King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

"Only when the Japanese charge in front can we sit back and reap the benefits, and only then can our tribe grow stronger. Do you understand?"

Park Yongxin's brows were furious, and he was obviously angry.

After being yelled at by Pu Yongxin, the man's eyes showed some fear. He stopped talking and sat down noddingly.

After that, he looked at the pale man again and said softly: "Brother, the current situation may be a little tricky."

"Before I left the city, the imperial soldiers were about to surround the palace, and the momentum was quite strong."

"Based on this attitude, I'm afraid they will use all their strength this time."

Hearing this, the man sighed softly, then tapped his shoulders with both hands and whispered, "God bless you."

"As long as you're okay."

"We still have some contacts with the Japanese overseas. Even if the industries in Quanzhou are gone, we still have a chance based on our previous operations in Penghu."

"Have you figured out what the court's attitude is towards our family?"

Pu Yongxin understood the meaning of the words. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, brother. I will figure things out."

"I brought the children here this time with no intention of letting them go back."

"Brother, our family's property in Wurong (now Nan'an, west of Quanzhou)..."

"According to the plan, it has not grown and can be transferred."

The man replied softly, "In the past few years, we have also sent people from our clansmen there on a planned basis to buy land and start businesses there. Most of them are good citizens of the Ming Dynasty."

"Don't worry. If anything happens, Wu Rong can be a backup for my nephews and nieces. As for you..."

"I know."

Pu Yongxin smiled lightly and said, "I will leave the village and go to the farm early tomorrow morning. If anything serious happens, I will handle it alone."

"But brother, if they notice something wrong at home this time, I'm afraid they will conduct a thorough investigation of this village..."

"Give me seven days."

The man said softly, "After seven days, there will only be some tenants left here, and at most the hidden fields and manors of the Park family. There won't be any traces left."

"But within these seven days, it's up to you."

"Brother, are you making a fuss?"

At this moment, the person who had just been scolded by Park Yongxin spoke again.

This person's name is Park Yong-yi, the fifth child in the family, and the person Park Yong-xin calls "big brother" is named Park Yong-xing, the eldest son of their generation in the family.

"We are not even sure what is going on yet, and we are going to give up the business we have run for over a hundred years?"

"So many years of hard work by our ancestors are we going to throw away like this?!"

"You know shit!"

Hearing this, Park Yongxing, who had been sullen all the time, frowned, turned around and glared at him fiercely, and shouted in a deep voice: "Who do you think the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is now? It's Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"Hasn't he killed enough people in his battles? If he were to learn about the family's affairs, there would be no one left in the family!"

"You still think this is the pre-Yuan period? Why does the family want to expand overseas? You still don't understand it?"

"Brother, don't be angry with him."

Park Yongxin sighed lightly at this time, glanced at Park Yongyi, and then smiled: "He doesn't know much about the family, so it's normal for him to have such thoughts."

"If you don't understand the situation in the future, just shut up. It's not your turn to make decisions about family matters!"

Park Yong-heung cursed again, and Park Yong-yi didn't dare to speak anymore and just lowered his head.

The bearded man next to him smiled and patted him on the back as a way of comforting him.

"It happened suddenly, and there is still no news from the Yamana family."

Pu Yongxin brought the topic back and continued, "Brother, your decision is correct. At least it can protect the bottom line."

"If there is a chance, we should try to send more people to Penghu."

"If this incident is true, the imperial court will probably kill everyone."

"Ah."

Park Yongxing sighed when he heard this, he slowly stood up, walked to Park Yongxin, patted his shoulder heavily, and said: "It's just that I have to wrong you."

"For the glory of the tribe, I will do anything."

Park Yongxin smiled gently and said, "I will wait for you in heaven."

It was late at night when Park Yongxin came out of the room, feeling like a heavy burden was pressing on him.

He walked slowly forward, along the stone-paved path, his thoughts gradually drifting away.

His ethnic group has taken root here for hundreds of years and has been displaced all the time. It was not until more than a hundred years ago, after the Yuan Dynasty conquered the Song Dynasty, that they were able to gain a firm foothold in Quanzhou.

After a hundred years of development, the family prospered and thought it could fulfill the nation's long-cherished wish. However, the world was in turmoil again, and the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty emerged and changed the world.

Under the rule of Emperor Hongwu, the Jinyiwei were spread all over the country, acting as the emperor's eyes and ears and gathering intelligence from all over the world. What the Park family had done would be discovered sooner or later.

