First Minister of Ming Dynasty

When Liu Ji saw this person, his vision went dark, and he stood up suddenly in anger.

Ouyang Su was also taken aback, "Brother Bowen, why are you here?"

Liu Ji was anxious, "Do you still have the face to ask? Tell me clearly, did you betray me?"

Ouyang Su was startled, did he betray Liu Bowen?

"Brother Bowen, Experience Zhang asked me why I wrote to you!"

"Then you said it?"

Ouyang Su cried, "I can't help it, I'm also for the safety of my family..."

"Then you betray your old friend? Shameless, especially shameless!" Liu Bowen stretched out his arms, trying to strangle Ouyang Su to death.

Ouyang Su was also in a hurry, he suddenly felt something was wrong, "Brother Bowen, I wrote you a letter, and I also told Zhang experience that you are a great talent, you should try your best to recruit... By the way, why don't you Did you come by yourself? Did Zhang Jingren send someone to invite you?"

Liu Bowen was stunned by the question, "You, you didn't know I was coming? Then what did you tell him?"

"I just said that you have a good character, good knowledge, can lead soldiers, fight wars, and govern the country and the people. You are a rare talent in the world. Although you are an official in the Yuan court, you are a rare talent..." Ouyang Su suddenly felt aggrieved, "Brother Bowen, all I said were good things, I praised you as a flower, you, how can you treat me like a vengeful enemy, I am so wronged!"

Ouyang Su crouched on the ground, really wanting to cry.

Liu Bowen's mind is also messed up. It seems that Ouyang Su didn't lie, but the problem is that he didn't tell Zhu Jiajun, so why did Zhu Jiajun find out about him? It's still not right!

Moreover, Ouyang Su didn't know about coming over to investigate the situation by himself!

How strange!

Which bastard was it that betrayed himself?

He asked Ouyang Su repeatedly, but this one couldn't tell. He only said that he was sitting at home, and the disaster came from heaven.

When it was time to light the lamps, the two of them were exhausted from the quarrel. At this time, someone came over again. When Ouyang Su saw this person, he immediately realized something.

"Xu Tai, you, what did you do? Did you leak the matter?"

The person who came smiled slightly, "That's right, Mr. Ouyang, I'm really sorry, you colluded with officials of the Yuan court and conspired against you, I have to say it!"

This Xu Tai is a businessman, and he brought the letter to see Liu Ji.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was no such-and-such Feng, and there was no such-and-such Tong. Although there were post stations, ordinary people could not afford them. To deliver news, they basically relied on the help of fellow villagers, or businessmen who traveled far and wide, and asked them to help carry them.

Ouyang Su asked Xu Tai for help, and also gave some money back, specifically explaining that no news should be leaked.

But in the end, this letter still hurt Liu Bowen!

"Hmph, a businessman has no morals, you despicable villain! Ouyang Su, you are really blind!" Liu Ji cursed viciously.

Ouyang Su was furious. He couldn't lose his temper with Liu Ji, so he yelled at Xu Tai: "Xu, are you still a man? You betrayed me, what benefits did they give you? Little man, shameless and immoral! Thunder from heaven!" Chop, go down to the [-]th floor of hell!"

Xu Tai was scolded bloody, but he was justified.

"Mr. Ouyang, Zhu's army came and killed Zhu Yidou. It turns out that Zhu Yidou took [-]% of my shares. I have been running business in all directions, and I have worn out many pairs of shoes. Every time I work hard, I earn money. [-]% of the money will be handed over to Zhu Yidou, that bastard! The Zhu family army came and killed Zhu Yidou. After counting, they found that it was illegal plundering, so they returned [-]% of the dry shares to me. The benefit of a penny is gone! Tell me, as long as we run the business well and pay taxes according to the rules, if we have anything to do in the future, we can go to the Yamen to find them, and someone will make the decision for me!"

"Mr. Ouyang, tell me, what a kindness this is!"

Ouyang Su was also stunned, he never expected that there was such a thing in it.

"Then, then you will report on the old man?"

Gu "That's right! I won't report on you, let you collude with the dog officials of Yuanting to deal with Zhu's army? What if the dog tartar comes back, and then support an old dog like Zhu Yidou, and come to eat my flesh and drink my blood? I'm not that stupid!"

Hearing these words, Liu Ji was stunned as if struck by lightning... In the Confucian classics, there is no shortage of benevolent government, respecting the way of kings, and then the people return to them, like water.Of course, Liu Ji is familiar with this truth, and even thinks it is a pediatrics, just an ordinary truth.

But it was not until today that he had an unforgettable experience of this sentence.

