Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 125 Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Ling Chi, and the landlords, bureaucrats and reactionaries were greatly disappointed!
After Zhang asked, Xu Tai didn't answer anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that many people in the world still didn't care so much whether the current court was a Tatar court, but cared more about whether he could be securely wealthy.

Therefore, at this moment, he looked at Xu Tai and said proactively: "If you harm our father, you should be chopped up in front of my father's Shinto monument!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered: "Xu Da, take him down and keep him in Chuzhou Prison, waiting to be beheaded and carve a kneeling statue of him."

Xu Da said yes.

Xu Tai fainted and fell to the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and consoled Zhang in the curtain:

"Godmother, don't be too sad and angry, lest you get angry. Besides, my little sister is still young and needs your company, so there's no need to get angry over this villain."

"you are right."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have known that something was wrong with Xue Youliang so quickly, so we have to be more careful. In the future, there should be no servants or maids around at such gatherings, and we can't stay indoors to discuss matters. We should try not to let people know that we have contact. It's a common etiquette. Just don’t have too close contact.”

Mrs. Zhang forced a smile and looked at Zhang Cheng outside the curtain: "Thank you too, Mr. Zhang. If it weren't for you, Yuan Zhang and my son would have been instigated by those villains!"

"Why is this Zhu Yuanzhang so insidious that he is secretly monitoring others!"

"But I still have to thank you, Yuan Zhang! If it weren't for you, no one would know about your father's grievances, ugh!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Godmother, you don't have to be like this. This is what Yuanzhang should do."

Song Chaoyong started to complain, his face full of disappointment.

"Yes, normal people, who would take notes when doing this!"

Zhang Cheng said hurriedly: "Madam, you are too polite. Treat the rebels with Chicheng and make the rebels stronger. This is the promise I made in front of Marshal Guo, and it is also what I am determined to do in my heart."

Mrs. Zhang choked up again as she spoke.

Subsequently.

Song Chaoyong nodded after hearing this, and then a chill ran down his spine. He glanced at the maid behind him, walked to Zhang Mian, gritted his teeth and whispered:

"Failed!"

Zhang Mian sighed, said a few words, and then said through gritted teeth: "What is this Xue guy doing taking notes when he has nothing to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and others also left the Political Affairs Hall.

The next day.

Zhang Mian said: "But fortunately, I asked you to kill this person in advance, but you must be more careful in the future. Now it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang has spies watching us secretly."

Not long after, Ma persuaded Zhang to leave the political hall.

When Song Chaoyong, Zhang Mian and other landowners and bureaucrats who secretly wanted to intensify the infighting among the rebels knew that Xu Tai had been captured, Xue Youliang's notes were discovered, and the truth about Guo Zixing's murder was discovered, they were petrified on the spot.

After all, the night is already very deep now, everyone has been busy all day long, and now they need to go back and catch up on some sleep.

"The success falls short!"

"He is sinister and despicable!"

Zhang Mian suddenly became sullen and spoke in an aggravated tone.

Then, Zhang Mian trembled with his jaw and said, "He was the one who killed Mr. Ren by fishing!"

"No wonder you have always refused to write to the court on my behalf to express your loyalty."

Song Chaoyong replied.

Zhang Mian nodded: "That's right, I didn't mean to guard against you, but I had to be careful. This Zhu Yuanzhang is a cunning gangster!"

"It's chilling to think about."

Song Chaoyong sighed, and then said: "In any case, this matter will undoubtedly make Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Tianyou, and Guo Tianxu bury the hatchet. The entire Guo family's rebel army did not fight or even fall apart because of Guo Zixing's death. This pair of It’s not a good thing for the court.”

Zhang Mian nodded, sighed and responded: "Yes, Zhu Yuanzhang is resolute and decisive, diligent and daring, but also ruthless and cunning. He will be a serious problem for my court!"

"What's even more worrisome is that there is a scholar like Zhang Cheng who is deviant and knowledgeable about world affairs. He talks nonsense around him every day. I'm afraid that this person really wants to not only subjugate the country but also subjugate the world!"

Song Chaoyong thought seriously after hearing this, and then asked: "Does this mean that they will really destroy Dayuan and gain the world?"

Zhang Mian immediately denied it and said: "No! The Han and Tang Dynasties were also unified countries that governed the country with lenient policies. They all had a national destiny for two to three hundred years. Our Yuan territory is far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties. How could it be possible that the national destiny would not exist in a hundred years!" "

Song Chaoyong nodded after hearing this. "Since we have confessed our feelings to each other, started dating each other secretly, and considered each other's confidants, I will speak frankly to you now."

"Although, for the time being, we have to pretend to follow these thieves in shouting 'driving out the Tartars and restoring China', we still have to believe that destiny is in the Yuan Dynasty and continue to act in accordance with destiny to avoid future disasters. I will bear the name of this traitor who betrayed the imperial court until my death!"

Then, Zhang Mian spoke seriously about Song Chaoyong again.
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"They just don't want to be known as bandits all the time!"

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou came to see A'lu together the next day, and mentioned to A'lu that Guo Zixing was assassinated by landlords and bureaucrats who wanted to show favor to the Yuan Dynasty. A'lu said this.

