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

Chapter 81 Fish and Bear's Paws
Zhu Di was worried that Zhu Zhanjun wanted to fight for the throne, but when he saw him escorting Zhu Gaoxu to him, he felt that this boy was not a lord who wanted to fight for the world.

If you have a destiny and can live forever, who would care about the glory and wealth in the world?Unless you can have both.

This made Zhu Di sigh with emotion: "You can't have your cake and eat it too!"

However, this happened to be heard by Zhu Zhankun, who couldn't help but burst into tears: "Why can't we have both? Bears like to eat fish. Isn't it enough to hunt bears while bears are fishing?"

"Haha, you are a good boy. Mencius said that people should sacrifice their lives for righteousness. How come you are cheating and cheating?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanchen helplessly. This brat was still the same as when he was a child. People who can resist the weirdness of their stomachs have nothing to say.

In the past, Zhu Di liked to listen to this kid's nonsense. Although it was inconsistent with Confucianism and Confucius and Mencius, Zhu Di was a person who had not read much about Confucius and Mencius, so he didn't care much about it.

But after being the emperor for so many years, Zhu Di's character and mentality have also changed. He knows how important the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is to Confucianism. To deny the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is to offend the scholars all over the world.

So now that Zhu Zhanyu talks about his fallacies, Zhu Di cannot listen to them as fun, but must correct his attitude.

This has nothing to do with whether Zhu Di believes in the Confucian doctrine. It is simply that as an emperor, if he needs scholars to govern his country, he must choose to support the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.

However, Zhu Zhanjun still didn't pay much attention to Zhu Di's question. He just walked to Zhu Di's side and spread his hands and said: "How can this be considered cheating? Mencius believed at that time that bears were animals on the mountains and fish were in the water. Animals, there is no connection between the two, so it is said that you cannot have both fish and bear's paws, so in Mencius' view, he can only choose one of the two.

What this extends is the discussion about life and righteousness. Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You cannot have both. You must sacrifice your life for righteousness. But there is a loophole here, that is, Mencius assumed that the answer to this question is You can't have both, and he didn't consider the situation where you could have both.

This principle is no problem to teach those scholars, it can help them establish lofty ideals and values ​​of benevolence and justice, and it can also make these scholars better loyal to our family.

But this principle is not suitable for the emperor, nor for our royal family, because in most cases, it is impossible to choose one or the other in the court. Being an emperor often requires compromise.

Just like Grandpa, during the Northern Expedition, if my father and Xia Shangshu went to the army and sent a letter telling Grandpa that they had no money, Grandpa, could you still lead the hungry army to fight against Mongolia and sacrifice their lives for righteousness?Grandpa, you can only withdraw your troops and come back, right? "

Hearing this, Zhu Di wanted to kick him, but Zhu Zhanquan was not as naughty as Zhu Zhanji and would accept such a kick, so Zhu Di had no choice but to give up.

After beckoning Zhu Zhankun to come to him, he asked him: "Your second uncle and third uncle rebelled. What do you think I should do with them? Should I chop off their heads and send them to your father, or let them go?" Already?"

"You have to ask my brother or my father this question. Asking me won't count!" Zhu Zhanjun didn't want to take the blame. Whether it was letting the tiger return to the mountain or actually killing Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, it was not an ideal result.

So he simply threw the blame away. After all, he was only the second son. Unless Zhu Zhanji died, the position of emperor would not be his turn, and some words should not be said by him.

But Zhu Di became unreasonable at this time and said to Zhu Zhanyu: "I want to hear your answer now. What do you think?" Facing the emperor's inquiry, Zhu Zhanyu felt a little helpless. The emperor didn't Play your cards according to the rules. Unless he wants to do something magical to Zhu Di, or simply overturn the table, he has to play by the rules.

Zhu Zhanjun was not a person who liked to break rules, so when faced with the emperor's unreasonableness, he could only ask Zhu Di after thinking about it: "Is the emperor asking, or is grandpa asking?"

"You just said that the emperor must compromise and cannot choose one or the other. Now grandpa can't choose either. This is both a grandpa's question and an emperor's question. Who gave you a grandpa who was an emperor!" Zhu Di held Zhu Zhanquan's hand. At the beginning of his words, he directly put what he just said here, and turned around to take advantage of Zhu Zhanju himself.

Zhu Zhanquan shook his head helplessly, but still said to Zhu Di: "It is fun to kill the second uncle and the third uncle, and it can be done once and for all. No one will worry about it in the future, but it is happy, but there will be too many troubles in the future. Grandpa If you’re not happy, my dad won’t be happy, and I won’t be happy either, so they’d better keep their heads on their necks to eat.”

"Well, you know how to care for people better than your elder brother. With his character, if he had this opportunity, he would have to cut off the heads of your second uncle and third uncle and roll them around on the ground." Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhan, who he had raised with his own hands. Ji still understands.

If he asked directly, Zhu Zhanji would not say that he would kill Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, but if he really had the opportunity to do so, he would not hesitate.

Because this is how Zhu Di taught Zhu Zhanji, to be decisive and cruel. If the emperor is too benevolent, he will not be able to achieve great things.

But when the emperor is sometimes cruel, he cannot be too ruthless, because that is also not the way to be a king.

When Zhu Di thought about this, he had a new evaluation of Zhu Zhanjun in his heart.

However, he would not say this out loud. He just asked Zhu Zhanjun: "If you don't want to kill, then let him go?"

"You can't let them go. After all, what the second and third uncles did is treasonous. If the emperor lets them go, I'm sure they won't think it's a big deal to rebel. If they didn't lose their heads this time, they will dare to do it next time." Zhu Zhanchen knew clearly. You know, the third uncle may be okay, but with the character of the second uncle, as long as he doesn't become emperor, he will always continue to rebel.

When Zhu Di was here, he rebelled against Zhu Di. When Zhu Gaochi was emperor, he rebelled against Zhu Gaochi. When it was Zhu Zhanji's turn, he was still rebelling.

The Prince of Han will never be able to deal with the rebellion in his life. Historically, Zhu Zhanji even arrested him and imprisoned him. He even tried to commit suicide by tripping Zhu Zhanji, not to mention being made into a roast duck. The whole family was sent on the road in anger by Zhu Zhanji. It can be said that the family is really in order.

Therefore, this scourge cannot be kept by his side no matter what. If he is kept by his side, he will only continue to cause trouble.

So after Zhu Zhanyu thought about it, he said to Zhu Di: "How about Grandpa, please think about it and let the second uncle and the third uncle out?"

(End of this chapter)