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Influenced by Confucianism, Zhu Yunwen didn't have a good impression of the eunuchs at all, but they were all scum who brought disaster to the country and the people, and such powerful dynasties such as the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were all because the eunuchs died, so they usually had an extremely bad attitude towards them, and they scolded them at every turn, punished and scolded them corporal punishment, and did not treat them as human beings at all.

It seems that this group of people who are cautious and desperately serve their royal family are their class enemies, as if as long as the emperor gives them even a little favor and a little trust, they will be faint, and they will be able to control the government and cause chaos in the court.

Therefore, these eunuchs have a lot of opinions about him behind their backs, but because of the authority of their old Zhu family, they have always dared to be angry and dare not speak.

However, what Zhu Yunwen didn't know was that these people usually lowered their eyebrows and looked at him, and they were beaten and scolded, because he was the only emperor in the world, and they had no other way but to follow him, but if there was a person who could challenge his imperial power at this time, then they could be said to have thrown themselves into that person's camp without hesitation. Not only for profit, but also for this bad breath.

The rivers and lakes are sophisticated, don't easily offend anyone, don't look down on anyone. The person you look down on the most will often give you the most fatal blow at the most critical moment.

"Yes, yes. The slave and the maid obeyed. The foreman eunuch in the hall immediately nodded and walked over, and instructed a few of his little eunuchs to carry Zhu Yuanzhang, no matter what, judging from the current situation, Zhu Yunwen's position is unshakable, they have no courage to challenge his authority, so they immediately ran over obediently, two people supported Zhu Yuanzhang on the left and one on the right, and the other two moved his recliner over.

Then, the four of them put him on the recliner with all hands and feet, and then carefully carried him out, Zhu Yunwen also followed out very happily, in his opinion, the emperor's illness has shown signs of improvement, which is probably because of the effect of his careful service in the past few days, and he is very proud of it.

However, the imperial doctors on duty were silent, they were all old oilmen in this business, and they knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's phenomenon had a proper term - back to light. This emperor of the ages, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive tomorrow.

It's just that none of them will say anything, not because they are afraid of being convicted, but because they can't bear to see Zhu Yunwen so happy, people are inherently dead, and no one can change it, so just let their grandparents and grandchildren chat happily for the last time.

Zhu Yuanzhang was carried to the courtyard, and then the eunuchs carefully put him on the ground as if they were treating their ancestral treasures, and then automatically flashed to the side, bowing their hands and standing respectfully, waiting for the two royal ancestors to call again.

"Yun Bing, Yun Bing." Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head with difficulty, saw Zhu Yunwen still standing behind, and shouted to him anxiously. He knew that his time was numbered, and in these last days, it was like saying a few words to his dearest grandson.

When Zhu Yunwen heard Zhu Yuanzhang's shouting, he immediately ran to Zhu Yuanzhang in three steps and two steps, knelt on the ground, and said, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson is here." What does the imperial grandfather command? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson with a loving face, touched his head, as if time had gone back more than ten years in an instant, Zhu Yunwen was still a young child at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang liked to touch his head lovingly, and said: "Don't say anything that you don't command, you will be the emperor in the future, and no one in this world can tell you." You have to keep that in mind. ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't know how to answer, but suddenly sadness came from it, hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's arm and cried, "Grandpa Huang ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer, raised his eyes to look at the sun in the sky, his face was filled with a kind smile, he didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly asked Zhu Yunwen coldly: "What if King Yan rebels against you?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback by his sudden question, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang had never asked him such a question so directly, in the past, he just persuaded him to have a good relationship with the vassal king, and not to learn from Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to intensify the contradictions, so that it would lead to a rebellion.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his surprised and helpless look, smiled and encouraged: "You don't have to be afraid, just say what you want." You will be the son of heaven in the future, and you must be decisive in doing things. ”

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, saw that he was very happy and kind, and seemed to want to listen to his true words, so he shouldn't hide it at this time, otherwise the imperial grandfather would also feel that the grandson he had carefully cultivated was not of the same heart as him, so he hid it with him, put on a serious expression and said: "Back to the imperial grandfather, the grandson doesn't want the family to fight each other, but if the fourth uncle really rebels, the grandson can only send troops to fight to calm the society." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, his eyes still squinting at the sun in the sky, as if he was very satisfied with his answer, and then asked, "If King Su also rebels, what should you do?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes, and finally put on an open expression and said, "That grandson only has to divide his troops to fight." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head slightly, looked at his immature grandson, and said with a little worry: "Then in this way, your country will be in danger." ”

The expression on Zhu Yunwen's face froze, and he didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said this, and muttered: "Grandpa Huang......"