There is no way not to be profound, he is planted on this!

From top to bottom, Yuan Ting exploited layer by layer, tried every means to search for land, raise troops, suppress bandits, and did everything they could... Even a monster like Zhu Yidou was supported.

If Zhu Yidou has been fattened up, and 20 Jiangnan yuan troops have been fattened up, someone must take the blame!

Xu Tai is one of them.

He encountered difficulties in his business in his early years, so he asked Zhu Yidou.

Sure enough, Zhu Yidou was very generous and borrowed money to help him tide over the difficulties.

But then someone came to him, Master Zhu gave you such a big favor, you should repay it, always be kind.

He immediately wrote the paperwork and prepared [-]% of the shares to send... Unfortunately, he didn't even enter the door.

It was only then that Xu Tai realized that it was due to the lack of dislike, so he could only grit his teeth and give [-]%, but only saw Zhu Yidou's two sons.

Only [-]%?

Do you still want to fight against Master Zhu?

You're smart, and there are only three things to do. If you don't want to be embarrassed, then we will be embarrassed!

Xu Tai just woke up like a dream. He could only grit his teeth and pay [-]% of the shares. From the original owner of the firm, he became more than half of the workers.

Although it was said that he only took [-]% of the money, Lord Zhu did not take any risks, that is to say, if he lost money, he would be counted as Xu Tai's, and he couldn't do it even if he wanted to!

If you don't do it, you won't give Master Zhu face. Xu Tai is full of bitterness, so he can only swallow it in his stomach.He dared not close the door, so he could only borrow money to maintain it.

A friend saw how pitiful he was, so he secretly told him that Zhu Yidou's subordinates were responsible for the difficulties he encountered back then.

They dug a hole for him, watched him jump in, and then pretended to stretch out a hand to pull him out.But turned around and threw him into another swamp.

Eat it dry and wipe it clean, and even the bone marrow will be squeezed out for you!

This is how powerful Master Zhu is!

A friend suggested to Xu Tai, don't ask for anything, just run away, leave Jiangnan, or simply join the Red Scarf, he still has a chance of life, otherwise Zhu Yidou will be ready sooner or later to kill him!

But the problem is that Xu Tai is just an ordinary small businessman. He doesn't want to leave his hometown, and he doesn't dare to kill and set fire. He can only drag along with an old donkey. As long as he doesn't die, he will go forward. !

In such a desperate situation, the Zhu family army was born, first took Zhu Yidou, and then sent [-]% of the shares, and returned the firm to the real owner!

The moment he got the document, Xu Tai cried.

He was bullied so much by the Zhu family, and he could bear it. This is a resolute man.But at this moment, he was crying so hard that he knelt down in front of the soldier handling the case and kowtowed over and over again, but he couldn't stop him no matter what.

From that moment on, Xu Tai swore that even though he was just a businessman, he would do his part even if he risked his life for anyone who was against the Zhu family army.

He who lost it and regained it never wanted to lose it again.

Xu Tai sent a letter to Ouyang Su, and found that the other party was an official of Yuan Ting.

As a result, Liu Bowen left Chuzhou with two entourages and ran all the way to Jinling.

Xu Tai didn't know what he was planning to do, was he going to join Zhu's army?Or assassination, doing bad things?

Anyway, he reported the matter truthfully.

With this key clue, go to the tax card to check to see if there are similar people who have entered Jinling... If there is no accident, I will find a man named "Liu Bo". In terms of the purpose of coming to Jinling, he filled in Imperial Examination.

Then, an answer sheet with a perfect score appeared in front of Zhang Ximeng.

Then Guo Ying took action, investigating Liu Bowen's movements, asking where he had been and who he had met... In this way, all Liu Ji's actions fell into the hands of Zhu Jiajun.

You thought it was a mistake in a certain link, but in fact it was leaking everywhere, and there was no secret at all!

are you smart

I'm sorry, in the face of the top and bottom, three teachings and nine streams, countless ordinary people, from businessmen to boys, you are transparent!

Faced with this situation, Liu Bowen was sweating profusely, slumped as if dead, and sat down on the chair, all the pride in his heart was gone!

Even Ouyang Su didn't want to complain.

"I'm so convinced that I lost, I just killed the old man!"

Liu Ji closed his eyes, looking as if he wanted to die.

Ouyang Su was very surprised. After all, he was the one who wrote this letter. No matter what, he couldn't let Liu Bowen die!

"Brother Bowen, you, you are so talented, you can't just die like this...or, you, just surrender!"

"shut up!"

