"What do you think of Shi Mo Yisun's family?" Li Shanchang asked many of his civil servants.
As the left prime minister, he had direct jurisdiction over six ministries, inherited from the Duke of Wu, and provided care for all the people. He was responsible for money, food, household registration, military chariots and workers, as well as personnel transfers, establishment of schools and education.
So despite Zhang Ximeng's extended hands and fancy tricks, when it comes to real power, Li Shanchang still holds his head.
Of course, this is also related to Zhang Ximeng restraining himself from reaching out randomly.
For example, this time, he suppressed Xu Da's request in the name of the Academy. At the same time, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War under Li Shanchang believed that it should be given and must be given. It would be too stingy not to give it.
Therefore, Zhang Ximeng's obstruction may not be the final conclusion.
Needless to say, such a big thing would definitely alarm Zhu Yuanzhang.
And vaguely, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that this matter was not simple. During this period, he handled Hu Sanshe's case and uncovered a lot of silverfish smuggling wine... The use of troops abroad was also smooth. Hu Dahai realized his shame and became brave
, captured Zhuji in one fell swoop, which was a great achievement, and the Yuan Dynasty's power in the south of the Yangtze River was wiped out.
But at this time, a loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty appeared, and even his whole family was martyred to serve the country with his death.
No matter how you look at it, he looks like a super loyal minister. Such a person, even as an opponent, should be respected and given preferential treatment. It is not surprising. However, Zhang Ximeng strongly opposed it. After the last ideological collision, this kind of thing happened again.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it could not be taken lightly, but must be taken seriously, even more seriously than war!
Fighting is not complicated, just charge into battle and kill the enemy bravely, but when it comes to ideological matters, you can't be careless. If you don't handle it well, it will lead to sectarianism, and it may even develop into party disputes.
Zhu Yuanzhang's realm is already very high, but he is still not sure that he can hold everything in his hands.
For this matter, Lao Zhu made an exception and ordered to call all the civil servants on both sides, and also called Feng Guosheng, Wu Liang, Hua Yun, Li Wenzhong and others to listen.
As a result, in addition to Xu Da, Hu Dahai, Chang Yuchun, Zhu Wenzheng, Tang He and others, all the important civil and military officials of the Zhu family army arrived.
Li Shanchang led Jia Lu, Zhu Sheng, Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Li Xi, Tao An, Yang Xian and others to sit on the east side.
Zhang Ximeng, Liu Bowen, Song Lian, Sun Yan, Zhang Yi, Ye Chen, Wang Guangyang, the lineup should not be underestimated.
Lao Zhu was sitting in the middle. As for those generals sitting opposite, they were part of the cheerleading team and the atmosphere team. Come and experience the war of words that is different from the battlefield!
How about comparing it to your real swords and guns?
To everyone's expectation, the first one to stand up was Jia Lu. He coughed and even glanced at Zhang Ximeng. To be honest, the old man was definitely not from Li Shanchang's side, but he definitely agreed to reward Shi Moyi Sun.
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Moreover, he came out to start this, set the tone, and avoid direct conflict between Zhang Ximeng and Li Shanchang. It can be said that he has good intentions.
"After ascending to the throne, after conquering Zhuji, there are no soldiers and horses of the Yuan court in the south of the Yangtze River. Fang Guozhen, Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youding... Although they accepted the imperial edict, they are not loyal ministers of the Yuan Dynasty anyway. We give Shi Moyi Sun
, the grand funeral, and the praise of loyalty, actually tell the world that the Yuan Dynasty has collapsed in the south of the Yangtze River, half of the country has been lost, and the country is not far away from being destroyed."
Jia Lu made a key point. It is like that after the establishment of dynasties in the past, they would rush to revise the history of the previous dynasty. In fact, it is not important what they revise. The revision of history is very important!
There was a funeral for Shi Mo Yisun, and he was buried with great splendor and half of the land of the Yuan Dynasty. This matter was especially important to Zhu Yuanzhang who was determined to expel the Hulu.
Just hearing this, Lao Zhu almost nodded.
What an old fairy fart, extraordinary!
Then Jia Lu said: "Praising Shi Mo Yi Sun, does it encourage the officials of the Yuan Dynasty to fight to the death with us? Of course not! This means that like Shi Mo Yi Sun, a loyal and good man whose whole family died for the country cannot save the country from danger.
.When we pay homage to him, we are actually slapping the emperor in the face. It proves that the Yuan Dynasty will eventually fall and is irreversible!"
When Jia Lu said this, he paused for a moment, then stared at Zhang Ximeng and said: "Even if you are an opponent and an enemy, you won't be able to knock down a whole boat of people with a pole, so let's leave some room!"
