"Feng'er, do you know why I asked Zheng Feng, the great scholar of Wenhua Palace, Qiwen, the Duke of Dian Kingdom, and Tang Zhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to be your teachers?" Emperor Guangwu continued to instruct.
"My father wants my son to learn from the masters how to govern the country and bring peace to the country," Zhu Ruofeng replied respectfully.
"Yeah," Emperor Guangwu hummed, and then asked, "Sun Jinding, Su Guansheng, and Prime Minister Yu are also capable ministers. Why don't I let you worship them as your teachers?"
"This~"
Zhu Ruofeng scratched his head and said honestly: "I don't know, please teach me." In fact, it's not that he doesn't know anything at all. It's just that the royal family is weak, and as a prince, his status is embarrassing. It's better to hide one's clumsiness than to show one's talent. There are some things that a father can say.
, but the son cannot speak.
The old emperor sighed, "Sun Jinding and Su Guansheng are the first assistant and the second assistant. They have high positions. If you have the status of emperor's teacher again, I'm afraid you won't be able to control it in the future! As for Prime Minister Yu, Sun Jinding has always been attached to the party.
, nor should I be your teacher. The incident of seizing the door is a profound lesson, and I have to guard against it."
Zhu Ruofeng understood that the old father was paving the way for his future. Such heart-to-heart communication between father and son was rare, and he couldn't help but be moved, "Thank you for your father's love."
The old emperor nodded and continued: "The three teachers I have chosen for you, Zheng Feng and Shi Qiwen, have always been cautious and never formed cliques. Tang Zhen is young!"
"Father, I understand."
"No, Feng'er, you haven't fully understood my thoughts. Zheng Feng and Tang Zhen both have amazing talents. Zheng Feng is older, but Tang Zhen is younger. In the first ten years after my death, you
You can make Zheng Feng the first assistant, and in the next ten years, you can make Tang Zhen the first assistant, and the world will be in great rule!"
Only then did Zhu Ruofeng fully understand that his father had asked him to become his apprentice because he had chosen the person who would be his chief minister twenty years after he ascended the throne. People who do not have long-term concerns must worry about the near future. This seemingly random move by his father, the old man,
It will lay the foundation for the future of the DPRK in the next few decades! It is truly a big mind and a big spirit!
When I heard my old father mentioning his death, his eyes turned red, "My father is in good health and will live a long life!"
"Idiot, is there an immortal emperor in this world?"
Emperor Guangwu smiled and said: "With Zheng Feng's qualifications, he can be promoted to the Grand Bachelor of Jianji Palace, just like Sun Jinding and Su Guansheng. I deliberately suppressed him and waited for a hundred years before you could upgrade him to the palace."
If you go up there, you will definitely be grateful."
"Yes, Father, I have written it down."
The old emperor suddenly asked: "What has Tang Zhen taught you recently?"
"Master Tang taught me some classics and history?"
"That's all? Didn't I explain the "Qian Shu" to you? Didn't I tell you how to govern the country?"
"Not mentioned yet".
"Alas!"
The old emperor sighed heavily, "Zhu Wan is an unswervingly loyal man. He was your brother's mentor in the past. After your brother's death, I persuaded him in every possible way before I was willing to be your mentor. However, I never lost my obsession with protecting the emperor's eldest grandson. This is
A person has great talent, but it is only because of this that he is even more terrifying. If you cannot subdue him, you must kill him to avoid future troubles. Remember, remember!"
Seeing that his father had such a close relationship with him, Zhu Ruofeng also expressed his true feelings, "My son thinks that Master Tang is a loyal person. Since he can be loyal to his brother, he must also be loyal to his son!"
"Well, you are right," the old emperor smiled happily, "The reason why I kept him alive is because of his loyalty. If you want to subdue this person, there is a way you can try."<
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"Please give me some advice, Father".
"Your Majesty, Daoshu, please ask me to make the emperor's eldest grandson king."
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In Duanben Palace, Tang Zhen, the right minister of household affairs, began to teach the Analects of Confucius to the crown prince Zhu Ruofeng. The topic of today's lecture is benevolence.
Zhu Ruofeng is dressed in a white shirt and has a graceful demeanor. Between his eyebrows, he looks very much like his elder brother Zhu Ruoji. Since they are brothers, they naturally look alike.
Tang Zhen suddenly seemed to see her old master, and couldn't help but feel a little lost. She calmed down her mood and asked slowly: "'Restraining oneself and returning to etiquette is benevolence. For one day to deny oneself and return to etiquette, the world will return to benevolence. To be benevolent depends on oneself, and it is based on benevolence."
