Chapter 7: Confucian Advice
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading "Feng Zhao Chen Yanshu", he was unexpectedly furious. He completely forgot that the star fell to the ground, forgot to admonish and eliminate the disaster, Chen Yanshu blew Zhu Yuanzhang's reason to pieces like explosives.
Ye Boju's first point of view made Zhu Yuanzhang eager to skin Ye Boju alive.
With incomparable anger, Zhu Yuanzhang absentmindedly swept all of Ye Boju's views. Under the influence of the first view, the latter two points appear bitter and sinister.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw Song Shu on the table, hating that he couldn't show the momentum of Qin Shi Huang burning books and pit Confucianism, so he had to call Song Lian and Li Shanchang, two Confucian scholars.
He wanted to ask them, how could there be such an arrogant and arrogant person under the Confucian sect, as if Ye Boju had corrupted the Confucian style, and Song Lian and Li Shanchang must be responsible for this.
"This kid actually dares to compare me to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, to divide the love between my father and son, and to curse my Zhu family for killing each other. How could I, the Ming Dynasty, appoint such a hateful person as an official? Are Confucian scholars so rampant today? Immediately catch him in front of me, and I will shoot him to death with my own hands! β
Song Lian and Li Shanchang didn't know which Confucian had angered the emperor, and they were flustered, and their four eyes kept searching for answers on the table.
After a while, Li Shanchang said: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen and the others have read the notes that angered Long Wei first, and then relieve the emperor's worries." β
Ye Boju's "Feng Zhao Chen Yanshu" was thrown to the ground from the table and cut off, but fortunately there were no five horses.
Song Lian and Li Shanchang, two Confucian heads, were running at high speed, and they finished reading "Feng Zhao Chen Yanshu" several times faster than ordinary people.
Song Lian knew how angry Zhu Yuanzhang was, and he didn't even care about his promise of forgiveness.
Li Shanchang and Zhu Yuanzhang have been fighting all their lives, and they know that Zhu Yuanzhang is the most taboo against others and opposes separation. It's as if they are eyeing the property of the Zhu family, otherwise why would they oppose the Zhu family brothers to take one side and unify the Ming Dynasty?
The two were silent for a while, thinking about coping with the emperor's words. In fact, they didn't completely deny Ye Boju's opinion in their hearts, but how could they add fuel to the fire at this time?
"See? This Ye Boju is such a humiliation to me, to humiliate my family, you tell me how to treat him? β
After the two of them shared his anger, Zhu Yuanzhang had calmed down a lot at this time.
Song Lian had the courage to mention the origin of "Feng Zhao Chen Yanshu": "If the star falls in the north, there may be disasters in the world." The emperor is well aware of the righteousness, and accepts the words of learned people in the world, this Ye Boju stated his own views, although he was biased, but ......"
"Just biased? I think it's nonsense! It is not an exaggeration to say that he rebelled! β
"Your Majesty, Ye Boju's pedantic spirit is too heavy, and the emperor doesn't have to make a big deal about it." Li Shan said.
"What do you think of his recitals, and what do you think of the feudal domain?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head slightly and set his eyes on the beams, lest the two ministers say things against his will under his prestige.
Song Lian and Li Shanchang glanced at each other. They are inherently modest, and although they are very assertive, they will never express their opinions when it is inappropriate. At this time, it is most important to calm Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and alleviate Ye Boju's crimes.
"The minister thinks that Ye Boju's words are exaggerated, he compares the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and the Han Emperor Wen to the emperor, but the dynasties are different, and everything is not the same. He said that the emperor's division was too extravagant, but he didn't know the breadth of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and only the emperor's arrangement of troops could be undisturbed for thousands of years; He said that the punishment was too complicated, but he really didn't know that the country was built at the beginning, and he could punish him to prevent future troubles. He said that he was too fast, but he didn't know the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and even more rotten wood and flowers, the emperor was thirsty for talent, and he knew that people were good at his job, which was the great fortune of the country! β
After Song Lian finished speaking, Li Shanchang struck while the iron was hot: "What Master Song said is extremely true!" Your Majesty, Ye Boju is a frog at the bottom of the well, and his words are not enough to be angry. When he was studying in Guozijian, he was known for his Confucianism. Now that he is teaching far away from the capital, he is dealing with some ignorant hairy children, how can he have enough understanding of the establishment of a new dynasty for us? Therefore, he pursues to compare the past with the present, and his words are clichΓ©d, and the emperor does not listen to them. β
After listening to Song Lian and Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger disappeared mostly, and the heart to kill Ye Boju was gone. However, after all, he saw this piece of music that made him difficult to swallow, Ye Boju's death crime could be avoided, and the living crime could not be escaped.
"He said that I can't be eternal, I want him to take a look at my country in prison, do you want him to give advice! Come! Ye Bo was disrespectful and false, and the Criminal Department immediately arrested Ye Boju without delay! β
Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, and Ye Boju, who was dreaming of yellow sorghum, was kidnapped by Wuhua and taken to Yingtianfu, and was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department without knowing it.
Two years later, Zhu Yuanzhang never heard any more admonitions against the separation, so he made up his mind with peace of mind and ordered his second son Zhu Zhang, third son Zhu Li, and fourth son Zhu Di to enter Beijing to accept the vassal.
On the day of the edict, at the beginning of Yin, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Fengtian Palace.
He got up an hour and a half earlier than usual and went to court an hour earlier. He was preoccupied, and it was clear that the road to feudal feud was not as smooth and unhindered as he had thought.
Last night, after he had gone to bed in his kimono, a rebel whom he had never wanted to see again in his life, and whom he had sworn to watch in pain as he ruled, appeared before him.
