First Minister of Ming Dynasty

"No!" Zhang Ximeng said honestly: "The wife of the handsome man wants to marry her daughter to the lord, because she wants to get closer and protect their family. The lord marries the handsome daughter, so he can control people's hearts. From then on, the red scarf in Haozhou , I’ll give it all back to the lord, let’s arrange a wedding for the lord! I heard that the previous wedding of the lord was not grand enough, this time just to make up for it..."

"shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he slapped the table and stood up abruptly, "Zhang Ximeng, who do you think we are? Zhu Yuanzhang has no other skills, but relying on marriage and women to have our current foundation? How can you let the heroes of the world Look at us? Let the soldiers below, how do you look at us! We will not be able to eat hard food in this life, right? Hanged on the tree of the son-in-law of the Guo family?"

Zhang Ximeng bowed his head and didn't speak. Anyway, this shit is yours, Zhu Yuanzhang's, so you can figure it out yourself!

Old Zhu took a deep breath, and snorted coldly: "It's hard for us to say, whether we will take concubines in the future... But there is one thing, we only recognize the girl in our hearts. Another point, before the girl gives birth to us, we will not Taking a concubine is not allowed! As for the Marshal's wife... let her live in Dingyuan, and tell her, don't rely on being an elder, so she can be fooled! We, Zhu Yuanzhang... don't do that!"

Chapter 1

Lao Zhu's statement finally saved Tang He, and he felt scared. This kind of thing is not a joke. If it is not done well, it will completely offend the wife.

Although Mrs. Ma has always been virtuous, it is not uncommon for her sisters to marry the same person, and she would not blame herself...but don't forget that under Lao Zhu, there are too many people who love Mrs. Ma.

Regardless of those godsons, let's talk about Zhang Ximeng, why is he in such a hurry to stand up for Ma Shi?Don't forget that it was Ma Shi and Zhu Yuanzhang who rescued Zhang Ximeng together, and the weight of the husband and wife is the same.

It would be strange if Zhang Ximeng didn't stand up for Mrs. Ma!

There are not a few people who have the same thoughts as Zhang Ximeng. If the big guy deliberately gives you soup and shoes, you won't be able to eat the old soup and walk around!

After this incident, it can be regarded as a lesson for Tang He. From now on, he has been completely honest. Don't think that he is a child and has a kindness to Lao Zhu, so he dares to meddle in everything, otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous!

Tang He didn't dare to say anything, so he hurried to the barracks and practiced his middle barracks.He didn't even want the credit for killing Shao Rong, and just hoped that it would be best to forget about it.

After Tang He was sent away, only Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang were left.

Old Zhu sighed softly, "We know it well in our hearts, we wouldn't be where we are today without a girl, no matter what, we can't do that kind of heartless thing, you don't need to worry about it."

Hearing this, Zhang Ximeng stood up hastily, and said sincerely and fearfully: "My lord, I am grateful for my wife's great kindness, and I am afraid that something will happen in the lord's house and affect the morale of the army, so I dared to violate the rules and ask the lord to punish me."

Old Zhu shook his head, "What's the punishment? You are doing it for our own good, and everything you say and do is right. Do you also have to be punished for doing the right thing? What kind of rule is this?"

But Zhang Ximeng insisted: "My lord, there is another sentence, that is, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own affairs. The lord's family affairs are not something that subordinates can interfere with. My lord did not ask, and I made decisions without authorization. This is a broken rule!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zhang Ximeng, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, "Sir, you are really interesting, you have done the right thing, we are grateful to you, you insist on taking the blame on yourself, what are you thinking? "

Zhang Ximeng said seriously: "My lord, this matter can't just be right or wrong. It's wrong for me to interfere in my lord's family affairs. No matter if I did something wrong or right, I should be punished. This is the rule!"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath and continued: "My lord, please think about it, this time is right, what about next time? If this goes on like this, you will inevitably develop arrogance and feel that you have power in your hands and dare to meddle in everything. What do you say?" Dare to say, gradually, you will lose your sense of propriety. My lord, your status and authority are getting stronger and stronger. If you belong to civil and martial arts, you should know more about the rules."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened silently. Old Zhu naturally understood Zhang Ximeng's argument and was very happy.

Now the sphere of influence controlled by Lao Zhu has reached three prefectures, with tens of thousands of people under his rule and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, just like a prince.

Especially this time, he won the position of the commander of the capital, and the next step is just one step away from being king.

Although Lao Zhu doesn't want to be the first bird, but in his own team, he must establish absolute authority so that he can use his arms and fingers and work as one.

But this is easier said than done.

Take Tang He this time as an example. He dared to promise Mrs. Zhang to bring the mother and daughter, but he didn't even ask Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions in advance. This is the result of no rules.

In fact, from Tang He's point of view, there was nothing wrong with him.

He is Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant, and he once helped Lao Zhu, so he is kind.

Not to mention anything else, it can always be regarded as half of the family!

Mrs. Zhang is also Zhu Yuanzhang's mother-in-law. She brought her daughter to see her son-in-law, and she had no reason to stop her.

