Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 121 Zhu Yuanzhang meets Zhang Cheng, Guo Zixing is given a divine book
At this time, Xu Daze said to Guo Zixing: "Commander, the young master is still in the hands of Marshal Sun. We should quickly ask Marshal Sun to go out and order the young master to be released."

Li Menggeng also said from the side: "Yes, Marshal, if Mr. Zhu is really captured by Marshal Sun, no matter whether he is killed or otherwise, it will be a heavy loss to you. After all, the second young master and uncle still need Mr. Zhu to check and balance. ah!"

Guo Zixing nodded and said to Sun Deya: "Old Sun, you leave first and ask your people to let Yuan Zhang go! Don't let their evil plan succeed. If they harm Yuan Zhang, we can't let you go easily." "

"Yuan Zhang is a righteous man, how could we let him fall into the wrong hands?"

Sun Deya nodded, and then he really rode away from Hezhou City.

However, Sun Deya's soldiers were unwilling to believe that Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang were going to let them go, and were unwilling to let Zhu Yuanzhang go. In the end, Xu Da said that he could be a hostage in Zhu Yuanzhang's place, and these Sun Deya's soldiers were willing to let Zhu Yuanzhang go.

Because Sun Deya and others also knew that Xu Da was very important to Zhu Yuanzhang, not to mention that the commander-in-chief Sun Deya was there to persuade him.

It's just that this incident made Zhang Mian and Song Chaoyong very disappointed.

Li Menggeng breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Zixing was even more depressed. After Zhu Yuanzhang came back, he said:
"Today we almost fell into the trap of the traitors, and Yuan Zhang, you were almost killed by them through the help of Sun Deya."

Guo Zixing nodded, then smiled and said, "As long as you understand."

"Yuan Zhang himself will not think that his commander-in-chief wants to use Sun Deya's help to get rid of Yuan Zhang, because Yuan Zhang knows that his commander-in-chief is not such a confused person."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Father, you have to take good care of your health now to avoid failure in your great career in the future!"

"What's more, as Mr. Zhang said, many people from big landowners and big bureaucrats are actually not of the same mind as our rebels."

"A book that can truly be called a saint?"

Suddenly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yuanzhang did not dare to hide the truth from his father. Although Yuanzhang himself knew that these people were bad, he was unwilling to speak directly about them in front of his father before. This was because Yuanzhang originally only wanted to make himself rich, but Under the influence of Mr. Zhang, Yuan Zhang understood many truths after reading many books that could be called true saints, and he became more determined to do what Mr. Zhang wanted Yuan Zhang to do, that is, not only to make his own family rich, but also to ask for the whole world. Everyone is rich, at least let them have the opportunity to obtain wealth through righteous means, so as to prevent their descendants from starving to death in the future."

Guo Zixing couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and said: "But when we think about the villains around us who are trying to undermine the stability of our rebel army, we get angry. It's just that they asked us to guard against you and Tianxu. The key is to think Let us get rid of you, this can only be said to have ulterior motives!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Guo Zixing was suddenly startled and froze in place for a long time.

then.

"Even if they temporarily join our rebel army, they are still in Cao's camp and their hearts are with the Han. They think that they are enduring the humiliation and will help Hu Yuan to better eliminate us if they have the chance. After all, in their eyes, we are indeed good at etiquette and law." It’s a thief!”

Then, Guo Zixing sighed with a smile: "You, Yuan Zhang, understand better. Unlike our two sons, who were instigated by the literati who came from the evil gentry and rotten scholars to disobey his father!"

Guo Zixing nodded and said: "You are absolutely right!"

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to say that some of the stupid things you did were actually actively destabilizing the rebel army, but he did not say it directly. He only continued to comfort Guo Zixing and said:

Guo Zixing asked.

"Otherwise, once you fail to fight for the world, and the world is still won by those who fall to them, then these villains will deliberately hide the reactionary reasons of these dog officials, evil gentry, and only show the reactionary reasons when compiling history. You are so angry because of your petty hatred for not being able to avenge Sun Deya's success. This will make future generations think that you are just a father, handsome, and you are small-minded rather than a hero. It will also make the world think that Guo's failure is due to your personal character. The failure was caused by narrow-mindedness, not because they were backward and reactionary, which led to the failure of the Guo family."

He hoped that Guo Zixing could make less mistakes and avoid intensifying internal strife in the rebel army, which would prevent him from developing peacefully in Hezhou.

"Father, there is no need to be angry about this. Villains are always difficult to guard against, especially the villains around you."

"So, it's not surprising that in the name of fighting for someone's power, they instigate some rebel brothers with evil intentions to do things that harm the overall situation of the rebel army!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Mr. Zhang gave it to us before my father came."

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to reveal something to Guo Zixing about the divine book given to him by Zhang Cheng.

"Then give us Mr. Zhang's book. We want to take a good look at it."

Guo Zixing said hurriedly.

"it is good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly agreed, and then gave Guo Zixing the book that he had copied and prepared for Guo Zixing to read. It was basically the book that he was willing to give to Guo Zixing.

""Analysis of Each Class""

""Chinese Political Gains and Losses in Past Dynasties""

Guo Zixing started reading these books after returning to Chuzhou.

When he first started reading "Analysis of Various Classes", Guo Zixing was very angry and said:
"Why does Mr. Zhang look down on the landlords in the world so much?"

