Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 225 Zhang Cheng: It’s time for the superiors to deal with it with an iron fist!

Yuan Zhizheng seventeenth year, March.

Zhang Cheng's recent audit by the Audit Department found that the growth rate of grain in foreign trade has shown a rare downward trend.

This made Zhang Cheng realize something was wrong.

Because Zhang Shicheng and Liu Futong are currently engaged in high-intensity military confrontations and have no time to organize large-scale farming, the demand for food has only increased.

In addition, Chen Youliang is also actively expanding his troops.

What's more, the landowners in the areas under their jurisdiction are still frantically growing cotton for high-profit cotton.

Therefore, it stands to reason that the increase in grain sold by Datong Society will only increase, not decrease.

If it drops, it can only mean that Datong Society is suspected of smuggling food by officials and people.

Zhang Cheng knew that he could not expect that once the Datong Society was established and everyone accepted the ideas of the Datong Society, everyone would be truly enlightened, and no one would embezzle public food or even make profits through smuggling in order to make huge personal gains.

"It's not that I'm anxious, but if you don't take precautions, sooner or later you will have to kill your relatives because of this, unless you, the superior, will also be corrupted along with you!"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with Zhang Cheng's point of view.

Zhang Cheng therefore started talking to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Especially now that there is too much food in the area governed by Datong Society, and there are large granaries in many important transportation areas, which makes it impossible to implement strict monitoring. Moreover, monitoring technology and means are not rich enough, and the people's wisdom has not yet broadened to allow people to participate. The enthusiasm of supervision is not strong.

"You said that Hu Weiyong is re-establishing a society?"

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and replied: "Wait a moment, Mr. Zhang, don't worry."

Therefore, he found Zhu Yuanzhang and informed Zhu Yuanzhang of his guess.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said with a disapproving smile: "Our school inspector reported that he intends to establish a Restoration Society, with the intention of restoring etiquette, so that the world will have dignity and respect for virtue and benevolence."

"Internal control must be strict. Kill when necessary and eliminate when necessary. A little indulgence will destroy the entire Datong cause."

"Are you brave enough?"

"Sir, food is a strategic resource related to national interests, and it is also one of the sharp swords for us to achieve great harmony. Therefore, we cannot let those who are not aware of it and have weak ambitions rust our sword and fail to exert the corresponding effect. ”

Zhang Cheng also laughed after hearing this: "Is he following the same example and setting up a new center?"

But he had different ideas of his own.

At this time, Zhang Cheng caught the key information in Zhu Yuanzhang's words and asked him.

Zhang Cheng replied bluntly.

But Zhang Cheng believes that this cannot be ignored.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhang Cheng said, he stopped smiling and suddenly stood up and looked at Zhang Cheng: "Mr. Zhang, don't you trust me? I'm afraid that I don't have a strong will either."

"In fact, today it may be food that fails to exert the corresponding effect, but tomorrow it may be firearms, and then all kinds of top secrets of military discipline!"

Zhang Cheng turned around as he spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not refute or explain. He only said to Zhang Cheng in a deep voice: "As I said, just be your good teacher, do good things that people can only admire and be grateful for, and do things that offend people and make people afraid. , don't worry about it. It's our own business to destroy relatives for justice. You don't need to push or doubt. At worst, if Datong Society really changes because of us in the future, you can just be like Hu Weiyong and find someone who is not afraid of death like us. He who also cares about the people of the world will re-establish a society and conquer the country. "

"That's right, I'm afraid that you will make appropriate compromises for the sake of your family. You will compromise to the point of fighting corruption with an iron fist while at the same time giving up on the idea of ​​great harmony and still only establishing the Zhu Dynasty of one family and one world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to ask Zhang Cheng, and then said:

"No one would believe me if I told him that he, a doctor of the Iron Administration, could have such ambitions!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "This person is obviously not a simple person!"

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smile slightly: "Since he wants to do this, I have nothing to say. When the time comes, I will compare with others who are more powerful and advanced in organizing and developing people's power. But in any case, it seems that I still have to Continuing to fuel this technological innovation will make them even less motivated to do so.”

“How do you plan to continue to innovate?”

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng replied: "It is natural to further reduce production activities that directly use human and animal power!"

"For example, I have recently asked them to start applying steam power to ships and trains, and I have also asked them to start developing electric lights."

"At that time, even if the people are willing to contribute to the landlords only on the land, I am afraid that the landlords themselves will no longer be willing to only allow the people to produce on the land, but also want the people to mine and sit on their own. Take the train and ship to buy your own goods.”

