China (Part 1)

Staring at the picturesque country hanging on the wall, Zhu Yuanzhang quietly looked at Wu Anguo with the light of his eyes. What surprised him was that Wu Anguo's face was becoming more and more peaceful, and there was a vague sense of relief in his eyes. When he was angry, even famous generals like Xu Da would be afraid. The civil officials had long crawled on the ground and said that they should have died. Wu Anguo just waited silently to listen to his words, whether to push the Meridian Gate or throw it into prison, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

"Wu Qing, after reading these memorials, do you have something to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"There is nothing to say." Wu Anguo simply saved the word "家" and answered directly that if the assassin was really the Jinyiwei, then every move he made that day was in her eyes. He would probably have been word-of-mouth with Xu Da in the Shengqi Tower, and even reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang with ignorance. With those words, Zhu Yuanzhang had reasons for killing him ten times, not to mention that so many people poured dirty water on him.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said hatefully, "If I use these to cure you, you will definitely not accept it, right?" Seeing that Wu Anguo did not speak, he raised his voice a little further: "Tell yourself, how have I treated you since you entered the court?" He quickly walked to the desk and held the table with one hand. The eunuch serving beside him rushed over and put away the messed memorials of Wu Anguo, took the opportunity to wave his hand, and signaled Wu Anguo to apologize.

‘What do you mean to me? Do you have to climb up friendship before beheading me and ask me to thank the Lord for your kindness?’ Wu Anguo thought secretly. ‘No, those memorials of false accusations and complaints are written separately in the past two years. In other words, except for the last few memorials, they were written at different times. Zhu Yuanzhang showed them together this time, and it should not be a complete collection of evidence of his crime. It is difficult to say what the emperor was thinking about.’ Thinking of the time and the question suddenly lit up, ‘That assassin should not be a secret spy of the court. If it were a secret spy, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been a few days ago

He should be furious, not wait until today to find him. In his shallow consciousness, he was always unwilling to believe that the woman was a minion in the government. Although the woman was facing weapons, Wu Anguo always felt that he and she should be friends rather than enemies, so he was so disappointed when he concluded that Zhu Yuanzhang had to ask about his crime. Now he eliminated the woman from the circle of spies and felt that he was particularly relaxed. He replied loudly: "Your Majesty, within one month, the officials who were promoted to the ministers cannot speak official words, but he felt that Your Majesty was very good to me, and he could be said to be very trusting and heartfelt."

"Is that so, you are not completely unconscienced," Zhu Yuanzhang said in a sarcastic tone, "Then why are you smart and doing such a thing?" As he said, he threw another memorial on the corner of the table in front of Wu'anguo. This is not a secret book. Wu'anguo picked it up, and Xu Da's flying dragon and phoenix words were displayed in front of him: "... I have a long dog and horse, and I cannot stand the re-employment. I wish to return to my hometown and be a ruin of the coffin to wait for the bones. The King of Yan is wise and brave, and can be sincere in his responsibilities. Even if he is a young man, Your Majesty can entrust him with military force. I am responsible for expelling the Tartars for Your Majesty. I am more than 20 determined to forget it. Now the north is pacified and Mongolia is the minister. The dispute between China and the barbarians will be in the young. I dare not use my old body and will not leave. I hope Your Majesty can use this position to wait for future generations..."

So that's it, "Old General Xu, why are you anxious to resign? I'm so miserable now." He finally understood why Zhu Yuanzhang was causing trouble for himself. Wu Anguo secretly complained. The hardship was more painful, but from the current situation, everything was not as serious as I imagined. At least Zhu Yuanzhang did not think that his existence was a big threat, nor did he know that when he talked with Xu Da that day, there would be room for maneuver. Wu Anguo pretended to read Xu Da's memorial again, and quickly thought about the words of response in his mind.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know what the relationship between General Xu's retirement and returning home has to do with me."

"You dare to argue. If you hadn't given Xu Da the idea you gave to Xu Da at the Xu Mansion banquet, how could Xu Da have died? It was clearly because you relied on my trust in you to sow the relationship between our brothers. That day, all the ministers saw you and Xu Da go to the lake to have a secret talk, but you still want to deny it." Zhu Yuanzhang scolded with a harsh voice.

Wu Anguo did say that he was talking to Xu Da on the way to the capital of Beijing, not on the lake. At that time, Xu Da had already understood that he would lose his military power forever after returning to the capital, so he taught his combat experience to everyone. Zhu Di and Wu Anguo can be said to have been taught by Xu Da step by step how to lead troops to fight and his ability to change the enemy. Wu Anguo realized from Xu Da's words and deeds that he wanted to trust him with great responsibilities, thanked him for treating him with sincerity, and was moved by his innocent heart of not considering personal gains and losses and being devoted to the country. He did not want him to really end up in the legend, so he advised him to take the initiative to hand over military power, An Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. Wu Anguo's understanding of the Ming Dynasty was limited to the "Ming Heroes" he heard when he was a child and some rumors.

