"Good boy." Zhu Yuanzhang got up from the ground. He was over sixty years old, and his temper was still the same as before, but his body and bones couldn't keep up. "Damn it, come again."
Zhu Biao looked at his father's trembling old appearance with white hair, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. He had never been so rebellious in his life, but he knew that if he backed down today, many people would suffer.
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He hummed: "You won't be my opponent again. I already gave in to you just now."
"I want you to give in?" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled up his sleeves and shouted angrily, "Use all your strength so that I can take a good look at you."
Saying that, he rushed forward, and the father and son faced off again.
In the imperial study room, a five-clawed golden dragon and a four-clawed python dragon were fighting together, and memorials were flying all over the sky.
It’s outrageous, it’s outrageous!
Li Qing couldn't stand it anymore and said helplessly: "Stop!"
"If you force me to beat you up again!" Zhu Yuanzhang said fiercely, "Just stay there, you have no say in this."
Then, he pulled Zhu Biao's collar and opened his bow from left to right, causing a big blow.
Zhu Yuanzhang's boxing and kicking skills are indeed good, but he is old after all. If he really wants to fight, he is no match for Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao has always given way to his father.
Although he was furious, even though he exploded, his morality and reason firmly restrained him, and he was not allowed to fight against his father. Pushing his father to the bottom was already the limit.
"Fight back, you fight back for me!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted while twitching, "You fucking fight back!"
Zhu Biao was angry, he was so angry.
He threw Zhu Yuanzhang away and began to take off his clothes.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he spat into his palms to welcome the battle.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Biao quickly took off his bright yellow python robe, threw it to the ground, and shouted: "I'm not going to do it anymore. No matter whether you are deposing the prince or imprisoning him, whoever you want to sit on the throne of the prince will sit on you."
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Then, he stepped hard on the python robe and said, "I! I won't serve you anymore!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared blankly in the direction Zhu Biao was leaving for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.
Xiao Guizi in the hall and the little yellow gate at the door were all horrified, kneeling on the ground and grabbing the ground with their heads, trembling.
Li Qing looked at Lao Zhu who was smiling a little crazy. He was afraid that Lao Zhu would fall asleep without a breath, so he quickly stepped forward to help him, but Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand with a smile.
He walked slowly to the imperial desk and sat down, still smiling, but smiling happily, "Now you look like an emperor."
Li Qing laughed when he saw that he was not angry and felt relieved.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "This kid Biao'er follows his mother. He is too kind and has a gentle personality. We are afraid that he will harm himself and the country due to his kindness. Haha... we still have to force him!"
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Li Qing was speechless, looking at the memorials lying on the ground, and asked: "Your Majesty, these things..."
"Pick it up!" Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "If you miss the political agenda, I will deduct your salary."
"..." Li Qing was helpless, corrected his mentality of being a laborer, and sorted out the memorials with Xiao Guizi.
Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed old, and it was difficult for him to read the memorials. The military commander was fine, and he didn't have much ink in his stomach. He wrote in large words to occupy space.
On the contrary, Wenchen, in order to write more words on the limited paper, wrote in small regular script so densely that it gave people a headache just to look at it.
Lao Zhu scolded his mother while watching it, and finally asked Li Qing to read it to him.
At the end of most of the day, Li Qing's lips were dry and his throat was smoking. He didn't have any overtime pay, not even a cup of hot tea.
Li Qing had no temper at all. At the same time, he finally understood why Lao Zhu was tired of civil servants. He was too verbose.
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Clay Bodhisattva also has three points of anger. Once an honest person breaks out, he is much more powerful than an angry person. Zhu Yuanzhang underestimated his son's determination.
Zhu Biao only stayed in the palace for one night, and left the palace the next day to accompany his second brother Zhu Chong.
It is said that before leaving, he even said harsh words: I don’t care if I don’t wait in the palace!
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that his son would come back in a few days, but as time went by, he panicked.
More than half a month passed without Zhu Biao showing any intention of coming back, so he completely gave up the idea.
At this time, Li Qing couldn't help it anymore. Without him, Lao Zhu even deprived him of his leisure time in the morning. He read memorials all day long, until his mouth foamed.
"Your Majesty, we can't go on like this. Please bring the prince back!"
Zhu Biao is not here on the 18th day. I miss him.
"Well, it's time to let that bastard come back." Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his old waist. The high-intensity management in recent days was too much for him, "Mother, after enjoying such a long time, you have to come back to work.
You go and call him back."
"Why!"
Li Qing walked out of the palace and went to the palace, but Zhu Biao didn't see him at all.
Finally, the emperor's oral instructions were brought out, and Zhu Biao came forward to see him.
"Your Highness, please go back!" Li Qing said earnestly, "Your Majesty, he misses you. Political affairs are heavy, and Your Majesty is getting old, and it is really hard work."
