"So, brother, you suspect that Xiongying's nephew is tabooed by civil servants, so..." Zhu Su's eyes widened.
"Although it is whimsical, you must be careful." Zhu Biao said very solemnly. He caught a glimpse of the surprise on Zhu Su's face and said, "Fifth brother, don't you think it's unfounded to worry about being a brother? You haven't become a father yet, so you don't know the heart of a father."
"Although there is only a slight possibility... but even so, this unstable factor should be completely excluded." Zhu Biao said.
"Your sister-in-law is the daughter of the Chang family, and Xiongying is the daughter of a noble family. If he inherits the throne in the future, he will naturally rely on his mother's family."
"If this is the case, when will the civil servants be able to outdo the nobles?"
"It just so happened that the hero was ill at this time, and his illness was difficult to treat. Brother Wei had already lost his concubine, and brother Wei also gave birth to a concubine who was a concubine, but she was a woman from the civil service lineage..."
Zhu Su was shocked when he heard this. Zhu Biao suspected that Zhu Xiongying's "untimely death" was due to the efforts of civil servants to promote Zhu Yunwen to the throne. He was about to say that this conclusion was too much of a conspiracy theory, but as he spoke, he thought about the conspiracy involving the Tian family since ancient times. Who dares to say what the truth is?
From Hu Hai's parricide in the Qin Dynasty to the Xuanwumen Incident in the Tang Dynasty. Then to the sound of axes and candle shadows in the Song Dynasty, and the sudden death of Meng Ge in the Yuan Dynasty. There are too many familiar ones to enumerate. Who can guarantee that Zhu Xiongying’s death is not another deeply hidden conspiracy behind the history books?
You must know that when Zhu Xiongying died, Chang had been dead for four years. Mrs. Lu has become the crown princess, and her son Zhu Yunwen is also five years old. Even if the conspiracy by civil servants is a bit ridiculous, is it possible that Lu was willing to take risks secretly in order to put his son in power?
Zhu Su didn't dare to tell what the secret was.
But Zhu Su also felt a little strange. After all, this idea is still extreme, and it is not something that my merciful eldest brother can deduce. After thinking for a while, he said: "Brother, why do you doubt your own 'cause of death'?"
"My eldest brother has always been close to the civil servants and is regarded as a tolerant king. Even if the civil servants want to harm you, they probably won't do anything to you..."
"Although Biao'er is close to the civil servants, he is even closer to his vassal brothers. Moreover, all our old brothers are Biao'er's uncles, so they all support Biao'er. How can those civil servants not be afraid?" Lao Zhu suddenly said When they opened the door from outside and came in, Zhu Biao and Zhu Su were startled and quickly stood up.
"Dad!" "Dad..."
"Sit down." Lao Zhu walked to the table and sat down. Zhu Biao and Zhu Su also sat down. Zhu Biao said: "Have you finished discussing the matter with me? Is there any way to solve the shortage of the treasury?"
"Shan Chang has figured out a way." Old Zhu Niu said after taking a sip of tea.
Zhu Su heard this and felt suddenly. No wonder Li Shanchang appeared among the courtiers today. It turned out that it was Lao Zhu who specifically asked him to ask him something.
Also, Li Shanchang has always been called Xiao He of the Ming Dynasty. If the national treasury is short, Lao Zhu will definitely ask him.
"Let's talk about you and Xiongying first." Lao Zhu turned to look at Zhu Su. "Lao Wu, what do you think of what we just said?"
"...It makes sense." Zhu Su could only nod. Now he figured it out. Zhu Biao suddenly had such an idea, which must have been influenced by Lao Zhu.
When I explained to Lao Zhu that Wuzong Zhu Houzhao and Ming Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao, Lao Zhu expressed his doubts about the two Ming emperors "falling into the water" on the spot.
Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, was the emperor who personally went into battle and beheaded people. He could ride a horse and draw a bow; Zhu Youxiao of Emperor Xi Zong of Ming Dynasty, although he had never beheaded anyone, he liked to do carpentry work. Who among those who can do this kind of work is so weak?
How can it be that if it falls into water, it will dissolve directly?
Afterwards, civil servants also recorded in many places in the Ming Dynasty records that the two emperors "coughed a lot on weekdays" and were "physically weak". It seems even more obvious.
Moreover, the two emperors died in exactly the same way!
How could Lao Zhu not be suspicious of this?
Lao Zhu originally didn't trust these officials very much, so it was understandable that he would cast his eyes of scrutiny and suspicion on the officials of the current dynasty.
Even the "far-fetched" connection between Zhu Biao's death and Zhu Xiongying's early death was related to these civil servants. This is indeed very consistent with Lao Zhu's usual way of thinking...
No wonder Zhu Biao suddenly thought like this. It turned out to be influenced by Lao Zhu... Zhu Su's mind was clear.
"In that case, dad, you can just find an opportunity to take care of the remaining officials. Why do you ask me to make some imperial wine for the Imperial Academy?" Zhu Su said helplessly.
"The Imperial College... is full of rotten scholars. But I am the one who wrote "The Book of Confucius"."
"With such a criminal record, how can those students in the Imperial College be convinced by me? If I made a sacrificial wine, I'm afraid they would stop doing anything at the censor's desk and just stare at me every day, hoping to impeach me into a sieve That’s it.”
"We knew you wanted to hide again!" Lao Zhu glared. "Let your elder brother speak so much to you from the bottom of his heart, just to let you know the weight of this responsibility and to teach you not to slack off."
"Why are you still so lazy after talking for so long?"
"We can beat up all those stupid officials. But after that, who should come up to rule the world for us? Or those Confucian scholars?"
"We have done this in history, but a few generations later, those civil servants still do whatever they want?"
"Those literati have always thought of 'governing from the ground up'. If we don't extinguish this thought of these Confucian scholars, how can we feel at ease?"
"Dad, you mean..." Zhu Su finally came to his senses. "Do you want me to undermine Confucianism in the Imperial College and train civil servants who won't be obsessed with seizing power?"
Zhu Laowu was so shocked!
Destroy Confucianism! Is that something ordinary people can do? It should be noted that Confucianism has been rooted in China for thousands of years and cannot be replaced overnight.
Moreover, Confucian culture has now been completely integrated with China’s spiritual inheritance and so on. If Confucianism is forcibly separated, will China still be China?
Even in later generations, there were one or two officials who regarded the ancestor's Analects as a standard.
"No future!" Seeing Zhu Su's frightened face, Lao Zhu cursed. "What kind of time traveler are you? You have a head full of weird knowledge. Why can't you start a sect and become your own family?"
"We have laid the groundwork for you long ago. Now that you have fame and achievements, and I'm backing you, what can't you do with just the Imperial Academy's wine sacrifice?"
"As we said before, our old Zhu family will also produce a saint! By then, students from all over the world will learn the knowledge of our old Zhu family."
"Let's take a look. By then, who else in the turban will dare to offend me, the emperor of the Zhu family?"
Lao Zhu's words were astonishing.
(End of chapter)
