The Alternate Emperor?

Zhu Qiyuan was stunned for a moment, he had never heard of such a name, and immediately reacted.

He is now in charge of the country by Zhu Houzhao, and when Zhu Houzhao is not there, he is the biggest in the entire Taiwu Dynasty, not the emperor is better than the emperor, isn't he the executive deputy emperor.

When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It really doesn't feel good."

The executive vice emperor of the Taiwu Dynasty is indeed in a high position, but when he really does things, he is extremely uncomfortable, and the whole thing is a "quarrel".

It's either a quarrel, or it's on the way to a quarrel.

Of course, it is not that he quarrels with others, but that he watches others quarrel and mediates between them by the way.

At first, I thought it was quite interesting to watch the ministers quarrel, but as the number of people quarreling increased, only a headache remained.

"Hahahaha."

Zhu Houzhao laughed, it was very annoying for the ministers to quarrel, but it was not necessarily a bad thing, he said meaningfully:

"In your opinion, is it a good thing or a bad thing for the ministers to quarrel with each other?"

Zhu Qiyuan understood that his father intended to teach him a lesson, and immediately said seriously: "Please teach your father." ”

"Quarrels between ministers due to different political views or other reasons are not uncommon, and there have been dynasties and dynasties."

"Whether this situation is good or bad, it depends on the situation."

Zhu Houzhao's tone was gloomy, giving people an unfathomable feeling: "Standing on a personal level, it is really annoying to see the ministers quarreling. ”

"But from another point of view, this is a very good thing, at least for the emperor, but what is the reason for this?"

looked at Zhu Qiyuan with burning eyes, his eyes were full of expectation.

Zhu Qiyuan is such a smart person, after thinking about it carefully, he understood what Zhu Houzhao meant, and said:

"The ministers quarrel with each other and do not deal with each other, which shows that there is no large-scale party formation among the ministers, and there is no threat to the imperial power!"

"If there is harmony among the ministers, and there is no half of the contradictions, then it is time to be vigilant."

He actually didn't know much about the emperor's mental skills, but after following Zhu Houzhao for so many years, he naturally learned a lot of things.

"Yes!"

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently: "It's not terrible for the ministers to be capable, but it's terrible for the ministers to unite the party and collude, just like the civil official group in the past." ”

"When the civilian-bureaucratic clique was still there, all the officials in the entire court were almost breathing out of one nostril, from the cabinet chief assistant to the local officials, eight or nine times out of ten they could have anything to do with the civilian-bureaucratic clique."

"In such an environment, the emperor can't hear a few big truths, and most of them are afraid of horses, flattery, or modified nonsense, which is not beneficial to the country, and even more disadvantageous to the imperial power."

"Now the ministers are arguing, which may sound a little annoying, but it is beneficial to us.

"The way of the emperor lies in the word balance, if the court is unbalanced, there is only one voice left, and the imperial power is in danger."

Seeing that Zhu Qiyuan showed an expression that seemed to understand but did not understand, knowing that this stupid son was still lacking a little fire, Zhu Houzhao then asked:

"Do you think the many ministers in the court are loyal enough?"

If such a taboo topic were changed to someone else, they would definitely be scared and sweaty, and they would not dare to say half a word, but between their father and son, there was nothing that could not be said.

Zhu Qiyuan said without hesitation: "Naturally, you are loyal." ”

"They have followed you all the way, and loyalty should be no problem."

"Hah"

Zhu Houzhao sneered noncommittally and said: "Whether the ministers are loyal or not, this point is left aside for the time being, Dad will tell you a story!" ”

Zhu Qiyuan looked confused, what does the loyalty of the ministers have to do with the story?

He felt that his thinking couldn't keep up with Zhu Houzhao's routine.

Zhu Houzhao told the story by himself, a very cliché, very devastating story, but very thoughtful.

"There is an old alley in the north of the capital, and there is a courtyard in the alley, and there are several families living in the yard"

"The old and helpless blacksmith, the fat man who is addicted to officials, and the talent who must be compared."

"A young widow, a skilled cook, a villainous merchant, a thief"

"The old woman who relies on the old and sells the old, the old widow who is bitter and mean."

After a slight pause, Zhu Houzhao continued:

"The blacksmith has no children and no daughters, and he has nothing to rely on, so he calculates that the cook will provide for his old age."

"A young widow with limited ability hangs a cook in order to support her three children."

"The cook has a beautiful heart and a gall, and he raises children for nothing, and he can't get a good one, and he hasn't started a family in recent middle age."

"The old woman, who had a good relationship with the cook, couldn't bear to see the cook die, so she made a mistake and locked the merchant's wife in a room with the cook."

"In the end, the blacksmith got his wish, and someone gave him a pension."

"The fat man who is addicted to officials, and the talent who must be compared, although these two people are unkind to their fathers and unfilial to their sons, they are not depressed in their later years."

"A young widow raised all three children, and her life was complete."

"Only the cook, what did he get?"

"I have a son who is difficult to recognize, he is getting old, he has no use value, and he was kicked out of the house by his adopted son and froze to death on the street."

At the end of the story, Zhu Houzhao asked softly: "What do you see in this story?" ”

Zhu Qiyuan was dumbfounded, he really didn't know how to answer his father's question, he only felt that his three views were shattered.

a blacksmith who will do whatever it takes to support his retirement;

a fat man who does everything to be an official;

The baht must be compared, and the talent who picks the door to the extreme;

can be called the widow of the white lotus in the prosperous era;

the old woman who forcibly matched people;

an old widow who is bitter and suspicious;

a white-eyed wolf accustomed to stealing;

a merchant who can even sell his wife;

and the cook who is calculated by everyone.

This cliché story of a series of characters simply shows the ugliness of human nature, which makes Zhu Qiyuan, a young man who seems to have a lot of experience, but in fact has average experience, directly dumbfounded.

"This"

Looking at Zhu Houzhao with confusion, Zhu Qiyuan racked his brains and couldn't understand why his father told him this story.

"It feels incredible, doesn't it?"

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Zhu Houzhao understood what Zhu Qiyuan was thinking with just one glance.

"Yes."

Zhu Qiyuan didn't have a dead duck's mouth, he couldn't understand Zhu Houzhao's intention in telling this story, and he felt incredible about the content of the story.

Love each other on the surface, but in fact there are calculations everywhere, human nature, is it so ugly?

"A group of people surrounded a cook, calculating this, calculating that, and in the end, everyone benefited, but the cook ended miserably."

"You say, is it the fault of that group of people, or is it the chef's own stupidity?"

Zhu Houzhao's words were full of temptation, although the reality was cruel, he just wanted to let Zhu Qiyuan see through the reality.

After seeing through reality and understanding human nature, Zhu Qiyuan is qualified to take charge of the country.

Stepping into the realm of the Immortal Dao, the realm has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the ominous premonition in his heart has become more and more intense, and his time may be running out!

Have you ever read "Love in the Courtyard"?

(End of chapter)