After the bandits and heroes of Hengjian Mountain were absorbed by Zhu Yuanzhang, Dingyuan completely lost the barrier in the northwest direction, and the Yuan army defending the city fled when they heard the news, leaving a ruined county town. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhu Yuanzhang was very proud, he only brought 180 people with him when he left Haozhou, and now his team has expanded to 30,000 or 40,000, and he easily captured Dingyuan. This is the result of what he never dared to think of before, and his confidence swelled rapidly, and even produced an arrogant mentality of "Lao Tzu is unstoppable, Lao Tzu is omnipotent". This kind of emotion is very useful in battle, because arrogant people have strong self-confidence, which is necessary for success, but it is not appropriate to be too arrogant in dealing with politics and life.

Tang He once advised Zhu Yuanzhang to continue the southern expedition, but he did not listen to the advice and moved the army and the families of the mountain bandits into Dingyuan City, breaking the existing state in the city. Dingyuan is just a small county town, and so many people have poured into it at once, and the people's livelihood is unprecedentedly saturated, causing a large number of idle people to have nothing to do, which breeds fights and even theft***.

Zhu Yuanzhang punished several mountain bandits who refused to change their ways, but the incident of committing traitors and criminals still happened, and the people complained, and changed from supporting the Red Turban Army to resenting the Red Turban Army. Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely distressed, he couldn't understand why he drove away the Yuan people, but the people didn't agree with the current life? Why are the bandits in Hengjian Mountain able to live a stable life but still have bad habits? He is obviously working for the well-being of everyone, why does everyone seem to be dissatisfied? He couldn't figure it out, so he asked Ma Xiuying.

"I always thought you were a great hero of the world, who would have thought that your vision was as short-sighted as my stepfather and Sun Deya!" Ma Xiuying had long seen that Zhu Yuanzhang had covered his eyes because of arrogance, was too fluttering, and the yardstick for judging things had been out of balance. Since Zhu Yuanzhang came to ask her for advice, she spoke very politely, "You take it for granted, this governance is not a war, whoever is powerful will win." Everyone wants to live a good life, and if you give the cultivated land and houses of the people of Dingyuan to the families of the mountain bandits, of course the people of Dingyuan are not happy, and it is inevitable that there will be resistance. If you don't adjust the relationship between the two and let it develop viciously, the families of those mountain bandits will suffer, and their sons and husbands will take revenge...... In the long run, the civil-military harmony you expect will not only not appear, but will make them hate each other...... If you don't transfer the internal contradictions earlier, I'm afraid that your army will betray. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Ma Xiuying could understand himself, but Ma Xiuying poured a basin of cold water on him, and he was very unconvinced, "These soldiers of mine are all determined to follow me, so that they will not be like your father-in-law and Sun Deya." ”

Ma Xiuying found that she had said so much, and she was actually playing the piano to the cow, so she couldn't help but sarcastically: "So what? Are you willing to take sides? A small Dingyuan will satisfy you? There are also Liu Futong, Han Lin'er, Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, Ming Yuzhen, Zhang Shicheng, my father-in-law, Sun Deya and other rebel armies on all sides of you, and there are even Yuan Dynasty troops in the north, are you willing to survive in these cracks? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was annoyed and angry, "How can I have a lady who is so unbearable?" ”

"But your eyes tell others that you are already very satisfied, and you only care about your own feelings, and do not take into account the feelings of your soldiers and people......"

"Can't I be happy yet?"

"For the general, the joy is not ......"

"Life is all about happiness!" Zhu Yuanzhang put aside this sentence and left angrily.

Xun Ying tiptoed in and said, "Uncle is very unhappy, he went to Li Qi'er......" Xun Ying didn't understand, at this time, Ma Xiuying should explain Zhu Yuanzhang, care and be considerate to Zhu Yuanzhang, why should he contradict Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn't that push Zhu Yuanzhang away, but cheapen Li Qi'er

"She's an aunt now, don't call her by her name anymore. Don't call it Aunt Starling, he is the master of this family. Ma Xiuying said lightly. In the past, Xunying called Zhu Yuanzhang's aunt, because when he lived in Haozhou, Guo Zixing's mansion was Ma Xiuying's maiden home, and now that he has been away from Haozhou for so long, it is a little inappropriate to call him aunt again.

