Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 534
The two of you were imprisoned for many years, and they were pardoned only after the new emperor ascended the throne.

He was also kind enough to give Zhu Laosan's father the title of Lieutenant of Fuguo, but after only a year and a half, he has been in arrears all the time.

Zhu Laosan was born in the Zhu family of the royal family under such circumstances, and he had the same difficulties as his father since he was a child.

Now that he is almost thirty, he has neither been given a name, nor a title, nor a title. Even this wife was married privately without the approval of the court, so the few children he gave birth to were also without approval. Those registered by the imperial court and recorded in the genealogy are all black households.

For Zhu Laosan, although he is a member of the royal family, he has never enjoyed any royal treatment. Instead, he has been subject to various restrictions since he was a child.

Apart from staying in the city of Jinan and starving, he seemed unable to do anything. He could neither go out to set up a stall or go to the wharf to carry bags to make ends meet, nor could he go to study and take the imperial examinations.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army entered the south and went south to Shandong, and broke through Jinan. Many royal families including the father and son of the German king Zhu Youshu were captured by the Qing army and taken outside the pass.

Later, the imperial court selected Zhu Youli, the son of King Jicheng from the side branch of Defan, the general of Zhenguo, to inherit the title of Prince De.

In those few years, the two princes of De Fan and Lu Fan in Shandong were successively destroyed by the Qing army, killing thousands of royal family members, King De was captured, and King Lu hanged himself.

Xinde Wang Zhu Youli was enfeoffed in 13 years, and Chongzhen came to Qing Dynasty in 17 years. This year, sixteen kings including Qin, Zhou and Jin were killed in Beijing.

And Zhu Laosan escaped unharmed when the Qing army broke Jinan back then. After all, he didn't even have a name, didn't have the qualifications to live in the palace, and didn't have money.

Later, the Qing army broke through and went south again, and he fled with the refugees.

This journey stopped and stopped, and when he arrived in Tai'an, he completely became a refugee.

Even the eldest daughter of the family was forced to sell when she was still unable to escape. Ren Yazi said that she was selling it to a wealthy family as a maid, but who knows, just for a little food, they finally took an eight-year-old daughter The child is sold.

And not long ago, they followed the refugees all the way to the east, just to vote for Zhu Yihai, the Holy Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

According to seniority, Zhu Yihai is Chongzhen's cousin, and Zhu Laosan is Chongzhen's cousin, so they have to be called the emperor's uncle.Of course, in terms of seniority, in fact, there are five suits earlier, one is the descendant of Chengzu Zhu Di, and the other is the descendant of Lu Wang Zhu Tan, both are the ninth grandson and eleventh grandson of Taizu.

There are too many people who cannot escape along the way.

Zhu Laosan managed to enter the Qingzhou Prefecture Ming army territory, and finally arrived at Linqu, where he temporarily settled down and could receive some porridge every day, and even Zhu Laosan had the opportunity to work to earn some rations.

The Ming army set up refugee camps everywhere, and even officials were responsible for registration and verification of identities.

As for the royal family, the local area is also the focus of investigation.

Zhu Laosan heard that the emperor was very kind to the clan. Although some people said that the emperor changed the clan system and no longer paid generously, but for Zhu Laosan, he had never felt any preferential treatment, so the prince He doesn't care whether they are hereditary forever or not.

What he liked more was that the emperor said that in the future the clan could name their own, marry by themselves, and even do their own study, business, etc., etc. He felt that Zhu Yihai must be a good emperor.

With some uneasiness, he told the yamen servant that he was the clan, and then was questioned by the clerk, and finally the county magistrate personally summoned him and even rewarded him with two meat buns.

Zhu Laosan is full of expectations for the future, but his wife's words make him seem to be awakened.

That's right, for a long time, no matter how nice the emperor said, it may not be true to follow.

If there is no benefit, the subordinate staff below will not sign up for you.

The helpless youngest went to get firewood to burn, and the firewood was picked up by the children.

Autumn is thick and the sky is getting cooler.

In the shack with air leaks everywhere, there was a fire and a little more warmth.

Refugees from several neighboring shacks came to visit and comforted them one after another. Some brought wild vegetables, some potatoes, some millet, and some children even brought two bird eggs. and some bugs.

They are all friends who help each other along the way.

This night, Zhu Laosan did not fall asleep.

For a while, I thought about the poor third child who unfortunately drowned and ended up in other people's stomachs, and for a while I thought about the newborn fourth daughter. I don't know if I can survive and grow up in this kind of life.

He gave birth to two sons, four daughters and six children. In fact, he didn't want to have children, but he couldn't stop them from coming.

Pity these kids.

Lying there, sometimes the child would cry from hunger, sometimes other children would grind their teeth, and sometimes someone would cry for hunger.

Waking up for a while and sleepy for a while, he also dreamed that he was summoned by the emperor, was given a title, was awarded money and food, etc., smiled happily, and then woke up from the cold.

Covering his wife with a rag, looking at this shabby shack, this man in his thirties was very dazed.

I don't know where the road is and where the hope is.

The sky is bright.

Zhu Laosan got up, first went to fetch water, and then started to boil water outside. He looked at the little millet, finally gritted his teeth, grabbed a handful from it, and started to boil it in an earthen pot.

