Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 7 Kill Them All First

Give me money?
When Zhu Yunfeng heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he was stunned at first, and then began to think about what the other party meant.

As contemporary young people, it is natural that we desire to get rich overnight.

After all, the reason why Zhu Yunfeng ran back home to write a book was not only because the company went bankrupt and it was difficult to find a new job due to the bad environment, but also because he could not stand the endless exploitation of his previous boss.

But unfortunately, I have average talent in writing books. After several years, I only earn four or five thousand yuan a month. With the prices in my hometown, it is difficult for me to make ends meet, and I can't even afford a girlfriend.

However, no matter how eager one is to get rich overnight, after several years in society, one is naturally no longer the simple-minded and stupid college student.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

The other party must have his own purpose for doing this.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunfeng became alert. He looked Zhu Yuanzhang up and down for a long time without saying a word.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything either. He was busy looking at the things in the room.

This is a living room.

He was located between the living room and the balcony and was tied to the balcony door handle.

Two meters to his left was a TV, two meters to his right was a sofa, and there was an electric heating table. Zhu Yunfeng's computer was placed next to the sofa, close to the aisle.

This included the bright lights above his head. Except for the cabinets, sofas, and tables that could be felt, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't recognize any of them.

But precisely because he knew nothing, he chose to remain silent and wait for Zhu Yunfeng to give him an answer.

The ancients were not stupid, they just lacked cognition.

He now urgently needs to fill this gap in his cognition, so after realizing Zhu Yunfeng's greed for money, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to take advantage of his greed.

Neither of them spoke, and the room fell into an eerie silence, except for the sound of Pippi wagging his tail.

"First tell me how much the stone tablet is worth, and then tell me how to pay me? How much?"

After a while, Zhu Yunfeng decided to ask first.

too poor.

I want to sell everything passed down from my ancestors.

With the current family income, we can hardly afford to marry a wife or even support cats and dogs.

"Don't worry about it. Answer my questions first and then we can talk about the money. As for how much money to give, you can rest assured. I guarantee you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes.

I am not afraid of people without flaws, I am afraid that the other person is a saint.

Just like how he used both kindness and force to win over his father-in-law's former subordinates in Hezhou.

As long as he takes advantage of people's greed and shortcomings, he can seize the initiative in discourse.

Zhu Yunfeng looked embarrassed when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

"how?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and asked: "Isn't this enough?"

"Go to hell you."

Zhu Yunfeng raised his two middle fingers and said, "You're just drawing cakes. There's no more room in the refrigerator."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.

He clearly saw the desire for money in the young man's eyes, so why did he speak ill of him after making the promise?
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "There is a jade belt on my belt. It is a white jade belt left by the Ming Dynasty. Its value is inestimable."

'Ming Dynasty white jade belt?'

Zhu Yunfeng suddenly became greedy.

Although I don't understand why a dog thief has a jade pendant on his belt.

But if it were real, it would surely be worth a lot of money.

But suddenly I remembered that our country has a complete set of criminal law.

It’s no big deal to catch a dog thief and give him a beating; even stripping him naked is fine.

But it’s hard to say if you take someone else’s things.

Even if you record a video and make it clear that it was a gift from someone, the fact that you tied someone up and recorded it is unconvincing.

At that time, the other party will turn around and say that he used coercion and inducement, and his act of self-defense will turn into robbery.

This is not okay.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Forget it, I don't want your money. Just tell me how much the stone tablet is worth, and I will answer your question."

Zhu Yuanzhang was confused, wondering if this guy was really greedy for money or just pretending to be greedy.

But since the other party said so, it means there is one less condition, and I can avoid losing my jade belt. Why not do it?

"Two hundred thousand notes."

Zhu Yuanzhang made up something random.

Since it belongs to the royal family, it must be very expensive.

Zhu Yunfeng seemed a little puzzled.

"Cai? What's that strange name? Does it mean banknotes?"

'Two hundred thousand dollars'

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunfeng pondered and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

Although two hundred thousand is not a lot, it can improve the family's life.

What's more, it's possible that this is money made up by the thief and its value is far more than 200,000.

Anyway, he has made up his mind.

Hand this guy over to the police tomorrow morning when they arrive.

As for the stone tablet, I will ask some treasure appraisal experts on the Internet to take a look at it.

After all, things passed down from ancestors have a legitimate origin and are not afraid of being investigated.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and asked, "Which branch of the Zhu family are you from?"

"Didn't you investigate me?"

Zhu Yunfeng was puzzled.

"Tell me about it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Yunfeng thought about it and realized that there was nothing to hide. Many people knew about it, so he said, "The lineage of Prince Ji Zhu Jianjun."

Zhu Jianjun?
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes. He didn't remember having a son named Zhu Jianjun.

However, among the generation names he gave to his sons in the first year of Hongwu, the fourth son Zhu Di's lineage "Gao Zhan Qi Jian You" had the generation name Jian, so he asked: "Which son of Zhu Yuanzhang can we trace our ancestors back to?"

"Zhu Di."

Zhu Yunfeng looked at him suspiciously.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked, "How did the Ming Dynasty fall?"

“This is a very complicated issue.”

Zhu Yunfeng thought for a moment and said, "Internal and external troubles, natural disasters, man-made disasters, corruption, uprisings, foreign enemies, there are many reasons, but these should not be the core problem."

“What’s the core issue?”

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly asked.

"It's the deepest reason, but it's too complicated to explain. I'm too lazy to talk to you about it."