After Jia Lu finished speaking, the corners of Li Shanchang's mouth turned up unconsciously. This level is high... He should learn more in the future.
He thought about it for a moment and said: "What Jia Shenzheng said is absolutely true. I think that people often say loyal ministers and filial sons, and everyone respects them. Shi Mo Yisun died for his country and died on the battlefield. His mother, wife, son, servants, all
Martyrdom for the country...loyal ministers, filial sons, righteous servants and chaste wives, they are all complete. Throughout the ages, there are not many loyal ministers who can do this. Now the superiors are sitting in the southeast, looking at the world, praising loyalty, and tempering people's hearts. It is reasonable.
This thing can just boost morale, so I think there is nothing wrong with it!"
After these two people finished speaking, the generals nodded. It made so much sense. Why are you still hesitating? Let’s do it quickly!
How could Mr. Zhang disagree with something so clear?
Could it be that Mr. Zhang was also confused sometimes?
At this moment, Lao Zhu set his sights on Zhang Ximeng and said proactively: "Mr. Zhang, do you have anything to say?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, I really don't know how to judge Shi Mo Yisun's family now... But I heard that during this attack on the city, some soldiers threw themselves at the gap and used their bodies as ladders to let the soldiers step on them.
The body rushed into Zhuji and took the advantage of being the first to get there... A soldier was strong, weighing more than a hundred kilograms, plus dozens of kilograms of armor and weapons, running up the city. How powerful is this? Today
There are so many generals here, I want to ask you guys, how many of them can you push up? You know, seven of our soldiers died!"
As soon as these words came out, the generals present couldn't help but take a breath, and Hua Yun even moved his buttocks, amazed and full of admiration.
As Zhang Ximeng said, building a human ladder is no small matter, especially during the siege. If you climb up one after another with enough force to break bones and cause internal injuries, if you continue to serve as a human ladder, you will indeed lose your life or even be stepped on.
The body will be broken into pieces, and the body will not be intact after death.
The soldiers of the Zhu Jiajun did this, they are worthy of being the best soldiers in the world!
Moreover, these soldiers are not only capable of fighting, but also have a spirit of sacrifice and risk their own lives. They are called loyal and brave and must be commended.
At this time, Yang Yuangao said: "Prime Minister Zhang, we have also seen Xu Da's report. Naturally, our soldiers will be heavily rewarded and greatly compensated. This is a reasonable thing. But with the commendation, Shi Moyi and Sun's family will not suffer.
Are you ready?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Bowen immediately said, "We cannot let Zhang Ximeng fight with the scholars by himself. We, Liu, have to help."
"You can't say that, this is a battle. On one side are our people, fighting desperately and sacrificing their lives for the country. On the other side are the enemies, resisting stubbornly, and the whole family suffers. Some people advocate praising the enemy, even our people have been praised, the enemy and us
How can both sides be rewarded? What kind of truth is this? Aren't you afraid that the soldiers will not understand?"
As Liu Bowen left the stage, the atmosphere became more and more heated.
Tao An also spoke. As a scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, he really didn't pay much attention to Liu Bowen from eastern Zhejiang.
"Praising our soldiers is because of loyalty and bravery, while praising Shi Moyi Sun is because of loyalty. This is different!"
"Why are they different? Don't they all carry the word loyalty? If you tell me, Shi Moyi and Sun, to be loyal, then who is the traitor?" Liu Bowen spoke sharply and retorted directly.
Tao An's face turned red and he was stunned.
Li Xi immediately said: "The Yuan Dynasty did not care about its loyal ministers and asked us to help praise them... Doesn't this mean that the Yuan Dynasty has exhausted its power?"
Liu Bowen sneered, "The energy is exhausted and the energy is about to be exhausted, they are not the same thing! If we attack Dadu and destroy the Yuan Dynasty, I think it is inevitable! But at the moment, I firmly oppose it!"
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As Liu Bowen ended, Song Lian also joined the battle. On the other side, Yang Xian also came out. The guys were back and forth, talking and quoting scriptures.
Those generals' eyes were straightened.
Darling, is this a fight between gods?
Why does everything everyone says make sense?
What on earth are they arguing about?
Even among the generals, Feng Guosheng and Li Wenzhong, who had relatively high levels of education, were confused and exclaimed that it was terrible!
Is this the fighting mode of civil servants? When they go up, there is no other possibility except to kill people.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang had a big head. He listened to this now and then that, and he felt that everything made sense, but it also had flaws.
Maybe there is no such thing as the best of both worlds.
From the perspective of Lao Zhu's original intention, he preferred to praise Shi Moyi's sun, give him a generous burial, and ridicule Yuan Ting by the way. After all, the reasons given by Liu Bowen were not enough to completely convince him.
