The next day, at the court meeting, Xu and Su will officially meet with the civil and military officials of Yidu. Deng Shechuan issued an edict announcing their appointment. From then on, these people were considered part of Haidong.

Because Deng She had given the important ministers of Yidu through the wind before, and talked about how he planned to arrange Xu and Su to surrender generals, so although everyone had opinions on the appointment of Lu Ju, Lu Li, Xiao Yuan and others, it was okay, but Liang Shiyin was actually able to enter the Yidu General Administration, and only under Li Shousheng?

From the provincial political participation Luo Guoqi and Liu Shimin, down to the left and right Shilang, Zhongluo Li Lang, Yidu prefect Wu Henian and other ministers, all of them were surprised and inexplicable.

Luo Lilang has always been timid, Wu Henian is sleek, although the two of them were surprised, but because they were afraid of touching Deng She's moldy head, at most they were "secretly surprised", and they would not admonish them for this anyway.

Liu Shimin, who participated in Yidu politics, was different, his personality was more upright, and he made a list of admonitions at that time, saying: "Liang Shiyin only came to Yidu, and he didn't know much about the situation of our army and the entire situation facing our Haidong. The minister thought that he was not suitable to enter the General Administration. ”

Set up a clear banner to oppose Liang Shiyin's entry into the General Administration Department. However, although he was opposed, what Liu Shimin said was still tactful and polite. Also opposed is Fang Buzhen,—— he just came back from South Korea not long ago, compared to Liu Shimin, this person's temper is more upright, he never speaks with a twist, strides out of class, splits his head and covers his face, and the first sentence is: "The lord is stupid!" ”

After Deng She read out the appointment of Xu and Su to generals, he was drinking tea to moisten his throat while listening to Liu Shimin's advice with a smile.

He coughed incessantly and almost choked on the tea.

Fang Fuzhen had a dark face, but he didn't see it, and continued: "The General Administration Division is the first-class military aircraft important place in Haidong. In normal times, even Zhao Zuocheng, Luo Shenzheng and other adults have no right to interfere, how can Liang Shiyin be virtuous? How could a man who had just surrendered enter such a confidential yamen? ......, my lord, you have always been wise, but why are you so stupid today?! The minister was firmly opposed. ”

Although Lu Ju, Lu Li and others have also seen Zhang Shicheng, especially Lu Li, before he was released to Suzhou, he had held an official position in Songjiang Mansion, but the ministers around Zhang Shicheng either only knew how to pat horses, or they only knew how to sing praises and virtues, even if they had some advice, they were all tactful, how could they have thought that there was such a person as Fang Buzhen in this world? What a bold man, he dared to reprimand the Lord for being "stupid" to his face! For a while, everyone was shocked, and everyone was terrified.

Lu Li secretly thought, "Isn't this guy tired of being alive?" In front of a full house of civil and military, he dared to lose the face of King Yan like this! Straight reprimanded as 'stupid'? Not to mention that King Yan is young and vigorous, even if he is as tolerant as Zhang Taiwei, I am afraid that he will also change color. Even if you don't cut off your head on the spot, I'm afraid you won't have to eat a board! ”

"Taiwei Zhang" is Zhang Shicheng. The position of "Tai Lieutenant" was given to him by Meng Yuan.

But the result was completely unexpected.

Deng She barely stopped coughing, put down the tea bowl, and said with a pleasant face: "Shique,......。 ”

"'Shique' is the word of the minister, and if you talk in a private room, you can use it. And now, the minister is in the public court, talking about state affairs with the lord. Please call the official name of the minister, or call the minister by name. ”

"Ahem,......。 Fang Dushi, you haven't met Mr. Liang before, and you haven't talked to Mr. Liang. I don't think you know enough about Mr. Liang, so there is this misunderstanding. Mr. Leung is a man of great talent,......。 ”

"Even if there is a great talent, a new person has no merit and no qualifications, and the lord rashly puts him in an important position, the minister asks: How to serve the people?"

"Fang Du Shi ,......。"

Fang Buzhen interrupted Deng She for the second time and said loudly: "I can't convince the public, but I am in an important position." Lord, this is like handing over a sharp steel knife to a child, not only can it not hurt the enemy, but it is very likely to hurt himself! ……。 He repeated his opinion, "The minister is firmly against it!" ”

Even if Deng She is a mud bodhisattva, he has three points of fire, in front of the civil and military ministers, in front of Xu and Su generals, Fang Buzhen did not leave any affection, and repeatedly interrupted his words, and couldn't help but become angry. He lowered his face and said, "You are firmly against it? Is it that I can't do what you oppose? ”

The ministers in the hall changed color together.

