Except for Zhang Yuchu, everyone present had heard Zhang Yi, or rather the old god's evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang in Zhang Yimei's dream.
An emperor through the ages!
Last time Zhu Biao asked Zhang Yi, how could the Emperor of Ming Dynasty be qualified to stand alongside Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han?
Zhang Yi's answer was that the emperor hoped to take back the Sixteen Youyun Provinces and end the 455-year regret of the Han family's ancestors.
This achievement deserves the name of an emperor through the ages, but Lao Zhu is not satisfied.
A king must have both civil and military skills. To a certain extent, civil skills are more important than martial arts in the heart of the emperor.
Lao Zhu is a conservative person, and family occupies a very important position in his heart. Now that he has become the emperor, Ming Dynasty is his home in a sense.
How to pass on the family and let the children and grandchildren live a good life is Lao Zhu's biggest concern.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to achieve this kind of achievement, but if he only died after two generations like the Qin Dynasty, what would be the use of this kind of emperor?
Zhu Yuanzhang has not forgotten that Zhang Yi got a glimpse of the fate of his two grandsons through the fate of the girls in the Chang family.
One of them was imprisoned until death. What happened?
Therefore, civil governance often reflects the rise and fall of a dynasty. Today, the emperor called Zhang Yi here, and the main purpose was to ask about this matter.
"Did you read anything from your ancestors' mouths or from that heavenly book?"
Zhang Yi knew what he said that day and probably couldn't hide it from his uncle, so he simply admitted it.
"Uncle is really a crazy fan of the current Holy Emperor!"
Zhang Yi complained secretly, and then replied:
"Actually, it's very simple. It's not just about expelling the Tartars and restoring China!"
"According to my understanding, Your Majesty can easily get rid of the Tartars. It is estimated that most of the Yuan Dynasty will not be saved this year. In the next few years, I, the Ming Dynasty, will take back the land in the north step by step and wipe out all the Yuan Dynasty forces left in the Central Plains... ..., in terms of martial arts, His Majesty is absolutely unstoppable today!"
"Even in terms of civil affairs, His Majesty's management is generally not too bad, but it is a bit difficult to complete his historical mission..."
"Historical mission?"
Zhu Yuanzhang noticed this very new word, which was obviously not a normal word. When Zhang Yi evaluated Zhu Yuanzhang, he did so from a superior perspective!
When he thought about it, it was actually normal.
Zhang Yi's views are actually the evaluation of him by future generations!
Right and wrong, merits and demerits are the most objective!
He remembered what Empress Ma had said to him: Li Shimin could learn from history and learn from people. But no king can learn from the future.
"What is your Majesty's historical mission?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang asked, his tone was also a little excited.
"Restore China!"
"What is China?"
"North and South are united and support the ancestral system!"
"This seems to be what His Majesty is doing, and it doesn't seem difficult!"
The person who spoke was Zhang Yuchu. He looked at Zhang Yi and Zhu Yuanzhang asking and answering questions, and the child was so expressive.
"Is it really not difficult?"
Zhang Yi really liked his elder brother to praise him, so he took Zhang Yuchu's words and said:
"Even if Uncle Huang has never heard of His Majesty's old minister Zhang Chang, he should still take a look at Duke Yansheng's current virtue..."
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head and pondered. Zhang Chang was a not-so-good memory for Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the previous dynasty, he served as an official to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sought to recruit him, reused him, and trusted him. He once became Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate to participate in political affairs. It can be said that if he could live until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he would be a proper official of the Zhongshu Province. One senior officer.
But such a person was killed by Lao Zhu last year.
The reason is very simple. Although Zhu Yuanzhang trusted him, Zhang Chang had his past in mind. Many of his suggestions were deliberately misleading Zhu Yuanzhang.
After the incident, Lao Zhu rarely missed his old friendship and tried to persuade him.
But the other party left a message: I am in the south of the Yangtze River, but my mind is in the north. But he would rather die!
This person's betrayal can be regarded as leaving a big shadow on Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Before His Majesty conquered the north, we Han people lost not only the sixteen states of Youyun for more than four hundred years, but also the sense of identity between the northern Han people and the southern Han people!
Although they share the same roots, culture and race, the north fell to foreigners for hundreds of years. Especially after the Mongols entered the Central Plains and the north and south were divided, the Han people were also divided into two classes!
In the past eighty years, let alone the Mongolians and Semu people who bullied the Han people, how can the northerners look down on the southerners? "
"Those high-ranking officials from the north often say they want to massacre the south, right? Duke Yansheng and Zhang Chang are just a microcosm of this era. If those high-ranking officials are still greedy for the power given by the previous dynasty, then Your Majesty During the Northern Expedition, why did the people resist the Northern Expedition?"
"We have lost land for a hundred years, but we have lost not only the land, but also the people's hearts!"
Zhang Yi's words hurt Zhu Yuanzhang a little.
He did not refute Zhang Yi. As an emperor, how could he not understand the situation of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition?
As the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked all the way, they encountered not only the Mongolian team, but also the resistance of the northern people.
After hundreds of years of foreign rule, Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that Zhang Yi was right. The Han and the Southerners were supposed to be people of the Han family, but in fact they were at odds with each other.
"To bridge the hearts of the Northern and Southern Han people that have been divided for hundreds of years, even Emperor Hongwu must do it, and it is even more difficult than taking back the Sixteenth Province of Youyun!"
"If this is accomplished, it will be a lifetime achievement!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked. Zhang Yi's words made him feel like he was seeing something from the clouds.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he had many ideas about the country he was about to rule, but when it came to implementation, he was still a little confused.
But after Zhang Yi cleared the fog of the future for him, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood his mission.
He is not a person who easily accepts other people's ideas. Even because of his cunning character, he is instinctively wary of suggestions from strangers like Zhang Yi.
Just the four words "bridging north and south" deeply touched Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. He knew that this was the right way and a majestic avenue.
As long as there is a direction, it will be easy to handle. Zhu Yuanzhang has already had countless ideas in his mind about bridging the north and the south.
Zhang Yi looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in a daze, but smiled meaningfully. It seemed that Uncle Huang had assumed the role of emperor, but they still underestimated the difficulty of this matter.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was confused by the authorities about his situation, as a great emperor, he was not blind to the trend of history, bridging the north and the south. The man in the palace was actually doing it, but it was a pity that time and destiny were also intertwined. , a very complex problem.
It was not until the 31st year of Hongwu that the Nanbeibang case broke out, and Emperor Hongwu realized that he had not solved this serious problem.
It's a pity that he never had the chance to make up for this matter. In the same year, Zhu Yuanzhang died.
After all, there are still regrets!
But since no one else asked, Zhang Yi didn't intend to discuss this issue further.
Uncle Huang fell into a mysterious state of thinking and ignored others, while Zhang Yi chatted with Zhu Biao by himself.
"Speaking of which, Duke Yan Sheng will be arriving soon, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts turned from north to south to Kong Kejian.
"Wait, what? Is it Kong Kejian who comes to the capital this time?"
Only then did Zhang Yi react and his face changed slightly.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"No!"
Faced with other people's questions, Zhang Yi remained calm.
"The historical trajectory has been deflected, or am I remembering it wrong?"
Someone whispered in his heart!
