Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 275 There is also true love in the palace

   Liu Jin felt isolated.

  No one paid attention to him, and even many people talked to him, and there was no respect anymore.

  Actually, this is understandable. When life is peaceful, people will think in the long run. You, Liu Jin, belong to the prince. Maybe you will be able to curry favor with you in the future, so how can you get some credit?

  But it’s different now, survival is the top priority now, who still cares about you Liu Jin?

   Helpless, Liu Jin had no choice but to take out a small book, and carefully wrote down Wang Bao's name. In this book, Ouyang Zhi ranked first.

   Liu Jin can't make trouble for the time being, and defending the city is the most important thing for everyone now.

  The siege methods of the Tatars are actually lackluster. The only thing that can harm Jinzhou is the stone cannon inherited from their ancestors!

The so-called stone cannon, the so-called Huihui cannon, is completely wooden and easy to make. It is actually a catapult. However, the Tatars did not need to move the entire stone cannon to fight, but only needed to bring some key components of the stone cannon. , When they arrived at the city, they ordered people to cut down some trees, or demolished some houses in nearby villages, and took the wood to make it.

   It was built quickly, and its power is not small. Facing ordinary cities, it is especially powerful. The walls of some cities are made of rammed earth, and they can even directly smash down the earth walls!

However, in front of Jinzhou City, its effect is limited. After all, Jinzhou is one of the few fortified cities of the Ming Dynasty outside the pass. The bricks and bricks on the wall are enough to allow six or seven cavalry to gallop side by side. It's just a fool's dream, just throwing some stones to cause harm to the people in the city.

  Ouyang Zhi is not afraid of these arrows and stones. He is obviously also aware that countless people have regarded him as a hero who unites the entire Jinzhou under the desire to survive. Because of this, he is even more calm and relaxed.

  At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind.

  We must stick to it, and we must not let the Tatar soldiers enter the city. The teacher asked himself to come outside, isn’t it just to keep the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians?

   Will keep it.

  Boom...

  But at this time, a huge boulder fell from the sky and fell directly on the house. Immediately, rubble flew around. Because it directly hit the beam, more than half of the whole house collapsed.

  All the officials here were shocked.

  In order to boost morale, Ouyang Xiuzhuan deliberately moved his shaft to a position close to the city gate.

   And now, it is finally a crime.

  Suddenly, the sky was full of dust, some people were wailing, some were lying on the ground in fright, and some were shitting.

   But when the dust cleared away, a large number of rescue officers and officers and soldiers rushed in. In this crooked ruined wall, they saw a vague shadow!

  And this shadow is still sitting behind the desk, kneeling with a long body, not lying down, still like a green pine!

  Everyone couldn't see his face clearly in the distance and the dust, but there was already an image in their minds, and this image was shining.

  Ouyang Zhi looked up...and then lowered his eyes again.

  Actually... He is also afraid, but the problem is that by the time he realizes that he should be afraid, the most dangerous situation has passed.

  This... is really embarrassing.

Ever since, he had nothing to be afraid of. Ouyang Zhi shook his head and sighed. Seeing many people rushing forward, he said expressionlessly, "Iron Pao, why haven't you fired back? Don't let the Tartars fight back." The Tartars have affected the morale of the army and the people in the city, and... repair this house, it is snowing now, and in a few days, there will be even more snow, if it is not repaired, there will be no place to live."

   "..."

Everyone looked at Ouyang Zhi with complicated expressions. Not far from him, there was a large boulder splashed from the boulder. This large boulder hit the lamp stand beside him violently , The light stand has been shattered.

  Ouyang Xiuzhuan, with his usual expression on his face, this stern scolding made all the people who were still in shock gradually calm down a little bit.

Afterwards, everyone looked at Ouyang Xiuzhuan with adoring eyes. Everyone's legs were a little weak and they wanted to kneel. This was not because of fear, but more like the habitual soft leg disease that was about to recur when facing Ouyang Xiuzhuan up.

   "Humble, let's do it."

   "Humbly go down and order someone to repair the house."

   "The villain is going to ask someone to clean it up."

   "Ouyang Xiuzhuan is hungry, the villain will give you something to eat."

  Ouyang Xiuzhuan lowered his head, ignored these strange guys, and only said two words indifferently: "Go!"

  …

  The capital is already boiling.

  The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate smelled meat like flies, and a large number of impeachment memorials flew into the palace like snowflakes.

   Some scolded Fang Jifan.

  Some people scolded Ouyang Zhi.

  Some people turned a corner and said that the prince connived at the house slaves to run amok in Jinzhou.

   Such tossing Jinzhou soldiers and civilians, just because a non-existent Tatar may surprise Jinzhou, is this still alive?

