Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 70 Officials and Gentlemen: You, Zhu Yuanzhang, actually have such means! (First order required)

"Miao Daheng!"

"Why are you still standing there? You have the most soldiers in the whole palace. Zhu Yuanzhang only has twenty-four men who are truly reliable!"

Ren Deqian shouted loudly again when he saw that Daheng Miao didn't speak.

But that's it.

Suddenly, Ren Qiande had another foot on his head.

"Who stepped on me again!"

Ren Qiande asked loudly.

"I!"

Miao Daheng replied with one word at this time.

Ren Qiande was startled for a moment, and then he felt like a deflated ball and asked, "Why?"

"No reason, I just want to step on it."

Miao Daheng replied.

Ren Qiande couldn't help gritting his teeth, struggling with all his strength to keep his face from touching the hot summer ground, while squeezing his eyes and saying, "I asked you why you lied to me."

"He took our orders to deceive you."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied for Miao Daheng at this time.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yuanzhang at this time, and thought to himself: "Zhu Yuanzhang is Zhu Yuanzhang after all!"

Li Shanchang also looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in astonishment and exhaled loudly at the same time.

And this time.

Zhang Cheng took the initiative to walk up to Zhu Yuanzhang and stepped on Ren Qiande's head, making Ren Qiande's face really stick to the floor tiles, and his mouth was kissed so hard that it was deformed.

Simultaneously.

Zhang Cheng whispered to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Master, we must protect the person we swore an oath together."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then ordered Xu Da: "Stuff his mouth with horse dung, and then escort him to the backyard. No one else is allowed in! Let Mr. Zhang have full control here!"

"Why fill it with horse manure?!"

"How could you insult me ​​like this?!"

Ren Qiande was greatly frightened and angry.

Xu Da said yes.

Not long after, Ren Qiande was stuffed with horse manure and taken to the backyard.

Ren Qiande was escorted to the backyard.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat next to a stone bench in front of Ren Qiande, took out a stack of papers filled with content, took out a piece of paper, looked at it and said: "You said you, after knowing that Mr. Zhang and I distributed food to the Hanshi, roared What is the maid next to you doing?"

"What's wrong with your maids?"

Zhu Yuanzhang then asked Ren Qiande again, and then threw the piece of paper in front of Ren Qiande.

Subsequently.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up another piece of paper, read it and then glanced at Ren Qiande: "You even smashed the vase when you came back from watching Mr. Zhang's Almshouse, which scared Li Menggeng and Guo Jingxiang to the point where they almost lost their souls."

"Why did you smash the vase?"

"Why are you so angry all of a sudden?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked about Ren Qiande and raised his eyebrows.

"I also want to kill Mr. Zhang by using fried food!"

"Tsk tsk!"

"What kind of hatred do you have?"

After a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless, looked at a piece of paper in his hand, and then looked at Ren Qiande and asked: "Don't you just want to drive down the price of food, and take advantage of this opportunity to make money at a low price from the food and wages we give to the rebels, and at the same time disrupt the morale of our army?" Well, you just got caught on guard by Mr. Zhang, why do you hate him so much?"

"If some of the food is sold at a loss, it is sold at a loss. What's the big deal? You are not short of food. You will not starve to death because of this. Even if you have no food to eat, you can come to us directly. We will definitely not let you starve. Damn it, why are you murderous?"

talking.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ren Qiande in his leisure time: "Do you know how much money we spent on Mr. Zhang? If you kill him, won't our money be wasted?"

"You!"

"You!" "Even if you look down on me because I'm from Guizhou, why are you trying to cheat me out of my money?"

"What big grudge do we have against you?"

"Do you know that we are most reluctant to waste money in vain? Let alone money, even a piece of cake, we can't wait to break it into two halves and save it for two meals."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but stood up and pointed at Ren Qiande and started talking, with a look that seemed to be smiling but not angry.

Ren Qiande was shocked: "How do you know my every move so clearly?"

then.

Ren Qiande asked again: "Have you already known that I have no good intentions?"

"Why are you asking this now?"

"Do you think we, the thieves and the untouchables, are really that easy to deceive?"

Zhu Yuanzhang therefore asked Ren Qiande a few questions, and then said: "We will make you understand!"

"Actually, our school inspector has told us everything you do. Do you think we won't take the initiative to find out what you are doing if you don't come out and ask us to see you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed after continuing to say this.

"mean!"

"insidious!"

"You, Zhu Yuanzhang, are just a cunning person. You are not the kind of simple and kind countryman I know!"

Ren Qiande couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and cursed Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: "You actually bribed those humble slaves just to keep an eye on my every move. You actually treat them as human beings. You are really unscrupulous!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at his big, red face and said, "You can win over our generals, but we can't win over your people? Or is Mr. Zhang right? You people only allow state officials to set fires, but don't allow people to light lamps." .”

"Mr. Zhang?"

Ren Qiande heard Zhu Yuanzhang mention Zhang Cheng and asked this question, and then asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Zhang Cheng must have taught you these, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and glanced at Ren Qiande: "Can't we think of these methods by ourselves?"

"If you little people were so cunning and clever, the world would not be like this."

"At least corrupt officials will be more honest because of this."

"We gentry have to be more honest because of this."

"The techniques used to weaken the people since ancient times can only be said to be useless."

"But this is simply impossible! It's impossible for you little people to be so good at using these methods."

"So, it can only be taught to you by his disciples like Zhang Cheng."

Ren Qiande laughed helplessly as he said this: "I really don't know what Zhang Cheng is doing by teaching you how to suppress scholars. What benefits will this bring to him? Even if you can replace your righteousness in the future. Father, after becoming the emperor, he became the prime minister. Could it be that he really liked being watched by you so carefully and did not want to ignore you? Furthermore, although he was inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, he actually held the supreme power in the world. ?”

When Ren Qiande said this, Zhu Yuanzhang also fell silent.

Regarding Zhang Cheng’s behavior.

He was indeed confused.

He was also curious more than once about Zhang Cheng's behavior that was different from other Confucian scholars.

But Zhu Yuanzhang only has one answer now, an answer he doesn't want to believe but has to believe.

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to persuade himself in the name of persuading Ren Qiande, and laughed at Ren Qiande and said: "Because Mr. Zhang knows that you people who have caused chaos in the world are bad, and if you want to save the people of the world , we can only save the world by being worse than you. If we can't be more cunning than you, then we will only fail!"

Yes.

Zhu Yuanzhang could only believe that the reason why Zhang Cheng did not consider personal interests was because he really had a greater ideal, but for the sake of a greater ideal, he had to pretend to care about interests so as not to be mediocre because he was too noble. The purpose of human tolerance.

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Ren Qiande couldn't deny it. He could only raise his head and close his eyes, and then asked: "Does my fellow countryman Yang Yuangao and Yang Wensu know him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing.

Ren Qiande asked Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Are you also in the Zhongshu Province in Henan and Jiangbei?"

Zhu Yuanzhang still said nothing.

Ren Qiande had obviously guessed the answer, so he just smiled bitterly and said: "You are really a group of extraordinary thieves. I underestimated it! And now it's too late for me to regret it."

Ren Qiande said and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again: "It's just that, although the situation is already tense and begging for mercy is useless, I still beg the general not to kill me, because there are actually other people in my Ren family who have joined the rebel army, and one of them is Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief of Marshal Guo, for an officer as big as you, you are still young, so there is no need to make enemies just to kill me."

Ren Qiande laughed as he spoke, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who had a downcast face and said, "What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)