"Yes...!" Xu Fuyuan sighed, "It's a pity that the imperial court has not held the imperial examination for nearly ten years!"

Wu Zheng smiled and corrected: "You are wrong... Yixing and Jianxing dynasties held two imperial examinations."

Xu Fuyuan also corrected: "Your Majesty is right... But, after His Majesty ascended the throne, none of them became officials!"

"Are you blaming me?"

"I dare not!"

"I said I didn't dare, but I was treason behind my back?"

"I have not rebelled, nor have I intentions to rebel!"

Wu Zheng actually nodded, "I believe you have no intention of rebellion...but you are indeed resisting the order!"

"No." Xu Fuyuan shook his head, "I am not resisting the order... I am correcting the mistakes, correcting Your Majesty's mistakes!"

Looking at Xu Fuyuan's righteous expression, Wu Zheng almost thought he believed it.

"Do you know why I don't need to be promoted to the Jinshi in two dynasties?"

Xu Fuyuan looked into Wu Zheng's eyes, "It's just a party who is fighting against the differences!"

Wu Zheng laughed, "Although it's not far away!"

Xu Fuyuan was slightly surprised. He didn't understand why Wu Zheng talked to him like this today. "Does Your Majesty plan to...repent?"

Wu Zheng was stunned and then laughed, "No, I may be able to review this life, but I will never regret it, so I don't need to say repentance!"

"But this time, your Majesty set up a plan, and he plotted against me and others... Others thought that I was treason, but Your Majesty should know that you dug a hole for me and others and buried it!"

Wu Zheng's face gradually restrained his smile, "It seems that you are not here to apologize to me!"

"No, I am indeed here to apologize to Your Majesty... But I am not wrong. If I am wrong for the welfare of the world, I would rather be wrong for the rest of my life!"

These words made Wu Zheng sit down slowly and said calmly, "It seems that you have a lot of words to say to me... Okay, I will give you a chance to speak!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Fuyuan bowed, slowly stood up, and looked at Wu Zheng. "Your Majesty set up this situation not only to eliminate dissidents, but also to use the hands of ministers and others to lead out various aristocratic families, wealthy families, and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and then take the opportunity to catch them all in one go... The layout is so deep, the ruthless method, and the decisive behavior are so great... I even dare to use Mo's mother and son as bait!"

Speaking of this, Xu Fuyuan said with a strange expression, "In theory, the emperor is ruthless and the country's blessing, but I don't understand after all... Why did Your Majesty kill families, wealthy families, and gentry in the world... When Your Majesty was in the residence, the family affection and people were alienated from the scholars. I can understand that after all, the scholars were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and Your Majesty had no choice, but now, Your Majesty has ascended the throne, and everyone in the world is Your Majesty's people. Why did Your Majesty still favor one and the other and insist on separating the ranks... Does Your Majesty really think that relying on those quick-study scholars who have studied in Jiangnan Academy for three years can rule the world?"

Wu Zheng asked lightly, "Why can't it?"

Xu Fuyuan was stunned and asked anxiously: "What is the people? What is the official? What is the control of the people? Doesn't your Majesty understand that just by appointing the court, you can really control the people on behalf of the emperor... There are clans, gentry, and various forces in the local area. When a parent official sounds like a military, political and legal system, but in fact, it must be controlled by various forces, like a spider web, and struggles more tightly... When local parents cannot effectively serve as herders on behalf of the emperor, that emperor is... a puppet!"

"Your Majesty, I am not exaggerating. The forces I mentioned are the aristocratic families, wealthy families, and gentry targeted and suppressed by Your Majesty today. When he expelled the Tartars and recovered the rivers and mountains, they were consistent with Your Majesty's goal...!"

"It's you!" Wu Zheng corrected calmly.

Xu Fuyuan was stunned, his face filled with pain, but he still changed his words, "Yes... it's us... when we expelled the Tartars and regained the mountains, we were the same goal as His Majesty. After all, no one was willing to rely on others to breathe... But now that the lost land has been restored and the world has been stable, His Majesty still wants to target and suppress the wealthy families and gentry. How can His Majesty both blame them... We don't fight to protect ourselves..."

"Good words!" Wu Zhenghe said, "You really know how to make excuses... Are you trying to say that I am fighting with you? Okay, even if it is fighting each other, I will win now... Xu Fuyuan, I am willing to accept the loss, what else do you have to say?"

Xu Fuyuan's face became tragic, "I... I am willing to accept the loss of the bet, but I have another loyal advice!"

"Tell me."

"Please be close to the wise and far away from the villain..."

"What a wise man? Are you like Mr. Xu?" Wu Zheng said sarcastically, "I am full of courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame, but I am doing the act of a traitor and a rebellious minister... Can I trust you? It's a joke!"

Wu Zheng's sarcasm angered Xu Fuyuan. He woke up and shouted, "The original intention of me is to advise Your Majesty to rely on the virtuous and good scholars in the court and the nation, the aristocratic clans..."

Wu Zheng interrupted without hesitation: "It's a pity that the virtuous and noble families you mentioned chose to rebel without hesitation after the failure!"

Xu Fuyuan's face turned blue and red, and he said sternly, "...that was too forced by His Majesty... they had no choice but to do it!"

Wu Zheng said sarcastically: "According to Master Xu's intention, I should allow them to make Jiangnan a mess, and then ask Master Xu to mediate and agree to Master Xu's advice... In this way, I am the wise ruler in Master Xu's mind, right?"

Xu Fuyuan choked and argued strongly: "...The Ming Dynasty was established for nearly three hundred years, and has not been relied on aristocratic families and the gentry to maintain long-term stability...?"

"Yes, so, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and it was in the hands of only hundreds of thousands of Jianlu... Countless scholars surrendered Jianlu one after another, right?"

Xu Fuyuan looked at Wu Zheng in shock, "...that is the seed of Emperor Chengzu... who killed scholars all over the world... If the king treats his ministers as earth, then the ministers treat him as enemies... And today, is Your Majesty going to repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty?"

Wu Zheng suddenly laughed, "Today I heard the funnyest joke in the world... It's true that it's the mouth of a scholar, a lie... Zhu Di killed Fang Xiaoru, you can go to Zhu Di, and you can also go to his descendants... The people in the world have not provoked you... For their own personal grudges, they disregarded countless people in the world, and suspense to foreign tribes, and in turn they have to harm their compatriots... Is this also the unique skills of the saints?"

Xu Fuyuan argued angrily: "Xu did not surrender to the enemy... Your Majesty cannot deny that, such as Mr. Wozi, Mr. Xisheng... and countless scholars spontaneously organized and led the people to fight against the Qing Dynasty when the Qing army headed south...!"

"I don't deny... Unfortunately, at that time, more scholars, as well as the wise men mentioned by Mr. Xu, surrendered to the Qing court!" Wu Zheng said leisurely, "To be honest, I actually have no malice towards scholars, and even towards merchants... Isn't I able to rise from Hangzhou Prefecture also rely on the prosperity of business...!"
Chapter completed!