Confucius said: "If the name is not upright, the words will not go well; if the words are not upright, the things will not go well."

"Name" is a top priority for a regime leader.

At that time, Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun, raised the banner of loyal ministers for himself, and used this flag to attract a large number of outstanding talents for himself.

But now, he, who regards himself as a loyal minister, has done the act of killing the monarch. Those talents he recruited in the name of loyalty and righteousness will also be separated from him.

Once the subordinates are disinterested, they will never be able to work together. Because the character he set for himself collapsed, the subordinates also made up their own plans.

So, this is that the usurpation of the thief cannot accomplish great things!

Then talk about internal affairs.

In the internal affairs, we will first talk about Zhu Yuanzhang. However, in the 18th year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Kang Maocai as the land camp and ordered him to set up military farms in the territory. In order to save food, he issued a strict alcohol ban in the territory.

It was explicitly prohibited from drinking without any trouble in the country. Hu Sanshe, the son of general Hu Dahai, knew that the law was violated and made profits by brewing wine privately. He was also sentenced by Zhu Yuanzhang to Ming Zhengpai.

Finally, in order to attract talents, Zhu Yuanzhang not only built the Lixian Pavilion in Jinling City, but later he personally visited the great scholars and scholars in the country to win over local scholars. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang took into account both the livelihood and the hearts of the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang was like this, but Zhang Shicheng on the other side did it well.

In comparison, Zhang Shicheng's internal affairs measures were earlier than Zhu Yuanzhang. However, as early as the 16th year of Zhizheng, when Zhang Shicheng led his troops to conquer Pingjiang and then changed Pingjiang Prefecture to Longping Prefecture, he established administrative agencies such as the province, court, and six ministries.

Then, he was born into a salt citizen who knew the sufferings of the people very well, so he ordered the abolition of the harsh and miscellaneous taxes imposed on farmers and salt citizens by the Yuan Dynasty. He also promulgated the "Order on the Farming and Structures of Prefectures and Counties" and abolished all taxes owed by the people before the Yuan and Meng court.

In the same year afterwards, the regime he established flourished and cultivated farmland. However, by chance, Zhang Shicheng and Mao Gui both regarded the monks in the temple as a place where they made extra money.

Mao Gui seized the shops and fields of monks in temples and implemented reforms based on the century-old wealth accumulated by monks in temples. Zhang Shicheng, who was far away in Jiangnan, did the same.

After occupying Wuxian, an important town in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and using this county as its own capital, Zhang Shicheng regarded this county as the largest and largest temple in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Chengtian Temple, as the official.

Not only did he change the temple of Chengtian Temple into the royal palace where he works, he later melted all the copper Buddha statues in Chengtian Temple. He melted all the high-quality bronzes into "Tianyou Tongbao"-style copper coins, replacing the Yuan Mengbao banknote that had long been inflated to be used. In this way, the prices and markets in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were balanced.

Later, Daxing Education issued the "Order to Promote Schools in Prefectures and County", opened the Hongwenguan, recruiting "children of generals and officials, and the handsome people" to provide their studies with the country's wealth.

Later, a Lixian Pavilion was set up, and scholars from all over the world were recruited, including Shi Nai'an, Luo Guanzhong, Chen Ji, and Chen Weixian, who were famous scholars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all came to join us.

Therefore, in addition to being unable to compare with Zhu Yuanzhang in military terms, Zhang Shicheng's measures in civil affairs are no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang at all, and are even better.

But compared to them, Chen Youliang's internal affairs are much worse.

Because he killed the master and went to power, in order to win over those arrogant soldiers and powerful generals, Chen Youliang's rule was a form of military government.

Those generals who led the troops not only managed military affairs but also managed the livelihood of the country. It can be said that they were "handling the army and dismounting the horse and managing the people."

The officials in the country did not distinguish between power and responsibility, and these generals invisibly formed small hills one after another. They called kings and domineers on their territory, as if they were like local emperors.

In this way, the government orders issued by Chen Youliang could not be implemented locally. Because the generals regarded the jurisdiction and the people in their jurisdiction as their own private property, they would exploit them in a random manner within their jurisdiction.

Even in Chen Youliang's territory, soldiers often oppress the good, and even rape, burn and kill.

As for Chen Youliang, because his master's foundation is unstable, he can only turn a blind eye to this, which makes the people in the country suffer!

In addition, Chen Youliang's methods in educating and treating scholars are also particularly bad.

Not only did he not set up an institution that specializes in recruiting scholars and talents, he also liked to use force coercion to force scholars from Huguang and Jiangxi to serve him.

As a result, Chen Youliang's reputation became inauspicious among the scholars in Huguang and Jiangxi. As a result, many scholars in the country were willing to hide in the mountains and forests as idle clouds and wild cranes, and were not far from being recruited by him and driven by him.

Therefore, Ji Zongzhou was not optimistic about Chen Youliang at all.

Although Chen Youliang's territory is large and his troops are numerous, he is large and empty in his eyes. The reason why he has such power is because of the continuous military victory, which has caused the military and civilians in the territory to suffer but dare not speak out.

But as long as this seemingly sure-fire defeat in the war, Chen Youliang's territory will be filled with people's hearts. In this way, if Zhu Yuanzhang could seize the opportunity to pursue the victory, the Chen army, whose hearts were scattered, would be defeated thousands of miles away, and then become out of control.

It is precisely because of this that Ji Zongzhou was particularly optimistic about Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang could defeat Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, who could not support him, would not be his opponent.

This is a gap in overall strength, and cannot be made up for by strategy.

Ji Zongzhou was a herdsman official and engaged in internal affairs. So he understood very well that the quality of internal affairs is the most basic condition for a regime to win a decisive victory. Strategy and tactics are just auxiliary.

This is the biggest difference between him and Han Xi when looking at the problem.

Therefore, after hearing what Ji Zongzhou said, Mao Zhengliang, who was familiar with history, couldn't help but lit up his eyes, and his impression of Ji Zongzhou was even higher.

Ask yourself, if Mao Zhengliang was not a time traveler, then among Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng, he would be more optimistic about Chen Youliang.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang's situation was too bad at this time. It was like a man was caught between a tiger and a hungry wolf while crossing a single-plank bridge.

Even if this man holds a sharp sword in his hand, it is really hard to have any hope of survival. Because as long as he fights with a tiger or fights with a hungry wolf, he can bite his neck from behind at any time.

‘What kind of courage and perseverance does it take to be able to walk across the single-plank bridge safely and kill the tiger and cunning hungry wolf in such an unfavorable situation!’
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