Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 104: The upgraded Zhu Yuanzhang forced landlords and bureaucrats to learn and progress from him
  Guo Zixing was very pleased with Ren Zhigong's behavior of flattering him and strengthening his prestige. He was very willing to see it, so he waved and said: "Get up!"

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Ren Zhigong was overjoyed, stood up with a smile, and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang anxiously.

He wanted to see if Zhu Yuanzhang showed disappointment because Guo Zixing did not criticize him.

As a result, he found that Zhu Yuanzhang was expressionless and even ignored him.

Ren Zhigong couldn't help but froze on the spot, feeling very shocked and angry.

Guo Zixing looked at Li Mengeng: "Are you aware of my brother's matter or not?"

"Go back to the commander."

"I don't know anything about it! I don't care about housework, so I let my younger brother do such a shameless thing."

"But no matter how you say it, you are guilty of being lax in your upbringing and will be punished by Commander-in-Chief Guqing!"

After Li Menggeng said this, he kowtowed again.

Guo Zixing said: "I have always been clear about grudges. Since my brother's matter has nothing to do with you, and considering that you have done hard work for the rebels without any contribution, I will not pursue you. You must reflect on yourself and discipline you well." family."

"Yes!"

"I humbly thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your forgiveness."

Li Menggeng hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him again.

Guo Zixing said: "Get up!"

"Let's go into the house and discuss things together."

"Right now, Mr. Zhang has conquered the Waliang Barrier outside and expanded his troops, but we are still here, fettering the hands and feet of corrupt officials and causing internal strife. If this continues, how will we deal with the Yuan soldiers who are about to attack in large numbers?"

Zhang Cheng's smooth development outside has indeed put a lot of pressure on Guo Zixing, forcing him to focus on strengthening his own strength.

"What the commander-in-chief said is that increasing strength is more important than anything else right now."

Zhang Tianyou echoed at this time.

Therefore, Guo Zixing said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Yuanzhang, since we have given you the power of supervision, you must supervise the civil and military affairs for us. We cannot let them destroy our foundation, and don't have any scruples. Everything must be done to ensure that we We must put our foundation first, so that we can have stronger strength.”

"Father, please rest assured!"

Zhu Yuanzhang replied like this.

After hearing this, Li Menggeng and Ren Zhigong couldn't help but feel ashamed.

None of them expected that Guo Zixing would give Zhu Yuanzhang the power to supervise all officials.

Li Menggeng had no choice but to tell Guo Zixing: "The commander-in-chief has clearly learned that General Manager Zhu has always hated evil, so he used harsh punishments. The scholars and the people also criticized this. Now that General Manager Zhu is allowed to supervise hundreds of officials, it will make people panic, and it will not be conducive to stabilizing the hearts of the people inside." .”

"Yes, handsome!"

"Originally, the generals brought by the commander-in-chief to Chuzhou had a lot of disagreements with General Manager Zhu's generals. Now if General Manager Zhu monitors them again, wouldn't it make the rift between the two parties even greater, and I'm afraid it will intensify the internal strife!"

Ren Zhigong also started talking.

"You won't worry that I will find out about you, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang directly asked the two of them with a sneer.

The two of them couldn't help but be startled.

Ren Zhigong couldn't help but said first: "I can't rule out that Manager Zhu will not take the opportunity to slander others!"

"Didn't you say that your father is a wise and powerful man when you are the general manager?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly raised his hand to Guo Zixing, then questioned Ren Zhigong, and then asked Ren Zhigong:

"Since my father is so wise and powerful, why are you afraid that we will slander you?"

"What to do after the inspection depends on the evidence! It's not like we can just do whatever we want."

"Unless you don't believe in my father's wisdom and martial prowess!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he pointed at Ren Zhigong and shouted.

Ren Zhigong looked a little worried and hurriedly knelt in front of Guo Zixing:

"Commander, that's not what I mean by being humble!"

"That means you or the people under you are not clean and have done something shameful, so you are afraid that I will come to check."

Zhu Yuanzhang said again and asked about Ren Zhigong:

"Yes and no?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Ren Zhigong had a flash of light on his back. He hurriedly bowed his head and said to Guo Zixing: "Commander Mingjian, I definitely don't have this intention. It's not that I'm afraid that Manager Zhu will find out something!"

"Then what exactly are you thinking?"

Guo Zixing also asked in a deep voice.

Ren Zhigong's performance was too inconsistent, which made him a little dissatisfied.

Ren Zhigong stammered: "I'm just, just, just habitually agreeing with Mr. Li. I think Mr. Li is a scholar. He said that Manager Zhu's power of supervision is inappropriate, so he started to feel that it was inappropriate."

"Don't you have a brain yourself?!"

Guo Zixing immediately shouted at Ren Zhigong and was very angry. He could not accept that his pro-military general believed too much in the words of his civil servants. Ren Zhigong was trembling and looked like he was about to cry, so he had to grit his teeth and admit:
  "The commander-in-chief is right! I don't have a brain and I'm stupid, so I made the commander-in-chief angry!"

"Commander, please don't let yourself get angry because of your humility. In that case, the sin of being humble will be even greater."

Ren Zhigong was extremely embarrassed and scared now.

He really didn't expect that one day he would be forced into such an embarrassing situation by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because Ren Zhigong turned his attention to Li Menggeng at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also took the initiative to look at Li Menggeng and sneered coldly:

"Mr. Li, you haven't answered us yet. If you object to our supervision of various political affairs, are you questioning your father's wisdom, or are you doing something shameful?"

"of course not!"

