People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 96 Monarch Power and Prime Minister Power, the Emperor's Helplessness

Old Zhu had a stern face, but his body was shaking desperately. It must have been hard work.

Although he really wanted to maintain the majesty of the emperor, but when Zhu Biao opened his mouth, he couldn't help breaking his merits.

Faced with such a father, Zhu Biao was very helpless. Some of the sorrows in his heart that belonged to young people were resolved by Lao Zhu's laughter.

Lao Zhu laughed a few times, and quickly put on a straight face.

He still wanted to maintain the majesty of the emperor and his father as much as possible.

"Well, that kid's attack is unique!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took out a book from the memorials, and there was also a picture scroll in the appendix.

"A while ago, the Chief Secretary of Sichuan sent me a memorial, saying that a strange beast and an iron-eating beast were found in the mountains, and also sent me a picture. Take a look!"

Zhu Biao took it over to have a look, and laughed.

He was punched twice by Zhang Yi, and now he has used medicine to dissolve the blood stasis, but he is somewhat similar to the iron-eating beast on the scroll.

"Also drank, um, it looks like something happened! Come on, go down and rest, Zhang Yi's head will be placed in front of the East Palace tomorrow..."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he waved Zhu Biao out.

Zhu Biao was stunned, and immediately knelt down:
"Father, are you going to kill the younger brother of the Zhang family?"

"What, beat my son, how can I let him go?

Do you really think that he can do whatever he wants because he has some use value?

Today I want to see if those gods of the Zhang family can keep his descendants alive?"

Lao Zhu's expression was a little playful, but the murderous look in his mouth was extremely real.

Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry. No matter what reason Zhang Yi hurt Zhu Biao, he was hurt, and he didn't want to hear the reason.

"Father, Zhang Yi can't be killed! He punched me twice for a reason!"

"What's the reason, I'm listening!"

There was still anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's voice, and Zhu Biao was a little embarrassed, so he could only smear himself:
"He taught Chang's younger sister Songzi Yoga. I hid aside and peeped. He found out, so he beat me up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: ...

There was no check in the Qingxin Temple, and he was unaware of what happened in the yard.

Zhu Biao quickly explained what he saw and heard, the ins and outs, and by the way, made the matter of spying on Chang's more serious.

Giving birth yoga?

That brat taught his future daughter-in-law how to have children?

He, Old Zhu, has given birth to so many children. He doesn't even know how a pregnant woman gives birth to a child. Does that brat know?

Lao Zhu's fire is almost burning everyone.

But as Zhu Biao spoke, he calmed down.

Zhu Biao's guess was right, and Zhu Yuanzhang also pieced together the answer to the future from Zhang Yi's words, vaguely pointing to Zhu Biao.

He didn't dare to touch the answer, and he was also afraid that the future picture would be an unacceptable result for him.

The variable of fate is on the girl of the Chang family?
"Midwifery training?"

"Well, Zhang Yi said that at least he can give Chang's younger sister a chance of survival!
It's not a gentleman's behavior for me to spy on my sister. It's my fault to be discovered by the younger brother of the Zhang family. He doesn't know that I'm the prince and just thinks I'm obsessed with sex!
So he beat me because I [broke] my future daughter-in-law's reputation, but he didn't expose me, but he also thought about my relationship with him,
So my son begged my father to take back my life! "

Zhu Biao knelt and kowtowed to the emperor three times, for fear that Zhu Yuanzhang would not change his mind. If the old Zhu did not change his mind, he could only have a showdown with Zhu Yuanzhang about his heart disease and antibiotics.

Fortunately, after hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang finally calmed down.

"You worthless guy, forget it, I'll help you deal with that brat tomorrow..."

"Father!"

Zhu Biao thought he was going to kill Zhang Yi, so he yelled again. Seeing his dark circles under his eyes, Zhu Biao couldn't get angry:
"I won't kill him, as long as he doesn't do too much, this kid's use value is high! By the way, I'm asking you, you have also read the Yangzhou memorial, what do you think of the [Water Army] thing?" ?”

Zhu Yuanzhang finally changed the subject, which made Zhu Biao heave a sigh of relief.

He respectfully replied:
"It is very effective, but it is not the right way, and it should not be used frequently!"

"It's not the righteous way, but it's a killer weapon. I really want to form a [Water Army]!"

"Father!"

The matter of the navy is one of the few things that Zhu Biao did not agree with Zhang Yi's approach.

Seeing his father indulging in evil ways, Zhu Biao always felt that it was not appropriate.

Zhang Yi's method is actually no different from those methods used by the White Lotus Sect to create chaos and confuse people's hearts.

It's just that he is more professional.

"You think this thing is evil?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were meaningful, and Zhu Biao nodded.

"It is indeed an evil way, but it is also a way out!
Biaoer, have you ever heard such a story? "

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer Zhu Biao's question directly, but told him a story:
"In the fourth year of Song Shenzong Xining, the emperor summoned the two ministers to discuss the suppression of the rebellion of the Qingzhou army. But in the middle of the debate, the topic was led to Wang Anshi's reform. Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, said to the emperor, The ancestral legal system exists, so there is no need to change it to lose people's hearts.

