"Which is important is the pressure of life or the dignity of life!" Zhu Zhi lay on the bed and murmured. After being carried back from the palace, the lyrics kept hitting his mind.

In the face of the supreme imperial power, you do not have the ability to confront each other, but you have the right to choose, whether to use swords and fire to maintain the dignity of human beings; or to live humbly like a dog. Zhu Zhi believes that both Fu Youde and others can choose to choose. Like Tang He, he chose to live as a dog, pretend to be crazy and stupid, and he spoke in front of Zhu Yuanzhang when he was tempted, and finally gained the trust of the emperor and survived; but most of these generals who rose from the grass still chose to use swords and fire to maintain their dignity. Today, Fu Youde chose to resist insults by death, and some chose to rebel and fight hard. No matter which method, Zhu Zhi understood it very well. Under such political pressure, if you don’t resist, you can only be humiliated and live humbly; if you don’t want to be a dog, you can only rebel on your waist.

In history, there are countless examples of such examples, and the usual criterion for judgment is the winner, the king, the loser, the thief. Zhao Kuangyin was forced to helpless with the yellow robe. If he didn't do this, he might be taken down by the emperor sooner or later, and he succeeded and became the founding ancestor of the founding country. Liu Ju, the prince of the Han Dynasty, rebelled, was also caused by Emperor Wu's suspicion. If he didn't rebel, there was only one way to die, but he eventually failed. In the autocratic imperial system with the structure of the gold tower, if he was corrupt of an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang and Emperor Wu of Han, would there be other ways besides rebelling and fighting?

After the thrilling scene of Fengtian Palace during the day, Zhu Zhi no longer doubted Zhu Yuanzhang's character and fully understood what Zhu Yuanzhang did. Killing people is a way of no return. Since the killing of Hu Weiyong in the 13th year of Hongwu, he has embarked on this path of no return. He can only kill him. If he is suspected, he is even more afraid that others will not be able to stand resisting, so he suspects and kills again, endlessly. In the end, he killed everyone who may threaten the Zhu family dynasty.

The emperors always believed that all the world is the king's land, and talents are inexhaustible. But sometimes some talents are irrenewable, such as the battle experience of these long-standing generals can reach the "Li Jinglong" who talked about war on paper. What Zhu Yuanzhang did in the end was to clear the obstacles for Zhu Di. Zhu Yuanzhang was a strong king, but his personality determined the fate of the empire he and he created.

If Zhu Zhi still had some dependence and favoritism towards Zhu Yuanzhang due to his own development needs before today, then the blood of Fengtian Palace has already made Zhu Zhi completely awake. The modern human thoughts rooted in his heart have made him full of disgust for Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion and cruelty.

Looking back on the scene in the hall, he could no longer remember what he thought at that time. He seemed to stand up in a subconscious way. He could not watch the blood splattering on the spot. Although he knew that this was useless and would definitely offend Zhu Yuanzhang. But at the same time, personality determines destiny. If he thinks it is right, he must do it and swears not to bow his head. Which is the pressure of life or the dignity of life? What if Zhu Zhi chooses? Will he choose the latter without hesitation?

Zhu Zhi knew clearly that after what happened today, he would no longer have any favors for this "cheap father". Zhu Zhi now hates Zhu Yuanzhang from the bottom of his heart. No matter what the future is, he will no longer be Lao Zhu's "son". From then on, Zhu Zhi was just a tool, and he would only use him to achieve his goals.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhi just went with the flow and fought in the big vortex of the court. Saving his life was the primary priority, and the specific purpose of survival was not clear. From today's story in Fengtian Hall, Zhu Zhi seemed to have seen a dangerous future. He had only two paths to go. The first is to climb to the peak of power, and the second is to change this historical destiny.

Otherwise, if the emperor is still in a constitutional country, his head will be in danger at any time, either he will be compromised with his tail, or he will re-enter the battle to the supreme power.

Zhu Zhi doesn't want to be so tired, he always has to live a bit dignified life.

Zhu Zhi turned his head gently and saw Guo Xiu sitting by the bed and crying. Since Zhu Zhiying returned to the house, Guo Xiu has been serving her. At this time, her eyes and nose have turned red. It was the pear blossoms with rain. I felt pity. Seeing that Zhu Zhi finally moved, I quickly wiped my tears and said, "Husband has finally woken up. You have been sleeping for two hours."

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "Why cry? Sha Xiu'er, isn't you dead for your husband?"

Guo Xiu shed tears again and said, "You are not allowed to talk nonsense, you are beaten like this, and you still have the intention to joke."

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "Haha, you look so cute." As he said that, he reached out to wipe the tears on her face. The movement of his hand touched the pain on his butt, and another piercing pain. Zhu Zhi couldn't help but scream: "Oh, ah, it hurts so much." In the past, when Zhu Zhi joked with his friends, he always said that he could not be Jiang Jie, and he would definitely become a traitor. But today he was stunned in front of the palace without saying a word. It seems that he really has the quality of being a hero.

