Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 194 I really want to be Mr. Zhang’s slave!
After Li Shanchang received the order from the Central Publishing House asking him to come to celebrate, he set off five days later.

Now, he has reached peace.

Feng Guoyong entertained him personally.

Neither of them was very sad after meeting, and even came to the iron factory in Taiping.

Looking at the endless stream of workers in the factory area, Li Shanchang couldn't help but ask Feng Guoyong: "You said if the world is really peaceful, how can these iron factories still make profits?"

"I sometimes think about this issue. Now it is entirely up to Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang to support the iron factory!"

"Of course, our rebel army will also pay a sum of money and the Zhongshu Province will purchase it uniformly. But in the future, when the world is really peaceful and there are no wars, the iron factory will probably have to reduce its production and let these workers go back to farming. That’s good.”

Feng Guoyong expressed his opinion.

Li Shanchang smiled knowingly and asked: "Where can we get so many fields when we go back to farming? After all, not many people have been killed since the rebel army came south to Chuzhou. Many rebel soldiers, refugees and prisoners are waiting to be divided into fields."

"Indeed, Mr. Zhang used this method of large-scale industrial development to prevent many people from dying in the struggle for hegemony among heroes in troubled times. Then the new dynasty will be faced with the problem of how to feed more people who did not die in the war."

Feng Guoyong nodded.

Li Shanchang started pacing on the gravel-covered road with his hands behind his back, making a crunching sound under his feet:
"I'm afraid that the world cannot be at peace too soon, and more conquests must be carried out."

"Although you and I have seen the global map given by Mr. Zhang, there are many territories that can be expanded, but to be honest, doing so will make the rulers busy all the time, and it is difficult to travel leisurely and enjoy dignity. idle."

Feng Guoyong nodded and talked about his worries.

Li Shanchang suddenly asked Feng Guoyong: "I heard that Mr. Zhang wants to divide the private lands of Hu Yuan's powerful bureaucrats in Jiangnan among the people?"

Feng Guoyong nodded.

After hearing this, Li Shanchang said with emotion: "Mr. Zhang is a selfless person!"

Feng Guoyong echoed: "It is indeed!"

then.

Feng Guoyong asked Li Shanchang: "So, who do you plan to make king?"

Feng Guoyong then said: "This time we are asked to gather for a celebration just to determine who will be the king."

"After all, Jiqing, Pingjiang, and Changzhou have all been conquered. Jiangnan will be completely owned by our rebels. It is just around the corner!"

"Now, even if we don't claim to be the king, it's time to confirm who is the king!"

"However, our rebel army has had a complex system from the beginning. There are Marshal Guo's old troops, people who were developed by the superiors themselves, people who were developed by Mr. Zhang when he was developing the Datong Society in Walianglui, and a group of people he influenced in Chuzhou. Scholars from humble families who have already held important positions in the Shenji Camp and the First Army, and people like you and me who have developed based on our own soldiers, so who is the king must be discussed and cannot be determined directly. "

"Especially this time, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou attacked Jiqing to prove themselves. Mr. Zhang who followed them organized them to capture Jiqing. I am afraid that Mr. Zhang's prestige will be greatly improved."

Li Shanchang suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "It's not a question of who is the king now, it's that the superior and Mr. Zhang are different from what we imagined!"

"They all take these workers and farmers in front of them too seriously!"

"So much so that they are unwilling to invade the interior, allowing people like Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou to still be alive, and allowing these hundreds of thousands of refugees to still be alive, and become craftsmen who live by our rebel army!"

"To realize the great unity of the world!"

Feng Guoyong smiled helplessly and said: "The ambitions of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang are far higher than ours. They want more than just order in the world."

"Yes, even though we originally joined the rebel army just to honor our ancestors, now we have to join in to seek wealth for the people."

"It doesn't matter who is the king or the minister when we go to Jiqing this time. The only thing we can do is to obey these two people!"

"Let them realize as soon as possible that sole control of the world is the first priority, rather than sharing the beauty and beauty here. Even if the people in the world want to be slaves, no one wants to be the slaves of two masters."

Li Shanchang said.

Feng Guoyong nodded in agreement: "Yes, there must be a distinction between top and bottom! Especially the two of them, they can only save one."

"Brother, the leaves of the potatoes that Mr. Zhang asked you to take to the festival suddenly turned yellow."

At this time, Li Cunyi walked quickly and said something to Li Shanchang.

After hearing this, Li Shanchang suddenly panicked and shouted loudly and asked Li Cunyi: "How did you take care of me!"

"Excuse me!"

Li Shanchang stopped talking to Feng Guoyong, and went to his boat first. When he came to a ridge of potato cultivation ground that had been moved with the soil, he asked: "When did it turn yellow?"

"I found it this morning." Li Cunyi replied.

Li Shanchang said: "I don't know if it's because of the heavy humidity on the boat. Let's find a car and go to Jiqing by land. We can't let Mr. Zhang feel that we don't enjoy working for him."

"Yes!"
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"Mr. Zhang is unwilling to be emperor, which is really a headache."

Guo Tianxu, who was also here before the political meeting, talked to Zhang Tianyou in a restaurant about his previous intention to serve Zhang Cheng as the master, and he couldn't help but frown.

