"Zhicheng, although Chen Mingyu's approach is somewhat inappropriate, the enemy is facing a formidable enemy, and defending the city is the top priority..."
At this time, Shen Tingyang's voice came from inside the house.
"Mr. Wu Mei, please forgive me for not agreeing with your statement. The teacher once said that the essence of Confucianism is to be cautious in being alone. You must abide by etiquette when you are alone, let alone in public."
"If everyone gathers for profit, where is the justice?"
Shen Tingyang's voice just fell, and Huang Zhicheng's voice sounded again.
"Righteous people are right! If you can't take advantage of the situation, wouldn't you be a nerd?"
Shen Tingyang seemed to be angry with Huang Zhicheng, and his voice contained annoyance.
"Benevolent people love others, so saints and sages teach them virtue. Now, when Chen Ming abandons virtue and takes advantage of it, how can it be said that it is appropriate?"
"You must know that benevolence and righteousness originate from the heart, and you can only see your heart when big things happen. Now that the rebels are besieging the city, you should be teaching the people about benevolence and righteousness, but Chen Mingyu is tempting you with benefits, which shows that his heart is despicable."
"If it is not stopped in time, once this trend spreads, we will become sinners!"
At this time, Huang Zhicheng's upright voice sounded.
"Benevolence and justice..."
"Mr. Wumei, why do you have to argue with this junior!"
As soon as Shen Tingyang's voice rang out, he heard Lu Zhenfei admonishing: "The holy way is profound. He is still young, so some misunderstandings are normal."
"Brother Jianbai (Lu Zhenfei's name) said, Brother Ji Ming doesn't need to argue with him!"
At this time, Shi Kefa's voice sounded: "Zhicheng, you are too presumptuous, and you have not apologized to Mr. Wu Mei..."
"Mr. Daolin (Shi Kefa's nickname), Zong Xi feels that what Zhicheng said has some truth. You must know that the chaos in the world today is due to the constant mistakes..."
Just when Shi Kefa reprimanded Huang Zhicheng, Huang Zongxi's voice sounded again.
"Taichong!"
Before Huang Zongxi finished speaking, Shi Kefa shouted loudly and stopped.
Soon afterwards, Huang Zhicheng apologized, but the apology still contained a lot of excuses.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood outside the house and listened for a while. He felt that although Shi Kefa and others were a little pedantic, they still had general knowledge, but they were lacking some decisiveness.
However, Huang Zongxi seemed to be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and could argue easily, but most of his remarks were taken for granted, and his contempt for the imperial power was hidden in his words, which showed that his heart was impure.
As for Huang Zhicheng, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, he was just a man of clever words and seduction. If he was not killed, he would only poison the world.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately stepped into the inner hall slowly.
When Shi Kefa and others saw this, they were slightly startled, and then stepped forward to salute.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone coldly, looked at Huang Zhicheng and said, "We just heard that someone was causing trouble at Daizongmen. Have you heard about this?"
When Huang Zhicheng saw Zhu Yuanzhang looking at him, he was a little happy in his heart. Now when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say that someone was causing trouble at Daizongmen, his face instantly turned pale, his legs kept shaking, and he almost fell to the ground.
When Shen Tingyang saw Huang Zhicheng's expression, he couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous.
Although Shi Kefa was also a little dissatisfied, thinking that it was the first time for Huang Zhicheng to see the Holy Master, it was normal for him to be panicked, so he explained: "Your Majesty, this is not to cause trouble, but..."
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to kill Huang Zhi to establish his authority, but now seeing that he was so cowardly and seeing Shen Tingyang's dissatisfaction, he thought of leaving him behind. It may disrupt Jiangnan.
So instead of punishing Huang Zhicheng, he praised the opponent a few times.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Huang Zhicheng had a complacent expression, so he told Shi Kefa and others that Chen Mingyu had been given full responsibility for Linyi's city defense.
Huang Zhicheng wanted to take the opportunity to complain, but when he heard this, he immediately shut up.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he felt even more relieved.
Then I saw Shen Tingyang, who was about to speak, being held back by Shi Kefa. He pretended to be invisible and warned everyone before leaving the command post.
Zhu Yuanzhang inspected the other three gates and found that the fighting spirit of the soldiers was not high.
But what surprised him was that the rebels under the city
There were many, but they never attacked the city.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was confused, he suddenly saw many people walking up the city wall carrying all kinds of weapons.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a group of soldiers walking up carrying two boxes. When a hundred households ordered the boxes to be opened, they turned out to be filled with white money.
Later, the hundreds of households were called in public and money was distributed to the people who participated in the defense of the city.
Since they were all worth five taels and one ingot of official silver, the people who came were also organized into groups of five.
When the soldiers who defended the city saw this, they all showed dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, the hundred households told the soldiers that as long as they could pass the assessment and teach the people basic city defense skills, they would not only receive one tael of silver, but also become a corps commander.
All the soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this and stepped forward to sign up one after another.
After some screening, the hundred households selected more than forty outstanding soldiers. After distributing the money in public, they were asked to teach the people.
Those soldiers who were not selected were a little upset at first, but later they came forward to learn, thinking they wanted to prepare for next time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Cai Cai had received more than two thousand taels of silver, the atmosphere in the city defense took on a new look, and he valued Chen Mingyu even more.
But the rebels' refusal to attack still puzzled him.
Just at this moment, a Jin Yiwei came to report that Gao Wencai was back.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately rushed back.
When he saw Gao Wencai, he was shocked when he found that although he had changed into new clothes, there were still many blood stains showing through.
You must know that Gao Wencai is an alert man and has good martial arts. When Li Zicheng besieged the city with hundreds of thousands of rebels, he was not injured at all. Now, the number of rebels outside the city is not only much smaller than before, but their military discipline is also much worse. Gao Wencai Literary talent should not be harmed.
Just when he was confused, he saw Gao Wencai trying to salute, so he hurriedly stopped him. Then he asked Wang Shoulin to help Gao Wencai sit down, and then said in a deep voice: "Gao Qing, what's going on?"
Gao Wencai took a long breath and bowed: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Seeing that the guards on the city were lax, I decided to take the risk and kill Zhao Yingyuan..."
It turned out that after receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's message, Gao Wencai had given up assassinating Zhao Yingyuan and went to find out who was behind the scenes.
However, he secretly arrested a few leaders and did not find out the people behind the scenes. He only found out that most of the more than 30,000 people were Ma Chongxi's old troops, and another six to seven thousand people were the soldiers and horses of the vassal kings.
This group of rebels was originally ordered to surrender and prepare to start a secret uprising. Unexpectedly, Dang Shousu suddenly sent an order to them to gather a few days ago.
But when they arrived at the agreed place, they did not see Dang Shousu. Later, Zhao Yingyuan sent a letter, and they hurried to Linyi.
After Gao Wencai learned about this, he immediately led the Jin Yiwei to assassinate Zhao Yingyuan.
However, although they successfully assassinated Zhao Yingyuan, they were surrounded by rebels.
Just as they were breaking through, Dang Shousu also arrived at the military camp. If it weren't for Gao Wencai's men desperately guarding him, he would have died on the spot.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned after listening to Gao Wencai's story.
