Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 9 Becoming Teacher Zhu Wenzheng
  Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said to Zhang Cheng: "There is no rush in the ministry arrangements. Now we still want to ask you, why do you think that to end the troubled times, you need to build walls high, accumulate food, and slowly become king?"

"In this world, all heroes are rising together. Who is not eager to persuade them to become kings and commanders? All heroes also wish they could become kings immediately. Why don't you think so?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang asked, Zhang Cheng smiled, took a sip of the food with his chopsticks, and said, "If you call yourself a king or commander when you are still young, aren't you afraid of becoming the target of public criticism? Aren't you afraid that the Tatars will send a large army to encircle and suppress you first?"

"Exactly."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked again: "What about building high walls and hoarding grain?"

"To build a wall high, naturally, we need to seize key points as soon as possible and take advantage of the dangers of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas to ensure that we can develop stably. At the same time, we must establish an absolutely strict confidentiality and supervision system as soon as possible in terms of information, so that outsiders cannot know whether it is an open inspection or a secret visit. Our true strength is how we can win by surprise."

"Extensive accumulation of grain means not only extensive accumulation of grain and grass, but also extensive accumulation of fertile land, elite soldiers, strong farmers, skilled craftsmen, and talents who can manage the army and the people. If we want to be in the future, if we don't make a sound, it will be enough. If we make a sound, it will be amazing."

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly.

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "There is still one thing we don't understand. Why is Shima willing to confide these nine-character mottos to Yuan Zhang instead of perfunctory Yuan Zhang, or directly rebuking Yuan Zhang as a thief like many Confucian scholars? Does Shima really think that Yuan Zhang can To end this chaotic world?"

"I have long heard that there is a young master Zhu in the Huai region who is different from other rebels. He does not kill the people and runs the army in a lawful manner. When I saw the young master's troops and horses appearing that day, they were quite orderly. Naturally, I believed that the young master is someone who can calm down the troubled times."

"Furthermore, the sudden appearance of the superior in the Dingyuan area must be due to the serious internal fighting among the rebels in Haozhou City. The young master did not want to deplete his foundation and cause pain to his relatives and anger to his enemies, so he intended to move south to Chuzhou and find another way to develop. Are you afraid that you might want to cross the river and take advantage of the dangers of the river and the wealth on the left side of the river to gather strength in Jiqing?"

"Since the superior has such strategic awareness and big picture, I am willing to offer my help to the superior. It is not even considered to be assisting the superior. I just listened to the superior's original intention."

Zhang Cheng said with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhang Cheng with a complex expression, and after a long time he said with a smile: "You can really observe the hearts of the people in the world without leaving home! It's like Zhuge Liangzhong, who doesn't hide anything. Yuanzhang uses the words of brothers for the sake of the country, indeed It means crossing the river."

"Superior praise!"

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang then asked Zhang Cheng: "Brother Hua Yun just said that I asked him to make shoes because he had a grudge against him. I don't know, Brother Hua Yun has offended me in some way. You can tell me and I will teach you a lesson." he."

"It's not a big deal. Brother Hua Yun verbally disrespected the girl given to me by my superior, so I got scolded a few times."

Zhang Cheng said with a calm smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this: "Most of our brothers still have reckless habits and need to be disciplined, but most of them are not bad in nature. Please be more considerate when dealing with them in the future. They are not as polite as the scholars like me."

"I don't treat them as grass bandits. I just hope that they will not treat themselves as grass bandits and then look down on themselves. Furthermore, they will not treat their compatriots and poor people from the same background as ants that can be abused."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sneered: "I despise the ethical order, but I am more compassionate towards the poor people, which makes us like him even more!"

Finished.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Wenzheng and said: "We are just such a nephew. Fortunately, we saved him, so we will not continue to eat the carrion of the same kind. Now we have named him Wenzheng. We have established ourselves with force in troubled times." , I sincerely hope that he can correct his name with words in the peaceful world in the future, I don’t know what I think of this name?”

