First Minister of Ming Dynasty

If it is done step by step, it is to supplement officials through the school led by Zhang Ximeng. .

In that case, it would not be a good thing for Lao Li.

At this moment, the talents from Wu land were recruited. Although they respected Zhang Ximeng's proposition, they had to submit to Li Shanchang's command, which could be regarded as expanding Lao Li's power.

As for Zhang Ximeng, he was more detached.Really, Zhang Ximeng has looked down on power, and he doesn't care about money... He is very detached.

He has seen the power of thought, how to tinker with a set of ideas that can be put into practice, so as to affect the trend of the world in the long run, is what Zhang Ximeng cares about.

It can be said unceremoniously that we have already stood on the long river of history, what Qin Huang Han Wu, what emperors and generals are just floating clouds, floating clouds!

At least we have to break out of the confines of a dynasty and use the scale of thousands of years to measure the world. That's right, our structure is that big!

But after all, I still have to think about how to open up channels...

"Brother Li, there are two things that are urgently needed in Suzhou. One is more detailed explanations so that they can truly understand our proposition. The second is to have a safe channel for those who are willing to join us. There is a way to go." Zhang Ximeng said in a low voice.

Li Shanchang smiled, "I don't care about the first one, Zhang Xiang can figure it out by himself. But I have some ideas about the latter one."

"Oh? Brother Li, what are you going to do?"

Li Shanchang smiled, "Zhang Xiang, do you still remember someone?"

"Who?"

"It's the female food chief!"

"Jiang Nan? How can she help?"

Li Shanchang smiled, "She can't, but she has a relative named Shi Boren, who is teaching in Jinling now!"

Only then did Zhang Ximeng recall that this husband of Zheng Yunduan, a famous poetess, is also a wealthy man in Suzhou City. Although Zhang Shicheng has been exploited continuously, his connections are still there.

"Brother Li, what are you going to do?"

Li Shanchang turned around, took a map, and smiled at Zhang Ximeng: "See, I plan to prepare the fleet here in Changxing, and then transport Wuzhong talents from Taihu Lake."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "This road is indeed good, but Zhang Shicheng's navy is not weak, and there are pirates from Taihu Lake, I'm afraid it's not safe!"

"Hahaha!" Li Shanchang couldn't help laughing, "Zhang Xiang, these days you are busy writing articles and helping the world, but you forget the things in front of you. Taihu Lake pirates also want to eat and live... Zhang Shicheng has occupied Suzhou After that, they cut off their salt, trying to force the water thieves to bow their heads."

"Anything else?"

"Well, it just so happened that we made an agreement with Fang Guozhen. There is no shortage of salt. We gave the salt to the Taihu water thieves. They not only ate it themselves, but also sold the salt to Suzhou, making a lot of money."

"what?"

Zhang Ximeng was a little surprised, "Brother Li, Zhang Shicheng is guarding Huaidong, but he is a salt-producing area. He has no shortage of salt. How could he allow Taihu water thieves to sell private salt?"

Li Shanchang laughed again. After all, the degree of magic in the first place has always exceeded the imagination of the writer.

It is good that Zhang Shicheng has salt, but he still continues the way of the salt merchants in the past, dividing the income layer by layer. In addition, he has to raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so the price of salt is more than double that of before.

He used salt to squeeze the people, and the people were not helpless.

If you can't afford official salt, then eat private salt.

Anyway, the private salt business has always existed, and you Zhang Shicheng was born as a private salt dealer.

It has to be said that Zhang Shicheng should know the salt best. Not only did he fail to find a way to benefit the government and the people, but he intensified the maladministration of the Yuan Dynasty.

He plays double, and the following people dare to super double.

There is no way, when it comes to the common people, they can only super double the private salt.

Interestingly, because Zhu Jiajun held the food in his hands and had enough bargaining power, Fang Guozhen was forced to give a low price.

Needless to say, today's Zhu Jiajun is almost the cleanest and most efficient team in the world.

Transshipment of table salt, without layer upon layer.

Therefore, after selling it to the water thieves in Taihu Lake, the water thieves resold it to the people of Suzhou, and the price was more than [-]% cheaper than Zhang Shicheng's official salt.

Therefore, Zhang Shicheng's hip stretching is all-round and hopeless.

And the enemies who seem to be different from each other are also strangely connected in private through wonderful business channels. It has to be said that this is a unique black humor in troubled times.

Hearing this, Zhang Ximeng already had a plan in mind.

"Brother Li, you are going to use the Taihu water thieves to transport people, and I plan to use the Taihu water thieves to send articles there, what do you think?"

Li Shanchang nodded, "That's the best! Let's split up and do not hesitate. I heard that the superior is coming back, so let's prepare a big gift for the superior."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, and returned to the valet room. Zhang Ximeng immediately summoned Song Lian, Ye Chen and others, and explained the situation... These people were also dumbfounded, hurt by the wonders of this world.

