"Dad has never forgotten his roots, and his position has never been on the side of nobles or bureaucrats. Brother, you must not forget that he lost his parents at a young age, and his parents, you and me Their grandfather was forced to death by corrupt officials!"
"Confucianism once said that he who cares about the people is a wise king. He is the only emperor in thousands of years who came from the people! If you ask which emperor in the world cares about the people the most, who can be better than him? ? How can you think that Dad is a tyrant just because he killed so many corrupt officials? "
"..." Zhu Biao was speechless. The anger and stubbornness on his face had dissipated a lot.
Zhu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief, remembering that later generations had one theory about the cause of Zhu Biao's death: Zhu Biao was said to have met Lao Zhu and killed the courtiers. He violated the Yan Zhijian but was scolded back by Lao Zhu, who hated iron. So he jumped into the pond of the Royal Garden in a state of excitement.
Although he was rescued at that time, the root cause of his illness began to fall, and he died young soon after.
Judging from the look on the elder brother's face just now, he was indeed very dissatisfied with Lao Zhu's execution. I hope what I said can relieve his heart knot.
"...Having said that, after all, there were too many executions." Zhu Biao sighed. Although his face no longer had the agitated look, it was still full of sadness.
"Dad is trying to kill the court officials, and he also wants to depose the prime minister. The move is too big."
"It should be noted that although Bei Yuan was expelled from the pass, his remaining strength is still strong. Just like a tiger peeping at the side, how can he ignore it?"
"There is still Northern Yuan Taiwei Naha from Liaodong, leading 200,000 fierce warriors. From time to time, he wants to plunder our Ming territory."
"Father is also preparing to annihilate Yunnan. Brother Mu Yi is training soldiers in the south under Dad's order. The war will begin soon."
"The land south of the Yangtze River has been plagued by Japanese invasions again and again..."
Every time Zhu Biao spoke, his eyebrows deepened.
"This is a troubled time! At this time, the government and the central government are also unstable. In case of external troubles and internal troubles at the same time..."
Zhu Su could only remain silent. Zhu Biao's worries are actually not unreasonable. At this time, the righteous people are panicked and the court is unstable.
If Bei Yuan takes the opportunity to attack, or if Naha of Liaodong sends troops to cause chaos, or if King Liang of Yunnan takes advantage of the instability in the court to raise troops...
For Daming, it is definitely a huge blow! Maybe all the years of recuperation and recuperation from the first year of Hongwu's reign would be ruined in an instant.
In fact, this is the essential difference between the rulers of Shoucheng and the founding heroes like Lao Zhu, and their strategies for governing the country.
Zhu Biao will undoubtedly be an excellent defender. His instinct is to maintain stability and balance.
Even though it is necessary to abolish the phase and purge the court, facing this situation of unresolved foreign troubles, he subconsciously thinks that these "secondary contradictions" should be put aside for the time being, and he should first get through this personal situation. The external problems that are approaching are imminent, and then energy is used to deal with these disharmonious factors within the court.
And the hero of Kaiyuan like Lao Zhu has the courage and skill to believe that he can control everything.
In the view of heroes like Lao Zhu, these corrupt officials are the root cause of the instability in the court. Such cancers should be eliminated quickly!
In Zhu Su's view, these two views are reasonable for the public to speak, and the mother-in-law to speak for the mother-in-law. If he asks about some historical events that may happen in the future, he can still add something. Once it comes to the issue of this kind of governing concept, you can only catch yourself blindly, and you must catch your blindness.
Zhu Su could not answer Zhu Biao's question, and the scene suddenly fell into silence. Fortunately, the silence did not last long. A very familiar voice to the two brothers sounded from beside the door:
"Boss, you are worrying too much!"
"We have been very restrained this time!"
"You know, according to the original plan, we were going to start four major cases in a row and kill 70,000 to 80,000 people!"
Seeing Lao Zhu's tall figure coming in from outside, Zhu Biao and Zhu Su were stunned. Zhu Biao quickly stood up and saluted after reacting: "My son Zhu Biao, I have met my father!"
"No, no. With the beard, I am becoming more and more estranged from my father." Lao Zhu gave his eldest son a reproachful look. Zhu Biao noticed the "grievance" in his old father's eyes and suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Lao Zhu turned around and looked at Zhu Su with a smile: "You kid, you are smarter than a monkey. With all the nice words you just said, did you notice that we were standing behind the door?"
"How can that be possible?" Zhu Su chuckled. Seeing that Lao Zhu was in a good mood, he stopped getting up and casually cupped his hands as a courtesy. "Your kindness to the people will be praised in future generations!"
"Hahahahaha, after we killed so many people, I thought that we would definitely be known as a tyrant in history!"
"I didn't expect that there are people who care about us!"
What Lao Zhu said in this sentence is really a great relief. Although he values practicality and despises fame, who among the emperors would really want to be infamy for all eternity?
"That's enough, that's enough! No matter how many people scold us, we don't care, but if anyone praises us after reading the history books, we are good enough!" Lao Zhu sighed, while Zhu Biao looked on and laughed happily but also The somewhat lonely old father almost shed tears of guilt when he recalled that he had felt that he was a tyrant just now.
"I'm sorry, you bastard, you're not smart enough to flatter us and make us happy like that. Show us the wound, is it deep?" Lao Zhu didn't notice the look on Zhu Biao's face and just said to Zhu Su.
"We originally thought that you were definitely faking your injuries. But we didn't expect that you actually stabbed yourself! Hahahaha, if you were just faking, who would dare to check you? But you spent all this time lying on the bed in vain day!"
When he said the first half of the sentence, Lao Zhu still had a bit of heartache on his face, but when he said the second half, he seemed to be telling a big joke. Looking at Zhu Su, who looked like he was constipated, he started laughing.
"... Li Yuan just tied up the wound for me, so there is no need to look at it. My elder brother was there when I tied it up. It was nothing serious." Zhu Su said to Lao Zhu. Seeing Zhu Biao nodding in confirmation, Lao Zhu felt relieved.
"Boss, you just told Lao Wu that you think our execution is too much?" Since Zhu Biao was mentioned, Lao Zhu got to the point with Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao's original knot was almost resolved by Zhu Su. At this time, he only had doubts about his political philosophy. Hearing this, he nodded and looked directly at Lao Zhu and said, "My child does think so."
"Dad, Hu Weiyong and others have indeed committed extremely evil crimes, but if they are executed on a large scale, it is indeed too much."
"You must know that most of them, like Guo Huan, have not yet had time to commit the illegal things that future generations will do!"
"If we set up such a big prison at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"Moreover, there are many honest and capable officials who were sent to prison by the Jin Yiwei because of the random attacks of Hu Weiyong's party..."
"We know, we all know." Lao Zhu patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder.
"Although we want to solve the major problems in the four major cases at once, as soon as possible. But why don't we deliberately establish our power?"
"The drama you played with Lao Wu before was so good! It brought all the rebellious officials and traitors like Hu Weiyong to the surface, giving us the opportunity to kill them all."
"And then, I need you to sing the second play with me, the father."
"We establish our authority, you show favors, and we play the bad role, and then you should play the good role."
"We, father and son, must thoroughly eradicate all these bad things in the court!"
(End of chapter)
