"His Royal Highness refused to return to the palace immediately at the beginning, it was Huang Daozhou and Xie Xuelong who knelt on the ground and begged, and he came back crying." Ding Ao bowed down to serve the emperor and reported the truth.

"As soon as the two gentlemen knelt, he obeyed?" Zhu Cihong played with a piece of coral jade ornaments donated by Taiwan, and asked seemingly unintentionally.

"His Royal Highness treated Huang Daozhou very kindly, first shouted 'Mr. Huang get up', and then helped him not to move, so he had no choice but to get on the horse and come back." Ding Ao replied, but he couldn't let go of the word "from" used by His Majesty the Emperor.

Is this a dissatisfaction with the crown prince?

His Majesty the Emperor reused female officials in the middle office, and even made female officials take root in foreign courts, and never treated dissident ministers with mercy. In the year of Longjing alone, there are probably more officials who have been exiled than in the two hundred and eighty years before the Ming Dynasty combined. Take Ding Ao's own Dongchang as an example, the power is even greater than that of Wei Zhongxian's chaotic government in the past few years.

Such an emperor, of course, could not like indecisive and soft-hearted people.

Even if the man was his son.

What's more, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty's words of educating his son have been circulating for thousands of years, and it is only necessary to change the subject of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, which is in line with today's court situation. It can be seen that the relationship between the crown prince and the Confucian minister is so deep, which is not a good sign.

Ding Ao even felt chills down his spine from this.

If he can live to the age of his father-in-law Liu Ruoyu, most likely he will be able to meet the new emperor to ascend to the pole. At that time, will the Confucian ministers make a comeback and settle accounts after the autumn? It is a blessing to endure hardships when you are young, and when you are old, you will be sent to the border town, which is really a blood mold.

Zhu Cihong sat on the chair, raised his head and moved his stiff neck, quite unacceptable to his son's disobedience when he grew up.

Even in his previous life, he belonged to the category of teenagers and old adults, consciously self-disciplined, and studied hard. It is a typical "child of someone else's family". In his memory, he didn't seem to have rebelled, and he admired his father very much.

Suddenly, Zhu Cihong seemed to see the figure of his parents in his previous life, but his face seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.

"Go to the Bell Palace." Zhu Cihong stood up abruptly and decided to go and see the crown prince in person.

……

It was very quiet in the palace. Zhu Hegui sat in front of the bookcase, breathing long, and seriously put on the post. At this moment, Zhu Cihong seemed to see his childhood after reincarnation, a long stage of loneliness that no one could understand, or disdain to understand.

Now the son looks at himself, about the same as when he looked at the imperial father Chongzhen. They all felt that their father had no foresight and had done many wrong things.

Zhu Cihong said secretly in his heart.

However, he relied on the knowledge and ideas of hundreds of years later, and the crown prince's doubts about his father were due to the moral indoctrination of others.

"Father." Zhu Hegui wrote another line. Only then did he realize that his father had been standing beside him for a long time, put down his pen and got up to salute.

"Something on my mind." Zhu Cihong lightly clicked on the rice paper, and pretended to be casual: "Go out for a walk?" ”

Zhu Hegui nodded, and followed his father out of the study in a dull manner.

The father and son didn't go far, just took a walk in the backyard of Zhong Cui Palace.

Zhu Cihong raised the question and asked, "What did Mr. Huang say before leaving?" ”

"Mr. Huang asked his sons to study hard, and if they have any doubts, they should consult the Confucian." Zhu Hegui didn't know that the emperor had ears and eyes, so he pretended to be clever and hid Liu Zongzhou's name.

"Great Confucian." Zhu Cihong sighed and said, "The Great Confucianism didn't say it. It's made. ”

"Make it?" Zhu and Gui wondered.

"Yes, you have to do things to prove that you are indeed practicing righteousness. It's not just words. Zhu Cihong tilted his head sideways, looking more and more like his crown prince. He said, "Have you heard of Zhang Juzheng?" ”

"It seems to be the first assistant of the country." Zhu Hegui's history class has not yet reached modern history.

"It's the cabinet minister of the Longqing and Wanli dynasties." Zhu Cihong chuckled and said: "The reputation is mixed, but it is a real minister." Do you know, he was originally the teacher of the temple master, and the temple master respected him the most before he was in power, and he was in awe. ”

Crown Prince Zhu Hegui was a little surprised. In his opinion, it was impossible for the emperor to be afraid of anyone. Because apart from Heaven and ancestors, there is no greater origin than the emperor. And the heavens and the ancestors will not come forward in person.

