Back to Ming Dynasty as Zhu Biao

Chapter 310

"The people of Fengyang are living a good life. Why did they rebel?" Lao Zhu said: "Investigate this matter immediately. If the government forces the people to rebel and is corrupt, they will definitely be executed. Zhu Yuanzhang will be in power for one day , and swore to kill all corrupt officials.”

Civil and military officials said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Biao replied: "According to the people who know the matter, the people can't survive anymore. They are oppressed by the local people. My minister thinks that the rebel leader was caught in this matter, and the reason should be investigated in depth."

"Why didn't I see the prefect of Fengyang report this matter?"

"We just heard about it, but the news didn't come. We thank you, the parents and officials of the common people, for making our ears so clear that we don't know anything." Old Zhu said.

Regarding Qian Zai's matter, "Yuan History" is still under revision, and "Hongwu Dace" also needs manpower. After thinking twice, Zhu Biao asked Lao Zhu for a favor and let Qian Zai continue to participate in the editing.

"Let's stop here today. Tomorrow we will give a banquet in the Wenhua Palace. Qian Zai, don't write random poems again, or we won't spare you."

Qian Zai thanked him for leaving.

Regarding the riots in Fengyang, it was a letter sent by the personnel stationed in the newly built Huangmingwei Pavilion in the township. Now the reason is unclear, and the local officials obstructed it, so they had to report it back to Beijing.

Zhu Biao was a little sleepy, and wanted to go to Yongning Palace to catch up on sleep, so he ordered Sanbao to go to Changle Palace to say hello to Queen Ma, and walked into Yongning Palace by himself.

Except for a few maids in the hall, Jin'er and Xu Miaowei didn't know where they had gone, Zhu Biao didn't ask much, and walked towards the inner hall.

There was an exquisite stove on the table, supported by a copper plate, Zhu Biao opened the lid, and saw two bowls of tender yellow custard, still hot.

He didn't eat well in the morning, so he ate it up after taking it out a few times. He fell on Xu Miaowei's bed and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He could still smell her body fragrance left on the quilt and clothes in his nose.

When he was about to fall asleep, Zhu Biao was still thinking about why there was a small disturbance in Fengyang. Although the number of people was not large, it also reflected many problems.

But right now, Zhu Biao just wanted to sleep without being disturbed, and then go to Wenhua Palace tomorrow.

Coming out of the Hall of Changle, the two sisters of the Xu family talked about the cuteness of the little emperor's grandson, Xu Miaowei also said that Xu Miaowei was a little itchy, that child was like a pink and tender pistachio.

Xu Miaoyun insinuated: "You can do it too."

"No way." Xu Miaowei felt ashamed when she thought about what happened last night, and changed the subject: "Go back and sort out the manuscript, it's been delayed for a long time today."

Returning to the bedroom, seeing the egg custard she made on the table being eaten up, Jin Er and Xu Miaowei exchanged glances, immediately ran to the inner hall, and came out lightly after a while: "Crown Princess, it's inside. "

Xu Miaowei bit her lip and shook Xu Miaoyun's arm lightly: "Sister, we won't discuss the manuscript today, can you study in the side hall?"

"Okay, you will arrange for me." Xu Miaoyun smiled and went to the side hall.

Zhu Biao slept until noon, and when he woke up, he saw Xu Miaowei embroidering the picture of Jiangshan and Jiji with her back to him.

"Miaowei, are you still embroidering?"

"His Highness sleeps soundly, and talks in sleep. The concubine moved here to embroider, so that he can take care of His Highness." Xu Miaowei threaded needles and threads in her hands, and embroidered a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water.

On the second day, Wenhua Hall.

Lao Zhu gave a banquet here.

At the dinner table, Lao Zhu brought out Qian Zai's affairs again and said: "It's too late to meet at the Meridian Gate. When can we enjoy the pastoral pleasure and sleep until the food is cooked in the world. You wrote a good poem yesterday. But why do we hate you?" It's getting late. We think, why not replace the word 'dislike' with the word 'worry'?"