Zhu Yunfeng spread his hands.

He is a novelist, and a historical novelist at that, so he definitely needs a wealth of historical knowledge. So although he has been writing popular historical novels such as the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms to make a living online, it does not mean that he does not know the history of other dynasties.

Especially the history of the Ming Dynasty.

In today's Internet age, it is very convenient to look up any information. Therefore, as descendants of the Ming Dynasty, we will naturally conduct in-depth research on the glory of our ancestors.

But the problem is.

You are a thief.

Come to someone's house late at night to steal things.

After being caught, he actually wanted to discuss the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty with his master?
Zhu Yunfeng would not be able to finish what he wanted to say in three days and three nights.

But why should I waste my breath talking to you?

"Then who destroyed the Ming Dynasty? You should tell me."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that the reason might be similar to the demise of previous dynasties, but he wanted to know who destroyed his Ming Dynasty.

"Li Zicheng."

Zhu Yunfeng replied.

"Which dynasty did this person establish?"

"Dashun."

"So it's the Dashun Dynasty now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

"Neuropathy."

Zhu Yunfeng yawned, and without thinking deeply, he said: "The Dashun Dynasty died a long time ago. It was destroyed just after it was established. The regime lasted for a year before it was destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. The small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty was also destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. The great unified dynasty after the Ming Dynasty was the Qing Dynasty."

"Manchu? What is that?"

"The Jurchens outside the Great Wall, the Jianzhou Jurchens."

"Jianzhou Jurchen?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened.

He actually knew about the Jianzhou Jurchens.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, a group of Jurchens from the northeast moved south from the north to Jianzhou in Bohai and settled there.

After conquering the Central Plains, in order to inherit the territory of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to the north and envoys to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Northeast China and other regions to recruit people.

At that time, many tribes in the northwest and northeast declared their submission to the Ming Dynasty and accepted the Ming Dynasty's enthronement.

These include the Haixi Jurchens and the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Therefore, Jianzhou was under the control of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that the Jianzhou Jurchens had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty as early as the sixth year of Hongwu. He never expected that it was this tribe that would be destroyed and invaded the Central Plains.

He devoted his whole life to expelling the barbarians, restoring China, establishing rules and regulations, and saving the people.

In the end, the country was taken over by the barbarians.

It seemed that if he could go back, the Jianzhou Jurchens would not be able to stay and the entire clan would have to be exterminated.

“So it’s the Qing Dynasty now?”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"The Qing dynasty died a long time ago. Now it is the 21st century, the People's Republic of China! The people are the masters of the country. There is no feudal society anymore, and the emperor has long disappeared in the long river of history."

Zhu Yunfeng glanced at him and said jokingly, "Are you serious? Are you addicted to COS Zhu Yuanzhang or has the real Zhu Yuanzhang traveled through time to my cellar?"

He writes online novels, so he is naturally familiar with time travel.

But the problem is that, precisely because he writes online novels, he understands that such bizarre things do not exist in the real world.

This unscientific.

So subconsciously he felt that the other party was either mentally ill or was pretending to be Zhu Yuanzhang in order to get away with it.

Anyway, unless he saw it with his own eyes, he would not believe such unscientific things.

"What would you do if I said I was really Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Then I'll just have to kill you."

Zhu Yunfeng gestured with his right hand and spoke casually.

Zhu Yuanzhang was startled and asked, "Why?"

"This is called striking first and gaining the upper hand."

Zhu Yunfeng said lazily: "I beat you before, and you hate me in your heart. If you are really Zhu Yuanzhang, you will definitely find a way to kill me. I can only choose to kill you first!"

Of course he was talking nonsense, and bragging is not taxable anyway.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "You still call yourself a descendant of the Zhu family. When the ancestors of the Zhu family are still alive, you would do this?"

"Ah, then we can only make a decision that goes against our ancestors."

Zhu Yunfeng yawned and added casually: "After all, beating my ancestors is already unfilial, so I have to be unfilial to the end. I am also considering myself."

"Of course I'm not Zhu Yuanzhang, I was just joking just now."

Zhu Yuanzhang shrank his neck.

This descendant of our family is so filial that it is a bit against the will of heaven.

Remembering the time when he was beaten up after saying he was Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to conceal his identity temporarily.

"By the way, besides Li Zicheng, who else contributed to the demise of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Too many. Those officials of the Ming Dynasty, those gentry in Jiangnan, the princes of various places, and those nobles who shared the same fate with the country, none of them are easy to deal with."

"Is there a list?"

"It really does."

“Can you tell me who they are?”

"What's wrong with your brain? Even if you are really Zhu Yuanzhang, can you go to the end of the Ming Dynasty to kill people?"

Zhu Yunfeng laughed.

"You can kill his ancestors so that there won't be any more rebellious sons in the future."

A hint of coldness flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head and said, "You are really a talented person. How did you kill those gentry in Jiangnan? Many of them didn't make a fortune in the early Ming Dynasty. Who knows who their ancestors were?"

"Can't find it?"

"Of course I can't find it. Many gentry are not recorded in history. The same goes for officials. Many of their ancestors were poor. Ancient history is a heroic history, not a people's history. History books only record the great figures. Who would record the little people?"

"That's fine. Then kill the nobles first. Just tell me who the ancestors of those nobles who caused the Ming Dynasty to fall are."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while.

It is not permitted to kill the princes.

Those are all his sons.

But the nobles can.

Kill them all first.

(End of this chapter)