People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 203 The sky in China has long changed
When these officials entered here, all the craftsmen around stopped their work.

They looked up and looked at the people in official uniforms, and they all shrank their necks and dared not speak.

At this time, there was no one else on the construction site, only Lao Meng put down his work and walked up with a smile on his face.

"My lord, what are you doing?"

Before he could finish his sentence, the official slapped him, making Lao Meng's face bloom.

He fell to the ground, bleeding all over the place.

"Dog, you deserve to talk to me, whoever is in charge, tell him to come out!"

"father!"

There was also a small figure on the construction site. When he saw Lao Meng being beaten, he immediately trotted over.

"Why are you beating people?"

With tears in her eyes, little Meng Yao glared at those people fiercely.

The official sneered, after all, he didn't shoot the child, he looked around.

Everyone avoided his gaze.

People don't fight with officials, this is the consensus formed in China for thousands of years, and just experienced the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, the common people have not forgotten the majesty of those officials.

The officials were very satisfied when they saw this situation.

At this moment, Lao Meng got up and smiled apologetically:

"My lord, our little master is not here. We are showing him the construction site. If you have something to do, I can pass it on..."

He accompanied him with a smiling face, but he still couldn't escape the fate of being thrown in the palm of his hand.

Lao Meng's other face was once again beaten to the corner of his mouth.

Meng Yao burst into tears, and the construction site was filled with the cries of children.

"Who asked you to work, this is where my household department's repair site is located, and you work privately, what do you say?
Come on, smash me! "

After the official finished speaking, the officials behind him who had been prepared for a long time swarmed up.

Start smashing.

"My lord, no!

This is repaired by our little master borrowing money..."

Lao Meng tried to stop him, but in exchange for another round of beatings!
The craftsmen were scattered like birds and beasts, and dared not stay here at all.

And those tenants, who came forward to speak, were beaten up.

Finally made the construction site a mess, the official left a sentence:

"Tell your master, since this place has been reported to our Ministry of Works for repairs and registered in the register, then only our Ministry of Works will repair it!

You people commit crimes again, sir, I will arrest you all! "

After they finished speaking, they walked away, leaving only a group of tenants and Meng Yao's cries echoing in the air.

Lao Meng got up and wiped away the tears from the corners of his daughter's eyes, but the blood in his hands covered Meng Yao's face.

He looked around and sighed.

Others are also like mourning concubines.

At this time, not far away, a donkey cart slowly came back.

Lao Mo was driving the car, and in the car was Deng Zhongxiu recording something for Zhang Yi?
Deng Zhongxiu followed Zhang Yi to learn to read and write, and he started to help Zhang Yi.

While the two were busy, the old Mo outside shouted:

"Little real man, something happened at the construction site!"

Zhang Yi and Deng Zhongxiu raised their heads and opened the curtain immediately.

The scene in front of him made Zhang Yi tear up. He worked hard to build the wall, and now there are only broken walls and ruins.

His tenants were all downcast. Although Meng Yao's crying had disappeared, someone could still be heard sobbing vaguely.

What's happening here?
Could it be that he was attacked by thieves?
Zhang Yi immediately jumped out of the carriage and quickly ran towards the construction site.

"The little master is back!"

"Master Taoist!"

When the tenants saw Zhang Yi coming back, they surrounded him one after another.

"what's the situation?"

Zhang Yi asked, and the tenants chattered, telling Zhang Yi what happened just now.

They are limited by their cultural level. Although Zhang Yi has roughly described what happened, Zhang Yi also knows the ins and outs.

He was targeted.

Zhang Yi pushed aside the crowd and walked towards a corner of the construction site.

Lao Meng was lying on the corner of the wall at this time, already drowsy, and Meng Yao was guarding him.

"My little master, I'm sorry, I'm useless..."

Zhang Yi didn't let him speak, but just checked his body.

Then, he asked Lao Mo to bring the golden sore medicine, and began to smear the other party's wounds.

"master!"

The little Taoist's face was terribly gloomy, and the tenants dared not speak.

Zhang Yi just silently smeared Lao Mo's wounds, and those people had mixed feelings in their eyes.

In their view, Zhang Yi is a superior person, but he is willing to kneel on the ground and carefully rub medicine for a tenant.

Many people couldn't help wiping away their tears, and the sound of needles falling on the construction site could be heard for a while.

Lao Meng, who was waiting to return to Zhang Yi, seemed to have exhausted his strength and passed out.

After Zhang Yi finished these, he said to Lao Mo:
"Both of you help him into the car, and we will send him home!"

