Zhu Biao still didn't understand what his father was saying, but he just felt that there were too many people, so he started crying after a while.
This time, Lao Zhu was so frightened that he hurriedly handed the child to his wife. Ma took Zhu Biao down. They all had dinner together, but they didn't say much. Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong went down early, dragging Zhu Biao with them.
We went horse riding together with Ying.
Li Zhen and her sister-in-law also left, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng.
They looked at each other, and Lao Zhu smiled first, "I can't live in peace even during the New Year!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, there are still many days to work hard for the common people!"
Lao Zhu was startled, as if hesitant, but didn't say anything.
"Sir, when you went to Liu Ji's place, what did he say? Has this old man repented?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Not only has he repented, but he also seems to be a little energetic!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was confused, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Ximeng reached out and took out what Liu Bowen had written, spread it out in front of Lao Zhu, and the two of them watched it together... What could a living god write?
First of all, Liu Bowen established a clear righteousness, and the Yuan Dynasty fell into disrepair, causing great uproar in the country. Cheng Neng followed Tang Wu's example and punished the people, and even a single brigade of troops covering a hundred miles of land was enough to replace him.
This is a simple statement, but it is the basis of all arguments. The Yuan Dynasty is finished. As long as the strategy is appropriate, even if it is only a hundred miles away, it can win the world.
There is no doubt that this allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to strengthen his confidence and seize the country.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Jia, and Mr. Zhu have all said this before. It can only be regarded as a commonplace." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, and Zhang Ximeng just laughed. Treating the same problem, everyone's problem-solving ideas
It's still different, just read on, Liu Bowen won't make general remarks.
Sure enough, in the second article, Liu Bowen proposed that he should form an alliance with Han and Song Dynasties, and use the troops of Han and Song Dynasties to attack the northern Yuan Dynasty, so that they would consume each other and lose both sides. Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, wanted to go south with all his strength to develop and grow.
Here, Liu Bowen put forward an idea, which is to temporarily respect Han and Song Dynasties and adopt dragon and phoenix chronology.
In the next article, Liu Bowen analyzed Zhu Yuanzhang's two major opponents. Although Tianwan's power is extraordinary, the ministers are strong and the ruler is weak, which will cause serious trouble sooner or later. As for Zhang Shicheng, he is only a defender, so there is nothing to worry about. At this point in the analysis, there is no need to worry about it.
It's still nothing new, after all, Zhang Ximeng, Zhu Sheng and others have seen it.
But Liu Bowen then said, if we attack Zhang Shicheng, Tianwan will be saved, but if we are attacked from the front and back, our army will be in danger! If Tianwan is destroyed first, Zhang Shicheng will definitely not have the courage to use his troops, and he will miss the opportunity!
With just this sentence, you can tell the level of each other, and it is not difficult to identify the character shortcomings of both sides, but it takes wisdom to confront each other tit for tat and come up with strategies.
Some people may say, couldn't Zhang Shicheng be eliminated first?
In fact, this problem is even more complicated to analyze.
Although Zhang Shicheng has no ambitions, everyone knows his tenacity in the Battle of Gaoyou. He went all out to attack Zhang Shicheng, although he could win, but it took too long. At that time, Tianwan's troops came to attack him.
For Zhu Jiajun, it was too disadvantageous.
After all, if you go down the Yangtze River, you can reach Jinling in just a few days.
On the other hand, Tianwan is in a mess inside. Although they can fight, if they suffer a disastrous defeat, they will fall apart and not be able to last for long.
Destroy Tianwan first, then Zhang Shicheng, and unify the south!
Liu Bowen used less than a hundred words to clearly explain Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy for conquering the world. Targeting the four major opponents, let Han, Song and Dayuan consume each other. Between Chen and Zhang, Chen first and then Zhang.
So what should Zhu Yuanzhang himself do?
Liu Bowen next wrote that Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, had a tiger on a dragon's plate, and the emperor's aura was strong, which is where the foundation lies... Never forget to fight when plowing, and never forget to plow in war. Use plowing to prepare for war, and use war to protect plowing.
Combining farming and fighting, you are invincible!
Another key measure was proposed by Liu Bowen, the combination of farming and warfare, which is indeed suitable for today's Zhu Jiajun.
Lao Zhu also gradually became interested. He browsed down and Liu Bowen made several important suggestions in succession... After reading the whole article, the biggest feeling is that Liu Bowen is a pragmatic person and can put forward feasible strategies.
For example, Liu Bowen proposed to reduce the punishment, but he then added that the Yuan government was unjust, that is to say, it was necessary to eliminate the punishment for the Yuan Dynasty's mistakes, rather than simply reducing the punishment.
Liu Bowen also proposed to recruit talents and open subjects to obtain scholars... But Liu Bowen immediately advocated the establishment of a school. All talents must enter the school first, and then they can become officials. Before becoming an official, the talent's ability must be evaluated, and then they can be awarded an official!
Seeing this, Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but admire him.
In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination was not the only way, and it was not even the main way to select scholars.
As the highest institution of higher learning, the Imperial College has a complete learning system.
They also have a method of points, and according to the points, they will be promoted in the six halls. If they perform particularly well, they will also ask the Holy Judge.
Moreover, there is a system for supervising the students’ history, that is, doing internships to understand government affairs, so as not to become a waste who is not diligent in all aspects and indifferent to grains.
During the founding stage of the Ming Dynasty, there were many Imperial Scholars, Imperial Scholars, and Imperial Scholars who passed the imperial exams, and their abilities were even higher than those of ordinary Scholars.
