Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 244 The corrupt scholars cry in frustration, the idea of ​​great harmony is the true path!

After Chen Youliang asked this question, his civil and military ministers all fell silent.

Because his civil and military ministers were too embarrassed to say anything.

After all, for them, the only way they can accept to destroy the Datong Society is the method Chen Youliang is using now, to improvise a nationwide army and destroy the Datong Society in one go, even if the people suffer!
And even if the people suffered and the national power was exhausted, the Datong Society was still not eliminated.

Then most of them can only give up on destroying the Datong Society, and are unwilling to change their thinking, that is, choose to suffer the ruler's own way to restore national strength and raise troops to fight the Datong Society again.

Because not only will it harm your own interests, it will also make you lose more miserably.

Therefore, they can only remain silent.

After all, for them, instead of harming their own interests to help Chen Youliang defeat Zhu Yuanzhang, there is no need for them to support Chen Youliang. It is better to watch the tiger fight from a distance, see who wins and who loses between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang, and then help whoever wins.

Chen Youliang couldn't help but feel angry when he saw this.

Because he realized that his prestige had declined.

After the defeat of the war, his ministers dared to remain silent towards him.

But Chen Youliang couldn't say anything anymore, he just waved his hand and said:

"It's all gone."

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, please leave!"

For the current Chen-Han regime, the bad consequences of their failed gamble have just begun.

Chen Youliang's personal prestige declined second.

The key point is that the Chen Han regime took the initiative to cut off diplomatic relations and trade with Datong Society, and now that it failed to obtain huge returns through the war, the entire Chen Han regime fell into a state of money and food shortage.

Since most people are short-sighted and profit-seeking, the entire gentry and landlords under the Chen and Han regime planted cotton on a large scale because Zhang Cheng purchased cotton at a high price.

Now that the two sides have cut off diplomatic relations and trade, a lot of cotton under the Chen and Han regime has become unsaleable, and there is also a serious shortage of food. As a result, a large number of hungry people have rebelled.

Besides.

After Zhang Cheng obtained the silver from Shijian Yinshan, he spent a large amount of silver to purchase cloth coins and raised the price of cloth coins. Therefore, many gentry and landlords in the Chen and Han regime also hoarded large amounts of cloth coins.

But now, because of the war between the two sides, the cloth coins cannot be used, and there is no new cloth coins coming to the market. As a result, many merchants cannot sell their goods, and the people cannot even find a job to earn some money in exchange for food.

The key is that Zhang Cheng also took advantage of this situation to continue to increase the interest on cloth coins, continue to recycle a large amount of cloth coins into Datong Bank, and continue to push up the price of cloth coins. This resulted in fewer cloth coins circulating under the Chen Han regime. All industries will become even more depressed.

As a result, many of Xu Shouhui's former subordinates began to rebel against Chen Youliang.

Many wealthy gentry also began to complain about Chen Youliang, thinking that Chen Youliang was stupid and cruel, and hoped that Chen Youliang would open trade with Datong Society as soon as possible.

Chen Youliang himself now has a headache due to lack of pay and food.

In short, due to the failure of the stud, he has now lost all his money and lost a lot of money. As a result, he cannot even support his army. There have been several mutinies in his army. It is difficult for the army who directly chose to betray him. The head is even more powerless to conquer.

And he himself missed the days when he didn't have bad social relations with Datong.

At that time, he could still rely on the cotton grown in the fields he owned in exchange for military pay from the Datong Society. He could also collect commercial taxes by doing business with the Datong Society, and even borrow money from the Datong Bank, so he never worried about insufficient food and wages. thing.

"Brother, let's get back together with Datong Society!"

"We can't defeat him, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others."

Therefore, Chen Youliang's younger brother Chen Youren couldn't help but persuade Chen Youliang to come here on this day.

Chen Youliang asked Chen Youren: "Have you also hoarded a lot of Datong cloth coins and planted a lot of cotton?"

Chen Youren nodded: "Yes! My brother, I'll tell you the truth, but gold and silver are hard to find in this world, and most of the land is in the hands of the powerful gentry, and you don't allow us to seize their land, so now we can only hoard Datong coins and Besides making a lot of money from growing cotton, there is no other way to make money.”

"Is it true that the Datong Society cannot be eliminated?"

Chen Youliang couldn't help but ask.

Chen Youren said: "It should not be eliminated. As Zhu Yuanzhang himself said in the "China News", he is the objective truth!"

After hearing this, Chen Youliang rubbed his face, thought for a long time and said, "Send all the civil and military officials to come see me!"

"Yes!"

"I also want to implement the policy of great unity!"

As soon as Chen Youliang met the civil and military ministers, he made his decision known.

His words shocked all the civil and military ministers on the spot.

Chen Youliang walked down Danqi, clasped the jade belt with both hands and said: "I now understand that the concept of Datong, whether you like it or not, is indeed a concept that can strengthen the country and enrich the people! Therefore, if we do not implement the government of Datong, we cannot destroy the thieves of Datong." , I can’t make my army truly strong!”

"But Your Majesty, the idea of ​​Datong is an evil theory. Once implemented, it will easily disturb people's people's customs!"

Zhou Wenxian started talking at this time.

Chen Youliang waved his hand directly: "I can't control that much!"

"The facts are clear."

"Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the concept of Datong. Food became more productive, firearms became sophisticated, city walls became stronger, and the army became more proficient in fighting. Even the soldiers ate meat."

