The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 213 Angry Zhu Ying
July seven,
As the number one city in the world today, where the capital of Ming Dynasty is located, Jinling used to be, and Nanjing is now.

The already extremely bustling streets looked extremely bloated.

On weekdays, there is mostly the smell of sweat from horse traders, but today's streets can smell a faint fragrance everywhere.

There was even the voice of Yingying Yanyan.

The sounds of women's talking and laughing, men's showing off, and servants' compliments all came into my ears.

This is a different capital.

My lady, my gentleman is good.

It's not just women who dress up in costumes, men even more.

Even a poor scholar will at least wear clean and decent clothes, so that he can hold his head high.

The academy is also on vacation on this day.

Even if you are a teacher, you can't miss these festivals, right?

Before dawn, Zhu Gaochi had already started walking towards the palace.

In the palace, Zhu Ying had already rinsed her mouth and washed her face, and began to look up the memorial.

It has to be said that the toothbrush that Zhu Ying uses to rinse her mouth can be regarded as a self-made toothbrush.

This toothbrush, which was supposed to be invented by Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang a hundred years later, has been used by Zhu Ying at this moment.

The toothbrush is not difficult to make, it is naturally much easier.

Including Zhu Yuanzhang rinsing his mouth in the morning, he has already started using a toothbrush.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already gone to prepare for the morning court, and Zhu Ying does not need to go to the morning court now, but when the time comes, he will also be called out by the eunuch Guo Zhong.

"Your Highness, these were sent up from various places, Zaidao's tax report, His Majesty said to let His Highness have a look first."

Guo Zhong respectfully handed over a dozen memorials.

Daming also had early rice.

Generally, seeds are sown in mid-to-late March, and harvesting can begin at the end of June and early July.

After harvesting in July, immediately followed by late rice transplanting, which must be completed before the beginning of autumn, commonly known as double grabbing.

Early rice is mainly produced in the southern region, and its branches are concentrated in the four provinces of Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Guangdong.

Zhu Ying nodded and took the memorial, which contained the approximate valuation of Zaidao.

Although the entire Ming Dynasty suffered from disasters, the situation in the early Ming Dynasty was much better than that in the late Ming Dynasty.

The harvest of this wave of early rice is very important. When a batch comes, Daming's treasury will suddenly become much richer.

The salaries of most officials can also start to be paid on time.

Although the Henan area was seriously affected by the disaster, the southern area is not bad. After the food comes in, the situation in the entire Ming Dynasty will become very good.

And there will be a wave of late rice harvest in November.

While Zhu Ying was checking the memorial, Guo Zhong, the eunuch of Bingbi, came in again to report:
"Your Highness, Governor Song please see me."

Zhu Ying paused, with some strangeness in his eyes, and said, "Let him come in quickly."

Soon, Song Zhong appeared in front of Zhu Ying again after more than half a month.

"How about it, but we found the news." Zhu Ying, who was always steady, seemed a little urgent at this moment.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have lived up to my trust, and finally found information about Mr. Li." Song Zhong's complexion at this time looked haggard and dusty.

Obviously, Song Zhong during this time did not seem to be in the capital, but went out to carry out the secret mission arranged by Zhu Ying.

This is normal.

Jiang Yu is the commander of Jinyiwei, equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang's personal bodyguard.

Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally arrange one for his grandson Zhu Ying, and this person is Song Zhong.

Song Zhong and Guo Zhong, like Jiang Yu and Liu He, are the right and left hands of Zhu Ying in the future.

Of course, in addition to this, Zhu Ying still has forces under his command, but for now, the meaning is more on the dark line, not like Song Zhong and Guo Zhong.

Song Zhong, who was originally a personal bodyguard, when the identities of Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang were relatively clear at first, Zhu Ying arranged a task for him.

This mission is about Mr. Li.

Mr. Li, whose full name is Li Xing, is also an ordinary merchant.

When Zhu Ying was exiled in the Western Regions, when she was in poverty, it was because of Li Xing's help that she was able to survive.

returning a Favour many times more.

