Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 83 The civil servants and staff felt aggrieved because Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng had restructured the system again
  When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Shanchang and other civil servants, the quarrel turned into a quarrel. After Zhang Cheng persuaded him, they were all willing to apologize to Wang Guangyang, which made the atmosphere of the discussion quite harmonious and he was very happy.

He smiled and said: "Okay, let's get on with the business!"

"Actually, the craftsmen who were fined because of their incompetence caused trouble mainly because they had no other protection and were afraid that they would go hungry after losing their jobs."

"If he could find something else to do, he wouldn't dare to make trouble with the government and be willing to be a troublemaker."

"We still understand these ordinary people. They don't want to cause trouble unless they have to. Who doesn't want to live in peace and quiet."

"That's what the superior said."

"The issues mentioned by Chaozong are indeed worthy of our attention."

"The difference between our rebel army and Hu Yuan is that we treat the common people as human beings!"

"Even when we encounter problems like what Chaozong mentioned, we can't just kill them arbitrarily. It seems that if a person is stupid or mediocre, he won't even have a chance to live a decent life."

Zhang Cheng also started talking at this time.

Wang Guangyang also nodded with tears in his eyes after hearing Zhang Cheng's words.

He felt that Zhang Cheng was really magnanimous, so he still protected him and didn't be too harsh on him.

Although, he himself had to admit that when it came to managing craftsmen, he did not stand on the side of the craftsmen and common people, but on the side of the government. He was indeed as hateful as those cannibalistic and murderous bureaucrats in Hu Yuan.

After Zhang Cheng said this, he looked at the crowd and said, "What we have to do is to think of another solution."

talking.

Zhang Cheng shook his cattail leaf fan and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Sir, I have an idea."

Zhu Yuanzhang therefore asked Zhang Cheng: "What can we do?"

"Built one more ordnance factory!"

"This ordnance factory specializes in taking in these mediocre craftsmen who have been eliminated and letting them make simple ordnance, such as arrows, swords and spears."

"At that time, in addition to mainly using these arrows, swords and spears for our own use, the excess can be sold to other rebels. In the name of aid, we can sell them at low prices, so that other rebels will be more willing to buy them from us. weapon."

"In the past few days, I have asked Cheng Renmo and other merchants who have performed well in our rebel army. At present, Zhang Shicheng and others are fighting against the Yuan army. They are short of weapons, especially arrows, swords and spears. Many of his people are unable to do so. Not grabbing people's hoes to make weapons has also led to a sharp increase in the prices of arrows, swords, spears and other weapons in the Jiangnan area."

"According to Cheng Renmo and the others, it used to be easy to sell weapons now. After passing through Liuhe, weapons are especially easy to sell, and the prices are ridiculously high."

"It's just that for the time being, the sale of weapons is still prohibited. Therefore, we only need to lift the ban on the sale of some weapons and allow merchants who have cooperated well with our rebels to set up a new government-run arms store with our government-run trading houses to jointly invest in the sale of weapons."

"In this way, it can not only increase the income of the rebels, but also solve the survival problem of mediocre craftsmen, and also provide assistance to other rebels."

"In any case, now we and other rebels should work together to deal with the Yuan army."

"As the saying goes, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

"What's more, selling weapons in the name of the Rebel Army Mansion is not considered as aid to the enemy, but only aid. At the same time, other rebels will gradually become accustomed to relying on us to provide weapons, and gradually lose the motivation to make their own weapons. This will benefit our future. To control or even subdue other rebels at a lower cost."

Zhang Cheng then talked about his own method.

After Wang Guangyang raised the issue that if the lower-level craftsmen and common people could not be killed because of mediocre abilities, it would increase the cost of bureaucratic management, he also went back to learn a lot of knowledge during this period and came up with this method.

to this end.

Zhang Cheng also learned about the current military trade market situation with Cheng Renmo and other merchants.

"That's a good idea."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked the others: "I wonder what you think?"

Wang Guangyang thought that since Zhang Cheng protected him and treated him with courtesy, he should not be dishonest to the rebels even for the sake of Mr. Zhang, so he said bluntly: "This method is good or not, that's all."

"Just what?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked at this time.

Wang Guangyang replied: "Just by borrowing the power of businessmen to save the people, the order of nobles and peasants, farmers, industry and merchants, and the nobles as the first of the four people will change. The status of scholars may not be as good as that of merchants in the future."

Wang Guangyang said and looked at Zhang Cheng, Li Shanchang and others: "The general is the leader of the troops, so he may not care, but how rare is it that you don't care?"

"As a scholar, I am determined to establish a destiny for all people. How can I become a master for myself?"

Zhang Cheng smiled, then deliberately replied like this, and glanced at Li Shanchang and others.