"Not to mention, people can use this to control Zhang Shicheng, and even make many of my officers and generals surrender to him decisively for the benefit of cotton and cloth coins." "Do you think I can not implement the policy of Great Harmony?"

"Of course, I also want to uphold Confucianism and uphold human ethics, but can I make my army stronger by doing this?"

"What's more, as long as I want to do things and become stronger, I can't do what you Confucian scholars want to see. First of all, because I want to be the master of the world, I have to usurp the throne and stand on my own, which will disturb the justice of the monarch and his ministers. Secondly, because I In order to destroy the Datong Society without harming the interests of the ministers, they were forced to conquer the people in order to destroy the Datong Society in one go, which violated the original meaning of a saint who cares about the people and be benevolent. "

"So, you say that I can't implement the rule of great unity, what else can you do?"

"Is there any other way to ensure that he will not be destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang?!"

"If this idea of ​​great harmony really wants to replace the status of Confucianism, then I can only do this, not Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Chen Youliang said and looked at Zhang Bixian, Zhou Wenxian and others.

These civil and military talents said nothing.

Zhang Bixian even started sobbing bitterly at this moment.

As a scholar-official who believed in Neo-Confucianism, Zhang Bixian felt guilty for betraying the Yuan Dynasty and joining Chen Youliang, and felt that he had lost his integrity.

But now, Chen Youliang wants him to betray Neo-Confucianism and Confucianism!

This naturally made Zhang Bixian feel very painful.

By betraying Yuan Ting, he could still say that he was following destiny and following destiny for the sake of the people of the world.

Although few people in the world really believe in destiny, this is still a fig leaf given to themselves by scholar-officials who choose to be loyal to the new master when the dynasty changes.

But betraying Neo-Confucianism and betraying Confucianism undoubtedly means that he wants to deny Neo-Confucianism and the value of Confucianism, admit that these knowledges are not as good as the idea of ​​Datong, and that the idea of ​​Datong is the true path of the world!

But it is indeed the case.

The political monarchs who advocate Confucianism in governing the country are indeed not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang who governs the country with the concept of Datong.

Zhang Shicheng, who had been king for a long time and treated virtuous officials well, could only tolerate it and said nothing to Datong Society.

Zhang Bixian's new monarch, Chen Youliang, even if he violated Confucian morals, killed his emperor and usurped the throne, and even raised an army regardless of the people's sentiments, he could only end up with a disastrous defeat. Within a month, he lost more than a dozen counties.

So, why doesn’t this make Zhang Bixian sad?
Even Zhou Wenxian, who had always called Datong Society a Datong thief, looked depressed at this moment, and said with gritted teeth:
"This is all the fault of the thief Zhang Cheng! This thief proposed the idea of ​​great harmony and made the world such a mess!"

"This person can be said to be more evil than Wang Mang and An Shi!"

"Because it is this person who caused the world's rituals to collapse, and the dignity to be in chaos!"

Chen Youliang did not blame Zhang Bixian for breaking the rules and crying bitterly in the court, nor did he blame Zhou Wenxian for breaking the rules and scolding Zhang Cheng in the court.

Because he can now understand the mood of these people.

Chen Youliang even echoed Zhou Wenxian and said:

"Zhu Yuanzhang is also guilty!"

"This thief should not adopt Zhang Cheng's ideas!"

"Guo Zixing is suspicious of him. He should either wait for Guo Zixing to get rid of him to repay his kindness; or he should kill Guo Zixing to repay his kindness with hatred, and then become the emperor himself and respect the teachings of the saints!"

"Even if Zhang Cheng will find someone else to successfully implement the policy of Datong, at least it will not be as easy as it is now, but what about Zhu Yuanzhang? He is more active in promoting it than Zhang Cheng, so Zhu Yuanzhang is simply hateful!"

Chen Youliang was right. Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed more active in promoting it than Zhang Cheng. For example, he personally developed new crops and took the initiative to develop Datong members in his direct lineage.

Therefore, for Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang is also very hateful.

But Chen Youliang is a very realistic person, like most Han people.

He is not a true Confucian believer. He only believes in and admires whatever is useful.

If Confucianism is useful for him to become the master of the world, he will naturally promote Confucianism.

If Confucianism is of no use to him becoming the master of the world, he will abandon it without hesitation.

But now he finds that the concept of Datong is more useful for him to become the master of the world and establish a powerful political power. Even if he no longer likes the concept of Datong, he must still respect the concept of Datong.

then.

After Chen Youliang said this, he still looked at the civil and military ministers present and said: "It's useless to talk about this now. I, the Han Dynasty, can only become truly strong by implementing the concept of Datong."

"Do you have any objections?"

Then, Chen Youliang asked these civil and military ministers another question.

Chen Youliang's question is equivalent to asking these ministers to express their stance and asking them who is in favor and who is against.

Prime Minister Zhang Bixian then responded with his hands raised: "I am willing to act according to your Majesty's will."

Zhou Wenxian had no choice but to reply: "It's all based on your Majesty's orders."

At this time, Taishi Zou Pusheng reluctantly handed over his hand and said, "I have no objection. Your Majesty is wise. This is the only way for now."

"Well!"

After a group of ministers expressed their stance, Chen Youliang applauded and said, "We are now following the example of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng in seeking wealth and honor for the people of the world! They are called Datong Society, so we will simply call it Fumin Society, and we will use society to govern the country. !”

(End of this chapter)