Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

Kong Xixue had been driven to a dead end, he immediately started spitting, and said.

"You are all heresy. No one has ever said that, so it is wrong to say that."

Zhu Tao was so moved by the IQ of the person in front of him, he rolled his eyes and replied.

"If that's the case, why don't you go back to ancient times and slash and burn farming? And why don't you advocate the restoration of the well system and slavery?"

Kong Xixue was directly stunned by this question, dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

But he couldn't just admit defeat like this, picked up the topic just now, and continued.

"Anyway, Guo Jubuier can be regarded as disregarding human relations. Is it false to be filial to his mother?"

For a while, the ministers present were a little hesitant, and this is not their fault, after all, in this era, there is still some emphasis on foolishness and filial piety.

Filial piety to parents is almost comparable to being loyal to the military master at this time.

Seeing that Kong Xixue kept babbling on this topic, Zhu Tao really got a little impatient.

He directly glanced at everyone present, and then said flatly.

"Then I also have an opinion, please listen carefully."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was silent. When they came, they thought they were just here to support the show, and they knew that Zhu Tao had made many achievements in inventions and national policies, but they didn't expect him to have such attainments in Confucianism.

It's no wonder that Zhu Tao refuted Kong Xixue by citing scriptures just now, and what he said hit the nail on the head.

Among the people present, one was Huang Guan, Minister of Rites who was known as a genius in the world.

This Huang Guan is really great, because he once scored six yuan in a row, that is, he was No. 1 in the county examination, government examination, courtyard examination, township examination, general examination, and palace examination.

Throughout the more than 500 years of imperial examination history, there are only two people who have achieved the sixth grade.

Even such a genius in the imperial examination, who was almost as famous as Song Lian, was attracted by Zhu Tao's insights and waited for his next words.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Tao glanced at the crowd before speaking calmly.

"Born but not nourished, severed finger can be returned, born to nourish it, severed head can be returned, not born but nourished, it is difficult to return for a hundred lives, this is all my understanding of the word filial piety."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience continued to be silent, because everyone's heart was like thunder, but they didn't know how to express it.

It is just a few twelve characters, which have already summed up all the essence of filial piety and analyzed it in essence.

All the people present looked dignified and fell into contemplation. These few seemingly simple words are the most important principles of Confucianism.

Even if these words are spoken to ordinary people, they can understand and agree with them, not to mention these ministers who have read the books of sages.

Xu Da beside him couldn't help applauding. As a Duke who was born as a general, he didn't understand the 24 filial piety pictures at all, and he didn't understand what Confucius was like.

But Zhu Tao's words are profound and simple, and he expressed the most profound truth in the simplest words.

For this reason, he also sneered at those sour Confucian scholars.

He glanced at Song Lian and said with a smile.

"Mr. Song, I would like to ask you to do me a favor. Write these words down in your calligraphy. Later, we will make a plaque and leave a family motto."

Song Lian also felt quite emotional in his heart, the so-called Taoism is as simple as it is, but it seems so, Zhu Tao just said a few words, and he explained the most reasonable things in the world.

Such a young man who has not reached the crown has achieved such a level that it is really impossible to describe it in words.

And the genius who scored six yuan in a row, Huang Guan, Minister of Rites, also looked at Zhu Tao with admiration.

He even had a judgment in his mind, even though this young man is only less than 20 years old, his Confucian attainments have already reached the level of founding a sect.

At first, I thought Zhu Tao was having a temper, but I didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang was quite relieved when he uttered these few words and overwhelmed the audience.

After all, Zhu Tao was his adopted son that he valued the most. To be able to speak of these great Confucian scholars and important ministers in the court collectively lost their voices in just a few words, which naturally allowed him to earn enough face.

Zhu Tao didn't know what everyone was thinking, he stood up, stretched his eyes, yawned, and then said.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry. I'm still a little sleepy. Do you have anything else to do? If there are no other questions, I'm going to catch up on sleep."

Kong Xixue, who was originally the protagonist today, was stunned for a while, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Tao has blocked almost all his escape routes, and proposed a brand-new theory, which made him at a loss for what to do.

With Kong Xi's level of learning, he can only comment on enlightenment readings like 24 Xiaotu, and it is indeed difficult for him to understand Zhu Tao's thinking.

The level is different, it is really impossible to force fusion, he opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Tao as if he hated iron but not steel.

"Tao'er, why don't you get enough sleep every day? There are so many people here, you can't shake them all off. This is not the way of hospitality."

Hearing what his father said, Zhu Tao felt a little helpless, so he had to perfunctorily talk to Kong Xi.

"Does Mr. Kong have any questions? If you have any, please tell me quickly. I have other things to do after I'm done. I don't have much time to spend here with you. "

Kong Xixue was very helpless, his spirit was a bit decadent at this time, after such a debate, the face of the Confucius family was almost completely lost.

The plans he made earlier were more like a joke, so he had no choice but to say.

"No more, thank you, Young Master, for your guidance..."

He felt that in front of Zhu Tao, he had no power to fight back. In other words, he was completely defeated.

Seeing Kong Xixue like this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help smiling, and then asked the six ministers present.

"Old Kong doesn't have any questions anymore. You guys, if you have any questions, you can ask any questions while Tao'er is here."

These ministers are not fools, they all know it well, and no one speaks.

Although Kong Xixue is only half-level, he is Yan Shenggong after all, and he was red-faced when Zhu Tao refuted him, and he dared not speak. Now he went up to Zhu Tao to continue the debate, wouldn't he be humiliating himself.

And Zhu Tao himself was very puzzled, what's going on, could it be that the guys under his father still have a little research on Confucianism?

In the 14th year of Hongwu, older people still have lingering fears of the wars and chaos in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. It is not bad if they are not illiterate. How can there be so many scholars who come to work as businessmen.