Father can be an enemy to the country

"Back to the emperor, I have never conspired with Wen, and I never agree with Liao Yongzhong's actions." Liu Bowen faced Zhu Yuanzhang's frightening eyes and replied sternly: "If the veteran knew in advance, he would definitely stop them with all his strength!"

"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang held the jade belt around his waist noncommittally. "Of course we believe in Mr. Ming, but we clearly remember that Mr. Ming has always been opposed to bringing Prince Xiao Ming to Yingtian, and he also strongly opposed the Zen ceremony."

Liu Bowen knew that Boss Zhu would always do this subconsciously when he had murderous intentions.

"Yes, what the emperor said is true." He nodded and said calmly: "From the beginning to the end, I have opposed inheriting the legal system of King Xiao Ming and advocated inheriting the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty, but it was never for my own consideration, nor for the so-called Zhejiang Province. Dongdang. But for the Emperor's Ming Dynasty and for our Chinese people! This heart is clear and the sun can learn from it!"

"How do you say it?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little unhappy when he heard that Liu Ji had set the tone too high. When I wanted to inherit Song Tong, wasn't it for the Ming Dynasty or the people of China?

"Your Majesty, because the Song Dynasty was incomplete. Needless to say, the Southern Song Dynasty was a coward in a corner. Even the Northern Song Dynasty never truly unified China." Liu Bowen said seriously:

"Counting from Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, the sixteen states of Yanyun fell into the hands of the barbarians for three hundred years! From the time when the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the entire north was ruled by foreigners for two hundred and forty years! Until the emperor expelled the Tatars The captives, the restoration of China, the recovery of Youyan, and the unification of the north and the south ended this long history of humiliation!"

"You also know that this is a history of humiliation..." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly.

"That's right, but has your Majesty ever thought about it, if the Ming Dynasty inherits the legal system of the Song Dynasty, what should we do with these hundreds of years of history? The history of China cannot be divided into generations, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Liu Bowen raised his voice and said:

"Furthermore, the territory in the north has long been ruled by the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Is it considered occupied or recovered by the Ming Dynasty now?"

"If it's the former, will the Mongols, Jurchens, and even the descendants of Khitan who may emerge in the future naturally obtain the justice of regaining their homeland?"

"Hiss..." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded sternly, something he had ignored before.

Before, he only thought about relying on his invincible army to be invincible and completely wipe out the Meng Yuan and Jurchen species, so that there would be no future troubles.

But it is already the seventh year of Hongwu. Although he didn't say it, he gradually understood in his heart that the grassland and desert were boundless, and it was almost impossible to completely wipe out the Mongols who had been beaten back to the horseback nation...

If these problems are not properly handled, if future generations are dishonest, the Hu problem may reappear.

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"Also, will the imprint, achievements, brilliance, and inheritance of the Han people who have lived in the north for hundreds of years be denied for generations?" Liu Bowen finished talking about his long-term concerns, and then pointed out the imminent immediate worries.

"If this is the case, won't my compatriots in the north always be inferior to those in the south?"

"Southerners, northerners." Hearing these two familiar terms, Zhu Yuanzhang completely understood what Liu Bowen meant.

"During the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, our Chinese people were forcibly divided into Han people, Southerners, or Northerners, and Southerners. Although they were all inferior people, Southerners were still discriminated against by Northerners. This is the artificial division of the three The result of six or nine grades!"

"We in the Ming Dynasty will not do this!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "We will treat people from the south and people from the north equally!"

"Your Majesty's ideals are beautiful, but the reality is that this is the trend now. Looking at the civil, military and local officials of the entire dynasty, except for the Huaixi people, most of them are from the south. How many northerners are there in total?"

"There are still some," Zhu Yuanzhang said without confidence, "Although not much."

"You are also a surrendered minister of the former Yuan Dynasty. He is fearful, powerful and powerless, and has been disrespected by his subordinates." Liu Bowen said solemnly:

"So when Your Majesty inherits the Song Dynasty, the situation of the northerners will be even worse, and they will have no future. They have been ruled by barbarians for hundreds of years. Although the scholar-bureaucrats passed down poems and books from family to family, they still maintain Han customs. But the common people use Hu If someone speaks a foreign language, wears foreign clothes, and performs foreign rituals, then he has become a very serious person!"

"Therefore, the most important task of Ming Dynasty and His Majesty is to establish laws and disciplines, straighten people's clothes, clean up the bad smell, and abolish all customs! Let the northern Han people completely go to Hu Fuxia as soon as possible. This is the complete 'restoration of China'!"

Liu Ji was still ill, and talking so much had exhausted him. However, he became more and more excited as he spoke, and he held up his hands and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"And to 'go to Hu Fuxia', the first step is to win their hearts! Your Majesty relies on the hearts of the people to conquer the world, and no one understands the importance of the hearts of the people better than your Majesty! So you must treat the northerners preferentially, Your Majesty, and you must not let them feel cold again!"

"I understand." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded involuntarily: "To put it bluntly, do we want to be the emperor of half of China, or the emperor of all China?"

"There is no saint like the Emperor." Liu Bowen flattered him in a very rare way.

"Hey, hey..." Zhu Yuanzhang grinned helpfully and said: "Actually, we all understand these principles, otherwise we wouldn't hold our noses and admit the Yuan Dynasty, but we are just not willing to accept it. We hate it..."

"Your Majesty, I have a saying. If you accept the filth of the country, you are called the master of the country; if you accept the bad luck of the country, you are the king of the world. It is true to say the opposite." Liu Bowen added another flattery.

"Oh, when you say this, we feel much more comfortable..." This made Lao Zhu very happy. He patted Liu Bowen on the shoulder and said, "Old Liu, how could you have spoken like this earlier? "

"I regret it too." Liu Bowen, who was full of desire for survival, simply said three times: "Being far away from His Majesty these years is not entirely a bad thing. At least it can make the veteran see your Majesty's sage and difficulty more clearly. Also. I understand that if I leave Your Majesty, I, Liu Ji, will be nothing."

"Hahaha, hahaha! You can't say that..." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed happily, and all his dissatisfaction and resentment towards Liu Bowen disappeared with this laughter...

In fact, the key reason why he resented Liu Bowen so deeply before was that he felt that Lao Liu was not of the same mind as him and always had his own little thoughts.

Hu Weiyong took advantage of the emperor's psychology to involve Liu Bowen in the "Gua Bu Sunken Boat Case" without any reason, and successfully guided and amplified Zhu Yuanzhang's resentment towards Liu Bowen.

It made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that Liu Bowen claimed to be loyal, but in fact he had evil intentions and even used his own name to deceive him! Only then did he become murderous towards Liu Bowen.

This is very detrimental to Liu Bowen, because time has changed and his words are unfounded, and he can no longer prove that he has nothing to do with the sinking of the ship.

And Liu Bowen was Liu Bowen. He did not get entangled in the superficial case, but went straight to the source - telling Zhu Yuanzhang that it was right not to follow Song Tong! Let Zhu Yuanzhang understand that he insisted on inheriting the Yuan Dynasty entirely for the sake of Ming Dynasty, the people, and him.

In this way, the thorn in the emperor's heart was removed. As for the truth of the case itself, it doesn’t matter...

ps. Chapter 2, the following chapters haven’t been checked yet and haven’t been named yet, so it will be slower. Try to finish posting before two o'clock...