Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 28 We Are Comrades!
Zhu Yuanzhang was a night owl, and he often dealt with documents until late at night, and Ma was used to it.

Tonight, however, seemed much later.

After Zizheng, the outer robe had been sewn, and Ma Shi took the initiative to come to the study to remind her husband to go to bed.

As soon as he entered the door, Mrs. Ma noticed that something was wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang. Lao Zhu sat blankly in front of the desk, staring straight at a manuscript in front of him, and beside him was an open red sandalwood box.

That should be "Book from Heaven".

Mrs. Ma didn't bother to pay attention to the "Book of Heaven", she just said that Zhu Yuan was haunted these few days, and looking at her husband's appearance, thinking that he also went to Houhu in the afternoon, she had a bad feeling, so she couldn't help but quickly stepped forward, Putting her husband's shoulders on her shoulders, she pressed her worries and called out softly, "Sir, Mr.?"

After shouting twice, Mashi was about to push her husband's body vigorously, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to wake up suddenly from a dream, subconsciously closed the "Book from Heaven", and turned his head to look fiercely.

Recognizing that it was Ma Shi, Lao Zhu's eyes turned soft, and he stretched out his hand to grab Ma Shi's small hand, clenched it tightly, opened his mouth slightly, and tried to open his mouth again, and finally uttered a few hoarse and slow syllables: "My lady, my lady..."

He seemed to think of something, and turned sad again: "Biao'er, Biao'er..." Suddenly, he burst into anger again, and raised his other hand violently and threw it at the desk: "Fourth...that bastard, that old four..." Damn stuff..."

Ma Shi didn't understand what Lao Zhu was talking about at all, but noticed that his eyes were bloodshot, and immediately became more worried.Her husband's heart disease is better, but she can't be so emotional. She bent down, hugged her man with her whole body, and tried to comfort her: "Sister, what's the matter, Mr., please tell me slowly, Chongba, it's me, I'm here Well, we are not afraid, we are not afraid of anything..."

The embrace of his wife, and the words of strong concern in the softness, finally made Zhu Yuanzhang gradually recover.

He opened his mouth again, but Lao Zhu didn't know what to say.

How to say?
Said that he had a dream for six hundred years?

Say Hongwu for 15 years, say Hongwu for 25 years, say Jianwen for four years?

Said that his fourth child rebelled?
Say civil castle?

Say that two unworthy descendants will not go to court for more than [-] years?
Said there was a poor child with no great talent or general plan, who wanted to save Tian Qing, and issued an edict of guilt five times in his life?

Say an old locust tree?

It is said that China, with a population of [-] million, was once again taken over by a foreign race with less than [-] armor?

can not say.

Can't even say it!

Zhu Yuanzhang already regretted reading this "Book of Heaven" by Lao Shizi. He didn't want to believe it. He wanted to send people to Houhu overnight to kill the little scholar who made rumors to deceive himself and pretended to be a descendant of Zhu's family.

but……

He clearly remembered that day, when Zhu Yuan sent him the "Book from Heaven", and afterward Cui Liang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, asked him, and for the first time he wrote down the year name of "Hongwu" that he had been thinking about for a long time on the paper for the first time.The "Book of Heaven", which was written a few days in advance, begins with "A.D. [-], the ancestor was the emperor in the southern suburbs of Jinling, the country name was "Daming", and the Jianyuan was "Hongwu".

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think that someone could steal such an important idea from his mind in advance, and he didn't think that someone could steal this "Book from Heaven" afterwards.Over the years, I have seen some clever tricks, and Liu Ji is one of them.But I have never seen anyone who can make such accurate calculations, not even Liu Ji.

Therefore, the result is only one.

Then Zhu Yuan... did know in advance.

Thinking about it again, Zhu Yuan is not like the knowledge of this era at all, let alone a child of twelve or thirteen years old, how can he accumulate so much knowledge?

However, if according to his letter, he is 36 years old and has been studying for many years, does all this make sense?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's gradually clear eyes quickly turned sharp again. He patted his wife comfortingly and pushed Ma Shi away. Old Zhu put the "Book from Heaven" and the letter into his arms in two or three times, and told Ma Shi, He hurried to the door and shouted for orders.

In the north of Jinling City, inside the mansion on the back lake.

Zhu Yuan was having a chaotic dream.

The dream started when someone gave him medicine, and his soft lips pressed against him. He refused several times, and he just wanted to go back early and never come again.Confused, but also a little terrified.If a man is feeding himself medicine with his mouth, he must bite the other person to death first, and then die.

But my eyes couldn't be opened.

Then, I felt the faint begging and crying in my ears, it was a female voice, very sad, so my heart softened, and I began to swallow reluctantly.

very bitter.

Then I felt uncomfortable all the time, my internal organs seemed to be on fire, I opened my eyes in pain, and saw Xieyi's beautiful melon-seeded face, but her eyes were a little swollen, and she was crying and laughing at the same time.

