Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Zhu Yunxi looked at the old Zhu's stern expression, not only did not have the slightest fear, but felt extremely at ease.

"Grandfather, grandson didn't say back down!"

"Grandson just felt that I was causing you trouble and made you laugh at grandson..."

Hearing what Zhu Yunxi said, Lao Zhu's expression softened a lot.

To be honest, he really doesn't care how many rebels there are in the world and how many treacherous ministers there are in the court.

He was afraid that his eldest grandson would develop a character of retreating when things happen!

Once you do many things, there is no regret medicine. The more you hesitate, the more you will suffer from it.

Therefore, Lao Zhu always does things after he has done them.

As for the consequences...

From Lao Zhu's point of view, there is nothing in this world that he cannot bear!

"It's fine if you don't flinch!"

"By the way, what were you writing just now? I heard it was a memorial. Are you planning to show it to us?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi picked up the document that was just written on the table, handed it to Lao Zhu and said.

"It doesn't count."

"It's the grandson's analysis of the current situation and how to deal with it in the future."

"I originally planned to write it out first, and then talk to you all the time."

"Oh……"

Lao Zhu took the document and flipped through it, and saw that there were many mistakes listed in the new tax law.

For example, if you act too hastily, you don't take it slowly.

Another example is that only the total number of prefectures and counties in various places was measured, but no people were sent to measure the actual fields of the people's homes, and local subordinates were given the opportunity to shrink the rope to measure the land and exploit the people by hand, etc.

In general, the analysis is quite comprehensive and in place.

But these problems cannot be blamed on him, many of them are the problems of local subordinates.

Don't say that the grandson of Zhu Yunxi's age can't solve it, even he, the old emperor who has been in office for more than [-] years, dare not say that he can solve it.

Therefore, Lao Zhu just looked at it casually.

However, when he saw the solution, Lao Zhu's long eyes suddenly widened.

"Zhu Yunxi, what do you mean by these words?"

"Fight local tyrants and divide the fields?"

Zhu Yunxi came over and said stupidly when he heard the words.

"Yes!"

"Isn't the reason why the common people feel miserable now is that a large amount of land is controlled by the gentry, and the common people have no land in their hands, so they can only go to them to rent crops and accept their exploitation?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he picked up the document angrily and smacked Zhu Yunxi's head.

"You pig!"

"Our Zhu family is the biggest local tyrant!"

"You shouted the slogan of beating local tyrants and dividing the land, don't you hope that the people of the world will rebel against our family!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's logic, there was only one thought in his mind-fuck, I was rebelling against myself!
Zhu Yunxi wanted to understand this, and patted his forehead regretfully.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Huang, my grandson lost his head when he was writing the document just now, so delete this paragraph!"

Old Zhu angrily threw the document on Zhu Yunxi's desk, seeing that Zhu Yunxi was really going to correct it, he snatched it over again, handed the document to the candle and lit it.

"No need to change it!"

"You shouldn't have this idea, and even wrote it out!"

"It's still burned clean!"

"Once this word gets out, it's not about the hundreds of thousands of people inside and outside the city, it's about the people all over the world opposing our old Zhu's family!"

After Lao Zhu burned the documents, he was not in a hurry to urge Zhu Yunxi to eat, but took him to teach him a good lesson at the dinner table.

"Da Sun, do you know the legitimacy of imperial power?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard the words.

"Know!"

"These gentlemen told me that Grandpa Huang compiled the history of the Yuan Dynasty in order to inherit the orthodoxy of the imperial power and prove that our Ming Dynasty is a dynasty that obeys the will of heaven and the will of the people!"

Old Zhu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, and then shook his head again.

"You are right or wrong."

"Actually, those are all false, and they are for the world to see. The purpose is to reassure them that our old Zhu family will not mess around, and our old Zhu family accepts the account of the previous dynasty!"

"what?"

This time it was Zhu Yunxi's turn to be confused, and looked at Lao Zhu with a puzzled face.

Lao Zhu looked at the silly grandson with a smile, and pampered his head.

"Silly boy, think about it, what do the common people do when the dynasty changes?"

"He sits in the country with Kublai Khan, sits in the country with Zhu Chongba, what has he to do with the people?"

"Whether the imperial court is called Da Yuan or Da Ming, what does it have to do with the common people?"

"The common people only care about one thing, that is, whether the few acres of land his family bought in the Yuan Dynasty belonged to his family, the few houses his family built in the Yuan Dynasty still belonged to his family, and others owed his family money in the Yuan Dynasty. If the new court still helps to pay for the debt, the new court will not uphold justice if someone killed someone in the Yuan Dynasty!"

