Mystery Makes Me Strong

Chapter 2

Why has the situation degenerated to this point in just two or three decades?

He couldn't accept this reality.

But what if I can’t accept it?

Now he is being hunted down.

The shouts of the two boatmen were getting closer and closer behind.

He continued to run desperately.

It's like he's using all his strength to breastfeed.

But he still couldn't outrun the other person.

Just when he was about to be caught up, he suddenly came up with an idea.

He quickly threw the gold leaves on his body in the other direction.

Suddenly scattered all over the ground.

"Don't chase me, I'll give you all the gold!"

After throwing the gold far away, he ran in another direction.

At this time, look at the golden light falling to the ground.

The captain and the second captain looked at each other and immediately chased after Jin Ye Zi.

They gave up chasing after the rich and focused on the wealth in front of them.

After all, once you catch someone, you have to extort them, and you may not get any money even after the extortion.

Many wealthy families are like this.

I would rather give up my life than my wealth.

Especially since the other person is fat and old.

He must have had many children, so it wouldn't be a pity if he died.

It’s better to grab the money into your own hands first.

So the two pirates rushed to grab the gold leaves.

Not only that, they also fought with each other.

The middle-aged emperor finally escaped.

He couldn't help but sigh.

“That’s ridiculous.”

"I almost died at the hands of a few thieves. How ridiculous..."

"If that's the case, I don't know how to record myself in history books."

He thought about it and decided to ride on horseback to the nearby county town.

He wanted the county magistrate to send someone to protect him and escort him all the way to the capital.

Now he doesn't dare to believe that the people under his rule can live and work in peace and contentment.

If they could really live and work in peace and contentment, why would there be so many bandits?

At this moment, he felt a little regretful.

I shouldn't have abandoned the guards.

At least he should have escaped with those dozens of guards.

If he had guards, he wouldn't have been chased like this by just two bandits.

He naturally didn't know that a certain person was beaten to death by a group of peasants just because he separated from his guards and chose to check the terrain.

It was such a miserable and cowardly death. Otherwise, at least he could have dealt with his opponents for another ten years without any problem.

The emperor rode on horseback towards a county town.

As he was riding on the road, he saw the people looking pale and thin.

He couldn't help but wonder, isn't this the time of the founding of a new nation?

Why are people still so pale and thin?

It's said that the country had just been founded and the people shouldn't have to live like this.

Every family has land to divide.

He didn't meddle in other people's business. The important thing now was to get into the city as soon as possible.

But when he arrived at the city gate, he was suddenly stopped by two gate guards with guns.

"Where did you get it? Do you have a pass?"

"Passenger pass, we are..." The middle-aged emperor stopped talking immediately.

He couldn't reveal that he was the emperor.

But he didn't have a pass at all.

Why does he need this when he goes out?

Moreover, the emperor's credentials were to be proved by his carriage, imperial seal, seal, dragon robe, surrounding guards, and ministers...

It cannot be proved by a road permit.

So forget about the incognito visit.

"Without a pass, you are a refugee. You will be arrested and forced to work on the river!" The guards immediately stepped forward, one wanted to take his horse, and the other wanted to arrest him.

The middle-aged emperor had no choice but to turn his horse around and run away immediately.

"It must be a bandit. Report it quickly and let the nearby post stations and patrols be careful!" a guard shouted.

At this moment, the middle-aged emperor thought of Shang Yang again.

The other party died under the decree he personally made.

I had no identification and was reported by the store.

Now he was also going to die under Lu Yin.

Sure enough, not long after he ran, someone came chasing him on horseback.

The middle-aged emperor's horse was in good condition, but it had not eaten properly for a long time.

After finally getting rid of the opponent, the horse could hardly run anymore.

And there are still hundreds of miles to go.

There are still three or four checkpoints.

If you don't go through the checkpoint, you have to take the small road, but there are often patrols on the small road, checking pedestrians and setting up checkpoints.

He felt he was in big trouble.

The horse couldn't move any further and collapsed to the ground.

He had no choice but to abandon his horse.

He originally wanted to kill the horse and eat its meat, but he hadn't handled an animal by himself for a long time, so he had to give up.

Fortunately, as the emperor, he carried the most dry food on horseback.

Also the best.

Pastries similar to honey are high in calories, small in size, and not easy to rot.

