Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 112 Zhu Yuanzhang wants to be Mr. Zhu, auspiciousness from heaven?
After Li Wenzhong asked this question, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and replied: "Mr. Zhang is a great gentleman who practices the principle of serving the world as a public servant. He is full of knowledge and does not hide his private interests. He is willing to inspire common people like us."

Li Wenzhong nodded in understanding.

Zhang Cheng didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang would have such a high opinion of him behind his back.

But because Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Li Wenzhong couldn't help but become even more curious about Zhang Cheng.

Suddenly.

Li Wenzhong saw the book on Zhu Yuanzhang's case. When he saw the three words "Gifted by Zhang Cheng" written on the book, he asked: "Uncle, is this book given to you by Mr. Zhang?"

When Li Wenzhong's father, Li Zhen, was young, his family was relatively wealthy.

According to historical records, most of Zhu Yuanzhang's relatives were relatively poor. Only his second brother-in-law, the Li family, had enough to eat, so Li Zhen often helped Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, with the chaos in the world, the Yuan court's exploitation of the people intensified. Therefore, even a wealthy family like the Li family began to go bankrupt and starved to death in large numbers. Li Zhen and his son had to come to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Precisely because Li Zhen's family was relatively wealthy and he had read books, Li Wenzhong also learned many words from his father and was able to understand some words.

"Hey!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again.

Seeing that he had been staring at the map on the cover of the book, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Do you want to see it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pursed his lips and nodded, but said nothing. He just put on his raincoat and walked out.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Since my foster father won't let us go into battle to kill the enemy, then let's train more children who can go into battle to kill the enemy and help the people and the country! Let them also call us Mr. Zhu!" "

Li Wenzhong nodded solemnly.

Mu Ying glanced at Ma at this moment.

"Yes, it is."

Therefore, Mu Ying is the same now. She listens to Ma's words the most and asks Ma for everything she does.

After Mu Ying came out, Li Wenzhong pointed to the content in the book and said, "Look at this picture. It turns out that the sea is much bigger than the land."

Ma said, "Anyway, you don't have the chance to go out and lead troops to fight now. Why don't you just strengthen internal affairs and follow the same example as Mr. Zhang did before and run schools. In this way, even in the future, our generation will not be able to Success can also leave some seeds. Mr. Zhang said that a single spark can start a prairie fire."

Li Wenzhong took it happily, and then bowed and thanked Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then, he shouted to Zhu Wenying, who was relatively reserved at the side:
"Wenying, let's go outside and read together."

At this time, after Li Wenzhong took the initiative to ask, Zhu Yuanzhang touched Li Wenzhong's head and said with a smile: "That's right! This is the book Mr. Zhang gave to your uncle."

He was naturally happy to see children like Li Wenzhong and Mu Ying enjoying reading and studying.

Zhu Yuanzhang went to add a coat and took out a raincoat. While putting it on, he said to Ma, "Sister, don't work too hard. When it's time to rest, it's better to rest."

Mu Ying happily agreed and followed Li Wenzhong out.

"Then take it and see it!"

"Where can I rest?"

"It is always a good thing to let these children learn more real knowledge, which is better than leaving them any property!"

"That's what the girl said!"

Zhu Wenying is Muying, the adopted son adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang in Haozhou City.

"While I don't have to go over to serve today, I have to hurry up and make a few more clothes. I can't just make clothes for my own children in the future and not for other children."

then.

Ma also smiled, got up and carried two small hand stoves to the two of them, letting them hold them in his arms.

"Thank you, mother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

Since Zhang Cheng left Chuzhou City, although new policies such as the military pay system, land clearing, and luxury tax have not been abolished, the academic system of Chuzhou City has been basically abandoned.

Mu Ying agreed, and accidentally saw a place called Yunnan, and said: "This name is interesting."

And because of this.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang handed Li Wenzhong a map book called "Global Map".

Ma said with a smile.

Ma started making children's clothes again, and took the opportunity to say to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Chongba, Mr. Zhang is not in Chuzhou City. You can start a school and teach them according to Mr. Zhang's knowledge. Anyway, Mr. Zhang has given it to you." If you don’t have enough books, you can teach the basics first.”

Mu Ying grew up with the Ma family and had the best relationship with the Ma family. Historically, after he heard about the death of the Queen Ma family, he became heartbroken and died of illness.

It's just that when Zhu Yuanzhang went south to Chuzhou, Mu Ying was only eight years old, so she stayed with Ma instead of following Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing this, Ma smiled and said, "Go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang did as he said and was about to go out.