According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang later burned the Qinggong Tower and burned all the military generals except Xu Da. Xu Da was infected with illness and could not eat goose meat, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave him steamed goose. In order to show his loyalty, Xu Da had to commit suicide by taking poison. However, after Wu'anguo came to the Ming Dynasty, he found that many people who were originally to be burned by Zhu Yuanzhang to death at Qinggong Tower had died before the Ming Dynasty unified the Central Plains, so he had many doubts about the authenticity of the rumors. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty towards ministers was no less than the legend. In the past few years of coming to the Ming Dynasty, Wu'anguo could hear that a court official was killed by sticks every year. For Xu Da's final outcome, he could not guarantee that it would not be similar to the legend. He had to do his own personal strength to change history so that good people would be rewarded.

Now that I heard Zhu Yuanzhang take the account of Xu Da's retreat on his head, I couldn't help but curse in my heart, you clearly want to seize Xu Da's military power, but someone sees it through, but I blame me. You can't be so unreasonable as an emperor. I suppressed my anger and whispered: "That heavenly minister was unable to drink, so I went to the lake to blow the wind, and talked to the old general Xu. General Xu is a cautious person. If it was the advice given to him, he would resign after a while in order to let him avoid suspicion, and would not return home now." These words were extremely powerful. Xu Da was famous for his cautious use and serving the king.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was angry was that he was unwilling to say that he had no tolerance, and even his brother Xu Da could not trust him and forced him to retreat. He had originally wanted to let Xu Da slowly lose his position, but Xu Da resigned first, and he was inevitably angry. And at present, he did not want Xu Da to leave because there was a more urgent plan that needed to rely on the military's power. This time he only planned to take this opportunity to repair Wu Anguo, so as not to be difficult to control in the future, and to force him to distance himself from Xu Da and others, in case his old military power had just weakened and the new military power rose again.

"It's so wise and easy to say something. You said, why did you spend all your money before coming to the capital? Is it because I appointed you as an official to take your life? It's not that you are afraid that I will lose you, so what if you do?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Wu'anguo pushed the relationship completely and shouted angrily.

This question is asking the key points of Wu'anguo. If selling all industries under his name at a low price is to better serve the country, no one believes that Wu'anguo was killed by fever after falling into the water. Wu'anguo could not say such charming words, so he had to bow his head and say nothing.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry and scolded: "Do you think I am too unkind and too careless to the ministers? Are you afraid that I will be unfavorable to you one day, so let those industries related to you avoid disaster first? With this thought, I can cure your crime of deceiving the king. If I want to get rid of you, I will get rid of you two years ago, so why should I let you to this day? In your heart, am I really the kind of unreasonable tyrant monarch?" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice became louder and louder, mixed with resentment and helplessness. "You just see those guilty big ones.

My family cried, have you heard countless crying sounds of the people under their rule? I think they were like me, and they were also people who had no meals. Didn’t the Mongolians push people too much, and would they carry their heads and accompany me to rebel? Now I have learned a few sentences and say that they are bullying the people, taking over land, lustizing their wives and daughters, committing crimes, and allowing their minions to do evil. Even the Mongolians are not as good as those of the Mongolians. If I don’t abandon them, they will be killed by the people who have risen up sooner or later, causing the court to be dragged down by them."

These sentences are true. Many ministers in the early Ming Dynasty did forget their roots and do a lot of despicable things. In addition to Xu Da and Li Shanchang's descendants, most of the ministers rely on their father's achievements to search everywhere, giving Wu'anguo a feeling that they were like in Beijing. However, Zhu Yuanzhang, for whatever reason, always remembered that he was a little cold in his background and rarely harmed the people. Several sons were sent to their hometowns to experience the sufferings of the people. Some people who were accustomed to the Zhu family tree, and they linked Zhu Yuanzhang with Zhu Xi, a great scholar of the Song Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang found out, he instructed that he was originally a farmer, his father died of poverty and illness, and even the cemetery was given by others. He begged for food, became a monk, and was a hawker.

A clan is not a famous family, so the family tree starts with himself. It is precisely because he suffered from being the people that Zhu Yuanzhang knew the truth that officials forced the people to rebel, and he had extremely strict requirements on officials. The consequences of corrupt officials are often skinned. As a modern person, Wu'anguo cannot understand the guilt of a person, implicated relatives and friends, and the harsh punishments, but he also gritted his teeth for corrupt officials. During his days in Beijing, he had seen laid-off workers selling newspapers on the street for a living, and also saw bureaucrats who were open to the fire of tyrants who divided the property of enterprises. So after hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he had a little respect for this emperor. As a predecessor who had evolved more than six hundred years less than himself, it was not easy to have such a worry for the people, so naturally he could not ask him to have the same idea of ​​equality as modern people. Thinking of this, he felt a little guilty.