Therefore, many of the current measures are helpless.

Thinking about these messy things in his mind, Park Yongxin unknowingly walked to a courtyard.

This courtyard is located in the center of the city and is very elegantly built.

This is his courtyard in the walled city, and also his real home in his heart.

When he opened the gate, he found that his wife was not asleep, but was sitting in the yard waiting for him.

"master."

Seeing Park Yongxin coming back, his wife slowly stood up and forced a smile on her face, but the fear in her eyes kept jumping in the dim candlelight.

"Not sleeping yet."

Pu Yongxin smiled and walked slowly forward, sitting on the stone bench in the yard. Without waiting for his wife to answer, he asked again, "Where are the children?"

"They are all asleep." The lady also sat down and said softly, "Diao'er was still calling for his father before he fell asleep."

"Master, what happened? When shall we go back?"

"You can stay here for a few days."

Pu Yongxin said softly: "The matter at home should not be serious. I will go back to deal with it tomorrow and will be back in a few days."

"When you are here, listen to your brother."

As he spoke, Park Yongxin reached into his bosom, took out a few books, placed them on the table, tapped them with his fingers, and whispered, "These must be hidden well."

"When the children grow up, remember to give it to them. This is our family's root in the world and the hope of the nation."

"master……"

The lady's voice was trembling.

She has been married to Park Yongxin for more than 20 years. As an old couple, how could she not understand the hidden meaning behind her man's words?

But if the other party didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask and could only nod silently.

"Thank you for following me for so many years."

"I'm not working hard."

The lady picked up the scroll on the table, put it in her arms without checking it, and then smiled at Park Yongxin: "The master has given me endless wealth and glory. I have been a superior person for half my life, and I am already satisfied." "It's just that the children..."

"They have their own way out and things they need to do. There is no need to force them."

Pu Yongxin said: "Just remember that we are different from the people of the Ming Dynasty, and we are also different from everyone else here."

“Tell the children to find a way to take root here. One day, we can return to our real hometown.”

……

"My Lord, I have asked some questions."

Late at night, Zhu Tan had already returned to the ironclad ship and was dozing on the couch.

The commander-in-chief of Quanzhou arrived an hour ago with two thousand soldiers in a panic, extremely terrified.

Now he has led his subordinates to surround all of Park family's properties in the city, and is also arresting Park family's subordinates.

Some people also rushed to the Park family's farm outside the city. These places will be sealed off one after another, and anyone seen will be arrested to prevent anyone from escaping.

Assassinating the current prince is a heinous crime. All the government offices in Quanzhou Prefecture, big and small, have been mobilized, and the entire city is almost sealed off.

At this moment, Ma He was standing beside Zhu Tan, his face still a little pale, with blood still on the back of his white hand. A faint smell of blood wafted from his body and entered Zhu Tan's nose.

"Tell me."

Zhu Tan did not open his eyes, but changed to a more comfortable lying position.

He didn't take the assassination attempt seriously at all. The person who assassinated him was obviously not sent by his political enemies. It should have been a spur of the moment act and was probably related to the Park family.

This gave him an excuse to make a fuss about the issue. The temporary worker from the Park family that he had rescued earlier was no longer needed for the time being, so he could continue to rest.

"That man is Lin Zheng, and he is the sworn brother of Park Yongxin, the head of the Park family."

Ma He spoke softly, but his voice was trembling a little.

"This man has a very stubborn temper. I used many tricks to pry out a little information."

"The reason why this person attacked Your Highness was because of an old grudge."

"Do you have a grudge against this king?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Tan slightly opened his eyes and said, "This is my first time in Quanzhou. What grudge does he have against me?"

"It's not directed at Your Highness."

Ma He's voice trembled even more: "It's... aimed at Your Majesty."

"Towards Dad?"

Zhu Tan stood up with a start and glared, "What's going on?"

"This man was originally under the command of Zhang Shicheng."

"When your majesty swept across Jiangnan and destroyed Zhang Shicheng, this man was lucky enough not to die on the battlefield. He later made his way to Quanzhou, where he was rescued by the Pu family and raised in secret."

"He hates our Ming Dynasty, and he hates Your Majesty even more."

"According to him, he thought he would never have the chance to take revenge in this lifetime, but today, he happened to meet His Highness in person, so..."

"So he plans to kill me and make the old man feel bad?"

