Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 19 Confronted Zhu Yuanzhang

Feng Guoyong and Li Shanchang both laughed secretly and did not answer.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also guessed that Zhang Cheng might have gone back, so he didn't ask any more questions and just got up and left first.

After Zhang Cheng came back, Jiaying immediately took out the fruits from the well, peeled them and cut them, then placed them on the dripping banana leaves and presented them in front of him.

Zhang Cheng sat under the shade of the tree, eating fruits and listening to the chirping of cicadas, and wasted away the dusk.

Stay until the next day.

Zhang Cheng was the last one to come to Zhu Yuanzhang's place, but he was also the first one to leave. He was on time and would not work for Zhu Yuanzhang for a while longer.

but.

After Zhang Cheng came back, he didn't waste the dusk anymore. Instead, he asked someone from the Li family for a piece of bamboo, and began to try to put the lens he brought into the bamboo tube, preparing to transform it into a monocular telescope.

The telescopes of later generations were already relatively large and Zhang Cheng could not bring them with him, so he had to dismantle them and bring in a few lenses.

Therefore, he could only bring the lenses and reassemble them.

In any case, in this troubled time, Zhang Cheng felt that it was necessary to prepare an instrument for himself to see further, which would not only help him protect himself, but also help him do things.

This is just like in a game, players will prepare some equipment for themselves.

In order to better experience the process of conquering the country and saving the people in this troubled world, Zhang Cheng also took the initiative to compete with Hua Yun and others in martial arts to improve his combat effectiveness.

"please!"

this day.

After Zhang Cheng got off work on time, he came to the martial arts training ground as scheduled, wearing an arrow-sleeved shirt, standing with his feet side by side, holding a wooden knife upright and bowing his hands to Hua Yun.

Then, Zhang Cheng took the initiative to step forward, swung his wooden sword first, and slashed Hua Yun with a fierce attack. Hua Yun quickly blocked, turned around, and slashed Zhang Cheng's waist with the wooden sword, causing him to be knocked down on the spot. , buttocks hurt from falling.

Tang He, who was watching the battle, laughed when he saw this, but Xu Da gouged out Tang He, then came over and gave Hua Yun a kick: "You don't know how to be gentler to Mr. Zhang!"

Hua Yun touched his head and felt a little embarrassed.

Xu Da here personally helped Zhang Cheng up: "Are you okay, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter! Brother Hua Yun has already reduced his strength. Otherwise, I would have been unable to get up from that moment just now!"

Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang's men had a great time competing in martial arts.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that Zhang Cheng was the only one who did not stay with him until the candles were lit, he couldn't help but complain secretly:
  "He is the only one with a salary, but he turns out to be so lazy! He is really talented but has no virtue of hard work!"

"But we have already given him money, so we have to continue to use it."

After complaining secretly, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but glance at Feng Guoyong and Li Shanchang. The more he looked at them, the more satisfied he became with them.

After all, these two people are very conscientious and diligent, and are willing to accompany him all the time in case of consultation, and neither of them asks for salary or salary.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that they didn't want anything else, they just wanted to really have power and become a master.

But Zhu Yuanzhang does not reject hierarchy, he only rejects laziness and lack of care.

Therefore, after Zhang Cheng still got off work on time on the third day, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a deep voice: "Stop!"

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but look back: "What does the superior have to say?"

"Are you sorry for leaving so early?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at Zhang Cheng who was standing and asked.

Zhang Cheng smiled faintly: "No need to be sorry. The time I have to work on paperwork is over, so I can naturally rest!"

Zhang Cheng said as he took over a handful of burnt bamboo sticks with fragrant bottoms: "According to the daily working hours stipulated in our contract, I have completed them as promised. The bottoms representing the hours are all here. Your superiors can check."

"Having said that, can you learn from Guoyong Heshan? See how long I stay here, and how long they stay here for consultation."

"Thank you for your great ambition to reduce the number of people in the world who starve to death, but this is how you fulfill your ambition?"

Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhang Cheng like a big brother.

Zhang Cheng chuckled: "Why, the superior still wants to enslave me with noble ideals?"

