(Uncomfortable!) Distressed!!!! ）

What is Hardheart?

In April of the third year of Xingqian, people seemed to witness the heart of stone.

In the face of thousands of scholars, they demanded that the imperial court resume the imperial examination and resume the request of the Jinshi Department on hunger strike.

After the incident lasted for six days, in the face of the results of many starvations, the emperor finally gave an approval to the resumption of the imperial examination, and the answer was extremely simple: the imperial court already had a civil official recruitment examination, and there was no need to set up another imperial examination to obtain jinshi.

This sentence is equivalent to pronouncing the death sentence of the thousand-year-old imperial examination system.

Such an answer caused an uproar even in the imperial court, and after learning of His Majesty's will, the Chinese officials of the court wept bitterly outside the Wenhua Hall, looking like a mourning concubine, and Zhu Mingzhong, who was in the palace, heard the cry outside the palace and shook the sky, so he ordered the palace guards to send the ministers to retreat from the court, but the courtiers remained prostrate until noon, trying to force the emperor to submit.

Wang Zhongxiao, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and others even shook the door and cried, "the sound shook the court". The Son of Heaven was furious and ordered the guards to arrest the six leaders. His Majesty ordered 168 officials below the fifth rank to be imprisoned and tortured, and 86 officials above the fourth rank to be suspended from their posts pending punishment. Above the second rank official, except for Wang Zhongxiao's pardon for old age, the other five people are the head of the Heishui Governor's Mansion (Far East Coastal Area).

In the turmoil of the third year of Xingqian, although there was no common "court staff" in the Ming Dynasty, the fact that the first five people were exiled made the officials who opposed the abolition of the imperial examination silent, and after the third year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the issue of the imperial examination finally ended with Zhu Mingzhong's victory. However, in order to appease the scholars of the world, the imperial court will take out a huge amount of money from the inner treasury in the next five years to build libraries in various prefectures and counties across the country for the people of the world to borrow for free, and the imperial court will allocate special funds every year for the library to add books. Prefectural schools and county schools offer practical courses, while the entrance examination for county schools is still based on economics and learning, supplemented by practical learning. At least to a certain extent, it is still fair for the Hanshi, of course, this fairness is limited to the age of 14, they must be admitted to the county school before the age of 14, after four years of study, the excellent ones can be admitted to the government school, and after two years can be admitted to the academy. To a certain extent, the prefectural school and the prefectural school were equivalent to the middle schools of this era, and the seowon became a university.

No one knows what kind of changes this kind of change and compromise will bring, just like the world doesn't know what it means to the Ming Dynasty for three years.

Before the change showed its power, no one knew where this change would take Daming, but for Zhu Mingzhong, who was involved, he believed that this change would be beneficial to Daming.

In fact, it is precisely because of his belief in this that he will persist as always, and will not make the slightest compromise in the face of any pressure.

Hard-hearted, perhaps.

But iron-heartedness is a must for a king.

However, as a father, Zhu Mingzhong has his own tender side, just like at this time, when facing his son who is only less than four years old by his side, Zhu Mingzhong's face shows tenderness, looking at his son who is sitting there like a little adult, he knows that it must be his mother who taught him to be steady, after all, he is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Today is a family dinner, and the participants are not only their own son, but also a guest.

"King Gui, you and I are brothers according to our generations, and today is a family banquet, so you and I will be called brothers!"

Casting his eyes on Zhu Cixuan's body, feeling his restraint, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"Brother obeys."

Although he knew that this was just a courtesy to the emperor, Zhu Cixuan still chose to comply, after all, he had no other choice at all.

As the son of Emperor Xiaokuang, he was originally also the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, just like ...... He glanced at the crown prince sitting next to His Majesty, and he had also sat next to his father like this, but all this had passed. Now the throne of the Ming Dynasty has been returned to orthodoxy.

"Brother Huang, I heard that when you were in Beijing, you studied the scriptures day and night?"

Looking at Zhu Cixuan with a restrained expression, Zhu Mingzhong tried to ease the current atmosphere, this was the first time the two of them met, once upon a time, Zhu Cixuan was also the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, but now the emperor has become himself. As for the crown prince, he is his own son, he Zhu Cixuan, is just the king of the Ming Dynasty.

"Back to the emperor's brother, the courtier's brother is also idle, so he concentrates on the sage's article, thinking that he is self-cultivation."

Zhu Cixuan will only say it after consideration, lest he say the wrong thing, after all, his identity makes him unable to say the wrong word.

"Sage article, well, it's okay to study self-cultivation, as for what nonsense of "half of the Analects rule the world", it is absolutely unacceptable! ”

Although His Majesty's words made Zhu Cixuan stunned, he noticed that the crown prince sitting next to His Majesty had already put down the chopsticks in his hand and sat there upright, as if he was listening to his father's teachings, although not to him.

"My brother doesn't know."

Zhu Cixuan hurriedly put on a teachable appearance.

