Through Yitian: Mingzun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 667 The Unification of Jiangnan

Zhang Wuji heard this and asked, "But Li Shanchang?"

Su Mengqing nodded and said: "Our Mingzun is really good at predicting things. Yes, this is the person."

Zhang Wuji snorted coldly and said, "This old boy has already found a way out for himself."

Zhao Min looked back at Xu Da and others who were crying heartbrokenly, and then looked at the accounts counted by Li Shanchang in Zhang Wuji's hand.

Zhao Min said: "What's the use of keeping these disloyal and unjust people? Brother Wuji, I think it's better to kill them."

Zhang Wuji waved his hand and said: "That's not the case. I know Li Shanchang a little bit. Although this person can adapt to the wind, he is also a capable minister. As long as we can give him safety, fame and fortune, and his loyalty to us It’s still guaranteed.”

Zhang Wuji then said to Su Mengqing: "Okay, I will leave these things to my sister Su. After counting our loot, we will immediately persuade Zhu Yuanzhang's remnant troops in several surrounding strongholds to surrender. I will give everyone a month to complete the task as soon as possible." Restore order in the south of the Yangtze River. Let the south of the Yangtze River completely become part of our territory. After that, the whole army will turn around and go north. I will fight my father-in-law in a decisive battle and determine the victory or defeat of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. Oh! By the way, notify Sister Zhu and Yang Zuo to let them send the imperial court Moved back to Bianjing."

After receiving Zhang Wuji's order, Su Mengqing went to make arrangements without stopping.

In the next few days, Zhang Wuji also briefly met with the representatives of the gentry who surrendered to him and Zhu Yuanzhang's old subordinates.

Zhang Wuji basically kept some of the available people in their original positions. For some who were aware of current affairs, Zhang Wuji even promoted them to a higher level.

However, not everyone Zhang Wuji stayed, some people still had to be executed.

The person Zhang Wuji named to be killed was Hu Weiyong.The reason for killing Hu Weiyong was not because of anything else, but because Zhang Wuji simply didn't like this person.

Unlike Li Shanchang, who adapts to the changing circumstances, Hu Weiyong is an extremely ambitious guy.If this person is reused, it will be a disaster.But this person is talented, and if he is let go, he may be used by others.Therefore, Zhang Wuji made a decree to kill Hu Weiyong by name.

And Zhang Wuji also put a big hat on Hu Weiyong, which was his previous advice to Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhang Wuji charged him with inciting King Wu to rebel.Resulting in fratricide.

After giving Hu Weiyong this charge, he was taken to Caishikou in Jinling City and executed.

But after these few days of interaction, Zhang Wuji also felt the power of the Jiangnan gentry.

Previously, in order to win over Chen Youliang's power, he selected many children of gentry into his harem.Compared with the Jiangdong gentry, the Jingxiang family was simply not on the same level.

Zhang Wuji was also glad that his base was in the Central Plains and was not restricted by these people. Otherwise, he would really not be able to deal with them.

In the past few days, the issue that people have given Zhang Wuji the most advice on is the issue of establishing the capital.

The capital chosen by Zhang Wuji was "Bianliang", the former capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Taking Bianjing as the capital showed his orthodoxy.After the capture of Dadu, the system of two capitals in the north and the south was implemented.

However, these Jiangnan gentry urged Zhang Wuji to set the capital in Jinling or Hangzhou.

And the reasons given are also very strange, saying that Jinling has been the place where dragons flourished since ancient times, or that Hangzhou was the former capital of the Song Dynasty.They even said that the abundant money and food in the south of the Yangtze River was better than the bitter cold in the north.

In short, in the past few days, they have learned from Feng Shui, history and culture, and are even willing to "crowdfund" Zhang Wuji to build a larger palace in Hangzhou or Jinling. Some people have already begun to donate Yangzhou thin horses and various beautiful girls to Zhang Wuji. .

In the past few days, Zhang Wuji even felt that the wind on the road to Jinling City was fragrant.

Seeing the soft knives of these Jiangdong gentry, Zhang Wuji also understood why the emperors of the Southern Dynasties were all such wastes.If it weren't for the fact that there are already so many beauties around me and I don't have such a big need, maybe I would be tripped by these sugar-coated bullets and fall into a big mess.

Zhang Wuji rejected all the requests of these gentry.

Seeing that His Majesty the Mingzun refuses to give in, these gentry have no choice. After all, the emperor's hundreds of thousands of troops are still there. How can they, little loaches, be able to make waves?
After Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral was completed, Zhang Wuji also summoned Xu Da and others.

Zhang Wuji wanted to laugh when he saw Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu, Zhu Wenzheng and other famous generals, all wearing white hoops and mourning clothes.

But out of an atmosphere of sadness, he held back.

Zhang Wuji looked at everyone and said: "I respect King Wu's last wish and will not embarrass everyone. To be honest, although I have a rift with King Wu, I still miss the old relationship. After breaking the city this time, I just want to depose him as a commoner. , I demoted him to be a chieftain in the Western Regions and never came back. Who knew that King Wu’s temperament was so strong. I didn’t even arrive, but he came first!”

If others had said this, everyone would have scoffed.

But it was Zhang Wuji who said this. I don’t know whether others believe it or not. Anyway, Xu Da, Tang He, Feng Sheng and other people who had contact with Zhang Wuji in his early years believed it.

Zhang Wuji looked at them one by one, and then said: "Okay. I ask one last time, who is willing to stay and continue to lead the troops to help me drive out Hu Yuan in the Northern Expedition? If not, then I think of all the people who fought against the Yuan Dynasty in the past. Thanks for your hard work, let’s use some money to go back to our hometown for retirement and farming.”

As he spoke, Zhang Wuji, who was sitting in the main hall, waved his hands, and seven or eight guards each stood in front of the generals holding a tray filled with gold.

Zhang Wuji said: "This money is enough for you to settle down for the rest of your life. Let's all go."

Everyone looked at it and saw that the severance package given by Zhang Wuji was quite generous.Each person was given 1000 taels of gold.

This 1000 taels of gold is not much, but it is definitely a lot. If they are sent back to their hometowns to farm, with the wealth of this 1000 taels of gold, they can build a very good manor and buy hundreds of hectares of land. In the end, he bought dozens of servants, and his family was well off for several generations.

Zhu Wenzheng took the lead in accepting the reward from Zhang Wuji. Although Zhu Wenzheng was a great talent, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.

Zhu Yuanzhang died because of Zhang Wuji. Even if Zhang Wuji dared to use him, he would be ostracized by other colleagues in the future because he was the family member of the guilty minister.

Rather than doing this, it would be better to take off your armor and return to the fields and live a peaceful life.

Zhu Wenzheng knelt down to Zhang Wuji three times and kowtowed nine times before accepting the reward, then turned and left.

The others looked at each other in confusion. The first one was Zhu Wenzheng, and soon there was the second one.

The second person to receive Zhang Wuji's reward was Li Wenzhong.

Li Wenzhong had the same concerns as Zhu Wenzheng. Li Wenzhong was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son.He was also afraid that he would not be tolerated by the ministers and Zhang Wuji in the future, so he also planned to remove his armor and return to his fields.

After Li Wenzhong knelt down to thank him, he left with the "settlement allowance" and "retirement pension" given by Zhang Wuji.

However, after Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong thanked them for their reward, everyone stopped moving.

(End of this chapter)