"Mao Gui's army defeated Liulin, and Chahan Timur led the army into Jinji, it seems that this Northern Expedition of my Great Song Dynasty was a complete failure. Hey, at the beginning, in the eleventh year of the pseudo-Yuan Dynasty, the king raised troops in his hometown, and now it has been nearly eight years. In the past eight years, this king can be said to be conscientious, and he really does not dare to slack off for a day in order to achieve great things.

But today, the world is still like a boiling cauldron. From south to north, from east to west, there are battles everywhere. The thousands of people in this world are like beans steamed in the Great Cauldron, and they can't help but make this king ask, when will the world return to peace? ”

After looking at the information sent by the secret guards about the war situation in the north, Zhang Shihua was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but sigh in front of Chang Xiqiao, who was participating in politics in Dachu.

And His Royal Highness Chang Xiqiao, who was summoned by Zhang Shihua to play the right game, heard this, as a courtier, he couldn't help but hug his fists at this time, and explained to Zhang Shihua: "The king thinks of all the people, and benevolence and righteousness make the ministers admire." Since the king has such a righteous heart for all peoples, he does not need to be suspicious because of this.

Back then, Han Gaozu raised troops in Pei to resist the tyranny of Qin. Han Zu Fen three-foot sword, drive the crowd of Wuji, between eight years, the sea is determined, then He Tianzhiqu, ascend to build the emperor's pole. Why? It all relies on its generosity and generosity, and follows the advice like a stream.

The king led his hometown to raise troops in Taihe, and raised righteousness in order to expel the Tartars and restore China. In just eight years, it has also owned thousands of miles of land and more than 100,000 armor. Although the merits cannot be compared with the holy kings such as Han Zu, but looking at the universe, how many people in the world can be compared with the king?

Therefore, the minister thought that the king only needed to persevere and persevere. The king is blessed by God, as long as he perseveres, I believe that within a few years, great things can be achieved! ”

"Perseverance." Hearing Chang Xiqiao's words, Zhang Shihua stood with his hands in his hands for a long time, and Gu Jing Wubo's face couldn't help but smile.

"Haha, Xiqiao said this well, it really makes people feel empowered! Half of those who travel a hundred miles are ninety, and throughout the ages, too many heroes and heroes have been defeated on the word "perseverance". The rope saws the wood and the water drops the stone, although this king is not as good as a holy king like Han Zu. But asking yourself is far better than ropes and water droplets. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Shihua turned to look at Chang Xiqiao, and couldn't help but show that confident smile.

……

In the eighteenth year of Zheng, at the beginning of April.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Jinling, after several years of crusade in the east and west, he, the Jiangnan Xingzhongshu Province of the Great Song Dynasty, finally had the atmosphere that a prince should have.

In eastern Zhejiang, Zhang Shicheng is still strong. But under the successive defeats, he no longer dared to take the initiative to provoke Zhu Yuanzhang.

It is the land of Enoch in western Zhejiang, and it can't help but fall into Zhu Yuanzhang's pocket step by step. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang can also be said to have everything he needs.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is unwilling to live in plain and ambitious, can't help but have some other ideas.

"Pingzhang, you see that in front of you is the Lixian Pavilion. Now, I heard that Pingzhang built the Lixian Hall to receive talented scholars from all over the world, and many talents in the south of the Yangtze River can be said to have come from thousands of miles away.

Pingzhang's reputation for seeking talents has really spread throughout Jiangnan! ”

"Haha, good-natured, don't touting me. I know exactly what this Jiangnan reader thinks of me in his heart. The establishment of this Lixian Pavilion is just to close their mouths for this group of scholars in Jiangnan. ”

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was riding a horse, couldn't help but turn his eyes to the front.

On the side, Li Shanchang, who was also riding a horse, saw this, and a wry smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow countryman and the first strategist to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, who was regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang as 'Xiao He', really knows Zhu Yuanzhang's character too well.

Born in poverty and has experienced countless ups and downs, Zhu Yuanzhang really dislikes those celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River who can only talk about it.

Just like Zhu Yuanzhang just said, if it weren't for the stinky mouths of these scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, he wouldn't have wasted money and food to build such a Laoshizi Lixian Museum.

But in any case, Zhu Yuanzhang is a pragmatic person.

So no matter what he does, he rarely decides the outcome of the matter based on his personal preferences.

