"The emperor wants Uncle Guo, you will enter the palace immediately!"

This eunuch said.

After Zhang Gui heard this, he immediately entered the palace.

As soon as Zhang Gui saw the apocalypse, the apocalypse said to him: "Yang Sichang's urgent delivery has arrived, he said that this defeat was caused by Li Fuming's embezzlement of military funds, and Li Fuming now directly defected to the southern puppet dynasty, and he alone packed up the remnants of the army and defended Nanyang." In this way, it is not good for me to take him into Beijing immediately, otherwise I will leave the remaining officers and soldiers who are already frightened by the bow without a leader. ”

Zhang Gui nodded when he heard Tianqi say this: "Your Majesty, did Yang Sichang say how the rebels succeeded in attacking the camp?" ”

"It is said that the Blue Dragon and White Tiger Formation are placed, and there is also the Yin and Yang Gate Formation."

After the apocalypse spoke, he explained the details of the so-called formation according to the content of the urgent delivery.

After Zhang Gui listened, he was quite surprised.

He didn't expect the rebels to defeat the officers and soldiers in such a superstitious way.

Of course, Zhang Gui can understand this.

He knew that the people of this era generally had a reverence for ghosts and gods, and they also believed in a lot of evil arts, and thought that they were invulnerable to what they drank.

After all, in this era, most of the people's wisdom has not been opened.

At this time, Tianqi said: "Now my Ming soldiers and horses are mainly overseas to open up territory, or garrison border towns, and it will naturally take a lot of time to transfer troops and horses to the south again. However, now, the rebel army won the first battle, presumably its morale is flourishing, if we do not send troops to suppress its morale as soon as possible, I am afraid that more local heroes and powerful people will take the opportunity to join the puppet dynasty, so that the time to quell the civil strife in the future will be prolonged. ”

"In the opinion of the minister, Your Majesty does not need to transfer the official army, just let the minister go to supervise Henan, and the rebels can be pacified and defeated!"

Zhang Gui said.

Tianqi looked at Zhang Gui and asked, "Yes, aren't you afraid of that Blue Dragon White Tiger Formation and Yin Yang Gate Formation?" ”

Zhang Guidao: "It's just bluffing, if such a formation can really defeat the enemy, why did the arranger start an incident at this time?" ”

After hearing this, Tianqi suddenly realized: "Reasonable! ”

"Your Majesty, the courtiers are worried that the ministers will be all over the army because of the fact that the people recommended by the ministers can make meritorious contributions every time. Even so, the minister did not have to recommend anyone, he simply went to Henan alone, and only gave orders for the governor of Henan to organize the local township soldiers and people to fight against the rebels. In this way, the minister will not recommend to His Majesty another official who can fight well, and arouse suspicion! ”

Zhang Gui replied.

"Relatives have the wisdom to know people, but they are not tolerated by Wenchen, I feel angry when I think about it, these Wenchen themselves are not angry, but they don't want others to be too angry!"

Apocalypse said: "Then why don't I go with you, I will go with you alone, and if I lose, I will bear the burden, and the credit for winning will be yours." ”

Zhang Gui smiled: "It's okay!" ”

"I have never suspected you, and I have always believed you, because I know, not to mention Liu Hongxun, even Yuan Keli and Chen Zizhuang, these people will not really follow you with all their hearts. The scholars of the world, you can share the wealth and wealth with your Uncle Zhang, but when you really need to share hardships, they don't necessarily have to fight for your Uncle Zhang. ”

Apocalypse said.

Zhang Gui nodded: "It is precisely because Your Majesty understands that the minister dares to rest assured to be a relative who works for the country." In fact, even Yu Shaobao and Zhang Jiangling, who belong to scholars and doctors, when they lose power, there are not many scholars who have to plead for them. Since the Song Dynasty, if the dynasty wants to change its surname and change its name, it can only be an external invasion and a rebellion of the internal people, and there is no soil for wanting to gain enough power from within and then seize the throne. Han Yan's stomach used to have a lot of power, but he didn't dare to think about taking the monarch's power for himself, because his power originally came from the monarch's power, and people were only responsible for the source of his power. ”

"A good man is only responsible for the source of his power!"

