Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 4 Xu Da's handwriting
After repeated promises, he dismissed Dai Sanchun, who was about to bow down immediately to ask for his teacher, and Zhu Yuan asked the servant to open the window a little more and look out of the cabin.

The wind picked up, the sky remained gloomy, and the fog on the river had dissipated.

Zhu Yuan raised his eyes and saw that the north bank of the great river was far from the prosperity of the later generations. The people on the bank were sparsely populated, and the plain shrouded in gloom in winter looked primitive and open, like a cold landscape painting with rich ink.

Withdrawing his vision and taking a closer look, he realized that all the boats on the river had already started to keep to the left, which seemed to be a clear line of sight.In the middle of the river, there are also some fast paddle boats with command flags coming and going, as if they are directing traffic.

This surprised Zhu Yuan a little.

I remember reading a sentence by Zhang Juzheng, a famous official in Wanli, in my previous life, but I forgot the source. It was probably "things in the world are not difficult to legislate, but difficult to enforce the law; not difficult to listen to words, but difficult to enforce the words."

To put it simply, everyone understands the truth, but it cannot be done.

So there is a girl in a movie who said: "I have heard a lot of great truths since I was a child, but I still can't live a good life."

This is true for large countries and small individuals.

But at the moment, it is not accidental that Zhu Yuanzhang won the world if a rule can be implemented in just two days.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuan discovered that the lucky boat he was riding was really fast, and within a short period of time, he had surpassed several ships of different sizes in the same direction.

"Little official, the wind is getting stronger, why don't we close the windows?"

A voice came from his ear, breaking Zhu Yuan's thoughts.

It's Xu Wu.

Zhu Yuan withdrew his gaze and saw that everyone in the room was nervous, so he nodded and reminded: "Don't close it tightly, there is charcoal gas."

Knowing Zhu Yuan's little habits along the way, Xu Wu tightened the window on this side and said with a smile, "Little official, can I open the front window?"

You almost welded the window on, what can I say?
Reluctantly muttering something in his heart, knowing that they were thinking about their own health, Zhu Yuan still agreed, without saying anything else, bowed his head and began to turn the pages of the book under the light from the window paper.

There was nothing to say in the follow-up.

It is about 150 miles from Yangzhou to Jinling on the waterway. The wind direction is not right, so we still go against the current. We drive slowly and arrive at the mouth of the Qinhuai River.

The lucky boat stopped at the south ferry of Jinling City, Zhu Yuan walked out of the cabin surrounded by several attendants, and was immediately overwhelmed by the situation in front of him.

Apparently because of the Northern Expedition, the night ban time had not yet arrived, and there were still busy figures scattered around the pier under the lights.However, what attracted Zhu Yuan the most was the waiting crowd illuminated by all kinds of lights nearby and the long line of torches extending all the way to the city gate.

This……

The battle is a bit big.

Zhu Yuan carefully distinguished the crowd approaching, and found that the leader was a middle-aged man in a scarlet official robe, so he felt relieved.

Not Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

It is impossible to think about it.

The biography of Zhu Yuanzhang I read in the previous life records that he went out of the city to meet the surrendered Qin Conglong by the Yangtze River, and was the first Jinshi of the Yuan Dynasty under Zhu's command, but that was the beginning of his business.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang is about to ascend the throne, even if Zhu Yuan's bold words are attractive enough, even if Zhu Yuan has enough confidence in what he has given, it is unlikely that Lao Zhu will come forward to greet him in person.

Surprised for a short time, Zhu Yuan quickly regained his composure, but Mao Xiang who came to him again was shocked.

This is of course not Zhu Yuanzhang himself, but this is Cui Liang, the Minister of Rites under King Wu.

Among the civil servants of the Western Wu Dynasty, there are only a few court officials.

Mao Xiang has always felt that his master valued a certain boy too much during his journey. So what can a teenager be, no matter how strange he is?Seeing this battle, he realized that he still underestimated how much the Lord valued Zhu Yuan.