He carried twelve kilograms of food with him, enough for ten days.

The rest had to be left here.

He walked along the path, carefully avoiding the shackles he had set himself...

Inspections at every place, checkpoints at every place, and passes at every place.

The people were chained firmly to the land and could not move.

He thought that by doing this, the dynasty would last forever.

But when he went there himself, he realized how ridiculous it was.

Because the people will increase and the population will multiply.

If people cannot survive in one place, just like he is now, they will try every means to find an outlet.

And how many officials and soldiers did he have to lock up these people?

At least he has now sneaked through a few checkpoints.

As long as they are not a large group, one or two individuals can get through by crossing mountains and taking small paths.

After all, there are not so many people watching the road one by one.

All they could watch out for were large groups of people.

Not long after, the middle-aged emperor came to a farmland.

Some people are working hard.

He felt thirsty, and even though he didn't want to deal with people, he had to go forward and ask for it.

He did not ask for water immediately, but walked forward and asked:

"Hello, fellow countryman."

"Excuse me, what is this place?"

An old man looked up at him and said calmly:

"What territory? This is Longxing Village near the capital, at the foot of the emperor."

"My fellow countrymen, who are you all?" the middle-aged emperor asked again.

"We are nobody. We are just a group of people struggling to survive. We are untouchables and lowly people."

Of course he knew about the status of a lowly person, as he was the one who made the decision himself.

For example, prostitutes, boatmen, fishermen...are all of low status.

He stipulated that people of low caste could not intermarry with commoners.

This is to permanently deter potential traitors and criminals.

"My fellow countryman, can you give me some water to drink?" The middle-aged emperor said after a few words.

"Here you go." The old man handed a bamboo tube to the middle-aged emperor.

The middle-aged emperor took the bamboo tube and took a few big gulps.

Only then did I feel relieved.

Then he looked at the crowd, and saw that they were all tired and haggard.

So he said with a little concern:

"Why are you all so haggard?"

"Since this place is under the jurisdiction of the capital, isn't life difficult?"

"It's better?" The old man shook his head.

"Speaking of Fengyang, Fengyang was originally a good place, but ever since Emperor Zhu came to power, there has been famine nine out of ten years. Have you heard of that?"

"I've heard of it. Why is that? Isn't the emperor very kind to his hometown?"

The middle-aged emperor was a little confused.

"Yes, the emperor was very good to my hometown and exempted taxes for many years." The old man laughed.

"But there are many royal palaces near the capital, as well as imperial tombs and many major projects."

"These all require corvée labor and maintenance every year."

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“They don’t pay us, and we even have to bring our own food to work.”

"Do you think we can stop being tired?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged emperor fell silent.

"Is it just a matter of doing more work that makes you so tired?"

"Hmph, this should be a lord who is fleeing. For us common people, corvee labor is a formidable enemy. It is more deadly than taxation." The old man said disdainfully.

"I left my hometown and didn't even have food. I had to bring money and food from home."

"When the imperial court levies corvée labor, doesn't it provide food?"

"They say meals are provided, but most of the grain is withheld by officials. They only provide meals for a few days at first, but how can they still provide meals in the end?" The old man shook his head.

"It's those corrupt officials again!" said the middle-aged emperor angrily.

"Corrupt officials are one thing," the old man shook his head, "and many officials have consciences."

"But most of the princes really have no conscience. When we work for the princes' mansions, we are beaten to death and tortured by them at any time."

The middle-aged emperor subconsciously said: "Impossible, the princes are all descendants of the emperor."

"They were all well-educated since childhood, how could they possibly kill the people?"

Upon hearing this, the nearby farmers couldn't help but gather around.

The old man asked in confusion: "You are always saying good things about the emperor, who are you?"

The middle-aged emperor immediately realized something was wrong.

He quickly said: "I am not a nobody, I am just an ordinary passerby."

"Ordinary passers-by would not say such good things to the emperor. He must be the emperor's spy!" someone suddenly said.

"What we just said has been known by the spy. Kill him quickly, or he will sue us and all our nine clans will be wiped out!"

"That's right!"

A group of people immediately took hoes and hit the middle-aged emperor.

The middle-aged emperor fled immediately.

However, the more he ran, the more the crowd chased him.

