Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 246 The landlords and bureaucrats do not want Datong, and Zhu Yuanzhang faces a choice
When Zhang Shicheng became so angry, Zhang Shixin, who had long been dissatisfied with Gong Boyue and other civil servants, took the opportunity to propose: "Brother, Gong Boyue deceived the king and ignored him, so he should be executed!"

Gong Boyue was also afraid of being killed here, so he bowed his hands and said:
"I never meant to deceive you, but my inappropriate words caused His Highness to misunderstand. Please forgive me."

"I'll spare you this time."

Zhang Shicheng just wants to live a peaceful life now and doesn't want to do anything drastic.

Therefore, he did not intend to treat the ministers harshly, and he was very tolerant. Even if Gong Boyue offended him, he did not bother to care.

Precisely because Zhang Shicheng just wanted to live a wealthy and comfortable life and did not care about personal power and dignity, he did not resist the proposal of borrowing money from Datong Society to build the railway, so he ordered:

"For the sake of the national economy and people's livelihood, we agree to Datong Society's proposal and borrow money from Datong Society to build the railway!"

Zhang Shixin said yes.

Opponents such as Mei Sizu and Gong Boyue could only sigh helplessly.

"I thought that the Zhang family would perish, but I never thought that the Zhang family would perish in the future because of Datong Society's non-soldier methods of meeting the Zhang family."

"Zhang Cheng from Datong Society is really powerful! He is really subverting the world, and there is nothing we can do against him."

Therefore, after Mei Sizu left Zhang Shicheng's place, he felt so emotional about Gong Boyue.

Gong Boyue, a reformist among civil servants, laughed and said:

"Zhang Cheng is certainly powerful! But it's not because the public officials in our court are too selfish and unwilling to make concessions that benefit the people!"

"Suppose we allocate land to the people, improve the status of craftsmen, practice frugality, rectify officialdom and taxation, and develop industry, how can we be manipulated by Datong Society?"

"Having said that, it is obvious that the country and the people can be peaceful and peaceful by relying on Qumei Datong Society, so why bother to do things that benefit the people? If you do this, you can only say that you want to make the people rich, but this is inconsistent with advocating the concept of Datong. What's the difference?"

"What is really happening now is that if you don't allow benefits, you will perish the country, and if you allow benefits, you will perish the world!"

Mei Sizu put forward his own opinion at this time.

After hearing this, Gong Boyue also asked Mei Sizu: "But what is the difference between doing this now and the Datong Society ruling my Zhou Dynasty in the future?"

"At least come slower!"

"At least our generation may have hope that we won't see Datong Society appear in our Huaiyang area for the time being!"

"At least our generation of Confucian scholars can continue to promote the teachings of saints here!"

Mei Sizu also replied seriously.

Gong Boyue was even more disdainful and said: "I finally understand. I understand why the "China News" mentioned that Datong Society is the only correct way, an objective truth, and no old school can stop its emergence. of!"

"You can say that!"

"Perhaps the only thing that can be done now is to delay his appearance rather than prevent his appearance."

Mei Sizu sighed deeply as he spoke, and added: "If that day comes, I can only go to see my ancestors in advance and accuse Zhang Cheng of his crimes under Jiuquan, and I can't do anything else. !”

When Gong Boyue heard what Mei Sizu said, he also frowned and looked melancholy.

The emergence of Datong Society indeed made many conservative bureaucrats feel despair.

They do not have the courage to reform the distribution system, nor do they have the courage to directly admit their reactionary nature. The most courageous thing they can do is to commit suicide.

"This is the advantage of our Datong Club."

"Zhang Shicheng has no reason to refuse the bait I, Datong Club, set for him."

Zhang Cheng was very happy after receiving the news that Zhang Shicheng planned to apply for a loan from Datong Bank, and told Zhu Yuanzhang about the superiority of Datong Society in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not too surprised, so he acted very indifferently, and just nodded and said: "It depends on Chen Youding's attitude now. If Chen Youding is willing to surrender, maybe we can advance the Northern Expedition!"

"Right now we have defeated Fang Guozhen, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang."

"Fang Guozhen has joined our Datong Society."

"Zhang Shicheng no longer dares to regard our Datong Society as an enemy."

"Chen Youliang also had to temporarily cease his activities."

"Presumably Chen Youding will now have a clearer understanding of the strength of our Datong Society, and may be willing to join you as a superior person, but he is afraid that he will not want to join the Datong Society."

"Because it is easy to make a landowner give up being an emperor, but it is probably difficult to make a landowner give up being a local emperor."

Zhang Cheng then expressed his opinion.

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded in agreement.

Chen Youding in this life because Chen Youliang expanded faster than in history at the beginning, and also rose faster than in the original history. Now he has become the actual supreme ruler of Fujian.

Chen Youding is also quite wary of the current rise of Datong Society, and has been paying attention to the battle between Datong Society and Chen Youliang. Many bureaucrats and officials in this era are unwilling to see the emergence of the concept of Datong.

Chen Youding is no exception.

Because the core proposition of the Datong concept is to stipulate that rulers have the responsibility to make the people under their rule rich and prosperous.

This is different from the previous rulers who only had the responsibility to keep their own country and country prosperous and did not need to care about the wealth of the people.

