I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 61 We are here to be monks
The failure of the Yuan army's expedition caused a great uproar across the country.

No one could have imagined that the Yuan army would suffer a crushing defeat.

It stands to reason that such unfavorable news would not be spread out by the imperial court.

However, no one expected that Darughachi Jibo, a marquis of Wanhu, was afraid that Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty would hold him accountable, so he ran away with the remaining troops.

He found a mountain and became a bandit.
It is a bit inappropriate to say that they are bandits, it should be said that they occupy the mountain and become kings.

After all, these days, I have never heard of a mountain king who has more than 3000 cavalry under his command.

These people were all driven into autism by Tianyu, and they were all terrified.

They all thought that Tianyu was a real god descended from heaven.
Then the Yuan Dynasty, which went against the gods, would definitely be punished by the gods. Instead of going against the gods, it is better to stay away from the Yuan Dynasty.

It was half a month later when Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty received the intelligence.

When he heard that his elite troops had simply given up and ran away, he was almost angry to death.

"Tuotuo! Tell Tuotuo! Send the army to flatten Fengyang for me! Crush that damn god for me!"

The ministers below looked at their noses and their hearts.

The national treasury is so poor that even rats can escape from it. How can we get money to send out a large army?

Besides, Tuotuo has resigned from his official position now. What are you looking for Tuotuo for? At this moment, Tuotuo is still idle at home compiling history books.

What's more, Fengyang County has been razed to the ground by bandits. Even if the army goes there now, it won't get any benefit. It's unlikely that anyone would be willing to go.

Right Prime Minister Beierqiebuhua stepped out from among the officials, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now, so it is not appropriate to start a war. The bandits are hiding in the deep forest. Why not send someone to persuade them to surrender? This will not only show the power of the Celestial Empire, but also gain the reputation of being a god surrendering to us."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty was furious: "He killed my court official, and now he wants me to summon him to peace?"

The ministers bowed their heads and said nothing. If you have the ability, go and fight on your own. Who would mobilize troops at the end of the year? Besides, the intelligence on the enemy is not clear yet.

I don't believe you when you try to defeat ten thousand people alone.

That group of soldiers was 100% turned against the government.
They even said that it was the gods who came down from heaven to defeat them. Even though we Mongolians are relatively straightforward, we are not so smart that we cannot tell such lies.

There must be a large number of enemy troops there waiting to trap him.

It's just a county magistrate. Instead of risking such a big risk to redress his wrongdoing, it's better to pretend to be indifferent and pretend he doesn't exist.

Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty was so angry that he was shaking when he saw the ministers who had not stepped forward.
"You guys are great!"

He stood up, slammed the table and shouted, "Retreat!"

The ministers raised their eyebrows, looked at each other and laughed.
The officials showed calm expressions in their eyes and walked out of the palace.

Why fight a bunch of poor people who are starving to death? Instead of thinking about beating them, you might as well think about what name to use to collect taxes, or take over that piece of land to graze your own sheep.

At this time, the officialdom of the Yuan Dynasty had already become extremely corrupt. Except for a few "knowledgeable people", everyone else was thinking about how to make money for their families.

Just when everyone was staring at the imperial court to see how the other side would respond,
The imperial court seemed to have stopped its actions and did not send any signal to the outside world.

Is the court getting scared?

Everyone looked at the court's playful way of handling the matter in astonishment, and the corrupt officials in the local government became completely unscrupulous.

The Yuan Dynasty is almost over, so hurry up and collect money before the government collapses!
This was the first reaction of all local governments and landlords who bought official positions when they saw the court's passive handling of the matter.

As a result, people everywhere suffered.
Officials who were fond of making up excuses became completely unscrupulous.

Many government offices even directly organized a group of hangers-on to start blatant land annexation.

Many outrageous reasons, such as "stepping out of the house with the left leg first", became excuses for the government to confiscate land.

The few wealthy families that existed originally also lost a lot of their land to varying degrees.

