First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 533

Zhang Ximeng snorted coldly, "Zhu Di, if that's all you need, your second or third brother can do it too! The reason why I really choose you is because I know that no matter how much you have learned, you still have a little kindness and care." , there are things you care about. That's the most important thing!"

It is not difficult to learn great virtues, but what is difficult is that after learning a lot of great virtues, there is still a trace of kindness... isn't it?Am I such a person?

Zhu Di, who returned to the palace, sat on a chair, thinking about it, but he was not sure. He bent down and looked for a book to read, but in the drawer, he found a thick stack of letters.

The person who wrote the letter was Zhang Shuning.

They have not met each other for quite a long time, but there is no sense of strangeness at all.

In the letter, Zhang Shuning babbled a lot with Zhu Di.

For example, he has a classmate who would eat one less steamed bun every meal when it was approaching to take a bath, and saved up for two days, saved a few white steamed buns, took them home, and gave them to his younger brothers and sisters.

Zhang Shuning knew that it was not good to eat less like this. During class, he would occasionally hear his stomach growling...but he couldn't say anything.

Because he has never experienced the taste of starvation.

Also, one student was missing from the class when he came back from Xiumu.

Zhang Shuning went to the students' homes with the teacher to check... They came to a dilapidated thatched house, the roof collapsed due to heavy rain, and his father broke his leg while repairing the house.

Seeing that it was too difficult at home, the student decided to stay at home instead of going to school because he had to heal his father's leg and couldn't afford the money.

As a result, the lame father slapped his son's face once and for all, and the man cried bitterly.

Fudan Academy, what a place, you can change your family after you learn it, why are you so worthless.

Not to mention a broken leg, even a broken neck can't delay school!

But how can the student really ignore it... He burst into tears, and his father also cried.

Zhang Shuning told Zhu Di that it was the saddest scene he had ever seen.

Fudan School, even the top school in Ming Dynasty, still has too many students from poor places.

They may not be the most outstanding, and some may even be ordinary.

But they don't steal or grab, rely on their ability, work hard with sweat, and do their best to change their own destiny and the destiny of their family members.

They were very bitter, and that was a pain that he could never have imagined in the past.

On the way to school, I even met a wolf.

In order to go to school, they had to hold hardwood sticks and confront the wild wolf with green eyes...

This is the current Daming, not far away, just in Shandong, right in Fudan School.

Zhang Shuning's letter and Zhang Ximeng's book, two different things, poured into Zhu Di's head at the same time.

Contradictory?

No!

Not at all!

It is precisely because from Zhang Shuning's letter that Zhu Di knew that there was another Ming Dynasty, what he is doing now is meaningful.

Otherwise, what's the point of being angry and resentful, and people hate dogs?Do you naturally like to be scolded?

"Mr. Lan, you are here this time, let's discuss how to deal with the Wa Kingdom!" Zhu Di said.

Li Jinglong, Hua Wei, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Lian Zining were all present, but Fang Xiaoru had a slight disagreement and did not come.

In addition, Sapphire, he also rushed over.

Everyone got together and held a pre-military meeting to discuss the specific strategy of using troops.

After Zhu Di asked, Lan Yu shook her head directly, "Your way of thinking is very bad and too limited, so I wonder why you haven't learned how Zhang Xiang has been here for so many days!"

Zhu Di was stunned, I haven't learned enough?

Lan Yu really hates iron and steel, "Your Majesty means that as long as we punish the country of Japan, he didn't say that we should punish the country of Japan directly, nor did he say that we can't use our strength to beat cattle across mountains and play hard to get... But you first It’s really disappointing to paint the ground as a prison.”

Zhu Di was taken aback, and looked at Lan Yu stupidly, "Mr. Lan, is there any other way?"

Lan Yu laughed and said, "Let me teach you, didn't Gao Li want Xin Tun's subordinates? Let the news out now, let them run away quickly, return to their hometown, and bring their family members. It is best to kidnap all the fellow villagers. ...Isn't your workshop in Kaiping City short of people? Let's try to do what we can and take these people in. You make a fortune first."

Zhu Di was stunned when he heard that, "Mr. Lan, if you do this, Goryeo will mess up. If Japan takes the opportunity to expand its territory, wouldn't it be cheaper for them?"

Lan Yu couldn't help laughing, shook her head and sighed: "Sure enough, you are still too far behind... Those people in Gaoli dare to negotiate with us, that is, the beatings they received were not severe enough! How much more will they eat?" Fortunately, the capital in hand is gone, so they are obedient. As for the Wa Kingdom, the more people they send to Koryo, the more empty the land will be, and the expedition of soldiers and horses consumes so much food and grass... If you send a fleet , cut off the channel...Your Highness, what do you think will happen?"

Zhu Di was immediately dumbfounded. When it comes to great lack of virtue, it depends on you!