As for Zhang Ximeng, this guy has nothing to say except for introducing the battle to his own soldiers. He has become a joke!
Lao Zhu said again: "Don't argue, that's the way it is. Mr. Li, Mr. Zhang, you are our right-hand man, you can talk about it later!"
Lao Zhu's words are equivalent to asking debaters from both sides to summarize their arguments.
Li Shanchang was just about to speak, but his heart moved slightly because he noticed that Zhang Ximeng was calm and calm, smiling but not smiling. This young man had already suffered losses for himself several times, so he must not be careless.
Therefore, Li Shanchang smiled and said: "My boss, my subordinates have already said what they want. When it comes to comprehensive thinking, Prime Minister Zhang is more powerful. Let him say it!"
The ball hit Zhang Ximeng's feet, and everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Ximeng. Let's see what shocking words he can come up with!
"My lord, this matter involves Hu Dahai again. When I mentioned Hu Dahai, I thought of Hu Sanshe. A few days ago, my lord said that the law is the most important thing, and other things are less important than the law... These words are still
Does it count?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "The law is greater than the sky. Even if we die, we must write these words into our legacy!"
Zhang Ximeng said again: "Lord, since the law is so great, how can it be compared with morality?"
Lao Zhu thought deeply, "Mr. Zhang, don't beat around the bush, just say it directly!"
Zhang Ximeng said: "Actually, this matter is very simple... Why should we praise Shi Mo Yisun? Because the actions of their family and their sacrifice for the country are indeed in line with the moral principles and they are loyal ministers and filial sons... I don't deny this, but because
Can we praise Him for this? Where is our position? Where is our law?"
Zhang Ximeng suddenly raised his voice like Huang Zhongda Lu, and everyone present was shocked.
Among them, the ones who had the biggest reaction were Jia Lu and Zhu Sheng. Then Liu Bowen couldn't help laughing and gave a thumbs up!
After that, there are Song Lian and Ye Chen. As for Li Shanchang, he is still hesitant.
Zhang Ximeng continued calmly: "I think regardless of the specific incident this time... I would like to ask everyone, what are the standards for praise? Who should be praised and who should be despised? There must be rules for this matter, right?"
Li Shanchang saw that something was wrong in the atmosphere and the rhythm fell into Zhang Ximeng's hands, so he couldn't wait to say: "Since ancient times, there have been rewards for loyal people and filial sons and wives. How can you say there are no rules?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Mr. Li is right, but this standard is based on morality and virtue, not the country's... Let me make it clearer, this is Confucian ethics, not the country's laws and regulations."
Having said this, Zhang Ximeng stopped, looked at the others, and suddenly smiled, "If a person is a perfect moral person, but stands on the opposite side of our Chinese Wu Kingdom, how should we evaluate him? He stands on the West China Wu Kingdom.
Do you regard him as an enemy from the standpoint of Confucian morality, or do you regard him as a hero from the standpoint of Confucian morality?"
When this question came to this point, even Li Shanchang knew that a huge pit was waiting for him, so he simply shut his mouth and did not dare to say anything. All that was left was that his heart was beating wildly and its color changed.
There are not many people who can take over Zhang Ximeng's recruitment now.
Suddenly, Zhu Sheng slowly stood up, cupped his hands and said: "I am so impressed by what you said, Mr. Zhang. But I still want to ask for advice. Praising loyalty and treating opponents as heroes is not necessarily a bad thing! What's more, the gentlemen also said just now, praising Shi
Mo Yisun was just to embarrass the Yuan court and embarrass most of the emperors. Isn't this bad? Why do you need to separate Wu from Confucianism?
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Mr. Fenglin is really powerful. My ability to pull up banners and make tiger skins will not scare Mr. Fenglin. But I want to ask you something. Shi Moyi's grandson's ancestor was from Liao, and he moved to join Dahe
After the Yuan Dynasty, he was the hereditary deputy Wanhu... a high-ranking official of the Yuan Dynasty, who had been prosperous and wealthy for generations. Their family had enjoyed so much wealth and support from the people, and they were unwilling to give up and resisted stubbornly, and in the end they all died."
"Mr. Fenglin, from our standpoint, is such a person still a simple loyal minister and filial son?"
In a word, Zhu Sheng was also dumbfounded, and even he couldn't bear it anymore.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Applause rang out from Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing and praised: "Mr. Zhang is not only our think tank, but also our conscience! We started as poor people, divided the land equally, and helped the people! Praise for a great Yuan Dynasty
The hereditary vice-president of Wanhu, how can we face the common people!"