Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 260 The Emperor's Heart
A course carefully prepared for Prince Zhu Biao was finally confirmed on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

In order to show importance, Zhu Yuan came to the palace at the beginning of the hour today, first rushed to the East Pavilion on the left of Fengtian Gate, and found that not only Lao Zhu had already started a busy day, but also Empress Ma.

After exchanging greetings, Mrs. Ma stepped forward to talk to Zhu Yuan, not hiding anything, saying that she also planned to listen to today's class.

Zhu Yuan noticed Lao Zhu's helpless expression when Ma said that, and he probably understood something.

Perhaps, it was because of the recent incident with the 'sage'.

Lao Zhu doesn't mind this, but it doesn't mean that Mrs. Ma doesn't mind. To be honest, although Zhu Yuan didn't see it with his own eyes, Mrs. Ma should also be the one who dotes on children more. It is the one who does not allow others to pose even the slightest threat to their children.

This is indeed the case.

Zhu Yuan told Lao Zhu about Qian Tang's visit to the family that day, and when Lao Zhu returned to the harem that day, he couldn't help but chat with his daughter-in-law, our Zhu family has produced a saint.

Lao Zhu really didn't mind about it.

Just like the Confucian sages, even if Zhu Yuan did not appear, Lao Zhu always attached great importance to it, but he would never frame himself in it. After reading Mencius, he found that a certain old man’s words were too inappropriate. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Confucian saint or not. , It’s all about sharing.

Although it didn't work, it shows Lao Zhu's attitude.

Marsh is different.

What Ma thought of was something like 'Great Merit', a certain young man has made so many achievements in just one year, and this time he gained the reputation of a 'sage' by virtue of "Economics". Only 14 years old.

If this continues, who knows what will happen in the future?
If it was high enough, wouldn't it be necessary to suppress the limelight of his own son? In addition to Zhu Yuan's clan status at this time, in history, there were not no emperors who were superior to the side branch.

In addition, after learning about today's class, Ma decided to come and listen.

Lao Zhu is not very willing, what his precious 23rd generation grandson wants to talk about is "Emperor's Learning", what do you, a woman and Taoist, mix with?For this reason, he still reasoned with his wife, but unfortunately, his ability to reason is obviously far inferior to Zhu Yuan.

After greeting them here, Lao Zhu and his wife took Zhu Yuan out of the East Pavilion and walked to Dahontang.

Zhu Yuan was walking on the right side of Lao Zhu. The courseware he had prepared before had been shown to Lao Zhu. Seeing this situation, he thought for a while and said temporarily: "Ancestor, regarding the recent matter of my 'sage', I will also insert it later. How about telling His Highness about it?"

Hearing what Zhu Yuan said, Lao Zhu smiled and nodded in agreement, and pretended not to glance at his wife who was a step behind on the left, with an obvious subtext in his eyes: Look, how smart and upright our family Yuan is, your little one Human heart, right?
Mashi pretended not to notice.

In any case, let's listen to today's class first.

The main hall has also been prepared. A warm room that has burned enough ground dragons has erected a screen. On one side is the auditorium seat for Lao Zhu and his wife, and on the other side is the lecture space for Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuan’s uncle and nephew. .

The other princes have no share.

This matter has also been communicated before, and Lao Zhu certainly hopes that all his sons will listen to it. Although it is "Emperor's Learning", it is reasonable to say that it should not be heard by princes other than the prince.However, according to Zhu Yuan's plan, there will be more than one emperor in the Zhu family in the future, 'Da Qin', 'Da Chu', 'Da Jin', 'Da Yan'... they are still princes in name, but in fact, Lao Zhu has already fought Make up your mind and treat it as a separation.

After all, this is also a pioneering work.

Since ancient times, no emperor Lao Tzu has been able to raise a group of emperor sons, but Zhu Yuanzhang can!
Regarding Zhu Yuan's attitude, the other princes are not in a hurry, in a few years... when needed, I will talk about it alone.

This is also selfishness.

The little boy who has already started to be wary of his brothers, teaches together by himself, what will Zhu Biao think in his heart?
Could it be that you want my younger brothers to replace me?

The conservatory of Daihondo.

After another salute, after sending Lao Zhu and Mashi to the screen, Zhu Yuan and Zhu Biaocai came to a desk where they could sit opposite each other.

Today's lectures also have 'PPT', but they are all small pages, and the way of explaining is to sit and talk, no longer standing and sitting in front of the vertical board to preach.

Sit down here, wait for the courtiers to leave, Zhu Yuan finally sorted out his thoughts, and then opened his mouth, and at the same time showed the first page of "PPT" to Zhu Biao who was opposite the desk: "Your Highness, the topic we are discussing today is' Emperor's Heart', you can interrupt me at any time if you have any questions or disapprove."

Zhu Biao nodded.

Looking at the page with only four characters in front of him, and listening to Zhu Yuan's words, Zhu Biao's heart was already touched, and he subconsciously glanced at the direction of the screen.

The boy's deepest thought: Is this... suitable?

After all, Dad is fine.

Don't worry about yourself.

Zhu Yuan patiently waited for Zhu Biao to turn back to him before continuing to another page: "Your Highness, what is the 'Emperor's Heart'? Yuan'er believes that two sentences in the "Tao Te Ching" can be applied, 'Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are for grass Dogs; sages are not benevolent, they regard the people as humble dogs'. Your Highness has been studying for many years, and if you only listen to the meaning of the words, you should have some understanding, right?"

Zhu Biao nodded again, and suddenly felt instinctively that he shouldn't be a nod, so he said: "Yuaner, I listen...it's too inconsistent with the Confucian way of benevolence and righteousness."

Saying this, Zhu Biao also noticed a point.

