Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 89 Zhu Yuanzhang meets his wife Ma, and Zhang Cheng meets Guo Zixing

Xu Da, Hua Yun, Tang He and other generals all looked at Zhang Cheng intently and listened to Zhang Cheng's words.

Then, they all handed Zhang Cheng away one by one. They were silent when they left, and there was no more discussion as before.

Among the civil servants and staff, Feng Guoyong sighed slightly and then walked away towards Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Mian, Li Menggeng, and Guo Jingxiang looked indifferent. After Feng Guoyong left, they followed Zhang Cheng without giving up.

Only Li Shanchang is still standing here.

Zhang Cheng then asked: "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Mr. Zhang!"

Li Shanchang suddenly bowed deeply to Zhang Cheng:
  "Please Mr. Zhang, please don't give up on Chuzhou!"

After hearing this, Zhang Cheng was surprised and asked: "Why would such a good person say this?"

"Even if the superior wants to leave Chuzhou, if Mr. Zhang persuades the superior to still choose to seize power, he can completely persuade the superior to decide to seize power again. There is no need to leave!"

"From the perspective of my subordinates, today's Chuzhou rebels are so rough and reckless. Even if Guo Zixing comes to Chuzhou, he can quickly get rid of them with tricks!"

Li Shanchang said.

Zhang Cheng said: "This is too risky, and you should know that this person is in charge. Even if I really persuade him like this, he will not agree."

Li Shanchang couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard what Zhang Cheng said.

then.

Li Shanchang simply knelt down to Zhang Cheng and said with tears: "But Mr. Zhang, you should know how difficult it is for us to make Chuzhou City as orderly as it is now, and how difficult it is for the rebels to be accepted by the soldiers and the common people. easy."

"I know."

"I know it's not easy for you, too. It takes a lot of effort for Xie to get everyone to be on the same page and to make them all willing to work seriously for the policies I specified."

"But Shanchang, I also know that you have other thoughts."

"It's just that I want to be seen by the superiors. I am a person who cannot be moral in the face of interests."

"I don't mind what the superiors think of me, but I don't need to be in a trap, and I don't like waiting here for others to decide my fate."

When Zhang Cheng said this, Li Shanchang panicked and hurriedly denied it: "Mr. Zhang, you know for sure that my subordinates never have such thoughts."

"Then you get up first!"

Zhang Cheng said solemnly.

"Yes!"

Li Shanchang stood up.

Zhang Cheng said: "I know you are arrogant in your heart and have your own ambitions. Otherwise, you would not choose to join the ranks halfway, nor would you bend your knees over and over for someone younger than you."

"But I have to tell you, if you want to do something, do it. Don't just rely on others, and don't just use others."

"Once this becomes a habit, it is easy for your fate to be controlled by people smarter than you. Even when you are old and frail and think you can sit back and relax, others will still execute you if they want to."

After Zhang Cheng said this, he waved Li Shanchang to leave.

"My subordinates say goodbye!"

After Li Shanchang heard what Zhang Cheng said, he seemed to have some understanding, but he didn't say much and left Zhang Cheng's place.

As soon as Li Shanchang came out, Feng Guoyong, Zhang Mian, Li Menggeng, Guo Jingxiang and other civil servants and staff came to greet him.

"This is what you are doing?"

Li Shanchang asked when he saw Feng Guoyong and others appearing together.

Feng Guoyong cupped his hands and said, "Of course I want to ask what did Mr. Zhang talk about alone?"

"I wanted to persuade Mr. Zhang not to leave, but I couldn't."

Li Shanchang replied.

"We would also like to ask what you plan to do next?"

Zhang Mian asked at this time.

Li Shanchang said: "No matter what the situation is, you must be loyal to your superiors! Otherwise, wouldn't you be violating etiquette?"

"You should continue to be loyal to your superiors."

Feng Guoyong nodded and glanced at Zhang Mian.

Zhang Mian nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't say that I would no longer be loyal to my superiors."

talking.

Zhang Mian looked at Li Mengeng and Guo Jingxiang.

"Do you even need to ask?"

"The superior is a benevolent master and must receive destiny. How can I betray him and falsely accuse the superior of being dishonest?"

Li Mengeng said.

Guo Jingxiang also followed: "That's right! How can a scholar-bureaucrat serve two masters?"

"In this case, we should just be content with our duties. No matter what he does when he comes to power, we must live up to our claims."

After Li Shanchang said that, he smiled slightly, then stroked his beard and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already brought Guo Zixing and others to the east city gate.

Tang Shengzong, who was on duty here, saw this and said with a sullen face to Gu Shi, who was also here: "The superior has indeed gone to pick up the man named Guo."

"Should we still close the city gate?"

then.

It was getting dark and it was time to close the suspension bridge.

Therefore, Gu Shi asked this question.

Tang Shengzong looked at Gu Shi with a stern face and said, "Do you want to shut out the superior?"

Therefore, the east city gate was not closed.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing successfully entered Chuzhou City.

As soon as Guo Zixing arrived, he stayed directly in Zhu Yuanzhang's palace, and the army was ordered to temporarily station in Wengcheng.

"Yuan Zhang, please go and ask Mr. Zhang to come see me."