If the world is governed by the words of Confucianism, then is the surname Zhu or the surname Kong? ”

Such a rhetorical question made Zhu Cixuan's heart suddenly tighten, and he almost immediately thought of the recent turmoil, when he came to Beijing, it happened to be just in time for those scholars to go on hunger strike, and it also made him see His Majesty's iron heart. It was not surprising that His Majesty would say so now.

The emperor's brother can remember that in Liu Bang's records, he once said, "Pei Gong is not good at Confucianism, and all the guests are crowned with Confucianism, and Pei Gong dissolves his crown and drowns in it." "Say?"

As for whether this private conversation between Xiaobing and Li Shiqi is true, Zhu Mingzhong doesn't know, but it does not prevent him from using this matter to educate Zhu Cixuan at this time, of course, he is also educating his son.

"The younger brother also saw it in the book."

Zhu Cixuan replied truthfully, but his eyes were full of incomprehension.

In fact, this so-called Confucianism, in self-cultivation, as a moral norm for people is indispensable, if it is used to govern the country, but just to use, just like the Han Gaozu took the Confucian crown to drown in it, for the emperor, whether it is the so-called "external Confucianism and internal law", but just rhetoric, whether it is Confucianism or law, but just a tool for governing the country, just like the Confucian crown, you can use it when you are in a hurry, that's all, when you use it, you can use it, and you can discard it when you don't use it, so that it is fundamental, as for governing the countryAs for the so-called Confucianism and Confucianism, it is just a tool in hand. ”

I just didn't use the night pot to compare the Confucian Zhu Mingzhong, and I didn't know how much impact his deviant words had on Zhu Cixuan, he even looked at His Majesty dumbfounded, completely forgetting the advice of the teacher and the curtain guests before entering the palace, just looking at His Majesty with blank eyes, unable to understand these words at all.

"Just like the chopsticks, spoons and other things on the dinner table, the morality of the people is naturally to pay attention to the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism, but if it is to regulate the behavior of the people, it is natural to rely on laws and regulations, if it is to build water conservancy, build projects, build weapons, naturally to develop engineering, depending on the matter, the choice is different, if only Confucianism governs the country, who builds water conservancy, implements types of work, and manufactures weapons?"

His Majesty's words echoed in Zhu Cixuan's mind like thunder, and he seemed to understand why his father still lost the world despite his fame, but the emperor's brother was able to rise from the grass. Not to mention anything else, this insight alone is far from being comparable to my father.

This so-called "Holy Gate Learning", it is possible to distinguish right from wrong, self-cultivation can be, but if it is bewitched, obsessed with it, and takes it as a strategy for governing the country, then the two Song Dynasty and the two Song Dynasty died in the world, and my Ming Dynasty almost died in the world, which is a lesson from the past. ”

His Majesty's words came into Zhu Cixuan's ears, only making him suddenly unsettled, and he even became more and more panicked, because these words should not be listened to by him, he, he is just a clan relative, just King Gui, for him, the only choice is to be a king of peace, as for the rest, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't think about it, but what does His Majesty mean by saying these words to him now?

Does that mean...... Suddenly, a sense of crisis rose in Zhu Cixuan's heart, looking at the crown prince who was blinking and listening to His Majesty's teachings, he suddenly realized his identity - he was the son of Emperor Xiaokuang, and he was also the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and now, there are many people in the world who have a grudge against His Majesty because His Majesty abolished the imperial examination. And now that His Majesty has seen him and said these words to him, is it, is it......

His face turned pale in an instant, Zhu Cixuan only felt a chill in his back, and his whole body continued to tremble, he realized that maybe he was facing an unprecedented crisis, and His Majesty could kill him in order to eliminate hidden dangers!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, ministers, ministers, brothers, only, only occasionally, occasionally read, Confucianism, Confucian scriptures are absurd, real, really not a place to govern the country, can be used......"

Listening to Zhu Cixuan's stammering words, Zhu Mingzhong looked at the cold sweat on his head, and when he connected it to the current situation, he knew that he must have misunderstood what he meant.

"Brother Huang."

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong looked at him and said.

"The reason why I said these words to you is not a temptation, this time I ordered you to enter Beijing, and it is not intended to harm you, although the clan is far and near, but the affection of relatives can not be faked, after the Liukou, the Qing captives slaughtered, my Emperor Ming clan can be said to be one in a hundred, so how can I bear to harm the clan?"

Looking at the panicked Zhu Cixuan, looking at this boy who was only a teenager, thinking that in another time and space, he died tragically under the bow of Tianwu Sangui, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, and then said.

"But if the emperor's brother is bewitched by others in the future, what can I do?"

Just when this sentence of "what can I do" scared Zhu Cixuan so that the three souls were gone, I heard His Majesty say again.

"Confined the emperor's brother in Fengyang and formed a prisoner, how can I bear it? So, I thought...... I don't know what the emperor thinks of sealing you overseas?"

Closed overseas!

The moment this sentence came into his ears, the first thing that Zhu Cixuan's mind thought of was Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, at least for a moment, he even wanted to shout a sentence like Zhu Gaoxu.

"What sin I have to do, I will be cast away thousands of miles away."

But when the words came to his lips, Zhu Cixuan still thought of what happened to King Han later, so he said.

"Brother obeys."