Zheng Yanfu introduced Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Er to the "heroes and heroes" he met everywhere, and at the same time talked about what he saw and heard in various places.

In addition to Wang Zuojiao and Wang Jiayin, he also met a lot of famous people, some of these guys have fallen into the grass, and some still live in the countryside like ordinary people, but they have a very high reputation in the local area, as long as they raise their arms, hundreds of people will follow. For example, Hannan Wang Daliang, Xinhu, Mantianfei, Seven Dragons, a Cloud, Pili Needle, Soap Ying, Cao Ying, Liu Bei, Shoot the Sky, Drill the Sky Harrier...... A whole bunch of bizarre names. (Note: These names are not made up by the author, but are excerpted from historical records, and there are indeed these rebels.) ）

Some of these names Zhu Yuanzhang have heard of, and some have no impression at all, obviously, some of them later became famous generals in the rebel army, for example, Cao Ying was the later famous Luo Rucai, and Li Wanqing, who shot the sky, was later very powerful, but more people were unheard of, and were killed by officers and soldiers in a ravine.

Wang Er was sweating profusely by these strange names, and couldn't help but ask, "What are the names of these people......?" Why isn't there a normal one? ”

"Haha!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted Wang Er the shoulder: "Brother Wang, do you think that everyone is like you and me, fatherless and motherless, alone?" Some people are afraid that the failure of the uprising will affect their families, so they have to hide their names and change their strange nicknames, so as to avoid the punishment of their relatives, and secondly, it is more prestigious. ”

Zheng Yanfu nodded and said, "Brother Zhu is right, I asked them why they took the nickname, and they said the same thing." ”

"I see." Wang Er understands now.

Zheng Yanfu said with a smile: "My real name is also unsightly now, so I followed them and took a new nickname, called Desperate Saburo." ”

The nickname of Desperate Saburo comes from Desperate Saburo Shixiu in "Water Margin", Zheng Yanfu has never read a book, so he can't take any decent name by himself, so he borrowed the nickname in "Water Margin".

When Wang Er heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said: "Then I will also take a majestic and beautiful nickname!" Uh-huh...... I'll call it the Tiger General. Brother Zhu, you can also pick one up, I think you can call it timely rain! ”

"Don't! I don't need these quirky nicknames, shame on me! Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, and then said with a smile: "If you have to take a nickname, I want to add a character to my name, just call it Zhu Baba!" ”

"Zhu Baba?" Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu were taken aback, and their bodies trembled at the same time. Although the two of them have no culture and have not read books, they have heard the story of the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was called Zhu Baba when he was a child, or Zhu Chongba. Zhu Baba actually wanted to take the nickname Zhu Baba, which shows that his ambition is very high, and it is very human.

"Brother Zhu, this name can't be chosen." Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu persuaded together: "God, if you take your nickname like this, all the officers and soldiers in the world will fight with us endlessly." ”

"Hey, even if I'm the enemy all day, what do I have?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly and forced out domineeringly, but he immediately restrained his momentum and said with a smile: "In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I still don't take this nickname, just call Zhu Ba, it's good." ”

Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu breathed a sigh of relief together, the nickname is this thing, it's no problem to borrow "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or "Water Margin", if you want to take it as Liu Bei, Cao Ying, Zhang Fei, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, no one will come to you for trouble, but if it is taken as Zhu Baba, it will definitely be upside down.

Zheng Yanfu quickly changed the topic and said in a joking tone: "When I passed near Xi'an Mansion, I also heard a very interesting news. ”

"Oh?"

Zheng Yanfu said mysteriously: "Last month...... On April 11, an insurrectionary army broke out in Nanjiang (now in the southern part of Jiangxi*West Province). They led the crowd to break through the county seat of An*yuan*, established themselves as kings, and established the first year of Yongxing. ”

"Wow? So powerful? Wang Er immediately became excited: "I actually built a righteous army known as the king, so powerful." ”

"Nonsense!" Zhu Wuzhang slapped the wine gourd, shook his head and said: "Dare to stand up as king after just capturing a county town, this is simply looking for death." Don't they want to live anymore? I don't think they'll be finished in less than a month...... Well, in terms of time, they're finished now. ”

Zheng Yanfu nodded and said, "Brother Zhu is really like a god...... Second Brother Wang, you really have to follow Brother Zhu to study hard in this regard......" He lowered his voice and said: "After the Southern Jiangxi Righteous Army became king, the government was furious, and all the nearby military cantonments put down all the affairs in their hands, sent troops together, and worked together to encircle and suppress, and in just fifteen days, more than 10,000 troops were gathered to exterminate all the Southern Jiangxi Righteous Army in the county seat. ”

