First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 165

  Chapter 165 Mencius

  The banquet lasted until the hour of Hai, Zhu Xun was already drunk, Zhu Xun and Zhu Di helped him down the stairs, and the carriage had already parked at the door.

   Zhu Biao talked with Xu Yungong and Chang Mao for a while. In fact, only Zhu Yi was drunk tonight, and the rest of the people were well controlled, for fear of losing face in front of His Royal Highness.

  Xu Yungong saw that Zhu Biao's face was a little sleepy, so he said softly: "It's getting late, Your Highness should go back to the palace early to rest."

  Chang Mao also nodded and said: "I will arrange someone to **** His Highness."

  Zhu Biao didn't refuse either, so he turned around and walked downstairs. Xu Yungong and Chang Mao were squeezed away by Fu Zhong just as they wanted to keep up. Seeing the burly back in front of them, both of them were a little helpless, but they didn't care about anything.

  Out of Chongzelou, the street was pitch black, and the voice of a watchman could be faintly heard coming from a distance. Zhu Yan and Zhu Di were waiting for him in front of the carriage.

  Xu Yungong glanced at the dark street, inexplicably feeling that there were many people staring at them, presumably they were secretly protecting the four Highnesses.

  Liu Jin moved to step on the stool, Zhu Biao turned to look at the honorable youths and said: "Recently, take care of yourself and prepare for the affairs in Shanxi. Don't be in a hurry."

Xu Yungong and the others bowed to promise, Zhu Biao smiled and turned around to get on the carriage. When he got inside, he saw Zhu Xi who was snoring. Wanting to keep up, he was stopped by a group of people walking out of the darkness.

The one headed by    bowed their hands to them. It was the commander-in-chief of the pro-military Duwei Mansion, Mao Xiang, Chang Mao and others hurriedly returned the salute, and when they looked up again, there was no sign of them.

  Xu Yungong rubbed his face and said: "Okay, there is a pro-military captain's house to take over the safety of His Royal Highness, so we don't have to worry about it, let's all go back."

The rest of the people went back to their homes after greeting each other. Although they love to play, they seldom go home so late. You must know that there is a night ban in the capital. The rules are very clear. , travel is prohibited; the ban on traffic will not be lifted until the morning bell rings at three o'clock in the morning.

Those who walk on the streets at the second, third, and fourth watch will be beaten fifty times; those who commit night crimes after the first night ban and shortly before the fifth watch is lifted, will be beaten forty times. Only sickness, childbirth, and death are allowed. .

  Of course, these people are top-notch nobles, and the officials who patrol and arrest them at night dare not beat them, unless they are unlucky and meet a ruthless uncle, but that is just a matter of being kicked a few times and taught a few words.

   What's more, they didn't go to spend time and wine this time. It is a serious matter to exchange feelings with His Highness the Crown Prince. It is estimated that the whole family is waiting for them to go back in the mansion.

Zhu Biao opened the curtains, and at some point there was a carriage guarding him. On the dark side of the road, many people could be seen kneeling beside the fence that had just been removed. It was specially moved for him.

  Zhu Yan looked at his elder brother and said, "Brother also drank a lot tonight, how do you feel now?"

  Zhu Biao lowered the curtain and said, "I'm fine, the second child is fine."

  Zhu Di patted Zhu Xi and said: "It's just that I drank too much, just go back and have a good sleep."

After speaking, the carriage fell into silence. The three brothers returned to the palace listening to the snoring of the second child. Naturally, returning to the palace late at night was not that simple. The carriage was stopped, and the palace gate was opened after a routine inspection. This carriage can go in.

A group of people jumped on the other two carriages, followed Zhu Biao's carriage, and finally returned to the East Palace. Yun Jin led the ladies and eunuchs to greet him. After Zhu Biao got off the carriage, he waved to Mao Xiang in the distance, and he bowed. Withdrew.

  Zhu Biao looked at the younger brothers behind him and said, "It's too late, you should stay here."

  Zhu Yan and Zhu Di were also tired, and if they went back, they had better send Zhu Yi first, and they might as well sleep here, Liu Jin hurriedly instructed the **** to carry the second prince off carefully, and sent him to a room.

  The East Palace is very big, how could there be no place to sleep, especially in summer without heating, Liu Jin went to settle down the princes, and Zhu Biao also returned to his palace.

  Maybe because of drinking, Zhu Biao is very sleepy now, and he didn't bother to take a bath, so he fell asleep on the bed.

After waking up early the next morning, I regained my energy. After washing up, I went to the yard for a few laps. At this time, the three brothers of the Zhu family also got up. They were all young people, and they were in good health. No sign of a headache.

  So the brothers had a long-lost breakfast together, and then the three brothers left, and Zhu Biao went back to the study to continue studying the issue of the Daming Navy.

  At noon, Zhu Biao went to have a meal with his father, and then went back to the East Palace to continue to study the matter, and it will be the same in the next few days. Zhu Biao's plan is too messy, so he should tidy it up now.

  Until Song Lian came to the East Palace to meet, Zhu Biao naturally went out to greet him in person. It was a long time since I saw him. I felt that my teacher was much older.

  Zhu Biao helped him to sit down, and Nuan Yu hurriedly brought him a cup of tea, and then Song Lian said to Zhu Biao in a tone of self-reproach: "Hey, I am confused when I am old, and now I am going to be a sinner through the ages."

  Zhu Biao quickly comforted the old man and said: "Master Song has always done things according to the rules, and he will be a sinner through the ages. Even if something happens, this disciple will find a way for you."

Song Lian sighed and said: "Today, the old minister was judging the papers. He was suddenly summoned by the emperor and rushed to the imperial study. Before he could catch his breath, the emperor asked the minister what Mencius said. What do you mean light?"

   "The old minister is familiar with Confucius and Mencius, so he explained it to the Holy Majesty, but the Holy Majesty then asked, Mencius said, the king treats his ministers like dirt, and the ministers treat him like a bandit. Why?"

  Zhu Biao felt a headache when he heard this. Mencius' philosophy is people-oriented, that is, to support that as long as the king does not do well, the people of the world can rebel, and rebellion is justified!

From the point of view of the world in the future, this kind of ideological awareness can be said to be very advanced, but for the unified feudal dynasty, it is very unfriendly, especially for Lao Zhu who likes to be cruel to corrupt officials. For the emperor.

Prosperity, the people are suffering; death, the people are suffering, now the Ming Dynasty is in the period of prosperity, and the people will not live well during this period, because the Ming Dynasty is waiting for prosperity, for the sake of overall development, they must not be taken care of individually .

  It's like the big immigration that will be implemented soon. This will benefit the world a lot, but it will be very bad for the people who are forced to emigrate.

   There is also the construction of water conservancy to conquer foreign nations. These are things that must be done for the country, but for the people who are trapped in it, they are tyranny.

If everyone believed in Mencius, wouldn't it be against the imperial court every day, and Mencius' words would be easily borrowed by those corrupt officials? What Zhu Yuanzhang needs now is to vigorously promote centralization, that is, the legalist advocated only seeing and arbitrarily listening .

  (end of this chapter)

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