Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 103 Facing the enlightened Zhu Yuanzhang, the reactionary landlords and bureaucrats were all frightened!

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Guo Zixing had no reason to refuse.

But Guo Zixing did not agree directly.

The reason why Guo Zixing didn't agree was because of face.

He really didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so open-minded, so cunning, and even so capable of controlling his psychology.

Therefore, Guo Zixing felt that he had been seen through by Zhu Yuanzhang, and that he was indeed not as smart as Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, Guo Zixing did not want to simply agree to Zhu Yuanzhang, but it seemed that he could only obey Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements.

Now, he just secretly hates himself for not thinking of this method, or why no one else reminded him to think of this method.

And this time.

Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianlu did not feel such pressure.

Zhang Tianyou even took the initiative to praise: "Brother-in-law, Yuan Zhang's idea is very good. If he leads the troops again, he will make other brothers jealous, thinking that the commander only trusts him and only allows him to perform meritorious services. But if he is allowed to be in charge of supervision, This will allow Yuan Zhang to use the prestige he has accumulated to do things for you that are difficult for you to deal with directly. For example, this time about Li Mengxin’s corruption, if Yuan Zhang had the power of supervision to arrest him first , if you show mercy, won't you not only guarantee your inheritance, but also gain a reputation for mercy?"

"Uncle is right!"

"Father, the most rare thing about this is that Guorui is willing."

"What's even more rare is his loyalty and filial piety to you. To be honest, as a relative of the Guo family, I am not as bold as Yuan Zhang!"

Guo Tianlu also looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with admiration, and even took the initiative to bow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since the relationship of recognizing adopted father and adopted son was popular in this era, although Guo Tianlu was a relative of Guo Zixing, he also recognized Guo Zixing as his adopted father and called Guo Zixing his father's commander.

"Brother-in-law!"

Seeing Guo Zixing's delay in expressing his position, Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but call out again.

"Yes!"

"It's rare for you to be so loyal and filial, Yuan Zhang."

Guo Zixing had to express his position now, so he had no choice but to nod and said:
  "Then we will give you the power of supervision. In the future, the Marshal's Mansion will set up a censor's station. You will supervise all affairs for us as the censor. It will be up to you to supervise the censor. We will give you the soldiers on the censor's station. You allocate a hundred soldiers. If there is corruption or political disorder, report it to us after you find out. You can arrest first, interrogate first, and then report. You can check any money and food account books at any time with the Yushitai Constitution, and no one can stop it!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed.

Once a person breaks through the threshold of caring about face in his heart, he will also become more open-minded.

Guo Zixing is no exception.

After he had to express his support for Zhu Yuanzhang's suggestion, he laughed cheerfully and took the initiative to hold Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and said:
  "Yuanzhang, my father is confused. I misbelieved the villain's words before and wronged you. Don't blame my father. Sometimes my father will inevitably fail to notice and only think about justice for the people."

"The commander-in-chief hates evil as much as he hates his enemies. When he suddenly hears about something that would benefit his orphans and children, he will inevitably get very angry."

"How can Yuan Zhang blame his father?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled and spoke, his eyes couldn't help but heat up.

Guo Zixing also nodded solemnly and said with a smile: "This is also Xu Da's fault. He was so eager to take the blame for you that he admitted all the faults that were not his own."

"What the commander-in-chief said is that many brothers in the rebel army are not accustomed to being officials, and they are still talking about loyalty, and Xu Da is no exception."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a smile.

Guo Zixing nodded and asked proactively: "How is Xu Da's injury?"

"almost done."

"Father, don't worry too much."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied.

Guo Zixing said: "That's good. You tell him that after his injury is healed, my father will let him be responsible for transporting food. He is a calm person who is not greedy for merit and money. He has the city's plans. Let him be responsible for transporting food. We can rest assured. , he must have deliberately let you know this time because he couldn't bear the children in the almshouse to eat moldy food, which shows that he is a trustworthy person."

"Father is handsome and wise!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly happy for Xu Da and relieved for the children in the nursing home.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing were quite harmonious and harmonious at this time, and for a while they were closer than their own father and son. Guo Zixing not only took the initiative to ask about Xu Da's injury, but also took the initiative to care about Ma and asked her about her pregnancy.

Not long after the two parties were chatting, they arrived at the Marshal's Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the Marshal's Mansion, Guo Zixing saw Li Mengeng kneeling on the ground.

And Li Menggeng also turned around and caught a glimpse of Guo Zixing because he heard the footsteps.

But after Li Menggeng caught a glimpse of Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang talking and laughing, and even Guo Tianlu and Zhang Tianyou talking and laughing with Zhu Yuanzhang, he was petrified at that moment.

Ren Zhigong, who was guarding the Marshal's Mansion, also discovered Guo Zixing and saw this scene, and felt that this scene was particularly dazzling!
  People who stand on the side of the landlords and bureaucrats seem to particularly dislike harmonious coexistence within a group. They also seem to feel that the more honor and disgrace are shared within a group, the more it proves that their existence is a failure.

This is how Li Menggeng and Ren Zhigong feel now. They were very unwilling to see Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing in such harmony, especially Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Tianlu, a well-known relative of the Guo family, and Zhang Tianyou, a relative of the Guo family.

"How did Zhu Yuanzhang do it?"

"Isn't the 'Zhu Yuanzhang threat theory' we exaggerated for Guo Zixing not scary enough?"

