First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 266: Lesson 1 of the Talented

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Tang Su and Yu Yaochen surrounded a middle-aged man and asked excitedly, and the rest of the young people also listened with great interest.

This middle-aged man is Shi Boren, a former genius of Wu Zhong, with a wealth of wealth, and married a famous poetess, just like the idol in their dreams, the enemy of jealousy.

Even he was attached to Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows the attractiveness of Jinling.

"What are you doing in Jinling, Mr. Zhang, maybe meeting Prime Minister Zhang?"

Shi Boren said: "I am teaching in Jinling now, and it is all Mongolian courses. As for Zhang Xiang, I can't see it."

Tang Su nodded, "That's also true, Zhang is quite a sage in the world, the Master must be like a dragon when he is alive, how can he be an ordinary person!"

Yu Yaochen also said with envy: "When I go to Jinling, if I can see Prime Minister Zhang, I will benefit even if I die."

The rest of the people also praised it frequently. For a while, rainbow farts were flying all over the sky. If Zhang Ximeng was on the boat, he was guaranteed to be confused.

Seeing them like this, Shi Boren also understood that this is a group of hot-headed young people, thinking like a flower, everything is good, as long as they arrive in Jinling, meet Prime Minister Zhang, and get advice, they will immediately Can have an epiphany, become sanctified on the spot, and ascend to heaven.

This mentality is about the same as that of entering the deep mountains, encountering immortals, and enlightening longevity. That is to say, their cognitive level is still about the level of elementary novel readers, and there is still a long distance from Lao Bai. !

"Actually, if you want to see Zhang Xiang, there is no difficulty. Next door to me, the imperial censor who lived in the Yuan Dynasty also lived first. ."

"what?"

Tang Su and the others were all taken aback, looking at repairing ox hooves? What kind of hobby is this? Are the hobbies of saints so strange?

"Then, let's also go to repair the hoof, so we can see Zhang Xiang?"

"No!" Shi Boren smiled and said, "I want to ask you, first, Timur is the imperial envoy of the Yuan Dynasty and the younger brother of Tuotuo, but he is a dignitary in the Yuan court. After he was captured, he was willing to do it in Yingtian. A veterinary school, what's the point of this?"

This group of people was suddenly stopped. To be honest, Zhu Jiajun's prisoner of war camp is indeed famous, but not everyone knows it.

Even if I knew it, I felt unbelievable and unbelievable. .

Some people even said that Zhu Yuanzhang was the real King of Ming who came into the world. After capturing the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty, he showed the King Ming's law at night, scaring all the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty to surrender and obeying orders.

Compared with the complicated transformation process, this version of the story is easier to be accepted, so it is widely circulated outside the Zhu family.

"Could it be that Timur admires Zhang Xiang first and is willing to follow the sages? Even if it is to repair cattle's hoofs, it will be like a treat?" Tang Su pondered.

Soon another person asked: "Mr. Shi, Timur also has a lot of sins first. He is a high-ranking official of the dog, why didn't he kill him?"

"That's right! Didn't Zhang Xiang say that he wanted to expel Hulu? Why should Hulu be allowed to live in peace? Well, what is this for?"

Soon, there was a heated discussion on the boat.

The scholars also gradually realized that Jinling is far from being as simple as they thought.

Before boarding the ship, they felt that Jinling was an ideal place to realize the rule of three generations, a holy king, a worthy minister, living and working in peace and contentment, a rich country and a strong army, and everything was good.

But just because of the existence of Timur, the big guy is puzzled, why should he tolerate him, and why can he live quietly?

Could it be that he has committed sins in the past, so he doesn't need to worry about it?

Shi Boren looked at the confused faces with a smile on his face. He suddenly said, "You guys, why did I end up in Jinling?"

Everyone was stunned, but Yu Yaochen had heard of it, so he couldn't help but say: "Zhang Shicheng is too hateful. He arbitrarily extorted wealth from wealthy families, looted money, and forced others to die. Now he has turned his back on the Yuan court, and got a Grand Lieutenant, it's really contemptible!"

Shi Boren nodded, "It's true, our family was ruined by Zhang Shicheng, and my wife also died of illness... But I want to tell you that it wasn't Zhang Shicheng, the Zhu family's army occupied Suzhou, and my property has to be handed over."

Tang Su took a breath, and suddenly thought of something, and then frowned: "Could it be, could it be to attack the tyrants and divide the land equally?"

Shi Boren nodded, "It's true, I think many of you have a lot of money in your home, why are you willing to come to Jinling?"

"this?"

Everyone was at a loss for words again. After all, no one wanted to cut flesh from themselves, but they came again. What were they thinking?

Do you want to go back?

Tang Su and the others pondered for a while, but they didn't come to a conclusion, so they could only say: "Please also ask Mr. Shi for advice!"

Shi Boren smiled, stretched out his finger, and wrote a word in the air, everyone recognized it, it was a rational word!

"Reason? Heaven's Law? Neo-Confucianism?" Yu Yaochen asked curiously.

Shi Boren smiled and shook his head, "What I said may not be accurate, let's just listen... Let's also say Timur first, he is a Mongolian nobleman, a high-ranking official in Dayuan, after he was captured, why would he want to submit, even if he was a veterinarian? Woolen cloth?"