Therefore, even if he despised these rotten Confucians who could only talk about it in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang still came to this Lixian Pavilion in person, ready to summon the famous Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River - Tang Zhongshi.

"The countryside has seen Pingzhang and saluted Pingzhang." When Zhu Yuanzhang and his entourage of more than 100 people came to the Lixian Hall majestically.

Tang Zhongshi, a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River who had been waiting in front of the gate of the Lixian Pavilion for a long time, couldn't help but take a group of disciples to greet Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, in this regard, he obviously despised this group of corrupt Confucian scholars in his heart, but Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and helped Tang Zhongshi up with a smile and said: "I can't help it, I can't help it." Tang Gongshi is a rare wise man in the south of the Yangtze River, and this time he can leave his hometown, which makes Ben Pingzhang very happy. Tang Gong should never be polite. ”

"Pingzhang is really a false praise, the old man is just a blind old man with bad eyes. I have studied for a few years, taught in the township to make a living, where is what kind of talent. was picked up by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, unable to salute, and the fifty-year-old Tang Zhongshi couldn't help but say so humbly.

And for his humble words, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and Li Shanchang over there couldn't help but say with a needle: "Mr. Sanfeng is humble." In the land south of the Yangtze River, there is a scholar who doesn't know the Tang Sansu (Tang Zhongshi, his father Yuan, and the second son Wenfeng are all famous for literature, and the time name is "Little Sansu"), and he doesn't know the name of Mr. Sanfeng.

Mr. served as a teacher and professor back then, and he was tireless in teaching, and he was really a "teacher of Southeast scholars"! ”

"Hehe, the old decay is just doing his part. How can it be called the title of "Teacher of Southeast Scholars", Lang Zhong is really serious, serious. Tang Zhongshi smiled and was humble, but his tone was much better than when he was with Zhu Yuanzhang.

Obviously, compared to Zhu Yuanzhang, who praised everyone very perfunctory, Li Shanchang's superficial kung fu did better.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about this.

After all, he met Tang Zhongshi this time, but he just wanted to spread his reputation for seeking talents all over Jiangnan. Although Tang Zhongshi is famous, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is just a blind old man who has read books for two years.

Therefore, Tang Zhongshi's humble words, when Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he agreed very much in his heart.

"Haha, there's a lot of dust out there. Tang Gong, let's go in and talk, what do you think? ”

"Just according to the words of Pingzhang." Without greeting others, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Tang Zhongshi and others couldn't help but walk into this Lixian Pavilion.

And entering this Lixian Pavilion, Li Shanchang, as a courtier, pointed to this very wide Lixian Pavilion, and naturally did not forget to brag about his lord, so as to show his lord's thirst for talent.

But for this, Tang Zhongshi, who looked at Zhu Yuanzhang unpleasantly from the beginning, naturally just smiled perfunctorily.

But although it was boring, Li Shanchang didn't care about it. Therefore, under his clever words, the atmosphere between the three of them couldn't help but gradually become lively.

"Now there is chaos today, the flames of war are swarming, and the people are struggling to make a living. As the Pingzhang of Jiangnan of the Great Song Dynasty, I really want to contribute to this world. Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Taizu of the Song Dynasty were all sages and saints who pacified the troubled times.

In such troubled times, I really want to emulate these four holy kings, calm the world, and exchange peace for all people. Therefore, I don't know if Mr. can teach me again. ”

Some didn't talk for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tang Zhongshi who was sitting opposite, but he couldn't help but say something like this.

A word that sounded like Tang Zhongshi was ambitious.

As a Yuan citizen but anti-Yuan, as a Song minister but he knows the weight of Jiuding, this thief is really a thief!

Tang Zhongshi thought like this in his heart, as a Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River, he had received orthodox Confucian education since he was a child, and he couldn't help but feel more and more disgusted with Zhu Yuanzhang's undisguised ambition.

However, since he can be famous in Jiangnan as a scholar in Luodi, and is jointly respected by thousands of scholars in Jiangnan as the "teacher of Southeast Bachelors", Tang Zhongshi is naturally not a nerd who only knows how to immerse himself in learning.

So even though he hated a careerist like Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart, he didn't show any abnormality on the face. On the contrary, after being silent for a long time, he said with a serious expression to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting opposite: "Emperor Han Gao, Han Guangwu, Tang Taizong, and Song Taizu are all the sages and saints of my Han family.

