First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Chen Youliang stared at Zhang Dingbian silently, and after a long time, he sighed, "It's because I don't want to make an exception,

However, up and down, who can allow me to be lenient? "

Zhang Dingbian was startled, and blurted out: "You are the King of Han, who dares to persecute you? Could it be Zhang Bixian, that thief?"

"It's you!"

Chen Youliang suddenly widened his eyes, and roared angrily: "Zhang Dingbian, although you and I are monarchs and ministers, but we sworn brothers in the early years, and I regard you as a brother. Can't you see that Zhao Pusheng, Zou Pusheng and others, I and I are absolutely helpless. Standing together in the world, if I don’t get rid of them, how can I sit on the throne? I can’t sit firmly, where does your glory and wealth come from?”

Zhang Dingbian was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "I, I don't need this captain!"

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and Zhang Dingbian also felt a little regretful, he was indeed confused by anger.

Originally, he was opposed to killing Zhao Pusheng casually, but in the end he not only killed Zhao Pusheng, but also wiped out his entire family, which was completely unreasonable.

In a fit of anger, Zhang Dingbian came to Zhang Bixian to settle the score, and it was also for Chen Youliang to see.

However, he didn't really intend to fall out with Chen Youliang. In fact, the two have been friends for many years and have a close relationship, so they really wouldn't fall out easily.

After quite a while, Zhang Dingbian couldn't bear it any longer, bowed and said, "Your minister is presumptuous, please punish the king of Han."

At this time, Chen Youliang stood up, walked up to Zhang Dingbian, reached out and patted his shoulder, and sighed: "I know you are a kind person, but in this troubled world, if you can't be cruel, if you don't want to kill people, you can't survive." Yes. Do you think Zhu Yuanzhang doesn’t kill people? You’re wrong, he killed more people than me. From Huaixi to Jinling, from Jinling to eastern Zhejiang, he forced many wealthy families to their deaths.”

Zhang Dingbian was stunned, is this the same?

Before he could ask back, Chen Youliang sneered and said, "Perhaps you don't know yet, those who plan to surrender and overthrow Zhu Yuanzhang are like crucian carp crossing the river. Ding Pulang and Fu Youde, there may not be such people under Zhu Yuanzhang's hands! "

Zhang Dingbian was very surprised, and looked at Chen Youliang in disbelief?

"Hanwang Highness, unexpectedly, there is someone who is willing to seek refuge?"

After Zhang Bixian finished speaking, he also felt that his tone was wrong. Could it be that Chen Youliang is a mess?Not even worth relying on?

Fortunately, Chen Youliang didn't pursue his slip of the tongue, but said indifferently: "Zhu Yuanzhang's plan for Anqing is nothing... between gains and losses, it is common sense. I can win back my face by turning back. You go to Hukou now Big camp, order [-] troops, attack immediately!"

Chen Youliang pulled Zhang Dingbian to the front of the map and put his finger on one spot!

Zhang Ding looked and looked, feeling awe-inspiring.

It was a good move.

Zhu Yuanzhang tossed and tossed in Jiangbei, and we broke through in Jiangnan.

Zhang Ding nodded, turned around and walked a few steps, but turned back and said: "Your Highness the King of Han, I dare to speak out, and please ask the King of Han not to kill innocent people indiscriminately!"

Chen Youliang took a deep breath, nodded and said, "I know."

Only then did Zhang Dingbian agree, and turned around...

Zhao Pusheng was killed, and the news naturally couldn't escape the eyes of those who cared. The fast boat went down the river, and within half a day's journey, it was sent to Zhu's army.

Zhang Ximeng was surprised and delighted when he received it.

"My lord, as long as Chen Youliang does something, he will definitely do it... Zhao Pusheng is dead, and Zou Zengsheng,

And Ou Puxiang, these Peng Party elders will be cleaned by him, leaving no one behind. "

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised, and then returned to normal.

"Sir, what do you think Chen Youliang will do next? Do you focus on dealing with these people, or?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Chen Youliang is not a person who handles internal affairs! He has fallen to this point, and all he has to do is to keep using troops and rely on continuous victories to suppress the disturbances below. If my prediction is correct, Chen Youliang can't wait. We are going to mobilize troops. And we will go all out to defeat us in one battle!"

Old Zhu pondered for a moment, then pulled himself together and entered a fighting state.

When it comes to military affairs, he is three points better than Zhang Ximeng.

This time the troops were dispatched to find an opportunity to fight Chen Youliang decisively.

It's just that An Qing fell into his hands, which made the whole battle situation a little different.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng looked at the map. Since Anqing changed hands, Chen Youliang had no focus in Jiangbei.