"This is about what happened to Tuotuo... He was considered one of the few and conscientious Yuan court officials who sent troops to Gaoyou to kill the Hongjin. As a result, he was suspected of Yuan Ting and changed his generals, and his life was not guaranteed. A loyal and righteous person, a high-ranking teacher, and still so, how can Yuan Ting’s actions not make people feel cold? Timur first witnessed what happened to his brother, how can he not hate, how can he not complain?”

Tang Su nodded, "I understand this, and Timur should hate Yuan Ting first, and it makes sense to do things for Wu Guogong... But why Wu Guogong didn't reuse him, just let him be a veterinarian, too Are you wronged? Also, why is Timur so happy?"

Shi Boren laughed, "You should have all read Zhang Xiang's article. I was lucky enough to know a little bit because I was teaching in the school... Yuan Ting killed Tuotuo, and then we used it first, acting as a vicious dog, to get revenge on Yuan Ting... This is What is it? Retribution for grievances, this pattern is too low!"

"Zhang Xiang was skinned to the literati, and the whip cut into the inside. After the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, they slaughtered and looted, and staking their horses. What they did was a hundred times more evil. How can they give an account to the people of the world when they reuse this kind of person? How can they be worthy of death? A fugitive creature?"

Many scholars nodded frequently, and another said: "Then, why didn't you kill him? Burn him to ashes?"

Shi Boren smiled and said: "This is a good question. It's not that Zhu Jiajun didn't kill people. He just eliminated a few old gentry who stubbornly resisted the big policy. Also, Timur had a heart for self-reflection, and he killed a person like him with one sword. , I'm afraid it's too simple. You keep saying that Zhang Xiang is a sage, how should a sage educate a guilty person? Just like Timur first, let him admit his mistake, fundamentally admit his mistake, and know the mistake of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty , I know the evil of the Mongols looting and killing the Central Plains, and the sin of dividing the people into three, six, nine, and treating the Han people like horses and cattle... It is precisely because of these that there are red scarves all over the place, and Zhu Jiajun's idea of ​​expelling the Hulu. "

"It's not an order to expel the barbarians. It's as simple as slaughtering all the six barbarians inside and outside! Let them know where they went wrong... God has the virtue of good life. After they reflect on their mistakes and pay the price, they can still rely on their craftsmanship to live a better life. Stable days. By the way, you may not know that not long ago, these generals captured by the Yuan court, led the original soldiers, beat Ni Wenjun, and saved Tongling!"

When Shi Boren mentioned this, he was full of pride. What is enlightenment? That's it!

"what!"

Tang Su and Yu Yaochen were dumbfounded. A group of captured people helped their captors to fight, and they were still fighting for the first place, not afraid of life and death?

My goodness!

Compared with them, the filial sons who came from a wealthy family but came to join the Zhu family army and were always ready to slash the family were nothing.

"Mr. Shi, why are there so many unnatural things? I really don't understand Wansheng!"

Shi Boren chuckled, "I'm afraid I'm about to say the word I said."

"reason?"

"Yeah! Because Zhu Jiajun is reasonable! Even if you are the imperial envoy of the Yuan court, if you are willing to repent, you will be given a chance. But you must pay the price for your sins, and you must truly reform before you can regain your life. And after regaining a new life, it is not one step to the sky, but relying on craftsmanship, relying on hard work, exchanging sweat for money, and supporting the family." Shi Boren said: "This approach, think about it, is it reasonable? Also post it first. Why is Mu'er willing to be a veterinarian? Because he has experienced it, and he understands that even if he is a prime minister or a grand master in an unreasonable court like the Yuan court, he will be confused because of a single decree. Lost his life! No matter how high he climbs, what's the use?"

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"Let me ask you a question, even if Yuan Ting gave you a Prime Minister's Book, are you willing to accept it?"

Seeing these young people, Shi Boren might be willing. After all, he can do whatever he wants. But even people like Tuotuo may be killed casually. Is it really interesting that they passed by?

Seeing that everyone was thinking about it, Shi Boren smiled and said, "Don't talk about Yuan Ting, let's talk about Zhang Shicheng. He is capricious. He came to my home several times to extort money, causing my family to be destroyed. Now I'm just a teacher in the school, and I earn a lot of money. It's just food. But I'm relieved, I know that Zhu Jiajun will not throw me in jail for no reason and extort money."

"Even if Zhu Jiajun wanted to suppress the tyrannical powers, he also wrote the reasoning in the article and made it clear. I think you are willing to join the Zhu Jiajun, and you are also attracted by the reasoning. Just imagine, if the Zhu Jiajun entered Suzhou, what would they do? Do? Maybe they will call me there and ask me to hand over the extra land. If I don’t agree, I will be arrested. If I still disagree, I have to confront Zhu Jiajun, and even use various means. He will also hang his head on the city wall of Jinling like Wei Han and others."

"Probably the Zhu Family Army I know is different from other places. What to do, think about it carefully!"

Shi Boren closed his mouth and looked at these young scholars again, all bowed their heads and fell into contemplation...