Ming Dynasty: A hundred-year-old immortal cultivator, Zhu Yuanzhang’s biological father

Two soldiers immediately ran forward.

"Hey hey..."

"Stop, stop!"

"What happened, Master Jun?"

The driver looked at the two soldiers in front of him in confusion.

"Go through another door. You can't go out here now."

"why?"

"Did something happen?"

"There's an important person coming here, so go to the other door quickly."

"If you run into someone important, you'll lose your life."

"Don't say we didn't warn you."

"Go quickly!"

"Let's go through another door."

Before the driver could speak, Zhu Xiongying's voice was heard from the carriage.

"It's the young master!"

The driver jumped into the carriage and turned away.

The carriage entered the city from the east gate and found an inn to stay in.

Then they went to a brothel, listened to music and drank wine.

The officials waited at the city gate until dusk, but still did not see the person they were looking for.

"My lord, it's almost dark, why hasn't His Highness arrived yet?"

"Could it be that the news is wrong?"

An official wondered.

"probably not."

"It is very likely that His Highness was young and playful, and was delayed on the road."

"It's getting late. I don't believe Your Highness will be able to arrive today."

"Let's all go back first!"

"Come back tomorrow and have a look."

"Yes!"

The officials retreated.

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next day!

Ying Qingye woke up and planned to go out for a walk today.

I came to a teahouse, found a seat and sat down to drink tea.

"Hey, have you heard?"

"It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming to inspect us and implement new policies!"

"I heard about that too, but it seems those masters didn't wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince yesterday."

"I guess I was playing around on the way and got delayed."

"Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still very young and doesn't understand anything. I guess it's just a formality."

"The new policy will collect more money from the landlords, and the tenants will have to pay more rent."

"Aren't we the common people the ones who suffer in the end?"

"Hey! Yes!"

"..."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying looked a little unhappy. It seemed that the officials in Huguang didn't do enough publicity!

Or is it just misleading propaganda?
It seems necessary to go out of town and see the farmers working in the fields.

"Children pay the bill!"

Having said that, he dropped the silver and left!

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Outside the city!

Zhu Xiongying walked along the edge of the field, looking at the people working in the fields, their faces facing the earth and their backs to the sky.

After a year of hard work, you don’t get much money.

No matter which era, farmers are the hardest working people and are the foundation of a country.

Without them, many people would not be able to afford food.

But these people who work the hardest and are the most worthy of admiration are the ones with the lowest status.

This time!

Zhu Xiongying saw an old man sitting under a tree to enjoy the cool air, looking at the fields and sighing repeatedly.

"Old man, why are you sighing?"

"Did something happen at home?"

"Young man, which family are you from?"

"Why are you here?"

The old man saw that Zhu Xiongying was wearing high-quality silk and knew that anyone who could afford to wear such clothes must be from a prominent family.

At the very least, he was the son of a landlord. In the eyes of the old people, those young masters either spent their time eating, drinking and having fun, or studied hard and passed the imperial examinations to gain fame in the future.

I won't come here. To put it bluntly, it's beneath my dignity.

"Old man, what you said is not a sea of ​​fire or a mountain of swords."

"Hell on Earth, why can't I come?"

The old man looked at Zhu Xiongying deeply and felt that the young man in front of him seemed a little different from his impression.

"You guys are really special, young master."

"is it?"

The old man nodded: "Your accent doesn't sound like a local!"

"You are right, uncle. I followed my father on business and passed by here."

"I've never been here before, and I was curious, so I wanted to look around."

"No wonder!"

"Uncle, you still haven't told me why you sighed just now?"

The old man waved his hands: "Nothing!"

"Even if I tell you, you can't solve it."

"Tell me what you want to say!"

"What if I can think of a solution for you?"

The old man looked at Zhu Xiongying's confident expression and smiled.

"You can't solve this, young man."

"Thanks for your kindness, old man, but you really can't solve it."

"If you don't tell me, how do you know I can't solve it?"

"You are really stubborn, young man."

"Okay! I'll tell you about it."

"Okay! Boy, I'm all ears."

Zhu Xiongying sat down next to the old man.

"Young man, do you know about the new policy implemented by the court?"

