"Now I know, why did we hide it from you first?" Seeing the shock and anger on the prince's face, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said:

"We don't want to make you uncomfortable."

"Dad, don't worry, my son is not so fragile." Zhu Biao spit out turbid airway:

"I finally understand why Wu Zhuangyuan, who has always disdained to get involved in government affairs, suddenly became so active recently, and he had to check the accounts of Zhongshu Province."

"What did you find out?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"......" the prince shook his head.

"We'll know." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said:

"The accounts on the surface are definitely fine. The power of Zhongshu Province is too great, not to mention the prime ministers, even the Lang Zhong and the chief affairs below, and they can't look down on the two jujubes. People only need to make it easier for them to make it easier for them to send money to their homes...... Why do you still have to fight the idea in the public account? That's too much to think about. ”

"Father is right." The prince nodded approvingly: "Just checking the accounts of Zhongshu Province is really useless. Even the accounts of the household department could not be found. ”

"That's right, how did the empty seal case come about?" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head and said: "Isn't it just that the local government openly came to the household department to talk about the number and discuss how to do the accounts?" ”

"Yes." The prince smiled bitterly: "The account books produced in this way must be beautiful and cannot be faulted." ”

"So," Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "We have to create the yellow book at any cost, and only by grasping the accurate income from the source can we make those tricks of collusion between the top and bottom and collusion inside and outside have nothing to hide." ”

After a pause, he said again: "Of course, if you want to find out, you have to have the kind of sixth man, understand...... Only those who are audits can do it, but not anyone can do it. ”

Saying that, he sneered and said, "If Wu Zhuangyuan is also good, why did we stop the imperial examination in the first place?" ”

"Yes, Erchen has also found that they say they are invincible in the world, but they can't do anything about it." Zhu Biao nodded and said: "So this time give them one last chance to prove themselves, since they don't have that strength, they won't let them get involved in specific state affairs in the future." ”

"Ah, boss, do you think so?" Zhu Yuanzhang was pleasantly surprised: "We thought that you were too deeply influenced by Song Lian's gang, and we were not happy to hear us say such things." ”

"Father, are you so stupid in your eyes?" Zhu Biao was speechless and smiled bitterly: "Even if there is no Kai and the sixth child, Erchen is just reading, and he can see that the twenty-first history is full of the words 'Outer Confucianism and Inner Law'." ”

"That's right. We listened to Mr. talk a lot, and found that in the Han Wu Emperor Tang Taizong and those people, Confucius's set is a disguise, if you really want to do a good job in the country, you have to rely on Han Fei Li Si's set. Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands happily, he was worried about the difference in political views with the boss for a while.

Now there's no need to worry, it turns out that there is no difference between the two people's thoughts. He asked strangely:

"Then why did you rush with us as soon as we said that Confucianism was not good?"

"Dad, people say 'Outer Confucianism and Inner Law', do you just see an 'internal law'?" The prince smiled bitterly: "Automatically don't take 'Wai Confucian' seriously? ”

"Hehe...... Zhu Yuanzhang scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said, "It's true." ”

"That's not right." The prince said in a deep voice: "Outer Confucianism and internal law, not that 'Confucianism' is just a dispensable disguise. Rather, Confucianism is outside the law, and Confucianism and law complement each other.

"The so-called 'outside' is actually an external manifestation, a specific measure. It means that the state should advocate Confucian ethics and implement the so-called Confucian moral government, but the core of all this is Legalism - the monarchy is the body, and the magic is the use.

"So both are equally important. In the hands of the imperial power, they complement each other and cannot be neglected. To put it most bluntly, it is to use the governance techniques of Legalism to control the subordinates and the people.

"But the legitimacy of the regime depends on Confucianism, which can greatly reduce the cost of implementing legalist governance, and the state can operate at a low cost." As he spoke, he glanced at his old father with a happy face and said:

"Therefore, even if the monarch disagrees with it in his heart, he can never belittle Confucianism in his mouth. Because once even the emperor doesn't think so, what legitimacy does it have? Naturally, it does not bring legitimacy to the state. ”

"Oh, after listening to what you said, boss, we really opened the toilet." Zhu Yuanzhang was preached, and instead of being angry, he said happily: "We only know that we have been half-hung before." ”

"......" Zhu Biaoxin said, and he got the idiom wrong again. It's so uncomfortable for a perfectionist.

But he has never picked on the thorn of his father. He felt that his father, who had never studied in the academy for a day, could tutor to this extent in addition to his career as a horseman, which was already commendable.

"Boss, if you don't be the emperor, my father will be a general for you to fight in the south and the north." Zhu Yuanzhang seriously proposed: "You must be a better emperor than us, of course, we are also the best commander in the world." ”

"Dad, here we go again." The prince was speechless and said, "Can we not say such things?" ”

"That's what we think." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened and said, "Look at Danfan, who is in business." How can there be a Lao Tzu who is seventy or eighty years old and still does not hand over power? All of them are to let their son take over as soon as possible, and while they are not confused, they will send horses and help them for a ride, so that the family's business can last for a long time.

"Can doing business be the same as being an emperor? I'm really an emperor, you definitely can't get used to it. When the time comes, I will be so angry that I want to abolish me again, so I won't do it. The prince hurriedly intercepted him and said:

"There are no two lords in the country, and there are no two days in the sky, father. This kind of whimsical thing will definitely backfire. ”

"Alas. You're thinking too much. Now you can educate us as a prince. When we become emperors, then we are not like grandsons in front of you? Zhu Yuanzhang muttered unwillingly.

"The minister will pay attention to his father in the future." The prince sighed, and then said with a straight face: "In short, in the future, this matter must not be mentioned again, otherwise I will give up the position of the prince to the sixth child, and I will be a monk." ”

"Hey, okay, don't say it." Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly accompanied him carefully, he knew that his boss was a temper who did what he said. Quickly stopped talking.

"But boss, why did you just say that the sixth is not the third and the fourth?" He deliberately changed the subject and asked.

"Ahem, I'm so confused, I can't count what I said." Zhu Biao was also surprised, and he didn't know how he could blurt it out.

"Speaking of the sixth child, what do you think of the reform of Guozixue that he planned?" Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly changed the topic and asked.

"He talked to me many times, and the scriptures and meanings in the new textbook were all written by Erchen himself." Zhu Biao thought for a moment and said:

"Although he is ignorant, he also implements the 'external Confucian and internal law'. The technical official's proposal is very novel, and Erchen thinks that it can be tried for a few years, what if it succeeds? Didn't Da Ming become a pioneer like the Han and Tang Dynasties? ”

"What if it doesn't work out?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Then it is all the responsibility of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and the court will correct it." Zhu Biao sighed lightly and said: "If that day comes, let him be his sea king with peace of mind, this is also the ideal of the sixth child." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled with relief when he heard this: "This is also a kind of 'external Confucianism and internal law'." ”

"Father, I use terminology indiscriminately......" Zhu Biao said speechlessly.

(End of chapter)