Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Li Wei sat quietly in front of the bed and looked at the legendary emperor, feeling a little complicated.

Zhu Yunwen and Xu Shou, who were a little further away, were still respectfully accompanying and waiting for instructions.

In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang would often wake up occasionally, mumble a word or two, and then fall into a deep sleep again. This time they didn't think much about it, and just thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had fallen asleep again. However, Li Wei, who was close to him, clearly felt that this time Zhu Yuanzhang might never wake up again.

As time passed, Zhu Yuanzhang's breath completely disappeared and his face was covered with a layer of deathly gray.

Li Wei sat there for a long time before he stood up and walked out.

After leaving the back hall, he turned and went to the side hall, where he found the backpack, mobile phone and computer hidden by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In fact, he had known that these things were hidden here a long time ago, but he just didn't take them by force. Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have been able to stop him given his condition.

After getting these things, he checked the computer first. Not sure if it was because it was out of power or broken, he pressed the power button several times but the computer didn't respond at all.

After reluctantly putting the computer into his backpack, he looked at his mobile phone again. Fortunately, the screen lit up immediately after he pressed the power button.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang regarded these things as treasures, he seldom used them and did not know how to use many of their functions. Only this mobile phone was always used by him as an alarm clock, and the battery level was still almost full.

Li Wei packed up all of these and then walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

After he left, Zhu Yunwen and Xu Shou also noticed that something was wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang. They walked to the bed together and took a closer look, and immediately found something unusual.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Grandpa Huang..."

"His Majesty is dead!"

Zhu Yunwen, Xu Shou and others burst into tears immediately after discovering this.

Li Wei, who had just walked out of the door, heard the crying behind him. He couldn't help but stop and took a deep breath again. He still felt a little uncomfortable.

After thinking about it, he opened his backpack and rummaged around, found a pair of headphones, connected the headphones to his phone and turned on Silly Dog Music.

"Hello silly dog..."

A familiar voice sounded. Perhaps because they were rarely used, although the outer cover of this pair of headphones had aged, they still functioned normally.

After making sure the headphones worked, he swiped across the screen twice and clicked on an old song, "Hotel California".

Dynamic music came into his ears through the wires, blocking out all the crying sounds outside. Then Li Wei waved to the soldier on duty nearby and walked away without looking back.

These soldiers had received instructions earlier, and at his call, they immediately followed him out.

Along the way, the soldiers who had been confronting the royal guards for several years followed Li Wei and left, leaving only the lone royal guard on duty. This magnificent palace was finally back under the control of the royal family.

When he walked out of the Meridian Gate, Lu Hong, Xie Feihu and others had already gathered their men outside, waiting for him to leave the city together.

Li Wei looked back at the majestic palace again and couldn't help but sigh.

It has been nearly twenty years since he traveled to the Ming Dynasty. A lot of things have happened in these twenty years, and he has gradually integrated into this era under the influence of the environment.

However, at this moment, he was fully aware that to the Ming Dynasty, he was always just a passer-by, and since he was a passer-by, he should not linger.

In the palace, as the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's death spread, the sound of crying and wailing had spread throughout the city. Lu Hong, Xie Feihu and others could hear it clearly even though they were outside the city.

But at this moment, only the singing echoed in Li Wei's ears. The cheerful rhythm of the music made people want to dance along with the song.

After letting out a long breath, he took another deep look at the Ming Palace, then turned around and walked away resolutely.

The sky gradually darkened amid the wailing. Li Wei's steps gradually became lighter, and the music in his ears seemed to be specially played for him:
"They danced in the courtyard, dancing sweetly and energetically. Some dances were for memories, some for forgetting..."

……

Zhu Yuanzhang left a will, ordering that funerals be simple and without the use of gold and jade, and that all his subjects should cry for three days and then take off their mourning clothes.

Zhu Yunwen followed the will and kept everything simple. Three days after the burial, he ascended the throne at the persuasion of his ministers. He then began to busy himself with matters such as giving Zhu Yuanzhang a posthumous title and leading his coffin to the Xiaoling Mausoleum for burial.

