King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

This moment is like that moment, that moment.

It was as if time had gone back and everything was back to normal.

Zhu Youjian was sitting on a recliner, followed by four guards, and his face was also covered.

Four Jinyiwei men slowly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty! It's getting late, let's go!"

As Xu Changnian spoke, a smile appeared on his face.

In their sight, Zhu Youjian was sitting on a recliner, looking like an old man who was about to die.

Several people looked at each other, all of them confused.

Is this also a test from the empress?
Liu Ruo pushed Feng Yuxiu and Shen Lian and tried to wink at them.

Isn't this obvious? Since the emperor accepted disciples, he has never heard two disciples address him so affectionately.

Come to think of it, the emperor is only seventeen years old, so it is normal for him to be a little childish.

"Master, it's time for us to go home." Shen Lian bowed and performed a salute. This was something he had specially studied when he first became a disciple.

Shen Lian pushed Feng Yuxiu aside and whispered, "Little guy, it's your turn!"

He coughed lightly, took a step forward, and knelt on one knee: "Master!"

Nothing happened.

"Master?" The voice was much louder than before, and a little more pleasant to the ear.

Nothing happened.

"Master!?" Feng Yuxiu tried hard to make his tone more respectful, like a filial disciple.

However, nothing happened.

Uh……

Now, Feng Yuxiu had a headache. The four of them looked at each other in confusion.

He plucked up his courage and walked forward step by step.

However, as his footsteps became clearer and clearer, Zhu Youjian's body sitting on the recliner also became clearer and clearer.

Soon, there was a "plop" sound.

Zhu Youjian jumped down and fell into the lake with a wave of water.

The four guards were startled and turned around, but there was no trace of Zhu Youjian.
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, a voice sounded.

The four of them exclaimed in unison, and Shen Lian was the first to jump into the lake and sink.

Both of them fell silent, and the lake also became silent.

"Your Majesty, what happened to you? Why did you want to kill yourself?"

"We have already agreed to be your disciples, there is no need for this, right?"

Feng Yuxiu believed that the responsibility for this matter did not lie with him, but with Zhu Youjian.

If this is blamed on me, wouldn't it be a bit unreasonable?

He spread his hands, looking very innocent: "Brothers? Don't blame me!"

Xu Changnian felt something strange. It was impossible, impossible. Did this young emperor really rely on his lightness skills?

Liu Ruo couldn't bear it any longer, so he kicked him away, threw him into the lake, and sank into the lake himself.

The three of them disappeared into the lake at the same time.

Such a situation made Liu Ruo and Xu Changnian feel a chill in their hearts.

I don’t know how long it had passed, but just when Liu Ruo and Xu Changnian were nervous, a hand suddenly stretched out from Xu Changnian’s feet and grabbed his feet.

Clap it with one palm.

Pfft!
Liu Ruo saw Xu Changnian being dragged into the water, and before he could react, a pair of strong hands pulled him into the water.

Two people fell into the water, with only their heads exposed, and then they saw Zhu Youjian swimming on the water.

"Your Majesty! You scared us all! Xu Changnian opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of water, but Zhu Youjian spat it out.

Xu Changnian swallowed his saliva, his voice a little dry: "Your Majesty! You! Don't do it!"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Ruo and Feng Yuxiu also began to sprinkle water on each other.

This scene is very interesting and familiar. These four people usually take a bath in the water when they have nothing to do.

There is no one else except Zhu Youjian.

……

The four people were soaking in the water. Zhu Youjian finally stood up from the clear water lake. It was already dark.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth, and the night breeze blows gently, alternately cold and hot, occupying an absolute advantage between hot and cold.

Zhu Youjian clearly felt his body trembling slightly.

The other four people also went ashore. Feng Yuxiu grabbed his clothes and rolled up his sleeves. A large amount of water flowed out of his sleeves.

"Your Majesty! What should we do now?"

"Wet? I'm not kidding, we were just soaked!" Liu Ruoru replied.

Feng Yuxiu rolled her eyes and looked at Liu Ruo with some displeasure: "Haha! I didn't say anything, you are just imagining things!"

"Who am I? My lord has no clothes, and we have no clothes! This wet mass."

Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "Isn't that even better? It's just like the saying goes, no clothes, that's it!"

Zhu Youjian had repeated the same question, and the four guards naturally understood Zhu Youjian's intention.

its not right!
its not right!
Does Zhu Youjian really want to open his heart to people like them?

Zhu Youjian took off his clothes, straightened his chest, and wrapped a towel around his neck:
“It’s not easy, it’s not easy!”

Just took it off? He was the king of a country, but he actually treated them as his own people!
"Your Majesty, are you going too far by doing this?"