"Know!"

"Your Huguang is one of the experimental areas."

"You are right. Our Huguang is an experimental area."

"The court wanted to collect more money from landlords and officials, and the court collected it."

"They will naturally charge more from us ordinary people."

"I am a tenant farmer. My boss is the wealthy Mr. Li. Now the imperial court is implementing a new policy."

"Now Mr. Li wants to charge us twice as much rent as before."

"After paying the rent for the land, we no longer have to pay taxes to the court, but the remaining food is not enough for our family to eat."

"It's pretty good if it can last for a month."

"This is still a bumper year. If there is a natural disaster or man-made calamity, I'm afraid I won't even have enough food to eat after paying the taxes."

"This is just the land rent. The officials will collect additional taxes."

"Tolls, land taxes, and so on."

"Alas! Judging from the growth of crops this year, I estimate that the harvest will be average."

"This year, my family of seven doesn't know what to do."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying frowned.

"Is this what those officials told you?"

"Yes!"

"That's what the government posted."

Zhu Xiongying frowned: "Isn't there still the Daming Daily?"

"What does it say?"

“They’re all the same!”

"You can't help me, young man."

"How can you fight against the imperial court alone?"

"So forget it, just do business with your father!"

"I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to work in the fields."

Zhu Xiongying stood up and looked at the people working in the fields, his face extremely gloomy.

These officials and businessmen are really hateful.

Zhu Xiongying turned and left, walking inside.

All I could think of was the old man sighing.

Unconsciously, I walked to the city gate.

“Hey hey hey hey…”

"You are not allowed to leave here. Go to another door by yourself."

Zhu Xiongying was stopped by the soldiers. Zhu Xiongying saw the officials sitting in the shed, drinking tea and eating watermelon.

A surge of anger rose up into the sky.

"Why can't we leave here?"

"Tell me?"

"Hey? You're quite aggressive, aren't you?"

"Boy, don't blame me for not reminding you, there will be a big shot coming here soon."

"If you offend an important person, your life will be in danger."

"do you understand?"

"Get out of here!"

Zhu Xiongying smiled disdainfully.

"Big man?"

"What big shot?"

"Even if there really is an important person here, you can't stop him from leaving, right?"

"Besides, didn't the big shot you mentioned come?"

"When he comes, can't I just give way to him?"

"It's wrong for you to hinder people from walking normally like this."

The two soldiers became angry when they saw Zhu Xiongying like this.

"Hey? How come you don't know what's good for you?"

"Go quickly!"

"Do you know who those people are?"

"The Chief Secretary is here, don't you want to live?"

"What are you arguing about?" At this time, a seventh-rank official came over.

"Sir, this kid insisted on breaking in and wouldn't listen to anything we said."

"Why waste your words on him?"

"Get rid of them quickly. If they don't leave, I'll arrest them."

"You can't make any mistakes here, understand?"

"It's my lord!"

The official said this and turned to leave.

"Boy, hurry up and go."

"If you don't leave, we're going to arrest you."

Zhu Xiongying looked at those people!

"What if I don't leave?"

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"Hey? Brat, I'm just giving you a good heads up."

"You're pushing it further, aren't you?"

"Catch him!"

Two soldiers are about to take action.

"and many more!"

"I think you two are pretty good people."

"I won't argue with you."

"Take me to see your master. I have the whereabouts of the person you are waiting for."

"You little brat, we kindly reminded you, but you're making fun of us, right?"

"Really! I won't lie to you!"

"When I arrived, I saw a team, and it seemed that there were Jinyiwei leading the way."

The two looked at each other when they heard this.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"real!"

"If I tell you anything false, you will kill me."

After hearing what Zhu Xiongying said, the two no longer had any doubts.

He took Zhu Xiongying and walked towards the group of officials.

"grown ups!"

"what's up?"

Shao Jinpeng didn't even open his eyes.

"Your Excellency, this kid said he has news about that important person."

Hearing this, all the officials focused their attention on Zhu Xiongying.

The soldiers quickly brought Zhu Xiongying to Shao Jinpeng.

"Do you know who we are waiting for?"

"It should be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, right?"

