First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Biao really felt sorry for his father, he had never enjoyed anything as an emperor, and even strolling around the imperial garden became a rare pleasure.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and did not speak, and led Zhu Biao to the imperial study room, where someone had already begun to move stacks of memorials, and the father and son took a sip of tea after they sat down.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just wait, after a while someone who is not afraid of death will come to remonstrate."

As soon as the words fell, Mao Xiang from outside came in and reported: "Your Majesty, more than 20 officials headed by Qian Tang, the censor of the right capital, are begging to see you, and they are kneeling at the gate of the palace right now."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "It's Qian Tang again, what's going on outside the palace?"

Mao Xiang replied: "There are many literati who are calling for friends and companions outside, and want to play jointly, hoping that the Holy Majesty will take back his order, and those Enke candidates also gathered together to discuss."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said coldly: "Who gave them the courage to discuss state affairs without even having an official position? Immediately send people to disperse them. Anyone who resists will be severely punished according to the law!"

Mao Xiang took the order to go, Zhu Biao also stood up and said: "Father, my son, let's go and have a look first."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want Zhu Biao to participate at first. The people kneeling at the gate of the palace were all thorns. Zhu Yuanzhang was about to kill a few, but he also knew that killing by force was not the best solution.

The most important thing is that Zhu Biao comes forward first, so there is still room for easing everything, and both sides can get to the bottom of it. If Zhu Yuanzhang comes forward directly, he will have to die first no matter what.

After Zhu Biao bowed and saluted, he withdrew. It was a taboo for those literati outside to discuss state affairs arbitrarily.

For example, Qian Tang, the leading censor of the right capital, if he is the kind of person who is famous for his death, Zhu Yuanzhang has fulfilled him last time. Old Zhu is not a person who is afraid of leaving his name in the annals of history. Zhu Biao also knew about this person. This person was already very old. During the Yuan Dynasty, he was not an official in the Yuan Dynasty.

Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang heard of this person's reputation and invited him to be an official in the court, so he did not have any merits from the dragon, but he became the censor of the right capital by virtue of his ability.

This person is notoriously upright. Zhu Biao also read an anecdote about him in his previous life. It seems that for this matter, he risked his life to admonish him. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the guards to shoot Qian Tang with bows and arrows one after another. Qian Tang was shot in the body. Counting arrows, but still struggling to crawl towards Zhu Yuanzhang...

Therefore, it is useless to suppress this matter by force. For a person who truly believes, death cannot make him submit.

When Zhu Biao walked to the gate of the palace, there were many people kneeling on the ground. After seeing Zhu Biao, they saluted and greeted him: "I will pay my respects to Your Highness, Your Highness."

Zhu Biao looked at them and said, "Your Majesty doesn't want to see you today, so go back."

Qian Tang, the leader, bowed and said: "I have already prepared the coffin and put it outside. I beg His Royal Highness to inform you, so that I can persuade Your Majesty."

Zhu Biao looked at Qian Tang and said, "Qian Yushi, do you want to disobey the order?"

Qian Tang was not afraid because of this, the old man stroked his beard and said: "I died for Meng Ke, and I will be honored when I die!"

Zhu Biao wanted to hit someone when he heard this, but of course he couldn't just let Qian Tang go to see Zhu Yuanzhang, otherwise Qian Tang would die, but Zhu Yuanzhang had stains that could not be erased, and Qian Tang would still be famous in history Everywhere, literati and scholars from all over the world will write books and biographies for him.

The people behind Qian Tang were also excited at this time. They were all censors or young people who had just entered the court.

This shows that the backbone of the scholars has not been broken, and everyone has not completely surrendered to the authority. Maybe they also want to leave their names in history by death, but what can really support them is a belief.

In the feudal society where Confucius and Mencius were admired, a true intellectual had an ideal of "cultivating oneself, governing the family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world", "to be poor, to be good to one's own body, to be rich, to benefit the world at the same time". Kuang Jun, Kuang Jun's "Kuang" character, add a standard outside the Wang character, this is the responsibility of the courtiers.

These people may cause headaches for the Zhu family and his son, but they appreciate them, because such people are absolutely indispensable in a dynasty. If the dynasty is full of flattering and flattering villains, it will not be far from chaos.

This is the reason why Qian Tang was not punished for contradicting Zhu Yuanzhang last time. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang hated him long ago, but he would hold back his murderous intentions. They are different from corrupt officials. The emperor is a great help.

This kind of spirit must be protected. Just when Zhu Biao was consoling himself, a large group of people came from outside the palace gate. They all wrote the memorial and walked behind Qian Tang to Zhu Biao. Kneeling and saluting, he held the memorial to his head and stopped talking.

There were too many people, and the guard at the gate of the palace was afraid that they would run into His Highness the Crown Prince, so he immediately sent a group of soldiers behind His Highness the Crown Prince.

The civil servants thought it was Zhu Yuanzhang who ordered to suppress them, and all of them looked a little sad. Zhu Biao naturally knew that it was impossible for his father to order, so he turned around and said, "Everyone back down, no one is allowed to go forward without the order of my palace. "

The most important thing at this time is to ease the situation, not add fuel to the flames. According to ethics and morals, there is nothing wrong with the courtiers defending the orthodoxy of the sages, so killing them all will not gain anything except chilling the hearts of the scholars in the world, and all at once Without so many high-ranking officials, how can the court find someone to take their place.

Zhu Biao glanced roughly, and the senior officials of Liubu and Zhongshu Province did not come. It can be seen that Li Shanchang and others are also working hard to suppress it in the rear. If the Manchu Dynasty opposes it, I am afraid it will really anger the emperor.

Zhu Biao and everyone else calmed down and said in a cold voice: "If there is any dispute about the matter in the court, you should go up to persuade, but you should not go to the palace gate to make trouble."

Qian Tang knelt on the ground and cupped his hands and said: "The minister waits for the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor. This matter will definitely affect the stability of the world. I beseech the Holy One to restore Mencius's share."

The others said one after another: "I'm here, I don't want to steal my life, I just hope that our death can change your Majesty's life."

Zhu Biao snorted coldly and said, "Wait, this is to make a name for yourself with death, and leave a bad name to your father. Is this what you keep saying to be loyal to the emperor?"

The ministers kneeling on the ground were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "I dare not wait, I dare not wait."

Originally, they were all full of faith, thinking that they were like the sages, who would sacrifice their lives for the country and the way, but now that the crown prince said so, they became villains who deceive the world and steal their names, hypocrites who only want to fight to the death.

Of course, it’s okay for Zhu Biao’s words to scare those young people who were put into court, but people like Xiang Qiantang don’t accept this kind of trick, because he really doesn’t care about his own reputation, whether he is infamous or not, he just wants to Do what you think is right.

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