The current battlefield falls on the front line of the Yangtze River and the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

In front of Zhu's army, one of the safest offensive routes is to go upstream from Anqing to Xiaogushan,

Go straight to Jiangzhou and fight to the death with Chen Youliang.

There is another route, which is to go to Hongdu, and the army will detour and attack Chen Youliang's soft belly.

"Going up the Yangtze River and going upstream, the gap between the navy cannot be ignored. Marching from Hongdu can certainly avoid the shortcomings of the navy, but it will also be a laborious expedition and consume food and grass..."

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly thought, in fact, their original plan was to attract Chen Youliang to attack, but Zhang Ziming made such a move, which made the situation of the battle confusing

"My lord, what do you think of this road?"

Zhang Ximeng pointed to the area south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "Sir, this is Mount Jiuhua, and this is Mount Huang. The terrain is dangerous and densely covered with hills and hills. When we trek across the mountains and rivers, I'm afraid we will be exhausted. We have lost half of the battle before the decisive battle!"

Zhang Ximeng took a slight breath, then raised his head suddenly, and said to Old Zhu, "My lord, what if Chen Youliang marches from here?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was subconsciously stunned, Chen Youliang took the initiative to attack?

Now that he has internal and external troubles, does he still have the ability to launch an attack?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked solemn, he sat down slowly, thought twice, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Who is guarding Fuliang?"

"It's Zhu Wenxun!"

Zhang Ximeng said immediately.

This Zhu Wenxun was actually one of the teenagers Zhu Yuanzhang took in on his way south to Chuzhou. He also lost his parents and was alone.

Old Zhu left them in the barracks, the situation was similar to Zhu Ying, only a few years older.Lao Zhu didn't let them recognize his godfather, but he treated them as if they were his own, and took good care of them.

In fact, it can be seen from the name that, except for Zhu Ying, when naming others, Lao Zhu likes to add words, Wen Zhong, Wen Zheng, Wen Xun...

Including Ma Shi, he was also very kind to these teenagers, had enough food and clothing, practiced literature and martial arts, and trained in the army when he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

This Zhu Wenxun is one of the best. He has been promoted to deputy commander in terms of merit, second only to the Huaixi generals of Zhu's army, and he is very fond of old Zhu.

"Although Zhu Wenxun is good, I'm afraid he's not the opponent of Chen Youliang's titans... We need to write him a letter,

Make him pay attention. "

Lao Zhu immediately picked up his pen and quickly wrote a letter, but who should send it?

"Leave it to Zhu Ying!"

Zhang Ximeng suggested that because of his reasons, Lao Zhu did not recognize the boy who was older than Zhang Ximeng as his son,

But people like Zhu Wenxun are almost godsons, and they play best with Zhu Ying, so it's only natural for them to let Zhu Ying go.

Lao Zhu nodded. As his godson, he seemed to escape, but when it came time to use him, he probably wouldn't let him down.

Immediately called Zhu Ying over, and after explaining a few words, he gave the letter to Zhu Ying.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ying set off immediately, mounted a fast horse, and headed straight for Fuliang... This kid also knew that the military situation was urgent, so he didn't stop for a moment, changing horses without changing personnel, and ran wildly for almost a day, and arrived in Fuliang Prefecture.

After entering the city, he went directly to Zhizhou Yamen and met Zhizhou Xu Ai.

"I want to see Zhu Wenxun, what about others?

Xu Ai hurriedly said: "He led the troops to patrol Shimen, and he will be back in the afternoon."

Zhu Ying nodded, relieved a little, and said to Xu Ai: "Xu Zhizhou, you send someone to call my elder brother,

Here is a letter from the superior. "

As soon as he heard that it was Zhu Yuanzhang who had sent a letter, Xu Ai didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly sent someone...but he just went out, and after a while, he came back with a sad face.

"My lord, something bad happened. Qianhu Li Youzhi rebelled and killed General Zhu and Wang Ding Wang Qianhu. They are leading Chen Jun to kill Fuliang!"

"What?" Xu Ai felt his eyes go dark and almost fainted.

Zhu Ying also stood up in shock.

what?

Zhu Wenxun is dead!

The person whom the godfather regarded as his own son died in the hands of Chen Youliang!

Just when he was surprised, Xu Ai stumbled and was about to run outside...Zhu Ying jumped over, grabbed Xu Ai by the collar, and shouted angrily: "Don't run! Send an order to close the city gate! Hold on to Fuliang!"

Xu Ai stared blankly at Zhu Ying who was not yet 15 years old, can you do it?

Chapter 345 My Big Brother Zhang Ximeng

Zhu Ying grabbed Xu Ai, and said angrily: "You, you are the magistrate appointed by the superior. Now that you run away, not only will you die, but your whole family will die! You know that the superior's methods are enough to ruin your reputation. Superborn!"

