Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 55 The Moral Dies
"Come back after watching it?"

In the backyard of Duke Ying's mansion, when Zhu Gaoxu led Chi Huan into the stable, Fu Youde's voice sounded behind him.

"Duke..."

Zhu Gaoxu turned around and bowed, and saw Fu Youde standing behind him with two attendants.

Two attendants stepped forward to unsaddle Chi Huan, and Zhu Gaoxu also greeted and thanked them.

His behavior is rare in this era. Everyone was frightened at first, but then they gradually got used to it.

Fu Youde looked at him and said thank you, but he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Your temper has changed a lot. I'm afraid your father's eyes will pop out when he sees it."

"An ancient saying goes, I have to examine myself three times every day. I just obey and do as I'm told." Zhu Gaoxu responded to Fu Youde with a smile, but he didn't want Fu Youde to shake his head and interrupt:

"I see that you have nothing to do with those Confucian scholars, but you are quite similar to Mozi."

"Mozi?" Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised, not that Fu Youde said he looked like Mozi, but that Fu Youde actually knew who Mozi was.

"You guys, do you think I am a common man who doesn't study?"

Jiang is still old and hot. Fu Youde saw Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts at a glance. When Zhu Gaoxu saw this, he also used a silly smile to get through:

"No, I just feel that I can't compare with Mozi."

After Zhu Gaoxu came to Ming Dynasty, he not only read military books, but also read some classics and history books, so he naturally understood Mozi's ideas better.

Mozi advocated "honoring the virtuous, advocating unity, being frugal in use, frugal in burial, caring for all, and not attacking."

Shangxian requires the monarch to promote talents regardless of hierarchy, and opposes the system of worldly officials and nobles in which "relatives of flesh and blood are rich and powerful without reason". Shangtong requires people to agree with their superiors on the premise of respecting the virtuous.

Frugality in expenses and frugality in burials means that he opposes the extravagance and extravagance of the ruling class and calls for savings in expenses and frugality in funerals.This reflects the requirement of working people to cherish the fruits of their labor.

Universal love and non-aggression means that he opposes the annexation war of "the big attacks the small, the strong dominates the weak", and also opposes class oppression such as the strong bullying the weak, the masses bullying the few, the rich bullying the poor, the arrogant and the humble, etc., and promotes the "universal" of people of different classes and strata. Love each other and benefit each other."

He believes that the difference between humans and animals is that humans have to live by labor. Only by working hard can they survive. Getting something without working is an unkind and unjust act.

These thoughts of his actually reflected the people at the bottom's desire for equality, their aversion to war, and their desire to live and work in peace and contentment. However, this was just an unrealistic fantasy at the time.

Needless to say, at the time, and even now, this idea was not possible.

Therefore, Fu Youde's evaluation of Zhu Gaoxu is not good.

"You kid, it would be nice if you were a bit more ruthless than before, but now you are too refined and can't control the generals."

Fu Youde gave his comments straight to the point. Zhu Gaoxu also knew the shortcomings of his character, but he also knew that it would be difficult for him to change this character for the time being.

After all, he came from a world with better social security. Even though he has tried his best to integrate into this world in the past few months, he does not have the "law of the jungle" temperament in his bones.

He was also worried about his character, but Fu Youde changed the topic and consoled him:

"But it's okay. If you go to the battlefield a few times and kill a few more people, your personality will change."

In Fu Youde's words, killing a few people was like slaughtering a few chickens, which made Zhu Gaoxu's mouth go dry.

Naturally, his behavior was also seen by Fu Youde. He glanced at Zhu Gaoxu with a little sigh:

"If you kid goes to the battlefield, I'm afraid the soldiers of Beilu will suffer a lot."

What he said was true. After all, judging from the fact that Zhu Gaoxu had a four-pound iron mace on each side, it was difficult for the so-called armored soldiers to stop him, and the role of strong generals often lies in breaking formations.

