Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 545 Strong character
Not to mention just an ordinary wanderer in the market, how many of those so-called scholars who have read the books of sages have such a realization?

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood why his brother wanted to invite these people in person.

Even if he were the emperor, if he knew that these people could do this, he would definitely invite them to come out personally regardless of his status.

For a civil servant, ability is certainly very important, but character is equally important.

After all, sometimes mediocre abilities will not bring disastrous consequences.

But for those officials with more selfish motives, this may turn what has always been a very good government order into one that harms the people.

And only he, Lao Zhu, will take the blame for this.

But even if the ability is not good, as long as you can strictly follow Lao Zhu's orders, you will not harm ordinary people after all.

Moreover, many things Zhu Han has done have been proven.

Those officials who crossed the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops and passed the imperial examination were selected.

In fact, they may not be much better than ordinary people.

The reason why they can read and write is that they are knowledgeable.

It's not entirely because of how talented they are.

The more reason is just because they have the opportunity to read and write.

If ordinary people in the world could read and write, there would definitely be many more bodies to choose from than traditional scholars.

For example, in the eyes of many people, the Gao Fei in front of him is simply a rogue who does not do his job properly.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang would not think highly of him without understanding his true temperament and character.

After all, even when he was in despair, when he joined the rebel army, there was definitely no one of Gao Fei's level among his old brothers.

But this in-depth understanding gave Zhu Yuanzhang a completely new understanding of people like Gao Fei.

With Gao Fei's dedicated approach to doing things and his attitude of keeping the people at heart in everything.

As long as this guy won't be corrupted by power in the future, he really has the qualifications to become a famous minister.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still sighed secretly in his heart. Many people who were upright and upright when they were poor will basically be corrupted by power after gaining power.

Although Gao Fei is now an official, he does not have much power after all.

No one can tell what will happen in the future.

At least among the people Zhu Yuanzhang has met, there are only a handful of people who can still stick to their duties even after being in high and powerful positions.

"Old Chang, what are you thinking about?" Gao Fei's words interrupted Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

Lao Zhu was not angry, gave Gao Fei a roll of his eyes, and scolded with a smile: "I sent you food, but it was wrong."

Gao Fei was stunned when he heard this, with a damn expression on his face: "Old Chang, I see you are also a scholar, how can you still say such vulgar language?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he laughed: "How come you can say it, but we can't say it?"

"Yes, yes, you can say whatever you want."

"Ah, it's just that you see I'm still busy. I've finished the meal, so you should go back and rest first."

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Zhu Yuanzhang replied firmly.

Gao Fei said angrily, "I care about whether you are tired or not. Go back and settle the accounts with me. If you don't clear up the accounts, I will have to be punished next time. Do you know?"

"Please rest assured, sir." Zhu Yuanzhang said with great disdain: "We have already finished handling those accounts. Compared with when we were doing business before, the accounts we did were simply child's play and easy to handle."

Gao Fei blinked, with a look of disbelief on his face: "It's really over."

He nodded calmly: "Of course it's over, it's only a matter of a few thousand taels of silver."

"Tch!" Gao Fei did not believe Zhu Yuanzhang's statement at all.

He hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders sincerely and said: "Old Chang, I know that you business people always like to boast."

"But now it's different from when you were doing business. The origin and whereabouts of every sum of money we make must be clearly accounted for, and there must be no deviation at all."

"I'm not kidding you." As he spoke, Gao Fei's expression suddenly became extremely serious: "If it's just something wrong, it's nothing. If it affects the people, we will be sinners through the ages. ”

This is the first time Lao Zhu has seen such a serious side of Gao Fei.

I originally thought that this guy was a person with an out-of-touch personality, but I didn't expect that he was quite calm when he was doing business.

"Sir, please rest assured. We have settled accounts all our lives and have never made any mistakes." Zhu Yuanzhang was not fooling Gao Fei.

Whether it was joining the rebel army or leading troops to fight.

After the beginning, he established a country and proclaimed himself emperor, and governed the world.

Nothing is possible without calculation.

Zhu Han also gave him a lot of help in this regard.

Lao Zhu asked himself, in terms of settling accounts, he was definitely not weaker than all the accounting houses in the Ming Dynasty.

"Really?" Gao Fei stared at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked Chen Sheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care at all. Gao Fei's momentum was just a little too far behind.

It was as if a kitten was baring its teeth and threatening an adult.

Not only is it not intimidating, it's also a bit cute.

"Please rest assured, sir, no matter what, we would never dare to joke about this kind of thing."

As Zhu Yuanzhang said extremely seriously, Gao Fei breathed a sigh of relief, laughed loudly and patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder: "I knew I was right. Old Chang, you are also a master of hiding things."

"I'll feel at ease now that you're here. I'll leave all the accounts in the yamen to you."

Lao Zhu stayed at the checkpoint for more than an hour.

I was very interested in watching it at first, but gradually it became boring.

According to Zhu Han, what Gao Fei did and said was just a routine.

Basically, what you say is slightly different every time, but other than that, there is basically no difference.

But for these ordinary people, this routine is enough.

Although Gao Fei acted a bit strong, he seemed a bit inhumane.

But he did give these people great hope.

At least, the hot meat porridge was distributed one by one, which allowed these people who had been hungry for a long time to have some food in their stomachs.

Of course, the food distributed here is not particularly large.

Many people have criticized this.

"Sir, can you give us one more bite to eat? We have been hungry for several days."

"Yes, adults, please give us one more bite. We don't have much, but the kids really don't have enough."

In response to the prayers of the victims, Gao Fei still followed his previous approach, whipped him mercilessly, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? You guys want to rebel again." "You can eat as much as I give you. , this is all the grace of the imperial court, and you are still not satisfied."

