Chapter 65: Being tainted by the country is called the master of the country
"Back to the emperor, I have never conspired with Wen, and I never agree with Liao Yongzhong's actions." Liu Bowen faced Zhu Yuanzhang's frightening eyes and replied sternly: "If the veteran knew in advance, he would definitely stop them with all his strength!"
"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang held up the jade belt between his waist non-committally. "Of course we believe in Mr. Xin, but we clearly remember that Mr. Ming has always been opposed to bringing Prince Xiao Ming to Yingtian, and he also strongly opposed the Zen ceremony."
Liu Bowen knew that Boss Zhu would always do this subconsciously when he had murderous intentions.
"Yes, what the emperor said is true." He nodded and said calmly: "From the beginning to the end, I have opposed inheriting the legal system of King Xiao Ming and advocated inheriting the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty, but it was never for my own consideration, nor for the so-called Zhejiang Province.
Dongdang. But for the Emperor's Ming Dynasty and for our Chinese people! This heart is clear and can be learned from the sun!"
"How do you say that?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little unhappy when he heard that Liu Ji had set his tone too high. He felt that when he wanted to inherit Song Tong, wasn't it for the Ming Dynasty or the people of China?
"Your Majesty, because the Song Dynasty was incomplete. Needless to say, the Southern Song Dynasty was a coward in a corner. Even the Northern Song Dynasty never truly unified China." Liu Bowen said seriously:
"Counting from Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, the sixteen states of Yanyun fell into the hands of the barbarians for three hundred years! Counting from the Jin Dynasty's destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty, the entire north was ruled by foreigners for two hundred and forty years! Until the emperor expelled the Tatars
The long history of humiliation was ended by destroying the captives, restoring China, regaining Youyan, and uniting the north and the south!"
"You also know that this is a history of humiliation..." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly.
"That's right, but has your Majesty ever thought about it, if the Ming Dynasty inherits the legal system of the Song Dynasty, what should we do with these hundreds of years of history? The history of China cannot be divided into generations, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"
Liu Bowen raised his voice and said:
"Furthermore, the territory in the north has long been ruled by the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Is it considered occupied or recovered by the Ming Dynasty now?"
"If we count the former, will the Mongols, Jurchens, and even the descendants of Khitan who may emerge in the future naturally obtain the justice of regaining their homeland?"
"Hiss..." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a stern expression, which he had ignored before.
Before, he only thought about relying on his invincible army to be invincible and completely wipe out the Meng Yuan and Jurchen species, so that there would be no future troubles.
But it was already the seventh year of Hongwu. Although he didn't say it, he gradually understood in his heart that the grassland and desert were boundless, and the Mongols who had been beaten back to the horseback nation were almost impossible to completely eliminate...
If these problems are not properly handled, if future generations are dishonest, the disease may reappear.
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"Also, will the marks, achievements, glory, and inheritance of the Han people who have lived in the north for hundreds of years be denied for generations?" Liu Bowen finished talking about his long-term concerns, and then pointed out the imminent immediate worries.
"If this is the case, won't my compatriots in the north always be inferior to those in the south?"
"Southerners, northerners." Hearing these two familiar terms, Zhu Yuanzhang completely understood what Liu Bowen meant.
"During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, our Chinese people were forcibly divided into Han people, Southerners, or Northerners, and Southerners. Although they were all inferior people, the Southerners were still discriminated against by the Northerners. This is the artificial division of the three
What a result!"
"We in the Ming Dynasty will not do this!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "We will treat people from the south and people from the north equally!"
"Your Majesty's ideals are very beautiful, but the reality is that this trend is happening now. Looking at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, local officials, except for the Huaixi people, are mostly from the south. How many northerners are there in total?"
"There are still some," Zhu Yuanzhang said without confidence, "Although not much."
"You were also a surrendered minister in the former Yuan Dynasty. He was fearful, powerful and powerless, and suffered all the disrespect from his subordinates." Liu Bowen said solemnly:
"So when Your Majesty inherits the Song Dynasty, the situation of the northerners will be even worse, and they will become even more difficult to get ahead. They have been ruled by barbarians for hundreds of years. Although the scholar-officials passed down poems and books to their families, they still maintain Han customs. But the common people use Hu
If someone with a surname speaks the Hu language, wears Hu clothes and performs the Hu rituals, he has become a very serious Hu!"
"Therefore, the most important task of the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty is to establish principles and disciplines, straighten people's clothes and clothes, clean up the bad smells, and get rid of all the bad customs! Let the northern Han people completely go to Hu Fuxia as soon as possible. This is the complete 'restoration of China'!"
Liu Ji was still ill, and talking so much had exhausted him. However, he became more and more excited as he spoke, and he held up his hands and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"And to 'go to Hu Fuxia', the first step is to win their hearts! Your Majesty relies on the hearts of the people to conquer the world, and no one understands the importance of the hearts of the people better than your Majesty! So you must treat the northerners preferentially, Your Majesty, and you must not let them feel cold again!"
"I understand." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded involuntarily: "To put it bluntly, do we want to be the emperor of half of China, or the emperor of all China?"
"There is no sage like the Emperor." Liu Bowen flattered him in a very rare way.
"Hey, hey..." Zhu Yuanzhang grinned helpfully and said: "Actually, we all understand these principles, otherwise we wouldn't hold our noses and admit the Yuan Dynasty, but we are just not willing to accept it, and we hate it..."
"Your Majesty, I have said that if you accept the filth of your country, you are called the master of the country; if you accept the bad luck of your country, you are the king of the world. It is true to say the opposite." Liu Bowen added another flattery.
"Oh, when you say this, we feel much more comfortable..." This made Lao Zhu very happy. He patted Liu Bowen on the shoulder and said, "Old Liu, how could you have said this earlier?
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"I regret it too." Liu Bowen, who was full of desire for survival, simply said three times in succession: "Being far away from His Majesty these years is not entirely a bad thing. At least it will allow me to see His Majesty's sage and difficulty more clearly.
I understand that I, Liu Ji, am nothing if I leave Your Majesty."
"Hahaha, hahaha! You can't say that..." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed happily, and all his dissatisfaction and resentment towards Liu Bowen disappeared with this laughter...
In fact, the key reason why he resented Liu Bowen so deeply before was that he felt that Liu was not of the same mind as him and always had his own little thoughts.
Hu Weiyong took advantage of the emperor's psychology to involve Liu Bowen in the "Gua Bu Sunken Boat Case" without any reason, and successfully guided and amplified Zhu Yuanzhang's resentment towards Liu Bowen.
It made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that Liu Bowen claimed to be loyal, but in fact he had evil intentions and even used his own name to deceive him! Then he became murderous towards Liu Bowen.
This was very unfavorable to Liu Bowen, because time had passed and his words were unfounded, and he could no longer prove that he had nothing to do with the sinking of the ship.
And Liu Bowen was Liu Bowen. He did not get entangled in the superficial case, but went straight to the source - telling Zhu Yuanzhang that it was right not to follow the Song Dynasty! Let Zhu Yuanzhang understand that he insisted on inheriting the Yuan Dynasty entirely for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the people, and for him.
Think about it.
In this way, the thorn in the emperor's heart was removed. As for the truth of the case itself, it is not important...
ps. Chapter 2, the following chapters haven’t been checked yet and haven’t been named yet, so it will be slower. Try to finish it before two o’clock...
