Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, and asked in confusion: "Hurt the peasants?" Harm to farmers? ”

Emperor Hongzhi could not accept Zhu Houzhao's transformation.

And Yang Tinghe is even more incomprehensible.

Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily.

"Yes, the person who wrote the book is simply not divided into grains, but on the contrary, he is not ashamed to teach the people how to farm, father, you say, isn't this harmful to the people? A man who has never even seen the battlefield, but he is asked to guide the soldiers who lick the blood with their swords in battle; A man who has never raised a horse teaches a man to raise a horse. In the past, if Master Yang had read this article to Erchen, Erchen would definitely not be able to distinguish the quality of the "Book of Persuasion to Farmers", but since Erchen was farming in Xishan, he knew the hardships of this farming. ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked Zhu Houzhao up and down in the mud, Zhu Houzhao said that he went to farming, and couldn't help but believe it a little at this time.

This guy ...... Did you really go farming?

Zhu Houzhao is full of confidence: "Erchen still remembers that Master Yang taught Erchen a poem, planting a grain of millet in spring and harvesting 10,000 seeds in autumn." There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death......"

He recited it word by word and glanced at Yang Tinghe deeply.

Then he continued: "On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil. Who knows that Chinese food is hard work. This poem, called "Compassion for Nong", Master Yang, this palace has not memorized it. ”

"......" Yang Tinghe froze, and nodded his head: "Yes, there is no mistake." ”

"Then Master Yang, you read the scriptures and the righteousness, and you are also familiar with this poem...... This palace wants to ask, as mentioned in the poem, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work, do you really feel it? ”

Yang Tinghe was questioned by Zhu Houzhao and had to say: "The minister empathizes. ”

"Okay, then this palace asks you, every grain is hard, what is the hard way?"

"This ...... Hard work is hard work. ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled, looking very confident: "It seems that Master Yang doesn't know the five words of hard work, this kind of hard work is ten times harder than Master Yang imagined." Has Master Yang ever felt the constant feeling of his hands and feet under the scorching sun? ”

"It's conceivable."

"You can't imagine it!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly had a feeling that his brain had fallen into emptiness, very happy, he had always thought that he had no knowledge, so he didn't understand what others said, only the share of promises. But now, I, Zhu Houzhao, also have the time to teach you a lesson.

"You can't imagine the pain of leaning over the field, bending over for hours, and when you want to straighten up. Has Yang Tinghe ever eaten steamed cakes? ”

“……”

These questions were thrown out one by one, leaving Yang Tinghe unable to parry.

Zhu Houzhao saw that he couldn't answer, so he looked at Emperor Hongzhi and asked very seriously: "Father, Master Yang hasn't eaten much steamed cakes in the future, has Father eaten it?" ”

The anger on Emperor Hongzhi's face had dissipated, and in its place, there was a strange look, he couldn't imagine that the prince actually asked about Yang Zhan, and he couldn't imagine that the prince had such confidence.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "I have eaten steamed cakes, steamed cakes are difficult to swallow, I have also heard that this is the ordinary food of the people, the people work hard, but with this ration, it shows their hardships." ”

Emperor Hongzhi is obviously a little stronger than Emperor Hui of Jin, at least, he won't say what kind of steamed cakes to eat, why not eat minced meat.

Zhu Houzhao pouted.

"My father was wrong, this steamed cake was in my father's mouth, and it was difficult to swallow, but I didn't know that this steamed cake was a rare delicacy for the people. The reason why my father found steamed cakes difficult to swallow was because he had not really experienced the hardships of farmers. If the father and emperor have worked hard for two hours under the scorching sun, at this time, the body is sweaty, the muscles and bones on the body are exhausted, and the stomach, as if it has been burned by fire, feels that the front chest is close to the back, at this time, the only thing that the father desires is to have a sip of cold tea, to be able to sit between the ridges and the mo, and eat a steamed cake, that ...... It's really a fairy-like enjoyment, and no matter how delicious the food in the world is, you can't get it. ”

"My father thought it was unpalatable, but the farmers who really farmed it had already regarded it as a luxury."

"Really?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, he obviously couldn't imagine it, but after thinking about it, it made sense.

Zhu Houzhao then said: "Therefore, the "Book of Persuading Farmers" is simply a bunch of nonsense, Erchen has not cultivated outdated, and may still believe his nonsense, but he really leaned over to farm, I know, this article is unbearable, but such an article is what Master Yang wants to teach to Erchen, and he also teaches Erchen "Compassion for Nong Poems", Erchen is thinking, Master Yang wants to use these poems and articles to let Erchen know the hardships of people's livelihood. ”

"But he was wrong." Zhu Houzhao made a mistake this time, and he didn't make Emperor Hongzhi angry.