The concept of Datong requires the rulers to take responsibility for the people, which will undoubtedly make the rulers harder and have to give up more benefits to the people in the distribution of benefits. To benefit the people, naturally means increasing civil rights and increasing people's freedom. , Reduce the degree of exploitation of the people by the rulers.

Therefore, the more sophisticated bureaucrats and scholar-officials are, the more they dislike Datong Society.

On the contrary, the new rulers who just revolted and became the new regime may not have realized it yet, or they may not have the concept of how much impact the concept of Datong will have on their status once implemented.

Chen Youding naturally felt very disappointed after learning that Datong Society had defeated Chen Youliang.

He really doesn’t want Datong Club to win!

But Datong Society did win, and it was a shocking victory that made people cry. Chen Youliang could only hold his head and cry when he lost.

"I really don't know where that scholar named Zhang Cheng got into trouble and spread such ideas to Zhu Yuanzhang, a poor man from a beggar background."

"What's in it for him?"

Because of this, Chen Youding became more and more confused as to why Zhang Cheng wanted the concept of Datong to appear. Even in the court, he still asked his scribes and staff in confusion.

None of the scribes or staff responded.

None of them could understand why Zhang Cheng wanted the concept of Datong to appear, just as wolves could not understand why humans would catch pigs and raise them instead of eating them.

Chen Youding and his scribes and staff clearly realized that although they did not like the idea of ​​Datong, it could indeed increase the power of the regime horribly.

The fact that Chen Youliang was easily defeated by Datong Society is a typical example.

Therefore, Chen Youding had little confidence in blocking Datong Society's annexation of Fujian.

He knows that the current Datong Society is just like the Qin State with more advanced governance concepts during the Warring States Period. They are just like the six countries in the past who were unwilling to significantly innovate themselves. Not to mention that it is impossible to defeat Datong Society alone, even if they are defeated by an alliance Even Datong Society is impossible.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang sent his envoy Fan Zhen to persuade Chen Youding to surrender, Chen Youding did not directly kill the person who persuaded him to surrender as he did in the original history.

After all, in this life, he knew that he, the Fujian separatist force, was no match for Datong Society.

However, Chen Youding was still unwilling to accept the concept of Datong and treat the people as human beings.

Especially when he thought that if he accepted the concept of Datong, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had the responsibility to make the maids and servants in his house rich. He felt very uncomfortable, and he felt that he was not actually a noble.

Therefore, Chen Youding specifically asked Fan Zhen, the envoy: "Do you, the superior, really insist on adhering to the concept of great harmony, even if you really win the world in the future?"

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Fan Zhen himself didn't know what to say. In fact, he was subjectively the same as Chen Youding. He also hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would continue to build a dynasty in the family world and not disrupt the Datong Society.

The Han people in the world should be differentiated between high and low, and ordinary people should be cows and horses all their lives!
Even if ordinary people can be rich, it can only depend on their personal fortune. It cannot be said that the rulers have the responsibility to make every ordinary person rich.

In this way, rulers do not have to respect talents who can increase productive labor, but can allow people who are lower in status than themselves, no matter how beneficial they are to the prosperity of the country and people, to kneel down and kowtow to themselves when they see them.

Just like a son, no matter how outstanding he is, should be as humble as dust in front of his father.

Although Fan Zhen thought so subjectively, objectively he did not dare to rashly replace Zhu Yuanzhang, so he had to pretend to be profound and chose not to answer, but instead asked Chen Youding: "Why do you ask like this?"

Chen Youding saw that Fan Zhen refused to reveal Zhu Yuanzhang's true thoughts, so he had to stand up and said: "Okay! Let me make it clear. I can join him, Zhu Yuanzhang, and unify the world as soon as possible. However, I only accept joining him, Zhu Yuanzhang, and I am only willing to recognize him." As a monarch, I am willing to submit to him only if he is willing to be the emperor and only respects Confucianism and Taoism. If he refuses to abandon the concept of great harmony and insists on disturbing the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, so that the king will not be the king, the ministers will not be ministers, and the people will not be the people. I can only make an enemy of him, Zhu Yuanzhang, either he dies or I die!"

After hearing this, Fan Zhen only said: "Ke Gong, fighting against our Datong Society now is like hitting an egg against a stone!"

"To strike an egg against a stone is to strike an egg against a stone. I would rather die as a martyr than live!"

Chen Youding answered bluntly.

Fan Zhen couldn't help but bow to Chen Youding.

Chen Youding also understood why Fan Zhen worshiped him, so he didn't say much, and just responded with a salute: "You should advise the superiors to make plans for the lives of the people in the world, and not to abandon the teachings of the saints, so that the war in the world cannot be quickly eliminated. ”

Fan Zhen nodded: "I'll do my best."

Chen Youding therefore paid homage to Fan Zhen again.

Originally it was Fan Zhen who came to persuade Chen Youding to surrender, but now it was Chen Youding who came to persuade Fan Zhen, and he succeeded in persuading Fan Zhen, so that Fan Zhen agreed to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.

This shows how powerful Confucianism is in the hearts of landlords and bureaucrats!

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked serious after learning about Chen Youding's conditions from Fan Zhen.

(End of this chapter)