Zhu Yuanzhang put away his gaze at the sun, turned his head to look at Zhu Yunwen, and then looked ahead, and said casually: "You have to remember that people have rivers and lakes when they live, and rivers and lakes are human feelings." No matter who you are, whether it is the emperor, the minister, or a pawn, don't be that minority, even if the minority's views are correct, if you become a minority, even the emperor can be pulled down by others. ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't know how to answer Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he just looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in a daze, the education he has always received is the divine right of the monarch, the Son of Heaven is ordered by the sky, the whole world, is it not the king's land, the shore of the land, is it not the king's minister, after becoming the emperor, the hundred officials will submit to him, what minority does not matter?

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored his expression, and said earnestly again: "Do you know why I dare to kill Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu? ”

"Because they are plotting against each other, the emperor's grandfather killed him out of the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, which is understandable." Zhu Yunwen didn't know where the courage came from, and looked straight at Zhu Yuanzhang with his eyes and said. This is the answer he has always accepted, and it is the answer that he thinks is perfectly correct.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled contemptuously, and seemed to be very disappreciative and said: "The monarch and the minister are righteous? Hmph, then you have to let them recognize you as a king first. I killed more than 20,000 people in the Hu Weiyong case, I killed more than 15,000 people in the Lanyu case, and together with the Guo Heng case and the empty seal case, I killed nearly 100,000 officials in total. Do you think I'm that minority? ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't speak, just nodded slightly, indeed, his imperial grandfather was the emperor who killed the most officials, he and his father had persuaded him, but he did not restrain him, in Lao Zhu's own words, that is, he killed all bad people, all the moths of the Ming Dynasty, if left unchecked, he would gnaw away the edifice of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that after killing so many officials and saying that they are the majority, then not many people will believe it.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and said domineeringly: "Killing so many people will become a minority, and then my Daming country is too unstable." The reason why I dare to move Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu is because of your uncles who have been named vassal kings, they are leading troops outside, and they are in control of my elite border guards of the Ming Dynasty, even if the whole dynasty is a traitor, I am not afraid. In addition, I allow the hereditary lineage of military generals and nobles, and most of them are grateful to me, and they are all on my side, just like your fourteenth uncle's father-in-law, who comes to me every once in a while to send me some souvenirs, and every time I purge the traitors, he is on my side. Therefore, I killed Lan Yu and his gang, which had little impact on my own country, and the Ming Dynasty's country was still stable, and your uncles, such as King Yan, King Jin, King Qi, King Dai, King Gu, King Su, etc., still won the battle. ”

Zhu Yunwen blinked and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, he really couldn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking, according to what the book says, as a king, you must love talents, and you don't have to kill them at every turn, otherwise it will be self-destruction of the Great Wall and self-destruction of the foundation, even if the country is dead, there will be many people who will jump out and scold you, but listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words today, it seems that you can kill so many famous ministers and generals in the court without blinking your eyes, this is not done by Ming Jun at all, it can be said to be a tyrant.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Zhu Yunwen, his eyes were still looking straight at the sun that had gradually turned west, his eyes were full of melancholy, sadness and worry, and after a long time, he slowly said to Zhu Yunwen: "Yunwen, do you understand?" Dead butcher Zhang, still eating hairy pigs? Even if there is no blue jade, I can still win the battle of fishing in the sea, with an army of more than 100,000 to sneak attack a court in exile that has lost the strategic depth of Liaoyang Province, as long as it can be found, it will definitely be able to win, Lan Yu is capable, but it is not irreplaceable, it can be said that his luck is also good. ”

"You want to be the emperor in the future, the most important thing to be an emperor is to control the resources of the whole country and master the big handicap, as long as you do this, with my Ming manpower and material resources, no one can destroy you. Don't pin the rise and fall of a country on one person, who can be so powerful? The Ming Dynasty left no one to open the same way. Even in my life, I have had several great lucks to get to where I am today. ”

"You are still too young and easy to trust other people's words, I really want to train you for a few more years, so that you can really mature, and then hand over the country to you, but God, he won't give me this chance."

