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

Chapter 27 Chu Nan was shocked, Your Majesty, I beg you, please don’t promote me!

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know all this.

So at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang, when he heard about this system, his eyes lit up and he nodded: "This system seems to be pretty good."

It was just that this system, for some reason, made him feel familiar.

But after thinking carefully, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head again: "Chun Nan, I still feel that your system is not feasible."

"If all these soldiers go to farm, where will their fighting power be?"

"Yeah." The others thought about it and nodded.

"Father, your worry is not unreasonable. Will this affect the combat effectiveness of the army?"

What makes sense.

But Chu Nan was speechless when he heard this. I used the system that you, Zhu Yuanzhang, came up with to solve your problem, and you said no?
Who would shoot themselves in the foot?

Moreover, after being tested throughout the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's Wei Suo system was actually quite good.

At least those garrison generals did not have the ability to rebel, and no rebellion had ever occurred.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, which was full of separatist regimes, it was much stronger, because each of the military governors of the Tang Dynasty had tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command and was fully capable of rebelling.

How could a general of a Ming Dynasty garrison have a few thousand men under his command? If Lan Yu had only a few thousand men under his command, or even no one, would he still dare to be so arrogant?

Isn’t this exactly the effect Zhu Yuanzhang wanted?
In fact, the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was also good, and there were no generals' rebellions in the Qing Dynasty. But the Eight Banners system was ultimately not suitable for the Ming Dynasty, so Chu Nan did not mention it.

Chu Nan also explained: "Your Majesty, we don't farm every day. We farm during the busy farming season. We train during normal times."

"And to maintain combat effectiveness, I think training is important, but equipment is also important."

"If all Ming soldiers were to cultivate the land, they would have a lot of money left over, and they would have more money to spend on equipment."

"Equipment?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood when he heard it.

What Chu Nan said does make sense, because in ancient times, a soldier in full armor could easily beat several soldiers without armor. Do you dare to say that equipment is not important?
But the Ming Dynasty was too poor at that time. Although the country had an army of more than one million, it was estimated that there were only a few hundred thousand sets of armor that could be assembled. Most of the soldiers wore leather armor, which had no defensive capabilities at all.

Even during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the armor rate of soldiers was only 60%.

But if Zhu Yuanzhang really did what Chu Nan did and saved a lot of money, he could indeed make more armor, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers would be greatly improved.

"Okay, this strategy is good!" After acknowledging that equipment was also important, Zhu Yuanzhang directly approved the proposed Chunan Wei military farming system.

"Chu Nan, your plan is really good. If it is implemented, there will no longer be generals leading hundreds of thousands of troops in the world when the world is at peace. Then I will see who dares to be so arrogant!"

"And your plan this time wasn't that vicious, it didn't harm anyone. Good, I'll use your plan once I perfect it!"

"That's amazing!" Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang praised Chu Nan's strategy, the princes present all congratulated Chu Nan.

"Lord Chu is truly an unparalleled strategist. The strategies he came up with are truly astonishing! He is truly the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, the Zhang Zifang of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, every time I hear Lord Chu's strategies, I am more shocked than the knowledge I heard in our teacher's class. Lord Chu is so amazing! I really want to listen to Lord Chu give us a lesson!"

Chu Nan teaches the prince?
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what the princes said, his expression changed slightly.

Yes, his princes will at least be princes in the future, but their teachers only teach them some sage learning. For things like the mindset of an emperor, the teachers neither know nor dare to teach them.

To the extent that many of his sons now highly respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. How can he still be a king?

But although Chu Nan's unparalleled poisonous strategy was not directly described as the emperor's mindset, it also contained many of the ways in which the emperor controlled the world.

For example, Chu Nan often used the tactic of killing the donkey after it has done its job. Liu Bang used it, and Zhao Kuangyin also used it in a similar way. So Zhu Yuanzhang wondered, if he let Chu Nan teach his sons, would his sons become better?

Zhu Biao, in particular, is actually very outstanding. He is self-disciplined, hardworking, courageous, and kind. He possesses all these qualities.

But the only thing he lacks is the ruthlessness of an emperor. If the emperor is not ruthless, he will easily be soft on his enemies and cause trouble in the future.

So Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking, if Zhu Biao and Chu Nan learned it, would they be able to make up for this last shortcoming?

In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of ​​making Chu Nan the princes' teacher took root in his mind.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still pressed the button, thinking that he should just wait and see. After all, he had only known Chu Nan for a short time and there were many things he needed to consider.

But today Chu Nan solved so many problems for him, so he must reward Chu Nan, and then he spoke directly.

"Chu Nan, you have done a great deed again today, listen to the title!"

what!
But Chu Nan was shocked when he heard this. Another official title? Brother, I just want to live an ordinary life in the Hongwu Dynasty. Why do I have to be appointed as an official again?
But Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind: "Pass on my order, appoint Chu Nan as the Chief Censor, Right Censor-in-Chief, and reward him with 2,000 taels of gold!"

"What!" Chu Nan was stunned when he heard this official position.

The highest official in the Censorate was the Left Censor-in-Chief, who was Liu Bowen, a second-rank official.

The second highest official position is the Right Censor-in-Chief of the second rank. Do you mean that he has become the second person after Liu Bowen?
Not to mention what those people in the Censorate would think of him, the attention of the entire court would be on him.

"Congratulations!" At this time, Liu Bowen also came over to congratulate.

"Chu boy, you are almost on the same level as me. I guess in a few days, my position will be given to you."

The princes also looked happy: "Chu Nan, you are happy to give advice to my father, right? How can there be a 19-year-old second-rank official!"

"Father punishes corrupt officials severely, but he is never vague in rewarding meritorious officials. Lord Chu, you have been promoted today. Why don't we set up a table and celebrate together!"

"Your Majesty!" But Chu Nan was really worried at this moment and spoke directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"You know, my plan is too vicious. I don't know how many people will be offended. So your promotion is too fast and too obvious. They will definitely think that this plan was proposed by me."

"In that case, I am afraid that I will be hated by countless people. I can accept the gold, but I'd better forget about the official position."

Chu Nan was really panicking. If those people who had been badly cheated by him knew that it was his idea, he would be put in a sack and beaten, and the demon would be picked off.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order. A third-rank official is enough."

"Lord Chu, don't be afraid!" Seeing Chu Nan's worry, the princes present began to comfort him.

"If anyone dares to deal with you, tell me and I will protect you."

Zhu Biao also gave his guarantee: "Lord Chu, if you have any problem, you can come to me. Apart from my father, I am still the most important person in the Ming Dynasty."

"You may not be able to guarantee this." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them with an extremely serious expression.

"If I were to use Chu Nan's methods, those ministers would surely guess that someone was behind me making plans. Once Chu Nan was promoted, it would be obvious who this person was. Those ministers were not fools."

"And if my methods go too far, those ministers might really go all out to deal with Chu Nan. By then, let alone you, I'm afraid even I won't be able to protect Chu Nan!"

"This!" The princes were shocked. This was indeed the case.

In ancient times, the royal family was also human after all, and the world could not be governed however they wanted.

"What should we do then?" Chu Nan also became worried. Why did he feel that he was getting more and more dangerous?

(End of this chapter)