Saints are unkind.

'Saint' ah!

Recently, he also heard about the birth of a certain 'sage'.

Although the incident happened in Zhu Yuan's mansion, Zhu Yuan didn't intentionally let people spread it, but the problem is that Qian Tang is a gentleman, and a gentleman doesn't do one thing in person, so besides visiting the house in person, talking about it on a daily basis, He also didn't shy away from his own views on Zhu Yuan, otherwise, it would be flattery to express only to Zhu Yuan alone.

This is not what Qian Tang can do.

As a result, a certain theory spread quickly, and it has been spread to Zhu Biao.

"This is what Yuan'er is going to talk about today," Zhu Yuan said without rushing to a sensitive vocabulary, "His Royal Highness began to study Confucianism at the age of six, and he has already acquired the "benevolent heart" that Confucianism should have ', the ancestors, and the empress, are very pleased to see His Highness like this. If His Highness is not a prince, he will definitely become a great Confucian in the future, but... the problem is that His Highness is a prince."

Zhu Biao felt that he understood something, but he didn't speak this time.

Zhu Yuan continued: "Your Highness is the crown prince and the successor of the Ming Empire. He will inherit the throne and become an emperor in the future. If you want to become a qualified emperor, you can't just be bound by the school of the family. You should have more High realm. This kind of realm, in general, is an "emperor's heart". How should the emperor look at everything? It is the two sentences I just said, taking everything as a dog and the people as a grass Dog. I say this, not to teach His Highness to become indifferent and cruel, to become superior, but to hope that you can pull yourself out of the situation and look at everything from the perspective of a bystander. In this way, you will not Only by being deceived can we manage this country more clearly and better pass on the legacy of our Zhu family in the future."

Zhu Biao didn't want to hear this, but couldn't help but nodded.

A boy of thirteen or fourteen is not a firm age. Although he doesn't like this too shining adoptive descendant in his heart, Zhu Biao has indeed been cultivated many good things under the influence of Confucianism since he was six years old.

Such as not being jealous.

For example, you should respect your parents, love your brothers, and care about your younger generations.

For example, if you are a learned person, you should humbly ask for advice.

Therefore, when he found that Zhu Yuan's words were very reasonable, Zhu Biao still listened to them.

At the same time, on the other side of the screen, there were two more nodding insects.

Lao Zhu also had a feeling that he was digging and digging out the things in the mind of his precious 23rd grandson, but he couldn't finish it.

Too much.

Too much.

Ma Shi was the most sober one, but he had to admit that what the kid next door said...was pretty good.

Seeing Zhu Biao's reaction, Zhu Yuan continued, and turned to the "PPT" page again, and there were only four words on it: "Your Highness, what is the key to cultivating an 'Emperor's Heart'? One word: free will. Although we humans are the primates of all things, we are actually a group animal. Living in a group, we will inevitably be affected by the people around us. The so-called "close to vermilion is red, and close to ink is black", and Or the phrase 'living with good people is like entering a house of orchids, and not smelling its fragrance for a long time', these are all expounding similar principles."

Talking another page, Zhu Yuan continued: "The key to the reason why people are the primates of all things is that we can learn. If we want to learn, we must get along with others. This is inevitable. Ordinary people are influenced by the people around them. Influence, no matter Zhilan House or Abalone House, just become a similar person. However, whether it is an emperor or a successor to the empire like His Highness, if it is too easy to be influenced by others, it is too easy to become someone else The result is very bad. If you want to avoid this, you must ensure that you have 'free will'. How to have free will, go back to the beginning, Your Highness should have a A higher and farther detached perspective to look at everything."

Zhu Biao was lost in thought.

Behind the screen, Lao Zhu and Ma Shi were also lost in thought.

Zhu Yuan paused for a short while, took a sip of warm tea, and then continued: "Your Highness, you are so smart, you may have reacted a bit after hearing this, probably you want to ask, is it because I don't like Confucianism, that's why I thought Pull you out of the Confucian atmosphere?"

Zhu Biao is the same as old Zhu, and also like Zhu Yuan. Although he is still young, he is also a person who worries too much.

So that does come to mind as well.

At first, he felt a little disgusted in his heart, but after Zhu Yuan revealed it openly, Zhu Biao felt that he was thinking too much?
Zhu Biao, who has not experienced too much power at present, is actually relatively pure.

Not like later.

Seeing Zhu Biao's shallow expression of affirmation, Zhu Yuan smiled and said, "Of course not. Your Highness, you should have read the many letters and documents I wrote to my ancestors this year. I mentioned it a long time ago, 'Confucianism is like The shadowless sword has protected China for thousands of years, and this is an unworldly achievement. There is no Confucianism for more than a thousand years to block and even assimilate foreign races with the power of culture, and thus protect the elegance of my Han family. , the word "Huaxia" has long since disappeared in this land. In this regard, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will continue to expand in the future. In many lands outside the region, there have actually been glorious civilizations, but they Most of them no longer exist now. One of the main reasons is the invasion of foreign races, and their culture is not as strong as ours. As a result, once they are destroyed by foreign races, there is no revival. And we, we have experienced I have lived in chaos in China, experienced Mongolian invasion, and many other things. However, because of our strong culture in Confucianism, even if this land has been herded by foreigners for a hundred years, our ancestors said "expel the barbarians and restore China". China will come again, and it will surely rise again. Among them, Confucianism must be inseparable. In this case, Your Highness, how could I oppose Confucianism? You can’t remember your own culture, and you’ve been obsessed with barbaric language ever since, and you’re covered in fishy smells?”

Zhu Biao felt himself nodding again, and there was also some inexplicable sense of pride...excitement.

Huaxia!
(End of this chapter)