Xu Ai trembled all over, and unconsciously, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The fear of Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily overwhelmed the fear of Chen Jun.

Finally, she regained some sense, but after thinking about it for a while, Xu Ai became even more afraid.

As the deputy commander, Zhu Wenxun guarded Fuliang, with two thousand households under him, one was Li Youzhi and the other was Wang Ding. As a result, Li Youzhi betrayed, and both Zhu Wenxun and Wang Ding were killed.

There are no generals in the city anymore, and they can only rely on Zhu Ying, who has not yet grown hairy, so he feels a little unreliable.

"That... son, I don't regret my death. You are the adopted son of the superior and Zhang Xiang's good brother. There must be no mistakes. I will risk my life to escort the son back and ask the superior for help. When the time comes, it will be fine. Kill me without complaining..."

"you shut up!"

Zhu Ying yelled loudly, and sneered: "Xu Zhizhou, don't you fucking pretend to be a grandson in front of me. My elder brother didn't teach me anything. Are you saving me? You are using me as a talisman to protect your dog." Life!"

Xu Ai stared blankly, his mind was pierced, so he could only explain: "No, really not..."

"Stop talking, let me think about it, what should I do?"

Xu Ai stared at Zhu Ying stupidly, wanting to see what clever tricks this kid had... But after a while, Zhu Yingcai said, "You know my elder brother is Zhang Ximeng, right?"

Xu Ai cried, "Young master, even if I don't know my father's name, I still have to know Zhang Xiang! To tell the truth, I have memorized Zhang Xiang's articles like a treasure!"

Zhu Ying sneered: "Since you are so familiar with my elder brother, you have heard that my elder brother taught the officials to be honest! Based on your current behavior, I will tell my elder brother to write an article, even after 1000 years. , and someone scolded you!"

Xu Ai was immediately dumbfounded... This is not bragging. Confucius killed Shao Zhengmao, who became the representative of the villains for thousands of years. Zhang Ximeng wrote articles and scolded Shi Moyisun. The clown who was buried by the Yuan court, a bad and stupid representative.

In case Zhang Ximeng really wields a big pen, write him too, who knows what the result will be.

So offending Zhu Yuanzhang will only make you feel uncomfortable for 100 years, but offending Zhang Ximeng will make you feel uncomfortable for 1000 years.

So...Xu Ai was honest.

"Young master, if you have any plans, just tell them quickly, I will obey you, if you don't make a decision, I'm afraid we will all become captives."

Zhu Ying rolled her eyes, "My elder brother said that the key to defending a city is people's hearts. As long as we don't mess up, it will be difficult for the enemy to take advantage of it. Even civil servants can defend the city. Send an order now and demand The gates of the city are closed tightly, and all the young and strong are recruited, ready to go to the city to defend against the enemy at any time!"

Xu Ai was very unwilling, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree. He was about to leave when Zhu Ying stopped him again, "You must tell all the people that I am Zhang Ximeng's brother. Thoroughly, omnipotent, with me, it is like a Zhang Xiang, you know?"

Xu Ai looked at Zhu Ying with a serious face, paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and hurriedly climbed down.

After he left, Zhu Ying touched her forehead, and she was also covered in cold sweat.

Grandma, I have been looking forward to it for so many years, and I want to make contributions, but who knows that a big war is coming, it really scares me to death!

Zhu Ying still doesn't know how Zhu Wenxun was assassinated, but he knows very well that if he is a little careless, he will have a chance to go to hell to ask for advice.

"Brother, I'm relying on you now."

Zhu Ying chanted Zhang Ximeng's name desperately in her heart, as if these three words had some magical power.

Facts have proved that Zhu Ying really made the right bet.

In this situation, what is most needed is peace of mind, and there must be no confusion, otherwise only a few people can take a city lightly, like Zhang Ziming did.

And the three words Zhang Ximeng really have unexpected uses.

In the past few years, Zhang Ximeng has formulated too many policies, written articles, and educated students.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Ximeng is about the same as Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang among the people, a bit like a living god.

Famous teachers give birth to high-level apprentices, follow Zhang Xiang, no matter what he has a bit of Zhang Xiang's ability, it is no problem to defend the city.

And in Fuliang Prefecture, Zhang Ximeng also did something, a big thing.

It was here that Zhang Ximeng implemented policies concerning women... including granting women land, allowing women to study, and even allowing women to be officials,

This series of strategies boils down to giving equal status to men and women in the law. From now on, not only men can set up families, but women can also be protected and respected by the law.

At that time, Zhang Ximeng had debated with Zhu Sheng and others, emphasizing the benefits of this policy.

Women accounted for half of the population, and if we could mobilize this force, the effect would be absolutely earth-shaking.