"Or is it that Guo Zixing himself is far from being as simple as we imagined? He understands the art of checks and balances very well?"

Ren Zhigong couldn't help but whisper to Li Mengeng.

Li Mengeng asked: "Could it be that Guo Tianlu and Zhang Tianyou are both reckless and not simple?"

Li Menggeng became quite uneasy as he spoke and continued to ask Ren Zhigong:
  "How many capable people are there in this rebel army you joined? Is it possible that everyone is a hero?"

"Or is this really a rebel army that was destined to have so many heroes?"

"impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Ren Zhigong also shuddered, but still managed to say a few words calmly.

He really did not want to believe the scene in front of him, nor did he want to believe that Guo Tianlu and Zhang Tianyou would not be afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang and sincerely wanted to live in harmony with Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world.

Based on his understanding, he believed that Guo Tianlu and Zhang Tianyou were by no means powerful enough to guess the true thoughts of bureaucratic landlords like himself.

But it is undeniable that the more united the rebels are, the more conducive they will be to development and growth. Internally, it will also put greater pressure on those who have mixed in with the landlord and bureaucratic stance, making them start to feel afraid.

Because although these people are the most reactionary, they are also the most backward.

Therefore, these people only appear particularly strong and powerful in front of those who are not united, are still in a state of ignorant and submissive servitude, and have a lower status than themselves. There are countless tactics and tactics used to control them in history. .

In short, they are very powerful in how to control slaves and how to be herders.

But when it comes to a head-on confrontation with the rebels who have united and currently represent the people's position, they will be as fragile and cowardly as paper.

then.

When Guo Zixing appeared holding Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, Li Menggeng had to kowtow: "I apologize to the commander-in-chief."

Ren Zhigong also knelt down involuntarily: "Commander!"

They were really worried that Guo Zixing had been successfully bewitched by Zhu Yuanzhang, and that Guo Zixing had trusted him enough to be willing to listen to Zhu Yuanzhang and kill him.

Using oneself to save others, Ren Zhigong and Li Menggeng did not believe that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be like them, and also wanted to use Guo Zixing's hand to get rid of themselves.

But what Ren Zhigong and Li Menggen didn't know was that Zhu Yuanzhang no longer took them seriously.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang had already understood something after reading the two sacred books given to him by Zhang Cheng, and his cognition had reached a higher level. It was no longer the same as before, only the bottom-class villagers in the traditional natural economic society. Zhu Yuanzhang was a simple-minded man, but he was able to thoroughly see through the nature of the landlords and bureaucrats.

It can be said.

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang now, Ren Zhigong and Li Menggeng are not even enemies, and certainly not friends. They are just two ignorant and backward childish people.

Zhu Yuanzhang now looked at these two people as if he were looking at two immature children, two children who had offended him because of their naughty behavior, instead of the inferiority complex and resentment he had before.

The so-called inferiority complex is that when Zhu Yuanzhang saw scholars like Li Menggeng before, he felt that he, a rebel who destroyed the order of the world, was indeed not as great as a scholar who was committed to rebuilding and maintaining stable order.

The so-called resentment is Zhu Yuanzhang's anger towards people like Li Menggeng and Ren Zhigong who even instigated his adoptive father to get rid of him completely even though he had already voluntarily surrendered Chuzhou City and handed over military power. That is, the kind of anger that I have already complied with. Your rules don't tolerate my resentment.

But now, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has these two emotions, only a kind of contempt and pity from the thoughts of higher civilization to the thoughts of lower civilization.

In short.

Zhu Yuanzhang is now more confident. When he looks at Li Menggeng and Ren Zhigong, he is just like Li Menggeng and Ren Zhigong, the officials' sons, who used to look at the rebellious people and felt in their hearts that these people were rebellious thieves. He also feels that these people are thieves.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang did not talk about the two people's greedy talk in front of Guo Zixing because Guo Zixing was very close to him, and he did not even say anything about smearing poison on the stick he was going to beat him with.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang saw these two people, he did not intercede for them, nor did he take the opportunity to add insult to injury. Instead, he chose to ignore it and let Guo Zixing handle it by himself.

"Ren Zhigong, why are you kneeling down? Are you also related to Li Mengxin's corruption, so you are asking for forgiveness?"

At this time, Guo Zixing first asked about Ren Zhigong.

Ren Zhigong was immediately moved and felt a chill running down his spine, feeling deeply regretful.

In a hurry, he hurriedly replied: "Come back to the Marshal, I am humbled because I heard that the Marshal had discovered a huge corruption, and I admired the Marshal's ability to discern everything even more. So after seeing the Marshal, I couldn't help but treat the Marshal even more. I was so respectful that I couldn’t help but kneel down to greet the commander-in-chief!”

talking.

Ren Zhigong said with a flattering smile: "Li Mengxin actually attacked orphans and children, damaging the benevolence of the commander-in-chief. It is a heinous crime. He really deserves to be chopped up! After knowing the truth, he wished he could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. Fortunately, the commander-in-chief is wise and brave, and loves the people like this. Son, I will finally bring these despicable and shameless people to justice, which will be very satisfying, and all the people will praise the commander-in-chief for his saintliness!"

When Li Menggeng heard what Ren Zhigong said, he couldn't help but raise his head slightly, glanced at him, and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

(End of this chapter)