Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 108 Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked that Chu Nan’s method of commanding the army was to bribe the generals!
"Invincible God of War?" Chu Nan was shocked when he heard it. You are playing games and you are the invincible god of war.

Your father is harming you. How can I fight? Your elder brother and the second brother follow famous generals, that's how they can really learn. What are you learning from me? Learning to escape from the battlefield?

Chu Nan was speechless, but Zhu Di did not notice it. Instead, he introduced the young general next to him.

"Mr. Chu, this is General Fu Zhong, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yingchuan in the Ming Dynasty. He is currently the commander of the Lingshan Guard."

"I am currently in charge of commanding the Datong Guards. The two of us, two guards, are under your control, Mr. Chu."

After Zhu Di finished his introduction, Fu Zhong immediately stepped forward to greet Chu Nan: "Junior Fu Zhong, meet the young master."

"Ah???" But after hearing this arrangement, Chu Nan immediately suspected that Zhu Yuanzhang had been possessed by another soul. What a joke.

These are two garrisons and 10,000 troops. It would be fine if you just let me lead them, but you let these two young guys be the commanders of the garrisons?
This young Fu Zhong is fine, after all, he is already seventeen years old, and his father is also the famous general Fu Youde. He should be here to hone his skills, and he should have some abilities himself.

Later, he married Zhu Yuanzhang's ninth daughter.

But why did you let Zhu Di lead a garrison? Can Zhu Di lead it now? He is not the general of the Northern Expedition, but just a naughty boy.

Chu Nan really didn't understand, so he asked directly: "No, have you ever considered that if there are only three of us, we can't fight at all."

"It's okay, it's a small matter." But Zhu Di just shook his hand.

"Lord Chu, don't worry. Father has already arranged everything. Although Fu Zhong and I hold the position of commanders, the actual commanders of Datong Guard and Lingshan Guard are the ones who lead the troops."

"My father has already given instructions. This prince and he will only watch how you use and lead the troops, and we don't need to worry about anything else."

"Ah?" This time Chu Nan finally understood that these two people were just here to watch and did nothing else.

So I still have to rely on myself, but I don’t know how to lead troops. No, I have to get to know my subordinates quickly, otherwise if I really go to war with the Northern Yuan people, my subordinates will not recognize me and will not listen to me. That will be troublesome.

Then Chu Nan directly ordered the messenger to call all the generals of Datong Guard and Lingshan Guard.

All the guard commanders, deputy commanders, pacification generals, and ten thousand-man commanders under the two guards were called over.

However, when the two generals of the guards came in, they seemed a little unhappy to see Chu Nan, because they were able to reach their current positions by fighting on the battlefield, but Chu Nan came in and became their leader. How could they accept this?

He was so young and had never held a sword before. He was so scared that he wet his pants when he saw the enemy cavalry charging.

So even though they said, "We are here to obey Master Chu's orders!"

But in my heart I was not convinced.

"Okay!" Hearing this, Zhu Di looked at Chu Nan happily.

"Mr. Chu, you are really amazing. These generals said they admire you when they saw you for the first time."

Chu Nan was speechless when he heard this. You are so honest, don't you know that others are playing tricks on you? No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang asked you to come here to gain experience. If you haven't experienced the ups and downs in the palace, you really can't grow.

But Chu Nan had no other choice. It was impossible for him to convince these generals at once. Moreover, he did not have the ability to charge into battle, and he did not know how to do so.

But he had other ways to make these generals obey his orders.

Thinking of this, Chu Nan spoke directly: "Someone, bring the things in."

"Yes!" Then, two of his personal soldiers carried a box in. It was so heavy that the two burly soldiers were breathing heavily while carrying it. Everyone's eyes were drawn to the box.

"It's nothing." Chu Nan went straight over and opened the box.

"Ah!" But when the generals present saw the items in the box, they were shocked.

There was nothing else inside but some heavy silver, their favorite silver.

Don’t say that these soldiers are not fighting for money. Maybe a small number of generals are indeed not fighting for money, but to defend their country, but most of the soldiers are still fighting for money.

After all, the Ming army was not fully paid, and if it was fully paid, it would be invincible.

So when these generals saw the silver, their eyes widened and they were almost drooling.

But Zhu Di and Fu Zhong didn't know what Chu Nan was going to do.

Chu Nan didn't say anything more. He just went over, grabbed the silver inside, and then divided it among the generals in front of him.

While dividing the pieces, he said, "Commanders, it's not easy for me to come here from afar, and I'm still young, so I'm still thinking about going back."

"We are at war, and swords have no eyes, so if anything happens, I hope you can take care of it. I still have a lot of silver."

"Generals, you have all worked hard. Use this money to buy you some tea. When I return safely, I will reward you handsomely."

Chu Nan received a lot of gold from Zhu Yuanzhang, but he did not spend most of it. Instead, he exchanged it for silver. He had long expected this day to come, so he brought a lot of silver with him.

"No problem, no problem!" After hearing Chu Nan's words, the generals took Chu Nan's silver and patted their chests.

"Master Chu, don't worry. We are here and will not let you get hurt. Everything will be fine!"

They really didn't expect that Chu Nan would do this. There was no doubt that they had to protect Chu Nan well, otherwise no one would work for him.

Grassroots soldiers and generals fight for money, right? Everything else is just empty talk.

"What?" But after Chu Nan finished speaking, Zhu Di and Fu Zhong were shocked and looked at Chu Nan in disbelief.

Chu Nan, what are you doing?
Are you bribing in front of the King of Yan? No, it doesn't seem to be bribery, because Chu Nan didn't do anything bad, but it seems unreasonable?
Zhu Di couldn't help but speak: "So this bribe is Mr. Chu, is it the first lesson you taught me about leading troops?"

But Chu Nan didn't care what Zhu Di and Fu Zhong thought. He just disdained their shock in his heart. Boy, what's the point of being shocked? If we don't give them money, how can these soldiers risk their lives to protect us?
I do this for you.

Zhu Yuanzhang's tent.

"You said Chu Nan gave money to his generals?" It is impossible to keep secrets in the military camp, so Zhu Yuanzhang soon found out about Chu Nan's operation.

Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyiwei who reported the incident, looked unhappy: "Your Majesty, although Mr. Chu's actions are not illegal, they seem like he is entertaining your troops, which is an overstepping of authority."

In ancient times, the emperor had to have absolute control over the army; this was the foundation of governing the country.

If the emperor wants to capture the army, he has to show favor to them, but now this favor has been taken away by Chu Nan, so any discerning person thinks it is unreasonable. Now no one knows how Zhu Yuanzhang will deal with Chu Nan.

(End of this chapter)