my days with tyrants

Chapter 19 The Prosperity and Wealth Came Too Suddenly, I Want to Be Quiet
The Zhou family's other business...

Zhou Dexing has been demoted to a commoner, so of course it is impossible to live in the Hou Mansion again.

In fact, to be precise, it should be the Marquis of Jiangxia, the mansion can only be called the prince, and the Marquis can only be called the No. [-].

Mansion houses, palaces, marquis houses, official houses, and private houses all have strict rules. At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's time, they had to do whatever they wanted, and the layout of the houses, the number of rooms, and even the number of beams were all subject to rules. Institutional, such things as exceeding the system were not a small crime at least in the Hongwu Dynasty. When Zhou Dexing was Jiangxiahou, he had to live in Jiangxiahoudi, but he could not live if he was demoted to a commoner.

Staying any longer is blatantly over the limit.

but……

"So the villa doesn't count!"

Yang Feng was in the gazebo, admiring the surrounding pavilions and pavilions, full of flowers, and of course there were young girls walking among them.

Of course the villa is not counted, this is just a garden.

Even if the garden is bigger and there are more houses, it is just a garden.

"But Zhang Xianzong said, even if you are princes, you can't have too many slaves, right?"

he asked.

"These are not slaves, they are just hired workers in the old man's family. As for these women, they are the righteous daughters of the old man."

Zhou Dexing said indifferently.

"So it is their filial piety for the righteous daughters to serve the righteous father, not your slaves, and since they are righteous daughters, of course they are not restricted by your current status, even if you are a commoner, how many righteous daughters there are in your family It’s not considered an overreach, it’s completely legal?”

Yang Feng said.

"Exactly!"

Zhou Dexing stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Daughter, then these are adopted sons?"

Yang Feng pointed to those servants and said.

"A few are adopted sons, and the rest are hired workers. Your Majesty loves the people and forbids the common people to keep slaves. Even honorable officials have restrictions. This is His Majesty's love for the people. Of course we must obey, but we all have a big family and a big career. We can’t do without a helper, so we can only hire. It’s not against the law to hire workers. We pay and others contribute. There’s nothing wrong with us in front of His Majesty. As for the famine years, those poor families can’t support them. sons and daughters, let’s give some money to be adopted daughters, this is also doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.”

Zhou Dexing said.

Then, with his achievements in doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, he poured wine by his side, and was pulled into his arms by the way...

Yang Feng finally understood why his son didn't repair the thin curtain.

His son's curtains were thin and he didn't repair them. When he was on duty in the palace, he was happily exercising with a court lady in the garden, and then Zhu Yuanzhang arrested him on the spot.

And it was still Zhu Biao's funeral.

Lao Zhu, who was already very frantic, of course really went berserk.

So his way of entering the palace at night and luring the princess to elope is actually not too shocking. This guy's son actually dared to play tricks with the maids in the palace.

Brutal!

Really fierce!

"Sir, please!"

Then a delicate voice sounded beside him, followed by a pair of slender hands pouring wine for him with a jug...

"Brother Yang, you don't need to be cautious. You are a life-saving grace to this old man, and you are your own home here."

Zhou Dexing said with a smile.

That means Yang Feng can also pull his adopted daughter into his arms.

"Now that you have been demoted to a commoner, you shouldn't be able to support so many hired workers and foster daughters, right?"

Yang Feng wasn't polite anymore, he stretched his leg outwards, and the adopted daughter sat on his lap shyly, but she should really like it, after all, compared with a bad old man, he is still very popular, then Pretty face is already a little red.

"It's true that the old man was demoted to a commoner, and it's true that the old man's beast was beheaded, but the old man is not only his son, but even his grandson has grown up. In addition, the old man also has clan in-laws. The old man is a marquis. Could it be that the old man's nephew and nephew are in-laws?" The common people? The old man’s second son is the commander of the Yongzhou Guard, the others are also generals in the army, and the old man’s in-laws are all uncles. The old man is indeed a common man, but they are not common people.

What's more, the old man doesn't point to the salary to support his family.

Don't you think that Jiang Xiahou used to be able to raise these things with a hundred ten stones of rice per month?The old man has a lot of businesses in various places, all of which are managed by his clansmen, and he also has a lot of land, and even a few gardens to grow vegetables, which can yield a lot of money a year.

Your Majesty just revoked the old official titles, but the family property was not copied, so these are naturally old. "

Zhou Dexing said.

Yang Feng nodded clearly.

That's right, who would live on a salary like a Marquis like this?
"My lord, why don't you eat wine? Is it because the servants are not serving you well?"

The righteous girl next to her said delicately.

"Uh! I just think this wine is too weak. I prefer strong drinks."

Yang Feng said.

"Brother Yang likes to drink shochu. Let me tell you earlier, the old man can't stand these light wines. It's just that he was brought by those sour literati and got used to it for entertainment. Instead of shochu, he changed to spiced shochu."

Zhou Dexing shouted as if meeting his confidant.

