First Minister of Ming Dynasty

If you want money, we have more!

Need food... With silk and salt, will there still be a shortage of food?

Since you have everything, you are happy for a day, and you are unhappy for a day, so why not be happy?

Zhang Shicheng's pursuit is not high. First of all, he must have a good house.

This one began to spare no expense to build a house, and took over his old lady, so that the family could enjoy family happiness.When he did this, his subordinates followed suit.

The ambition of conquering the world with [-] poles has long been exhausted.

To be fair, Zhang Shicheng has done some good things, such as abolishing the exorbitant taxes of the Yuan court, persuading farmers to teach mulberry, building water conservancy, and encouraging trade...

But there is no doubt that these measures are what local officials should do in peacetime.It's not what a hero who wants to dominate the world should do.

If you want to create a prosperous world, you must redistribute benefits. To put it bluntly, you need to move the land. .

It's a pity that Zhang Shicheng didn't have this idea at all.

"Zhang Shicheng is short-sighted and capricious. He is only fit to be an old guard dog. How can he rule the world? A sinner is not talented. He is willing to surrender to Duke Wu. Please take him in!"

Luo Guanzhong knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

He was not optimistic about Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, but now, he has to admit that maybe there is something wrong with his own eyes, and he can't recognize a real hero.

But Zhu Yuanzhang remembered one thing, "Mr. Luo, we remember when you were our teacher and let you read so many official documents... But you stole our secret letter and went to seek refuge with Zhang Shicheng. How come today, do you want to join us?"

Lao Zhu actually pursued the previous matter, Luo Guanzhong was sweating profusely and panicked.

I could only prostrate myself on the ground, and begged: "In the past, sinners were foolish. They missed their chances, and their minds were covered by their foolishness. Please, Mr. Wu Guogong, give sinners a way out!"

Lao Luo kept saluting, his forehead was red and swollen.

Zhu Yuanzhang pressed his forehead and sighed helplessly, "That's not what I meant. We meant it when we said that we would give you a place to sacrifice wine at the university. But now there are Liu Ji, Song Lian and others, and the academy is under Mr. Zhang's management. I want to give you a high official, but I can't. Hey! Why didn't you surrender earlier?"

Luo Guanzhong was dumbfounded, did he think it was too late for me to seek refuge?

I also want to go earlier, but didn't I look down on you at the beginning!

Lao Luo has a hard time to say, if you didn't accompany you when you were down and down, who are you when you are so prosperous?

If Lao Luo had voted at the beginning, he would have been at least in the top five in Zhu Yuanzhang's rank of civil servants, and now he is not even fifty or five hundred.

In terms of qualifications, Sun Yan's classmates who have participated in the imperial examination are all ahead of Lao Luo by a large margin.

How do you ask Zhu Yuanzhang to arrange him?

"Mr. Zhang, what's your idea?"

What can Zhang Ximeng say? It's not that this stinky man's vision is bad. Even if I want to help, there is nothing I can do. The main positions are all occupied, and there is not much I can give him.

"My lord, Mr. Luo has excellent writing skills, ingenious thinking, and is good at writing... We happen to have a theater troupe here, and we urgently need experts who can write dramas. If Mr. Luo is willing, he can be in charge of publicity."

When Lao Luo heard this, he suddenly became bitter. What do you mean?Make me an actor?How about that?Even the face of the ancestors was lost!

Zhang Ximeng, you can't hurt me!

Seeing that Lao Luo was silent, Zhang Ximeng immediately understood what Luo Guanzhong meant.

You are so confused!

Zhu Jiajun's propaganda is different from other places, and opera is not something dirty. On the contrary, opera is the main form of propaganda for Zhu Jiajun, and the effect is very good.

Wu Datou has already been awarded the rank of a thousand households... Some people even suggested that he be promoted to a rank and mentioned as a commander. After all, everyone knows the power of propaganda work, and sometimes thousands of elite soldiers may not be able to achieve the effect. , They went out and immediately succeeded.