"As the lord of Haidong, the lord sits on thousands of miles of land, and the slightest mistake will endanger tens of millions of people, and this is one of them. Why are the ministers willing to donate relatives, abandon the soil, and follow the lord among the arrows and stones, regardless of life and death? It is nothing more than because the lord is the Yao Shun of the world. However, if the lord makes a slight mistake, he will also put his vassals in danger, and this is the second thing. The stakes are so important, how can the lord be reckless? ......, therefore, it is not the lord who opposes the minister who cannot do it, but the wrong thing, the lord must not do it! ……，”

Fang Buzhen said very directly, if Deng She made a mistake, it would first endanger the people of Haidong, and secondly, it would endanger the civil and military forces of Haidong. Therefore, "the lord must not do what is wrong"!

However, then again, although his words were direct and not wrong at all, but when he said it so unabashedly, Deng She couldn't help but be annoyed. In particular, the sentence "Why are the ministers willing to donate relatives and abandon the soil" made Deng She very dissatisfied. This kind of relationship between the monarch and the minister, the monarch and the minister all know that it is the same thing; It's another thing to say it in front of the sovereign.

After hearing this, the ministers in the hall were even more shocked, and they all sweated for Fang Buzhen.

Deng She also knew that it would be unwise to continue talking about "the interests of the monarch and the minister", so he grabbed his last sentence instead, held the hilt of the saber, glared at him, and asked viciously: "According to what you say, what you oppose is wrong?" ......, you have to be right? Am I necessarily wrong? ”

The minister had no intention of doing so. But as far as this matter is concerned, the minister thinks that you are wrong. ......, if the lord plans to go his own way, the minister has no choice, but the lord is not afraid that the scholars and doctors will be desperate because of this, do you have the idea of returning? "Brought out the ministers, and threatened Dun She with the possibility that the ministers would leave because of this.

The two of them said one sentence after another,-for-tat, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger.

The hall was silent, and the ministers looked at each other in shock. Most of the courtiers had cold sweat on their foreheads and backs.

Wu Henian and Ha Guangxiu appeared almost at the same time.

One knelt down and bowed down, pleaded for Fang Buzhen, and said: "Fang Du has such a temperament, and he definitely doesn't mean to offend the lord. There are a lot of lords, so please don't meet him in general! ”

The other raised his eyebrows, crossed his waist with one hand, pointed to Fang Buzhen's nose with the other, and scolded sharply: "Who gave you dog guts?" Dare to talk to the lord like this! There is no king, no dignity. I don't know if I'm alive or dead! ”

Fang Buzhen disdainfully, stood upright, looked at He Guangxiu, and said contemptuously: "The court is deliberating, how can there be a place for you, a eunuch, to speak?" Are people who are neither men nor women embarrassed to talk to ministers of state about 'humility'? Stay for a while! Otherwise, wow, be careful I'm going to spray you! He caught Wu Henian's words again, and said loudly, "Of course, the minister has no intention of offending the lord. Those who are defended by the ministers, Liye! ”

"Are you defending reason? If you are reasonable, I will not be reasonable? ”

Deng She Huoran got up, waved his hand and wanted to call Shi Sanqian, who was standing in the hall, to come up, but when the words came to his mouth, he forcibly held back; Slowly sat down, barely suppressed his anger, and said: "He Guangxiu scolded you for not being a king, and not knowing how to be humble. Are you convicted? ......, I don't blame you, but can you change it? ”

"The heart of the minister is like a face. If the minister's face can be changed, the minister's heart can be changed. ”

Deng She was finally furious and reprimanded: "Get out!" In spite of his anger, he did not lose his mind, and only told him to get out, and did not call the guards to come up and arrest him.

"The round one can roll. The minister is a man and will not roll. ”

There was a "bang" in the group of ministers' shifts. Deng She turned his eyes to look, but Luo Lilang couldn't stand this tense atmosphere, his legs were weak, and he didn't stand up well, and fell to the ground. Noticing Deng She's gaze, Luo Lilang panicked, got up, knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The minister is guilty." ”

Deng She looked at each other angrily, looked at Luo Lilang who was kneeling on the ground and sweating profusely, and then looked at Fang Buzhen, who was holding his head high and not fearing at all, and suddenly his anger disappeared, and he laughed and said, "What are you guilty of Luo Langzhong?" "Those who should admit their mistakes refuse to admit their mistakes, but those who are right say that they are guilty. It's funny indeed.

