First Minister of Ming Dynasty

They are even more hesitant about how to choose.

Zhang Ximeng silently listened to the introduction of the two old men, on the surface he listened patiently, but in fact his heart was already surging.

Zhu Sheng!

When you mention this person, you can't escape the nine-character mantra: build walls high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly!

It is no exaggeration to say that it was Zhu Sheng who pointed out the key to Zhu Yuanzhang's seizure of the country.

In fact, Zhang Ximeng and Lao Zhu talked about the content and planned policies, and these nine words were also included.

This old man Zhu Sheng is definitely worth wooing.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid a considerable price in order to get this old man... First of all, Zhu Sheng helped Zhu Yuanzhang and persuaded the Huizhou defenders to surrender, avoiding the loss of life.

But Zhu Sheng did not immediately return to Zhu Yuanzhang, but returned to She County. Then Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Wuyuan and encountered trouble again, so he thought of Zhu Sheng again.

This time he came to visit in person, Zhu Sheng did a great job, and he left only a kit for Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang captured Wuyuan according to the kit.

This time Lao Zhu was in a hurry, this person must be obtained.

He disguised himself as a caravan, raided Zhu Sheng, blocked the old man at home, and asked him how to pacify the world.

Zhu Sheng uttered nine words, and was immediately invited out of the mountain by Lao Zhu to assist Zhu Yuanzhang...

Seeing this story, does it look familiar to you...Zhuge Liang only wrote about three Gu Chen in the thatched cottage, and history books only wrote about Fan Sanxiang.

Among the Three Kingdoms, where did the classic Three Visits Thatched Cottage come from?

It is probably modeled on the experience of Zhu Yuanzhang's visit to Zhu Sheng... Coincidentally, these two stories both give a strategy to calm the world.It's just that the well-known one, the middle way collapsed, and it didn't succeed.

But this time, unknown to the public, created the magnificent Ming Dynasty.

So regardless of whether the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is good or bad, it really confuses a lot of history.

How to get the old man out?

Zhang Ximeng thought over and over again, he definitely didn't have time to visit the thatched cottage, and he was not Zhu Yuanzhang, so it probably wouldn't be of much use if he went there.

An old Confucian scholar like Zhu Sheng knows everything. As analyzed, he does not like the Yuan Dynasty, but he has been a member of the Yuan Dynasty for most of his life. Convince yourself why.

Zhu Yuanzhang moved the old man with sincerity, Zhang Ximeng thought about it repeatedly, but he didn't have the ability.

But when he thought about it again, he seemed to have another idea.

"Tao Lao, Li Lao, I can write a letter to Mr. Fenglin, and I can probably ask him to come out of the mountain. I hope you can send someone to lead the way."

Seeing that Zhang Ximeng was quite confident, Tao An called Yang Tianyang without saying anything.

Zhang Ximeng called Lan Yu again.

Obviously, Sapphire has become Zhang Ximeng's dedicated errand runner, so it's the delivery guy.

"Sir, you can tell me. Old man Zhu is weird. How sure are you that you can get someone out of the mountain, and you won't run in vain?"

Zhang Ximeng glared at him, "If you run for nothing, you still dare to negotiate terms with me? Get the hell out of here, you'll delay the important thing. I'm going to ask your brother-in-law!"

Lan Yu had no choice but to take Zhang Ximeng's letter, followed Yang Tianyang, and galloped to She County to visit Zhu Sheng.

Neither Tao An nor Li Xi believed that a letter could send someone over.

The reason is simple, at Zhu Sheng's age, he has already made up his mind and is not so impulsive.Moreover, this old man has been entangled all his life, making his temper very weird, and ordinary people look down on him, if you fight with him, he is tougher than you, and if you beg him, he will dismiss him.

The two of them have no idea how to impress his mind with just such a stubborn person who doesn't eat soft and hard, and doesn't eat oil and salt.

It can only be said that if Zhang Ximeng succeeds, they will throw themselves into the ground!

