The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 360 Illusion
Feng Sheng can be regarded as having made it through.

When he received the document that he would be dispatched to the Wa country as one of the conquest generals, he immediately became excited,

Fighting a war is one thing, the most important thing is that he is no longer under the suspicion of His Majesty.

Now that his son-in-law Zhu Wei is in charge of the medical school established by His Royal Highness, he has completely escaped from the royal disputes, and he has also benefited from it.

Feng Sheng's highlight moments were all in the early Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Feng Sheng concurrently served as Prince You Zhan.He was demoted for violating minor laws and became the governor's acquaintance.

When it was time to recover the world, Feng Sheng led his army up the river, took Bian and Luo, went down to Shanzhou, and went straight to Tongguan.The guard fled at night, so he seized Tongguan and Huazhou.

When conquering Shanxi, Wuzhi captured Huaiqing, crossed the Taihang Mountains, conquered Wanzi City, captured Ze and Lu, and captured Yuan You Cheng Jia Cheng by Yu Yi.

He also conquered Pingyang and Jiangzhou, captured Yuan Zuocheng Tian Baobao, etc., and captured more than [-] soldiers.

In the second year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng led his army across the Yellow River, went straight to Shaanxi, and conquered Fengxiang.Then cross Longshui, capture Gongchang, advance to Lintao, and surrender Li Siqi.He returned to the army and followed the general Xu Da to besiege Qingyang.

Expand the profile and send generals to attack Yuanzhou and support Qingyang.Feng Sheng guarded the Yima Pass and defeated his generals, so he conquered Qingyang and captured Zhang Liangchen, so that Shaanxi was completely pacified.

In September, Zhu Yuanzhang called the general back to Beijing and ordered Feng Sheng to garrison Qingyang to control the troops.

However, Feng Sheng believed that Guanshan had been settled, so he led the whole army back without authorization.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and severely punished Feng Sheng. Thinking of his great achievements, he pardoned him and did not punish him.But the money rewarded was less than half that of General Xu Da.

After the death of General Xu Da and Li Wenzhong, the left deputy general, Feng Sheng was most famous for the Battle of Jinshan, which was fought by slaves in Liaodong.

That was the time when it was revealed that Feng Sheng had hidden a lot of good horses, and they sent people to drink wine to Naha's wives one by one in order to ask for great jewels and treasures. Xin, and lost three thousand cavalry from Puying, and Chang Mao also took the opportunity to criticize Feng Shengzhi.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and confiscated Feng Sheng's general seal, and ordered him to build a house in Fengyang to live in Fengyang, and to go to Beijing to meet regularly, and the officers and men were not rewarded.

Feng Sheng has never commanded an army since then.

Touching the tiger talisman sent by the eunuch, Feng Sheng felt mixed feelings.

What hides a good horse, seeks a strange treasure, and marries its daughter by force.

Feng Sheng knew why these things happened, and there was no possibility of excuses.

At that time in the 20th year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng was the general who controlled the military power in the world. Although the imperial power was above, if the military power, even Lan Yu, was his general.

"Old man, we are back after all. This time, let's fight together again."

There is no doubt that Feng Sheng himself is also a person who likes to fight, and his great fame makes Zhu Yuanzhang extremely afraid.

Feng Sheng has been at war all his life.

At first, when Zhu Yuanzhang took Dingyuan, Feng Guoyong brought his younger brother Feng Sheng to join him. Seeing Feng Guoyong's brother wearing Confucian clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang thought he was a frail scholar.

Unexpectedly, Feng Guo frightened Zhu Yuanzhang with a few simple gestures. "Ming History Chronicles" says:
Taizu Dayue, all his brothers lived in tents, keeping secrets in advance.

It can be seen from this that Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he saw the Feng brothers for the first time, and he regarded the Feng brothers as his confidants ever since.

At that time, Li Shanchang, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, and Deng Yu had not defected to Zhu Yuanzhang. Feng Guoyong was a rare handsome talent who was capable of writing and martial arts.

Zhu Yuanzhang was marching and fighting in the field, and he would not let other generals approach when he was sleeping at night, but Feng Guoyong was left to guard in the tent, and the two had a deep relationship.

Unfortunately, Feng Guoyong only followed Zhu Yuanzhang for seven years and died of illness during the Battle of Shaoxing.

Zhu Yuanzhang regretted it very much. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead in chasing Feng Guoyong as the Duke of Ying.Wang Shizhen once said: Feng Guoyong is immortal, is he in Han Gong and Qiyang brothers?

