There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. This place really nourishes people. Since retreating to writing books, Zhang Ximeng's physical condition has improved a lot and his writing efficiency has become higher.
Finally, before his sixtieth birthday, Zhang Ximeng completed writing the history of the Chinese nation, and by the way, he also completed the history of Chinese thought.
Master Zhang's diligence put many people to shame.
Coincidentally, the person wishing the Grand Master a birthday also came.
The first one to come was not the Grand Master's sons, nor his younger brother Zhu Ying, but the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. Although he was over seventy years old, he was still strong and strong, and his voice was as loud as a bell.
I came from Suzhou and shouted when I met him, "It doesn't take too much trouble. Just prepare a dozen dishes and make do with it."
Zhang Ximeng smiled bitterly, "Why did I hear that my master only has two dishes for every meal at home?"
"Yes, I'm here to satisfy your craving, aren't I?" Zhu Yuanzhang said rudely: "Hurry up, you are a rich man, we know you are not short of money."
What could Zhang Ximeng say? In fact, he had already prepared it.
They sat at a table. Lao Zhu was in a good mood and exchanged a few words with Zhang Ximeng. Then Zhu Yuanzhang got straight to the point, "Grand Master, do you know about that bastard Lao Si?"
Zhang Ximeng blinked his eyes and said silently: "I don't know."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "What is he doing in Tianzhu to regulate human relations and distinguish surnames and clans? You don't know about this?"
Zhang Ximeng waved his hands repeatedly, "I definitely don't know. I've been writing books, how could I possibly know."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "Show us what you wrote."
Zhang Ximeng had no choice but to hand the two books to Lao Zhu.
Zhu Yuanzhang took it and just flipped through the history of thought. After reading it for a while, he became furious and said, "Okay, you still say you don't know! You have written it all in the book!"
Zhang Ximeng was surprised, "I, what did I write?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "You think we are stupid, don't you understand? This book of yours compares the differences between our thinking and that of Tianzhu. To sum it up, you say that China is a problem solver who wants to solve problems. . You said that Dayu was able to found the Xia Dynasty because of his merits in controlling floods. Qin Shihuang unified the world because of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, when they attacked each other and the people suffered terribly... Did you write this?"
Zhang Ximeng could only nod, "It was indeed written by me."
"Then you said that Tianzhu is different from China. They are divided into several levels. The Brahmins at the top are only responsible for elaborating and explaining, thinking and discussing, and do not touch on practice. Because once it touches on practice and does the dirty work, it will If you are no longer noble, you will be disloyal and you will become a pariah. This is something they are not willing to die for."
Zhang Ximeng nodded again, "Indeed, did I say something wrong?"
"Of course it's true... but why do you say that if you force an analogy, Tianzhu can be compared to Wei and Jin, but it's a thousand or ten thousand times worse."
Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, "Is it wrong?"
Lao Zhu hummed: "It's true that I'm wrong, but isn't it Cui Hao's idea to regulate human relations and distinguish surnames and clans? You think I'm a young man, don't you know?"
Zhang Ximeng also laughed, "My lord, this is going too far. That's what I wrote. What King Yan has realized is his business and has nothing to do with me!"
"Huh, you still said it doesn't matter! Look at this."
As he spoke, Lao Zhu took out a newspaper from his sleeve and threw it in front of Zhang Ximeng, and then said: "You watch first, we are hungry. After I finish eating, we will settle the accounts."
Zhang Ximeng didn't know why Lao Zhu was so angry. He took it over and looked at it, but he couldn't help laughing... After Zhu Di pinched Tianzhu, he put a lot of effort into studying how to manage this place.
piece of place.
Although Tianzhu is shattered to pieces, there are so many people here that it can't stand it. Except for the Central Plains, it belongs to Tianzhu.
There are hundreds of states, large and small, and the complexity is comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.
How to manage this?
According to Dai Ying's experience, it is natural to divide and conquer...use people from the south to manage those from the north, and use people from the north to suppress those from the south, so that they can restrain each other and fight among themselves. Then you can get twice the result with half the effort and hardly pay too much.
You can control the entire Tianzhu and continuously drain the lake to catch fish.
However, after being carefully taught by Zhang Ximeng, Zhu Di suddenly created a new style of play and came up with amazing methods.
He issued a decree to straighten out human relations and clarify surnames and clans.
To put it bluntly, it means redefining castes and distinguishing between high and low.
As soon as this order came out, the whole of Tianzhu went crazy. The upper castes wanted to maintain it, while the lower castes wanted to climb up... But no matter what, the final power of evaluation was in Zhu Di's hands.
His Royal Highness, King Yan, successfully grasped Tianzhu's fate.
It stands to reason that no matter how hard he goes, it has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. But problems also arise. In the past ten years or so, people from Tianzhu have continued to arrive in the Ming Dynasty.
There are scholars, businessmen, and recently there are many housekeepers and servants.
After all, hiring servants from the Ming Dynasty was too expensive, and they were not very at the mercy of others.
Tianzhu people are cheap and absolutely obedient.
Now it has become the first choice for many wealthy people.
According to the latest news, one-third of the people in the Xuanwei Department of Jiugang are from Tianzhu, Quanzhou and other places, almost one-tenth of the servants are from Tianzhu, and more than a quarter of the barbarian merchants are from Tianzhu.
After this group of people entered the Ming Dynasty, they naturally brought their caste to the Ming Dynasty.
Then something very unpleasant appeared in the newspapers.
