First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Fang Guozhen told the brothers to make the data more accurate and not let Zhu Jiajun get caught. This is really true. After all, the statistics of the Gongwei Division may be clearer than theirs.

In Fang Guozhen's case, what Zhu Jiajun infiltrated was almost like a sieve, and it was almost as good as Dai Ying's, and it was one-way transparent.

This is knowing the inside story, but it is undeniable that as one of the heroes competing in the Central Plains, Fang Guozhen did not fight to the last moment, and unexpectedly surrendered so smoothly, which greatly shocked the overall situation of the world.

First of all, Chen Youding from Fuzhou is the one who is most frightened. He has no choice but to be afraid.

Old Zhu went to Lingnan, forced He Zhen to surrender, and subdued Fang Guozhen. The eight counties in Fujian that he ruled were suddenly surrounded by Zhu's army in three directions.

If Fang Guozhen's navy is considered, he has no way to retreat, and he is completely surrounded by Zhu's army.

"Look, this is the most poisonous Hedinghong. I'm ready. If Zhu Yuanzhang really can't tolerate me, I have to fight to the end. I, Chen Youding, are different from Fang Guozhen. I would rather die than surrender!"

What else can the subordinates say, they can only pat their chests and express that they will never surrender if they want to fight to the end.

Anyway, since then, Chen Youding has been carrying that bottle of Hedinghong all day long, telling everyone that righteousness will lead to benevolence, and if he would rather die than submit, the people below will also agree

As for what's on his mind, only God knows.

As for Zhang Shicheng, who is also a prince in the south of the Yangtze River, he is so angry!

"Zhu Chongba! You have no conscience! Gaoyou City, take off a million-strong army, I carried it down, the red scarf hero in the world, no matter what, you must count me as Lao Zhang! You threw me out of the sky, and I and I You're not done!"

Zhang Shicheng jumped up and down and cursed.

After thinking about it, he found several literati and continued to help him write, write dramas, publicize the Battle of Gaoyou, and talk about how wise and powerful he is.

But the problem is that Zhang Shicheng's repeated jumps in front of him have already ruined his character. After several propaganda battles, he lost even his pants.

That's it, and there is still a propaganda war, it can only be said that people are addicted to vegetables.

Forget about closing the door and entertaining yourself. Obviously, Zhang Shicheng is also in a posture of closing his eyes and waiting for the hammer, and it is difficult to make any further moves.

However, in the face of this situation, some people are still unconvinced.

This person is Liu Futong!

"Zhu Yuanzhang, you are going too far!"

In the sacrificial rites, Lao Zhu gave Liu Futong a lot of face, but for a while, the keynote of Zhu's army's propaganda has been to deny the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Liu Futong's national name is Song Dynasty, and the banner he played is also to reopen the heaven of Song Dynasty.

What does Zhu Yuanzhang mean by scolding Song Dynasty?

It's not embarrassing us!

And your surname Zhu is too inauthentic. You ran to Yashan to read sacrificial texts, and you swore to restore China and drive out the Hulu. You are so fucking capable of the Northern Expedition!

Our side is beating life and death, blood is flowing like a river, you are good, do nothing, just expand your strength, and then open your mouth, and you will take all the great achievements of the Northern Expedition on yourself, you are dreaming!

Also, I don't even recognize the shitty sacrificial essay you wrote!

I don't recognize a single word you scolded Da Song.

The Great Song Dynasty is very good, we are going to restore the Great Song Dynasty and reopen the Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liu Fu couldn't breathe, and planned to challenge Lao Zhu.

But to be honest, there is no such talent as Zhang Ximeng around him, let alone Zhang Ximeng, even Zhu Sheng and Song Lian can't keep up... Facing the article that Zhu Yuanzhang kindly sent, they couldn't study anything.

It is also impossible to understand this set of propositions from a strategic height.

Anyway, whatever Zhu Jiajun advocates, they are right to oppose it.

Liu Futong seems to have forgotten that Zhu Jiajun always opposed Song, and now he wants to always oppose Zhu. Isn't that going the same way as Zhao Song?

