Shop of All Worlds: The First Customer Princess Jinyang

Chapter 103 History Book
Ye Jiangnan said this, but judging from everyone's expressions, it was completely useless.

Cheng Yaojin stood in front of Li Shimin.

Changsun Wuji protected his sister, Empress Changsun.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui stood on the left and right sides respectively.

Li Shimin also protected Empress Changsun and Li Lizhi.

Empress Changsun protected little Sizi and little Xiangcheng.

These people looked as if they were saying, "If you dare to come over, we will sacrifice ourselves bravely."

On Qin Shihuang's side, Meng Tian and Wang Ben stood in front, staring at Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.

Li Si and Meng Yi stood on both sides of Qin Shihuang.

Ying Yinman was protected by Qin Shi Huang.

Zhu Yuanzhang placed Empress Ma behind him. Although he was afraid, he was more afraid that Empress Ma would be hurt.

Huang Rong was fine, not that scared.

She looked at Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie curiously.

Ye Jiangnan: “…”

"Everyone, please don't be so tense!"

"Come, let me introduce you to each other!"

Zhu Bajie stepped forward and said:
"No, I'll introduce you."

Ye Jiangnan: “???”

Looking at Zhu Bajie’s appearance and posture, is he trying to show off?

Sure enough, Zhu Bajie stood beside Sun Wukong and said loudly:

"The one next to me is my senior brother Sun Wukong!"

"He was born from a fairy stone in the Flower-Fruit Mountain and raised by heaven and earth!"

"Under his leadership..."

Zhu Bajie told the general story of Sun Wukong's experience.

Li Shimin and his people went from being afraid at first to being shocked later.

"How is it, my senior brother is awesome, right?"

After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he looked at the shocked expressions on Li Shimin and the others' faces and asked cheerfully.

Hearing this, everyone nodded subconsciously.

Take the 13,500-jin golden hoop from the Dragon Palace.

Go to the underworld and destroy the death register.

The title is "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven"!
He caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and fought with the gods till the day was dark.

This is really amazing!
And it’s not just ordinary powerful!

After Zhu Bajie talked about Sun Wukong's rampage in the Heavenly Palace, he stopped talking.

"Well, it's my turn!"

Ye Jiangnan knew why Zhu Bajie didn't continue speaking.

If what happened later were to be told, it would be a bit embarrassing for Sun Wukong.

Ye Jiangnan did not expose him and let Zhu Bajie speak for himself.

"And me!"

"It's Marshal Tianpeng of the Heavenly Court!"

"Command 80,000 sailors from Tianhe!"

After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he tilted his head at a 45-degree angle, looking very proud.

"You? Marshal Tianpeng?"

Li Shimin stared at him suspiciously?
"Marshal Tianpeng looks like this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very confused.

I don't talk about how good-looking you have to be, but at least you have to look like a human being, right?
But is this a human being in front of me?
"Don't I look like it?"

Zhu Bajie asked with a frown.

Everyone nodded.

Including Sun Wukong and Tang Monk behind Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie: "..."

"No, I really..."

Zhu Bajie wanted to explain, but Ye Jiangnan interrupted him.

"Okay, okay, stop talking."

"I know you are."

When Zhu Bajie heard that Ye Jiangnan believed that he was "Marshal Tianpeng", he became excited instantly.

"did you see!"

"Finally, someone knows what's good!"

Zhu Bajie walked towards Ye Jiangnan excitedly and put his arm around Ye Jiangnan's shoulders.

"Brother, tell me, how did you know I was Marshal Tianpeng?"

Ye Jiangnan silently took away Zhu Bajie's hand on his shoulder.

"Because I know you."

Ye Jiangnan said lightly.

"you know me?"

Zhu Bajie said in surprise.

"Were you also banished to the mortal world?"

The reason why Zhu Bajie made such a guess is because those who know him are basically gods in heaven.

I am not like my senior brother, who has done anything earth-shattering or tear-jerking.

Those monsters must have never heard of my name.

The only ones who can know themselves are the gods in heaven.

"No."

Ye Jiangnan said.

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's sit down and get to know each other."

"There will be many opportunities to meet in the future. It won't be so awkward if we get to know each other."

Ye Jiangnan brought out a few sofas and asked everyone to sit down.

The sofas formed a circle.

In the middle is a large coffee table, on which are placed fruits, melon seeds and tea.

Ye Jiangnan and Yu Shu sat on top of the sofa.

Xiao Sizi wanted to sit with Yu Shu, so he squeezed in between Ye Jiangnan and Yu Shu.

