In the 24th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzong, the editor of the Hanlin Academy who came second in the rankings, bowed his hand to Yang Feng with a smile on his face.
The latter has already taken off the green robe, which can only be worn by the elite, and there are rules for matching everything.
Going out dressed like Yang Feng did before is like putting a sticker on my forehead that I am not a good person.
"Can a strong man advise the fourteenth daughter of the emperor? The journey to Guangning is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers. Even if the journey goes smoothly, it will take nearly half a year. Moreover, it has already entered autumn, and it will be a cold winter to reach Beizhili. As for Guangning, it is even more difficult.
Far away in Liaodong, the frontier fortress is bitterly cold, and water drops turn into ice in winter. The emperor's eldest daughter grew up in a deep palace, how could she endure that suffering? What's more, the King of Liao only took over Guangning this year. According to a report from the capital of Liaodong, even the palace has not yet been established.
Build.”
Zhang Xianzong said.
"Zhang Hanlin, do you think I am willing to send her to Liaodong?"
Yang Feng, who had just finished his meal, was holding a teacup, legs crossed, leaning on the back of the chair and talking like a landlady.
"snort!"
The little princess who was still eating breakfast snorted coldly.
Then, being extremely hungry, she continued to eat the wontons quickly with royal elegance, and even breathed in from the heat.
Zhang Xianzong reluctantly sat down on the Taishi chair on the other side of the coffee table...
"Actually, the best way now is for you to coax her aside, and then I will quickly slip away. After I slip away, you can send her back to the palace."
Yang Feng said.
"How dare you!"
The little princess said angrily.
"Ha, I don't believe you don't go to the toilet, sleep, or take a shower."
Yang Feng said.
The little princess was speechless, obviously shocked by his shamelessness.
"Yang Zhuangshi, how can this be done? The fourteenth daughter of the emperor is your majesty's beloved daughter. However, the fourteenth daughter of the emperor has errands. Even if I have any objections, I can only advise you. How dare you deceive me?"
Zhang Xianzong said hurriedly.
"Zhang Hanlin, you keep an eye on him for me. If he escapes, I will ask you for help."
The little princess said with satisfaction.
After saying that, she stood up and looked around...
"Zhang Hanlin, where is your maid?"
"Well, the fourteenth daughter of the emperor, my family is poor, and my salary is meager, just enough for food and clothing. It is not easy to raise a servant, how can I still afford a maid?"
"Do you want me to continue wearing this outfit?"
"The fourteenth daughter of the Emperor, I have ordered my old servant to buy new clothes for the two of you."
"That……"
The little princess stood there obviously anxious.
"You can just say clearly that you want to go to the toilet. If you don't have to go on and on, turn left when you go out. It's at the top of the garden. Listen, it's a public toilet. It doesn't differentiate between men and women. If you want to be older, you have to bring your own toilet paper. What about you?
How come the Hanlin people don’t even have their own houses and still have to live in the Hanlin Academy? Aren’t all of you officials who live in luxury and villas?”
Yang Feng said impatiently.
"The next month's salary is only seven and a half stones. There is still an old mother, wife and children at home. This salary can only support the family's food and clothing. There are many daily needs in the capital. If we keep the house outside, there will be very little left. There are officials in the Hanlin Academy
, although there is a lot of inconvenience, but the advantage is that there is no need to spend money.”
Zhang Xianzong said hurriedly.
While they were talking, the little princess had quietly left.
Yang Feng quickly stood up, but was held back by Zhang Xianzong...
"Zhang Hanlin, why don't we let each other go? She is just a little girl. You don't have to be afraid of her. Just send her back when she comes back. If her father likes to play with boards, he will play with boards, and if he likes to use whips, he will use whips. She will be afraid in the future.
When I get married, I won’t have the chance to take revenge on you."
Yang Feng said sincerely.
"Yang Zhuangshi, do you think I can stay out of this matter so calmly? I don't know who you are, and I don't know how you escaped from the palace with the fourteenth daughter of the emperor. But there are palace secrets on both sides, and it is already difficult for me to be involved in them.
Your Majesty has blocked the news and only said to the outside world that there are thieves who want to violate the ban. Even if I send the fourteenth daughter of the emperor back, I am telling your majesty that I know that the fourteenth daughter of the emperor has eloped out of the palace. This kind of thing will not be good for your majesty after all.
Your Majesty comes from a humble background and is very strict with the virtues of all the royal ladies.
How do you think His Majesty should handle this matter?"
Zhang Xianzong said.
"So not only can you not send her back, but you also have to help us leave the capital, lest the emperor find out that you know that his daughter has eloped with someone, and then find an opportunity to kill you and silence you?"
Yang Feng smiled and sat down.
"Wrong, I have to escape with you."
Zhang Xianzong said with a smile.
Yang Feng looked at him doubtfully.
"The capital is full of royal guards."
Zhang Xianzong said slowly.
"Are you too careful?"
"Being with you is like being with a tiger!"
"But if you run away, you won't be afraid that the emperor will kill your whole family?"
"I never ran away. It was obviously you who held the Fourteenth Princess hostage. I, a scholar, was unable to rescue the Fourteenth Princess from your hands. I could only follow you around and protect the Fourteenth Princess with all my life. As a loyal minister as I am, how could Your Majesty
There is a reason to kill my whole family. If your Majesty kills my whole family, wouldn’t it mean that the whole world would know about it?”
Zhang Xianzong said with a smile.
"You are very cunning!"
Yang Feng said clearly.