But when Zhu Ying gradually became sensual, she couldn't find Li Xingren all of a sudden.

Apart from knowing that Li Xing was from the Ming Dynasty and had a slight northern accent, he didn't know anything else.

In recent years, especially after Zhu Ying's Qunying Chamber of Commerce began to gradually expand, Zhu Ying never gave up the opportunity to find Li Xing.

It's just that these days, the frontiers are in turmoil, and the interior of the Ming Dynasty is not necessarily all stable. They don't even know their household registration, and how can they find it with just a name.

Even if it is the Heavenly Eye of later generations, it doesn't mean that you can find anyone you want, let alone in today's Daming.

It's just that Zhu Ying never gave up searching.

After Song Zhong followed Zhu Ying, the first thing Zhu Ying gave Song Zhong was to dig three feet into the ground, and he had to find this person. Zhu Ying explained this clearly to Song Zhong, and it was also a test. .

If there is something to be gained, even if it is just a clue, it can be regarded as Song Zhong passed the test.

From that day on, Song Zhong left the capital directly and embarked on a journey of searching for people.

It has to be said that Jin Yiwei has household registration after all, especially in the place where he knew that Zhu Ying had met Li Xing.

Although it is the Western Regions, if you want to go to the Western Regions, you can't avoid a few frontier cities.

These days, no matter where you go as a merchant, you need to issue directions, and these are all recorded in the city.

Li Xing's household registration was quickly found out by Song Zhong.

"Where is Mr. Li now?" Zhu Ying asked directly.

If the adoptive father was Zhu Yingzai's first nobleman who came to Daming, then Li Xing was Zhu Ying's second nobleman.

Without Li Xing's help, Zhu Ying, who was fighting for food with wild dogs, would have no way to survive.

This is the grace of life.

And at that time, Li Xing was actually a mud bodhisattva crossing the river.

In the end, Zhu Ying had no choice but to separate from Li Xing, but Zhu Ying never thought of blaming Mr. Li in his heart, allowing him to recuperate for a period of time and heal his injuries.

It was already a great kindness. At that time, Li Xing couldn't even eat a few mouthfuls of food.

It's just that when Zhu Ying asked Mr. Li for his future contact information, Li Xing shook his head, gave Zhu Ying half of the only dry food left in his arms, and then left.

Zhu Ying never dared to forget that scene.

"Your Highness, where is Mr. Li, or?" Song Zhong heard the words, but he seemed a little hesitant.

"Say!" Zhu Ying frowned.

Song Zhong's behavior made Zhu Ying feel bad.

Song Zhong didn't dare to hesitate too much, and quickly explained the information he found in detail.

It turned out that Li Xing was from a small village in the northwest region. He was homeless due to the famine. He could only be regarded as a half-way merchant, and he himself had studied in a private school for two years.

Zhu Ying nodded when she heard this, knowing that Song Zhong had checked correctly.

Mr. Li can be called Mr. because he knows a lot of characters.

But the news that followed made Zhu Ying frown.

The village where Mr. Li lived was attacked by bandits in the second year after Mr. Li went back. There were not a few survivors left in the whole village, and almost all of them died.

And from this moment on, there was no more news about Li Xing, and the nearest county town did not have Li Xing's guidance.

Obviously, this means that Li Xing has inevitably passed away.

"Where is the banditry? Have you found out?" Zhu Ying asked in a deep voice, gritting her teeth.

"Reporting to Your Highness, after investigation by the minister, there are basically no bandits gathered in the hundred miles around Mr. Li, and such a massacre of the village is very likely not caused by bandits, but by soldiers. "

Song Zhong replied, and directly expressed his guess.

These days, those who would do something like massacre a village were either bandits or bandits, and these two kinds of people were the most likely.

Other than robbing some food, ordinary bandits would not do such unconscionable things.

And the reason why you, Song Zhong, directly say that you are soldiers and bandits and rule out the possibility of bandits is because bandits are generally very famous.

