The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 615

[615.Chapter 596 A great benefactor]

He beat his chest and fell down, crying miserably.

I somewhat blame Shuntian Mansion for taking advantage of him.

How happy it is to have enough food. Xishan once attracted many refugees.

These refugees may not have any contact with the officials and scholars, so it is impossible for the officials and scholars to spend time thinking about how these refugees were resettled and where they went.

But the people in the prefectures of Northern Zhili are different.

Many of the refugees who went there were from the same village, fellow villagers, or various distant relatives. Those who had not had enough to eat and were so miserable that they could not even eat. They thought they were dead after the disaster, but who would have expected that they would die. He brought back a message telling them that everything was going well for him, that he could have enough to eat here, and that there were two great benefactors here who took care of them and that they lived a good life.

Then, he told them that he married a wife and gave birth to a baby; or his baby went to school; he built a new tile-roofed house. The emphasis is on the new ’tiled’ house.

At first people didn’t believe it, but then from time to time they would bring a piece of cloth, a few kilograms of bacon, or their children’s old clothes to their poor relatives, or occasionally ask someone to bring back some scraps of silver.

Only then did people realize that there was a place in this world where there were two benefactors. Under the protection of these two benefactors, even if they were people like Yang Biao, Wang Ermazi, and Zhang Sanba, You can also live a good life.

So Liu Wuliu came. He struggled in the quagmire of despair for half his life before he saw some light.

He saw many people, damn, so many bumpkins coming to rob him?

He was a little panicked, so he followed the flow of people to Xishan early in the morning, fearing that he would be late. Unexpectedly, he was caught and dragged by several men.

All of a sudden, these men shattered all his hopes, and he was unwilling to give in.

He was crying so loudly that Emperor Hongzhi was heartbroken.

Yang Tinghe’s face darkened. He realized something, so he hurriedly exchanged glances with several ministers who were close to him. Yang Tinghe could see a bit of fear in their eyes.

On weekdays, they don’t do anything to the majesty or the prince every day, so what’s the matter with the world? In other words, if His Majesty or the Prince behaves like this again, what will happen to the soldiers and civilians?

And now… aren’t the people standing in front of us the real ‘people’?

Yang Tinghe said: “Don’t cry first, finish the question first.”

Liu Wuliu was a little afraid of this stern-faced official, so he didn’t dare to cry loudly, and just sobbed softly.

“Do you know about Yao and Shun?” Yang Tinghe said.

Liu Wuliu was stunned.

“I recognize a man named Zhang Shun.”

“Hahahaha…” Zhu Houzhao unconsciously crossed his arms.

Liu Wuliu’s words moved him very much. Zhu Houzhao felt very proud. He never thought that he had such a good reputation before. When he was proud, he would inevitably get carried away. When he heard Zhang Shun, he couldn’t help laughing.

Fang Jifan glanced at Zhu Houzhao and said in his heart: “MD, you are mentally retarded and don’t know how to be humble at all.”

“…”

The emperor and his ministers were speechless.

“You don’t even know about Yao and Shun?” Yang Tinghe looked at Liu Wuliu with disdain.

Yao and Shun didn’t even know that Yang Tinghe seemed eager to prove that Liu Wuliu was an ignorant and ignorant commoner who was completely uneducated.

There was actually nothing he could do about it. Every note, every word, every sigh or tear that Liu Wuliu spoke was like a slap in the face.

This slap hurts.

This made Yang Tinghe, who had always pointed out the ills of the times, pointed out the mistakes of the emperor and the prince on behalf of thousands of people, acted for the people, and prided himself on being clean, with a sense of despair and fear.

If so, wouldn’t it prove that he is nothing more than a ridiculous clown?

He felt that he was going crazy and looked at Liu Wuliu even more severely.

Liu Wuliu was frightened, trembling, and finally shook his head: “No… I don’t recognize it.”

“You are so ignorant, how do you know good and bad, and how do you know who is good to you and who is bad to you?”

“… “Liu Wuliu was confused.

Yang Tinghe took a deep breath and pressed forward step by step: “Just because Xishan can eat white flour and meat? If you only think about eating, what is the difference between you and animals?”

He was so righteous that his spitting stars almost splashed on Liu. On Wuliu.

“…”

Yang Tinghe was furious. The appearance of Liu Wuliu directly subverted his value. This is his most fundamental thing. He is not worried about the emperor dismissing him from office. He can care nothing about his official career, and he is not afraid of being punished. Tingzhang, but Liu Wuliu was digging his roots.

“The reason why humans are different from beasts is that when the common people go away, the gentlemen will survive. Shun understood common people, observed human relations, acted based on benevolence and righteousness, and did not practice benevolence and righteousness…”

“What did you say?” Liu Wuliu was confused again. .

Fang Jifan couldn’t help but worry about Liu Wuliu: “He called you a beast and a villain!”

“…”

Liu Wuliu was confused again: “I didn’t offend him, why did he call me?”

“…” Yang Tinghe was speechless: “Because you don’t know how to educate?”