Li Wei did not go to Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral with Anqing. When Zhu Yunwen led his ministers to attend Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral, he also brought Abu and some subordinates to a cemetery, but they were not there to bury anyone, but to dig a grave.

To be precise, it should be a tomb relocation, but the destination is quite far away.

"Do you really want to take Xiaoqing away?" Abu asked.

"Of course, she is my wife, she goes wherever I go." Li Wei answered affirmatively.

Abu glanced at him and nodded gently: "That's fine. In this world, Xiaoqing only has you and me as her relatives, and you are more important to her than me as her brother. It's fine to let her go with you."

Li Wei looked at him in surprise: "Aren't you going with me?"

Abu shook his head: "I plan to go back to the grassland and take back what belongs to me!"

Li Wei's eyes changed when he heard that.

Since the great victory of Zhu Di and Zhu Gang in the Northern Expedition, the Northern Yuan Dynasty has completely collapsed. Although there are still many remnant forces wandering around, they are not a force to be reckoned with. Abu is also of royal family, and now he goes back, undoubtedly wanting to take advantage of the chaos to build up his own force and compete for hegemony over the grassland.

Historically, after Zhu Di seized the throne, he launched several northern expeditions and defeated various tribes on the grassland without any chance to fight back. Without his help, Abu would probably not have been able to accomplish anything great even if he had returned.

But this is not necessarily the case. Abu has followed him for so many years and has learned a lot, especially in the use of firearms. If one day he becomes a nemesis for the Ming Dynasty, I, his old master, don't know whether I should be happy or blame myself.

After thinking about it, Li Wei didn't say anything to stop him. He just whispered, "Then be careful."

"Okay." Abu responded calmly.

After hesitating for a while, Li Wei spoke again and warned: "Before Zhu Di dies, you'd better not do anything rash, stay on the grassland honestly, and if things don't work out, go west to develop."

Abu turned his head and looked at him and said, "Do you think I am no match for him, or are you worried that I will lead my troops to cause trouble in the Central Plains?"

Li Wei sighed, "I don't want to do either."

Abu turned his head, looked ahead and said softly: "Don't worry, for your sake, I will not lead troops to invade the Central Plains in my lifetime."

Li Wei was relieved after hearing this. He nodded gently, thought for a moment and asked again: "Do I need some soldiers for you?"

"No need, I'll just take him with me." Abu shook his head and pointed at Tuo Huochi in the crowd next to him.

Tuo Huochi hurried forward and bowed respectfully to him and Li Wei: "My Lord, Sir."

Li Wei was slightly surprised when he saw this. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized, "Oh, you came to me because you recognized Abu, right? You hid yourself well!"

Tuo Huochi said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty has a keen eye. How could I hide my little trick from you? You must have seen it a long time ago, but you didn't say it for the sake of Master Abu."

Li Wei smiled without comment and gladly accepted his compliment.

"Okay, then go ahead. If you can't make it, you can find a way to go out to sea and find me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Tuo Huochi thanked him quickly, but Abu remained silent, obviously having no such intention at all. Li Wei did not force him seeing this.

Xiaoqing was buried with the help of Anqing. Although the funeral was not grand, the coffin used in the cemetery was very luxurious compared to that of ordinary families.

They took out the coffin, dug the soil underneath it eight inches deep, carefully packed it in bags, and then left some objects in the pit that symbolized good luck and good fortune, and finally filled the pit.

Although Li Wei did not believe in superstition, he still had to respect the customs. After completing these things, he and everyone else left with the coffin and grave soil.

On the river outside Jinchuan Gate, a huge fleet stretched for several miles. Xie Feihu, Lu Hong and others commanded the soldiers to board the ships one by one. Li Wei then took Xiaoqing's coffin onto the largest flagship.

Everything is ready. Now he just has to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral to be completed, and then he can take Anqing and the children and leave Ming Dynasty.

At the Jinchuan Gate, Geng Bingwen, along with young generals such as Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong, kept a close eye on Li Wei's army outside, not daring to relax for a moment.

Tang He had resigned the year before last, but unfortunately he passed away just a few days after his return, before Zhu Yuanzhang.

