After the ceremony of worshiping the mausoleum, Zhu Yuanzhang cordially received the 20 mausoleum households who were keeping vigil for his parents and had breakfast with them.
There are three circles of the imperial tomb, and the surrounding earth city is 18 miles away. Of course, it is impossible for there to be only so many households in the tomb.
These twenty households were specially kept in the innermost imperial city to pay homage to Boss Zhu’s parents. They were all fellow villagers from Jinqiaokan.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu De to join their ranks.
"You all should be well. Just like what I told Liu De yesterday, don't waste the sacrifices after they are offered. Eat them all." After the meal, he held the fellow villager's hand affectionately and said: "From now on.
From generation to generation, you don't have to do anything else, just collect rent, eat wine and meat, and live happily."
Lao Zhu's shrewdness is always revealed inadvertently. With this arrangement, these mausoleum households will provide for his parents with care. If they are not allowed to eat the sacrifices... Hey, as time goes by, you will know what they will do if you think about it.
To deal with his parents.
It's so good, they will try their best to buy it, and they will be grateful and everyone will be happy.
"Okay, we are old and happy with the emperor. Long live the emperor!"
"Alas, it's a pity that Wang Qianniang can't enjoy the same blessings as you." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sighed.
Everyone quickly became sad and sad.
Wang Ganniang is the old mother of the Wang family mentioned in Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial poem who "raised things for me, sent her son to me, prepared sweet incense, and paid homage to the Buddha at empty doors."
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang almost starved to death while begging for food, and was taken back to Huangjue Temple by the monk. However, in the year of great famine, there was no food left in the monk's temple. So the abbot refused to accept him at first. Later, Aunt Wang found out and asked her son to give it to the temple.
After sending the tonsure fee, Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk as he wished.
Although less than two months later, Huangjue Temple stopped caring about food and asked the monks to go out to be wandering monks. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang became the Buddhist version of a beggar again...
But Boss Zhu has always been grateful to those who helped him in the most difficult days. Unfortunately, by the time he became successful, Aunt Wang had already died in the war.
Zhu Yuanzhang took her son Cao Xiu to his side and cultivated him carefully. He is currently his personal military captain, the right captain of the mansion.
Cao Xiu was also on the side. When the emperor suddenly mentioned his mother, she burst into tears.
"Cao Xiu, are there three brothers?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Xiu wiped away his tears and replied, "I am the second oldest of three brothers."
"How is your brother?"
"Okay." Cao Xiu nodded hurriedly and said, "Thanks to the emperor, my life is wonderful."
"That's good, that's good." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, closed his eyes slightly, seemed to think for a moment, and then said: "My godmother's Wang family seems to be empty."
"Yes, they all died in the chaos of war." Cao Xiu nodded and wiped away tears.
"That's not possible. How can my godmother's family be cut off from the incest?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Cao Xiu calmly and said: "From today on, you can change your surname to Wang... Or even change your name to Wang Wen.
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"Ah, yes..." Cao Xiu was stunned, why didn't he pay attention and change his name?
But the bigger blow was yet to come. Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "You don't have to go back to Nanjing. You can just stay here and be a mausoleum, taking care of the sacrifices."
"Ah..." Cao Xiu was stunned. He didn't even know how he knelt down to thank him.
From being the deputy commander of the emperor's personal soldiers to being the guardian of the emperor's father's tomb, the gap is as big as heaven and earth. Demotion is not so harsh...
The emperor's reasons were so high-sounding that he could not even plead for mercy.
"Let's live and enjoy life here." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he stopped looking at him and went straight to the imperial chariot.
When the emperor's chariot had left the imperial mausoleum, Cao Xiu...oh, now his name is Wang Wen, was still kneeling there, unable to get up for a long time.
The fellow villagers were whispering in the distance, thinking that he must have annoyed the emperor, otherwise how could he be assigned to watch the funeral?
Wang Wen knew in his heart that they were right, the emperor was punishing himself...
It turned out that during the inspection of the Deqinghou Mansion in the first month, the emperor had already seen through my little thoughts.
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On the way back, the six brothers crowded into the prince's carriage. It was inconvenient to talk in the imperial mausoleum just now, but now they could finally have a good chat.
Zhu Biao held the fifth child in his left hand and the sixth child in his right hand. He faced the second, third and fourth children, looking at this and that.
"Well, I've become darker, thinner, and my skin has become rough, but I'm still in good spirits."
"Ah, why has Lao Liu lost so much weight? Where's your chin? Where's your cheeks? Where's that big belly? It's all gone..."
"Hey, I gained a little weight a while ago, but as a result, hey, let's not mention it..." Zhu Zhen didn't want to talk about his tragic experience.
"It's okay, big brother will make you fat again!" Zhu Biao comforted him: "Whoever calls you fat again in the future, I will help you fight against him!"
"Hey, okay." Zhu Zhen nodded happily. "Just help me fight one person, and I will do the rest myself."
"Haha, no problem." The two brothers looked at each other and smiled. Zhu Biao looked at the third and fourth children again and said distressedly: "You two have bruised noses and swollen faces. It seems that you have suffered a serious crime."
"Hey, hey..." The third and fourth children smiled awkwardly, lowering their heads and not daring to say anything. Apparently they didn't want to mention their tragic experiences.
But the second brother would not help them hide it, and said angrily: "No, it wasn't someone else who did it. Yes, it was me who beat him!"
"Ah, why did you beat them?" the prince asked strangely.
"I'll hit him, and the beating will be light." Zhu Feng said without getting angry: "He, they lied to me and said that Lao Liu was dead."
"Ah?" The prince suddenly raised his voice.
"Brother, don't listen to the nonsense of the second brother." The third brother explained quickly.
"That's right! How could we lie to the second brother? He is so nice!" The fourth child also said hurriedly: "It's because every time we have a meeting, he falls asleep! He didn't hear our golden cicada's plan to escape, so he blames us?"
"Yes, it's you who need me to snore!" The second brother said with a thick neck: "Even if you did, I didn't know at the time, why did you keep hiding it from me later?"
"Who told you that 'one intestine leads to the asshole - it's a straight tube'? Tell you, what should I do if my secret is exposed?" Lao San said plausibly.
"That's right." It was rare for the fourth child to stand on the same side as the third child.
"You, you did it on purpose!" Zhu Ming said angrily: "As a result, yesterday, last night, I saw Lao Liu boarding the sand boat. I was so scared that I called me mom!"
"Not only did he call me mom, he also hid behind Prince Ming..." The fourth child couldn't help but chuckle.
"I was so scared that I stopped stammering. Why did you say, 'Don't come over, don't come over, I'm afraid of ghosts...'" The third child also burst into laughter.
"I, I will beat you to death!" The second child was so angry that he wanted to draw his fist again.
"Brother, help!" The third and fourth children hurriedly hid behind the prince.
"Help?" The prince held them down and said, "I want to beat them up after hearing this!"
As he spoke, he ordered to Zhu Ping: "Second brother, come on!"
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Ping finally had a helper and rushed forward excitedly.
The brothers laughed and laughed together. The third and fourth brothers shouted for mercy, and the fifth and sixth brothers were harmed...
Fortunately, the prince's chariot is extremely strong, otherwise it would have fallen apart!
