Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 131 Zhu Yuanzhang paid homage to Zhang Cheng and thanked him for allowing the rebels to achieve their current situation.

"I am far less good and enlightened than Mr. Zhang!"

"This is what I came up with after thinking carefully, especially after reading the philosophy of Datong Society. I believe that only the philosophy of Datong Society can save the people of the world!"

"So, Shanchang is willing to hand over Li's army to the Datong Society, because giving it to the Datong Society means giving it to the people. I myself also request to join the Datong Society!"

Chapter house.

Li Shanchang came to Zhang Cheng soon after the discussion in the political hall and proposed his idea of ​​handing over military power and joining the Datong Society.

to this end.

He now bowed to Zhang Cheng sincerely.

Zhang Cheng did not expect that Li Shanchang would take the initiative to hand over military power at this time and ask to join the Datong Society.

This made him look at Li Shanchang suspiciously.

"A good leader is willing to accept the inspection of the Datong Society. For a good leader, if he can join the Datong Society, it means that his soul has a home."

Guo Tianxu said uneasily.

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he and Zhang Cheng looked at each other and smiled.

"Are we still going to vote for Prince Xiao Ming?"

"Your Majesty the Prime Minister."

"After all, Mr. Zhang is right, whoever has the most strength is the most qualified to have the final say."

Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianxu both looked at Feng Guoyong curiously.

But Zhang Cheng could not reject Li Shanchang because of this.

"Mr. Zhang proposed voting to determine the rank of officials, and we also approved it. Tianxu and I are not unconvinced. Although we are a little dissatisfied at not being able to establish Tianxu as the commander-in-chief, we are not serious. That’s why I don’t want to listen to the Prime Minister.”

"Thank you so much Mr. Zhang!"

Li Shanchang said and bowed to Zhang Cheng again.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng said: "In that case, there is no need to mention the surrender to King Xiao Ming in the future. Our rebel army will still only accept the leadership of Chuzhou Xingzhongshu Province."

Feng Guoyong bowed his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then said:

"Therefore, I would like to express my great gratitude to Mr. Zhang for his willingness to let Datong Society examine him."

Zhang Cheng started talking with a smile, and went with Li Shanchang to the Xingzhongshu Province, which was temporarily renamed from the former Chuzhou Zhizhou Yamen.

For a specific person, there are still complexities.

"Don't mention this beforehand."

"So, if we go now, we can only rely on others to fight for them. When the time comes, we will definitely have to fight hard and fight hard. The good thing about getting rich will definitely be Du Zundao and Liu Futong's own people."

"Young Master thinks so, that's great!"

Zhang Tianyou said: "It's good to talk about it. We are all open and honest people. We don't hide things, so there are fewer misunderstandings. Besides, if Zhu Yuanzhang really wants to be the emperor and excludes dissidents, then he will not just We need to exclude him! Strictly speaking, Zhang Cheng, Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong, and Shao Rong are not people he needs to exclude to feel at ease. I believe Zhang Cheng and the others do not understand this."

then.

"That's right, the commander-in-chief had something to say before his death. Please listen to Mr. Zhang on all matters."

"Let's go to the political hall to discuss matters first. We must ask Guo Pingzhang and the others as soon as possible whether they voted for Prince Xiao Ming."

Very religious.

"Since you are not willing to vote, why should we go?"

"I thought about it, and Mr. Zhang may have a point. Instead of counting on his rebel army, we should hope to mobilize the people of the world."

Zhang Tianyou sighed and said with a helpless smile, "Is it still necessary to go?"

You must know that there has always been no shortage of old landlords and warlords in the world who are willing to take the world as their own responsibility and are willing to change their appearance.

If Zhang Cheng hadn't known that the only source of economic benefit for the Li family now was the official and commercial income managed by him and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng would have been somewhat willing to believe that he sincerely wanted to implement the philosophy of Datong Society.

"But I was as straightforward as Zhu Yuanzhang and the others this morning, and now I can't talk anymore. Wouldn't it be bad?"