It means that if Feng Guoyong did not die so early, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, his status would not be inferior to that of Li Shanchang and Li Wenzhong.

The events of previous years kept flashing in Feng Sheng's mind.

He firmly grasped the seal of the great general, if he grasped his life tightly.

Without His Royal Highness, he would not have had such an opportunity.

At the beginning, when Feng Sheng first learned of the death of the crown prince, he felt panic in his heart.

Originally, Feng Sheng was counting on that he would survive until the day when the crown prince took over, but now that the crown prince is gone, will His Majesty still keep him?

Fortunately, the appearance of His Royal Highness Taisun eased the situation.

But Feng Sheng is also very clear that even His Royal Highness Taisun is not a person who talks casually.

The founding hero is the most embarrassing.

In fact, Feng Sheng was not very good at the beginning, like Xu Da, Chang Yuchun had no defeat in his life, and Feng Sheng experienced several failures, and fled without helm and armor.

But his ability to learn is very strong, and it will become more prominent in the future, and the credit for victory will gradually increase.

It was when I made some credit at the beginning, I got carried away and was reprimanded.

However, in the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang still gave the highest standard of reward.

He was named the Duke of the Song Dynasty, and the food salary was three thousand stones, which was given to the world.

The imperial edict says that brothers Sheng are of the same flesh and blood, and for more than ten years, they have eliminated the troubles of the elbows and internal organs, built minions, pacified the Central Plains, and helped form a mixed one.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that the Feng Sheng brothers are like their own flesh and blood.

Since ancient times, the best way for the founding emperor to win over heroes, besides offering rewards, is marriage.

Zhu Yuanzhang betrothed Feng Sheng's eldest daughter to Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao, his second daughter to Zhou Zhuyu, and Feng Sheng's niece, Feng Guoyong's daughter to Mu Ying.

You know, Zhu Huan is Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son, Chang Mao is the eldest brother-in-law of the prince Zhu Biao, and Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son.

These three marriages mean that the interests of Feng Sheng and Zhu Yuanzhang are firmly bound together and indestructible.

But the facts have proved that Zhu Yuanzhang really doesn't care about marriage, not to mention Feng Sheng, even the king of Zhou, Zhu Wei, will still be demoted and punished.

General Yin touched it for a long time before Feng Sheng carefully put it back into the brocade box and put it away.

Then he opened the door, and the cold wind howled outside.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, a servant came over immediately.

In this kind of weather, it is naturally impossible to say that they are on duty at the door. Generally, they just wait in the house to keep warm, and come out as soon as they hear the sound.

Feng Sheng said to his servant: "Prepare your horse, this general is going to visit Da Nei."

At this time, Feng Sheng's demeanor was completely different. His vigorous appearance made his already gray temples not so conspicuous, but his piercing eyes added a bit of vigor.

"Drag it out and chop it!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!!!!!!!!!"

A small episode was staged in the early morning.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was only a few days away, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hold back his murderous nature, but chose to kill him on the spot.

Zhu Ying didn't say a word of remonstrance, but just watched coldly.

Just now, Zhu Ying proposed that taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce will build 36 schools for the enlightenment education of children around ten years old.

Most importantly, it's free!

Not only is the tuition fee waived, but also one meal is provided every day at noon.

The school does not distinguish between men and women, regardless of background, anyone of similar age can enroll.

This means that even if they are the sons of refugees without household registration, or are refugees and beggars themselves, as long as the age difference is not too big, they can go to school here directly.

There are also some scholarships, that is, those with excellent academic performance can also receive money from the school, or rewards in kind.

Scholarships aside.

Just if you don't stop and practice this point, countless people will go there with their children, not to mention a meal, which will greatly reduce the burden on the family.

How to calculate the account?
In this year, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, the government was encouraging childbirth.

And even the lowest level of the common people, there are usually several sons and daughters in the family.

These days, children only need to have a bite to eat, and they are not as particular about it as later generations. In addition, there are many premature deaths, even the royal family cannot avoid the phenomenon of premature death, let alone the folks.

So that is to keep giving birth, especially if there are many sons, it means that the family has a lot of labor.

In ancient times, when there were many sons, it was tougher to speak when going out, and the waist had to be straighter.

For example, you have three sons, and your neighbor has one son.

Among the neighbors, on the paddy fields, some conflicts cannot be avoided, such as how to irrigate with water and many other things.

Once a dispute arises, the three sons are called to go to that station, and the other side can only leave in resentment.