For a time, public resentment was boiling and the people were living in misery.

The conflict between the grassroots people and the landlord officials has been intensified to an extreme.

And it was at this time,

Huangjue Temple welcomed a group of uninvited guests. Zhu Chongba and others touched their shiny bald heads and smiled at the temple gate:
"Let's go. From today on, we are real monks."

Upon hearing this, Tang He and the others also laughed and revealed a hint of ill intention.

Dong dong dong~!

The temple gates opened.

The two young monks looked at the fat and strong Zhu Yuanzhang and others excitedly and were very happy.

Is this a fat sheep?!
You have to know that they have no surplus food in Huangjue Temple, and the senior brothers have been begging for food for almost several months.

"Amitabha, I wonder what you are here for? No, no, are you here to burn incense?"

Zhu Chongba smiled innocently, pointed at his bald head and said kindly, "Burn incense? We don't burn incense. We are here to be monks."

The little monk was stunned when he heard this.
Only then did I notice the shiny bald heads on these people's heads.

In that era, people who shaved their hair like this were either monks or death row prisoners.

Since the other party is not a monk...

The little monk was startled.
Zhu Yuanzhang and others had already pushed open the door and entered Huangjue Temple.

"Eh?! Eh! Benefactor! Benefactor!"

A group of people rushed into the temple.

Because of successive years of disasters, even the monks in the temples had to beg for food... um... beg for alms.

The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty used temples to numb people's hearts, so temples were also one of the landlords who persecuted the people in the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were numerous temples across the country, and the number of monks and Taoists was extremely large. Large temples like Baiyun Temple even had an outrageous number of 100,000 monks.

Most of these 100,000 monks are tenants who rely on the temples.

Although Huangjue Temple is far smaller than Baiyun Temple, it welcomes everyone who wants to become a monk.

This is also the reason why Zhu Chongba was able to join Huangjue Temple in the original novel.

They are big landlords who are dozens of times larger than country landlords like Liu Xiaode, so they naturally accept all the labor that comes to their doorstep.

However, Huaixi suffered from severe disasters year after year, including drought, locust plague, and epidemics.
Coupled with the inaction of the Yuan Dynasty government, Huangjue Temple, a large landowner, was unable to support its numerous monks.

So the host issued an order,
All those low-status monks were sent out to beg... bah... for alms.

Nowadays, basically all the people who stay in the temple are the high-ranking officials of Huangjue Temple. Naturally, they eat the best and drink the best drinks. They are all fat and big-eared, and they are fatter than Liu Xiaode.

A big monk in a yellow robe walked out of the main hall and shouted:
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into our Huangjue Temple? Where are the four guardians?"

Following the big monk's shout, a group of sturdy gray-robed monks immediately ran out from the side hall and surrounded Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

The big monk smiled crookedly and said: "This is a holy place of Buddhism, and it must be blessed by the Buddha. You want to come here to beg for money, but I'm afraid you have come to the wrong place."

For a temple to be able to maintain such a huge foundation, which temple doesn’t have a group of loyal thugs... bah... monks!
The big monk sneered at Zhu Chongba and the others, feeling proud.
People like Zhu Yuanzhang want to come to Huangjue Temple to cause trouble, which is simply like looking for death!

He raised his head with pride and waved to the four Dharma protectors:

"Go, break their limbs and throw them out. The Buddha is merciful and never kill."

Zhu Chongba and others narrowed their eyes at the monk's argument. At this age, let alone having all four limbs broken, even if only one hand was broken it would be too much of a death sentence.

Zhu Chongba and others shouted hurriedly: "Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait!"

The monks grinned, raised their sticks, and approached Zhu Yuanzhang and others, ignoring their words.

Seeing the stick already raised high,

Zhu Chongba and others calmly took out the crossbows that had already been strung and pointed them at the monk's head.

Monks: "Hey hey hey, wait wait!"

(End of this chapter)