He got up and said to the tenants:

"The poor will not short you of your wages. Each person will receive an extra five hundred cash for compensation, and for those who are injured, each person will receive one tael of silver..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tenants burst into tears of gratitude.

One tael of silver, that is almost the harvest of more than one mu of land in a year.

This amount of money is definitely a big sum for them.

Zhang Yi didn't say much else, but asked Deng Zhongxiu to send the money.

With red eyes, Deng Zhongxiu silently led the workers aside.

Zhang Yi said to Meng Yao:

"Meng Yao, get in the car with me!"

"Old Mo, you drive!"

Lao Mo nodded silently, and Deng Zhongxiu, who had finished distributing the money, also caught up.

The donkey cart slowly headed towards Lao Meng's village. On the way, Zhang Yi had a sullen face and didn't say a word.

His gloomyness infected others, and the big guy didn't dare to speak.

Deng Zhongxiu always felt that the cold light in Zhang Yi's eyes flashed from time to time, just like the cruelty that Master Huang showed inadvertently.

Even Mengyao didn't dare to cry anymore, she just lowered her head to observe her father's situation.

After a while, the donkey cart stopped at the door.

Everyone in the village was watching, Zhang Yi asked Li Qingmo and Deng Zhongxiu to carry them, and he knocked on the door of Meng's house.

When Li opened the door, seeing the scene in front of her, she immediately burst into tears.

"Auntie Meng, I'm sorry!"

Zhang Yi briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Mrs. Li nodded, but said nothing. After she led the crowd to carry Lao Meng into the house, she just sobbed.

Call out Deng Zhongxiu and Lao Mo,
Zhang Yi said to Li Shi:

"Old Meng is generally fine, and Pindao also gave him medicine!
Pindao spent a few days with Xiao Jiuxian and Xiao Shen's medical skills a while ago, and he can roughly tell it!

But if you are worried, Auntie, I will find him a doctor again! "

Hearing this, Mrs. Li turned her head and saluted Zhang Yi:

"My little master, thank you!"

Zhang Yi replied:

"This matter happened because of me, and I should take responsibility!
This matter should be my feeling sorry for Lao Meng, so you don't have to! "

Lee said:
"What happened to him today is his fate, and the women are used to it. This is the way of the world, just like the family of the women who died cleanly. In one night, I changed from a well-clothed young lady to what I am today. !
Those officers and soldiers took advantage of the chaos and broke into my house. They were not going to suppress bandits, they were bandits...

That day..."

Li Shi started to cry while talking.

Then she said:

"My man picked me up from the river, and he didn't dislike me..., I have seen through this world long ago, and I want to live a good life with him!

It's just that in this world, even living a peaceful life is a luxury after all!

You don't have to blame yourself, little master, Lao Meng often mentioned you, he said that it was his good fortune to meet such a good master as you!

Don't think about anything else, as long as the other person is still there, it's fine! "

Zhang Yi was silent, and he could probably make up what Li Shi didn't finish.

A story between a downcast and defiled daughter and an ordinary citizen.

In troubled times, human life is as cheap as a dog.

Life is not easy for anyone.

Just like himself, looking at him, he is still a character, but facing this kind of thing, he is also powerless.

Feudal society, after all, is not a future generation.

The authority of the officials and the lowliness of the people, the gap between the classes will not be concealed in the slightest.

Even a well-educated and reasonable person like Li Shi didn't rise up, and didn't dare to raise the heart of resistance.

But the more so, the more anger he felt in his heart.

I have to do something...

Zhang Yi took a deep breath and said:

"Auntie, don't worry about the things in life. When Lao Meng wakes up, tell Lao Meng that the medicine garden will definitely be completed, and when the time comes, your family will help me with the work..."

"Little master, don't be impulsive!"

A look of concern appeared on Li's face.

She followed Lao Mo, firstly because of her poor health, and secondly because of her appearance, which was a disaster after all, so she seldom went out.

But because of Lao Meng's relationship, she also had contact with Zhang Yi several times.

The little master in front of him is a good man.

She didn't want his impulsiveness to ruin his career.

"Little master, since ancient times the people have not fought with officials, although the women of the people know that the master is a real person from Longhushan, and he can go up to heaven to listen!
But the person you offended is not a good person!
When my family was still there, I also met several high-level officials!
But officials are different from ordinary people. Even if they usually enjoy the filial piety of us people, they will still stand by their own people! "

Li's concern was beyond words, Zhang Yi laughed.

He replied:
"Auntie, today has changed a long time ago...

You don't have to worry about anything, just let Lao Meng take care of his health!

Take care of Lao Meng, don't send me off! "

Zhang Yi stood up and walked out.

Outside, Xiao Mengyao hid by the door and listened to what Zhang Yi said. Zhang Yi walked over and pinched her little cheek.