"This is the will of God and the people!"

After Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's words, he immediately felt enlightened.

No wonder he always had doubts when he listened to his master's lectures. It is obvious that Lao Zhu is a staunch anti-Yuan faction. Why did the establishment of the Ming Dynasty follow the system and laws of the previous dynasty?

"Therefore, after we established the Ming Dynasty, we tried our best to follow the system of the previous dynasty."

"The first is to comfort the people, and the second is to facilitate the people."

"We recognize the land sales of the previous dynasty!"

"We also accept the debt disputes from the previous dynasty!"

"Let's kill the criminals!"

"Because we did these things, we were able to ascend the throne and become emperor later."

"Otherwise, even if we sit on the dragon chair, we will be pulled down by the people of the world!"

After hearing these words, Zhu Yunxi got up respectfully and saluted.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang, for teaching me, my grandson understands!"

Lao Zhu smiled and got up and pulled Dasun up.

"It's best for you to understand. Even if you don't understand, you will gradually understand in the future."

"Actually, the common people don't ask for much. As long as we, the emperor, let them have enough food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, no matter who is a traitor or a traitor, we will never lose the throne of our old Zhu family!"

Qin Deshun took advantage of the time when the grandfather and grandson were teaching, and hurriedly stepped in and ordered the little eunuchs to arrange the meals.

Therefore, when the two sat down again, the table was already full of various dishes.

Old Zhu looked at his grandson fondly.

"Hurry up and eat!"

"Go to bed early after eating, and wake up tomorrow to meet the new competition!"

"Ok!"

While the grandpa and grandson were enjoying a candlelight dinner, the seemingly peaceful capital was undercurrents.

Many ministers' mansions had people coming and going, and the streets were crowded with people, and a speeding carriage drove by from time to time.

Every carriage was tightly covered, as if afraid of being seen by outsiders.

Then hurried to one place, and hurried to the next place.

Many people spent the night busy, but definitely not including the grandparents in the palace.

In the early morning of the next day, Lao Zhu got up from the bed refreshed, and when he saw Zhu Yunxi who had been waiting outside for a long time, he felt extremely happy.

Looking at the child's piercing little eyes, one knew that he slept soundly last night.

Lao Zhu came to Dasun and patted Dasun on the shoulder encouragingly.

"Not bad!"

"He is a man capable of great things!"

"Come with us for breakfast!"

"okay!"

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly helped Lao Zhu up and led him to the side hall for dinner.

In normal times, Lao Zhu might have thrown off his eldest grandson, emphasizing that he is always strong and does not need others to help him at all.

But today Lao Zhu didn't, instead he happily accepted Dasun's hospitality.

While the two were eating, Erhu came in to report.

"My lord, everything has been arranged properly!"

Old Zhu didn't say a word when he heard the words, but just nodded lightly to show that he understood.

Seeing this, the two tigers bowed and retreated, and then Qin Deshun came over to report.

"My lord, Lord Yan Sheng asks to see you!"

This time, Lao Zhu's face was a little moved, but it was just a twitch.

"Ugh!"

"Let him wait outside the hall!"

"promise!"

After knowing that Kong Na asked to see him, Lao Zhu immediately lost the mood to eat. Although he knew that there was something about the Kong family here early in the morning, he never wanted to reveal this matter, and wanted the Kong family to stop.

After all, scholars all over the world regard Confucius as their teacher.

Once the Kong family is involved, the world may not be in chaos, but the minds of scholars will be in chaos.

The scholar's mind is in a mess, who will come to work for him as an official?
Lao Zhu finished his breakfast absent-mindedly, rinsed his mouth, and led his grandson to meet Kong Na next door.

As soon as Kong Na saw Zhu Yunxi, he immediately shook his head at Old Zhu.

"Your Majesty, the old minister said something offensive. You shouldn't bring the emperor's grandson here today!"

After hearing this, Lao Zhu also replied.

"You shouldn't be here today!"

Kong Na smiled bitterly when he heard the words.

"There will be major events happening in the court right now, and the old minister can only do his part!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister has the courage to advise you that if you change the new law and restore the old system, nothing will happen today, the imperial examination will proceed normally, and the people will praise your Majesty's wisdom."

"If His Majesty insists on going his own way, there will definitely be a lot of bloodshed today, and His Majesty's future reputation will also be affected!"

When Lao Zhu heard this threat, he just sneered at Kong Na.

"Are you threatening us?"

Conner shook his head.

"How dare the old minister?"

"The old minister is just admonishing, I hope His Majesty will put the world first and the overall situation first!"

"It's enough!"

Lao Zhu's face suddenly turned cold, and he glared at Kong Na angrily.

