Chapter 209 – The Dragon’s Heart is Delighted

Zhu Di said, “I would like to know what you have learned. ”

With that, he looked at Chen Yan and said, “Secretary Chen, what did you teach him the other day?”

“Your Majesty, it is the Ziji Tongjian, the Tang Chronicle, fifty-seven volumes.”

Zhu Di nodded, then looked at Zhu Zhanji again and said, “Have you learned?”

Zhu Zhanji immediately said, “Of course I’ve learned, I’ve even read through the fifty-eight volumes of the Tang Chronicle.”

Zhu glanced at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, the royal grandson has not yet learned there.”

Zhu Di said, “Who taught you?”

Zhu Zhanji said, “I’ll read it myself, and ask A-Uncle once in a while.”

Zhu frowned, a little skeptical, so he said, “What is being talked about here?”

“It is about what happened in the first year of the Great Tang’s Changqing.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Zhanji said: “Since the fall of July in the first year of Changqing, at first, it was said that there were soldiers from Heshuo who committed crimes, so according to the law, they should be subject to military justice. However, the soldiers of Heshuo Town were not convinced, so they rebelled, and the soldiers attacked the residence in the night, plundered the wealth and women, and killed Wei Yong and Cui Zhongqing, who were the staffs of the ministers of the festival. But on the next day, the soldiers regretted, and went to ask for forgiveness, but the governor scolded them, saying: ‘how dare you rebel, line and destroy the family’. After he had said this, the rebellious generals then all together killed the festival minister as well.”

Zhu frowned and looked back at Chen Yan again, “Is that so?”

Chen Yan suddenly sweated profusely, just this kind of thing, but there is no way to explain, so he could only say, “Yes.”

Zhu Di gazed at Zhu Zhanji: “What is the reason for this chaotic rebellion?”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Yes …… yes ……”

He was a little timid, after all, he knew he was a child, so he had little confidence in answering.

Zhu Di said, “Secretary Chen, come and speak to him.”

Chen Yan said: “This is the merit of the indoctrination, the generals do not know what loyalty and righteousness is, naturally, will breed rebellion, look at the Tang Dynasty, the martial arts rebellion, I do not know how many, because the Tang people only focus on the military success, but ignored the indoctrination. Visible want peace in the world, culture and education is the world’s first-class thing, the sages often say that the rites and music is bad, in fact, because of this.”

He answered dryly.

Zhu was thoughtful.

Then he looked at Zhu Zhanji again and said, “Do you understand?”

Zhu Zhanji lowered his head and said, “I hear you.”

Zhu Zhu bulged his eyes and said, “At last you’ve opened your mind a little bit, at least you’ve learned something ……”

“But ……,” Zhu Zhanji said hesitantly, “but Sun Chen feels that things are not as simple as this.”

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji, “What did you say?”

“Sun Chen think …… the so-called heavy culture and education …… seems to be too simple, it seems that as long as it is a bad thing, the master is used to explain the three words heavy culture and education, as if as long as the heavy culture and education, all the problems can be solved. If it is really so simple, so many sons of heaven in the Tang Dynasty, are they all so stupid and do not know the benefits of this? And how could there have been successive military disasters?”

When Chen Yan heard this, his heart shook with anger, and in his opinion, these words were simply deviant.

Zhu came to have a few moments of interest, “It seems you have your ideas?”

Zhu Di said this, Zhu Zhanji felt encouraged in general, the heart invariably more confidence, so he said, “Looking at this matter, one should first understand …… why the chaotic soldiers want to rebel, why the military generals do not have a way to constrain them, and why the imperial court has no way to take them. When the masters taught Sun Chen, Sun Chen only felt that the millions of people …… under the sky became one, and all of them were categorized as military and civilian people ……”

Zhu frowned up, but listened attentively with his side ears.

Only to see Zhu Zhanji went on to say: “Therefore, there are many things that make Sun Chen feel unimaginable, although the masters always say people people people, but what are the people for? These days, Sun Chen suddenly realized …… that they themselves do not know what the people are, but always know that as long as the world’s thousands of people are categorized as the people, chanting for the people to be lenient and benevolent will be good.”