The two short legs were hanging in the air, swaying back and forth as they played happily.

"Erlang, do you think they look like a family of three?"

Empress Changsun looked at Ye Jiangnan and the other two, then moved closer to Li Shimin and spoke in a low voice.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement.

But he reacted immediately.

"That's my daughter!"

Empress Changsun chuckled and said:
"I know, I just think they look like a family of three."

"Besides, the immortal is Sizi's master."

"This master is also half a father."

Li Shimin wanted to refute Empress Changsun's words, but in the end he couldn't find any words to refute.

Li Shimin, Qin Shihuang and others who had sat on the sofa before did not find it new.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma sat on the sofa, both of them gently stroking the sofa with their hands.

"Zhongba, this seat is so soft!"

Queen Ma exclaimed.

"Yeah! Sit on it, and my butt and waist won't hurt anymore!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"I didn't quite believe it before, but from the way he just conjured up this chair, and how soft it is, I really believe it."

Queen Ma said softly.

If what Ye Jiangnan had just conjured up was a small gadget, Queen Ma would have thought that Ye Jiangnan was just performing a magic trick.

But since he could create such a big "chair" out of thin air and put a pile of food on the "table", Empress Ma believed that Ye Jiangnan was a "god".

She has also seen magic tricks.

There's no problem in turning it into some small gadgets.

But these things are not something that can be easily produced by magic tricks.

Queen Ma went from being suspicious at first, to being half-believing and half-doubting, to now completely believing.

Zhu Bajie jumped up and down, feeling the softness of the sofa.

"Master! This seat is so comfortable!"

Zhu Bajie said with a smile.

"Yes! Master!"

"If you meditate, it's much more comfortable to sit on it than on the ground!"

Sun Wukong echoed.

Zhu Bajie looked at Sun Wukong and said:

"Big Brother, shall we get one for Master as well?"

"Look at this chair. It's so comfortable to sit on. It would be even more comfortable to sleep on!"

Sun Wukong glanced at Zhu Bajie and said unhappily:
"Dumb, do you have money?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie laughed and said:

"Big Brother, where do we monks get the money?"

Sun Wukong said speechlessly:

"Then what are you talking about?!"

"If I didn't know, I would have thought you had a lot of money!" Zhu Bajie smiled and didn't dare to respond.

He actually hid a little bit of private money in his big ear.

He didn't dare tell his senior brother.

I also thought that after I obtained the scriptures, I would take them and enjoy them for myself.

Ye Jiangnan coughed lightly, interrupting the crowd's whispers.

"Cough cough!"

"Please introduce yourselves."

"Let's start with... you, King Qin."

Qin Shi Huang nodded, looked around, and said:
"I am the Great Qin Shi Huangdi! Ying Zheng!"

Li Shimin had known Qin Shihuang for a long time, so he was not too surprised.

But others don't know.

"The First Emperor?!"

Changsun Wuji and others exclaimed in unison.

Qin Shi Huang nodded slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma looked at each other.

There was shock in each other's eyes.

"Are you really the First Emperor?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked uncertainly.

"Of course!"

Qin Shi Huang said loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up excitedly, looked at Qin Shihuang, and asked in a questioning tone:
"Then let me ask you, why do you want to subject the people to heavy corvee labor?"

"Why do we have to use harsh laws to treat ordinary people?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang himself was born into an ordinary family, and he could understand how difficult life was for ordinary people.

He did not understand Qin Shihuang's actions and could not accept them.

Therefore, after he became emperor, he put the people first, reduced taxes and levies, and gave the people a rest.

Qin Shi Huang stood up, stared at Zhu Yuanzhang, and asked:

"Who are you?"

After saying this, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Looking at the way you are dressed, you must be an emperor too!"

"Since you are the emperor, you should know that I have my reasons for doing this!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said:
"No matter what the reason is, at least under your rule, the people are not living well!"

Qin Shi Huang retorted:

"Yes, I admit that they are indeed suffering more!"

"But I have also thought of ways to improve their lives!"

"Although the corvée labor is heavy, I am not without pay!"

"Besides, I also provided those corvée laborers with food and shelter!"

"How could I be sorry for them?!"

"Yes, it is indeed much heavier than the previous Six Kingdoms period."

"But if we don't do this, how can we build the Great Wall to resist the Huns?"

"How to resist the Huns in the north?!"

"Should we let the Xiongnu go south and kill the people of our Great Qin, so that our Great Qin will be destroyed by the Xiongnu?"