Zhang Cheng also looked at Zhu Wenzheng with a smile at this time.

Zhu Wenzheng, who has a broad face like Zhu Yuanzhang but is darker, is a little shy and just lowers his head.

"This name is naturally excellent."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang added: "We want to live and die for our adoptive father, and we don't know when we will die, so we have asked my sister-in-law to worship our ancestors and recognize this nephew as our son. He will die for us and establish a family, and I am destined to be with him." , so I ask you to be my teacher first, teach him how to read and reason, and at the same time serve as our counselor to the shogunate, and do some writing and planning for us."

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but ask: "Why did the superior ask me to teach you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Of course it is because I am willing to tell the truth and have no intention of fooling others, so it is most appropriate to be a gentleman." Zhang Cheng smiled slightly and did not refute.

He had to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were indeed vicious, and he had noticed that what he said was more sincere, straightforward and without scruples than other Confucian scholars.

In fact, Zhang Cheng was indeed talking like this.

Of course, it's not that Zhang Cheng doesn't know his scruples, but that he doesn't need to scruples.

Because he can leave this time and space at any time and travel back, he can just beep and get over the keyboard man's mouth, and then immediately get out of the way because he sees that the situation is not right, so he does not need to consider anyone's feelings.

And Zhang Cheng also took another look at Zhu Wenzheng.

He never thought that he would have the opportunity to become Zhu Wenzheng's husband one day.

It must be known that Zhu Wenzheng in history was a figure with strong commanding ability. His victory in the battle to defend Hongdu was a key battle for Zhu Yuanzhang to finally win the world.

After thinking about the tragedy in Zhu Wenzheng's history, Zhang Cheng instinctively imagined that he might be able to use his own influence to prevent such a dazzling figure like Zhu Wenzheng from having a tragic ending like in history.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng did not refuse to be Zhu Wenzheng's husband.

Zhu Yuanzhang then said to Zhu Wenzheng: "Kowtow to your husband."

Zhu Wenzheng also knelt down to Zhang Cheng and kowtowed to the ground: "Greetings, sir."

"Young master, please get up."

Zhang Cheng hurriedly helped him up.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased and said to Zhang Cheng: "From now on, we will also follow Wenzheng's example and call him sir."

"No need to."

Zhang Cheng smiled and waved.

"That's good. It's important to respect teachers and education. Other brothers can also respect me more because I call him sir, instead of wanting to kill me because he talks like a knife."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to insist.

"In that case, I feel ashamed to accept this, and I would like to thank my superiors for taking such good care of me."

Zhang Cheng was persuaded by Zhu Yuanzhang, so he replied like this.

"It's nothing. Our sister has said that a polite family should respect a teacher like a father. So after Wenzheng, if anyone is disobedient, you can beat him or scold him. Don't worry about my face. Let him go if he has anything to do. Do it, and if he doesn’t comply, tell us.”

"Don't call him young master, just call him Wenzheng, so as not to breed arrogance in him!"

"Someday we will prepare a copy for Wen Zheng and officially become his disciple."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to talk and gave Zhu Wenzheng some instructions to treat Zhang Cheng politely.

After having lunch with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Wenzheng, Zhang Cheng returned to his military tent.

On the way back, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but sigh, thinking that the real Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed different from the Zhu Yuanzhang he saw in books.

The real Zhu Yuanzhang, at least the current Zhu Yuanzhang, is essentially a simple peasant uprising. Although his plan is to end the troubled times as soon as possible, it is not that he is so great that he wants to save the common people in the world, but he just wants to make his own family rich and powerful. My family will never suffer from cold or hunger again.

of course.

Zhang Cheng doesn't think this is wrong, he just hopes that Zhu Yuanzhang can realize that if he wants to prevent his descendants from starving to death again, it is not enough to just make his family rich and treat his family as human beings. It would be better if all people in China were treated as human beings.

(End of this chapter)