Chapter 67: Recall

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely reluctant to listen to Li Wenzhong's words.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Li Wenzhong is stupid to read.

Among the founding generals, that is, Li Wenzhong has read the most and has the most extensive knowledge. It can be called an indispensable volume, and he is known as a Confucian general. Able to be literate and martial. So much so that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Wenzhong to be promoted to the post of the country's eunuch, because he valued Li Wenzhong, after all, Li Wenzhong was also a cultural person among the founding generals.

It's just that Li Wenzhong reads a lot. After reading a belly of benevolence, righteousness and morality, I always felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was too harsh on the upper and lower levels, and repeatedly persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang to be lenient.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, such words are extremely unpleasant.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be ungenerous? It is these people who have violated his law, taking Yulu as an example, it shows that the generation of Yulu is low, but in fact, the Yulu in the Hongwu period was enough for a hundred officials to live, of course, just life. More and more, there will be no more. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to have it either.

In fact, many people didn't notice that everyone was complaining about the low income in the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't find that the low income system created by Zhu Yuanzhang has been continued. Until that's it. In fact, the salaries of civil servants are not high now. It is in the same vein as Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of formulating Yulu.

Someone may have said that now officials have a lot of invisible resources. It's true that the officials of the Ming Dynasty had no privileges.

If you say, Zhu Yuanzhang was instinctively slamming the door and the old farmer's nature before. But now it has a theoretical level. In his opinion, the people at the upper level, that is, those who should be lenient as Li Wenzhong said, should be lenient. It is not lenient to the people at the bottom.

Now the reason why the Ming Dynasty has been able to accomplish so many major things is that the court is still safe. Nothing happened. Either during the Yongle period, the Northern Expedition caused the Tang Sai'er Uprising in Shandong, or because Zhu Yuanzhang limited the greed of the upper elites as much as possible. Find a way to collect money and grain directly from the people. The taxes and servitude paid by the people were the same. But most of them are used for business.

But if he is lenient to these magnates and doctors. The taxes paid by the people and whatever. It is estimated that a considerable part will be taken by these people. If you do the same thing again, you might get into a lot of trouble in the world.

It's just that Li Wenzhong is already like this.

He couldn't say anything. It can only divert the topic.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang defined what Li Wenzhong said as cranky. But Li Wenzhong still wanted to say something.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to hear it anymore. He pressed Li Wenzhong on the corner of the quilt and said, "You have a good rest, and when you are well, I will come to see you again." ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he got up and left.

Li Wenzhong could only cough heavily, wanting to say something. But he didn't say it.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Li Wenzhong would not dare to say it. At this moment, Li Wenzhong no longer has much hope for his illness. That's when the words from the bottom of my heart came out. He definitely said it from the heart. It's a pity that he and Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas are not right.

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Zhu Yuanzhang stood in the courtyard of Cao Guogong's mansion and sighed softly.

Li Wenzhong's relationship with him is different in the end, and it can be said that there are few relatives who followed him to the end. Li Wenzhong's loyalty to him is beyond doubt. But Li Wenzhong's attitude made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a sense of loneliness in his heart.

I suddenly remembered He Xi. Perhaps only He Xi can resonate with him in some thoughts.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree with Li Wenzhong's idea. attaches great importance to Li Wenzhong's body.

Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Dai Yuanli, who was treating Li Wenzhong, and said, "How is Cao Guogong's illness?" ”

Dai Yuanli said: "Your Majesty, Cao Guogong's illness is not a disease. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Oh? What is that? ”

Dai Yuanli said: "It's an injury." It's an old wound. Cao Guogong survived a hundred battles in his early years, and there were more than 100 large and small wounds on his body. And there were too many overdrafts in the early years. Deficiency of qi and blood. It will also be raised for a while over the years. It's a recovery. It's just that at this point, I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Li Wenzhong is different from Queen Ma. Queen Ma is a woman in the end, and it is not his turn to go into battle to fight. But Li Wenzhong is different. Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng have been led by Mu Ying. are all Zhu Yuanzhang's most trusted team.