After hearing this, Guo Tianxu immediately stood up and said in a deep voice: "Then you shouldn't plot to kill our father, the commander-in-chief, and want to alienate Zhu Yuanzhang between us!"

"In order not to bear the name of a bandit, you have to kill other people's fathers and make other people's brothers kill each other. How can you be considered a hero!"

As Guo Tianxu said this, he couldn't help but cursed again.

As a member of the Peasant Rebel Army, Guo Tianxu was influenced by his father. In his heart, he still believed in the simple morality of the world of the common people, and was little influenced by the Neo-Confucian loyalty concept among the landlord class intellectuals.

Therefore, Guo Tianxu still felt disgusted in his heart that someone would do this.

Alu couldn't help but have a look of disappointment on his face.

He was disappointed with Guo Tianxu's performance at this moment and the development of the entire situation.

He had to admit that Guo Tianxu still had a lot of sloppy habits, and he did not yet have a thorough understanding of "loyalty, justice, integrity and shame" in Neo-Confucianism.

So, he was a little disappointed.

Simultaneously.

Alu is also disappointed that he tried his best to make Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou suspicious of Zhu Yuanzhang, but now that Zhu Yuanzhang found out the truth about Guo Zixing's death, Guo Tianxu saw some people who were still willing to work for the court. Guo Tianxu's appearance made it obvious that he was less dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang in his words.

Originally, after the death of Guo Zixing, there was no internal fighting within the Guo family's rebel army, and a unified leadership organization, the Xingzhongshu Province, was quickly established. And it seems that it will continue to expand externally and continue to grow in size, which is enough. It made him feel worried and disappointed.

Now it's happened again.

Why doesn't this make Alu disappointed and lost?
But disappointed, Alu knew that since he had been forced to fall into the hands of the rebel Guo Tianxu, he could only "save his life in a curve".

Therefore, Alu said first: "What the young master said is that what they did was indeed unreasonable and quite insidious."

After Alu said this, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou looked much calmer.

But next.

Alu added: "But being loyal to the orthodox society is the fundamental principle that people must abide by in the world. As for whether to take into account the friendship and justice when being loyal, you need to weigh it, and sometimes even use the method of trampling on the friendship. To realize the way of loyalty to the emperor, it is just a temporary expedient that has to be done, it is a technique!"

"In the future, young master, whether he is destined to be the emperor, or he obeys the destiny and becomes a noble, he should be loyal to the destiny, and then loyal to the emperor. Only in this way can he obtain the way of the world, and should not be as reckless as he is now. They only know how to be happy and angry because of personal grudges, but they don’t know how to follow the Tao to determine their words and deeds.”

"Although the techniques used by these people are quite vicious, as long as they are doing it for the court, for the orthodoxy of the world, and for loyalty to the emperor, they are all righteous gentlemen."

"If you want to be the master of the world in the future, you should have a broad mind to be kind to loyal ministers and filial sons. You should understand them and admire them. You should not denounce or even hate them here, because this is inconsistent with etiquette!"

After Alu said that, Guo Tianxu fell silent.

Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but ask from the side: "In other words, Xue Youliang and Xu Tai, those who plotted to harm my brother-in-law and even attempted to bring Tianxu and Yuanzhang into conflict, were doing this for the imperial court and were loyal to The court, so we still have to forgive them or even admire them?"

Alu nodded: "Exactly!"

Snapped!
Zhang Tianyou slapped the table, stood up and said, "What kind of bullshit is this! They harmed my brother-in-law, and we still admire them!"

"Uncle, calm down!"

"You must endure hardships to become a master. If you don't allow yourself to be reborn and suppress your personal grudges that are not in line with the laws of nature, how can you conquer the world?"

"What's more, if we want to maintain long-term peace and order in the world after conquering the world in the future, we should first emphasize 'loyalty'! We should be merciful to a person just because he is loyal, and forgive some of his improper behavior in personal ethics, such as this Secondly, if everyone in the Yijun army is loyal and observant of etiquette, why would you, the young master, resign yourself to the position of Pingzhang and let him, Zhu Yuanzhang, become the prime minister and the commander-in-chief of the entire army?"

As Alu said, he asked about Guo Tianxu.

Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianxu were silent for a while.

Seeing that the two of them were persuaded by his own set of theoretical rhetoric, Alu couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, and continued to persuade: "Sir, uncle, no matter what, you are now weaker than Zhu Yuanzhang's party. In other words, he As long as I want to get rid of you, I have the ability to get rid of you!"

"Song Taizu said, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed? He, Zhu Yuanzhang, would also think so. Although they now have to let you be among the rebels and work with them for the sake of the overall situation, they even do not hesitate to use despicable means to spy on you in order to reassure you. Tell the truth about your father's death in order to relieve the suspicion between you, but this cannot change the fact that he, Zhu Yuanzhang, can get rid of you."

"Therefore, you should still be vigilant and seek help from outside forces as soon as possible."

Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianxu both nodded.

Guo Tianxu took the initiative and said: "That's the truth! Now it depends on whether the news comes from King Xiao Ming or Yuan Ting."

(End of this chapter)