The child has no milk, so he can only cook some rice soup for him to drink.

Several children woke up, built a fire around him, and smelled the rice, but no one said they wanted to eat it, but they were very sensible and didn't mention it.

There are still some sweet potatoes brought back yesterday, and a child shared some after roasting.

"Today, you stay at home and stay with your mother well, don't wander around anymore, and take care of your sister. Father has gone to work, and he will bring you food when he comes back."

The wife was patiently feeding the rice cereal to the child. The rice cereal was very runny, but there was still no milk. After crying for a while, the child reluctantly accepted the rice cereal and fell asleep after eating it.

The third child fastened some turbans on his wife's head.

"Call Aunt Zhao if you need anything, I'm off to work."

"Take Xiaomi and go to the yamen," said the wife.

"Forget it, it's useless to give away this bit of millet. It's better to keep it for you two to eat, so as not to be in vain. This is what the second child got." The third child sighed, bent over and walked out. He left the shack to go to work, he stood at the door, tightened the straw rope around his waist, his stomach was growling, but the man didn't eat a bite.

Leaving home with a stick, his steps are a little sloppy, and his back is quite bent.

"This shitty world!" Zhu Laosan cursed in his heart, his footsteps even smelled like walking dead, but he knew he couldn't stop, the small dilapidated shack behind him still had a family there, and he was still needed , can only count on him.

Thinking about fleeing everywhere in the past two years, and seeing those lying down on the ground, at least their family is still alive.

He didn't go to the county government office, but went directly to the work place.

Autumn harvests are happening everywhere, and Linqu County is building a new granary. After collecting the grain, it will be stored in the granary first, and then transferred.

Looking at the food, the third child became more energetic, and after working hard for a day, he could get some food back. Although it was not much, it was hope.

At noon, children can queue up to get porridge and go back, and they can deal with it.

The grain bag was very heavy. For Zhu Laosan, who had never done any work before, this grain bag was like a mountain, but when he thought of the children at home, he had to grit his teeth to hold on to the heavy grain bag.

Fortunately, he has been working for a few days, and he is much stronger than when he started.

After a few trips, my calves were already cramping, and I had to rest for a while.

A foreman came over, and the person behind was carrying a load of steamed sweet potatoes.

"Everyone has worked hard, come over and eat two sweet potatoes to replenish your strength!"

The sweet potato is very glutinous and fragrant, but it is a bit choking, but those refugees will not dislike it, even if it is easy to fart and even heartburn, but it can fill the stomach.

Zhu Laosan got two sweet potatoes, which were very fragrant.

But he only ate half of it, and kept the rest to take home.

Ready to get on with work.

The county magistrate came to look for him, "Deng Wang from the clan's mansion happened to come to appease the victims today. After hearing about your incident, I want to see you, so hurry up and come with me. You are really lucky, and you all caught up."

Zhu Laosan was speechless in surprise, looked at the county magistrate's entourage, and finally took out the half-sweet potato from his body and handed it over.

"Hahaha, keep it for yourself. I'm a little scared when I see sweet potatoes now. I eat too much." The county magistrate's follower said.

The third child was a little uneasy, because there was really nothing else.

"Hurry up and follow me, here we are, it's not fashionable now." The long follower also saw that this person was really worthless, even though the higher-ups are now extremely strict about corruption, and they always ask for crimes.

As for harvesting autumn grain this autumn, building warehouses, building roads, disaster relief, etc., which one should not be caught every few days, and even now there are still a few heads hanging on the four gates of the city.

But, I can't help but accept small gifts and money. Of course, they don't dare to ask for bribes as blatantly as before. If you want to give me some, I will take some.

Like this person right now, he is so poor and has no money, not to mention that the Dazong ordered Deng Wang to summon him in person, how dare he ask for a gift, if he speaks to Deng Wang, his head will not be safe.

It is said that King Deng is also a stern and selfless king, and he is also the emperor's uncle, known as a virtuous king.

Zhu Laosan followed all the way to the county government office, and the long follower even took the initiative to get close to him.

"Hurry up and go in, good luck!"

The third child was grateful, and anxiously waited for the summons.

A strong soldier came over, "You are Zhu Laosan of Defan? Deng Wang summoned, come with me."

within the county government.

Deng Wang Zhu Yujian was talking with the county magistrate.

Seeing Zhu Laosan being brought in, he sized him up carefully.

The third child had shaved his hair before, and then cut his braids. He had a bunch of short hair on his forehead, and the back half of his hair was tied up, which looked nondescript.

There was still embarrassment and anxiety on his face.

"Are you from the Defan clan? Can you tell me about your situation in detail?"

Zhu Yujian was originally the king of Tang, but when he was a child, because his father, Shizi Tang, was not welcomed by his grandfather, the king of Tang, he was imprisoned with his father since he was very young. Although he succeeded in attacking the throne of the king of Tang, he even killed his uncle in revenge.But because he later recruited soldiers without permission, he was imprisoned in the high wall of Fengyang for many years.

It can be said that Zhu Yujian is well aware of the crimes and punishments of the clan, and is more aware of the suffering of the clan at the bottom.

He handed him the snacks on the table, "talk while eating."

(End of this chapter)