Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 231 Liu Bowen marveled that Zhu Yuanzhang was not simple, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to take people!
Zhu Yuanzhang then smiled and said: "This is called red when you are close to red and black when you are close to ink. I have been with you, Mr. Zhang, for a long time, and I also like to say these weird words."

"I am telling the truth!"

"The emperor of the world is indeed more interesting in front of him."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment.

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Yes, but you, Mr. Zhang, know what kind of people we are. We like power, but we prefer to use power to do things, rather than to get more." We only do things when we have power. What we covet is not more power, but something bigger!”

"Coveting for something bigger?"

Liu Bowen glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang with confusion, and then looked at Song Lian.

Song Lian also looked puzzled.

Instead, Zhang Cheng smiled: "That's right! There are many people in the world who are suitable to be emperors in the world. Even Emperor Hu Yuan is considered qualified. Although he is greedy and bad, he is not that stupid! Zhang Shicheng is also qualified, even Han Lin'er, but there are only a few people who really put the pattern on not being a slave to power, but just doing things for the sake of becoming the emperor. As the saying goes, there is a difference between doing things for power and grabbing power for the sake of doing things. "

And it is precisely because of this contradiction that the landlords appear to be very awkward and complicated, showing uncertainty between truth and hypocrisy.

The landowners hope that someone will emerge who will dominate the world.

In other words.

"If a superior can have such a pattern, he is better than Emperor Hu Yuan and Zhang Shicheng."

But they don't want the person who has sole power over the world to use this power to change the rules arbitrarily.

"You should also know who we are by now, so don't be like Shi Mo Yisun and think too low of us!"

"Of course, don't think too highly of us. Even if we worship the Bodhisattva too much, we can't guarantee your eternal wealth. It's better to worship the common people in the world more. They are the Bodhisattva who can guarantee your eternal wealth."

Such people are undoubtedly terrifying to people with landlord ideas.

Because they could hear from Zhu Yuanzhang's words that Zhu Yuanzhang was not a person willing to abide by tradition, but a pragmatic and ideal person.

Sometimes, even they themselves don’t know whether they are hypocritical villains or sincere gentlemen.

Liu Bowen bowed with great respect.

Zhu Yuanzhang still appreciated Zhang Cheng's praise, so he looked at Liu Bowen and Song Lian with thick eyebrows and said:

Therefore, after Liu Bowen left Zhu Yuanzhang's place with Song Lian, he couldn't help sighing with a complicated expression and said: "It's just as I expected. Everyone said that Mr. Zhang is not simple. In fact, this high-ranking official is not simple either." , No wonder, no wonder Mr. Zhang chose to follow him to conquer the country. "

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the two of them had complicated emotions.

But for people with landlord ideas, they are conservative and do not want changes. They would rather the person with the highest power become the slave of the highest power, and do not want the person with the highest power to use the highest power to do things.

Because such people are unwilling to be slaves to power.

Such people just want to use their power to do things and realize their ideals.

There is a contradiction.

"You heard it, Mr. Zhang understands us!"

Song Lian also followed suit and bowed.

"That's what the superior said!"

Song Lian also smiled with the same complicated expression and said: "Mr. Zhang is still more powerful. If he hadn't mastered so many comprehensive knowledge and skills, how would anyone in the higher-ups have such a broad mind and vision?"

"This is a ridiculous statement!"

"In my humble opinion, the person in charge, even if Mr. Zhang does not appear, can bring about great changes in the world. He will not be driven by the people of the world, only he can drive the people of the world!"

After Liu Bowen refuted Song Lian, he expressed his own opinion.

After hearing this, Song Lian frowned and asked, "Why do you see that?"

"No one knows what terrible things a person will do after he takes power!"

Liu Bowen said with a smile, and then frowned.

Song Lian couldn't help but think seriously, and then nodded as if he had some understanding.

Then, Liu Bowen took the initiative to ask Song Lian: "Dong, he joined very early at that time. Did he intend to be the founding emperor's master?"

"Nothing can escape your eyes, Liu Bowen!"

Song Lian replied with a smile, which was equivalent to acknowledging Liu Bowen's question, and sighed: "It's a pity that the superior only has Mr. Zhang as his teacher, and only allows me to be responsible for writing and writing articles."

Liu Bowen waved his hand: "It's useless!"

"I believe that even if there is no Mr. Zhang, even if he is asked to teach him the knowledge of managing the world and benefiting the people, or even letting you be the master of the prince, he will not be influenced by the prince and will only imitate the benevolent and sage kings of ancient times."

"The superior will definitely do deviant things and do what he thinks is right. He will not let his prince be taught only to be righteous and tolerant. When the time comes, he will only be afraid of some dark-hearted and ruthless people who want to live a stable life. The powerful bureaucrats still have to carry out regicide secretly, even if they can't do it with the sound of an ax and the shadow of a candle, they will still let the prince change. "

Song Lian did not answer after hearing this. When he met Zhang Cheng alone, he told Zhang Cheng all Liu Bowen's views on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Song Lian believed that even if Zhu Yuanzhang was not selfish, it did not mean that Zhang Cheng was not selfish. Even if Zhang Cheng was not selfish, he had to let Zhang Cheng know that Liu Bowen was not as selfless as himself.

After Zhang Cheng heard what Song Lian said, he was secretly amazed by Liu Bowen's words.

