"By the way, who should go to the wake tonight?"
Zhu Biao asked, looking at his brothers.
"Brother, I will lead the vigil tonight."
Zhu Di stood up, cupped his hands and said.
"Well, then go quickly and take these honest children with you. Don't forget to put some mustard on your sleeves. It's a good thing. One bite will make you shed tears. If you think it's indecent, I won't There is also pepper water and ginger water, which can also make you cry, but your eyes hurt a little. If you want to be more sad, I also have onion juice, which is not harmful to your eyes."
Zhu Biao took out a bunch of things and put them there. They were all things that could make people cry.
He also asked Zhu Di to bring those honest children over and cry to Zhu Yuanzhang. What does it mean to not be dead? If not dead, who is the one who is dead now?
"Brother is really well prepared."
Zhu Di reached out and took out a few bottles of onion juice, which was a good thing for performances.
He dragged those honest children to go to the wake with him, and explained all these things clearly to these children on the way.
"You are such honest children, you two, you can't let your sons study Confucianism. It is not the study of emperors, nor is it the study of royalty. You will still be of great use in the future."
Zhu Biao sat up straight and looked at Zhu Xi and the others and said.
"The study of emperors is not something we can learn. Brother, don't say these words. If the foreign court hears it, something will happen. And brother, Confucianism is so powerful now, you still have to rely on Confucianism to govern the country. If you can't say it, don't say it, otherwise it will be dangerous. We have also seen the methods of those literati."
Zhu Fang stretched out his hand and waved his sleeves, telling his eldest brother to stop talking. If these words get out, big things will happen, and those civil servants will make trouble. For them, it will not be a big deal, but it will be very troublesome. The civil servants originally disliked them and the kings, and they always wanted to cause trouble no matter what happened. Once these words were said, those courtiers would really get into trouble.
Besides, Confucianism is now the dominant force. At this time, it is really a life-threatening thing for the emperor to take the lead in opposing Confucianism. They have also looked at the history of the Ming Dynasty. The emperors who were disliked by Confucianism for generations were either faint kings or tyrants, and those who had some ability and ambitious emperors, one by one either died of taking medicine or falling into the water, it was really a lot of tricks.
"That's why I asked you not to study Confucianism, nor to study Legalism, but what our father said in the document is that you can learn the learning of later generations. I don't know if you want to learn it, but also Let the common people also learn."
Zhu Biao touched the document with his hand and said: "When more people are literate, they will understand things, and those officials will have no way to fool them. Then I will cancel the preferential policies for students, officials and literati, and cancel the tax exemptions." We can’t raise a bunch of white-eyed wolves because of our policies! There’s no sense in taking advantage of us, being our officials, and taking pride in scolding us everywhere.”
"A great favor for a long time will lead to revenge. But brother, what if those students and officials get into trouble? Our current officials are all enjoying these benefits. Without these benefits, they would not even be able to survive. If they can't survive, the new junior officials who join the court will have to borrow loan sharks. If this is not solved, the elder brother will really have to give some benefits. The students can not give it, but the officials must not give it, otherwise Those things will still happen in the future.”
Zhu Yuanzhang has lived in the capital for a long time, and he knows what kind of life those officials live. This is also the point where Zhu Yuanzhang went too far and was too harsh on the officials. The person who is not a member of the family has to support him, and now there is the official who is not a loaner. I have paid a large amount of money, and the first thing I do every time I pay my salary is to pay off the old loan and then borrow a new one.
"Lao Wu is right. If those officials weren't too poor, why would they keep an eye on us? If we make a small mistake, they would take it to a big scale. Even if it's nothing, they would say that we are causing harm to the country and the people. It's really So angry."
When Zhu Xi heard what Zhu Xi said, he immediately continued.
He was reported to someone for no matter what happened, which really annoyed him to death.
"You really dare to say that, you dare to say those things, didn't you do it? If I hadn't been there to help you, you would have been beaten to death by my father for your bitch-tempered attitude. Take a look at what you did. !”
Zhu Biao picked up a book from beside him and threw it at Zhu Chong.
Zhu Chong didn't hide or get annoyed. He reached out and took the book. He looked at it for Qing History, then opened it and flipped through it. The bookmark was on the page of Yanglian Yinzi.
"Brother, do you want to use this honest bank system? This thing makes them even more corrupt. There are no good people in the officialdom. Human nature is greedy, and this official is even more so."
Zhu Xi is really not stupid. You must know that the more wrong things he does, the less people will think that he can have ambitions for the throne, and the safer he and his descendants will be. Although he really has no ambitions, it does not represent those The civil servants and military generals did not doubt him, so in order to avoid suspicion, he did a lot of ridiculous things, but he was compensated privately afterwards, so even if he did something outrageous, his throne was safe.
"Yes, brother, this person's heart is full of desires. We have learned that human nature is evil since we were young, so you have to be careful."
Zhu Fan also joined in the conversation. He was not easy to get along with. He did more to avoid suspicion than his second brother. He only did one thing and had the government and the public exclude him from the prince. He is a threat, but he is much smarter than his second brother, but he just received a whip from his father.
Zhu Biao looked at his two younger brothers. If he had really died like Ming Shi, if their reputations had not been ruined, they would still be suitable candidates for the crown prince. Unfortunately, after his death, their reputations would also be ruined. And his life is not long.
"I know what you are saying, but if you want the horses to run, you must let them eat well. Only when they are full can they have the strength to work. If they do not do well, then we cannot blame our knives for being too sharp. , This dynasty does not have a bad official habit of not killing scholar-bureaucrats."
Zhu Biao's words made Zhu Xi and the others smile. The rest of the room were all smart kids, and of course they knew what Zhu Biao wanted to do.
"But those Confucian civil servants will make a fuss. After all, their family is the only one now."
"As for those Confucian civil servants, don't worry about them. Li Shanchang and Master Li have trained many capable ministers and officials. I can use these people. They are not Confucian. Just let them fight among themselves. We naturally have our big things to do.",
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said.
