First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Feng Guoyong let out a low cry, and couldn't help showing a look of horror.

What a great young man!

It's so accurate to grasp people's hearts.

For Feng Guoyong, it was like a slap in the face, hitting accurately and ruthlessly.

The Feng family brothers are a bit like Guo Zixing, they belong to local tyrants, and they have some strength... Taking advantage of the troubled times, they spend money, recruit soldiers and horses, and prepare to do something.

But thinking about it carefully, if he can do this, the prefect of Chuzhou can also open a warehouse to release food, recruit young and strong, and defend the city together.Then it can also be said that the red scarves outside are all red noses and green eyes, eating human flesh and drinking human blood every day, let them kill them, and the big guys are finished.

The rhetoric is the same, there is no need to change it.

Yes, why do you want to follow your Feng brothers?

It doesn't make sense!

"Boss Feng, my lord and I have discussed many times, and gradually summed up a set of strategies. We promote the granting of land... Those officials who have colluded with the Yuan court are powerful, and those who have done evil in the past will be severely punished. This is to avenge the common people. , to resolve the grievances in the stomach of the big guys. Then we will carry out the division of land, door to door, according to a reasonable proportion, re-divide the fields, give the big guys the hope of living, let the people see real benefits, and fill the big guys. abdomen."

"After doing these two things, we will recruit troops to strengthen the army, and then go to teach the people, overthrow the Yuan court, and make a clear truth. The big guys will naturally accept it, and the soldiers will go forward bravely without any hesitation!"

Feng Guoyong finally woke up like a dream, he realized everything, he turned his head to look at his second brother, and couldn't help laughing at himself: "It's ridiculous that we brothers are also uniting with those people to attack Chuzhou, but they don't know how they can win!"

Feng Guosheng nodded vigorously, "Brother, I'm convinced, I will hand over our family's land later and divide it up... Our brothers and hundreds of other people will follow General Zhu!"

Feng Guoyong thought so deeply, he suddenly got up and fell to his knees.

"Meet the superior!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "As long as you agree with our strategy, you are a family, brothers and sisters!"

Feng Guoyong was greatly moved, he paused, and then said: "My lord, I want to attack Chuzhou, but I actually want to take the opportunity to cross the river and capture Jiqing."

"Jiqing?"

"Yes! Jiqing is the original Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, a place where tigers and dragons dominate, and it is a place where great achievements can be made! Non-great heroes can't do it. Our brothers are willing to be the pawns of the superior horse, assist the superior, attack Jiqing, and sweep the southeast. Dominate the world!"

After finishing speaking, the brothers of the Feng family bowed down together, and Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned immediately...

Chapter 64 A Good Show

After accepting the Feng family brothers, Zhu Yuanzhang did not immediately appoint an official position, but let them observe with the army...that is, let them look at them casually, if they agree with Zhu Yuanzhang, they will follow us, if they don't agree, then go back to your Miaoshan.

You take the initiative to seek refuge, we can't detain people, or what, that's too disrespectful.

As for what will happen in the future, we cannot guarantee it.

Lao Zhu's attitude can be said to be upright, which made Er Feng feel a little more in awe.

Counting them, they are also the leaders of one party, and when they had the most subordinates, they had 1000 people.

But they are also human beings, the gap is so big that it is impossible to count them.

The biggest feature of Lao Zhu's subordinates is that they are strictly disciplined and the soldiers are trained hard. Basically, they train for five days in a row before giving them a day off.And when you are resting, you are not allowed to run around.If you want to leave the barracks, you must ask Qianhu for leave. You must explain the reason, and you must also agree on the time to return to the camp. If you fail to return after the time limit, you will be punished.

According to the seriousness of the plot, including criticism, labor punishment, beating boards, etc...

It stands to reason that if you practice hard and manage strictly, you should have a lot of resentment.

But after walking around the barracks, Feng Guoyong was surprised to find that almost all the soldiers not only did not complain, but also found it fulfilling and interesting, and they worked very hard during the training.

After observing for a while, the Feng family brothers got together, and Feng Guosheng said: "Brother, I watched a play with the big guy last night."

"A play? What kind of play? "The Injustice of Dou E", or "Single-Sword Club"?" Feng Guoyong asked casually.

That's right, the play "Single Knife Club" existed as early as the Yuan Dynasty, and it was also the work of Guan Hanqing, a great dramatist.The content is also similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It tells the story of Soochow's plot to Jingzhou, Guan Yu went to the meeting and returned smoothly.

There is no doubt that Guan Hanqing is trying his best to praise Guan Yu's wisdom and courage.

Moreover, respecting Liu and demoting Cao is not an original plot of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In fact, in the early Three Kingdoms dramas, as long as the Shu Han wins, the people in the audience cheer and cheer, and when Cao Cao is played, they will be angry.

