Zhu Yuanzhang never thought that after becoming emperor, he would be threatened by others one day.
What was even more unexpected was that after being threatened by others, I actually accepted the threat!
This was something that was impossible to happen in his imagination, but now it happened.
Zhu Biao beside him also looked surprised.
Although he had vaguely heard some news before that.
I know that this man named Han Cheng is extremely brave.
Even when faced with his father, who made many people change their expressions and dare not disobey him at all, he still dared to bargain!
But, after all, that was just hearsay.
Now that this thing really happened in front of him, it still made him feel a huge shock.
You know, this is his father!
Even he would rarely disobey his father under normal circumstances!
Now, the person in front of me did just that!
The most important thing is that when he did this, he kept saying that he knew what his father's character was like through historical books.
He knew his father's character, but he still dared to do this?
This...for this moment, Zhu Biao didn't know what to say.
What is even more unbelievable is that his father still tolerated this tone!
In Zhu Biao's opinion, this seems to be a miracle!
"The demise of the Ming Dynasty was caused by many factors and was not caused by a single factor.
It sounds a little complicated.
However, His Majesty the Emperor and the Prince, both of you are well-read people.
The demise of dynasties in the past dynasties actually has many similarities.
Then it would be better for you two to come up with some conjectures.
Then, I will answer it here.
After all, there are many reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Let me talk about it. For a while, I don’t know where to start.”
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been waiting for Han Cheng to give his answer, was very dissatisfied when he heard what Han Cheng said.
I am here, waiting to hear the answer!
As a result, he allowed himself to express himself freely?
There is no such thing as being disrespectful!
"Are you going to say it or not?"
He glared at Han Cheng.
Han Cheng said helplessly: "I didn't say it, I won't say it?
I just said it very clearly. This matter is so complicated that I don’t know where to start.
It would be better if His Majesty or the Prince asks me questions and I answer them.
I can also organize my thoughts and try to explain things more comprehensively."
Facing Han Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like he was being led by the nose.
This feeling was very unpleasant for him.
However, when I think about his Ming Dynasty, it only existed for more than 270 years and then died.
He still managed to suppress the strong dissatisfaction in his heart.
Now is not the time to worry about these details.
What he most urgently wants to know is how his Ming Dynasty died.
However, Lao Zhu secretly recorded all of this in his heart.
I decided to look for opportunities in the future and pay them back one by one.
He, Lao Zhu, has never been a generous person.
Very petty and likes to hold grudges.
“Throughout the dynasties, when the country was destroyed, many people could not survive and eventually revolted.
Just like Yuan Tatar.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tatars were too hateful and extorted violent taxes.
Even if many people starve to death, there won't be that many people rebelling.
We were also starved to the point of being unable to survive, and finally started to rebel when we were desperate.
When our Ming Dynasty fell, wouldn’t it also be full of disaster victims and starving people everywhere?”
After Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, he looked at Han Cheng and said this.
While speaking, he kept his eyes fixed on Han Cheng.
Pay attention to all Han Cheng's movements.
I want to see some differences in some of Han Cheng's subtle movements.
Unfortunately, it didn't happen. Han Cheng remained magnanimous and calm.
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely nervous at this time.
The reason why he asked Han Cheng this in the first place did not mean that he was definitely sure that when the Ming Dynasty fell, many people would not be able to eat and live.
It's because he least wants to see such a scene appear in his Ming Dynasty.
He was originally a poor boy, and as far back as he can remember, he has never had enough.
When I was a child, my deepest memory was hunger.
He was extremely impressed by the Tatars' excessive expropriation and extortion, which resulted in the people's deprivation of life!
I also hate the corrupt officials of the Tatars!
It is precisely because he has suffered in this way that he hates evil so much.
After becoming the emperor, he had zero tolerance for corrupt officials under his command and used all kinds of iron-blooded methods.
Deal with them and shock them.
Once discovered, we will never tolerate it!
It is precisely because I understand that the people are living a hard life.
He will formulate various policies.
The purpose is to enable the people under the rule to survive without starving to death and have a mouthful of food to eat.
Letting the people survive, making the Ming Dynasty stable, and making the Zhu family stable are the fundamental goals of his governance.
He has even written this into the ancestral teachings he is making.
In order to let future generations, don't forget these.
He felt that after his hard work, his Ming Dynasty would definitely be different from the Tatar dynasty and other dynasties that collapsed.
The point Zhu Yuanzhang asked first was the point he was most confident about.
It's also what he cares about most.
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang, he looked like a wolf and a tiger.
Han Cheng nodded.
"Your Majesty, you are right on this point and summed it up very well.
Indeed, when dynasties perish, many people will inevitably have no food to eat and cannot survive.
Many human tragedies occurred, with many people cannibalizing each other, and countless people died of starvation.
In fact, this is also a very fundamental point.
Your Majesty also comes from a poor family, so he must know very well what many people are thinking.
As long as we can live peacefully, as long as we have something to eat, as long as we don't starve to death.
Even if a few fewer people starve to death, these people will not rebel!
They will endure it silently and walk with difficulty.
Your Ming Dynasty is not much different from when other dynasties fell.
There was also a large-scale famine, and many people were displaced.
Many people starved to death and could not survive, so they revolted..."
Han Cheng's voice was calm and he spoke slowly.
But when his seemingly plain voice fell in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, it had an extremely powerful impact on him!
His complexion instantly turned pale!
It turns out...it turns out that my own Daming has actually become like this!
There have actually been human tragedies in which many people died of hunger!
I have worked hard for so long and done so much just to keep the people well fed, or at least not to starve to death.
But how come...it ended up being like this?
In fact, you can’t even do that little bit better?!
how so?
How could this be so?!
Zhu Yuanzhang's confidence was torn open by Han Cheng's words at this moment, and it was bloody!
"wrong!
wrong!!
What you said is wrong!!!
We have written all these into the ancestral precepts and passed them down.
Future generations need to keep this in mind.
There must be no violation!
No matter how stupid they are, they will never violate our ancestral precepts and become unfilial descendants!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shook his head vigorously, looked at Han Cheng, and became excited.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang talk about his ancestral precepts, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile...