"That's it! You square troll. ......, I heard that when you were in South Korea, Yao Haogu persuaded you to change your stinky temper. Haven't you always been the most obedient to Lao Yao and regarded him as a teacher? Why would you not listen to him on this one? You can disrespect me, but don't you even respect your teacher? ”

- "Fang Troll" is the nickname given by Ju Sheng to Fang Buzhen, because it is very appropriate, so everyone in Haidong high-level officials knows it. And Yao Haogu persuaded Fang to supplement the truth, not to mention that only the two of them were there at that time, only Deng She was far away in Yidu, but how did he know? Naturally, it all depends on the secret report of the General Political Department. It's just that this secret report is not from the Yidu General Political Division, but from the Haidong General Political Division.

"Lord Yao tasted the ministers and said that those who are ministers should 'follow the Tao and not follow the king'. If the minister refuses to change, he is the teacher. If it is changed, it will not be respected. ”

"From the Tao does not follow the king", from "Xunzi • Chendao Chapter". Confucius also said something similar: "Do things with the Tao, and do not stop."

Deng She sighed and said, "What a 'never obey the king'!" He stood up, took two steps in the hall, asked Lu Ju, Lu Li, Liang Shiyin, etc., and said, "What is the view of the monarchs?" "Ask Xu, what do you think of Fang Buzhen?

Liang Shiyin said: "Iron bones, straightforward admonitions, not afraid of the wok." This Tang Dynasty's Wei Zheng, the former Song Dynasty's Bao Gong. ”

Deng She said happily: "This is my Haidong's handsome man!" ......, come and reward. ”

The attendant came up with a silver platter, and as a reward, placed it in front of Fang Buzhen.

Fang Buzhen didn't want it, and was about to refuse sternly, Deng She said: "You take it first, and accept it first." ......, ouch, suddenly stomach ache. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of today's court meeting. Mr. Hong, you come with me. Frowning, he no longer cares about the ministers in the court, and goes to the back room.

Fang Buzhen couldn't stop it, chased two steps, was stopped by Shi Sanqian, helpless, and deliberately pulled Liu Shimin to wait in the hall to continue to admonish, but was dragged out by Wu Henian and other ministers, pushing and shoving out of the distance, Deng She could still hear him shouting in the back room: "The general political driver wants the yamen, how can Liang Shiyin's new person enter?" The minister is resolutely opposed! The minister is resolutely opposed! ”

……

"Mr. Hong, I know why Tang Taizong said viciously after retiring from the dynasty, 'I will have to kill this Tian Sheweng'!"

Hong Jixun smiled, shook the folding fan and said: "Moreover, even if you are vicious, you can only get over it after retreating from the court, and you can't be ruthless in the court." ......, lord, it's difficult to be a king, and it's even more difficult to be a king! ”

"Whoever knows me, sir."

Deng She escaped into the back room with a stomach pain, and the reason why he took Hong Jixun with him was because there was still something he didn't have time to say in the court.

Specifically, there should be two things. One was adapted to the surrender of Xu and Su Erzhou; It is also time to formally discuss the formation of a new army. Explain it separately, and order Hong Jixun to take charge of it, and the hospital will cooperate.

……

Since then, the names of Lu Ju, Lu Li, Liang Shiyin and others have quickly spread throughout Yidu and even Haidong officialdom.

A knowledgeable person commented: "Lu Ju is a high-ranking person to participate in politics, and Lu Li and Xiao Yuan are all courtyards. Zhang Guan and Liu Feng have the positions of 10,000 households and deputy 10,000 households, and they will be awarded in the near future. There is also Liang Shiyin, who was able to enter the General Political Department, although Liu Shimin and Fang Buzhen's bitter advice could not be stopped. This time, the lord is really generous! Up to the provinces, the courts, down to the army, military power, all of them are reused! and Liang Shiyin's entry into the General Administration Department is even more outlier. A group of generals jumped to a prominent position in less than two days. With these examples of them in front, aren't you afraid that the Huaisi cities will come enthusiastically and the Huaisi celebrities will come one after another? ”

For a time, the generals of Xu and Su suddenly became the upstarts of Yidu and Haidong officialdom, and they were hot.

……

Yidu pressed and didn't say, only Jinling.

