Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 369 This world belongs to someone!

creak.

The door opened.

The servants waiting outside looked over.

But Zhu Biao didn't come out, only Xia Zhibai came out.

The leading attendant hurried into the room and said, "Your Highness."

Zhu Biao took a look and waved his hand, saying, "Leave. I want to be alone. Li Jinglong, you should leave as well."

Li Jinglong nodded repeatedly and walked out as if escaping.

As soon as he walked out, he took a few deep breaths. He was suffocating in the room before. He was afraid that his heavy breathing would attract the prince's attention and bring disaster to himself. Now that he walked out, he felt relieved.

He turned around, looked around, and ordered, "Watch carefully outside."

"Don't make any noise."

"If you disturb His Highness's thoughts, don't blame me for not speaking up for you."

The attendants looked at each other and nodded quickly.

Li Jinglong didn't want to stay too close, so he walked outside. Although it was very cold in the house and the wind was biting, he felt that being outside in the wind was much more comfortable than facing a verbal battle inside the house. Even he felt frightened by what Xia Zhibai said.

As a boy of only eighteen years old, it is really too difficult for him to get involved in these matters.

Although he is precocious and intelligent, he knows how to advance and retreat in moderation.

To be fair.

He also felt that the prince was a little pedantic.

It's not about his personality, but his style of doing things, which seems a bit divided. He claims to be benevolent and righteous to the outside world, but he always deals with matters of property confiscation and extermination of clans. If these things were done by His Majesty, no one would find it abrupt, because His Majesty is so straightforward and has a clear distinction between what he likes and what he hates.

But His Highness is not.

So it seems a bit fragmented.

According to Xia Zhibai, Zhu Biao's imitation traces are somewhat heavy, and he has not yet imitated the essence, so he seems a bit out of place. He is not benevolent enough, and he is not violent enough. He keeps going back and forth between the two, which makes people unable to guess.

It is certainly not advisable to speculate about the monarch, but one should not be too swayed either.

Otherwise, the ministers may change at any time, wouldn't it be a waste of energy?

As for what the prince was thinking, he was not very interested, nor did he dare to be interested. His family knew his own affairs. With the death of his father, his family actually had little influence in the court. It was all thanks to the favor of His Majesty. All he could do was to dance with the sleeves, please everyone, and not offend anyone.

This can also make your family's wealth last longer.

If he really wanted to be a person who was upright and outspoken, I'm afraid his family's wealth would end here.

call!
A cold wind blew.

Li Jinglong subconsciously shrank his neck.

He raised his head, squinted his eyes, looked at the sky, and cursed in a low voice: "This damn God, the weather is too cold, I'm freezing to death."

Just then, his eyes turned green.

Li Jinglong frowned.

Lu Cang came over with a green coat and said, "This was sent by Brother Xia. Although the style is not as good as your clothes, it is warmer. Of course, it is still a bit heavy. Maybe it will be better if the textile factory collects more duck and goose down in the future."

"You just wear it now."

Lu Cang was quite outgoing and stayed beside Li Jinglong in a familiar manner.

Li Jinglong was stunned for a moment. He was not very willing to do so, but he couldn't help but put on the thick cotton coat under the blowing of the cold wind. As soon as he put it on, he felt that his body had become thicker and of course a lot heavier.

Lu Cang didn't just send clothes to Li Jinglong, he also gave clothes to all the servants standing outside the house.

Seeing this, Li Jinglong was also very straightforward and asked these servants to put them on.

He wasn't worried about anything going wrong.

This happened in Yingtian Prefecture, at the feet of the Emperor, and Xia Zhibai was a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Xia Zhibai must have been too full to handle the incident, so he attacked His Highness. Besides, it was winter now, and his body was not very flexible. There was also snow all around, so he would be able to see any disturbance at a glance.

Li Jinglong looked at Lu Cang and asked curiously, "Master Xia, what kind of person is he in your eyes?"

"A good man." Lu Cang blurted out, "And a very good man."

"At least in my long life, this is the first time I've seen such a person. He doesn't care much about personal gains and losses, and always has conscience and kindness in his heart. And most importantly, he can bend down and talk to beggars and farmers at the bottom of society, and he can listen to what they say."

Hear the words.

Li Jinglong did not comment.

nice guy?

He doesn't believe there are any good people in this world.

It was just a disguise, but he didn't bother to expose it, and said: "Since Xia Zhibai is so good, do you know what he wants to achieve with so much thought and effort?"

Lu Cang scratched his head and said, "I don't know."

"I didn't understand it either."

"Given Brother Xia's situation, if he really wanted to make money, he would have made a fortune long ago. If he wanted to be an official, he would have risen to the top long ago. But he is still stuck in the middle. His mind is neither on making money nor on being an official. It's hard to see or guess what's going on."

"Oh, it should be to change this corrupt world!"

Lu Cang seemed to have thought of something and said this excitedly.

Li Jinglong was stunned.

"That's it. I've heard Brother Xia say it many times." Lu Cang said excitedly, "Brother Xia often said that the world has become corrupt and needs a thorough change to return to the era of 'ritual and music'. He also said that the road is tortuous, but the future is bright."

Li Jinglong sneered and said, "How shameless of you to say that."

"He is just a minister, do you think he can change the world?"

Lu Cang glared at Li Jinglong in dissatisfaction and said, "What's impossible? Without Brother Xia, would there be a steam engine? Would there be the cotton-padded clothes you wear, all kinds of iron products, and iron horses? Aren't these all made by Brother Xia?"

"It's just not obvious now, but when the production volume increases in the future, you will know how much power this can unleash."

"It's enough to change the whole world!"

Lu Cang gestured with his hands, as if he had foreseen that moment.

Li Jinglong curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "So what? The court can seal it with a decree."

"Besides, whether these things like flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water can be realized is another matter. When to make them is also a question. It's not as exaggerated as you say. I admit that Xia Zhibai's ideas are good, but he always seems to forget one thing."

"This world belongs to someone else!"

"In the territory of the emperor, everything must be done according to his will."

"Without the emperor's consent, no matter how good the things are, they are just a pile of scrap metal, and no matter how good the suggestions are, they are just empty talk."

"If you don't realize this, no matter how talented you are, it's useless."

Li Jinglong shook his head.

He also laughed at himself a few times, thinking that he had said so much to a servant, how could he understand it.

However, what surprised Li Jinglong was Lu Cang's answer.

"Having said that."

“But what if the people are willing?”

(End of this chapter)