I'm sorry, Liu Futong doesn't care about this.

He also found Zhao Jizu, one of the original Haozhou red scarf leaders, who rebelled with Guo Zixing, and his qualifications were much older than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Zhu Chongba cursed the emperor of the Song Dynasty and made the king kneel down to his ministers. It's outrageous. I think we should pay homage to Emperor Gaozong."

This one made a big move as soon as he came up.

Liu Futong frowned. Although his political level is not high, how can you be worthy of Grandpa Yue when you offer sacrifices to Wan Yangou?

This doesn't seem to work.

"Any other ideas?"

Zhao Jizu thought for a while, and suddenly came up with an idea, "I saw that Zhu Yuanzhang not only cursed Emperor Zhao and Song, but also scolded the scholars, and blamed the crimes on the scholar bureaucrats! How can this work? Scholars can read and write, have the ability, have Seeing, you can be called a dragon and a phoenix among people, and what is most lacking at the moment is talents. Zhu Chongba is willing to drive away talents by himself, so we should open our doors and accept scholar-bureaucrats!"

As soon as this idea came out, Liu Futong was taken aback, accepting scholar-bureaucrats?

It seems to be a good idea, after all, where the Song Dynasty is orthodox!

He presided over the Northern Expedition by himself, and there was indeed a lack of talents around him. In this way, he could not only weaken Zhu Yuanzhang, but also strengthen himself, so why not do it!

It seems that you can try it!

Since the decree to send the article to all parties, Zhu Yuanzhang simply dealt with the Lingnan affairs and prepared to return to Yingtian.Now that the gift has been sent,

It depends on the follow-up reaction.

If there is no movement at all, wouldn't it be a waste of work.

"My lord, Fang Guozhen is ready to accept the land and surrender. An article does not cost a single soldier. This hand of the lord can be passed down as a good story through the ages."

Zhu Yuanzhang tried hard to control, but still laughed, "This Fang Guozhen is quite sensible. It's just that Liu Futong is hateful! He yelled about treating scholars favorably and respecting the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty. It is clear that he is against us."

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help smiling, "Master, Liu Futong is solving a problem for us."

"Trouble? What trouble?"

"Naturally, we locked up so many talented and famous scholars in our prison. If Liu Futong wanted it, he would give it to him!" Zhang Ximeng narrowed his eyes and smiled like a fox, very happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "There are not many scholars in our prison, but bandits and hooligans." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, couldn't help nodding, and looked at Zhang Ximeng meaningfully. We almost forgot that in your belly, There is still a lot of bad water hidden!

Chapter 386 Song Orthodox Liu Futong

I don't know when it started, but people have gotten used to Master Zhang's position and Zhang Ximeng's style, and they regard him as a great sage who assists the Holy Lord.

But just like people ignore Confucius' terrifying combat power, the big guys seem to have overlooked that Zhang Ximeng was the creator of the "four-stage tactic".

At this moment, in the face of Liu Futong, who wants to recruit talents and compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for orthodoxy, Zhang Ximeng just wants to laugh up to the sky, don't worry, Liu Taibao, Jinling Qunxian, guarantee to meet your needs!

As much as you want, even if it is not enough, I will find it for you!

Soon, several special talents gathered under Zhang Ximeng's command, and Hu Weiyong was promoted to the prisoner-of-war camp.

But if you know his methods in the prisoner-of-war camp, you won't think so. It is no exaggeration to say that [-]% of the generals in Zhu's army don't have as many lives as him.

This is a poisonous snake crawling under the sheepskin.

Of course, he was still far from strong enough. At this moment, he could only tremble and lie on the ground, not daring to move a step further.

Besides Hu Weiyong, it turned out to be Zhu Sheng who participated in politics, as well as Shi Boren, Liu Sanwu... These people together are really a bit incompatible. They belong to a group of people with two painting styles. What can they discuss together?

"Is this the case, just need a few people to issue a list."

After Liu Sanwu looked at it, he said tremblingly: "Zhang Xiang, I, I thought that there were not many gentry and Confucian scholars in Lingnan, and Zhang Xiang wanted to start a school. Talented people are indispensable. I see, I see, can I hold my hand high?"

