Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 7 Lao Zhu breaks the defense
  Hua Yun heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood. He hurriedly said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a guilty look on his face: "Sir, we were wrong, you know, brother is stupid, you have a lot of money, Don’t argue with us, I promise you won’t dare to do it again!”

"Please spare our lives. Don't chop off our heads because of this. If you really want to show off to the new brothers, just punish me with a stick, okay?"

"Let's keep our head anyway."

Seeing that Hua Yun admitted his mistake and was convinced, Zhu Yuanzhang began to frown and think about how to deal with Hua Yun, give an explanation to the newly recruited soldiers, and also strictly enforce military law.

But at this time, Zhang Cheng and Feng Guoyong came.

"The benefactor is here!"

"Please come in quickly!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhang Cheng's appearance, his expression suddenly changed. He put on a smile and hurriedly welcomed Zhang Cheng inside. He then handed the cattail leaf fan to his nephew Zhu Wenzheng: "Donkey, fan yourself for your benefactor!"

Zhu Wenzheng quickly took the cattail leaf fan and fanned Zhang Cheng.

Simultaneously.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally wiped the bench next to a table of sumptuous dishes with his sleeve, and said to Zhang Cheng: "My benefactor, please sit down."

"Master Zhu, there is no need to be so polite!"

Zhang Cheng said and hurriedly stopped Zhu Wenzheng from further fanning.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's attention had shifted to entertaining Zhang Cheng, Hua Yun took the opportunity to turn around and escape.

"Don't leave yet!"

"Your business is not over yet!"

But soon, Zhu Yuanzhang's words came from behind Hua Yun.

Hua Yun had no choice but to turn around and say to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile: "Your superiors, we are afraid that what we say will be insignificant and affect you in entertaining your benefactor, not because we are afraid of punishment!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Feng Guoyong meaningfully: "Brother Guoyong, he beat you, tell me, how should I deal with him?"

Feng Guoyong couldn't help but think of what Zhang Cheng said to him on the road, and said: "Sir, this is not a big deal, just forget it."

"I know you don't want to argue with a guy like him, and you can't lose face."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Feng Guoyong didn't care, so he said this and added: "But Hua Yun must be dealt with today! Otherwise, the rules will become more and more unruly, and it will be easy for the new brothers to think that I am shielding the old man!"

After hearing this, Feng Guoyong looked at Zhang Cheng: "In that case, why not ask Benefactor Zhang if he has any good suggestions? I really can't think of any."

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Zhang Cheng.

Hua Yun also looked at Zhang Cheng and winked at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng knew that if Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the power of disposal to others, he would definitely use Hua Yun next, and it would be inappropriate to punish Hua Yun too harshly, so he said: "This must be severely punished!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this, but his brows did tighten even more.

Hua Yun's eyes widened even more and she couldn't help but walked over and said, "Why do you hold a grudge so much!"

"Right now, Mr. Zhu's army is in Chuzhou in the south. It has a lot of marching time, so it must be very expensive for shoes. It's better to punish him by choosing a few old women who can make shoes to make shoes together for a month, so that he will have to pay for them when the time comes. One hundred pairs of shoes, otherwise the punishment will be doubled.”

"After all, the rebels are not bandits. When their shoes are worn out, they can't just steal people's shoes. They should also mobilize their own people to make shoes."

"At the same time, it also lets Brother Huayun know that it is not easy for Han women to make shoes and do needlework, so that he will not be like the Tatars and do not regard their fellow sisters as human beings. This is regarded as receiving labor education, and he will know how to cherish the people's power in the future."

Zhang Cheng suggested at this time.

"what!"

Hua Yun's face immediately turned ugly.

"this is a good idea!"

"We rebels should support ourselves."

"Besides, this guy is thick-skinned and thick-skinned. Being beaten is like dusting off his body. It's better to do fine work and sharpen his temper."

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he looked at Hua Yun: "Just do as benefactor Zhang did. You must make a hundred pairs of shoes for us within a month. If you don't make enough, I will chop off your head! You are not allowed to buy in the market!"

"What's good!"

"You, the benefactor, just hold a grudge. Take revenge on us."

After Hua Yun said that, he left angrily.

Shortly after Hua Yun left, Feng Guoyong also left here.

Zhang Cheng was still here, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Master Zhu, please stop referring to me as a benefactor. After all, it is not a big favor, it is just a small effort. If the master keeps calling me like this, I will be very ashamed. I don’t dare to see the young master again.”

"Sit first."

Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhang Cheng to sit down, poured a glass of wine for Zhang Cheng himself and said, "In that case, let's not be so shy as to call him that."

"That's good."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang went on to say: "But kindness cannot be forgotten, so I asked the cooks to prepare a few dishes and prepare to thank you together with Donkey. By the way, I also talked with you. I don't know what I want to do to make you willing to be Yuan Zhang." Brother, will you work with Yuan Zhang to bring peace to the world and end the troubled times?"

Zhang Cheng took a serious look at this famous monarch in the history of later generations. It was rumored that he succeeded in starting a business and became emperor by starting a business with a broken bowl. A person who was called by later generations both a rare hero and a hero. Tsukuru was a tyrant rarely seen throughout the ages, and he looked at it for a while before waving his hands and saying with a smile: "It's not difficult to end the troubled times!"

then. Zhang Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again and asked: "I would like to ask the young master first, what kind of peaceful world do you want to build after the troubled times end?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to think carefully.