Poor girl, come, give me a hug from brother.

So he raised his hand.

As soon as he hugged him, there was a cry from Liu Bai, probably jealous, little jealous jar.

It's a pity that I can't afford to change.

After hugging like this, before he could take back his hand, all kinds of pictures started to appear in his mind again, the past life, the present life, all messed up, and he couldn't get rid of it.

When the dream came to a certain place, Lao Zhu appeared again.

The ancestors had already read the "Book from Heaven" and recognized him as the counterfeit 23rd grandson without any doubts. The grandparents and grandchildren stood by the West Lake in the spring, holding hands and looking at their tears, and said in unison: "We, It's gay!"

roll!
I just traveled through time, but didn't become an alien!

Also, who the hell is playing "Waiting for a Thousand Years", wait for me, the group of people in the planning department who eat nothing, the West Lake is the only thing in Hangzhou, so they can't come up with other ideas!

When Zhu Yuan, half-asleep and half-awake, began to complain that his dreams were too outrageous, he felt himself flying again.

I am a little bird, I want to fly but I can't fly high.

why?

Because, I'm tied up!
Turned into a human stick and thrown on the ground, Zhu Yuan struggled to open his eyes, only to see Old Zhu looking down at him with red eyes, holding a horsewhip in his hand.

Seeing Zhu Yuan's eyes open, Old Zhu raised his whip and started whipping without saying a word.

Snapped--

Snapped--

Snapped--

Three times.

When he wanted to make the fourth move, Lao Zhu began to hesitate, what if...!

Severe pain came from his body, Zhu Yuan wanted to shout, but couldn't make a sound, wanted to struggle, but had no strength, so he could only subconsciously take in air-conditioning, but fortunately, Lao Zhu stopped beating soon, and he came back from the edge of coma again god.

Turning his head to look up, he smiled, at a certain moment, Zhu Yuan wanted to confess everything, but let's continue.

Maybe!

Zhu Yuan also roughly understood what happened.

Perhaps, it is also a turning point.

Trying to raise his spirits, Zhu Yuan asked calmly, "Ancestor... have you read "Book from Heaven?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank like water, and he looked like he might whip Zhu Yuan again at any time, and asked harshly, "Where are you a monster, and you have learned some prophecy methods, so you dare to deceive me?"

Zhu Yuan shook his head slightly, and did not avoid Lao Zhu's gaze, and said weakly: "Ancestor, 600 years of knowledge, 600 years of knowledge, these things... need to be accumulated by dozens of generations, and cannot be faked."

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while.

Zhu Yuan slowed down, regained his energy, and said in a weak voice: "Ancestor, this is a quick trip, and I probably have to leave again. Here, I will leave three more suggestions for my ancestors."

Old Zhu still didn't speak.

Zhu Yuan was not in a hurry, he paused again, and then slowly said: "The first one, regarding taxes, the gentry and the clan must pay the grain as a whole. You need to know that finance is the foundation of the country, and even your own family members cannot let it go. Open your mouth and let it go, just like the Yellow River burst its embankment, the breach will only get bigger and bigger. Ancestors, you need a strong trunk to protect weak branches. If the main trunk collapses, there will be no eggs under the overturned nest."

After Zhu Yuan finished speaking, Lao Zhu immediately thought of the reform method of Emperor Yongzheng recorded in "Book of Heaven".

He also thought of another section in the book that he least wanted to recall but could never forget.

The rebel Li Zicheng besieged the capital, and the treasury was empty. Emperor Chongzhen asked all the officials to donate their salaries.After the capital city was broken, Li Zicheng tortured all the officials and got 20 million taels of silver!

My Ming Dynasty... turned out to be poor!

Those silverfish!

When Lao Zhu's anger began to accumulate again, Zhu Yuan paused for a short while, and continued: "The second is firearms, ancestors, we must make great use of firearms, firearms are the most effective way to restrain cavalry, if firearms are prosperous, we will be able to use firearms again in northern China." There are no borders."

Lao Zhu listened silently, thinking of the industrial revolution this time.

In the Qing Dynasty, the capital was overrun by only a few thousand barbarians, and the reason seemed to be related to this firearm.

Zhu Yuan paused again for a while, and then said: "The third is to open up the ocean. Ancestor, you must not ban the sea. This world is divided into three parts by land and seven parts by sea, and all good things are in the sea. Our Daming Navy is hundreds of times ahead of the world. Years, if you don't open the sea, you will waste everything."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, and also thought of the mention in "Book of Heaven".

Those barbarians who took turns rubbing against the Qing Dynasty seemed to be...marine hegemony.

Thoughts flashed, Lao Zhu waited for Zhu Yuan to continue to the fourth, fifth, sixth... but there was no more to say, and then he remembered that this kid only said to give three suggestions.

slippery!
He really wanted to raise the whip again, but Lao Zhu couldn't do it after all. Seeing Zhu Yuan laying on the ground, he became silent, as if he was letting him be dealt with. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered a question, Shen Sheng Said: "Even if you came from 600 years later, how can you prove that you are a descendant of my Zhu family?"