If it is the opposite, with grievances and displeasure, it becomes yourself.

This is the true portrayal.

And after Zhu Ying proposed a meal, all the children in these common people's families were raised by Zhu Ying.

Because in the eyes of most people, children have small appetites, and one meal is enough.

Especially girls.

It stands to reason that this is a good thing.

After all, the money is neither paid by the Ministry of Households nor by internal funds, it is entirely borne by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

From an external perspective, this should be a very good thing, and it can be regarded as benefiting the people in the true sense.

Why let Zhu Ying stand on the sidelines, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and asked to beheaded directly.

Because some people stood up and opposed: the people can let them know, but they can't let them know.

Zhu Ying's act of enlightening people's wisdom has touched the interests of all scholars today.

This scholar includes civil and military officials, honorable landlords, gentry and wealthy businessmen.

The only thing not included is the lowest level of Limin people.

Especially the Imperial Academy, the opinion is the biggest, they guard the channel of learning, if you want to learn advanced knowledge, you can only go to the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy.

In other places, only the most common sutras are circulated.

In other words, the foundation of the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College lies in the imperial examinations.

It is basically impossible for the country people to be the number one scholar, because political thinking is the content and understanding of classics such as "Four Books", "Spring and Autumn", "Book of Songs", and only they can understand the correct answer. Know.

In this way, it is tantamount to the promotion channel of being an official, which is controlled by the so-called small number of scholars.

What kind of poor family and noble son are all in the novel.

Meng Yuan cleansed the world, so that the Central Plains Dynasty no longer had the so-called thousand-year-old family, but it was still the clan world.

In many places, a village has a surname and a clan.

This is unavoidable.

In this clan, with the patriarch as the main line, they control the most top talents.

Those ordinary people do not even have the opportunity to read and write, and they must be attached to the clan.

Because no matter inside or outside, if you leave your clan, you are a refugee.

Daming was still under the patriarchal system.

According to the current Daming, that is to say, down to the county seat, there is no law, and the clan governs by itself.

In ancient times, dipping in pig cages and the like were punishments derived from the patriarchal system.

In ancient times, being an official was mostly based on the care and promotion of people from the same town and clan. If you were kicked out of the genealogy, no one would promote you.

The patriarchal system is very strict. Sometimes a Jinshi who passed the examination went to the capital to become an official, and a poor relative from his hometown came to the capital to do business. He just ate and slept in the official's home.

Moreover, the official did not dare to complain at all, and he had to be entertained with good food and drink. When the poor relatives had stayed enough and were ready to go home, the official would give some money as money.

The behavior of looking down on poor relatives in the novel is actually an exception for the entire Ming Dynasty.

Most of them cherish their reputation very much, especially the reputation in the clan.

The words of the patriarch are much better than that of the boss.

To offend the boss, to a large extent, is to give some shoes to wear. No one wants to make trouble, and no one has much to do with it.

But offending the patriarch is completely different.

Just one crime of unfilial piety can make you step down immediately, and return to your hometown honestly to accept the punishment of the clan rules.

This is just a metaphor. Generally, those who can become officials are basically on the same boat as the high-level clan members.

However, what Zhu Ying is doing now is to forcibly break this class relationship.

Scholars are not stupid, especially when it comes to their own interests.

Even if His Highness Taisun gave a lot of kindness, it was useless. A large number of officials started to discuss, and finally some officials stood up straight and spoke loudly about the Confucius Theory, and vaguely reprimanded His Highness Taisun. The way of the emperor.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was immediately laughed out of anger, even if he still had a few days to celebrate the New Year, he would cut it off.

After two months, this is His Majesty's second direct questioning in the Fengtian Palace.

Naturally, it was impossible for Zhu Ying to persuade her. Wouldn't she be treating herself as a weakling?

Moreover, the official who spoke was not of a low grade, and he didn't know if he thought so, or someone secretly instructed him.

Obviously, the effect is particularly good.

After being dragged out to ask about beheading, the Fengtian Hall was quiet, and no one wanted to act as an early bird and make an example to His Majesty.

No one will doubt it, as far as His Majesty is concerned, even if all the civil and military officials stand up, His Majesty will not hesitate at all.

The general killed the Fengtian Palace, and the blood flowed like a river.

Therefore, fools will go to die in vain.

An official who was familiar with the beheaded man secretly shook his head.

He knew that the official who was beheaded had joined the capital because of his transfer in recent months, and he had always been there before.

It just so happened that in recent months, Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood and didn't kill many people, so this created an illusion.

(End of this chapter)