After all, Li Shanchang is a member of the landlord class anyway.

Everyone nodded.

"After I went back, I thought about it again. I felt that I was not as knowledgeable as the Prime Minister and Mr. Zhang about the strategy of peace. I had reached a dead end. Not only for the Prime Minister, but also for our Feng family, I couldn't just think about fighting for it. For one or two hundred years of wealth, for the sake of eternal wealth, we should abandon the old etiquette and seek innovation and change."

At this time.

Guo Tianxu nodded after hearing what Zhang Tianyou said.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Feng Guoliang: "Why are you here again?"

Guo Tianxu also asked about Zhang Tianyou during his lunch break.

Therefore, Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "Okay! Our Datong Club welcomes public servants to join, but Datong Club has its own rules for joining the club, so it needs to inspect the public for a period of time first, so it is not possible to directly allow public servants to join the club, but after passing the inspection , I will take the initiative to introduce you to the company."

At the meeting in Zhengshitang, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou what their plans were and whether they wanted to vote for Prince Xiao Ming, Guo Tianxu said:

Zhang Tianyou also started talking at this time.

"The purpose of our vote for King Xiao Ming, as you know, is to allow King Xiao Ming to check and balance Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Cheng for us. But they are unwilling to go, so King Xiao Ming cannot check and balance them, and the meaning of our joining King Xiao Ming is meaningless. exists, and the meaning of Prince Xiao Ming and others supporting us does not exist!”

They are not very sensitive in this regard.

At this time.

Zhang Chengze said: "Since we have determined that we will no longer surrender to King Xiao Ming, we still insist on using Chuzhou Xingzhongshu Province as our official leader at the moment, with Prime Minister Zhu Yuanzhang as the head. And now for us, we have to do something quickly In addition to completing the funeral rites for the general, we must also reorganize the army as soon as possible, establish the official positions of the middle and lower levels, as well as official salaries and uniforms, so as to make the top and bottom clear, so as to lay the solid foundation for the subsequent peace of the world."

"Li Youcheng has expressed his willingness to hand over his army to Datong Society."

"what about you?"

As Zhang Cheng spoke, he asked about Guo Tianxu, Zhang Tianyou, Feng Guoyong, and Shao Ronglai.

Feng Guoyong glanced at Li Shanchang in surprise, and then said: "Then I will leave it to Datong Society. As long as it can help pacify the world as soon as possible and consolidate the military power into one, I can accept it."

"Of course we don't agree." "We are willing to listen to Xing Zhongshu Province, but that doesn't mean we are willing to listen to Datong Society."

Guo Tianxu replied.

Zhang Cheng nodded, and then said: "Then it is always acceptable to send a few people who are good at running the army and preaching policies to serve as trainers in your army, right?"

"Listen to Mr. Zhang. Anyway, the commander-in-chief's mission is for us to listen to your suggestions, Mr. Zhang."

"We know that you will not harm our rebels."

Shao Rong replied at this time.

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou glanced at each other, and then asked: "Do we have to send them?"

"How about I serve as your department's trainer myself and transform the army for you? Don't you worry?"

Zhang Cheng asked at this time.

"Yes, if you don't believe in my people, don't you still believe in Mr. Zhang's people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled secretly at this time and started talking to Guo Tianxu.

Guo Tianxu was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "I believe this! I would very much like Mr. Zhang to come over and advise us so that our troops can conquer a big city like Jiqing with lightning speed in the future!"

Guo Tianxu didn't know yet how powerful Zhang Cheng was in the ideological construction of the army, so he only felt that joining Zhang Cheng would make his army more disciplined and more effective.

Zhang Tianyou, who had already formed a team with Guo Tianxu, didn't know how important the military's political and ideological work was, so he just laughed and said, "We are naturally willing to have Mr. Zhang help us make our troops more effective."

"it is good!"

"That `s a deal."