The areas where famous bandits pass by usually have records that can be checked, and even some crimes committed will be reported immediately.

However, Song Zhong did not find any relevant information near the village where Li Xing lived.

The most likely ones are soldiers and bandits.

Soldiers and bandits do not refer to bandits in the true sense, but serious soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

The marching of the ancient army was not as strict as the later generations. Soldiers passed like combs, bandits passed like grates, and robbing like robbers was the normal behavior of most armies.

The harm caused by officers and soldiers to the people is actually more serious than that of bandits.

That's why they are called bandits.

Moreover, officers and soldiers have strong combat effectiveness, so it is very normal to ask for it directly. Sometimes conflicts and disputes arise, and it is not uncommon to directly massacre villages.

Ordinary villagers don't have the ability to fight against officers and soldiers.

"Since you can confirm that it is a bandit, you have found relevant information, which army did it specifically, don't tell me, you will come back directly after you find out here."

Zhu Ying asked directly, if Song Zhong flinched after investigating here, he would be too disappointed.

Song Zhong immediately replied: "I naturally know the importance of this matter. After realizing that it might be a bandit, I immediately went to a nearby city to investigate the records of the army passing by that year."

"After a detailed investigation, I did find out the passing troops, even the generals, that's all."

In the end, Song Zhong's tone was a little hesitant.

"Just what?" Zhu Ying asked directly.

Song Zhong gritted his teeth lightly, and said, "It's just that this general has a very close relationship with Duke Liang."

Zhu Ying asked, "Could it be Duke Liang's adoptive son?"

Song Zhong shook his head lightly, took out a booklet from it, handed it over respectfully, and said, "Your Highness, please read it."

Zhu Ying has seen it, carefully read the contents of the brochure,.

In this booklet is the life of that general.

The official position is not very big, but a thousand households, but the relationship between this thousand households and Lan Yu is indeed extraordinary.

Lanyu has three wives, Mu, Kong, and Hu. Chukai's eldest son, Lan Nao'er, and his second son, Lan Taiping, have two younger sons. Mrs. Mu gave birth to a son, Lan Chun, and Mrs. Kong gave birth to a son, Lan Bin.

And this Qianhu is Mrs. Kong's younger brother.

Kong's background is not small.His surname comes from the long-standing Kong family.

The Kong family, which has lasted for thousands of years, may be the first family in Daming today, although the reputation of the Kong family is not very good now.

Being able to survive in the Yuan Dynasty, the Kong family obviously took refuge in the Mongols.

In the eyes of many Han Chinese, this is naturally very out of place.

And the Kong family at that time also wrote about falling apart.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, out of respect for the sage Kong, he did not do anything to the Kong family. After he was conferred the title of Yan Shenggong, he gave the Kong family eight generations of characters: Gong, Yan, Cheng, Hong, Wen, Zhen, and Shang. , Yin, for naming purposes.

Later, Kong Xixue on the 56th generation in the first year of Hongwu and Kong Na on the 17th generation in the 57th year of Hongwu successively inherited Fengyan Shenggong.In this way, "xi" and "yan" are appended to form ten characters.

Although the current Kong family is not as good as before, it is not bad. After all, it is a family of saints, and its reputation in Xinglin is still very high.

After reading it, Zhu Ying said coldly to Song Zhong: "No matter what his relationship is, immediately issue a driving ticket and bring this person to the capital for me. I will interrogate him personally."

Hearing the suppressed anger in Zhu Yingying's voice, Song Zhong didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately bowed and said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Ying's eyes revealed evil spirits.

The reason why Jinyiwei Zhenfu envoys like Song Zhong hesitated to do a detailed identity investigation was not only because of Liang Guogong, but also because of his relationship with the Kong family.

After all, the reputation of the Kong family cannot be ignored in the entire literati circle.

During Song Zhong's investigation, it was found that the reason why this Kong Xing general was able to manage thousands of households was not because of his relationship with Liang Guogong.

It was completely arranged by the Kong family.

(End of this chapter)