First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 422

But using skulls as wine vessels has been played around for decades, showing off everywhere, which is really embarrassing!

It can be called a great shame!

Zhang Ximeng knew about this and asked someone to look for it, but unfortunately he couldn't find it in Dadu, and after taking down Shangdu, he couldn't find it either.

In the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang spent a lot of effort and searched everywhere before he finally got it and buried it in peace, which is worthy of the old Zhao family.

But this time the Tieguo family was captured, most of the important officials of the Yuan court were arrested, and the wine bowl was still missing. Zhang Ximeng was a little discouraged, but he didn't expect that Lanyu actually said that he knew.

"Where did you hear that?"

Lan Yu said: "I heard it from Avalokitesvara. A few days ago, I went to the merit camp to find a guide. Many people signed up, including iron pots."

Both Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng had to hold back hard to keep from laughing. What kind of world is this, and there are some weird things happening!

Zhang Ximeng said, "You let the iron pot be your guide?"

"No!" Lan Yu said with a smile: "If I know that he is going out with the army, I'm afraid they will take the initiative to kill them without looking for the Yuan army."

Lan Yu said again: "Actually, I also know that Tieguo is scared, and he quickly gave him the medicine last time. He was most worried about those people killing him, so he wanted to make meritorious deeds, and wanted to leave the meritorious camp. He could do whatever he wanted, even It will not hesitate to destroy the Great Yuan Dynasty."

"I didn't agree, but I paid some money, bought a few sheep, and prepared a lot of wine, and treated the people in the merit camp to a meal. I wanted to persuade them and tell them that since they entered the merit camp, , don’t worry about it, and keep thinking about the past.”

Hearing what Lan Yu said, Zhu Wenzheng couldn't help laughing and said, "It's okay, you kid has a lot of heart? You are really willing to buy the hearts of those guides! Why didn't you invite us to dinner?"

Sapphire rolled her eyes, didn't bother to talk to him at all, but continued: "Zhang Xiang, it just so happens that Guanyin Nu's 50th birthday, Timur told me first, so I cut up a fat and tender sheep I brought him another jar of wine. I also told everyone to sing and dance to congratulate him on his birthday. From now on, no matter who it is, as long as it is a birthday, they must celebrate it, at least give them a red egg .”

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "You have done this very well. I will order in my name later to make this a rule of the Chengde camp."

Lan Yu was very happy, and said again: "Zhang Xiang, guess what? Guanyinnu got the wine and meat, and cried. He said that on his last birthday, many guests came to the door, and one of them took out the wine bowl of Song Lizong's skull. To show off in public. Now that he is a prisoner, not only did he not die, his head was not turned into a wine vessel. He can also eat wine and meat to celebrate his birthday. He said that he finally saw what China is and what barbarians are, and he was convinced! Convinced! "

Chapter 589 Prince Soup

Lan Yu beat Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong, overwhelmed the two imperial relatives, got the approval of Zhang Xiang, and took on the task of leading the army.Naturally, Lan Yu didn't dare to be negligent, selecting personnel, preparing supplies, scouting the road, and preparing to attack... He was extremely busy.

But at this moment, an unexpected incident almost disqualified Lan Yu from leading the army.

The reason was that Qian Tang, who was in charge of promoting the merit camp, wrote an article summarizing his experience in the merit camp.

Because the article was so well written, not only Beiping, but even Yingtian, and other places resonated. Many young literati and officials published articles one after another, agreeing with Qian Tang's opinion.

And in Qian Tang's article, the blue jade mentioned suddenly became a role model for the young warriors of the Ming Dynasty. Some people advocated that he be transferred to the Chinese military governor's office. If Zhang Ximeng hadn't stopped him, he would have almost returned to Beijing early.

But Qian Tang didn't really want to harm Lan Yu when he wrote this article, on the contrary, Qian Tang also realized it.

As mentioned earlier, Qian Tang followed the old Zhu to the north, and was looked down upon by both the old and the new literati at the same time. His situation was pitiful.