But if you look at it another way, Lao Zhu is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and he dispatched Tang and Zhao Junyong to Guo Zixing for disposal.

With such a mission, can he bring more Zhang back?

Lao Zhu thought for a long time, and then sighed, "Mr. is thoughtful and wholeheartedly planning for us. We are really grateful. But these brothers are also our fellow countrymen. If we give authority and boss around, wouldn't it be bad? "

Zhang Ximeng said decisively: "My lord, the rules of military discipline do not mean bullying, relying on power, and bullying subordinates. It is a standard of doing things. With so many people and so many things, if no one follows the rules, it will only lead to chaos. When performing missions and encountering emergencies, such as Shao Rong running away with someone, Tang He can act arbitrarily. But when the marshal’s wife is coming to Chuzhou, he must write a document, explain the situation clearly, and get consent. Take action. Otherwise, it will embarrass the big guy, including the people below will complain."

Old Zhu was still silent, Zhang Ximeng continued: "My lord, the rules are not only for restraint, but also for protection. Most of your generals are fellow countrymen and brothers, and they have a close relationship with each other. The more you win, the more you lose. It's easy to give and receive privately, and open the door of convenience to each other. Maybe it's nothing at the moment, but in the future, when the territory grows and the power is heavy, I don't know what will happen. The lord is always unwilling to do anything to his confidant! "

Zhu Yuanzhang was finally moved. He couldn't help standing up, pacing back and forth on the ground, frowning constantly.

After quite a while, Zhu Yuanzhang finally said, "What do you think sir?"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "My lord, this time I will be promoted to the commander of the capital, and I will design the subordinate officers of the commander of the capital, just to use this to improve the official system, enforce military discipline, and establish rules! The bigger the team, the more the rules will be." It must be clear and clear. Only in this way can people's hearts be restrained, and there will be no trouble."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally received 1 approvals.

It's just that this is the command and envoy division, so how should we organize it?

According to Zhang Ximeng's suggestion, there are three departments below. The first is the director department, or the administration department, which is mainly responsible for governing the government affairs and assisting the commander.

It can be understood as the prime minister of a country.

Zhang Ximeng recommended Li Shanchang as the post, and he wanted to give Li Shanchang a high position as the commander of the capital and the council of the envoy, and to rule over the administrative department.In other words, Li Shanchang became Zhu Yuanzhang's legitimate No.1.

The second division, called the Supervision and Prison Division, is somewhat similar to Yushitai. It is responsible for supervising civil and military affairs, handling criminal and prison affairs, and accepting various cases... This division can be temporarily handed over to Yang Yuangao.

And the third department is the experience department.

This department has no real power. It is mainly responsible for official documents, arranging ceremonies, attending meetings, counseling military planes, and recording important matters... It's about these small things.

The experience division is also the lowest ranked among the three divisions.

Because of Zhang's affairs, Zhang Ximeng asked himself to be demoted, and he no longer held the title of secretary in charge of the department.

At the same time, in addition to the three divisions, set up a commander to join the army, with Jia Lu in charge, and set up a guard of thousands of households, with Guo Ying in charge.

Coupled with the commander of the five armies who had been promoted before, Lao Zhu's civil and military officials were preliminarily organized successfully.

About Li Shanchang is the prime minister, Yang Yuangao is the royal doctor, Jia Lu is equivalent to a cabinet minister for consultation, Guo Ying is not only responsible for protecting Zhu Yuanzhang, but also responsible for spying on the military situation, which is about equal to the commander of Jinyiwei.

As for Zhang Ximeng, his experience department is equivalent to the general political envoy, but since the inner court does not exist, he is also in charge of the errands of the department supervisor.

Although the specific burden is not so clear, it is precisely because of this ambiguity that Zhang Ximeng has room to play... All in all, this is a result that Zhang Ximeng is extremely satisfied with.

But someone is unhappy, and very unhappy.

This man is Ma Shi!

She didn't say anything, she just asked Zhu Ying to come over and invited Zhang Ximeng to the mansion. Mrs. Ma cooked in person and prepared a dozen dishes for Zhang Ximeng, and brought two jars of old wine that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to drink.

It is especially worth mentioning that even Lao Zhu was not invited.

Just Ma Shi, Zhu Ying, and Zhang Ximeng sat down and chatted.

He talked about the things in Haozhou and the anecdotes heard by the people.

There was laughter and laughter between them, without any burden.

Mrs. Ma also drank two glasses of wine. She smiled and asked Zhang Ximeng: "Mr. Xiao, how did you study when you were young? Was it hard?"

Zhang Ximeng put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "It's not hard work. In fact, when I was young, I didn't need to learn many things, but to lay a foundation, learn to learn by myself, and improve myself. Insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing. Learning is nothing End, until death!"

"Acquainted with the world and experienced in human relations!"

Mrs. Ma repeated it twice, then suddenly smiled, "Mr. Xiao, you are young, but you are not young. I accept your favor for this matter!"

With that said, Mrs. Ma toasted Zhang Ximeng.