Without this veteran general, and the fact that Zhu Gang and Zhu Di took away a group of elite soldiers and generals when they left, the remaining Geng Bingwen and others, although they had a large number of troops, did not have much advantage against Li Wei's elite army using advanced firearms.

Li Wei led his troops to wait outside the city for more than ten days. Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral was finally basically over. Anqing left the city with her children, escorted by a group of palace maids and eunuchs. He hurriedly led people to meet them.

Although almost a month had passed, An Qing's eyes were still a little red and he sobbed from time to time.

Li Wei came to where she and her people came to him, sighed in his heart, and pulled her to his side with some affection.

"Your Highness, I leave Her Highness the Princess to you. We will take our leave now."

The young eunuch who came to see him off bowed respectfully.

Li Wei waved his hand while comforting Anqing.

The two groups separated and returned to their own camps.

Li Wei took Anqing and his two children back to the boat. Now that his wife and children were together, he could finally set sail with peace of mind.

"Pass the order and set sail immediately!"

Li Wei said impatiently.

"Wait a moment!"

The personal soldier next to him was about to take the order and leave, but Anqing suddenly stopped crying and interrupted him.

Li Wei looked at her with some confusion: "What's wrong?"

An Qing wiped his eyes and said, "Before my father fell ill, he told me something. He said that Yun Wen might not be able to sit on the throne securely and might be in danger in the future. Can you help him?"

"Why do you care about him? We are all leaving, so don't worry about what's happening here!"

Li Wei frowned and cursed Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart. He was a good-for-nothing. Even after his death, he still didn't forget to arrange work for him. It was outrageous!

"Yun Wen is a very sensible child. He often gives me gifts and is very respectful to you. Please help him."

Anqing shook his hand and begged.

"No help!"

Li Wei flatly refused.

Zhu Yunwen, this little bastard, doesn't respect him at all; he's just afraid of him.

Now that this kid has ascended the throne, I guess if I meet him this time I will definitely not be as respectful as before, and I might even put on airs like an emperor in front of him.

Seeing how determined he was, Anqing began to sob softly again.

Li Wei frowned immediately, and finally sighed helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll help you!"

"Really?"

An Qing stopped crying when she heard that and looked at him hopefully.

Li Wei nodded gently: "Yes, but I can only protect his life when the world is in turmoil in the future. If he loses the throne, it's lost. I can't help him get it back."

"Well, as long as he can be saved."

An Qing nodded. She didn't expect Li Wei to help Zhu Yunwen keep the throne. After all, they had already gone out to sea and it was impossible for the army to come back. Moreover, if that really happened, it would be hard to say who would become the emperor.

Li Wei comforted her and then walked out of the cabin alone. After pondering for a moment, he went to Tao Sheng to ask for something, and then asked someone to call Xie Feihu over.

"teacher."

Xie Feihu bowed.

Li Wei nodded slightly, handed him a signal gun he had asked for from Tao Sheng, and said, "Help me go to the palace and give this to the new emperor."

"Ok."

Xie Feihu agreed without asking any more questions. Then Li Wei gave him two more instructions before letting him leave.

In the Wenhua Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Yunwen, dressed in white, sat in the seat that originally belonged to Zhu Biao. Around him, a group of newly promoted officials from the six ministries were reporting to him on the follow-up matters of the funeral.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang had just been buried and he had just ascended the throne, the coronation ceremony had not yet been held and he was still handling government affairs in the Wenhua Hall.

But even if he was still in the Wenhua Palace, he was already a real emperor.

"Your Majesty, the late emperor's funeral is over. You should also choose an auspicious day to hold the coronation ceremony. Here is the ceremony program drafted by the Ministry of Rites. Please review it."

The newly appointed Minister of Rites Shen Di presented a memorial with both hands.

Zhu Yunwen was so excited when he heard the words "Your Majesty" one after another. Only when he saw the memorial handed to him by Shen Di did he suppress his joy and reached out to take it.

"Okay, let me see... I'll take a look."

Zhu Yunwen took the memorial, straightened his posture and said.

Although the ministers around him also saw what he was thinking, they did not dare to say anything.

