Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 146 Zhu Biao's Transformation

In the hall, there was no sound for a long time.

All kinds of expressions on Zhu Biao's face were constantly changing, and the eyebrows frown for a while, and relax for a while.After a long time, he opened his mouth and asked again: "Father, could it be?"

"As a Mingjun, you must abandon benevolence and righteousness, and you must be lawless, ruthless and ungrateful?"

"A gentleman and a villain, my child is willing to be a gentleman! If so, then for the position of prince, I..."

"Bastard!" Before Zhu Biao could finish speaking, Old Zhu stepped forward in shock and horror, and slapped Zhu Biao heavily on the face. "What do you want to say? Do you mean to call me lawless, ruthless and ruthless?"

"What do you want to do? We have trained you for 18 years! What do you want to do?"

As he spoke, his voice trembled a little.He didn't expect that he had tried his best to find a famous Confucianism as a teacher for Zhu Biao, which would have such a great influence on Zhu Biao!

They helped themselves to teach a good son who is humble, benevolent and filial, but just being modest and benevolent and filial cannot be an enterprising king!
For the sake of the so-called benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism, this son just thought... He actually wanted to voluntarily give up the crown prince?

Zhu Biao also has persistence in his heart.He didn't dodge or evade Lao Zhu's slap, and he received this slap abruptly.As if to express the persistence in his heart.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, Zhu Su had no choice but to stand up again. "Father, don't be in a hurry. Big brother is too honest, and that's why he was coaxed into a dead end by those Confucian old papers!"

"Brother, don't stare at me, wait for me to explain clearly to you. Let me ask you: Is it beneficial to my Ming Dynasty to promote the Confucian benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, or to indulge evil and reckless behavior and trample on the dignity of the law at will? big?"

Zhu Biao was taken aback.Without even thinking about it, he replied: "Naturally, it is to promote benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith..."

"Then it's over?" Zhu Su spread his hands, "Who said that being an emperor means giving up benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust? China is not a country of beasts. The promotion of morality can make our Han people different from the barbarians in the world!"

"As an emperor, he naturally needs to be the first to practice. Otherwise, how can he convince the public?"

"It's just that when a person's moral code is contrary to the interests of the country, as a king, he must put the interests of the country first! It will harm the personal morality of one's own body and benefit the people of the world!"

"This is the most rare thing about being a king, and it is also the responsibility of a king. Isn't this the kind of selfless act that a virtuous king can do at the expense of himself? Your own body, but want to escape the heavy responsibility that you were born to bear?"

"It benefits the country at the expense of oneself!" Zhu Biao's eyes widened, and the eyes gradually brightened.

"Brother, you just said something sarcastic to Dad. It must be because those staff and officials complained a lot about Dad on weekdays, right?"

"How do you know how the morality in Dad's heart will suffer when he makes each decision? Doesn't he know that someone hates him? Doesn't he want to be a moral gentleman who does nothing?"

"It's really a heavy responsibility, I have to do it! Dad reviews the memorials every day, and he doesn't dare to rest at night, because when he dreams about tossing around in the middle of the night, he is always worried!"

Old Zhu stared blankly at Zhu Su who was talking emotionally.When did we toss and turn in the middle of the night and worry about it?As soon as we hit the pillow, we can sleep until dawn!

It’s also a moral torment. We eat whatever we eat on weekdays, but we eat a lot of fried pancakes. I really didn’t eat the torment!
However, seeing Zhu Biao's eyes turned to him, Lao Zhu hurriedly cooperated to make a haggard look of suffering. "Biao'er, your fifth brother is right!"

"A moral gentleman must do it, and he must do it with the interests of Ming Dynasty first!"

"Why do you think the emperor is called a loner? It is because whenever the two conflict, no one can help the torment of conscience, and the emperor can only bear it!"

"Everyone thinks it's easy to be an emperor, but you, the fifth younger brother, are smart. You can tell at a glance that this position is difficult, and you want to hide away. You are the eldest brother, and you are lazy and don't want to take on this heavy burden. Which younger brother do you want to take care of for you?"

"I..." Zhu Biao's eyes were reddened by Lao Zhu's words, he opened and closed his mouth silently, and finally knelt down heavily on the ground with a plop:
"Father! It's my son who is unfilial. He doesn't see his hard work, and he still holds grudges against him!"

"Remember today's teaching son! My son must learn from you, take up this burden, and be a good prince and emperor!"

"Good! Good!" Old Zhu was overjoyed and helped Zhu Biao up.He laughed happily and said: "This is our good mark, this is our good prince of Ming Dynasty!"

The father and son looked at each other and smiled, what a picture of a loving father and a filial son!

Zhu Su looked at Lao Zhu first, and he admired Lao Zhu's acting skills in his heart.As expected of a self-made man capable of becoming an emperor, this impromptu show of bitterness directly fooled Zhu Biao, his own son.In order to educate the prince, Lao Zhu really spared no effort.

Looking at Zhu Biao again, he didn't expect that Confucian benevolence, righteousness and morality were so deeply ingrained in Zhu Biao's heart.Today's argument of "all national interests come first" hopes to change this somewhat pedantic elder brother, help him break through the shackles of Confucianism, and plant a seed for him to become an iron-blooded king.

However, it is precisely because of the "pedantry" in his heart that I most hope that he can become the next emperor, right?After all, if it was him, he would definitely not attack the younger brothers for no reason.

Zhu Biao wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.His eyes were firm and resolute, which was slightly different from his usual humble and polite appearance. Although his clothes were in a mess, there was an extra sense of resoluteness for no reason. "Father, you are right."

"The son should not be ignorant and tolerant of being too vegetarian. Although his actions are within his authority, he only relied on his own assumptions to instigate the relationship between his son and his fifth brother."

"What's more, under repeated orders from his son, he still acted without authorization. Although this matter is small, this case cannot be opened."

"Son, I'm going to the cabinet to draft a punishment statement. It's also good for the government and the public to know that I have the same heart with my fifth brother, and there is no quarrel!"

"Okay!" Old Zhu was overjoyed. "We want you to punish him, and this is the reason!" After thinking about it, he finally didn't want his son to be infamous, so he woke up and said, "You want to move this Ru Taisu far away from Beijing for some other reason." That's it. Those officials are smarter than monkeys, so they naturally know the meaning behind your back."

"In the future, I will definitely not dare to find fault with your fifth younger brother by excuses like this again."

Earlier, old Zhu shouted to kill Ru Taisu, but now that Zhu Biao was enlightened, he ignored what he had already said, and began to think about Zhu Biao wholeheartedly.

"Yes. My son knows." Zhu Biao nodded.He greeted Zhu Su again, thanked him a few times, and hurried to the cabinet.He already has a lot of affairs, and if the matter of Ru Taisu is resolved as soon as possible, it will also prevent the spread of rumors between the government and the opposition.

Let's start from here with the interests of Ming Dynasty as the priority.Zhu Biao's footsteps were firm. Compared with before, he felt that the principle of his actions was clearer.

"That's right. He has a bit of eloquence." Satisfied with his eldest son walking out of the hall, Lao Zhu patted Zhu Su on the back. "Why, you have also learned the art of the emperor?"

"What kind of emperor's art is this?" Zhu Su didn't dare to admit it, so Zhu Su quickly shook his head like a rattle. "It's just that my elder brother was too deeply poisoned by Confucianism, so I thought of a way to make him self-consistent with Confucianism."

"It's better to have no books than to believe in books. Hehe, if you want big brother to be an emperor through the ages like you, you must find a way to make him more ruthless."

"You boy!" Old Zhu laughed. "It's a good material that is born to fool people!"

(End of this chapter)