"My lord..." Zhu Gaoxu was talked about for a long time and finally spoke: "What was it like for you to kill someone for the first time..."

"My first time to kill someone?" Fu Youde's expression froze, and the face of a young man could not help but appear in his mind.Perhaps because it was so long ago, the young man's facial features were no longer clear, but Fu Youde could clearly recall the desperate look in the young man's eyes after he was penetrated by his own spear.

"The first time I killed a Tatar, he was about the same age as me. I didn't feel anything at the time. The battlefield was so messed up that I couldn't care less about how I felt."

Fu Youde's explanation was as if nothing had happened. From his tone, Zhu Gaoxu could not detect any shame at all.

Maybe it was true, as he said, that he really didn't feel anything.

"On the battlefield, if you don't kill him, he will kill you. Let alone the Tatar, it is the brother who fought with you yesterday. Maybe tomorrow he will surrender to the Beibei and raise his knife to chop you."

Fu Youde told his thoughts without any concealment: "Liu Futong can kill Du Zundao, Chen Youliang can kill Xu Shouhui, Zhang Shicheng can kill Yang Wanzhe..."

"Which of these people didn't call each other brothers earlier, and when the position arrived, which one didn't raise a knife to attack his brother?"

Having said this, Fu Youde glanced at the thoughtful Zhu Gaoxu: "Who do you think can stand out from the troubled times?"

"This..." Zhu Gaoxu wanted to say something, but suddenly found that he couldn't say anything.

He wanted to say benevolence and righteousness, but the facts proved that benevolence and righteousness were useless. Most of the benevolent and righteous people died at the hands of others.

He also wanted to say that people who were mercenary were mostly dead in the late Yuan Dynasty.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He could only analyze it from Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng.

Since he had first-hand historical data at the Duke's Palace of Song and Ying, Zhu Gaoxu could not say that he had a complete understanding of the deeds of the three people, but he could also get a general idea.

The more he understood, the more powerful he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was.

Among the three, Zhu Gaoxu always believed that Chahan Timur was Lao Zhu's biggest opponent, followed by Zhang Shicheng, and finally Chen Youliang.

He fought against the Tuotuo army alone, and then found that he was alone, so he quickly surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty in name and delivered food to the Yuan Dynasty.

Finding that the situation in the Yuan Dynasty had improved, he immediately changed his stance and struck hard at Yang Wanzhe, Zhao Junyong, Liu Futong, Fang Guozhen and others...

Even in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang who came to his rescue when he was surrounded by Tuotuo, Zhang Shicheng followed suit and focused on repaying kindness with enmity.

Relying on this unique skill, Zhang Shicheng developed his power from Zhejiang to Shandong, forcing Han and Song Dynasties to a desperate situation.

But compared with Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng is still a kind person.

It was understandable to kill Ni Wenhuan, but the plan was to kill Zhao Pusheng, imprison and kill Xu Shouhui, attack Mingxia on the left, Han and Song Dynasty on the right, and focus on internal fighting.

In comparison, Zhu Gaoxu understood why so many people surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

He helped the Yuan army when they attacked Zhang Shicheng, and he helped when the Yuan army attacked Liu Futong. He also gave preferential treatment to most of the warlords who surrendered.

Looking at it this way, it seems that Zhu Yuanzhang's character is relatively good among the warlords in the late Yuan Dynasty. Ni Wenjun, Mao Gui, Du Zundao, Xu Shouhui, and Zhao Pusheng all died in the hands of his own people. Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't kill many rebels. leader.

If Zhu Yuanzhang had not restrained Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and Chen Youliang, I am afraid that Han Song's butt would have been exposed by these "anti-Yuan heroes" as early as 20 years ago.

Could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor because he was benevolent and righteous among the rebels?

wrong……

Zhu Gaoxu knew his imperial grandfather very well. He was definitely not benevolent and righteous. After all, he had taken Xu Song's territory, and his character was also open to question.

But in this case, the question comes back again, why did Lao Zhu stand out from the late Yuan Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)