After hearing this, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di had disgust on their faces, but they were not filled with indignation. After all, they were just teenagers. They didn't have that much empathy. They couldn't imagine what this matter was like with just a few words.
How cruel, and Liu Jin didn't tell the most cruel aspect.
Harvesting and cutting of raw materials has been around since ancient times because of the huge profits. In the Han Dynasty, once a car was found and the body was dismembered, in the Tang Dynasty, people were sentenced to death by hanging. As for today, in the reign of Wu Yuan Dynasty, Lao Zhu ordered that anyone who collected raw materials and mutilated people would be executed at Lingchi.
The property was cut off and paid to the deceased's family. Although his wife, son and co-residents did not know about it, they fled two thousand miles away and were resettled. They were beheaded as accomplices!
It can be said that Lan Yu's lynching was considered a pleasure for them. Whipping is better than lingchi. However, the key to the problem is never what punishment is used, but Lan Yu's lynching without permission. Unlike other prisoners, the county magistrate is the official of the court after all.
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Zhu Wang said: "Since the county magistrate deserves his punishment, then Lan Yu should be fine. Why are these officials speaking for the condemned criminal?"
Zhu Di shook his head and said: "The life or death of a mere county magistrate is nothing at all. What they are dissatisfied with is that Lan Yu flouted the laws of the court and carried out lynching."
Zhu Biao glanced at Zhu Di without saying anything. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. Then he leaned against the pillar and took a nap. About half an hour later, the three brothers got up to hoe the ground again.
After working for another hour, the fifth prince Zhu Zhu led four or five younger brothers over with hoes. Judging by their high spirits, they probably regarded working in the fields as a rare pleasure.
"Big brother, third brother and fourth brother, we are here to help you with your work~"
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di frowned and looked at the group of brats irritably. Even the fifth child, Zhu Rui, was only ten years old this year, let alone the others behind him.
Zhu Xang replied unceremoniously: "Who asked you to come here? You still dare to skip class at this hour before school is over. You little bastards must have itchy butts!"
"Lao Wu, take your brothers back. You don't need your help here. Let Father know that you are careful about your skin!"
"Brother, brother, we are here to help. Look at the third and fourth brothers!"
The younger ones ignored the two at all, knowing who could really make the decision in the absence of their father. They swarmed to Zhu Biao's side. The ground was crisscrossed, and Zhu Biao, the seventh child, staggered and barely managed to fall down.
Zhu Biao was not angry. He looked up at the sun and made calculations. At this time, Lao Zhu's urgent government affairs should have been dealt with. It was indeed very likely that he would come here to teach his son a lesson. It was estimated that the concubines were coaxing his son to show up during the lunch break.
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Zhu Biao smiled and touched the heads of his younger brothers and said softly: "Tell me first, did you skip classes or did you ask for leave from your husband?"
Zhu Zhen, the sixth child, immediately replied: "We have discussed it with the husband at noon. We will study hard in the afternoon and finish today's homework, and then we can come over to help."
"If Lao Qi hadn't been a slow learner, we would have come here long ago!"
Zhu Biao calmed down a few young boys who were eager to perform in front of him and seek praise. He opened his eyes and looked into the distance. Seven or eight scholars in Confucian robes were kneeling respectfully in the distance. When he saw the prince
I looked up and saluted quickly.
Zhu Biao waved his hand to let them go. Things in the palace were troublesome. For Zhu Biao, it was like seeing everything at a glance. But for those junior officials of the Hanlin Academy who were studying for their princes, they would not dare to violate the greetings of any concubine.
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What's more, when the younger brother comes to help the punished older brother with work, it is a virtue of brotherhood and brotherhood, and there is no reason to stop him.
The few little princes were in high spirits, and Zhu Biao naturally had no desire to dampen their desire. Besides, it wouldn't be a bad thing to let them know that farming is harder than studying. As for the little thoughts of their mother and concubine, they are not worth mentioning. They can show off if they want to.
Well done.
He arranged jobs for them in a serious manner, and asked their little eunuchs to watch them carefully. They didn't need to be good at what they did, just don't swing the hoe on their foreheads.
Zhu Xi and Zhu Di stopped talking when they saw that their eldest brother didn't even chase them away. He was already so old, so he naturally knew the plans of those concubines. It was true that his father cherished his bloodline, but after all, he was the emperor and had heavy government affairs, so he didn't have much at all.
I spent time communicating with my sons. The older ones are doing well. They even walked around with their father when they were young.
The princes after Lao Liu were really born in the palace and grew up in the hands of women. They have never left the palace for so many years, and they only have endless studies.
Another hour passed, and the younger ones were so tired that they were lying in a pavilion far away, eating cold sesame cakes. Only the fifth child was still quietly swinging his hoe next to his brother. He was working quite hard, but
That little mouth kept chattering, and Zhu Di was so annoyed that he wanted to knock him out with a hoe.
"Humph, if you were born in an ordinary family, you would have to starve to death. You have ruined such a good land!"
"My son, I pay my respects to my father."
Old Zhu Long walked over, looked at the messy ridges, and severely criticized his sons. He took off his outer robe, took the hoe from Zhu Xi's hand, and started working.
The posture at first was a bit unnatural, but he soon adjusted it back. The efficiency of the hoeing was no worse than that of the older boys. The three brothers did not dare to speak and hurriedly continued their hard work.