"Zhang Juzheng died in the tenth year of Wanli, and the master of the temple gave him the Zhuguo, Zhen Wenzhong, and he was already a master and a master during his lifetime." Zhu Cihong paused. said: "It's a pity that it didn't take long for all these mourning honors to be taken away and the family was confiscated. You may not know the procedure of my house raid, before the official raid, the house that was copied was not allowed to enter and exit, so the Zhang family starved to death more than ten times, which was miserable. ”

Zhu Hegui frowned and grinned, as if he had eaten something sour.

"Why is this happening?" Zhu Cihong asked: "Look at the last first and second assistants of the emperor's grandfather, Chen Yan and Wei Dezao. The two of them not only failed to succeed in their reign, but also betrayed the country and defected to the enemy. After the restoration of the country, your imperial grandfather did not exterminate them. Because this is the last vestiges of dignity between monarchs and ministers, and it must be maintained. Then why did the temple be so determined by its beloved master? ”

"Why is that?" Zhu Hegui couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Because the temple loves and hates Zhang Juzheng, he hates it to the core." Zhu Cihong saw that his son was even more confused, and said: "When Zhang Juzheng was in power, he asked the temple to be frugal everywhere, and he even had to advise him to raise a few excellent people in the palace. The temple has also always listened to the master's words and has never indulged itself. It wasn't until after Zhang Juzheng's death that the temple knew: it turned out that Zhang Juzheng's pomp was bigger than the prince! The sedan chair turned out to be a whole house on wheels, with seats and desks in it, which could be walked around and rested, and could not be driven by dozens of people. ”

"This is the reason why the temple hates Zhang Juzheng to the core." Zhu Cihong said in a low voice.

Zhu Hegui lowered his head, still unable to understand why his father suddenly said this to him.

"Your love for Mr. Huang now is not inferior to the temple's respect for Zhang Juzheng that day. Heaven and Earth Monarch, this is not wrong. Zhu Cihong said: "But in the future, if you find that Mr. Huang is not the same person as you think, will you feel pain in your heart?" Do you feel like you've been cheated? Will you hate him? ”

Zhu Hegui's tears fell when he was asked: "Father, Mr. Huang is not a person like Zhang Juzheng!" ”

"Even if my father is the emperor, I can't just talk nonsense." Zhu Cihong said: "So my father agreed that Mr. Huang would go to North Korea and promote the Holy Religion. If Mr. Huang is really the same. Then the imperial court will naturally reuse him. If not...... You don't have to hate a person if you can finally see someone clearly, do you? ”

Zhu Hegui was silent and did not answer.

And Mr. Huang is also waiting for such an opportunity to practice the righteousness of his faith, otherwise he himself does not know where he is lacking and where he is not wise enough. Do you remember that poem: the paper is shallow? I don't know how to do it. ”

"Lu You's "Winter Night Reading Shows Ziyu". Zhu and Guidao.

Zhu Cihong nodded: "This is it." ”

"But Father," Zhu Hegui said seriously, "Erchen still disagrees with Father's statement that Mr. Huang is a pedantic. I also don't agree with my father that my son has learned a lot! It's a matter of righteousness, and we can't help but argue! ”

Zhu Cihong stopped, and suddenly remembered what Chongzhen said to him: You can not care what the world thinks of you, but it is impossible not to care how your son thinks of you.

At that time, the situation was vivid, and Zhu Hegui was still a meat ball held in the arms of a wet nurse. He did not believe in his father's words, and even took it for granted that his son should worship and even worship him. But now look at this little vangelist. Zhu Cihong even thought of "retribution".

Thinking about it, his father Chongzhen watched his son make bold moves to overcome obstacles and seek mercenary, and he also had such a sour heart.

"The level of righteousness is too low." Zhu Cihong sighed: "People and ministers should abide by righteousness, but those who are kings cannot abide by righteousness." ”

"Why is that?"

"Because righteousness leads to bad benevolence." Zhu Cihong suddenly found that the Confucian education he had heard before seemed to be still in his mind, and it was enough to educate children at critical moments.

As Mencius said, it is righteous that men and women should not kiss each other. However, it is benevolent for sister-in-law to help her. If you die of the righteousness in front of you, watch your sister-in-law drown. This is pedantic. Zhu Cihong said.

Zhu Hegui said: "What my father said about the change of power and the ministers also understand. But Erchen's insistence on righteousness is not only harmless but benevolent. even persuaded the monarch's father to be benevolent, why was he accused of being pedantic? ”

"Because ......" Zhu Cihong was speechless for a while, but he couldn't say more, so he had to say: "Because you are still young, you don't have the wisdom and experience to be 'benevolent'." ”

Zhu Hegui was a little unconvinced.

"Let's put it this way." Zhu Cihong said: "Last year, a ship going to Ryukyu was caught in a storm and shipwrecked. Ten people were crammed onto a sampan. Finally, he had the chance to float to the shore and be rescued.