Guo Xiu quickly asked with concern: "What's wrong, what's wrong, where does it hurt?"

Zhu Zhi said: "Ass, my mother, please see if it is blooming."

Guo Xiu nodded and cried again, complaining: "Yes, why did those guards beat them so hard?"

Zhu Zhi smiled and said, "There is no way. My father was angry and told him that he must see blood. No wonder they. At that time, I didn't see blood. They might not even be able to keep their heads."

Guo Xiu took a porcelain bowl from the table, dipped some medicine soup from it with a brush, and carefully applied it to Zhu Zhi's wound. Zhu Zhi only felt that after applying the medicine soup, the hot feeling on his skin immediately disappeared, and a refreshing feeling came from his butt. Guo Xiu's gentle movements were quite comfortable. Zhu Zhi closed his eyes and enjoyed his wife's service, murmured: "Oh, if a beauty applies medicine, it's not in vain to be beaten."

Guo Xiu said angrily: "It's not a waste of talk again, it's not a waste. It's all like this. What if you have a few things, what should we do if we have two mothers?"

Zhu Zhi felt an indescribable warmth. In this lonely world, perhaps only the woman in front of him would be wholehearted and treat herself well without any conditions. The Ming Dynasty court was not so easy to be stunned. In order to survive, Zhu Zhi has been fighting alone. Only the woman in front of him brought her the feeling of being loved and hurt, and also made Zhu Zhi's originally cold heart gradually melt.

Zhu Zhi said gently: "Okay, okay, I won't joke. It's all my fault for making my husband worry so much." As he said that, he reached out to catch Guo Xiu's little hand. His hands were cold and Guo Xiu's hands were hot. Zhu Zhi was intoxicated by the warmth. At this moment, neither of them spoke, and just felt each other's affection. Zhu Zhi's hands gradually became warm, which was Guo Xiu's heat.

Those who love in their hearts always have blood.

After a while, Guo Xiu said again: "Dad came to visit me just now, but I didn't bother you when I saw you were not awake. Tie Changshi and Yang Jishan were waiting outside the house." Zhu Zhi ordered them to come in, and no one was allowed to enter the house without anything.

Guo Xiu was about to get up, but Zhu Zhi said, "Madam, do you want to see your subordinates with your husband naked?" Guo Xiu's face turned red, and he quickly wrapped it with gauze for him and covered it with a quilt.

Tie Xuan and Yang Rong entered the house and knelt down to greet each other. Zhu Zhi called the two of them to get up and sat on the stool and talked. Zhu Zhi said, "What happened in the palace later?"

Tie Xuan said: "After General Fu committed suicide, the emperor was furious and kept calling him a traitor. The banquet ended on the spot, and then issued an order to investigate General Fu's family. Fortunately, he was not convicted of rebellion. All the men and women of the Fu family were only sent to Yunnan. Only the son of the late Princess Shouchun was left in Beijing."

Zhu Zhi lowered his head and said nothing. Zhu Yuanzhang was quite human and did not kill Fu Youde's family. Zhu Zhi thought that Fu Youde could have done a slap in Bolang and Zhu Yuanzhang to death, but he never did. Maybe he still took care of his relatives around him at the end. Otherwise, the whole family of Fu's family would be killed. For today's affairs, unless conclusive evidence was found, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to hold his hat for rebellion on his head if he was not polite.

Yang Rong suddenly knelt down and said, "Rong, please stop doing this reckless thing in the future."

Zhu Zhi said with an oh, "Mianren, get up quickly, sit down and talk. Why do you object to this king doing this?"

Yang Rong said: "Since Rong entered the mansion, Your Highness has followed Rong Yan's plan, and Rong is quite aware of the kindness of his encounter. However, you can tell what the risk you have taken today. Today, the Emperor has committed murderous intentions. Your Highness does this like taking a chestnut from the fire. You can't save General Fu, and you may also cause fire to burn yourself. If the Emperor did not think of the love between flesh and blood, it may be possible that Rong would not dare to say it again. Rong Suzhi's Highness is the first to be "righteous" and admires Your Highness from the bottom of his heart. But in this situation, Your Highness must not force himself to stand up again in the future. Your Highness, please listen to Rong's words."

Tie Hyun here also said: "Your Highness is benevolence and righteousness forever. Although the day when Xuan followed him was short, when he saw him today, Hyun deeply admired His Highness's righteousness. However, Xuan also agreed with Mian Ren's opinion. Sometimes, Your Highness must be patient and cannot force himself to stand up."