After reacting, several people started to get busy.

The Suzhou side only got some articles, and there were more detailed explanations and more subtle expositions, but they didn't get them.These things were originally used by Zhang Ximeng to teach the students. Since they couldn't wait, they hurriedly sorted them out and sent them over without delay.

First of all, Zhang Ximeng wrote the historical lecture notes... This part is mainly to sort out the development laws since the Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, and explain land, agriculture, and population clearly.

Once you understand this, you also know the theoretical basis of Zhang Ximeng's set of things.

Then Song Lian was responsible for writing the theories of various schools of thought, summing up the original ideas of Confucianism.Then there are the Confucianism of the Han Dynasty, and the themes of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism.

Sort out the context clearly, historical laws and ideological development, the two hit it off!

At this point, all the doctrines of destiny and orthodoxy, including the "reason" that Neo Confucianism regards as the lifeblood, have all disintegrated and disappeared.

There is no supreme principle. Talking about rationality, qi, xinxing, and these empty things are just ignorance of the law of historical evolution.

Aside from all the complications, the most fundamental thing is only two words: survival!

Zhang Ximeng and Song Lian joined forces to explain these things clearly, which is almost equivalent to making a diagnosis for the patient.

Then the prescription will be prescribed, what should I do?

Zhang Ximeng still needs to make this thing, he thought over and over again, and wrote two words: division of labor!

The division of labor mentioned by Zhang Ximeng is not just a narrow division of labor in the stage of the handicraft industry.He talked about that in the pre-Qin period, people gathered on Wangtian to cultivate, and then the well field system collapsed, and the land was owned by the family.

On the basis of family ownership, there is a division of labor within the family, that is, men farm and women weave.

Then, after more than 1000 years of development, agriculture has made considerable progress up to now.To maintain the traditional habit of men farming and women weaving is already a shackle.

Everyone must be treated as a labor force, making the best use of their talents and resources.

Produce more food and cloth, create more wealth, and then enrich the country and strengthen the army, and save the Central Plains from the falling national fortune.

Zhang Ximeng took a rough look, and found that his set of things was not perfect, and some places were not explained clearly.And encourage people to get out of the shackles of the land and enter the workshop... But how can there be so many workshops now?If you want to develop the textile industry, where are the raw materials and where is the market... These problems are very realistic, and they are not so easy to solve.

But there is no doubt that Zhang Ximeng is still self-consistent in terms of big logic.In other words, it is already very good for those talented scholars in Suzhou to realize this level.

The remaining problems can only be solved by continuous exploration in the next few days.

These contents were quickly printed into pamphlets, and the first batch consisted of three hundred copies.

Mo Xiang's surviving books floated across Taihu Lake in a water thief's boat, entered the territory of Suzhou, and were sent to the bank of Wusong River, and then sent to Gao Qi's school.

"Zhang Gongzhen is a sage of the world!"

After reading these contents again, Gao Qi was completely convinced.

It really is a new way!

He couldn't wait to copy the essence of the article and handed it to a few friends.

At this time, Gao Qi didn't care about pretending anymore, he just wanted to send the article out as soon as possible.

Because during the fierce debate during this period, there were quite a group of stubborn literati who did not recognize Zhang Ximeng's proposition, scolded the deviant, saying that he was unconventional, disobedient to the sages, insane, and too numerous to write about!

It is said that Zhang Ximeng is a vicious villain ten thousand times worse than Shaozhengmao.

It is even said that the biggest bastard in the world is not Yuan Tianzi of Dadu, but Zhang thief of Jinling!

Many Confucian scholars went to Zhang Shicheng, remonstrated Zhang Shicheng, and immediately invited the emperor of Yuan Dynasty to send troops from Suzhou to fight against the rebels. On their must-kill list, Zhang Ximeng's ranking was even higher than Zhu Yuanzhang's. It is truly invincible.

It's just that the harder he scolded, the more it proved that what Zhang Ximeng said touched some of the deepest things. If he didn't hate him to the extreme, how could he go crazy?

Simply let you go crazy!

Gao Qi no longer concealed it, and directly shouted that those who are ambitious should go to Jinling to increase their knowledge and knowledge.Follow the sages and assist the Lord!

After this period of brewing, the first group of more than [-] people also boarded the ship.The two leaders are Tang Su and Yu Yaochen. They are full of hope, looking towards the direction of Jinling, full of pride.

"This time I will definitely show my strengths, live up to my youth, live up to my youth!"

Chapter 266 The First Lesson of the Talented Scholars

Tang Su and Yu Yaochen surrounded a middle-aged man and asked excitedly, while the rest of the young people also listened with great interest.

This middle-aged man is Shi Boren, a former talented scholar in Wuzhong, rich in family money, and married to a famous poetess. He seems to be their idol in their dreams and their enemy when they are jealous.

Even he attached to Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows the attractiveness of Jinling.

