The next day Yunxi left Xuzhou Mansion and arrived at the border of Shandong. Lao Zhu consecrated two princes in Shandong, King Qi of Qingzhou and King Lu of Yanzhou. The previous generation of King Lu died early, and the younger King of Lu was less than ten years old. He studied in the capital, so now there is only King Qi in Shandong.
It is a must to meet a prince who has passed the prince's fiefdom. Yunxi left Xuzhou Mansion on July 27th and arrived at the boundary of Yanzhou. This was the first time that Yunxi left Zhili in this world, and he had never been to it before. He was in Shandong, so he was very excited. He also wanted to see the situation among the people in person, so he left the large group of people behind and went out first with dozens of guards.
Yanzhou was originally the only way from Zhili to Youyan area, and Lao Zhu moved the main city of Jining Road in the former Yuan Dynasty here, so it should be quite prosperous and the people should be relatively wealthy. But from the Second On the morning of the 18th, Yunxi entered the territory of Ziyang County, Fuguo County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and felt something was wrong.
Yunxi rode his horse on the official road and saw that the farmers farming on both sides of the road were all good-looking. It was okay to say that there were only one or two farmers, but the farmers on the roadside were like this for dozens of miles in a row. It was too abnormal.
Qitai came to Yunxi on horseback and said: "Has your Highness noticed the faces of the farmers on the roadside? The population of Ming Dynasty is sparse now, especially in Shandong. It was the people who migrated from Shanxi in the early years of the Ming Dynasty that more people came here. Your Majesty also encouraged When we open up wasteland for farming, all land deeds from the former Yuan Dynasty are invalidated. There shouldn’t be so many tenants, so how come everyone has food to eat?”
While Yunxi slowly let the horse move forward, he returned: "You have noticed this." Then he turned to Chen Xing and said: "Your hometown is Shandong, do you still speak Shandong dialect now?"
Chen Xing said: "Why not?"
Yunxi said: "Then you take a few guards and say that you are merchants traveling from north to south to inquire about the situation here. Be careful with what you say and don't let them find out that you are from the official family. Fortunately, you have all changed into cotton. Ordinary clothes are made and they are not conspicuous."
Chen Xing replied: "Yes, Your Highness." Then he greeted a few guards and was about to leave. Qi Tai interrupted: "Your Highness, how can this ordinary merchant ride so many horses? Leave one horse to carry luggage and pretend to be When carrying goods, let other guards lead the other horses."
Yunxi said: "You are right, but I was negligent. Chen Xing, leave the horse, and then everyone gathers the luggage together." Everyone did as they were told, and Chen Xing led a horse and walked away.
Then Yunxi rode his horse into Yanzhou City. As soon as he entered Yanzhou City, he found that it was quite prosperous. Yunxi dismounted and divided the dozens of guards he brought with him into three waves. There were only three guards following him, Yang Feng, Mao Zhong, Zhao Fu, Qi Tai, Guo Zhen, Qin Song, and other guards formed two groups, one behind the other, about a mile away from Yun Xi and the others.
Yunxi led the horse and watched the excitement on the roadside along the way. The people in the city lived a relatively well-off life, and the market was very lively. All kinds of things were sold on the roadside of the market. Yunxi never came. I have been to Shandong, so everything feels fresh and I bought a lot of snacks and gadgets.
But just a few steps out of the market, Yunxi's mood turned from sunny to cloudy. Because he saw many strong and strong men holding whips and beating the people ferociously, and said in his mouth: "I asked you to give up your house yesterday." , you are still living in the house today, you don’t pay attention to Prince Lu’s Mansion, right?”
While being whipped, a commoner knelt on the ground and begged: "Masters, please do it. My family only has this house, and the compensation given is only a few dollars. If we move out of the house, three generations of our grandparents will live there."
Where to go?"
A big man replied: "I don't care where you live! How dare you disobey His Royal Highness King Lu's orders! His Highness is already showing mercy by giving you a few taels of money. What else do you want?" He waved his hand to stop the others and raised his eyes.
After a round of inspection, he said loudly: "Let's get here today. If you don't move out tomorrow, we will destroy everything in your house." Then he turned around and left with his people.
At this time, Yunxi stepped forward, and three guards immediately followed. Yunxi said, "Are you from Prince Lu's palace?"
The man saw that Yunxi and his party did not look like ordinary people, so he did not dare to move, and replied: "What if they are from Prince Lu's Palace? What if they are not from Prince Lu's Palace?"
Yunxi said: "If you are not from Prince Lu's palace, then you will lose your head if you falsely convey Prince Lu's orders."
The man probably thought about it and felt that even the Dragon Crossing the River couldn't interfere with Yanzhou's affairs, so he replied: "Who dares to punish us! Sir, you don't seem to be an ordinary person, but you'd better not meddle in other people's affairs."
.” After that, he left.
The guard next to Yunxi wanted to stop him, but Yunxi stopped him. The guard said: "Master, Master, His Royal Highness King Lu is still in the capital. They must be talking nonsense. Why don't you reveal your identity and punish them?"