But Wu Datou is very humble, thinking that he can't surpass those soldiers who killed the enemy in the real battlefield, and a thousand households have come to an end, if he is promoted to an official position, it will be too much.

Wu Datou's humility has been well evaluated in the army.

Zhang Ximeng also felt that as far as the military position is concerned, it is enough to go to a thousand households, and then it is best to switch to a civil servant. To put it bluntly, that is to add a separate yamen to be responsible for propaganda work.

If Luo Guanzhong joins at this time, with his level, it won't be difficult for him to become Minister of the Minister in the future.

However, his eyesight just doesn't work, so what else can he do?

"My lord, how about this? If Mr. Luo is willing, he can assist in the work of taking prisoners. This work may be more difficult."

When Luo Guanzhong heard this, he finally became interested. He was really familiar with the work of captives.

When Tuotuo's hundreds of thousands of troops collapsed, he assisted Zhang Shicheng to gather the troops.This is a good thing. Those who surrendered have become Zhang Shicheng's trusted subordinates. No matter how they fight or make meritorious service in the future, they will be counted as their own.The generals in the army will also be polite to themselves.

Luo Guanzhong agreed to Zhang Ximeng without hesitation.

"Sinners, sinners are not afraid of hard work, sinners are willing to persuade the superiors to surrender! Let them honestly submit to the superiors and fight for the superiors!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ximeng knew that Luo Guanzhong didn't understand Zhu's army's captive work at all, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand, just learn it slowly in the future.

It's just that Lao Luo has to experience how bitter it is.

It's over with Lao Luo, and Zhu Yuanzhang still has important things to do.The matter of Miao Bing was temporarily handed over to Zhang Ximeng.

On the other side, Sun Yan also explained clearly to the five generals, and then led them in one file at a time to pay their respects.

Yang Zhengren, Yang Tongtai, Yang Dafa, Li Caifu, and Xiao Yu are exactly Yang Wanzhe's uncle, plus the four generals he sent out.

First of all, Yang Zhengren, this man is indeed old and mature. Don't look at making money to enter the bridal chamber without delay, but he still has the energy to pay attention to the movements in the city.

He found that the gentry was uneasy and kind, and there seemed to be a change, so he immediately prepared in advance, and when Zhang Shide came to kill him, he ran away decisively with his cronies. After he ran away, he found Yang Notice, and then went to Yang Tongtai.

Yang Tongtai got the news and contacted Xiao Yu decisively.

The four of them followed Sun Yan and obediently came to seek refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang.

As for Li Caifu, he was the closest to Hangzhou. Yang Zhengren was worried that Zhang Shicheng would attack them, so he gave up Li Caifu.Unexpectedly, Luo Guanzhong came out. He went directly to Li Caifu, told Yang Wanzhe's last words, and persuaded him to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Li Caifu was not stupid either. Zhang Shicheng attacked Hangzhou and killed Yang Wanzhe. If they surrendered to Zhang Shicheng, they would not end well.

Just like that, he obediently followed Luo Guanzhong.

Good guy!

All the elite Miao soldiers ran to Zhu's army to gather.

"How many soldiers are there in your four routes?"

Zhang Ximeng asked directly, several people looked at each other, Yang Zhengren first said: "Returning to Prime Minister Zhang, we originally had a hundred thousand people, deducting losses, and now there are almost 8 soldiers in the four routes!"

Several other people also nodded, "Almost, my subordinates alone have more than 3000 people." Yang Tongtai added confidently.

These few people scrambled to brag, but Sun Yan simply shut up, cursing inwardly, "These idiots, I told you in vain, Zhang Xiang is so smart, how could he be fooled by you! Just look, You're going to be out of luck."

Sure enough, Zhang Ximeng said sternly: "There are so many? Then the food and salary we originally prepared are not enough, and we need to increase it!"

Grain rates!

These people all showed a smug smile.

