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

Chapter 41 Chu Nan’s knife cut the enemy’s neck and made it bleed, and you still say he is kind?

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. Chu Nan was innocent and kind? Hundreds of corrupt officials had died in the past few days because of Chu Nan's scheme.

Hundreds of people died because of a few words. Is this called pure kindness?
Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and other princes were also confused. Chu Nan was simple and kind? His father was so cruel, just wanting corrupt officials to behave themselves. Chu Nan simply didn't treat them as human beings. Is this called kindness?
Liu Bowen was also about to explode. Chu Nan was simple and kind. He, Liu Bowen, was a good man who had practiced for ten lifetimes.

"What's wrong? Why are you so surprised?" Queen Ma stared at her with her big watery eyes, looking puzzled.

"Isn't Chu Nan a good person?"

When she heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to marry Princess Lin'an to Chu Nan, she was quite resistant to Chu Nan. But when she saw him today, she found that Chu Nan had a simple face and looked like an honest child.

How could such a good child be a bad person? He would definitely not even dare to kill a chicken.

"Of course not." But Zhu Di was anxious.

"Mother, if you don't believe me, ask Lord Chu. He is a very bad man."

Zhu Yuanzhang, other princes, and Liu Bowen were also helpless. Empress Ma was too kind-hearted. How could Chu Nan be a good person?
It would be better to let Chu Nan give the answer and shatter Queen Ma’s fantasy.

"Isn't it?" Queen Ma frowned and then looked at Chu Nan.

"Chun Nan, tell me, are you a good person?"

"I should be." Chu Nan nodded and answered seriously.

"You see, Chu Nan is a good person." Queen Ma also smiled when she heard it.

"You all misunderstood Chu Nan."

"What?" After hearing Chu Nan's words, everyone present was stunned.

The princes are all staring at Chu Nan, how dare you say you are a good person?

Liu Bowen was also shocked. You, a young boy, are bullying me, an old and weak man?
Zhu Yuanzhang was also unbelievable. Is this considered deceiving the emperor? Are you a good person?
But Chu Nan was speechless. How could I not be considered a good person? I have never killed anyone. You forced me to come up with this plan.

So I am so kind, why can't I admit that I am a good person?
"Okay, okay." But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to listen to Chu Nan's nonsense anymore, so he waved his hand.

"Chu Nan, didn't you say you have three strategies? Tell me what they are."

He wanted to hear Chu Nan's strategy for dealing with the Yuan people. Chu Nan's strategy was too vicious. Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of him using it against his own people, but he was not afraid of him using it against the Northern Yuan people.

At the same time, he also wanted Queen Ma to see Chu Nan's true face.

Empress Ma was also shocked when she heard this. She did know before that Chu Nan was favored by Zhu Yuanzhang because of his advice.

But I didn't expect this to be true. After all, Chu Nan is so young. Then I became serious and wanted to hear what Chu Nan's plan was.

The princes and Liu Bowen also listened carefully. After all, dealing with the Yuan people was the top priority of their Ming Dynasty.

"Then let me tell you my plan first." Chu Nan didn't say anything more, but spoke with a serious face.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are not very different from the Xiongnu, Turks, Liao people, and Jin people in Chinese history. They are all nomads."

"Their main way of survival is grazing and fishing, but this way of survival is greatly restricted by the weather, so we can use the weather to deal with them."

"Weather? What's the weather like?" Everyone present became curious when they heard it.

Chu Nan didn't say anything more and continued speaking.

"Because of grazing, whether it is cattle, sheep or horses, they all need to eat grass, but the winter in the north is long, and in autumn, a lot of grass becomes dry and yellow, so it is difficult for livestock to find enough food, causing many cattle, sheep and horses to starve to death, so the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty would not have enough food in winter."

"This is why nomads go south to plunder the Central Plains every autumn. It's because there is not enough food in the north, so they have to plunder food from the south." "Yes, there is also this." Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked when he heard Chu Nan's words.

People in the north graze in spring and summer and live a good life.

But in autumn and winter there was no food to eat and life was difficult.

This can indeed be utilized.

"So, it will be very easy for us to deal with them." Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had some understanding, Chu Nan continued to speak.

"The key to dealing with them is four words: defend in autumn and fight in spring."

"In spring and summer, their lives are good and the weather is good. That's when we take the initiative to attack them, rob their cattle and horses, and burn their grasslands."

"In the fall and winter, their lives are very difficult, and they will definitely go south to rob. Then we just need to defend against them, which will make things worse for them. We just need to spend the New Year comfortably at home and wait for the next spring to fight again."

"As one grows stronger, the other loses strength. The Northern Yuan will become weaker and weaker, while the Ming will become stronger and stronger."

"This is my plan to deal with the Northern Yuan people."

"Defend in autumn and fight in spring?" After hearing this strategy, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think deeply.

Yes, you can still use this strategy.

In the past, Shang Yang once proposed this strategy to the King of Wei to destroy the Qin State, but the King of Wei was incompetent and did not adopt it.

If it had been adopted at that time, the Qin State would not have been destroyed, but its national strength would have been greatly weakened.

Now, the Ming Dynasty can use this strategy against the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Aren't you people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in trouble in the autumn? I will defend and never attack, so that you can't grab anything. Let's see how you survive the harsh winter.

And when you survived the winter and welcomed the spring with warm weather and blooming flowers and started to graze, my Ming army began to attack, and your vitality that you had finally recovered was once again defeated.

Now let’s see how you Beiyuan people fight me!
"Hahahaha! Great!" Zhu Yuanzhang became happier the more he thought about it.

"This is a good strategy. I will use it."

Chu Nan has Shang Yang's strategy, but he is not the king of Wei, so he has to use this strategy.

But at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chu Nan again and laughed deliberately.

"Chu Nan, you are really good. With your plan, the people of Beiyuan will not have peace for a year. You are really vicious."

Then he looked at Queen Ma and said, "Sister, you still say Chu Nan is not vicious?"
The other princes and Liu Bowen also looked at Queen Ma and said, "You have been deceived this time. Chu Nan is not simple and kind at all. He is really vicious."

"Poison?" But after Queen Ma heard Chu Nan's plan and Zhu Yuanzhang said Chu Nan was poisonous, she was so shocked that her eyes widened.

"Zhongba, what nonsense are you talking about? How could this scheme of Chu Nan be so poisonous?"

"When he said autumn defense and spring battle, didn't he mean that in spring, when the weather is warm and flowers are blooming, the army can go for a stroll on the grassland?"

"Then when the weather is bad in the fall and winter, let the troops rest at home and spend the New Year with their families and reunite."

"Such a kind suggestion, and you actually said it was poisonous? You are so evil-minded. How is Chu Nan poisonous?"

“What!!!” When Queen Ma said this, everyone present, including Chu Nan, was shocked.

Is this what Chu Nan meant by the strategy?
Chu Nan's knife cut the Beiyuan man's neck until it bled, and you still say he is kind?

Chu Nan was also shocked. Sister, the Qiu Shouchun Zhan I mentioned, although not as vicious as the previous ones, he is not as kind as you said, right?
(End of this chapter)