Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 576
In the Qing palace.

"Father, let the past be the past." At this time, the crown prince said: "Mr. Liu has already passed on what he has learned all his life to the sixth child. Let's make good use of him, and it will be the same."

"Brother..." Lao Liu looked at the prince with tears in his eyes. He thought that what he said just now would make the elder brother unhappy.

"Why, do you think your elder brother won't listen to different opinions?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled without any surprise, "That's too small for our elder brother, so learn from your elder brother, boy!"

"Yes, my eldest brother is enough for me to learn for a lifetime." The sixth child hurriedly smiled apologetically.It's a pity that with his current door-like figure, the effect of being cute has been greatly reduced.

After the tense atmosphere eased, the prince said warmly:
"I admit that if the imperial examination system is reformed, now is the best time. If you miss this village, you will not have this shop. But the talent ceremony is the foundation of the country. It not only determines what kind of talents the imperial court can select to manage the country. It will have a far-reaching impact on the future of the entire country, so any decision must be made with caution."

"Boss is right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, leaned his shoulders on the back of the chair, and said, "I said well, 'Governing a big country is like frying small fish'. What does it mean? It means that governing a country must be like frying fish." Be as careful as a small fish, and you can't move too fast, or it will burn if you don't pay attention.

"So, if we want to carry out any reforms, we must go through full investigation and exploration in advance to understand the situation and find out all the problems. Then we will work out a set of appropriate and applicable plans to carry out the pilot. There is no problem. It can be rolled out across the country.”

When talking about his own reform policy, Boss Zhu is clear and logical, and he doesn't know whether he came up with it himself or learned it from someone.

Somewhere in the capital, an old man surnamed Liu suddenly sneezed...

Zhu Zhen was very moved when he heard it. In the past, he would never have imagined that the murderous, dictatorial old thief would have such a mature, rational, and patient politician.

But as he became more and more involved in state affairs, he finally discovered the absolutely calm heart hidden under the wild behavior of the old thief.From the implementation process of the household post to the yellow book, we can clearly see Zhu Yuanzhang's pragmatism and patience.

It is true as the old thief said, every step of his policy has been repeatedly scrutinized and continuously adjusted according to the actual situation, and every step is very steady.They simply don’t decide what major policies to promote across the country just by slapping their heads.

Perhaps this is the reason why the Hongwu Dynasty continued to overthrow people and cleanse the officialdom, but the national strength quickly recovered, the country remained unmatched, and the people's lives were prosperous.

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"What's more, this time is the country's talent plan, let alone the slightest mistake." Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight and said in a deep voice:

"It's not enough for you and Mr. Liu to work behind closed doors. We must first conduct sufficient research and conduct proper pilots - the reform of the imperial examination should start with the reform of Guozixue. If the supervisors who have been disciplined by the imperial court , I still can’t accept your reforms, so I can only drop this matter.”

"Then the reform of Guozixue should be investigated first?" Lao Liu asked with a wry smile.

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, "The first step in any reform is to conduct field research. We decided to let Mr. Liu go to Guozi Academy as a sacrificial wine, and have a field trip..."

"Father, you must not do this." Zhu Zhen turned pale with fright and waved his hands quickly: "It's not like my teacher is not aware that his body is weak. If he really wants to be the principal, he will die within a few days."

"Then what should we do?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Lao Liu expressionlessly and said, "Then the disciple will do his best?"

"My son is only fifteen, and it's almost the same as pouring wine for others. Isn't it too serious to serve as sacrificial wine?" The sixth child said with a wry smile: "Besides, according to past experience, when I go down as a prince, I can only look at them." Acting in a live drama, don't want to see the truth."

"That's true." The prince said deeply: "In the past, I insisted on walking around and inspecting every year, but later I found that there was nothing useful to see. What you can see is all the people below think about it." Let you see, so these years, I don't go down anymore, and save people and money."

"You two are right, so the sixth..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Zhen with a smile and said, "What good idea do you have?"

Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes and said: "It doesn't matter whether you have an idea or not, anyway, old...father has made arrangements."

"Oh ha ha ha..." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice, pointed to the sixth son and said, "You boy, you are enlightened! Okay, then let's just say it-I want you to be an ordinary Guozi student, Go to Guozixue to study."

As he spoke, he picked up a paper bag from the table and threw it to Lao Liu, "This is all your identity, and the admission procedures have been completed. Go to Guozi Xuebao next month."

"No, I..." Lao Liu said speechlessly, "Is this an important task for my son?"

"Of course." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a serious expression: "The last ones to take the imperial examination are the students. If you don't go among the students, how can you understand their situation? If you don't understand their situation, how can you formulate policies suitable for them?"

"Okay..." Lao Liu said with a wry smile, "How long?"

"You decide for yourself." Zhu Yuanzhang said very irresponsibly: "If you don't think you need to go anymore, then you don't need to go anymore."

"Good guy..." Lao Liu didn't expect that the old thief could talk nonsense about literature.

"It seems that Guozixue is going to live on campus?" He asked again.

"Of course, while you are in school, you can't do anything special, let alone reveal your identity. We haven't said hello to anyone." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "Otherwise, everything will go wrong, and you will be gone if you go to Guozi School. Meaning, there is no need to participate in the reform of the imperial examination."

"Yes, I understand." The sixth child replied weakly.

"Didn't you have enough to eat?!" Zhu Yuanzhang yelled loudly.

"Yes, I understand!" Lao Liu had no choice but to raise his voice and replied loudly.

"Go." Zhu Yuanzhang then let him out.

After the sixth child left, the prince hurriedly asked: "Father, did you really not say hello to Guozixue?"

"No." Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "You don't want to say hello either. This time is different, it's right under our noses, what's the big deal?"

"Furthermore, we, His Majesty King Chu and King Hai, who are powerful in Jiangdong and Jiangxi, can't even handle this small scene, so we still need to ask our parents for help?" Boss Zhu said with a tense smile and said:

"If he really capsized in the gutter, it wouldn't be a bad thing. If this kid has his tail raised to the sky every day, even his father won't take him seriously."

"Okay." The prince thought about it, but with the ability of the sixth child, there was nothing to worry about. The only thing he was worried about was the one in front of him.

"We have agreed that we cannot increase the strength of Lao Liu. Dad asked Lao Liu to investigate, not to suffer."

"Look..." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.

"What?" Zhu Biao asked with a raised voice.

"Of course." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "It's as if we are not our biological father."

"It's my dear father." The prince nodded, but didn't say a word.

(End of this chapter)