“But what about the actual …… actually the people are not wood, nor is it a word or phrase in the book, they and the little six children, in fact, are people, are people have their own thoughts, have their own ideas, have joys and sorrows.”

“Those disorganized soldiers, Zi Zhi Tongjian will they collectively categorized as disorganized soldiers, incoherent, as if it is a sentence of disorganized soldiers, the face of the general abominable. But Sun Chen thought, they are thousands of people, some may be hostage. Some of them may have suffered from the unfair treatment of the generals in the past, so they have long been complaining. There are also some people who may have been ill-intentioned and had the intention of plundering. ”

“These thousands and tens of thousands of people, each with their own mind, but because of a reason, suddenly rioted. Sun Chen thought …… that there is no lack of the court’s lack of concern for the soldiers, and there is no lack of appointed military generals who ignore the interests of the soldiers and are unable to make a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, which is why they let the people who have a heart, have a heart to take advantage of the cause.”

Zhu Di was caught up in his thoughts, and for a moment he was a bit confused.

He looked at Zhu Zhanji with strange eyes.

Chen Yan face green, obviously a thing, Zhu Zhanji but analyzed the opposite result, Ziji Tongjian’s intention, is to give the emperor to learn, and all the things recorded down in the head, in fact, is to allow the emperor can learn from history to learn a lesson, and from the point of view of the Confucianism, it is clear that all are ready-made.

Zhu Di said at this point, “You continue.”

“So Sun Chen sees that it may be that with the court neglecting the interests of the soldiers, and the choice of sectional envoys, the rewards and punishments are not clear, so the soldiers have been greatly disappointed in the court and the sectional envoys, there is no longer any trust to speak of, and they would rather believe that they can get what they want by revolting, and can’t count on the fairness of the court and the sectional envoys, and so . . the idea of rebellion arose.”

Zhu Di was shocked, “How could you have such an idea?”

Zhu Zhanji said: ”Because when Sun Chen was locked up in the East Palace, he would also be like Master Chen, only treating the military and civilian people as a vocabulary, as long as he opens his mouth to be benevolent to them, then they will obey, and opens his mouth to say that he will indoctrinate them, and so they will be thankful for their kindness. But Sun-Chen later realized that this was wrong, that this was the way of shepherding sheep, and that sheep are weak and stupid, so with a head of sheep and a sheepdog, they can be made to obey. But Sunchen was here, and A-Uncle brought Sunchen to see all kinds of people, and Sunchen realized that they were all different, and Little Sixth Child thought about having enough to eat, and if he could go to school it would be even better ……”

“The apprentices in steelmaking thought about being able to leave school earlier and increase their pay. As for the smiths A and B, some are worried that their daughters-in-law have not yet given birth to a child, and some hope that their sons will not be idle. The old woman who collects coal has a sick husband and hopes to save up money in a hurry to get her husband cured, and …… and ……”

Zhu listened with jaws agape and said, “Then what should be done?”

Zhu Zhanji scratched his head and said: “Sun Chen did not think of how, Sun Chen just feel that many places are not right, some of the things seen, compared to the book, feel that the book is quite reasonable, but some of the things seen and heard, compared to the book, but feel that the book is too absurd, words are not true! ”

“It is like Master Chen, moving to be lenient …… How can this be? Sun Chen contacted some people, many people …… can not wait for the strict punishment of the law, lest there are some curmudgeons, and some evil teenagers, moving to do evil, but the government can not take them.”

“As for the light tax, people’s ideas are different, some only think they do not have to tax the best, but some complained, said it is for why the field even Pathfinder almost no tax, while they have to tax heavily. Ziji Tongjian in …… every sentence, if only in the East Palace to see, may feel very reasonable, in the head of every sentence, are full of deep meaning ……”

“But when you put it in Sukhumvit, when you put it in many places, you feel quite a lot of things that are very ridiculous.”

Zhu said with interest, “It seems that you still have a lot to learn, you see, you can’t find a proven method yourself.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “But Sun Chen feels …… that it is right to not be able to find a proven method.”