Zhang Ximeng hurriedly said: "Ma'am, you and the lord saved me, otherwise I would be a dead bone on the side of the road. If the lord was alone that day, I would not be involved in this matter, and I would not be punished, and the official would be demoted one level. "

Mrs. Ma couldn't help laughing, "Are you downgrading yourself? You obviously want to be lazy and play tricks! Leave all the difficult things to Mr. Li... But that's fine, you will be busy after a while."

Zhang Ximeng was taken aback, "Busy, what are you busy with?"

Ma said with a smile: "What else can I be busy with, I am busy being my son's teacher!"

"what?"

Zhang Ximeng was shocked!

Madame is pregnant?

Could it be that that kid Zhu Biao has already begun to take shape?

Is it the most powerful prince who has no flaws or regrets other than a short life?

According to the time calculation, it is indeed fast.

Just wait for this kid to be born, and everything will be settled.

"I want to congratulate Madam in advance."

There was a smile on Ma Shi's face. She and Zhu Yuanzhang had been married for more than two years, and there was no movement. The whole pressure fell on her shoulders. If there was no movement, even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to take a concubine, she would go to persuade him.

It just goes without saying how depressed I must have been at that time.

Now finally one is waiting, Ma Shi has a hunch that this will be a son!

A good boy who everyone looks forward to!

Chapter 111 Four Stage Tactics

Mrs. Ma was in a good mood, opened up the chatter box, and chatted with Zhang Ximeng about Zhu Yuanzhang. He said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was a soldier, he was especially good at eating. One meal was not enough, so he went to the kitchen to steal radishes to eat.

Such a long green radish can be eaten in a few mouthfuls, without even washing the mud.

She saw that she thought it was fun, so she left some pancakes for Lao Zhu. The big and thick pancakes disappeared after three strokes. He also helped Lao Zhu wash his clothes. His clothes were so dirty and smelly that no one else bothered to talk to him.

The more Ma said, the happier he was, and he almost wanted to uncover Zhu Yuanzhang's black history.

Just when she was about to talk about how the two got engaged, a tall figure appeared behind Ma Shi.

"Ahem! Sister, you are pregnant now, go back and raise your baby! We beg you!"

Ma Shi was startled, then suddenly smiled, she didn't speak, just raised an arm, Lao Zhu quickly supported her, "Be careful, don't bump into each other, don't drink too much if you're fine, and take care of your stomach For the sake of the children here..."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed in a low voice, muttering like an old lady, and helped Ma Shi to rest behind.

It was rare that Ma Shi didn't continue to say anything, but just went back honestly.

"Father is so kind to mother." Zhu Ying sighed, then he took a serious look at Zhang Ximeng, leaned over and asked, "Brother, when will you get married and find me a sister-in-law? I'm looking forward to it!"

"What the hell are you looking forward to! At such a young age, do you know what marriage is?"

"Why don't I know! Isn't it just eating and sleeping together, and giving birth to monkeys together! By the way, you told me!" Zhu Ying said.

Zhang Ximeng nodded, looked at his virtue again, and said seriously: "Your boy can indeed give birth to monkeys if you go on like this! Let me ask you, how many points and grades did you get in this exam?"

Zhang Ximeng was too lazy to tangle with Zhu Ying, so he took the initiative to attack.

Sure enough, Zhu Ying couldn't stand it anymore.

"Me, I'm almost A-class."

"Oh! Is that second class?"

"Neither!"

"Is that class C?" Zhang Ximeng's voice gradually became severe.

Zhu Ying muttered for a while, lowered her head, and said secretly: "Yes, it's Ren and others.

"Ren?" Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a moment, A, B, C, D, there is no such thing!

Not right!

A, B, C, D, Wuji, Gengxin, and Rengui!

"You, you take the ninth class!" Zhang Ximeng clenched his fists so angry that he wanted to kill him!

"I, I was wronged!" Zhu Ying yelled frantically.

"What are you wronged? Even if you put your foot down and write, you can't write the ninth grade! I also want to thank you for reviewing the heavenly stems, right?" Zhang Ximeng couldn't bear it anymore, Zhu Ying, a bastard, really owed a lesson!

I'm still counting on your boy to stay in Yunnan forever. With this virtue, how can I drink mushroom soup in peace?

Zhang Ximeng punched someone, and Zhu Ying hid while arguing, "It's really not my fault, Mr. took an essay, let, let us write about how to make money."

"You, how did you write it?"

"I, I just wrote that people are not born rich, they have to collect it...you can kill the rich, plunder the neighbors, eradicate the rape and eliminate the evil, and the money will come from itself!" Zhu Ying felt wronged, "I, where do I write wrong?"

Zhang Ximeng was startled, it seemed that he was right!

wrong!

"Tell me, boy, what is your husband's standard answer?"

Zhu Ying tried to recall, "I, our husband, said that money should be obtained in a proper way, farming and breeding, officials take less, the people get more, hide wealth from the people, and the world will be governed... Return, and I also said that the superiors govern the people like this, Killing the rich and looting is something that only barbarians can do, so don't let me talk nonsense."

Zhang Ximeng understood, thought for a while, but smiled again.