He paused, thought for a moment, and then added: "If others see this, we will become a laughing stock!"

You know, he is a generous person in daily life, but even so, he would not be as unscrupulous as Zhu Youjian.

"So what? I am a special emperor! Don't they think of me as a dandy boy?"

Zhu Youjian didn't care at all.

He thought of his comrades in the 618th Regiment, his own comrades, his own comrades, his own comrades.

It is only after a long period of guerrilla warfare that they feel relaxed and happy.

At this time, Zhu Youjian was sitting in the Tingchao Pavilion by the Qingshui Lake. He sat on a recliner and looked up at the sky. The light of the setting sun was not dazzling, but it also made people feel dazzling.

After the clothes were a little dry, Zhu Youjian changed into the white clothes which was still a little cool.

"Let's go! Let's go!"

The four guards all discovered that there was something unusual about Zhu Youjian. Sometimes he was sinister and cunning, and sometimes he seemed very amiable.

Sometimes, his IQ is like Zhuge Liang, and sometimes, he is like a child.

Uh……

"I like this emperor very much!" Feng Yuxiu said to Shen Lian, "You are quite enthusiastic!"

Feng Yuxiu sighed in a low voice.

Shen Lian's eyes were cold, he said nothing, still as taciturn as before, but Xu Changnian said:
"That's right!" Regnar nodded.

In the palace, the four Jinyiwei had been busy all day and it was time for them to go home.

"He's good in everything, but he's a little bit like a child."

On the way back, Feng Yuxiu sighed as he recalled what happened today. The others didn't say anything, but just listened quietly.

Feng Yuxiu continued, "My fellow brothers, if the emperor hadn't cheated today, would I have won?"

"That's true!" Xu Changnian smiled awkwardly.

"But I think he can keep up with your speed even without cheating!"

Hearing this, Feng Yuxiu perked up: "What do you mean? What do you mean?"

Xu Changnian nodded his head, meaning that he should use his brain.

"Think about it, the emperor put the puppet in the Tingchao Pavilion, then plucked a leaf from the big locust tree, and then came back here. Isn't it too far away?"

Xu Changnian said it very clearly, so Feng Yuxiu felt that it was true.

Such a long distance, such a huge distance, there was no way he could complete it in such a short time.

After realizing it, he became even more confused.

"Wait! If that's the case, why do you have to do this? Isn't this unnecessary?"

As he was talking, he felt something was wrong and shouted, "That doesn't make sense! You have no shame, just no shame!"

Xu Changnian chuckled: "And then? Have you ever seen the emperor walking a normal path?"

He added, fearing that Feng Yuxiu didn't understand, "In short, think about it, the emperor is just a child, a playboy, and a lunatic. He will definitely not be obedient."

At the suggestion of Xu Changnian, Feng Yuxiu replaced Zhu Youjian with an emperor who was meticulous, moody and erratic.

With this explanation, everything made sense.

Thinking of this, he chuckled and said, "He thought he was a crazy, black-bellied dandy!"

When Shen Lian heard this, his lips moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "You two are absolutely right! This is not impossible!"

Everyone turned their attention to Shen Lian, who was the smartest one among the group.

"There is also a possibility that your majesty means it!"

Feng Yuxiu: “…”

Xu Changnian: “…”

Liu Ruo was completely stunned.

Their minds were full of questions and they opened their eyes wide, wanting to know more, but Shen Lian kept his mouth shut.

"Everyone, think about this!"

Liu Ruo and Xu Changnian both lowered their heads and fell into deep thought.

Feng Yuxiu thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

"Please tell me clearly, what exactly do you think?"

Shen Lian ignored him and continued walking forward.

"Humph! You little brat, you really have the demeanor of an emperor!"

……

The three of them walked one after another, and Feng Yuxiu turned to look elsewhere.

Zhu Youjian was immersed in the land of tenderness at this time and felt dizzy.

Ever since he came into this world, he has felt dizzy from time to time.

If he continued to do this, he would most likely die here. This mission was not completed yet, and his head was about to explode.

She didn't know when she fell into a trance.

Before crossing over, Zhu Tan was an art student and also taught himself some psychology knowledge. The reason why he studied psychology was because he had some inner problems.

However, this is just an obsessive-compulsive disorder or an anxiety disorder, not a split personality.

It's really against common sense, totally against common sense, that such a situation would occur.

Wei Zhongxian had the same headache as Zhu Youjian.

Wei Zhongxian still couldn't let it go.

He hugged his lover tightly.

"Are you okay, Zhongxian?" The wet nurse Keshi's voice was full of concern for Wei Zhongxian.

These days, Wei Zhongxian has been frowning for quite some time.

"It's okay! Am I okay?"

Wei Zhongxian was dressed in a thoughtful manner, with a blank expression and an extremely gloomy face.