Li Mengeng glanced at Ren Zhigong because Ren Zhigong mentioned him, then hurriedly knelt down, gritted his teeth and denied, saying:

"Commander, forgive me! I was just thinking incompletely just now, and I was not as thorough as General Manager Zhu. But now I understand that it is a wise move to let General Manager Zhu supervise all affairs."

"As the saying goes, in troubled times, great virtues should be used. Now that the general's foundation is not stable, how can he let a young man ruin his foundation?"

Li Menggeng couldn't help but smile as he said this: "The commander-in-chief is still wise and knows how to employ people. He knows that Manager Zhu is an upright man and will not be tolerated by the old people who came to Chuzhou with the commander-in-chief, so it is undoubtedly appropriate to let him supervise but!"

Guo Zixing was originally depressed because he had not thought of asking Zhu Yuanzhang to be responsible for supervision to check and balance the landlords and bureaucrats, and no one else had reminded him to do so. Now that he heard what Li Menggen said, he became even more angry. He began to instinctively think that Li Menggeng had deliberately misled him. I only knew to let him be wary of Zhu Yuanzhang, but I didn't know to let him take advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang.

What's more, human nature is very willing to blame others for one's own faults.

Therefore, Guo Zixing sneered and said, "So you understand everything?"

When Li Menggeng heard what Guo Zixing said, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly felt something was not good.

Snapped!
  At this time, Guo Zixing picked up the tea on the table and threw it on Li Menggeng’s head:
  "Then why didn't you tell us earlier? Tell us that although it is no longer appropriate for Yuan Zhang to lead the army, he can use his prestige to be responsible for supervision. Instead, you just tell us to be wary of Yuan Zhang, suppress his prestige, and then Did we almost get a reputation as someone who doesn’t distinguish between black and white, and who is suspicious of those who have merit?!”

Li Mengeng couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately kowtowed as if pounding garlic:
  "Commander, calm down! I don't have it. I definitely don't have such despicable thoughts!"

Li Menggeng was so panicked that tears rolled down his face, and he argued forcefully:
  "I'm just not that smart yet, I'm a relatively stupid person, so I didn't think of this level!"

"Perhaps, my humble mind is still relatively narrow-minded, so I only thought about how to let the commander-in-chief use conspiracy to be wary of Manager Zhu. I didn't think about how to use conspiracy to make the commander-in-chief and manager Zhu complement each other better instead of causing any resentment! "

Snapped!
  Li Menggeng even slapped himself in order to show that he was very sad about his stupidity, and said:

"Being humble and guilty, because of my stupidity, the commander-in-chief almost had a quarrel with Manager Zhu just because of the struggle for power, and it almost caused the rebellion to become even more discordant!"

Snapped!
  Li Menggeng said and slapped himself again: "You are so stupid to be humble. You are so stupid that you almost became the eternal sinner of the rebel army!"

In order to calm Guo Zixing down, Li Menggen slapped himself hard.

Because he clearly remembered the scene where Guo Jingxiang was dragged out and beheaded, he was really worried that Guo Zixing would behead him in anger, so he had to slap himself harder first.

"I'm afraid that Mr. Li is not just stupid, but he doesn't want to remind my father, Commander-in-Chief, that instead of suppressing Zhu Yuanzhang and gaining a reputation of being suspicious, it would be better to let me be responsible for supervision. Isn't that really bad?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked at this time.

Li Menggeng suddenly looked back at Zhu Yuanzhang and saw that he had a sneer on his face. He then looked back and saw that Guo Zixing was still looking at him with a sullen face, so he continued to cry sadly:
  "Commander, there is no such thing as being humble. Being humble is really just stupid! It's really just not as thoughtful as Manager Zhu thinks!"

Li Mengeng was really panicked now.

He was really afraid that Guo Zixing would see through his true reactionary nature, so he could only keep saying that he was really stupid.

"Father is handsome!"

"From Yuan Zhang's point of view, no matter whether he is stupid or bad, he is not suitable to be a magistrate. He is suitable to serve as a censor and work with us. If he is really just stupid and needs to make progress, then it is up to us to guide him."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to propose to Guo Zixing.

After hearing this, Li Menggeng suddenly raised his head, half-opened his mouth, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

then.

Li Menggeng hurriedly kowtowed to Guo Zixing again and said: "Commander, I cannot be this censor. I am a humble person with little talent and little knowledge. I can only do things that are convenient for writing!"

"Didn't you say that you are indeed not as thoughtful as me? You can just work with us and learn from our thoughtfulness."

"Is it possible that you think you are stupid and are unwilling to learn?"

"Is your lack of talent and lack of knowledge the reason why you don't want to make progress?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Menggeng and questioned, and then asked: "Or are you not really stupid, but on the contrary, you are too smart, and you are too smart to come with us to offend those secretly corrupt officials?"

"Li Menggeng!"

Guo Zixing also shouted sharply at this time and said: "Yuan Zhang is right, what do you mean?"

"Commander, it's not that I don't want to be a royal censor. I'm just afraid that it will hinder General Manager Zhu and delay the supervision."

Li Menggeng replied helplessly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "With me and my father taking care of everything, there is nothing to delay."

"Yes! In that case, I humbly obey all the commander's instructions."

Li Menggeng gritted his teeth and replied.

Guo Zixing nodded and said: "You just go and be the censor and follow Yuan Zhang to supervise. You are so stupid and you are really not suitable to be the magistrate."

Li Menggeng felt deeply disappointed, so he had no choice but to say yes and thank him.

But he really didn't expect that after going round and round, he would actually return to work under Zhu Yuanzhang.

(End of this chapter)