The Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's daughter ran away from her arranged marriage, terrifying Zhu Di.

What does it mean to "preserve heavenly principles and eliminate human desires"?

Ultimately.

After the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, the economic structure of the Central Plains had changed from a small number of powerful families monopolizing land resources to a large number of small and medium-sized landlords monopolizing land resources.

The most direct impact was the rapid expansion of the number of people in the rentier class.

The fragility of the small-scale peasant economy means that the lower-level small farmers cannot afford too many rentier classes indulging in unrestrained pleasures.

Therefore, they desire peace throughout the world.

A very high set of moral standards must be used to eradicate the "human desires" of the upper class.

Therefore, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism emerged out of nowhere and became very popular, becoming the Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty.

However, with the advent of the Age of Exploration...

This set of extremely high moral standards firmly locked the minds of the scholar-officials of the Central Plains dynasties.

At this moment.

As Zhu Gaochi slumped in front of the sky, only four words remained in his mind.

"The moral order has collapsed... the moral order has collapsed!"

"father!"

"Did you raise an army to quell the rebellion just to obtain such a Ming Dynasty?!"

As the sage said, a wise person knows what to do and what not to do!

Shen Kan's words just now.

This undoubtedly further solidified Zhu Gaochi's conjecture.

He was still overestimating the potential of the strange and ingenious skills behind Shen Kan.

If this thing were brought to the Ming Dynasty...

They absolutely will not stop until billions of people die!

Shen Kan's place.

This is definitely not the realm of immortals!

Even the most vicious ghosts in the underworld he could imagine couldn't create something so man-eating that it wouldn't spit out the bones.

Zhu Gaochi originally wanted to persuade Zhu Di.

But Zhu Di, sitting on the dragon throne, only uttered two words lightly.

"Get out of the way."

Zhu Gaochi was taken aback.

Before Zhu Gaochi could react...

Zhu Di then flicked his sleeve and beckoned towards the palace gate, calling out, "Someone come here!"

"The Crown Prince is ill!"

"Send the Crown Prince back to the Eastern Palace!"

Everyone understands.

This time, Zhu Di was serious.

A squad of imperial guards who were stationed outside the palace gates immediately entered.

They quickly and forcefully restrained Zhu Gaochi.

"father!"

"You can't do this."

"You are the Emperor!"

"Those were all living, breathing human lives!"

"You...you are also their ruler and father!"

"Second brother, third brother, please say something for me!"

Zhu Gaochi clung tightly to the table, struggling to turn his head to look at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, who were watching the show from the side.

But the two brothers kept their heads down and remained silent.

This is not because of the struggle for the throne.

It's not because they didn't understand what actually happened.

How could this happen out of nowhere?

They suddenly started arguing?

"no!"

"You two can't just stand by and watch our father act like this!"

"If Dad keeps causing trouble like this!"

"When we get to the underworld, we won't even have a place to be boiled in oil!"

By this time...

Zhu Di finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stood up, pointed at Zhu Gaochi's nose, and cursed, "Womanly compassion!"

"I told you that on the very first day of our uprising!"

"In governing a country, the greatest taboo is womanly compassion!"

"You think killing two fewer people is considered merciful?!"

"absurd!"

"If these people don't die, they'll cause even bigger trouble in the future!"

"This will force you to kill even more people!"

"That's how Fang Xiaoru was back then."

"And this is even more true now!"

Zhu Di, panting heavily, stared intently at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi was not unaware of these principles.

But I'll say it again.

Once these machines are used on a large scale.

Too many people have died.

The number was far beyond Zhu Gaochi's comprehension.

It even exceeds the total number of casualties in all battles throughout history.

Those were living, breathing human lives.

They too have parents, siblings, wives, children, and elderly parents; they too experience tears and laughter.

He can accept one or two.

But these are tens of millions of families.

"Ugh."

With a long sigh, Yao Guangxiao gave up his resistance.

They were carried out of the hall.

"My mind is made up to reform and strengthen the country."

"Who's in favor, and who's opposed?"

Zhu Di stood up from the dragon throne, hands on his hips, and his gaze swept across the faces of everyone in the hall.

he knows.

From this moment on.

It's no longer a question of whether or not to build a platform.

It was the Ming Dynasty that his father had finally managed to reclaim from the Northern Yuan.

The question is how to survive to the end of this "unprecedented upheaval".

"This old minister... deserves to die!"

Yang Shiqi, standing among the officials, was the first to make up his mind and kneel down.

He removed his official hat from his head.

Looking at Yang Shiqi kneeling on the ground.

Zhu Di's eyes flashed with a cold light as he gritted his teeth and said, "Who else?!"

Following them were the other officials from the Crown Prince's residence.

"And me!"

"I am getting old!"

"..."

Zhu Di's chest began to heave violently; he was unafraid to kill.

From the uprising to the present day.

He has killed too many people.

Things have developed to this point.

Since someone has to bear the blame no matter what.

He didn't mind at all letting himself bear all the blame for his descendants.

However, before Zhu Di could even gather his emotions...

Nanping on the other side of the sky.

I was so terrified by the image of "mountains of corpses and seas of blood" that I had imagined that I was on the verge of collapse.

"I'm not playing anymore!"

"I'm not fighting anymore!"

"Let Fourth Uncle take the throne!"

"If my father and grandfather were alive, they would absolutely not be able to bear seeing such suffering and death on earth!"

She really wanted revenge.

But she never imagined it was simply because she wanted revenge.

So many people are going to die in the world.

Upon hearing this, Shen Kan was taken aback for a moment.

It took him a moment to remember that the girl in front of him had some mental issues.

She was playing the role of Zhu Biao's daughter.

"Fourth Uncle?"

"You mean Zhu Di?"

Upon hearing the mention of Zhu Di, Shen Kan's expression immediately darkened.

"Do you know what the most regrettable thing was throughout the entire Ming Dynasty?"

Nanping, who was so frightened that she choked up, was stunned for a moment.

She looked up at Lin Yuan with a dazed expression.

"What is it?"

next second.

Shen Kan's resentful voice echoed throughout the Qianqing Palace.

"It's your good fourth uncle!"

"To be precise."

"It's from the Yan Prince's lineage!"

"They clearly had the opportunity to personally usher in the Age of Exploration!"

"But when they mobilized the entire nation's resources and sent the eunuch Zheng He on a tour of the country..."

"They've actually shut themselves away again and started living a quiet life!"

"Isn't that ridiculous?!"

"Closing the door is easy!"

"But they just closed the door like that!"

"Throughout the country, the number of dead and injured far exceeds ten million!"

The words fell.

Inside the Qianqing Palace, there was a deathly silence.

Even the soldiers who were about to carry Zhu Gaochi out suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked up at the sky, at Shen Kan's face filled with resentment.

Followed by.

A terrible thought suddenly arose in everyone's mind.

Could it be that the immortal meant... there will be small countries in the future?

They rose to prominence rapidly through these deadly weapons.

They broke through the gates of the Ming Dynasty, using methods that Zhu Gaochi was unwilling to use against foreign lands.

Was it used on the people of the Ming Dynasty?!