"Father."

"Well, tell me about your father, why are you unhappy?"

"Erchen ......" Zhu Youzhu hesitated and asked, "Father, don't you like your mother?" ”

Zhu Jian was stunned for a moment, and smiled dumbly: "What did the concubine tell you?" ”

"The mother didn't say it, I saw it myself, father, you...... I don't like my mother anymore. Zhu Youzhu was unhappy, "I didn't like me before." ”

Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but wonder, and then became serious: "Do you know what the emperor is?" ”

"The King of a Nation." Zhu Youzhu said.

"Yes, King of a Kingdom." Zhu Jianshen nodded in approval and said: "Since he is the king of a country, he naturally has to focus on state affairs, and a good husband and father together can't compare to a good emperor!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Of course, my father still likes you, and I also like your mother, but I am busy with official business and don't have so much time." ”

Zhu Youzhu retorted: "Father and the emperor have time, you can be diligent when you go to Aunt Wan, if you don't have time, you won't let the imperial grandmother help you choose a concubine." ”

Zhu Jianshen's face darkened, and he snorted: "Long-winded! ”

"......" Zhu Youzhu lowered his head, aggrieved in his heart.

"Okay, you're seven years old, why are you still like a child, as a prince, you have to shoulder your own responsibilities." Zhu Jianshen said lightly, "Studying hard is what you have to do now." ”

"Erchen understands," Zhu Youzhu nodded his head and asked hopefully, "Can my father teach my son?" ”

"Absolutely!" Zhu Jianshen smiled slightly, "Let's go, go to the inner hall." ”

"yes, okay." The little one was happy.

~

Zhu Jianshen wrote down two big characters and said, "Tell my father, what do you read these two words?" ”

"Checks and balances!"

"What are checks and balances?"

"Mutual restraint and balance." Zhu Youzhu said confidently.

"What do checks and balances mean to the Emperor?"

"This ......" Zhu Youzhu couldn't answer.

Zhu Jianshen smiled, but said, "You only know the surface." ”

"To put it bluntly, the meaning of checks and balances to the emperor is to help the emperor sit on the throne, and it is also a means for his majesty." Zhu Jianshen said, "The focus is not on the system, but on the balance, the system is the means, and the balance is the goal......"

Now that my son has basic knowledge, it's time to teach some imperial techniques.

Zhu Youzhu listened carefully, it was rare for his father to be free, he didn't want to disappoint his father, so he listened to the lecture with a spirit of twelve points.

After Zhu Jianshen talked for a while, he said: "If you have any doubts, or ideas or questions, just say it." ”

"Father, now that the Ming Dynasty is peaceful all over the world, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and now there is nothing to fight, and the sons think that if the Ming Dynasty is better, they can only work cultural governance." After Zhu Youzhu finished speaking, he asked cautiously: "What Erchen said is right?" ”

"Not wrong!" Zhu Jianshen nodded, "The ancestors and ancestors are virtuous and sage, and they have built a solid foundation for the successors of the Ming Dynasty, but ...... The four seas are peaceful, living and working in peace and contentment, you can just listen to it, don't take it seriously. ”

Zhu Jianshen said with a slight mockery: "It's like a literati's flowery article, with gorgeous rhetoric, comfortable to look at, but not very nutritious. ”

After a pause, he said: "It is undeniable that at this stage, Da Ming needs Wenzhi, but before that, the first thing you have to consider is whether you can control it after reusing Wenchen?" ”

"Me?"

"Just an analogy."

"Oh." Zhu Youzhu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, and said honestly: "My son doesn't know, please teach me from my father." ”

"If you want to be promoted, you should suppress it." Zhu Jianshen said, "As early as the Taizu and Taizong periods, they began to suppress civil officials, but are they poor in terms of civil governance?"

Not bad! Zhu Jianshen asked, "Do you know why?" ”

"Because Taizu and Taizong are wise." Zhu Youzhu said an answer that could not be wrong.

Zhu Jianshen smiled and said: "Because the civil officials are pressed by military generals, and Taizu and Taizong have super high control over the army, which is also the foundation of their great achievements." ”

"You remember, if you want to make a difference, you must be a powerful emperor!" When Zhu Jianshen said this, he was unprecedentedly serious.

Zhu Youzhu nodded: "Erchen remembers." ”

"Repeat!"

"If you want to make a difference, you must be a powerful emperor!" Zhu Youzhu repeated.

Zhu Jianshen said: "In the future, get up early every day and recite it silently in your heart." ”

"Son, remember."

Zhu Youzhu nodded, and asked again: "Father, how can I be a powerful emperor?" ”

"Just look at what my father does." Zhu Jianshen said proudly.

"Then if the son can't be like his father, can't he pay attention to Wenzhi?" Zhu Youzhu asked weakly.

Zhu Jianshen replied affirmatively: "No!" ”

"That's ...... Is it considered a waste of food due to choking? ”

"If you can't suppress civil officials, you have to reuse civil officials, that's why you waste food because of choking." Zhu Jianshen said, "Checks and balances, the trade-offs of the country, Confucianism can be used, but you can't trust it, understand?" ”

"Erchen...... I don't quite understand. Zhu Youzhu is only seven years old after all, and he has a hard time listening.

Zhu Jianshen changed an easy-to-understand saying: "There are no rules, there is no circle." ”

"Erchen understood." Zhu Youzhu said, "If the emperor can't suppress the courtiers, the courtiers will be unbound by the rules, and they will do bad things, right?" ”

"Well, that's good."