"Mr. Zhang, we Miao soldiers can endure hardships. If your army lacks food and pay, it doesn't matter if it's less. It's okay to pay 6 people."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "How can this be done! How many soldiers are there, how much food and salary are paid, all are treated equally. There are no Han soldiers or Miao soldiers here. Everyone is the master's soldiers, and they are all from the Chinese Wu Kingdom! How about it, Sun Yan , you lead a few distinguished guests to continue to understand the military regulations...Mr. Luo and I went to check the number of people and re-draw up the plan for distributing food and salaries."

After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, he stood up, greeted Luo Guanzhong, and went out together.

Yang Zhengren and the others were dumbfounded, they felt something was wrong, they were trying to get rid of themselves!

They stood up at the same time, wanting to stop them, but Sun Yan said with a smile: "Please be safe and calm, the biggest difference between our Zhu family army and other soldiers is that we pay attention to military discipline in everything, everyone must be honest, honest, and don't lie and brag .You can’t eat empty wages and drink soldiers’ blood. But don’t worry, after all, those who don’t know are not to blame, we will make a difference, you can rest assured.”

fart!

Don't worry about what?

Does this remove our military power?

You are too much!

Yang Zhengren frowned, he gritted his teeth, and said to Sun Yan: "Sir, we gambled some time ago and borrowed a lot of gold from Mr. Do you think it will be returned to Mr.?"

Sun Yan was very happy when he heard that, and said with a smile: "That's great, I'm just worried and don't know how to explain it to Mr. Zhang? This was done voluntarily by you guys, didn't I coerce you?"

"No, absolutely not! We are all willing."

Sun Yan said with a smile: "Then...can you establish the words as evidence?"

Several people were startled, but when they thought about the military power, they gritted their teeth and agreed, "Yes!"

Yang Zhengren took the lead, signed and pledged, and returned the gold they took away in full.

Sun Yan hilariously put away the written documents, and finally he was able to explain.

Yang Zhengren pondered for a moment, then suddenly leaned forward and said: "Mr. Sun, to be honest, our subordinates are all Miao people. They are wild and disobedient to Wang Hua... In the past, the big guys followed Yuan Ting. After so many years, I only know Obey the order of the Yuan court. We are all willing to submit to Wu Guogong, but they don't recognize others, what should we do?"

Sun Yan blinked his eyes, and suddenly laughed loudly, "Just listen to the orders of the Yuan court? Okay! Don't worry, we have a lot of loyal officials of the Yuan Dynasty. It turns out that the Youcheng of Zhejiang Province, the imperial envoy, the official, the privy envoy, They will take good care of your ministry! You should drink tea with peace of mind!"

Chapter 222 Real knowledge comes from practice

Zhang Ximeng took Luo Guanzhong to check the number of Miao soldiers. The matter did not go so smoothly. The soldiers were very repulsive. They were not willing to accept it at all. Some even clamored to expel Zhang Ximeng.

Seeing this, Luo Guanzhong felt furious.

"Zhang Xianggong, you came to see them with good intentions, but these Miao soldiers don't know what to do. I don't think you need to be polite. Lock them up and don't give them food. When they are hungry, they will know what to do."

Zhang Ximeng just shook his head when he listened, "Send an order to add [-]% to their food price, let the big guys eat it first, and then think of a way later."

On the same day, Zhang Ximeng called Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others, and the big guys got together to discuss the solution.

Liu Bowen had heard Zhang Ximeng mention this before, so he didn't think about it very seriously instead.

"Zhang Xiang, these Miao soldiers of the Yang family started from the Feishan Man, counting upwards, they are the Wuxi Man of the Han Dynasty, and going back up, they can even be traced back to Chi You, which is the San Miao, or the Miao Man..."

Hearing Liu Bowen mentioned Chi You, Luo Guanzhong couldn't help laughing, "Mr. Bowen, this isn't talking about ancient times. Does it need to be so complicated?"

Liu Bowen chuckled and ignored Luo Guanzhong at all. Your level is incomparable to the old man a few years ago, let alone now.