Zhu Tan frowned and said in a deep voice, "What is he up to? Fuck him."

"If I really die in his hands, then..."

Originally, Zhu Tan didn’t think too much about it, but now that he knew the news, he felt scared when he thought about it a little more deeply.

Damn it, this guy is so vicious, he deserves to be cut into pieces.

Regardless of the relationship between Zhu Tan and his father Zhu Yuanzhang, he is the old man’s biological son anyway.

His own son was killed in Quanzhou. With the old man's devilish temper, all the local officials, big and small, and all those involved in this case would be unable to escape.

If there are people who add fuel to the fire, it is not impossible that the old man will get so angry that he orders a massacre in the city.

If this is true, the real core of the Park family above him may very likely take advantage of the chaos to escape, and the people will be the ones who suffer.

If this matter really develops in this direction, it may even shake the foundation of the country.

No wonder Ma Hedu was so frightened that his face turned pale, it turned out that there was such a big thing hidden behind this.

"Is he the sworn brother of Park Yongxin?"

Zhu Tan frowned and asked, "He was an old subordinate of Zhang Shicheng, but he became a sworn brother of the local gentry, and he was able to do such a shocking thing for their Pu family. Do you think the Pu family would not know about him?"

Ma He trembled when he heard this, but did not say anything.

The matter is obvious. The people of the Park family must know the details of Lin Zheng.

He knew Lin Zheng's status, but did not hand him over to the court. Instead, he became sworn brothers with him, kept him in the mansion, and let him handle all the matters of the Park family.

This is worth pondering.

"Based on this point, the Park family is planning a rebellion."

Zhu Tan closed his eyes slightly and whispered, "Tell the prefect of Quanzhou about this matter, and also inform the governor of Quanzhou, and let them handle it."

"Also, all the soldiers under my command should be dispersed. We should keep the people and the things of the Park family."

"Write a memorial to the Emperor, and make it clear."

"The slaves obey."

Upon hearing this, Ma He immediately bowed and turned away.

He was really a little scared.

Ma He's thoughts were similar to Zhu Tan's. After learning that Lin was once a subordinate of Zhang Shicheng, he was immediately frightened.

Zhang Shicheng was the old man's arch-enemy. Even though he was defeated and hanged himself in the end, the Ming Dynasty had ruled Jiangnan for twenty years, and there were still people in Jiangnan who secretly built ancestral halls for Zhang Shicheng and worshipped him in secret.

This name is a taboo for the old man. Because of this incident, when the Ming Dynasty swept across the world, there were tax reductions and exemptions in various places, but the taxes near Jiangnan were the heaviest. It can be seen how much the old man hated Zhang Shicheng.

His former subordinates are now trying to assassinate the current prince. Ma He can already imagine the emperor's wrath.

Ma He could also imagine what might happen next. Lin Zheng assassinated Prince Lu most likely to enrage the emperor, causing fear throughout the world and unrest among the people, so that the Park family could take advantage of the chaos to escape.

But as a servant, even if he saw this possibility, he didn't dare to say a word about it.

The only person who could say such words was King Lu himself.

That night, almost no one in Quanzhou could get a good night's sleep.

Because of the assassination of Prince Lu, Quanzhou prefect Sun Junchu was almost going crazy. He wished he could arrest all the people in the city who were related to the Park family, kick them one by one, and make them kowtow to Prince Lu to calm the prince's anger.

Compared with the assassination of the prince, his bribery was just a trivial matter, and he didn't even bother to cover it up.

Therefore, that night, the doors of almost all the people's homes in Quanzhou were knocked open, and they were carefully interrogated by the officials. Anyone who had a relationship with the Pu family was dragged out of their homes.

Not only was Sun Junchu going crazy, but the general-in-chief of Quanzhou Dusi was also scared to death. Following the orders of King Lu, he directly arranged for the soldiers of the Dusi to seal up all the properties of the Park family.

The Pu family had many shops in Quanzhou. Whether they were shopkeepers, clerks, or workers who did the hard work of moving goods, they were all arrested and sent to the docks and handed over to Prince Lu's men.

Not only that, the goods in these shops were also quickly emptied and piled up on the dock in different categories.

As for the gold and silver jewelry in the shops and all the silver and money in the Pu family mansion, they were all sent to the vicinity of Prince Lu's warship.

Even the most greedy people would not dare to take such a thing, because they are really afraid of death. (End of this chapter)