Chapter Seventy-Nine: Calculation (Part II)

"Lord be cautious!" As soon as the words fell, Changshi Huang Jingfu immediately stood up and admonished loudly, "The lord has just gone to Wu Yue, and everything is undecided. You must not give someone an office so early. ”

"This case must not be taken lightly..."Deputy Governor Shi Cai Yanwen followed closely and tried his best to dissuade him, "It is an immortal honor to rest with the country." The lord is a handyman today, and he will open the territory to the lord tomorrow, how will he seal it? ”

"The minister seconded the proposal..."

"The last general thinks that Huang Changshi has a point..."

"Brother Cai seconded Cai Changshi..."

The surrounding civil and military officials, including Zhang Shicheng's most relied on younger brother Zhang Shixin, stood up and dissuaded him.

Say a thousand, say 10,000, everyone's views boil down to nothing more than two. First, the rafters that come out rot first. At present, the strength of Zhang Jiajun is far less than that of Huaiyang, so don't fight the idea of establishing himself as the king and dividing hundreds of officials. Second, even if he is an official, he can't give such a prominent position as a general to a mere craftsman. Otherwise, other civil and military officials will not be able to be rewarded for their great achievements. If the official position is low, everyone will feel that they are not as important as a craftsman. If it is given too high, the whole dynasty will be full of generals, prime ministers, and official positions will no longer be worth much in a blink of an eye, and after being heard by outsiders, they will also leave a laughing stock for thousands of years. (Note 1)

Who would have thought that Zhang Shicheng, who originally had the reputation of following the advice, is extremely stubborn today. slapped the table twice and scolded loudly, "Shut up, don't yell at Lao Tzu... Isn't it just a general's position? If you can make guns and artillery for Lao Tzu that don't blow up, Lao Tzu will say that you will be a general, and you will be willing to give up this position as the governor of Pingjiang... A group of far-sighted things, just seeing the glory of the general's position, can't see the current embarrassing situation of our army..."

"This"

"Minister"

All the civil and military officers were stunned by the scolding, and they looked at each other one by one, dazed and at a loss.

Seeing the appearance of the six gods and no masters, Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but sigh again, "Alas... What do you have to say that you can understand? This great general is just the sincerity of a thousand dollars to buy horse bones, just to give a glory and money, it is impossible for him to really lead the troops to fight, and it is impossible for him to be in the same column as you and give advice to Zhang..."

When everyone heard this, they collectively breathed a sigh of relief. They all piled up smiling faces and made amends, "I see, the minister is presumptuous..."

"The lord is wise, the last general just talked a lot..."

"The position of a great general can still be passed on to children and grandchildren. Anyway, the craftsman earned it..."

"It's a pity that the minister doesn't know how to strike iron, otherwise, haha"

"Alright, stop yelling." Hearing the noise around him, Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but slap the table again. "Don't look down on the craftsman. If it hadn't been for the firearms that day, how could Mr. Zhu have swept the two Huai? Besides, Zhang himself is not from a wealthy family. In terms of nobility and cheapness, boiling the sea and burning salt, how high can it be compared to striking iron with a hammer? ”

"The lord was trapped in the shallows at that time..."

"Those who have achieved great things since ancient times must work hard and work hard for their minds"

"The lord is a hero of the world, of course, he suffers from this. Those hundreds of workers and the like, who are only planning for two meals all day long, how can they still have the world in mind when they are in distress like the lord? ”

"Yes, yes. That Han Zhaowu also used to make shoes and sell shoes, but after all, he was the emperor. When the time comes, it soars into the sky. ”

In all directions, there was another rebuttal full of compliments. No one will allow Zhang Shicheng to be self-deprecating, and he will be listed as "witch doctor, musician, and other workers".

Since Zhang Shicheng crossed the Yangtze River with the support of the Huai'an army, the shogunate has collected a large number of scholars from the south of the Yangtze River. Some of the Mengyuan civil officials who were captured by him also surrendered. With the full support of these two types of people, he has gained a foothold in Jiangnan very easily, and his strength is expanding at a rate visible to the naked eye every day. As a result, he paid more and more attention to what these people said, and unconsciously, a dependence had been formed.

At this moment, the audience said that he was not born poor, but a dormant hidden dragon, although he felt very ridiculous in his heart, but it was not easy to refute it in public. smiled and waved his hand very magnificently, "Don't mention the words of shoemaking and selling shoes again." How can Zhang dare to be compared with the founding emperor of Shu Han? But everyone, if you want to not wronged your talent in the future, please plan a long-term strategy for Zhang from now on... Although beautiful words are good, after all, they can't be eaten as food. Although our Changzhou army is now occupying a piece of plastered land, there are old thieves in the south who are stubbornly resisting. In the west, Chen Youliang, Peng Yingyu and others are eyeing each other. I won't talk about this north. Although the general manager treats Zhang well, Zhang is only a foreign minister after all, not his descendant. Therefore, if you want to be rich for a long time, you should take out more dry goods. Zhang wanted to reward the craftsmen before, which is nothing more than this meaning..."

"This?" The civil and military forces were speechless for a while, and no one knew how to speak.

As the saying goes, people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away. Although the Changzhou Army has advanced vigorously in the past ten months, the Huai'an Army in the north has developed even faster. Especially after successfully forcing Totoku to retreat, even Sesame Li and Zhao Jun used the original territory of the two of them to take all of them into their pockets. Today, from Suiyang to Yangzhou, almost all the four roads and two prefectures belong to it. Around, there are also a large number of minions who only follow their horses. Compared with him, the Changzhou army is more than the moon and the little loach is more than the giant whale in terms of territory, strength and prestige.

