Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 11 Tips about Zhu Yuanzhang

"I wonder what I understand from the perspective of superiors?"

Zhang Cheng asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang responded with a smile: "Of course he is aware of the internal civil and military incompatibility and the many conflicts among the generals."

"Brother Guoyong has a long-term vision, but he is worse than you, Mr. Zhang, in understanding people's hearts."

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his fan and said, "We really wish we hadn't met Mr. Zhang earlier!"

"The superior praises you."

Zhang Cheng replied with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang then said: "We are thinking, since Mr. Zhang knows that this problem exists, can you help us coordinate the conflicts between the civil and military forces and the generals?"

"I can't do this."

“I can find problems, but that doesn’t mean I can solve them.”

"The higher-ups should hire someone else who is wise."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up: "This matter has to be done by you, Mr. Zhang! Among the two ministers around Yuanzhang, it's okay for Brother Guoyong to come up with ideas, but he still has many prejudices against our brothers. On the contrary, Mr. Qian Zhang, We can see that you have no prejudice against them."

"Ascend."

"If you want to resolve conflicts, you need to be reconciled, and you need to be wronged."

"So I really can't do it. After all, I have a bad temper. When other Confucian scholars come to support me, I can choose a more suitable person to do this from the other Confucian scholars who have come to me." ."

Zhang Cheng continued to refuse.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and asked: "Will there be any Confucian scholars willing to join our rebel army? Even if there are, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet them!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after speaking.

"Mr. Zhang, do you know how many Confucian scholars we met after we started the army and called us thieves? How many Confucian scholars would rather die than surrender to us. Some even heard that our rebels were coming and ran away with their families!"

Zhu Yuanzhang then said helplessly.

Zhang Cheng knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously trapped in an information cocoon, so he had this misunderstanding, thinking that most Confucian scholars were loyal to the Yuan court and would rather die than join the rebel army.

In fact, the fundamental reason is that the rebels are not strong enough.

What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was just a governor under the rebel army Guo Zixing before this, so most Confucian scholars would not easily join the rebel army at this time, and would naturally be particularly loyal to the Yuan court for the sake of family interests, especially He would not surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang, a young general.

In short.

Before the rebel army becomes completely strong and there is hope of overthrowing the Yuan Ting, most Confucian scholars will definitely choose to side with the Yuan Ting, whether it is to work for them while they are alive to gain promotion opportunities, or to die for them in exchange for wealth and honor for future generations. , in the eyes of Confucian scholars, is better than joining the rebel army at this time.

When Zhu Yuanzhang's strength increases in the future, and Confucian scholars see that he is a "courtesy corporal" and willing to rebuild the order of etiquette, he will find that more and more Confucian scholars will take the initiative to invest, and even bring money and people to invest.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng comforted Zhu Yuanzhang at this time and said: "In fact, superiors should not think too highly of Confucian scholars, and don't worry that Confucian scholars in the world will abide by the Taoism of saints, otherwise the world will not become what it is now!"

"They actually believe more in strength and destiny. They choose to be loyal to Yuan Ting now just because Yuan Ting is more worthy of loyalty."

"When the superior becomes stronger, more and more Confucian scholars will come to vote for it. Even now, as long as the superior's strength continues to increase and its actions are restoring order, there will be Confucian scholars taking the initiative to vote, and maybe even right now. It will appear soon, because there is no shortage of talented people with unique vision among the Confucian scholars in the world."

"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked back with a smile.

"Your superiors may not believe me, but they still don't believe in history books?"

"The one with strong soldiers and horses is the emperor!"

"This is what Zhao Pu, a Confucian scholar, said. I'm afraid most of the Confucian scholars in the world think so. They talk about following fate, but in fact, they are about following strength. Whoever is stronger will follow."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "But we are not very powerful now. I'm afraid the Confucian scholars we meet will still only call us thieves, right?"

"That's not necessarily true."

"The world is most in need of Confucian scholars, and what is even more indispensable is Confucian scholars who dare to take risks and have vision."

"Your superiors, don't be frightened by some people who sacrificed their lives for the Yuan Dynasty. That is actually an exception. It is not the majority who are really willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of ethics. It's just that there are too few Confucian scholars for your superiors to refer to, so you think there are many such Confucian scholars."

"I think that not only will a large number of Confucian scholars take the initiative to vote when they become powerful in the future, but even now, there will definitely be Confucian scholars who dare to take risks and have a long-term vision to take the initiative to vote, rather than waiting for the leader to reach his hometown. He took the initiative to form a stronghold to protect himself and even died for the Yuan Dynasty."

"You can wait and see if you get the upper hand! Soon there will be bold Confucian scholars who will take the initiative to vote for you."

Zhang Cheng said.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled half-heartedly, then waved his hands and said, "Let's not talk about this."

"We thought about it and think what you said is right. If we want our descendants to stop starving to death, it's not enough to just let our descendants become nobles. Let alone become nobles, just become nobles. The royal family is not enough!"

"Because if our unworthy descendants commit evil, their descendants will still have the name of nobility but not the reality of nobility. Then some of our descendants may starve to death. I'm afraid there will still be portraits of our descendants." Historically, people have been captured by others."

"So, we now agree that if we want our family and descendants to no longer starve to death, we must ensure that no one in the world will starve to death! In this way, even if our descendants are unworthy and lose their noble status, they will not starve to death. died."

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he looked at Zhang Cheng and asked for advice seriously: "But, I read the history books, even in the reign of Wenjing and Zhenguan, there were cases of people starving to death. So, in Mr. Zhang's opinion, in the end How can we prevent anyone from starving to death in the world?”

"This is indeed difficult. Even if hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land are added to the world and the yield per mu is increased several times, there will still be people who may starve to death because the rulers will use all their money to benefit the people and use it like sand. "

"In fact, all we can do is try to avoid more people starving to death. No matter what, there will always be fewer people starving to death in peaceful times than in troubled times. With the increase in fertile farmland and the increase in per-acre yield, the number of people starving to death will always be lower than in troubled times. More when there is no increase.”

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said to himself: "Try to avoid starving to death more people for this reason, so we must calm down the troubled times."

The thought of this.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhang Cheng: "You are right, let less people starve to death in the world!"

"In addition, it may be impossible for us to prevent people in the world from starving to death, but if we are the king of a country, we may be able to improve the system, suppress corruption and punish rape, develop farming and other industries, and then make ourselves a country's son. If the people are neither hungry nor cold, even one parent should try his best to ensure that the people of one parent are neither hungry nor cold."

Zhang Cheng said again.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Mr. Zhang is right. However, when we mentioned before that our parents, brothers and sisters starved to death, didn't Mr. Zhang ask us why our parents still starved to death when the Yuan Dynasty had reestablished the order of ethics and education?" , we have also been thinking about this question recently, why is this, obviously our father, mother, brother and sister-in-law are not lazy."

"Have your superiors ever thought that there is something wrong with the ethical order that is being implemented today?"

Zhang Cheng asked with a smile at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at Zhang Cheng in shock: "Is there something wrong with the ethical order itself?"

(End of this chapter)