Qin Shihuang's words were powerful and convincing.

Everyone misunderstands him, and no one truly understands him.

All his efforts were for Daqin and for the people.

But no one really knows.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard this and asked in confusion:

"You pay those corvées?"

"You also provide them with food and shelter?"

Meng Yi stood up and said:

"That's right!"

"Your Majesty, although he has imposed a lot of corvée labor, he also knows the hardship of corvée labor."

"So, he paid for the corvée labor and provided for their food and lodging."

"If you don't want the wages, you can exchange them for food."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Qin Shihuang in disbelief.

The same is true for Li Shimin and others.

Ye Jiangnan then said:

"In fact, you all misunderstood the King of Qin."

"If you look at the problem from his perspective, you will understand him."

"Da Qin is plagued by internal and external troubles. Inside Da Qin, the descendants of the six kingdoms want to restore their country. To the north, there are the Xiongnu. To the south, there are the Baiyue."

"For the sake of Daqin, he has to deal with all these people at the same time."

“The pressure on him is actually very great.”

Ye Jiangnan used to think the same as Zhu Yuanzhang.

I think Qin Shi Huang was a tyrant and a incompetent ruler.

But after truly understanding Qin Shihuang and the Qin Dynasty.

Many things that Qin Shihuang did that seemed incomprehensible to others can now be understood.

For example, many people were conscripted to do corvée labor to build the Great Wall.

That was to resist the Huns from the north moving south.

Burning books and trapping Confucians.

That was done by Qin Shi Huang for the ideological unification of the Qin Dynasty, to combat the old aristocratic forces of the six kingdoms, and to get more people to work.

Confucianism is too feudal.

It emphasizes personal cultivation and moral pursuit.

Many Confucian scholars were influenced by Confucianism and were not very enthusiastic about participating in labor and production.

How can we work like this?

How can we have enough food if we don’t work anymore?

Qin Shi Huang believed that Confucianism would affect people's enthusiasm for work, so he burned books and buried scholars.

The books burned were Confucian books.

The Confucian scholars who were persecuted were those who were stubborn, corrupted by Confucian ideas, and unwilling to work.

In order to increase people's enthusiasm for work, he used the methods of burning books and burying scholars to change this ideological atmosphere.

Forcing the people not to study Confucianism or read books about Confucianism.

"But that's not what the history books say!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yuanzhang also read history books.

In order to make life better for the people of the Ming Dynasty, he studied history books in order to learn the excellent qualities of emperors of all dynasties and remember their lessons.

According to historical records, Qin Shi Huangdi’s corvée labor was extremely heavy, and he was never paid, nor was he provided with food and lodging.

"History book?"

Qin Shi Huang snorted coldly.

"We are all emperors. I'm afraid you all know what history books are like, right?"

Li Shimin lowered his head and pretended not to hear what Qin Shihuang said.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard this and was unable to refute it.

Both of them have revised history books.

Naturally, they also knew what Qin Shihuang meant by what he had just said.

"Master, what did they just say?"

Sun Wukong asked Tang Seng curiously.

He doesn't understand this.

In other words, Sun Wukong had never been an emperor and did not understand the "art of being an emperor."

He can still understand some simple words.

For example, heavy corvee labor or something like that.

But he didn't understand what Qin Shihuang said next.

"What does a history book look like? It's just like a book!"

Sun Wukong said with a laugh.

Tang Seng shook his head, clasped his hands together, and said:
"Amitabha."

Tang Seng did not explain to Sun Wukong. Perhaps Tang Seng did not know, or perhaps Tang Seng did not want Sun Wukong to understand these things.

After all, Zhu Bajie was once the Marshal of the Heavenly Peng, so he understood what Qin Shihuang said immediately.

"Oh, big brother, that's not what I meant."

"To put it simply, history books are written by the victors!"

"For example, I defeated him with extremely sinister and cruel means!"

"But if it were recorded in history books, I would definitely not say that I was sinister and vicious."

"I can only say that I will fight you for hundreds of rounds, and finally kill you, thus bringing beauty to the world."

After Zhu Bajie said this, Sun Wukong understood.

"In other words, I beat you, but in order to show how powerful I am and how kind I am, I exaggerated it in the history books!"

Zhu Bajie nodded and said:
"That's right!"

The two brothers did not shy away from speaking to each other.

Qin Shihuang, Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang heard it clearly.

There was a hint of embarrassment on the faces of the three people to varying degrees.

(End of this chapter)