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Chapter 624 : Nine-character Mantra

"Who?" Zhu Sheng raised his eyes. Since Zhu Yuanzhang invited him down the mountain to offer the official position of Zhongshun doctor, more and more people have come. At first, Zhu Sheng relied on everyone's ministers who supported Zhu Yuanzhang, and he still barely received them. But who knew that more and more people came, most of them were gossiping, and some of them came to ask for divination. This made Zhu Sheng very troubled. After some of his concerns, he refused all visitors. In this way, the Zhu Mansion's ears became much more purified.

"Don't you know the rules in the mansion?" Zhu Sheng's face immediately pulled down, his eyes full of anger.

"Grandpa..." The child in his arms seemed to feel Zhu Sheng's anger, and raised his head and called sweetly. Zhu Sheng gently patted the child's head, smiled and said, "Grandpa scared his grandson!"

"No, please knock them away quickly!" Zhu Sheng waved to the man standing at the door.

"Yes, lord!" the man responded and turned around and wanted to leave.

"Slow down." Zhu Sheng suddenly stopped in charge of the business, frowned and thought, "Who are the people who came?"

The man turned around and said, "Report to Master, it's General Deng. He came with General Deng, and there is also a young man who doesn't know even the villain?"

"Deng Yu? So it's him?" Haha, when he heard it was Deng Yu, Zhu Sheng looked up at the sky and laughed. Zhu Yuanzhang personally led a large army to fight in eastern Zhejiang and passed through Huizhou. With Deng Yu's recommendation, he went to Shimen to ask Zhu Sheng for advice on the strategy of seizing the world. Zhu Sheng was quite grateful for this recommendation, so when he heard it was Deng Yu, he brushed his long beard with his right hand and said loudly: "Please come in?"

"Yes, lord!" the man responded and went out.

Soon, Deng Yu laughed loudly on the Zhu mansion: "Brother Zhu refused to see guests recently. I thought I was not even a drunkard?"

"Haha, grandpa is going to meet, can grandson go out to play for a while first...?" After hearing Deng Yu's laughter, Zhu Sheng whispered a few words to his grandson in his arms. The boy ran away obediently. Then Zhu Sheng patted his hands on his clothes, stood up and greeted him.

"Brother Deng, you are a rare guest, a rare guest. What wind has blown you?" Zhu Sheng looked happy and looked like a young man's tone.

It was only then that Xiao Yun met the legendary old man.

Zhu Sheng was fond of school since childhood and studied under famous masters such as Chen Li and Huang Chuwang. Later, he opened a museum to teach in his hometown, Ziyang Academy, Shangshan Academy, Shimen, Zhengzhuang and other places in Shexian. When Zhu Sheng was 59 years old, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the city and surrounded Huizhou Prefecture. In order to prevent the people from being harmed, Zhu Sheng took the arrows and left the city to surrender. Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Wuyuan again, but he could not fight for a long time. Hearing that Zhu Sheng was famous, he visited Zhu Sheng, and Zhu Sheng left a treasure plan to avoid it. Zhu Yuanzhang followed the plan and won one stroke, so he admired Zhu Sheng even more and decided to visit again. When he learned that Zhu Sheng was hiding in Shimen, Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the lesson of his visit and led the guards.

The team pretended to be a caravan, from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, cross Lianling, and quietly came to Zhu Sheng's teaching hall, asking Zhu Sheng to assist him in conquer the world. Zhu Sheng avoided it and refused politely. Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to beg for the plan of stabilizing the country. Thinking about the chaos in the world, the creatures were devastated and learned to save the country. Zhu Sheng said nine words: "Build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become king." When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his heart suddenly became clear. This was the "Nine Words Scheme" that was famous in the world later. Xiao Yun saw that this old man over 50 seemed a little old, but he was very energetic, burly, and looked very strong, with white hair and hair, adding a sense of immortality.

Zhu Sheng turned a long gray cloth gown, a pair of gray cloth shoes under his feet, and he held half of the Analects of Confucius in his hand, looking leisurely and calm, and the eyes lit up.

Xiao Yun thought to himself: "It turns out that he has the style of a legendary figure?"

Zhu Sheng glanced at a young man standing beside Deng Yu, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Deng, is this person..."

Deng Yu hurriedly said, "This is the lord's distinguished guest and my brother's friend. Brother Xiao, this is Mr. Zhu Sheng and Zhu."

Seeing Deng Yu admiring Zhu Sheng, Xiao Yun hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Xiao Yun has seen Mr. Zhu? I have long admired Mr. Zhu for a long time and decided to make a country...?" But I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, looking at this old man who looks like he is well-read in poetry and books, and he will talk about the bullshit Four Books and Five Classics later. Isn't this harmful to me?"

Zhu Sheng looked at Xiao Yun's face with a pair of eyes. Seeing his calm expression, he nodded slightly and said, "No need to be polite!"

Xiao Yun said thanks and sat opposite Zhu Sheng. He didn't feel anything at first, but when he sat down, Xiao Yun became nervous. On the way, Deng Yu told himself that Mr. Zhu had no other hobbies in his life. He highly praised the words of saints and the words of various schools of thought, and valued the "division of Chinese and foreigners" and "distinguishing between Chinese and foreigners". He opposed the entry of Mongolian nobles into the Central Plains, so he was not happy to advance. He began to become a Jinshi in the hometown at the age of 46 and was awarded the title of Lu Xuezheng in Chizhou at the age of 50.

But he did not take office until he was 52 years old. Three years later, he "returned south" and lived in seclusion in his hometown of Shimen Mountain. After the outbreak of the peasant war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Sheng "avoided troops and fled, and often closed his doors and wrote endlessly. Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Yingtian and repeatedly suggested that Zhu Yuanzhang discuss "rituals and music" and set out to restore the former etiquette of the Han people. For such a great scholar who was well-read in poetry and books, Xiao Yun could barely make do with the current people in sing "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Surnames", so how could he not be nervous?

After some politeness, Deng Yu started chatting first. Although it was just a few simple chats, Xiao Yun saw that this Zhongshun doctor, who was over 60 years old, was very easy-going, and he would never speak like a poor scholar who was a proud and arrogant person. While he was chatting with Deng Yu, he would occasionally make a few funny words and nonsense. Although it was extremely disproportionate to his identity, in Xiao Yun's opinion, this was the real scholar, and he immediately felt good about this legendary figure Dasheng.

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