during the imperial examination, let alone spared my life, because Your Highness still had passion in his heart and wanted to fight back, and wanted to tell Your Highness through me that some of Your Highness's ideas were wrong."

"But now, Your Highness has lost his edge."

"I've lost my spirit."

"It doesn't matter if you lose your sharpness, but if you lose your determination as the crown prince, that's fatal!"

(End of this chapter)