People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 458: The people welcomed the civil officials by smashing rotten eggs!
At first, the civil servants thought that the people were standing at the city gate to welcome them.

They were even thinking about the common people in Beiping Prefecture. Their lives were so hard that they had to eat even rotten vegetables and rotten eggs.

These things are only eaten during famines.

But they have always heard that life in Beiping is pretty good now.

Especially when the Northern Expedition was about to be launched, Chen Han directly built the railways.

Then a large amount of supplies were sent here.

Many vendors are also transporting various supplies from the south to the north.

Logically speaking, people should be living a good life, so why is this happening?
At that time, they quickly formed a picture in their minds, which they thought was a picture.

That is, Zhu Di had already gone to great lengths to wage this war.

After all, the northern nomads were quite powerful. In their eyes, the northern nomads had three horses for one knight.

They were strong in numbers and horses, but what about the infantry of the Ming Dynasty? How could they chase those cavalrymen on foot in the vast Gobi Desert?

Therefore, in order to ensure that the Ming Dynasty's infantry could fight in the vast Gobi Desert, Zhu Di had no choice but to sacrifice the common people.

They could only swallow their pride and ask the people to provide more food and supplies.

Even though so many supplies have been delivered to Beiping Prefecture, it is still not enough for this war.

So every battle leaves devastation behind.

In their eyes, fighting is equivalent to letting the common people pay the bill.

So they firmly opposed it.

Especially when they saw the people in front of them having to eat even rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, they were filled with grief and indignation.

But then again, in fact, many northern expeditions during the Hongwu period were exactly as they had imagined.

Because at that time, the Ming Dynasty was in its early years and everything was in ruins, and the Mongolian Tartars in the north still refused to give up and were still thinking of invading the south.

If they were not all defeated, the newly born Ming Dynasty would likely be shrouded in endless war.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a great emperor. He knew that if he didn't wipe out the Mongolian Tartars in the north now.

Unless they are frightened and beaten to the point where they have no way to move south, the people of the Central Plains will never have peace.

So even if we engage in militarism.

Even in the devastated land, the people were already living an extremely hard life.

Zhu Yuanzhang launched northern expeditions again and again.

The purpose was to make the north more stable at that time and to make the people in the early Ming Dynasty suffer.

There is no way around it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who rose from the bottom.

He was born a beggar, so he understood very well why the common people were suffering.

The annual wars and instability are what really cause the people to be displaced.

In order to allow the people to live a good life in the future, he had no choice but to start a war.

He can only make the people suffer.

Of course, the people of that dynasty did not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's painstaking efforts, but later historians have actually given Zhu Yuanzhang a fair evaluation.

If the Ming Dynasty had not fought those wars during the Hongwu period, and if the Ming Dynasty had not launched those northern expeditions during the Yongle period, then the Ming Dynasty would not have been able to enjoy stability in the future.

If it had not been for the Northern Expedition, the northern nomadic peoples would have been split into various small tribes and would no longer have been able to invade, laying a solid foundation for the Ming Dynasty's next 270 years.

But because of the wars in those years, the civil servants had nothing to do, so they fanned the flames behind the scenes.

I always think that the current emperor is just pursuing war.

The current Ming Dynasty is overdrawing on the future.

So they strongly opposed it and they were sarcastic.

They believed that those wars drained away their potential.

Those civil servants always think they know everything.

Even in articles and poems, there are implicit satires on Zhu Yuanzhang.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was an ambitious emperor and a tyrant.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting for his own reputation.

As for how the people in the north are doing?
It's none of their business.

As for whether the Mongolian Tartars in the north will invade southward and plunder the Han people in the Central Plains, what does it have to do with them?

They study in a small study, and they write freely in official documents.

They frequented brothels and were romantic and elegant. They would never kill people at will like Zhu Yuanzhang.

They are not as rude and barbaric as those northern soldiers.

In their eyes, I may not know what is happening in the North, but that cannot stop me from expressing my opinions on these things.

In their eyes, I may not understand anything, but you can't say that I don't know how to sympathize with the people.

In their eyes, the people are now living a very hard life, so it is the court that is doing something wrong and the entire policy that is problematic.

As for the so-called overall situation, as for the so-called macro layout, it is none of my business, I can't see it, so I think those don't exist.

And the group of civil servants in front of us are also such people.

But they never thought that they were speaking to help the common people.

But the ordinary people in front of them didn't seem to appreciate it at all, and even launched enthusiastic attacks on them like rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

When the rotten eggs and vegetable leaves hit their carriage and covered it, they were shocked and angry, and they shouted loudly at the same time.

It must be King Yan who sent these people to stop us.

It must be him!
What a despicable King Yan is.

He knew we were here to investigate him, and in order to stop us, he actually set up such a vicious situation. This is unforgivable, unforgivable.

We must find out the evidence of his guilt.

His crimes must be made known to the world.

Let everyone in the world see what kind of face he has.

Smelling the foul odor of rotten eggs outside, these civil servants were extremely angry.

There is even an idea in my mind.

That is, even if we know that we will wrongly accuse the Prince of Yan, we must still frame him.

Who allowed him to openly instigate these people to attack us?

This is despicable, this is shameless.

Anyway, in their eyes, they are never wrong, they are tall, great, and correct.

As for others daring to attack me, that would be unpopular. "Stop! Stop! Stop now!"

At this time, Zhang Yu came riding a fast horse.

When he first heard that the common people had all gone to the city gate, he thought that they were there to welcome the civil servants, and he felt a little disappointed.

But what they didn't expect was that after waiting for a while, they saw the people actually throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at them.

While I was happy, I also thought of something bad.