Even from the perspective of future generations, this set of learning methods is remarkable. There is nothing wrong with it. At most, it just needs some slight adjustments in the content of learning.
Then someone has to ask, the Imperial College is so awesome, why did it become so disgusting in the middle and late Ming Dynasty? Is it just a bunch of losers living in it?
This matter can probably be written into a paper of hundreds of thousands of words. The approximate description is how the country lost control of talents, or how private schools defeated official schools...
All in all, they just kept adding sand and stuffing some bureaucrats' children into the Imperial College. After Jingtai Chenghua, they simply allowed them to spend money to attend school and donate millet to the prison. To put it bluntly, they were using money in exchange for the honor of being a prison student.
When things have reached this point, the Imperial College will be abolished as expected...and these suggestions come from loyal and virtuous ministers in the court. They are not corrupt and bend the law, but they corrupt the national code, destroy the ancestral system, and start with no politeness at all.
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At this time, Liu Bowen proposed to open a school, but it was obviously to attack the local gentry, and it was also one of his revenge plans.
With the level of government-run schools, what is learned and what is taught are all in the hands of the government, and students can be given grace at any time to make them work faithfully.
Although the school cannot guarantee 100% loyalty, the people who come out of the official school are probably different from those who go to the Shanxi Business School.
Liu Bowen advocated allowing Meng children to go to school, planning and granting land to the people, and establishing households to equalize the people. He suggested that Lao Zhu should be single-minded and dictatorial, with a few powerful enemies, and focus on development...
Reading along the way, there were a total of eighteen pieces of advice, and almost every one of them hit the mark. After reading it over and over again, Lao Zhu couldn't help but admire it.
"This man is an honest and talented person!"
These civil servants have also said similar things to Lao Zhu, but it is still eye-catching to be able to explain it as comprehensively as Liu Bowen.
"Sir, what do you think of Liu Ji?"
Zhang Ximeng praised: "His talent is ten times that of his ministers!"
Lao Zhu couldn't help but snorted, "He may be outstanding, but he is definitely not as good as Mr. Zhang... Well, let him be your deputy and be responsible for handling official documents to see the results."
Alas, Zhang Ximeng’s secretarial team has grown again.
Then, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Ximeng took the initiative to go to Liu Bowen and explained Zhu Yuanzhang's intention.
"Mr. Bowen, I'm afraid I will wrong you."
Liu Bowen quickly waved his hand, bowed deeply to the commander's mansion, and then said to Zhang Ximeng: "Experience is the best. That day's experience is far superior to Bowen. Bowen is in awe. It's just that Bowen doesn't know what's good or bad, and he doesn't know how to count."
, almost destroyed the family and the entire clan, but now the superiors are able to make some exceptions, regardless of Bowen's fault, he is willing to be a groom!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Mr. Bowen, you are too polite. You mentioned starting a school. In fact, I have had this idea for a long time. In Xuancheng, I ordered a lot of Four Treasures of the Study. But having said that, if you want to start a school, you must learn from everyone.
I wonder if Mr. Bowen can recommend a few?"
When Liu Bowen heard this, he said: "When it comes to talents, I recommend Song Lian first. His articles on Confucian classics are far superior to mine, and his character is upright and his knowledge is solid. He is the best choice. In addition to him, there is Ye Chen
, Zhang Yi are all great talents, we can recruit them all to start a school together."
Zhang Ximeng nodded slightly, but then said quietly: "Let's do this. Mr. Bowen will write a letter of recommendation, and you will give it to Li Shanchang later and let Mr. Li make a decision."
Liu Bowen was stunned, what does this mean?
"It's nothing interesting, it's just a rule. Mr. Li is still the head of the civil service under the lord's rule. We can give advice, but when it comes to the use of talents, except for those directly ordered by the lord, everything else has to go through Mr. Li. Any decisions must be made by Mr. Li."
Mr. Bowen is responsible for the execution. From now on, Mr. Bowen will visit Mr. Li more often. There will be no harm in chatting with him more."
Liu Bowen pondered for a while, then realized something and nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Ximeng was able to have New Year's Eve dinner with Lao Zhu's family, so he was certainly not an outsider. From a general perspective, he could probably get rid of Li Shanchang and do whatever he wanted.
But Zhang Ximeng is very clear-headed. The most important thing for a team and a country is the rules. If he can surpass Li Shanchang, then why not just take away Li Shanchang's job?
Or maybe under Zhu Yuanzhang, there were two systems, one called Li Shanchang and the other called Zhang Ximeng... If it really came to this point, Li Shanchang would be shameless, but would he be better off?
Liu Bowen was surprised by Zhang Ximeng's caution.
Although he didn't understand Zhu Jiajun's situation, he still knew clearly how powerful Zhang Ximeng was.
Even Zhang Ximeng puts the rules first. For Liu Bowen, he really shouldn't be arrogant.
Sure enough, he went to Li Shanchang, explained the specialties of several people in detail, and finally respectfully asked Li Shanchang to make a decision.
Lao Li was naturally happy and immediately ordered someone to invite Liu Bowen. He also chatted with Liu Bowen a lot and was very cordial. After being a bully for such a long time, someone finally respected him.
Li Shanchang excitedly said to Liu Bowen: "With the momentum of ascending to the throne, he can be called the king. If he takes a step back, he should be called the Duke of the country. What does Bowen think?"