Chapter 739 Old Zhu Was Arrested

"Amazing, really awesome!"

Zhu Di read Lan Yu's battle plan over and over again, and he was so engrossed and worshiped.Even if Mr. Zhang is asked to make a plan, it is hard to be better than Lan Yu.This is not to say that Zhang Ximeng is inferior to Sapphire, but that he has a specialization in art.

Under the guidance of Zhang Ximeng, Lan Yu summed up a set of quite practical strategies based on the experience of leading the army over the years.

When it comes to dealing with Korea and Japan, Lan Yu's biggest feature is that he is really willing to work hard, and can carefully study the characteristics of these two countries and analyze their situation.

Let's just say that all the generals of the Ming Dynasty, including Guan Duo, can't speak Korean even if they have been in Korea for so long.But Sapphire can, he can not only speak Korean, but also Japanese.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, anyone who asked for it might not be able to tell where the Wa country is, where the capital is, and who is the ruler... But Lan Yu is different. He even knows the aristocratic families of the Wa country. The Tale of Genji.

Lan Yu also did not hesitate to teach Zhu Di that if he wanted to deal with the barbarians in the feudal kingdom with the least cost, there are two things that must be kept in mind and engraved in the bone.

First, you must really study with your heart, study your opponents clearly, have a thorough understanding, and pinch them to death from all aspects.In the art of war, it is said that knowing yourself and knowing the enemy is the truth!

But it’s not enough to just limit ourselves to the art of war. We also need to grasp all of their upper echelons, thoughts, and social conflicts, and we must understand them better than ourselves.

This is the first step to success.

And once this step is achieved, the next step is how to mix them with ease and skillful techniques... For example, Korea is a lump, and Japan is also a lump, as long as they are in the middle, act as a stick, and gently stir from left to right, Immediately, the stench will overflow, and the flies will fly everywhere...

Enduring stomach discomfort, Zhu Di memorized Lan Yu's shit-stirring stick tactics. Looking back, this plan really upheld the core essence of the shit-stirring stick, and it was exactly the same.

In fact, Koryo wants to ask for Xin Tun, hoping to kill him, and then discuss cooperation with Da Ming...Zhu Biao wants to protect Xin Tun, and Zhu Di wants to kill him.

The difference between the two brothers is here, but Lan Yu thinks what is the reason for the two of you to fight!It's such a simple matter, we can promise Goryeo first, seek benefits from them, and then release the news, let Xin Tun go.

Then let Xin Tun go and make trouble with Goryeo, we can even sell some weapons and make some money or something.

Anyway, we can't let Koryo kill Xin Tun, of course, don't let Xin Tun develop too fast, even if we push Koryo.

As long as it is delayed for a while, Gao Li can't stand it anymore, so she won't raise any conditions.

When Goryeo is honest and obedient, it will be easy to deal with the Wa country.

All in all, Lan Yu taught Zhu Di that when others put forward conditions for you, it is not that you agree or not. In fact, you can create a bigger trouble for him, or use one thing to overwhelm this thing, that is.

"Mr. Lan, you are just fooling around, and you haven't solved the problem at all!" Zhu Di questioned Lan Yu.

"Solve the problem?" Sapphire said with a smile: "Why do you need to solve the problem? Can all problems be solved? And even if it is solved, it will appear in the future. If you are full today, you will still be hungry tomorrow .So, life is only a few dozen autumns, as long as you can fool around until you are 80 years old, you are considered very successful. If a country can survive for 500 years, it will be a prosperous age, so why do you want so much?"

Zhu Di stared wide-eyed, speechless by Lan Yu's words.

"Father, and Mr. Zhang, they never think so!"

Lan Yu chuckled, "Then you want to imitate Your Majesty? Do you want to imitate Mr. Zhang? Do you have the ability to imitate them? And I don't know what His Majesty thinks. We Mr. Zhang, he has a bad stomach. The four-stage tactics, we are not Everyone knows that Mr. Zhang is also a master of fooling things, what is he planning in his mind? Do you really know?"

Zhu Di was completely dumbfounded. He felt that he was not big enough and lacked virtue, so he was out of tune with this group of people.

When can one be as wicked as Sapphire, perhaps one can be regarded as reluctantly becoming a teacher.

The road to practice is a long way to go!

This time Zhu Di has completely restrained his arrogance. He must not only learn from Mr. Zhang, but also from Lan Yu and everyone else. Only by learning from others' strengths and gathering the strengths of all wicked people can he cultivate into a truly great virtue.

Sure enough, as long as you are willing to bow your head and study, you will have new discoveries... Xin Tun was still sent to Yingtian according to Zhu Biao's request.

After losing the leader, Xin Tun's subordinates immediately fell apart.

Some people fled overnight, trying to return to their hometowns, hiding their names and living in hiding.

As a result, without the help of outsiders, their relatives will take the initiative to report and recruit the Korean army to kill these people without any courtesy.

