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Chapter 404: The true situation in Tibet?

Gu Wen is back.

After receiving the news, Zhu Zhen quickly summoned all important generals to greet him at the Marshal's Mansion.

"Your Highness," Gu Wen came in excitedly from outside and even cried: "It's hard, the people are suffering so much. These slave owners are simply not human beings. I thought what you said at the beginning was too alarmist and too cruel. How could I have thought that you would still be conservative?"

Everyone looked at Gu Wen in surprise.

They have been in the city for a few days and have completely taken control of Lhasa.

What do you think?

But Gu Wen brought back the truth he had investigated along the way, and eloquently said: "They divide everyone into three and nine levels of status. The upper class includes the upper class, the upper middle class, and the upper class. The middle class also has the middle class. The superior, the middle, and the inferior. The same goes for the inferior.”

"The superior has supreme power, and is generally the chief of each city, including lamas and lay nobles. Then there are the general noble lords and great lamas. Then there are the officials under them."

"Middle-level people are ordinary officials and minor officials. Even the lowest civilians have a status that they can only obtain after the former nobles have fallen into decline."

"All low-class people are slaves. The lowest people are only worth a piece of straw rope."

In Tibet, the upper-class people only account for 5%, and even the middle-class people, even the so-called common people, only account for 10%.

Because paper is more expensive than human life.

pilgrimage? Cleanse the soul?

Do you know what you are talking about?

Even many exquisite thangkas are made of human skin.

Xu Miaojin finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and threw herself into Tang Xin's arms.

Everyone in the hall was immediately furious and deeply shocked.

This is the reason why Zhu Mingliu and Si Sigong have been out of prison until now.

"If a slave even dares to look at his master, his eyes may be gouged out. As long as the slave owner is willing, he will also carry out arbitrary punishments. Cut off the hands and feet of the slaves, cut off their tongues or ears and noses. There are countless examples. Your Highness."

As for Tibet, that is blatant, and that is an act of pleasure.

As Gu Wen slowly spoke one after another, a cold air seemed to rise in the hall, making people shudder.

At this point, human life is no longer valuable, so human sacrifice has become a matter of course.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry even after Zhu Xi's death and still punished him.

This was because the Mongol Empire enfeoffed 130,000 households, and lamas were considered commoners, so they accounted for these proportions.

Even the most daring people feel creepy at this moment. They are not frightened, but shocked by the darkness and terror here.

Zhu Ming took a long breath and said: "Gather the people in the city and bring the man who has escaped from prison. It's time to put him on trial."

It's just that the Yunnan chieftains are not so cruel and inhumane, but they are definitely not kind.

Even Gu Wen couldn't help but burst into tears at the end.

It is conceivable that the real situation may be even more cruel.

Zhu Xi still had to do it secretly within the palace, and had to carry people behind his back.

"Not to mention the overwhelming daily hard work, not even a house. Along the way, I found that many people dig holes in the ground to live, or live with livestock, and there are no quilts. If they encounter livestock excrement , just use it to keep warm.”

Tibetan slaves are so worthless. They are called low-class people and are only worth a straw rope. It is conceivable that they are not treated as human beings, even worse than a donkey.

"What did they do to the people and human lives?"

With the situation in Tibet, it is no wonder that the Tibetan soldiers are vulnerable.

It's really much more than that.

At first, even Zhu Zhen himself felt vicious about his thoughts.

"Slaves have no personal freedom. The lives of slaves belong to the slave owners. Not to mention the land, even if they are killed by the slave owners, it is normal."

"That's not all," Gu Wen wiped away his tears and continued to talk about what he saw and heard.

"Don't these nobles understand that after the slaves die, who will give them the land to farm? Aren't the slaves their property too?" Xu Miaojin couldn't stand listening anymore and her eyes were red.

Where is the holy land decorated with bones, rivers of blood, and human skin?

Holy place?

If it is said that what Qin King Zhu Ping did in Xi'an was not humane, and he was retributed in the end and was poisoned and died violently, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he deserved the punishment for his many evil deeds.