Cui Liang approached, and Zhu Yuan came to the shore along the springboard under the guard of his attendants. The two sides began to salute, and Mao Xiang, who was still standing on the boat, had mixed feelings again.

Even gave birth to some dark thoughts.

The young boy was treated so courteously by the Lord, and I think it was because of the sentence "Give me 500 years of Guozuo". Satisfied, the end can be imagined.

Thinking of this, Mao Xiang couldn't help but began to look forward to the tragic scene of the young man on the shore being held up high and then fell heavily.

In anticipation, it is inevitable to feel pity.

Think about that Li Shanchang who has become the Duke of Xuan, his father was side by side with him back then, if he could live to this time, he should also be a prince, why would he need to go to the battle to gain fame?

Mao Xiang was staring at the scene on the shore in a daze, when suddenly a junior in military uniform looked around the crowd, stepped on the gangplank and quickly came to the boat, cupped his fists at him and said, "Commander Mao, the Lord has ordered you to go ahead quickly." Ma into the palace, I have something to ask."

Mao Xiang came back to his senses immediately, clasped his fists and saluted, and followed the little school to get off the lucky boat.

When he came to the shore, he got on the fast horse that had been prepared, and in less than half a cup of tea, Mao Xiang arrived at the Wu Palace, which is two miles away from the Jubao Gate in the south of the city.

It was originally the old Southern Tang Imperial Palace. Before Zhu Yuanzhang seized Yingtian, it was the Yuan Dynasty Jiangnanxing Yushitai Mansion. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was named Wu King by the Han and Song courts, and this mansion became the Wu Wang Palace.

After Mao Xiang got off his horse, someone who had been waiting for him led him all the way to the White Tiger Hall on the west side of the front yard of the palace, where Zhu Yuanzhang's daily office was.

At this time, the lights in the hall were brightly lit.

When Mao Xiang entered the hall, he lost his previous distracted thoughts. He paid respects to Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting behind the desk and got a response. Then he got up. Looking carefully from the corner of his eye, he found that the Lord was looking down at a memorial, and on the west side of the hall, Compared with the past, a row of large screens suddenly appeared, as if they were blocking something.

Zhu Yuanzhang's gentle and majestic voice came from beside his ear: "Talk to me again?"

Mao Xiang immediately stood up, bowed his head slightly and said: "My lord, as reported in my previous letter, that little official still read and practiced all the way. He didn't like to get close to others. He was a taciturn person. Before arriving in Yangzhou on this journey, there was no Others have contact with small officials, except this morning, Mr. Hua Gaohua came to visit in the name of thank you..."

"Huago?"

Feeling the doubt and displeasure of the voice, Mao Xiang lowered his body subconsciously, not daring to hide it, let alone adding fuel, and said truthfully: "Master Hua borrowed the name of thanking the little officials for their strategy of 'walking on the right', but in fact ...In fact, I heard the name of the small official and wanted to ask for a doctor, but the small official declined."

After the book case, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, seemed to suppress a smile, and cursed in a low voice: "This rammed..."

Obviously also understand what kind of doctor Hua Gaoqiu seeks.

Mao Xiang waited for a while, then continued: "Sishi boarded the ship, and when Imperial Physician Dai was seeing a doctor for the junior official, for some reason, the junior official became interested in Dai Imperial Physician's watch and chatted a little longer."

Zhu Yuanzhang also became interested, thought for a while, and said, "It's Dai Sanchun, what's his name?"

Mao Xiangdao: "Dai Taiyi's word 'rebirth' was taken by his father, and it may mean 'rejuvenation with wonderful hands'."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while, obviously he didn't understand the meaning of the word "rebirth", so he said again: "You continue?"

Mao Xiang continued: "Just one more thing. The imperial doctor Dai has seen the sickness of the little official. The two talked about medical theory. The little official said that he didn't know medical skills, but he mentioned the root cause of many diseases that Dr. Dai was confused about. , He knew a thing or two, but he set a three-year period, saying that he would ask him after three years of wearing the imperial physician."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was even more curious this time: "Why is it three years?"