Although the process of establishing the great cause of these four holy kings is different, in the eyes of the old man, in the final analysis, it is only eight words. ”

"Oh, please teach me, sir!" Zhu Yuanzhang leaned forward slightly, and his expression couldn't help but become serious.

Seeing this, Tang Zhongshi smiled slightly, and couldn't help but look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said word by word: "The four holy kings' method of entrepreneurship and the way of governing the country are nothing more than generosity, benevolence, love for the people, and corporal courtesy." ”

"Be lenient and love the people, Corporal Lixian." Hearing Tang Zhongshi say this, Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his body and leaned forward slightly, sat in his seat and was silent for a long time, but finally couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, what a forgiving and loving citizen, Corporal Lixian. Tang Gong's words are really like an initiation! Zhu Yuanzhang praised Tang Zhongshi with a smile, and then suddenly stood up from his seat. As if no one was around, he walked around the house, then turned around suddenly, looked at Tang Zhongshi, who also slowly stood up from his seat, with a smile on his face, and said: "I think Mr. Lai is not used to seeing this Pingzhang forcibly levying grain, so he has to say this." (Note 1)"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still smiling, smiled and raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but become murderous.

However, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang like this, Tang Zhongshi, who was standing opposite, still acted as if nothing had happened, just shook his head, and said in a calm tone: "Feiye, Feiye." From ancient times to the present, the various holy kings who have set up grand plans for hegemony, regardless of their means, martial arts, and resourcefulness.

But if you can create a great cause that has been passed down for hundreds of years, there is no one who is lenient and loves the people. For example, Yuanmeng, because it only knew about conquest and did not know about leniency, so it was less than a hundred years before the founding of the country gave birth to such a great chaos of social overthrow.

Pingzhang is not only effective in imitating the heart of the sages and saints in ancient times, but also how can it not be lenient and benevolent and love the people! ”

"Hahaha, good, good. It's really worthy of its name, it's really worthy of its name. I really admire the talent and courage of the gentleman. Forgiveness and love for the people, corporal Lixian. Sir's teachings today are written down in this chapter.

Finally, dare to ask Mr., can you be willing to come to my account as an official. ”

"Out of the office." Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Tang Zhongshi didn't think about it, so he shook his head.

"Lao Yu is in his fifties this year, his body is frail, and he is dazzled and deaf. Now, I just want to work as a teacher in my hometown for a few years, and I really don't have any other thoughts. ”

"It's, okay. Since Mr. is reluctant to go out, then this flat chapter will not be forced. Kindness, take 100 gold, it can be regarded as a thank you for Mr. today's teaching. ”

"Haha, in this way, the old man will thank Pingzhang." For such yellow and white things, Tang Zhongshi did not shirk this time.

So seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and talked with Tang Zhongshi again, and then couldn't help but leave here with Li Shanchang.

……

"Father, you have been talking to this Zhu Pingzhang for two hours today." Just after Tang Zhongshi took his second son and a group of disciples to send Zhu Yuanzhang and them out, Tang Zhongshi's second son Tang Wenfeng helped his father back to the room, and he was full of doubts, so he couldn't help but express his doubts to his father at this time, "It's rare for my son to talk to such a character for so long, when Zhang Shicheng sent someone to recruit you, you didn't pay attention to him." Could it be that this Zhu Pingzhang is so different and deserves such blue eyes as you? ”

"Different. Oh, if it's different, compared with the so-called Tai Lieutenant Zhang Shicheng, this Pingzhang is more ambitious! Because it is his own son, Tang Zhongshi naturally has no need to be dirty, "This is an ambitious person, compared to him, Zhang Shicheng's ambition is like a wild duck compared to a bird."

Do you know what kind of questions he asks me? He asked about the way of governing the kingdom of the ancient holy kings, and asked such a question, this son has the ambition to be the lord of the world! ”

"Lord of the world? It turned out to be such a careerist. Father, for a careerist like him, at this time, there are too many in the world, and there is no one worthy of his father's high eyes. ”

"Oh, you think he's one of those rabbles who don't know the height of the sky, the King of Grass. He built the Lixian Pavilion and humbly invited me to Jinling, and when he asked me, I had already mocked him with 'forgiveness and love for the people', and he was angry in his heart, but he still saluted me on his face.

is willing to pay attention to readers, and can control himself, but he is also full of ambition. In such a troubled world, I really don't know what kind of deeds will be established in the end! ”