Lu Ben spoke what was in their hearts, what they wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

They are all princes of the court now, and their children and grandchildren will have a great chance of becoming officials in the future. But if all the people in the world are allowed to study, and tens of millions of poor students emerge, then their descendants will have little chance of entering the office.

What are they doing in the court?

One is for oneself, and the other is for future generations.

"Lord Lu, you said that the people of the world did not contribute to the creation of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly the case." Lu Bendao, "It was those soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy and shed blood and sacrificed, and it was those generals who commanded the charge before the Ruoding formation." It is the strategists who are in charge. ”

"It doesn't have much to do with the people."

"You're wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Let's just ask you, those soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy, the generals who charged, and the soldiers who strategized, do they want to eat?" Do you want to get dressed? ”

"The soldiers are fighting every day, they don't have time to grow crops, where do they get their food and clothing?"

"In the final analysis, the source of it is not the farmers who plough the land themselves?"

"To put it mildly, if a soldier doesn't eat for a day, he can't afford to pick up a knife or gun."

"So you say that the establishment of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the people, which is a complete fallacy. Let us tell you that the establishment of any dynasty is closely related to the people and is the result of the choice of the people all over the world. ”

"Back then, if it weren't for our team, who did nothing to the people, our team would not have marched all the way."

"The people see us as their hope, if not, do you think we can get military rations and military salaries? Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the reason why we succeed is because we have the support of the people. ”

"Why didn't Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang win the world?"

"In addition to the misconduct, there is another important reason. Everywhere they went, the people hid in the mountains, and they were not given a grain of food. ”

"They will even be attacked by the people."

"So it's not so much the Ming Dynasty that we and all the heroes of the court jointly established, but the Ming Dynasty that we and all the heroes and the people of the world established together."

"If the Ming Dynasty is established, the credit of the people will be thrown aside, which is called forgetting the roots."

"So let's say that the establishment of the Ming Dynasty has the credit of every person in the world."

"No, only the rank has merit."

"When the army went out, the soldiers were suffering, and the people were also suffering. If you wait for the hard work of the battlefield, the people will not work hard? They were already oppressed by the Yuan Dynasty, and they still have to use the remaining rations to support you. ”

"Now that the Ming Dynasty is established, and even rich and powerful, you will forget about them?"

"Only recognize those who have achieved fame, not those who have paid behind them."

The ministers fell silent for a moment.

They can speak now because they have the right to speak.

The people have no right to speak and cannot speak, and their merits are easily overlooked.

"It can be said that if we don't completely change the old strategy of the previous dynasties now. Only give scholars and doctors the opportunity to enter the ranks, but not to give the people a chance. The Ming Dynasty will definitely follow the old path of the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties. ”

"And then, like these dynasties, perished in less than three hundred years."

"We don't want the Ming Dynasty to follow their old path."

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"Secondly, let's talk about the sentence that other people's efforts for several generations should lose to you for ten years."

"In the court, how many generations have you worked hard?"

"No, wait, it's just that your generation has worked hard."

"And then with the efforts of a generation, you want to monopolize the glory and wealth all the time, as a master? And for the benefit of your children and grandchildren for generations to come, until the dynasty is destroyed? ”

"While you are working hard, others are not working hard?"

"The people of the world have no effort?"

"Again, we disagree very much, the phrase 'lost to the ten-year cold window'." Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "You are now famous, and your children and grandchildren will start more than one level higher than the children of the Han family. ”

"If you start so much higher than others and lose, what does that prove?"

"It can only prove that your juniors know the common people all day long, and they don't learn and don't know how to bully the market."

"Or in terms of IQ, it's really not as good as those who are the best in the poor."

"And these outstanding people are the pillars of the country."

"With such good conditions, your children and grandchildren can surpass most people with a little effort, and they will not lose. Not to mention the glory and wealth, you all have it now. ”

"Remember, we are not doing this to cut off the way for your children and grandchildren to enter the office, but not to let your and other families enjoy it exclusively. Don't let a few of you monopolize the entry, and don't give others a chance. ”

"If you only give your children and grandchildren the opportunity to study, then what the Ming Dynasty has is only the wisdom of your small wave of people."

"If the people of the world are given the opportunity to study, then what the Ming Dynasty has is the wisdom of hundreds of millions of people."

"Tell us, is it the wisdom of the more people, or the higher wisdom of the few people?"

"As the saying goes, everyone carries firewood and the flame is high."

"The flame of my Ming Dynasty should not only be lit by a small pile of firewood from the scholar class. Instead, let all the firewood of all the descendants of China burn brightly. ”

"There is less dry firewood, and there is less flame to burn."

"When there is more dry firewood, the flame that burns is bigger."

"Only when the flames of all the Chinese people burn together can they raise fire to the sky and illuminate the universe."

After hearing this, the ministers were powerless to refute.

Since Emperor Zhu came into contact with Qin Yu, his vision and knowledge have become higher and higher.

So high that with their abilities, they can't find any reason to refute it.

What Emperor Zhu said is reasonable and well-founded, and if they want to oppose it, it can only show one point, they are looking for death.

The ministers lamented and had to silently accept the result.

In the future, if their children and grandchildren want to enter the office, they can only study hard, and they can no longer inherit directly. Their children and grandchildren have a much higher starting point than the children of the poor family, and as long as the tutor is better, their chances are still much greater than that of the children of the poor family.

As long as you don't commit adultery, prosperity and wealth can still be guaranteed.

After all, Emperor Zhu now gives them a very high salary.

Let them leave a lot of property to their children and grandchildren after they retire.

It's just that he can no longer be like before, bullying and dominating the market, fishing and meating villagers, being a gentleman for a lifetime, and finally being a big official.

"May I ask the emperor, are there any specific measures for the whole country to run education?" After being silent for a long time, Wang Guangyang, the education scholar, stood up and stepped forward to ask.

"That's what you should ask." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Instead of opposing it all the time." ”

"Mr. Qin's wisdom is much higher than yours, and you can't find a reason to oppose it."