Suddenly, he heard Lao Zhu's proposal to choose his heir and to personally issue an order to be appointed as the crown prince. Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, and then frowned and asked, "What the father said makes sense, but the candidate for the crown prince..."

Zhu Biao didn't say anything more in the end. He had four sons. Except for Zhu Yunyu who was born to the former crown princess Chang, the other three Zhu Yunwen were born to the successor to the crown princess Lu. However, Zhu Yunyu was one year younger than Zhu Yunwen, so there was no conclusion on which of the eldest sons of the two.

"The candidates for the crown prince are nothing more than Yun Hu and Yun Wen. As your father, who do you think is the most suitable for them?" Lao Zhu did not express his opinion easily, but asked Zhu Biao's opinion again.

"This..." Zhu Biao pondered for a moment, "Yun Wen was smart and studious. Although he had made mistakes before, he had made corrections in recent years and performed quite well. Although Yun Hu didn't like studying, he was even very timid and cowardly before, under the influence of Li Jie, he became smart and capable, and he was also easy to handle government affairs, so..."

When Zhu Biao spoke at the end, he showed a hesitant look on his face. He was not sure about Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunsheng for a moment. After all, in his opinion, both of them have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Old Zhu seemed not surprised by Zhu Biao's reaction. He stroked his beard and then said, "It's normal for you to be unsure of your mind, but we can give an example, for example, in this imperial examination case, what will they do if Yun Wen and Yun Yu are in office respectively?"

"Huh? The idea of ​​father is interesting!" Zhu Biao's eyes lit up when he heard Lao Zhu's words. He was familiar with the personalities of his two sons. He could assume that this imperial examination case was indeed very difficult. If the two really dealt with it, they could also compare the level of their ruling methods.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao immediately said again: "If Yun Ying encountered an imperial examination case when he was in power, with his personality, he would probably not compromise at all. He would only investigate it to the end. If there were a capable minister like Li Jie to help him, and the case was found out, he might have a great prison. However, in this way, there would be too many people involved!"

"The analysis is good, Yun Xi's temperament is indeed the case, but I think you still underestimate Yun Xi!" Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu praised first, and then corrected.

"Did you underestimate Yun's love?" Zhu Biao was also stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, although Yun Ying was a little impulsive, if he really sat in my position, he would understand the importance of weighing the pros and cons. So no matter how angry he was, he would consider the balance of pros and cons. In addition, Li Jie was watching him next to him, and he would probably have the same way as me in the end."

Zhu Biao nodded silently when he heard this. If it were just Zhu Yunxi, it would be impossible to be sure, but it would be different with Li Jie. After all, Li Jie is Zhu Yunxi's brother-in-law. If Zhu Yunxi became the emperor, Li Jie would definitely do his best to help him.

"Tell me about Yun Wen!" Lao Zhu suddenly urged.

Zhu Biao immediately woke up, so he thought for a while and said again: "Yun Wen is gentle and should not be too impulsive when encountering such a thing. At that time, he should still focus on appeaseing people's hearts. For example, like his father, he issued an order to add northern scholars to calm the anger of northern scholars."

"Even if I issued an order personally, Zhang Xin and others dared to deceive me with a bad scroll. Do you think Yun Wen will encounter the same situation at that time?" Lao Zhu suddenly asked.

"This..." Zhu Biao didn't know how to answer when he heard this, because the answer was obvious. Even Lao Zhu's prestige could not suppress these scholars, let alone Zhu Yunwen, and he didn't know how Zhu Yunwen would deal with it at that time?

"Biao'er, I remember that Yunwen and Huang Zicheng and others had a close relationship?" Old Zhu suddenly asked again.

"That's true, but why did the father ask this?" Zhu Biao asked in confusion when he heard Lao Zhu's question. Huang Zicheng was demoted to Songjiang Prefecture before, but later he performed well. Now he has been transferred to the Ministry of Personnel and has often walked with Zhu Yunwen.

"Hmph, Huang Zicheng is from Jiangxi, and most of the other people are from Jiangnan. They are from the same group as Zhang Xin and others. If Yun Wen encountered this imperial examination case when he was in power, how do you think Huang Zicheng and others would persuade Yun Wen?"

When Lao Zhu spoke at the end, he also showed an annoyed look on his face. Now he was extremely disgusted with these Confucian scholars, but Zhu Yunwen was the most influenced by Confucian scholars, but Zhu Yunsheng was completely different.

"If Huang Zicheng and others persuaded him, Yunwen might end up..." Zhu Biao was sweating profusely when he said this. He could almost foresee that with Zhu Yunwen's trust in Huang Zicheng and others, Huang Zicheng would definitely encourage Zhu Yunwen to insist that the list was originally a southerner. At that time, it would not be the northerner's disciples causing trouble, but the entire north would be separated from the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the problem of the north and the south was not only in later generations. The root of disaster had been planted as early as the Song Dynasty. Originally, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were lost during the Northern Song Dynasty, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was completely lost to the north of the Yangtze River. Even though the Yuan Dynasty was later established, the gap between the north and the south had already existed.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu rose in the troubled times and won the world in one fell swoop. Lao Zhu's greatest achievement, in addition to expelling the Mongol Yuan and restoring the Chinese clothes, was the most important thing to unify the north and the south, and successfully merged into one for hundreds of years. Although there was still some private gap between the north and the south, it was at least under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Lao Zhu has been working hard to reconcile the conflicts between the north and the south and strengthen the connection between the two places over the years.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Lao Zhu was so angry during the imperial examination case, and he was not ruthless when he was killed in the end. Zhang Xin and others ended up in a stern way, which was considered to be a death penalty. For example, if they were really successful, the rift between the north and the south would further expand, Lao Zhu's efforts in the first thirty years would be wasted, and even the Ming Dynasty would have a crisis of division!

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "My son understands. Yun Xu and Yun Wen's own abilities will not be mentioned in advance. Just looking at the people around them, you can see the level of the things up and down!"

"Just understand. Li Jie is still young, and you and Yun Xu can use it. In addition, although Yun Xu doesn't like studying, he has participated in many practices. He has gained a lot of knowledge with Li Jie, so I think he is much better than Yun Wen." Lao Zhu finally expressed his attitude at this time.
Chapter completed!