"What are you doing in Jinling, sir, so you might meet Prime Minister Zhang?"

Shi Boren said: "I am teaching in Jinling now, all of which are elementary courses. As for Zhang Xiang, I can't see him."

Tang Su nodded, "That's true. Zhang is quite a sage in the world. My master must be like a dragon when he is alive. How can he be an ordinary person!"

Yu Yaochen was also envious and said: "Going to Jinling, I can see Prime Minister Zhang, even if I die, I will benefit."

The rest of the people also praised frequently. For a while, rainbow farts were flying all over the sky. If Zhang Ximeng was on the boat, they would all be confused.

Seeing them like this, Shi Boren also understood that this is a group of hot-headed young people who think like a flower in their hearts, and everything is good. Able to achieve epiphany, become holy immediately, and ascend to heaven. .

This mentality is about the same as the story book says that entering the deep mountains, meeting gods, and enlightening longevity, that is to say, their cognitive level is still at the level of junior readers, and there is still a long way to go from Laobai!

"Actually, if you want to see Zhang Xiang, there is nothing difficult. Next door to me, there is also Timur, the imperial censor of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhang Xiang has been to his place many times. It is said that Zhang Xiang likes to see the hoof repairing the most. .”

"what?"

Tang Su and the others were all taken aback, seeing how to repair a cow's hooves?What kind of hobby is this?Are the hobbies of sages so strange?

"Then, let's also go to repair the hooves, so we can meet Zhang Xiang?"

"No!" Shi Boren said with a smile: "I want to ask you, first of all, Timur was the royal envoy of the Yuan Dynasty and Tuotuo's younger brother, but he was a dignitary in the Yuan court. After he was captured, he was willing to do it in Yingtian. A veterinary school, what is the reason for this?"

This group of people were immediately questioned. To be honest, Zhu Jiajun's prisoner-of-war camp was indeed famous, but not everyone knew about it.

Even if you know it, you still feel unbelievable and unbelievable.

Some people even said that Zhu Yuanzhang was the real Ming king who came to the world. After capturing the Yuan soldiers, he showed the Ming king's law at night, scaring all the Yuan soldiers to surrender and obeying orders.

Compared with the complicated transformation process, this version of the story is easier to be accepted, so it has been widely spread outside of Zhu Jiajun.

"Could it be that Timur first admired Zhang Xiang and was willing to follow the sages? Even if it is repairing the hooves, he would be willing to do so?" Tang Su pondered.

Soon someone was puzzled again: "Mr. Shi, first of all, Timur has committed a lot of crimes. He is a high-ranking official of the dog tartar. Why didn't he kill him?"

"That's right! Didn't Prime Minister Zhang say he wanted to expel the Hulu? Why did he want to let the Hulu live in peace? What, what is this for?"

Soon, there was a lively discussion on board.

The scholars also gradually realized that Jinling is far from being as simple as they thought.

Before boarding the ship, they felt that Jinling was an ideal place to realize the rule of the three generations. The sages, virtuous ministers, live and work in peace and contentment, the country is rich and the army is strong, everything is good.

But just the existence of Timur made everyone puzzled, why should he tolerate him, why can he live in peace?

Don't worry about the crimes he committed in the past?

Shi Boren looked at the bewildered faces with a smile on his face, and he suddenly said: "You say, why did I end up in Jinling?"

Everyone was startled, but it was Yu Yaochen who had heard about it, so he couldn't help but said: "Zhang Shicheng is too abominable. He wantonly blackmailed the rich and wealthy families, robbed them of their money, and forced their families to ruin. Now he is at both ends, and he has taken refuge in the Yuan court and won a Lieutenant, you are really despised!"

Shi Boren nodded, "That's true. Our family was ruined by Zhang Shicheng, and my first wife also died of illness... But I want to tell you, it wasn't Zhang Shicheng, Zhu's army occupied Suzhou, and my family property would also be handed over."

Tang Su took a breath, and suddenly thought of something, then frowned and said: "Could it be, could it be that you are attacking the powerful and sharing the fields equally?"

Shi Boren nodded, "That's true. I think many of you have land and money in your family. Why are you willing to come to Jinling?"

"this?"

Everyone was at a loss for words again. After all, no one was willing to cut their own flesh, but they came again, what were they thinking?

Do you want to go back?

Tang Su and the others pondered for a while, but didn't come to a conclusion, so they could only say: "I also ask Mr. Shi for advice!"

Shi Boren smiled, stretched out his finger, and wrote a word in the air. Everyone recognized it, it was a word of Li!

"Li? Tianli? Lixue?" Yu Yaochen asked curiously.

Shi Boren smiled and shook his head, "What I said may not be accurate, you just listen to it... Let's talk about Timur first, he is a Mongolian nobleman and a high-ranking official in the Yuan Dynasty. After he was captured, why was he willing to surrender, even if he was a veterinarian? Are you willing?"