Otherwise, except for the five percent, everyone in Tibet will be slaves.

"Because people can give birth to offspring, and even if their slaves die, they can still buy them from others or catch them elsewhere. So they are unscrupulous and don't care about the life and death of others. Rather, they don't regard slaves as human beings at all. . Will you remember how many chickens and how much rice you ate?" Zhu Ming said coldly.

"Furthermore, slaves have been indebted to their masters since they were born. With just one word from the slave master, they have to repay the money that will take them several lifetimes to repay."

Zhu Ming gritted his teeth and his clenched fists were trembling.

So compared with what these slave owners in Tibet did, Qin King Zhu Xiang could be said to be kind and benevolent.

Before Zhu Chu implemented the reform of the land and returned to the local people, how could the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan not live in dire straits?

Mu Qiu sighed and closed his eyes.

He had only heard about it, but he didn't expect that things were far beyond his imagination.

Even this female general, who was decisive and decisive on the battlefield, could not bear the fact that she only heard about these horrific evil deeds from Gu Wen.

"When some nobles make pilgrimages, the sacrifices they need are a pair of wet intestines and two heads. Or a pound of hearts or a pound of intestines. These are all corpses. There are also various so-called magic weapons. , all made from living people.”

But he is still too innocent and kind.

Is this the eighteenth level of hell? Is this a purgatory on earth?

When did the demons and devils from hell sneak up to the earth?

The generals suddenly became excited and rushed to escort Xisigong out of prison.

Zhu Ming had to shout: "Don't beat him to death, I want to judge him in front of the suffering people. This is justice."

He was really afraid that if he didn't say these words, Xie Sigong would be out of jail and die in a blink of an eye.

After everyone left, Zhu Zhen turned back to look at Xu Miaojin, then looked at Tang Xin, and found that Tang Xin was much calmer than Xu Miaojin.

Tang Xin raised her eyebrows, noticed Zhu Xi's gaze, guessed his thoughts, and snorted softly: "You think I'm hard-hearted? Didn't Sister Mu cry too?"

Mu Qiuxin said, what the hell is Sister Mu?

Tang Xin patted Xu Miaojin's back again and comforted: "Okay, it's not a big deal. Let me tell you, those Japanese pirates are not human either. I will tell you what I have seen when I have time. The tragic situation of a village that was looted by Japanese pirates. It was simply hell on earth."

"Stop talking," Xu Miaojin raised her head and glared at Tang Xin. You are really a good sister and best friend. Are you so comforting?

After all, Xu Miaojin was just following Zhu Chen in his wars in the north and south, fighting the enemy on the battlefield. It was a battle between the enemy and ourselves. No matter how cruel it was, she could feel at ease.

However, such cruel behavior and persecution against defenseless people would be unacceptable to any normal person.

In fact, many people (including the author) have normal psychology and can tolerate being hurt themselves, but they cannot harm others.

So Xu Miaojin's reaction was normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean that Tang Xin and Mu Qiu are hard-hearted.

It's that they have all seen similar situations. Although they also resent the behavior of these demons, they will not react too much like Xu Miaojin.

After that, Zhu Zhen had all the Tibetans in the city gathered in the huge square in front of the Potala Palace.

This is a clean, tidy, and even vaguely sacred square.

When the Tibetans came here, they seemed panicked because they were incompatible with this place.

During the battle into the city, all the so-called nobles had been killed, and even the lamas were controlled by Zhu Zhen.

So today's Tibetans are actually all slaves, not even a commoner.

Damn slavery.

When Zhu Chu arrived later, he saw that all the Tibetans in the square knelt down spontaneously, even prostrated themselves, and worshiped the Potala Palace.

The Tibetans were very excited because, given their status and class, they had no qualifications or opportunity to make a pilgrimage in their lives. It was a sin for them to even come near this place and their feet would be cut off.

What a humble faith.

Even Zhu Zhen was about to cry. If the people of the world could believe in themselves so devoutly, why worry about great things happening?