"Yun Wei, you have to remember that no matter who it is, no matter what he says, there is a purpose. Especially those civil servants, who are high-sounding on the surface, for the king, for the society, and for the common people in the world, in fact, they are all for themselves. In order for them to be officials and make money, even if some people are clean officials, don't believe them all, they can not be for power or profit, but they must be for fame and want to leave a name in history. So, in the future, if they ask you to do something, you must be cautious and think twice. Don't just listen to them, otherwise you may be sold and still help others count the money. ”

"You also know that I hate corrupt officials the most in my life, in fact, although corrupt officials are hateful, they are not the most harmful to the country. Because the corruption of a corrupt official is superficial, no matter how carefully his accounts are done, as long as you check it, you will definitely be able to find out. And such people are also easy to guard against, because everyone knows that they are bad people. As kings, it is natural to be wary of them. ”

However, those who are greedy for fame are far more harmful than those who are greedy for profit. Because this kind of people are often hidden very deeply, they seem to be so selfless, so conscientious, so upright, giving people the feeling that they have no selfishness at all, and they only pretend to be kings in their hearts, such people are dangerous, because such people are easy to let down their vigilance, mistakenly thinking that they have no desire to be strong, do not ask for anything, and devote themselves to the public, but who knows, deep in their hearts, there are also things they covet, and they covet this name. ”

"Although such people will not jump out to harm you openly, but if you relax your vigilance against them and blindly listen to them, it is easy to be led into the ditch by them, they are not afraid of death, and they will be famous when they die. As a result, they tend to act very aggressively, and you and your dynasty will bury them in order to fulfill their name as loyal servants through the ages. ”

"To be an emperor, don't just deal with one type of person, you must take care of all aspects, this country is not just a civil official, everything is fine, there are so many civil officials in the Song Dynasty, what is the result? I have told you many times that when you ascend the throne in the future, the forces you will have to rely on are the vassal kings and nobles, because their interests are the same as those of the dynasty, and if someone succeeds in rebellion, after the change of dynasty, even if the new dynasty does not kill them, they will not let them continue to be the vassal kings and nobles. And out of fear of them, they will also be subject to various restrictions. ”

"And those civil officials are different, they can be officials for Daming or Dayuan, this makes no difference to them, it's just a change of boss, so among them, the majority of them will always be the ones who see the wind and make the rudder. Don't be fooled by their rhetoric. Even if they are sincere when they keep saying 'kill and sacrifice their lives for righteousness', you have to know that saying it when you are okay is completely different from saying it when you have a knife on your neck, and most people change their words temporarily. ”

"And those eunuchs, you can not appoint them in the future, but there is no need to be so mean to them, after all, people work hard to serve our Zhu family, there is no merit and hard work, it is not harmful for you to be gentle with them."

"Do you still remember that your third uncle, King Jin, thought that the food cooked for him by his cook was unpalatable, so he tied up the cook and beat him, how did I educate him?"

"I wrote a letter to him at that time, saying that I have led the heroes to dominate the situation for decades and pacify the chaos, and if famous generals like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun make a mistake, I will scold them and not save face at all. But my cook Xu Xingzu has served me for twenty-three years, and I have never blushed with him, said a word of seriousness, and never humiliated him. Do you know the truth behind this? ”

"It's not a big complaint. Those who serve you are people who can come and go in and out of your side at any time, if you provoke them, they are written down by the heart, when you are powerful, they may not dare to do anything, but when you go to memorize the words, they will stab you in the back, and it is very likely that you will die. Even if you have always been very powerful, if you meet a stunned young man who has to die with you and poison your food, what do you say? Can you guard against it? ”

"Ahem, ahem." After Zhu Yuanzhang said these words, he coughed a few more times, I don't know why today, he was able to say so many words in one breath, although he had said most of these words to Zhu Yunwen before, but he was still not at ease before he died, and he had to say it again to be happy, not only for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but also out of love for this grandson, afraid that he would take a detour in the future.