"What's going on? Do you still want me to cook porridge for you in person?"

Facing the angry Gao Fei, you have to endure it no matter how wronged you are.

I can only lower my head and endure my hunger silently.

Lao Zhu was not very angry about Gao Fei's behavior.

After all, he has not experienced too many situations like this as he has led troops in wars for a long time.

Lao Zhu understood, why didn't Gao Fei give these people too much porridge?

People who are extremely hungry have extremely weak stomachs.

If you let them eat too much at this time, it will increase the burden on their gastrointestinal tract.

If you have too much of this stuff, you won't be able to digest it, and you're more likely to starve yourself to death because of it.

Zhu Zhuhan actually told Zhu Yuanzhang about the specific reasons here.

It's just that there are some deeper truths that Lao Zhu really can't understand. Anyway, he knows that when people are hungry, it's enough not to eat too much.

Naturally, it is impossible for Gao Fei, a ranger, to know about this kind of thing.

Naturally, it was Zhu Han's idea.

After finally sending away another batch of victims, Gao Fei took the opportunity to rest and drink water.

Lao Zhu pretended to gloat: "Sir, you did this for the good of those people. But those people may not appreciate your kindness, but I heard many people secretly scolding you."

Gao Fei sighed dejectedly: "Just curse a few times. This is for their own good. If they are allowed to eat and drink as they please, I'm afraid many of them won't be able to survive tonight."

"A real man should do things with a clear conscience. As for what others say, let them have their say."

Even though he said this, Dean Zhu could still feel the depression in Gao Fei's heart.

After all, as a ranger with a good reputation, it is obvious that Gao Fei cares about his reputation.

But in order to save people, he had to put his own reputation aside.

Lao Zhu couldn't help but sigh again in his heart: "If this kid Qiwu really wants to rebel, there are not many people in the world who can stop him."

Few people know better than Zhu Yuanzhang how capable his younger brother is.

He always felt that without Zhu Han's help, he would never have been able to survive all the way and establish Zhu Mingxia.

"I said, Lao Chang, you don't even know what time it is. You have old arms and legs. What if you get infected with the cold again? Go back quickly." Seeing that it was getting late, Gao Fei urged Zhu Yuanzhang Go back first.

"Okay, since the adults care about us so much, let's go first."

"I'm afraid that after you catch the cold, no one will settle the score, so you should do whatever you need to do quickly."

"We can finally see that you are definitely heartless." Zhu Yuanzhang cursed with a smile, turned around and left the level.

Of course, the main reason is that he has figured out the doorway here and there is no need to stay here any longer.

Compared with doing things, he can't compare with these young and strong young men.

If only those government officials and the like were responsible for handling the affairs of the victims here.

Zhu Yuanzhang must be worried, but with Gao Fei here, these people must not dare to be lazy.

Less than an hour after returning to the Yamen, Zhu Yuanzhang heard Gaofei's shouts outside the Yamen.

"Old Chang! I'm back, why don't you come out to greet you quickly? How did you become a cashier?"

Listening to his arrogant words, people who don't know better would think that he is usually so domineering.

Zhu Yuanzhang indeed smiled and shook his head: "Even if this guy becomes an official, he can't change his attitude towards doing things."

He said that he would be greeted, but Gao Fei didn't really let Zhu Yuanzhang go out to greet him, and just opened the door and walked in.

After coming in, he shook his head and looked distressed.

"Oh, I'm not saying that you, Lao Chang, don't even have this kind of discernment. I don't think your business is doing well."

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed the door open and went out, only to see Gao Fei walk in shaking his head, carrying a wine bottle in one hand and a pheasant in the other.

This thing is usually considered a rare thing, but due to the drought in Datong, most of the edible things have been eaten, and it is not easy to hunt live pheasants.

Zhu Yuanzhang did frown slightly, precisely because it was not easy to get food.

It is somewhat intriguing that Gao Fei can carry a pheasant home at this time.

Could this guy have done something he shouldn't have done?
Gao Fei didn't notice Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and shook the pheasant in his hand triumphantly: "You're lucky, I helped the common people shoot a pheasant today, and sent it here specially to thank me. of."

"Originally I didn't want to accept it, but thinking that you are a very old boy and it is not easy to travel all the way to Datongfu, I reluctantly lost weight to replenish your body."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether to be angry or laugh for a moment.

What makes me angry is that this guy speaks in an ugly way. What does it mean to be a lot older?
Our old Zhu is obviously still young, okay?

What's funny is that Gao Fei can still miss his ordinary tent, which shows that his mentality has not changed because he became an official.

Of course, Lao Zhu feels that the biggest reason is because Gao Fei's current position is low and he has never really enjoyed the taste of power.

If I get promoted to a higher position in the future, I'm afraid I won't be able to maintain my current mentality.

"I appreciate your kindness, sir. Thank you for your reward." Lao Zhu said, taking the pheasant from Gao Fei's hand as a matter of course.

Then he ignored Gao Fei and went straight back to his room.

Bang!

It wasn't until the sound of the door closing that Gao Fei realized what was happening.

I was shocked immediately.

"Fuck!" What just happened?
If he understood correctly, was he robbed?

Gao Fei obviously meant that everyone should eat this pheasant together.

Why did Lao Chang say this, and he turned into a pheasant that he used to express condolences to Lao Chang.

Obviously they said the same thing, but now the meaning is completely different.

From eating together, everyone often eats alone.

How can this be tolerated?

He usually deals with others in this way, when will it be someone else's turn to deal with him in this way?

At that moment, Gao Fei didn't care about his face anymore and rushed directly to the door of Zhu Yuanzhang's residence.

Bang bang bang bang started banging on the door!
"Old Chang, come out here. If you have the ability to snatch the pheasant, come out if you have the ability!"

(End of this chapter)