After hearing this, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but bowed solemnly to Zhang Cheng.

"Just as Mr. Zhang said."

"With these words, don't you underestimate the world's scholars?"

"We still understand the principle that the people are the foundation of the country. As long as we can kill fewer people and rule the world early, we, the scholar-bureaucrats, can be regarded as the servants of the world. What do we have to fear?"

Li Shanchang answered at this time.

Feng Guoyong also echoed and said: "This is the truth. If we want to be able to ride on the heads of the people of the world and commit tyranny, why should we join the rebel army? We might as well directly join Hu Yuan and serve as Hu Yuan's lackeys!"

"Yes!"

"If, for the sake of my status as a scholar, I am willing to let millions of people die due to mediocrity and lack of talent, then how am I different from an animal?"

Zhang Mian also replied.

Li Menggeng sneered and said: "I am even willing to distribute my ancestral property to the people, so why should I care about the status of a scholar!"

"That's right! If possible, I would trade my life for the peace of the people in the world!"

Guo Jingxiang followed up and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
  "Your Majesty, this Wang Guangyang is obviously as unkind as Jia Zhili and others, treating the common people like ants and worse than animals! He should be killed as a warning to the unscrupulous people in the world!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said nothing.

Guo Jingxiang thought that he had to let Mr. Zhang see that he was a good dog, so he simply emphasized again:

"Your Majesty, please kill Wang Guangyang!"

"Your Majesty, please kill Wang Guangyang!"

Seeing this, Li Menggen thought to himself that he could not let Mr. Zhang see that Guo Jingxiang was a good dog, and he had to behave like a good dog, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang righteously:
  "Your Majesty, please kill Wang Guangyang!"

"Your Majesty, please kill Wang Guangyang!"

Not to be outdone, Zhang Mian seconded the proposal and took a special look at Wang Guangyang.

Wang Guangyang was already shuddering at this time.

He really didn't expect that because he saw the rebels in Chuzhou treating the people well, he invited Zhang Chengzhi to Chuzhou City and joined the rebels. As a result, he would now be killed by the rebels because of his stance on the people!
  "Your Majesty, Chaozong just told the truth and didn't really want to hold this opinion."

"I don't think he should be killed for that."

"We rebels cannot kill people randomly like Hu Yuan!"

"What's more, there are many people like Chaozong who are not very willing to save the people of the world at the expense of changing the status of scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants. If Wang Chaozong is killed, there will be Hou Chaozong and Li Chaozong."

"So, the point is not to physically destroy someone, but to eliminate this kind of thinking. I would rather a large number of people in the world die innocently and tragically than change the status of scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants!"

Zhang Cheng spoke to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this: "Yes, it is easy to destroy a person physically. After all, you do not cure the root cause. It is important to eliminate this kind of human heart." For Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng's words did improve his cognition a lot. He had to admit that simple killing did not seem to be as good as reforming a person.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether people like Li Shanchang were really different from Wang Guangyang now, he still deliberately agreed.

But he hoped that people like Li Shanchang would really wake up and change.

This at least shows that these people can indeed be reformed.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang still has many good expectations for human nature.

Although he suffered many tragic things when he was young, he also experienced a lot of human warmth.

Such as the warmth given to him by the villagers, the warmth given to him by Guo Zixing, and the warmth given to him by his wife Ma Shi.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang is still willing to believe Zhang Cheng's words and believes that people can change, and is willing to try not to directly physically destroy people who are not treacherous and evil.

Wang Guangyang glanced at Zhang Cheng gratefully again.

Simultaneously.

Wang Guangyang admired Zhang Cheng's broadmindedness even more and thought to himself:
  "I don't know who Mr. Zhang studied under. He has such a big heart at such a young age."

"You have to know that many people who have been in officialdom for decades, once they become powerful, they will do everything they can to eliminate evil in dealing with dissidents. Only Mr. Zhang has begun to realize that it is easy to destroy a dissident physically, but it is difficult to eliminate the dissident heart."

"But this undoubtedly shows that Mr. Zhang is very confident in his own opinions, but where does this confidence come from?"

"Puzzling!"

Zhang Cheng has such a broad-mindedness. In fact, it is not that he himself has it originally, but that he learned from the people of later generations who really revolutionized the world and learned their minds and patterns.

However, Zhang Cheng showed such magnanimity not because he had the confidence to change these talents, but because he felt that since he could return to modern times at any time, he might as well try to learn from the great people of later generations and use his confidence to way to face these ancients, and confidently believe that they can change these people.