For example, this one that Lao Zhu gave to Zhang Ximeng said that the land of China has drawn rich ideological nourishment from Tianzhu, especially the introduction of Buddhism and the unification of the three religions, which has made immeasurable merit...
After seeing this, Zhang Ximeng could not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's worries.
"My lord, are you afraid that someone will shake the foundation of our country by promoting things about Tianzhu?"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice: "Yes, we have always said that the four peoples are united, but Tianzhu talks about four classes of people. But the fourth class clearly distinguishes their surnames and clans. We are really worried that one day, it will shake the Ming Dynasty.
The basics. By the way, we also watched a monkey show a few days ago. It was well performed and quite lively. But this monkey went to the West to seek scriptures, which is Tianzhu. We felt uncomfortable. Sir, you
You also know that we have never liked the Buddhist ways in our life, and we know exactly what they are up to."
Zhang Ximeng nodded repeatedly. In fact, Lao Zhu's worries were not unfounded. After all, in terms of numbers, only Tianzhu in the world could compete with the Central Plains.
And they do have complete discussions and a strict system. They have been passed down for many years and are basically self-consistent.
Once you get stuck in, it's really hard to get out.
It can be said jokingly that at this time, the Ming Dynasty's military force was unrivaled in the world. It had a vast territory and spread all over the world. Everything illuminated by the sun and the moon was the Ming Dynasty.
It is almost impossible to shake the Ming Dynasty through force.
But if Tianzhu's story is allowed to spread internally, the future of mankind will become like Tianzhu... Zhang Ximeng will also shudder a little.
This is really a big deal!
No wonder Lao Zhu was worried, he mentioned this as soon as he came to the door.
Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyelids helplessly, "If you don't let King Yan play this trick of regulating human relations, are you going to teach the people of Tianzhu to be self-reliant and move forward bravely?"
Now Lao Zhu had nothing to say.
"Then what should we do?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "As soon as we heard that monkey show, we were scared. It's not anything else. We were afraid that one day we would do all the tricks from Tianzhu, and it would be fatal.
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Zhang Ximeng thought for a moment and realized that Journey to the West has not yet been written. If nothing else happens, Journey to the West should be a work written in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. As for the author Wu Chengen, it is probably a pseudonym... because in ancient times, writing novels was not a popular one.
things, so most people use pen names, such as Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, or Cao Xueqin...
Some people even think that the real author of Journey to the West is most likely Li Chunfang.
But long before that, various versions of Journey to the West were already available all over the world, and the Yuan Dynasty dramas had a lot of big monkey plays. At that time, Sun Wukong was still a perverted monkey.
"Lord, do you think this will work? Let's find someone to write a complete version of Journey to the West with great care. This will take the opportunity to expose Tianzhu's old background."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he said, "This is a good idea, so please give me some hard work, Mr. Lao."
Zhang Ximeng dug another hole for himself, "I'm definitely not good at writing, so I can only do my best... But I think we can get a head start. Let's write about Wang Xuance to pacify Tianzhu. If we do it better, we can offset part of it."
Lao Zhu rolled his eyelids, nodded and said: "That's okay, anyway, we have nothing to do now, we are just waiting for the good news from sir."
Zhang Ximeng grinned. With this person in charge to remind him, his life would never get better.
But everything had to wait until after his sixtieth birthday... Sure enough, as his birthday was getting closer and closer, the second son, Zhang Chengtian, came back first. Not only did he come back, he also brought his wife back.
This girl has an oval face, is not tall, is petite, and doesn't like to talk. When she gets here, she gets into the kitchen and helps with food and drink... Not to mention, this girl is really capable, everything is in order, who knows?
Don't be lazy either.
Zhang Ximeng glanced at his second son and said, "You bastard, you really got an advantage. Remember to be nice to others, otherwise I won't agree."
Zhang Chengtian chuckled and said: "Don't worry, I know it well. But do you have any plans? What are the third and fourth children going to do? These two boys are about to graduate."
Zhang Ximeng was stunned for a moment, then said: "You all have the final say, and they are no exception."
After Zhang Chengtian waited for a while, he said: "Then you have to hold on, don't be so angry that your body will be broken."
After saying that, he ran away.
Suddenly, Mrs. Jiang Nan, the eldest son Zhang Shuning, the eldest daughter-in-law Xia Zhifeng, and Zhang's parents and grandchildren all came.
The Zhang family mansion, which had been quiet for a long time, finally became lively.
Later, Zhang Zhengbang, the third eldest son of the Zhang family, and Zhang Mingcai, the fourth eldest son of the Zhang family, rushed back.
After meeting Zhang Ximeng, for the first time, Zhang Mingshi, the fourth child, took the initiative to speak, "Dad, my children celebrated their sixtieth birthday with you, and I'm afraid they will have to wait until their seventies next time. The two of us have agreed to go to America. Yinan
Yibei. Ten years later, we are going to present two golden tripods to the Ming Dynasty."
As expected, these two boys are very ambitious!
Zhang Ximeng sighed helplessly, "How do you two plan to govern the place? It won't be to regulate human relations and separate surnames and clans, right?"
The fourth child, Zhang Mingshi, immediately said: "How could it be? We will not be like that good-for-nothing Zhu Laosi!"
Zhang Zhengbang, the third child, also said: "We must fight hard and work hard!"
When Zhang Ximeng heard this, he thought for a moment and couldn't help laughing... Maybe he felt relieved a little.