Worshiping Guan Yu and admiring Prime Minister Zhuge have existed since ancient times.

People's likes and dislikes are so clear.

So some people regard carrying people across the river as hypocrisy, and the outrageous logic of taking massacres and killing people as true temperament. In ancient times, they would be drowned in saliva.

After all, most people still know that they are the ordinary people and belong to the one who is being stabbed. They still know how to choose.

By the way, three of the four great classics are comprehensively integrated on the basis of predecessors' creations.

Many classic plots have appeared long ago. The author just worked as a tailor for a while, connecting all kinds of plots, eliminating unreasonable parts, and presenting them completely in his own way.

So if anyone wants to monopolize the right to interpret famous works, saying that I am the authentic one, I am the only one, and no one can act better than me... that would be ridiculous.

It's just... these are not the key points, the point is that Zhu Yuanzhang's army did not perform these things.

"What is it called "Catching a Thief Alone?" It's a story in the army." Feng Guosheng introduced the plot like his elder brother: roughly a soldier, disguised as an imperial envoy of the Yuan court, rode alone, and arrived at the Huaiyuan City.Gathered the guards at the gate of the city, entered the commander's mansion together, and captured the general of the Yuan court alive.

Feng Guoyong was dumbfounded, is it real or not?

They gathered a lot of stockades, more than 1, but they failed to attack Chuzhou.Why did one person here arrest General Yuan Ting?

Is Yuan Jun really such a waste?

"Is this made up? Or?"

"It's true." Feng Guosheng immediately said, "It was the soldier who captured General Yuan Ting who acted it himself."

"Ah! Did he play it himself?"

"That's right, those defenders from Huaiyuan came here, and they acted together. It was very interesting!" Feng Guosheng was not very good at telling stories, and his words were not rich enough.

But obviously, it was a story that shook him a lot.

It was so much fun, I played myself!

There are also a few soldiers guarding the city, accompanying them to perform together. Just hearing about this incident is incredible enough.

"Is there any more? I want to see it too." Feng Guo got interested, and after inquiring, it turned out that yesterday it was performed by Fei Ju's subordinate Qianhu, and today it was performed by Huayun Qianhu.

It turned out that the play was so popular, and due to venue restrictions, it could only be performed in one thousand households at a time.A group of future Huaixi famous generals, princes of the Ming Dynasty, quarreled fiercely for the sake of order.

Tanghe insisted on following the order, and the other Qianhu quit.

Go dream!

Regardless of whether you are the thousandth household, things in the military should be fair. The big guys draw lots, and whoever is lucky will act first.

Is it possible that the lord can still be biased in this kind of matter?

And this matter is not up to the lord, it is up to Mr. Zhang.

Tang He was helpless, Fei Ju was lucky and got the first one, but Hua Yun got the second one. As for Tang He, just wait!

"Brother, I have asked, we belong to the observation group, and we can also go to see it, but the number of people is limited, and we can bring up to five people there."

Feng Guoyong nodded and agreed, and in the evening, after eating the meals in the army, the two brothers rushed to the performance place with a few young and strong members of the clan.

They were terrified when they arrived.

Why are there so many people, how can this be thousands of households?

There are simply thousands of households!

They really guessed right, because the play was so popular, people from other thousand households rushed over early to take a seat, scrambling to grab a seat, wanting to come and see it.

As a result, they could only stand on the periphery and crane their necks to watch.

Only the subordinates of Hua Yun, the host, can enjoy it in the audience.

Feng Guoyong also understood, no wonder they are only allowed to bring five people, if they bring more people, they will not be scolded to death!

They came in a hurry, Hua Yun's face was full of spring breeze, as happy as marrying a daughter-in-law.

He took the initiative to greet them, and grabbed two handfuls of jujubes for them to eat while watching.

Just before the big show, a few more people came, the leader was Zhu Yuanzhang, followed by his wife Ma Shi, and next to Ma Shi was the little guy Mu Ying.

Behind them, there was Zhang Ximeng, and an old man... Li Shanchang didn't come because of his busy schedule.

After these people sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the Feng family brothers and gave them guidance. No one else cared, it was the old man who made Feng Guoyong dumbfounded.

Jalu!

It's the Jia Lu who presided over the repair of the river and was hated by countless people. Why is he in Zhu Yuanzhang's army?

How can Zhu Yuanzhang have the ability to make this important minister of the Yuan Dynasty work for him?

A descendant of Mr. Yunzhuang surprised him, plus a minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Yuan Dynasty, Zuo Cheng of the Zhongshu, Zhu Yuanzhang's army, how could there be such powerful figures in the army!

Feng Guoyong was full of words, but the play had already started, so he couldn't help asking more questions, so he could only watch carefully.

Soon, accompanied by drumbeats, an actor shaking his head came up.