"In the past, Zhang copied Huaiyang, started a workshop, established a business, and ran a martial arts school, and everyone felt that Zhang was an example of Dongshi. But apart from following the trend step by step, Zhang couldn't think of any better ideas. If you don't like Zhang's tricks everywhere, why not give Zhang a good idea as soon as possible? Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhang Shicheng knocked on the table with his knuckles, and continued to smile and urge.

This is a bit harsh. When the Changzhou military heard this, they all sweated on their foreheads. Especially the scholar who was born in Jiangnan, his face was so red that he almost dripped blood. After eye-to-eye glances, Shi Huang Jingfu, the marching commander, took the lead and said loudly, "Why did the lord say this? The government of Huaiyang confuses the chaos and confuses the noble and the low, and it is to drink the donkey to quench your thirst. It is easy to see miracles in the short term, and it is self-defeating in the long term. If the lord does not believe it, just wait and see..."

"I've only seen it resist the million-strong army of Tokto, and then calmly go north to Denglai..."The same words, even if they make sense, will be annoying after listening to them dozens of times. Zhang Shicheng frowned and responded with a smile, "Not to mention what will happen to him in the future?" Does Keio have a good plan to teach me now? ”

Don't talk about how the government of Huaiyang is bad, if you have a good way, just take it out? Zhang: Listen to it?

That Huang Jingfu was also a little anxious, and was forced by Zhang Shicheng to have no way out, gritted his teeth, and responded loudly, "Weichen does have a plan in his heart, and he doesn't dare to call it good." I wanted to deliberate with my colleagues before dedicating it to the lord. Today, I have been asked by the lord and the princess, and I have allowed the ministers to pay attention to it..."

It's not that I can't help it, it's that I'm not mature. Since you're in a hurry, I'll just tell you that is...

Seeing that the other party said so confidently, Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but feel a little anticipation in his heart. If you blindly follow the cat and draw the tiger, you will definitely be thrown farther and farther away by the Huai'an army. If there is a shortcut, no one is stingy to take the risk.

"Since the Mengyuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, there has been no cultivation of virtue and politics, and the imperial examination has been intermittent. Haojie has no chance to get ahead, and the people have no overnight food, so they have no choice but to rise up one after another..."Huang Jingfu nodded lightly, and the name of the opening chapter pointed out the reason why Meng Yuan fell to such an embarrassing state today.

"And for example, those who can be called heroes today, one is Xu Shouhui, the second is Liu Futong, and the third is Zhu Chongjiu. The lord raised his army a little later, so he could only temporarily list the fourth. The rest are insignificant..."The second sentence focuses on Zhang Shicheng's ally and future opponent.

"Hmm..."Zhang Shicheng listened, and nodded with his hand wiping his smooth chin. In his heart, there are only a few heroes in the world, as for Mao Gui, Peng Yingyu, Guo Zixing, Zhu Yuanzhang and others, they are just other people's thugs and minions, and they are not worth paying too much attention to at all.

"Today, Zhu Chongjiu has 100,000 armor, and he has just forced Tokhov to retreat, and his reputation is unmatched for a while. The lord had been favored by him in the past, and the territory was only separated by a water from Yangzhou, so it was absolutely impossible to compete with him lightly..."Seeing that Zhang Shicheng was willing to listen carefully to his analysis, Huang Jingfu was greatly encouraged, cleared his throat, and continued to admonish loudly, "And Xu Shouhui, Liu Futong and others are far away from the lord, and they should only be regarded as allies for the time being. In this way, as long as Zhu Chongjiu does not get involved in Jiangnan, there will be only one opponent facing the lord, the Mengyuan Mansion..."

"That's true. Based on the speculation of General Manager Zhu in the past, he is estimated to be stable for a long time in the future. Zhang Shicheng nodded lightly and quickly interjected. As far as he knew, Zhu went south to Yangzhou last year, and it was only after Zhu Chongba's demagogy that he made a dangerous move. Otherwise, with this person's indecisiveness, I am afraid that he will have to lie dormant in Huai'an for a long time, and he will have enough troops and enough food and grass to go south.

"Wu Yue has been a place of anointing since ancient times. Hangzhou is the reason why Song Xing is here, and the people of Li hate Meng Yuan for a long time. Taking advantage of Zhu Chongjiu's inability to cross the river, the lord also went south, conquered Hangzhou, captured Wen and Taiwan Jinhua, and then went straight to Quanzhang. Backed by the sea, it is a country of its own. Then he opened a trade route, built huge ships, and traveled back and forth between Goryeo, Ryukyu, the Eastern Japanese and the Western barbarians, and took advantage of maritime trade. Then use a lot of money to repair armor, recruit good generals, build an invincible army, and keep the enemy out of the country. Internally, the imperial examination will be opened, the meritocracy will be selected, and the way will be widened. Xiao and the Song Dynasty ruled the world together with scholars and doctors, and appeased the people with benevolence and righteousness. Let the people know the etiquette, know the shame, do not close the door at night, and do not turn the heel in wartime. In this way, hegemony can be achieved. When the time comes, take Jiuding like a bag to take things..."

Note 1: In the official history, Jiao Yu offered fire to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang named Jiao Yu as a general. Therefore, among the princes in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's firearms were the most well-equipped. In the battle to annex Zhang Shicheng and defeat Chen Youliang, both artillery and firearms made great contributions.

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