Just as he was reading the memorial seriously, the guard outside suddenly walked in, stood at the door and bowed, saying: "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the palace who wants to see you. May I ask Your Majesty..."

Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly upon hearing this, and interrupted unhappily, "Don't you see that I am busy with government affairs? I don't have time to summon anyone!"

The guard hesitated for a moment, but still insisted: "The man who came is Xie Feihu, a general under the King of Guangling. He said that the King of Guangling has something to give you."

When Zhu Yunwen heard the words "Prince of Guangling", he shuddered involuntarily and asked hurriedly, "Didn't he leave?"

"Not yet." the guard replied.

Zhu Yunwen's expression changed constantly, and then he glanced at the guard and said angrily, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

The guard glanced at him secretly, feeling a little aggrieved.

I haven't finished yet, you interrupted me!

"I admit my crime, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

The emperor could not be wrong, so the guards could only swallow their pride and kneel down to plead guilty.

Zhu Yunwen snorted coldly, but he didn't really want to punish the guard. He saved his face and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, go and bring the person in."

"Yes!" the guard responded, stood up and left quickly.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, we will take our leave first."

Seeing this, Shen Di and others bowed and left.

Zhu Yunwen thought about it, then nodded and asked them to leave.

A moment later, Xie Feihu, led by the guards, walked into the Wenhua Hall. Zhu Yunwen sat upright, trying his best to put on a dignified attitude.

Xie Feihu glanced at him calmly, then casually cupped his hands and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I am here on the orders of my teacher to give you something. Please keep it."

Zhu Yunwen glanced at him, somewhat unhappy with his rude behavior, but thinking that he was Li Wei's man, he did not dare to blame him, but just asked curiously: "What is it?"

Xie Feihu didn't waste any time and directly took out the signal gun from his arms.

When Zhu Yunwen saw the gun, he was immediately horrified and shouted incoherently: "You...what are you going to do? Don't be impulsive, go back and tell your uncle that I will promote him to a prince, don't do anything rash!"

Xie Feihu looked at the panicked Zhu Yunwen and couldn't help feeling a little contempt in his heart.

He is not much older than the new emperor. When he was as old as Zhu Yunwen, he was already a capable officer in the Night Guard. But he, the new emperor, is nothing!
"This is a signal gun. My teacher told me to give it to you. If you are desperate in the future, use it to shoot into the sky, and then someone will come to save you."

Xie Feihu explained impatiently.

Zhu Yunwen stared at the gun and slowly relaxed after listening to his explanation.

"Oh, I see. It was me...I misunderstood Prince Guangling."

Xie Feihu was too lazy to say anything more. He just walked up and placed the gun on his desk, then turned and left without even saying hello.

Zhu Yunwen stared at the gun in a daze, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. Thinking of what Xie Feihu had said, he couldn't help but get furious.

"I'm desperate? I... I'm the emperor! How can I be desperate? Humph!"

He paced back and forth while shouting and cursing.

"No, I have to see him leave in person!"

Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment, then suddenly turned around and walked out in a hurry.

After leaving the palace, Xie Feihu went straight back to the boat and reported to Li Wei that the matter had been settled. Li Wei then immediately ordered the army to set sail.

On the Jinchuan Gate, Zhu Yunwen hid behind the battlements and watched Li Wei's ships emitting billowing black smoke and slowly accelerating away until they completely disappeared from his sight. Only then did he breathe a long sigh of relief and stood up.

Afterwards, he worriedly instructed Geng Bingwen and others behind him: "Hurry up and send people to follow along the river, and make sure to watch them go out to sea!"

Geng Bingwen frowned slightly, but did not say much. He replied respectfully, "I obey your order."

"Ah."

After Zhu Yunwen gave his orders, he turned around, walked down the city wall and returned to the palace.

On the Yangtze River, a fleet of steamships sailed downstream at a very fast speed.

Li Wei and An Qing stood at the bow, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river rapidly receding, but they felt different.

There was sadness and reluctance in Anqing's eyes, while Li Wei was completely relaxed and relieved.

