Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to have a look of sudden realization: "I understand, what Steward Qi means, let me help you remind Brother Yang Chao and Second Brother Wang to listen to Steward Qi's words." Don't worry about this, it's on me, I'll go and persuade Brother Yang Chao and Second Brother Wang in a while, and let them do things for you. ”

"Don't be so stupid?" Steward Qi snorted and said, "Who said that you were going to persuade them?" I mean, you are sensible, the person who can help me carry things, this new manager of the side hospital, I plan to promote you to be the person. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be startled and took a step back, and then, a carefully disguised smile rippled from Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and this smile carried three points of surprise, three points of surprise, three points of panic and one point of pride: "Great, I can really make it?" ”

Steward Qi felt very satisfied with his expression, only one point of pride, and the other nine points were surprised, it seemed that he really didn't think that he might be promoted, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Yang Chao and you are still in my consideration now, and I have to observe and observe, anyway, the second young master also said that he wants me to behave again, and I can't be the deputy steward of the inner courtyard tomorrow, of course, I have to see your performance again." ”

He paused and said, "Huh? Two days ago I thought you were getting smarter, why are you starting to be stupid again in this kind of thing? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly funny in his heart, it's strange that I don't act stupid at this time. In the previous life, when Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, there were many famous ministers and generals who worked under him, and he knew very well the mentality of the superior when he looked at his subordinates.

Superiors always want their subordinates to be capable, intelligent, and do more work than cattle...... But at the same time, there is another requirement for subordinates, that is, "don't be too strong, don't always think about being motivated", otherwise it will threaten the status of the superior.

For example, if a village chief is very motivated, his direct boss will feel a lot of pressure, because the village chief will become the township chief if he is promoted to another level, so what should the original township chief do? If the township chief is very motivated, the magistrate will also feel a lot of pressure, and the magistrate is desperately motivated, and the prefect can't sit still...... Level by level, step by step, if a general or a prime minister is thinking about going up...... This is the so-called meritorious master, and the emperor has to kill people......

Because of this reason, in order to stabilize his country, Zhu Yuanzhang killed many people in his last life, and the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty was almost killed by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and only a few small fish slipped through the net. And those who were lucky enough not to die in this massacre were people who had no ambitions and did not think about being motivated, such as Tang He, because they no longer wanted to be motivated, so they were able to die well in their old age.

Of course, this massacre also led to the loss of all the generals who could conquer and fight in the Ming Dynasty, and later Zhu Di rebelled, but Zhu Yunwen, the legal heir of the Ming Dynasty, could not come up with decent generals to fight against Zhu Di, and the result is needless to say...... During the years when Zhu Yuanzhang was floating in the sky as a bystander, he had already reflected on his wrong behavior and vowed not to make such a mistake again.

He will not make the mistakes of the superior again, nor will he make the mistakes of the inferior, self-motivation is such a thing, you can have it in your heart, you can't have it on your face, you can think about it, but you can't show it, it's always not wrong to pretend to be stupid at this time.

So Zhu Yuanzhang picked his head embarrassedly, revealing a trace of the unique simplicity of the cow herding baby, and said with a smile: "This matter...... I didn't dare to think in that direction. ”

"Good!" Steward Qi was very satisfied with his reaction, waved his hand and said: "Go to work, remember what I said, obedient and sensible people, I will use ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang answered, turned around and walked out of the hut where the manager Qi was, standing in the courtyard in front of the hut, he glanced back at the reading room with a living room, a bedroom, and a study, and sighed softly in his heart: "Soon, this house should be my turn to live......"

In the next few days, Zhu Yuanzhang lived a very simple life, he didn't deliberately show anything, but got up early in the morning to herd cattle, do a good job of herding cattle, and bring the cattle back in the afternoon to help other long-term and short-term workers plow. At night, he boxed with Wang Er in the courtyard and exercised.

On the one hand, this leisurely life is to show the attitude of "I don't have a strong **" to the Qi manager, and on the other hand, it is also to lay a good foundation for the masses. This is obviously not in the interests of Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to face the natural disasters that will happen next and [***], Zhu Yuanzhang needs to unite all the forces that can be united, so he spends all his time getting along with the people around him and gaining their trust and support.

He didn't want to live like Zhu Ba, he couldn't even figure out the names of Master Ma, the two young masters, and a young lady, he wanted to grasp the things around him more clearly.

After a few days of chatting with the long-term and short-term workers, he quietly inquired about the information of the Ma family. Master Ma's full name is Ma Tianyuan, a scholar, a jinshi, once served as the county commander of a small county, he is sixty-five years old this year, and Zhishi is recuperating at home, almost entering the coffin, so the Ma family is basically not in charge of him, but just using his former official status to provide a protective umbrella for the Ma family.

