I don't know since when, people have become accustomed to Master Zhang's positioning and Zhang Ximeng's style and demeanor, and regard him as a great sage of the time who assists the Holy Lord.
But just like people ignored Confucius's terrifying combat power, everyone seemed to also ignore that Zhang Ximeng was the proposer of the "four-stage tactics". Zhang Ximeng was aware of many of Li Shanchang's operating techniques, and even said that the two of them were accomplices.
At this moment, facing Liu Futong who wants to recruit talents and compete with Zhu Yuanzhang for legitimacy, Zhang Ximeng just wants to look up to the sky and laugh. Don't worry, Liu Taibao and the Jinling talents will guarantee to meet your needs!
As much as you want, even if it's not enough, I'll find it for you!
Soon, several special talents gathered under Zhang Ximeng, and the prisoner of war camp promoted Hu Weiyong. He was a cautious civil servant with a yellow face, leaning forward, and a cautious figure.
But if you knew about his methods in the prisoner-of-war camp, you wouldn't think so. It is no exaggeration to say that 90% of the generals of the Zhu Jiajun did not have as many lives as him.
This is a poisonous snake crawling under the sheepskin.
Of course, he was far from strong and strong enough. At this moment, he could only tremble and lie on the ground, not daring to take another step.
Besides Hu Weiyong, there were actually Zhu Sheng who was involved in politics, Shi Boren, Liu Sanwu... These people were a bit incompatible together. They were the four generals from the Demon family who invaded the Four Heavenly Kings of the Northeast. They were a group of people with two painting styles.
What can they discuss together?
"This, I just need a few people to come up with a list."
After Liu Sanwu looked at it, he said tremblingly: "Prime Minister Zhang, I, I thought that there were not many gentry and Confucian people in Lingnan. Prime Minister Zhang wants to start a school and there is no shortage of talents. Let me see, let me see, can I show my noble hand?"
"able!"
Zhang Ximeng replied simply, which made Liu Sanwu at a loss. Isn't he wrong again?
This time it was Zhu Sheng who spoke. He took out a roster from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Ximeng.
"There are more than twenty gentry and Confucian scholars from Jiangzhou here. They are all dissatisfied with their superiors. If Prime Minister Zhang feels it is appropriate, send them away."
Zhang Ximeng took it, looked at it carefully, and frowned slightly, "It's still too many. For example, the Yang family in Ji'an Prefecture did not follow the Jie family to seek business in Ganjiang, and they were somewhat self-aware. Counselor Liu was right just now.
If we want to start a school, we still need scholars. Even if there are dissatisfied people here, they have to be divided into third, sixth and ninth grades. If this is not possible, it would be good to send them to Lingnan to teach. There is no need to leave them all to Liu Futong. After all, in the
Here, we still need people to make the best use of their talents, and even if we have a cow, we have to find a way to peel off two layers of skin!"
Facing such a terrifying oath, Liu Sanwu was simply dumbfounded. Is he so blind?
But having said that, he finally understood that Zhang Ximeng did not intend to purge the scholars, but wanted to send some disobedient ones to Liu Futong.
Finally no one has to die, which is a good thing.
"Xiang Zhang, I, I have been in Lingnan for several years, and I can come up with a list, but..."
Seeing that he was in trouble, Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about damaging our friendship. This time is not a frame-up. It's just that we want to implement land equalization and make various reforms. Some people really don't like it, so let's give them a way.
We can take some property with us and go to Bozhou to seek refuge with Liu Futong. If Liu Futong wins in the future... and when they return home in glory, if Liu Futong loses... we will also act according to the law. As long as there are no evil deeds, at best we can become ordinary people again.
There will definitely be nothing else."
Zhang Ximeng said it easily, as if nothing really happened. But if during the migration, or after arriving in Bozhou, he faced the encirclement and suppression by Yuan Ting's army, lost his life, or even got involved in the internal fighting between Han and Song Dynasties, the life and death of the clan would be wiped out.
, that is beyond Zhang Ximeng’s control.
All in all, Zhang Ximeng’s attitude is that I’m free to do whatever I want, you can just do it!
Then call these people over, and the answer will be obvious. Zhu Sheng provided the list of Jiangxi, Liu Sanwu provided the list of Lingnan, and as for Shi Boren, he provided the list of eastern Zhejiang.
There are more than a dozen families, and there are only three to five families, and there are more than a hundred people in total. Basically, they are the most opposed to the equalization of land and the most disgusted with Zhu Jiajun. Among them, there are those who claim to be loyal ministers of the Yuan Dynasty, and some who claim to be
There are those from Boyi and Shuqi, and there are also those who said they would defend Confucius and Mencius to the death. Anyway, they have all kinds of varieties, ensuring a complete range.
Didn’t Liu Futong want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty?
Don't worry, it's guaranteed to be the original flavor of the Song Dynasty. Even the fine tradition of uniting the party for personal gain and criticizing each other is maintained. We strive to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory!
But for Zhang Ximeng, these people are just adding to the pile. What really needs to be sent away is the dregs accumulated over the years. It is best to clean it up at once. If he can live in peace for three to five years, he will have made a lot of money.
In fact, it's hard to say how much mess Zhu Jiajun has accumulated over the years, but it is definitely an astronomical number.
For example, the number of Yuan troops captured in previous battles definitely exceeded 200,000.
