Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 30 Chess

A turmoil in Houhu, including some of the inside information, spread throughout the ruling and opposition parties again in the following days.

His Majesty the Emperor, who hadn't personally led the army for a long time, brought thousands of elite soldiers into Houhu aggressively, but in the end, he said that if the imperial physicians could not cure the little Hanlin, they would be buried with him.

This turning point...

Cause and effect can't be connected at all!

It is said that an imperial physician fainted from fright at that time.

In this way, Manchu civil and military officials waited for a few days with both curiosity and unspeakable expectations, and the news came out again that the little Hanlin really started to get better.

In private, some self-proclaimed high-minded officials have begun to sigh with emotion.

The jester can't die, what can I do?
No matter what!

Moreover, there is only immortality, and the little Hanlin has even more attention from His Majesty the Emperor.

A small flag officer stationed on the Houhu Lake was raised to two hundred the next day after His Majesty's visit, and was led by a Jinwu guard, Qianhu.

Not only that, His Majesty the Emperor also ordered an investigation of the lake residents on the back lake. Those who have household registration will move out, and those who do not have household registration will be sent as slaves to Nazhu Yuan.In the end, about half of the lake residents directly became slaves of Xiao Hanlin's family.

Nothing to cry about.

Because according to past practice, escapees and hermits will be arrested and exiled into the army.

Moreover, seeing the arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, the entire back lake with a circumference of forty miles, without proper households, and without giving a clear statement, would almost become the private property of the little Hanlin.

Not to mention the production in the lake, but the islands in the middle of the lake have a total of five or six hundred mu, most of which can be cultivated as fertile land.

These lake products must be managed by those servants.

Not only did he fall into a Hanlin lord who was favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and he would no longer have to worry about taxes and servitude. As for becoming a slave, he had no household registration, not to mention that this fate was much better than those who were sent to the army.

As a result, some people who originally had household registration were very reluctant to leave at that time, and wanted to join the little Hanlin.

It's a pity that the little Hanlin was still recuperating at that time, and no one could make the decision, and the people from the household department didn't dare to make a claim without authorization. We can only do as His Majesty the Emperor orders.

Furthermore, it was inevitable that some people felt sorry for Cui Ji, the head of the household department who had his head cut off in vain, and others.

Injustice!

Time flies.

In a blink of an eye, it is already the end of the month, which is the 26th of the first month.

The city is quite lively today.

News came from the south that Tang He, the general who conquered the south, had broken through Yanping and captured Chen Youding, Pingzhang of Fujian province in the Yuan Dynasty, and would be sent to Jinling soon.

People with a little knowledge understand that this is the major problem in the south, and the rest is nothing to worry about. Daming can concentrate on the northern expedition.

The people who don't know the truth are even more fond of talking about the various seizures during the southern expedition. Not to mention the ships, horses and food, it is said that it is only the pepper of "one catty of pepper per mu of field", and tens of thousands of catties have been seized successively. That is tens of thousands Acres of land, how many people can it take to cultivate it!

North of Jinling City.

Liu Bai, who came back from shopping, was also thinking about the topic of Nanzheng that the shopkeeper had discussed with others when he was buying seasonings. He thought those people's ideas were very interesting, and planned to go home and tell the little officials.

It was still two mule carts.

Although His Majesty the Emperor has quietly rewarded a lot of things recently, it is easy to buy two carriages, but the little officials are still sick, and they don't have the heart to do these things.

Enter the island in the middle of the lake from the southwest entrance of Houhu Lake, pass through two checkpoints, and finally come to the innermost island.

The mule cart did not drive directly to the house with a big gap in the west wall, but stopped at a family first as usual.

This is the Lin family who first employed punting in the mansion.

The mule cart was parked, and as soon as Liu Bai got out of the carriage with the help of a little maid, Tao Shi, the daughter-in-law of Lin Dayu, the boss of the Lin family, pulled a little girl with fair skin, short head and bright eyes to come over to compliment her. After a few words, he couldn't wait to say: "Liu Niang, I told Shu Niang last time that my Xiaoyu should serve Lord Hanlin, what's the matter?"

Lin's family has three generations and six members. The head of the family is Lin Laosan, his wife is deceased, and he has a son and a daughter.His son is Lin Dayu, who is nineteen years old this year, married to Tao Shi, and already has a son and a daughter.Her daughter's name is Lin Xiaoyu, and she is fourteen this year. If the recent incidents hadn't made the Lin family think about it, they would have started matchmaking.

Liu Bai first instructed the little servant girl to move out the things in the carriage, then turned to Tao Shi, then glanced at the little girl who was shorter than his own little official and had a little hope in her eyes, and said coldly: " Just wait, my little official hasn't given any orders yet."

As Liu Bai said, Yang Tao, the little girl next to her, couldn't hold back, and said with vigilance and sarcasm: "I'm not even qualified to serve Xiao Hanlin."

