Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 211 Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless and will not show mercy!
The loss of the Jiqing, Taiping, and Pingjiang roads in the south of the Yangtze River was a big blow to the princes and nobles of the Yuan Dynasty.

Because they have a lot of private lands and industries in these places, and they get a lot of financial profits from these places every year without any effort.

So now they suddenly lose all the roads south of the Yangtze River, which is an unacceptable fact for them.

Emperor Yuan Shun himself was no exception.

As an emperor, he also had his own private land in Jiangnan.

Therefore, after he learned that Fushou had lost Jiqing, he scolded Fushou several times for being incompetent, and even wished he could immediately issue an order to mobilize troops to regain control of Jiangnan.

But fortunately, the right prime minister Wang Jianu persuaded him in time, so he did not issue an order to urge Dingzhu to immediately unite his troops to recover Jiangnan. He only asked Dingzhu to deal with the rebels in Jiangbei as soon as possible.

However, when Emperor Yuan Shun learned that Zhang Cheng was going to give the Yuan court dignitaries their private lands in Jiangnan to the common people, Emperor Yuan Shun got excited again and furiously cursed Zhang Cheng and others as abominable.

Even on the day when the memorial to settle down was delivered, Emperor Yuan Shun was still cursing and saying to his important ministers Wang Jianu and Hama:

"What kind of evil are Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng? If we can't wipe them out one by one, why don't they themselves not eat grains? They allocate their private land to the common people!"

Emperor Yuan Shun bared his teeth excitedly.

When Emperor Yuan Shun heard Wang Jianu mention Zhang Shicheng, he frowned and suddenly felt angry in his heart.

Emperor Yuan Shun gritted his teeth as he spoke and couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

Because he thought of the incident where Zhang Shicheng sent the envoys he sent to recruit peace to Zhu Yuanzhang and were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Emperor Yuan Shun's face darkened after hearing this.

As Wang Jianu said this, he couldn't help but fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

"It's all divided!"

"Is it really a rebellion for the people?"

Therefore, Hama now also hopes that the court will eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng as soon as possible.

"Sold firearms to Liu Futong?"

However, after Hamagang reported this, Wang Jianu presented a fixed express delivery to Emperor Yuan Shun: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent delivery sent by Prime Minister Zuo not long ago. According to Prime Minister Zuo, now Zhu Yuanzhang, Monster thieves like Zhang Cheng also began to sell sharp firearms to monster thieves like Liu Futong. As a result, the battle of Taikang commanded by Dashi Batur in Pingzhang, Henan Province fell short. All the troops led by Dashi Batur were defeated. And back."

Hama was actually more unwilling to see the roads south of the Yangtze River fall into the hands of the rebels than Emperor Yuan Shun, because he had more private land in Jiangnan than Emperor Yuan Shun.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"We must treat this matter with caution. After all, once these Han demons and thieves really unite, especially the northern and southern Han people, if they really unite, our country, Dayuan, may not be able to protect our country!"

Hama echoed: "Your Majesty, it seems that people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng are indeed the most terrifying monsters and thieves. The imperial court should destroy them as soon as possible!"

"We didn't expect them to do this, but now it seems that they may really be rebelling for the Han people, so they haven't had a fight yet. They even ruined our plan to recruit Zhang Shicheng and took the initiative to fight with them. Zhang Shicheng and other demon thieves cooperated and did not regard them as enemies. Instead, they always regarded us as enemies. "

But then, Emperor Yuan Shun was very angry because Wang Jianu said that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng were really rebelling for the people, but he laughed instead and said:

Wang Jianu started talking.

At the same time, based on national interests, Hama was not willing to see people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng allocate their private lands in Jiangnan to the people to increase their own strength.

"No matter what, I will not allow such Han people to exist in the world who are truly Han people!"

Emperor Yuan Shun himself took a few steps back and asked, "What do you mean by staying in the express delivery station?"

"Prime Minister Zuo suggested that the imperial court should concentrate its forces to eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and other thieves in Jiangnan, and try to recruit Liu Futong, Zhang Shicheng and other thieves as much as possible!"

"The reason, Prime Minister Zuo also said, is that thieves such as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng are different from thieves such as Liu Futong and Zhang Shicheng. They really want to do things for the people and restore China. They are our real big trouble!"

"What's more, Jiangnan has always been a land of money, food and taxation. Now that we, Dayuan, have lost Jiangnan, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others have gained Jiangnan, it is undoubtedly equivalent to my Dayuan having to lose strength and bones, while Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and other thieves have become more powerful. This The situation with me, Dayuan, is undoubtedly very unfavorable!”

Wang Jianu replied.

Emperor Yuan Shun nodded.

At this time, Hama could not help but gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is dangerous and fragile. It is better to issue an edict to punish yourself first to win over people's hearts and stabilize the Han people in the north and the tribes outside the Great Wall. At the same time, issue an edict to bring peace to the world. Monster thieves outside Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng’s tribe.”

Emperor Yuan Shun was silent for a while.

