First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Why are you always there?

Zhang Ximeng was furious, and immediately ordered his subordinates to slip over the money with Renti.

Not long after, Qian Yongren came.

This guy didn't know the reason why Zhang Ximeng called him. He just thought it was his hard work in compiling the book, which was approved by Prime Minister Zhang. He probably wanted to reward him with something.

In fact, it shouldn't be too expensive. Just like Mao Pingzhang, he would be satisfied if he could eat a meal of Confucian dishes.

The cook of the Kong family is incomparable even in the palace.

Qian Yongren was full of joy, but when he came in, he saw Zhang Ximeng's livid face and cannibalistic eyes.

Now Qian Yongren was terrified.

"Zhang Xiang, is there something wrong with the book? Me, I'll revise it right away!" Qian Yongren's legs trembled and he almost fell to his knees.

Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly, "You don't have to worry about the book. I think you are quite familiar with the affairs of Goryeo. How about letting you take care of it?"

To deal with the affairs of Goryeo?

Do you want to promote yourself?

"Zhang Xiang, the humble official is naturally willing, but the humble official doesn't know how to deal with it."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "You don't know? I heard that you are very familiar with the situation in Goryeo! You are quite knowledgeable. Tell me and let me hear."

Qian Yongren was terrified, Zhang Ximeng's words were not kind, and anger rushed to his face, which could be felt.

It's just that he still can't figure out what it has to do with Gao Li.

"Zhang Xiang, humble official, humble official only has superficial knowledge, very superficial, and humble official thinks that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. When two countries deal with each other, the most important thing is to communicate with each other. Ming Dynasty is a superior country, and it should be treated with benevolence and righteousness. Goryeo will definitely repent and stop following Da Ming Yuan, from now on, I will wholeheartedly be a vassal state of Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Ximeng's face was low, and he suddenly said: "Then tell me, how should we treat him with benevolence and justice? What are your thoughts?"

Qian Yongren hesitated slightly, but still said, "Master Zhang, the Goryeo side hopes that the imperial court can help them do three things... The first is to expel Yuan soldiers so that they can recuperate. The third is to ask Daming to send troops to help them drive away the bandits and calm the northern border."

Zhang Ximeng said quietly: "So, do you think you can agree to all three?"

"Xiaozhi, I think it seems to be negotiable, such as getting rid of Yuan..." Qian Yongren murmured, but when he looked at Zhang Ximeng, his brows were raised, and Qian Yongren knelt down on the ground in fright.

"Master Zhang, you are stupid and don't understand anything. Please forgive me." After speaking, he lay on the ground and kowtowed desperately.

Zhang Ximeng was indeed still angry. He was not targeting Qian Yongren personally. After all, with Zhang Ximeng's current status, it was really difficult to make him lose his composure.

What makes him unbearable is the mentality of these idiots. What's in your brains?

Why are these brainless ideas!

"Qian Yongren, let me ask you, if it was the Han Dynasty, what would you do if you faced provocations from barbarians?"

Qian Yongren was stunned for a moment, he had read the classics seriously, so he knew clearly if he would be punished even though he was far away.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, it is not the turn of the barbarians to provoke the big Han. With the style of the Han Dynasty, they usually send an envoy there, and then this envoy provokes wildly. Yes, if it is done, it will naturally be famous all over the world.

If you can't do it, you might even be arrested by the enemy country and killed... that would be even better, the Han army that is ready to go will tell you what will happen if you kill the Han envoy without authorization.

The strong man is like this, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty did not give up. One person destroyed a country, which was done by the Tang Dynasty. The most exaggerated thing is that this man has made such great contributions, but he has not received much reward. After all, destroying a country is nothing more than a trivial matter , Which Great Tang general, who can not destroy several countries, is also worthy of being called a famous general?

So it's really not about breastfeeding Song, it's because what they did was too hip.

There is no need to think about destroying the country. You can be regarded as a hero and boast about it with only a few 10 two-year-old coins.If this allowed Prime Minister Cao to obtain the crouching dragon and phoenix chick of the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that after a thousand years, no one would know about the defeat of Chibi.

Tang and Song Dynasties are completely two worlds, the way of handling things is completely different, and the way of thinking of people is also very different.

What Han and Tang thought was to hit you until you were convinced. After Zhao and Song Dynasties, no matter whether you were convinced or not, my money would be paid in place. Then I declared that the Siyi surrendered. Anyway, no matter whether the outsiders believed it or not, they believed it themselves. enough.

"Qian Yongren, do you know who the queen of the Yuan court is?"

"Yes, it's a Korean woman, Qishi!"

"Alright then, who is the eunuch who is doing wrong in the Yuan court and causing trouble for the court?"

"Yes, Pu Buhua is also an eunuch of Goryeo."

Qian Yongren sweated on his forehead and kowtowed.

"Master Zhang, the humiliation is nothing but nonsense. To deal with the barbarians, you must use force to subdue people's hearts. Send troops to crusade, you can't be polite... Now, send troops now, send troops!"

