"It's useless for the prince to plead for mercy. He was even severely punished for it. Dai Gong and the others will definitely die!"
Among the group of people outside the execution site, a scribe spoke to several other scribes.
"Our Majesty is really hard-hearted!"
A scribe sighed because of this.
"Not only is he tough, he is extremely cold-blooded. For the sake of his own power, he does not hesitate to treat his own flesh and blood. Secretly establishing a reserve is just to make his own flesh and blood fight against each other. He is not a ruthless and indifferent person. He cannot do such a thing. Come!"
said the scribe who spoke first.
And shortly after the scribe said this, the supervisor had no choice but to shout: "The time has come!"
The supervisor obviously also sympathized with Dai Mingshuo, Zhang Tianzhi, and Wang Chongjian who supported the establishment of direct heirs.
Because, in this era, for the scholar-bureaucrats who grew up with Confucian Neo-Confucian education, establishing direct descendants and elders is indeed a good idea.
Therefore, he did not say "cut" directly, nor did he drop the command arrow immediately. Instead, he looked at the way he came, to see if the princes had persuaded the emperor to send someone to send an urgent message to pass on the sword and save the people. of oral instructions.
But after the prison officer waited for a while, he did not receive the order to save anyone under the sword.
Therefore, the supervisor couldn't help but thought to himself: "It seems that these three people must die!"
Dai Ming said, Zhang Tianzhi and Wang Chongjian were also very disappointed.
Deming said that he even looked up to the sky and cried loudly: "God, why are you like this, why are you like this!"
Zhang Tianzhi also shouted: "Your Majesty! I only hope to be lucky in the next life, and I don't want to be your minister anymore!"
Wang Chongjian said: "Yes, I would rather be a minister of the barbarians than a minister of a tyrant like you. You are really the most disgusting king in history! Although Li Shimin was a tyrant, Sima Wenzheng praised him for his kindness in accepting advice. Your words are virtuous, but if you are a tyrant, no scholar-officials will be willing to say good things for you in the future!"
"cut!"
At this time, the supervisor couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately shouted and threw down the command arrow.
So the executioner began to chop down.
Click!
Click!
Click!
Dai Ming said, Zhang Tianzhi, and Wang Chongjian were immediately cut off from the market.
Zhu Youxiao used this cruel method to directly block the attempts of some scholar-bureaucrats who wanted the current Ming Dynasty to return to the past, and wanted to realize this idea by discussing the foundation of the country.
Next, no one in the court dared to discuss the matter of establishing a crown prince.
The emperor's heirs also behaved themselves and had to obey Zhu Youxiao's rules, and began to secretly compete with each other in order to perform better in Zhu Youxiao.
Even in order to leave a good impression on the emperor and let the emperor name him in the secret edict on establishing the crown prince, these emperors were more filial to Zhu Youxiao and curry favor with Zhu Youxiao than before.
"Now that the weather is getting colder, please remember to put on more clothes and drink more hot water!"
"The new tea presented was made by my own hands. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. It is often said that sitting for a long time damages the stomach and thinking too much damages the spleen. My father is busy with everything and is busy with state affairs. This tea may be able to nourish the spleen and stomach."
"My son has nothing to ask for in his life. He only wishes that his father's dragon body will always be healthy. Therefore, I would like to offer you a rare ginseng from Changbai Mountain. I also ask my father to remember to call it for you."
…
Zhu Youxiao didn't know how many messages of care he would receive from princes from other places in one day.
Of course, these princes would humbly ask him for some advice on county governance in his memorials, and they would also show their good governance in overt and covert ways.
Zhu Youxiao had to admit that power was indeed magical, forcing everyone, including his own children, to be more kind to him for the sake of power.
And because of this, the Ming Dynasty Hall finally became quiet again.
…
"The crisis over establishing the crown prince is over. No one knows what those with ulterior motives will do next, but what I can predict is that the emperor's heirs whom I sent out will come into contact with more truth in the places in the future. After cruel examples, maybe like those scholars who left the school, they may become hypocritical and selfish in the future, or self-denying and devoted to public service. But in any case, we don’t know the outcome now. Let’s leave everything to time first. .”
Zhu Youxiao said this to his ministers at this time.
"What your Majesty said is true, but what is clear is that extremely self-interested people will not give up. Maybe for a specific person, he may restrain his greed, but for the entire rentier, it is My desire to be a master will not be wiped out by my emperor’s iron fist.”
Liu Hongxun said.
"I know that it is impossible for rentiers to learn to respect the Han people in our country and give up the idea of being a master, at least not for my generation, but we can change one thing!"
"At least because we have done this before, the Han people in the future will at least be less numb and at least a little more awakened, and the rentiers in the future will at least not dare to go too far towards the Han people."
"As for asking the rentiers to give up enslaving the Han people in their own country, we cannot impose regulations. The Buddha said that all people are equal, but not many people abide by it! The key is to let the ordinary Han people first make themselves unwilling to be slaves, but to let them If I don’t want to be a slave, I still have to let more Han people receive more education and further open up the people’s wisdom!”
"Of course, people who have read books are not really unwilling to be slaves. There are many people who are willing to be slaves or even slaves of barbarians in order to become a master. But there are many more people who have read books and are willing to be slaves. Even if you give him some benefits, you have to let him be the master in front of others! Therefore, if more Han people read books, or even if all Han people read books, the most powerful people will want all Han people in the world to read books. If you are your own slave, no matter what, all the Han people in the world must be your master in front of more people!"
"In this case, you can force the most powerful person, for me, the Ming Dynasty, to be the emperor. The emperor has to be forced to make the empire stronger. Of course, other people who want to be masters will also be forced to do so. Support the empire to become stronger and stronger, otherwise, they will not be able to bribe the awakened Han people!"
Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty has far-reaching intentions, and I admire you greatly. I am willing to implement your Majesty's wishes, and I will not be afraid even if my body is broken to pieces!"
Liu Hongxun couldn't help but reply.
"The same is true for you, ministers."
Because Liu Hongxun made such a statement, Zhu Xieyuan and Wen Tiren had no choice but to reply accordingly.
Zhu Youxiao smiled because of this: "If all the courtiers can be like the three beloved ministers, I don't have to be so strict! Therefore, further innovations in academic administration are needed, and the cultivation of talents (elite education) should be further regarded as the purpose of academic study. , to improve the awareness and wisdom of ordinary Han people, first of all, the imperial examination system must be changed again!"
After Zhu Youxiao said this, he asked again: "By the way, how is the voyage to the West now? Where are Zhang Shouao and the others?"
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