Daming: You are really my eldest son

Chapter 144 Don't Say I'm a Gentleman
This world-renowned Confucian never imagined that the throne he planned for his disciples with painstaking efforts would be compared with a dog pig in Zhu Ji's mouth.

Without righteous words to refute Zhu Ji's remarks, Song Lian shook his head with a wry smile, his eyes still fixed on Zhu Ji's face:
"In this case, why does His Highness always make waves in the court?"

Song Lian's statement was quite euphemistic, and some courtiers secretly regarded Zhu Ji as a scourge, and there were even worse names in secret.

After all, it has been less than half a year since Zhu Ji entered the court, and the court has already been turned upside down by him.

Ignoring Song Lian's burning gaze, Zhu Ji turned his head to look at the dark sky cut off by the window covered with Korean paper.

"The bachelor believes that what is most needed for the continuation of this dynasty?"

"Naturally, the emperor is benevolent, the government orders are smooth, the officials are clean, and the generals obey their orders."

Song Lian replied without thinking.

He had heard similar questions from Zhu Yuanzhang many times. According to Song Lian, problems within the ruling class that controlled power were the root cause of the dynasty's downfall.

But this answer is obviously not the correct answer in Zhu Ji's mind.

Smiling and shaking his head, Zhu Ji leaned his body on the back of the chair without any manners, like an idle villager, but his eyes were still looking at the faintly lighted flower window.

"In my opinion, what is most needed for the continuation of the dynasty is to allow the people to have enough food and clothing, so that they will not die suddenly under natural disasters and man-made disasters."

The people are the foundation of the dynasty.

Except for a few careerists with power in their hands, none of the people in the head of Guizhou would want to risk their lives to become the emperor when they are full of food and clothing.

After all, in Master Guorui's childhood dream, the emperor was nothing more than a character who could eat a hundred white flour pancakes for a meal.

Hearing an answer that was completely different from what he had said, Song Lian twirled his white beard and nodded thoughtfully:

"What Your Highness said is quite a legacy of Mencius."

This professional official compliment made Zhu Ji laugh dumbfounded looking at the window, and finally a little smile appeared on his thoughtful face:

"Although I know that the bachelor's words are polite, I am still very happy."

"For me, power is just a shortcut to save the people of Ming Dynasty.

If I really seek power, I can ask my father to give me the Japanese kingdom of Japan as a fief. Based on the grand plan in my heart, in another 20 years, my position may not be worse than that of Daming. "

Today's Zhu Ji is no longer the Zhu Ji who was trying to earn a living in the shack outside the city.

With the power of one person under one person and over ten thousand people, and the tasteless gold finger that is necessary for a traveler, if it weren't for the dream in his heart, Zhu Ji would have floated into the sky long ago.Even so, Zhu Ji has a self-confidence that he never had before.

"So when the bachelor teaches the prince in the future, don't always teach those benevolent and moral emperors, let him visit the common people more, let him walk in the barracks more, this is the foundation that determines where his butt sits."

Seeing the unpretentious look on Zhu Ji's face, Song Lian stood up and walked in front of Zhu Ji, and slowly bowed to Zhu Ji as a salute.

"Your Highness's heart really makes this old man feel ashamed. The previous speculation is that this old man judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Zhu Ji was taken aback by Song Lian's abrupt salutation without warning. At the same time his eyes were withdrawn from the flower window, Zhu Ji jumped up from his chair, and at the same time he was about to avoid it, he yelled in a hurry:

"No, you must never treat me as a gentleman. There is a saying that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, but it is sooner or later for a villain to take revenge. You see, Hu Weiyong and Chen Ning were taken care of by me overnight. what.

It's better for you to treat me like a villain, so that I won't regret what I said today when I did something that upset Xueshi Song in the future. "

Seeing that Zhu Ji avoided the word "gentleman" like a snake and a scorpion, the corners of Song Lian's mouth trembled slightly, and finally stood up with a wry smile:

"Your Highness, why is this? I Confucianism regards a bright and open person as a gentleman. Looking at His Highness's words and deeds today, there was no doubt that he was a gentleman at that time. Why should I be contemptuous?"

The aggrieved appearance of the old man in front of him made Zhu Ji take a step back, and then he said solemnly:
"You call him a gentleman, and you ask him to do this and that.

Once you do something that slightly deviates from your wishes, you will attack and say, you are a gentleman, how can you do such a thing, you have insulted the name of a gentleman, we will deprive you of the title of a gentleman.

But you completely forgot that the name of this gentleman is completely placed on him by you. "

In a word, it hit the waist of the entire Shilin.

Song Lian was stunned for a while, but finally sat on the chair with a bitter face and muttered to himself.

"It turns out that this is how people in the world see me and wait."

Zhu Ji couldn't bear to see this old gentleman talking to himself as if in a daze.

There are quite a few of them in Shilin, but it is not enough for this old gentleman to suffer the pain caused by the collapse of faith.In other words, people who really like moral kidnapping may not be able to shed a few hairs in this ridicule.

"It's not that the world sees you that way, it's how I see a handful of you.

This infamy should not be borne by you, but it still falls on you in the end. The old scholar might as well think about the reason.If you really feel ashamed, I hope you will uphold the ethos of scholars in the future, and don't let a group of hypocrites ruin your reputation as a Confucian gentleman. "

After listening to Zhu Ji's exhortation, Song Lian got up and bowed again. This time Zhu Ji accepted it without humility.

I didn't accept it just now, because I was talking about family affairs and state affairs.Accepting it now is the attitude that a scholar should have.After quietly waiting for Song Lian to thank him, Zhu Ji then brought the topic to the topic.

"By the way, I came here today mainly because I want to tell the bachelor that since the bachelor has agreed to be the long history of my Prince Yong's mansion, he should fulfill his duties and fulfill his responsibilities.

My palace is just empty now, only this "Knowing the World" needs a talented and virtuous person to write it, look..."

Listening to Zhu Ji's explanation of the final purpose of coming, Song Lian was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

Co-authored, I was repeatedly criticized by this Highness before, and it was purely because I came to the door to be insulted.

"Although the old man is poor in talent and morality, if His Highness speaks, the old man cannot stand idly by."

Being able to get Zhu Ji's verbal promise, Song Lian felt that the harvest of today's meeting was definitely beyond expectations.Besides, writing a few manuscripts every month is nothing more than casual work for him.

Such a response obviously made Zhu Ji very satisfied, but when he got up to go out, Zhu Ji still did not forget to remind Song Lian:

"Scholar Song should know that my article "Knowing the World" is all about pointing out the evils of the times. Even if His Majesty has made foolish tricks and hurt the people, it is inevitable to call him a foolish king and harm the country."

The smile that just surfaced on his face was instantly full of bitterness.

Song Lian looked at the back that was going away in the cold wind, and suddenly bowed, the old voice was full of anticipation and joy at first glance:
"Chen Song Lian, send your highness respectfully."

(End of this chapter)