Of course, this is just a thought. Zhu Zheng understands that Tibetans are oppressed by obscurantist policies and religious beliefs. They don't even have self-awareness. When they are hurt, they just suffer in silence and dare not resist. How cruel.

Zhu Zhen will not continue to persecute them.

The people have always been simple. As long as they have enough to eat and survive, they will not rebel.

Why would such lovely people be pushed to such an extent?

Zhu Chu strode forward and went straight to a step in front of the square.

When the surrounding soldiers saw His Highness, they quickly saluted and shouted: "The King of Dian is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

This move shocked the Tibetans, but they remained silent, or numb, waiting for the butcher's knife that was about to chop them off.

In their opinion, this scene might mean killing them, right?

But Zhu Ming shouted loudly: "The prisoner Si Gong was imprisoned."

Xisi Gong, who had escaped from prison, had been escorted over in advance. At this time, he was escorted out by several soldiers tied up.

Now look at Xi Si Gong who is out of jail and has a bruised nose and face. He still has the glory of the great leader he once was.

If it weren't for Zhu Chu's previous warning, Qu Neng and his men would have beaten him to death.

It was only then that some Tibetans had the courage to secretly raise their heads and take a look, and then quickly lowered their heads, fearing that their eyes would be gouged out if they were discovered.

Suddenly, Zhu Ming felt a headache. He turned to look at the generals around him and said, "I suddenly remembered that Tibetan is spoken in Tibet, but who of us understands it?"

Although the imperial court has connections with high-level officials in Tibet, the Tibetans in front of them today are all slaves, and there is no chance or reason to learn Chinese.

Zhu Zhen couldn't help but have a headache. Even if he wanted to say something, no one could understand him. So what's the point?

What surprised Zhu Zhen was that Gu Wen took the initiative to stand up and said: "Your Highness, I have traveled many places in Tibet during this period, and I have communicated with many Tibetan people, and I understand a little bit of Tibetan."

Gu Wen was from a noble family and was quite talented. Although he was not as famous as Fang Xiaoru in Confucianism today, he was still a great Confucian.

So he is actually self-taught and has mastered a lot of Tibetan?

Zhu Ming was immediately overjoyed and quickly took out a trumpet and handed it over.

Gu Wen took it over in a daze, and through Zhu Chu's words and deeds, he knew how to use the speaker to amplify the volume.

Then Zhu Chu asked Gu Wen to translate for him and began to speak.

"I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhen, the eighteenth son of the current emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty. Tibet is an indivisible territory of the Ming Dynasty, and you are my subjects of the Ming Dynasty."

"This Naisi Gong, who has been imprisoned, was originally an official enthroned by the Ming Dynasty. He should have benefited the people of this area and should have fulfilled his duties."

At this point, Gu Wen reminded Zhu Zhen in a low voice: "Your Highness, stop talking about idioms and allusions, they don't understand."

Zhu Chu rolled his eyes, and had no choice but to continue speaking in vernacular: "To put it bluntly, you untouchables are my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and my subjects of Zhu Chu. They (pointing fingers at Sigong for being imprisoned) don't You treat me like a human being, and treat you like an animal to be slaughtered at will. But I treat you like a human being."

"They treat you like pariahs, but I treat you like a treasure."

"They don't let you live, and your lives don't belong to you. You don't have your own land and houses, you don't have enough to eat, you don't have enough clothes to wear."

Even now, many people in the square are half-clothed, even many women.

"I give you food to eat, I give you land to plant, and I give you clothes to wear."

"If they don't let you live, then I will kill them and let you live."

Although the slavery system existed in Tibet before, it was not popularized. At least during the Tubo period, the living standards of Tibetan people were still good, and they even dared to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Tang Dynasty in its heyday.

Princess Wencheng was the daughter of Li Shimin, and she married Tibet in the 15th year of Zhenguan and made peace with Tibet.

If Tubo was weak, why was Emperor Taizong so weak?

The reason why the Tibetan slavery system became so terrifying was that it emerged with the Mongol Empire.