Zhu Di surveyed Zhu Zhanji with an odd look, “It’s only right that you can’t find a way?”

“Though the things of the world …… may be equally similar, after all they cannot be exactly the same. Because the people involved are different, the thoughts of each are different, and the things they expect are different, how can they be completely solved by a proven method? Just like Little Liu’er, in fact, there are many other children of the same age as him, they may all be coal collectors, and by definition, they can all be called ‘poor children’, but there are poor children who only want to save some money and give it to their parents. Some want to save some money for their studies, and some want to be sure to treat themselves when they get their paychecks ……”

“That’s why it occurred to Sun Chen that each of them has different expectations, and if you use one method to satisfy them, you might just end up leaving everyone unfulfilled.”

Zhu Di laughed, “According to you, nothing needs to be done?”

Zhu Zhanji immediately shook his head and said, “No. Rather, it should not be like Master Chen, who sits in his study every day, conjecturing what people like Xiao Liu’er expects, and then imposing it on them. Rather, one should really go and see what they think, and use discretion according to different circumstances.”

Zhu was momentarily shocked, “You came up with this?”

Zhu Zhanji said periodically, “Some of it is what A uncle said to me, some of it is what I saw and heard myself, and some …… of it is what I got from going through the books to look for answers after I had the insight.”

Chen Yan heard, pain, hate to pound chest and feet, but opened his mouth to say something, but found that the grandparents and grandchildren in front of him, simply did not take care of him.

Zhu said with his hands behind his back, “You always talk about Xiao Liu’er, who is this Xiao Liu’er?”

“A partner who picks up coal with Sun Chen.” Zhu Zhanji said cheerfully, “He taught me to pick up coal, and I gave him popsicles to eat.”

Picking up coal?

Zhu Di’s face suddenly changed.

Chen Yan’s face also changed.

Zhu said, “Pick up what coal?”

“Burning coal ah, imperial grandfather even do not understand coal? It is used for steel making …… coal is dug out from the mines and later sorted. Uncle said that our coal washing skills are still rough, so in order to prevent too much impurity coal from being sent into the furnace and making the quality of the steel unstable, the coal needs to be picked up first ……”

“Sun Chen pick up coal pick up is not good, an hour can only pick up more than three hundred pounds. Xiao Liu’er is very good, he can pick up eight hundred pounds in an hour ……”

Speaking here, Chen Yan’s body shook, and then said period, “This …… this …… imperial grandson’s body of a thousand gold, how can …… it be possible to ……”

Chen Yan painfully continued, “The royal grandson is such a young age, and the heavenly decorations are …… available …… available ……”

Zhu, however, froze in place.

He did notice that his grandson, who was a little thinner than he had been some days before, had his hand ……

Zhu Di went forward, pulled up Zhu Zhanji’s hand, unfolded his palm, but saw this small hand, actually produced a few thin small calluses.

Chen Yan can be considered to hate Zhang Anshi, at this time added: “Your Majesty ah …… treason, this is treason ……”

He started choking ……

Zhu Di was really furious.

He shouted angrily, “Bastard!”

This statement was made.

Zhang Anshi subconsciously held his head in both hands, only hating himself for not wearing armor out of the house.

The next moment …… ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ………

However, he saw Zhu’s backhand, his arm swung up fiercely, and directly slammed his fist towards Chen Yan’s face.

That punch went down, hitting Chen Yan square in the mouth.

Chen Yan flew straight out, and what fell with him was an incisor, and when he landed with a bang, he covered his mouth.

Dripping blood from his teeth spilled from between his fingers.

Chen Yan mouth whimpering wow a few ……

Tears and snot, mixed with blood made a mushy mess on the face door.

With great difficulty, he was barely able to control his voice from the leaky incisors that caused him to lose his voice, and said sadly and shamefully, “What does your …… Majesty mean by this?”

Zhu Di looked at him angrily and cursed, “Great treason? How dare you say treason?”

Chen Yan svengali, at this time as if suffered a strange shame, but at least it is also the Hanlin ministerial bachelor, at this time, but also hard: “I am righteous …….”

Zhu sneered at him.