"Liu Bowen is Liu Bowen after all. He actually understood everything that happened in the original history from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years."

Zhang Cheng was still slandering because of this, and thought to himself: "It's just Liu Bowen. In the original history, how come there was no Li Shanchang who could get along?"

Then, Zhang Cheng looked at Song Lian again.

Song Lian lowered his head. Zhang Cheng had to admit that after all, Song Lian was also a scholar-official who was uneasy about being just a Confucian official.

But Zhang Cheng didn't say much. He just smiled and said to Song Lian: "I know, he is right. The promotion is indeed extraordinary. Otherwise, I would not support him."

"Mr. Zhang is right, and Bowen has now fully realized the unusualness of his superior position. In the future, he will also realize the unusualness of Mr. Zhang and truly return to Datong Society."

Song Lian replied with a smile.

Zhang Cheng nodded: "It would be great if he could truly return to Datong Society."

As for Zhang Cheng, his attitude towards the literati and officials has always been such an indifferent attitude, that is, it depends on whether they want to come to the people's side. If they are not willing, he will not force it. If they are willing, he welcomes it. .

But Zhang Cheng did not want these literati and officials to be self-righteous and think that they were the most sober or smartest people in the world.

However, in the regime of Datong Society, Hu Weiyong is such a self-righteous person.

Therefore, he took the initiative to meet Zhu Yuanzhang while Guo Tianjue took him into the Privy Council.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not surprised by Hu Weiyong's sudden appearance, and even guessed that Hu Weiyong would definitely come to see him recently.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang met Hu Weiyong, he acted very indifferently and asked, "Why did you come to see us?"

"The subordinate wants to tell the superior that he should be careful about Mr. Zhang!"

Hu Weiyong said this at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows deliberately: "Bold!"

Hu Weiyong hurriedly knelt down and said, "Stop, please calm down! It's not because the subordinates are estranged, but because the subordinates think that Mr. Zhang's prestige and reputation are too great, which is not good for the future of Datong Society!"

“How come you see?”

Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately softened his tone and asked this question.

Hu Weiyong felt happy and said:
"Shang Mingjian!"

"Although Mr. Zhang is clever and resourceful, he can bring countless wealth to Datong Society and benefit the people all over the world."

"However, Mr. Zhang's insistence on benefiting the people without restraint will only serve to arrogant and indulgent people and make the people stubborn and immoral. It is not conducive to making the people grateful to Datong Society and their superiors."

"In the humble opinion of the officials below, the superiors should confiscate the world's wealth instead of rushing to benefit and enrich the people."

"When the people need to be further enriched, it is appropriate to be kind to the people, and not to make them suddenly rich!"

"For example, the silver dollar sale this time must be because the cabinet obtained a lot of silver, so it sold it on such a large scale. To increase profits for ordinary people who only have cloth coins is actually a waste of public funds."

"After all, if the ordinary people are like this, they are increasing their wealth by relying on the appreciation of the cloth coins they hold. It does not belong to the ordinary people to increase their wealth through labor."

Zhu Yuanzhang could tell that Hu Weiyong's core meaning was that the world's wealth should be confiscated first, rather than being distributed to the people in a hurry.

The first confiscation here is to let Zhu Yuanzhang take it for himself first, as the basis for his Zhu family to maintain the people's support in the future.

After all, as a monarch, the so-called confiscation means taking it as his own first.

What Hu Weiyong meant was that Zhu Yuanzhang should use Zhang Cheng to make almost all the world's wealth, kick Zhang Cheng away, and then eat most of the world's profits into his own belly first.

Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that Hu Weiyong was a person who was very good at catching people's greed and taking advantage of it.

And now, Hu Weiyong is trying to capture his greed and use him.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang quite angry. He was angry that Hu Weiyong would underestimate him so much, and even more angry that Hu Weiyong was such a person.

Although he was not surprised by Hu Weiyong's words and deeds.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became murderous, and said with a smile: "We know, we will think about your words carefully."

"Yes!"

Hu Weiyong was overjoyed.

He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang meant what he said and wanted to compete with Zhang Cheng for power.

But he didn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang said this deliberately.

Therefore, Hu Weiyong only went to Luan Feng, the commander-in-chief of Wu Guogong Mansion, to give some instructions and asked Luan Feng to embarrass Zhang Cheng and provoke a conflict between Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "This is the intention of the superior."

Luan Feng nodded. He and Hu Weiyong had been colluding for a long time, and they were eager to have conflicts between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng.

Therefore, when Zhang Cheng came to Wu Guogong's mansion that day, Luan Feng suddenly stopped him outside Wu Guogong's gate: "If you have something to do, go to the small corner door on the west side and wait in the concierge to report it. You are not allowed to enter here!" "

Zhang Cheng was startled after hearing this.

Qi Xiang, who was escorting Zhang Cheng, asked at this time: "What does this mean? Mr. Zhang, you dare to stop me?"

"This is the meaning of superiority."

Luan Feng said something at this time and smiled secretly.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly walked out of it: "When did we say this? Why are you so smart?"

Luan Feng was shocked.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Hua Yunlong, take down Luan Feng!"

At that time, Hua Yunlong, who was transferred back to Duke Wu's mansion in advance by Zhu Yuanzhang, came out of Duke Wu's mansion with a group of soldiers.

(End of this chapter)