Chapter 666 Zhu Biao finally understood Zhu Yuanzhang After hearing Zhu Biao's words, the old man felt a little relieved. He finally felt that he was not a complete waste. Sometimes he really felt that he was not as good as Chen Han in this or that aspect. Although he was much older than Chen Han, he did not have enough advantages. He was actually quite unhappy about this. But after Zhu Biao's guidance, he realized that just as his son said, Chen Han did have so much knowledge. However, Chen Han's knowledge came from books, not real experience, so in some aspects he was not as good as himself. After figuring this out, the old man was very proud and laughed: "Yes, no matter how much knowledge that monkey boy has, it is because he came from the future and has accumulated more than 600 years of knowledge than us. The knowledge he has is not acquired by him alone, but is summarized by tens of thousands of descendants. "As for me, it's just like what he said - for thousands of years, no emperor has ever had a birthplace as low as mine. I am a truly powerful person." The old man now has cash all of a sudden, and no longer feels as he did before that this is not as good as that, it turns out that he is still quite capable. My strength lies in my experience. After going through so much, it is not something that ordinary people can understand. My background is too low, so I have all these experiences now. It is precisely because of my background that I can now proudly say to everyone in the world: "I have never let anyone down."

It's really good that the old man can have such an idea. At least he can no longer suppress himself and he recognizes his own advantages and strengths. He even knows what he should do, which is a real breakthrough in life. If a person does not even know what he should do or what he can accomplish, that is the real tragedy. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Biao can feel very calm when he thinks about these things now. Then the old man smiled again: "Let's go, you, come with me to the back garden and take a look at what we did yesterday. Today, we have to water the plants and apply fertilizers." Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Old man, do you really have to do so much every day like before?" The old man smiled and said, "Of course. You can't give up halfway when doing things. You have to do everything step by step. Otherwise, it would be a waste of the monkey's painstaking efforts." "To be honest, I have done a lot of things in my life, but I have never farmed properly. I used to be an ordinary person, but my family had no land for me to farm. But now it's different. Now the whole world belongs to me, but I start to dislike this and that, and think that I shouldn't do those little things. "But if we don't do these little things, how can we know how the people get these things from the land? Now, we really need to do something." When he said this, the old man felt ashamed. He knew that if he really followed the common view of people, he had failed in his life. What did he owe? He owed himself as an ordinary citizen. His identity as an ordinary citizen, which he had always been proud of, did not bring him any real understanding of ordinary people. Although he was also very good to ordinary people, this kindness was sometimes more limited to some political considerations. Most of the time, this consideration comes from political needs. Sometimes he feels that he is quite empty - he does not really understand the situation of ordinary people. Instead, they show off their identity as ordinary people time and time again. But when he came to the cultivated field in the back garden, he found that he seemed to be missing something. Just like what Chen Han said - what is lacking is the feeling of being truly down-to-earth, and the feeling of truly getting close to the people. And now, it seems to be true. So now he wants to truly experience the feeling of being an ordinary person. This feeling can never be given to oneself by others, but must be explored by oneself. In this matter, he always feels that he has not done well enough. Arriving at the vegetable garden, he looked at the two mu of land that he had worked hard on all day yesterday but had not yet reclaimed. The old man laughed and said, "Did you see? Although we have worked so hard, we really can't compare with ordinary people. If ordinary people can't even reclaim one mu of land a day, they will probably starve to death. "But we only acquired this little land yesterday. If it were ordinary people, wouldn't they call us lazy?" Zhu Biao laughed: "Old man, you can't think like that. You are so old. Your physical strength is definitely not as good as that of ordinary people. If you are like ordinary people and can only farm one or two acres of land a day, it would be boring. Those strong young men would cry." The old man laughed when he heard his son's advice: "That's right, I really can't compare with the young man. If I really become like the young man, I will become a monster. What I need to do now is to find something to do."