He trotted around first, then took a T-step on the stage, coughed, and began to describe his experience... "I used to wander around the flower street and willow alley all day long, and I also saw countless red makeup; Xue, I have also seen the traitors and sycophants in the Yuan Dynasty dictating power, only for the sake of the king's injustice and the people's chaos, so he had to put on his strength and stick to it--to be a wolf who hurts people for the faint king!!!"

Wu Da has a big head and a lot of energy. In addition, he really listened to a lot of dramas in his early years. In the end, his voice was high-pitched and powerful, and the sound shook the audience. Even those who stretched their necks outside to watch could hear it clearly.

Immediately there was warm applause and applause.

Wu Datou got excited, and continued to read: "Being a faint king, eagle dog and dog travel thousands of miles, seeing the killing and weeping ghosts and gods, and knowing that the sin is serious, God has mercy - meet Mingjun!"

There was another burst of applause below.

After talking about this, that is to say, after surrendering to Lao Zhu, how to treat him preferentially, to be grateful, and to be ordered to arrest the heinous crime Chelibuhua.

In order to surprise, he was the only one riding alone.

When he arrived at the gate of Huaiyuan City, he remembered the shape of the dog official of the Yuan court in the past, and angrily reprimanded the guards as a villain.

At this time the soldiers came up.

It was really those few people, one of them was a veteran who used a male duck voice to recount the crimes that were utterly ignorant, and also said that the bastards of the Yuan court killed the people. They are just dogs biting dogs, and they follow new dogs to kill old wolves!

The phrase "a new dog punishes an old wolf" elicited roars of laughter.

But thinking about it, it was indeed the case, but if Fan Cheli didn't spend some personnel work, he wouldn't be arrested!

Afterwards, Datou Wu led the people over, and successfully captured the ignorant man alive, and returned victorious... After singing for almost an hour in a scene, the big guy was still full of ideas, as if it passed in the blink of an eye.

Some even chanted, do it again!

The big guy was fascinated by watching and laughed wildly.

It was only then that Feng Guoyong noticed that there were many Mongols among the soldiers watching the theater.

Isn't the Yuan Dynasty belonged to the Mongols?

At this time, a small banner official behind him couldn't help but said: "Mongols are also divided into high and low! The Yuan Dynasty belonged to the nobles, not to us! It is the superiors who treat us as individuals! This play is well acted, scold Have fun!"

At this time, Wu Datou actually came out again, the hospitality is hard to turn down, it's too late to play a full set, let's play the most exciting part of arresting people!

The soldiers on the stage immediately applauded like a tide... Feng Guoyong looked at the stage and looked at the audience, his eyes seemed to be enlightened, and he couldn't help but nodded vigorously.

Chapter 65 Raising Soldiers in the Farm

The time has come to the last month of the 13th year of Dayuan Zhizheng, Zhang Ximeng counted on his fingers, he has been in this time and space for a year.

To sum up the past, he first survived, and secondly, under Zhu Yuanzhang's command, his status was outstanding, he was quite respected, and he was a good mix.

And Zhu Yuanzhang has made rapid progress. In the past year, he finally got rid of Guo Zixing's control and began to make drastic moves to develop his own power.

Counting the soldiers under Lao Zhu's command, the total number is close to [-], which has greatly surpassed Guo Zixing, even Peng Da and Zhao Junyong are not as good.

If Lao Zhu is a short-sighted person who is eager for quick success, he can become king on the spot and be a prince of one party, happily and at ease.

But obviously, Lao Zhu didn't do that.

On the contrary, he was still worried, because after calculating silently, Lao Zhu found that his money and food gap was very serious.

For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang had to call Li Shanchang and Zhang Ximeng in Xiaonian, and the three of them got together to discuss the urgent issue of military and horse finance and taxation.

Zhu Yuanzhang first set his sights on Zhang Ximeng.

"Sir, how many soldiers and horses do we have now?"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "My lord, there are 36 thousand households from Tanghe Qianhu and below, three of them are cavalry Qianhu. In addition, the brothers of the Feng family brought Miaoshanzhai troops to join us. It stands to reason that they can also form a thousand households." In total, the Lord has more than 7000 soldiers, 500 cavalry in the army, 8000 guard cavalry, and more than [-] horses."

After listening to Zhang Ximeng's introduction, Lao Zhu nodded again and again, "But there are quite a few. How about these soldiers and horses? Can they all fight?"

Zhang Ximeng shook his head, "The former Linhuai Ministry is the first to be able to fight, and it is mainly concentrated in the top ten thousand households... It is these ten thousand households that can basically be out of production, and the other thousand households are far from enough. "

Obviously, under the command of Lao Zhu, there is also a difference between Type A thousand households and Type B thousand households. Type A thousand households are well equipped and have strong combat effectiveness. The armor rate can exceed [-]%, and some can reach more than half.