Zhu Zhi was quite moved by the two of them. Zhu Zhi felt a little guilty about these ministers. Their future is largely in his own hands. If he ignores the consequences, he will be the ones who will suffer in the end.

It has been more than half a year since we arrived in this complex era. How should we maintain our personality or act honestly according to its unspoken rules have always been difficult for him to grasp. Zhu Zhi sighed and said, "Please get up, I want to ask you two, which is important, the pressure of life or the dignity of life? Who can answer me?"

Tie Xuan and Yang Rong were stunned on the spot when they were asked. In fact, they were both raised by their parents, how could they not know the right and wrong of Fengtian Palace today? Fu Youde's death was completely forced out by Zhu Yuanzhang. But as ministers, who dares to say that the emperor is not a word?

Zhu Zhi said: "The emperor is my father. It is logical that I should stand on the side of my father. Whoever provoked my father, my son should go up and fight him. But today, the two of you have also seen it. Is it General Fu who provoked his father or the father who put General Fu in an inappropriate place? I just don't want to see my father killing his son, but the tragedy of humanity that happened in Fengtian Hall. As a minister, even if the father did something that was contrary to reason, he should come out to correct it."

Although Zhu Zhi had already said it very tactfully, for the two Confucian scholars Tie Xuan and Yang Rong who had been reading the books of sages and receiving feudal ethics throughout their lives, it was already against the etiquette of the monarch and ministers. The two looked at each other and didn't know what to say.

Zhu Zhi also said: "The king treats his ministers with kindness, and the ministers serve the king with loyalty. This is a great righteousness of the king and his ministers. In fact, this is a contract between the king and his ministers, and it is the foundation for maintaining the stability and development of the court. But the Japanese king has not seen these things today. General Fu was forced to be helpless in committing suicide. Only in this way can he maintain his dignity. His father did such a thing today, but no one in the civil and military in the court dared to risk his life to advise him. I, Zhu Zhi, would speak out. Only with loyal ministers in the court, can the country have hope."

Tie Xuan and Yang Rong felt like thunderous in the contract between the king and his subjects. Did the King of Liao be confused? Otherwise, why would there be such a strange statement? However, after carefully savoring Zhu Zhi's words, the two felt something was right.

In the past, when Shang Tang defeated Jie of Xia and King Wen defeated Zhou, it can be said that when the superiors were unrighteous, the nobles below performed the way for heaven to overthrow the tyranny. Zhu Zhi did it right. If no one came out to correct the emperor's actions, if a foolish monarch was encountered, the country would be unimaginable. But at this time, who dared to say that Zhu Hongwu was unrighteous monarch! Moreover, many of his actions reflected the true nature of a famous monarch. This, both of them really broke their heads and couldn't understand the key points.

Zhu Zhi looked at the two of them confused and felt that they could not accept such thoughts instilling them in one go. Take it slowly in the future. If you are too anxious, it is easy to cause misunderstandings. Zhu Zhi changed the topic and said, "In your opinion, why is your father so angry today?"

Yang Rong thought for a while and said, "Last time, Your Highness said that General Fu asked Qianmu of Dingyuantian to be violated by the emperor's taboo. But even so, he should not be guilty. I'm afraid that the emperor is so angry that the drunkard is not drinking." Tie Xuan next to him also nodded and said yes.

Yang Rong said: "At that time, the emperor gave meritorious officials wine during the banquet, but the generals did not move. In the end, General Lan gave the order and several people drank the wine. Your Highness, General Lan is a great contribution to the lord. With Rong's opinion, the emperor is just for General Lan to see this."

Tie Xuan said: "Isn't the emperor afraid of being forced to rebel against Lan Yu?"

Tie Xuan’s reminder aroused Zhu Zhi’s ominous premonition and said, “In the opinion of both, can General Lan rebel?”

Tie Xuan said: "This is hard to say, it depends on how the emperor cleans up the situation."

Yang Rong said: "It will be clear within three days. If General Lan returns the General Seal, there is still a way out; if General Lan does not hand over the seal within three days, he will definitely be rebellious and refuses to release military power."

Zhu Zhi weighed the words of the two people in his heart. There have been many different opinions on whether Lan Yu really wanted to rebel in history. Some people believed that the Ming Dynasty was a taboo, so they accused Lan Yu of slandering the rebellion; but another part of scholars believed that this was not a slander, but it must be true. Because Zhu Yuanzhang did not even make excuses when he killed generals such as Feng Sheng and Fu Youde. Does it still need to be falsely accused of Lao Zhu's murder?

Zhu Zhi thought about it and said, "We must pay close attention to this matter. Although the father can do this, we should be prepared. But we should have a clear idea. It is best to have nothing to do. If there is a problem, we can have a countermeasure. Dingshi, we must arrest the military affairs recently, please."

Tie Xuan understood the gods and said, "I will do my best to accept the order."

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