Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 74: The demoted official is disgraced (please order first)
  Zhu Yuanzhang also had a sullen face and said nothing.

For him, Zhang Cheng's words were indeed too straightforward, and it made it difficult for him to pretend to be confused. He had to face his heart and make a choice between his ideals and desires.

Zhang Cheng said at this time: "Isn't it? To suppress business is to let the commercial interests of the world, whether it is the interests of border trade or sea trade, be controlled by the country or the powerful. Here, the king's power is controlled by the country, and the king's power is controlled by the country. If it is weak, it will be controlled by the powerful scholar-bureaucrats. The former will make the country strong, but the world will be extremely prosperous, but the latter will make the country weak and the people poor, and the world will be extremely weak, but no matter what kind, the people will be weak."

"Ascend!"

talking.

Zhang Cheng called out to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Whether it is to emphasize business or to suppress business, it is a choice."

"And this choice is based on whether it is for the people or not."

Subsequently.

Zhang Cheng continued: "And since we keep saying that we are doing it for the people of the world, that's why I say that we want to promote business."

"But what he said is that there is a lack of order at the top and bottom. Children cannot honor their parents and respect their relatives at home, and people cannot respect their officials and kings outside. Will it make the world more prone to chaos?"

Zhu Yuanzhang tentatively asked Zhang Cheng.

"Ascend!"

"It depends on whether you want to make the world truly peaceful and peaceful, or whether you want to be more comfortable and a master for the rest of your life."

"The foundation of the former is to keep the world's wealth growing, so that no one dies of hunger in the wild, and there are no beggars in the city. In this way, even if we cannot honor our relatives at home, and honor our officials and kings in the country, as long as we are increasing the world's wealth and making contributions to our family and the country, we can still Be able to be filial enough to respect your parents, and respectful enough to officials and kings, so that they will neither be hungry nor cold, nor poor nor poor."

"The basis of the latter is to control the people of the world by weakening them as much as possible. The people must be obedient enough that even if they starve to death, they cannot disobey their parents' orders. Even if they are beaten to death by the officials for no reason, they cannot say that the officials are wrong."

"If it's just the latter, are there really people in the world who are oppressed to the extreme and still remain obedient?"

After Zhang Cheng said this, he asked about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time, and then asked Zhang Cheng: "Do you think that if we don't promote business, will it mean that our rebellion will be in vain?"

"It's not just a rebellion in vain!"

"Still using the passion of the rebel brothers to dye the official robes of my rich and powerful queen red!"

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then let's focus on business! We don't want our descendants to starve to death in the wilderness because we made the same choice as our predecessors."

"We actually didn't think about how comfortable it would be."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

After that.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Mian again with a cold expression: "Do you really not understand this, or are you pretending not to understand, deliberately not like Mr. Zhang, who broke down the real difference between the two and told us?"

"Do you really care about the people of the world, or do you also think that after you become rich, you can control the world's business interests with other powerful people, and comfortably ride on the heads of the people to dominate?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Zhang Mian sweated like rain, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang's views are so shocking that it makes the subordinates look sanctimonious. I don't have much excuses now. I just ask the superiors." Give me some time to think carefully about what Mr. Zhang said."

"After all, my subordinates are indeed not talented people with far-reaching insights."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly: "I believe that you can't think about it for the moment just like us. Instead of really deceiving me that I am a commoner and don't know much about it, I just want to lead me to the path of civilian thieves, and even use my imagination. The mentality of seeking wealth for our children and grandchildren makes us only want to be thieves of the people rather than heroes of the people, and then we become as hateful as you, or even more hateful than you. We first help you do all the evil things, but in the end you are abandoned and scolded. people!"

"Shang Mingjian!"

"My subordinates would never have such sinister intentions! Nor would I dare!"

Zhang Mian immediately kowtowed and answered, his eyes filled with fear and uneasiness.

He really didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so perceptive, and what he said was so hidden that it made him feel as cold as if he was in an ice cellar.