After Guo Zixing arrived at the Governor's Mansion, he gave Zhu Yuanzhang instructions.

Zhu Yuanzhang said yes.

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang galloped to the martial arts training hall.

After hearing that Zhang Cheng had returned to Zhizhou Yamen, he rushed back to Zhizhou Yamen, and saw Zhang Cheng here. Seeing that Zhang Cheng was still working at his desk, he was surprised and hesitated. "Is your superior really going to greet Marshal Guo?"

As soon as Zhang Cheng saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he took the initiative to ask this question.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled sheepishly and said, "I can't hide anything from you, Mr. Zhang."

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Brothers, are you okay?"

"They are all hesitant!"

"The general manager of the city has disappeared. Who else is not worried?"

Zhang Cheng replied.

"Humph!"

"This will make you anxious."

"You've been with us for so long for nothing!"

"Are we, Lao Zhu, the kind of person who would even deny his adoptive father for the sake of power?"

"One by one became officials, so quickly, they even forgot why they rebelled!"

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke with his hands on his hips, looking annoyed.

Zhang Cheng said: "I have already told them."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Zhang Cheng and smiled: "We know that having you, Mr. Zhang, will make us feel more at ease."

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang added: "I told my adoptive father most of what you said to me, so my adoptive father wants to see you now."

"Then I'll go meet you."

Zhang Cheng nodded and replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We will take you there! Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, my foster father is not reckless or disrespectful to the scribes!"

Not long after.

Zhang Cheng came to Guo Zixing.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang brought Zhang Cheng to Guo Zixing, he no longer stayed with Guo Zixing. Instead, he asked Guo Zixing to agree to go to the backyard to meet his wife Ma.

Zhu Yuanzhang inquired all the way and arrived at the small courtyard where Ma's family lived.

At this time, Ma was cleaning up the yard and house where Zhu Yuanzhang lived.

After Ma touched her belly, she swept the yard, wiped the table with a dry rag, swept the dust on the window sill with a duster, and even rearranged the copybooks written by Zhu Yuanzhang and the books he read. .

It seemed that Ma was not anxious to see Zhu Yuanzhang, and seemed to only have life in his eyes.

However, her memory suddenly seemed to have declined a lot. She swept the yard once and then again, wiped the table again and wiped it again.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was walking quickly, suddenly became very timid. When he approached the courtyard, he slowed down, his heartbeat was numb, and he could not close his mouth. When he reached the courtyard gate, he only poked his head out for half an hour when Ma suddenly turned around. laughed.

"Chongpachi!"

This shout.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to show his whole body, grinned, and called softly: "Sister!"

"Thin!"

Ma then walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang, said this, and patted the dust on Zhu Yuanzhang's body with his hand.

But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly hugged Ma and walked quickly into the house: "Sister, we miss you!"

As soon as you enter the house.

Zhu Yuanzhang put Ma down, closed the door with his foot, and then nibbled Ma's mouth roughly.

Ma hurriedly said: "Chongba, don't! I have it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled after hearing this, and then he was greatly surprised. He asked Ma from ear to ear: "Sister, do you have one?"

Ma smiled and nodded, looking at the happy child-like man in front of her.

……

Zhang Cheng also saw Guo Zixing here.

"Mr. Zhang is here!"

The first person to speak was Guo Zixing's personal army chief Ren Zhigong.

Then, Guo Tianxu also smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, please have a seat."

"Prepare tea for Mr. Zhang!"

Guo Tianjue also came out and said with a smile.

Then, Guo Tianjue went inside first: "Father, Mr. Zhang is here!"

"Mr. Zhang is here."

"We heard Yuan Zhang mention you often!"

Guo Zixing hadn't appeared yet, but the voice appeared first.

Just as Zhang Cheng was about to speak, Guo Zixing also appeared beside Zhang Cheng. He took Zhang Cheng's hand and sat aside, saying:

"We heard from Yuan Zhang that the state of Chuzhou City is all thanks to you, and you were also the first to capture Chuzhou City, and you also killed Daru Huachi in Chuzhou City. It can be said that you are both civil and military!"

"Thank you, handsome man!"

Zhang Cheng replied with a smile.

Ren Zhigong, who was accompanying him at the side, took the opportunity to smile at Guo Zixing and said, "Commander, why don't you recruit Mr. Zhang to join the team so that you can achieve great things early?"

"That's exactly what we meant!"

Guo Zixing said with a smile, and then asked Zhang Cheng:

"I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks?"

"It's true."

"I still have an employment contract signed with my son, Manager Zhu. The contract has not expired yet, so I can't change my employer yet. If the commander really wants to recruit me, he should discuss it with me first."

Zhang Cheng raised his hands and answered.

Guo Zixing couldn't help but his face darkened after hearing this.

Guo Tianxu and Guo Tianjue also felt embarrassed.

Snapped!
  At this time, Ren Zhigong deliberately slapped the table and said sternly: "Zhang, if you don't want to toast, you will be fined with wine!"

Zhang Cheng laughed and said, "Why, this is just a trick to scare me. I'm sorry, Corporal Li Xian just now was just faking it?"

(End of this chapter)