By this time, Zhang Anshi had breathed a sigh of relief, and then took a step back coincidentally with Zhu Zhanji, and the two of them were close to squatting in a corner and started to appreciate a little bit of anything.

“Don’t look, close your eyes, at least it’s your master.” Zhang Anshi said softly.

Zhu Zhanji’s eyes opened round, not blinking, “Just because it’s a master, that’s why it’s rare to see.”

The sorrows and joys of men are not connected.

At least at this time Chen Yan, but crying and crying up: “What I said, every word from the bottom of my heart …… Your Majesty ah …… ”

Zhu Di cold face angrily said: “When the time of Emperor Tai Zu Gao, we will be these imperial sons, sent to the central capital of Fengyang, teach us these imperial sons in Fengyang resident, learning to reclaim the land. I can learn to reclaim, my grandchildren pick up a pick up coal, and so what? Saying that this is treasonous, do you still want to say that Emperor Tai Zu Gao was also treasonous? Who are you trying to slander?”

When Chen Yan heard this, he felt thunderbolts.

In fact …… this is something he knows.

But …… though a puritanical minister like him, though very sensible, chose to avoid talking about the deeds of Emperor Taizu Gao.

In his heart, it is because he is very disapproving of the deeds of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he even thinks …… that what Emperor Taizu Gao did can be described by words like tyranny.

It is because of this thought that Emperor Taizu Gao sent his imperial son to Feng Yang to settle the land permanently, which in his mind is essentially a ridiculous thing, at least ritually …… it should not be so.

As a result …… precisely because of the true thoughts of the heart, let him ignore these, but now directly angered Zhu Di.

At this time, Zhu Di angrily said: “Er is my grandson’s doctor, I should not have ruled you, but you dared to slander Taizu high emperor, how can I be in your dry?”

Zhu Di is the most filial one among Zhu Yuanzhang’s more than twenty children.

At least nominally.

As a result, you dared to dig up the roots of the Yongle Emperor.

Looking at Zhu Di’s increasingly sinister gaze, Chen Yan trembled in fear: “鑷� ……鑷� ……”

Zhu Di scolded angrily, “Into your mother, like you and other disloyal people, also dare to teach my grandson! My grandson fell into the hands of your donkey thief, can still learn well?”

Chen Yan then kowtowed, has long been face miserable colorless: “I’m guilty of ten thousand deaths.”

Zhu Di gasping said: “just his official, let him give me to roll, this thief is not loyal and righteous, for the courtier is not loyal, it seems for the son is not filial, sent him back to his original home as a mandarin, his children and grandchildren are mandarins!”

Where did Chen Yan expect such a consequence, he endured his injuries and still begged for mercy.

Yiluoha’s face was also cold at this time, and his head was slightly raised as he glared at a few guards.

The guards instantly clipped his hands behind his back and pulled him away.

Chen Yan exclaimed, “Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… minister ……”

The guard was afraid that he would disturb the holy emperor again, and smashed his face with a fist, and this time, a large part of his teeth fell out, and there was no more sound when he whimpered.

Only at this time, Zhu Zhanji rubbed his eyes and said, “Wooooooo …… my Master Chen.”

The sound is very soft.

Zhu Di turned back, glancing at Zhu Zhanji: “You kid, no matter what reasoning there is, but it’s not good to hang around all day long, what if you run into danger, do you think you’re me?”

Zhang Anshi in the side quickly criticized Zhu Zhanji: “right ah, uncle also has been advised you, teach you not to always come, uncle know you want to learn the skills, but after all, you are still young, if there is a good or bad, how can it be? You are not His Majesty, His Majesty that is the blessing of the people, when the time of the war, how many times nine deaths, single-handedly, they dared to enter the thieves to explore the enemy camp. Is that something you can learn? Who among us has Your Majesty’s skill! Your Majesty, don’t worry, I will not teach him to come in the future, if he still dares to come, I will definitely report to Your Majesty immediately, Your Majesty just relax.”

