“We know you’ve all learned it, there’s no need to show off. Can’t we give a little face to those who haven’t learned it yet? For example, Right Vice Censor-in-Chief Zhang!”
However, Zhang You, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, stepped forward and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, looking old and frail:
"Your Majesty, it is inappropriate to use this old minister as an example."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "How is it inappropriate? You're so old, it's not shameful if you can't learn it."
The Right Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate began to speak:
"No, no, it's inappropriate to use an old minister as an analogy, since I've already learned it."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "………………"
He thought to himself: Damn it, you guys are all damned, you actually learned it, you're absolutely damned.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and thought to himself, "After all this time, it seems this kind of humiliating thing can only happen to me."
Many of the officials present seemed to have already learned how to ride a bicycle.
This infuriated Zhu Yuanzhang, who issued a strict order forbidding anyone from mentioning the words "riding a bicycle," thus completely eliminating their pretentious and boastful behavior in court.
In this way, the discussion in the court was finally able to proceed normally.
In the following days, the obsession with learning to ride a bicycle still lingered in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, as well as in the minds of many officials.
Because if I don't learn to ride a bicycle quickly, I'll really become a laughing stock in the court.
Therefore, under these circumstances, they can only speed up their studies as quickly as possible.
Then, more and more officials joined the association.
Every morning, Zhu Yuanzhang felt disheartened when he saw many officials arriving by bicycle.
As more and more officials rode bicycles, his heart grew increasingly heavy.
Later on, I lost all interest in eating and focused entirely on cycling.
The crucial point is that this matter was known to the officials in the imperial court. While most officials had already learned to ride a bicycle, they all knew that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet learned.
As a result, some not-so-serious rumors will circulate in the shadows.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't get angry at these words, so he could only continue to learn to ride a bicycle at a faster pace.
However, things didn't go as planned. A few days later, one morning, the eunuch told Zhu Yuanzhang that all the officials who came to the morning court that day were riding bicycles.
Those who were injured and delayed for a day or two before coming, but have recovered now, also came by bicycle.
This left Zhu Yuanzhang speechless. The implication was that all the officials in the court had learned to ride bicycles, but he, the emperor, hadn't.
Who can I complain to about this?
Such a blow left him extremely resentful. The crucial point was that all the officials knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was learning from him, but he hadn't learned it yet, leaving him completely at a loss.
In a fit of anger, Zhu Yuanzhang announced that the morning court session would be canceled today, and all work could be postponed temporarily.
He spent the whole day studying diligently. Even Zhu Yunwen couldn't bear to watch him like this.
They're too stubborn. If they don't help Zhu Yuanzhang learn to ride a bicycle quickly, he might miss out on many things because of this.
So Zhu Yunwen went down to the stage again and taught Zhu Yuanzhang properly, and taught him like this for a whole day.
Zhu Yuanzhang spent the entire day studying so hard that he forgot to eat and sleep, and finally learned how to ride a bicycle.
He was so happy that he couldn't sleep that night. He got up in the middle of the night and rode the bike around the yard twice to make sure he could ride it and there wouldn't be any problems before he could finally go to sleep.
Then, before dawn, I woke up excitedly.
In the morning, when the civil and military officials arrived at the court, they were all discussing whether Zhu Yuanzhang would not come to court again that day.
Some officials even shifted the blame, saying that since they had learned to ride bicycles, they shouldn't have said it to provoke Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now look what's happened; Zhu Yuanzhang is so angry he doesn't even want to attend court anymore.
And so, a dispute ensued...
Just as the officials were getting more and more excited, they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, dressed in a dragon robe, riding a bicycle with a smug look on his face as he slowly rode up to the main hall.
Only Zhu Yuanzhang would do something like that.
The officials looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, whose beard fluttered in the wind, unable to conceal his excitement.
So the officials, quite tactfully, spoke up:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on learning to ride a bicycle!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand smugly, parked the bicycle, lowered the stool legs, patted the seat, and said with satisfaction:
"This bicycle isn't that difficult. I just didn't have time to practice before. I was busy with the office every day, and I only rode it for a little while now and then. That's why it took me so long to learn."
Officials: Guess whether we believe it or not?
The officials saw through the scheme but kept quiet, only able to cooperate, not wanting to offend Zhu Yuanzhang.
So everyone nodded in agreement, saying that Zhu Yuanzhang was amazing.
He learned to ride a bicycle in such a short time. You have to admire that.
Zhu Yuanzhang's mood improved even more amidst such praise.
To be honest, this was a rare moment of happiness for Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, he had been under a lot of pressure since Zhu Biao's death. Although he had raised Zhu Yunwen, he had lost his beloved son at such an old age and had been feeling depressed ever since.
Today, I finally managed to completely release my bad mood and have a truly happy time.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so happy, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but smile as well.
However, just as the officials in the imperial court were praising Zhu Yuanzhang, a eunuch reported:
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