Zhou Linzhi was shocked by Zhang Shi's momentum and did not dare to speak.
As the saying goes, those who are ruthless are afraid of those who are cruel, and those who are cruel are afraid of their lives. Zhang Shi is now this life-threatening lunatic. In everyone's eyes, Zhang Shi can do anything.
He was even willing to defend the city of Hangzhou. His family all lived in the city, and he made up his mind to live and die with Hangzhou. Basically, the whole family was loyal.
At this point, what else could he not dare to do?
If you piss him off, who knows what he can do?
Maybe it would be possible to pull out the knife on the spot and let one's blood splatter five steps away.
Zhou Linzhi still has the desire and plan to live, and also has imagination for the future life.
His family is prosperous, and the third generation of descendants are waiting to be fed. He also plans to do something in Japan after arriving in Japan, and to achieve something that cannot be achieved in Jiangnan.
So, he doesn't want to die.
He heard from some businessmen traveling between Japan and Jiangnan that the current situation in Japan was not stable. The contradiction between the local government and the central government was acute, and the central government was also restless.
It seems that a powerful figure is trying to unify the authority of the government and is preparing to crack down on local forces that do not obey orders. He has made a lot of efforts to this end.
But I heard that there are many opponents of him, so many people in Japan are communicating physically, fighting each other endlessly, and the domestic political situation is unstable, so Zhou Linzhi feels that Japan must be very weak at this time.
Facing a weak and small country, this group of people rushed over, couldn't they accomplish something?
Needless to say, most of the people who are preparing to go to Japan from Korea are planning to stay together for warmth. Some people have even discussed gathering everyone's strength to tear out a piece of land from Japan and make it their own, and then maybe there will be others. The possibility of a dove occupying a magpie's nest.
As long as they stay away from the Ming Dynasty, they think they can dominate Japan.
If there is still the possibility of becoming king in the future, why provoke a madman now?
Seeing Zhang Shi, who was furious and about to hit him hard, Zhou Linzhi gave up and chose to retreat.
He turned into Rufeng and retreated from three houses, fully embodying the "fine tradition" of Zhongliang of the Song Dynasty and escaping from Zhang Shi's official residence.
Then he stated to the public that this was an order from Pingzhang Jun's state affairs officer Zhang Shi. He tried his best to resist and tried to persuade him, but Zhang Shi was determined and even threatened him with a sword.
There was nothing he could do.
After Shen Gai abdicated, he concentrated on preparing his escape plan and had no interest in this matter. The dog-eat-dog incident between Zhang Shi and Zhou Lin was a matter between them, and Shen Gai did not interfere.
So the matter was settled.
The 20,000 Song troops who were originally commanded by Zhou Linzhi's cronies were placed on the front line of defense against the Ming army garrison. Facing the Ming army that was conducting combat readiness training all day long, they trembled and were helpless.
The middle and upper-level officers of this army were very troubled by this. While accelerating the preparation of their escape plan, they continued to comfort and deceive their soldiers and grassroots officers, making them mistakenly believe that this defense change was just a trivial matter and was not needed at all. Worry.
Because there was indeed no movement between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Army, there was no turmoil in the army for the time being. Senior officers also tried to show their faces to the army to show that they were still there and that they had not left yet, in exchange for the peace of the soldiers.
But privately, they are really preparing their escape plan seriously. They don't want to live and die with the big soldiers. The big soldiers only have the value of buying them time to escape, and have no other value.
During the entire period when Zhang Shi took over power, the city of Hangzhou was generally stable.
Bureaucrats have made great efforts to make escape plans, and the personnel changes in the army have also been quite drastic, but there has never been any way for the public to know about this in advance.
Everything is like the calm before the storm.
In May of the eighth year of Hongwu's reign, the Ming Dynasty was in the preparation stage for war and there were no actual actions. However, starting from June, the Ming Dynasty began to take practical actions.
