In the gazebo of the Imperial Garden,

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on a stone bench, holding a handful of fish food in his hand, and threw out a few grains from time to time to feed them to the koi in the pond.

Zhu Yunwen didn't have Zhu Yuanzhang's leisure, sat aside, and fell into deep thought, "Grandpa is right, if the vassal kings can't believe it, then who can I trust? Zhu Yunwen was a little entangled: "Uncle Yan Wang really wants to rebel, is it possible that all dynasties and dynasties are inseparable from vassal kings?" The Han Dynasty had vassal kings, the Tang Dynasty also had vassal towns, and then the Song Dynasty. ’

"But Grandpa Huang, in the Song Dynasty, there were no feudal towns, and there were no things. Zhu Yunwen suddenly asked.

"It's not the same. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and patiently explained: "Don't look at the emperor's grandfather, he didn't read any books when he was a child, but he later made great efforts to the rise and fall of the Tang and Song dynasties. Although the Song Dynasty did not set up feudal towns, they had prime ministers, a huge group of civil officials, and the whole country, the civil prosperity and military decline, and the military generals could not turn the sky. There are pros and cons to doing this. ”

"Civil officials and military generals are naturally enemies, and they don't like each other. If the civil officials have the upper hand, the emperor really doesn't have to worry about the rebellion of the people below, but the world is so big, not only my Central Plains Dynasty, when the foreign invades, the civil officials can't fight, but these civil officials are pretentious one by one, they want to intervene in everything, and they restrict the generals everywhere, plus the generals have no blood in their chests, and they are naturally defeated repeatedly on the battlefield. A good Great Song Dynasty is gone. You can also take this road, but many years later, maybe you, or maybe your children and grandchildren, sooner or later will become the emperor of foreign people, then my Ming Dynasty might as well die!"

"That gives the generals the upper hand... Zhu Yunwen stopped as he spoke.

"The generals have the upper hand?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Yunwen funny: "Doesn't that question go back to the beginning?" Do you think about Zhao Kuangyin, according to the calligraphy in the history books, he is loyal, but in the end, it is different or Chen Qiao's mutiny, and the yellow robe is added?"

"Yunwen. Zhu Yuanzhang threw all the fish food in his hand into the fish, and said in a deep voice: "Grandpa will say something to you." How can the emperor sit firmly in this world, the emperor's grandfather, I have been the emperor for twenty-six years, and I can't give a perfect answer. However, I think that being an emperor is actually similar to herding cattle. ”

"Herding cattle?"

"Well, herding cattle. Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "The Ming Dynasty is a cow, and all you have to do to be an emperor is to hold the reins tightly in your hand." If an outsider robber comes to rob your cattle, you get on the back of the ox and take your family to beat him and let your ox hit him. ”

"Then what if the cow is not honest and wants to hit me?" Zhu Yunwen asked again.

"No, it won't. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The imperial grandfather will help you cut off the horns of this cow and release some of the blood of this cow. ”

"Then what if my family wants to rob my cattle?" Zhu Yunwen asked the most crucial question.

"That's like you said before, reason with him first, and then fight with him. Zhu Yuanzhang replied.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to fight him. Zhu Yunwen said with a sad face, in the end, he still had no confidence in himself.

"Even if you lose, this cow belongs to my Zhu family, it's better than giving it to outsiders!" The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually faded, and he regained his imperial capital. "Yunwen, I am your imperial grandfather, but I am also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. On weekdays, I always say that this Ming Dynasty belongs to the common people of the world, but in fact, this Ming Dynasty belongs to my old Zhu family! I will never allow outsiders to spoil the world of my old Zhu family. The strongest vassal kings in the world are none other than King Yan and King Ning, but their territory is only a small part of the Ming Dynasty, a few cities, and the total number of soldiers under them is less than 200,000. And what you have taken over from me is the whole world, with the name of righteousness, and millions of soldiers and horses in the world. If you end up losing the world to your uncle, then I have nothing to say but the destiny of heaven. ”

"But... ”

"No, but!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "If you can think of any good way before the imperial grandfather dies, you can tell the imperial grandfather, and the imperial grandfather can help you do it." If you can't do it, then you'll be on your own in the future. And until then, you must not show any hostility towards the vassal king. Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of the teacup on the table, moistened his throat, and continued: "It's like the example of cutting down trees that I told you before. Either don't move, or you have to hit the point. On the court this morning, Huang Zicheng impeached the King of Shu, is it your idea or is it Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai's idea?"

"Yes ... It's the grandchildren's. Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and said, "My grandson is wrong." ”

"You are indeed wrong!" Zhu Yuanzhang explained in a deep voice: "Even if you really start cutting the feudal domain in the future, you should start with the Yanning Second Domain, defeat them, and the other feudal kings will not have to worry." On the contrary, if you attack the other vassal kings first, then you are forcing them to unite against you, and the rebellion of the Seven Kings in the Han Dynasty almost destroyed the world, if all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty oppose you, can you still have your life?! Today, Huang Zicheng openly impeached the King of Shu, but everyone knows that he is your teacher and your person, what do you let your uncles think of you?!"

"That... So what now?" Zhu Yunwen was a little flustered.

"What should I do?" Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and picked out his ears, and flicked his hand: "Fortunately, the emperor's grandfather will not die for a while, and the matter has been suppressed by me for the time being. ”

"That Huang Qing's family, he... Zhu Yunwen thought about Huang Zicheng's stern appearance, and was a little scared.

"He's a courtier!You're my grandson, the imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty, what are you afraid of him for?!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen's submissive appearance and was a little angry: "What I asked you to learn from him were those moral articles, which made you behave like to fool the people in the future, not for you to really believe!"

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen's face still hadn't changed, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, go back and find a little companion for you to read, maybe it will be better." ”

"Little companion reading?" Zhu Yunwen said strangely.

Huang Zicheng has always taught Zhu Yunwen the way of the emperor (although he taught it very badly), but after all, this thing is taboo, and others are not qualified to learn it, so Zhu Yunwen has always learned it alone, and there is no accompanying reading boy or anything like that.

"yes, companion. A smile flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes: "A little eunuch who is a little damaged." ”

"Ruyi?" Zhu Yunwen called out in surprise.

"What do you say?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.