Because these officials will blame their own princes for all the spontaneous actions of the people.

Some ordinary people recognized Zhang Yu and were very confused when they saw Zhang Yu stopping them and others.

They said loudly: "General Zhang, we are here to vent the anger of His Royal Highness. These damn civil servants actually suspected our Highness the Prince of Yan. It is so disgusting.

The Beiping government and all the soldiers in the north have endured so much hardship to defend Beiping and the Ming Dynasty.

But in the eyes of these civil servants, he was nothing, and they even came to investigate and frame him.

We can't stand it, we just want to smash them to death.

It is to let them know that the people of Beiping Prefecture stand with His Royal Highness and are of one mind. "

There were also people nearby who echoed them.

"You are right. We have sharp eyes. We have seen the sacrifices made by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and the soldiers of Beiping Prefecture.

If we allow these so-called civil servants to frame our soldiers, who will defend the Ming Dynasty and who will defend our Beiping Prefecture in the future?

We ordinary people don’t know what righteousness is, but we know what conscience is and we have our own conscience.

We must not let those soldiers who sacrificed their blood and lives to defend Beiping Prefecture be disheartened. "

The common people started shouting and were very excited.

What that means is, we don't care who these guys are. As long as they frame our soldiers in Beiping Prefecture, as long as they frame our Prince of Yan, we will not let them go.

Of course Zhang Yu knew what the people were thinking.

But he understood that the common people were actually doing more harm than good at this time.

The more they do this, the more the civil servants will feel that it is His Royal Highness the Prince who is instigating this.

They will try every possible way to find fault.

Sure enough, before Zhang Yu could say anything, an official came out of the sedan chair.

Seeing Zhang Yu riding on a horse, he threw off the rotten vegetable leaves on his body, pointed at Zhang Yu and cursed: "This is how you, the soldiers of Beiping Prefecture, welcome officials from the capital.

We are the imperial envoys, we are the emperor. You dare to attack the imperial envoy, which is an attack on His Majesty the Emperor. Are you seeking death?"

Another official also came out of the sedan chair.

He looked even more miserable and filthy.

At first he thought the people were there to welcome him, so he stuck his head out of the window of the sedan chair and wanted to say hello to them.

What came towards him were several rotten eggs hitting him in the face.

At this time, he had just washed the dirt off his face and vomited several times, his face was pale.

When he saw Zhang Yu coming, he immediately jumped up, pointed at Zhang Yu and yelled, "How on earth do you stinky soldiers manage these civilians?

How dare you attack the imperial envoy!
Okay, that’s great!

The Prince of Yan is very powerful. He thinks he has some military achievements and becomes cocky.

He actually dared to instigate the people to prevent the imperial envoy from entering the city. Just for this reason, we can impeach him.

Just wait and see. If you provoke us, you will suffer the consequences..."

With a bang, before he could finish his words, a rotten egg hit him in the face.

If the soldiers on the border hadn't stopped them, the common people would have rushed up and trampled him to death.

Some people even shouted from afar, "What bullshit are you talking about? We came here on our own and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.

We just can't stand you, the shitty civil servants, who do nothing but sit in the comfortable capital and give orders at random."

"Who the hell do you think you are? You have the nerve to command our Prince of Yan. Go back! We don't welcome you in Beiping Prefecture!"

"You're right, this is our Beiping Prefecture, not a place where you can do whatever you want!"

"You ignorant civil servants are suspicious of this and that, but don't we, who were born in Beiping Prefecture, know better than you?

His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan won such a great victory, but he was not proud or complacent, and even brought so many captives back to work on the construction site, in order to build Beiping Prefecture better and better defend it in the future. You are still not satisfied. Can't you just lie down in the capital? Why do you have to come here to find trouble? "

"If you dare to slander our Prince Yan, I tell you, you will never be able to leave Beiping Prefecture."

These civil servants looked at the thousands of ordinary people at the city gate, all of whom were staring at them with red eyes as if they wanted to eat them alive, and they were trembling with fear.

I never thought that the people of Beiping Prefecture would be so fierce.

Even so much that they don't give them face.

As soon as he heard that they were here to investigate Prince Yan, he immediately became furious.

There were even open threats that if they dared to slander Prince Yan, they would not be allowed to leave Beiping Prefecture.

To be honest, Zhang Yu was very happy to see such public sentiment.

Zhang Yu did not show a good face to these civil officials, and said to the people while sitting on his horse: "Fellow villagers, we are innocent and we are not afraid of any investigation by them.

If they dare to slander them at will, I believe the Duke in the capital will not agree.

So we should be open and honest, let them in and let them investigate.

If they can't find out, they will definitely leave in disgrace.

And if they find anything wrong, our Prince Yan will never admit his mistakes and not correct them.

Hearing Zhang Yu's frank speech, the people applauded.

Some elderly people even said directly: "My fellow villagers, General Zhang is right, those who are innocent will be innocent. If we stop them here, it seems like we are afraid of their investigation.

We should make way for them, let them in, let them investigate thoroughly, and let them see what the military and public morale is like in our Beiping Prefecture.

Let them know that we have won the battle and there is no need to hide it.

These civil servants are here to find fault, but if they can't find any, they can only leave in shame with their tails between their legs.

Get out of the way! "

With so many elders and Zhang Yu’s persuasion, the common people accepted it calmly.

So they all made way for a path.

Even the common people said to the civil officials, "Go ahead and check it out. We in Beiping Prefecture are never afraid of your investigation.

You civil servants, please open your eyes wide and take a good look at how prosperous our Beiping Prefecture is now.

Open your eyes and take a good look. Does His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan in Beiping need to cheat?"

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(End of this chapter)