However, although it would take some time for Zhu Sheng to come, Zhang Ximeng's actions in Tongling were really clean and neat.

Chang Yuchun took the lead in breaking through Tongling, killed more than 300 Yuan soldiers, and captured thousands of people. At the same time, dozens of officials below the county magistrate of the Yuan court were all captured.

It's rare that Chang Yuchun didn't go on a killing spree, but left it to Zhang Ximeng to make the decision, and finally made progress.

Zhang Ximeng was not polite. According to the reaction of the people, he executed more than [-] heinous criminals and hung their heads on the flagpole... Then Zhang Ximeng announced that according to the land outline, he began to re-divide the land. People from all over the country can return to their hometowns and wait. , soon special personnel will go to each village to verify the number of people and acres, and re-divide the land.

After this order went down, there was an enthusiastic response immediately. Those refugees returned home one after another, and they were very happy. With the Bodhisattva soldiers calling the shots for us, we are not afraid of anyone anymore!

Don't think that Zhu's army is called Bodhisattva soldiers by the people, but you must know that although there are Bodhisattvas with low eyebrows, they also have Vajra's angry eyes!

After eradicating the officials, Zhang Ximeng divided the tyrants in Tongling into three, six, and nine grades based on Tao An, Li Xi, Chen Di, and interviews with the common people.

Among them, 25 companies have cooperated with Yuanting, and they are mainly responsible for assisting Yuanting in collecting taxes... Some people say that Yuanting adopts a tax package system, but some people say that Yuanting does not have a tax package system, and those who say that tax package system are laymen. worth discussing.

Just like many historical cases, it is difficult to draw a conclusion, but the history of the Yuan Dynasty does clearly state that the Yuan court collects commercial taxes, and all warehouse officials and co-workers are ordered to choose people with property and business to fill in the lawsuits. .Those who have property and travel, don’t they have a certain industry and good character. To put it bluntly, aren’t they still powerful everywhere!

Asking them to help collect taxes depends on how it is defined.

Anyway, in Zhang Ximeng's place, those who helped the Yuan court collect taxes are naturally counted as tyrants to be eradicated. As for whether they need to be beheaded or not, it depends on their usual behavior. If there are not too many bad reviews, they may be able to escape. But it was found that there was a crime, and there was absolutely no way out.

Zhang Ximeng transformed Tongling County into a new look in just two days by means of a thunderbolt.

The homeless refugees returned to the countryside, and the messy people were cleaned up.

The whole county is completely new.

And at this moment, an old man, accompanied by two young men, rushed to Tongling County, out of breath.

It was Zhu Sheng who came!

This old man is really here!

When they saw Zhu Sheng, Tao An and Li Xi were dumbfounded, "Brother Fenglin, you, why are you here?"

Zhu Sheng didn't even look at them, he could only snort angrily, "You guys did a good job!"

Then the old man walked inside, entered the second hall, and saw Zhang Ximeng head-on.

"You are always Mr. Fenglin, please sit down!"

Zhu Sheng rolled his old eyes and reluctantly sat down, but he didn't even drink tea, he just took out the letter and pressed it under his palm.

"Who wrote this?"

Zhang Ximeng continued to smile, "Mr. Fenglin, if Wansheng says I wrote it, would you believe me?"

Zhu Sheng looked at Zhang Ximeng seriously, feeling a little confused. To be honest, he didn't think that a young man could write these sixteen characters, but these sixteen characters really hit his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhu Sheng couldn't help softening his tone, "This old man is a rotten person who doesn't care about worldly affairs, but these sixteen characters are really important, and this old man can't be indifferent. I would like to ask, who made this? Is it just for fun, or does it have another meaning?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Mr. Fenglin, this is indeed written by me, but it is also the voice of my lord. I can assure you to Mr. Fenglin that my lord will follow these sixteen words and make steady progress until finally reaching the goal! No Anyone, anything, can stop my lord!"

When Zhu Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but startled. The old man thought for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh and looked up, "It's true, I will do my best as a dog and horse!"