After returning from the negative spring season, he was ashamed and ashamed, and asked for punishment.

Zhu Yuanzhang inquired in detail about the entire field battle in Shanzhou and the process of the Yan army's surprise attack on Xuzhou, and said with emotion: "I have long heard that Zhao Guomu is a general, and he is very young, only in his twenties. However, I didn't expect to be so resourceful! Alas, is it granted by heaven? "Instead of punishing Chang Yuchun, he was ordered to rest first. Immediately, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were summoned to discuss in the secret room.

"The Yan army took Xuzhou first, making our plan frustrated. Two gentlemen, what now? ”

"Xuzhou was robbed by the Yan army?" When Li Shanchang heard this, he frowned unconsciously.

Liu Ji laughed.

"What's so funny? Why is the gentleman laughing? ”

"Minister, Xiaoyan King."

"What's wrong with King Yan?"

"Calling himself a hero, calling himself a hero, but he made such a big mistake and did such a stupid thing!"

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Minister, please ask the lord, now that the Yuan has lost its deer, the sea is boiling, no matter the virtuous and the foolish, they have all risen up, from north to south, I don't know how many people are called lonely, and I don't know how many people are widowed, but among them, how many people can be called heroes?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Among the heroes in the world, now friendship is the most forgiving, and Shicheng is the richest. One of the two of them was originally a fisherman, and the other was originally a salt seller, and they could fight a piece of the country with their bare hands, and they could be called heroes. ”

Liu Ji shook his head and said: "Zhang Shicheng has rich and wealthy, no ambitions, this master of success, has no founding atmosphere, and is not a hero." Chen Youliang has great ambitions, but no strategy, and he is not a hero if he kills the lord and usurpers, and he is reckless. ”

"Chen Youding the world of agriculture, cloth clothes, arrows, bloody battles, according to the whole Fujian county, if you are not satisfied, you will be levied. Moreover, although his people live in a remote area, they are still worthy of Mengyuan. Should be called a hero. ”

Liu Ji sneered and said: "I don't know the general trend, and I am foolish and loyal to Mengyuan." This is not a hero, the mound is dry! It's all in one fell swoop. ”

"Ming Yuzhen has a different appearance, eight feet long, eyes with heavy pupils, this Xu Shouhui general, because he is not angry with friends to forgive the king, aroused by righteous indignation, so he set up his own Shuzhong. The Shu people are brutal by Li Xixi, and they are all the same. He practiced frugality, promoted culture and education, repelled heresy, prohibited plunder, and collected thin taxes. You can be called a hero! ”

Liu Ji said disapprenously: "Ming Yuzhen likes to use it for himself, ignorant of the distance, although a series of measures make the Shu people rely on rough security, but it also makes the private house twice as much as the public office, resulting in the emptiness of the warehouse, so that it cannot expand its borders." It's hard to be called a hero! ”

"Fang Guozhen doesn't know books, the world takes the floating sea as his business, his body is white and black, he is quite brave, he runs on a horse, he has a great husband, and he has no old grudges. coincided with the Yuan Chaos, climbed high and rose, responded to a hundred calls, the shadow was like a cloud, guarding the three counties, and traveling on the sea, which was not a momentary hero!? ”

Liu Ji was stunned and sneered and said: "The Guozhen brothers don't know how to read, and the people who support their advisers are Liu Renben, Zhang Benren, Zheng Yongsi, and Yongjia Qiu Nan. In addition to Qiu Nan, who is more honest and cautious, Yu Jie is employed by the state and county officials, who are corrupt and bribed, and have no deep foresight. ......, nepotism and lack of knowledge. This kind of person is difficult to call even a hero, how can he be called a hero! ”

"So, from a gentleman's point of view, who can be the hero today?"

"The people the lord said are all in Jiangnan. The minister thinks that if he can be called a hero today, the lord is with

That's it! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Me and Chahan? ”

"Exactly!"

"King Yan is a young man, this Yellow River giant, with 800 people to join the army, and now to thousands of miles wide, destroy Guan Duo, kill Pan Cheng, capture the king of Li, force Naha out, Dingliao, the whole territory of the sea; Immediately crossed the Hanhai Sea and entered Yidu in the south, Wang Shicheng's army was defeated in Qingzhou, Tian Feng became a ghost under the knife, and he was majestic for a while, and Mo Yingqi was sharp! In the battle of Yidu a year ago, Chahan returned with a feather; Not long ago, in the fierce battle of Jining, Wang Baobao was defeated and left. Cross-state territory, with a million, the north is strong, Mo Zhi dares to resist. ......, could it be said that in the eyes of Mr., even he cannot be called a hero? ”

Liu Ji did not answer this question, but asked rhetorically: "The minister said that Chahan is a hero, and the lord does not object. In other words, the lord also thinks that Chahan is a hero? ”

"Richard Han is the hero of the world, no one can stand out!"

