After school the next day, the brothers just walked out of the main hall and saw their eldest brother waiting at the door of Wenhua.
"Father wants to see you." Zhu Biao straightened Zhu Zhen's collar.
"What's the matter?" Several His Highnesses were frightened, but they had not forgotten that their father said that punishment was not enough.
"I don't know." Zhu Biao shook his head and said, "Just let me call you, and I won't say anything."
"It seems like nothing good will happen." The fourth child knows his way around.
"Yes, that makes sense." The second child nodded.
"You'll find out when you go." Lao Sanang took the first step.
Lao Wu and Lao Liu followed silently, Zhu Zhen subconsciously touched his butt, it just happened to be a few days...
But Lao Qi hesitated and asked: "Brother, should I go too?"
"Father didn't say anything, you can go if you want." Zhu Biao said gently.
"Then, I'd better not go..." Lao Qi didn't dare to join in the fun anymore. The last time he caused trouble to Chi Yu and was beaten by his mother and concubine, he really didn't want to do it again.
After saying that, he took Lao Ba and ran away. He thought to himself that I don’t know anything this time, so I won’t get beaten, right?
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In Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head from the pile of papers, took off his reading glasses, and looked at his sons standing at the foot of the steps.
"Okay, in a blink of an eye, I have grown up." Boss Zhu felt proud, but of course this did not include the sixth child.
The few boys were all breathless, bowing their heads and listening to the holy teachings.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not beat around the bush and directly announced that he would send them to Fengyang to practice and live the lives of ordinary people for a year!
After listening, the sons all looked happy. They are all young men in their teens and 20s. Who would want to be stuck in school all day? And it is open all year round...
Now that you have the opportunity to go out into the wild, who wouldn’t be overjoyed?
"It's not about letting you go out to play, it's about learning from the old farmers and farming!"
"No problem! I have long wanted to experience for myself what it's like to hoe the crops at noon, sweat dripping from the soil." The fourth child was overjoyed. As long as he didn't study, he would be happy to do anything.
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"The taste of 'hoeing at noon' is not pleasant. It is at least ten times more bitter than what you had in school." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to remind him with good intentions, but in fact he was irritated.
I heard that the prince was extremely depressed. Is this his real father?
"Only when you endure hardships can you become a master!" Unfortunately, those stupid boys have already lost their minds and don't care about swords, mountains, and seas of fire.
"We can't come back until after the autumn harvest." Zhu Yuanzhang said again.
"It's not even the Chinese New Year, it's no problem."
"There are no guards or attendants. You have to cook your own meals and wash your own clothes..."
"My son is just trying to hone himself in preparation for leading troops out of the country in the future!" It was not the fourth child who said this, but the third child.
"Okay, good boy." Zhu Yuanzhang patted the third child on the shoulder with approval, and Zhu Deng glanced at the fourth child proudly.
Dad praised me, but not you...
Boss Zhu finally stood in front of Lao Liu, lowered his head and asked: "Lao Liu, your mother thinks you are too young and won't let you go. But I still want to ask you, do you want to go?"
"What do you mean you are too young? Dad, just be a human being." Zhu Biao looked at the caisson on the roof of the palace speechlessly. If it weren't for his father, he would have started spraying.
"I will definitely go." Zhu Zhen said without hesitation: "Brothers were punished because of me. If I don't go, then I will be like Lao Qi."
Is it the same?"
"Lao Qi..." Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, thinking, is Lao Qi so bad?
But when I think about it again, it seems that I haven't seen him anywhere. He is simply the fifth child.
So I couldn't help but reduce my father's love by five.
After just a flash of thought, Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his thoughts and nodded happily: "This is true. We, Lao Zhu, should have such a responsibility! Okay, you can go out..."
"Oh." Zhu Zhen was very unhappy when he heard that. He was not even qualified to attend the following meeting.
But his butt was still itchy, so how dare he say anything nonsense? He quickly went out obediently.
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After the ignorant fart went out, Zhu Yuanzhang took a look at the remaining sons.
The prince is twenty-one, the king of Qin is twenty, the king of Jin is eighteen, the king of Yan is sixteen...
Oh, I almost forgot, there is also the fifteen-year-old King Wu.
They are all in their prime!
"You are all young men now." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these men of the Zhu family expectantly. "It's time to learn to share your father's worries."
"My son, I have been waiting for this day!" Lao San said hurriedly.
"Father, please give me your orders!" The fourth child was not slow.
"Me... me too." The second child...
"This time I want you to go back to your hometown. In addition to training, I also have an important errand to entrust you with." Zhu Yuanzhang did not show off, and said in a deep voice: "Understand the public sentiment for us!"
"Oh..." The enthusiasm of the sons has faded a lot. Isn't it just a walk and a chat? What kind of important errand is this?
"What? You think it's too simple? Why don't you go capture Wang Baobao?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered.
"Okay, okay..." The second child didn't respond slowly this time.
"What a shame!" Zhu Yuanzhang cursed, picked up a book at random, and slapped his second son on the square head. "A bunch of people with high eyes and low hands, please be more practical! Let's start with the simple ones!"
"Yes, Father..." The second child nodded aggrievedly, and the other brothers quickly responded.
"And this errand seems simple, but in fact it is very important." Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the imperial case with a serious expression and said: "You guys come forward and take a look."
The brothers gathered around and saw that the slips on the imperial case were not various memorials, but pure white household stickers.
Why do you know the name? Because the cover of each book says "household sticker" and the words "Imperial edict was issued on November 26, the third year of Hongwu, Hubu".
There is also "a certain province, a certain prefecture, a certain county, submitted in several volumes"...
When you turn it over, each page records a family's address, household registration information, and property and housing conditions.
In addition, there are signatures, seals, serial numbers and so on from the handling staff at all levels, which looks very rigorous...
But as expected, the brothers were confused.
"This is the household sticker booklet produced by my father in the third year of Hongwu." The prince pointed to the right side of each page of household stickers to remind his brothers.
road:
"Here is the clear text of the imperial edict at that time."
Their highnesses read it carefully and saw the original text of the imperial edict:
'Said that the household officials know that the world is at peace now, but they don't understand the household registration. Teach the Zhongshu to compile the household registration records of the world.
There should be common people who are taught to be officials and attach their names and write down the number of people in their families. It is written authentically. They have a household registration card with the common people and seal it with a half seal. They have all been collected.'
'Now that my army is no longer going on an expedition, it will be deployed in various states and counties. They will go around the fields to count households and make comparisons. Those who compare will be good people. Those who cannot compare will be used for the army. During the comparison, there are officials.
Those who have concealed it will be killed by the officials. If the people hide from themselves, they will have their sins punished according to the law and use them as soldiers. I admire this.'
Our Emperor Hongwu's imperial edict is so original and down-to-earth that ordinary people will understand it as soon as they hear it.
Of course, the princes could see it more clearly. The third and fourth princes looked thoughtful, while the second prince looked up at his eldest brother, his eyes as pure as a baby's.
"The long-term peace and stability of our Ming Dynasty depends entirely on this thing." The prince could only explain patiently.