Snapped!
  Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table with a fierce look in his eyes: "What did you say?!"

Zhang Cheng deliberately frowned and asked: "Isn't this slavery? I obviously followed the working hours stipulated in our contract and completed the working hours as promised. The following time should be my free decision. And this is not a special period, such as war, disaster relief, etc. The superiors are now taking away the time that I can freely make my own decisions. They are not trying to enslave me, what are they? Moreover, they are using the ambitions I mentioned with the superiors as an excuse to enslave me. ." Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.

"Zhang Cheng! You are so presumptuous!"

Feng Guoyong couldn't help scolding Zhang Cheng at this time, and he said:

"Why don't you quickly apologize to your superiors!"

Li Shanchang knelt down directly at this time: "Sir, please calm down. Mr. Zhang is still young and energetic, so it is inevitable that he will be arrogant in his words. Please be considerate of him, don't argue with him, and keep your kindness, so as to benefit the great cause."

"We are not asking you for ourselves, we are asking you for the people of the world. I ask you to be like the two of them and think more about taking the world as your own responsibility. How can we enslave you?"

"We hope you will be a gentleman, is it wrong?!"

Bang!
  Zhu Yuanzhang patted the table again, his face as heavy as water.

Zhang Cheng replied without hesitation: "Wrong!"

"you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up immediately.

Zhang Chengze said at this time: "What qualifications do you have to ask me to be a gentleman, just because you have a knife in your hand? But I am really not afraid!"

"hehe!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily and opened his eyes: "Don't you want us to treat Han people as human beings? We really misjudged you!"

"Yes!"

"I hope that the people of the Han family will be treated as human beings, but in order for them to be treated as human beings, I have to treat myself as a human being!"

"If I don't treat myself as a human being, how can you expect me to treat the people as human beings?"

"In this world, there are some gentlemen who do not regard themselves as human beings, but regard the people as human beings, and are willing to be the slaves of the people."

"But I'm not. I can only do it. While treating myself as a human being, I also treat the people as human beings. I don't want to be the master of the people and make them the same as slaves!"

"And people who are high-ranking and travel all over the world really believe that everyone in the world is a gentleman?"

"Do you really want to rely on gentlemen to govern the country in the future?"

"Don't the superiors know that most people are people like me who abide by the rules but are not great, or ordinary people who are sometimes noble and sometimes mediocre?"

"Since ancient times, when doing great things, you have to make most people your friends and a small number of people become your enemies, so that you can succeed. Isn't it true that the superiors don't understand this truth? Do they have to rely on just a few gentlemen?"

"But the problem is that the superiors themselves should also understand that among the gentlemen in this world, some are true gentlemen, and some of them obviously do not regard themselves as human beings, but only want to be slaves of the common people, but in fact they only want to be human beings. From the Master?”

"You can't be so dim when you are in a higher position."

"The premise for me to treat the people as human beings is that the people also treat me as a human being. Why should I contribute selflessly to the people?"

"Believe it or not, if you chop me up now and throw the body out, the people will definitely eat me to satisfy their hunger!"

"I can abide by the rules and be willing to be appropriately noble for the people who don't treat me as a human being. Do I still have to be criticized? Do I have to be like most people and not be noble at all?"

"Just like what happened today, I am a person who follows the rules. If I am not affirmed for following the rules, but instead am criticized, and violate the rules, should I be rewarded?"

"If this is the case, what's the point of establishing rules?!"

Zhang Cheng directly retorted to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then walked away.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not have an attack, he just stood where he was.

although.

Zhang Cheng was speaking too fast to be heard, but Zhu Yuanzhang still understood what he meant and was keenly aware that Zhang Cheng was not just complaining about his dissatisfaction with him.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang is only twenty-six years old now, not much older than Zhang Cheng. In addition, he has not been an official for a long time, so he does not have the attitude of a master or an elder, so he still treats Zhang Cheng as an equal.

What's more, Zhang Cheng is indeed very important to him, so he is even less resistant to Zhang Cheng's offense.

Feng Guoyong was furious at this time, and said with a red face:

"Your superiors, I will be beheaded if I offend you in this chapter!"

(End of this chapter)