"Bah!" Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly, "Send troops? Do you pay?"

Qian Yongren was stunned, won't he send troops?

So, what should I do?

Zhang Ximeng said in a deep voice: "I have already discussed with Mao Gui, and selected a group of people from the Shandong Red Scarf to go to Korea to assist Guan Duo. Since you have dealt with the Korean envoy, you should call him here. Let him see it with his own eyes. Ask him again, where will Goryeo go from now on!"

When Qian Yongren heard this, he suddenly regained his energy, which means he let himself take care of things again.He nodded quickly, "Please rest assured, Mr. Zhang, I will definitely let the Koreans know how powerful our Daming is!"

Chapter 519 New Foreign Strategy

Zhang Ximeng held his temples, his head hurt very much.

Although Qian Yongren is stupid, but he is very obedient, especially when he wants to please Zhang Ximeng, let alone, he will never be polite to Gao Li.

But the question is why so many people feel that they should treat the barbarians with kindness, or they think that as long as they treat other countries well, they can get the same return?

This idea is undoubtedly ridiculous, but there are so many people who believe it.

If you don't figure out the reason and completely solve the problem from the root, it will be very troublesome.

After all, relying on him, relying on Lao Zhu to sit in the town, the people below dare not refute, they will only do things obediently, but it is definitely not enough to rely on individuals alone, no matter how powerful an individual is, there will be a day when they cannot bear it.

Only by forming a strong social consensus and getting enough support, may there be hope.

Just how to say it to make it clear?

Zhang Ximeng started searching again... He felt that he needed to do a lot of things, besides physical chemistry, he also had to pay attention to diplomacy, work hard to write books, educate and train talents, change the minds of people in the world, and infuse them with brand new ideas .

It's really not easy.

While Zhang Ximeng was thinking, someone came to the door.

"Zhang Xiang, did you disturb me?" Mao Gui asked tremblingly.

Zhang Ximeng saw him and couldn't help smiling, "General Mao, what's the matter with you? Could it be a matter of studies? I think you passed the exam!"

Mao Gui's face was dark and embarrassed, "Master Zhang, I did pass the exam, but it's just that the three boys in my family did better than me in the exam."

"Then, isn't that a good thing!" Zhang Ximeng said puzzled: "Father and son took the same exam, all passed, and the three sons are the best. I said General Mao, it's your turn to treat, I want to eat!"

Mao Gui cried, "Zhang Xiang, I thought so at first, until the three boys in my family told me...they told me, let me work harder, if I fall behind in school, it will be bad It would embarrass them."

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyelids and said with a sudden smile: "General Mao, I'm afraid you don't care about these few words, but that these words will really come true, right?"

In an instant, Mao Gui blushed and was speechless.

If the child is naughty and says a few excessive words, Mao Gui will not care, he is still very patient with the child.

The problem now is that what these little bastards say is likely to become true.

After all, if you don't learn art at thirty, Mao Gui's age is no longer suitable for being a small town and a problem writer.He passed the exam purely by experience.

If you continue to study, Mao Gui feels that he may not be able to improve much, but he will improve by leaps and bounds as a few bastards.

At that time, it is very likely that he will appear as a father, and the children will be asked to make up lessons for him.

Or he just failed the grade and repeated the grade, and his sons graduated before him... In that case, Mao Gui felt that he could die.

There is no way to live these days, what is he thinking, he wants to come to study?

That's all for studying, and those three bastards shouldn't be allowed to go to school.

The dignity of the father and the face of the parents forced Mao Gui to come to see Zhang Ximeng, and even hoped that Zhang Ximeng could help and walk through the back door...

"Zhang Xiang, do you think this will work? I will try my best to study, but when it comes time to take the exam, just announce a result to the public and ensure that I can be better than those boys!"

Zhang Ximeng gave Mao Gui a big roll of his eyes, "Although I understand your idea of ​​protecting your father's dignity, this crooked way is very inappropriate and will bring down the atmosphere of the school. I will not help you cheat anyway. ...And if you are not that capable, if you falsify your scores and the people in the school challenge you, you will be exposed."

Mao Gui looked miserable, and he swore to God that when he commanded the Northern Expedition and fought bloody battles with Yuan Ting, it was not as difficult as it is today.

"Zhang Xiang, you must help me!"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath, tried to think about it, and said in a low voice: "General Mao, at this point, we can only start with majors. Although the school was a basic course in the past few years, each subject has different requirements for basic courses. You are relatively weak now, and I guess it is arithmetic. Others that can be memorized by rote should not be a big problem, right?"

With a sullen face, Mao Gui said helplessly: "Zhang Xiang, you don't know, those three things in our family are quite smart! Many articles can be memorized by repeating them two or three times. I, I'm afraid I can't do it! "

Zhang Ximeng was speechless, this is probably the first father who worried about his child being too smart!And he couldn't even memorize it by rote, so Mao Gui probably couldn't do it.

