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Jinling City, Wu Wang Mansion.

Prince Wang Yu is already eight years old.

After him, Wang Meng had two sons and three daughters.

Of course, it was not all born by Ma, who later gave birth to a daughter.

That's right, Wang Meng took a concubine, and the three women were all the legitimate daughters of the Jiangnan clan, which was extremely beneficial for Wang Meng to consolidate the rule of Jiangnan.

Wang Meng was not too concerned about the children behind him.

His wholeheartedness is to cultivate Wang Yu and become a qualified heir.

In his position, not giving the other sons any chance is the best way to deal with the traitors and feet.

As for the eldest son's death or his stupidity, Wang Meng will naturally deliberately avoid it.

It was not without benefits for the ancients to choose the eldest son to succeed the throne.

Regarding Wang Meng's choice, those speculators in the Jiangnan scholar group quickly understood clearly.

Under Wang Meng's deliberate guidance, when Wang Yu was four years old.

Queen Ma Xiuying selected three great scholars from the south of the Yangtze River, and two great scholars from the north came to teach.

This is an obvious balance. The current Huaixi nobles are indeed arrogant and brave. If Wang Meng can suppress it, it does not mean that Wang Yu can suppress it.

If Wang Meng does not want to kill the heroes in the future, he must pay attention to it as soon as possible and start to balance.

In recent years, Wang Meng has launched scientific research in Jiangnan to support Jiangnan Scholar Group and balance Huaixi Group.

At the same time, Wang Meng was gradually promoting generals outside Huaixi.

In the mansion, Wang Meng looked at Wang Yu: "Yu'er, what did you learn today?"

In order to cultivate a qualified heir, Wang Meng will find free time every day and teach him personally even if he is busy.

Whether it is a scholar from Jiangnan or a great scholar from the north, when teaching the prince, he would have to add some private goods, thinking of cultivating the prince according to their benevolent king template.

What Wang Meng needs to do is teach Wang Yu to avoid these private goods and teach the true emperor's mind skills, the art of controlling people with the unity of "law, technique, and power".

Wang Yu said, "Your father, today I talk about "Zhenguan Zheng Yao"..."

In Wang Yu's narrative, Wang Meng quickly understood the content of today's teaching.

Today is a story about Zhenguan political leaders and admonishment.

In the 18th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang said to Changsun Wuji and others: "My ministers are mostly obedient to the emperor and do not violate them, and use sweet words to please others. I am asking questions now, so you are not allowed to hide them, and you must tell me my faults one by one."

Changsun Wuji, Tang Jian and others all said: "Your Majesty's sage and virtue have led to peace in the world. In our opinion, there is no fault in this."

Liu Shi, the Huangmen Minister, replied: "Your Majesty has made great achievements in entrepreneurship forever, as Wuji and others said."

"But someone wrote a letter not long ago. When he encountered someone's words that were not in line with His Majesty's wishes, His Majesty would question him in person, which made all those who wrote the letter and talk about the matter back. I'm afraid this is not a reward for the advice."

Taizong said: "If you are right, I will accept your opinions and correct your mistakes."

Wang Meng nodded: "How did your teacher teach you?"

Wang Yu said: "The teacher said that if you want to speak widely, you must know that honest words are unpleasant."

When Wang Meng heard this, he smiled immediately: "It is right to open up the road to speech, because emperors do need to know more so that they will not be deceived by their subordinates, but their loyal words are not necessarily unpleasant."

"Yu'er, what do you mean by a loyal minister? What is a treacherous minister?"

Wang Yu said, "The father told me a few days ago that my ministers do not have a constant judging standard, and it depends entirely on the situation."

When Wang Meng heard this, he smiled immediately: "Yes, yes, the loyal ministers, treacherous ministers, villains, and wise men in the book are not a constant standard. How to look at it depends entirely on the emperor. You must not be limited by the loyalty and treacherous in the book."

"A few days ago, a crazy student from Jiangnan scolded us, saying that our reform of the imperial examinations did not respect the ancient methods and violated the holy path."

"In the eyes of those scholars in Jiangnan and even many people, this person is a great wise man, but if he blocks our way, he is not a wise man."

Wang Yu nodded: "I heard from the teacher that my father beheaded this person directly, which is harmful to his virtue."

Wang Meng laughed: "Virtue? Yu'er, the king must break out of the frame, knowing that it is just a creation that restricts his subjects."

"And you have to know that there are many people in this world who insult the king and seek fame. These people are even more afraid of power but not virtue. Sometimes our knife is better than virtue."

"If it damages morality, it will damage it. As long as our policy can be implemented, what does kill one person count?"

Wang Yu heard this: "I heard that my father has increased the position of miscellaneous studies such as arithmetics in the imperial examinations. Why is this?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Meng gently patted Wang Yu on the shoulder: "Because this is just an introduction, if the father wants to reform, he must support a group of Confucian scholars who are not too orthodox."

