"Brother, me?" Zhu Su looked at the eldest brother Zhu Biao in front of him in surprise.
"Can I guess whether Xiongying and I, who are 'historical', will also be given to us by civil servants..."
"Fifth brother, I once told him that as a prince, you should put 'the interests of the country as your first priority.'" Zhu Biao did not answer directly, but poured himself a cup of tea.
"That sentence, the more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes."
"Previously, after receiving the teachings of the teachers, he knew that to be a benevolent king, he needed to respect Confucianism and follow the rules. If he himself sought to be benevolent, filial, propriety and righteousness, then Tiandong would naturally be governed."
"But later, when my father asked him to watch him govern the country, he discovered that the legs he used were quite cruel and inconsistent with the scriptures and meanings taught by the masters. It is not clear whether my father was the founder of the country. But why did he govern the country with his legs?
Duan Jing is completely different from what the Master said, and I always don't think about the explanation."
Zhu Su nodded and continued to listen to what Zhu Biao said. In the past, Lao Zhu went to conquer Tiandong, and his cultural level was not high, so he spent a lot of effort to invite many famous Confucians in Tiandong to teach Zhu Biao
.But how do those great Confucians know how to govern a country? If they know how, they can only talk about "benevolence, justice, etiquette and wisdom" and "teach people with virtue" in vain.
As an emperor, Lao Zhu was decisive in his killings and took charge of Tiandong. The Confucian standard of "benevolent king" that Zhu Biaobao set was naturally very different from that of a heroic ruler like Lao Zhu.
Zhu Biao raised his neck and drank the Eastern tea soup, and continued: "This matter has troubled him for several years. When he asked the master, the master was silent, so he said that he begged him to be a benevolent king in a month.
The emperor is not benevolent and righteous. But he still doesn't understand how to weigh it. It wasn't until I told my brother to 'put the interests of the country as the first priority' that I finally found a yardstick."
"There is nothing wrong with being a benevolent king. If you are a benevolent king, then the sky will return to your heart, and the people will naturally live in peace. But there is nothing wrong with being cruel and cruel like my father did. Being a king does not mean that you are ignorant of benevolence and righteousness. Sometimes it should be used
With some thunderous legs, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages when it comes to seeking the wrong country. Even if the monarch is arbitrary, it is not a bad idea."
"Good!" Zhu Biao said those words, and Zhu Su couldn't help but stand up. He straightened the sleeves of his robe slightly, then bowed to Zhu Biaodong uprightly: "Prince Diandong has enlightened his heart, and my younger brother is the prince.
Congratulations from the east of the palace, congratulations to the Ming Dynasty!"
It’s no wonder that Zhu Su was unmoved. Zhu Biao’s changes in his temperament could affect the future of the Ming Dynasty and bring about earth-shaking changes to the Ming Dynasty and even the entire history of China. Although Zhu Biao is still considered a qualified successor, his governing philosophy has
In fact, is there any conflict with Lao Zhu?
According to historical records, Zhu Biao "often wanted to implement policies that were tolerant and easy for the people, but in the end it was often difficult to follow his path because he was not in harmony with the emperor." It can be seen that Zhu Biao was deeply influenced by Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucianism.
But now, Zhu Biao of the Ming Dynasty has a great enlightenment, and he has a criterion that is not based on Confucian moral standards, but on the interests of the country. A person who puts national interests first can abandon the standards of benevolence and righteousness in the book.
This is undoubtedly excellent news for his successor, Zhu Su, and even for the future of the Ming Dynasty.
At least, Zhu Su did not have to worry that his encouragement to Lao Zhu to expand the territory would be contradicted by his elder brother because it did not conform to traditional Confucian concepts.
"Why are you so famous all of a sudden?" Zhu Biao pulled Zhu Su and walked away to the east. "Brother, you must be able to figure out the reason, and you must rely on me to solve the puzzle. If not, even if you succeed in the future, you may not be able to succeed.
Just another Jianwen, Chongzhen." He shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Emperor Jianwen listened to the civil servants and engaged in "restoration", which ultimately led to the great trouble of peace; Chongzhen was deceived into a cripple by the Donglin Party, and created the so-called "All Righteous Dynasty", but it gave the Ming Dynasty the final support.
