After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 605 Liu family's power

Zhu Yuanzhang understood the sophistication of the people at the bottom.

That is the people who have a little bit of power in the local area. They want to collect black money and have a good reputation.

Lao Zhu had lived at the lower level before, and had an impression of this kind of thing.

Now that I have experienced it myself, I can understand it more clearly.

So he lowered his posture and said to the sergeant guarding the city: "We were wrong. We misunderstood a few high-spirited, honest and just military masters. Please also ask a few military masters to hold your hands high and let the villain and his servants go."

These people in front of him are just small shrimps, not worth his shot, so he chose to endure it.

What hardships and humiliations did Lao Zhu experience when he was young?Therefore, it is not unbearable for him to temporarily surrender to these people in front of him.

"Hmph!" The guarding sergeant snorted coldly, noncommittal.

"Ermao, bring out 200 taels of silver and drink tea for some military masters." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Erhu.

"Yes, master." Hearing this, Erhu took out two Hongwu treasure notes from his pocket and handed them to Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang took it, and then respectfully delivered it to the guards.

"There are still people called Ermao?" A sergeant smiled, "I knew it wasn't a big family when I heard it. No wonder I don't understand anything, and I haven't seen the world..."

"You guys are smart, let's go into the city." The guarding sergeant waved impatiently as he put the banknotes in his pocket.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Erhu were able to pass.

"Boss, these two people don't understand the world at all. It seems that they are definitely not what they said just now. They are tea merchants." Hearing voices from behind him, a sergeant said to the team leader who made things difficult for them just now, "A serious businessman is by no means what they look like. They look like idiots."

"I've seen this for a long time." The captain said.

"Since they are not businessmen and claim to be from Yingtian Mansion in the capital city, could it be that they have a lot of background. Is it a certain high-ranking official who came to Jiangzhou for a private visit?" Said the sergeant, "If that's the case, we will offend people gone."

"Have you read too many dramas, and can't tell the difference between reality and drama?" The team leader sneered, "In real life, how can there be so many high-ranking officials who come down to pay private visits?"

"Even if there are ministers who come down to inspect, the people above already know about it."

"Then they will notify us and make all the arrangements and preparations. It can be said that what the Shangguan can see when he comes down is what we want him to see, and has gone through countless rehearsals."

"Boss is right!" said the sergeant.

"And even if he is an imperial envoy from the capital, so what?" said the squad leader, "When I come to the border of Jiangzhou, I have to lie down for all tigers, and coil for me all dragons."

"Jiangzhou is so powerful!?" The sergeant gasped.

"You probably still don't know the strength of the Liu family." The team leader said, "Even the emperor can't do anything against the Liu family. This is called, the strong dragon does not suppress the local snake."

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"Master, why did you stop the last general just now? If the last general had the temper of the past, he would have drawn his sword and cut them off on the spot." The two people in Jiangzhou City came to a remote corner, and the two tigers said to Zhu Yuanzhang with resentment .

"They're just small shrimps, and it's not worthwhile for us to take action against them." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If you expose your identity because of such a trivial matter, then it's a small loss."

"The last general just feels worthless for the superior," Er Hu said, "You are the Ninth Five-Year Master, and you never thought that you would be bullied by a guarding sergeant in Jiangzhou."

"This humiliation is not a big deal." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly,

"Zhu Yuanzhang has suffered little humiliation since he was a child?"

"As long as the humiliation we suffer can be exchanged for a happy life for the people of the world, it will be very worthwhile."

"The emperor is wise!" Erhu said.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes is like looking at a god.

In his eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang is a god, and he will kill whoever is asked to kill.

"The situation in Jiangzhou is just the tip of the iceberg in the provinces of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Jiangzhou is not an exception. It is estimated that almost all the states and counties of the Ming Dynasty are like this."

"Is this the case?" Erhu was shocked. "The general thought that after the emperor's hard work in governing the past few years, his diligent administration and love for the people, and Mr. Qin's new policy and the abolition of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, the world has become clean."

"You think things are too simple." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, "How can it be so easy to govern the Ming Dynasty well? It is even more difficult to let the people live a good life."

"It is even more difficult to get rid of the lingering poison of Confucianism."

"If the Ming Dynasty wants to stand on the top of the world without eliminating its own shortcomings first, and without becoming stronger, it is just a dream. Even if the master is a god, he can't do it if he doesn't clean up these backward things."

"Sir, what is the situation in Jiangzhou? What's going on with the Liu family? How can the people of the Liu family be so arrogant and domineering? No one dares to control the lawlessness in Jiangzhou?" Erhu asked, "Even the guard just now The city sergeant also said that even if we are officials from the capital, we have to be coiled by them even if we are dragons."

"The Liu family is the local feudal aristocrats in Jiangzhou, who have been entrenched in Jiangzhou all year round." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "They are the local snakes in the sewage pool of Jiangzhou, and they are a big tree rooted here. Under the big tree It is a tangled root that has penetrated into every corner of Jiangzhou, and if you want to pull it out, unless you can pull out the weeping willow."

"The reason why the Liu family has such great energy is that the fish and meat villagers can ignore the court's laws. It is because they have been operating here for too long, and they have been able to eat both black and white."

"How to eat both black and white?" Erhu asked.

"The underworld takes everything, and the Liu family is so powerful that the local ruffians in Jiangzhou don't dare to provoke them, and even give them confessions. Even some shady businesses are run by his Liu family. White ways take everything, because the Liu family is a feudal aristocrat. Married with other feudal nobles, forming an intricate network of relationships. Above the court, there are people from them." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Once someone from above comes down to check, they will basically know in advance. Even if someone discovers their flaws, they will not be able to touch the Liu family. The Liu family's network is too scary."

"So Jiangzhou seems to be dominated by the Liu family."

"The Liu family is the local emperor of Jiangzhou."

"So that's how it is." Erhu finally understood why the Liu family was so powerful.

"The relationship network formed by the feudal nobles is terrible." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "It is the biggest curse that harms the court and prevents the people from living a happy life."

(End of this chapter)