Father can be an enemy to the country

As the saying goes, a son is better known than his father, and Boss Zhu knew the prince's thoughts very well.

"Yes, I want to plead for them." The prince stopped beating around the bush and said in a deep voice: "Facts have proved that killing people alone cannot solve the problem. Officials killed one after another, but none of them were replaced. After a few years, I’m back to my old ways.”

"Then we have to kill him!" Zhu Yuanzhang puffed his beard and glared: "Count how many years you can be honest, and then kill him if you are dishonest."

"Then when will it be over?" The prince asked with a bitter smile.

"It will be good if in a few years, college students can take over." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a dull voice.

"Indeed, I also have high expectations for college students. This fresh blood will definitely cleanse the officialdom." The prince nodded.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter if they have problems." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a sinister smile: "Guozi University can now provide thousands of college students to the court every year. In five years, the annual graduates will even be as many as two or three thousand. By then, We no longer have to worry about no one becoming an official! We can finally go on a killing spree!"

"..." The prince suddenly sweated on his forehead, daring his father to keep it away.

Now all the words he had thought of were useless. He had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and said, "Having said that, college students are still too immature. It's too early to talk about taking over. Trying to encourage the young will only be counterproductive."

After a pause, the prince continued: "And behind this case of fraud in the examination room is actually the dispute between Confucianism and the orthodoxy of Guozi University. If the officials and officials involved in the case are punished too harshly, it will only make the two completely incompatible. . And the two can actually coexist."

"Yes. We understand what you mean," Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "You have deep feelings for Confucianism and are unwilling to see them come to an end."

"Father, son and minister are not..." the prince explained quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to signal him to calm down, and then continued: "Actually, we have listened to so many books, so why don't we know the importance of Confucianism? The Ming Dynasty and China have to rely on them to stick together. Without them, they would fall apart. ”

"Yes." The prince breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said softly: "Even though Confucianism has many shortcomings, we must not abandon them. Without their education, this country will not last long, and it will be in chaos."

"So the best way is to divide it into Confucian scholars and grammatical officials like the Han Dynasty. Confucian scholars are only responsible for teaching etiquette, and the rest is left to the grammatical officials." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "In fact, Confucianism is not divided into Confucian scholars and scholars. Confucianism? When Lao Liu and I founded Guozi University, we went in the direction of cultivating Confucianism. Otherwise, we would not have enshrined Confucius on the top of Jiming Mountain."

"Just that small temple..." The prince smiled helplessly and said seriously: "And the so-called Confucianism in Guozi University and the so-called Confucianism are completely different things."

"From the perspective of Confucianism, Confucianism is divided. When talking about the difference between ancient and modern times, playing with the words of sages and philosophers, acting according to the classics, observing the system of the previous kings, and establishing the affairs of the time, this is a thorough understanding of Confucianism. If you can accept it but cannot He can speak but cannot act. He only talks and recites, but cannot communicate with others. This is what a vulgar Confucian is." The prince then corrected his concept and said to his father:

"So the opposite of Tong Confucianism is not Shi Confucianism, but secular Confucianism. Shi Confucianism is the most powerful Confucian. It is said that 'there are three levels of true Confucianism, and Tong Ru Confucianism is the top grade'. He must advance his virtues and apply his strength to others. Man. If the transformation is within reach, the blessing will be attributed to heaven; if the transformation is not enough, the blame lies with oneself. As long as one breath is still there, this ambition will be unremitting. At this point, the Confucian people have not reached the ultimate level, but they are already second only to the sages and sages." He smiled bitterly and said:

"Guozi University says that what it cultivates is Confucianism, so what do the Confucian disciples outside mean? Do they have to follow the disciple's etiquette when they meet?"

"Is there any problem with saluting?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Didn't Confucius also say that if three people are walking together, they must have my teacher? From now on, we will let them salute college students!"

"That's what it is said..." The prince said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "But as a group, they cannot be content to be inferior to others."

"You've just come to the point. What kind of bullshit disputes, battles over orthodoxy, are all struggles for power." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly at this time and said: "We have seen through these scholars a long time ago, and they can say it better than anyone else. It sounds grand, but in my heart I still can’t let it go.”

"I don't have anything to say anymore." Seeing that his judgment was overturned by his father, the prince no longer wanted to persuade him any more.

"Hey, are you angry?" Upon seeing this, Boss Zhu softened his attitude and said with a smile: "That's right, there is no quarrel between us men, right? It seems that the dispute over routes does exist."

"Yes." The prince couldn't help but laugh and said: "Whether it is the father, the son, the minister, or the sixth child, they are all purely for the good of the Ming Dynasty, but they cannot always agree with each other."

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Now it seems that boy is more like us. And you are more like your mother, so your brothers are a perfect match. He can assist you very well, but you also have to Control him and don't let him run wild, otherwise he will definitely get into trouble."

"Yes." The prince said with a bitter smile: "After all, he is also my younger brother, and he will definitely listen to me." He thought that it was similar to the job he was doing now, but after thinking about it again, it was better to take care of a younger father than an old man. Dad is strong.

"Okay, the boss has already spoken, why don't we obey the order?" Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the situation and sent a personal message to the prince: "Okay, this time we will only kill the masterminds Liu Sanwu and Dong Lun, Zhao Hao who leaked the exam questions, and Zhu Yuanzhang. Shan and Zhang Pu’s twenty examiners..."

After a pause, he added: "As for the gang of examiners, they only killed a few of Peng Kui and Yao Chuan who spread the test questions, and the rest were exiled to Yunnan. Didn't Lao Liu complain that there was a shortage of people? They were all given to him. Go coolie.”

"Father, you are kind." The prince nodded with satisfaction. His main purpose this time was to intercede for the more than 400 candidates. But this kind of thing is also about strategy, so he did not mention the case first, but first interceded with the officials involved.

He knows that his father hates being deceived the most, so the officials involved in the case will most likely not be protected, and he is not a good person who can protect everyone. He deliberately begged them just to get his father to refute him. Because Boss Zhu would never refute his face twice in a row, so he would be sure to plead with Juzi again.

It's just that he didn't expect that his father had already predicted his prediction, which made him uncomfortable taking it further. After pondering for a while, the prince said: "That's good. Yunnan is not in general shortage of people now. The prefectures and counties within Sanjiang are basically empty. Now that they have regained control of Sanjiang, there are more than 20 more prefectures at once, and the sixth capital is I’m almost dying of worry, asking for people from my sons and ministers every day.”

"Hahaha..." When he mentioned this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile proudly: "Muying's battle at Dingbian was well fought. Silun's army of 300,000 was wiped out in one battle. What is Tiannan? Just dominate the Luchuan Kingdom and that’s it?”

The prince couldn't help but chuckle to himself, and he didn't know which majesty it was. He was so anxious that he was afraid that the situation in Yunnan would collapse because of this, so he actually mobilized another 200,000 troops to support Yunnan...