Ye Boju's long hair was scattered, his hands were shackled, he was dressed in prison clothes, and he was covered in blood, and he glared at Zhu Yuanzhang, as if issuing a warning.
Zhu Yuanzhang trembled, burned with anger, threw the quilt on his body at Ye Boju, and roared: "Get out, go back to your cell!" β
Ye Boju was not only not afraid, but also took a few steps closer, leaned over, and put his face in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. He didn't bother to speak, just laughed maniacally.
The laughter shook the heavens and the earth, as if it could shatter Zhu Yuanzhang's internal organs, as if it could shake the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang woke up, and Queen Ma asked softly, "Have a nightmare?" β
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang find that he had kicked the quilt under the bed, covered in sweat and with a dry mouth.
"Damn Ye Boju!"
"Did the emperor dream of him?"
"I should have killed him if I knew I could!"
"Your Majesty, by all means, you have promised to let Ye Boju go in front of the ministers, how can you be untrustworthy? Besides, at that time, you also issued an edict to the people of the world, if you kill Ye Boju, who will dare to tell the truth in front of the emperor in the future? β
Only when these words came out of Queen Ma's mouth would they not anger Zhu Yuanzhang. If a courtier had done such an exhortation after he had been frightened, he would have been imprisoned at least and at worst punished with death.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sleep anymore, he simply got up, only drank a few sips of water, didn't eat anything, and left the dormitory.
Fresh air and early birds welcomed the diligent founding monarch all the way to the Mukden Temple, as usual.
Except for the guards, the hall was empty, and the ministers had not yet come. The eunuch hurriedly held the lamp and waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to take a seat.
The sorrowful cloud was brought from outside the hall to the hall, and Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair couldn't stand upright. One of his hands rested on the armrest of the carved dragon, and the other hand propped up his head, which was heavier than ever.
The eunuch found that the emperor was a little strange today, his head was swollen and his eyes were dizzy, and his limbs were tired, but he came to Fengtian Hall early, presumably because his heart was heavy and disturbed his sleep.
He did not hesitate to skip other routine waiting steps, and rushed to the imperial tea room first, informing the general to brew the bud tea that Jianzhou had just sent immediately.
For a long time, the tribute tea of the imperial court was a group tea, with dragon groups and phoenix groups. The group tea has gone through six processes: steaming, pressing, grinding, manufacturing, yellowing, and baking, which not only costs the people and money, but also loses the original tea fragrance because of the many processes. Zhu Yuanzhang planned to call out the group tea and switch to bud tea.
It was the first tribute tea to arrive at the palace in the form of bud tea.
The eunuch went to the imperial tea room yesterday to inspect the tea, and found that the bud tea tea was overflowing, refreshing people's hearts and spleens, clear eyes and minds, and it was better than group tea.
Holding the steaming tea soup, he returned to the Fengtian Hall with the joy that he was about to be rewarded by the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the bud tea just delivered by Jianzhou, the slave smells fragrant!" He placed the teapot on a triangular table, poured a porcelain cup, and carefully brought it to the dragon case.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head blankly, picked up the tea and drank it all.
He did not smell the aroma of the tea first, and then take a small sip to try the taste, so that the tea can fully contact with the mouth and taste its aroma.
The eunuch grinned, and all his expectations were disappointed. His hard work was like the tea just now, all of which went into Zhu Yuanzhang's stomach, and he was not experienced at all.
"Your Majesty, do you want another one?" The eunuch made another effort, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, he picked up the porcelain cup and walked to the triangle case in disappointment.
"Li Shan, the left prime minister of the Chinese book, has arrived!" The guards report.
Li Shanchang was also more than half an hour earlier than usual, he didn't expect that the emperor was earlier than him, and he was already waiting for the ministers in the main hall.
He hurriedly knelt down and bowed, then stood on the left side of the steps.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced ahead, retracted his wandering soul, and sat up straight.
"Good man, you have come just in time, there is something I want to hear your opinion. Today, I will issue an edict to the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Yan to become vassals. But an hour ago, I woke up from a nightmare, it was that damn Ye Boju! He was going to run into my dreams, which disturbed me. What do you think of the feudal domain? Will the princes of the feudal domain lead to strong branches and weak stems, which is not good for the prince? β
Li Shanchang thought in his heart: the feudal domain will weaken the imperial power, and if the feudal king is in peace, it will be fine, as long as there is a feudal king who is ambitious, it will inevitably threaten the position of the prince.
Everyone knows this truth, and the emperor also knows it. But what the emperor is more afraid of is the usurpation of power by people with foreign surnames, the harm of the two powers, the lesser of which, the emperor has long made up his mind to take the road of feudalism, I must not stand in Ye Boju's position, that is obviously a dead end.
On the same day that Ye Boju wrote the book, the emperor was furious and wanted to shoot him to death. Although Song Lian and I repeatedly dissuaded Ye Boju from death, he was tortured and tortured to death in the end.
However, if I agree with the feudal domain, I must always say something, and the disadvantages of the feudal domain cannot be avoided, but how can I solve this thousand-year-old problem?
Li Shanchang's face was expressionless, with the cotton weighing hammer he had practiced for many years, and Piri Yangqiu's ability, no one could see the fierce struggle in his heart.
As a courtier, in the face of the emperor, all thoughts and joys and sorrows cannot be shown on the face, unless this performance is to please the emperor.
After thinking about it repeatedly, he decided to throw this hot hand scalded taro to an emperor who not only did not dare to scold, but also had to respect him - the high God.