Chapter 418: Prison Clerk Chen, let's rebel together

"If I had enough medicinal herbs, enough food, fodder, and military equipment, and one or two competent military advisors, I certainly wouldn't have failed. I would have fought to the capital, overturned the sky of the Great Gan, and killed the old Emperor. I was determined to change the world."

Hearing this, Chen Guanlou immediately sneered: "It's not that I'm deliberately pouring cold water, but even with enough food, fodder, military equipment, and medicinal herbs, you would still fail. Just because you practice nepotism, your soldiers below have no path for advancement, and important official positions are all wrapped up by your old brothers, your fellow villagers, and your aunts and uncles; you couldn't win."

Why would the lower-level soldiers fight for you? They rely on the promise of promotion and wealth, and they rely on a visible future. But did you give them a future? The several great generals under your command, as far as I know, are all your old brothers. Hehe, with just this, you still want to defeat the imperial army? Keep dreaming."

"Nonsense! My old brothers all fought their way out from the battlefield; they absolutely didn't climb up by relying on nepotism."

"Yes, yes, yes, everything you say is right."

Chen Guanlou couldn't be bothered to argue with the other party.

However, he still couldn't help but ask: "Hasn't anyone told you that in the startup stage, you must avoid nepotism and should employ people based on talent? When you reach the stage of maintaining the business, you have the capital to act recklessly, and even if you die, you'll have to wait ten or eight years."

The Great Ming Prince's face turned livid: "I am just a poor wretch, and I can only rely on my old brothers to help out. As a poor wretch, who would defect to me if they had real talent? Those who defected to me were all people at the end of their rope who were opportunistic, half-buckets of water clanging."

Sigh!

Chen Guanlou felt a pity for the Great Ming Prince.

"If you read a little more books and cultivated your internal cognition, you would really have had the opportunity to fool a bunch of people with real talent to defect to you. I remember there was a great general under your command, and he was the only great general who wasn't your fellow villager; his name was Wang Shuner. He was loyal to you, he had talent and insight, and with a little cultivation, he might have been a qualified commander. He never doubted you, and never wavered in his inner beliefs. Until he died, he was still thinking about your cause. Great Ming Prince, do you still remember this person? Do you still remember what you did to him? You abandoned him!"

The Great Ming Prince's face became visibly ferocious, his eyes filled with madness and pain, but there was no regret.

Chen Guanlou continued to stab the other party in the heart: "Just because you abandoned him, abandoned someone who didn't seek fame or profit, and followed you wholeheartedly to do business, just because he wasn't your old brother, wasn't your fellow villager, and was just a little brother who joined halfway. Tsk, with just this, you still dare to speak shamelessly about being able to defeat the imperial army; you truly have no self-awareness.

Wang Shuner's death, you thought it was just the death of one person, and it wasn't important. Little did you know, Wang Shuner's death meant that a great situation began to deteriorate. Because all the talented people saw your true colors; you didn't sincerely accept talented people, you were narrow-minded, and you were jealous of the virtuous and capable.

Your respect for the virtuous and condescension to the scholars was only when you were winning battles. Once you encountered setbacks, you would betray these talented people and throw them out to block knives. Ask yourself, which talented person would be so foolish as to defect to a master who is destined to abandon them?"

The Great Ming Prince gritted his teeth, his cheeks bulging terrifyingly, as if one could see the blood vessels under his skin jumping.

He stared fixedly at Chen Guanlou, clearly unconvinced.

Chen Guanlou sneered: "Unconvinced, right? Then let's review. Since Wang Shuner died, has there been any talented person or scholar who defected to you? Those who defected to you, were they forced by necessity, or were they willing? Who else would trust you as firmly as Wang Shuner, fighting without fear of death, fatigue, or grabbing credit?"

"That's right, your old brothers helped you a lot, especially when you were just starting out; without them, there would be no Great Ming Prince. However, their abilities could only adapt to the team in the starting stage. By the time you were defeated, your old brothers were actually in the awkward position of being unworthy of their positions; their abilities couldn't match their ambitions. With just this, you still dare to speak shamelessly about defeating the imperial army; who gave you the confidence? Who blew the cow into the sky?"

Medical Official Mu wanted to persuade Chen Guanlou not to just focus on verbal attacks. The Great Ming Prince was a patient; don't anger him to death. Looking at the other party's face, Medical Official Mu was truly worried that the other party would explode on the spot in the next second and deal with Chen Guanlou, this guy who specialized in stabbing people in the heart, right there.

The Great Ming Prince clenched his fists, but he always restrained himself from swinging them out.

He couldn't win!

There was no moment more certain than this that he couldn't win.

He couldn't defeat the other party!

The other party could kill him by lifting a finger.

However, that face was truly evil! It specialized in stabbing knives into his heart. Stabbing knives was one thing, but it didn't forget to sprinkle salt.

"You are a person of the imperial court; of course, you will spare no effort to disparage me, disparage my army, and our great cause of rebellion."

Chen Guanlou laughed: "If it were me doing the rebellion..."

Medical Official Mu's face turned black, and he coughed frequently.

Chen Guanlou truly had no scruples and dared to say anything.

"I'm just making an analogy, not really rebelling," Chen Guanlou said to Medical Official Mu.

Medical Official Mu had an expression of being unable to bear looking.

Chen Guanlou continued his verbal great cause of rebellion: "If it were me, first, I would take down a territory suitable for a base, win over a batch of wealthy families while attacking another, and ensure sufficient supplies and smooth trade routes. Doing business often requires the status of these wealthy families as a cover, remember? It's not just about killing and fighting; you have to learn to divide and win over.

Second, cultivate your own trusted talent and basic team. Rebellion is not a matter of one day or one night; it may last for ten or twenty years, or twenty or thirty years. This time is enough for a group of people to grow up. This group of people is your future trusted team. Third, after the team develops to a certain scale, you must actively absorb outside talent, while restricting the old brothers from forming cliques to prevent being sidelined. Power needs checks and balances! If you can achieve the above three points, I dare not say you will definitely succeed, but you shouldn't lose as miserably as you did. At the very least, occupying a territory and being a vassal prince wouldn't be a problem. Is it hard to carve out land and call yourself a king?"

Medical Official Mu complained quietly: "It's all armchair strategy."

"Old Mu is right. But even if it's armchair strategy, at least there is a basic development direction and guiding policy. It's still a bit better than our Great Ming Prince running around like a headless fly. Great Ming Prince, do you agree with the three points I mentioned?"

The Great Ming Prince stared blankly at him, a deep thought flashing in his eyes, along with a trace of disbelief.

Immediately after, as if he had discovered a path to the sky in life, he shouted excitedly:

"You shouldn't be a prison guard; you should be a military advisor. No, no, no, you are not suitable to be a military advisor; you should raise the flag and rebel. You rebel; I still have some old brothers outside. As long as I shout, they will all come to cooperate with you and be driven by you. If there's no money, we'll go rob. Just use your method, attack a batch and win over another. According to what you said, cultivate your own trusted talent; I know where you can select people..." ===== CHAPTER 419 =====