Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 28 Zhu Yuanzhang's grievance

Relationships that are equal, mutually beneficial, and respectful?

No one in the room spoke.

Zhu Di sat nearby and looked at everyone's face.

He has been staying at Zhu Yunfeng's house for the past two days. He originally wanted to act like a prince, but was scolded by Zhu Yunfeng.

Strictly speaking, it can't be considered education, it's just letting him play with the mobile phone, watch computer and TV.

As a result, in just these two days, he has changed from his initial arrogant attitude to becoming more cautious.

I pressed the switch and the light above my head came on.

The mobile phone, which looked like a small iron box, could show many things that shocked him.

The picture on the TV is as clear.

The content in the computer is ever-changing and colorful.

Just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, she was full of humility and eager to learn about this strange and unknown new world.

But at the same time, Zhu Di also discovered that this world seemed completely different from his previous world.

As for what is different, I can’t tell.

Now, I seem to be able to feel a difference.

"I know that in ancient times, there was a strict hierarchy, from common people to landlords and wealthy people, to officials and dignitaries, and then to princes and nobles, and so on up the hierarchy."

Zhu Yunfeng continued, "But I was born in the new era and grew up under the red flag. Here, there are no longer so many rules. Although there are still some hidden and unspoken rules, most of the class differences have been eliminated by great men."

"We don't have to kneel before officials, we don't have to be servile to the powerful, and we don't have to fawn over landlords, officials, and nobles. If you make me angry, I'm the father of the local official and the richest man."

"Because today, the powerful can no longer control our life and death, and we can even control theirs, so we have become accustomed to this kind of equal dialogue lifestyle. The ancient way of life is not applicable to us, and we are very disgusted with it."

"Even if you are from the ancient royal family and my direct ancestors, I will at most treat you as my ancestors, and I will not kowtow to you like the feudal monarchy."

He looked at the three of them, his face calm and serious as he said, "This has nothing to do with whether I understand etiquette or not. I'm just seeking common ground while reserving differences. It's just like when Concubine Sun died, our ancestors forced Prince Yiwen to wear his mother's formal attire to mourn. That's what you think is etiquette, but it's not our etiquette. I hope you can understand!"

Zhu Di finally understood the difference now.

That is, there is no longer a strict distinction between superiors and subordinates.

Although they were high and mighty in the Ming Dynasty, they are no different from ordinary people in modern times.

But Zhu Yunfeng ultimately had to rely on the Ming Dynasty to make his fortune.

If the strict hierarchy still existed, Zhu Yunfeng would not have been able to help but kowtow to them, even if he ignored their high positions and power, since they were still their ancestors after all.

However, Zhu Yunfeng's tone and attitude were respectful only at the beginning, but afterwards he acted as if he were on equal footing with them, which made Zhu Di feel uncomfortable.

But for Zhu Yunfeng, this is a matter of principle.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was his ancestor, so many years have passed and the new era has long lost the awe of imperial power.

In particular, he did not travel through time to ancient times, but Zhu Yuanzhang traveled through time to modern times.

Then when in Rome, do as the Romans do. You have to respect the etiquette here.

It is impossible that in modern society, when feudal emperors are no longer around, I, a good young man of the new era, still have to kneel down and kowtow to others.

It makes no sense.

So this was a requirement that Zhu Yunfeng had thought of a long time ago, and it was also the bottom line of the three rules.

“Is this really the case in this era?”

Zhu Biao was moved for a moment and asked in surprise: "How can you control the power of life and death over the rich and powerful?"

"Not really, but almost. It depends on whether there is any evidence."

Zhu Yunfeng laughed and said, "A while ago, one of our deputy county chiefs got drunk and had a car accident. Someone recorded the accident and posted it online. He has now been dismissed. There are still many local political questioning programs where the hosts can point fingers at the noses of senior officials and question or even scold them. This is the supervisory power given by the central government to the people and the media. Many officials have been brought down because of reports from the people and exposure by the media. It is much easier to catch corrupt officials now than before."

