RPAGF Chapter 39 Boss, what exactly do you want to do?!
Chapter 39 Boss, what exactly do you want to do?!
After a long silence, Zhu Di finally spoke slowly.
"You should know about this kid's situation; he is destined to take on the responsibility of a high position in the future."
I was originally planning to wait a few more years before starting to make those arrangements, but since you've already begun, tell me your thoughts.
Zhu Di did not reject the schedule because it was strict, Zhu Zhanji was still young, or because of his affection for Zhu Zhanji.
It wasn't Zhang Yan who suggested it that led him not to object.
In fact, the cultivation of Zhu Zhanji was basically a tacit secret between him and Zhu Gaochi. Now that Zhu Gaochi was going to do this, he really wanted to know what Zhu Gaochi was thinking.
Through this incident, he could also reassure Zhu Gaochi by demonstrating his high regard for Zhu Zhanji and his expectations for Zhu Zhanji's future, thus indicating that Zhu Gaochi's position was more secure.
Zhu Gaochi could also think of many things that Zhu Di said.
In fact, Zhu Gaochi was not excited or thrilled at all by Zhu Di's hint.
Zhu Gaochi was very clear that the stability of his position depended not on Zhu Zhanji, but on himself.
Furthermore, he did not take Zhu Di's hints seriously.
He knew Zhu Di's character all too well. If one day Zhu Di really didn't want to, all hints and promises would be meaningless.
As emperor, the most important thing is the stability and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty; family comes second.
One should not blindly believe everything the emperor says, nor should one take his momentary emotions as gospel later.
If the emperor says something bad, you should really believe it rather than dismiss it, and you have to take it seriously.
"Father, this child is not young anymore. He is born into the imperial family and is valued so much by you. If he is to shoulder great responsibilities in the future, he should be nurtured from a young age."
When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it will first test their resolve.
Although he is young, he already understands everything he should. If he can't even endure this little bit of hardship and doesn't even know the responsibilities he will have to bear in the future, then even if you, Dad, like him a lot, I will still object.
If he doesn't have those responsibilities, as long as he doesn't do anything immoral, I can let him enjoy his life without having to worry about anything, and I won't be strict with him.
But he couldn't. Since he was in that position, he had to shoulder the responsibilities that came with it.
To put it bluntly, which is still undecided, if one cannot shoulder the responsibility for the Ming Dynasty, then one should not shoulder it.
Not only him, but me too, and all our descendants should be the same.
Since he can easily obtain what thousands of people dream of but cannot, he is destined to lose something, such as indulging in play and pleasure, and freedom.
Starting his training now is to let him learn sooner, so that there will be time later for him to gain experience.
Jade cannot become a useful object without being carved; a person cannot grow without experiencing wind and rain; a person cannot mature without setbacks; a person cannot know the hardships of life without truly experiencing it.
If he doesn't learn about these things sooner, he won't have the opportunity to learn about them later.
Without knowing those things, decisions made will inevitably be detached from reality; this is an unavoidable consequence.
The higher a person's position, the more important it is for them to remember what the common people are like.
Since we come from the people, we cannot separate ourselves from them.
In particular, the experiences of the founding emperor, and how the Ming Dynasty came to be, should be deeply remembered by future generations so they can see its true nature, rather than merely paying lip service to it.
Zhu Gaochi rarely spoke so seriously. There were some things he really didn't want to deal with now, but there were other things that needed to be brought up.
Zhu Gaochi attached great importance to Zhu Zhanji's education, as he did not want Zhu Zhanji to repeat the mistakes made in history.
In fact, if properly taught, Zhu Zhanji's potential would definitely be greater than that of Zhu Di today, but the prerequisite is that he must be taught well.
Zhu Di listened attentively to every word Zhu Gaochi said, especially the ones he mentioned earlier, which he wholeheartedly agreed with.
He himself felt powerless to handle state affairs, which is why he needed Zhu Gaochi's help.
Several years have passed, and he has gradually begun to adapt.
But he wasn't raised that way from a young age, and he had to figure many things out on his own.
In particular, he had personally witnessed and experienced how terrifying the successors he had been cultivating from an early age truly were.
That was his elder brother, Zhu Biao.
From the time he could remember, Zhu Biao had always seemed very mature. They would play and joke around, and they could have their own time to do their own things, but Zhu Biao did not.
Zhu Yuanzhang's demands on Zhu Biao were far beyond what they could compare to.
However, Zhu Di actually agreed with Zhu Gaochi's later remarks, but then he started to have his own ideas.
He wondered if Zhu Gaochi was targeting him.
Without experiencing life firsthand, one cannot know the hardships of ordinary people, nor understand the real common folk. Decisions made by such individuals will be detached from reality. Zhu Di felt that Zhu Gaochi was subtly criticizing him, yet he could find no evidence to support his claims.
As for that last sentence, it shook Zhu Di to his core.
Even he, though aware of those things, didn't manage to keep them constantly in his mind.
Zhu Yuanzhang's experiences and how the Ming Dynasty was established are all too clear to him. In fact, no one in the world knows this better than him.
He knew that Zhu Gaochi was expressing that as long as one truly understands and experiences Zhu Yuanzhang's experiences and truly grasps how the Ming Dynasty was established, one will know what is important and how to make decisions.
Everyone says that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it, but only Zhu Yuanzhang truly exemplified this.
Because throughout history, which founding emperor of any dynasty had a worse background than Zhu Yuanzhang?
Everyone else, even Liu Bang, had a status, but Zhu Yuanzhang was just an ordinary commoner, no, to be precise, a beggar who started with just a bowl and built the Ming Dynasty from scratch.
In fact, once these things were understood, Zhu Di believed that this emperor would not be too bad.
Moreover, even he himself didn't notice those things, did he?
If Zhu Gaochi hadn't brought it up, he probably wouldn't have thought about it this way at this time.
At this moment, Zhu Gaochi's voice came again.
"Father, please read the memorial. It contains a list of teachers specifically assigned to that child."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di stopped thinking about it, took a deep breath, and looked at the list.
However, after looking at the list, Zhu Di looked intently at Zhu Gaochi.
"Boss, what exactly do you want to do?!"
Zhu Di was more solemn than ever before; he didn't believe that Zhu Gaochi hadn't considered those things.
In fact, he approved of having Huang Huai, Hu Guang, and Jian Yi as Zhu Zhanji's teachers, especially Zhu Gaochi's arrangement to separate classical studies from history, which he strongly agreed with.
The only exception is that Zhang Xin served as Zhu Zhanji's martial arts teacher, and Tan Zhong and Xu An accompanied Zhu Zhanji.
That sounds nice, but it's all for Zhu Zhanji's sake.
To put it another way, this is the Eastern Palace starting to win over Wu Xun!
Zhu Gaoxu tried to win over civil officials, while Zhu Gaochi tried to win over military officials. This was his absolute red line, but now, Zhu Gaochi just happened to cross it!
Zhu Di's gaze was also a way of asking Zhu Gaochi to give him a suitable reason.
Otherwise, this matter won't be as easy to move on as it was before.