"can!"

Zhang Ximeng answered bluntly, which made Liu Sanwu at a loss. Wouldn't he be wrong again?

This time it was Zhu Sheng who spoke. He took out a roster from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Ximeng.

"There are more than 20 gentry and Confucian scholars from Jiangzhou. They are all dissatisfied with their superiors. If Zhang Xiang thinks it is appropriate, send them there."

Zhang Ximeng took it over, looked carefully, and frowned slightly, "It's still too much. For example, the Yang family in Ji'an Mansion didn't follow the Jie family to seek the Ganjiang business, and they were self-aware. Liu Shenyi was right just now. If we want to start a school, we still need scholars. Even if there are dissatisfaction among them, they should be divided into three, six or nine grades. Here, we still need to make the best use of people and make the best use of their talents, a cow, we have to find a way to peel off two layers of skin!"

Faced with such a terrifying oath, Liu Sanwu was a little dumbfounded. Could it be that his eyes are so blind?

But having said that, he finally understood that Zhang Ximeng was not planning to cleanse the scholars, but to send some disobedient ones to Liu Futong.

It is also a good thing that there is no need to die.

"Zhang Xiang, I, I have been in Lingnan for several years, but I can propose a list, but..."

Seeing his embarrassment, Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about hurting your friendship. This time, it's definitely not a frame-up. It's just that we are going to implement land equalization and various reforms. If some people really don't like it, then we will give them a way. You can take some property and go to Bozhou to join Liu Futong. If Liu Futong can win in the future...and when they return home, if Liu Futong loses...we will also act according to the law. As long as there is no evil deed, at most we will be ordinary people again. Definitely nothing else."

Zhang Ximeng said it easily, as if there was really nothing wrong.However, if during the migration or after arriving in Bozhou, he lost his life in the face of the encirclement and suppression by the Yuan court army, or even got involved in the internal struggle between Han and Song Dynasties and wiped out life and death, then Zhang Ximeng could not control it.

All in all, Zhang Ximeng's attitude is that I am free, you stud!

Then call these people over, and the answer is ready to come out. Zhu Sheng provided the list of Jiangxi, Liu Sanwu provided the list of Lingnan, and Shi Boren provided the list of Eastern Zhejiang.

There were more than a dozen families, and three or five families were few. A total of more than a hundred people were gathered. Basically, they were most opposed to Juntian and hated Zhu's army. Those of Boyi Shuqi, and those who said they would defend Confucius and Mencius to the death, anyway, there are all varieties, ensuring a complete range of categories.

Didn't Liu Futong want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty?

Don't worry, it is guaranteed to be the original flavor of the Song Dynasty, and the fine tradition of maintaining the party's self-interest and criticizing each other is maintained, striving to become bigger and stronger, and create greater glories!

But for Zhang Ximeng, these people are just extras, and what they really want to send away is the dross accumulated over the years.

In fact, it's hard to say how much mess Zhu Jiajun has accumulated over the years, but it's definitely an astronomical figure.

For example, the number of Yuan troops captured in previous times definitely exceeded 20.

In the 20 miles, apart from Kang Maocai and Zhu Liangzu, who were incorporated into Zhu's army, and Yexian Timur and others who were reformed, and those who were still in hard labor, there were still more than [-] people.

These people are under the control of Hu Weiyong. In addition, the promotion of land equalization in various places is of course innocent people who benefit, but those gentry and landowners, their relatives, minions, and thugs, even bandits, gangsters, and yamen , the former officials of the Yuan court who were abolished, especially those who had done a lot of bad things and were very angry with the people, were not enough to be executed.

There are also as many as one or two million in total.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's current rule, the total population is just over 2000 million. Among them, Huaixi, including Yangzhou, has about 200 million people, and Yingtian and other places add up to more than 1000 million.

In Jiangxi, there were more than 400 million people before the Red Turban Uprising, and now there are more than 100 million people.