"Are you afraid of being punished by His Majesty?"

The wet nurse was holding a man in his seventies in her arms, and I didn’t look like an old woman.

"If you're worried, we can leave the capital and head south. The further south the better!

Wei Zhongxian waved his hand, his eyes turned cold, and he rejected it in his heart: "No! Impossible! This is the world of the king and his ministers, we can't escape."

The beautiful lady in palace dress could only use another method to comfort her: "We can't escape anyway! I'm sure the emperor won't care about this!"

These words seemed to have hit the pain point in Wei Zhongxian's heart. His eyes were fierce and sinister:
"No way? You didn't see it wrong?"

"The emperor's grace is unpredictable, and the human heart is hard to predict! What if the emperor kills us all in the next second?"

……

The woman was helpless as Wei Zhongxian was clearly suspicious and didn't believe anything.

At this point, the woman no longer paid attention to him. She put his head on the ground, stood up, turned around and left.

"I don't care! Seeing you frown, I frowned too!"

"I don't know what he's going to do, but I know we have to make good use of this time."

"Zhongxian, don't worry about it. Let's live in the present! Live well!"

Wei Zhongxian closed his eyes with a bitter look on his face: "Me neither, I also cherish the present day, but, Your Majesty, is a big stone in my heart!"

The woman in palace dress said unhappily, "Mental illness? I think you were not sentenced to death by the emperor, but were frightened to death by your own fear!"

Wei Zhongxian showed an evil smile: "Do you think I would be afraid? But I have never been afraid!"

"I thought it was the Emperor who made me a better person, but it turned out to be me! So that's it! It's me!"

As Wei Zhongxian spoke, he walked up to the woman, pinched her leg, and smelled it carefully. It seemed to be very fragrant.

"What can I do? I'm so nervous and scared!"

The beautiful lady in palace dress didn't know what to say, so she kicked Wei Zhongxian away:
"Tell me, how many shameful things have you done?"

"Didn't you say that you have nothing else to offer besides corruption?"

When these words were spoken, Wei Zhongxian's face changed drastically and he swallowed.

……

Queen Zhou held Zhu Youjian's head and looked up at the emperor.

"Are you all right, Emperor? Do you need a doctor?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, "No need! I'm just worried! Besides, if my sisters-in-law find out, I'm afraid they will scold me!"

"He will definitely blame me, saying that I went insane because of my practice!"

Empress Zhou sighed, stretched out a soft little hand, and kneaded Zhu Youjian. Her skills were not very good, but the movement of her jade-like hand brushing across his cheek was enough to make Zhu Youjian feel extremely happy.

"Oh! Emperor, to be honest, I have always felt that even if we don't become emperors, we can become ordinary people. In that case, we can live together freely!"

Be an ordinary person?

What's so good about being an ordinary person? It's better to be an emperor.

Zhu Youjian shook his head, thinking in his heart that he, Zhu Tanshang, was just an ordinary person. He was just an ordinary person without any clues, a middle school boy immersed in his own world.

He was born in an era that was far more civilized than the Ming Dynasty. He was just an ordinary person, not an ordinary person.

Go dream!

In this era, let alone a beauty like Queen Zhou, even an ordinary commoner did not have enough wealth and a wife.

Do you have to worry about food, clothing, shelter and transportation every day? And they also say that living together is all lies, all human fantasies.

Moreover, this is in modern times, when materials and supplies are abundant. If it were the Ming Dynasty, productivity would be seriously insufficient.

More than 80% of the people died either because of hunger or illness.

Zhu Tan had seen records in ancient books from the Ming Dynasty that during the Ming Dynasty, droughts and floods were rampant, and the average life expectancy of royal family members was only forty years.

The average person is around thirty-five years old at most.

Any envy of the common people is just an illusion of living in the Forbidden City Palace.

Perhaps, this is just a kind of spiritual comfort.

"I don't envy normal people, I think it's great!"

Zhu Youjian had a smile on his face, but Zhu Tan sighed in his heart.

Zhu Tan suddenly sighed, he was like this, sometimes illusory, sometimes not.

Queen Zhou smiled slightly. She came from a poor family and naturally understood what life was like for the common people.

She now lives a life of luxury, and having a husband like Zhu Youjian who loves her so much, couldn't be better.

without return.

This sentence was just to comfort Zhu Youjian.

Not long after, a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside. It sounded familiar. It was Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen walked in, bowed to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, the cultivator you wanted to see is here."

Zhu Youjian nodded after pondering. Not long ago, he sent Wang Chengen to call the Taoist to the martial arts world.

Who knew that You Yun was so easy to find? All he needed to do was to issue an imperial decree and he would get a generous reward. If You Yun was willing to come, he would be rewarded with 12,000 taels of silver.