"Grandpa." Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang started coughing again, Zhu Yunwen was anxious for a while, and immediately helped Zhu Yuanzhang to stroke his chest, and then yelled at several eunuchs behind him: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and carry the imperial grandfather to the house! ”

"Alright, don't move." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stopped coughing, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and sighed with a sad face: "Let me take another look at the sun, I may never see it again." ”

"Grandpa Huang......" Zhu Yunwen didn't know why, suddenly sadness came from it, lying on Zhu Yuanzhang's lap, crying out with a "woo", he seemed to feel it, the day of the imperial grandfather was coming, and the words he said to him just now were likely to be his last teaching.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak again, with his rough right hand, slowly caressing his beloved grandson, raising his head, staring intently at the sun that was gradually sinking in the west, for a long time, he never looked away, and he was reluctant to blink his eyes a few times, as if taking a second look at the sun in this world was a luxury for him.

If someone can extend his life for even one day at this time, I believe that Lao Zhu will not be a pity to give him the title of prince and marquis, but the king will definitely be exempted, because Lao Zhu is definitely a master who sacrifices his life and does not give up his wealth, this world belongs to his Zhu family, if you want to make up your mind, ten lives are not enough to cut.

Gradually, the sun was already in the west, and it was about to sink halfway in.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was full of melancholy, which can also be said to be pathos, his eyes revealed infinite nostalgia, infinite pleading, and muttered: "Sun, you go slower." ”

But Grandpa Sun didn't listen to him after all, and slowly sank into the mountains in the northwest.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know why two tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes, and he was so anxious that he fainted.

"Grandpa." "Hooray." Zhu Yunwen, who was waiting next to him, and all the eunuchs immediately grabbed him and carried him to the house.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell asleep again, and when he woke up, it was already dawn, and he returned to his familiar dragon bed, which was covered with his favorite Shu brocade, which was very comfortable. He tried hard to open his eyes, but he couldn't see anything clearly, and vaguely saw a thin young man lying at the head of his bed in the dim candlelight, this was his grandson Zhu Yunwen.

Yun Wei is also tired in the past few days, so let him rest well.

Zhu Yuanzhang knows that he is choking enough, his body should not be able to withstand today, it is said that people will recall their life before they die, and Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception.

He lay quietly on the bed, his thoughts slowly drifting away, back to his childhood, when the family was nothing more than a tenant of the landlord Liu De's family, belonging to the lowest strata of society.

He still remembers that his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all poor families, and they all owed a lot of taxes, and in order to avoid debts, they wandered around the Huai River valley and lived a precarious life, and their greatest wish at that time was to find a landlord to be tenants for others, so that their family could settle down and live a subsistence life. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang is a poor person who has been poor for eight lifetimes.

Later, his father got his wish, was favored by the landlord Liu De, ended his wandering career with honor, and officially became a tenant of the Liu family, and their Zhu family lived a stable life.

Later, his father married a girl surnamed Chen and began to live a life with a wife. Chen bore four children to his father, and Zhu Yuanzhang was the youngest.

Although their Zhu family has been a poor peasant for several lifetimes, Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather is a figure who has seen the world. His grandfather participated in the last battle of the Southern Song Dynasty against Meng Yuan - the Battle of Yashan, the identity of an ordinary soldier, fell into the water after the defeat of the battle, fortunately was rescued, and then fled back to his hometown, living incognito, I don't know if Zhu Yuanzhang heard his grandfather tell many stories of war when he was a child.

Later, everyone knew that there was a famine in their hometown, and tenants at the bottom of society, like the Zhu family, were the biggest victims of the famine, and they did not have the ability to resist risks at all. After two days, they will starve to death or die of illness, and who will they look for, and the food will not be lost?