"He is wrong, obviously he wants to experience the hardships of farmers, he doesn't need to spend so much effort, he just needs to go down to the field, personally cultivate a piece of land, plant a handful of seedlings, and harvest a piece of wheat, and naturally he can empathize, but instead, every day he takes some people who have never cultivated at all, and uses their articles to teach the so-called 'great truth' of the sons."

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Zhu Houzhao, and he had a strange feeling that this guy had cultivated the land by himself, and his tail was about to go to the sky.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly said sharply: "Master Yang, they are wrong here!" ”

"Wrong...... Yang Tinghe's face was very ugly, he was the prince's teacher, and the prince said to his face that he was wrong......

Zhu Houzhao sneered.

"Many people in this court are also wrong here, there are few people who do things, too many people who talk about empty words, when it comes to articles, everyone shakes their heads, quotes scriptures, and talks about the way of saints, but what is the way of saints, the way of saints, is nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, children learn from saints, just need to know that they must be loyal and filial to their fathers and emperors, and to the army and the people, they can be benevolent and righteous."

"After learning these things, it is completely sufficient. But since we already know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness in our hearts, how can we be loyal, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness? Father, if the son of the emperor in front of the father, every day to the father and the emperor, what is loyalty, what is filial piety, the words of this saint, every day parrot the words, is this the son of the emperor to the father, the father of the filial piety? ”

Wang Fuzi said, this is not right, the so-called loyalty and filial piety, but conscience, I understand that it is right, then it should be done, the father is sick, the son should serve in front of the sickbed, this is loyalty. The father is worried about the country, and the sons and daughters share the worries for the father, which is loyalty. With knowledge, there should be action, and it is very important to have these consciences in your heart and practice them. ”

Zhu Houzhao said that the head was the Tao, and Emperor Hongzhi subconsciously nodded.

I have to say that the prince was able to say such a big reason, which was greatly beyond his expectations.

But...... Something is wrong.

It seems to make a lot of sense.

But it's like......

Emperor Hongzhi was furious and said: "You little brute, you can say it even if you are at a loss, when I fell ill, where did you hide?" What do you do all day when I'm worried about Sheji? ”

"......" Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, all his confidence came to naught, and he hurriedly said: "This is just a side matter, didn't Erchen just learn these truths......"

He coughed desperately: "Erchen has been taught since he was a child, saying that agriculture is the foundation, agriculture is the foundation, agriculture is prosperous, agriculture is prosperous, agriculture is declining, all industries are withering, and society is dying." Therefore, in order to let Erchen know what farming is, Master Yang taught Erchen to persuade farmers to write these articles, but Erchen followed Mr. Yang to learn countless articles and poems, but he still didn't understand what was going on with this farmer's farming. ”

"Mr. Wang is different, he didn't tell his sons any big truths, but he took his sons to the fields to work for two days, but the sons understood everything at once."

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao.

Then, he took a deep look at Fang Jifan.

This...... Is that Mr. Wang, no, Fang Jifan's knowledge?

Emperor Hongzhi was thoughtful.

"Your Highness has only learned how to farm, so what's the use?" Yang Tinghe felt that something was not good, and couldn't help but retort.

"His Royal Highness is the crown prince, the prince of the country, there are thousands of farmers in the world, there is no shortage of princes, what the prince wants to do is to learn to govern the world, so reading should be the first priority."

Zhu Houzhao was not annoyed, but said: "Master Yang really hasn't farmed himself, so he would say such a thing." ”

"What this palace learns is not only farming, but through farming, the first thing to learn is empathy."

"Empathy!" Emperor Hongzhi's face gradually changed.

Just like Master Yang, although he has read countless "Poems of Compassion for Farmers", he still can never understand the real hardships of farmers, and if he can't understand it, he can't have empathy, and if he doesn't have empathy, he will applaud articles like "Persuading Farmers". But this palace is deeply experienced, only to really know that I Ming thousands of farmers, hard work so far, they all year round, long years of farming, steaming cakes to satisfy hunger, ragged clothes, pay agricultural taxes, in winter, but also to deal with forced labor, this feeling, is not a grain of hard work, can be summed up. ”

"When the palace was farming, I was still thinking in my heart, the farmers were so pitiful, but the imperial court, when they said a great truth, where did they really sympathize with them? People who are officials keep saying that they love the people, but their love for the people is only in their own poems and articles. How many people leaned over to do something, knowing what the farmers were thinking in their hearts, and what were they asking for in their hearts? You have not farmed, so you don't know anything, the grains are not divided, the four bodies are not diligent, but all of them are monkeys and crowns, thinking that they have known the truth of the whole world, I am a person who is deeply favored by the country, I only know how to read articles to know their own people, and feel a few words about the suffering of the rise and fall of the people, and then think that they love the people like a son, which ...... What a shame! ”