Liu De is the rich man Liu who Zhu Yuanzhang still hates when he mentions it.
At that time, Zhu Chongba's family was the households of Liu Cai's house. Even he himself started to put cattle for Liu Cai since he was seven years old.
But all this is easy to say. The most inhumane time for him was when Zhu Yuanzhang's family was destroyed.
Four members of Lao Zhu's family died in one month, but Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother had no place to bury their relatives because not an inch of land belonged to Lao Zhu's family at that time.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother had no choice but to go to Mr. Liu and beg him to show his kindness and ask him to give them some space to bury their relatives for the sake of his family's support for many years.
But Mr. Liu was famous for being mean and stingy. He was unmoved even when Zhu Yuanzhang and his brothers smashed their heads, and he did not let go until the end.
Still Liu Jizu, another rich family in the same village, couldn't stand it anymore. He gave him a little bit of his graveyard, and Zhu Yuanzhang buried his parents ...
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a patient person.
After burying his parents, he, together with Xu Da, Tang He, Zhou Dexing, and his second brother, slaughtered Liu De's cattle, stewed and roasted them for a full meal, and then fled with his second brother...
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Twenty-four years later, on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown to build the tombs of his parents and invited the surviving 20 or so villagers to have dinner.
But there was one person alive who did not go to the banquet, and that was Liu De.
Rich Man Liu never expected that the poor boy who herded his cattle would suddenly transform into His Highness the King of Wu who was about to ascend the throne as emperor!
Thinking back to the time when the two of them were celebrating the festival, he could change into eight pairs of underwear in one night, so how could he dare to go to the banquet? He ran to another county to hide in the same night.
In the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang came back, but he still hid.
But in the whole world, could it be the king's land? Where could he hide?
Besides, if good things don't go out, bad things will spread thousands of miles. Everyone around him knows that he is the emperor's enemy, and they will naturally add insult to injury. Under the huge psychological pressure, the fat man who weighed more than 200 kilograms back then is now only a fraction...see
He also looks much older than his actual age.
Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw this trembling old man, he really couldn't relate to the arrogant and fat rich man with a black heart.
This time, the former landowner and the son of a tenant finally met again, but their status had undergone earth-shaking changes. While Liu De kowtowed vigorously, he cursed himself for being blind and unscrupulous, and begged the emperor to be merciful and spare his life.
Everyone, including Li Shanchang, felt that Liu De was finished. Even if the emperor didn't kill him, he would humiliate him severely and make his life worse than death, so that he could get out of his bad breath!
Isn’t that what getting ahead is all about?
However, what no one expected was...
Zhu Yuanzhang did not have an attack. Instead, he personally pulled the trembling Liu De up from the ground. He sighed and said: "Oh, forget it, it was only human nature for you not to help me at that time. How could you know at that time,
Will this little cowherd like us become an emperor in the future?"
"The emperor is magnanimous and kind, and his kindness is like an ocean..." Liu De was grateful and ashamed at the same time, crying like a dog. "The ordinary people are so ashamed that they want to die."
"Hahaha, we don't want to follow the example of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, and his pride did not seem to be hypocritical. He said to Li Shanchang: "Han Gao was open-minded and generous, and the world knows it. But he hated his sister-in-law and made Liu Xin the Marquis of Genjie. , it really damages your morale.”
"What the superior said is absolutely true. The superior's magnanimity is a hundred times more magnanimous than that of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty." Li Shanchang hurriedly flattered him.
The so-called "Gengjiehou" is a mocking title. It is said that when Liu Bang was in a mixed society, he often invited his friends to go to his eldest brother's house to eat. After a long time, his sister-in-law couldn't bear it anymore, so she deliberately knocked the pot to show that the soup was gone.
In fact, his sister-in-law's behavior is completely understandable and can be said to be very restrained, but Liu Bang, a member of society, felt that he had been humiliated in front of his friends, and he always felt resentful about it.