"But he was actually right. The most important thing now is not who should be the emperor, but how this emperor should be. Otherwise, who should be the emperor? As long as you and I are not the emperor, it will be impossible to end well."

Zhang Tianyou talked about his thoughts.

Guo Tianxu sighed slightly: "I know! I even know that if I really change the monarchy according to Mr. Zhang's wishes, although my life will be saved, my life will definitely not be easy. I am afraid that life will be worse than death!"

"For example, now, in order to make the people rich and prosperous, Mr. Zhang will allocate the private lands of Hu Yuan and the princes and ministers in the south of the Yangtze River to the people. If everyone does not share the land according to merit, will it be the same in the future when the imperial system is changed? The people are seeking wealth and wealth, so the emperor forces us soldiers to go to the frontier to guard the border for the people. We even have to provide land for the new people and open up new territories. Only when we die can we take off our armor and return to our hometowns to live a peaceful life? "

"You're right, you either have to surrender your military power in advance, or you can only serve the people of the world for the rest of your life."

Zhang Tianyou nodded.

Snapped!
Guo Tianxu immediately jumped on the case, pointed to Zhang Tianyou and said, "I don't know why Zhu Yuanzhang didn't object to Mr. Zhang's idea. Didn't he say he wanted to be the emperor? Why was he willing to divide the land? Why was he willing to believe in Datong? That set!"

"You don't know Guorui. When the commander-in-chief was around, he was very ambitious, and he never cared about personal gains and losses."

"As long as Mr. Zhang does not do it for himself but for the people of the world, he will never turn against Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Tianyou said with a smile.

"Yes!"

Guo Tianxu replied helplessly and rubbed his face:

"Sometimes I want to send someone to kill Mr. Zhang, but thinking about it, that would only be good for Zhu Yuanzhang, not us. Without Mr. Zhang, Zhu Yuanzhang would have killed us long ago at the hands of Chen Yexian, so We don’t dare to have such thoughts, and we still have to hope that Mr. Zhang can live forever.”

"But what I want more is to let Mr. Zhang be our master and our king."

"Tell me, why isn't he willing?"

"Why is it so difficult for me to be his slave!"

Guo Tianxu became more and more excited as he talked.

"Mr. Zhang is a great gentleman who worries about the world."

"He doesn't want slaves, he just wants good generals who will devote their lives to serving the country and the people!"

Zhang Tianyou continued to talk about his opinions, and looked at his nephew with a very solemn expression.

Guo Tianxu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Uncle, to be honest, sometimes I really want to drag you out to work alone and become a king on your own, but I have to admit that we will definitely not develop as well as Mr. Zhang and Zhu Yuanzhang if we go alone. They are braver and smarter than us, and more importantly, by doing so, they can really help the people of the world become their help in fighting for the world."

"Don't think too much about it."

Zhang Tianyou stood up and patted Guo Tianxu on the shoulder and said: "Either he will remove his armor and return home after the Yuan Dynasty is destroyed in the future, or he will truly serve the people of the world and be a good general of the country for the rest of his life."

"What's the point of being a nobleman for the common people of the world!"

Guo Tianxu took a sip of wine as he spoke.

But Zhang Tianyou continued to persuade: "In this political meeting, no matter who is determined to be the king, we will only obey Mr. Zhang's words. In any case, it is better to listen to Mr. Zhang than to listen to Zhu Yuanzhang. Perhaps, as time goes by, Because of our obedience, Mr. Zhang would gradually develop a desire not to tolerate Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, he would go with the flow and make Mr. Zhang the master of the world, and work with him to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang. In this way, the Datong Society would exist in name only. To put it more bluntly, For the time being, we have settled down to become Mr. Zhang’s kind of lackey who is inferior to ten thousand people!”

Guo Tianxu nodded solemnly: "What my uncle said is that Mr. Zhang must first get used to the feeling of others being obedient!"
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Before I knew it, it was winter in October.

Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong were about to arrive in Jiqing City to participate in the collegial meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, while Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang held an internal meeting of Datong Society before the collegial meeting of the Political Affairs Hall.

"My colleagues, now that the rebels have captured Jiqing City, Jiangnan belongs to our rebels and is within easy reach."

"But the composition of our rebel army will therefore become more complicated. In order to prevent this complexity from causing the strength of the entire rebel army to decline, we must speed up the pace of Datong Society's absolute control of the rebel army."

"The First Army is okay, but the Second Army and the Fourth Army still have many remnants that are more concerned with clan friendship than Datong belief. The Third Army is still educating people about illiteracy and developing commune members. The worst thing is the new ones who have joined, and they are still there until now. With the old etiquette, the officers kill and beat the soldiers whenever they want, making them like slaves. How can we achieve complete unity if this continues? "

At an internal meeting of the Datong Society, Zhu Yuanzhang proposed the idea of ​​​​wanting the Datong Society to gain absolute control over the rebels as soon as possible.

Zhang Cheng also chimed in and said, "That's true. The rebel army may not have the final say from me, or from a higher authority, but it must be the philosophy of the Datong Society that has the final say!"

"For this reason, I propose that, next, prepare to directly eliminate from the rebel ranks those who refuse to agree with the concept of Datong in everything. This is not to kill the donkey after capturing Jiqing, but to unify the consciousness, either leave or fight with swords and guns. , when you each go down, communicate with your branch members and ask them to mobilize among the soldiers below!"

(End of this chapter)