Not to mention reading, Zhu Yuanzhang could not eat enough when he was a child, but when he grew up, he had the opportunity to learn, and it was indeed not easy to grow up from a big old man who could not read a big character to a cultured emperor.
After the founding of the people's republic, Zhu Yuanzhang focused on cultivating Zhu Biao, the crown prince who was benevolent, respected teachers, brothers, and filial piety to his parents.
Confucian Song Lian was Zhu Biao's teacher, and at the same time, the left chancellor Li Shanchang concurrently served as the prince's young master, the right chancellor Xu Da concurrently served as the prince's young master, and the Zhongshu Pingzhang recorded that the important military state affairs often met Chun and the prince Shaobao, and its lineup could be described as a huge practical effect.
At the same time, some activities similar to today's famous teacher exchange meetings were also carried out. Of course, Zhu Biao is not studying alone, there are other princes, and there are excellent students who accompany him. In order to form a learning environment for effective and positive competition between Zhu Biao and the crown prince and other accompanying students.
Sometimes Zhu Yuanzhang sat down to listen to the lectures when he was fine, and followed up on learning poetry and literature, of course, sometimes he improvised to give everyone a topic, let everyone give poetry, pair up, and mobilize the atmosphere of learning.
That time, Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes were not yet very happy with the pairing, and there was an upper link in the court, "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", and when this upper link came out, everyone was silent, and it was suddenly difficult for the hero and the good man.
Everyone is pondering, first of all, Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, can be called Laozi, the title of himself, this is also beyond reproach, since ancient times, how many people can do the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang like this? Isn't it the first in the world?
There is another layer of deeper meaning, that is, the representative figure of Taoism, the famous ancient thinker, Lao Tzu who wrote the Tao Te Ching. In Taoism, he advocates not to argue with others, and is revered as the ancestor of Taoism, called "Taishang Laojun". Moreover, some dynasties also posthumously honored Lao Tzu and were respected and worshipped by the people.
In the sixth year (1013) of Emperor Zhenzong of Song,1013, emperor Shangzong Laojun was mixed with Emperor Shangde.
The ministers did not take the pairs to the lower league, and one of the reasons was that they were more cautious, Zhu Yuanzhang, his suspicion was relatively strong, if he said it was not right, it was possible that his head would not be protected. Bald, bald, monk, these words are resolutely not to be mentioned.
There are also people who see some people who pat themselves on the horse's ass, accidentally shoot on the horse's hooves, and do not dare to shoot easily after losing their heads.
But for those who have just entered the official arena and are straight, they want to express themselves, and the result is miserable.
The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to take a moment and continued to ask everyone if they had figured it out.
At this time, a young official stood up and immediately confronted the lower league: "Sun Tzu is unparalleled in the world."
No one knows the official's surname or name, but he also thought about it for a night, and he was looking up books and asking others for advice.
Let's take a look at this couplet, the upper link, "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", the lower link, "Sun Tzu is unparalleled in the world". But from a literal point of view, "Lao Tzu" to "Sun Tzu", "the world's first" to "the world's unparalleled", is indeed very neat.
However, after Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately became angry and dragged him out and immediately beheaded him.
Poor official, who did not know what crime he had committed, lost his life.
So let's understand how he was disrespectful to the emperor. That is, the young official overlooked the point that he simply understood Sun Tzu as The Grandson, the author of Sun Tzu's Art of War. So what about another meaning, isn't this great disrespect?
It is not easy to mix in the official arena, not only has a high IQ, but also has a high emotional intelligence. This is the curse that comes out of the mouth, less to say, no one blames. Hiding a little sharp edge is not harmful.