First Minister of Ming Dynasty

However, under Zhang Ximeng's management, the Yuan Dynasty has been regarded as a barbarian, and at the same time, he praises resistance. Including Monk Peng, all have positive comments and even allow temples to be built for sacrifice.

When it comes to Han Song, it is impossible to blindly belittle him, and he must be dealt with properly.

For this reason, Zhang Ximeng spent a lot of effort. Although Han and Song Dynasties seem to have perished, there are still a large number of Liu Futong's old ministries in various places, such as Shandong and Liaodong, and there are still forces that cannot be ignored.

This is what Daming needs to fight for. After Zhang Ximeng thought about the trade-offs, he invited Xiaoming Wang Han Lin'er and Liu Futong's brother Liu Liu.

After all, these two people are almost the only characters who can represent Han Song.

During this period of time, Han Lin'er got better, but was still pitifully thin. After Liu Futong's death, Liu Liu lost all thoughts and looked in a trance.

Zhang Ximeng quickly asked them to sit down, and then said to Liu Liu: "I have planned three places in the past few days to bury Prime Minister Liu... one is the hometown of Yingzhou, the other is outside Kaifeng City, and the third is Zhongmou. Beside the river. These three places also have their own purposes, what do you think?"

Liu Liu was stunned, and a painful tangle flashed across his face.

When the leaves fall back to their roots, it is best to go back to their hometown for burial.

But the problem is that Yingzhou's hometown has been devastated by several wars, and it is already in a mess... He wants to go back to his hometown, what will the people in his hometown think of Liu Futong?

Can it still be a return home?

Kaifeng was the capital of Han and Song Dynasties, and it was also the place where Liu Futong died, but there seems to be no good memories here.In addition to the defeat, it was the last moment to wield the butcher's knife and slaughter those shameless dregs.

It doesn't seem so appropriate either.

However, Zhongmu's river course is very particular.

Because of the construction of the canal, the Yuan court summoned so many civilians. Han Shantong and Liu Futong took the opportunity to spread the law, gathered the rebels, and chiseled the one-eyed stone man, setting off the curtain of the red scarf uprising.

For Liu Futong, who died in the end and the country was destroyed, it was the pinnacle of his life that he once drew his sword to make trouble. It is indeed the best choice to be buried by the river.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your pity. My brother will be buried in Zhongmou!"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Then the next step is the issue of etiquette... I thought about it and asked the lord for an order. We decided to posthumously make Prime Minister Liu the head of righteous king and set up a monument for sacrifice. What do you think?"

Liu Liu turned pale in shock. It wasn't that he disliked being low, but that he was too high.

Higher than he imagined.

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Liu Liu actually knelt on the ground, crying, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Mr. Zhang is very righteous. I, I thank Mr. Zhang on behalf of my elder brother."

Zhang Ximeng waved his hand hastily, telling him not to do so.

"There is another troublesome thing here, His Majesty King Ming." Zhang Ximeng glanced at Han Lin'er, and then said: "Although your father is revered as the emperor, our Ming Dynasty does not recognize you, the Song Dynasty, and treats you like an emperor. Not suitable... I discussed with the lord, intending to posthumously make your father the Duke of Song, and treat him according to etiquette."

When Han Lin'er was still confused, Liu Liu nodded again and again, "Your Majesty... hurry up, thank you, Prime Minister Zhang."

Han Liner stood up hastily, but he was an emperor after all, so Han Liner was still a little hesitant to open his mouth when asked what to say.

Zhang Ximeng quickly waved his hands, "You don't have to be polite, just listen to me when I finish speaking... So I thought about letting King Xiaoming go to Korea and join Guan Duo..."

"No!" Liu Liu refused straight away, "Zhang Xiang, I know your painstaking efforts, but from your arrangements for my brother, it can be seen that Zhang Xiang and Da Mingzi are both upright heroes in the world. We have I have no other intentions, and the old ministries are all gone. Going to Korea at this time will not only cause trouble for others, but also make it appear that we have ulterior motives... As long as Zhang Tong agrees, we are willing to stay in Daming, even if we are farmers plowing the fields. good."

Liu Liu excitedly said: "Mr. Zhang, we just want to be ordinary people, please let Mr. Zhang do it!"

