The rise of the prince

Chapter 322
Li Xingzhou smiled: "Hehe, there is something wrong with it. The emperor is getting old, and he is starting to be unable to do what he wants. He has lost his iron blood and started to plan for future generations."

"It's not better, the emperor is generous, and the world will be blessed."

Li Xingzhou said sadly: "Blessed is the hammer, they are comfortable, but I am miserable."

Di Zhi was the first to react: "The emperor is unable to do what he wants, so naturally the prince is in charge."

"Yes, the prince has always been at odds with my Prince Xiao's mansion. Besides, the prince and the prince's son Li Huan have been offended by me all over." Li Xingzhou shook his head. If he had known this, he would not have provoked Li Huan back then. What a mistake to drink.

"But after the crown prince is a prince, he has a wealth of wealth and is the king of the court, so he shouldn't, he shouldn't be so afraid of the prince." Di Zhi asked.

"It's a matter of structure. To put it simply, life is always a game, and eventually it will reach a balance point that everyone can accept. If the prince confronts me, I will not be afraid.

But the problem is that the crown prince is in the big game, and I am in the small game. "Li Xingzhou sighed, and really wanted to say something: the wind is rustling, and the water is cold."

"The subordinates don't understand." Di Zhi said honestly.

Li Xingzhou didn't shy away from it, at least not to Di Zhi: "Simply put, the crown prince doesn't need to confront me at all, as long as he does his part, stay safe, and if there are no accidents, the world must belong to him. This is the overall situation.

And as long as he doesn't leak any flaws in this kind of overall situation, no one can disrupt the situation.At that time, he will be the Ninth Five-Year King, the co-lord of the world, not to mention the king of a small county, so what if he is a prince, what is the use of wealth. "

Di Zhiyanshen's expression turned ugly upon hearing this, and he was speechless for a while.

Immediately, Li Xingzhou seemed to think of something, and laughed boldly: "But I'm not that pessimistic, I always feel that the prince may be a man who will surrender himself
At the beginning of the Battle of Anxiakou, it was because of his greed for merit that the disaster that endangered the country was caused. Simply put, he was greedy for merit, but when it went deeper, he was blind and could not see the situation clearly.

As the crown prince of the Eastern Palace and the future emperor, he was only thinking about competing for merit with his minister Yang Hongzhao, but he didn't see the big picture, surrendered to the situation, put aside his own big game and didn't play, and grabbed other people's small games to play, and ended up messing up. It caused a catastrophe.

Even if he became the emperor now, he would be criticized for his whole life and ridiculed by future generations if he fought at Anxiakou.If only he made that mistake a few more times."

"But what if he doesn't commit the crime?" Di Zhi asked with a frown.

Li Xingzhou smiled and said: "Then keep it at a respectful distance, at worst go to Liao Kingdom."

"Ah..." Yan Shen opened his mouth wide, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Your Majesty, Liao people are all beasts, how could they go to Liao Kingdom?"

"I'm making an analogy." Li Xingzhou shook his head indifferently: "Besides, as long as I control the water transportation, it can gradually expand into sea transportation, and then it will not only be this small world."

"Heaven sees itself and the people see it, and heaven listens to the people and listens to it. Those who overshadow the king are the sons of heaven, and heaven grants the king power to control the people, but the sages in your mouth say that the sky's vision is for the people to see and hear. Is this not disobedience?" In the imperial study room, The emperor's expression was very bad, and he knocked on the table with his knuckles and said.

In the silence, the sound was clear and audible.

Beside the golden curtain and red pillars on both sides below, there are eight elderly people, most of them are stooped and gray-haired.

The leader on the left is Chen Yu, a scholar of the Hanlin University, a judge of the Tokyo Imperial College, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites.

On the right is Meng Zhiye, the official historian of the History Museum who escaped from death, and behind him are the great Confucian scholars of the dynasty. Most of these people have written books and lectures.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, everyone dared not speak.

But only Chen Yu cupped his hands and stepped forward, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Meng Sheng's words came from King Wu of Zhou, but he did not intend to disobey him. It is intended to warn the Ming emperor that the people's will and the people's will have always determined the rise and fall of the country, and the life and death of the family. It is said that the people's likes and dislikes, gains and losses, indeed determine the success or failure of the Tang-Wu Revolution, and it is not a judgment."

The emperor's face turned completely cold when he heard this.

Chen Yu didn't look at the emperor's face, just saluted again, and then walked slowly with difficulty, back into the queue.

At this time, Meng Zhiye stood up and did not salute, but had an arrogant attitude, unlike Chen Yu who was modest and polite, who looked like a madman.

The emperor frowned, not showing a good face: "What does the emperor have to say?"

Meng Zhiye flicked his sleeves, "Your Majesty, these are sour people who misunderstood the meaning of the saint without understanding the holy words."

As he spoke, he raised his head arrogantly: "The so-called heaven sees itself and the people see it, and heaven listens to the people itself. Here, heaven is the son of heaven. The ancients wrote a book briefly, and it will naturally be misinterpreted when they only see the meaning. Therefore, this sentence is interpreted as the son of heaven. Audio-visual is the audio-visual of the people, and the will of the Son of Heaven is the will of the people, so the world will be peaceful.”

The emperor was stunned when he heard it, and then his expression turned better, he nodded and said: "Yes, good explanation, it seems that Meng Ke is really a saint."

Seeing the emperor like this, all the great scholars below quickly nodded in agreement, and all gave a thumbs up to praise Meng Zhiye for his good solution.

Meng Zhiye was neither happy nor appreciative, and aloofly avoided everyone's gaze.

"Inappropriate!" At this time, Chen Yu stood up again, bowed and said solemnly: "This sentence was originally Zhou Wu's words: "Heaven sees itself and the people see it, and the sky listens to the people itself. The people have made mistakes, and I owe it to one person. Now I Must go.' Connecting the meaning before and after, it is said that the audio-visual of heaven is for the common people! Is it a misinterpretation? Since the common people’s audio-visual is public opinion, and heaven respects public opinion, it is the original intention of Meng’s imperial decree. You are the lightest, too."

Meng Chenyu's face was serious, and he was still talking, but the emperor glared at him first: "Shut up, Chen Yu!"

The imperial study room suddenly fell silent, everyone hurriedly lowered their heads, Huangdi looked around everyone, and said: "I'm here today, all masters must be tired, step back, Master Meng stay here."

Then everyone dispersed, Meng Zhiye didn't nod in agreement, but stayed alone.

"Master Meng's explanation, let me talk about it carefully." After everyone left, the emperor said, and personally handed him tea, Meng Zhiye took it, and he was not polite, and talked about it from the ancient books beside the case.

After a while, a eunuch came in and reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Mao Luan, the official of the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Yan, the steward of Prince Xiao's Mansion, asked to see him. He said that he was ordered to present the firearms magic weapon certificate and explain it to His Majesty in detail."

Meng Zhiye coughed in dissatisfaction: "Firearms? Divine machines? Cannons. Ha ha, does it mean that Your Majesty wants to rule the country with strange skills?

The emperor did not miss the color, thought for a while, and waved his hand: "Let them go back, and the emperor will continue to explain."

Meng Zhiye nodded: "Your Majesty is righteous. Ruling the country with force can bring peace to the present, and ruling the country with words can benefit the future."

The emperor didn't speak after hearing this, but he clenched his five fingers tightly on one point behind his back.

(End of this chapter)