Tianqi only felt that Zhang Gui seemed to have spoken his heartfelt words, nodded frequently, and said: "The source of my power lies in the fact that the people of the world still recognize this emperor. Therefore, I am not afraid that you will not recognize me, but I am afraid that the people of the world will not recognize me. ”

Then, the apocalypse said: "Therefore, I am not actually worried about my relatives becoming bigger, but more worried about your future. ”

"What if you are still here, even after your nephew? Have you ever wondered? I've always wanted to ask you that. ”

"In fact, why don't other relatives dare to mess with civil officials?"

"They're not stupid! Most of them also know this, so they don't dare to do things for the country, because they are afraid of offending the world's powerful bureaucrats and end up in a catastrophe. ”

"Your Majesty! In fact, the minister also wants to be a relative who enjoys honor in peace, but the reality is that at the beginning of His Majesty's accession to the throne, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to allow a relative who guesses the future to enjoy himself with peace of mind. ”

"As for the minister's back road, the minister has actually thought about it, this world is not only Kyushu is suitable for survival, but the scenery is beautiful. At that time, the minister asked himself to seal the territory thousands of miles away. Let someone else do what is going on internally. ”

"Now it's just that the Ming Dynasty has just entered Zhongxing, and it is not enough to establish a global order, and the minister is not suitable to go out, after all, at this time, if the minister goes out, I am afraid that he will not only be bullied by foreign countries, but also by his own people!"

Zhang Gui replied.

"I can promise you first."

After a while, Apocalypse said with a smile.

Then, Tianqi said with a solemn expression: "The struggle between the DPRK and China is indeed cruel, even the Son of Heaven will fall into the water, or be killed in other ways!" Not to mention the others. It's good to be far away from the temple. I don't even want to be a son of heaven, so doing carpentry with peace of mind and developing some useful equipment is more interesting than guessing people's hearts! ”

Then, Tianqi asked Zhang Gui again: "However, is there a way to avoid such cruelty?" It's not like now, everyone is talking about benevolence and righteousness, but everyone is hypocritical. But it can really be that everyone can talk about benevolence, righteousness and rules, and I can not be afraid of death and don't care about fame; But I don't want the prince to be killed in the future for wanting to make a difference, or even end up infamous for eternity. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean, isn't it, can I make the internal struggle of my Han family less intense, and the Han people don't have to get along with the cruel model of those who follow me and those who oppose me die, and even the change of dynasty does not need to have a great famine first, directly starve tens of thousands of people to death, or even slaughter the city and destroy Guo in order to rebuild peace?"

Zhang Gui asked.

Apocalypse nodded: "That's what I mean!" In fact, why do I really want to be a tyrant, and I really want to care about my personal pleasure? What is asked is nothing more than to make everyone really abide by the rules. ”

"The Sword Comes"

Zhang Guidao: "Actually, we are working hard in this direction now!" ”

"Your Majesty wants the Han people not to fall into each other's favor, and not everyone is for himself, so you can only let the Han people not regard the Han people themselves as cattle and horses."

"Because, if a person wants to be a rich man, someone must live like a cow and a horse!"

"Knowing etiquette and knowing etiquette, knowing honor and disgrace when food and clothing are sufficient. If the Ming Dynasty really established an order, and the Han people in the world could get a rich and noble life by herding the world, then the Han people would no longer fight each other, and they would also talk about their compatriots. Because this is equivalent to the Han people in the world, everyone is a scholar, and everyone is a scholar, and naturally everyone will pay attention to benevolence and courtesy. ”

"You're right!"

Apocalypse nodded.

Zhang Gui's meaning is actually that as long as the cake within the Han people has been getting bigger, it will not be so rolled, and there will be no cruel struggle.

Apocalypse naturally understood, and asked, "But, do you think we can succeed?" ”

Zhang Guiyan said: "In the opinion of the minister, whether it can succeed or not depends on whether the steam engine can be built!" It is very likely that the power of machines will replace human and animal power, and it will be more efficient. If this machine is made by my Ming Dynasty, then naturally my Han people will rule the world in the future, then everyone will be made by the right and wrong of my Han people, if it is created by Xiyi first, it will naturally be Xiyi people who will rule the world in the future, and everyone will be ruled by the right and wrong of Xiyi people. ”

"Reasonable!"

Apocalypse is a smart man, and he quickly understood, so he immediately got up and said, "I went to my workshop, so I won't leave you to eat!" ”

"Yes!"