He also went crazy on board and made a lot of jokes.

Fortunately, Lao Zhu was quite magnanimous, and invited him to a banquet in Shanhaiguan, and then sent Qian Tang to the merit camp. He was responsible for educating the captives, and Timur was his advisor first.

In the merit camp, Qian Tang endured the cracking of his three views again and again... The things he had learned in the past gradually dissolved and reorganized, and a new kind of enlightenment rose from his heart.

Xu Shi was celebrating the birthday of Avalokitesvara, and Qian Tang suddenly figured it out.

He couldn't wait to write down the feelings in his heart, and it took three days for an article written by Qian Tang to finally come out. He didn't directly sign his name, but used the word "sourness" .

The so-called poor students are naturally poor scholars.

He defended the way of Confucius and Mencius, and felt that Zhu Zi's learning was reasonable.

At first he resisted what Zhang Ximeng said, but the problem is that Daming relied on Zhang Ximeng’s ideas to recover Yanshan. Confucian scholars in the Song and Song Dynasties spent 300 years of hard work arguing about orthodoxy. orthodox.

As a result, these 300 years of hard work are not as good as the small step that a soldier surnamed Wen rushed to the top of the capital city!

That's one small step for a soldier, but one big step for restoring China!

Shame on Jingkang, hatred on Yashan!

At this moment, everything is resolved!

is it wrong?

Are we really wrong?

I have read books for decades, learned so many moral articles, and pondered so many sages' humble words and righteousness.

What did Confucius and Mencius say?

Or are they all wrong, bullshit, not worth mentioning?

Qian Tang raised the deadliest question, where is the problem?

This is also the confusion of many traditional Confucian scholars.

There are many people who don't feel that they are wrong, and for this reason they even close their eyes and listen, and they are not willing to face up to Da Ming's achievements at all.

Obviously, Qian Tang is not that narrow-minded, and he is still looking for answers.

Until he saw Lan Yu giving wine and meat to Guanyinnu, Guanyinnu was so grateful that he explained what China is and what barbarians are... At this moment, Qian Tang suddenly realized.

"What China has is not only the beauty of crowns and uniforms, but also the moral articles... The foundation of China is strength! It is the atmosphere that sweeps the world and unifies the universe, it is the majesty of the strong Han and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and the arrogance of the surrender of the barbarians!"

Qian Tang looked through many articles by Zhang Ximeng. Zhang Xiang has been talking about equalizing the land, talking about the people, talking about enriching the country and strengthening the army, and restoring China.Different people learned different things from Zhang Ximeng, so what did Qian Tang learn?

Two words: strong!

Don't worry about how you whitewash it or how you talk about it.

If you are not strong enough, you are not worthy of the word Huaxia.

Because only if you are strong enough, your moral articles and etiquette models will be accepted by the barbarians and will convince them wholeheartedly.

May I ask if the Han and Tang dynasties rewarded the vassal states, the vassal council felt that the Han and Tang dynasties could not beat them and had to give them the rewards. Was it to buy peace?

Obviously not!

The Han and Tang Dynasties had this national strength.

It will not work in the Song Dynasty. No matter who comes, he will return with a full load... You said that the Song Dynasty took care of neighbors and was willing to do good?

Do you believe it yourself?

If he was able to fight well, he still humbly handed out New Year's coins, wouldn't that be a disease!

Don't worry about whether you believe it or not, at least the barbarians don't believe it, and neither do the thousands of years and history.

Qian Tang summed it up here, and his answer was almost ready...Confucius was right, and Mencius was right.Confucianism cannot be wrong either.

It's just that the Confucians of all ages, especially the literati of the Song Dynasty, ignored a fundamental problem, or the most important premise.

Confucianism aims to enrich the country and strengthen the military, and Confucianism pursues great unification. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dismissed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism.Confucianism helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deal with the horrific problems of the numerous vassal states at home and the Xiongnu's invasion of borders abroad.