Finally, he finally left!
From now on, the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly!
From now on, there will no longer be any dog ​​boss who can control him, and there will be no housekeeper Zhu Yuanzhang who can control everything!
The cool breeze from the river blowing on the face made people feel particularly comfortable. Li Wei took a deep breath and felt that the air was full of the smell of freedom!
As the steam engine continued to add power, the fleet's speed became faster and faster. After ten hours of sailing, it finally rushed out of the Yangtze River before dark and disappeared into the vast ocean. The guarding captain in charge of guarding the seaport immediately sent someone to pass the news back to the capital. When Zhu Yunwen received the news, he finally felt relieved.

Under the bright moonlight, the gray-black sea surface was surging, and the huge fleet led by Li Wei looked as small as a group of fireflies from the air.

In the cabin of the main ship, Li Wei and a group of students including Lu Hong, Tao Sheng, Xie Feihu, and several ordinary soldiers were drinking and chatting together, having a great time.

"Teacher, the base has already been built in America. When we get there, we should also establish our own country. What do you think we should name our new country?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's time to come up with a name for our new country, and your imperial title..."

"Yes, yes. With your virtue and talent, you should have been crowned emperor long ago."

People in the crowd kept making a fuss.

Li Wei drunkenly waved his hands and shouted, "What emperor? Didn't I tell you, we have to choose a king, and whoever is chosen will be the king!"

"Yes, yes, then I will definitely choose the prince!"

"I choose the prince, too."

"I choose the teacher too!"

Everyone expressed their attitudes.

Li Wei curled his lips in displeasure and muttered inaudibly: "I won't do it!"

"Teacher, what did you say?" Lu Hong, who was closer, didn't hear clearly, so he moved closer and asked.

"Nothing... nothing, I'm going to the bathroom. I just need to pee because I drank too much..."

Li Wei said as he stood up unsteadily.

Seeing this, Lu Hong hurried forward and said, "Let me help you go."

"no, I'm fine!"

Li Wei waved his hand vigorously, shook off his hand, stumbled towards the cabin used as a toilet, and slammed the door shut.

Seeing this, Lu Hong had no choice but to sit back and continue drinking with everyone.

At the dinner table, everyone was discussing loudly how to build a country and how to develop on that new land, with constant laughter.

After a while, Lu Hong saw that Li Wei had not come back yet, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Why hasn't the teacher come back yet?"

Xie Feihu next to him said nonchalantly: "Maybe he is drunk. Our wine has a high alcohol content. Maybe the teacher went to the toilet to vomit."

Lu Hong frowned, still worried, and stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

As he said this, he quickly walked to the toilet door and knocked:

"Teacher? Teacher, how are you?"

However, there was no movement in the toilet.

Seeing this, Lu Hong became even more worried. He pulled the toilet door open with force, only to find that there was no one inside!
"Teacher? Teacher!"

Lu Hong rushed into the toilet and shouted anxiously while searching, but the area of ​​the cabin used as a toilet was not large and almost everything was visible, so it was impossible for Li Wei to hide.

When Xie Feihu and others heard the noise, they also came over.

"what happened?"

"The teacher is missing!"

Lu Hong shouted anxiously, and Xie Feihu and others changed their expressions when they heard it.

"Go find them quickly and call everyone!" Xie Feihu also shouted anxiously.

"Yes!"

The others didn't even have time to drink and hurriedly called for help, but even after mobilizing all the soldiers to search the entire ship, they still couldn't find Li Wei.

"I saw the teacher go into the toilet with my own eyes. How could he just disappear like that?"

Lu Hong said anxiously.

Xie Feihu was also very anxious. He rushed into the toilet again to search, but still found nothing.

Just then, he suddenly noticed the window next to the toilet.

In order to facilitate sewage discharge, the toilet on the ship is arranged in the cabin close to the edge. Outside this window is the vast ocean!

Lu Hong and Xie Feihu looked at each other and their faces turned pale.

"Impossible, impossible. This window is so small and high. Teacher, it's impossible..."

"No matter if it's possible or not, stop the boat and let people get into the water!"

"Stop the ship!"

Following the shouts, the fleet stopped moving forward, and groups of soldiers familiar with water jumped off the boats into the sea and began to search around:
"Your Majesty!"

"teacher!"

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(End of the book)

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