Seeing Huhu Shengfeng walking in, it was an energetic old man, and everyone couldn't help but stay where they were.
There are nobles and nobles everywhere in the capital, not to mention that this old man looks majestic.
Fu Ren followed up, looked around the crowd and said coldly,
"When you see Master Hongwu, why don't you kneel down and salute?!"
Fu Ren had narrow eyes, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He was standing beside him in a military uniform with a sword. The words he spoke were like a thunderbolt, shocking everyone's hearts.
This, is this Lord Hong Wu? ! That’s how it should be! If it weren't for Master Hong Wu, who could have such pressure? !
All the filial piety men fell to the ground one after another and said in a trembling voice,
"See Your Majesty!"
These filial and honest people are all carefully selected people who are pure filial piety. Zhu Yuanzhang has always looked highly upon filial people.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't like to hear what Xiaolian said, which led to the current situation.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked around at everyone expressionlessly and asked,
"Who is that surnamed Hu?"
"Your Majesty... the common man Huan Ming pays homage to your Majesty..."
Among the prostrate Xiaolian, a young man with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes raised his head.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this person, and his frown could not help but relax a lot. Lao Zhu could see through this person with just one glance.
Huan Ming, who was the most angry just now, was probably not a gossip or sow discord, but he felt from the bottom of his heart that Zheng Ping was not worthy of Xiaolian.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was still slightly cold and he asked,
"Why do you think Zheng Ping is unfilial?"
Huan Ming was stunned for a moment, and Fu Ren shouted,
"Just say whatever you have!"
Huan Ming spoke quietly,
"I'm telling you, Your Majesty, Zheng Ping has neither taken good care of his mother nor caused his mother to drown herself in the family. The common people all think that Zheng Ping should not be filial!"
Fu Ren glanced at Huan Ming in surprise and thought to himself,
Where did this stupid young man come from?
It was obvious that His Majesty was leaning towards Zheng Ping, but Huan Ming was not shy and just said whatever he wanted. He despised Zheng Ping in his heart, so he just said it, even in front of Lord Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, looked at Huan Ming and said,
"You are a real person!"
Fu Ren lowered his head. Otherwise, Huan Ming was so lucky. Both his appearance and words were favored by His Majesty.
Huan Ming said loudly,
"The common people dare not talk nonsense in front of His Majesty!"
"Haha," Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and asked, "Then do you think we are unfilial people?"
When Huan Ming heard this, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head. He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split apart.
"Your Majesty, as a most filial person, borrows ten courages from ordinary people. Even ordinary people would not dare to think so!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly,
"Just now we thought you were a person who had one thing to say, but why did you come up with another way of saying it when it came to us?
We feel that we are no different from Zheng Ping. "
Huan Ming was stunned. How could His Majesty say that there was no difference between him and Zheng Ping?
Not only Huan Ming, but also all the other filial piety officials also raised their heads and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and continued,
“At that time, my parents were hungry all day long, without warm clothes or enough food.
In the end, our parents starved to death, wasn't it because of us? I would rather starve to death than trade us to Yizi...
Our life was given by our parents, so we are not filial. "
"Your Majesty, this is wrong!"
Huan Ming's face turned red with anxiety and he said loudly.
"Oh? Tell me."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked without any fluctuation in his voice, regardless of Huan Ming's boldness in contradicting him.
“Your Majesty was in his prime years at that time and was still young, so he should have been excusable.
And this son, Zheng Ping, was born during the prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty..."
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, Huan Ming quickly shut up, Zhu Yuanzhang swept through the crowd and asked,
"You think so too?"
The other filial piety officers nodded.
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, changed the subject, and said,
"You guys get up."
Everyone stood up.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked up to Huan Ming, looked at Huan Ming's clothes, and asked,
"What you're wearing looks good."
Huan Ming didn't know why His Majesty suddenly brought this up, but he still replied respectfully,
"Your Majesty, the elders of the grassroots family have been officials, so the family has some surplus wealth."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at these Xiaolians again. Most of them were well-dressed. Although they were not rich, they certainly would not be troubled by daily food and drink.
And those who are shabbily dressed are only a handful.
Zhu Yuanzhang lost the interest to say anything more and suddenly felt boring, so he just left the last sentence,
"A filial person, a rich man who cares about his deeds but not his heart, a poor man who cares about his heart but does not care about his deeds."
After saying that, he turned around and left without interest, and Fu Ren followed immediately with his knife in hand.
A group of Xiaolians were left stunned on the ground, looking at each other.
After His Majesty left for a long time, everyone still couldn't believe that they had been in the same room with Master Hongwu for so long. Moreover, His Majesty seemed to have left a profound message,
A person next to Huan Ming looked at Huan Ming and asked,
"Brother Hu, what do you mean by what Your Majesty just said?"
Huan Ming didn't answer, but had complicated eyes. He grabbed his clothes with both hands and looked down.
"Fu Ren, do you understand?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang walked back to the palace with his hands behind his back, he suddenly asked Fu Ren, who was a step behind him,
"Your Majesty, I understand."
"Oh? Tell me, what do you understand?"
"Filial piety, it's very simple to say, it's nothing more than to enable parents to eat well and clothe themselves well when they are old, and not to be cold or hungry.
If you are like Wei Chen, your father is an important minister in the court and your family is well-off. Naturally, you don't need to worry about this matter of firewood and rice. You only need to follow the class and pay filial piety.
As for what you think in your heart, whether you have a sincere heart of filial piety, true filial piety, or ulterior motives, it doesn't matter.
This is what Your Majesty said, "Those who become rich are judged by their deeds but not by their heart." "
Zhu Yuanzhang stood still, turned around and looked at Fu Ren, and said with interest,
"continue."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Like Zheng Ping, the family is already poor, and it will be difficult to support his elderly mother. If he does not have great skills and opportunities, he will definitely be burdened by money matters.
No matter how much he wanted to fulfill his filial piety, he would definitely not be able to do that well in matters of firewood and rice except for having a filial heart. And ordinary people like Zheng Ping are the majority.
Doesn’t such a person count as filial?
Therefore, Your Majesty also said that the poor should fulfill their filial piety, regardless of their deeds.
If we talk about the heart and deeds, there will be no perfect person in the world. "
Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the sky and sighed,
"You are right, Fu Youde gave birth to a really good child."
Fu Ren lowered his head,
"Your Majesty, I just don't know if those filial piety men understand your Majesty's good intentions."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said,
"We are not the same kind of people, so we can understand each other just by saying one word? We are not that capable.
That's all, go back to the palace. "