The young ones didn't dare to be lazy anymore. They ran over and started hoeing little by little with a grimace. Time passed slowly. A group of eunuchs and maids stood in the distance. The old father led the way as the sun set.
Sons big and small are opening up new farmland...
I don’t know how long it took, Lao Zhu was sweating all over, and the hands and feet of the younger ones were weak. The older ones were tired and hungry after working like this all day, and the fatigue showed through their bones. They just wanted to eat well and have a good sleep.
Sleep.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw down the hoe: "Okay, we'll finish here today, and we'll do the rest tomorrow. The third and fourth brothers will continue according to what I've dug out, and don't hoe it crookedly."
Zhu Biao put the hoe aside, and when he stretched out his palm, he could see a few blisters. It couldn't be said to be painful, but it just felt uncomfortable. The hand holding the pen suddenly waved the hoe, and he was really not used to it.
Zhu Biao walked up to his father and said with a smile: "We should ask the second brother to come over and see if he can still think about women."
"We have given an order to the imperial doctor to use the military medicine and let him come to work in ten days. Not only will he do it this year, but he will also do it in the spring of next year. If he doesn't train him, he will be useless."
Zhu Biao laughed happily when he heard this, and Zhu Xi and Zhu Di on the side also made no secret of their gloating. They were having fun outside the palace, but because that guy was implicated, he was not only brought back to the palace, but also had to work hard to cultivate the land. Naturally,
I wish he was in bad luck, otherwise how can I calm down?
If he followed the gentle treatment given by the imperial doctors, Zhu Ping could indeed lie down comfortably for a month. But if he used the military's special wound medicine, the effect would be effective in ten days, but the pain was really painful, not only
It hurts and is very itchy...
Everyone was happy with this, and Lao Zhu happily took his sons to have dinner. Looking at his sons, big and small, Zhu Yuanzhang felt very at ease.
During the years when he was begging for alms, his most extravagant wish was to one day marry a wife and have children, and then give birth to a large group of sons, and lead his sons to work from sunrise to sunset while they farm and raise family members.
A relatively sumptuous dinner was different from the original restraint. The princes were exhausted and even more hungry. Now they no longer care about being afraid of their father. They were scrambling like a group of piglets. Lao Zhu, a person who always pays attention to rules.
, this time it was rare that he did not stop him, but looked at him with a smile.
After eating and drinking, Lao Zhu asked them to go back to the palace to rest. Zhu Biao still sat beside him, watching the departure of his brothers with his father...
After they all left, the two got up and walked back to Jinshen Palace. The imperial desk was still filled with piles of memorials and official documents. Needless to say, Zhu Biao walked to his small desk and sat down. Liu Jin left the imperial desk.
A portion of the memorial was brought over, and the father and son immersed themselves in reviewing it.
A whole family can do physical work, but only the father and son can do this kind of thing, not the other princes, and they are not even allowed to take a second look here.
The two of them were not quiet when reviewing the memorials. Sometimes when Zhu Biao encountered major events, or about memorials related to the future direction of the imperial court, he would ask his father. From time to time, Lao Zhu would also pick up a copy of complex questions to test his son.
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I have been busy until Chenshi to finish today's government affairs. Some of the ones that are too involved are from Liuzhong. Tomorrow, Lao Zhu will call the principal officials for a small meeting to resolve them.
"Biao'er, you don't have to go to the morning court tomorrow. First, go to the Ministry of Works to see how the troop mobilization medals we ordered the Ministry of Works to specially make last month are doing. There are also gold and silver medals for military ministers. These are related to the mobilization of the imperial troops and cannot be ignored.
The Ministry of Etiquette has also requested a grand memorial ceremony for the Yellow Emperor’s Xuanyuan clan. Please write a memorial letter for us in your own hand..."
The most important affairs of the country are sacrifice and military affairs. Apart from Lao Zhu, only Zhu Biao can do these two things well. Needless to say, the military cards are something similar to tiger charms, which are used as evidence for mobilizing troops and horses in emergencies.
Nowadays, it is difficult to mobilize troops. Even if the imperial court wants to use troops, it still needs an order from the emperor. The Zhongshu Province sends it to the Ministry of War, and then the army governor's office executes it. The process required to actually convey the order to the commander-in-chief is too cumbersome.
Unprepared for the unexpected situation, Lao Zhu ordered the Ministry of Industry to manufacture the horse talisman for use by the military and the state. The first gold medal of the real dragon was in the hands of the emperor, and the second gold medal of the treasure was collected by the Zhongshu Province and the Dudu Mansion respectively.
When it comes to making books and dispatching troops, the provincial government will use the cards to enter and then the inner government will use them as treasures. The walking horse talisman cards are worn by envoys sent to carry out urgent military and national affairs. They are used by imperial envoys to mobilize soldiers from local guards in the local area.
As for offering sacrifices to the Xuanyuan family, let alone that. Serious national events should have been written by Lao Zhu himself, and then officials from the Ministry of Rites would go to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum on the top of Qiaoshan in Huangling County to read out the sacrificial inscriptions as a token of appreciation for future generations.
I am grateful for the kindness of my ancestors in Xuanyuan.
Since the Han Dynasty, there have been records of worshiping, repairing, and protecting the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Qiaoshan. In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang asked officials to overhaul the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum. It took three years to complete the construction. After all, the Yuan Dynasty would not care much about the Xuanyuan family. This year is officially
The sacrifices begin. Needless to say, the meaning of this first sacrifice represents the founding of the People's Republic of China.