At that time, Confucianism was more active than Taoism, more gentle than Legalism, and more able to unite the hearts of the world, concentrate power, deal with internal and external troubles, and create a strong and prosperous age.

If Confucianism in the Han Dynasty did not have this ability, it would not be possible to stand out, defeat other schools, and become the official orthodoxy in 2000.

But at a certain point, the situation changed, and he became an orthodox Confucian scholar-bureaucrat, and gradually forgot the foundation of Confucianism and his family, country and world.

I feel that the status of officials and schools is taken for granted, and I care more and more about myself, caring about my own interests, and lose the feelings of family and country, thus corrupting Confucianism and the world.

Today, the old Confucianism is dead, and the new Confucianism is on the rise.

Why did General Lan Yulan's treatment of Guanyin slaves in the merit camp get the approval of Guanyin slaves, she was so grateful from the bottom of her heart, and vowed to turn over a new leaf?

The reason is very simple, because Ming has already defeated the Yuan Dynasty.

They are all prisoners, life and death are in Daming's hands.

We can decide their life and death, cut them into pieces, dismember them with random blades, and do whatever we want...Delegating all women to slaves and killing men who are taller than wheels is also a matter of course, after all, that's what they do .

But we didn't do that. We chose to set up merit camps to let them reform and start a new life.

For a criminal who has committed a heinous crime, we can do everything possible to torture and bully him, making his life worse than death.But we didn't do that. We celebrated his birthday, gave him wine and meat, gave him respect, and treated him as an upright person.

We hold the power of life and death, we can do what we can but not do it, we can be barbarian and Chinese, so we can conquer people's hearts and gain respect!

Let people thoroughly reflect and change their past mistakes.

The premise of all this is that you can do it!

As far as the country is concerned, it means that we can kill people and destroy the country, but we didn't do it... The barbarians are killing people and destroying the country, and they will do everything they can, while Huaxia is restrained and forgiving.

This is the difference between us and the barbarians.

This is also the root of the way of Confucius and Mencius!

Whether it is Confucius or Mencius, what they say is for the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army, in order to save the world from the ruins of ritual and music, and to rebuild order.

Otherwise, what is the purpose of Confucius traveling around the world?

Benevolent people love things, kingly and benevolent government is to strengthen the country, not just to educate people's hearts, just to be a good person.

Qian Tang's article is here, and it is naturally summarized.

As a person who has studied the teachings of Confucius and Mencius for 20 years, I don’t think the teachings of Confucius and Mencius are wrong. I still want to uphold the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, cultivate myself and family, and pursue the way of a gentleman.

This life will not change!

But as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, especially a scholar who has just washed away the shame of Xueyashan and restored China, I think the most important thing at the moment is to make the country rich and the army strong, or to restore the people's livelihood, drive north to the Great Yuan, restore the peace of the Chinese people, and make everyone in the world peaceful. rich.

Moreover, we have to reflect on the mistakes of the past 500 years, re-plan the world, establish laws and regulations, seek great order in the world, and put an end to the shame of Jingkang and the hatred of Yashan.

Scholars all over the world, if they can't see this clearly, still clinging to the handicapped and unwilling to change, I'm afraid they will kill themselves in Huaxia!

Qian Tang was eloquent, and an article was written, which soon caused a sensation.Not only in Beiping, but also in Yingtian, Suzhou, Jiangzhou, and even Wuchang, there were lively discussions.

In the past, Zhang Ximeng was the one talking, and many people supported him.

But Qian Tang, as a well-recognized old Confucian, who has received Confucian orthodox education and has a teacher's inheritance, stepped forward at this moment, using his own knowledge to criticize the mistakes of Song Confucianism.

Even redefining the Chinese barbarians, if there is no response, something will happen.

Moreover, Qian Tang vaguely put forward a point of view, that is, the prosperity of a country is higher than moral articles.

As soon as this theory came out, it was simply shocking.

