Zhu Biao frowned, benevolence and domineering, law and virtue kept spinning and hovering in his mind.

What is Mingjun? What is Tyrant? Shouldn't a ruler be law-abiding and benevolent?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a Ming monarch? Then why did he praise Li Guang, who killed people indiscriminately, and shielded Huo Quai, who shot Li Kang?

Emperor Wu of Han was a tyrant? Then why was he able to expel the Xiongnu and completely imprint the glory of the Han Dynasty on the blood of the Chinese nation?

"Dad, do you think that what Emperor Wu of Han did is right?" Zhu Biao opened his mouth to ask Lao Zhu.

"Of course, yes!" Lao Zhu's answer was categorical.

"Just one Li Kang, if you kill it, you will kill it."

"If we were Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, we would only be more ruthless than him! More! Even in the history books, he will never be able to find the slightest mistake in Huo Qu's illness! ”

"Why?" Zhu Biao was puzzled. "Didn't you also warn me that the law of the court is the foundation of the country, and it should not be neglected."

The masters also said that the prince should be guilty of the same crime as the common people. The law of Da Ming was formulated by you personally, why are you taking the lead in violating it now? ”

"Outer Confucianism and internal law should be the way of the emperor. When the emperor violates the ban, how can he make all the people obey? ”

"Stupid!" Seeing that Zhu Biao was still obsessed, Lao Zhu was even more angry. "You were taught by those Confucian masters."

"Those literati, all of them should be killed!"

I only felt that Zhu Biao was too benevolent, and he was a good boy in other aspects. But he didn't expect Confucianism to be so deeply rooted in his heart, and Lao Zhu was suddenly very angry with those Confucian students who taught Zhu Biao!

Seeing this, Zhu Su hurriedly blocked in front of Lao Zhu, isolating their father and son. took the first step to wake up Zhu Biao and said, "Big brother, you have gotten into the tip of the horns." ”

"We must first find out, is the so-called emperor of Confucian morality or the emperor of the world?"

“…… Is there any difference between governing the country and using Confucianism? Zhu Biao asked.

"Of course it's different!" Zhu Su said loudly. "During the Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou formulated the Zhou ceremony, and there was Confucianism at that time?"

"Did the Zhou Dynasty stop ruling the country?"

"During the Qin Dynasty, Great Qin can respect Confucianism? Why was Great Qin able to unify the Six Kingdoms? ”

"After all, why did I, Huaxia, depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone? The eldest brother is familiar with history books, but he has ever thought about this problem. ”

"The people don't think about this problem, the scholars don't think about it, and the eldest brother, as the crown prince, must not think about it!"

Zhu Biao had already figured out the clue, and was looking at Zhu Su who was talking eloquently with a shocked face. Even Lao Zhu turned his head in surprise at any time, and a pair of glittering tiger eyes stared at the face of the fifth son.

Zhu Suzheng was not aware of this when he talked about the pleasure, but continued to say: "As an emperor, you not only have a supreme position, but also bear an extremely heavy obligation. ”

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools, not because Confucianism is really a good law that is not easy to come, and if Confucius is not born in heaven, there will still be days and nights in the world, and it will not really be as long as the night. Just because Confucianism emphasizes loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, it is the most suitable learning for the Han Dynasty to teach and control the scholars and the common people, so as to facilitate the governance of the Liu family! ”

"It was carried up to the altar by the emperor, just because of two words, it is easy to use! That's all! ”

"The emperor needs everyone to believe in it and worship him. But the royal family himself must not believe in this, something that has been lifted up by himself. ”

"Only by respecting Confucianism but not believing in Confucianism can we become a generation of heroes who open up the territory and expand the territory!"

This sentence is tantamount to tearing the sacred veil of Confucianism from the root. Since Dong Zhongshu, Confucianism has long been rooted in the land of China after the reproduction of successive dynasties, and has become the only prominent school in this land.

Confucianism is a good way to govern the country, Confucianism educates the people, and Confucianism is the principle of heaven and earth! Confucianism has given successive emperors, including his Zhu Biao, an incomparably beautiful world that seems to have a way to reach Datong!

It can be said that this Confucian depiction of the world of Datong is Zhu Biao's most respected goal of governing the country in the future.

But now the fifth brother said that Confucianism was carried up by the emperor, and the emperor should not believe in Confucianism!

Zhu Biao felt that the pillar in his heart seemed to be gradually collapsing.

"That'...... So what should the royal family believe? Do you believe in the law? Zhu Biao took two steps back, and his voice was a little dazed. But just now you and your father also said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not wrong in ignoring the law......"

"There is nothing wrong with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respecting Confucianism but not believing in Confucianism, and it is not wrong for Emperor Wu of Han to know the law but take the lead in breaking the law. The emperor is also the patriarch of all the people of China. As a patriarch, there is only one rule to follow. ”

"Everything must be prioritized in the interests of the country!"

"The National Interest?" Zhu Biao's eyes flashed, and his heart, which had already collapsed, seemed to have found a new pillar.

"Not bad." Zhu Su nodded.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knew that Li Guang was guilty but issued a decree to praise him because Li Guang was useful to the country at this time. It is also necessary to use him to attack the Xiongnu in the north. Therefore, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty violated the law, he was not wrong. ”

"Knowing that Huo Qu was ill and killed Li Kang unjustly, he shielded it because Huo Qu was sick and was a member of the Han army, and he was far more polite to the Han than to sin. So there's nothing wrong with that. ”

"In the same way, it is not wrong for Dad to want to punish Ru Taisu. Although Ru Taisu has a close relationship with the eldest brother, he ignores the words of the eldest brother and rashly impeaches you in your absence. To put it mildly, this is to provoke you and me to be brothers. To put it more broadly is to be arrogant and disobedient! ”

"If you let go of this fang, in the future, the subordinate officials under you will all act in vain with their own ideas, how can you lead the officials, big brother? How will I be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future? ”

"Big brother, you also listen to me about the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu in the future, right?"

"He himself has left a name of benevolence in the history books, but what can he do? It's just a clay puppet. ”

"After the son inherited the throne, he had to wrestle with the civil officials who sat big, and in the end, he even fell into the water and died an unknown death!"

"Civil officials are arbitrary, this case must not be opened! Dad wants to kill Ru Taisu, you can kill it! ”

"Well said!" Lao Zhu suddenly shouted violently, startling Zhu Su, who was talking, and Zhu Biao, who was thoughtful.

He stretched out his big hand like a bear's paw and patted Zhu Su's back approvingly, almost slapping Zhu Su's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys together. "Lao Wu said this well! That's so good! ”

"Biao'er, don't you understand? As an emperor, you should not consider what benevolence or legal system is. ”

"Everything in the world is just a means used by the emperor to govern the country!"

"Isn't it ridiculous if you have the whip in your hand that you are bound by it?"

"Lao Wu is right. For the emperor, all that needs to be considered is interests! There can only be benefits! ”

"If it's good for my Daming, as long as the price is enough, what if this law and that bullshit Confucianism are overturned?"

"Just take care of my interests."

"The art of the emperor is only in this sentence! You have to understand, you have to understand! ”

Lao Zhu's eyes were staring at Zhu Biao.

(End of chapter)