The three places together, that is, more than 2000 million people, constitute Zhu Yuanzhang's basic disk.

And with such a large population, there are more than 30 messy scum. On average, one and a half people in a hundred people have problems.

If this is not dealt with, it will explode sooner or later, and the consequences will be disastrous.

"Master Zhang, the lower officials have the guts to say that although these people are not talented, they can still do things honestly under the lower officials. If the superiors want to build rivers and cities, they cannot do without labor. These people are going to die. Use it, even if you are exhausted, you don't feel bad, I wonder what Zhang Xiang thinks?"

Zhang Ximeng listened to it, and smiled slightly, "Hu Tiju, let me ask you, are you willing to raise a prisoner-of-war camp for the rest of your life?"

"This...lower official, the lower official is willing to do anything for the superior, please ask Zhang Xiang to clearly observe." Hu Weiyong said tremblingly.

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "I don't mean anything else. It is inevitable that you have made a contribution, and you will be promoted one step higher. What I mean is that you can't go on like this forever. After all, people have a heart of compassion. That's hundreds of thousands of people, not several One hundred thousand animals. You are loyal and dependable, and the lord intends to promote you, and I am happy to see you go up... But in the officialdom, one must pay attention to reputation, don't you think?"

Hu Weiyong's eyes widened subconsciously, the flesh on his cheeks twitched, he was so surprised and happy that he couldn't control himself... One step higher!

He dreamed of managing a prisoner-of-war camp. In the final analysis, it was a dirty job. After staying here for a long time, his reputation became bad, and the courtiers were unwilling to take him to play. possible.

In fact, Zhang Ximeng didn't say a word. One day, in order to clear himself up, Hu Weiyong might ask for the pardon of these people and use it as capital for promotion.

Still the same sentence, counting 10 people is not a small matter after all, and it would be best if it could be resolved early.

"Hu Weiyong, make things more beautiful. Now my lord wants to add another department, and capable officials are indispensable." Zhang Ximeng just said something lightly, then picked up the tea bowl and bowed his head to drink tea.

Hu Weiyong was overjoyed, isn't the newly established tax department?

Let yourself be the secretary of the tax department?

This is a great thing!

He was about to thank you and say a few nice words, but when he saw Zhang Ximeng holding up his teacup, he realized that Prime Minister Zhang didn't want to listen to this, and it seemed that he promoted you out of selfishness.

Hu Weiyong got up and walked out silently. After walking for three steps, suddenly, Hu Weiyong turned around, knelt down on the ground again, silently kowtowed to Zhang Ximeng, and then bowed and retreated, humbly and respectfully to the extreme.

After he left, Zhang Ximeng put down the teacup, stared at the man's back, and sighed slightly.

Sure enough, even if some people know that they are not kind, they still have to use them. Not only can they do things, but they are also sensible!

The new taxation department will definitely compete with the household department for financial power, bring up commercial taxation, and when necessary, seize land tax, and unify financial power. system, help the poor and those in danger, and do a good job of governance at the bottom.

It's just that Hu Weiyong, a vicious dog, will definitely expand after completing this task. Who will be used to kill him then?

Zhang Ximeng thought silently... Anyway, he arranged Hu Weiyong clearly.

And Hu Weiyong himself didn't know that once a person like him saw the benefits, he could lose his life.Sure enough, he acted.

In a short period of time, the first batch of "sages" set off from Huaixi and rushed towards Kaifeng.

It turned out that Liu Futong's Northern Expedition had already achieved results, and he also moved the capital of the Han and Song Dynasties from Bozhou to Bianliang, Kaifeng.

That's right, what Wanyangou failed to do, Liu Futong accomplished for him, and the Song Dynasty finally returned to the old capital.

Originally Liu Futong didn't feel much about these things, but Zhu Yuanzhang could go to Yashan to offer sacrifices and even write articles to show off, what about our old Liu?

He held hands in martial arts in a daze, celebrated well, and asked Han Lin'er to sacrifice to heaven and earth, announcing that they would return to the old capital, they were the orthodox of the Song Dynasty, even more upright than Wanyan Gou of Lin'an!