If it weren't for you tossing around, how could we be in such a miserable situation?

It's not good to kneel down, if you have to stand up, you will lose your head if you stand up!

It's just that they didn't expect that after killing some of Xin Tun's subordinates, the Koryo officers and soldiers were not satisfied, and then began to hunt down and kill the family members and folks of these subordinates, and robbed their property, and even many innocent people could not escape.

At this time, Guan Duo and Zhang Dingbian had already returned to Liaodong and no longer provided protection to the Koreans.

Anyway, you are willing to torment yourself, why do we care about these things...

So what really happened in Goryeo was not as simple as Xin Tun's old family and his relatives fleeing to Daming to avoid disaster, but a very complicated process.

First, the Ming army retreated, and then Xin Tun's old troops fled back to the village. The folks first denounced them and recruited the Koryo army.

The Koryo officers and soldiers seemed to want revenge for these years of oppression, killing wildly, and in an instant, a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood piled up, and the blood stained the river red.

In some villages, all were killed, and even the Japanese pirates seemed amiable compared with them.

After all, Xin Tun is an enemy more terrifying than the Japanese pirates. They must use piles of corpses to warn all the mud-legged people to be honest, and dare to think wildly and hope for unrealistic things. Be careful of your dog heads!

On the Koryo side, especially in Yiju and other places, the area where Xin Tun had divided the land was already in a mess, and the remaining people fled to Liaodong with their families.

Some of the surviving Xin Tun's old troops had to regroup their personnel and continue to entangle and fight with the Koryo army.

It wasn't that they didn't want to surrender and admit defeat, they just knelt down and still couldn't survive.

After all this tossing, the strength of Xin Tun's old army has dropped sharply, leaving less than one-tenth of the original strength, but these people are relatively firm, and the hatred between them and the Koryo army is deeper. If they are asked to surrender, they will not up.

On the other hand, people in Yizhou and other places also suffered heavy casualties, and their direct household registration was halved.

Goryeo Middle School was quite happy. After all, the Ming army had also left. Although Xin Tun was not caught, his subordinates suffered heavy casualties.

It's just that they didn't realize that the foundation of this country is becoming more and more fragile. They don't know when a gust of wind will blow and it will collapse.

For Daming, the problem is not that big. The Xintun people are still alive, and the sporadic old departments are still there. As long as they give some support, they will grow stronger soon.

On the other hand, the wool textile workshop in Kaiping City has a total of [-] workers.

From Liaodong to Beiping, there were tens of thousands more people, and even Shanhaiguan had [-] to [-] more folks building the Great Wall.

Basically, it can be said that it is a win.

What else can I say, they fought wars, consumed state funds and people's wealth, and made the sky angry and people complained. As a result, when they came to Lanyu, they made a lot of money before they officially sent troops.

It doesn't matter if you don't accept it.

There is no doubt that Mr. Lan's status is rising rapidly, and he is only a little away from Mr. Zhang.

When Beiping was fully preparing for the war, there was a couple who were heading north.

"Sister, you said that the fourth child cries for poverty all day long, and you say that Beiping is a thousand miles away, and the people are in dire straits. Let's see, most of the merchants on this road go to Peiping. With such a large trade, no matter what, they will not be poor. Ah!" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.

Empress Ma chuckled, "That's not easy, if you're not poor, just cheat! Anyway, how to discipline your own son, you have to figure it out yourself!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened. Look at what he said, as if he wasn't your son!

Old Zhu thought over and over again, and suddenly came up with an idea, "You said, how about we verify the administration of officials at Lao Si's side?"

Empress Ma was puzzled, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered to prepare plain clothes for him, and then separated two carriages.

"Sister, you stay behind first, let's take two carts of goods and go to Peiping first to have a look."

Empress Ma rolled her eyes, the couple went north this time, it was easy and simple, without much fanfare.Of course, you should know or will know along the way, for example, Zhang Ximeng knows it all.

However, if Lao Zhu wanted to go to Beiping in advance to test out the officials, he could still do it.

"Your majesty the emperor, if you don't find out anything, but lose face and make a joke, don't you see Mr. Zhang laughing at you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly taken aback, but he quickly shook his head.

"We don't believe it. There are some officials who are not greedy for money. We must try it out!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was still coming up, and he took two carts of cloth goods and went directly to the Tongzhou tax card.

In addition, Lao Zhu hid a bag of very precious jewels in the cloth.

When the vehicle arrived at the tax card, it was stopped according to the rules.

The goods were inspected, the price was estimated, and everything went smoothly.

But at last, the tax collector found the bag of jewelry.

"This, what is this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately handed over the banknotes he had prepared a long time ago, "It's just some small things, not worth much, let's do it conveniently!"

The tax collector took the thick banknotes, and suddenly smiled, "Should I let you go, and all these will belong to me?"