Tang Su and Yu Yaochen gathered around a middle-aged man and asked excitedly. The other young people also listened with great interest.
This middle-aged man was Shi Boren, a former Wuzhong talent, a wealthy family, and married to a famous female poet. He was the idol in their dreams and their jealous enemy.
Even he joined Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows the attraction of Jinling.
"What are you doing in Jinling, sir? Maybe you can meet Prime Minister Zhang?"
Shi Boren said: "I teach in Jinling now, and I take elementary courses. As for Prime Minister Zhang, I can't see him."
Tang Su nodded, "That's right. Zhang Xiang is a sage in this world. When Master is alive, he must be like a dragon. How can he be an ordinary person?"
Yu Yaochen was also envious and said: "If I go to Jinling, I can see Prime Minister Zhang. Even if I die, I will get benefits."
The rest of the people also praised frequently, and for a while rainbow farts were flying all over the sky. If Zhang Ximeng was on the boat, he would definitely be confused by the smoke.
Seeing them like this, Shi Boren understood that these were a bunch of hot-headed young people who thought like a flower in their hearts. Everything was good. As long as they arrived in Jinling, met with Prime Minister Zhang and got advice, they would immediately
Able to have sudden enlightenment, become a saint immediately on the ground, and have chickens and dogs ascend to heaven..
This mentality is roughly the same as the storybook about going into the mountains, meeting gods, and being enlightened to immortality. In other words, their cognitive level is still at the level of elementary novel readers, and there is still a long way to go before Lao Bai.
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"Actually, it's not difficult for you to meet Prime Minister Zhang. Next door to me, there lives Tamerlane, the imperial censor of the Yuan Dynasty. Prime Minister Zhang has been to his place many times. It is said that Prime Minister Zhang likes to see cow hooves being trimmed the most.
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"What?"
Tang Su and others were all shocked, looking at trimming cow hooves? What kind of hobby is this? Are all the hobbies of sages so strange?
"Then, let's go see the cow's hooves repaired, so we can meet Prime Minister Zhang?"
"No!" Shi Boren said with a smile: "I want to ask you, first of all, Timur was the imperial minister of the Yuan Dynasty and Tuotuo's younger brother. However, he was a nobleman of the Yuan court. After he was captured, he was willing to do it in Yingtian.
A veterinary school, what’s the point?”
This group of people were immediately stunned. To be honest, Zhu Jiajun's prisoner-of-war camp is indeed famous, but not everyone knows it.
Even if they knew it, they still found it strange and unbelievable.
Some people even say that Zhu Yuanzhang is the real Ming King who came to the world. After capturing the Yuan soldiers, he showed the Ming King's appearance at night, scaring all the Yuan soldiers to surrender and obey his orders.
Compared with the complicated transformation process, this version of the story is easier to accept, so it is widely circulated outside the Zhu Jiajun.
"Could it be that Timur admired Prime Minister Zhang first and was willing to follow the sages? Even if it means repairing the hoof of an ox, he would be happy with it?" Tang Su pondered.
Soon someone else was puzzled: "Mr. Shi, Timur has committed many crimes and is a high-ranking official of the Dog Tatars. Why don't you kill him?"
"That's right! Didn't Prime Minister Zhang say that the Hulu were to be expelled? Why should the Hulu be allowed to live in peace? What on earth is this for?"
Soon, the boat was full of people talking and having a heated discussion.
The scholars gradually realized that Jinling was far from being as simple as they thought.
Before boarding the ship, they felt that Jinling was the ideal place to realize the rule of the Three Generations, with sage kings and virtuous ministers living and working in peace and contentment, the country being rich and the army strong, and everything was good.
But just the existence of Tamerlane makes everyone puzzled. Why should we tolerate him? Why can he live quietly?
Doesn’t it matter that he did evil things in the past?
Shi Boren looked at the confused faces with a smile on his face, and he suddenly said: "You tell me, why did I end up living in Jinling?"
Everyone was startled, but Yu Yaochen had heard about it and couldn't help but said: "Zhang Shicheng is so abominable. He wantonly blackmailed wealthy families, plundered their money, and forced their families to die. Now he has two sides, and has taken refuge in the Yuan Dynasty.
Lieutenant, you are really despised!"
Shi Boren nodded, "It is true. Our family was ruined by Zhang Shicheng, and my first wife also died of illness... But I want to tell you, it was not Zhang Shicheng, but the Zhu Army occupied Suzhou, and my family property must be handed over."
Tang Su took a breath, suddenly thought of something, and then frowned and said: "Is it possible to attack the powerful and share the land equally?"
Shi Boren nodded, "That's true. I think many of your families also have land and money. Why are you willing to come to Aurous Hill?"
"this?"
Everyone was at a loss for words again. After all, no one wanted to have their flesh cut off from them, but they happened to come again. What were they thinking?
Do you want to go back?
Tang Su and others thought for a long time, but could not come to a conclusion. They could only say: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Shi!"
Shi Boren smiled, stretched out his finger, and wrote a word in the air. Everyone recognized it, it was the word "reason"!
Shi Boren smiled and shook his head, "What I said may not be accurate, so just listen to it... Let's also talk about Timur first. He is a Mongolian nobleman and a high-ranking official in the Yuan Dynasty. After he was captured, why was he willing to surrender, even to become a veterinarian?