Xun Ying said yes, but she wanted to stop talking, how could Ma Xiuying still be in the mood to care about these.

"Go down, I want to be alone." Ma Xiuying fell back into her chair, a wry smile on the corner of her mouth. He was too anxious with Zhu Yuanzhang, he is now a general with heavy troops, and he is no longer the poor boy who came to join the army with nothing. With the expansion of power, his state of mind is also different from before, and he really can't be like before, he can beat when he wants, scold when he wants, and he has to adjust in a different way.

At night, Zhu Yuanzhang rested in Li Qi'er's room, in fact, he had been secretly paying attention to the movements of the main house, until he saw that the lights in the courtyard of the main house were extinguished, and a sense of disappointment rose in his heart. This is the first time he has had an unhappy break up with Ma Xiuying, if he bows his head and admits his mistake, he can't afford to lose this face, and he doesn't think he has anything wrong; But if I don't bow my head, I always feel empty in my heart, like something is missing. He stepped out of the threshold several times, and his steps retracted, he is now the general of the three armies of Megatron, how can he still be trampled on the head by a woman? Everyone in this house knows that he is afraid of Ma Xiuying, and he will not bow his head if he wants to be tough today.

Li Qi'er was secretly happy, although she became Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, she never squeezed into the life of Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, Zhu Yuanzhang could give her the love of a kitten and a puppy, but she never respected her as much as she respected Ma Xiuying. What she wants is not to become Zhu Yuanzhang's plaything, what she wants is to be able to share a place in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. At this time, a crack finally appeared between the two, and how much Li Qi'er hoped that this rift would get bigger and bigger......

Zhu Yuanzhang, who usually hugged and slept with each other for a long time, sat on the chair tonight and drank a sip of wine, Li Qi'er saw his undulating thoughts, his eyes rolled, his soft chest was attached to his back, his white arms hooked his neck, and he said in his ear in a coquettish voice: "If the master is not worried about Madame, go over and take a look." In the past few days, Mrs. has been busy until the third watch every day for the affairs of the master, and she has to go out of the house to appease the emotions of the people during the day, which is really hard. ”

"You're thinking about her." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, and became more and more unhappy in his heart, why didn't Ma Xiuying tell him these things, and she had to know from others, she had time to sympathize with those people, so she didn't want to think about how to relieve herself, but would only blame him. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he dragged Li Qi'er and put it on his lap, pillowed his head between the twin peaks, and kneaded Li Qi'er's skin vigorously.

This kind of punitive behavior made Li Qi'er feel painful, but she was very happy in her heart, and the more Zhu Yuanzhang explained, the more angry she became. She took retreat as advance, and said leisurely: "Madame always thinks about our subordinates, and our subordinates will naturally think about Madame." To say that the lady is most concerned about the old man, I think I was burned in the first place in order to get food for the old man. Alas, the skin and flesh are all burned, and the concubine body with such a large scar is afraid when she thinks about it now......"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the movements in his hands stopped, and he pillowed on Li Qi'er's chest, not realizing that Li Qi'er had a malicious smile on his face. He thought silently for a moment, stood up and said, "You can rest by yourself, I'll go to the study to deal with political affairs." After saying that, he put on his clothes and left.

The red bean and the silkworm girl were dumbfounded, the master usually rests at Aunt Li's place for a night when he comes, why did he come and leave today, it was not Aunt Li who made the master angry. The two sent Zhu Yuanzhang away and hurriedly entered the house to inquire about the news.

