Please, let me be a fool

Chapter 31
"So it is, so it is."

"I never thought about it, His Majesty has already thought about this level."

Zhang Zhengming leaned on the chair, muttering to himself, his eyes sparkling.

In fact, when I first heard these words, I just felt a little ridiculous.But if you think about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case, and the more you think about it, the more reasonable it is, and there is no violation at all.

This made him feel that releasing the king of Yan to the feudal domain can already be called an unsolvable conspiracy.

Whether the other party opposes it or not, it is all under His Majesty's control.

Immediately, Zhang Zhengming turned his head and said, "Gongwen, how did you guess that His Majesty thinks so?"

If you don't say anything else, you can't guess it yourself, so you are curious.

"In fact, the students didn't expect it at first."

Song Gongwen smiled and continued: "But after thinking hard at home for three days, the students finally understood and realized that His Majesty's move is truly brilliant."

"You are right. Your Majesty's move is hidden too deeply. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought of it."

Zhang Zhengming also expressed emotion in his words, and found that before that.

He has always regarded His Majesty as his student.

But I didn't think about it.

The other party is the emperor who has been on the throne for three years.

Moreover, he is still an emperor who has great ideals and wants to create a great cause through the ages!

Maybe I am really old and too old to follow His Majesty's footsteps.

Even Song Gongwen is so talented, His Majesty discovered it before him.
this moment.

Zhang Zhengming was completely silent, sitting where he was, as if thinking.

Next to him, Song Gongwen was also very quiet, did not speak, and had some premonitions in his heart.

It feels like the teacher is about to make some big decision.

Although he didn't know what this decision was, he knew it must be very important, maybe it was about himself, about His Majesty, about the entire Great Wei Dynasty.
"Official documents." After a long time, Zhang Zhengming finally spoke: "I have decided that I will not support you publicly."

Don't you support me on the bright side?

This sentence.

Song Gongwen, who was originally quiet, was stunned, and immediately said: "I also ask the teacher to enlighten me."

Zhang Zhengming said with a smile: "Originally, my wish was to assist Your Majesty and manage the Great Wei well. In this way, I would not be indebted to the late Emperor for his kindness, but after you reminded me, I realized that Your Majesty must Things have gone beyond what I could have imagined.”

"But this kind of thing is too difficult. No number of emperors in ancient and modern times can do it. Even if His Majesty has great ambitions, he will definitely encounter difficulties and dangers."

"And I'm old, maybe I won't see this day, what I can do now is to help His Majesty complete his great cause as soon as possible!"

Song Gongwen listened and nodded, agreeing with this point of view.

As the other party said, I want to set such a great cause.

There are too many factors required, and it is easy to backfire because of taking too many steps.

At this point in his thoughts, he respectfully said, "Then teacher, what do you want to do?"

It's just that Zhang Zhengming didn't answer, but asked instead: "Gongwen, in your opinion, what is the most important thing for a ruler?"

"Naturally, it's about knowing people well, making wise decisions, accepting advice with an open mind, etc." Song Gongwen said after thinking for a while.

"Yes, but it's not right either!" Zhang Zhengming shook his head, then stood up with sharp eyes: "The most important thing for a king is to have incomparable prestige!"

"Let me ask you, what did Emperor Taizu Gao rely on to abolish the thousand-year-old prime minister system and form a cabinet?"

"Is it knowing people well? Is it a wise decision? Is it humility to accept advice? In my opinion, this is only a small part."

"The reason why the prime minister can be abolished smoothly is because Emperor Taizu Gao has the supreme power to found the country."

"Even if the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty do not agree, it is still useless and dare not object."

When Song Gongwen heard the words, he immediately took it seriously.

Why in the past dynasties, most of them only had one or two previous emperors, who were able to successfully eliminate the shortcomings of the previous dynasties.

In addition to ability, it is because of enough prestige that the ministers under him dare not even raise objections!

At this time, Zhang Zhengming took a deep breath and continued: "Although His Majesty is capable and has a long-term vision, His Majesty has only been on the throne for three years, and his prestige is still too low to completely deter his subjects."

"So, if Your Majesty wants to accomplish such a great cause through the ages, he must have a prestige that no one can match."

"And there is only one way to have this prestige, and that is, use me as a stepping stone!"

"Teacher, do you want to?"

At this moment, Song Gongwen's face changed slightly.

Because he finally knew what the teacher was going to do.

As I said before, Zhang Zhengming has gone through two dynasties. He is not only an important minister of the late emperor Tuogu, but also a great Confucianist in the world. His prestige is unmatched!What if His Majesty could transfer such prestige to himself?

"That's right, His Majesty can only build prestige from me."

"Gongwen, think about it. I know that His Majesty's decision is correct, but I have to go against him and run counter to His Majesty. What do you think?" Zhang Zhengming continued with a solemn expression: "In the end Everyone will know that His Majesty's decision is the best and wisest!"

"From the whole world, the whole imperial court, there will be no one to support me, and I will turn to Your Majesty and look forward to it!"

"But teacher, once you do this, you will become a lonely minister, a lonely minister that no one understands."

Song Gongwen couldn't help but said: "Moreover, it will destroy your posthumous reputation, and even affect the evaluation of you by later history books!"

He knew that this method of establishing prestige was absolutely feasible.

The teacher's implication is that he wants His Majesty to continue to deny the teacher.

Negating the No.1 of the imperial court today, negating this powerful and powerful Master Tai Tuo, has established real prestige.

But in this way, the impact on the teacher is too great, and he is somewhat difficult to accept.

"As long as you can help His Majesty complete his great cause, what will be your name and history?" Zhang Zhengming smiled.

"An ancient man once said: Since ancient times, there have been people who worked hard, some who pleaded for the people, and some who sacrificed their lives to seek the law."

"As long as you can help His Majesty complete his great cause, what is his reputation after him, and what is his history's evaluation? What about being a lone minister? What if the world doesn't understand? For me, it's just a trivial matter, and I don't care."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhengming waved his hand, free and easy but indifferent.

Because in his opinion, as long as it can help His Majesty, nothing is important.

"teacher!"

Song Gongwen's tone was trembling.

He originally thought that he would do his best and die after death.

This is already the limit of what the courtier can do, but compared to the teacher, what I have done is not enough, it is too far behind.
Zhang Zhengming looked at his new student, smiled slightly, and said, "So, what I said is that I no longer support you, but I want to turn behind the scenes. You should understand what it means, right?"

"Students understand!" Song Gongwen said: "The teacher wants to oppose me in the same way as opposing His Majesty, but supports me secretly."

"Let me assist His Majesty to make the right decision, and the teacher, as a bad person."

"While establishing prestige for His Majesty, it can also pave the way for me."

In the end, his voice became very small.

Tears welled up in his eyes.

He no longer knows.

This is the first time I have been touched.

Because of Your Majesty, and because of such a teacher
　Seek collection~seek support~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)