Chapter 74: At the treasure gathering gate
At this moment, He Xi was playing chess with Princess Anqing.
In the past few days, the relationship between He Xi and Princess Anqing has developed by leaps and bounds.
There is always someone watching between He Xi and Princess Anqing. There will be no intimate gestures. She was playing outside the city a few days ago, but Princess Anqing is essentially a person who likes to be quiet and not active. After a long time, it was in the palace. Reading, drinking tea and playing chess.
They also gradually became familiar with each other.
Princess Anqing frowned and said, "Your chess style is very strange."
He Xi's Go level is not very high, but she still knows a few fixed moves. And Princess Anqing was not a Go expert, she just played according to the chess records. The level is even more average. Anyway, He Xi can make Princess Anqing's wife look like she wants.
In fact, playing chess like this is very boring.
However, the two sides are not playing chess per se.
"Actually, I only know a little bit about Go." He Xi said, "It's just a few formulas. If you want to learn, I'll teach you."
"Okay." Princess Anqing raised her head, a trace of hair hanging in front of her eyes, as if to block the girl's excited heart.
Princess Anqing did not have high requirements for her future husband, and many of He Xi's performances far exceeded Princess Anqing's expectations. After getting along with each other for a few days, my heart has long been attached to He Xi.
At this moment, Xu Baoer came running over and said, "Secretary He, your Majesty has summoned you."
He Xi felt a little nervous.
The relationship with Princess Anqing is heating up, and of course the two of them have a crush on each other. But He Xi is more proactive. Compared to He Xi, who has never eaten pork in later generations and has at least seen pigs running away, Princess Anqing is a blank slate. Especially when all parties agree, Princess Anqing is actually very easy to handle.
Even if she is a princess.
The reason why He Xi is like this is because of the worry and fear deep in his heart.
He Xi taught Zhu Yuanzhang the truth clearly. But he didn't know how Zhu Yuanzhang would react to these things.
Should we strive for reform, be selective in the new policies, or block all news and act as if nothing happened?
He Xi didn't know, but he was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would erase him from this time and space. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to do this. So he tried his best to win over Princess Anqing, just so that Zhu Yuanzhang could give Princess Anqing more leverage when he was thinking about it.
He even thought if Zhu Yuanzhang could always use a computer. forget him.
But he knew this was impossible. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been sealing himself in Qianqing Palace at this moment, finally summoned him.
He Xi smashed the chess pieces on the chessboard. He said to Princess Anqing: "I'm going to see Your Majesty."
Princess Anqing didn't care too much. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was his father to him, so he didn't feel there was any danger. Princess Anqing nodded and said, "Go ahead and let me review it."
He Xi turned around and walked towards Qianqing Palace, but was stopped by Xu Baoer. Xu Baoer said: "Secretary He, Your Majesty is not in Qianqing Palace now."
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Zhu Yuanzhang was not in Qianqing Palace, but in a place He Xi never expected. It is the most prosperous Jubao Gate in Nanjing.
At this moment, the busy Jubao Gate has been cleared. Hundreds of meters of city wall were left empty, with not a single soldier in sight. Only Zhu Yuanzhang caressed the city head of Jubaomen step by step.
Xu Zheng said, "Your Majesty has ordered that Secretary He only be allowed to go there alone."
He Xi nodded and walked along the city wall. A few miles behind Zhu Yuanzhang, he saluted and said, "I pay my respects to your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not look back and said: "Get up and come and have a look."
He Xi stepped forward, stood on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and looked at the busy traffic below. As mentioned earlier, Jubaomen is the main entrance to Nanjing, and Changqianli outside Jubaomen is also quite prosperous.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know why I am here?"
He Xi said: "I don't know."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Because of this gate. The Jubao Gate is also the Chinese Gate."
"In your film, the Nanjing Massacre was not mentioned much, but I know that this was the last front line to protect Nanjing. The soldiers fought here to the last soldier. And this is also where the massacre began. After the Japanese broke through Nanjing's city defenses, this is where they started their killing spree."
"Do you know how I felt at that time?"
"I have seen too many cruel things in troubled times, including massacres of cities. It's just this one thing that makes me really uncomfortable."
"The Ming Dynasty is my work, and the city of Nanjing is also my work."
"I thought that I would let my city of Nanjing protect the people of Nanjing for thousands of generations. But, six hundred years later, my old friend is no longer useful."
Zhu Yuanzhang patted the bricks on the city wall, one after another. Said; "But I am still very happy. I always leave something behind. Six hundred years later, the things I left behind can still protect the people of the world from wind and rain, but I am very sad. I am Zhu. The remaining shadow of six hundred years has been exhausted."