Zhu Biao felt a little distressed, but he quickly calmed down and said calmly, "If you are tired, just ask the officials from the six departments to help. If not, we will train another successor."
He said seriously, "Go back and tell your father that I really don't want to be the crown prince anymore, and let him change the title as soon as possible."
Li Qing smiled bitterly, "How can anyone depose a prince for no reason? Your Majesty has good intentions for His Highness..."
"Needless to say, I will not go back." Zhu Biao said decisively, "As for the reason for deposing the prince, I have thought of it for him. He is disobedient to the emperor!"
Li Qing was helpless, Zhu Biao didn't want to go back, and he couldn't forcefully kidnap him, so he could only leave the problem to Lao Zhu.
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and threatened: I will never return my love!
In a flash, another month has passed.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't sit still. The hard work was second to none. The crown prince was the foundation of the country. Zhu Biao rashly moved to live with the imprisoned Zhu Fang. The officials talked about it in private, and even spread to the people, making people panic.
"Go and call him back to us!" Zhu Yuanzhang roared, "If you can't call him back, we want you to look good."
Li Qing was really tired these days and said, "Your Majesty, you should make me look good now!"
"You bastard...!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and drew out his sword to kill someone.
Li Qing immediately ran away, uttering the sage's famous saying: "A small stick should be punished by a big stick, and it will not lead to the injustice of the king and father!"
After another half month, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer bear it and went with Li Qing to the palace where Zhu Chong was imprisoned.
"Zhu Biao, what do you want?"
"I don't want to do anything, I just don't want to be the prince anymore." Zhu Biao said lightly, "I hope my father will establish another prince as soon as possible, and don't waste time on me."
"You bastard, you traitor...!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and incompetent, spitting out fragrance.
After getting angry, he then became worried. Lao Zhu sighed and said: "We know you are complaining that we have killed too many people. Yes, we have killed many people, but the ones we killed were all rebellious generals and corrupt officials.
Filthy officials, we didn’t kill any of the people!
There is a bloody storm in the court, but the people's lives are getting better and better. What does this mean? It means we are right!"
He looked full of hatred and said, "Why can't you understand my father? If you indulge unjust officials today, the people will be miserable tomorrow. Don't you understand this?"
"Ah, yes, yes!"
"You..." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly, "Then tell me which one we killed by mistake. As long as you can name one, we will agree to any conditions."
"What's wrong with Li Shanchang?" Zhu Biao said, "He's almost eighty. Even if you don't care about Lin'an's face, you can't ignore his great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Why do you want to destroy his whole family?"
Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, "Then let's explain it to you!
First, in order to save money, he borrowed soldiers from Tang He to repair his mansion.
Second, Hu Weiyong's rebellion case involved a relative of his, Li Shanchang, who actually asked us to pardon him for the crime of rebellion for his own selfish purposes.
Third, Li You, the son of Li Shanchang’s younger brother Li Cunyi, is Hu Weiyong’s niece and son-in-law. When Hu Weiyong rebelled, he conspired with Li Shanchang. He knew that there was a rebellion conspiracy but did not report it, but stayed and watched.”
Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly, "Having two ends in mind and being treasonous, why don't we kill such people and keep them for the New Year?"
Zhu Biao was speechless and said bitterly: "Father, you always have a reason."
"Father, there is substantial evidence. If you don't believe it, you can go back and check it out."
"No need!" Zhu Biao said tiredly, "Even if those people are guilty and deserve to die, father, why can't you find the reason within yourself?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and said, "They are guilty. You want us to find the reason. Did I let them take corruption and bribes and form cliques for personal gain?"
"If my father's sages were as benevolent as Yao and Shun, how could there be so many unjust officials in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Biao retorted.
"You...you're so damn stupid about reading, aren't you?"
Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and sighed: "The father does not know his son, and the son does not know his father!"
well……"
He said seriously, "Father, we are not the same kind of people. Even if my son ascends the throne in the future, his governance style will be very different from yours. Maybe my father is right, or maybe my son is really not the material to be an emperor."
After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed a few times, "My son is unfilial and has failed his father's cultivation. I hope my father will stop the loss in time."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. He could see that the old man really didn't want to work anymore. How could he accept this after working hard for more than 20 years?
So, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always been proud, compromised, "Then what do you want my father to do?"
Zhu Biao thought for a while, "I hope that my father can find the root cause and solve it, instead of simple and crude killing. The best policy is for the monarch and his ministers to work together and govern together."
If the emperor rules alone, once a foolish emperor appears in future generations, it will be a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and nodded slowly, "What you said makes sense. We will pay attention to it in the future. Biao'er, come back with us!"
Zhu Biao shook his head: "Father, what I said earlier was not out of anger. I really don't want to be the prince anymore."
"Damn it, you said this is inappropriate?" Zhu Yuanzhang yelled, "Who are you not responsible for?"
Zhu Xi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized that his opportunity had come.
The boss doesn’t want this throne, but I, the second child, want it!