"You are a warrior on the battlefield, do you have to learn the style of those literati?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

"There is no way around this. The custom is like this now. Now that the world is in peace, His Majesty needs those literati to govern the country after all. In the future, literati will definitely have weight. After all, we warriors can no longer be like troubled times. We must also learn to befriend these literati. You have to start studying literature, and the right way is to be admitted to Jinshi. If this is the case, you have to learn from their manners, otherwise people will think we are vulgar and will not associate with us. If there are many, it is better to be able to recite a few lines of poems.

But these literati do know a lot, and they can play tricks better than us straight-spirited ones.

I learned a lot from them, and occasionally I was able to write a few lines of poetry. "

Zhou Dexing said quite proudly.

"The cannon fires to bombard his mother, Vega returns to his hometown, counts the heroes, Zhou Dexing, and the giant whale swallows Fusang?"

Yang Feng said.

Zhou Dexing was stunned for a moment, and looked blankly at the smile on Yang Feng's face, then he woke up, and the two of them laughed together.

"Brother Yang, the more I see you, the more I like you, just like when I was young."

Zhou Dexing then stopped laughing and said.

"However, I'm still very curious. If you invite me to a banquet like this, you won't be afraid of your emperor's punishment. He has already decreed that his subjects are not allowed to give me food. This is not just food, but a banquet directly.

They are sure to inform. "

Yang Feng said.

As he spoke, he looked at the soldiers around him.

Well, these soldiers are still there, but they are all standing around, and everyone is holding roast chicken and roast duck in their hands, and the officer is carrying a leg of lamb.

"This old man has known His Majesty for more than sixty years, and he grew up together. He still understands His Majesty. Since His Majesty has let me go, there is a reason not to kill me. If this is the case, what is he afraid of? If you don't even dare to buy a glass of wine for the grace of saving your life, your majesty will not look down on you if you are so ungrateful. Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you and I drink hard today.

The old man not only invites you to drink this wine, but also gives you this garden. "

Zhou Dexing said.

"Uh, can you say that again?"

Yang Feng said in astonishment.

"The old man said he would give you this garden.

The old man is now a common man, over the age of sixty, and he will have to look for those children and grandchildren to take care of him in the future. I am going to Yongzhou to find my second son. I will leave the capital side to a few juniors to take care of it. This garden will be idle in the future. After a long time, it will be deserted, so why not send it to Brother Yang?You don't have to worry about His Majesty's side. His Majesty's order said that you can't give you a place to stay, but I didn't give you any. You forced me to live there after I left, but my Zhou family didn't report to the authorities.

If the people don't raise officials and don't correct them, and my Zhou family doesn't report to officials, then naturally there will be no government to manage. "

Zhou Dexing said.

"But they'll tell."

Yang Feng pointed at the soldiers.

"Is His Majesty going to kill you?"

Zhou Dexing said in a low voice with a deep smile.

"Probably not for the time being."

"Then you stay on that mountain and let millions of soldiers and civilians down the mountain watch every day, isn't it very embarrassing to His Majesty?"

"Uh, there are indeed some. This morning, there were 10,000+ people watching at the foot of the mountain."

"Your Majesty probably regretted it a little, so do you think it would be a little embarrassing for His Majesty to take back his life?"

"There are indeed some."

"That's right. I'll give you this garden. You come to live here, and these people will stay here to serve you. Rumors are spreading outside, saying that you have surrendered to His Majesty, and this is His Majesty giving you a place to live. Rumors." , spread quickly, and within two days, the soldiers and civilians in the capital thought you had surrendered to His Majesty, and the matter was covered up. My Zhou family did not report to officials, so His Majesty naturally had no way of knowing. As for them, this guy is me He didn't inform the old department, anyway, it's easy for you to come down from that mountain first.

His Majesty's face was taken care of. "

Zhou Dexing said.

"The prosperity and wealth came so suddenly, I want to be quiet."

Yang Feng looked at him and said with a confused face.

So this old guy is actually working for Zhu Yuanzhang. He still wonders why this old guy has the courage to invite him. If those good-tempered emperors, this kind of thing might be possible, but if a tyrant like Zhu Yuanzhang dares to do this It was a pure suicide, so it can be confirmed now that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhou Dexing to do it for him, and gave him this garden through Zhou Dexing's hand.

As for the purpose...

Of course, it is to hide evil intentions.

Isn't he unscrupulous in this era because he has nothing to worry about?
Then I will let you care about it, give you wealth and glory, let you fall into it, give you things you can't bear to part with, let you care about it, as long as you have care about it, then fall into his grasp, Then let him dictate.

Refuse to surrender?

Then I will take away your glory and wealth, and you will not surrender?

Give you a few women, let you have children, I kill your children, do you still surrender?
I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor is insidious enough.

(Thanks to book friends Beichen Delta, Chen Muchen, Shuhai Wuya 888, Benjamin Siegberg, what to do if the name is too difficult, and others for their rewards, my daughter locked herself out in the city yesterday, and I was under 30 degrees I took the bus to deliver the keys in high temperature, and I fainted immediately when I came back.)
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