Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1472 I am the Son of Heaven

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Zhong.

  He knew very well what happened during the Battle of Jinzhou during the Chenghua period.

  At that time, although he was young, the palace was extremely tense. Even his father, who ignored the government, summoned the ministers almost all night to discuss the attack strategy.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sighed, and said: "After that, you came to the capital?"

This Chen Zhong shook his head and said: "No, since then, the villain was incorporated into the auxiliary army because of his leg illness. The three guards in Jianzhou rebelled, and the villain was ordered to go to Liaodong to suppress the Jianzhou Jurchen. Although it was spring at that time, Liaodong was particularly special It's cold, the road is muddy and difficult to walk, the villain is just a small soldier, and his job is to follow the army to **** the food and grass, chase and kill the Jianzhou rebels, encircle and suppress the rebels in the snow, and kill the soldiers in front. After more than a month, the Jianzhou rebels were almost wiped out, and the army returned."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded. This is the famous Liting in Chenghua. During the Chenghua period, the Jurchens rebelled. The Jurchens were all killed.

  The so-called court is the place where the ancient Huns worshiped the gods, and it was also the military and political center of the Huns rulers. And Liting is to wipe out the enemy's base camp and sweep up his lair.

  Emperor Hongzhi also had an impression of this battle. A mighty army set out from central Beijing to meet with the frontier army.

  At this time, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Chen Zhong's leg and asked curiously, "You have a disease in your leg, can you also **** the food and grass?"

"Why not?" Chen Zhong said: "At that time, my little old man was stronger than the soldiers in the capital. People are different, villain..."

  He said this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "Ah, Jingying is so lazy, what you say is the same as Lao Fang."

  Fang Jifan: "..."

  Does this count as being shot for no reason?

  Emperor Hongzhi was also happy when he heard this, and looked back at Zhu Houzhao, and saw the blind curly hair that this guy made him look at, and looked away sullenly.

  Emperor Hongzhi's eyes fell back on Chen Zhong, and said: "Speaking of which, you are still a great hero."

However, Chen Zhong smiled and said: "What kind of hero is this? There are many meritorious deeds. When the order was ordered to plow the court, all the troops tried their best to attack and searched for the Jianzhou Jurchen rebels. It was very urgent to chase them down. It was a foot thick, and the wind blew on the surface like a knife. When the army passed by, not a single blade of grass grew. I don’t know how many heads were beheaded. The little old man drove the car. After that, the former emperor of Chenghua rewarded the three armies, and I couldn’t do it. A few catties of preserved meat, and a few taels of silver. Thousands of households felt sorry for my poor legs and feet, so they reported the matter and allowed me to return to the pass with the Beijing camp and change my citizenship. Since then, I have settled in this capital. "

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help sighing that such a person would have such a legendary experience.

  He sat down subconsciously.

Chen Zhong was very old, but he limped and took out anthracite coal to burn. The heat wave hit his face. He grinned and said: "I don't want to turn on the heat. This coal is better, but the little old man is not afraid of it." Cold, people who have stayed in Liaodong, feel much warmer whenever they arrive in Beijing, distinguished guests are different, don't freeze."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded with WeChat, feeling the old man's kindness.

   After a pause, he stared at Chen Zhongdao again: "When we arrived in Beijing, how is life in Beijing?"

  Chen Zhong suddenly felt sad.

After a while, he sighed and said: "It will be different when we arrive in the capital. I have relatives in the capital, but no one cares about anyone. At that time, I was already old and my legs and feet were not good enough." Okay, what kind of job can I find? Later, I worked as a watchman in Qingpingfang. So the price is pretty cheap."

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned and looked concerned: "You don't have a son?"

  Chen Zhong shook his head.

  Before, he was a military household, but any beloved man would not marry his daughter to him. Although he came to the capital later, who would look up to a disabled person?

  Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "But I see that you invested nine taels of silver in Ruyi Bank."

"This is..." Chen Zhong paused: "This is money for hard work. There are seven or three coins that were rewarded when Jinzhou and Dangping were established. The little old man didn't dare to spend any of them. He kept all of them and paid them back. One tael or seven dollars is the savings of more than 20 years. At that time, they said that money can make money, but the little old man didn't believe it. But later, everyone around him made money, and they all talked about the benefits... The little old man was still tempted , took this family fortune and savings and invested in it, never thought that this murderer is worse than the Tatars and Jianzhou people."

   Speaking of this, Chen Zhong's eyes were red, and he couldn't help wiping away his tears.

  When he was young, Chen Zhong was also a man. When he talked about the battle in Liaodong, his face was flushed, and it was obvious that he had blood.

