"Why not?" Zhu Houzhao continued to ask.
Wu Kuan is very careful when speaking now, so he is under great pressure.
Especially today is the first day of giving lectures in the East Palace, so the occasion is even more unusual.
"As the ancients say, no matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish! Your Highness is going to study for the first time. He should focus on the learning of the saints, be compassionate to the world, and be kind and caring for the people. If you talk about war lightly, the people will suffer from war and the country will decline and be in danger. ! Therefore, I dare not accept His Highness’s decree!”
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyes and asked the ministers lined up on both sides, "What about you? Do you also think that I should not learn the art of war? Shouldn't I learn the art of war?"
"Your Highness!" Cheng Minzheng, who had been watching for a long time, couldn't help it anymore. He jumped out and replied: "I also agree with Master Wu. Your Highness is still young and has officially started to study. Besides, since ancient times, people have been able to get on the horse. The world, please get off your horse and rule the world. Our Ming Dynasty has experienced seven emperors and has been passed down for hundreds of years. Your Highness should learn how to rule the world!"
"Furthermore, I have something I would like to advise Your Highness."
Zhu Houzhao had already expected this person's behavior, so he didn't panic and said, "You tell me."
"I believe that His Highness is gifted and intelligent, which is rare. However, the ancient sages' books contain great truths. Your Highness is a newbie. Even if you understand a sentence, you will not be able to understand the whole text. Even if you learn one principle, you will not be able to comprehend it. But Your Highness behaves frivolously. He questioned the ministers and blocked the mouths of the ministers with cunning words."
At this point, many people were already a little shocked. In the end, we still need Cheng Minzheng.
"...If the ministers displease His Highness, they will be dismissed and demoted as a favor. But Your Highness, you cannot calm your mind and understand the teachings of the saints. This is the real bad thing!"
A prodigy is worthy of being a prodigy.
Zhu Houzhao glanced over, and many of the old men below nodded secretly, as if they were speaking their minds.
Looking at Cheng Minzheng again, he straightened his back and cupped his hands, looking like a loyal minister who was not afraid of death!
This army is indeed well-organized, and it was directly placed here by the prince.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng,"
"Wei Chen is here."
"Have we met before?"
"No." Cheng Minzheng answered honestly.
"Teachers teach students, but students can't ask questions?"
After asking questions continuously, Cheng Minzheng became even weaker and said, "Of course I can ask questions."
Zhu Houzhao continued to smile, "As for Mr. Wu's advice just now, should I continue to ask for your opinions, or should I stop agreeing to him?"
Um... Wu Kuan made a speech, but the prince did not veto it.
Cheng Minzheng's face started to look wrong, but regarding what just happened, he could only reply truthfully.
"Your Highness, I am continuing to seek your opinions."
"Pa!" Zhu Houzhao slammed the table, "Then I'm still asking for advice. Why did you just open your mouth and say that I was questioning the minister?!"
The prince is angry,
All the officials and eunuchs in Wenhua Palace knelt down.
"Your Highness, calm down."
Cheng Minzheng held a breath in his chest!
Zhu Houzhao deliberately embarrassed him just to provoke him!
This statement implies two traps.
First, I am just asking for advice on a question in the Wenhua Palace, and I am still asking for advice humbly, and I am not insisting on doing anything. Where is the cross-examination? ….
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Since it is not the case, it means that you have considered the fights between the prince and the ministers in the past, because those who said that the prince questioned the ministers,
But those things happened deep in the palace, and you, Cheng Minzheng, were not present, so how did you know? Did someone tell you behind your back?
explain! If you have the ability, just say it! Who took out the duel between himself and the emperor and told it to others!
This is a taboo. What the emperor said to you in the palace, how can you say it everywhere? If the king is not secretive, his ministers will lose; if the ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity; if matters are not secretive, it will cause harm. Everyone in the palace understands this truth, let alone Cheng Min
Politics?
Secondly, since you said it behind his back and expressed your dissatisfaction with the prince in this way in the Wenhua Hall today, does it mean that you are talking about the prince behind his back?
This is not acceptable. Suggestions to one's face and discussions behind one's back are by no means the same nature. It would be shameful to speak ill of ordinary people behind their backs, let alone talk about the prince secretly together?
If this were the emperor, the crime would be to slander me!
And as soon as I recognize it, I will ask you to explain who told you! This is a comrade! Can't even run away!
This is the reason why Cheng Minzheng is holding back his discomfort. He can't say it, and if he does, it will implicate Wu Kuan.
Critical moments depend on a person's quick wit. Too many people have this experience. If you don't feel nervous and give time to think about a question, you can answer it very well, but if you are under pressure and have to answer it immediately, it will be very difficult. There are tests.
Cheng Minzheng was also smart. He thought of the loophole in the Crown Prince's words, which was the edict issued because of Wang Yue.
So he said: "Wei Chen read your Majesty's edict to serve the country and learned something about it."
What this means is that the edict records the conversation between the emperor and his ministers on that day.
Zhu Houzhao immediately turned against him and asked sternly: "Then you said that I am just an eight-year-old child. Is this also written in the edict?!"
Cheng Minzheng's heart thundered, and he was completely shocked!
The people in the palace felt the same as Ming Jing. They must have known that Cheng Minzheng had discussed it with someone behind his back. Otherwise, how could he have given such advice as he had just entered the capital?
It's just that Cheng Minzheng was smart and didn't jump into the big hole dug by the prince.
However, things turned around again at this point, that is, what the prince said about an eight-year-old child, the implication that the ministers heard at this time was that not only did Cheng Minzheng speak ill of the prince behind his back, but the prince knew it.
This is hopeless and there is nothing we can do to help.
Cheng Minzheng was already upset. He was a very arrogant person, and now in front of so many people, he was humiliating the prince. It is also related to such immoral things as "talking bad about people behind their backs".
So the pressure has gone through the roof.
However, after he thought about it for a long time, Liu Jin quit.
"Master Cheng, this is the Wenhua Palace, and the person in front of you is His Highness the Crown Prince. His previous words were disrespectful to His Highness. Now, Your Highness, why don't you respond immediately?"
Yes, that's disrespectful.
There is no way to escape this section.
Therefore, Cheng Minzheng could only kneel down and said, "I have lost my temper. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Oops, I’m not so hard-spoken anymore.
Zhu Houzhao said in a murderous and heart-wrenching manner: "Forgive me, of course I forgive you. How dare you not forgive me?! Today is my first day of giving lectures. On such a grand occasion, I asked a few more questions and you, Mr. Cheng, gave me the title 'I asked the minister about his bad reputation. If I punish you now, wouldn't it really offend you, Mr. Cheng? I'm not sure how much bad reputation you will have in the future!"
Cheng Minzheng suddenly thought of Wu Kuan's reminder and Wu Kuan's hesitation...
This Prince of the East Palace is really too fierce!
"Your Highness's heart-wrenching words will make my life miserable!"
"I don't want you to die. I just want you to be kind to others. How many days have you been in Beijing? A child of no more than eight years old came to me and asked the ministers a few comments. The dignified scholar spoke. Why are you so mean?"
Wu Kuan sighed in his heart. His Highness probably knew that Cheng Minzheng's intentions were not good, and he was already silencing him.
After what happened to Wenhua Palace today, how will Cheng Minzheng argue with the crown prince again in the future? No matter how you say it, as long as you say the last sentence, people will naturally say that you are narrow-minded.
You see, the prince said you were mean, but you are really mean!
And Cheng Minzheng is already deeply divided. He treats others unkindly and speaks harshly... This... how can this be used on him? ! He just never thought about whether he went too far when he used the moral high ground to accuse others. .
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