Are you willing?"
"This is about what happened to Tuotuo... He was one of the few high-ranking officials of the Yuan Dynasty who still had a conscience. He sent troops to Gaoyou to kill the red scarves. As a result, he was jealous of the Yuan Dynasty. He changed his generals before the battle, and his life was not saved.
.A loyal man, a high-ranking imperial master, and even so, how can Yuan Ting’s actions not make people feel chilled? First Timur witnessed what happened to his brother, how could he not hate him, and how could he not complain?”
Tang Su nodded, "I understand this. First of all, Timur should indeed hate Yuan Ting, and it is reasonable to work for Wu Guogong... But why did Wu Guogong not reuse him and just let him be a veterinarian?
Isn’t it too wronged? Also, how could Timur be so content with it first?”
Shi Boren laughed, "You should all have read Prime Minister Zhang's articles. Because I teach in a school, I am lucky enough to know a little bit... Yuan Ting harmed Tuotuo, and then we used Ye Xian to act as a vicious dog to take revenge on Yuan Ting...
...What is this? Retribution of injustice is too low!"
"Zhang Xiang's scholars peeled off their skin and bones, and whipped them into their innards. After the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, they killed, looted, and captured the land. What they did was a hundred times more evil. How can you give an explanation to the people of the world when you reuse such a person? How can you be worthy of death?
Fugitive creatures?”
Many scholars nodded frequently, and someone said: "Then, why not kill him? Crushed him to ashes?"
Shi Boren smiled and said: "That's a good question. It's not like the Zhu Jiajun didn't kill people. They just eradicated a few elderly gentry who stubbornly resisted the big government. First of all, Timur had a heart of introspection, and he killed people like him with one knife.
, I’m afraid it’s too simple. You have always said that Prime Minister Zhang is a sage, so how should a sage educate a guilty person? Just like Timur, you must make him admit his mistakes, admit them fundamentally, and know the mistakes of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
, knowing that the Mongols looted and killed the evil of the Central Plains, knew that they divided the people into three, six or nine classes, and treated the Han people like horses and oxen... It is precisely because of these that there are red scarves everywhere, and that the Zhu Jiajun advocated expelling the Huru
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"Expelling the barbarians is not just an order. It is as simple as killing all the barbarians inside and outside! Let them know where they went wrong...God has the virtue of good life. After they reflect on their mistakes and pay the price, they can still rely on their craftsmanship to survive.
Let’s live a peaceful life. By the way, you may not know that not long ago, it was these Yuan Ting captured generals who led their original soldiers to defeat Ni Wenjun and save Tongling!"
When Shi Boren mentioned this, he was full of pride. What does enlightenment mean? This is it!
"ah!"
Tang Su and Yu Yaochen were stunned when they heard this. A group of captured people helped their captors to fight, and they still fought bravely, without fear of life or death?
OMG!
Compared with them, the filial sons like me, who came from a wealthy family but came to join the Zhu family army and were always ready to kill the family, were nothing.
"Mr. Shi, why are there so many unnatural things? Wan Sheng really can't understand!"
Shi Boren chuckled, "I'm afraid I'm going to get to the word I mentioned."
"reason?"
"Well! Because Zhu Jiajun is reasonable! Even if you are the imperial envoy of the Yuan Dynasty, if you are willing to repent, you will be given a chance. But you must pay the price for your sins, and you must really change your ways before you can regain your life.
And after regaining a new life, you will not reach the sky in one step, but you will have to rely on craftsmanship, hard work, exchange sweat for money, and support your family." Shi Boren said: "If you think about this approach, is it reasonable? I'll give it a try first.
Why is Mu'er willing to be a veterinarian? Because he has experienced it, and he understands that in an unreasonable court like the Yuan Ting, even if he is the prime minister or the grand master, he will lose his life because of a decree! He can crawl
No matter how high it is, what’s the use?”
"Let me ask you something, even if Yuan Ting gives you a prime minister, will you accept it?"
Shi Boren looked at this group of young people, maybe he would be willing to do it. After all, if you reach the sky in one step, you can do whatever you want. But even people like Tuotuo may be killed casually. Is it really interesting if they go there?
Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Shi Boren smiled and said: "Don't talk about Yuan Ting, let's talk about Zhang Shicheng. He is capricious and has come to my home several times to extort money, causing my family to be destroyed. Now I am just a teacher in the school, and I can only earn a lot of money."
It's just to satisfy my hunger. But I feel at ease, knowing that Zhu Jiajun will not throw me into jail for no reason and extort me."
"The Zhu Jiajun wanted to restrain their tyranny, and they also wrote down the principles in the article, explaining it clearly. I think you are willing to join the Zhu Jiajun because you are attracted by the principles. Just imagine what they would do if the Zhu Jiajun invaded Suzhou.
What to do? Maybe they will call me and ask me to hand over the extra acres. If I don't agree, I will be arrested. If I still don't agree, I will confront Zhu Jiajun and even use various means. I guess I
Like Wei Han and others, his head will be hung on the wall of Jinling."
"It's probably because I know that the Zhu Jiajun is different from other places. You should think carefully about where to go!"
Shi Boren closed his mouth and looked at these young scholars. They all lowered their heads and fell into deep thought...