Zhu Youjian seemed to feel that something was missing and said that as long as he was willing to come, he would be allowed to become a grand secretary.

And You Yun came to the door on his own initiative.

interesting!

Since he is a liar, what is he doing here?
Isn't this greedy?

His mind was full of questions.

Just as he was thinking, Zhu Youjian moved his fingers, and Wang Chengen beside him said:

"Your Majesty, this You Yun said that he is a cultivator from Mount Longhu, and his cultivation is not low. He should be a very powerful master."

"Your Majesty, do you want to let him in? Or..."

Wang Chengen asked, with a hint of doubt in his tone. Zhu Youjian raised his head, looked at the sky, and said, "I haven't been to the court for such a long time. Today, I will summon all the ministers to discuss matters in accordance with the will of heaven!"

……

Fengtian Hall, Qianqing Temple

What a noise!
Half a month later, the ministers went to court again, which was not an easy task.

They rose at the sound of roosters in the predawn hours and walked across most of the capital to attend the morning court in the Forbidden City.

Rows of civil officials lined up in a row. They didn't look very neat, but they gave people a sense of majesty.

After a long time, the two of them became strangers. Since Wen Tiren went to prison, only one of the six people was left.

This was the only thought in Zhou Yanru's mind, and he wanted to report this to the emperor in the court.

As Zhou Yanru spoke, he looked at a minister behind him, who was none other than the Inspector of the Censorate to which he had been newly promoted.

What was different from the past was that Zhu Youjian did not come. He just let the ministers stand there and wait for half an hour.

Until Zhu Youjian walked in front of him, there was no expression on his face. He had already thought of a countermeasure.

This time, Zhu Youjian's movements were much more relaxed and steady, and every step he took was filled with the majesty of an emperor.

His eyes, like flames, looked towards the ministers dressed in gorgeous clothes.

"Long live your majesty!"

As usual, Zhu Youjian sat on the exquisitely carved dragon throne, accepting the worship of his ministers.

Zhu Youjian asked the ministers to kneel on the ground, and then said: "Please stand up! Everyone is exhausted from today's morning court."

Seeing that all the ministers were tired, Zhu Youjian was no longer happy, but just a little bored, so he sat down on the throne.

The ministers naturally had a lot to say after not attending court for so long, so many days had passed, and so many things had piled up.

"Your Majesty! I have something to say!"

A voice came from the crowd, it was the Minister of Revenue.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said calmly: "Speak!"

As he said this, he pulled back his right hand and placed his fingers on his nails.

"Your Majesty, there have been many floods in the south of the Yangtze River and droughts in the north in recent years, and now there is even a famine!"

“People are living in poverty! The situation is terrible! I hope you can take it seriously!”

"According to our calculations, more than 300,000 people were affected in the Jiangnan area alone, especially in the north, where there was widespread famine in Henan and Hebei."

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly. Zhu Youjian had expected this situation to happen.

First, he anticipated the famine during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, this was a small ice age.

Secondly, after Zhu Youjian learned the "Qiankun Yin-Yang Calculation", he already had such a premonition in his heart.

Before entering the Fengtian Hall, he felt that the expression and movements of the Minister of Revenue were exactly the same as he had imagined.

"Qian Kun Yin Yang Calculation" is indeed an interesting method!

Let's go back to the idea of ​​the "Little Ice Age". In fact, climate change was a kind of climate change, and it was also an indirect cause of the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the "Little Ice Age", its main characteristics are: an increase in extreme weather, frequent natural disasters such as drought and drought, and a drop in the average annual temperature; the temperature dropped so suddenly that it can only be described by the four words "extremely cold".

Zhu Kezhen and others' research on meteorological data of various dynasties in China shows that there were four small ice ages in ancient China, of which the fourth small ice age was from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty. In the end, countless reasons intertwined to form the downfall of the "Great Ming Dynasty" composed of countless different reasons.

Especially during his 17 years in power, abnormal climate caused frequent floods in the south of the Yangtze River and droughts in the north.

All in all, the Chongzhen era was a time of trouble. Drought, locusts, and plague not only led to a reduction in crops, but also caused the Ming Dynasty to lose all its power. Nine out of ten houses were empty, and all the people in the households were gone. Bones were scattered all over the ground, and it was a desolate land. Under such circumstances, the Ming Dynasty was the dynasty with the most wars in Chinese history, and there were countless uprisings like those of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

As an important symbol of the prosperity of the dynasty, the population began to decline sharply after its heyday. According to Cao Shuji's estimation, in the late Ming Dynasty alone, the number of people who died from plague in Suzhou, Hangzhou and the other five states reached about 6 million. (End of this chapter)