When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 16 Your son is really well educated!

Yongle 16 years.

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji's father and grandson have already begun to study the issue of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Although they also want the Ming Dynasty to spread forever, they also know that this is impossible.They should also plan ahead and avoid it as much as possible.

Zhu Zhanji first put forward an idea: "Father, Grandpa, do you think there is a struggle among the ministers within the imperial court? To set up a flag, there must be a clear purpose, and the ones who fight against it may be the ministers of the other side."

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were silent. This idea made sense.

Back then, the party struggle in the Song Dynasty was extremely fierce.But that's because Zhao Kuangyin laid hidden dangers when he released his military power over a glass of wine.

Zhu Gaochi pointed out another possibility: "Maybe the object of their struggle is the emperor, so they used you and Fang Xiaoru as examples."

Indeed, in addition to being a Confucian gentleman himself, Fang Xiaoru also had a spiritual symbol of confrontation with the emperor.Therefore, it is also possible that the imperial power will not be preserved.

Then the three of them discussed it in detail.

The Yongle ministers were roughly divided into two parts. One was those who followed them in raising armies or took refuge with them during the raising of armies. They had a hostile relationship with Fang Xiaoru themselves; the other part had some relationship with Emperor Jianwen, or even if the relationship was not big, because they had grown up. The education they received made them unwilling to accept Zhu Di.
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Hongwu 13 years.

Pujiang County, Zhejiang.

Fang Xiaoru's previous pledge of allegiance to Emperor Jianwen made his classmates and teachers look at him with admiration.

But when he saw Fang Xiaoru being executed by the Zhushi clan.His classmates looked sad, and they didn't expect the fire to burn them.

Although they discovered the rumors spread by later generations, they also admired Fang Xiaoru's integrity.Many students had already cursed Zhu Di as a tyrant in their hearts.

Song Lian looked at his students with a worried expression. Zhu Di killed more than 800 people.But in later generations, rumors spread about the execution of the Shi clan.

How could something like this kind of story-like text be widely circulated among the grassroots and not have anything to do with literati?
Most of the students studying here today have read the Four Books and Five Classics since childhood and have never been exposed to officialdom.

Their world is still just a world in books.

They understand many great principles, but they do not understand actual politics, let alone the hearts of the people in the officialdom.

Fang Xiaoru didn't understand why his teacher suddenly became sad and even a little desperate.

Song Lian sighed and said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to teach and educate people in the future. I just hope that the inheritance of Confucianism will not be cut off from now on."
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Song.

Zhao Kuangyin fell into deep thought.He drinks and releases his military power.Take the military power back into your own hands.

The tragedy of the Tang Dynasty was avoided, but now it seems that military commanders are the present and literati are the future.

It's just that he himself was a military commander, so he couldn't figure out how to arrange the literati reasonably.
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Qin Dynasty.

The Confucian scholars in the miracle couldn't help but remind the First Emperor of today's various schools of thought.

Today is not an era when hundreds of schools of thought are dismissed and Confucianism is respected only.

He allowed various schools of thought to develop as they pleased.Isn't it just that I want to choose the most suitable path?

He has already begun to formulate ideas. It is still necessary to depose all schools of thought, but it is not necessary to only respect Confucianism.

After all, his country only needs one idea, only one doctrine.Anything else that cannot be used by him is meaningless and naturally does not need to exist.

[So how should Fang Xiaoru be evaluated?What is Fang Xiaoru's posthumous name? 】

[Obviously, whether it was before or after his death, whether it was people who liked him or people who didn't like him.Everyone agreed that he was a loyal minister. 】

[He is loyal to the emperor.Loyal to the royal family.But is he a capable minister?This may not be the case. 】

[Initially, Zhu Yuanzhang appreciated his knowledge and granted him the position of professor in Hanzhong.But in the end, his extensive knowledge did not allow him to help Emperor Jianwen consolidate his imperial power. 】
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

Zhu Yuanzhang had not seen Fang Xiaoru at this time.But he already has a general understanding of this person. He is knowledgeable and suitable to be a master.But he is not suitable to assist the emperor.
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Pujiang County, Zhejiang.

Fang Xiaoru fell into silence when he saw the evaluation of himself in the miracle.

Facts speak louder than words. The fact is that his judgment was wrong and he failed to save the critical situation for Emperor Jianwen.He really wasn't enough.

Does he still need to continue his studies in school?Song Lian, who was sitting on the chair, obviously saw what he was thinking and said softly: "You are as familiar with hundreds of classics as I am. What you need now is to read, listen and apply."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw the miracle, he made Fang Xiaoru a professor in Hanzhong.

Song Lian's tense brows relaxed, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for you in the officialdom in the future, but I have a broad mind. Naturally, I won't let you not even be a professor. Your knowledge will be published in books in the future and become a party." It’s not like you all came to this world in vain.”

Fang Xiaoru nodded.He understands that it may be impossible to enter officialdom in the future.Writing books and talking about it might not be the best outcome for him.

[Speaking of loyalty and ability, I have to mention one person, that is Yu Qian, who passed the Jinshi examination in the 16th year of Yongle. 】

[In the 14th year of the Ming Dynasty's orthodoxy, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qi, was defeated and captured in Tumubao.Many people proposed moving the capital south.It was Yu Qian who stood up and turned the tide and rejected the request to move south on the grounds of the Southern Song Dynasty.Convinced most people to continue.He also strongly recommended Zhu Qiyu, Yingzong's younger brother, to ascend the throne. 】

[After stabilizing the people's hearts, he set an example by handling food and grass, deploying troops, and personally supervising the battle. He led an army of 20 to line up outside the nine gates of the capital, preventing Wala's army from advancing even half a foot. 】

[In the end, they hijacked Yingzong to seek peace and wanted to divide the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but Yu Qian refused because he considered the country as the most important thing and the king as the least important.This series of actions can be said to be a great effort to turn the tide for Ming Dynasty.It extended the life of Ming Dynasty for decades. 】

[However, what is unexpected is that eight years later, Ming Yingzong was restored and Yu Qian was killed.Is he a capable minister?Yes.He has extended his life for the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. Is he a loyal minister?Of course it is.It's a pity that he is loyal to the entire Ming Dynasty. Only a king with a broader mind can accept him, and Zhu Qizhen obviously cannot. 】
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Ming Dynasty, Yongle 16th year.

Zhu Di saw that his descendants were captured. This was not a defeat, even the emperor himself was captured.

In history, apart from the few emperors of the Song Dynasty, the only ones left were the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.

However, according to the order of ranking back then, his eyes immediately darkened when he thought of this.He finally opened his eyes slowly and said angrily: "Zhu Zhanji, your son is really well educated!"

Zhu Zhanji also thought about it, and hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "It's because the children and grandchildren are unfilial and failed to educate them well, which has disgraced the Ming Dynasty. Grandpa, please don't get angry now. It will hurt your health."

Zhu Gaochi thought that such a talent must be received by his subordinates as soon as possible!
At the same time, he also noticed that someone wanted to move south, but it was a pity that the miracle did not specify who it was. Otherwise, this hidden danger could be solved tonight.

What the three of them did not expect next was that Zhu Qizhen actually restored power.

Where did Zhu Qiyu go?Why would he agree?Moreover, the first thing he did after the restoration was not to reward Yu Qian, but to kill him.

Now Zhu Zhanji also complained about his unborn son. You are the emperor, don't you have this bit of tolerance?

(End of this chapter)