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded him again, and he had vented enough, and felt a little more happy. In recent years, the world has gradually stabilized, but the officials have become more and more bold and arrogant. In the court, they are divided into several factions, and they do not consider how to solve the problem but attack each other without considering how to solve the facts. There is the element of his intentional indulgence, because this is how to control the situation. But as the emperor, he no longer feels like he is instructing millions of people before his great cause was achieved. He can deal with officials at will, and officials will only beg for mercy, and no one dares to contradict him. The more this happens, the more lonely he is, and the more he wants to find someone to explain the reason for doing this. Today, he finally shouted with Wu Anguo, a person who returned from a foreign country. Although he is shi, the depression in his heart has also dissipated a lot. Seeing that Wu Anguo was silent, he looked embarrassed on his face, thinking that he had admitted his mistake, and his voice slowly dropped.

"You all feel that being with the king is like being with a tiger, but you don't know my hard work. As long as you are dedicated to the country, have all the hearts of ministers, and do not do anything to harm the people, can I still make a crime for you?"

"Of course not. I disperse the industry, not all because I am afraid of causing unhappiness from the court and causing both jade and stone to burn. After becoming an official, I will definitely not have the energy to manage these industries. There are always times when doing business, and I have no time to take care of it, but I have to show off. If I accidentally break the industry, it will be unbeautiful. It is better to find a good customer for them." Wu Anguo explained slowly.

"Even if you make some sense, I don't think it's bad for you to make money for the people. But you can't deny it if you look down on the affairs of the court. Not all, but most of the reasons are. You are a smart person and your business skills are much better than when I was young. I used to trade goods back and forth, and I didn't have the ability to become the richest man in the local area within a few years. But sometimes you are too smart. You think that Xu Da resigned from his post, and there was no suspicion between the monarch and his ministers. Everyone was happy. You underestimated me too much. I have never read a book, and I also know that Zhao Kuangyin released his military power by drinking a cup of wine, which made the Song Dynasty have a million troops. The soldiers did not know the generals, and the generals did not know the soldiers, and they would be defeated in every battle. Even a small Xixia fights the Song Dynasty without the power to fight back. Do you want me to repeat the mistakes of the Song Dynasty?"

"Long live the blessing. When Your Majesty was young, it was not that he was not good at doing business, but that the Mongolians were too bad for the government. I did a good job in business, but that I borrowed the benevolent government for Long live the politics." Wu Anguo saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was getting less angry, so he quickly flattered him. Seeing that Xu Da handed over the military power, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on pushing him. It was impossible to shirk it, so it was better to tell the truth, so that Zhu Yuanzhang could dispel his doubts and minimize the disaster. Thinking of this, he suggested softly: "Your Majesty, the release of military power in the Song Dynasty seems to be pedantic, but in fact, it was a necessity to do it in view of the separatist vassal states of the Tang Dynasty. The Mongolian military power was concentrated in the hands of military generals, which led to chaos in the world. It was not without any benefits to release military power in the cup of wine, but it was not taken to prevent its negative influence."

"Oh, let's talk about it carefully." Wu Anguo's statement made Zhu Yuanzhang deeply curious.

"Your Majesty, after Zhao Song released his military power with a cup of wine, the army was disorganized, resulting in the army being large and powerless. It was like a person suffering from paralysis, thinking about his heart but not knowing his arms, and having strong arms but not knowing how to do it. Therefore, he would be defeated in every battle. Although Zhao Song was cowardly, the people no longer suffered from the warlords' melee. It has to be said that he borrowed the blessing of this national policy." Wu Anguo knew that if Zhu Yuanzhang had not let him dispel his doubts today, it would be difficult to escape.

.So put some of your daily considerations a little bit. These common principles of military nationalization in the 21st century are so novel in Zhu Yuanzhang's ears. "The army should be the army of the country and does not belong to individual generals. Only the emperor can authorize the generals to mobilize them in the name of the country. The ancient tiger talisman was the role of this authorization. But the nationalized army must be managed accurately, and its equipment, training, and supplies must be

The special department carefully plans and calculates, which should be the responsibility of the Ministry of War. In normal times, the army should be separated from the training, instructors are responsible for training, and officers are responsible for command. Low-level officers are specifically responsible for combat, and senior officers are generals, and are not fixed in a certain army. Instead, they change the commanded army at any time, familiarize themselves with the performance of each army, and prevent them from appointing private individuals. Ordinary soldiers should be a profession, and military pay should be able to support their families. In the past, the army used long spears and swords, so there was no need for too many training farmers to fight. Now, the army uses firearms, the more carefully trained, the higher its combat power. And the army using firearms is a blessing for the country. When fighting for war, few soldiers can save food and grass, and strong strength can shorten the duration of the war, and the firearm army needs stable rear support. Once soldiers cause chaos and harm the country, the country should stop supplying its ammunition, and the musket is gone without medicine, it is better to burn fire sticks..."

