Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be very confused.

"When the people live well and become rich, not only will they not rebel against the imperial court, but they will do their best to protect their homes and their happy lives. Sacrifice your life to fight against foreign invasion, and go forward without fear of bloodshed and sacrifice."

"Because only their own families and their own happy lives are worthy of their duty to defend without hesitation, forgetting their lives and forgetting their deaths."

"In order not to treat them as human beings, the corrupt court, and even the scholar class who ride on their heads and every day, and sacrifice their lives and deaths to fight for their lives, it sounds extremely stupid."

"Their spontaneous heroism against foreign enemies for the sake of their own happiness and their confrontation against foreign enemies under the control of Confucianism and spirit are completely different things."

"There is a world of difference between the two."

"The former is monolithic, while the latter is riddled with holes."

"History has proven countless times that when people are not living well. No matter how much Confucianism teaches the people how to be loyal to the monarch and how to love the court, it will be blown away like scattered sand."

"The compulsion of thoughts is not very useful at all."

"To put it simply, only a happy and beautiful life can make the masses of people willingly throw their heads and spill their blood for the land under their feet."

"What the emperor said makes too much sense."

"Makes sense."

The ministers said one after another. After Zhu Yuanzhang was "trained" by Qin Yu, he made great progress in both ideology and concept, and had a deeper understanding of the relationship between the court and the people.

And because of Qin Yu, the ministers have also taken their cognition up a notch.

"This seems extremely unreasonable!" Zhu Yuanzhang said. "Could it be that the emperors of the past dynasties who attached importance to controlling the people were all stupid pigs and didn't understand this very superficial truth?"

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is very clear about the situation of the royal family.

In the education of the royal families of the past dynasties, the crown prince and the prince would secretly teach the princes how to control the people and how to shepherd the people like a flock, which is the so-called "imperial art".

That's why there is the word "grace".

Don't think that those Confucians, who are princes and concubines, will only implement benevolent government for the princes.

If someone really thinks like this, it is too simple, and the great Confucians will teach the prince how to control the people.

Teach in the dark.

"Elite education" exclusive to the imperial family.

The great Confucians are all masters in this area.

When the ministers heard this, they immediately fell silent, saying that they could not solve this difficult problem.

"Forget it, we know you can't answer it." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Let's go and ask Mr. Qin."

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"Actually, the answer to this question is very simple." On the hillside of Lujia Village, Qin Yu sat on the grass, chatting with Village Chief Huang, and after hearing his question, he replied very lazily, "Anyone who has completed nine years of compulsory education can answer it."

"Oh, what a simple method?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked incredulously.

A problem that the ministers can't solve, he actually said it's very simple?

"It's because they're weak and unconfident." Qin Yu said.

"Weak heart, not confident?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand.

"Do you know Emperor Wei Ming?" Qin Yu asked.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "He is the third emperor of Cao Wei, the son of Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei."

"Cao Rong used the art of controlling the people to the extreme." Qin Yu said, "At that time, the Shu Han and Eastern Wu were still there, and his Cao family was not orthodox. So he was very worried that the people would rebel against his rule, that the people would want to restore the Han Dynasty, and that the people would take refuge in Shu Han or Eastern Wu. Therefore, in Cao Ei's eyes, the people under his rule are his henchmen."

"He is very weak-hearted, so he has used the art of controlling the people to the extreme."

"How weak and unconfident does this Cao Rong have to be!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed when he heard this.

"Yes, Cao Rong was very weak at that time." Qin Yu said, "Any emperor who has a little self-confidence will not do this

Because it is not orthodox and cannot give the people a stable life, Cao Rong does not believe that the people will sincerely submit to him."

"As everyone knows, the orthodoxy of the court is not so important in the hearts of the people."

"All the people want is a stable and peaceful life."

"Not only does it not matter whether the court is orthodox or not, but even whether the court is alien or not."

"Therefore, as long as he can make the people live a stable life, the people will not resist him at all, and will even support him. His policies are completely contrary to what he wants."

"How can it be said that it is the opposite?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "I remember that it is recorded in the history books that during the Cao Ei period, there were almost no popular uprisings in the entire north."

"In other words, his method has achieved some results."

"These are all oppressed illusions of peace, similar to a return to the light." Qin Yu said, "So later Cao Wei was destroyed by Sima Yi, and the Cao family was bullied very badly by the Sima family."

"The Sima family is also in the wrong position, and they also began to feel weak."

"Therefore, the Sima family also followed Cao Ei's extreme control of the people, which led to the later Wuhu entering the Central Plains, and the Han family was almost wiped out. Therefore, harnessing the people is not only harmful to themselves, but also to the whole nation."

"The imperial court regarded the people as the biggest enemy, even the enemy, and it was really because of the emperor's weakness and lack of self-confidence." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after hearing this. I thought that we Zhu Yuanzhang would not be weak-hearted, so we never thought of abusing the people.

We've even been thinking about how to be good to the people.

For this reason, those lawless nobles who abuse the people can be killed without hesitation.

Compared with those weak emperors of previous dynasties, our Lao Zhu's self-confidence is first-class.

Zhu Yuanzhang does have strong self-confidence, and he is not weak at all. The Daming Dynasty was defeated by him with a knife and a gun, and he also drove Hu Yuan to restore the Han family, and achieved an unprecedented vast territory.

He had a real sense of eloquence and had an extremely strong grip over the sergeants.

Whether in terms of military talent or orthodoxy, he has no reason not to be confident or weak-minded.

That's why he dared to really speak for the people and be the "only husband" among the emperors.

Throughout history, none of the founding emperors dared to do so. Li Er wants to encircle those family valves who fight the world with him, and Zhao Kuangyin wants to envelop those festival envoys.

They were afraid of offending the nobles, and they did not dare to speak for the people.

They are also weak-minded, and they are not confident.

Is it because Song Taizu released the military power with a cup of wine and did not kill those festival envoys because of kindness?

No, he didn't dare.

"Several emperors of Cao Rong and the Sima family are not in the right position, and it is understandable that they are weak in their hearts and use the art of controlling the people, but what about the other emperors?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again, "There seems to be no emperor in history who does not control the people."