Dow took a step forward, gouged out the carambola sharply, turned to Liu Bai, and turned flattering again: "Liu Niang, my little fish is different from these little hoofs, very different, my little fish...watery Well, she can dive for dozens of breaths in the water, even if someone falls into the big river and sea, she can catch them."

Before Liu Bai could speak, Yang Tao, who was called a little hoof, said again: "What are you talking about, is this cursing my little Hanlin into the river and sea?"

Dow immediately embarrassed.

Tao Shi had nothing to point to and already made Liu Bai unhappy. Hearing what the maid said, Liu Bai was furious, raised his hand and hit him, then turned to Tao Shi, and said angrily: "Don't worry about it, Ming told you , my petty official doesn't like this kind of little girl."

Tao Shi didn't look at Yang Tao, who was covering his face, and his expression was not disappointed. Instead, he became a little weird. He stepped forward and grabbed Liu Bai, while dragging his sister-in-law, with a little mystery like offering a treasure: "Liu Niang Come on, let me and you see, my little fish is not small, really not small."

Liu Bai was at a loss, and was inevitably dragged into the nearby hut by Tao Shi with some curiosity, and ran out in a hurry after a while, cursing with a flushed face: "You dirty bitch, I'll tell the little official, Drive your family out of Houhu."

Tao Shi also followed, but he was not afraid of Liu Bai's threat, and smiled: "Liu Niang, you must talk to Xiao Hanlin, you must talk."

Liu Bai ignored Tao Shi, and walked towards the gap in the west wall with the maid and servant.

This side was smashed by the emperor's army, but it was still because no one was in charge, and it has not been repaired recently.Moreover, everyone thinks that if a door is really opened here, it will be much more convenient than the southeast corner where only waterways can be accessed.

What's more, Liu Bai still discusses with Xieyi in private, how can this small house of [-] mu be worthy of his own small officials, since the entire Houhu is his own, no matter what, he has to encircle the whole island here down.

Although she was criticized by Xieyi again as a random thought, she felt that her thinking was right.

After entering the mansion, settling it up, listening to a little maid running to report, Liu Bai hurried to the hall where the little officials used to receive guests on the north side of the garden.

Zhu Yuan is playing Go with Dai Sanchun.

Just learned a few days.

Old Zhu opened the box ahead of time, Zhu Yuan is still alive now, and the biggest worry in his heart has disappeared. Coupled with the careful care of a group of top doctors in this era, Zhu Yuan can actually go down in just five or six days. bed.

The people around him insisted on pressing him on the bed in the inner house for nearly half a month.

Can't go out, so let a few girls around me teach him Go, Xieyi, Liubai, Qingqiu and Luoshui are all good at it, the only difference is that the level is different, Luoshui can beat three without accident.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan disliked Luo Shuixia the most.

Zhu Yuan, who can make handoffs in chess, is under a lot of pressure.

This time the four girls ended up being Qingqiu, who was also Zhu Yuan's favorite opponent.

The third is freehand brushwork.

Liu Bai unexpectedly ranked second. Although Luo Shui still had to let the five sons barely tie, she was still evaluated by Luo Shui as having great potential. If she studied hard for three years, she would be able to catch up with her.

Liu Bai entered the door, seeing that he was playing Go, he suddenly became interested, and catwalked to his little official to watch quietly, and soon wanted to pout.

Two stinky chess baskets.

Dai Sanchun only knew a little bit about Go, and he hadn't played against anyone for a long time before. At the end of the game, seeing Zhu Yuan voluntarily abandoning his son and admitting defeat, he smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you can do this in less than ten days. In one month, Rebirth will no longer be an opponent."

Zhu Yuan also laughed: "Mr. Dai certainly doesn't have time to play chess on weekdays. If we learn together, I still can't play chess."

Lu Bla, who was listening, almost pouted again.

This hug...

The two put away the chess pieces, and Dai Sanchun said: "Actually, go is the best way to see the heart. When you are reborn and play against an adult, the deepest feeling is the word 'steadiness' from an adult. You have no desire to win, but you are determined at every step. This is really rare at an adult's age." .”

Liu Bai heard the words, but blinked his eyes.

This was something she hadn't noticed before.

Thinking back carefully, when my petty officials play chess, while controlling the overall situation, they will always steadily accumulate their own advantages in some parts until they completely occupy one of them.Then, one piece after another, even if you lose in the end, for example, in front of Na Luoshui, although there is an element of concession, the situation of the small official will not be too ugly.

Zhu Yuan just smiled and said: "I really think that's how you should be, don't be in a hurry, do the things at hand well, one after another, and one day, when you look back, you will find that you have already accumulated a mountain of dirt .”

Dai Sanchun paused for a moment, and said with emotion: "Your Excellency is so clear, rebirth is too late."

Near lunch time, the two did not start another game.