"The general direction of the reorganization is that the Prime Minister's and I's soldiers and horses will be reorganized into an army. Li, Feng, and Shao will be reorganized into an army together with the officers sent by our Datong Society. Guo Pingzhang and Uncle Zhang's soldiers and horses will be temporarily led by me. I’ll go over and do some training myself.”

Zhang Cheng made a concluding speech.

Next.

The rebel army that originated from Guo Department began its reorganization work.

The rebel armies of Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang were naturally the most thoroughly reorganized, and the chief officials at all levels were all members of the Datong Society.

As for Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong and Shao Rong's rebels, half of the chief officials at all levels were from Datong Society.

The rebels under Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were the least thorough, and only Zhang Cheng and a few Datong Society civil servants he brought could exert influence.

But no matter what, it's much better than before.

Everything must come step by step.

"Why are Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong willing to hand over their troops to Datong Society?"

After the discussion, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhang Cheng curiously.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "This is because the economic base determines the superstructure."

"how to say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang has now learned about the concept of "economy" in later generations through his exchanges with Zhang Cheng.

Therefore, he could also understand what Zhang Cheng meant by "economy".

When Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him like this, Zhang Cheng replied:

"In order to raise an army, they divided all their own fields and burned all the IOUs. Therefore, they currently rely on the dividends from Chuzhou Ordnance Company and Huimin Trading Company to maintain the good life of their tribe and themselves!"

"They are naturally worried that if they really don't agree with us, they will lose their dividends sooner or later, so they have to change their opinions."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this: "It makes sense. They are indeed very flexible. They said they should abide by the old etiquette, but they really saw the benefits of not adhering to the old etiquette and immediately changed their opinions."

"This is called talking about etiquette, but thinking about business."

"So, superiors, if we want to make more friends, we must speed up the development of production and create more benefits."

"Although the land must be divided among the people now, commercial benefits can be used to win over people, such as Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong. If we want Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou to truly be of the same mind as us in the future, we must let them win over their interests. It would be better for the Lord to bind us."

"Furthermore, the people in our area are still mostly farmers, and there are too few workers and craftsmen. It is precisely because of this that the landlord class appears to be very powerful, and we have to compromise. If we really want the people to be able to To supervise the bureaucracy for us, we must develop industry as soon as possible so that more workers and craftsmen can appear. They will be the main force in fighting the bureaucracy for the country in the future."

"After all, it is true that people who mainly focus on farming are very difficult to organize because farming is basically done by one person or at most two people, and it is also scattered widely. Moreover, they are basically self-sufficient and have insufficient urgency to change and innovate the system. .”

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Do you mean to continue to increase the scale of various factories?"

"Yes."

"Ordnance factories and ordnance shops have to expand their scale. Anyway, we need to expand our troops now. We don't have to worry that no one will use these ordnance."

"In addition, we can also set up other factories as needed, which will not only increase financial income, but also cultivate more craftsmen."

Zhang Cheng replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "I would like to ask you, Mr. Zhang, to handle this. We don't quite understand what factories we need to set up."

"I'm just mentioning it now."

"How to divide the work specifically, it would be better to discuss it in the political hall at that time."

"We cannot relax on the military front now. After the reorganization is completed, we should replace defense with offense and continue to fight outside."

Zhang Cheng said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's right!"

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Fortunately, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou have finally given up their thoughts of recruiting security and external investment. Li Shanchang, Feng Guoyong, and Shao Rong are also willing to be reorganized by us. We can finally work hard together." Commander, my father is still alive in heaven, so he will surely be pleased."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the sky as he spoke, and then suddenly bowed to Zhang Cheng: "Our rebel army was able to form a fist in the end and did not fall apart. Thanks to Mr. Zhang's mediation, and then showed great righteousness and layout. Only in the first place can we have such a situation today, so I ask Mr. Zhang to pay homage to Yuan Zhang!"

Zhang Cheng couldn't help being startled, and then returned the salute: "Your Majesty, you're welcome!"

(End of this chapter)