"It makes sense, the army is nationalized, the first time I heard it." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and gradually returned to calm. 'If the musket is gone, it is better to burn a fire stick.' This sentence reduced his doubts. He looked at Wu'anguo more carefully. He really didn't know what amazing things this boy who returned from overseas would do. If he was loyal to him, he seemed to have only respect for himself in his words, but he did not have the kind of worship of the courtiers. If he was unfaithful, he told the weakness of the musket soldiers in person, which was equivalent to giving his back to himself. Moreover, this boy actually asked the general to be mobilized at any time to prevent being big, and he himself was already a general. He looked at the picturesque country map again, "Even if he was loyal to me, it was worth a bet for this picturesque country." Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself.

"I think you have passed the test again. Let you go first today. If such self-righteous things happen again, you will definitely punish you heavily. Now, you tell me how to place Xu Da."

After returning, Wu Anguo thought, Zhu Yuanzhang was really serious. He bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there is another key to nationalization of the army, that is, generals, soldiers must know who to fight for. An army without knowledge is a stupid army. If all soldiers have knowledge, they all know that the country and nation are the first priority. They know that the true honor of soldiers is loyal to the country, not loyal to some other person and other groups. Only such an army can serve as the city of the country. Xu Da and other veterans have accumulated countless works throughout their lives.

War experience. Since Your Majesty has opened a Chinese school in Beijing, it is better to open another military law school, which specifically tells the low-level officers of each department how to fight, and use General Xu and other senior generals as teachers. In this way, middle and senior officers in the army must be trained and trained by the martial arts academy before they can be appointed. Low-level officers must be selected among soldiers with military achievements. During the military study in the martial arts academy, Your Majesty can personally teach them to serve the country with loyalty. In this way, officers are not only civil and military talents, but also know the principle of loyalty to the country, and can always eliminate the danger of warlords holding troops and self-respecting themselves."

"Okay, okay, but in this way, there is another shortcut in Zhongnan like a Peking Academy," Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and smiled. The atmosphere between the monarch and the minister suddenly became relaxed. "The officers cannot be held by literati. It is not the time for the horses to be released in the south mountain, but the current treasury can't allocate so much money to form all the musket soldiers, and they can't pay such high military pay. I'm very poor."

"In fact, the country does not need to maintain so many troops. The army must be managed in a hierarchical manner. The army that fights against foreign countries is the fist of the country and must be armed to the teeth. The permanent army in the territory is familiar with the operation of military weapons and does not have to be fully equipped. Its function is only the reserve of the foreign combat troops, and the local security and eliminate bandits. The imperial guards in the capital should be responsible for the royal trustees, and the equipment must be good. There are no need to be large numbers, but they must be the elite among the elite."

"This is a good idea. I will discuss it with Li Wenzhong, Xu Da and others. It should be feasible. Let me leave the affairs of the Military Art School to Xu Da. I will give him the future of the country to him so as not to be suspicious of loyalty. Just let the military art school be called the Command Academy." Zhu Yuanzhang settled the big thing and felt much more relieved. Looking at Wu Anguo, he probably felt that he had scared him enough today and comforted him with kind words: "You go down and report the names of those skilled craftsmen and merchants who have made contributions to the state to the Ministry of Personnel, and I will also give them a name. Since you say that the four people are equal, give them some status."

Seeing Wu'anguo thanking him, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "But these are all empty titles. I will not pay them a salary. I will send some people to Huairou in a few days to learn how to make firearms. You ask them to teach the people I sent. I don't believe you. Just relying on Peking to provide military supplies across the country will make people exhausted. The prince recommends your disciples from Peking Academy to be the customs ambassadors. This is a bit abrupt. I think let them be the deputy customs ambassadors first, and take care of the matter first. Wait until the ambassadors recommended by the ministers come back from Peking Academy, and then determine which one is more suitable to be the ambassadors."

After all, I still have to take the military manufacturing into my own hands. This emperor always cares about my family's background. Wu Anguo looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and thought to himself. Today, it seemed like he wanted to kill me. Now everything is calm. Between chatting and laughing, I will bring my friends into my own control. Maybe this is the so-called emperor's art. It seems that I need to be more careful in everything in the future. No matter what, I have to put forward my suggestions today. Since civil officials have pointed the finger at themselves, it is impolite to come and not go. Moreover, for the future development of the country, I must do this.

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