Mao Xiang shook his head: "I don't know."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, then turned to ask: "Who is around the little scholar?"

Mao Xiang understood, and said: "The general gave two personal soldiers, and I arranged for two guards to act as servants, and two maids, who were confiscated after the destruction of Yizhou. I checked them one by one. However, they are all innocent."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, and explained: "The two personal soldiers, let them go back to the general and report to the general, and leave the rest to the little scholar."

Mao Xiang wrote it down.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about nothing else, so he said: "It's hard work for you to travel all the way. I will credit you for your merits. Go home. Those who fight thousands of miles will also look at your wife and children."

"Thank you, my lord," Mao Xiang bowed and saluted, but said again: "My lord, the army ahead is attacking urgently. I think I will set off to return to Shandong tomorrow."

"Well, it's a good thing for a man to be motivated. Your father will be pleased if he knows it. But you have to relax in your work, rest at home for a day, and start your journey later."

"The lord orders."

After Mao Xiang left, the hall returned to silence.

After writing the case, Zhu Yuanzhang looked out of the hall, wanting to ask someone to ask where the man had been, but after thinking about it, he still didn't open his mouth. He lowered his head again and looked at the Xu Da's handwritten letter in his hand, which has been full of curiosity for the past [-] years.

These days, Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not know how many times he read this letter.

"..."

"When asked about military affairs, people said that the Northern Expedition of the Han and Song Dynasties was like a thieves' rampage, with no rules. Although Tongguan was broken in the west, Kaiping in the north, and Liaoyang in the east, it was unstoppable, but nothing could be achieved in the end."

"Today, Western Wu wants to take over the world. It is appropriate to use the strategy of cannibalism, step by step, and advance slowly. This theory coincides with the master."

"He also talked about 'tactics' and 'strategy', and the envoy suddenly became enlightened. A tactician is the attack and defense of a city and a place. A strategist is the gain and loss of a province and a country. His man said: The ancients took the world Those who are like the great ancestors of the Han Dynasty, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place, must have a strategic vision of grasping the overall situation and looking down on the world."

"..."

"Talking about Confucianism, the man said: Confucianism is like a shadowless sword, protecting China for thousands of years. This is an inexhaustible achievement. If there is no Confucianism, "If the barbarians enter China, China will be conquered", then our Huaxia may use Hu to conquer the barbarians at this time. Speech is the rule, riding, shooting and nomads are the distance, morality is ruined, etiquette is not preserved, and I think so."

"..."

"When it comes to the Yellow River, people say that there are eight characters enough to cure the disease, and they say 'double-layer dams, gather water to attack sand'."

"The man also said that water control in the lower reaches is a strategy to treat the symptoms. The root of the Yellow River's flooding lies in Guanzhong. Guanzhong has repeatedly been the foundation of hegemony, and Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang were all established here. However, it is difficult for thousands of miles of fertile fields to be cultivated for thousands of years. Consumption too. Excessive reclamation waste, fertile land turned into desert, and even rolling yellow sand down the river, silting up the Central Plains."

"..."

"Long talking until late at night, a guard came to report. The minister felt that it was already the third watch. He recalled all the things he said and felt a lot. Remembering his bold words again, he asked: "Mr. Xiao has all kinds of subtle theories. , so that Da Da is refreshed and fruitful.However, why dare to say "send 500 years of Guozuo"? "

"The man didn't answer, just asked for a pen and paper, and finished a picture in a short time, saying: The rise and fall of the ages are all in this picture. If you break this picture, you can avoid the repeated reincarnation of the country like the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, although you dare not say that it will last forever. , so that 500 years of Guozuo will be added to the dynasty, which is more than enough."

"I looked at this picture and got a little insight. When I asked carefully, the man laughed and said: This is the study of the emperor. Do you really want to listen?"

"I don't dare to ask any more questions. I will write down what I talked about that night in detail, attach the picture drawn by him, and send it to my lord."

"Da, pause and bow again."

(End of this chapter)