Qian Tang raised his head and said: "Your Highness, I would like to accept your advice, but this matter still needs to be discussed clearly. How could Mencius be so casually removed from the Confucian Temple?"
Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "If Qian Yushi really thinks about Mencius, he should go back and think about it carefully instead of adding fuel to the fire here."
Qian Tang frowned. Mencius was an orthodox Confucian sage and could never be tarnished, so he had to return to the Confucian Temple. But now that there were more and more people behind him, Qian Tang felt a little uncomfortable.
He is not a stupid person. At least half of the people behind him came here because there were too many people to remonstrate, and they thought that the emperor might not be able to punish them. However, the more people there are, the more they will irritate the emperor, which is counterproductive.
It doesn't matter if he dies, but if so many people are killed together, it will inevitably disrupt the operation of the court. This is not what he wants to see. What's more, Zhu Biao's sentence just now about his death and his infamy for his father really stimulated him.
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In the eyes of Qian Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang was a hero. He expelled the barbarians, restored China, and reopened the Han people. This was an achievement that would be rare in the ages, so he happily joined the court as an official and devoted himself to assisting him.
Zhu Biao put his hands behind his back and said: "Now the Ming Dynasty is in ruins, and there are many affairs in the court. All the truly loyal and patriotic ministers are working hard in the government offices, but you are the only ones who don't want to make progress, and are still here trying to gain a good name. It's really ridiculous. What's the matter?
Go back if you don’t want to!”
As soon as these words came out, the people below began to cry out. Obviously they were not afraid of life and death to remonstrate with the king, so why did they become villains here? Qian Tang took a deep breath, stood up and cupped his hands towards Zhu Biao, then looked after himself.
He left of his own accord.
The rest of the people were stunned. We all came with you, Qian Tang, and you just left like this? What do we mean by this?
Zhu Biao's face was still cold, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If Qian Tang didn't leave, there would be no way to solve the problem without dozens of people dying in front of the palace gate today.
It is impossible for the emperor to admit his mistakes unless he has to, and now that the military is strong and the people are weak, no one can stop Zhu Yuanzhang from murdering him. And if it really comes to that situation, Zhu Biao will not stop him.
You can't start this way. If the ministers work together to reverse the emperor's decision, what will happen? Now Qian Tang and others may really be dedicated to the country, but once this example is started, the ministers in the future will be desperate.
He regarded admonishment as a shortcut to becoming famous.
Song Lian, who was behind, looked at Yan Zhubiao, silently got up and said to the people around him: "Don't embarrass His Highness the Crown Prince. We have official business to deal with, so why don't we delay it."
Song Lian actually wanted to die here immediately so that his literary name could be preserved, but he cared more about Zhu Biao, who was his most proud disciple. After more than ten years of painstaking teaching, Song Lian was reluctant to embarrass Zhu Biao.
The two most famous people spoke up, and the rest, especially those who had followed suit, stood up and left. The remaining hesitant ones also left under the attack of Zhu Biao's eyes.
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and walked towards the palace. Qian Tang took the initiative to leave for business, and Song Lian took the initiative to leave because of his personal relationship with his disciple. However, neither of them would give up. The matter is not over yet.
Zhu Biao's mood was very complicated along the way. These people really made him love and hate him, but the country cannot lack them. No matter what dynasty there will be treacherous ministers, there will also be these straight ministers. In peacetime, they will only make the emperor hate them.
, but when it comes time to be loyal, they will not fall behind others.
If the solution is solved by killing alone, in the end all the civil and military officials in the dynasty will be left are groveling yes-men. This is good for Zhu Yuanzhang and his son, because they are capable and decisive, but they have to consider the future.
Of course, Zhu Biao will impose restrictions on them in the future, especially if someone plays the trick of admonishing someone for a trivial matter, then Zhu Biao will let them live and die.
In general, they were not wrong this time. It's just that the positions of both sides are different, but the purpose is to make the country better, so Zhu Biao wants to save them. After all, it is difficult to reconnect a broken spine.
Historically, when the Ming Dynasty fell, it was not just the officials who said "the water was too cold". Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and a bachelor, saw that the situation was over. When the city of Beijing was destroyed, he hanged himself and was finally rescued by his family. But later
Or commit suicide by jumping into a well.
After hearing that Chongzhen had committed suicide, Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Household Affairs, kowtowed in the direction where Chongzhen committed suicide, and committed suicide in front of the Guan Yu Temple. In the end, all 13 members of his family committed suicide and died for the country.
Shi Bangyao, the censor of Zuo Dudu, hanged himself first, but was rescued and committed suicide by taking poison. After his superior, censor of Zuodu, heard about it, he sighed and said, "The Lord has humiliated his minister to death. This is the duty of a minister. If the prince can be fine, I will die."
No regrets, later in Wen Tianxiang's ancestral hall, he kowtowed three times and then hanged himself.
When Ling Yiqu, the minister of Dali Temple, heard that the emperor had died, he also banged his head against a pillar and his face was covered with blood. Finally, he burned all his books, kowtowed three times in the direction of Chongzhen, and left a letter home, which said,
To be loyal is to be filial, and in the end he strangled his neck with silk and committed suicide.
Meng Zhaoxiang, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, was defending Zhengyang Gate when Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, attacked the city of Beijing. He finally died under the city walls, and his wife also died for the country with him.
It can be said that these people are all in high positions. If they surrender, they will still have at least glory and wealth. After all, they are ministers of the dynasty, and no matter which regime is in need of such talents.
But just like the naval battle at Yashan in the late Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu jumped off the cliff with the little emperor in his arms, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians accompanying him also jumped into the sea to follow him. What a sense of integrity.
Zhu Biao naturally did not like these stubborn ministers very much, but he would not break their backbones. Zhu Biao wanted his ministers to be obedient, but he did not need slaves.
The Yuan and Qing dynasties domesticated their ministers into slaves. As a result, after their demise, the ministers did not resist at all. At most, they resisted passively. The reason was that their bones had long been softened, and no matter how hard they were, they would be like that.
When Zhu Biao returned to the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the pen in his hand and said, "Well done. It's the best way to deal with it now. The rest is just fighting with each other. We can also see what these ministers think."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "In the next few days, there will be news from officials from other places and the Kong family. In particular, the Kong family will definitely try their best."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "This old guy Qian Tang is wise this time, otherwise things would be difficult to deal with."
Zhu Biao smiled. In the political situation, if the emperor directly killed the ministers with absolute rights, he would actually lose in a sense. After all, this is an unfair game. You have to overturn the table. What does it mean?
Governing the world is different from conquering the world. Killing is just a means. If it was really that easy to use, then Qin Suiyuan would not have perished so quickly, and the corruption in the Ming Dynasty would have been solved long ago.