“Why don’t I know how to educate?” Liu Wuliu was obviously a little angry.

It was enough for the officials to arrest me. I was extremely desperate. Now there is another official. I am so respectful to him, but he points at his nose and calls me a beast. Are you provoking him?

Yang Tinghe was awe-inspiring: “You don’t have Yao and Shun in your heart, you don’t know books, you don’t know etiquette, you only think about white flour and meat!”

“That’s it!” Liu Wuliu was angry, and even a few people behind him were angry and hostile. Looked at Yang Tinghe.

Liu Wuliu said: “Have you ever been hungry? Have you ever been hungry for three days? Have you?”

Yang Tinghe: “This has nothing to do with starvation, gentleman…”

“Gentleman is a fart!” Liu Wuliu risked his life : “I experienced it. My stomach felt like it was burning. Time passed very slowly. Every stick of incense was very difficult to bear. My hungry eyes turned yellow and I went crazy. When I saw wood, I gnawed the soil. Just dig up the dirt.

Do

you know what it feels like to eat sawdust and dirt? Do you have a wife? You must be able to afford a doctor to give her some medicine, right?

Yang Tinghe was speechless, and the awe-inspiring look on his face disappeared.

Liu Wuliu’s eyes were red. When he thought of his mother, his chest heaved and he beat his face: “I, Liu Wuliu, have no future. I let my mother starve and I can’t afford a doctor. Yes, you are right. I am a beast, and the mother of a beast cannot afford to see a doctor. But I can say that, if you say it, it will be like scolding both my parents. A beast only gives birth to a beast. Do you think I am stupid? “

“…”

Liu Wuliu said: “I have never done anything wrong in my life. They said that if you farm land for big families, you can eat gruel. I farmed it, and I could barely eat enough. But the land rent is too expensive.” , even in a good year, I am only half-full. In a bad year, if I do not flee the famine, my survival depends on my life. I need to work as a long-term or short-term worker. I stole your mother-in-law and helped you give birth to a baby. You scolded me like this.”

“…”

Liu Wuliu said: “I don’t have a good life elsewhere. I have no food in my life. “

People said it was delicious, so I wanted to try it. I heard that the great benefactor of Xishan was good to our people and allowed us to live a good life. Why did you scold Yao and Shun? What did I care about him? “Whether he is your father or your mother, what does it have to do with me?”

Yang Ting was so angry that

he said hurriedly: “It’s ridiculous, it’s really ridiculous.”

He found that he could not refute a single word from the woodcutter.

The others, those who were still eloquent before, began to quietly retreat into the class, while those who were righteous before secretly lowered their heads and blushed a little.

“You can’t stand without pain in your back.” Liu Wuliu said: “We in the countryside say that in today’s world, we are suffering because there are too many officials like you. After eating and drinking, we can’t stand and talk. My back hurts. I didn’t eat your rice, you just call me a beast, but you also call me a mother?”

The few farmers behind him looked around in fear. They seemed to think that Liu Wuliu didn’t say a word when they saw the emperor. A bit seeking death, busy secretly pulling Liu Wuliu.

Liu Wuliu immediately became timid.

“Well said!”

At this time, someone applauded.

It’s not who Zhu Houzhao is.

It spoke out what I, Xiao Zhu, felt like. This scolding was really satisfying.

Liu Wuliu looked at Zhu Houzhao in fear, and then at Yang Tinghe. At this time, someone said: “This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”

This voice came out.

Liu Wuliu and others were stunned.

They looked directly at Zhu Houzhao, at the young man with a smile on his face, dressed in rich clothes, with a fair face and a little fluttering eyebrows.

“You…you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince…” Liu Wuliu and others couldn’t close their mouths from ear to ear.

The fear, fear and anxiety I felt just now, as well as the worry about the future, suddenly disappeared at this moment.

“It’s a great benefactor…it’s a great benefactor…”

People in Xishan said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Fang Jifan were both called “great benefactors” to the outside world, so people from all over the country were accustomed to calling the prince this way.

Liu Wuliu had been cold to Yang Ting and Hengmei just now, but at this moment, he was crying.

With a click, he knelt down on the ground again, and the other people also knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground. Their bodies were trembling and they were extremely excited.

Zhu Houzhao took a few steps closer, and Liu Wuliu seemed to have found support. He hugged Zhu Houzhao’s thigh tightly, with tears and runny nose: “My great benefactor, I can see you, I am Liu Wuliu, My name is Liu Wuliu, the great benefactor. Those gentlemen arrested me here for no reason and do not want to do anything to me. The great benefactor has always been willing to make decisions for the people. We and the common people all admire and respect the great benefactor. You are here, That’s good, you have to tell the people in Xishan, I was arrested, I was arrested…”

“Yes, we were arrested!”

People who see hope are terrible.

People like Liu Wuliu may not know what Yao and Shun are, but they know that His Royal Highness, this great benefactor who treats the people well and loves them like his own son, is the backer of our people. This is what the folks in Xishan said.

(End of chapter)