Especially when he said it in his capacity, it was even more earth-shattering and angry.

After getting the article, Empress Ma only read it once, and grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang.

"It's okay this time, don't be awkward. If you still think Mr. Zhang is wrong, you didn't teach the prince well. Your knowledge is not as good as that of Qian Tang, a sour scholar! Do you know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the newspaper, at first glance, he didn't think anything, but when he took a closer look, he suddenly felt that his eyes lit up.

"Not bad, really good! This Qian Tang's knowledge has come up, if the people in the Ministry of Rites have this idea, we don't have to worry about it."

The more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, the more delighted he became, and he even smiled, "Look, he said that if he can do it, he will be a Chinese, and if he can do it, he will be a barbarian. This is very good. The Yuan court will kill them all, so naturally it is not as good as our Ming Dynasty. Far! This article is so good, Qian Tang deserves a big reward!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Mrs. Ma, and said with a smile, "Sister, I finally heard some good news these days. Do you have anything else to do? It will make us happy."

Empress Ma chuckled, "Why not."

As she said that, she took out a porcelain bottle and put it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, "Mr. Zhang worked hard for a long time to get this thing out. Our Biao'er also participated, and he also wanted to name it after 'Prince Soup' .After all, the cost of supplying to the military is not low. If it can be sold to big households, it will be a good thing to make more money and supplement the military use!"

In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang's old face was ashen, and he slammed the table hard, "Nizi! Don't bully others too much!"

5 Chapter Ninety The Emperor Brings the Goods

The son is on the road of merchants and is gone forever.

Zhu Yuanzhang's depression can be imagined, of course he also knew that the merchant's way may not be wrong, but because of this, he had no choice but to gnash his teeth in anger.

It's like your father wants you to take the civil service exam and become a teacher... You have to start a business online, even if you succeed, you have accumulated millions of fans, and if you bring up the old story again, your father will still blow his beard and stare.

At this time, it depends on the role of Queen Ma. She flipped her hands, took out a large pancake from her sleeve, and stuffed it directly into Lao Zhu's mouth, "Eat it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what it was, so he could only bite a piece obediently. It was quite hard, but it was not unpalatable. It was salty, with a bit of fragrance, chewed carefully, and there were obvious lumps, which seemed to be vegetables, but not quite like them.

"Sister, what the hell is this?"

"It's military rations that Biao'er and Mr. Zhang have worked out. Dough cakes, dried seaweed and kelp with pastry added, baked in a stove, just like the original pot helmet."

Old Zhu hesitated a little, and took another big bite.

"It's very similar to a pot helmet, but softer and sweeter."

Empress Ma smiled, "You're still eating it! I thought you wild boars couldn't eat the chaff! Let me tell you, this is sugar from Lingnan, and it was made by that kid Zhu Ying. Mr. Zhang said Yes, there are good things, they must be used in the military, and the cost cannot be calculated... Let’s take this candy as an example, if it is placed in Yingtian, it may be exchanged for several 10 taels of silver!"

Lao Zhu looked stern, shook his head and said: "You can't settle accounts like this, we both came out of the army. At first we ordered a catty and a half of food for the soldiers... Finally, the average person is not less than two catties a day! There are also some vegetables, beans, and all kinds of poultry and livestock behind. Think about it, how many people in our army were sick at the beginning? Eye diseases, foot diseases, skin sores, ulcers... that would kill people. Later We are full, we are well-fed, our illnesses are gone, and everyone is a good guy, so we are invincible all over the world! Mr. said long ago that if you are willing to give your soldiers meat, eggs and milk, your combat power comes from eating them. of!"

Mrs. Ma nodded, "Who says no! I know this reason, and we Biao'er also know... No, he just figured out a way to get some money to fill the military use! Otherwise, it just depends on transporting grain from south to north, relying on Is it affordable to confiscate from the common people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was gradually persuaded, "Sister, what is in this bottle, what can it do?"