Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 253: Threatening Zhang Shicheng, Chinese Army Enters Zhang Shicheng’s Palace

Zhu Yuanzhang was also furious after learning what Zhang Mingjian and other landlords were doing in the Huaiyang area. And thinking of the days when he was oppressed by big landlords before the uprising, he gnashed his teeth and said:
"We will definitely kill these people in the future!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang also saw Zhang Cheng's proposal to set up a Datong Society inspection team to increase military and political intervention in the Huaiyang area under Zhang Shicheng's control, so he snarled:

"good very good!"

"It's Mr. Zhang after all."

"Let's just say that among the scholars in the world, he is the only one who truly stands with us common people."

"Mr. Zhang won't show mercy when it's time to be cruel!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he told Li Wenzhong, Hua Yun and others.

As for Zhu Yuanzhang, because he has not yet collected a large amount of rent from private land, and his main economic income comes from dividends from officials and merchants, he has no affection for the landlord economy, and still regards himself as an old farmer without much land. On the contrary, The landlord ideology is not yet that strong, and the native class’s hatred of the landlord class still remains.

at the same time.

"Your Highness is indeed kind!"

"At present, the Grand Master (Zhang Shide) has led the imperial army to the south, and His Highness has always been as timid as a mouse and has only been content with it. We should use the Grand Master's power to make His Highness withdraw this order! We also issued an order to send troops to kill the Datong bandits in the country. In response, The Grand Master not only asked the Grand Master to withdraw his troops, but also showed his loyalty to the Yuan Dynasty."

"Exactly!"

Mei Sizu also said with a gloomy face: "His Highness must withdraw this decree. The government of our Great Zhou Dynasty cannot be decided by Datong Society!"

Here Zhang Shicheng also received a proposal from Datong Society from Tao Cheng, asking him to agree to Datong Society's establishment of an inspection team in the Huaiyang area to be responsible for the thorough elimination of extreme reactionaries who betrayed the Han people in the world.

"hateful!"

then.

Because Zhang Shicheng has always been timid and afraid of death.

They have not yet been corrupted by the landlord class, and they also admire Zhang Cheng's decision and feel that Zhang Cheng is really on their side.

Mei Sizu nodded after hearing this.

"Of course!"

"That's right, I can't bear the people to die in vain because I, Zhang, have become an unscrupulous person, so I agree to your Datong Society setting up an inspection team."

"Uncle, then you should quickly agree to the cabinet's proposal."

At this time, because Li Wenzhong was young and hated the behavior of reactionary landlords such as Zhang Mingjian, he couldn't help but make suggestions to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, Mei Sizu was determined to work with Gong Boyue to really force Zhang Shicheng once, so that Zhang Shicheng could make up his mind to completely break with Datong Society.

"What right does that Datong thief have to interfere with my Dazhou affairs?"

Tao Cheng then bowed to Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng also understood the meaning of Tao Cheng's words.

Gong Boyue nodded and then told Mei Sizu that the generals around Zhang Shicheng had expressed their willingness to cooperate with Zhang Shide.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang will still sympathize with and feel angry about Zhang Mingjian burying a large number of people alive, and will also support Zhang Cheng when he wants to severely punish these stubborn and reactionary landlords.

Mei Sizu then said to Gong Boyue: "We alone are not enough. We need to contact more people."

"What does the life and death of my people in Dazhou have to do with his Datong thieves? Why did Your Highness agree!"

"Naturally, His Highness would not hope that someone would publish an article in the China Newspaper in the future and tell the world that His Highness has rejected our Datong Society's request to uphold justice for the people of the world today!"

But now he not only relies on Datong Society to block Zhang Shide's southward movement for him, but also has to rely on the financial income brought by Datong Society to maintain his luxurious life, so it is difficult to refuse Datong Society's request, so he said:

He also felt that Zhang Shide's invasion of the country with his troops was an opportunity.

The sky was slightly bright.

Gong Boyue started talking.

"We know that His Highness has always loved the people as his own sons. Do you think you would not want to see a large number of innocent people being wantonly slaughtered by stubborn thieves?"

Gong Boyue and other Zhou Dynasty bureaucrats who were disgusted with Datong Society also learned about the matter through the "China News" soon after, and were very angry because of it.

Soon after, Zhang Cheng received the request from Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng to set up an inspection team at almost the same time, and therefore began to send the inspection team that had been prepared in advance to sail north to Huaiyang to suppress the stubborn landlord armed forces.

"Anyway, now there are many people in our Datong community studying and going to school, and there are even more people who learn arithmetic and learn how to divide land and property. There are even many official schools that can both divide land and fight. It will make those landlords and wealthy people feel uncomfortable!"

Li Wenzhong, Hua Yun and others also knew about this at this time.

The next day.

At the same time, Tao Cheng also put a high hat on Zhang Shicheng, and also threatened Zhang Shicheng, that is, if Zhang Shicheng did not agree, Datong Society would create an image of him as Zhang Shicheng not standing up for the people.

"I have also contacted several military ministers, and they are not willing to see me, Dazhou, being manipulated by the Datong Society. They have long been willing to cooperate with us to cooperate with the Grand Master and give military advice to His Highness!"

What's more, Mei Sizu didn't know much about the military layout of Datong Society, and he didn't know that Yu Tonghai had already led the navy to the north.

"it is good!"

in this way.

After hearing this, Mei Sizu became more confident: "Then let's go to the palace early tomorrow morning and ask to see His Highness!"

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally did not hesitate and hurriedly approved the cabinet's request.