"You all go down and rest, my lord has to deal with political affairs tonight." Li Qi'er bit her lip, lowered her resentful eyes, and was speechless for a while. She seems to be self-defeating, she originally wanted to worsen Ma Xiuying's image, how to tell Zhu Yuanzhang away, it seems that Ma Xiuying's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart is still not trivial, and she has to be careful when she speaks in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the study, holding the fold in his hand, but he couldn't calm down. He thought that Ma Xiuying was desperate to save him, in order to raise military salaries, he didn't even have a decent headdress on his body, and the dignified general's wife was as shabby as a little woman, the resentment in his heart disappeared, and his feet involuntarily stepped towards the main house.

Xun Ying deliberately told the shadow guard to monitor Li Qi'er's daily life, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop talking to Li Qi'er in Li Qi'er's house, so naturally it quickly reached Ma Xiuying's ears.

Ma Xiuying frowned, "Tell her not to mention those things in the future, although she is for my good, but talking too much will make people feel like they are holding on to their own interests, and the relationship between me and the starling brother will not come to this point." ”

Xun Ying said angrily: "She's not for your good, she obviously wants the master to dislike you." ”

Ma Xiuying was shocked and angry, she didn't think too much about Zhu Yuanzhang's troubles, but the bystanders were clear, and Xun Ying saw Li Qi'er's sinister intentions. She couldn't help but put her hand on her chest, the burn had long been healed, but the granulation scabbed left some permanent scars, and it was no longer smooth and delicate skin to the touch, so that she had to blow out the light when she was with Zhu Yuanzhang, unwilling to let Zhu Yuanzhang see her chest.

Xun Ying comforted: "Don't worry, master, the master left after listening to Aunt Li mention your burns, which shows that the master values you more." ”

"Alas, it's a pity that there is a scar here." Ma Xiuying sighed, it would be nice if there were any scar spirits in this era.

"Sir?"

As the two were talking, the surprised voice of Fan He sounded outside the door, and the room was suddenly silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so ashamed that he didn't dare to enter the house directly, knocked lightly outside, and asked uncertainly: "Lady, have you slept?" ”

"Master, don't be angry with the old man anymore, if you run away with the old man again, the old man will have no place to sleep in the middle of the night." Xun Ying squeezed her eyebrows at Ma Xiuying.

"You dead girl, even the master dares to have fun, it's really looking for a fight." A smile flashed in Ma Xiuying's eyes, "Let him in, I'm going to tell him a story." ”

"Telling, storytelling?" Xun Ying was dumbfounded, opened the door, held the oil lamp, and said, "Master Qiyu, Mrs. is still resting, and is telling stories to the slave maid." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had the heart to find a step down, and when he heard this, he stepped into the threshold, "What kind of story, let me listen to it too." ”

Xun Ying hurriedly looked at Ma Xiuying, what kind of story, she also wanted to know.

Ma Xiuying leaned on the bed and didn't get up to greet her, and said lightly: "I'm talking about the deeds of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, who won the world." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's interest increased greatly when he heard it, who is Liu Bang, this is the first emperor in the history of the Central Plains to ascend the throne by a commoner, but there is no one in the world who does not yearn for it.

"Can you tell me all over again? I admire Liu Bang very much. As he spoke, he sat down next to Ma Xiuying and covered her hand in the palm of her hand, "It's cold, why don't you cover your hand." Xun Ying went to pour Madame a cup of hot tea. ”

Master, this is showing favor to the master. Sunkage pursed her lips and snickered, and ran out of the door neatly.

Ma Xiuying glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, and a smile slowly appeared on her tense face, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang was not stubborn to the point of ignoring others, he would be saved. She grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand with her backhand, interlocked her fingers, and said: "It is said that when Liu Bang was the pavilion chief, he escorted the laborers to Lishan, but on the way, most of the laborers died of illness and fled, Liu Bang went to Fengxi Zezhong, and simply let all the laborers go, and as a result, there were more than a dozen strong men who were willing to follow ......."

This talk is a few hours, and when Ma Xiuying told the story at the end of Liu Bang's ascension to the throne and the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the belly of the white fish on the horizon turned a few times, and a round of red sun rose.