"The scholars from Jiangnan do not agree because this affects the interests of their children. They are all old imperial examination scribes in the Tang and Song dynasties, so they naturally hope that the imperial examination will never change."

Of course, Wang Meng had a lot of things he had not said to Wang Yu, for example, it was also to preserve the seeds of technology.

Wang Meng has not done much in recent years, but has focused on improving the treatment of his craftsmen and expressed his importance to them.

If the superiors have something to do, the subordinates will have a lot of things to do. As a result, Wang Meng's status as a craftsman has also been greatly improved.

These craftsmen did not disappoint Wang Meng. Under Wang Meng's side, the ship technology was greatly improved, and the tall ship building surprised Wang Meng.

Why is the north extremely chaotic, and Chahan Timur is brave and good at fighting, but has been unable to threaten Wang Meng?

It is because Wang Meng's navy crisscross the Yangtze River without any rivals.

Even this should not be just called a navy, but also a navy. In recent years, Wang Meng has sent navy troops to sail, sweeping over property and resources from Japan and other places.

This imperial examination reform was Wang Meng's second attempt. Because it was the beginning of the imperial examination, the resistance was not large.

As Wang Meng's knife lit up, it was completed quickly.

Most scholars pursue the pursuit of scientific examinations as officials, and Wang Meng increased the scientific examinations and scientific examinations to be more scientific.

It is to force scholars all over the world to study, improve their status in science, and plant the seeds of science.

Wang Yu asked again: "During this period, I have heard many censors report on corrupt officials and damaging the country. Why didn't my father punish those corrupt officials?"

Wang Meng said: "Because they are useful to their father, and these people are not really corrupt officials. At most, they are in power for the first time and cannot withstand temptation."

"Why is this happening?"

Wang Meng explained: "Because this group of officials was promoted by his father from a poor family, and his eyelids were relatively shallow."

"Officials are also human beings and want to enjoy them. It is normal that they can't stand the temptation for a while. The father beats him up for a while."

Wang Yu said: "In this way, will your father not be afraid of the whole court being corrupt officials?"

Wang Meng smiled slightly and said it more directly and thoroughly: "Strictly speaking, there are countless corrupt officials in the court, and the minority is the only one. After all, people are always greedy. This is human nature, and corrupt officials can't be killed."

Seeing Wang Yu being a little stunned, Wang Meng smiled and said, "There are many officials in the previous dynasty who were honest and honest. They are not greedy, but because there is no need, they were born in a big clan and were born in a wealthy family."

"And their not greedy does not mean that his tribe members are not greedy. Why do everyone want to be an official? Because after becoming an official, the family will prosper and become rich and accumulate countless land in their hometown!"

"This kind of official is not greedy, but his family relies on their power to constantly invade the land in the village. If it is just greedy, it's okay. They only invade the land and do not pay taxes. This will keep the taxes of the court reduced. How about you saying that the harm of such people is compared with those little greed?"

Wang Yu pondered for a moment: "This is what the father said. Are the natural interests of aristocratic families and kings? "

Wang Meng nodded: "It's not just aristocratic families, but people in the world are competing for profit with the king. Don't believe that the king wants to make concessions to the people, because that people are not a billion people, but just gentry.

"So the father taught you the way to balance, to suppress when the nobles are strong, and to suppress when the nobles are strong."

Wang Yu nodded: "Did your father support poor scholars to balance the aristocratic families? But how did your father know that they will not become aristocratic families one day?"

Wang Meng laughed: "This is understandable, it all depends on the king's method."

Wang Yu said helplessly: "After hearing what my father said, my son only felt that all the officials in the world were very bad? No wonder many powerful kings regard their ministers as grass."

Wang Meng shook his head and said, "As a father, you can treat them like grass, but you cannot. A father is the founding lord, and his reputation is enough to support it."

"Yu'er, you don't have enough reputation, so you should pay more attention to appearance, package the kind gentleman you teach you, and act cheaply.

Wang Yu asked, "Is this the reason why my father asked me to learn from Emperor Xiaowen of Han?"

Wang Meng said, "Yes, he is an emperor with great skills. He is a perfect use of balance and shows a kind monarch. Therefore, even if there is a huge mistake, the ministers and the people will think that the king is deceived by treacherous ministers."

When Wang Yu heard this, he thought about it carefully for a while and realized it even more.

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"So that's it! My son understands that we can't just talk about the reputation of our ministers. Some officials even have little greed, but they can serve the country and be useful to me, so they can use it."

When Wang Meng heard this, he smiled even more: "Yes! You must measure the pros and cons. Killing one person can thank the world, killing a great wise man can kill him, using one person can benefit the country, and using a great treacherous man can also use it. This is how the father teaches you the king's magic and power."
Chapter completed!