But now, he has reached the end of his life. Thinking of the situation, the tears in his cloudy eyes couldn't help pattering down, and he couldn't help sobbing: "At that time, when I heard that people ran away, I immediately felt that this life was hopeless, and I thought... I would rather die Clean up, the way of heaven is unfair... To tell you the truth, at that time, the little old man never thought about getting the money back, but only thinking, let it go... Anyway, I don't know what will happen tomorrow, so I will die. The only regret, But why didn't he die in Jinzhou or Liaodong with the original robes? At any rate, he still has his own name and surname in the merit book, leaving this useless body, and when he gets old, he still suffers sin of..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face flashed unnaturally, his eyes didn't dare to touch Chen Zhong, and he staggered his eyes.

Chen Zhong covered his face, and let go stubbornly: "But how do you know, hey...the emperor...the emperor actually captured the one who killed a thousand knives, put up the list, and asked everyone to take the receipt to get back the money. Said... people like us have returned all the money, but those rich and noble families only refunded 60% to 70%... I also heard news that there are many royal relatives in the palace who have invested a large amount of money The emperor is extra merciful and sympathetic to the interests of us small people. I would rather the emperor himself and his relatives and relatives pay less money and suffer some losses, and it will definitely not hurt us small people..."

Speaking of this, Chen Zhong's mouth couldn't help trembling, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak. He lowered his head, sad and happy: "Respected guest...you don't know, it's unbelievable to hear this news, When the little old man really took back the silver, I just... just realized... This is not a dream, honorable guest, when the little old man took the silver, he was thinking, back then in Jianzhou, in Jinzhou, even if the old man suffered Injury, being a **** for a lifetime is worth it, this life is worth it, the little old man is outside the customs, desperately defending the imperial court and the country, the guarding capital, and those high-ranking officials, although they are usually high above, but This time, I have never owed my little old man."

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt a little wet in his eyes, and fell into a long silence.

  Zhu Houzhao shook his curly hair, and couldn't help feeling awe.

  Fang Jifan lowered his head, looking thoughtful.

  The imperial court didn't owe you anything, it's because you got mad.

   If I had broken a leg, I would pack up and go to Daming Palace, eat his mother, drink his mother's food, and let him raise me for the rest of my life.

At this time, Chen Zhong put on a smile and continued: "The silver is returned, and I have a little to rely on for the rest of my life, haha, speaking of it, the neighbors, I heard the little old man talking about Jianzhou and Everyone felt impatient about the Jinzhou matter, and felt that the little old man talked too much. Now, everyone listens to the old stories of Jinzhou and Jianzhou, and hears the good news from the army, and everyone applauds, everyone is aware of the matter Yes, knowing that the imperial court will not neglect us ordinary people, even though the emperor and dignitaries cannot see us, they still... have us in their hearts."

  Emperor Hongzhi thumped in his heart.

  His eyes are slightly closed.

  This sentence...to him, it was too shocking.

  The so-called imperial court manages people all over the world.

   But people in the world, do they really have the same heart and mind as the imperial court?

  The people of all the people have their own thoughts. For these small people who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, the court is too far away, the emperor is too far away, and Jinzhou and Jianzhou are even farther away.

  They don't care about these things, and they don't care about the people and things that are far away.

But…

  Only this time the spoils were returned...so many people suddenly became united with the imperial court and began to understand the benefits and difficulties of the imperial court. This...is a sign of unity.

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a gloomy gaze: "When I was young in Chenghua Liting, I was still very impressed. Many troops were dispatched to Beijing. When they came back, many people were dressed in rags. They suffered."

  Holding his hands on the charcoal basin, feeling the heat in the charcoal basin, his body felt warm, and then said: "As for the return of stolen goods this time, I am ashamed to say it..."

  I am ashamed to hear Emperor Hongzhi say.

  Chen Zhong looked at Emperor Hongzhi with tears of gratitude.

Emperor Hongzhi claimed that he was from the Xishan Bank, and he respected the people of the bank. Chen Zhong said earnestly: "No, it is the little old man who should be ashamed. It was the little old man who was fooled and deceived at the beginning. Well, everything is our own fault, and it is thanks to you. If it were not for you, we people... would have to die. Yes, I heard that the palace and many high-ranking officials only refunded 60% of the money. It is rumored that this is the case matter, is this true?"

  When Emperor Hongzhi heard this question, he finally found some anger in his eyes, and said in a proud tone: "Of course, the palace lost more than 800,000 taels."

   "Yeah." Chen Zhong said in surprise: "There are so many, honorable guest...how did honorable guest know?"

  Emperor Hongzhi stared fixedly, stood up, and said, "I lost the 800,000 taels!"

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  The second chapter is delivered, tearfully asking for a monthly ticket.

  (end of this chapter)