Zhu Zhanji: “……”

Zhang Anshi then added: “But …… Your Majesty, to be honest, the royal grandson is willing to come here to suffer, this folk suffering …… he is also willing to suffer, see the royal grandson his heart is still good. If you do other children …… that is not willing to do it, can not wait to be in the tenderness of the countryside all their lives, clothes to reach out to the mouth, I see …… this matter let it go. Give also lost ha eunuch a face.”

Yilungha’s face turned green. What’s this got to do with us?

But he mentioned himself, and Yishakha would be offending everyone here if he didn’t even show it.

He did not say anything, fell to the ground, choked and said: “Your Majesty …… Annan Hou he said right, this thing it, the heart of the royal grandson is good, Annan Hou is also right, the only thing is ……… some Not well thought out, but the royal grandson, after all, is young, An Nan Hou …… An Nan Hou …… is also young …… they act, some reckless, but the slave girl thinks, everything on the heart regardless of traces, they are eventually Kindness, especially His Royal Highness the grandson, have this kind heart, this is the blessing of my Daming ah. When the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, not also the most valued prince sent to the central capital of Fengyang?”

This statement by Yee Lostha immediately brought out his level of sophistication.

It doesn’t seem to say anything, but it seems to say everything.

The finishing touch is in the last sentence, Emperor Taizu Gao, who sent his most valued imperial son to Fengyang, the central capital, to reclaim the land.

In fact, there were three imperial princes sent, one was Zhu Di, and the other two were the King of Qin and the King of Jin.

Obviously, also lost ha directly to the two princes directly skipped over, it became the emperor’s most valued is in Zhu Di, for what to send, is because in the mind of the emperor’s mind, Zhu Di is the most intentional heir ah.

Just because of all sorts of reasons, so let Jianwen that boy drilled a hole, but God is not tired of, at last, there is a good result, the emperor’s favorite son, ultimately K Jeti daito, inherited the foundation of the ancestors.

Zhu, of course, knew that it was a lie, and Yiluoha actually knew that it was self-congratulatory.

The wonderful thing here is that this is addressed to the royal grandson.

Zhu Di still want face, he did not want his grandson in front of, is a usurper image, this way, may be in the mind of the royal grandson, the royal master is another image.

Zhu Di carried his hands behind his back, “Get up.”

Yiluoha carefully got up, his hands hanging down with a timid look, but of course, it was actually a pretense, because with his knowledge of His Majesty, His Majesty had already rested his anger.

Zhu Di said: “The most hateful or that Chen Yan, this person is not right in the heart. The royal grandson …… can not always come to Qixia, this is not good, if it is really out of what is good, that can not be. Even if I learn that he is out of the East Palace, I also have trouble sleeping and eating.”

He said, sighing heavily.

This is the difference between son and grandson, that the second Zhu Gaoxu, still playing in Annan mud it, Zhu Di did not have much to worry about, but Zhu Junji out of the door, Zhu Di will feel worried.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment: “Let’s do it this way, the study or to learn …… I see …… this law is nothing bad, this is also the law of the ancestors Well, the time of the high emperor of Taizu, the future Crown Prince, but also to penetrate into the folk. ”

That’s right, that’s how my father raised an ‘heir’ like me in the first place.

“I have always honored the ancestral training, because of the great ancestor of the high emperor far-sighted, both so …… according to me …… can teach the emperor’s grandson to come to Qixia three days a month, during this period… … … order model battalion is responsible for transportation, and then order the warrior battalion of a man and horses, in the periphery and the streets and alleys secretly arranged, within the thousand households, it is to draw a number of elite soldiers and generals, hidden in which, so that can be foolproof.”

Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed, “Your Majesty allows your grandson to come every month?”

Zhu Di laughed, will pick him up: “You are my grandson, you have their own ideas, how can I teach you to be disappointed, bad is bad in your father, such a big event, but also do not fine play, although it is endowed with his mother, but it is also incoherent, I don’t know what happened, you have to be your father as a warning.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Your Majesty, if you scold Sunchen’s father like this, Sunchen is not comfortable in his heart.”

“You are really a filial son.” Zhu Di was overjoyed and stroked his head, hugging Zhu Zhanji on one side and said, “Then scold your uncle, who followed the nonsense.”