Zhu Jianshen had a smiling face, and it was rare to praise: "You can be regarded as to the point." ”

This kind of guided education is far more effective than giving direct answers.

Zhu Youzhu was also very happy, and his father finally praised him.

…

After a class, it's almost lunchtime.

Zhu Youzhu said, "Father, let's eat with my mother at noon, right?" ”

"No, I'm going to see Concubine Chen, and your brother."

"Okay." The smile on Zhu Youzhang's face narrowed.

Zhu Jianshen said: "What, are you unhappy again?" ”

"No, no." Zhu Youzhu hurriedly waved his little fat hand, "Father, go, the son is not unhappy." ”

"Hmm." Zhu Jianshen got up and said, "In ordinary people's families, the eldest son in the family has to share the worries of the family, and when the parents are busy, they have to take care of their younger brothers and sisters;

As the eldest son of the royal family, you don't need to take care of your younger siblings, but it's not right to compete for favor. ”

Zhu Youjiao's face was hot, and he said: "What my father said is that his son knows his mistakes. ”

"That's pretty much it." Zhu Jianshen muttered, and finally couldn't bear to suppress it too much, and said, "Let's eat with your mother at noon." ”

"Hey, okay, thank you, Father." Zhu Youzhu was much happier, "My son respectfully sends my father to the emperor." ”

~

Concubine Chen has finished her confinement and is reading to her son by the bedside, where can her son who has just completed the moon understand, but she doesn't care.

What is the meaning of hearing and seeing, this is it.

She knew that the chances were not great, but she wanted to work hard, and it was really ...... The benefits are too great.

When her son fell asleep, her voice was quieter, but she still didn't stop, and she didn't put down the book until the slave reported that the emperor was coming.

As soon as he took two steps, Zhu Jianshen walked in.

"The concubines see the emperor."

"No courtesy, no courtesy." Zhu Jianshen was in a good mood, "My son is asleep?" ”

"Sleep." Concubine Chen nodded.

When the slaves and maids heard this, they thought that the emperor wanted to do something, and withdrew from the inner hall without a trace.

Zhu Jianshen stepped forward and looked at his sleeping son, with a long-lost fatherly smile on the corner of his mouth.

The first two sons died prematurely, and he did not participate much in the growth of the third son, and he cherished this new son.

"I slept so soundly...... Zhu Jianshen stretched out his index finger and played with his son's little face, and suddenly saw the "Spring and Autumn" at the bedside, he couldn't help laughing.

"He doesn't understand it now, what are you...... It's just useless. ”

Zhu Jianshen came over every day during this time, and he knew Concubine Chen's so-called early education.

Concubine Chen said, "Try it, what if it works?" ”

"You......" Zhu Jianshen smiled bitterly, what did Concubine Chen think, how could he not know?

However, he didn't hit her, first, it was normal for Concubine Chen to have some thoughts, and she didn't say it explicitly; Second, he also wanted to give the prince some sense of crisis and not let it go too well.

The hardships he endured when he was the crown prince also want the next generation to experience it, so that it is more conducive to his growth.

Who made him the crown prince?

It is necessary for future successors to sharpen and sharpen more.

Concubine Chen asked: "Your Majesty, yesterday you said that you named your son, have you thought about it?" ”

"I'll think about it." Zhu Jianshen's face was hot, and he fell into deep thought, but this time he didn't have any pressure, and he didn't name the prince, as long as he followed the ancestral family law, it was almost done.

In less than half an hour, he had the answer.

"Pestle, the meaning is beautiful, with the meaning of open-mindedness, there is an arbor in the name of the pestle, hoping that he can thrive." Zhu Jianshen said.

Concubine Chen was happy and felt that it sounded better than the word '樘'.

"Thank the emperor for the name."

Zhu Jianshen said with a smile: "What is there to thank for, I named my son, and I want you to thank you?" ”

"Concubines... Happy. Concubine Chen smiled and said busily: "It's almost lunch time, the emperor might as well eat here with the concubines, right?" ”

"It's fine." Zhu Jianshen nodded, stretched out his hand and touched his son again.

Concubine Chen's heart was overjoyed, "The emperor will accompany you first, and the concubines will go to let people prepare." ”

I don't know if Zhu Jianshen's hands are heavy, or the baby is full of sleep, Concubine Chen's front foot just left, the little guy woke up, opened his eyes and saw Lao Tzu's big black beard face, and immediately cried.

"Don't, don't cry!"

“……”

The baby really stopped crying, not because he was obedient, but because Lao Tzu's hand pressed his mouth and nose.

Zhu saw that he covered his hands for a moment, and suddenly realized that this was not good, so he let go.

As soon as the hand was released, the baby continued to cry, and Zhu Jianshen suddenly became in a hurry:

"Come on, come on......"

Fortunately, Concubine Chen heard the movement and came back quickly, picked up her son and shook it for a while, and the baby stopped crying.

Zhu Jian was deeply moved: "There is a specialization in the art industry!" ”

Concubine Chen: "......"

…

After lunch, Zhu Jianshen stayed for a while before leaving, and as soon as he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Wang Zhi came to ask for a meeting.

The young man was very angry, and when he saw that the West Factory was almost formed, he wanted to pull it out and make a big case for the emperor to see his ability.

In this regard, Zhu Jianshen of course supports it, and he opened the West Factory to deter the ministers.

"As long as the evidence is conclusive, whoever it is, you can do it!" Zhu Jianshen said: "I will support you and let go of your hands and feet." ”

Wang Zhi's blood boiled: "The slave and maid obey the order, and will not disappoint the emperor!" ”

…