"After all, even if the former increases the land rent to the limit, it will only collect more food, but it will run the risk of forcing people to flee the land and even cause trouble. It is better for the latter to just take advantage of the people's desire to live a better life and let the people Take the initiative to learn, improve your ability to create wealth, and then work hard to produce more wealth. Naturally, these increased wealth are not a small amount. Even if you only contribute half of the original land share, you will be better off than before. "Everything is more." Zhu Yuanzhang understood the meaning of Zhang Cheng's words, so he said: "You are digging the roots of the landowners!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned again and said, "But we cannot underestimate the greed of some evil villains!"

"When the people can basically only live by farming, they will eat the grain and force the people to hand over the profits of the next ten years or even the next generation to them."

"I'm afraid that when the people can create wealth by not only farming, they will also waste their money and greedily take advantage of the people's desire to live a better life, so that the people will also use the profits of ten years and even the next generation. Take it out and let them squander it.”

"Mr. Zhang must understand the meaning of insatiable desires."

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Zhang Cheng nodded: "What the superior said is that the realization of this concept of great unity is never as simple as improving technology. When necessary, we must carry out rectification and parade some greedy guys through the streets to eliminate them. , is also a very important part!”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "It's a pity that we don't know as much as you, so this rectification can only be done by us."

Zhang Cheng smiled slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled slightly.

The two of them didn't say anything more. After all, they both understood what they had to do and what they could only do at the moment.

It's just that Zhang Cheng didn't understand why Zhu Yuanzhang continued to do Jiang Taigong's fishing. It seemed that he had to catch more big fish, and he thought about giving the people inside a big surprise in the future, and even did not hesitate to make his high-ranking prestige in the future. There may be some early losses.

"Is it because people in the future will not dare to do it again, knowing how terrible Zhu Yuanzhang is?"

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but think so to himself.

And he felt that was probably the case.

He can suspect that Zhu Yuanzhang may not be bad enough, but he cannot suspect that Zhu Yuanzhang may not be ruthless enough.

After all, history told him that there were few emperors more ruthless than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because of this, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but start to sigh to himself. Fortunately, there was a Zhu Yuanzhang in this time and space, otherwise he would not have dared to blindly innovate technology and blindly use various new ideas to challenge the status of traditional ethics.

After all, in that case, he would be fighting alone against all the ancients with landlord ideas.

And he is not the kind of ruthless person who dares to risk everything.

Therefore, he was fortunate that there was still Zhu Yuanzhang, who was willing to be this ruthless man who would risk everything, so that he could dare to change the world in a big way.

However, what Zhang Cheng didn't know was that Zhu Yuanzhang was also glad that he had a comrade beside him who was really willing to put aside his desire to be a master and think about the people of the world and to work together with Zhang Cheng who was really willing to innovate technology for the people.

Because in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, without Zhang Cheng, he himself would not have dared to really turn the common people's issue of wealth and wealth into a governing concept. He would not even have dared to say that he would conquer the country to ensure that the people would not be hungry or cold. Dare to say that etiquette must be reestablished.

After all, if there were no Zhang Cheng, not to mention that given his starting point, he would not be exposed to these theories, even if he realized it on his own, he would still stand firmly with him because no one is willing to cooperate with him to clean up the aftermath. People who hold one position do not dare to challenge the entire natural economy and society.

Even if he is the founding emperor.

But he is also a human being, and he only has one life, and he can only play one role, and cannot be duplicated.

Of course, in history, Zhu Yuanzhang really abolished the prime minister system and became the only patriarch, facing the entire landlord bureaucracy alone.

But in that case, no one can tell whether Zhu Yuanzhang was too lusty for power and didn't like to rest or because he was helpless and completely disappointed with the function of the prime minister.

It should be noted that in the early days, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the Prime Minister Zhongshu Province a lot of power. When Prince Zhu Biao was here, he almost gave all the imperial power to Zhu Biao.

Therefore, if Zhu Yuanzhang really changed the system and abolished the prime minister because he was too greedy for power and unwilling to delegate power, then it may not be very consistent with his ideas. If you think so, you may also regard him as too shallow.

In short.

Because of Zhang Cheng's existence, Zhu Yuanzhang was less disappointed with human nature and more daring to think.

Of course, the reason why Zhang Cheng appears to be greater is because he comes from a later generation and knows more advanced methods of exploitation. The key is that he can still go back and escape from here at any time.

Next, Zhang Cheng still focused on technical improvement.

And now, more and more people around the world have begun to enjoy the benefits brought by his improved technology.

For example, Emperor Yuan Shun has now begun to have to eat potatoes.

Especially after the food from the south has not been shipped for a long time, Emperor Yuan Shun now has people buy a lot of potatoes from merchants to solve the food crisis in Dadu.

"I'm almost tired of eating these potatoes."

On this day, Emperor Yuanshun of Lian Du cried to Prime Minister Wang Jianu, Hama and other important ministers about the pain of eating potatoes for too long.

(End of this chapter)