Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Kong Youde replied.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan was very satisfied with this guy.

"So do you want to be a saint? Do you want your name to be remembered for eternity? Do you want a separate page in the family tree for you?"

After confirming this guy's situation, Zhu Yunhuan started to make plans.

For scholars, becoming a saint is their ultimate goal.

"I think so! Your Highness, please give your orders!"

Kong Youde quickly stood up and knelt down.

"I want to promote a new theory called the School of Mind, where the mind is free from external objects and knowledge and action are unified!" Zhu Yunhuan stood up and said to Kong Youde.

"Unification of knowledge and action? Your Highness, please enlighten me."

Kong Youde bowed his head.

"Only by integrating knowledge and action can one truly cultivate oneself, regulate one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. To cultivate oneself, one must first cultivate one's mind..."

Zhu Yunhuan began to instill the future Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind into Kong Youde and Wang Chunsan who was standing beside him.

Wang Chunsan listened from the side and the more he listened, the more he felt it made sense.

Yes, unity of knowledge and action, cultivating the mind is the foundation of self-cultivation and achievement.

The more Kong Youde listened, the more shocked he felt.

This concept... completely breaks the shackles of Confucianism. It is an advanced concept.

After he finished speaking, Wang Chunsan was truly convinced by Zhu Yunhuan.

Our Ming Dynasty...has produced a saint!

"It is a blessing for our Ming Dynasty and the world that our holy grandson is in power!" Wang Chunsan knelt down and shouted.

Kong Youde bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty's teachings are enough to make you a saint and be recorded in history forever! Even if Your Majesty is crowned emperor in the future, a hundred years later, your temple name can also be called the Ancestor, the Emperor Shengzu of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Haha, let's not go off topic. I want you to promote it and become a saint. Are you willing?" Zhu Yunhuan asked.

Kong Youde shook his head and said, "I don't want to."

"Why?" Zhu Yunhuan asked.

Kong Youde replied, "I have been studying Confucianism all my life. If Your Majesty wants to abolish the old Confucianism and implement some new Confucianism concepts, I can do it for you, but I am not worthy of this Xinxue!"

"If you, the descendant of Confucius, are not worthy, then who is?"

Zhu Yunxun asked with a smile.

"Only Your Highness is worthy! However, this doctrine cannot be spread by Your Highness, otherwise Your Highness will bear eternal infamy! Confucianism is deeply rooted, and to replace Confucianism with the School of Mind is a reform! Reform will kill people, many people will die! If Your Highness does this, future history books will definitely record that Your Highness is a tyrant!"

Kong Youde replied.

Zhu Yunhuan sat down, picked up the teacup and said, "I know, but I would rather bear the infamy of my whole life than let my descendants enjoy the happiness for thousands of years! This is a sin in this generation, but a merit for thousands of years!"

"No, Your Highness cannot bear the infamy. I can see that Your Highness has great ambitions and is capable of great things. In the future, your name will go down in history as an emperor like Emperor Taizong of Tang. However, Emperor Taizong of Tang had a stain of mutiny at Xuanwu Gate, which is a pity. I do not want to see Your Highness like this. I am willing to help Your Highness carry on the legacy and promote the study of the mind! I am willing to bear this eternal infamy for Your Highness!"

Kong Youde kowtowed to the ground to show his determination.

At this moment, Wang Chunsan on the side was stunned.

We agreed to be treacherous ministers together, why do you want to be a loyal minister?

Zhu Yunhuan helped Kong Youde up.

"Get up."

Kong Youde expressed his gratitude, "Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness, I recommend someone who can promote the School of Mind."

"Who?" Zhu Yunhuan asked.

Kong Youde replied, "Liu Sanwu, the Hanlin scholar! The moment he helped Your Highness draft the edict to establish the crown prince, he was destined to be a member of Your Highness's camp. Moreover, he is also a sober Confucian scholar who just goes with the flow for the sake of living. His influence can help Your Majesty promote the School of Mind in a short period of time!"

"Liu Sanwu?"

Zhu Yunxun stroked his chin, thinking that he had not yet rewarded this guy.

"Yes, isn't Your Highness planning to hold a Hundred Schools of Thought debate at the end of the year? Then let Liu Sanwu participate in the debate under the name of Xinxue. This theory will surely make a sensation in the world.

At that time, I will join hands with several friends from the Imperial Academy to make a death-defying appeal in the Fengtian Palace! Let Your Highness destroy Confucianism and promote the School of Mind! Your Highness must refuse first.