Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 17 Zhu Wenzheng’s Growth
  "This is Guanzhong, which has not been ruled by our Han family for more than two hundred years."

"This is Youyan, which has not been ruled by my Han family for more than four hundred years."

"This is the place where Langjuxu Mountain is located. It was the place where Huo Qubing worshiped heaven in the past."

"This is the Fusang they mentioned. In the past, the Tatar army conquered their country and were defeated by the evil wind. However, this place was quite rich, especially silver."

"This is the land of the Mauryan Dynasty during the Qin Dynasty. There are a lot of fertile fields and fertile fields, even more than our own country, but like us, we are often bullied by foreign races."

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The next morning.

Because the Li family's stronghold is not far from Chuzhou City, which Zhu Yuanzhang wants to attack, and to attack Chuzhou City, it does not mean attacking directly. Naturally, it requires planning, sending sentries and scouts, and preparing siege equipment, so Zhu Yuanzhang and His army was not in a hurry to leave the Li family's stronghold, but temporarily stationed in the Li family's stronghold.

In addition, since it did not happen that Li Shanchang deliberately colluded with the Yuan army to set up a trap for Zhu Yuanzhang to take refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang as Xu Da was worried about, the whole army was stationed here with more confidence.

Naturally, Zhang Cheng stayed here and fulfilled the duty assigned to him by Zhu Yuanzhang to teach Zhu Wenzheng how to read.

At this time, Zhang Cheng was teaching Zhu Wenzheng some geography knowledge in a spacious hall in Li's Dazhai.

The map was drawn by Zhang Cheng himself based on the historical knowledge he learned with reference to historical maps found in the modern world. Although it is not particularly precise, it is no problem to teach Zhu Wen.

Every time Zhang Cheng pointed to a place on the map, he would mention some knowledge to Zhu Wenzheng that he didn't know yet.

Zhu Wenzheng listened very carefully and looked at the place pointed out by Zhang Cheng on the map very seriously.

Now, Zhang Cheng mainly teaches him history, geography, and some basic arithmetic and reading and writing knowledge. He does not teach him like traditional scholar-bureaucrats, that is, first let him memorize Confucian textbooks and then learn various historical and geographical knowledge.

In Zhang Cheng's opinion, Zhu Wenzheng is not young now. Teaching him a lot of boring and theoretical Confucian knowledge can easily make him reject learning, and can also easily cause him to be too dull and too honest in the future. Or because the nature is suppressed and then becomes too hypocritical and perverted.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng chose to let Zhu Wenzheng learn real knowledge directly instead of principles.

Zhu Wenzheng has now roughly learned about the Qin and Han Dynasties in Chinese history through Zhang Cheng, and also knows about places such as Guanzhong and Youyan.

And when Zhang Cheng mentioned these places, he could feel the same way, so he gritted his teeth and asked: "Sir, will we Han people be able to regain the places that were ruled by us Han people in the future?"

"Of course, as long as you, the young people of this generation, don't give up hope."

Zhang Cheng said something very stupid, but Zhu Wenzheng nodded solemnly after hearing this, and looked at the text mark on the map again with bright eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who happened to be passing by, noticed that Zhu Wenzheng was studying seriously, so he came over, said hello to Zhang Cheng, and asked Zhu Wenzheng with a smile: "Wenzheng, how are you studying with Mr. Zhang?"

Zhu Wenzheng replied: "I learned why we are Han people, where we Han people come from, and some of the great heroes of our Han family."

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Zhu Wenzheng took the initiative to bow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head and glanced at Zhu Wenzheng in surprise.

"Father, what you are criticizing this morning is that my son should not change into fresh clothes and have extravagant thoughts. After all, Huo Qubing is not willing to have a family because the Huns have not been exterminated. And now my Han family has not recovered, and the Tatars Before he was extinguished, my son thought about wearing bright clothes and angry horses, which was indeed useless."

Zhu Wenzheng, like many young men, liked fresh clothes. Especially after coming to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, he began to like to wear fresh clothes made of silk, and basically changed them every day.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always advocated frugality, severely criticized him after seeing this.

Zhu Wenzheng was a little unconvinced, so when Zhu Yuanzhang criticized him, he remained silent and expressed his dissatisfaction with silence.

But now, influenced by the knowledge taught by Zhang Cheng, Zhu Wenzheng took the initiative to admit his problems to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Wenzheng with a smile on his face, and nodded: "Very good, you can realize your problem, we are very happy."

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he couldn't help but think of his brother, so his eyes turned red, and he reached out and patted Zhu Wenzheng's shoulder hard twice.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Cheng: "Mr. Zhang, you taught me well. When I told him, he looked unconvinced. Now that I have learned this from you, I will understand."

"It's not strictly my fault."

"It's just Wenzheng, the kid, who has some understanding."

Zhang Cheng replied with a smile.

