Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 42 Scholars are the source of unrest!
The only thing Zhu Biao knew was that the Ming Dynasty should not be like this.

He bowed respectfully and said, "Father, I know you don't like scholars, but you can't rule the world without scholars. Your Majesty treats scholars like this, won't it make scholars all over the world feel disheartened?"

"How many talents can be selected with this attitude?"

"If the officials we select are all people who are greedy and only care about protecting themselves, then won't the Ming Dynasty be ruined?"

"I hope my father will forgive me."

"I do not agree with what the emperor has done."

"Father's acquisition of the country was the most righteous in history. He should have a broad mind and treat the world with openness. How can he be so petty? Father asked me to read widely, but the ancient sage kings and emperors praised by the people in the books, which one of them acted like father."

"I think your Majesty is wrong."

"Shut up!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly exploded and shouted angrily. He stared at Zhu Biao coldly, like a beast staring at its prey, and said, "You don't need to tell me what to do."

"We know what you're thinking."

“But we don’t want it.”

"Since ancient times, it has always been these scholars who have been causing trouble. If it weren't for these people stirring up trouble behind the scenes, how could there be so many troubles and disasters in the world?"

"We didn't expect these scholars to rule the country for us."

"We have already thought about how to govern the country for our descendants."

"When I have time, I will write a copy of the Imperial Ming Ancestor Instructions for my descendants, and write down all the essentials and requirements for governing a country. Then, my descendants will just have to follow my instructions."

"We have already planned everything for Ming Dynasty."

"I came from the bottom of society and have seen too many great families fall. The reason why a country falls is that their descendants love to make trouble."

"Emperor Wu of Han's aggressive military policy, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang's extravagant and licentious behavior, and so on."

"We have listed the countries that will not be conquered by the Ming Dynasty. We still have some time. By then, we will destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the desert. Then the Ming Dynasty can live in peace. We have also learned from the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty and know the shortage of finances."

"So we issued the Ming Dynasty Treasure Notes."

"When the emperor of the future is short of money, he can just print it on paper. We are smarter than the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty thought the court could collect it, but what's the use of collecting that pile of waste paper? We are only allowed to issue it, not to collect it."

"We in the Ming Dynasty will never be short of money."

"Our Ming Dynasty has a strong agricultural system, no external threats, and no financial problems."

"Nothing is destined to go wrong."

"As long as our descendants do not cause trouble, our Ming Dynasty will last forever."

"Boss, I know you have great ambitions. You want to govern the country well in the future, bring peace and tranquility to the people, and make all the people in the world loyal. I support you in doing this."

"But we also have our own ideas."

"It was not easy for us to conquer this country. Many brothers died. We can't let those bastard and restless descendants ruin our Ming Dynasty. We must set rules in advance."

"We no longer ask for our descendants to surpass us."

"We only hope that they can protect the great foundation we left them, so that our Ming Dynasty can exist for a long time."

"And these scholars are the source of unrest."

“They know and understand too much, and they are easily restless.”

"If we allow them to continue to act recklessly, sooner or later, our descendants will be bewitched and instigated to make mistakes and stupid things, so we must suppress the arrogance of the scholars and officials."

"Let them know who is the master of the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were sonorous and unquestionable.

This is the great plan of the Ming Dynasty for eternity.

Never allow anyone to influence you.

Zhu Biao can't do it either.

It's just that this time he used Xia Zhibai's incident to do what he originally wanted to do in advance, in order to let people all over the world see the hypocrisy of scholars.

The soldiers were kicked off the platform.

When the so-called sense of superiority of the scholars is wiped out, they are no different from the farmers and merchants at the bottom of the society.

It is no longer possible to fight against the imperial power. "Father..." Zhu Biao's voice was choked with sobs.

"That's enough. We are willing to tell you these things because we are worried that you will be too sad, not for you to persuade us." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a cold look and a bit of impatience, "This Ming Dynasty is our world, we have the final say!"

Zhu Biao's face turned pale.

He stared blankly at Zhu Yuanzhang, whose face was ferocious, his mouth slightly opening and closing, but he dared not speak again. He knew that his father was really angry.

Say.

It will only make my father even angrier.

Moreover, he understood his father's temper. Once he made up his mind about something, ten oxen could not pull him back, not even his mother. However, his mother would explain the pros and cons to his father when he was calm, allowing him to reconsider.

But now the Queen Mother is no longer here.

There is no one in the world who can make your father think twice.

He is not enough.

He had previously thought of using Xia Zhibai's "test paper" to persuade his father to make some adjustments, but judging from the results, he failed.

It also deepened my father's original opinion.

He believed that scholars were the source of unrest.

It must be suppressed.

This posting of the notice was my father's deliberate "revenge", and also a strong suppression and humiliation of the scholar-official class.

Zhu Biao sighed softly, his expression full of worry.

My father is too strong and tyrannical.

But what reason did he have to persuade her?

Xia Zhibai escaped, and Huang Zicheng and others will obviously continue to serve in the government. This proves the correctness of my father's judgment. Perhaps the only turning point is if Xia Zhibai comes back.

But what's the point of coming back?

Can Xia Zhibai really take out one of those magical objects?
It's just a waste of time.

Thinking of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and what would happen in the future, Zhu Biao felt a dull pain in his chest and it became difficult for him to breathe.

He closed his eyes, a look of pain on his face.

Then, he suppressed his discomfort, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, and left the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.

I think Zhu Biao is still too kind.

The Ming Dynasty belongs to our Zhu family, and no one can touch it.

He must not allow anyone to have the idea of ​​threatening the emperor and forcing him to submit. Zhu Biao could be soft-hearted, but he couldn't. He had to be iron-hearted to the end.

Eliminate all possible hidden dangers.

There were some things he had not told Zhu Biao before, but now that Xia Zhibai had exposed them, he no longer tried to hide them.

He fought his way up from being a poor peasant.

He was very sure that no one among the descendants of the Zhu family could catch up with him, and he did not believe that there would be such a person. As the biggest supporter of the Zhu family, he had to plan for the Zhu family as much as possible, so that at least the foundation of the Ming Dynasty could be deteriorated more slowly.

He doesn't feel mean.

Those who achieve great things must not be fussy about small details.

The people of the Ming Dynasty had been oppressed by the Yuan invaders for too long, and many of them had been living in danger of losing their lives.

There is no food for the next meal after the last one.

It was he, Zhu Yuanzhang, who saved the people from dire straits, and it was also he, Zhu Yuanzhang, who enabled the people to escape from the oppression of the Yuan bandits and live a peaceful life, working from sunrise to sunset.

He has done enough for the world.

(End of this chapter)