Zhang Ximeng mused slightly, he was Liu Futong's brother after all, Liu Liu thought clearly after going through ups and downs.Going to Koryo and defecting to the former Han and Song Dynasties, not only will they not be taken care of, on the contrary, some people may want to use their heads to curry favor with Zhu Yuanzhang.

That being the case, why not stay in Daming, would anyone dare to harm the Son of Heaven and Zhang Xiang under their noses?

Seeing what Liu Liu said, Zhang Ximeng nodded, "It's good that you have an idea. Five days later, we will go to bury King Shouyi. Let's go together!"

Liu Liu hurriedly thanked him, and dragged Han Liner to leave. When he reached the door, Han Liner suddenly turned around, "Cao, Caomin thank you, Prime Minister Zhang!"

His voice was timid, but his eyes were firm.

Zhang Ximeng also smiled, "Da Ming will try his best to take good care of every citizen."

This sentence is enough!

Han Lin'er can rest easy for the rest of his life, Liu Liuqian is very grateful, and he took Han Lin'er down, and his hanging heart finally fell.

Finally, I can sleep peacefully.

As the emperor of the separatist regime, Daming is really kind to be able to end up like this.I am afraid of comparison in everything, anyway, Liu Liu is convinced, it can't be better.

Several days passed, and finally it was the day to officially bury Liu Futong.

Surprisingly, there were more than 20 people who jointly signed a letter, which was stabbed into Zhang Ximeng's hands.

These people unanimously demanded that Liu Futong was cruel and inhumane, he rebelled against the destiny of heaven, and that he deserved a more than guilty death, so he should not be buried generously.

Zhang Ximeng frowned, and called Guo Ying, "What's going on? Are the remnants of the Song Dynasty still alive?"

Guo Ying grinned, "Master Zhang, the people in Kaifeng are almost dead, most of them are from Shandong... They jumped up and down, clamoring to beat Liu Futong to ashes, and said that King Xiao Ming deserves to be executed because he has no good fortune from a king. Not killing is not enough to anger the people."

Zhang Ximeng snorted, "Flies and bugs are always there! What else did these people do?"

Guo Yingdao: "They really wanted to do something, but no one made a fuss with them. A few days ago they even approached someone from the Zhang family and wanted to join the name, but the Zhang family didn't agree."

Guo Ying observed his words, this time the Zhang family sent some people to act as civilian husbands to help transport the military supplies.According to Zhu Yuanzhang's intention, all these leaders can take the exam and enter the officialdom together with the grain chief.

When Guo Ying mentioned it at this time, he couldn't help thinking carefully.

Zhang Ximeng sneered and said: "You don't need to test me. A few people from the Zhang family have come, but more Zhang family children are still in their hometown. Everyone knows what they are planning. The two roads in front of them now One is to persuade the family to hand over the land as soon as possible and integrate into Daming. Second, if the family cannot be persuaded, then break with the Zhang family and take the exam as an ordinary person. Don’t play this kind of tricks.”

What else can Guo Ying say, Zhang Xiang is really discerning and selfless!

"By the way, let those people who wrote the letter go to Zhongmu as well, and let them listen carefully. If you still don't repent and talk nonsense...Your guards have a way, right?"

Guo Ying paused, and hurriedly said: "Yes! This kind of people must be out of their minds... I, I will send them to the medical clinic, and let the famous experts who treat delirium treat them properly."

Zhang Ximeng was very satisfied, and even planned to name the hospital, St. Elizabeth, to treat loyal officials of the Song Dynasty from all walks of life.

Not surprisingly, these people were picked up by the guards and went to Zhongmou... When they got there, they were stupid.

Both sides are full of elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty...Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Hu Dahai, Feng Guoyong, even Zhu Wenzheng, who shined in Shanzhou, and Lan Yu, who made great achievements in the surprise attack on the Shangdang, hundreds of The generals, the stars gather together, shining brightly.

On the other side, civil servants headed by Zhang Ximeng, Zhu Sheng and Jia Lu participated in politics, and Wang Guangyang, Yang Xian, Hu Weiyong and others were all listed.

Zhu Yuanzhang appeared in front of all civil and military officials in military uniform.