There is a high probability that he will be crushed by his three sons, his father is weak, and he has no face... When he gets home, his sons will ask him, what do you not know, come and ask us, the teacher left Have you finished your homework?Don't stop being punished...

That picture was so beautiful that Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing just thinking about it.

In the end, I couldn't hold back anymore, and really laughed out loud.

Mao Gui was also quite embarrassed, so he could only laugh helplessly.

After a while, Zhang Ximeng suddenly stopped smiling and remembered something.

"General Mao, in fact, you also have an advantage... Let me ask you, why can you feel relieved by throwing some arrogant soldiers to Korea?"

Mao Gui pondered for a while. This is what Zhang Ximeng wanted to do. He didn't think so, but now it seems that it is understandable.

"Goreo people, not Mu Wanghua, are not Han people in the Central Plains, Chinese people. Suffering

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There's nothing wrong with them either. "

Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile, "That's it, can we draw a conclusion from this...there are differences between inside and outside!"

Mao Gui said: "It is true."

"Then since there are differences between inside and outside, how should we deal with external affairs? Does General Mao have any ideas?"

Mao Guilue pondered, and tentatively asked: "Do you want to use force against the barbarians? Let them know how powerful the Shang Kingdom is?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled lightly, "What if the force is not enough, or the cost is too high to bear?"

"This... I don't know about this."

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "General Mao, this matter is not complicated. In the final analysis, it is just one sentence. The magic of using it comes from one heart! And this one heart is the benefit!"

"Benefit?"

"Yes! It's the national interest!" Zhang Ximeng broke the question directly.

Mao Gui couldn't help cheering up, leaned his upper body slightly, and asked earnestly: "Mr. Zhang, can you explain more carefully?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "We like to say that the family is the country, and the family is compared to the country... In fact, this has serious flaws, and it will cause many problems."

"Family and country are different after all. The reason lies in the family members. After all, they are blood relatives, and each other is their own family. Therefore, when dealing with family issues, we should be more inclined to rule by virtue, fathers are kind and sons are filial, brothers and friends are respectful. , the husband and wife respect each other, and the family is harmonious. But when they arrive in the country, they lose their kinship and become strangers. Since they are strangers, it is impossible to wrong themselves casually and help others. Therefore, if there is a dispute, it will become more serious. Most people choose to go to court and rely on the king's law to solve the problem, so in the governance of the country, we should pay more attention to the law!"

Mao Gui nodded again and again, "That's true, Mr. Zhang has great insights."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "If that's the case, how should we deal with foreign countries? For example, how should we deal with the relationship between us and the barbarians? I'm afraid we don't even have the most basic laws, and we rely on this to speak!"

Zhang Ximeng raised his fist, Mao Gui saw it, and suddenly his heart moved, he really understood something... In fact, what Zhang Ximeng said was not complicated, and the logic was simple and clear, but for a long time, it was easy to be ignored.

Just like targeting the barbarians, it is not wrong to think that they should be rewarded generously and win people's hearts.But this is how friends get along, you treat me well, and I treat you well.

Furthermore, between countries, this is often not the case.

What the state pursues is profit.

Since it is to maximize the benefits, it should be the most cost-effective way to make you treat me well, and then I will eat all the benefits without paying any price.

In fact, many small countries are like this.

After all, it's too extravagant for you to talk about courtesies and national dignity with them.Who knows if the country will survive next year, take the opportunity to make a fortune, even if the day comes when the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, if you have money in your pocket, you can find a way.

To sum up, the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats used the morality of benevolence and righteousness to guide foreign exchanges, but they were completely wrong and completely diametrically opposed.

This is not to say that you must speak harshly to the outside world, wave a big stick, and shout and kill at every turn.

Rather, benevolence, righteousness and morality cannot really restrain the behavior between countries, and must be backed by powerful force.

Zhang Ximeng and Mao Guizai talked carefully all afternoon, and finally communicated his thoughts thoroughly with Mao Gui.

"General Mao, you will write an article later, give it to me to revise, and then publish it in the name of both of us. It can be regarded as our common view on the Korean issue."

Mao Gui turned pale in shock, waved his hands in a hurry, and blushed in anxiety, "Zhang Xiang, I, how can I write articles with Zhang Xiang, I, I am not worthy!"

Zhang Ximeng waved his hand, "General Mao, you can put the state affairs first and cooperate with Shandong Red Scarf to reorganize. Your merits belong to Daming, and the world respects you. Your determination to study is even more admirable. But if you really let you go to school with the children, Endorsing in class. That means I don't know how to accommodate, and I can't do things."

Zhang Ximeng said again: "General Mao, don't think that writing an article with me is taking advantage of me. From now on, you must pay attention to studying the situation of the Siyi, thoroughly pondering and analyzing them. In this way Only then can we assist the imperial court in making decisions and safeguard the interests of Ming Dynasty."