Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 230 Liu Bowen: I like to work with a true gentleman like Mr. Zhang!
Zhu Yuanzhang fulfilled Shi Moyisun's request and allowed him to meet Zhang Cheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang even sent Liu Bowen and Song Lian, so that Shi Moyisun could meet these two celebrities from eastern Zhejiang who were familiar with him.

After Liu Bowen and Song Lian came, Shi Moyi and Sun were even more angry.

He just looked at Liu Bowen and Song Lian, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect you to be so shameless! Fortunately, the imperial court has always treated you great scholars from eastern Zhejiang very well!"

"Where is your loyalty and integrity?!"

"Where is your integrity?!"

With that said, Shi Moyisun asked sternly about Liu Bowen and Song Lianlai.

Neither Liu Bowen nor Song Lian responded.

Zhang Cheng laughed at this time and said proactively: "It's really funny. You, a Khitan, actually believed these words of saints who deceived the people of the world."

Shi Moyisun was shocked on the spot.

"I bother!"

“Who really does what the saint says?”

"Why can't you tell me?!"

Seeing that Liu Bowen and Song Lian were silent, Shi Moyisun continued to reprimand loudly.

"If you don't say it out loud, can you treat it as if it doesn't make sense?"

Then, Zhang Cheng said:

Shi Moyisun was speechless. He only looked at Liu Bowen and Song Lian for a moment: "Why don't you speak?"

Zhang Cheng asked coldly and said, "Do you understand and seek truth from facts?"

Zhang Cheng said: "Why can't you say it? The words of a saint are always meant to be spoken, not acted upon!"

"It's a shame that when you saw me, you kept calling the demon thief the most hateful thing."

Shi Moyisun looked gloomy: "That can't be said directly!"

"You shameless people, the world has been ruined till now, all because of you, you Han officials, you all deserve to be killed!"

"Mr. Zhang is right. Stop telling lies that are not true. There is no point in blaming. If you really want to continue blaming me, you, a Khitan man, are now recognizing the thief as your father."

"speak!"

Zhang Cheng retorted on behalf of Liu Bowen and Song Lian.

"nonsense!"

Shi Mo Yisun couldn't help but ask.

"How can you, as a scholar, say this?"

"I asked you to come out many times, but you guys didn't come out, so you came here on your own initiative."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhang Cheng responding calmly to Shi Mo Yisun, he couldn't help but smile slightly and said:

Then, Zhang Cheng asked again, then looked at Shi Mo Yisun and said, "Only pedantic people believe that people in the world will do things according to the words of the sage."

"Although they did not act according to the words of the Confucian saints, they cannot be entirely blamed for the corruption of the world."

"Take your Hu Yuan empire as an example. First of all, your emperor exacted excessive taxes and was suspicious of powerful ministers. Even when Duo'er only wanted to plunder the people to raise the army, he would take away 40% of the people's fat and anointing. What does this have to do with corrupt officials who ask for bribes? the difference?"

"The second thing is that your own powerful people are not considerate of the imperial court and are not loyal to the imperial court. They are unwilling to respond to the imperial decree to reduce rents and interest rates, and even use the decree to reduce rents and interest rates to annex fields, taking up 70% of the world's fields!"

"As ordinary gentry, they still paid taxes and did things for you. Although they are not loyal to you, they cannot be said to be sorry for you."

"So, when you say that the world is corrupted all because of them, and that each of them deserves to be killed, you are confusing right and wrong. It is neither objective nor fair enough."

Liu Bowen and Song Lian looked at Zhang Cheng gratefully.

"Are you impressed?"

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to ask Liu Bowen and Song Lian.

Liu Bowen and Song Lian both bowed their heads.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued at this time: "Why don't you dare to speak out for yourself? What are you afraid of?"

"Back to the top, we are not as good at arguing as Mr. Zhang."

"Yes, superiors, how can we compare to Mr. Zhang's ability to talk eloquently with our clumsy tongue?"

Liu Bowen and Song Lian replied at this time.

Zhang Cheng looked at the two men, chuckled and said, "You don't dare, it's not that you can't. After all, you're not willing to directly admit the unreasonableness of Neo-Confucianism, are you?" Neither of them answered.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't speak so directly. It will make people uncomfortable. It's better to be kind. After all, we are all working together now."

Zhang Cheng smiled and nodded.

"Ascend!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

"My subordinates are not willing to admit that there are still unreasonable things in Neo-Confucianism. I really have nothing to say to Shi Mo Yisun."

At this time, Liu Bowen still took the initiative to stand up, explain himself, and continued:
"My subordinates now only believe in the concept of Datong!"

"I firmly believe that only seeking wealth for the people is the real way to live in the world, and it is also the responsibility of a scholar!"

"Even if we want to be loyal, we should be loyal only to the belief that the world is unified, not to the emperor himself, especially not to the barbarian emperor who usurped our country!"

"Even if the emperor has given his subordinates salary, food, and generous treatment, I will not change my ambition because of this!"

"When I became an official, I was just serving the people!"

"Furthermore, what I have done before is nothing but stupid things that I did because I failed to understand the true meaning of Datong early."

Song Lian hurriedly replied: "Yes, the superior, Mr. Zhang, and the subordinates are not unwilling to admit that Neo-Confucianism is unreasonable, but they just disdain Shi Mo Yisun. In any case, the subordinates are certainly not worthy of being a sage. , but now after respecting the concept of great harmony, I am only willing to endure the criticism from all directions and do one or two practical things for the people in order to practice the concept of great harmony!"

"well said!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and said with a smile: "Before we accepted the concept of Datong, didn't we also think that we were thieves? It was only with Mr. Zhang's inspiration that we realized that we are not thieves, you are the thieves!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he looked at Shi Mo Yisun and waved his hand: "Drag him down and hand him over to Dali Temple for conviction."

"Yes!"

When Shi Mo Yisun was dragged down by the sergeant, he shouted:

"Zhu Yuanzhang, don't you want to be an emperor? Don't you want to be an emperor who says the same thing and kills whoever he wants?!"

"Don't you want to be a leader among tens of thousands of people, capable of ambushing millions of corpses in a fit of anger?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly:
"Is there any emperor in this world who can truly be said to be the best?"

"Even if you are the emperor of your family, don't you still have to weigh it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang then looked at Zhang Cheng: "Mr. Zhang, do you think so?"

"It's natural!"

"However, the emperor of the family is indeed more powerful."

"Whoever can truly realize it will be his slave in the world. At least on the surface, anyone who disobeys his will will be a thief."

Zhang Cheng said with a smile at this time.

Liu Bowen looked up at Zhang Cheng in surprise.

None of them expected Zhang Cheng to speak so directly.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed after hearing this, then looked at Liu Bowen and said:

"You have to get used to it, Mr. Zhang is this kind of person!"

"He won't talk to you in a subtle way, he will just expose everything to the sun. He loves to use a villain's face to achieve the goal of a gentleman. Those who like it will say that he is a sincere gentleman. Those who don't like it will feel that he is inviting straight people. Name, posturing.”

"Yes!"

"My subordinates like to work with a true gentleman like Mr. Zhang!"

Liu Bowen said.

"We like this."

"But I hope you didn't say that because you were being roasted over a fire."

Zhu Yuanzhang said something meaningful at this time.

"Absolutely not!"

Liu Bowen blushed and replied immediately.

Zhang Cheng smiled hurriedly and said: "Sir, you've also learned bad things!"

(End of this chapter)