The eldest young master of the Ma family is called Ma Zhixiong, a scholar, a famous person, but unfortunately he failed to be admitted to the Jinshi, he is forty-one years old this year, and he is already a middle-aged uncle. Although he is not as highly educated as Lao Tzu Ma Tianyuan, he is a good hand in business and managing family affairs, so he takes care of the Ma family clearly and in an orderly manner. However, he went to Xi'an Mansion half a year ago to manage the family's property in Xi'an, and now he is not at home, so he temporarily handed over the affairs of the family to the second young master Ma to manage.

The second young master of the Ma family is called Ma Zhibin, the second ancestor, no merit, no high or low, he is only twenty-four years old this year, and the difference between him and his brother is seventeen years. He is Ma Tianyuan's middle-aged son, spoiled so much, so he didn't learn anything, he only knew how to play everywhere all day long, and occasionally the old man handed over something for him to do, he threw it into the hands of a few stewards in the inner courtyard and the side courtyard, no matter what, he was scolded for this, but he still went his own way, anyway, the sky fell and there were dad and big brother to carry it.

I don't know what the name of the third miss of the Ma family is, the name of the young lady is not just anyone can know, she is fifteen years old this year, and no one knows her in the boudoir! Zhu Yuanzhang is not interested in knowing her, for him, women are tools for inheritance, and there is no need to collect her intelligence. He will not give his love to any woman, because in the previous life, when his original wife, the first queen of the Ming Dynasty, died, Zhu Yuanzhang's love fire had been extinguished, no matter in his previous life and this life, he would never fall in love with any woman again.

In addition to the information of the Ma family, Zhu Yuanzhang also became interested in the Zhang family in Chengcheng, after all, he was the first enemy to lead the crowd to fight and establish prestige, and the Zhang family may organize people to fight back at any time, how can he do it if he doesn't care?

After some inquiry, he really let him inquire that the helmsman of the Zhang family in Chengcheng is named Zhang Douyao, who is the magistrate of Chengcheng County (in some historical materials, it is recorded as Zhang Yaocai, which should be misremembered, and the name Zhang Douyao is used in this book).

The Ming Dynasty strictly implemented the system of "officials must avoid their nationality and relatives", that is, officials are not allowed to be officials in their hometowns or places where they have relatives, so the general county orders often have no property in their own territories. The two sleeves came in the breeze, and three years later, the ground was blown three feet, and the sleeves swelled away.

But this Zhang Douyao is different from other counties, as soon as he arrived in Chengcheng County to take office, he immediately took a lot of land in the west of Chengcheng County, and became a famous landowner in Chengcheng County, and let his own son take care of these industries. He even threatened that after three years, when his term of office expired and he was transferred, his son would not leave, and he would still manage these properties here...... In the future, he will resign from his official position and nephew, and he will come here to retire.

After getting this information, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel interesting about the strength of the Baishui Ma family, it seems that the recent fight incident was supported by the brainless second young master behind him, and he even dared to offend the county order of Chengcheng County, I have to say that he is very bold and stupid enough to do things. In a few days, Chengcheng Zhang's revenge will come......

By the way, the name Zhang Douyao seems to be a little familiar! Zhu Yuanzhang thought desperately, but unfortunately the memory bank obtained by being a bystander in the sky for hundreds of years is so huge, and there are too many blurred ones, like a small person like this, he really can't remember what he has done, he just vaguely remembers the name.

In this period of relative calm, there is also a flea that affects the calm and keeps jumping around Zhu Yuanzhang, in a vain attempt to attack and defeat Zhu Yuanzhang in various ways, this flea is named Yang Chao.

Before the manager of Qi talked to Zhu Yuanzhang that day, Yang Chao was also asked to talk, the big supremacy is similar to what he said to Zhu Yuanzhang, it can be summed up: I want to get an obedient and sensible person to be the new manager of the side hospital, this person was originally going to give it to you, but your recent performance really disappointed me, so I chose Zhu Ba to come out and compare with you, if you don't do as well as Zhu Ba during this time, then don't think about it......

Yang Chao heard this, he was really angry, he had been the grandson of Qi Guan for many years, wasn't it just to take a step up? What's the matter with Zhu Ba suddenly coming out at this time? Could it be that the cooked duck is about to fly away?

Yang Chao was angry and didn't dare to deal with Qi Guan, so they all came at Zhu Ba. In the past few days, when he met Zhu Ba, he picked his nose and glared at him, but he also knew that Zhu Ba was very skilled, so he only dared to provoke him verbally, and he didn't dare to really do anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the provocation of this jumping clown, he still waited quietly for his own opportunity as before......

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