Anyway, if it really can't change, he can go back at any time.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhang Cheng's advice and did not choose to kill Wang Guangyang, Zhang Cheng continued:
  "We still want to talk about what we originally wanted to discuss, that is, whether to send a group of craftsmen who were eliminated in the process of making firecrackers to make other weapons and then sell them to other rebels, instead of using the traditional method, that is, to deal with those who are not suitable for us. The required craftsmen are directly eliminated, just like the previous government, which wanted to eliminate a group of people in the small-scale peasant economy, only physically eliminated them without thinking about changing the economic model and allowing the eliminated group of people to continue to live."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked at this time: "What is small-scale peasant economy?"

"I will inform the superior when I have time. Now I just want to see what the superior and you all think about this."

Zhang Cheng replied with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

At this time, Li Shanchang said first: "My subordinates have no objections. What Mr. Zhang proposed is a brilliant strategy! No one without great talent can think of it!"

"Not only is it a great talent, you also need to have a real strategy to think of it."

"So, I have no objection."

Feng Guoyong followed.

"I have no objection either."

Zhang Mian also replied.

"Me too!"

Li Menggeng also expressed his direct views.

"Of course I don't either. Now only this official Wang Riao may have objections."

Naturally, Guo Jingxiang expressed no objection and specifically mentioned Wang Guangyang.

Wang Guangyang said: "I don't really care about Shilin status, I just tell the truth."

"In that case, now it's up to you to get the upper hand."

Zhang Cheng glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang at this time and said with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked solemnly and said: "As long as it can reduce the number of deaths, it should be implemented!" We don’t want to, but in the end, we have to hold our noses and admit that our parents, brothers and sisters deserve to starve to death! "

"The superior is as kind and virtuous as heaven!"

"The superior is wise!"

Li Shanchang and others hurriedly flattered.

The matter was therefore settled.

The craftsmen who were eliminated in the process of making fire guns will be gathered together to create cold weapons with little technical content for sale.

At the same time, the rebels should establish a new government-run trading house to be responsible for military trade.

However, after the meeting, Li Shanchang and others were not very happy about it.

although.

The ideas they expressed at the meeting were consistent with Zhang Cheng's, and were all adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang. On the contrary, Wang Guangyang's idea of ​​directly killing the eliminated craftsmen was not adopted.

But only they themselves know that their true opinions in their hearts are actually the same as Wang Guangyang's. They want to form an alliance with Wang Guangyang and oppose Zhang Cheng together. But now they have to become Wang Guangyang's enemy, oppose Wang Guangyang, and show hatred. Wang Guangyang even wanted to kill him.

Therefore, this actually makes them feel aggrieved in their hearts, and only they themselves know this aggrievement.

"Our time here has obviously not been enough for Mr. Zhang to experience the joy of being a master."

"So, Mr. Zhang is still willing to do things that challenge the status of Shilin, rather than kill the common people in the world casually."

After the meeting, Li Shanchang, because he was feeling aggrieved and wanted to express his feelings, kept a sullen face and talked about his thoughts to Feng Guoyong, Zhang Mian and others.

After all, he can only confide in these people now.

Feng Guoyong nodded.

He understood Li Shanchang's current mood very well.

"Let me tell you."

"It's all because of Wang Guangyang, who dared to question Mr. Zhang's wise decision-making, that this series of things happened."

"If he didn't tell the truth and let Mr. Zhang do whatever he wanted, and something went wrong and it got beyond control, he would naturally be able to persuade Mr. Zhang to kill someone."

"However, he had to point it out first before Mr. Zhang realized the hidden dangers and thought of reform, and then persuaded the superiors to agree to the reform and add another official and businessman."

"I'm afraid that if this continues, Mr. Zhang and the superiors will go further and further on the road to changing the etiquette!"

"After all, the superior is originally from a commoner background and doesn't have a deep understanding of ethics. It can be said that it is just a blank piece of paper! And if this blank paper really has to be painted with new pens all the time, I really don't know what kind of picture the universe will be painted in the future! "

Zhang Mian also spoke with a worried look on his face, and his anger towards Wang Guangyang could not be concealed in his words.

Li Menggeng also sneered: "Yes, it seems that he is the only one who is smart, but we are all fools? He showed it off right away. It's a pity that the superiors didn't kill him!"

"The most disgusting thing in the world is this kind of self-righteous scholar!"

Guo Jingxiang also followed suit and asked:
  "Then what should we do now? We must find a way to prevent people like Wang Guangyang from showing off their talents in front of Mr. Zhang every day without knowing how to be respectful!"

"However, Mr. Zhang is a true gentleman with a broad mind and loves the people more than etiquette. Let him tell the truth in front of Mr. Zhang every day. I am afraid that Mr. Zhang will think of more and more ways to fix the loopholes and reform the system!"

(End of this chapter)