Under Zhang Shicheng, Luo Guanzhong was used to killing officials. How could it be so strange to hack him to death... But here, facing Zhu Yuanzhang, facing this butcher's knife held high, Luo Guanzhong felt something different. It didn't feel right!
While he was still deep in thought, Zhang Ximeng had already stood up. When he approached Zhu Yuanzhang, he did not shy away and said directly: "My lord, if you want to reopen the world and achieve unprecedented achievements, you must show great courage and courage.
! Of course we must win over the civil servants, officials and scholars under the Yuan Dynasty, but for those who are hopeless and unwilling to change, there is no need for us to bother, and it is not worth compromising with them. We must deal with these people.
Use an iron fist and a heavy blow! Of course, the lord also needs literati under his command. I boldly suggest that the lord can run a school and train it himself!"
"Cultivation by yourself?" Lao Zhu's eyes lit up. Of course he knew how much improvement he would make by studying with Zhang Ximeng during this period... He had imagined before that he would let his generals study and improve their horizons. Now he needs to run a school and train civil servants.
It seems like there’s nothing wrong with it!
Civil servants trained by themselves will naturally be more comfortable to use!
In fact, it is quite difficult to win over civil servants of Bai Jingen's level... We must give them preferential treatment, allow officials and gentry to be exempted from taxes, be kind to their descendants, respect the Taoism of Confucius and Mencius, and govern the country according to Confucianism.
All in all, only by keeping their status intact can we gain their assistance.
But the problem is that once these conditions are agreed to, what will happen to the concepts that Zhu Yuanzhang has formed in the army?
Should we still adhere to the most important land equalization system?
Once they compromise, their efforts will be in vain!
Lao Zhu thought for a while, and finally nodded, with a relieved smile on his face, and sighed: "What you said is indeed a wise saying. We agree. You must work hard, sir."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "My lord, you're welcome. There are tens of millions of scholars in the world who are willing to follow Yuan Ting and run all the way to the dark side. Those who don't want to change are only a few. This thing is not difficult to do... Otherwise, lord, you can ask
Mr. Luo?"
In one sentence, things were directed towards Luo Guanzhong.
At this time, Lao Luo was still immersed in the huge shock and couldn't extricate himself!
He even doubted his own ears. What were these two people doing?
Running a school?
To train civil servants?
What a loud tone!
Historically, in uprisings, a group of people immediately conquered the world, seized the country, and then handed over the country to civilian officials for governance.
It is precisely because of this that dynasties rotate and Confucian scholars are always on stage.
But if they do what they do, will there still be a place for Confucius and Mencius in the future? Will Confucian education also have the final say?
its not right!
How can he be the emperor?
The emperor should be His Highness Prince Cheng!
Luo Guanzhong shook his head vigorously, but despite this, he also knew one thing clearly. Zhu Yuanzhang's pattern of methods and mind and magnanimity were far beyond what Zhang Shicheng could compare with.
This is a character, a very powerful character!
It's just that in their conversation, their attitude towards literati, and they still want to run their own schools and cultivate talents... are far inferior to Corporal Cheng Wang Lixian!
Therefore, I would rather follow King Cheng than help someone named Zhu.
Moreover, most of the knowledgeable people in the world will, like me and my teacher, take refuge in a wise king like King Cheng... Although the person named Zhu has great ambitions, he will definitely fail, for sure!
Luo Guanzhong regained his energy and stabilized his mind. By chance, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Mr. Luo thinks that we run a school to cultivate talents. What do you think of this?"
Luo Guanzhong pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "There have been imperial studies in all dynasties, even in the Yuan Dynasty. It is the same for the country to cultivate talents and use them for its own use. It is natural!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "What if the focus is on practicality and the study of Confucian classics is secondary?"
Luo Guanzhong was shocked and said hurriedly: "Virtue comes first, how can you not cultivate virtue but only cultivate talent? I think that doing so will only deviate from the teachings of the sages and is not a wise move!"
Obviously, although there have been official schools in all dynasties, the content of the studies was not decided by the emperors of the past dynasties. Naturally, it is self-evident what kind of talents will be cultivated.
Zhang Ximeng also wanted to chat a little more with Luo Guanzhong to see how good he was... Guo Ying came in from outside.
"Your Majesty, sir, Bai Jingen has been sent to the execution ground. People from all directions have come. There are many people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked hurriedly: "How is it? Is anyone in trouble?"
After all, Bai Jingen's official reputation is pretty good. If his execution would cause dissatisfaction among the people and lead to conflicts, it would be difficult to handle.
Guo Ying scratched his head, "I feel that the people are not complaining about Bai Jingen, but on the contrary, they are here to take revenge!"
"Revenge?"
Lao Zhu was also surprised. Didn't he say that Bai Jingen's official reputation was pretty good?
Why do so many people come to him to settle accounts?
Could it be that this good official is also fake?
Lao Zhu immediately became interested, "Sir, let's go and have a look."
Zhang Ximeng agreed and hurriedly followed Zhu Yuanzhang. Luo Guanzhong also followed behind. Before reaching the execution ground, he saw a huge crowd of people, coming like a tide.
Don't look at His Majesty Lao Luo, he has hundreds of thousands of troops at his disposal, boundless... But when he really faces thousands of people, his head is suddenly not enough.