What Zhang Cheng said was true. He didn't even know that Zhu Wenzheng had been criticized by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Li Shanchang who came with him and said: "Shanchang, we asked you to coordinate the conflicts among the generals. Mr. Zhang also realized it, and he also took the initiative to remind Feng Guoyong that brother knew about it. I hope you will be like Mr. Zhang and treat your colleagues as friends, remind them when it is time to remind them, and be willing to tell the truth, so that you can work together and create great achievements together."

"Keep it in mind when you are good."

Li Shanchang replied with his hand raised, glanced at Zhang Cheng, and said, "That being the case, I have something to puzzle over and would like to ask Mr. Zhang." Zhang Cheng then smiled and said, "Excuse me."

Li Shanchang then asked: "Why didn't Mr. Zhang teach the young master the virtues of etiquette first, instead of teaching him some historical knowledge?"

"Moreover, by emphasizing that the Han family has not been restored for many years, will it make the young master have too much hatred, which is inconsistent with the sage's teaching of repaying evil with kindness?"

After Li Shanchang said this, Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Zhang Cheng curiously.

Zhu Wenzheng also looked at Li Shanchang with some confusion.

Li Shanchang looked calm, with his long eyebrows slightly raised.

Zhang Cheng then smiled and said, "Why don't you finish what the saint said in front of your superiors?"

"Obviously there is a second sentence to this sentence, why did you only say the first sentence?"

Zhang Cheng then asked Li Shanchang another question.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Wenzheng both glanced at Zhang Cheng.

"Obviously what the saint mentioned about 'repaying evil with kindness' is followed by how to repay kindness and repay directly, so why didn't you mention it at once?"

"If a young man like Wen Zheng of the Han family is not allowed to know the grievances of the Han family, how can he repay the martial virtue of his ancestors?"

"If the young master is not allowed to learn the reasons for knowledge first, how can he know what the virtues of etiquette are?"

After Zhang Cheng asked, Li Shanchang looked embarrassed.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded hurriedly, looked at Li Shanchang, and thought: "There may be something wrong with the current ethics. Even some Confucian scholars like Li Shanchang are only willing to talk about the front part of the saint's teachings, not the back part. It seems that in the future, we You really should read more books yourself and don’t just listen to what their Confucian scholars say.”

"That's true. It's my fault that I didn't remember it completely, and I didn't say it completely, which made me laugh."

Li Shanchang was able to relax and admit that what he said was wrong.

"You are so good. From now on, what this saint says must be said completely. Don't let us misunderstand him."

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of pursuing anything further, so he just tried to smooth things over and said this with a smile.

Li Shanchang raised his hand and said yes.

: Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Cheng again: "As Mr. said, we don't quite understand why we need to observe some etiquette now, let alone Wen Zheng, it is right to let him learn some knowledge first."

Li Shanchang echoed: "As the superior said, Mr. Zhang is indeed a good teacher and does not force him to teach. If the young master is educated in this way, he will become a great person!"

"It's too early to say this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he had spent 500 taels of annual salary to recruit Zhang Cheng into the imperial court, so he asked Li Shanchang: "By the way, since Shanchang is willing to consult with our staff, how much salary do you want me to give you?"

Li Shanchang hurriedly said seriously: "Why do superiors look down on Shanchang! Is Shanchang a profit-oriented person?!"

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

Then, Li Shanchang knelt down directly and said: "It is a clear lesson from the superiors. Shanchang voted for the superiors. He does not seek profit or fame, but only serves the world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhang Cheng after hearing this, and then hurriedly helped Li Shanchang up and said with a smile: "Shanchang has misunderstood. We don't mean to look down on you, but we consider that although you don't care about fame and fortune, you have to plan for your family's livelihood." .”

"The superior is really generous!"

"However, Shanshan has a lot of family resources, so the superiors don't have to worry about the family's livelihood."

"But now Shanchang is only willing to assist the superiors to calm down the troubled times as soon as possible, even to the extent of dissipating the remaining wealth of the family! Therefore, if the army is short of food and grass, please give instructions to the superiors. It is just about the remuneration and salary, and please don't mention it again. How dare you accept favors and receive rewards before your great cause is accomplished?"

Li Shanchang said and bowed again.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly supported Li Shanchang and was greatly moved: "You really have no requirements and you wholeheartedly regard the world as your own responsibility?"

"If there is a request, I just want to be closer to the superior in daily life, so that I can listen to the superior's inquiries and orders at any time."

Li Shanchang replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more satisfied, but when he looked at Zhang Cheng, he couldn't help but said: "Look at me, it's because he is older than you. Although Bo Wen's memory is not as good as yours, his consciousness is high!"

Zhang Cheng, however, replied bluntly: "It doesn't matter, as long as the superior doesn't hire me again next year!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened.

(End of this chapter)