Lao Zhu glanced at the group of officials, and then slowly said: "Today, I will hold a funeral for a person. Some people say he is a thief, some say he is a hero, and some say he is our life and death rival. He is dead. Let's breathe a sigh of relief and have a drink."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang paused for a moment, glanced at Zhang Ximeng, and then continued: "What should we think of Liu Gongfutong, please ask Mr. Zhang to talk about it!"

The matter fell to Zhang Ximeng, he took a few steps forward, then turned to face the big guy.

"Today we are standing here, holding a funeral for a brave man... This man first raised the flag of rebellion, led the underdogs, defeated the enemy with wisdom and courage, and the 30 yuan army collapsed. The tiger occupied the land of the Central Plains and ignited the flames of the rebel army. The three-way Northern Expedition, magnificent mountains and rivers, severely damaged the Yuan court, and the credit is in China!"

Zhang Ximeng said categorically: "The one we are going to bury today is the old Song Taibao, Prime Minister Liu Gong...he is also the first righteous king after my Ming Dynasty! Over the years, there have been endless righteous men who resisted the Yuan court. Lit the beacon fire, erected the great banner, called on the world, and only Liu Gong was the one who gathered to respond."

"This feat is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun and the moon, and to be immortal for thousands of years!"

The evaluation of these few words is simply too high to be added.Even his own brother Liu Liu was dumbfounded.

He didn't know that his elder brother was so amazing!

Zhang Xiang is not only kind, but also a sage and gentleman that people have to admire!

Zhang Ximeng seemed not satisfied with the verbal praise, but turned to the side and said, "Bring the Shouyi stele!"

A large cart with sixteen horses came slowly. On the cart was a stone tablet with a height of one foot and eight feet.

On the front of the stele is the word Shouyi, and on the back is the record about the Red Scarf Uprising, praising Liu Futong's achievements.

Even civil and military men of the Ming Dynasty could not help being envious when they saw this scene. From now on, Liu Futong is enough to last forever and be admired by future generations.

As for Liu Liu and the rest of Liu Futong's former subordinates, they fell to their knees and wept bitterly.

"Thank God!"

"Thank you Zhang Xiang Dade!"

"Brother, your spirit in heaven can comfort you!"

For a while, there was a lot of crying...

Chapter 487 Thank You

A hundred soldiers together lifted the stele steadily with wooden poles, walked [-] steps forward, and placed it on the pre-prepared stele pedestal. It fit perfectly and was perfect.

But the big guy looked a little strange in his eyes.

The strange thing is that the base of the stele is made of black stone, like ink, and the body of the stele on it is white. Black and white are opposite, the contrast is sharp, and the difference is obvious.

What does this mean?

Some keen people have already set their sights on Zhang Ximeng.

Sure enough, Zhang Ximeng prepared the following.

"We respect King Shouyi's courage and affirm his achievements in the Anti-Yuan... But we must also be soberly aware that King Shouyi made mistakes in many issues, and it was these mistakes that caused his failure. As a warning."

When Zhang Ximeng said this, he also looked at Liu Futong's old department.

Obviously, he wants to make these words clear, and it can even be said that these words are the most important.

Otherwise, I, as the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty, praise you Prime Minister Han and Song Dynasty, and give you such a high evaluation, where should I put Daming?

What's more, over the years, Daming and Han Song have not been without conflicts, and if some things are not clearly stated, there will be future troubles.

"I thought that from the very beginning, it was reasonable for Song Gong and Shouyi King to gather people to teach the Dharma and conspire against the Yuan court, but after the event, they still used the title of King Ming. Inhumanity, natural disasters and man-made disasters, one after another, famine is everywhere in the Central Plains, the people are destitute, the people have no clothes, no food to eat. Has there ever been a king of Ming to come to the world? Has there ever been a Bodhisattva? "

"The only ones who can really save the people are those who uphold the will of heaven and the people, truly think about the people, trust the people, mobilize the people, have a deep relationship with all the people in the world, and never give up! Only those who come from the ordinary people, fight bravely, Soldiers who don’t regret dying and are willing to fight for the people! Only they can truly complete the important task of expelling the barbarians and restoring China. Only then can we truly save the people from suffering.”

"In conclusion, only the people themselves can save the people! We are not protected by gods and Buddhas, but by heroes. There are many righteous men among us. They are just ordinary people in normal times. But when danger comes, He will stand up, call on the heroes of the world, gather together to respond, go forward, risk death and forget life, continue to fight, shed blood and sacrifice, and save the people of Li from danger with thousands of lives!"