After chatting for a few words, Xieyi came in with a box in her hands. Zhu Yuan got up, took the box, and gave it to Dai Sanchun respectfully with both hands, and said with a long bow: "Zhu Yuan thanked Mr. Dai for saving his life. Recently, Mr. Dai has been bothering you." .”

Dai Sanchun stood up this time, and bowed back slightly: "This is my duty."

The two gave a few words of humility and sat down again. Zhu Yuan said: "Sunyuan envoys them, I can't go out, so I can only ask Zhao Xu and the others to come to the door in the afternoon to thank them. I still need Mr. Dai to give me a list."

Dai Sanchun nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yuan mentioned another matter: "I also know what happened that night. When the opportunity is right, I will advise Your Majesty. In the future, no matter what, the imperial physicians should not be involved. Physicians have the heart of their parents. Without doctors, they don't want to cure patients. It's just manpower." When there is poverty, His Majesty shouldn't say such heavy words."

When Zhu Yuan said this, not to mention the two girls next to him looking at each other, Dai Sanchun was also taken aback, subconsciously stood up, paused, and saluted Zhu Yuan again: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, rebirth... Rebirth first replace I waited for the doctor to thank you sir."

In this day and age, the status of a doctor is high if you say it is high, and if you say it is not high, it is really not high.

If Zhu Yuan could not be revived that day, Lao Zhu would have chopped off a group of them, and everyone would have to accept their fate.

Dai Sanchun never expected that Zhu Yuan could say these words. This... directly accuses His Majesty the Emperor. It's really... all, some...

Even in his mind, Dai Sanchun didn't think of any suitable words.

He just reminded himself, forget, must forget what Zhu Yuan said just now, he even hoped that Zhu Yuan was just being polite and not really trying to persuade him or something, after all, with His Majesty's temper, it might not be useful, and it might even bring trouble to himself.

Dai Sanchun was apprehensive, but Zhu Yuan had his real thoughts here.

Reading history in his previous life, Zhu Yuan had seen Zhu Yuanzhang's anger at doctors more than once. Even if most of them were jokes, there must be no lack of real evidence.But the result of doing so, in Zhu Yuan's opinion, will only be counterproductive, making doctors timid when treating diseases, not seeking merit but seeking nothing.

Even some excellent doctors will definitely stay away from the royal family.

On the other hand, it was also Zhu Yuan's thoughts a few days ago. Empress Ma and Prince Zhu Biao were the two keys to preventing Lao Zhu from going berserk in his later years.If you want to change their fate, you will definitely need to work hard in medicine.

However, the premise of all this is that Lao Zhu must restrain himself, otherwise, no matter how hard Zhu Yuan works, it will only get twice the result with half the effort.

When Dai Sanchun slowed down, Zhu Yuan followed and said: "One more thing, Mr. Dai, the original three-year agreement between us, oh, I won't say much about the inside story, anyway, if you have no problem here, I can start soon Tell you what I know."

Dai Sanchun, who had just calmed down, became excited again when he heard this.

Zhu Yuan managed to stop Dai Sanchun from doing the apprentice ceremony on the spot.

The two had lunch together, and knew that Zhu Yuan had the habit of taking a nap, not to mention that he must be tired after being out for so long today, Dai Sanchun was not in a hurry, so he left a list and brought Zhu Yuan a thank you gift for himself , Say goodbye first.

After Dai Sanchun left, Zhu Yuan returned to the inner house.

Instead of going to rest, he came to Westinghouse's study.

Leave blank and freehand to follow.

Zhu Yuan used a pen to personally write down the thank you notes to the imperial physicians who had treated him before. As for the thank you gifts, they were also very simple, each with a pen, and then handed over to Zhao Xu to send them from house to house.

When Xieyi left, Zhu Yuan still didn't get up.

Pulling out a blank page again, he turned his head and said to Liu Bai: "Tell me about the situation of your family members. I will write a letter and ask someone to send it to Shandong and take them all over. Hmm... Later you and Liu Bai will also be together. Write a letter to them, lest they will not believe you."

Now that some things have been exposed, there is no need to worry about anything, just bring some relatives of the servants over, even if Lao Zhu knows about it, he won't care about these trivial matters.

As for whom?

A certain person, Zhu Yuan, has already thought about it.

Varco.

Mr. Hua, who met on both sides, was in charge of the Northern Expedition food road before. Even if he took the wrong medicine and resigned, he must still have many subordinates along the way. Therefore, for Hua Gao, this is just a small matter of greeting.

Liu Bai didn't expect Zhu Yuan to mention this suddenly, his eyes were wet in an instant, and he knelt down softly: "Young official, slave... I thank you, junior official."

Zhu Yuan grabbed Liu Bai's small chin, looked at the round petite face, and joked: "Actually, I have always disliked you adding the word 'small' in front of officials."

Liu Bai raised his small face, and whispered with watery eyes: "Officer~"

Zhu Yuan: "..."

He quickly shook his head again: "Forget it, let's be a petty official. This sounds too immodest."

(End of this chapter)