"Maybe, maybe you just instinctively like to agree with me as your boss. You think it's more stable and won't cause big trouble. You're afraid that I don't like to hear the truth."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and started talking.

then. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the kneeling Zhang Mian again and said: "But you always like to kneel, and we are also afraid that you are only willing to kneel and are unwilling to tell the truth, so it is not for nothing that we surrender you, give you official positions, and treat you with courtesy." Are you ready?"

"in addition."

"This will also make you look stupid, cheap, and petty, which will make us despise you even more. We won't feel any pain if we kill you, and we may even think that killing you is eliminating harm for the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhang Chengze interrupted at this time and said: "According to the idea mentioned by the superior, there is no benefit, but if you think about it differently, compared to being able to enslave people lower than yourself to the greatest extent, the benefits are huge. .”

"That's what Mr. Zhang said."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"Ascend!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

"My subordinates have absolutely no such intentions!"

"My subordinates really just don't know enough about what they have learned, and they don't know much about it!"

"In addition, the subordinates do have the problem of protecting themselves wisely. These are bad habits that Hu Yuan picked up when he was an official. At that time, he had to do this in order to protect himself. Who knows that now he is used to the idea of ​​​​attaching an official, and he will definitely change it in the future. "

"Please forgive me, superior."

Zhang Mian was extremely aggrieved. Now in front of Zhang Cheng, he felt as embarrassed as if he had no clothes on in public.

So.

Even when he left the general management meeting and did not discuss the matter, Zhang Mian was still frightened and sweating.

Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong therefore sympathized with Zhang Mian. After all, they had also been exposed completely by Zhang Cheng in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, they will not show their talents where Zhang Cheng is now, and even agree with Zhang Cheng's determination rather than agree with Zhu Yuanzhang, because Zhu Yuanzhang can still deceive his simplicity, but once he deceives Zhang Cheng's youth, his face will fall. land.

Because Zhang Mian couldn't help but sigh after leaving the general manager's house, Li Shanchang, who happened to be walking side by side with him, thought it was his responsibility to ease the internal conflicts as much as possible, so he took the initiative to say to Zhang Mian: "You have nothing to refute. What are you doing, Mr. Zhang?”

"That's right, do you really think you can refute it?"

Feng Guoyong also came over at this time and said something sarcastic, which reminded him of the time when he was questioned about his position by Zhu Yuanzhang because of Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Mian argued forcefully: "I am not trying to refute him, but to support the superior's remarks."

"In any case, when Mr. Zhang disagrees with the superior, don't rush to take the superior position."

"Because Mr. Zhang is a truly people-oriented and fair-minded person, don't be deceived by his superficial words and deeds that he only talks about profit but not about righteousness!"

"Although what we hold is in line with the principles of nature, it is contrary to the universal unity that the sage sought! Therefore, whether Mr. Zhang is borrowing the words of the sage or arguing with the current importance of the country and the people and the long-term peace and stability of the world, you and I Everyone has to lose!”

At this time, Li Shanchang mentioned Zhang Mian sincerely, because he found that Zhang Mian, who had served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty, was not that insightful about others.

But now that everyone is actually in the same camp, he has to say a few more words.

"Yes, it is okay to use some words to bluff the children of ordinary people like the superiors. But to bluff a true gentleman who is a child of an official but has ambitions for the world is a bit self-inflicted."

"For people like Mr. Zhang who cannot be fooled, we can only treat him with sincerity."

Feng Guoyong then spoke with enlightenment.

Zhang Mian glanced at the two of them with a complicated expression, and thought to himself: "Since you know that Mr. Zhang should not be taken lightly, why didn't you remind me earlier?"

But soon, Zhang Mian understood. He knew that these two people were eager to lose face in front of the superiors, so that they would not be looked at in a different light by the superiors and come from behind. Instead of accepting that they came from behind, they might as well leave Zhang Cheng alone. The status of man is above them.

Zhang Mian felt relieved a lot when he thought of this, and just said: "But we must find a way to let a true gentleman like Mr. Zhang continue to influence outstanding people from common people like him. Don't kill Hu Yuan in the future, but it will not be as good as If Hu Yuan is not destroyed, after all, he has Hu Yuan, and he can still be Hu Yuan’s lackey, and if Mr. Zhang’s influence continues, I’m afraid he won’t even be able to be a lackey in the future!”

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