Chapter 181: The Secluded Qianqing Palace

The prince knelt on the ground in silence.

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "If you just want to kneel, what's the difference between being outside and being inside?" ”

The crown prince said, "Father, the child is wrong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's wrong. ”

The voice was as calm as a pool of stagnant water. Not a little wave.

The crown prince said: "The mistake is not to go against the will of my father. ”

"Isn't it enough for you to disobey me?" Zhu Yuanzhang still said in a calm tone: "Let me ask you, what did I explain to you before?" ”

The prince silently recalled in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang gave the prince a lot of explanations, and the prince didn't know which one it was for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was already soft, and he said: "I can't remember, I told you that the matter of changing the law was presided over by you and He Xi, to be precise, by you." What did you do? ”

The prince was silent.

He didn't do anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was still calm, and he said, "You didn't do anything. Okay, I know you're not too willing. It does not matter. Most of the things that He Xi has done are that you just need to use him well in the future. What does it mean today? What do you mean by interceding for Liu Sanwu twice? ”

The prince said: "Erchen just thinks that Old Master Liu is not guilty of death. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Is that just it? ”

The prince said, "No. That's it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know that you did this to expose the contradiction between you and me to the world, and today everyone knows that the prince does not like the new law?" The crown prince did not like His Majesty's new law. Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang instantly became angry and scolded sharply: "Idiot." Did You Know? What does this mean? Don't think I don't know, I just don't care. What do you want to do, in the future I die, you do it. I just didn't think of it. You don't want to wait even that time. Do you think that I dare not abolish you. ”

The prince listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, like five thunderbolts.

At this moment, he knew the reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's anger.

Today's incident is actually not a big deal, it is just a formality. The prince only needs to sit in peace, and does not need to express his opinion. But the prince warned He Xi before, and pleaded for Liu Sanwu later. Completely exposed his mind.

Let's be honest. Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know the prince's thoughts?

Of course, yes. Even the routine that the prince wants to do, Zhu Yuanzhang can guess it in his heart. However, he didn't care, and even acquiesced to the prince's doing. Zhu Yuanzhang is concerned about the new law. It is the implementation of the future policy, between the prince and He Xi, Zhu Yuanzhang is not interested in everything.

It's just that he's also doing things in a hurry. I hope to gnaw down the hardest thing about changing the law. In the future, let the prince only have to keep the deeds.

Now, the prince's incident today has ruined all Zhu Yuanzhang's efforts.

Zhu Yuanzhang faced a dilemma, either if he wants to continue to change the law, he must dispose of the prince, if he does not dispose of the prince, look at it, all those who oppose the new law will gather around the prince and form a powerful force.

You know, this is just the beginning. Although He Xi's manuscript is not kept secret, the speed of transmission in this era is not too fast. Many people with a stake in them do not know that there are already so many opponents.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that among the silent majority, how many people were resentful.

There is a price to be paid for killing.

Things hurt their kind, rabbits die and foxes are sad. Zhu Yuanzhang's unkindness to the officials, expecting them to be truly loved by the same kind, Zhu Yuanzhang himself knew that it was impossible.

And many people didn't notice before that there was another person's influence in the court who could fight against Zhu Yuanzhang. This man is the crown prince.

As mentioned above, the prince actually did the matter of the celebrant eunuch and the first assistant. A natural civil leader. It's just that before, many people ignored this matter, after all, in their opinion, the emperor and the crown prince are intimate.

Now, I found that there seemed to be a bit of a problem between the prince and the emperor.

It's just that the prince is unwilling, and there are still many people under the prince who will push the prince up. Not to mention. The prince's latent power is actually very powerful. Zhu Yuanzhang had not guarded against the prince before, and he had just pondered for a while, not considering the relationship between father and son, if he dealt with the prince, it would be a big case far more than Hu Weiyong's case.

It's what Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want to do.

It can be said that the prince is out of place a few words. A few pleas put Zhu Yuanzhang in a dilemma, and directly pushed his storage position to the edge of the cliff.

The prince is not a fool, he was concerned about it before. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned it, he understood it in an instant. said: "Erchen knows that he is wrong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said, "What's the use of knowing that it's wrong?" Tell me, what exactly do you want to do? Straight, make it clear. Don't hide. I'll give you a chance. ”

The prince was in a cold sweat at the moment, and what he was most worried about had finally arrived. Zhu Yuanzhang said that he would give him a chance, and he seemed to be really moved by the heart of abolishing the establishment.

The prince did not feel deceived Zhu Yuanzhang, or felt that he could not hide Zhu Yuanzhang from his plan. said: "Father, the son has no other meaning. I just think that this change is too big, the process of more than 100 years, we will have a few years or even faster, there are many and complicated things, and I think that the more this society develops, the more unstable the royal family will be. The sons couldn't figure out why their father did this. Second, I am also worried that I will not be able to do this thing at all. Take it slow first. Take it easy. Didn't do well before? It's like Liaodong, coming quietly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "I have known one thing in the past few decades, and in everything, I must seize the opportunity, strike first, and strike later. He Xi, He Xi theory, the so-called industrial revolution will definitely come. Taking the initiative to grasp this thing is completely different from passively accepting it. ”

"Taking the initiative to seize the opportunity, we can create a new world for Daming and the Zhu family, and make Daming go to a higher level. Passively accept, the fate of the Qing Dynasty, it's not that you haven't seen it, step by step, step by step, chasing an opportunity from behind, it's too difficult. ”

"Don't you understand this simple truth?"

The prince was silent for a while, and then said, "Understood." ”

There are some things that are not a matter of understanding or not understanding.

It's a matter of character. Character determines fate, and it's not bad at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a cautious person, building a high city, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming the king, this strategy can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang has a cautious side of his character. But Zhu Yuanzhang was not without risky moves, Zhu Yuanzhang several times, he spent the night in the surrender camp, and let the surrendered troops as escorts, in order to show Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in the surrendered troops, in order to win people's hearts.

As for the battle of Poyang Lake, the boat was burned several times, and Zhu Yuanzhang changed ships to fight again. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's courage.

And among Zhu Biao's character, the cautious part is greatly strengthened. This is especially true after he learned about the martyrdom.

It is almost impossible to get him to take the initiative to do risky things.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's good to understand." Mu Ying hasn't left yet, you pack up and go to Beiping to sit down. Together with Mu Ying. ”

The prince was stunned for a moment and said, "Does my father want to abolish me?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I said, I'll give you another chance." You go to live in Peking for a few years, and when the dust settles in Nanjing. When will I be back. ”

Does Zhu Yuanzhang have any intention of abolishing the prince? But I was too disappointed with the prince's actions today, because the prince was in Nanjing, which had become an obstacle. Zhu Yuanzhang can even imagine that there will be many people who will obstruct the new law in the name of the crown prince.

For these people, Zhu Yuanzhang has long been ready to open the killing ring.

But they must be separated from the prince, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang will not be able to abolish the prince.

After all, in his own great cause, above his love for his children, Zhu Yuanzhang always thinks about his own great cause, not his son. Even if the crown prince Chenghuan has been on his knees for so many years, Zhu Yuanzhang has a very soft heart and is very good to his children. But the heart is also very hard, and in big things, the means are extremely fierce.

The same is true today.

When the two can't have both, Zhu Yuanzhang's true colors are revealed.