"What's wrong with the landowners? In addition to the landowners who plunder and rob, there are also many landowners in the world who are able to have fertile land through hard work and honest management. How can you deny it directly!"

"For example, I, the Guo family, have acquired a lot of fertile land through plunder and robbery. Moreover, I, the Guo family, have rented land to landless people and loaned grain to the villagers so that they would not miss the farming season. Is it wrong?" "This book is really true!" It should be burned!”

"I don't think this Mr. Zhang is a completely respectable and admirable person. There is also something hateful about him! Some of the words he wrote make people want to kill him!"

After Guo Zixing cursed, he continued to read the book because of its strict logic and profound and easy-to-understand content. After seeing the analysis of why the landlord class was backward and reactionary, he fell silent and did not continue reading. Cursed, he only sighed after reading it and said:

"It turns out that what is negated here is not a specific landlord, but the method of exploitation represented by the landlord class. But after people in the world have power and money, apart from educating their children and grandchildren, is there any more worthwhile way than buying land?"

"When we talk about political systems, some are indeed systems, and some can only be called events or spells."

"As far as the system refers to politics, magic is just some things or means, not politics."

"The Great Resistance System is motivated by the public, and some measures and proportions formed under the public's intentions are systems. But magic is motivated by the private, so there is no precise limit.

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"So the rise of the Tang and Song Dynasties cannot be called a revolution. It is just a change in personnel. At best, it can only be called a reform."

"But the chaos in the Yuan Dynasty must be revolution."

"It is different from the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties."

"In the Yuan Dynasty, it can be said that all sovereignty lies with the Mongolian and Semu people. To defeat the Mongolian and Semu people is to achieve the purpose of eliminating a certain ethnic group's political privileges in our Han family."

"We cannot say that all sovereignty in the Han Dynasty belonged to the Liu family, and all sovereignty in the Tang Dynasty belonged to the Li family. In traditional Chinese politics, since the Han Dynasty, there have been few privileges for members of a minority group like the Yuan Dynasty."

Guo Zixing sighed even more when he read the book "Political Gains and Losses in Chinese Dynasties".

Suddenly.

Guo Zixing suddenly changed his color again, slapped the book on the case, looked at Li Menggeng and other civil servants, and thought to himself: "It seems that these people have never taught us how to establish a system, but only taught us how to use magic to satisfy ourselves. My selfish desires are not to make us achieve great things, but to make us forget that what we need right now is to revolutionize Yuanting’s life!”

After Guo Zixing thought this way, he told the counselor Li Menggeng and the prefect Zhang Mian: "Send an order to cancel the exemption of Confucian households and the establishment of tax-free land, and only open the imperial examination."

Li Menggeng and Zhang Mian were shocked after hearing this, but they couldn't say anything, so they had to accept it.

"How is this going?"

"Why did Guo Zixing suddenly change his original intention of treating my scholars just a few days after returning from Hezhou?"

Zhang Mian even asked Li Mengeng about this.

Li Menggeng also shook his head and rubbed his face in disappointment: "I don't know!"

Zhang Mian could only sigh at this, and found Song Chaoyong and said:
"Last time in Hezhou, he failed to get rid of Zhu Yuanzhang. I am afraid that the commander-in-chief has become suspicious of us civil servants and staff around him, and he may also be suspicious of you military generals around him. Therefore, he just canceled it now. After receiving the decree of exempting Confucian scholars, I'm afraid that he will secretly find out about us people next. Even if he doesn't, Zhu Yuanzhang will help him find out, so we should get rid of him as soon as possible."

Song Chaoyong nodded: "How can we get rid of it?"

"Find the people around him to serve him, it's best to be able to do it without anyone noticing."

Zhang Mian replied.

Song Chaoyong nodded after hearing this.

Guo Zixing was already ill because he had been short of breath for too long. Therefore, not long after he returned to Chuzhou, his illness completely worsened and his movement became increasingly difficult, so he could only rely on people to support him.

Guo Zixing knew that his death was coming, so he wrote a suicide note and hid it in his arms, saying: "Please quickly ask Mr. Zhang to let them come. Just say that Guo Zixing wants to see him before leaving, and hopes that he will give it to us." An opportunity, and at the same time, let the generals from all over the country come back to see us one last time."

Zhang agreed with tears in her eyes.

……

Not long after Zhang Cheng arrived here, he received an envoy from Chuzhou and learned of Guo Zixing's request.

He didn't expect that Guo Zixing would want to see him.

When he thought that Guo Zixing was sincere and respectful to him, Zhang Cheng did not refuse and took Zhu Wenzheng, Song Lian and others back to Chuzhou.

Shortly after Zhang Cheng returned to Chuzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang, who learned that Guo Zixing was seriously ill, also returned to Chuzhou, and they happened to meet him at the south gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was depressed because of the news that his father's commander-in-chief had passed away, stood on his horse when he reunited with Zhang Cheng after a long absence. His eyes blurred with tears and he grinned.

He has long regarded Zhang Cheng as his only husband, confidant, and friend.

Then I thought that my father-in-chief, Guo Zixing, was about to pass away before he could change him to the point where he could conquer the world, and the future of the rebels in Chuzhou and other places would undoubtedly become more confused.

Therefore, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, could not control his emotions.

(End of this chapter)