"Forehead"

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di looked confused. What about the supervision rights of the people and the media?
What does this mean?
"Deputy County Magistrate, you can think of it like the county magistrate in ancient times. He got drunk and violated the rule that drinking and driving is prohibited. Someone saw him and spread the news, so he was dismissed from office. The media is the people who write news and pass on information, similar to the court newspaper. However, the court newspaper only serves officials, while the media serves all the people."

Zhu Yunfeng leaned on the sofa. Pipi came over and wagged his tail. Zhu Yunfeng stroked Pipi's head and said, "Our world is actually very easy to understand. The country and the government are based on the people and prioritize the interests of the people. The task of officials is to develop the local area. If they commit a crime and are discovered by the people, they will lose their official hats."

"As for the kind of county magistrates and prefectural governors who exterminated entire families during the Ming Dynasty, that is basically impossible now."

He continued: "Modern officials don't have that much power. A long time ago, officials could still control the people. Now, in the Internet age, if someone records you doing something, you'll lose your job. There were a few very popular cases recently where civil servants violently demolished buildings and were investigated by their superiors. Officials are very cautious now."

“Are all officials like this nowadays?”

Now Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally lying down to rest, could no longer sit still. He sat up like a medical miracle, leaned on the sofa and looked at Zhu Yunfeng with disbelief.

He had witnessed what happened at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Not to mention the Mongols, even the Han officials treated the common people like pigs, cows and horses, and did not regard them as human beings at all.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was very clear about the character of those officials. That was why he did not feel any guilt when killing officials. Whenever someone impeached an official, he would often kill the impeached official first without asking any questions.

The result of this was a number of unjust, false and wrongful cases, such as the Hu Weiyong case, the Lan Yu case, the Dao Tong case and so on.

Let’s put aside whether Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu were wrongly accused, but many officials implicated in these two cases were not even familiar with Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu. They were impeached and killed for no apparent reason, which was really an unprovoked disaster.

Now, hearing that there was a world where officials could be well restrained and supervised, and even the people could use their mobile phones to record the officials' behavior and decide their careers, completely overturned Zhu Yuanzhang's cognition. It was a world he could not imagine or believe.

"Of course there are some who are daring enough, but they are investigated soon. It's almost 2025, who would dare to commit crimes? All officials nowadays are trying to establish a people-friendly image. Even civil servants, as long as they don't want to be promoted, will confront their superiors and even curse at them."

Zhu Yunfeng shrugged and pointed at Ji He and said, "He is a township civil servant. You can ask him. If he doesn't want to be promoted, point your finger at his boss and scold him and see if he dares."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ji He who was standing beside him.

Ji He pouted and said, "If my boss dares to be greedy, not to mention scolding him, even beating him up would be the least of his punishment. If I have evidence, I can report it to the higher-ups, and he will have to kneel down and call me daddy on the spot."

"I said so."

Zhu Yunfeng spread his hands and said, "What era are we in? Why are we still using the old feudal system? The thoughts and values ​​of young people in our world have already been formed. They strike hard on the Internet and engage in politics every day. They are no longer afraid of power. There is only one name for you imperial powers, and that is the remnants of feudalism."

"So under this system, we are destined to have no fear of you. It's like your ancestors, you are now the emperor, would you be afraid of other ancient emperors? It's unrealistic. Everyone in our world is a dragon, especially the young people, who don't have old feudal ideas about the ancient feudal dynasties. And it's not just the rules of contemporary society, there are also international rules."

He looked at the crowd and said, "Equal dialogue and mutual respect are our country's foreign policy. Friendly exchanges and win-win cooperation are the only way out for countries, no matter big or small."

"Just like now, putting aside my identity as a descendant of the Zhu family, you represent the Ming Dynasty. Although I cannot represent the present, I can own all the advanced products of the present. If you want to introduce these into your world, you need me to help you achieve them, so our dialogue should be equal and help each other." "Otherwise, you treat me as a slave, why should I indulge you? This is not a threat, but a statement of facts. It is also because you did not show off your power here by relying on the status of the royal family and ancestors at the beginning. Otherwise, we would not be able to have a frank and sincere exchange like we do now. This is our way of cooperation and also the basic treaty. I hope everyone will abide by it together. Win-win cooperation is the way out."