Because they all know that the current emperor is tyrannical, and if anyone speaks ill of him, all nine generations of his family will be punished.

As for the emperor's descendants, they did all kinds of bad things, but they were only criticized lightly and never punished.

The middle-aged emperor finally couldn't run anymore.

He was trapped on a slope by the crowd.

Then one hoe after another came hitting them.

"Don't fight, I am the emperor!"

"I will give you wealth and glory!"

"You are the emperor, and I am the Jade Emperor!" The old man took the lead and hit him with a hoe.

Just like that, they beat the emperor to death on the slope.

His head was broken and bleeding, and he died in a miserable way.

The middle-aged emperor would never have thought that he would die in this way!

He has so many achievements, why do people hate him so much?

At this time, the people began to strip him of his clothes.

"This material is actually silk. He is indeed a spy!"

"Bury him deep and don't tell anyone about this!"

"From now on, you must walk in pairs and are not allowed to go out!" the old man said quickly.

Everyone nodded.

The middle-aged emperor was buried on the slope.

This is not an isolated case.

When the middle-aged emperor's parents starved to death, the place where they were buried was also very simple.

It's really the wheel of fate.

This middle-aged emperor said, "I am happy to be born in the Yuan Dynasty."

When he said this, he completely forgot about his parents and family, who starved to death in that world.

For the sake of imperial power and the throne, one can put aside the grudges of one's parents.

It's really a great filial piety.

This is a huge joke.

Before his death, a marquee flashed before the middle-aged emperor's eyes.

He saw his parents.

Parents who starved to death, and others.

He couldn't help but sigh.

"I see. Is this God's punishment for me?"

"I deceived the people and was eventually killed by them."

"I imprisoned the people, and was eventually buried by them."

"Everything is the law of nature."

The emperor closed his eyes.

…

Half a year later.

The four of them came to the front of the palace.

They sighed a little.

"The rebellion in the prosperous times was actually successful."

"Haha, it turns out that feudal society is too unstable. As long as there is a force pushing the people, the people will live a very hard life."

"Even if one-tenth of the people contributed, a feudal dynasty could be destroyed."

The four of them sighed there.

"Come on in."

Then the four of them entered the palace under the protection of a group of guards.

I saw a middle-aged queen, surrounded by several palace maids and eunuchs, holding a sharp sword across her neck.

"You are a bunch of traitors!"

"You are deceiving the emperor and rebelling!" the queen scolded.

"Haha, doesn't the Queen feel guilty for saying this? Isn't your husband also causing trouble? Isn't he also deceiving the emperor?" Number One laughed.

"Hmph, my husband raised an army for the sake of the world and to quell the chaos, but you were born in a prosperous age, yet you rebelled in it." The queen said angrily.

"Shengshi, have you seen the bones of the people who died of starvation on the roadside?"

"It was a natural disaster, there was nothing we could do about it." The queen shook her head.

"It's a natural disaster, but the people are starving to death one by one, and your sons are being made kings one by one, which has stretched the dynasty to pieces!" Number Two said angrily.

They aren't good people though.

But at least there is a bottom line for modern people.

It's the kind of situation where I can drive a BMW or a Mercedes and you can ride a bicycle and I won't watch you starve to death.

The lower limit is higher than that of feudal dynasties.

The queen was speechless for a moment, but a maid next to her said:

"That was God's reward for the Emperor to conquer the world. They deserved to be kings. The people starved to death because of their bad luck. It has nothing to do with the Emperor and the Empress. The Emperor was killed by you. The Empress is too pitiful."

"Hahaha, your master who lives in luxury doesn't feel pity for you, but you are bullied all the time, yet you feel pity for them!" Number One laughed.

"There's no need to talk to them. Their brains have long been fooled by these liars."

"People who regard themselves as slaves and do not know what is natural."

Then the four of them waved their hands together and killed all these people.

What a benevolent queen, what servants and masters, they are all one of the reasons why the people starved to death.

They were too well fed, and if they occasionally shed a tear or two for the people, they would be flattered by later generations.

It's ridiculous.

They have squeezed the blood and sweat of so many people.

Many people fantasize about traveling back in time. Instead of standing on the side of the people, they only want to give advice to the emperor and lick his boots. It's ridiculous.

They had no idea that the biggest possibility for them to travel through time was that they would become ordinary people.

Because the people are the largest group.