In fact, last year when Zhu Xunbei was heading to the Tatar grassland outside the Great Wall, wasn't it similar to what it is now?

Everything a slave owns belongs to his master, including his own life.

Even if a slave wants to get married, he needs the permission of his master.

Because your wife also belongs to the master, not you.

Zhu Chu had the experience of the Tatar grassland and gradually entered a better state.

Although it is not good to say this, Zhu Zhen understands that Tibetans today are still very stupid and they do not understand many important principles.

So Zhu Ming simply told them in the simplest way, your previous masters were not good, I will kill them, I will be your master, and I will give you a good life.

The simplest truth is the most direct.

"Xi Sigong is out of jail, you are full of evil, what else can you say?" Zhu Chu finally looked at Xie Sigong out of jail.

Xi Sigong's mouth was tightly gagged, and he was wearing Mu Sheng's footcloth, which smelled bad.

Naisi Gong was unable to resist after being imprisoned, his eyes lost their luster, and he just wanted to die.

Zhu Ming didn't hesitate and pronounced the verdict in public: "I will chop up Mr. Xie Si, who is out of prison."

Although the common people still don't understand the great principles of Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming and the others know how cruel the so-called nobles headed by Xie Sigong who has been imprisoned are, and they deserve to die.

Therefore, it was the first time that Zhu Chu issued the sentence of execution for Ling Chi.

"By the way, cut off his tongue first," Zhu Zhen said suddenly.

He was too lazy to listen to the howl of Xi Si Gong who was out of prison.

And I heard that the sacrificial objects that were made into magical instruments were also made in this way. How could Zhu Chu have the heart not to let Cai Sigong escape from prison and taste the taste for himself?

Look, how kind he is.

When it came to the magical weapons and sacrifices, Zhu Ji turned around sharply, looked at the Potala Palace high above him, and sneered: "Come on, take those lamas and the magical weapons that were searched from here. Bring it out to me."

In an instant, countless lamas and various things were brought out.

The lamas were still shouting something, but unfortunately they were speaking in Tibetan, and Zhu Xi couldn't understand them.

Gu Wen originally wanted to translate for Zhu Chu.

Zhu Ming said angrily: "Do you want to take the opportunity to scold me?"

I know that it's definitely not a nice thing to say, so forget it if you don't understand it. You guys still want to translate it, right?

Gu Wen suddenly smiled and stopped talking.

Zhu Chu glanced at the people around him, but it was a pity that Wang Fu was not there. He tried to wink and no one had the tacit understanding, so he had to order in person: "Cut out the tongues of these guys."

Gu Wen was startled and was about to speak.

Zhu Ming added: "Don't they like to cut off other people's tongues and then skin them alive to make magic weapons? Let them try it too."

Gu Wen stopped talking.

Zhu Ming was obviously filled with anger for a long time.

He himself never admitted how lofty his ideals he had, nor did he think he was so lofty. Instead, he always believed that he was playing with people's hearts and trying to win them over.

But in fact, he did do a lot for the people, and he never felt that he was so noble as a prince.

Didn’t he get this status only by reincarnating himself as Zhu Yuanzhang’s son?

The one who is truly awesome is his father, Zhu Yuanzhang. He was the one who made the world with his own hands.

Therefore, Zhu Yu actually respects Zhu Yuanzhang and has been avoiding Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is alive for one day, he will have no idea about the throne and will never rebel against his father.

Having a father like Emperor Hongwu is what he should be proud of.

As for himself, he is not worthy of being admired and praised by everyone in the world.

Even his second brother, King of Qin Zhu Xi, was scolded by Zhu Xi for not being a human being. He was neither a son of man nor a minister nor a king. He was not a human being at all.

What about these lamas who have nothing to do with each other?

How could Zhu Chu let them go?

But what is surprising is that the Tibetans had no reaction when Xiasi Gong was released from prison.

And this also made one of the great lamas proud.

"King Ming, you can't kill us."

(End of this chapter)