Ma, who was smiling slightly, glanced at the bright clouds outside and said, "Wear an extra coat and a raincoat, it's going to snow outside."

"Thank you uncle!"

"Now that Wen Zhong is here, we naturally have to make something for him. Didn't you say that your second sister and second brother-in-law helped you a lot back then? Then we have to treat Wen Zhong as our own child."

"It's a pity that Mr. Zhang is not in Chuzhou City."

First, Zhang Mian, Miao Daheng, and Zhao Lu were all promoted to other positions because of Guo Zixing's favor.

Secondly, the first batch of students were either taken away in large numbers by Zhang Cheng, or because they were direct descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing did not agree to receive training.

Thirdly, Guo Zixing is now eager to let his old people seize power, and is also eager to win over the new ones by giving them grace and giving them important positions. Therefore, Guo Zixing cannot train his old people.

To sum up, Chuzhou's academic affairs are basically in ruins. There are only women's schools and kindergarten schools in Jiyuan. This is because Ma, after persuading Zhang, used Zhang to whisper to Guo Zixing to get Guo Zixing to agree. , agreed to set up a girls' school and a kindergarten school within the nursing home to popularize some basic knowledge among women and children, so that the rebel army could be more harmonious.

Zhu Yuanzhang now wants to reorganize academic affairs, so he naturally needs to re-select teachers and re-select students to train.

And Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that most of the people in Guo Zixing's old department were either out for development or holding important positions in the city, so naturally they had no time for training.

of course.

Guo Zixing will definitely not let him run a military academy to train his direct descendants who are idle and have not been promoted.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang only proposed to Guo Zixing that it was to cultivate future civil servants and restore the state school established by Zhang Cheng.

Guo Zixing therefore agreed and asked him to take charge of the matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang chose Fan Zuqian and Hu Han, Confucian scholars in Chuzhou City whom he respected very much, to teach the state.

And he himself also serves as a trainer.

As for the teaching materials, Zhu Yuanzhang still chose the teaching materials that Zhang Cheng had previously ordered.

The students were Li Wenzhong and other young men who had been enlightened and were personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang in the nursing home and around him.

Li Menggeng, Ren Zhigong and other people in Chuzhou City who represented the interests of big landowners and big bureaucrats were very worried about the current crazy development of Guo Bu's rebel army externally and the crazy cultivation of talents internally due to Zhu Yuanzhang's efforts.

"Now most of the rebels in the Guo tribe have gone out to develop, and each one has developed prosperously. Even Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong have now appointed themselves governors of the state."

"And Zhu Yuanzhang inside has never been idle. He has continued to build schools and cultivate orphans."

"I'm worried that if this continues, I, Dayuan, will be destroyed by this rebel army."

On this day, Li Menggen frowned and said this to Ren Zhigong. Ren Zhigong said: "Even if this is the case, I hope this rebel army can still inherit the Yuan system!"

"Yes!"

"I hope the world's etiquette will not change!"

"But if you say so, you can be sure that Zhu Yuanzhang will not advocate adhering to the Yuan system!"

"Otherwise, he would not have agreed with Qingzhang's approval of the imposition of luxury tax! He would not have allowed Zhang Cheng to remain so influential in Chuzhou even after leaving."

"This sixteen-character formula allowed Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong, who just wanted to follow the rebel army to conquer the country and seek wealth, to go out and conquer the country on their own, and they all did pretty well!"

Li Menggeng continued speaking with a solemn expression and said:
"All our previous efforts were almost in vain! We could neither get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang nor eliminate Zhang Cheng's influence on Guo Zixing and others!"

Ren Zhigong nodded: "Yes, with this person in Chuzhou City, Zhang Cheng's deviant ideas will always be implemented."

"Did Liu Bowen's people reply?"

talking.

Ren Zhigong couldn't help but ask Li Mengeng.

Li Menggeng said: "No! That Yang Xian, since I wrote to him, he hasn't replied yet."

"In that case, we'd better find a way ourselves."

"In addition to quickly thinking of ways to create auspiciousness so that Guo Zixing can claim the throne as soon as possible to attract the imperial court to gather troops to Chuzhou as soon as possible, we must also find ways to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as possible!"

"With this person here, the rebels in Chuzhou will always have Zhang Cheng's shadow. In this case, even the rebels developed by Zhang Cheng outside will be more difficult to eliminate. If Dayuan is really dead in the future, I'm afraid The newly-established dynasty is really not the Yuan Dynasty, and it is not based on Neo-Confucianism to establish and implement the ethics and education of the world!"