It was densely packed, similar to an ant nest, and the pressure was too great. Cold sweat broke out on Luo Guanzhong's back.
Bai Jingen, who was escorted to the execution ground, was extremely surprised and couldn't understand it at all.
Amid panic, there was intense anger.
They are all a bunch of unruly people!
Just like Zhu Yuanzhang and others, they are born rebels and rebels all over!
I have worked hard to govern and treated you so well, but you actually repay kindness with hatred. You really have no conscience!
He was angry. Bai Jingen felt that he would rather die than be a hero of the Yuan Dynasty. He was fearless and even wanted to recite a righteous song!
"I am worthy of heaven and earth and my conscience! In the eighth year of the Zhengzheng Period, there was a severe drought in Chuzhou. I personally opened a warehouse to store grain and prayed for rain for ten days. Finally, rain fell from the sky and saved 100,000 people! You are coming to kill me.
What’s the difference between killing your parents? Say it!”
Bai Jingen roared fiercely, but he was also somewhat righteous.
However, his question was not forgiven by the people. On the contrary, the discussion among the crowd became louder, and everyone was filled with anger. They kept pointing and cursing, and their eyes could spit out flames.
"As expected, they are a bunch of stupid men and women who can only be deceived by others. They can't even tell the difference between good and bad. I have no shame in my heart. If you want to kill them, you can kill them. Just let me face the general direction!"
After saying that, Bai Jing'en actually planned to struggle and turn his head, looking at his master, so that he could die loyally.
Luo Guanzhong looked at the dense crowd and the proud Bai Jing'en, and couldn't help but admire him.
This person is also a loyal person!
However, the Taoists did not agree with each other, but he could not speak up and save his life.
Just as Luo Guanzhong was sighing, Zhang Ximeng accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to the middle of the execution ground.
Bai Jing'en mustered up his courage and yelled, "Red thieves, you are defiant and rebellious! You will not end well! The imperial court's millions of troops will go south soon to defeat you and avenge me!"
He yelled loudly, as if he had used all his strength.
Zhang Ximeng remained calm and just sneered.
"Lord, let's invite a few common people to come up and let them speak freely. Anyway, it's still a long time before three-quarter noon!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and after a while, a middle-aged man squeezed out from the crowd. He was very thin, with just a piece of skin covering his bones.
But he came up with a fierce attitude, and was inexplicably sad and angry!
"Beast! You still dare to brag about opening a porridge factory and praying for rain? What is boiling in the pot is the blood of the common people!"
After saying this, he turned to kowtow to Zhu Yuanzhang, crying and telling the whole story... Lao Zhu listened, and Zhang Ximeng also listened, and gradually became angry. Bai Jing'en, who was still arrogant just now, actually changed his color and couldn't help but
Tremble.
Floods and droughts have never stopped in the late Yuan Dynasty, and Chuzhou is no exception.
After the drought, Bai Jing'en did as he said, opened a porridge factory, and went to the temple to pray for rain every day... The people were very grateful at first, but gradually they felt something was wrong.
It is obviously a disaster year, and land rent and taxes should be paid less and delayed, but here in Chuzhou, they are required to pay more and earlier than usual... Many tenant farmers could not bear it and became refugees.
They went to the porridge factory to beg for food, but the porridge factory was only open for a short time in the morning. Except for a few young and strong people, the old, weak, women and children could not get food.
In a porridge factory, people starve to death every day. At most, more than 30 people died of hunger!
Later, I heard that food was being shipped in, but there was no relief. After a drought, thousands of people starved to death in Chuzhou. In the countryside, there were all new graves, and in some cases, several members of a family starved to death.
!
"Your Majesty, don't be deceived by this beast! He is just doing face-saving work... Those who collect taxes and land rent are those big households. Also, the relief grains from outside also fall into the hands of big households. They don't care.
I distribute it to the common people just because I want to watch the big guys starve to death and then take away their land!"
"Your Majesty, no one can make decisions for the little people!" The thin middle-aged man burst into tears, "My father, mother, and my three children all starved to death! I, I am not a human being! In order to survive, I,
I traded with one family...for a dead child! I should go to hell!"
When the man said this, he suddenly tore open his clothes and grabbed the jagged bones with his hands. Within a few times, his flesh and blood were all bloody... He was like crazy, as if he wanted to tear out his heart!
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and hurriedly asked Guo Ying to stop him.
Starting from this person, people came forward one after another, including government servants, domestic slaves of wealthy families, and many ordinary people... The official reputation is good, and it is not the wealthy family who say it!
How can the real poor people be qualified to speak?
It’s not the same as mugwort!
If he hadn't seen that Zhu Yuanzhang was sincerely serving the people, killing wealthy gentry and corrupt officials, and suppressing bandits to divide their fields...he wouldn't dare to say anything to his death!
"Your superiors, avenge us!"
"Come on! Kill him!"
…
As everyone pointed out, Bai Jingen was already lying there, shaking his head desperately, but he was sweating like rain.
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and sneered slightly, "It's cheaper to kill him! Skin off this beast for us! Let's see how he can deceive the world and steal his reputation!"
Please remember the first domain name of this book: ._