Zhu Yuanzhang said this.
Silence fell.
Facing the Jubao Gate that has stood here for six hundred years, the Chinese Gate of later generations. It's like facing six hundred years of vicissitudes.
Many people spoke out.
This feeling of vicissitudes of life cannot be expressed in words.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "He Xi, our conversation this time is not about monarchs and ministers, nor son-in-law, but about ancient and modern times. I ask you, what kind of person do you think I am?"
He Xi said: "Your Majesty is wise and mighty. He rose from a commoner background and over the past ten years he has dominated the world. It is beyond the reach of anyone.----" He Xi still wanted to flatter him.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "So you are so worried that I will kill you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's words were like a long knife, inserted directly into He Xi's heart. He Xi's face turned pale and his body was shaking. Zhu Yuanzhang revealed the most secret worries in He Xi's heart. Let the secret deep in He Xi's heart be exposed to the blue sky and the sun.
I didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care and said, "How many years have you been studying?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not continue to ask, and asked He Xi to take a step back. He Xi calmed down, with sweat still visible on his forehead, and said, "Start in kindergarten, maybe twenty years later."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I read your teaching materials. I don't know whether it is deliberate on your part or for other reasons. There is obviously a problem with this teaching material. What problem do you know?"
When He Xi finally regained his composure, he secretly cursed in his heart. He felt in his heart that there was something wrong with so many experts deciding on the textbooks for later generations. But he couldn't express it and said: "I don't know, please give me some advice."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "There is skill but no way."
He Xi said: "There is skill but no way?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer directly, but asked: "You look down on Confucianism, don't you?" He Xi replied: "I also look down on some corrupt Confucians. It's just that Confucianism has valued moral articles the most for thousands of years. These moral articles are of course useless. But they are It teaches people how to be a human being. And people learn how to be a human being. This is what they need to learn throughout their lives."
He Xi thought to himself: "We also have ideological and moral education." He said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true."
Zhu Yuanzhang heard He Xi's duplicity. Said: "I will teach you a lesson. Confucianism is divided into primary school and university. Primary school is to educate and cultivate integrity. It is to read exegesis. And university is the way to govern the country."
"And what is the difference between elementary school and university? I am determined to study at the age of fifteen."
"It's determination."
"Only when people want to understand what kind of person they want to be in this life can they learn different knowledge accordingly. There is endless learning in the world. It cannot be said that it is useless for a martial artist to learn chapters and sentences. But it is by no means necessary, and it is even more important. What’s more, what a person wants to do from the bottom of his heart is the greatest motivation.”
"If a person cannot face up to his innermost thoughts and instead pursues superficial things, it is difficult to say that such a person has truly lived a lifetime."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at He Xi, and saw He Xi at a glance. He showed respect on his face, but he didn't think so in his heart. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Don't underestimate it. The word "determination" is the first step in learning. It is also the foundation of all learning. But these textbooks of yours seem not to put much effort into this, but to put a lot of effort into specific matters. Deep. I just don’t know, can each of you use this knowledge?"
Facing the problem of Zhu Yuanzhang. He Xi didn't know how to answer for a while. Just silence.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea of going into detail. continued.
"And how to make a determination is the key to learning."
"Actually, when I think back to those days, when I was young, I didn't learn any of this, but I was used to seeing mountains and rivers shattered. I swore at that time that if I were to take power one day, I would definitely bring peace to the world. As for being an emperor, that has never happened. Thought about it.”
"Perhaps, you think that I am putting gold on my face. No matter what changes happen in the future, my original intention is still like this. Therefore, there are many rebels in the world, but I, Zhu Yuanzhang, have never done anything where I have done it. It is known as the Bodhisattva's disease. , I have never done all kinds of evil things done by other rebels, even Hu Dahai and his son were killed by me."
Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang also closed his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt uncomfortable thinking about this matter now. At that time, Hu Dahai presided over the army's expedition to western Zhejiang. Controlled almost one-third of Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Hu Dahai's only son was reselling military rations in the rear. Zhu Yuanzhang risked Hu Dahai's rebellion. Rectify the law on the spot.
And Hu Dahai did not let Zhu Yuanzhang down after all.
However, Hu Dahai died young and had no heirs.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not regret killing Hu Dahai's only son, but he felt a little guilty about the fact that Hu Dahai was childless.
"My original intention was this, and it has not changed at all now. You think I will kill you because of a little threat in the future. You underestimated me. You also underestimated yourself." Zhu Yuanzhang said firmly. But that may not be the case in my heart.
In fact, this period of time was also a baptism for Zhu Yuanzhang.