Zhu Biao also looked at the cultivated land under his feet and smiled slightly: “Old man, Chen Han, if someone says that you don’t know how to farm, you can use this to refute him. "How could you not know how to farm? You are so old, but you can still cultivate this land so well? This is a good thing. It shows that you are still as skilled as ever." Hearing Zhu Biao say this, the old man laughed: "What do you mean by still as skilled as ever? Look at what we have done with this land." At first glance, it does look a little untidy. And it looks like it was done with a hammer here and there, and it's definitely not as good as ordinary people. But overall, at least it looks like they tried hard and it was definitely not done perfunctorily. It can be seen from this that the old man is very serious about everything he does. This is also his consistent good character. Looking at the land under his feet, Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "So, what are you going to plant here, old man?" "I'm not sure what to plant yet. But I'm sure we'll plant some vegetables that we eat regularly." As he spoke, the old man thought of Empress Ma again: "It seems your mother also cultivated a piece of land in this back garden." When talking about his mother, Zhu Biao was not in a good mood. Because even though he was old all these years, he could still see his mother in his dreams at midnight. His mother was really a good wife and mother. Even though he had experienced so many things, he still felt that his mother was a real good mother. She is truly a representative of virtue, especially when it comes to educating her children. She ensures that all of her children receive a very good education. At this point, it can be seen that my father really married a good wife. Just like what the common people say, a good wife can be used for several generations, and this is the case with the old man now. Because he married a good wife, Empress Ma, the Ming Dynasty is now so prosperous. It is not a matter of prosperity for three generations, but for several generations. So Zhu Biao now truly felt the value of that sentence. It is precisely because of good women like Empress Ma that the Ming Dynasty can now prosper. In fact, everyone can see that all the children taught by Empress Ma are outstanding. Take Zhu Biao for example, he must have received a good education from Empress Ma to achieve what he has today. When Yi Yi mentioned his biological mother, Zhu Biao also asked: "Dad, are you missing mom again?" Zhu Yuanzhang said without disguising, "Not only am I thinking about it now, I have been thinking about it all the time. Think about it, your mother has been blessed with us all her life, but she has suffered a lot. The person I feel most sorry for in this life is your mother, and I don't feel sorry for anyone else. So now when I think about these scenes today, they are vivid in my mind. "When I think about all these years, would I have achieved what I have today if it weren't for your mother's silent dedication behind the scenes? No. It is precisely because I know in my heart that I have achieved what I have today because of your mother. I feel more and more that your mother has made me successful. Without your mother, I guess I would not have the opportunity to be as glorious as today." "If it weren't for your mother, what kind of situation would we be in now? You can imagine. So now standing here, thinking about what your mother has done, I have only one feeling now - I'm sorry for your mother, I'm really sorry for your mother." As he spoke, the old man couldn't stop crying. This is a tough guy who sheds blood but not tears, but today he shed tears. He really felt that he had failed Queen Ma. If it weren't for the leech who helped him solve his worries and pushed him to his current position, he really didn't know if he could survive, and he really didn't know if he had the qualifications. "How many times has Emperor Dan said this? If it weren't for Queen Ma's help, he would not only lose a lot of loyalty, but even his life might not be saved. So now he really misses Queen Ma, he really misses his first wife. Dad tells you the truth: "Over the years, I have missed our mother all the time." "You were often out fighting at that time, so you probably didn't know how your mother got through it. To be honest, we, as your sons, really blamed you in our hearts. We really wondered why you were always out there. We really wondered why you couldn't come back and help your mother." "What you don't know is how you and your children slowly endured the hardships. Mom was so young at that time. She had to be both a father and a mother, taking care of the whole family, and at the same time hiding from your position to capture us as hostages. At that time, you were always fighting outside, and you didn't know that we were actually worried about you in the back." "If we didn't have such a good environment as we have now, we could only cultivate farmland and make a living by ourselves. At that time, mother was just like an ordinary farm girl. She had to do everything by herself - picking fertilizer and applying fertilizer, and even taking care of all of us. Not only that, she also had to take care of the emotions of all the soldiers and ensure that their rear was guaranteed, so that they could follow you to fight with confidence." "At that time, the most common thing you said was that we must not drag you down behind your back. We rarely saw you back then. To be unfilial, we didn't even know you at that time. Please don't be angry." If it was the old man when he was young, he would definitely feel unbalanced: "I was fighting desperately outside, what was it for?" "Isn't it because I want you, my children and grandchildren, to have a stable environment, and isn't it because I want you, my students, to have a higher status, and yet you still complain?" But now he doesn't think so. He also feels that it is wrong for him to have been away from home and not take good care of his family. This is really an improvement. Zhu Yuanzhang had no other options at the time. He had to fight outside and do everything by himself. No one could help him. What could he do? He could only rush to the front line of everything, swallow all the resentment and grievances by himself, and only let himself understand himself, and could not force others to understand. So most of them had to swallow all the grievances by themselves. Now, after hearing what Zhu Biao said, the old man realized that he had not paid enough for his family. His students should have complained because he did not do it. The teachers all admired him because he was always fighting outside and they rarely met. How could he force the children to understand him? In this regard, it can only be misunderstood. Because I did not do well enough at that time, although I must feel a little wronged, these grievances must be endured at that time. After seeing his father's expression of apology, Zhu Biao said again: "Of course, we will gradually understand you later." "In fact, there is one thing you did right. If a man who wants to do something big stays with his family all the time, he won't be able to accomplish anything big. You sacrificed our small family, but you made it possible for the people of the entire Ming Dynasty to have a big family. So compared to our sacrifice, it shouldn't matter at all." "We finally understood this point. It was only when we really wanted to do something that we realized how difficult it was to do something. It was so difficult to complete some reforms and to push the entire Ming Dynasty to its peak. So after understanding this, we now understand your original decision." ……

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