However, the ten men found that there were still two people in the sea alive and cried for help, and if they were allowed to come up, the sampan would have sunk, and none of the twelve would have lived. If you are the head of the ten. The other nine people are all obedient to your orders, and if you say save, they are willing to die; You say no, but they are glad they survived. How do you decide? ”

Zhu Hegui was stunned for a moment: it is obviously unkind not to save him when he sees death. However, it seems a little unwise to save these two people, to endanger everyone's lives. But if a man is unkind, how is he different from an animal?

"I ......" Zhu and Gui wanted to say: I jumped down and someone else came up. Suddenly, another question came to mind, there are two people below, who are you going to change? And no matter who you replace, do you let the other drown with you?

"Can I go down with one of the gentlemen on the ship and get those two up?" Zhu Hegui finally found a solution: "Seek benevolence and get benevolence, and die without regrets." ”

"If you're going to label someone, you're going to have to put it all on." Zhu Cihong chuckled: "These ten people on the ship, there are countless famous doctors like Mr. Yu, talents like Wang Kui Xingong, generals like Xiao Mo and Xiao Donglou, and officials like Wu, Sun, Jiang, and Cai...... Two of them in the water were ordinary sailors. Oh, each of these people is willing to sacrifice his life for righteousness, who do you decide to fulfill? ”

Zhu Hegui had a headache, it was originally very simple to seek benevolence, and a gentleman who was willing to sacrifice himself could just jump into the water. But now that his father has changed his words, he has turned back to ask him to choose someone.

No matter how you look at it, you can't choose!

"You have to decide quickly, or the two people in the water will freeze to death from the loss of body temperature." Zhu Cihong urged.

Zhu and Gui were speechless for a long time.

"You can consult those great Confucians." Zhu Cihong said: "When you figure it out, when will you answer again." ”

There is no standard answer to this multiple-choice question. The sensible, the utilitarian, the hypocrite...... Each has its own answers, and none of them can be evaluated with value judgments. However, this question is also a litmus test for one's own beliefs, and if a great Confucian at home says the answer of "turning a blind eye", it is obvious that his identity as a Confucian is up for debate.

Zhu Hegui really sent the question to Huang Daozhou the next day.

Huang Daozhou received a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince before he went far, and he was quite relieved unexpectedly. When he carefully read this question, which seemed to be deliberately embarrassing, he found that the metaphors were very scathing, and even some of them seemed to be the emperor defending his own governance.

After all, Confucianism cannot say words that sacrifice people's lives.

It was the zodiac that Zhou went straight through the Shanhaiguan Pass, and only then did he reply that he was too wise to solve this problem, and the crown prince consulted Liu Zongzhou.

After Liu Zongzhou read it, he looked unfathomable, and he didn't say that he knew or didn't know, but just gave this question to his disciples. As a result, the question of His Majesty the Emperor was immediately widely known, and everyone from the old Shangshu of the Pavilion to the peddlers and pawns would say what they thought.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never found the answer he wanted, so he naturally couldn't reply to his father, His Majesty.

As a result, this topic became the biggest topic at the end of the year of Jingshi, and the excitement was spread until the sixth year of Longjing, and then gradually fell out of people's attention.

Because the sixth year of Longjing has just arrived, there is a lot of good news one after another.

First of all, steam-powered plows were very popular in Northeast China, and hundreds of thousands of acres of wasteland were reclaimed. Sixteen more firms went to the northeast to set up factories to manufacture plough machines. Of course, the technology they used was all purchased from Liao, because the power of the steam engine is different from the original era when anyone could copy it. The steam engine made by Seiko has far surpassed the efficiency of the old machine.

Under the great news of the development of the northeast, the western region is also full of good news. The Northwest Group Army composed of Xiao Mo and Dang Shousu sent troops to Hami in December of the fifth year of Longjing, and sent back good news in the first month of the sixth year, and the army defeated the defenders of the Yarkand Khanate in Hami in one fell swoop, completely recovering the Acropolis of Hami.

In February, the head of the Dzungar tribe, Sangha, requested an audience and was granted. At the same time, the Ministry of Rites spread the news that the monk would be canonized as the commander of the Hazadu Sidu, testing the intentions of the government and the opposition.

Although the monks had not yet entered Beijing, Tulu Baihu, who had returned to Qinghai-Tibet, had already gathered tribal troops and contacted the Dzungar tribe to declare war on the Yarkand Khanate, which had established the capital of Shache, and it was inevitable that the Turkic state, which was also a descendant of Genghis Khan, would leave the Buddhist sphere of influence.

Longjing has been in the past six years, and it is destined not to be mediocre. (To be continued......)

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