Liu Bowen quickly said: "General, what you said is wrong. The Zhao Song Dynasty failed to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for three hundred years. That's because all the people in the Zhao Song Dynasty, from the king to the ministers, were incompetent."
"But you are not like that. A person with your talent and strategy may not appear in five hundred years."
"In addition, you have many brave generals under your command, and there are no less than ten generals who can command large troops."
"Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are military talents that appear only once in a century. Now, you have unified Jiangnan and it is prosperous. You have money and people. If you march north, neither Zhao Min nor Zhang Wuji will be your opponent."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Sir, you are indeed a scholar, what you said is really nice."
Liu Bowen quickly said: "General, what I said are all from the bottom of my heart, and every word comes from my heart."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and waved his hand: "Sir, you didn't come to me just to say these things, did you?"
Liu Bowen said: "General, you are wise. There is indeed one more thing. Now that Jiangnan has been initially settled and the people support you, you should start to become emperor. Only when you have a legitimate title can you have a stronger appeal."
"Only in this way can the people of Jiangnan be united."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Sir, I have actually been thinking about becoming emperor."
"Those messy etiquette are easy to deal with, but the name of the country gives me a headache."
"Don't be afraid of laughing at me, sir. Actually, before Zhang Wuji became emperor, I had thought that when I became emperor in the future, I would name my country Ming. Unfortunately, Zhang Wuji got there first."
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