Liu Bowen was furious, and he said with a smile: "I have served the Yuan Dynasty for more than 20 years, and I am too old to be confused. Let me be a second minister. I can't do it!" Perhaps it was because the car overturned this time was too painful, and Liu Ji just wanted to die so as not to be embarrassing.

But at this time, another young man came, it was Zhang Ximeng, he just glanced at Liu Bowen lightly, and then ordered: "Send him to the prisoner-of-war camp, follow Yexian Timur, and Fushou and Tujian locked together."

Hearing Zhang Ximeng's words, Liu Bowen was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes showed ten times the fear and astonishment!This arrangement is a hundred times more vicious than killing him!

"No, I won't go! Quick, kill me!"

The soldiers didn't care about this and dragged Liu Bowen away.

Looking at the back of this living god, Zhang Ximeng sighed softly. I am doing this for your own good. Only by cutting off Yuan Ting thoroughly can I be a courtier of the Zhu family with peace of mind... how can a sincere uncle Represent all your abilities!

Chapter 1: Unified Thought

Zhu Yuanzhang has encountered a little trouble... Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui has swept across the two provinces of Huguang and Jiangxi, and his troops are pointing directly at Chizhou.

Although they did not attack Chizhou, there is no doubt that this upstream neighbor has stretched out its minions.

On the other side, Zhang Shicheng even ordered the barbarian Hai Ya to lead the fleet to assist Zhang Shide to take Jiangyin after he mobilized his army.

The upstream and downstream encounter opponents at the same time, and the pressure can be imagined.

However, this trivial matter was not enough to bother Lao Zhu. The main reason was that a group of wealthy merchants from Jinling started sneaking away.

Many of them went to seek refuge with Zhang Shicheng.

This made Lao Zhu very angry.

What is Zhang Shicheng, are you all blind?

Just because he is worthy to fight with us?

If you take refuge in Zhang Shicheng today, we will make you losers tomorrow!

Lao Zhu was so aggressive that he wanted to send troops.But he knew very well that now was not the time to mobilize troops.Zhu's army has its own rhythm in fighting.

For example, after capturing Chuzhou, they did not use troops until the summer grain was harvested, and after harvesting Hezhou, they did not cross the river in a large scale until after harvesting a season of grain.

Now the use of troops in the south of the Yangtze River and the expenses of supplying Jinling have consumed a lot of accumulation.

It is necessary to wait until it is harvested again in order to have military food support to continue fighting.

And now Jinling is still a mess, and other places are not much better... Zhu's army is not a bandit, they can't plunder the people, they must have enough food and pay.

Secondly, every time a place is occupied, a thorough reform must be carried out to establish a new order and allow the rule to generate sufficient benefits.

At least part of the military supplies can be supplied without dragging down the overall situation. Only in this way will the Zhu family army consider the next goal.

It is important to grab territory and expand, but it is more important to take one step at a time and fight steadily.

It's just that some things are not exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang had in mind.

For example, these wealthy and wealthy businessmen would rather go to Zhang Shicheng for refuge than cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang.

What did we do wrong?Make you hate our old Zhu so much?

Lao Zhu, who was restless, met Liu Ji again. A scholar with perfect marks in the exam, Lao Zhu thought he had found a talent, but he didn't expect that he was an official of the Yuan court, and he was also a loyal one.

He came here to investigate the truth!

Fortunately, the test results were not announced, otherwise, his face would be completely ruined!

It turned out that not only Yuan Ting would be embarrassed, but also Zhu Yuanzhang almost died!

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's personality, he really wanted to kill Liu Bowen, peel off his skin, make a pillow, and hang it in the Temple of the City God, so as to relieve his hatred.

But Zhang Ximeng wanted to send Liu Bowen to a prisoner-of-war camp.

What can you reflect on?

Zhu Yuanzhang endured it for a long time, but in the end he couldn't hold it back, and asked someone to call Zhang Ximeng, but before Zhang Ximeng came, Ma Shi came with his son in his arms, sat aside, and stared at old Zhu without making a sound. .

Zhu Yuanzhang was made very uncomfortable, "Sister, you, you go down with your son, I will tell you later!"

Mrs. Ma was unmoved at all, "You can say whatever you want, and I'll just listen to it, isn't it okay? Is it possible that you can still make trouble?"

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes, aren't you asking knowingly?

However, he thought so, but dared not say so.

After all, Zhang Ximeng was half his teacher, and arguing with Zhang Ximeng was already too much. If he was still in front of his wife, he would have to stomp his face on the soles of his feet.

Lao Zhu tried his best to control his emotions, facing Zhang Ximeng approaching, Lao Zhu tried his best to force a smile.