Shenzong ridiculed Wen Yanbo, saying that the reform made the scholar-officials displeased, but it doesn't matter if the common people think so?
Wen Yanbo retorted: To rule the world with the literati, not with the common people.

Song Shenzong had no choice but to acquiesce to this statement! "

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he asked:
"The king and the scholar-officials rule the world, not the people. What do you think of this statement? From the position of the prince of Ming Dynasty and the future king, what do you see in the story?"

Zhu Biao lowered his head and dared not speak for a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang answered for him:
"It's helpless!

Just like I want to kill Kong Kejian, but I can only use dark means to play with my temper, but I dare not really kill him, just as helpless! "

"Wen Yanbo has a true temperament. Although I don't like his words, I like his character, because he and those Confucian gentlemen talk about what is people-oriented and what is not for the people. The difference between the sides directly stripped away the skin of Confucianism and the hypocrisy between the king and the scholar-bureaucrats!
What saints, what holy science, are all hypocrisy!
Scholar-bureaucrats need to realize their ambitions and obtain benefits through the king, but the king is also kidnapped by the scholar-bureaucrats, and cannot be easily separated from the scholar-bureaucrats.

To put it bluntly, it is the struggle between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister.
You have to understand, and you must always be vigilant against those people!"

If Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Biao about these things before, Zhu Biao would probably not be able to accept them. Even if he kept silent, he would not agree with the emperor's thoughts.

But now, after being "polluted" by Zhang Yi, Zhu Biao has become less innocent and more aware of the cruelty of the world.

So this time, he nodded silently.

"Then I would like to ask you, if you were the emperor, would you be willing?"

Zhu Biao replied:

"Since I have no choice, I am naturally unwilling, but so what if I am unwilling. The king and the scholar-officials are in a close relationship, and no one can leave the other. The younger brother of the Zhang family said that the father has a hatred for the officials in his heart, but the father Still have to endure?

Father, for thousands of years, the emperors of all dynasties have come here, so what if they are not reconciled? "

"But if I say that Zhang Yi's crooked ways can allow the king to regain some power from the scholar-bureaucrats, what should we do?"

Zhu Biao's face changed slightly!But he didn't rush to make his speech, but waited for the emperor to continue!

"The scholar-officials have two kinds of power, which the king does not have! One is the power to assist the king and help the king govern the world. This is the reason why the emperor has to rely on each other with the scholar-bureaucrats. The other power is their interest in knowledge and dissemination. monopoly, the power to guide the public opinion of the world...

Although the king is supreme, he is trapped in this deep palace. The people outside are our eyes and ears, brothers and feet, tongue, and eyes and ears... But if they have a different heart, the king can actually be isolated and become a Blind, deaf, dumb...

Among other things, when I founded the country, I took advantage of those wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River. Those guys wrote books and circulated rumors scolding me. Do you think I don't know?

Just like that bastard who spread rumors that I have a shoehorn face...

But what can I do?The pen is in the hands of those people, even if I kill a group, there will be more..."

Zhu Biao didn't comment on how well the emperor dealt with the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River. He also understood what Zhu Yuanzhang said, and finally came to the topic.

"The king, the scholar-officials, and the people are three classes. The people are the weakest and the most easily manipulated. The so-called people's hearts are passed on by word of mouth. They are the benefits they have personally experienced. When the people praise the king, where does their information come from?
It is those scholar-bureaucrats, the pens in their hands can influence the public opinion of the world!

Zhang Yi's navy tactics let me see that the king has the possibility of manipulating public opinion! "

After Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Biao was enlightened.

The reason why my father likes the "Water Army" is because of Zhang Yi's ability to incite public opinion, or the "Communication Studies" that Zhang Yi said in his mouth.

Zhang Yi once said that his father had an instinctive vigilance and hatred for the scholar-bureaucrat group,
Make him more motivated to centralize the monarchy and weaken the power of the scholar-bureaucrat group.

The power in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats can be understood as the king's brothers, ears, eyes and tongue,
The existence of the school inspection department is because the father does not believe that the officials are his eyes and ears, so he set up another organization to monitor the world...

And now, Zhu Yuanzhang also wants to find a "tongue" for the emperor through the navy.

"What the father said is absolutely true!"

No matter how different Zhu Biao's temperament is from Zhu Yuanzhang, his position is also from the position of a king. After Zhu Yuanzhang enlightened him, he also understood the deep meaning!
"Turn back on that kid's words, go back and rest, and meet that kid from the Kong family tomorrow!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Biao away, he sat on the dragon chair, thoughtful.

When Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace, he didn't sleep, but began to look through the things in his hands, looking for ways to make money.

"This piece of equipment, no, this is too expensive, no way..."

"His Royal Highness!"

"go out!"

……

On the second day, Kong Na waited outside the palace early as His Royal Highness ordered.

He quietly watched all the officials go up and down.

Seeing a Taoist passing by, the eunuchs in the palace greeted him.

"Master Zhang, are you back too?"

Kong Na vaguely heard the flattering voice of the eunuch, that person was obviously Zhang normal who went to Yingtian to help the emperor deal with the epidemic.

Longhushan Zhang family!
Kong Na imprinted Zhang Normal's voice in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

"The emperor invites Mr. Kong to go in too!"

(End of this chapter)