"Big brother, you?" Zhu Su looked at the eldest brother Zhu Biao in front of him in surprise.

"You are guessing, you and Xiongying in 'history' were also given ...... by civilian officials"

"Fifth brother. You once told me that as a prince, you should put 'the interests of the country first'. Zhu Biao did not answer positively, but poured himself a cup of tea.

"Big brother, the more I think about it, the more I feel that it has infinite charm."

"Previously, I was taught by Mr. Zhu, and I only knew that to be a benevolent monarch, I needed to respect Confucianism and follow the rules. If you want to be benevolent, filial, courteous and righteous, the world will naturally be governed. ”

But when my father asked me to watch him govern the country, I found that the methods used by my father were quite cruel and inconsistent with the scriptures taught by the masters. Dad is the founder of the country, and it cannot be said that it is unknown. But why the means of governing the country are so different from what the master said, I don't always understand it, big brother. ”

Zhu Su nodded and continued to listen to Zhu Biao's words. Lao Zhu was busy fighting the world in the past, and his own cultural level was not high, so he spent a lot of effort to invite many world-famous Confucians to teach Zhu Biao. But how can those great Confucians govern the country? They will, that is, they just brag about "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom" and "teach people with virtue".

Lao Zhu, as the emperor, is decisive in killing and ruling the world. Zhu Biao's instilled Confucian standard of "benevolence" is naturally very different from that of a male lord like Lao Zhu.

Zhu Biao raised his neck and drank the tea soup, and then said: "This matter has bothered me for several years, and when I asked the master, the master was silent, and only said that he wanted me to be a benevolent monarch in the future; When I asked my father, my father couldn't explain it, and only told me that being an emperor was not a righteous person. But I still don't understand how to weigh them. It wasn't until you told Brother Wei to 'put the interests of the country first' that Brother Wei found a yardstick. ”

"If you are a benevolent monarch, there is no mistake in nature, and if you are a benevolent monarch, the world will return to the heart, and the people will naturally live in peace. But there is nothing wrong with doing it as fiercely as my father, and being a monarch is not just a matter of benevolence. Sometimes some thunderous means should be used, as long as the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for the country, even if the monarch is arbitrary, it is not impossible. ”

"Good!" When Zhu Biao said this, Zhu Su couldn't help but stand up. He slightly straightened the sleeves of his robe, and bowed down to Zhu Biao at the back of the upright: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an understanding, and the younger brother congratulates His Royal Highness the Prince, and congratulates Daming!" ”

Zhu Su was not moved. Zhu Biao is the future of the Ming Dynasty, and his changes in heart can have earth-shaking variables for the Ming court and even the entire Chinese history. Although Zhu Biao in history is also a qualified heir, his governing philosophy is actually in conflict with Lao Zhu.

In history, Zhu Biao "always wants to carry out a wide and easy government, but in the end, it is difficult to do it because of disagreement with the emperor". It can be seen that Zhu Biao was deeply influenced by Confucianism, especially science.

But now, today's Zhu Biao has a thorough understanding that there is a criterion that is not based on the moral standards of Confucianism, but based on the interests of the country. A successor who puts the interests of the country first and can not hesitate to abandon the standard of benevolent and righteous monarchs in books is undoubtedly excellent news for him Zhu Su and even for the future of the Ming Dynasty.

At least, Zhu Su didn't have to worry that he would be opposed by the eldest brother because he instigated the old Zhu to expand his territory.

"Why is it so raw all of a sudden?" Zhu Biao pulled Zhu Su to sit down. "Big brother can figure out the joints, or rely on you to solve the puzzle. If not, even if he succeeds to the throne in the future, maybe it will be just another Jianwen and Chongzhen. He shook his head and smiled wryly.

Emperor Jianwen listened to Wenchen, made something "retro", and finally made a big basket of Jingnan; Chongzhen was fooled into a cripple by the Donglin Party, and came up with the so-called "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" but covered the last handful of tomb soil for the Ming Dynasty. With these two painful lessons, as well as Lao Zhu's distrustful attitude towards civil officials from beginning to end, Zhu Biao had to reflect on his previous excessive respect for these moral gentlemen.

"It's a little farther away." Zhu Biao smiled embarrassedly. "Now let's talk about the civil servants. The emperor should put the interests of the country first, and this matter should be realized later. So the brother began to think, since the emperor should take this as the criterion, then what should be the criterion of the literati? ”

"As the four sentences of Hengqu said, establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations?"

"Huh." Zhu Su scoffed. "If this is the case, then after more than two hundred years, there will be no so-called water that is too cold and the scalp is itchy."

"Not bad." Zhu Biao nodded. "Although the four sentences of Hengqu sound uplifting, but for the sake of brother, the vast majority of literati can't do it."

These four sentences are just to cover up those people's shame and make their actions high-sounding. It is not the true criterion in the minds of the literati. ”

Hengqu four sentences are famous all over the world, and a Confucian student was randomly pulled from the street and asked him why he studied Confucianism, but I am afraid that nine out of nine answers are these four sentences.

Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually said that these four sentences are just things used by most literati to cover up their shame. If these words are heard by others, I am afraid that the eldest brother Zhu Biao will lose the hearts of the people in the world in an instant.

However, Zhu Su, who was the only one present at this time, nodded his head and couldn't agree more.

"Throughout history, I summarized the actions of the officials of the dynasty, and discussed with my father about the future generations of the Ming Dynasty, and finally believed that the criterion hidden by the literati under the fig leaf was: 'Vertical arch and rule the world'." Zhu Biao continued.

That is to say, the emperor hangs the arch, and the ministers rule the country. That's what they're really aiming for. ”

Therefore, Huaixi is powerful, and they huddle together to deal with Huaixi; The vassal kings were strong, and they encouraged the king to deal with the vassal king; The emperor is still martial, and they create an accident and set up a new master; The internal prison is autocratic, and they deceive the new king and cut it off......"

"Its ultimate goal, that is, the criterion for its actions, is always to achieve the so-called 'ruling the world by hanging the arch', which is the great righteousness in the hearts of civil officials, even if they use some selfish means for it, they are justifiable."

"The fifth brother thinks that he is a brother, but is it?" Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Su with burning eyes.

"Big brother Takami." Zhu Su arched his hand. In fact, he felt that Zhu Biao was still too polite, to put it bluntly, what civil officials want is "power". They are not satisfied with "herdsmen on behalf of the emperor", but do not want to take away the authority in the hands of the emperor all the time, the emperor does nothing, ties his hands and "hangs the arch", and hands over the world to the civil officials, this emperor is naturally a benevolent monarch.

On the contrary, it is "unkind" and "tyrant", which is more disgusting to civil officials than faint kings.

What they want is an obedient emperor, no matter how bad it is, it can be fooled. The most uncomfortable thing is that Lao Zhu is difficult to fool and has a strong desire for power, but he is still the founder of the country, and the hole cards in his hand are so thick that it is difficult for civil officials to compete with them.

Let them not until after the change of Tumubao, the Zhu family's several generations of heritage were defeated by that loser, and they found the dawn of "vertical arch and world rule".

"How did Big Brother come up with this section?" Zhu Su asked with some curiosity.

"Speaking of which, it's kind of care, but it's messy. Actually, it's because of Xiongying. Zhu Biao shook his head and smiled.

"Since Xiongying was born, my brother has been worrying about the 'early death' you said."

"Ben is just thinking about the congenital deficiency. But suddenly one day, my brother suddenly blessed my soul. ”

"Thinking about Xiongying's 'early death' in history, will it be the same reason as Wuzong and Xizong?"

(End of chapter)