First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, and quickly grasped the key point, "The national power on paper cannot be regarded as the actual national power. Mr. Li, you are really amazing!"

Beidi Pavilion

Li Shanchang smiled, "Superior, this is also the experience accumulated by the old officials for decades in managing common affairs. In fact, this principle is common in all generations. Why is it difficult for the prince to catch up with the princes after the death of the heroes of the past dynasties?" This situation? The mystery is here. Because the heroes of the past dynasties are all ordered and prohibited, the subordinates dare not relax. But when the prince succeeds to the throne, everything is in the lake, and I still don’t understand what’s going on. And he lacks enough prestige. Little country doubts, something will happen... Take Sui Yangdi as an example, he made this mistake and regarded the national power of the Great Sui Dynasty on paper as a power that can be used, so there are millions of troops to conquer Goguryeo , the canal will be built within a year."

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Li, why do we think there is something in your words, please explain clearly, we don't need to cover up."

Li Shanchang paused for a moment, and then said: "The old minister heard what the grand master said, and the superior intends to abdicate and hand over the country to His Royal Highness the crown prince. The old minister took the courage to explain this truth. It is indeed a blessing for the Ming Dynasty that the superior can do this , the blessing of the common people!"

Lao Zhu nodded slightly, what Lao Li said was indeed insightful.

"Mr. Li, let me ask you, what should I do if the new king ascends the throne, so that I can be regarded as wise and wise?"

Li Shanchang thought for a while and said: "Superior, let the ministers say that the new monarch must rest and recuperate, calm down, and take it slowly, so that he can continue the prosperous age smoothly, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, he was thinking silently.

Zhang Ximeng was also thinking about Li Shanchang's words... Why is Lao Li a talent? Even today, his words can still give Zhang Ximeng great inspiration.

Li Shanchang uttered a very helpless fact. It's not that future generations don't want to continue the policies of predecessors, but it's really impossible... The noble stomachs of the six countries will be afraid of Qin Shihuang, but they will not be afraid of Qin II.Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was able to command the Guanlong Group, but Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not have this prestige.

In the Ming Dynasty in history, Hongwu Yongle could rule the country with an iron fist, but in the Renxuan Dynasty, what can they do if they don't shrink?

Do you want to learn from grandpa and father and fight around, making drastic moves?

I'm sorry, they really can't do it, it's not just a matter of ability, it's also a matter of luck...Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world by himself, so naturally he can do whatever he wants.The Emperor Yongle in history also conquered half of the world, but his successors did not have this condition.

Then if the two dynasties of Renxuan continued to use troops abroad, and even imitated Zhu Di and conquered Mongolia five times, what would be the consequences?

I'm afraid it won't be any better than Sui Yangdi!

This principle is difficult for ordinary people to figure out, and the annals of history may not be able to explain it clearly.

Therefore, generally after a sage and heroic lord, there will be some people who will advocate recuperation, govern the country with leniency, and even rehabilitate the wronged officials of the previous dynasty, win people's hearts and maintain the stability of the country.

To be able to achieve this step is considered a sensible person. If you want to continue the great achievements of the predecessors, it is too difficult for them. If you can't do it, you can't do it.

This is the reality of the Renxuan dynasties in history.

"Superior, since the words have come to this point, the old minister will take his heart out and say something too much... If the superior wants to overhaul the track and connect the whole country, it must go to war... Only the superior can do this. If the superior is in the middle Abdicate and hand over the duties to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness has no choice but to suspend work, recuperate, and let the people breathe. Because national power on paper is not equal to actual national power. The power that can be mobilized by the superior is not equal to the Crown Prince. It can also be mobilized."

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he took a peek at Zhang Ximeng. He had a pleasant smile and looked like an old god.

How about it?How powerful do you Grand Master Zhang really think you are?

Do you have what it takes to crack this situation?

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes also fell on Zhang Ximeng.

If the problems mentioned by Lao Li cannot be solved, Zhu Yuanzhang really cannot abdicate easily.

And the rules revealed by Lao Li are really helpless!

"Sir, do you think Biaoer can do it? You don't need us to wipe his ass, do you?"

Zhang Ximeng laughed, "My lord, brother Li's high theory is really powerful, and I have no choice but to ask my lord, this time in Beiping, besides seeing the rail carriages, do you have any other feelings, such as agriculture?" ?”

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered slightly, "Which aspect is the gentleman asking?"

"It's the difference between the Central Plains and Beiping. Where is the difference?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "Sir, please speak clearly!"

"My lord, in the Central Plains, the common people are more worried about disasters, especially crop failures. Although there are rumors that cheap grain hurts the farmers, they are only injured. But in Beiping, the common people are more worried about the good harvest, because once the harvest is good, the price will plummet. They will not be able to survive. They even need the imperial government to take the initiative to buy them to keep the price stable. This is the biggest difference between taking the big farm model and ordinary small farmers!"

"From this, we can see more problems. Brother Li said that under the conditions of small farmers, mobilization efficiency is extremely low, and large-scale construction will inevitably waste people and money. Non-sage kings and heroes can't do it...I can't refute this statement , and there is no way to refute it, what he said is right! For thousands of years, it has been rare to have Brother Li's insight."

