The coffin that had been watching Li Zhen disappear from sight, Zhu Yuanzhang still refused to leave for a long time.
"Father, it's windy on the tower, so let's go down." Zhu Biao looked at his old father distressedly. It had only been more than a month, and his hair had turned a lot whiter. The lingering look of sadness on his face made him feel so energetic in the past.
My father looks like he has aged several years.
"Stand there for a while longer, boss." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured: "I really envy you. You have so many brothers. Now we don't even have the last brother-in-law, and we don't have any relatives of the same generation left."
"Father, you still have mother, queen, and us." Zhu Biao hurriedly comforted: "And these grandchildren, we have many more relatives than before."
"It's different." Zhu Yuanzhang's hands tightly grasped the cold and rough city wall bricks, as if struggling to grasp something:
"When you look at your brothers and sisters who were happy with you at the knees of your parents, and they all leave you one by one, you will realize more and more clearly that you are not far away from that day."
"What are you talking about, father? You are still in your prime," Zhu Biao sighed, "You are giving birth to younger brothers one after another."
"Haha, that's true." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile and said: "But no one in our old Zhu family has a long life. Even though we are in good health now, who knows when I will die?"
His expression gradually became firmer and he said: "Some things can't wait any longer. I have to leave them to you after waiting."
"Father..." Zhu Biao choked up. He clearly felt that since his uncle passed away, his father's mentality has become much older and his temper has become more irritable.
"Let's go, we can't waste any more time." After Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, he turned around and walked down the city gate tower.
Before boarding the holy carriage, he said to the princes standing aside: "Second, youngest, third, fourth and sixth, we will come to Qianqing Palace later. We have something to tell you."
"Yes, Father." The four princes hurriedly responded respectfully.
On the way back to the palace, Zhu Zhen saw that Fifth Brother seemed troubled, thinking that he was sad because he was ignored by his father, so he comforted him softly: "Fifth Brother, scientific research is lonely. But if you succeed, you will be famous forever."
"You don't need to comfort me, I'm used to it." Lao Wu shook his head, smiled, and whispered: "Go back to my place and discuss something with you."
"Okay, I will look for you when I come out of the palace." Zhu Zhen nodded.
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After returning to the palace, the four princes walked side by side to Qianqing Palace.
"What are you looking for?" King Qin asked in fear.
"What else can I do? Just teach me." King Jin also had a big head. He originally came back to celebrate the New Year happily, but in the end, his father scolded him several times.
"Didn't you two ask for it? My uncle is gone and my father is so sad, yet you still go to the kilns and drink wine." King Yan said angrily.
"How many times have I told you, I was going to inspect the work." King Jin said depressedly: "And I also changed into casual clothes, how come the Yushitai discovered it?"
"Chen Ning and Tujie's gang have been targeting us for a long time." King Yan said solemnly: "There is still room for nitpicking, let alone the fact that we made mistakes on our own initiative."
"His grandma's fault." Lao San said angrily: "When we were in Taiyuan, they were trying different ways to impeach us all day long! Even after I returned to Beijing, I didn't stop. This is going to be a massacre!"
"What, what kind of chicken can play the snare drum?" the second child asked in confusion.
"It means three people become a tiger." The third brother explained. Seeing that the second brother still seemed to understand, he had to speak more plainly. "It means scolding us every day, every month, and slandering us year after year. Our reputation
It will be completely ruined, and over time even my father will not want to see us."
"Is this so serious?" The second child couldn't help but clicked his tongue.
"That's how serious it is." The brothers nodded, and the fourth child said emphatically: "My father allowed the officials to do something, so this is the result that is destined to happen."
"No, that's not right." The second child asked strangely: "Go, last year, the officials who impeached you, didn't you give up and let your father plant trees?"
"Second brother, what does planting trees mean?" Lao Liu couldn't help but ask.
"You, you don't know?" When the second brother saw that the sixth brother was asking for advice, the second brother was very happy and said:
"Just dig a hole, bury the person deep inside, and make him unable to move. Then, cut the prisoner's scalp, cut a large opening in the shape of a cross, and pour water into it.
silver."
"Wait, wait for a while, the mercury will slowly separate the prisoner's skin and flesh. Let, the prisoner will be in agony. He, he will twist desperately, but he will be unable to break free. Finally, in the end, the body will be exposed from the opening of the scalp.
, climbed out naked, leaving only a piece of skin in the soil, just like a seed sprouting. So, it is called planting a tree."
The second brother spoke intermittently, but the sixth brother was horrified when he heard it. He finally knew why he had not let him know before.
Damn, if it had been a few years ago, I would have had to urinate on the kang.
"If we don't kill chickens like this to scare monkeys, the New Deal will not be implemented." King Yan sighed and said, "My father used their family property to judge the crime. Only those whose families have more than 10,000 acres of land are subjected to such torture."
"What about those with less than 10,000 acres?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"Depending on the situation, those with more fields made fertilizer, while those with less fields were responsible for digging holes and planting trees." Zhu Di said expressionlessly: "Anyway, I think it's fair."
"No, it's not fair. Why didn't you also plant trees for those who scolded me and the third child?" the second child said angrily.
"Oh, there is a reason for this, but it's better that the second brother doesn't know." The third child patted the second brother on the shoulder, looked at the Qianqing Sect in front of him, and murmured: "It's not the past anymore, do you understand?
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"Yes, second brother, it is rare to be confused." The fourth child also smiled bitterly and said: "The sixth child once said that the source of pain lies in knowing too much and doing too little."
Lao Liu was silent.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Yanguan is the emperor's minions. When the minions do not fight against the enemy, but stand on the opposite side of the imperial power and confront the emperor, they will of course be punished in the most severe way. Yanguan opposes Qingzhang Huangce,
This is the case.
But it is obviously not the case for the officials to impeach the vassal king. If Zhu Yuanzhang also severely punishes them, no matter how outrageous the vassal king makes in the future, no one will report it again.
That would definitely encourage the vassal king's ambitions and pose a great threat to the imperial power. Therefore, my father would let them scold...
They are father and son, and more importantly, monarch and minister. My brothers have understood this for a long time.
It's just that the second child is so stupid and can't figure it out.
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"Oh." Zhu Xi scratched his head. Although he didn't understand what his brothers meant, he knew what he should do.
Zhu Di patted Zhu Xi's shoulder hard and said: "Second brother, in the future, when my brothers ask to leave the vassal overseas, they must give their full support."
"Ming, I understand." Zhu Xi nodded heavily and said, "Anyway, no matter what you do, I support you."
"Okay, we won't trick you." King Jin took back his hand, straightened his clothes and said, "Let's go in."