But with Lao Zhu's temper, this is not an overcautious move.
"Yang Zhuangshi..."
Zhang Xianzong looked at his clothes and hesitated to speak.
"Don't ask about me, and don't ask about your fourteenth emperor's daughter. At most, her things will put you in a little danger. If I really have to kill your whole family, I guess even the nine tribes may not be able to do that.
Keep it."
Yang Feng said while drinking tea.
Just then the little princess came back, and both of them quickly shut up. Then the old servant who went out to buy clothes also came back with clothes. Zhang Xianzong quickly expressed his loyalty that since the fourteenth daughter of the emperor insisted on going to Liaodong, this was also the reason why the emperor wanted to go to Liaodong.
The fourteenth daughter and the brother and sister of the King of Liao are deeply in love, and he can't stop it anymore. But he is really worried, so in order to protect the fourteenth daughter of the emperor, he would rather not be an official, but also escort the fourteenth daughter of the emperor, which is like a loyal man.
His bravery moved the little princess to tears.
In this case, without further ado, everyone should leave the city quickly.
Yang Feng put away all the equipment and packed it, but still wore the body armor, a short brown jacket on top, a pair of trousers underneath, and a square hat on his head...
This was only allowed for farmers to wear.
Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty had a clear clothing system, and everyone had to dress accordingly.
From the style and color of clothes to the length of hems, everything has rules, especially when it comes to decorations.
And wearing Fangli can completely cover up Yang Feng's hair. The only people who don't have buns these days are monks, but monks are bald and not shaved.
So disguise is also a skill.
The leather boots on the feet must also be put away, and it is shocking for farmers to wear leather boots.
The little princess changed into a formal little book boy's dress, Zhang Xianzong put on a green robe, took his old servant, packed up his things, and then left the Hanlin Academy as quickly as possible. At this time, there was still an interrogation outside, but they were not suspected in any way.
, even if the capital is full of imperial guards, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely know that Zhang Xianzong has taken away Yang Feng and his daughter, but it will take some time, as long as he knows it before he knows. Zhang Hanlin, who is riding a donkey, takes an old servant, a book boy and a porter.
There is nothing suspicious about farmers carrying groceries on their backs, just going out of the city to enjoy the mountains and rivers nearby.
Carrying a backpack disguised as a package, Yang Feng walked curiously through the capital of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the 14th century AD.
The streets are full of people.
Very peaceful.
It can be seen that they all live and work in peace and contentment.
Moreover, the pedestrians on the road are obviously not as numb and dull as in Wan Qing's photo. It can be said that they look and feel normal. The main reason is that there are no people wearing ragged rags, leaning on crutches, and holding broken bowls begging for food. This is too
It affects the style of painting.
"Sure enough, there are not even beggars at the feet of the emperor."
he said.
Zhang Xianzong smiled slightly, probably sensing that there was something wrong with what he said.
"When my father is the emperor, why are there still beggars? Those who are widowed, lonely, disabled and helpless are all taken care of by almshouses. They are given six pounds of rice per year. They have a house, food, clothes and clothing. If you have hands and feet but no land,
"Moreover, there are countless wastelands in the north. The imperial court gives you cattle, seeds, carts, and rations to cultivate them, but if you still beg for money, then you are obviously a rogue citizen. If you are captured and exiled, you will be forced to cultivate the land even if you don't want to cultivate it."
said the little princess.
Well, it is indeed very reasonable, but there is obviously something wrong with Zhang Xianzong's smile.
If you think about it, you will know that this kind of thing all depends on the character of local officials. Of course it is carried out well in the capital and surrounding areas, but thousands of miles away, do you still expect local officials to provide for these useless people in their old age? Similarly, during Zhu Yuanzhang's time, officials
He tightened his nerves and did not dare to slack off. After all, he was really peeling off skin and making grass. But without the high-pressure pressure of a powerful emperor like him, of course there would be no one to do it when other emperors came. Six shi meters a year and more than 500 kilograms.
Well, it would be great if the officials themselves were greedy for ink.
Yang Feng looked around. The still-new towering city walls stood tall in the morning light, and the city towers looked like towering giants overlooking the protected living beings.
This is the strongest city wall in the world currently.
It is made of hundreds of millions of green bricks bonded together.
At least in this era, there are really no weapons that can destroy it, and even in another two hundred years, there will probably be no artillery that can threaten it.
As for the Urban cannon, I'm afraid it won't work either.
That thing fired granite cannonballs, made of stone. The strength of the cannonballs was not much stronger than these city bricks. Even if some of the blue bricks could be broken by hitting it, they would definitely have been broken by the impact. This city wall is not bricks covered with rammed earth, but pure bricks.
It is made of blue bricks, but the inner and outer layers have different adhesives due to cost considerations. Unless you keep bombarding an area with this kind of artillery shells, it will be slowly chewed away over time, but there are only a few Urban cannons.
With a rate of fire of one round per hour and a pitiful lifespan, it would have already exploded before it could chew through the city of Nanjing.
It was hoped that Urban's artillery would blast away the city of Nanjing and tire the attackers to death.
However……
In the following hundreds of years, the city never really stopped the invaders.
The entire city was massacred twice.
"what's on your mind?"
the little princess asked curiously.
"I wonder if such a strong wall can prevent escape and surrender?"
Yang Feng said.
"Zhang Hanlin, where do you want to go?"
A voice suddenly sounded from in front.
The little princess's face changed drastically, and she instinctively hid behind Yang Feng...