"However, let me ask you, is there a way... There is still a way. That is to enter a new era. In this new era, the mobilization of the people is not based on the will of the lord, but on real wages. Paying money to let the people who have spare time come to work, this does not involve labor and money. Even the new king, as long as he manages it properly, he can deal with it calmly. Secondly, the current construction is no longer for the defense of the frontier and against invaders. It's not for the emperor's parade, which is convenient for travel. It's really profitable, and the merchants and common people in the world can benefit from it. There are enough benefits for people to obey the sky. As long as they can see this, even if there is no imperial order, they will Will work hard to do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang's frown suddenly relaxed, and then he couldn't help laughing out loud.

He couldn't help but grabbed Zhang Ximeng's arm, and said with a smile, "Mr. has farsightedness, unmatched!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled subtly, and Li Shanchang lowered his head, but was a little embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang also used the other hand to hold Lao Li.

"Mr. Li, you are also a leader of civil servants in the past dynasties. It is because of you that Mr. Zhang's brilliance can be shown."

Lao Li was moved to tears, and I became a foil, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "In short, with the two of you, we can see more clearly and have more confidence in our hearts. Go back and pass the decree to the Ministry of Education to discuss the construction of railroads across the country."

At this moment, someone sent news that the heads of various Jurchen ministries had arrived outside Shanhaiguan, and were waiting for His Majesty to summon them...

Chapter 9 and Two

According to Lao Zhu's will, no one dares not to come!

But the only problem is that there are too many people coming this time... First of all, the Jianzhou Wei Nuzhen, they are not the closest, but they came the fastest, and they brought a whole ten carts of gold alone, and there were Lots of horses, jewels, things the size of pigeon eggs

Beads, I got several baskets in a daze.

Don't say anything, we just want to be the most loyal eagle dogs of Ming Dynasty, please accept us by Emperor Hongwu.

There are some things that can’t be helped. Before the rebellion, no matter whether it was Temujin or Boarpi, they were all loyal, touching, and absolutely filial to their fathers and sons. They were not so close to their own sons.

If you don't stand in the perspective of future generations, you definitely don't think they will rebel.

Following Jianzhouwei, the Mongols of Duoyan Sanwei also arrived, followed by Yehe Jurchen, and the original Mongolian kings, and finally the most distant Haixi Jurchen.

These Haixi Jurchen have the worst living conditions, and the place is bitterly cold. They have not even entered a nomadic state, and they can't grow crops, let alone weave.

The clothes on them, except for animal skins, are fish skins.Interestingly, they do not use thread to sew clothes, but fish out a large fish from the river, and then use fish foam to boil glue, glue the fish skin with fish glue, and make clothes similar to waistcoats.

With bows on their backs and scimitars bought from unknown places, they traveled hard all the way over mountains and ridges.

But even so, they brought gold, a wooden box full of dog's head gold.

Facing this situation, Sui Qinglong was also quite emotional.

It is said that the sky is so small, but there is nothing strange about it.

Today's Xiao Ming is indeed enough: small, there are no strange people and things, which is also surprising.But it's not such a group of people, what can we really expect?

Right now, Xiao Ming is weak and strong, so he can certainly suppress us, but once the national power declines, we will definitely take advantage of the momentum.

And it’s not a problem, those people’s life is so difficult and poor, we can still maintain it when the times are good, but when the times are good, it seems natural to go south to plunder for a bite of food.

He told us that we can rebel, but we have to be loyal... It seems that we are not thinking less.

"Sir, do you think there is no solution to the problem?"

Sui Qinglong said: "In the final analysis, it is still too backward. If you want long-term peace and stability, you must develop, you must be poor, and you must be able to live in peace. Only when you are full can you discuss the matter of enlightenment. Without enlightenment, people's hearts will belong , in order to have long-term peace and stability.

At that time, the minister suggested that the lord could reward some potatoes and let us plant them. "

Zhang Ximeng frowned. He gave back potatoes when he returned the gold and jewels. Is it too much?

Anyway, give me something serious and good?

But since Mr. Zhang said it, let’s do it that way. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with it. Grand Master Zhang is behind it, and it has something to do with me.Obviously, Zhang Ximeng was thinking too little. For those Nanzhen tribes who came from the far north, gold and jewels really meant nothing.

We even understand why the people inside hate those waste things that can be eaten and drank... especially gold, which is so light, how can it be solid without food?

Excessive thinking: Xiao Ming's decline is nothing more than a last resort!

As for the potatoes, I heard that those things can yield hundreds of catties per mu, and those people went crazy, should they stop asking, is it true?

Li Shanchang gave us an order to have some fried potato shreds for us, and then baked some potatoes.

Before they finished eating, the leaders of Haixi Nanzhen fell to their knees and wept bitterly.Thanks: Xiaoming Grace.We all expressed that we are willing to donate gold, as long as we can really produce so few potatoes to make us full, and if we want as much gold as we want, we will get as much as we want...

Without Costin, we would have less of that thing here. I heard that in the future, nobles in Mongolia and Khitan will hate that thing.