Ren Zhigong said.

Li Menggeng nodded and said: "Currently, Chuzhou is short of food. It is better to start with food so that Zhu Yuanzhang cannot run a school."

Ren Zhigong nodded: "This is a way."

Subsequently.

Ren Zhigong went to Zhang Mian, the new magistrate of the state, and said, "Now that Chuzhou is short of food, Zhu Yuanzhang's salary will not be paid. When asked, he will say that there is a shortage of food. We must first supply the Marshal's Mansion, Yangjiyuan and the soldiers. We cannot let Zhu Yuanzhang." People who share the same views as Zhang Cheng are still alive!"

Zhang Mian cupped his hands and said yes.

"Run out of food?"

This day is the end of winter.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang returned from the ordnance factory, Ma told him that he had not received his salary.

Ma said: "Yes, they said it was because of insufficient food that they temporarily suspended the general manager-level salary."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and didn't say much. He just said: "It's okay. Let's eat less in the future. Anyway, we are not going out to fight now. It's okay to be hungry. Wen Zhong Wenying and the others are eating a long meal and cannot skip a few meals." .”

"I know."

Ma nodded.

But the next day, after Ma returned from Guo Mansion, when Zhu Yuanzhang was reading with his fist on his stomach, he immediately came over with a smile, untied his clothes, and took out the pancake: "Eat, don't starve."

"Where did this cake come from?"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he saw Ma touching his chest, and quickly pulled Ma inside, tore off his clothes, looked at him, and then suddenly changed his color: "Sister, this is what you are doing."

"fine!"

"My adoptive father came back early today, and the meal was served early. I had to quickly put the freshly made pancakes that were still cold into my clothes before ironing them."

Ma said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands on his hips and breathed heavily: "No! We still have to go out and develop as soon as possible. It's okay for us to be hungry, but sister, you can't suffer such a great injustice with us!"

"Wenzhong! Wenying!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly at this time.

Li Wenzhong and Li Wenying, who were reading outside, hurried in.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the two of them: "Read us the battle reports of the last three months!"

"Yes!"

"On October 10th, Wujiang's 20,000 yuan troops withdrew to Taiping."

"On October 19, Yangzhou Duoer personally led an army of 30,000 people to Dantu."

"On October 26th, six thousand soldiers of Zhenzhou Yuanmen crossed the river."

……

Not long after the two of them read, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but asked: "Why didn't Hezhou's Yuan soldiers move?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but grit his teeth as he spoke: "It's a pity that Mr. Zhang is in charge of the liaison with the Archguard Bureau! Otherwise, we would know if there is any news from Lao Yang!"

Seeing this, Ma couldn't help but ask: "What are you thinking about, Chongba?"

"We think Chuzhou is going to be invaded by soldiers."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Ma asked with a smile: "It's freezing cold. Will there be soldiers coming at this time?"

"Sister, you don't know, it's not just some people in the city who want people like us to die immediately."

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Xu Da came over and said, "Your Majesty, a white turtle with Chinese characters crawled out of the well in the Marshal's Mansion. The Marshal wants you to go and have a look."

"White turtle?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being surprised after hearing this.

At this time, Xu Daze took out another letter: "In addition, Mr. Zhang has a letter."

……

Guo Zixing's family did find a white turtle beside the well, which alarmed the entire Marshal's Mansion.

Guo Zixing himself put down his official duties and hurried over to see it. He personally looked at the words on the white turtle and read it: "God has given the king of the Guo family."

This made the man who already had the desire to be king excited, and he quickly ordered all the important rebels in the city to be summoned.

"Congratulations to the commander-in-chief, congratulations to the commander-in-chief!"

"The white turtle descending from the sky undoubtedly shows that the commander-in-chief is worthy of destiny and should quickly become the king!"

Ren Zhigong, who came very early, started talking with a smile as soon as he arrived.

Guo Tianjue, who also arrived very early, also said: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, now the troops under Commander-in-Chief are out attacking cities and territories, and they are invincible. Our Guo family's great cause is booming and prosperous, which also proves that Commander-in-Chief is fulfilling his destiny." Yes! The time has truly come to become king!"

However, Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Menggeng will not be around for a long time.

About half an hour later, Li Menggeng came here. He suddenly walked over and knelt down and said, "Commander, that white turtle was done deliberately by General Manager Ren, not from heaven!"

(End of this chapter)