"First of all, do you want to end the peaceful world after the troubled times? The Tatars will no longer be the lords of China, the big and small official positions will no longer be dominated by the Tatars and Semu people, and the nobles will no longer be dominated by them. And then completely restore China?”

Zhang Cheng first asked about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a smile: "It goes without saying that the destiny belongs to us Han people."

"Secondly, what kind of life does the young master want the people to live in the peaceful world after the end of the troubled times? Is it like when they were ruled by the Tatars? To cut vegetables with a kitchen knife, ten households have to protect each other. There are restrictions on household registration, and there are restrictions on life. There is a curfew and no lights are allowed to be lit at night. Officials and minor officials can break into hundreds of people's homes at will to eat and drink, and even rape and humiliate their wives and daughters, but they can't resist, and even retain the system of burying people alive? "

"Or should we satisfy the people's basic food and clothing, and even live a well-off life, such that men can marry and raise a family, and women can grow up with peace of mind, and have children in peace, without falling into the world of prostitution?"

"Finally, Sir, have you ever thought about what kind of relationship between China and Yi will be like in the world after the troubled times are over?"

"Should we still regard China as the most respected country and make all nations come to court, and treat our own people as the superior people? Or should we use China's material resources to win the favor of the four seas, make our own people work harder, support barbarians from all over the world, and exchange for peace within the sea?" ?”

After Zhang Cheng asked, Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent.

Even Zhu Wenzheng on the side looked like he was thinking seriously and looked towards Zhang Cheng.

After a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter and said: "To be honest, we have never thought about this, and no one has asked this."

"We are just commoners, and joining the rebel army is just an act of desperation."

Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang's participation in the rebel army was indeed passive. He did not really have any revolutionary ideas, but because someone wrote a letter to persuade him to join the rebel army. Before he could make a decision, someone reported that he wanted to rebel. He had to fight between rebellion and rebellion. He made a choice while fleeing, and finally chose to join the rebel army because of the divination, causing rebellion in the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang now said that he had no choice but to join the rebel army.

"Like those Confucian scholars who scolded us, at first we felt that by joining the rebel army we were really becoming thieves and doing something to destroy the world's rituals and music!"

"But recently, my brother Guoyong told me that the destiny of heaven is changeable, and it often changes because of the lack of moral principles. That made me feel better. I felt that I had not failed the Yuan Dynasty or the world, and I thought that I should rebuild the ethics. Order and rebuild the etiquette that the Yuan court lost due to Kuan."

"As for what kind of life we ​​want people to live and what kind of world we want to build?"

"We don't know. What's more, since we are fighting for the world for our adoptive father now, it is not certain whether we can be the master of the world in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he said this, not daring to look into Zhang Cheng's eyes.

"So, Young Master also believes that when Yuan Ting was the lord of China before the Great Rebellion, there was etiquette and order in the world?"

Zhang Cheng nodded and asked.

He was not surprised by Zhu Yuanzhang's answer. He also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang did not actively want to rebel at first. Like most farmers of this era, he just wanted to be an obedient citizen and did not really want to revolutionize Yuan Ting's life, even if his situation was miserable. .

After Zhang Cheng asked this question, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Of course!"

"Then the young master said that the troubled times have ended, but he can actually accept the Tatars as the masters of China. If the destiny is still on the side of the Tatars, as long as the order of ethics and religion is restored?"

Zhang Cheng asked again.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer.

"Do you agree, Master, that as long as the order of ethics and ethics is restored, the world can be peaceful, even if the Han people are still allowed to live a life of being ridden by the Tatars?"

Zhang Cheng continued to ask.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little confused. He just raised his glass and took a sip, then looked at Zhang Cheng:

"Let me tell you the truth, I just want my family to stop starving to death, and our descendants to stop starving to death!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned red and he complained to Zhang Cheng: "Do you know at a glance that our father, our mother, our eldest brother, our second brother, and our second sister-in-law all died in the same way?"

"Starved to death!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said these three words, he gritted his teeth, as if these three words weighed a thousand pounds, and they were always pressing on his heart, making him suffer every time he uttered them, and his eyes began to sparkle with tears, as if they had become A kind-hearted person.

"Only our most naughty little son, my sister-in-law, and the donkey son haven't starved to death yet."

Zhu Wenzheng also pursed his lips.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued here: "Now that we have been favored by our adoptive father to marry a wife and become a general, we want to help our adoptive father rebuild the world's etiquette and bring order to the world. In this way, even if we are not an emperor in the future, we will become a general." If we can be nobles and ministers, our descendants can be like those Tatar nobles and don't have to worry about starving to death."

"But when Ling Zunlingtang was alive, there was still etiquette and order in the world. How could they starve to death?"

"Because after the Yuan Dynasty took over the Central Plains, they did restore the order of etiquette and religion, and the young master also admitted it, but why didn't they increase their income, and why didn't they enjoy living in the Yuan Dynasty?"

"Or is it their own fault, because they didn't work hard?"

Zhang Cheng asked deliberately at this time.

Snapped!
  After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his palm heavily on the table, stood up immediately, looked at Zhang Cheng, with his red eyes open, brewing murderous intent towards Zhang Cheng.

Zhu Wenzheng also looked up at Zhang Cheng in shock.

　Wish you all a happy new year and good luck

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)