Chapter 5 Eight generations of poor peasants from your ancestors
"I, I, can we try another way?"
The little princess was trembling all over and stammered.
At this moment, she was hugging Yang Feng tightly, like a cat forced to the river, because she was like a wind chime hanging under the cornice. A thin rope was hung on the cornice above her head, and she looked like a cat.
The frightening slenderness carries the two of them, and below them is the ground more than ten meters high...
A gust of night wind blew by, and they swayed like wind chimes.
"Don't move, I won't be responsible if you fall."
Yang Feng, who had a figure-eight ring hanging on his waist and a rope in his hand, said sincerely.
The little princess wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Actually, you can give up. I really don't want to take you with me."
Yang Feng said.
The little princess shook her head without hesitation.
"Stretch your head and open your mouth!"
Yang Feng said.
She opened her mouth in confusion.
A ball of cloth that had been prepared in Yang Feng's hand was instantly stuffed into her mouth.
She widened her eyes and whined in protest.
"Don't spit it out!"
Yang Feng shouted.
She accepted the foreign object in her mouth humiliatingly.
The next moment, Yang Feng's hand loosened, and the double-stranded rope that he originally held tightly slid quickly after being rubbed by the figure-eight ring. He was hanging in the air and began to descend rapidly.
The little princess screamed in horror, but because of the cloth in her mouth, she could only make a dull sound. Only then did she understand the function of this thing. She just screamed and instinctively lowered her head, fighting with the terrifying
The world was physically isolated, and she could feel the gravity and the sound of wind in her ears. However, soon after Yang Feng's body paused, it was all over. When she opened her eyes again, she was already downstairs...
"Which way?"
Yang Feng pulled out the cloth ball from her mouth and asked in a low voice.
The little princess immediately pointed to the right, and Yang Feng put on the night vision goggles and got into the dark rockery and flowers in front of him.
They didn't notice that a pair of eyes were watching them with interest from a small building behind.
The two people moved forward quickly in the darkness, and were soon blocked by a high wall. However, this obstacle was not worth mentioning to Yang Feng. After climbing over, they continued, and continued in this way through corridors, high walls, and courtyards.
Moving forward, they finally reached the foot of the city wall. There were soldiers walking on the city wall. They didn't dare to move, so they stayed close to the darkness and waited carefully. They waited until the soldiers had gone away before Yang Feng threw a rope and hooked it to the female wall.
, and then use night vision goggles to observe the surrounding area again. After confirming that there is no one, climb up quickly.
This kind of city wall does not go straight up. In fact, it has a certain slope, and it is made of blue bricks that are easy to step on. After grabbing the climbing rope, he quickly climbed onto the city wall, and then turned outwards as fast as possible...
This kind of city wall does not need any support, a rope is enough.
After landing, he retracted the rope.
Then he turned around and was dumbfounded.
Outside is a river dozens of meters wide, and the sparkling light reflects the lights on the city wall. On the other side of the river are dense buildings. Among these buildings, there are patrol lights moving, and some buildings have lights on.
And these buildings stretch for hundreds of meters and end with a city wall that stretches across the city.
"How deep?"
he asked, leaning against the city wall.
"Three feet."
The little princess answered.
"I still think I should abandon you."
Yang Feng said.
"If you dare to abandon me, I will shout. The opposite side is full of pro-military guards and craftsmen. As soon as I shout, you will be unable to escape. There is a bridge to the south, but the bridge is Donghua Gate, and there are pro-military soldiers on duty at the gate.
Guards, and also firearms."
said the little princess.
"How many pro-military guards are there on the opposite side?"
Yang Feng asked.
"Twelve guards are on duty. Each guard has 5,000 soldiers. It's hard to say how many people are on duty. The left and right are the twelve guards who guard one side and take turns on duty."
said the little princess.
So there were 60,000 people working in shifts on four sides, and even if there were three shifts, there were thousands of people on each side. And this was not the Ming Dynasty official army that collapsed at the first touch. This was the 25th year of Hongwu, and all the generals and soldiers were all dead.
It has experienced hundreds of battles, especially this is the most elite force of the personal guards of the emperor, the emperor's personal soldiers. He needs to carry a burden on his back, cross a river dozens of meters wide and three feet deep, and then cross an army garrisoned by at least several thousand elite soldiers.
Defense area, and then there is a city wall in front.
And there are obviously a lot of patrols on the city wall, and you can see a lot of lights moving around here.
"If you know how to swim, you can carry me on your back by water. Let's keep swimming southward. After passing Donghua Gate, we will reach the Ancestral Temple area. It is quiet and uninhabited. Then we can go forward all the way to the south wall of the imperial city and climb out.
"
She continued.
"You are a princess. On weekdays, instead of playing chess, calligraphy and painting, you just study how to escape from the palace?"
Yang Feng looked at her speechlessly.
"There is no one to play with me in the palace. My brother used to come to see me, but now he has also gone to the fiefdom. I am left alone. Being in the palace is like being in prison. As long as you take me out, I can take you to my brother."
There, he was granted the title of King of Liao, and I don't know where he is in Guangning. It's far away, and it is said that he is thousands of miles away. When you get there, he will give you whatever you want."