After hearing what he said, the three Zhu family members looked at each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt wronged.

I thought, doesn't he want to try to show off his power by relying on his status as emperor and ancestor?

There is no such opportunity.

He was beaten up the first time they met and kicked hard in the crotch, almost killing him.

The second time we met, I encountered a dog thief and had to deal with the police station. Time was tight, so how could I have the time to put on airs with you?

The third time was even worse. He was numbed by the electric shock just after he came over, and now he's still lying here.

If it was a normal situation, wouldn't Zhu have slapped his descendants hard? How dare you hit your direct ancestor?

"Father is right. You are a smart man. But I thought you only wanted money. I didn't expect that the rules of this world are like this. You no longer respect the powerful."

Zhu Biao sighed.

When he discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang, he could only sense Zhu Yunfeng's request to try an equal dialogue, and they even discussed whether to agree or not.

Now it seems that they were superficial and others never even thought of humble themselves to talk to them.

Fortunately, they were able to keenly discover that the initiative was in Zhu Yunfeng's hands, not in theirs. In the end, the father and son decided not to exert pressure with the imperial power and the status of their ancestors, otherwise they would have lost the opportunity to change the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Yunfeng seriously and said, "I promise you this matter, and my father can also agree to you, because this is the decision we made after discussion."

"Hey, little bastard, don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "You hinted at me a few times before, don't you want to be on equal footing with me? Am I such a narrow-minded person? Is it necessary for you to go to such great lengths?"

"Forehead"

Zhu Yunfeng hesitated and asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"The truth."

"You are not a mean person, but you are a little narrow-minded."

"Bastard!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and pretended to stand up to hit someone, but his legs were still numb, and when he stood up he fell directly onto the coffee table and fell to the ground.

"Father."

"Father."

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di were shocked and rushed over to help.

Zhu Yunfeng hurried over to help him and said, "Grandfather, if you want to hear the truth, don't blame me for being unfilial."

"You little brat."

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.

"From a genetic point of view, it's not good for you to say that Fengzi is a little bastard."

Ji He couldn't help but join in the conversation.

Now, the four members of the Zhu family, including Zhu Yunfeng, looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

Ji He shuddered, shrank his head and said, "Go on, go on, just pretend I don't exist."

"All right."

Zhu Biao helped Zhu Yuanzhang up and said, "Father is not feeling well now and needs to rest, so we will go back first. We agree to your request, and I hope you will not break your promise. We will wait for you there in two days to formally discuss the cooperation contract with you."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Zhu Yunfeng winked at Ji He.

Zhu Di and Zhu Biao immediately helped Zhu Yuanzhang back to the cellar.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little frightened when he saw the stone tablet, but after Zhu Yunfeng repeatedly assured him that the power switch was not turned on, he was still supported by Zhu Biao and left.

The only ones left there were Zhu Di, who was left in the modern era, and Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He.

The cellar was soon empty. Ji He looked at the crocodile clamp still clamped on the stone tablet and said curiously: "Feng Zi, I actually have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"You said that since this stone tablet is not a supernatural phenomenon and needs electricity as an energy source to transmit, then if the stone tablet over there has no electricity, how can it be received?"

"I think there is a possibility."

"what?"

"When charging here, can we also receive energy over there?"

"Listen for yourself, is this scientific?"

"I think science, do you know the principle of wireless charging? When we charge here, maybe a radio wave is generated to charge the stone tablet over there?"

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head. He had learned a lot of different knowledge when writing novels. He knew a little bit about everything and could naturally talk about a little bit about everything.

After all, all these years have not been in vain.

Ji He looked at the dragon and phoenix stone tablet. Apart from the pair of dragons and phoenixes at the top, there were other pairs of dragons and phoenixes scattered below. There were also dots in the middle. He couldn't help but say, "The sphere at the top can be teleported. Do you think the ones below can be teleported?"

"I tried, but it doesn't work."

"Maybe the battery isn't fully charged."

"Then try charging it for two days."

Zhu Yunfeng was equally curious.

Curiosity can easily kill the cat.

But it is also the source of human progress, isn’t it?
(End of this chapter)