Zhu Zhanji thought for a moment, “After all, it’s still an uncle, so don’t blame him, Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di said, “Well, well, well, everything is at your disposal. You come to tell me, how do you pick up coal?”

Zhu Zhanji said, “The emperor can not go to that place, that place is dirty, the emperor is the emperor ……”

Zhu Di said, “You can go, how I can not go, think of the year ……”

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Zhu Di forked his waist, bowed body, one side by also lost ha assisted, mouth chi chi humming emotion: “Hey, old, old, tendons are not as good as before, think back then, I …… how healthy, who ever thought, this stooped to pick up an hour of coal, will feel the waist of their own horse is not as good as before! .”

Also lost ha bitter face: “your majesty all the way on horseback, and bent for more than an hour waist, is the body of iron, also not which. Your Majesty, you slow down, slave teach people to lift the sedan chair, so comfortable.”

Zhu sighed: “This money …… is earned hard, Zhang Anshi this guy …… really black heart …… ”

Also lost Ha said, “Your Majesty …… this is the merchant bank, the palace head also has ……”

Zhu then shut up and didn’t say anything.

Zhang Anshi and Zhu Zhanji hid far behind, and Zhang Anshi kept scowling at Zhu Zhanji: “It’s not my fault.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Can you still blame me?”

“Forget it, forget it, no one is to blame, blame also lose ha …… he even did not stop, your majesty a thousand gold body ah, also lose ha heart too black.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Uncle has a point.”

Just then, a fast horse suddenly came at a fiery pace.

The man on the horse was actually Chen Li.

Chen Li called out under his breath, “Marquis, Marquis ……”

With that, he jumped off his horse.

Soon, a sangha report was sent to Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi took a look, and at this time …… Zhu Di has entered the Zhang family s mansion and settled down.

Before he had a chance to drink a cup of tea, Zhang Anshi caught up with him and said, “Your Majesty, there is an urgent message.”

Zhu Di saw Zhang Anshi’s bad look.

Then he reached out, “Fetch.”

Look down.

Zhu Di frowned: “Isn’t it said that that rebellious party …… has collected a lot of wealth? How is it that the people from the Inner Thousand Households were sent to search, but only four hundred and seventy thousand two hundred thousand pieces of silver were obtained as wealth?”

This, obviously, did not match what Zhu had in mind.

Zhu Di looked up at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi said, “The men of the Inner Thousand Households are all very capable, and I dare to put my head on the line to guarantee them that they will never hide anything.”

Chen Li was on the sidelines, originally too scared to utter a single breath, but hearing Zhang Anshi say this, his heart was greatly relieved, and he gave Zhang Anshi a glance with grateful eyes.

Zhu Di put the zheng report down, and then calmly said, “So where is the problem? Why don’t you tell me?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I have thought of something.”

“What is it?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty still remember, Singiju execution of those rebels that day, to kill to Zhang Xingyuan’s family, Zhang Xingyuan mouth shouted, he said he knew what treasure ……”

Zhu snapped to mind this matter, and he subconsciously nodded his head.

Zhang Anshi said, “Is there a possibility that he has only spilled some of his wealth and the real wealth …… is actually in ……”

Zhu Di’s face color cold, eyes in the killing gas heavy: “I also do not care about the money of the rebels, I am just not willing to …… let this reverse production loss outside …… you say this … …I do …… think there is a real possibility.”

Zhang Anshi said: “Now that Zhang Xingyuan, people are still in the imperial prison. Your Majesty has not paid attention to the South Zhenfu Division’s report, perhaps …… this Xingyuan again confessed, will that treasure said out, I think …… so many days of torture, may he has confessed.”

“Is that so?” When Zhu Di heard this, a hint of murderous intent suddenly swept across his eyes.

He coldly said, “Jin Yiwei’s report, I have never fallen, look at all very carefully, but …… there is not a word and a half of such words, if …… if Zhang Xingyuan really also confessed to what, Jin Yiwei over there ……”

Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi, “On the side of the Brocade Guards, is it possible that they knowingly failed to report.”

The words came …… out of the temple with a senile chill.

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