In order to catch the eagle, the old and the young died.

Now: Xiao Ming wants it, we are willing to risk our lives to get it!

Lao Zhu quickly told us that Xiao Ming wanted Haidongqing, walking the dog with an eagle, this is the style of dudes, Xiao Ming is Xu Najiu.It will even blackmail the male and true departments.

What Xiao Ming thinks is whether it is the king's land above the whole sky, and whether it is the king's ministers on the shore of the land.

Their real men are also Xiaoming people, Chinese Miao descendants.

Knowing his problem, the imperial court will provide help, give them good seeds, help them develop agriculture, and solve their livelihood problems.

Next, ships will be arranged to return to the Bailong River on a regular basis to buy mountain goods and animal skins... and personnel will be sent to explore. They must have discovered mineral deposits. Before development, special funds will be allocated to support the minions of Nanzhen.

No more, we need to set up a school to provide opportunities for the rest of the young people to improve their studies,

Zhang Ximeng promised more than a dozen things in one go... Li Zanchang listened by the side, nodding frequently, and Lao Zhu said basically everything he could think of.

Is it possible to solve the problem just by relying on those?

Really enough!

Because we have learned our skills, and if we have no money, we may want even less, and may even swell to the point where we realize that it is a small situation, and then go south to plunder.

So at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy must be used.

Looking at the leaders of all the ministries, Li Shanchang and Zhang Ximeng noticed at the same time - this guy, my name is Mengge Timur, and from that name, I know that I am a Mongolian, not a real man.

Nvsi asked, it turned out that Yuan Ting asked me to lead the Liaodong tribes to come to Xiaoming's Northern Expedition. Brother Meng's post to Sui Qing was considered interesting, did he go against Xiaoming, and even volunteered to join him.

Because I was a teenager in Liaodong, I was respected by various ministries and became the representative of the little guy.

Before Lao Zhu heard this, he was quite emotional, "Mr. Zhang, we summoned the leader of Nanzhen, but we did not expect that now it is a Mongolian who leads all the tribes of Nanzhen...Mengge Timur, let us ask him, his attributes Are there no Han people on the ground?"

"No! No! If you go back to your majesty, there will be no one named Zhang Huan, and I will be in charge now: a small land, no more than 4000 people, specializing in business, very poor money!"

Zhang Huan!

Sui Qinglong's eyes lit up, he must have remembered wrongly, that guy might really be his cheap relative.I really didn't expect that I really made a breakthrough!

With tens of thousands of people and a monopoly of the business, if it is to get rich, it is really unreasonable.

"My lord, it can be seen from this that in the small land of eastern Liaodong, Hu and Han live together. There is absolutely no way for the various ministries to live in peace and prosperity together. You: Xiaoming covers the sun and the moon, and has a narrow mind. If you ask, you are from Mongolia, are you male?" "

Zhang Ximeng nodded happily, "Well said, the sun and the moon are all above Xiaoming, and the people of all ministries are also: Xiaoming's people, descendants of Yanhuang Miao!"

The two of us sang together and gradually led to the key point.

At that time, the trembling Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Your servant, since you are a citizen of China, you must contribute to the country and fight on the battlefield!"

Hearing that, Timur, the fierce brother, immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight for Xiao Ming, you are all willing!"

Old Zhu nodded slightly, "It's good not to have that loyalty, but swords and guns have eyes on the battlefield, especially when I was going to attack Timur. All belong to Wang Hua, except the land in the river that my frost occupies,

Dare to resist Xiao Ming, really cute! "

Brother Menger Timur knew where the river was, but I heard that he was dealing with Mongols, so he immediately slowed down.

The Mongolian emperors have all surrendered, and the golden family is all: Xiao Ming's special people, where did a Timur come from?

Lian: Xiao Ming took pictures, that's not a special bandit, he must punch hard!

"Your Majesty, I am willing to join the army to serve the country right now, and immediately let all the ministries send troops to attack this Timur on behalf of Your Majesty, and chop off my head!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "He's not sure?"

"No! My name is Timur, your name is Brother Meng Tie Sui Qing, you are better than me!"

"Okay! No ambition!"

Old Zhu couldn't help laughing, "We agreed... Sir, what should he do with the county sports?"

Li Shanchang smiled and said: "My lord, since this is the case, it is like granting us a banner, leading the army with the banner, and recruiting elites, and immediately go to the Champion Hou to obey orders."

Old Zhu said: "Sir, what kind of title do you think should be conferred?"

"Liaodong belongs to the north, so use the white flag!"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, and at that time Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Grand Master, there are so few people, there are no men, and there are no Mongolians, so I'm afraid it's appropriate to just award a flag?"

"This is a straight white flag, - a white flag!"

Li Shanchang said with a smile: "Let's see if there are fewer people from the Nanzhen tribes, or from the Mongolian tribes."

When the news came out, the leaders of the group were all blood boiled and excited.

You must know that we occasionally make a living by plundering, even in the Xiao Yuan Dynasty, we had a lot of troubles. We dare not be controlled by the Ming army.

Now there is no chance, don't care who it is, as long as you can grab it!