Among these two hundred thousand miles, in addition to Kang Maocai, Zhu Liangzu and others who were incorporated into the Zhu family army, there were also Timur and others who had undergone transformation and were still doing hard labor, there were still more than one hundred thousand.
These people are all under the control of Hu Weiyong. In addition, when land equalization is implemented in various places, it is certainly the innocent families who benefit, but the wealthy gentry and landlords, their relatives, minions, and thugs they raise, as well as bandits, gangsters, and people in the yamen
, the old officials of the Yuan Dynasty who were dismissed, especially those who had done many bad things and caused great public outrage, but were not worthy of execution.
In total, there are as many as one or two hundred thousand.
At present, under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, the total population is just over 20 million. Among them, Huaixi, including Yangzhou, has about 2 million people. Yingtian and other places add up to more than 10 million.
In Jiangxi, before the Red Turban Uprising, there were more than 14 million people, and now there are more than 11 million people.
The three places together, that is, more than 20 million people, constitute Zhu Yuanzhang's basic base.
And with such a large population, there are more than 300,000 messy scum. On average, one and a half people out of 100 will have problems.
If this is not dealt with, it will explode sooner or later, with disastrous consequences.
"Prime Minister Zhang, I have the courage to advise you that although these people are not talented, they can still work honestly under my subordinates. If the superiors want to build rivers and cities, they naturally cannot do without labor. These people are going to die."
If you use it, you won’t feel bad even if you are exhausted. I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks?”
Zhang Ximeng heard this and smiled slightly, "Hu Tiju, let me ask you, are you willing to spend your whole life in a prisoner-of-war camp?"
"This... I am willing to do anything for my superior, please ask Prime Minister Zhang to see clearly." Hu Weiyong said tremblingly.
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else. It is inevitable that you will be promoted to a higher level after you have made contributions. What I mean is that we cannot continue like this. After all, everyone has compassion. There are hundreds of thousands of people. Isn't that good?"
Hundreds of thousands of livestock. You are loyal and reliable, and the master is willing to promote you. I am also happy to see you move up... But in officialdom, people always have to pay attention to their reputation, don't you think?"
Hu Weiyong's eyes widened subconsciously, and the flesh on his cheeks twitched. He was surprised and happy. He simply couldn't control himself...become a step higher!
He has never dreamed of managing a prisoner of war camp. After all, he is just a dirty worker. After staying here for a long time, his reputation has become bad. The courtiers are not willing to take him to play. Even if he wants to advance a step higher and enter the Liubu Zhongshu Province, that is not possible.
It's possible.
In fact, Zhang Ximeng did not say a word. One day, in order to clear his name, Hu Weiyong might ask for pardon for these people and use it as capital for promotion.
Again, hundreds of thousands of people are not a small matter after all. It would be best if it could be solved early.
"Hu Weiyong, please do things more beautifully. Now my lord wants to add a new department, which requires capable ministers and officials." Zhang Ximeng just said lightly, then picked up the tea bowl and lowered his head to drink tea.
Hu Weiyong was overjoyed. Isn't the newly established tax department?
Appoint yourself as the Minister of Taxation?
This is a great thing!
He was about to say thank you and say a few nice words, but when he saw Zhang Ximeng holding up the teacup, he realized that it turned out that Prime Minister Zhang was unwilling to hear this. It seemed that he was promoting you out of public motives.
Hu Weiyong stood up and walked out silently. He took no more than three steps. Suddenly, Hu Weiyong turned around, knelt on the ground again, silently kowtowed to Zhang Ximeng, and then bowed and retreated. He was extremely humble and respectful.
After he left, Zhang Ximeng put down the teacup, stared at the man's back, and sighed slightly.
Sure enough, even if some people know that they are not good people, they still need to be used. Not only can they do things, but they are also sensible!
The new tax department will definitely compete with the household department for financial rights. It will raise business taxes. If necessary, it will also seize land taxes to unify financial rights. As for the household department, it will be responsible for counting household registrations and formulating regulations.
system, help the poor and those in need, and do a good job in governance at the grassroots level.
It's just that Hu Weiyong, this vicious dog, will definitely expand after completing this task. Who will be used to kill him then?
Zhang Ximeng thought silently... Anyway, he had arranged everything clearly for Hu Weiyong.
Hu Weiyong himself didn't know that once he saw the benefits, he would risk his life. Sure enough, he took action.
In a short period of time, the first batch of "talents" set out from Huaixi and rushed to Kaifeng.
It turned out that Liu Futong's Northern Expedition had already produced results, and he also moved the capital of Han and Song Dynasties from Bozhou to Kaifeng Bianliang.
That's right, Liu Futong completed what Wanyan Gou failed to do for him, and the Song Dynasty finally returned to its old capital.
Originally, Liu Futong had no feelings about these things, but Zhu Yuanzhang could go to Yashan to offer sacrifices and write articles to show off, but what about Liu Futong?
He was stunned and held hands with civil servants, celebrated a good time, and asked Han Lin'er to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, announcing that they would be returned to the old capital. They were the orthodox people of the Song Dynasty, more upright than Wanyan Gou of Lin'an!
At this time, Zhao Jizu happily told Liu Futong that the first batch of 30,000 Song Zhongliang and Shilin Xiancai had arrived!
"Really? So many people came! It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is really unpopular! I want to greet him personally!" Liu Futong laughed and was ecstatic.