"Then do you know where the Taisun people are?"

"Right in front of you."

Ok?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Shao Jinpeng looked at Zhu Xiongying in surprise.

"Be bold!"

"How dare you pretend to be His Royal Highness, do you want to die?"

Shao Jinpeng cursed.

"Have you met His Royal Highness?"

"no!"

"You haven't even seen it, so how can you be sure it's not me?"

"Humph!"

"You are indeed dressed like a human being, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be very impressive when he travels."

"How could it be that you are alone?"

"Do you think we are all fools?"

Before Shao Jinpeng could speak, Zhao Yushan, the left councilor, spoke first.

"that is!"

"Whose little bastard are you?"

"How dare you pretend to be His Royal Highness? Didn't the adults in your family teach you that?"

"..."

The officials nearby scolded him.

Zhu Xiongying smiled.

"Come here, throw him into the death row for me. He should be beheaded for impersonating His Highness."

"Stay here, I'll execute you in the autumn!"

Shao Jinpeng waved his hand, and two people came up and captured Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying swung his fist hard and the two soldiers flew out immediately.

This sudden scene shocked everyone.

"Be bold!"

"You...you actually refused?"

"you wanna die!"

"Do you want to rebel?"

The officials retreated one after another, fearing that Zhu Xiongying would hurt them.

"Ah!"

"A bunch of cowards!"

As he said this, he took out the token and threw it in front of them.

Shao Jinpeng picked up the token curiously and looked at it, and the next second!
Pupil earthquake!

He fell to his knees with a thud.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Ok?
??????????
Confused!
Grandson?

"Why don't you kneel down? That's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Everyone reacted only after hearing Shao Jinpeng's roar.

Kneel down one after another!

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know it was you. Please forgive me."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness."

The official knelt on the ground, trembling, with cold sweat on his forehead.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this, he would be covered in bruises and all over the place, right?

Especially the two soldiers, they were even more scared at this moment. Damn it, they just said they wanted to beat someone up!
Isn't this a fool's errand?
It’s totally GG!
"What are your two names?"

Zhu Xiongying ignored everyone else and came to the two soldiers.

Hearing this, they were both shocked.

It's over! It's over!

Ask for the name!
Is this going to kill all nine clans?
It's all over. It's completely over!
"Little Luo Fei!"

"Little Li Chuan!"

"Your Highness, please forgive me!"

"We didn't know it was Your Highness. We apologize for our words. Your Highness, please forgive us."

"I still have an 80-year-old mother to support."

“I have a one-year-old!”

"Please have mercy, Your Highness!"

"..."

The two men kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

"Who said I was going to kill you?"

"what?"

"Your Highness won't kill us?"

The two looked at Zhu Xiongying in surprise.

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, you are truly a man of unparalleled kindness and righteousness!"

"Yeah!"

"He is as handsome as Pan An. He will surely be a great sage king in the future."

Zhu Xiongying: "..."

Aren’t these two chatterboxes?

"Alright, alright!"

"You guys get up too!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The officials stood up.

"Your Highness, why are you alone?"

"What? No?"

"No! I mean, you're not safe this way."

"If this happens...we won't be able to explain to the Emperor!"

"Yeah yeah!"

"..."

The officials nodded one after another, looking at Zhu Xiongying with flattering eyes.

"Be free by yourself. It's not good to be too conspicuous."

"Your Highness is right, that's right."

"Your Highness, this is not the place to talk."

"Please go to the Governor's Office to talk!"

The Governor's Office!
Zhu Xiongying looked at the officials below and turned to look at Shao Jinpeng.

"Shao Jinpeng!"

"exist!"

"How is the new policy being implemented in Huguang?"

"Your Highness, we have already implemented the new policies in accordance with the imperial court's order."

"It's working really well!"

"is it?"

"Yes Yes!"

"Your Highness can ask the colleagues present here."

Zhu Xiongying looked at the officials, and they nodded in agreement.

They're all the same!
"Have all the major families in Huguang paid taxes?"

"handed in!"

"Your Highness, in front of you are the tax records of the major families."

Zhu Xiongying saw a booklet on the desk and opened it to take a look.

(End of this chapter)