So later on, the princes and kings with the same surname were enfeoffed, except Liu Xin, the son of his sister-in-law, was not granted the title. Later, it was only after Liu Taigong persuaded him that he jokingly named Liu Xin "Genjiehou", which is the homonym of "Genjiehou"...
Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning is very obvious, he is mocking Liu Bang for his small belly and chicken intestines, which is unworthy of an emperor. And he will definitely be in sharp contrast with him when he repays his enemies with kindness!
Now that he had chosen to forgive him, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to show greater gifts. He asked Liu De, how much land does his family have now?
Liu De replied with a grimace and said that his family had been defeated a long time ago and now only eight percent of the farmland was left. Moreover, he was old and sick and could no longer farm.
"Oh, what about your son?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "He is the little fat man who knew how to eat back then."
"That year Zhang Shicheng fought and was eaten by the rebels." Liu De said with tears.
"Alas, they are all poor people in troubled times." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "We will give you thirty hectares of land, and if your family has no one to farm it, it will be farmed out. You and the twenty households of old folks from the past will help us guard it. Ancestral graves."
Zhu Yuanzhang explained in a gentle voice: "We will make you the mausoleum household, and help us take care of the sacrifices to our parents. We don't need you to pay. After the sacrifices, the pigs and sheep will be eaten by you. From now on, you will collect the rent and eat them." Wine and meat, just live a happy life."
Liu De naturally burst into tears of gratitude and kept kowtowing.
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Xingfu Palace.
After Zhu Yuanzhang stayed, he washed his face, changed clothes, and entered his rest time.
Li Shanchang and others resigned, and Liu Ying guarded the palace gate.
The round-faced emperor, who had always been smiling, turned into a donkey face in an instant, and asked the prince in a deep voice: "Is there any news about the second sons?"
The prince had been here for more than ten days, and he was obviously very haggard. When he heard this, he lowered his head and hissed: "I have searched all over Fengyang Mansion, but there is still no trace."
"Alas..." Zhu Yuanzhang actually guessed the result, otherwise the boss would have reported the good news immediately.
"Father, they won't..." the prince choked and asked, but he couldn't say the following words.
"No, absolutely not!" Zhu Yuanzhang said categorically: "No news at this time is the best news. None of the five of them...well, only one is short-minded. If it really comes to a life or death moment, it will definitely show Identity. If the other party knew that they were my sons, they would definitely not kill them and they would have opened their mouths to us, the lion."
"There is no movement now, which means they haven't been exposed yet, so they are safe." After all, Boss Zhu has seen the most dangerous storms, and his thinking is still very clear.
"To put it bluntly, we are not afraid that their identities will be exposed. What we are afraid of is that they will suffer accidents for no apparent reason."
"That's good, that's good..." Zhu Biao relaxed a little.
"Biao'er, you are too tight." Zhu Yuanzhang reminded him with some worry: "In two years, we plan to let you handle national affairs. It's not good to be nervous so easily. It will break the strings."
"Yes, Dad." Zhu Biao nodded and said with a bitter smile, "The main thing is that this situation is so unusual."
"When you start to manage politics, you will know that for the emperor, ordinary situations will be handled by others. Everything pushed in front of you is extraordinary." Zhu Yuanzhang educated his son, and then comforted him:
"We can't stay together in our hometown for a few days, and those people will definitely make some noise. Otherwise, after passing this village, there won't be this store."
"Dad, are you talking about the people who took away my brother?" Zhu Biao's expression perked up and he asked.
"Of course it's them." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and sneered: "How dare you preach in Yuanqiu? It's obvious what they want. It's impossible not to have your father's idea!"
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At the same time, a little beggar in ragged clothes, unkempt face, and wearing only a torn shoe, holding a broken bowl in one hand and a dog beating stick in the other, limped into Qiaotou Town, sixty miles away from Linhuai.
"Master and auntie, please be alright, I've been eating for three days..."
ps. Sorry, I finished writing it too late at night, and I really didn’t have the energy to check it. I really couldn’t get up in the morning, and I just finished checking the first chapter. Please wait a moment.