Mei Sizu and many other civil and military ministers came to Zhang Shicheng's palace and asked to meet Zhang Shicheng.

When Zhang Shicheng found out, he was very angry and guessed that it was definitely not a good thing for these ministers to come to see him. However, he came to the palace gate, looked down at these people, and asked:

"Why are you so anxious to see Gu Yu?"

"I would like to ask His Highness to withdraw the decree that the Datong bandits set up an inspection team to come to our country to exercise power. I also ask His Highness to issue an order to drive out the Datong thieves. This will show that you are only loyal to the court, so that the Grand Master will feel at ease and then retreat back to Shandong!" Mei Sizu! At this time, as the representative official of the anti-Datong Society in Zhang Shicheng's regime, he started to report.

Zhang Shicheng's face darkened after hearing this, and he asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing?"

"Forcing me to have a baby?!"

Then, Zhang Shicheng's tone became more severe.

Zhang Shixin, who was beside Zhang Shicheng, also scolded these ministers and said:
"You are deceiving my brother, are you really not going to kill the minister?!"

"I don't dare!"

Mei Sizu replied.

Zhang Shicheng only said in a deep voice: "You already dare!"

At this time, Zhang Shixin raised his hands to Zhang Shicheng and said, "Brother, we must punish these rebellious ministers and traitors to show the king's power!"

Zhang Shicheng nodded.

Although he just wants to live in harmony with everyone inside and outside.

But he still couldn't bear the internal civil and military ministers forcing him so much. Like Datong Society, he was not afraid of being looked down upon by his king.

"Somebody come!"

Therefore, Zhang Shicheng called out at this time.

"The humble position is here!"

At this time, Lu Zihu, the general manager of the pro-military army, responded.

However, there were several pro-military managers around Zhang Shicheng who pretended to be deaf and dumb at this time.

Zhang Shicheng was horrified when he saw this, and looked at his pro-military supervisors who did not respond: "You also want to betray Gu?"

talking.

Zhang Shicheng also shouted excitedly: "You are all raised alone!"

"I don't dare!"

Among them, the first pro-military commander Sha Jinquan came over first and knelt down and said:

"I just ask Your Highness to accept the request of all the ministers in the court and punish the Datong thieves, and also punish the Datong thieves' spy, Prime Minister Zhang!"

Gong Boyue smiled coldly at this time and said: "Your Highness, please kill the Datong bandits, and also kill the Datong bandits' spy, Prime Minister Zhang."

Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but take a few steps back, his face began to turn pale, his legs and feet were shaking, he hurriedly grabbed Zhang Shixin's hand and asked:
"What should I do now?"

Zhang Shixin was calmer, so he took the initiative to support Zhang Shicheng and whispered:

"Brother, don't worry. Zhu Qianshi (Zhu Wenzheng) of Datong Society had already led his troops into the city from the east gate last night. Why don't you follow their advice and take me back to the house for supervision? I will go through a secret door at home. Go out and ask Zhu Qianshi to quell the rebellion for us. We can't really offend the Datong Society by complying with their wishes, otherwise we will still die without a burial place."

"But what if they fall out completely over this?"

Zhang Shicheng asked tremblingly.

Zhang Shixin replied: "If you really want to do that, let Lu Zihu and the others protect you and leave!"

After hearing this, Zhang Shicheng nodded and said: "I have just agreed with the Prime Minister that he can be temporarily escorted back to the government for supervision, but you still have to think about whether you want to kill your brother or even kill someone from the Datong Society."

"Your Highness, if you don't think about it for a day, I will have no choice but to stay here for a day!"

Gong Boyue replied at this time.

Zhang Shicheng snorted coldly after hearing this: "Then you just wait here."

then.

Only Zhang Shixin was escorted back to his home.

Then, after Zhang Shixin was escorted back to his hometown, he immediately went to find Zhu Wenzheng.

After Zhu Wenzheng found out, he did not hesitate and immediately led his troops to Zhang Shicheng's palace.

Lu Zihu, a general loyal to Zhang Shicheng, had already received Zhang Shicheng's order to leave the door open to Zhu Wenzheng's Chinese army, so the Chinese army broke into Zhang Shicheng's palace directly.

Therefore, when Zhang Shicheng came out of the hall again, a large number of Chinese troops appeared around him.

Mei Sizu, Gong Boyue and others were shocked when they saw this.

Zhang Shicheng smiled coldly: "You really let me down! For this reason, I have no choice but to cooperate with the Datong Society to kill you and other rebellious officials!"

Seeing this, Mei Sizu kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, have mercy! I was confused for a moment and mistakenly listened to the temptations of traitors like Gong Boyue, so I did such a wrong thing. Now I only ask for God's grace from Your Highness. Spare me the death penalty!"

"Look at these people."

"Which one is not a minister who is treated with courtesy, and which one is not a son and daughter who are sincerely connected to each other?"

"Who hasn't repeatedly called Datong Society a thief in front of Gu, and said in front of Gu that the people of Datong Society are unfaithful and unjust."

"But what's the result?"

"Are they not thieves?!"

"Even the following offenders forced Gu Gu like this. Mr. Zhang from Datong Society has never forced Gu Gu like this. He always discussed and discussed with Gu, and was polite, and he didn't even let Gu suffer all the losses."

"I would rather have my inheritance taken away by the Datong Society than tolerate these traitors and loyal people selling me to the Tatars!"

Zhang Shicheng now had the confidence to reprimand Mei Sizu.

Gong Boyue couldn't help but said at this time: "Your Highness! Putting aside the fact that we have committed the remonstrance, aren't you not at all wrong yourself?!"

(End of this chapter)