Zhang Ximeng was overjoyed, "Mr. Fenglin, now we want to capture Taiping Land and relieve the crisis of Hezhou, do you have a clever strategy?"

Zhu Shengdao: "Forcibly attacking Taiping, the chances of winning are not great. I can go to Chizhou, recruit the soldiers and horses there, and then send a letter for help from Chizhou, mobilize the Taiping Yuan army to rescue, and then kill them halfway, the chances of winning will be greatly increased!"

When Zhang Ximeng heard this, his eyes lit up. The old man had been a teacher in Chizhou for many years, and he had a solid foundation, so he would never talk nonsense.

Recruiting this old man really made a lot of money.

At this moment, Zhu Sheng raised his hand slowly, and pressed a letter under his palm. There were only sixteen characters on it, and it was written impressively: expel the barbarians, restore China, divide the land evenly, and relieve the people!

Chapter 152

"The old man is over half a hundred years old, and he should have died of old age in the mountains and forests, not caring about world affairs. But after seeing these sixteen characters, the old man had to come. But the old man still doesn't believe that your master has such courage?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Of course, the old man is a pedantic celestial being, and his wisdom is unsurpassed in the contemporary era. No matter how much I say, you won't believe it easily... How about this, I'll meet someone for you, and you'll know."

Speaking of which, Zhang Ximeng got up and turned into the back hall. Not long after he returned, he brought a middle-aged man, dressed in coarse cloth, with his head slightly lowered. After he walked in, he glanced at Zhu Sheng, then turned his head away again. to the side.

Naturally, Zhu Sheng didn't know him, so what's so great about this person.

"Tie Muer first, this person is the original Chizhou Xuezheng, named Zhu Sheng, named Fenglin, he is a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River!"

It turned out that Zhang Ximeng invited Yexian Timur.

Before anyone else could speak, Zhu Sheng stood up in shock with an expression of disbelief!

What the hell!

Is this the imperial censor of Dayuan?Tuotuo's brother?

He, how could he be in Zhu's army?

And it looks like they are still a family, isn't this too shocking?

Also first Timur snorted slightly, "Although you are not considered a loyal minister of the Great Yuan, you can be regarded as having vision if you abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and join the Lord of the Ming. Do your best and strive to destroy Ni Yuan as soon as possible!"

After a few words, Zhu Sheng was shocked, "You, what are you talking about? Could it be that you are crazy?"

Also first Timur rolled his eyes strangely, and was furious, "Am I crazy? Am I crazy? The Yuan court dismissed my elder brother and sent my children, nephews and nieces to me. Our family is finished! My brother is loyal, so I will In exchange for such a result, how can you make me not crazy? Tell me!"

Even though Zhu Sheng was extremely resourceful, he was dumbfounded when faced with the sudden questioning.

Yes, if you put yourself in the position of Yexian Timur, you would probably start a rebellion long ago and fight to the death.

Yuan Ting's dismissal of Tuotuo had such an impact that it was no different from digging his own grave.

It's just that why Zhu Jiajun recruited Timur first, what's the use of this person?

"Mr. Fenglin, the Mongols have lived in the Central Plains for decades. There are more or less Mongols everywhere. In the Yuan army, there are more Mongols... and the Golden Family has destroyed the country for forty years. Outside the Western Regions, there are still people There are countless vassal states. Although I wrote about expelling the Hulu and restoring China, my lord’s ambition is not in the Central Plains? I thought that what was expelled was the wind of the Hulu, that is, the Mongols, the Semu people, who were willing to bathe in the king’s transformation, The heart is toward China, so that if the barbarians enter China, it will be China! Only in this way can the Han family be restored quickly, encompassing all directions, regaining the land of the four seas, achieving a magnificent territory far surpassing the Great Yuan, and realizing a national power that is ahead of the Han and Tang dynasties... ...Does Mr. Fenglin think so?"