"We admire heroes and value history. In our annals, we have recorded all the predecessors who have sheltered us for thousands of years. Every name in it is ten thousand times more important than the bullshit King Ming!"

When Zhang Ximeng said this, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er in the crowd bowed his head deeply, cold sweat dripped down his temples, he was flustered and at a loss what to do.

But Liu Liu, after a brief hesitation, immediately showed joy.

Zhang Xiang is a great virtue!

Han Shantong's name is King Ming, and Han Lin'er is Xiaoming King. They are both leaders of the White Lotus Sect in name, and the White Lotus Sect is a group of professional rebels.

Even if Han Liner wants to be an ordinary person, there will always be someone who wants to use him for something.

So in the past dynasties, in this situation, most of them would be killed, once and for all.

Even if he doesn't die, he will be imprisoned and be more careful... The old Zhao family is the most proficient at this kind of thing.

But Zhang Ximeng took action from another level, directly denying the mystery of King Ming, making this name worthless. In this case, King Ming is even more of an ordinary person.

Han Lin'er can probably spend the rest of his life in peace, without having to worry about it.

But there is also a problem, that is, if the denial of the gods and Buddhas will damage the prestige of the emperor, or even cause Lao Zhu's dissatisfaction?

This is overthinking. In fact, long after Zhang Ximeng overthrew the relationship between heaven and man, he changed the foundation of imperial power.

On such a big occasion today, of course, it is impossible to just untangle Han Liner, Zhang Ximeng wants to further explain the orthodoxy.

What Zhang Ximeng did was really similar to Zhu Xi, but the basis of the two people's arguments were completely different, and the impact they produced was also completely different.

"The reason why a hero is a hero is that he has the people in his heart and puts the people in his heart... This leads to the second level, where did King Shouyi fail?"

"I think King Shouyi lost because he forgot his original intention. Or to put it simply, Duke Song and King Shouyi didn't empathize with the suffering of the people, and they didn't really want to save the people. The wind ignites the fire and realizes one's own purpose."

"After the initial success of the uprising, King Shouyi gathered his troops and launched a large-scale Northern Expedition to compete with the Yuan army for the world. He fought savagely and killed the world. But he forgot that under his rule, there were still tens of millions of people who were starving for food. They were hungry, Cold, people leave their homes every day, and people starve to death on the side of the road... In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are more military disasters, people's livelihood is even more miserable, and the people are even more miserable. Drive them away again, join the Northern Expedition, and fight desperately with the Yuan army... the land of the Central Plains, thousands of miles of red land, the people are in dire straits, the Yuan court has committed a lot of crimes, and the Shouyi King can hardly escape the blame!"

Zhang Ximeng's words can be said to be merciless, directly peeling off Liu Futong's face.

However, those old departments of Liu Futong couldn't say anything.

It can even be said that Zhang Ximeng is being polite. Han Song's soldiers also looted everywhere, captured strong men, grabbed food, burned and killed everywhere, and did all kinds of evil.

The so-called Northern Expeditionary Army was often bandits.Except for Mao Gui, no one really cares about the life and death of the people.

Including Liu Futong, he didn't have the idea of ​​​​building a fundamental place, but kept recruiting strong men, forming soldiers and horses, and sending them to the Northern Expedition to fight desperately with the Yuan army.

As long as he wins Dadu, he will be able to sit on the Dragon Throne and enjoy the taste of Ninety-five Supreme Beings.

As for the people, they are just his tools.

People like to talk about success and defeat, but in contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on building high walls, accumulating food widely, and slowly becoming king, which embodies the thoughts of the common people everywhere.

Granting fields, stockpiling grain, raising soldiers, and living people... Then concentrate all your efforts to destroy powerful enemies and succeed in the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop.

Compared with Liu Futong, this strategy is not known how much higher.

So, is it strange that Zhu Yuanzhang had the last laugh?

"What I want to say is that the Northern Expedition is not unimportant. On the contrary, the Northern Expedition is very important, and the expulsion of the Hulu is also our core proposition. But we must have the people in our hearts and think about the lives of the common people. It is impossible for us to devote all our energy to fighting , and even said that we should spend more than [-]% of our thoughts on developing and strengthening ourselves."