Qian Zaixue was obedient, and he didn't answer or speak. He just listened quietly and nodded to what Lao Zhu said.

Seven or eight days later, morning court.

Several leaders of the common rebellion in Fengyang Mansion were arrested and brought back to Beijing, where they met Lao Zhu directly in Fengtian Hall.

"Bring the prisoner here." Old Zhu said.

"Lead someone to commit Gao Gang, Zhang Sheng." The servant shouted.

"You two are the leaders of Fengyang's instigating rebellion?" Lao Zhu walked down the steps of the imperial court and asked with his hands behind his back, "Why do you want to rebel? Are we treating the people of Fengyang badly?"

"You are that Fengyang boy, Zhu Yuanzhang, right?" the prisoner asked back.

"It's us, we are Zhu Chongba. Since you are a fellow villager, we will not hold you accountable for your words."

"Joke, who did you Zhu Yuanzhang let go of? Have you ever tolerated it?" The prisoner raised his head, his eyes full of disdain.

Lao Zhu looked directly at the prisoner with his hands behind his back: "How are the common people in Fengyang doing? You have food to eat and clothes to wear, and we are very gracious in taxes and taxes. Why do you want to rebel against us?"

"Then why do you rebel against Yuan. It's because you can't live anymore and want to eat." The bandit leader said bluntly: "If you can rebel against Yuan, I can rebel against Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Da Ming is many times better than Yuan, yet you want to commit our crimes, we don't understand."

"You give us Fengyang people a face, we admire you, you don't collect taxes, we also read it, but we are so hungry that we can't live, we can't eat enough, we can only gnaw the bark of weeds, can we live without rebellion!"

Another person said: "You, Zhu Chongba, are the bald donkey who came out of Huangjue Temple. You must remember that you can't eat enough. It's like being hungry."

"Tell us, why you don't have enough to eat, tell us, let's check."

"Check, how to check, we were originally laborers in Xiuzhong Capital, and for the past six months, the food and wages are not enough to survive, and we have to pay for our own food and people.

There was a flood last month, but we didn't see a grain of food, and we didn't pay any wages for repairing straight roads, so we couldn't survive. "

"Why didn't you report it to the government?" Old Zhu asked.

"Official mansion? Since ancient times, the official mansion opened to the south. If you have courtesy and no money, don't come in. When you, Zhu Chongba, rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, you still told others?"

Li Shanchang and Chang Yuchun, who were standing nearby, heard this and immediately said that the prisoner should be executed.

Lao Zhu signaled them to be quiet, and said slowly: "Xiuzhongdu, we have distributed food and money to you, and the monthly wages are the same as usual. Don't you have any?"

Criminal: "Zhu Yuanzhang, if you go down and take a look, you will find out that the supervisors of the Central Repairing City swallowed more than half of our money and food raw.

There are also some straight laborers who have no money or food.Roads and bridges are built every day.The hungry chest sticks to the back, if you don’t rebel against who? "

"Bold!" Zhu Biao scolded: "Anyone who cultivates the straight way will be given monthly silver taels and food according to the number of people, just more or less. How can you be so hungry that your chest sticks to your back."

"Don't believe me? Go and see for yourself, take off your official uniforms, and check incognito, and everything will be known."

"We know, we will investigate." Old Zhu said.

The Huangming Guard Hall stationed in the township has also inquired a lot of news these days, and the things said about the criminals are really bitter.

The Huangming Guard Hall is not completely built, if all the straight roads are open, doing things and issuing orders, it will be more effective with half the effort.

"Your name, we wrote it down."

Then Lao Zhu said: "Drag it, cut it off."

Lao Zhu walked up to the other criminal Zhang Sheng and said, "Drag it, cut it off."

Looking at the rioters who were dragged out, Lao Zhu looked down at his dragon robe and touched it for a long time, wondering if he should take off the dragon robe so that he could see the real life of the people...

　Ask for collection.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)