Zhu Sheng was speechless when he heard this, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

In fact, Zhu Sheng's mentality is not complicated. He doesn't like the Yuan Dynasty, but he has been a courtier of the Yuan Dynasty for most of his life. Seeing that his life is over, there is not much left.

At a young age, the grandson is quite old, and he ran to join the Red Thief, and it would be good to succeed, but if he failed, wouldn't he become a joke.

Therefore, Zhu Sheng must see the pattern and tolerance before he will take the initiative to vote.

And Zhang Ximeng took out the sixteen characters of Zhu Yuanzhang's instruction to the Central Plains, changed Chen Gang's record to evenly divide the land, and sent it to Zhu Sheng.

According to the records, Song Lian wrote this edict to the Central Plains, but Zhu Sheng, as Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant counselor, probably also participated in the drafting.

These sixteen characters represent the greatest vision of the literati at this time.

There is nothing more ambitious than this!

If it can be done, Zhu Sheng will not hesitate to do so.

This is why Zhang Ximeng can transfer the old man here with a letter.

And the conversation just now, seeing Yexian Timur again, made Zhu Sheng even more shocked. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is far more than simply restoring the Central Plains... The old man is full of talents, and he has never met the Ming Lord in his life, so he can't use it. Now he finally waited Became a hero and a hero, even though he is old, he still has a heart!

What a waste of time!

"Mr. Zhang is very knowledgeable, and this old man is all over the ground... How about this, this old man will go to Chizhou and persuade them to surrender."

Zhang Ximeng also stood up and said excitedly, "Mr. Fenglin, how many troops do you need?"

Zhu Sheng shook his head, no one needed it.

Yexian Timur also said: "Let me write a letter, they will be more willing to surrender when they see me here."

Zhu Sheng turned his head abruptly, and smiled contemptuously, "Although you belong to the Ming Lord, you have committed a lot of evil, and the old man doesn't need the help of you, a trash! Farewell!"

After Zhu Sheng finished speaking, he left. After going out, Lan Yu happened to be waiting outside, and the old man said directly: "You boy will lead the horse for the old man, let's go to Chizhou!"

"Am I becoming a stable boy?"

Sapphire really wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, she heard the old man bragging along the way, so I have to take a closer look at how capable he is!

That bastard Lan Yu actually obediently accompanied Zhu Sheng.

Zhang Ximeng smiled slightly... Even the old man Zhu Sheng was fooled, and it seemed that he was almost far away from the realm of being fooled.

If the old man goes here, he will surely succeed, and the next step is how to deal with the Yuan army.

Zhang Ximeng planned to ask Chang Yuchun and the others to come over to discuss, but what was surprising was that Timur did not leave, but murmured: "Zhang Jin, that old man looks down on me, I will give you some advice, can you listen to me?" ?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Since it is an opinion, I will naturally listen to the correct one."

Also first Timur let out a long sigh, and then said: "No matter how you arrange it, listen to me, fight the Mongolian soldiers first, they, their fighting spirit is not as good as the Han people!"

After saying this, Timur turned his head and went down. Unknowingly, his back became even more rickety. The Mongolian iron cavalry that was rampant in the world was gone, and even the last bit of vitality was lost.

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled like nothing.

Not long after, Chang Yuchun, Yu Tingyu, Liao Yongan, and other generals all rushed over, and Zhang Ximeng let them sit down.

"Chizhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. Once it falls into our hands, Anqing will be close at hand. If Anqing is lost, Jiqing will not be guaranteed. So no matter what, the Yuan army will send troops. At this time, our fighter will come. If we can lure the Yuan army Leaving Taiping and ambushing fiercely, the chances of victory will come. After all, with our strength, there is really no chance of winning if we attack Taiping."

After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, both Yu Tingyu and Liao Yongan seemed to want to speak, but Chang Yuchun was the first to speak.

"Captain, the superior has entrusted the power to you. You are the one to decide these matters. We all follow orders. I, Chang Yuchun, have no other skills. It is easy to charge into the battle and defeat the [-] yuan army with my brothers! "