If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 219 Zhu Di’s Examination
Now that they met, the two brothers Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanchen followed Zhu Di and wandered around the camp with him.

While walking, Zhu Di also took some military and political affairs to test the two brothers.

But in general, Zhu Zhanji was asked the most questions, while Zhu Zhanqi was not asked much. The only time he opened his mouth was to help Zhu Zhanji smooth things over.

"Zhan Yun said before that to govern Mongolia, I, the Ming Dynasty, need to divide the pastures for the various tribes of Mongolia. What do you think, Zhan Ji?" Zhu Di suddenly asked Zhu Zhanji the issues he and Zhu Zhan Yun had discussed before, and deliberately He said: "Tell me why you want to do this. If it's good, I'll leave it to you. If it's bad, I'll leave it to Zhan Yun. After you go back, go to the main hall and study hard for a few more years." Book."

Zhu Di's words seemed to be an understatement, and it seemed that he did not deal with Zhu Zhanji very much, but in Zhu Zhanji's ears, it had a different meaning.

He has been named the grandson of the emperor. Since he was approaching adulthood, he no longer went to the main hall to study. After all, he had always been educated by Zhu Di.

And now that Zhu Di said this, there is no doubt that if Zhu Zhanji really answers that Zhu Di is not satisfied, he will really be thrown into the main hall to study with the feudal princes and his own brothers.

So Zhu Zhanji naturally looked at his younger brother, as if he wanted to ask him for help, but he didn't seem to have any worries.

However, Zhu Di seemed to be well prepared and said directly: "Don't look at Zhan Yun. He has answered enough questions for you tonight. You answer this question yourself."

Being urged by Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji had to use his own brain to think about why the Ming Dynasty was required to divide pastures for various parts of the grassland in order to govern Mongolia.

Fortunately, although Zhu Zhanji is not as good as Zhu Zhanyu in terms of experience and knowledge, he has been educated according to the treatment of the future prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he can still say something.

"Returning to Grandpa, I think the reason why Zhan Yun proposed this idea is to establish the authority of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland. Let the Ming Dynasty divide the grasslands of the various tribes, which means that the tribes obey the management of the Ming Dynasty and recognize the Ming Dynasty. He is the co-leader of all the grassland tribes. Even if any tribe has ambitions for the Ming Dynasty in the future, it will be difficult to call on the other tribes to rise up together." Zhu Zhanji used what he had learned and combined it with Zhu Zhanjuan's past style of doing things. expressed his opinion.

Zhu Di didn't say much about this. He just nodded and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Others?" Zhu Zhanji was a little stuck. He had already racked his brains to come up with these, and he couldn't think of more for a while.

It's not that Zhu Zhanji is not good, but that he is just a 15-year-old boy in the final analysis, and there are some deeper things that he cannot think of.

Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji recalled what Zhu Zhanji said that day when he and Zhu Zhanji were eating roast lamb, so he quickly added: "One more thing, the second brother said before that the herdsmen on the grassland should be allowed to raise cattle. They raised sheep instead of horses. After dividing the pasture, they were limited by the limited space for grazing, so they could only raise one main livestock.

If they rob other people's pastures, our Ming Dynasty can send troops to intervene, so that we can control the development of the armed forces of the grassland tribes. "

Zhu Zhanji felt that the point he added should be the focus and core of Zhu Zhanchun's strategy. After finishing speaking, there was a look of confidence on his face. He expected that even if he didn't answer [-]% of the time, he should probably answer [-]% of the time. Some people are [-] or [-] years old.

However, Zhu Di still didn't express anything. He just turned to look at Zhu Zhanchun and asked him: "Zhanchun, what do you think? Does your elder brother's answer hit the mark of your plan?"

"Well, I think what the elder brother said is quite good! He said everything that needs to be said." Naturally, Zhu Zhancheng would not say that Zhu Zhanji's answer was not good at this time.It's just that his tone was obviously coping, not to mention Zhu Di. Zhu Zhanji could hear his perfunctory tone, so he asked with a bit of dissatisfaction: "Tell me, second brother, what is the purpose of dividing the pasture?" What else is there to say?"

After Zhu Zhanji said something like this, Zhu Zhanqi turned to look at Zhu Di. Seeing that he didn't stop him, he cleared his throat and said, "Actually, brother, you basically said everything you need to say, but you didn't." To the point.

The division of pasture is indeed to establish the authority of the Ming Dynasty, but this authority is more of a righteous title that can be used to conquer other tribes.

It is impossible for those grassland tribes to sincerely serve as obedient subjects of our Ming Dynasty, at least in the next 100 years. Many of them are still nostalgic for the glory of conquering the world in the era of Genghis Khan and the establishment of the era of Kublai Khan. The prosperity of most cities during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.

Therefore, what we have to do is not only to establish a so-called authority, but also to let these grassland tribes clearly know that Ming Dynasty has the strength to maintain this authority. Any tribe that dares to challenge Ming Dynasty’s authority on the grassland will be conquered by Ming Dynasty!

This is the most critical core of the Ming Dynasty's division of grasslands into various tribes. Simply establishing authority can only last for a while, but not for a lifetime. "

When Zhu Zhanju said this, Zhu Zhanji didn't think it was the same thing as what he said, or he thought there was no difference between the two.

Zhu Zhanji himself talked about establishing authority, which is actually the core of Confucian benevolence, justice and etiquette. It is essentially two different concepts from the use of strength to ensure the authority of the Ming Dynasty mentioned in Zhu Zhanji's words.

The former is to establish authority through rules and systems, which is what Confucianism has advocated since the time of Confucius.

This is also the core of Confucian education. By teaching the people to know etiquette and rules, a set of systems that everyone follows can be established, and ultimately the great rule of the world advocated by Confucianism can be achieved.

As for benevolence, righteousness and morality, it is only a practical method to establish this entire system.

Although what Zhu Zhanquan said was to establish a system that everyone should follow, he did not rely on education, but on fists and strength.

In fact, the two have reached the same goal by different paths. Just like when a hundred schools of thought contended in the past, the ultimate goal was actually to establish a set of ideal national systems.

Legalists rule the country by law, Confucians rule the country by etiquette, farmers advocate agriculture, and military strategists advocate military affairs... These are actually the means and methods that various schools of thought at that time tried to govern the country. However, some methods of governing the country are not suitable, and some are not suitable. The effect will be too slow.

Although Zhu Zhanji is not yet able to understand these things from a high level, he can still see the big difference between Confucian education and respecting strength.

"As expected of the second brother, I didn't expect this." Zhu Zhanji did not insist on being tough, but admitted his shortcomings, and then asked Zhu Zhankun: "What about raising cattle, sheep and war horses... …”

Before Zhu Zhanji could finish his question, a strong wind suddenly blew outside the military camp. The wind and sand immediately fascinated Zhu Zhanji's eyes, preventing him from seeing the sudden change of color on Zhu Zhanji's face.

(End of this chapter)