Yunxi said: "What you see now may not be the whole truth." Then he turned his head and said: "Go and help these people up." He also personally helped up an old man who looked to be in his sixties.
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The old man looked quite cautious. After being helped up, he thanked you repeatedly. Yunxi said: "Old man, what is going on? Is His Royal Highness King Lu trying to seize your house and land?"
But the old man just thanked him repeatedly and didn't answer.
Yunxi thought for a while, helped the old man sit on the curb, and said: "To be honest, I am from the family of Tong Zhi, the commander of the Zhongtun Guards in Kaiping. My surname is Sun. I went to the capital to study in the martial arts hall two years ago.
, I will return to my hometown to fill my vacancy this year.”
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson also knows me. Please explain the matter clearly to me, and I will talk to His Highness. Maybe your house and land will not be taken away." At the same time, Yunxi used
The dialect of my previous life that I haven’t spoken in many years.
The old man's eldest son happened to come over to help his father. Hearing Yunxi's words, he said, "Are you really from Kaipingwei?" This man actually used the dialect of that generation!
Yunxi added more dialect to his words and said, "Why not?"
The man was pleasantly surprised and said: "Our hometown is also from that place. We are originally from Wangxiezhuang, Liangjiatun Township, and our surname is Xie. When fellow villagers meet fellow villagers, tears will flow from their eyes. If you can really tell Jingli
That would be great." But immediately he became gloomy and said, "But even if you are willing to advocate for us, little brother, the emperor's grandson is far away in the capital. When His Highness the emperor's grandson's decree reaches Yanzhou, the day lily will be gone.
It’s cold.”
Yunxi smiled and said: "Don't you know that His Highness is currently patrolling in the north and is in Shandong right now. It won't take a few days."
The old man widened his eyes and said, "Indeed!"
Yunxi said without hesitation: "How can it be untrue?"
The old man quickly called all the nearby residents over and spoke to them in Shandong dialect, which Yunxi couldn't understand. After listening to the old man's words, those people looked at Yunxi with surprise.
Then the old man from the Xie family came over with a man and said: "Master Sun, this man is the one among us who can speak clearly and clearly and speak Mandarin. Let him talk to you."
The man knelt down and kowtowed first, and then said: "If the young master can help us keep our house, our whole family will worship the young master, burn incense and worship Buddha for him."
Yunxi said: "It doesn't have to be like this. It won't cost me anything. I won't live under King Lu in the future."
The man kowtowed again, then stood up and said: "We are the residents here. We have been living here since we got the land deed from the county government in the second year of Hongwu. Who would have thought that on the tenth day of this month, we would come A group of people, said to be from Prince Lu's Palace, said that Prince Lu has taken a fancy to our area and wants to build a palace for the Palace and asked us all to move out."
"How dare we, ordinary people, dare to contradict the prince, so we had no choice but to agree to move away. But this group of people only gave each family a few coins. How is this enough! Nowadays, no house in Yanzhou City is worth thirty. Above!"
"We ordinary people have spent half our life savings on building houses. If our houses are gone, how can we survive?" As he said this, he started to cry.
Yunxi hurriedly comforted him and asked, "Are these people really from Prince Lu's palace?"
A person next to him replied: "Why not! They have done evil things for King Lu in Yanzhou City several times; I have also seen their leader and the commanding officers of King Lu's three guards and the commander's family drinking together several times. .”
Yunxi said: "But I know that His Royal Highness King Lu is in the capital, not in Yanzhou."
Another person said: "We also know that His Highness King Lu is not in Yanzhou. Although we are common people, we still know this. But they have been doing evil in the past few years. They all say that His Highness King Lu will come to Yanzhou in two years. They want to They have prepared it in advance for His Royal Highness King Lu. They also said that although His Highness King Lu has never been to Yanzhou, the chief minister of the palace has been to Yanzhou and praised them for doing a good job."
Yunxi asked again: "Have you ever complained to the government or county government in Yanzhou?"
Old man Xie said: "Oh, why haven't you complained? But the county and government said they can't control it."
Yunxi asked a few more detailed questions, and then wrote a statement in front of them, promising to send it to His Highness the Emperor Taisun, and left with these people grateful.
Then Yunxi was not in the mood to go shopping anymore, and seeing that it was getting late, he hurriedly left the city and went to the inn outside the city. Dozens of them living in the city would definitely attract the attention of interested people, so he planned to live in the inn.
When Yunxi was still in the capital, he had prepared a large number of forged military identity certificates whose territories were Youyan, Sanqin, and Huguang. However, these were all forged by Zuo Dudu, who was in charge of the Fifth Army Dudufu. It has the official seal of the commander in the corresponding area, so even if it is forged by Yunxi, it is still genuine.
People like Yunxi all said that they went to the capital for business, and happened to go back to their hometown together, so they got together and went back together; because the person played by Yunxi had the highest status, they all gathered around him. Although there are still loopholes in this argument, it is still reasonable.