"The Miao soldiers and the Han family have been separated for thousands of years. There are constant frictions and conflicts, and there are also mutual guards. It would be wishful thinking to let them give up their guard all of a sudden and become close as a family. Zhang Xiang, how about it, me and Brother Jing Lian, go to Miao Bing's side to see what's going on!"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Mr. Bowen is willing to work hard, which is naturally good. But I can't be idle, this matter is related to whether I can surround Tianwan from the flanks, so I can't be careless. I remember Naha, and others Not Hua, they have all had contacts with Miao Bing, by the way, there are also Alu Hui and Bald Jian, let's do it together, take a multi-pronged approach, visit and understand, open their hearts, and find out Miao Bing's mind, as long as we can communicate, That's more than half the battle!"

Liu Bowen nodded, although Song Lian was unwilling, but reluctantly, he decided to work hard.

Luo Guanzhong didn't take it seriously, these Miao soldiers surrendered, and their leader was also controlled.

Is it not easy to solve them?

Give them rewards, use them if they are willing to be obedient, and get rid of those who are unwilling to be obedient. As long as the method is thunderbolt and strong enough, you will not worry about them being disobedient.

Zhang Ximeng was simply making trouble for himself.

That's tens of thousands of people, chatting one by one, how long can they talk?

What a joke!

Luo Guanzhong was puzzled, but he couldn't interfere, so he could only endure it.

This visit lasted for half a month.

Zhang Ximeng and the big guys left early and returned late, and sometimes they simply stayed in the barracks. Not only them, but also Sun Yan and many of his classmates were mobilized by Liu Bowen.

They all went to the Miao soldiers, ate and lived with the big guys, chatted together, asked each other's thoughts, inquired about their thoughts... After half a month, the big guys sat together again, with tiredness and relief on their faces.

If you don't understand some things carefully, you can't really master them.

"Reading thousands of volumes is probably not as good as walking thousands of miles. In the past, I thought that what I read in the books was the wise words of the sages, and the words were insignificant. But after walking these days, I am a little doubtful. Only when your feet come out will you count!"

It was Song Lian who spoke. He didn't like this move very much at first, he just bit the bullet and did it, but after half a month, Song Lian really had a rather deep understanding. Looking at Miao Bing again, it was completely different.

Liu Bowen was even more touched.

Zhang Ximeng told him earlier that only by traveling thousands of miles and traveling all over the world can China be restored and mountains and rivers rebuilt.At that time, it was said that after the unification of the world, but soon encountered the problem of Miao Bing, which opened Liu Bowen's eyes wide.

Talking about Yanhuang's battle with Chiyou seems to be a bit too far away, and it is not related to the current situation... But after actually walking down and chatting, the big guys have a clear understanding. This is really not as simple as a myth.

After the defeat of Chi You, most of the tribes were annexed by the Yellow Emperor and integrated into the civilization of the Central Plains, but a few people migrated to the south... Later, during the Yao and Shun years, these three Miao tribes continued to rebel. Yao and Shun sent troops to conquer them and defeated them again. Forced to continue moving south.

These things were all before the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. No matter how you look at them, they look like ancient legends. Although they are recorded in the historical records, they always feel that they are not so true and reliable.

But after learning about Miao Bing's situation, the big guy actually felt that this might be true.

Because the Miao soldiers are mainly distributed in the mountainous areas in the southwest, that is, in western Hunan and Guizhou in later generations... Yang Wanzhe's base camp is in Shaoyang and Huaihua in southwestern Hunan.

This is also the main distribution area of ​​Wuximan during the Three Kingdoms period.

Because the area is densely covered with mountains, the terrain is rugged, and the farming conditions are far inferior to the plains. This also proves that as a result of the ancient wars, the Yellow Emperor became the winner and occupied the fertile plains. Save.

After entering the mountainous area, there was a difference between the Miao soldiers and the Han people in the Central Plains, and the difference became bigger and bigger. Song Lian took the lead and said: "I chatted with a few Miao soldiers and said that their leaders and generals are oppressed and exploited. Exorbitant taxes...then what did they say? They said that the chiefs did not collect land taxes, and there was no exploitation!"

Luo Guanzhong was startled, he subconsciously shook his head: "How come? They lied!"