Ming Dynasty: Regrets about the Jingnan Rebellion? I changed it in a dream!

Chapter 55: Zhu Yuanzhang: Peasants fighting landlords? We are familiar with this!

"I don't have any dishes here, so drinking without anything is too boring."

A normal restaurant will have a kitchen that can prepare a few side dishes.

If it is a more upscale restaurant, there will be wine, snacks, and beautiful women by your side.

There are about a dozen such high-end restaurants in Yingtian Prefecture.

This is also one of the reasons why there are not many customers here.

There were no beauties and no snacks.

My father used to make a living by selling raw wine, and he himself did not learn the craft of brewing.

Fortunately, Uncle Niu learned the brewing skills from his father and bought all his wine from him.

The prices are cheap and affordable, and with the old monks’ loyal customers, the restaurant is barely surviving.

Zhu Di picked up a wooden carved card and looked at it curiously.

"How do you fight Landlord?"

If we talk about playing Landlord in the literal sense, my father is second to none and no one dares to claim to be first.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, in the Guo Huan case, many landlords and wealthy businessmen went bankrupt because the court pursued the illicit money.

During that period, everyone from the imperial court officials to the landlords and merchants were all affected.

Everyone is terrified by the news.

Everyone knows it.

It sounds nice to say, it's called recovering the stolen money of corrupt officials.

To put it bluntly, it means robbing these landlords and wealthy businessmen to enrich the national treasury.

Strictly speaking, it should not be called Dou Dizhu, but Qiang Dizhu.

The Hongwu Dynasty launched northern expeditions year after year, and even military settlements could not support such huge expenses. The country had no money, but these landlords and wealthy businessmen had money.

Not only did it clear out corrupt officials, it also curbed landlords and powerful people while enriching the national treasury, killing three birds with one stone.

"Well... how should I put it? It's just two peasants fighting against a landlord."

"It's just that it's not a fighting and killing method, but a card-playing method."

"The specific gameplay will have to wait until I make it, and then I can explain it to you."

Seeing this, Zhu Di said with a smile.

"Hahaha, what a peasant fighting landlord."

Farmers and landlords are two classes, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is his own father.

It used to belong to farmers.

Therefore, he did not think there was anything wrong with this sentence, but rather felt it was somewhat pleasant to the ear.

Landlords are one of the important reasons for land annexation and the constant demise of a country.

Zhu Di stood up and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something.

He asked, "By the way, on my way here, I saw a lot more Jinyiwei among the street vendors."

"It seems like they are investigating something... the usurper who wore the dragon robe without permission. Do you know about this?"

Zhuang Mu nodded.

"Yes, the Royal Guards came to investigate a few days ago."

"This matter has nothing to do with you, right?" Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhuang Mu.

"Me?" Zhuang Mu didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Seeing Zhuang Mu's dazed look, Zhu Di's suspicion disappeared.

Yes, it is unlikely that it has anything to do with this kid.

Whatever you want in your dreams, you will get it.

Why bother doing this beheading work?

Zhuang Mu’s dream was extremely real. In fact, being an emperor in a dream was no different from being an emperor in reality.

The experience is very sufficient, the only difference may be that the emperor in reality needs to deal with memorials.

When doing things, you need to consider the impact it will bring.

The emperor in the dream does not need that.

Thinking about it this way, it would be quite comfortable to be an emperor in a dream.

"That's good. I heard that those Jinyiwei tortured people without blinking an eye."

After saying that, he left here.

Yao Guangxiao also stood up and followed.

...After leaving the tavern, Zhu Di put away his smile and ordered, "Zhu Wei, ask Lao San to check the origin of this Taoist priest."

"Your Majesty, but what's wrong with this person?"

The old Taoist priest just now didn't seem to have done anything inappropriate.

Zhu Di just said it calmly.

"I don't like it."

This was the first time he disliked someone from the bottom of his heart.

The point is, they have never met.

He was somewhat curious about the identity of this old Taoist priest.

At this moment, Yao Guangxiao caught up and said, "Your Majesty should know that Zhuang Mu poisoned the two princes."

Zhu Di nodded.

"how?"

"Your Majesty is not angry?"

"The second and third brothers are used to being arrogant. I don't have the energy to control them. It would be good if someone can discipline them. It's fine as long as the second and third brothers don't die."

Over the years, he had been somewhat decadent in handling state affairs, and naturally had no intention of disciplining his two sons.

Anyway, as long as they don't kill Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, Zhuang Mu can do whatever he wants with them.

As long as he didn't strip Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui naked and throw them into the street, he couldn't afford to lose face.

"What do you want to say?" Zhu Di also knew that Yao Guangxiao was afraid that he would get angry and implicate Zhuang Mu, so he chased him out to ask.

I must have something to say in my heart.

"Nothing, I just want to explain to Zhuang Mu and the emperor that the wine the two princes drank was not poisonous."

Looking at Yao Guangxiao's appearance, Zhu Di was a little surprised and he joked.

"Old monk, you care a lot about this kid Zhuang Mu."

"Otherwise, why don't you just adopt him as your adopted son, and I will confer a title on you when the time comes."

"How about letting him pass it on?"

"You have no children, no friends, no family anyway."

In fact, Yao Guangxiao was not alone.

He has a sister and friends.

It’s just because he wrote a book called “Dao Yu Lu”.

The content is to denounce the writings of the two Cheng brothers of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, as well as Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, who often denounced Buddhism and Taoism out of their own personal opinions.

The general content is:

The three people mentioned above have never understood the Buddhist teachings, and they speak evil words and make sarcastic remarks out of their own selfish motives, which is unjust and excessive.

In summary, when you criticize Buddhism, you should provide reasons instead of just empty talk.

Yao Guangxiao believed that twenty-eight items in the Cheng brothers' suicide note and twenty-one items in Mr. Zhu's suicide note were all fallacies. Yao Guangxiao dissected and analyzed these rules and principles one by one.

As a result, it failed to gain recognition and instead brought him bad reputation.

People who knew this book began to despise Yao Guangxiao and look down on him.

That year, Yao Guangxiao went to Suzhou and Lake Suzhou to provide disaster relief. He passed by Changzhou and went to visit his sister, but was turned away.

Later, he visited his old friend Wang Bin, but was turned away and asked someone to tell him that the monk was wrong.

Afterwards, Yao Guangxiao went to visit his sister again, but this time he was insulted by his sister, and the relationship between the siblings broke up.

It's all because of this book.

In the eyes of Confucian disciples, the posthumous writings of the two Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi are the most sacred and true words, and Yao Guangxiao has no right to deny them.

Even Yao Guangxiao himself did not expect that the book he wrote would cause his sister to sever ties with him.

However, he still distributed all the rewards from the court to his own clansmen.

"Your Majesty, this is not necessary."

"Zhuang Mu and I have only known each other for a short time. How can I rashly recognize him as my adopted son?" Yao Guangxiao shook his head.

Zhu Di smiled calmly: "Zhuang Mu is a kid who has no one to rely on in Yingtian Prefecture, and he has such a quirk."

"If he had you as a backer, he would be able to live a better life."

"You won't be so lonely when I'm not around."

"You too, why did you write Dao Yu Lu for no reason, criticizing Cheng Yi and Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi? You can't even go home, your friends have fallen out, and you've even broken up with your siblings."

"I am the young master of the Yongle Dynasty, but I have ended up like you."

(End of this chapter)