The little princess seduces him.
Yang Feng put her down simply, then took her out and put her aside.
"You can't leave me!"
The little princess was anxious.
Yang Feng ignored her and rearranged the backpack to seal the items inside, then inflated the airbags on both sides. Then he walked behind her with the backpack, grabbed her belt and picked it up, then went straight into the water and put the airbags on his back
The bag was thrown on the water surface as a float, and the noble princess was thrown upwards. She instinctively lay on the float, but her body still had to fall into the water...
"I am the princess!"
The little princess couldn't bear his rudeness and was filled with grief and anger.
"oh!"
Yang Feng agreed.
Then he ignored her and made a float bag with his raincoat, then dragged the backpack and swam towards the deep water.
Her Royal Highness was so frightened that she hugged her backpack tightly. As he dragged her forward, the two of them walked south quietly on the dark river. In order to ensure confidentiality, Yang Feng chose to stay as close to the shore as possible. After all, there were still some
Reeds and aquatic plants cover.
Soon they arrived at Donghua Gate. There were indeed many figures on the city wall, but no one paid attention to them below, and it was difficult for the lights on the city wall to shine on them. The two of them got under the bridge without any danger, and passed like this.
Donghuamen Bridge then continued forward, passing the turret, and entered the horizontal river section. However, there was a narrower river mouth on the opposite side. The little princess pointed there, and Yang Feng swam over immediately. After entering this river, there was nothing
This is worrying, because there are dense trees on both sides, and behind the trees on the right is a towering building...
"Ancestral Temple."
The little princess said with obvious suppressed excitement.
"You, Mr. Zhu, have eight generations of poor peasants."
Yang Feng said.
Of course, this is just a description.
The ancestors of the Zhu family were self-cultivated farmers in the south of the Yangtze River. They were later classified as gold diggers by the Yuan Dynasty. In fact, it was just for the local powerful to annex their land. The government and gentry colluded to classify the self-cultivated farmers in non-gold mining areas as gold diggers. This was to pay gold to the government.
In the end, he had no choice but to buy the gold and hand it over. This was definitely not possible. He had to abandon the land and flee, and then the property naturally fell into the hands of local powerful people.
It’s no wonder that Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the powerful landlords in Jiangnan.
When the Zhu family fled to Fengyang, they could only become tenant farmers, farming for others to eke out a living.
Really surviving, we know from the birthplaces of Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers that his eldest brother and second brother were born in different places, one in Xuyi, one in Wuhe, and one in Zhongli. In other words, their family was constantly changing in those years.
Employers, like refugees, work as tenants for landlords in the area. This is also the lowest level among tenants. In ancient times, they were all clan-based. Tenants of the same ethnic group cultivated good land, while those with other surnames cultivated poor land. This kind of wandering tenant farming
It's the worst place.
No wonder they all starved to death.
"So what if you are a poor peasant for eight generations? Isn't my father the most powerful person in the world now?"
The little princess said proudly.
Yang Feng was speechless.
Indeed, what if he was a poor peasant for eight generations? He is now the emperor.
But then he glanced at the little princess's arm, and then poked it maliciously.
The latter still maintained her royal arrogance and glanced down. With the dim light of Yang Feng's watch, she could see a small animal squirming there. Then her pupils dilated and she opened her mouth to scream.
Yang Feng covered her as quickly as possible, and then while she was twisting like crazy, he took a leech off her arm...
"this is you!"
Yang Feng held the leech in front of her and said with a smile.
The little princess was so frightened that she had no interest in caring about anything else. Just like everyone who encountered the same thing, she searched for herself in horror, and even opened her collar to look inside...
But nothing can be seen.
Yang Feng happily continued swimming in front, while the little princess continued to check her body in horror from behind. The two of them arrived at the end of the river. An equally towering city wall stretched across the front, and the river flowed through the water gate below, but
There is an iron fence inside Watergate...
"I always feel that we came out a little too smoothly."
Yang Feng, who climbed up the city wall in the same way as before, stood in the night wind and looked at the ancient city in front of him and said.
It's indeed a bit abnormal. It should be said that there were gunshots and explosions in the palace before. Even though the gunfire did not have much impact, it was just a pistol, but the explosion of the grenade was different. It is said that there were such explosions, let alone in the imperial city.
Even outside the city, I am afraid that everyone has been alarmed. If tens of thousands of soldiers were really on duty, the walls of the imperial city would have been heavily guarded by this time, but there was no obstacle to their journey.
There are indeed patrols, but they are limited to normal patrols. There are indeed a large number of soldiers at the city gate, but these soldiers are obviously not in a battle-ready state.
This is not normal.
This is not the pro-military guards who have been abolished in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Stop talking nonsense and leave quickly. I can finally leave the palace!"
The little princess said excitedly behind him.
"When you get out of the palace, I'll find a place to sell you when you get out of the palace."
Yang Feng said angrily.
After saying that, he remembered something...
"Do you have any money with you?"
he asked.
"Money? Why do you need to bring money? You mean treasure money? I don't have that thing. Do you think I still need to buy things by myself?"
The little princess said in confusion.
"Well, I really have to find a place to sell you."