Therefore, the minister thinks that King Yan is not a hero. Far from being a hero, he is short-sighted. ”

"Why?"

"His current mortal enemy is Richardan, who was almost beaten by Tsakhan in the Battle of Yidu last year and fled; This year's battle of Jining, but with a slight upper hand, I don't think about how to expand the results, how to make persistent efforts, and how to completely defeat Chahan; But instead, they divided their troops and went south to rush into Huaisi! ......, originally, Zhang Shicheng had a good relationship with him, and after the Yidu War, didn't he once lend him hundreds of thousands of stones of grain? Now it's good that he hasn't gotten rid of the evil tiger, and he took the initiative to provoke Zhexi. Isn't that stupid? It's just a sight to behold! It is self-destructive, self-destruction of the Great Wall, and self-defeat! ”

"Is it that serious?"

"Not only that. I don't know if the lord remembers that a while ago, the Anfeng court gave a holy decree to King Yan, ordering him to take Xuzhou. ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that An Feng had also given him this order, nodded and said, "I remember." At that time, King Yan refused on an excuse. But now that he has laid down Xuzhou, isn't it just the right time to ask An Feng for merit and reward? It should be a good thing for him. Why does it seem like a bad thing to hear from the gentleman? ”

"Isn't that a bad thing? If he only defeated Xuzhou, it would be fine, didn't the military report that came this morning say that he was plotting against Caozhou again? Caozhou is only more than 300 miles away from Bianliang. If he can't beat Caozhou, he will give up; Once Caozhou is taken by him, An Feng will have a holy decree to urge him to go south to take Bian! ”

"......, it's not a big deal, at most perfunctory, and then shirk."

"Yes, he can continue to postpone the decree. But what if Chahan took advantage of the lost opportunity in Xuzhou to join forces with Zhang Shicheng? One from west to east, the other from north to south, two fronts launched at the same time, with King Yan's long-term battle and fatigue, can he withstand it? At the same time, there are holy decrees that come down one after another, disturbing its intentions. ......, the minister dared to assert, please try it out, King Yan will be destroyed in the Ming Dynasty! And even if it is not destroyed, it will definitely suffer a big defeat. At that time, the lord can gallop to the north in the name of help, send a military horse to the north, fish in troubled waters, take chestnuts in the fire, and dare to assert that Xuzhou City must still be the lord's! And not only that, but there may be even greater benefits. ”

"According to what Mr. said so, King Yan is just temporarily keeping Xuzhou for me?"

"Exactly!"

"Haha." Zhu Yuanzhang was noncommittal, laughed for a while, and asked Li Shanchang, "What do you think?" ”

Mr. Liu's words seem to have a point. But the young hero of King Yan is afraid that he will not be defeated so easily. The minister thought that since he dared to take Xuzhou, he would have a back hand, which was enough to deal with Shicheng. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, stopped talking about this topic, picked up the old words again, and said: "Xuzhou has been obtained by King Yan, so I won't talk about it in the future." For now, in the opinion of the two of you, how should I Jinling respond? "No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, so let's talk about the present. This is very typical of pragmatism.

Liu Ji said: "Those who take the world must have a certain scale. First of all, because Chahan has strong soldiers and friendship and forgiveness, so the lord of the north is absolutely Chahan, and the west is forgiven, and there is no time to look east. From the minister's point of view, now it is just taking advantage of this opportunity, taking advantage of Chahan's all-out efforts to deal with King Yan and taking advantage of the friendship to have the defeat of Longwan, and marching eastward in a big way, and taking Shicheng in one fell swoop! As the Lord said, and today's princes, Shicheng is the richest. If you can take this opportunity to take western Zhejiang, then the lord will use the money and grain of western Zhejiang to feed Huaisi's strong pawns, and pacify Jiangnan is just around the corner! ”

"But didn't Mr. just say that Chahan will join forces with Shicheng to take King Yan together? If we suddenly attack Shicheng at this time, wouldn't it be to relieve the siege for King Yan? ”