Since the beginning of the army, he has also been a person who has worked hard for Zhu Yuanzhang. Guy and they are too close to Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Yuanzhang falls, it will be difficult for each of them to survive.

Li Wenzhong was only in his thirties before he became the coach of the party. Of course, there is Zhu Yuanzhang's support, but there is also Li Wenzhong's hard work. This kind of desperate fight is not just a fight on the battlefield. It is also to climb the ice and lie in the snow, and take the lead. When you are young, you are so strong, and when you are old, you will suffer more.

Li Wenzhong's body was not completely injured when he was young for many years, and after becoming an old disease, his brain broke out. Dai Yuanli was also helpless. Just one disease, Dai Yuanli can still handle it. But these various situations are tangled and intertwined, and there is no way to start.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Is there really no way? ”

Dai Yuanli said; "What the minister can do is to try to maintain Cao Guogong's life, and drag it out for a day. As for the rest, it's hard to say. However, Dai Yuanli seemed to remember something and said, "Maybe there is a person who has a way." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Who? ”

Dai Yuanli said: "He Yuma, the old man has practiced medicine all his life, but he is the only one who can't see through the old man, and the disease that the old man can't cure, and the world's famous doctors are here, and there is no way." It's that there is no way for He Concubine, but the old decay is not sure. ”

It's the truth.

In Dai Yuanli's view, He Xi is simply a mystery.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that He Xi probably had no choice.

All of He Xi's medical skills are actually just those axes. After all, He Xi didn't study medicine either. Now even if he is studying medicine. Without the support of the so-called equipment of later generations, what can be done is also quite limited.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang came up with the idea of summoning He Xi back.

First, the affairs of the southeast maritime have been almost done in the past few months. He Xi is useless in Liaodong, don't avoid the limelight. On the contrary, the overall grasp of maritime affairs is indispensable.

Second, Zhu Yuanzhang still had the idea of what to do about Li Wenzhong's condition.

He felt that there was no way for He Xi, so if there was a way to save Li Wenzhong's life? After all, although Zhu Yuanzhang has read a lot of things, he has read a lot of books. But his understanding of the future is still quite one-sided. He wasn't sure if He Xi really had no choice.

Thirdly, Liaodong affairs, as well as Northern Expedition and other affairs, he also wanted to hear He Xi's thoughts.

In short, Zhu Yuanzhang is a little unaccustomed to the days without He Xi by his side.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Xu Zheng." ”

Xu Zheng immediately came over from behind and said, "The slave is here." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Pass on my message and order He Xi to return to Beijing immediately." ”

Xu Zheng said: "The slave understands. ”

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Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree, He Xi naturally did not dare to disobey.

It's just that when He Xi came back from Liaodong, it was already the days when the north wind was howling and the leaves were falling.

He Xi still came back by sea. After all, after the north wind rose, it was only a dozen days before the ship returned to Liujiagang from Lushun, and after He Xi arrived at Liujiagang, he did not go back to Nanjing directly, and he had to do another thing. That is to sell the big log that he dragged over.

There are more than 100 large trees, and the smallest one is hugging each other. No matter how small a tree is, He Xi has no interest in having people cut it down at all. Can't sell for a price.

Yao Guangxiao ran around and found several timber merchants.

These timber dealers are fighting over these big logs. Say what. This is salt-soaked wood. That is, the wood that runs through the sea. The quality is not good.

This is not wrong, whether it is going straight down the river, intercepting at the mouth of the sea, or quite a lot of wood, it is made into a wooden raft and fixed at the back of the boat, and is dragged to the south of the Yangtze River by the boat. It's easy to save tonnage and save tonnage.

After all, such a large tree weighs at least a few tons. The load of the Ming ship is not much, and it is very troublesome to move it up and down. It's better to drag it directly in the water. As long as you don't encounter a big storm and tie a few more ropes, there will be no problems.

Of course, this wood becomes salt-soaked wood.