First, on the second day of June, considering that the country was about to complete basic unification, Su Yonglin ordered the court to study the national flag and put the matter of the Ming Dynasty flag on the agenda.
He first elaborated on his ideas at a cabinet meeting.
"In the past dynasties, there were only country names but no national flag. At best, the country name was written on the flag and it became a national flag. However, this would be too hasty and inappropriate. It should be noted that since ancient times, flags and various signs have always been Very valued.
Since ancient times, there has been a theory of totems. Ancient emperors would choose powerful birds and animals as totems of their own power to unite and inspire people. Waving the flag forward can enhance morale in battle.
In the following dynasties, some individuals or organizations appeared to use the banner of unity as their respective symbols to unite people's hearts and launch uprisings, but it seems that there has never been a unified banner across the country.
This is not good for our unified country. A country should have a unified consciousness and a unified flag to symbolize this consciousness. It should be used as the national flag and spread throughout the country so that every citizen can see it. The national flag generates the consciousness of living in this country and growing up in this country, and naturally identifies with our Ming Dynasty. "
Su Yonglin believes that at this critical moment when China and China are about to be unified, a flag is needed to unite people's hearts.
The Ming Dynasty needed this flag to declare that there is no distinction between Henan and Hebei, that the south and the north of the Yangtze River are integrated into one, that the land is not divided into the north and the south, and the people are not divided into Han and Yi, they are all the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Many people had not realized the importance of a common flag. Su Yonglin proposed it and submitted it for discussion, which aroused some discussion within the court.
But after all, this was not a big deal, so no one raised any objections. There was just a lot of debate about how the flag should be designed.
Some people suggested using words, some suggested using patterns, some suggested that the flag should reflect the majesty of mountains and rivers, and some suggested that heroes should appear on the flag.
Su Yonglin handed over these discussions to the State Council, including the entire court and the entire Renaissance organization in the preliminary discussions, and then quickly reached some meaningful conclusions.
For example, most people agree with the use of patterns instead of words on flags. The reason is that patterns have a more intuitive visual impact than words. People do not need to read the words and then think about the meaning. They can directly recognize the meaning through the patterns.
And the use of words has great limitations. The most direct limitation is that there are not that many literate people in China who have the ability to read, write and think. Literacy is still the most difficult cultural mission of the Ming Dynasty.
Furthermore, there are not many people in the world who can read Chinese characters. They may not understand it if they hang a flag with words, but the pattern is clear at a glance, telling them that this is the flag of the Ming Dynasty. They will understand it when they see it, and it is very convenient. spread.
So the State Council quickly reached an agreement that the national flag should use patterns as its basic composition and not use words.
Then there is the content of the pattern on the flag, which is also the core discussion point.
Some people hope it is the majestic beauty of mountains and rivers, some people hope it is a hero from ancient times, some people hope it is a symbol of a certain animal, and some people hope it is some embodiment of history.
In this regard, the discussion was very intense. There were many people arguing with each other at the State Council, and the opinions from various places were also very intense.
For example, there are so many magnificent mountains and rivers, which one should be placed on the national flag? Moreover, the majestic mountains and rivers are often regional. Which one should be chosen, the Yellow River or the Yangtze River? Taishan or Songshan?
After more than an hour of debate, everyone was the first to reject this suggestion.
Next came the images of heroes and heroic figures. Everyone argued differently, but the only one that everyone agreed on was the image of Su Yonglin, but Su Yonglin waved his hand and rejected it.
"I alone cannot represent the Ming Dynasty, and you should not worship me like a god. There is no need at all."
Su Yonglin refused, so the suggestion was rejected.
Then the symbol of animals, the embodiment of history, etc. were quickly rejected and not accepted.
Later on, the discussion direction of the meeting began to focus on the national attributes of the Ming Dynasty. Many people asked whether some special existence could be found from the founding process of the Ming Dynasty as a symbol of the Ming Dynasty.
This direction is highly recognized by Su Yonglin.
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