"Conne!"

"If you put the world and the overall situation first in your heart, you shouldn't be here today, but you should be admonishing the candidates who come to make trouble in front of Hongwu Gate!"

"They are all disciples of your saint, how can you bear to use them!"

When Kong Na heard this, a trace of shame flashed across his face, but the shame quickly disappeared and was replaced by incomparable determination.

"Your Majesty, you hope that the royal family will prosper forever, and the old minister also hopes that the family will prosper forever."

"Once the imperial court implements the new tax law, there will be no place for my family in Ming Dynasty!"

Hearing this, Lao Zhu turned his head to look at the silly grandson.

"Did you hear that?"

"Those who keep saying that they serve the country and the people are so selfish in their bones!"

Lao Zhu's "selfishness" deeply hurt Kong Na, and made Kong Na's face look a bit grim.

"Does Your Majesty dare to say that you are selfless?"

"Your Majesty divides up the princes and establishes feudal lords everywhere. Have you ever thought about how many disasters this move will plant for Ming Dynasty and how much trouble it will cause for the people!"

Old Zhu nodded and admitted without shame.

"Of course we have selfish intentions!"

"We hope that the Zhu family will be the emperor forever, and that the descendants of the Zhu family will never have to worry about food and clothing."

Seeing Lao Zhu being such a rascal, Kong Na really didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only play the emotional card.

"Your Majesty, since you admit that you have selfishness, then the old minister naturally has selfishness too."

"The veteran also hopes that the future generations will never worry about food and clothing, and the family can pass on forever!"

Old Zhu snorted coldly when he heard this.

"We didn't say we wouldn't let you have selfish intentions, nor did we say we wouldn't let you die!"

"We just think that your Kong family occupies too much, and it has already affected the court's tax revenue!"

"The land in one county of Qufu is not enough to support your Kong family, and your Kong family collaterals even purchased a large amount of land in surrounding counties."

"If you give your Kong family another hundred years, wouldn't everyone in Shandong have the surname Kong!"

"Our Daming only has a few provinces in total, so your Kong family took one of them?"

Seeing what Lao Zhu said, Kong Na immediately retorted.

"Your Majesty, you can't just look at how much the Kong family occupies, but also how much the Kong family has done for Daming!"

"Our Confucian family has been passed down for more than 1000 years. We have made great contributions to the world by preserving the classics of the sages and inheriting Confucian culture!"

"Why can't Your Majesty tolerate our Kong family and Daming's other aristocratic families?"

"It should be known that aristocratic families are not only aristocratic families, but also the inheritance and accumulation of culture!"

Lao Zhu was a bit at a loss for words when he heard Kong Na uttering this set of words, but when he didn't know what to say, a disdainful voice came from behind him.

"Of course, a family is not just a family. A family can also become a powerful family, a dross that monopolizes cultural inheritance, and an obstacle that affects the imperial power!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he looked at Dasun in surprise, and saw that Dasun didn't look at him at all, but just stared at Kong Na with those angry little eyes.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu hurriedly stepped aside, quietly watching Dasun's performance.

"Yan Shenggong!"

"Before today, Gu has always respected you very much, and he also trusts your grandson Kong Yanjin very much, relying on him like a brother."

"However, what you said today is really ridiculous!"

Kong Na frowned when he heard the word "gatekeeper", but now he couldn't help it when he heard "great fallacy".

"Dare to ask the emperor's grandson, why is the old minister so wrong?"

Zhu Yunxi cleared his throat and stepped forward.

"You just said that my emperor's grandfather has selfish intentions, enfeoffing the princes, and building feudal clans everywhere."

"Then let me ask you a question, where is the capital of my vassal king in Ming Dynasty?"

When Kong Na heard the words, he immediately said the truth.

"The capital of King Qin is Xi'an, the capital of King Jin is Jinyang, the capital of King Yan is Beiping, and the capital of King Zhou is Kaifeng..."

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking in Kong Na, he asked again.

"Dare to ask Yan Shenggong, among the sons conferred by my grandfather, is there any one in the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"This……"

Kong Na was stunned when he heard this. The Xi'an, Jinyang, Beiping, and Kaifeng he just mentioned may have been prosperous in history, but they were all desolate places at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Even after the founding of the Ming Dynasty more than [-] years ago, the large areas in the north are still sparsely populated and definitely not a prosperous and prosperous place.

Old Zhu's eyes lit up suddenly when he heard this, and he somewhat guessed what Zhu Yunxi was going to say next.

"My grandpa's move is indeed somewhat selfish, but it is more to maintain the stability of the border of Ming Dynasty!"

"This means that the vassal king guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country!"