This subconscious action made Meng Yao jump in fright, and ran inside quickly.

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yi knew that Mrs. Li would not ask for his money, so after deliberately paying Meng Yao away, he put a bank note in the yard.

The value of the silver ticket is not big, it is about 50 taels of silver.

He put away the bank notes and walked out of the yard.

"I want those people to pay the price!"

"Master, the person behind them is the prime minister...?"

Deng Zhongxiu was taken aback, and quickly persuaded Zhang Yi. In Deng Zhongxiu's eyes, people do not fight with officials, let alone the person Zhang Yi offended was the right minister.

"How about we go to ask Master Xu, or Kong..."

Deng Zhongxiu tried to find a backer for Zhang Yi who could stand out, but was frustrated to find that they had no backer.

Xu Cunren is one of the people who are similar to Zhang Yi, and so is Confucius.

However, whether it is the Confucian Mansion or Xu Cunren, they are probably still inferior to the Prime Minister...

In Deng Zhongxiu's simple cognition, they really have nothing to do with others.

Even if the master comes, there is a high probability that he will go to the emperor to sue the imperial court, but the emperor is on the side of the prime minister or on the side of his own people, that is two different things.

Zhang Yi smiled.

"Do you think that if I don't have power, I can't stand out?
The heavens of China have changed a long time ago, but the hearts of these people are still in the past!

They don't even look at it, what is the most fearful thing in the emperor's heart?
To still do the things of the previous court to oppress the people is courting death!
The world of Ming Dynasty cannot tolerate the authority of these people! "

Deng Zhongxiu was taken aback. Although Zhang Yi talked privately with Huang's father and son behind his back most of the time, he also often heard that Zhang Yi blacked out Lao Zhu.

In his cognition, Zhang Yi looked down on that person in the deep palace in various ways, so why did he have confidence in the emperor at this time?

"Your Majesty, will you help us get ahead?"

"It's not helping us, it's helping the people! Your Majesty will stand up for the people..."

Zhang Yihei and Lao Zhu are right, this guy is stingy, double-standard, and stingy, these are all facts.

You can say that he really loves the people like a son, maybe not, but he is indeed different from other emperors, that is, he really dares to kill officials for ordinary people.

Although Lao Zhu at this time has not promulgated the "Da Gao", but as a traveler, he has confidence in Lao Zhu.

He has suffered from corrupt officials, and his hatred for corrupt officials and empathy for the suffering of the people gave him a lot of kindness that the emperor did not have.

Maybe when it comes to family members, he will double standard.

But compared to those emperors who came from aristocratic backgrounds, it seems reasonable to say that he loves the people like his son.

"Will His Majesty stand up for the people?"

Deng Zhongxiu muttered to himself!
Li Qingmo, who had been driving the car with her head covered, also remained silent.

"Don't be in a hurry, you and I will go to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow, let's talk to these people first!"

Before Zhang Yi went to the Ministry of Industry, he said that in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew everything that happened on the construction site.

"Damn!"

The emperor lost his temper in the imperial study, and his killing intent permeated the whole room.

Zhu Biao was not surprised by this, but just watched the memorial silently.

"It's lawless for officials of the imperial court to do this in full view!

My son also felt that these people owed a lesson, even the prime minister should be severely punished!
Is it really the Ming Dynasty or the style of the previous dynasty?
They thought they were former Yuan officials? "

Zhu Biao has been in charge of the school for a while, and under his anger, he has already vaguely looked like an old Zhu.

His change was inadvertent, and he may not have noticed it himself.

But the emperor saw all this in his eyes and was very pleased.

Because of Zhang Yi's unexpected departure from the palace, it seemed a good decision for the prince to practice outside.

He understands that Zhu Biao is a child. In essence, he is a generous person with a benevolent heart that he does not possess.

But the emperor was a little dissatisfied with him, or he was worried because he was afraid that Zhu Biao's temper would be too weak to restrain those old courtiers.

Now this child seems to have gained a bit of mighty virtue, Lao Zhu is very satisfied.

"After all, Yang Xian didn't dare to attack Zhang Yi directly, but he could disgust him. This small grudge is kept in his heart. This person really has no great talent!"

Zhu Biaoyi was filled with indignation. He sent the money to build the medicine garden. The officials from the Ministry of Industry smashed the construction site, which was tantamount to smashing his face.

Lao Zhu was about to say something when Li Qingmo's secret performance also arrived.

He opened it and was stunned:

"Your Majesty will decide for the people? Hehehe...

This kid! "

When Zhu Yuanzhang read this sentence, he felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

(End of this chapter)