Afterwards, Emperor Yuan Shun nodded helplessly: "Then let's issue an imperial edict to sin against ourselves."

then.

Emperor Yuan Shun's eyes showed a fierce look again: "Send another envoy to Zhang Shicheng and tell him that if he is willing to accept the recruitment, I will give him Huainan and Jiangnan and make him the king of the great country! But he has to go south to conquer for me. Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng and others, I only want the heads of these two people, and the land south of the Yangtze River belongs to Zhang Shicheng;"

"Send the same edict to Xu Shouhui again." "In addition, since Liu Futong can no longer be eliminated, I will also send an envoy to recognize his Song Dynasty regime. As long as he is willing to meet me, the Yuan Dynasty, without fighting, I will Give Henan to him!”

"I don't believe that all the demon thieves in the world are just like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng. They really rebel for the Han people and not for their own ambitions!"

After Emperor Yuan Shun said this, Hama immediately held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you are wise! If you want to take it first, you must give it first. Now we have to let these monsters and thieves fight among themselves, so that we, the Great Yuan, can turn the tide!"

Wang Jianu also nodded: "That should be the case. As long as they are willing, we can promise to let Chen Youding from Fujian, Shi Moyisun from Zhejiang, He Niqi from Jiangxi, Yuque from Huaibei, and Taifeiyin from Huaixi. Let’s lead the official army and the Miao army to help them suppress the bandits!”

"allow!"
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Zhang Cheng knew that what he, Zhu Yuanzhang and others did would sooner or later make their forces the target of public criticism, and would also make Yuan Ting regard them as a thorn in the flesh.

Because what they are doing is to dig into the foundation of the big landlords and big bureaucrats, and they are also completely on the side of the people and making the people stronger.

In fact, Zhang Cheng's choice to cooperate financially with Zhang Shicheng, Liu Futong and others was not only to make money from them, but also to tie them up through economic benefits.

But Zhang Cheng knew that he could not tie up these rebel forces who also belonged to the landlord class just by relying on economic benefits.

After all, for many landowners, they actually care more about political interests.

They don't care how many people they sacrifice, how many benefits they sacrifice, but what they care more about is whether they can become the master of a country and whether they can step on all the people in the world. Even if they can't step on the world, they still have to step on some people in the world. This way he can prove his success and make him feel that he is finally standing out.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng told Zhu Yuanzhang that they could not give up the deterrence of force, nor could they relax the strengthening of their own military strength.

Zhu Yuanzhang also deeply believed in this.

It had been agreed with Zhang Cheng that he would be responsible for the military in the future. Before the celebration banquet ended, when Guo Tianxu asked him how to deal with the affairs of the Song Dynasty, he said to Guo Tianxu:

"Right now, there are still a group of people in your Second Army who have not accepted the ideas of the Datong Society. These people must be eliminated, otherwise, they are likely to betray the Chinese Army in the future!"

"Get rid of it?"

Guo Tianxu was quite surprised after hearing this.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "If we don't get rid of them, will we still keep them to harm the people?"

"But they are brothers who have been with us for many years!"

"They may just be a little stubborn in their consciousness, but they are not hopeless!"

"We can even tolerate the demotion of Tatars like Manzihaya and Nakchu, so why can't we tolerate them?"

Guo Tianxu asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "We are willing to give them patience, but the world's situation cannot allow it!"

"They are still stubbornly resisting those who join the Datong Society, and even beat and even intend to kill those who join the Datong Society. If this continues, sooner or later they will betray the Chinese Army and completely break with the Datong Society. The Chinese Army must be loyal to the Datong Society. That is We have agreed upon the requirements together, and you have to accept them even if you don’t accept them!”

"I know!"

"But, wouldn't it be okay if we let them return to their hometown and then strictly supervise them?"

Guo Tianxu nodded, and then asked Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang replied without hesitation: "No!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Guo Tianxu solemnly and said: "We know that my father-in-law cannot bear to do this because they are loyal to you, but you have to know that they are not ordinary people, but people who can fight and lead troops. Let them go back to their hometowns, and they will They will only harm the people in our rear, because they stubbornly do not accept putting the people first, and they may even directly coerce the villagers to defect to the Tatars, and even become the executioners of the Tatars to massacre us Han people!”

"In short, in this concept, there is no room for tolerance, only life and death!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said: "I will drink from the golden cup together, but I will not spare you the sword!"

After hearing this, Guo Tianxu clenched his fists: "It's really hard for me to betray them!"

"How can a person who achieves great things have the kindness of a woman?"

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Guo Tianxu: "You should feel lucky. We are only asking them to be loyal to Datong Society, not to us. Otherwise, it would not be you betraying them, but them betraying you!"

Guo Tianxu couldn't help but be startled.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed meaningfully at this time: "Shouldn't you be glad that Mr. Zhang and I didn't want to build a family world but only built a country through socialism?"

Finished.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, walked to Guo Tianxu, put his face almost in front of Guo Tianxu, and asked in a low voice with a serious face:

"Why are you still hesitating?! For the sake of Datong Society, we must put aside our personal grudges!"

(End of this chapter)