"Female thief, thief!" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, "Let's give each province less than 100 catties of potato seeds, and he alone dares to be greedy for ten catties of ink!" It's lawless!"

"Even the seeds issued by the imperial court dare to be greedy for ink, what else does he dare not do?"

"Back then, even if our father and mother starved to death, they were reluctant to eat the grain. How many potatoes can be grown and how many seeds can be grown from these ten catties of seeds? Without these ten catties of seeds, Jiangxi Province will fully promote the planting of potatoes, I am afraid it will be postponed for a quarter!"

After speaking, he sat down in his chair again: "We have formulated many severe punishment regulations, and we have also announced the assets of officials in accordance with Mr.'s teachings, why do we kill such a black sheep like Song Chuyu?"

Erhu was silent on the sidelines and did not answer, not daring to participate in the discussion of major affairs of the court.

Suddenly, a cold murderous aura appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "Pass the decree, cut it with a thousand knives, and divide the corpses of five horses!"

"Yes!" The second tiger turned around expressionlessly.

He did not participate in any discussion of political affairs, nor did he take the emperor's words easily. Knowing that he doesn't have that ability, he will only help the emperor kill people.

……

"Your Majesty, the Holy Father of Yan asks to see you." As soon as the second tiger left, another deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard entered the door to report.

"Yan Shenggong wants to see us?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard this.

He was very contemptuous of Yan Shenggong in his heart, and felt that this family was capricious and had no integrity. He also once issued an edict to Yan Shenggong: "Your family has been a Han girl for dozens of generations, and you still want to meet in the Ming Dynasty?"

At that time, the original text of the holy decree was: I heard that Confucius taught the world, supported Gangchang, and his descendants were very human. Therefore, for dozens of generations, he often served as a guest of the royal family, and Hu Yuan entered the Central Plains and disdained etiquette. Yi Lun is very angry, and the sky is really disgusted.

However, he still gave their ancestor Confucius face, and did not target the Yansheng Mansion too much, so that they could continue to enjoy the title of Yansheng Gong.

"What does he want to see us for?" Quite disgusted, he said, "Isn't he enjoying the shadow of his ancestors in Shandong, and he also wants to participate in the affairs of the imperial court?"

"I don't know." The guards commanded.

"Let him come to us." Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said. I didn't think about it, Yan Shenggong's reputation in the hearts of the readers is too great, and if he neglects it, he will be scolded by those readers.

So he could only endure the discomfort and give him a face.

Not long after, an elderly Confucian student walked into the room, full of elegant temperament.

And after the deputy commander of the guard brought people in, he stayed in the room and did not leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes glanced over.

The commander of the guards immediately said, "Your Majesty, the Holy Duke of Yan did not search his body, and the last general is here to protect the emperor's safety."

"Why didn't you do a body search?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze.

"Your Majesty, the Yan Sheng Gong Mansion is a holy place in the hearts of scholars all over the world, and Yan Sheng Gong is also respected by the world." The commander of the guards said, "There are many scholars in the court, all of whom are students of Confucius, and they all insist that they cannot search the body of Yan Shenggong, saying that it is disrespectful to Confucius. If the last general forcibly acts, I am afraid that the emperor will be discredited as a disrespectful scholar."

After hearing this, Yan Shenggong stood straight like a knotted bamboo pole, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang proudly.

There is quite a look of Lao Tzu who is tall and tall, and Lao Tzu is the first in the world among scholars.

The emperor of flowing water, the iron-clad Yansheng Mansion.

You, an emperor from a peasant background, have not read the books of sages, and you can't compare with the emperors of previous dynasties.

"Can the Holy Duke of Yan disrespect the etiquette of the imperial court?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he said coldly, "Besides, who are we Zhu Yuanzhang? When we were marching and fighting, we also had a lot of Hu Yuan traitors. He's a sixty or seventy-year-old man, and he can still hurt us?"

"The last general, the last general......" The commander of the guards heard this, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.

"Stand down!"

"Go to the prison and get fifty sticks from the overseer, and a fine of one year."

"Yes!"

The commander of the guards withdrew.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang turn his gaze to Yan Shenggong, extremely no

Said patiently: "Say, you came from Shandong thousands of miles to see us, what is the matter?"

"Please let the emperor step aside." Yan Shenggong did not bow down when he saw the emperor, and the emperor did not dare to kill him. And his expression is extremely arrogant, quite like I'm here to guide you.

"Okay, we'd like to hear what you want to say to us." Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and waved it to let the serving palace maid exit the room.

"Your Majesty, what Qin Yu did seemed to be beneficial to the imperial court, but it was actually endangering the emperor's country." Yan Shenggong's first sentence shocked Zhu Yuanzhang, "If the emperor wants the Ming Dynasty to be passed on to thousands of generations, it is best to kill this great harm first."

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a calm tone.

Those who are familiar with him know that the calmer Emperor Zhu's tone is, the more terrifying the power that erupts from behind.

Tranquility on the eve of a storm.

"Please listen to the emperor's ministers." However, Yan Shenggong didn't feel any murderous aura, he was still a good teacher, and he was pointing at Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance, "Your Majesty can know the five techniques of controlling the people in the emperor's technique?"

"We really don't know." Zhu Yuanzhang's turbulent road.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't read when he was a child, he liked to study very much later, and later became an emperor, of course he knew what the five arts of controlling the people were.

"The emperor has never read the book of sages before, and he doesn't know the five skills of controlling the people, which is reasonable." Yan Shenggong said with a surging expression, with an expression that I had already guessed, "The minister came today to give the emperor the five techniques of controlling the people, and with this five techniques of controlling the people, the emperor's country can last for a long time."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't express any opinion when he heard this, but motioned for him to continue.

"The ancestor Confucius said: The people can make it, but they can't know it." Seeing this, Yan Shenggong said even more ambitiously, "The Shang Jun of Ximu Lixin said: The people are weak and the country is strong, and the people are strong and the country is weak. Therefore, a country of the Tao must be for the weak."

"Tao Te Ching" says: Those who are good in ancient times are not enlightened people, but will be foolish. The people are difficult to govern, and they are wise."

"The meaning of the saints of the Spring and Autumn Period could not be clearer, only when the people are weak, can the country be strong."

"What does the emperor think Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used to respect Confucianism for? Isn't it for the sake of fooling the people, controlling the people? The emperors of all dynasties respected Confucianism, and they were all for the purpose of controlling the people. Only an emperor who has mastered the art of controlling the people is a qualified emperor. Only then can the people be honest and not rebel against the emperor."

"In this way, the emperor's country will be more stable."

"The five techniques of controlling the people were put forward by Shang Jun, which are the foolish people, the weak people, the tired people, the humiliating people, and the poor people."

"And the so-called "Renaissance" that Qin Yu engaged in, wrote books such as "Breaking the Sky", "Romance of the Dragon and Snake", "Son-in-law God of War", etc., which did not have any loyal and patriotic thoughts, paid too much attention to personal love and hatred, and everything was centered on the individual. Its purpose is to open the minds of the people, which is the opposite of the art of the sages of the past."