?'Your Highness, you know, what is the meaning of this sentence?"
Zhu Ruofeng smiled, "This sentence means that restraining one's desires and making one's words and deeds comply with etiquette is benevolence. Once you can restrain yourself and behave in line with etiquette, people in the world will be called benevolent people. Be benevolent.
If you have to rely on yourself for virtue, should you also rely on others?"
"Yes." Tang Zhen nodded, "If Your Highness wants to inherit the throne in the future, he must govern the world with benevolence and righteousness. A benevolent and righteous person must not only stand firm himself, but also let others stand firm; he must be prosperous and let others be prosperous.
Starting from what you can do around yourself and being willing to help others is the path to benevolence."
"Master Tang is relieved and understands that this is what the sage said, 'A benevolent man, if he wants to establish himself, he will establish others, and if he wants to reach himself, he will reach others. Being able to draw examples from close by can be said to be the way to be benevolent', isn't it?"
"Exactly", Tang Zhen also smiled. Your Highness the Crown Prince is so smart! Draw inferences from one example, this is very much like his old master!
"Master Tang, 'Is benevolence so far away? I want benevolence, and benevolence is the most extreme', can this sentence be understood as: Is benevolence far away from me? I want it, and it will come. The saint allows us to
Just do benevolence and righteousness without hesitation. Right?"
"Your Highness is so smart."
Zhu Ruofeng suddenly smiled, "Gu Zheng has something benevolent and righteous to do."
Tang Zhen was very surprised, "What benevolent and righteous thing does Your Highness want to do?"
"Master Tang will know tomorrow morning."
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In the morning of the next day, Zhu Ruofeng asked Emperor Guangwu to confer the title of king to Emperor Guangwu's two legitimate sons Zhu Yixuan and Zhu Ycan, the two legitimate sons of his eldest brother Zhu Ruodeng, and Zhu Yijong and Zhu Yiyao, the two sons of his second brother Zhu Ruodeng.<
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He said that he had become the crown prince, and when he saw that his two brothers died in the coup, and that his four nephews had no titles and were helpless, he felt uneasy. If his father refused to make his four nephews kings, he would rather
I don’t want the position of prince.
This move won praise from the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. Everyone said that His Highness the Crown Prince was benevolent and righteous. Especially the eldest grandson Zhu Yixuan and the grandson Zhu Yican were the legitimate sons of the former Crown Prince. Not only did His Highness not be afraid, but he also asked for titles for them. He is truly a benevolent Lord!
Only then did Tang Zhen realize that what Zhu Ruofeng said yesterday, "What a benevolent and righteous thing he wanted to do" was actually this matter. She couldn't help but be moved to tears. She no longer had any grudges in her heart. From then on, she wholeheartedly assisted Zhu Ruofeng, laying the groundwork for the subsequent reforms. .
When the old emperor saw that the prince and other ministers were asking him to make several of his grandchildren kings, he followed the trend and made the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yixuan the king of longevity, with the fiefdom of Xijing and Guilin; the grandson of the emperor Zhu Yican was the king of Chongqing, with the fiefdom of Chongqing; Zhu Yiyao took over as the king of Ji. The fiefdom is still in Beijing; as for the emperor's grandson Zhu Yijiong, because he is not Zhu Ruodeng's legitimate son, he is named Fubo King (prefecture king) and his fiefdom is on Fubo Island.
In order to continue to consolidate Zhu Ruofeng's status, the old emperor named his grandson Zhu Yirong the grandson of the emperor.
As people get older, they become more suspicious. He is also worried about his old brother. Sun Jinding, the chief minister of the cabinet, has more power. With a stroke of his pen, three ministers are added to the cabinet: Zhang Huangyan, Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Guo Zhiqi, Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments, Tang Zhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is also a bachelor of Dongge University, so as to share the power of Sun Jinding.
Yu Chaoxiang, the former East Fujian University Scholar, was promoted to Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, and Zhang Mingfeng, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, took over as the Minister of Punishment.
During the personnel appointment and removal process, Wang Huacheng, the veteran minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, failed to join the cabinet. It was a common practice in the Ming Dynasty that the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not join the cabinet, but no one found it strange. Ruo Ji was an old minister. In order to consolidate the position of the new crown prince, it was understandable that the old emperor did not promote him. But then Tang Zhen was also an old minister of the former crown prince Zhu Ruoji, so why did she actually join the cabinet? And she was only forty-one. Years old, this qualification is too young, right?
It doesn't matter, the emperor had the final say in everything in the Ming Dynasty. The old emperor said he could do it or not.
This chapter has been completed!