Zhu Yuan felt the change in Lao Zhu's tone, and knew that he had passed most of the test. Hearing this question, he was not in a hurry.

Just thought about it too.

Opening his eyes again, he tried his best to turn his head to look at Lao Zhu. Zhu Yuan said: "Ancestor, I mentioned in that book that in the second year of Hongwu, my ancestors began to have people compile the "Ancestral Precepts". It was revised many times, and in the 28th year of Hongwu, it was designated as "Emperor Ming Ancestral Training."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

I do remember.

There is indeed such a thing. I read it at the time and didn't think it was a big deal. Thinking about it now, Lao Zhu connected certain things together again.

Because, just a few days ago, under the influence of Zhongshu Province's invitation to seal the crown prince's Zhongshuling, he just told the queen that he would compile a book of ancestral instructions in the future, set his own rules, and pass them on to his descendants.

And the "Book from Heaven" was once again written before the idea came into being.

On the ground, Zhu Yuan continued weakly: "Ancestor, after more than 600 years, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the Qing Dynasty has disappeared. Except for our Zhu family, we will still write "Ancestral Precepts". "Emperor Ming Ancestors", enshrined in the ancestral hall, no one cares about these old calendars anymore. This "Emperor Ming Ancestors", when I was young, every time I worshiped the ancestors, the elders would read it in public, and the grandson was naughty, more than once I ran forward and read it, and I happened to be able to recite some of it."

Having said that, Zhu Yuan stopped again to let himself regain some strength, and then he recited the opening preface of "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" softly: "I have observed that since ancient times, the establishment of the legal system in a country is based on the king who was ordered. At that time, the law had already been established. Ding, people have kept it, and it is the kindness that is added to the country, and the people are healthy. At the beginning of his business, he was prepared for hardships. He has read many people and is familiar with the history. Compared with the master who grew up in the deep palace, he was not familiar with the world. And the people in the remote mountains and forests, who are proud of their elders, are very far away. I was young, lonely and poor, and I was in the army. I was 24 years old. I committed myself to the army. Fighting with the heroes. Working hard and worrying about dangers and precautions, in the past twenty years, they have been able to wipe out powerful enemies and unify Haiyu..."

From the very beginning, Zhu Yuan had been trying to lift his spirits, and he was carrying it on his back. He didn't know where he was carrying it, and suddenly lost consciousness again.

One last thought.

Zhu Xinzhuo, I thank you for hanging the preface of your ancestral motto on the wall of the dormitory back then!

Zhu Yuanzhang listened carefully to Zhu Yuan's recitation, and his mind gradually calmed down.

Up to now, he has believed eight points.

Because he can be sure that Zhu Yuan's recitation of these "ancestral teachings" that are closely related to his personal experience cannot be made up by random people.

Reminiscent of Zhu Yuan's words like "ancestral hall" and "ancestor worship" just now, Lao Zhu doesn't know that these things have gradually been downplayed in later generations, and he still subconsciously believes that such a solemn thing can't be faked, and the ancestors' instructions It is also reasonable to enshrine in the ancestral hall.

Moreover, Lao Zhu couldn't imagine that hundreds of years later, he could easily search for the entire "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" just by typing on the keyboard.

Of course, Zhu Yuan didn't count as searching the Internet.

In short, after hundreds of years, it is true that only the descendants of one's own family will care about the ancestral precepts.

Listening like this, he noticed that Zhu Yuan's voice was getting weaker and weaker, he stopped suddenly, and closed his eyes again.Old Zhu's heart skipped a beat, he quickly squatted down, touched Zhu Yuan's forehead, it was still hot, he began to regret that he tied up the child and threw it on the ground.

Hurriedly carrying Zhu Yuan to the bed, Lao Zhu untied the rope and shouted to the door: "Come here, come here."

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly came with thousands of horses, smashed through the west wall of the mansion and rushed in, ordered everyone in the mansion to be tied up, and went to personally interrogate a dying little Hanlin.

No one knows exactly what happened.

Now, what's the twist?

No one dared to ask.

Everyone just followed His Majesty's order to rescue Zhu Yuan, who was tossed half of his life by Lao Zhu again.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave way to the main room. Seeing the imperial physicians and maidservants busy, he regretted what he had just done, but it was irreparable. After the imperial hospital sent Sun Shouzhen to give Zhu Yuan an injection, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Sun Shouzhen didn't know how to answer.

Originally, he had been given strong medicine and he was better, but now that he has gone through such a toss, who dares to say what the result will be?

Seeing that Sun Shouzhen didn't answer, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger was full again in an instant, his eyes swept across the crowd like a knife, and he said ruthlessly: "Cure him, if he can't be cured, you and I will die!"

(End of this chapter)