Tomb soil. With those two painful lessons, as well as Lao Zhu's distrustful attitude towards civil servants from the beginning to the end, Zhu Biao had to reflect on his previous excessive praise of those moral gentlemen.
"It's a bit far." Zhu Biao smiled sheepishly. "Now let's talk about those civil servants. The emperor should put the interests of the country first, and he will be aware of this matter later. If he is a brother, he starts to think about it. Since
The emperor should use this as his criterion, but what should be the criterion for scholars?"
"As Hengqu said in the four sentences, establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past saints, and create peace for all generations?"
"Huh." Zhu Su sneered. "If this is true, then when the Qing Tatars enter the Pass more than two hundred years later, there will be no such thing as the water being too cold and the scalp itching."
"That's right." Zhu Biao nodded. "Although Hengqu's four lines may cheer you up, but for my brother's sake, most literati can't do it."
"Those four sentences are just a way to cover up those people's mistakes and make their actions appear high-sounding. They are not the true criterion in the minds of literati."
Hengqu's four sentences are famous throughout the world. If I randomly pull a Confucian scholar from the street and ask him why he studies Confucianism, I am afraid that 99% of the answers will be negative to those four sentences.
Now Prince Diandong actually said that those four sentences are not something that most literati use to hide their shame. If others heard these words, I am afraid that my elder brother Zhu Biao will lose the hearts of Tiandong literati in an instant.
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Zhu Su, the only person present in Bu Nao at this time, nodded his head and couldn't agree more.
"Brother Wei looked at history, summarized the actions of the officials of the dynasty, and discussed with his father the future generations of the Ming Dynasty. At first, I thought that the criterion that the literati hid behind the fig leaf was actually not: 'the arch is vertical and the sky is governed by the east'." Zhu
Biao continued.
"In other words, the emperor bows his head and civil servants govern the country. That is their true goal."
"Therefore, Huaixi was powerful, so they banded together to pay Huaixi by mistake; the vassal king was powerful, so they encouraged the king to pay the vassal by mistake; the emperor was martial, so they created an accident and appointed a new master; the external eunuchs had exclusive power, so they deceived the new king and cut him off...
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“Their previous purpose was not the criterion for its actions, and it could never achieve the so-called ‘downward arch and rule of the east’. This was the great righteousness in the hearts of civil servants. Even if they used some dirty tricks for it, they would still be confident.”
"Fifth brother thinks that he is a brother, right?" Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Su with burning eyes.
"Brother, thank you." Zhu Su arched his legs. In fact, he felt that what Zhu Biao said was too polite and that it was red. What the civil servants wanted was not "power". They were not satisfied with "herdsmen on behalf of the emperor".
But if he always thinks about taking away the power in the emperor's legs, if the emperor does nothing, just binds his legs and "hangs them down", and hands over the sky to the civil servants, then the emperor will naturally not be a benevolent and sage king.
On the contrary, it is "unkind" and "tyrant", which is more disgusting to civil servants than a coward.
What they want is an obedient emperor, or even if it is not possible, someone who is easy to fool. The most uncomfortable thing is that Lao Zhu is difficult to fool, has a strong desire for power, but cannot be the founder of the country, and his trump card is as strong as that of a civil servant.
It is simply difficult to compete with the type that can depose the prime minister and create a great prison with just one word.
It wasn't until after the Tumubao Incident that the Zhu family's many generations of heritage were completely ruined by that prodigal son that they found the dawn of "the rule of the east from the sky".
"Brother, how did you come up with this idea?" Zhu Su asked curiously.
"To put it bluntly, caring about him would lead to chaos. In fact, it's because of the heroes." Zhu Biao shook his head and smiled.
"After the birth of Xiongying, my brother has not been worried about the 'untimely death' I mentioned."
"I was originally thinking about my innate shortcomings. But suddenly one day, my brother suddenly became blessed."
"Thinking about the 'young death' of heroes in history, would it be the same reason as Wuzong and Xizong?"