"Silk!" Wang Er gasped: "10,000 people gathered in fifteen days? So fast? ”

"It's not a ghost if it's not happy!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in a low voice: "The person who is the emperor hates the most is that his subjects are kings, if you are just a rogue, then it is not a big problem, which dynasty and which generation did not have a rogue?" I'll just kill you slowly. But if you dare to challenge the face of the royal family and establish yourself as the king, it is to announce in front of the whole world that you want to take the emperor's country...... You don't need to wait for the emperor's instructions for this kind of thing, and the nearby officials will kill you with all their might, and if they don't do it well, they will all have to fall to the ground. ”

"I see!" Zheng Yanfu and Wang Er can be regarded as having learned another lesson: "Brother Zhu, do you mean that you can't be the king if you expose the rebellion?" ”

"Nope! It is also necessary to be king. Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "If you think about it carefully, you have led tens of thousands of brothers to rebel, but you are not the king, and let them follow you for the rest of their lives, what hope can they have?" In this way, people's hearts will surely be scattered. Any rebel army must eventually embark on the route of becoming kings, so that all the brothers involved can see hope, and in the future, they can also become ministers of the dragon and embark on the broad road of the founding fathers. ”

"This ...... We don't understand it, and you say that you must be beaten if you are king, and you say that you must be king, isn't this a contradiction? Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu didn't understand it very much.

"Brother Zheng Yanfu, do you remember what I told you last time? If you only have 100 men, killing one of them will not only not make an example of you, but will cause your subordinates to centrifuge...... But if you have 10,000 men, killing 100 of them will make the other 9,900 more obedient. Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "It's the same to be called the king, you only have one government and one county to be the king, that is looking for death and don't want to live, but if you have a few provinces in the palm of your hand to call the king, but you can make the world listen to the wind and obey the ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang's body shook and said seriously: "When you don't have strength, be a man with your tail between your legs, and don't jump up and down." Honestly build high walls and accumulate grain! The city has been built strong enough, and the grain and grass have been abundant enough, and now is the time to claim the throne. ”

Feeling the undoubted confidence in Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu couldn't help but be in awe, Zhu Bugling is really amazing, he seems to know everything, he knows everything, how many stories did such a person have before? He's definitely a big brother to follow.

Zheng Yanfu was silent for a while, until this sense of vibration disappeared in his heart, and then he said seriously: "Brother Zhu, I have already contacted so many heroes and heroes, and they are waiting for everyone to rise up and respond when they rise together, so when will we take the lead?" ”

"Needless to say! Just tomorrow! Wang Er shouted: "I can't wait, since so many people are going to do it together, I'm still afraid of a fart, let's pull the flag tomorrow and rebel." With the prestige of Zhu Bugs, as long as we ascend to the heights, there will be at least a thousand people in ten miles and eight towns who will follow us. ”

"No way!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "It's not the best time to rebel now. ”

"Huh? So what's the right time? Wang Er asked stupidly.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out two fingers, took it seriously, and said word by word: "Qiu Fu!" ”

"This year's drought has cut off the Baishui River, and it is conceivable that this year's autumn harvest will be a mess. When the time comes, people will not be able to collect the grain, and they will not be able to hand over the autumn payment, and the government will urge the grain and arrest the people to the hall to beat the board......"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu had already come to their senses. Because Zheng Yanfu's uprising was actually launched in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the spring fortune of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, if Zhang Douyao didn't urge food at that time, it was very cool, and the people couldn't survive, Zheng Yanfu would not have gathered so many people to work with him.

If they want to uncover the uprising, the best time is obviously after the autumn of this year, when the influence of the drought will reach its highest point, and if they raise their arms, the whole white water will surely boil, let alone gather a thousand, two thousand, three thousand.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "In addition, we must prepare enough food!" At that time, the people who are willing to follow us to rebel are all poor people who can't survive, and they definitely don't have any surplus food at home...... They will disperse after a few days of trouble, and it will be short-lived, not enough to succeed. ”

"And this is exquisite?" Zheng Yanfuqi said: "Can't you grab grain from the county warehouse?" I grabbed a lot of them last time. ”

"This year's drought is more serious than last year's, ten miles and eight townships are not good at harvesting, and the county warehouse may be empty at that time, we may not be able to grab anything in the county warehouse...... Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "And...... An army cannot always think of relying on robbery to get supplies, such an army is fragile and can never become a big thing. The so-called three armies have not moved, grain and grass go first, you must remember this sentence to the death, and do not fight unprepared battles. ”

"Yes!" Wang Er and Zheng Yanfu were so impressed that they threw themselves to the ground.