For all this, Fang Jifan is generous, he did not rush into the Metropolitan Procuratorate and beat these censors to death. After all, he is understandable in such a situation. Being impeached in Ming Dynasty is the only way to gradually lean towards the center of power. .

  People who have not been impeached are embarrassed to say that they are social people, ah no, it should be, and they are embarrassed to say that they are close to the center of power.

   Now Fang Jifan is a street rat, but theoretically speaking, Fang Jifan has been a street rat for a long time, and he is used to it.

  The emperor just kept these impeachment memorials, which means that he wanted to downplay them.

   After all, the impeachment of Ouyang Zhi is the impeachment of Fang Jifan, and the impeachment of Liu Jin is not the same as scolding the prince?

The emperor can scold the crown prince, and even break his legs, because this is his own son, but others cannot scold him. The crown prince is the future heir, and it is the hope for the continuation of the Ming Dynasty after his death. How can it be confirmed that the evil slaves are allowed to harm the people?

  So… ignore it.

  However... Although Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan have been shielded, it does not mean that they should not be punished for their troubles.

  Every evening, an old **** would hurry back to the palace from Xishan, and then someone would send him to the Nuan Pavilion.

  At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was probably still busy with state affairs with a tired look on his face.

  The old **** came in on tiptoe. Emperor Hongzhi didn't raise his eyes, but said lightly: "Xishan... how about..."

   But this seemingly casual question actually showed concern.

  The old **** said: "Today the crown prince and Uncle Xinjian are digging the flue, they are not lazy, they just talked too much."

   "Too much talk?" Emperor Hongzhi finally raised his head to look at the old eunuch, seeming more concerned: "What are you slandering again? Are you scolding me?"

  The old **** smiled awkwardly: "How dare they...are saying, the champion..."

   "Champion Hou?"

  Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyelids slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Go on."

The old **** said truthfully: "The crown prince said that if he wanted to be a champion, he would also accomplish such a great feat. Uncle Xinjian said that the champion died early. The prince then said that he wanted to be a champion who lived to be a hundred years old. Uncle Xinjian persuaded him, saying that His Highness should aspire to be Han Wu, and the champion Hou is just a general."

  Emperor Hongzhi was speechless.

   Isn't this all nonsense among young people?

   It seems, nothing interesting...

At this time, the old **** said again: "His Royal Highness also said that it would be better if he could not be a Hanwu in his lifetime. He would rather just be a general. If he is a general for a lifetime, His Majesty can live a long life, so he does not want to be a Han Wu is only a champion, and Your Majesty is Han Wu..."

  Emperor Hongzhi trembled slightly, but his heart suddenly softened.

"This silly son, how many people in this world can live a long life? In all dynasties, there has never been an emperor like this. Of course I can't. Jiangshan Sheji should belong to him. I will always grow old, and I will always get weaker. It's getting worse and worse, and one day I'll have to meet my ancestors, this silly boy is really ignorant..."

  Although it was a complaint, Emperor Hongzhi had a smile in the depths of his eyes, and this smile was full of warmth.

  He waved his hand lightly and said: "Continue to go tomorrow morning, don't let them be lazy, they like to steal and play tricks the most."

   "Slave... obey the order." The old **** saluted, stepped back quietly, and then disappeared in the Nuan Pavilion without a sound.

  Emperor Hongzhi still held the pen in his hand, but at this moment he pressed the penholder against his chin, with a thoughtful expression on his face, obviously not in the mood to review the memorabilia.

  …

   And in the small hall next to the warm pavilion, a box was quietly delivered!

   Xiao Jing, with a blank face, gently opened the box.

Immediately, the jewels in the box seemed to have blinded his eyes, he quickly looked away, but said with a cold face: "What a bastard, he Liu Jin treats us as someone, we purify ourselves and enter the palace, in this life , they are all people in the palace, they have nothing to worry about outside, and in the palace, they only have eyes for the emperor, what is he doing, Liu Jin? He wants to do such a bribe, this kid, I'm afraid he is doing things outside the customs My son did such a great job, I was scared, heh... We said long ago that this Liu Jin is still young, and sooner or later, he will die on this self-righteous little trick."

   Said, Xiao Jing sat down, raised the teacup, sipped the tea lightly, and took a gentle look at Zhang Zhi who had quietly entered the palace in the starry night: "However, your journey has been hard."

   "Thank you, old ancestor, for your mercy." Zhang Zhi is neither Xiao Jing's godson nor godson, so naturally he doesn't have the qualifications to be called godfather or godfather, so he can only be called ancestor.

Xiao Jing raised his eyes and said: "This Liu Jin, we chose to send him to the inner study at the beginning, let him study, and went to the East Palace to serve the prince. I thought he was thinking of our kindness in his heart, but he himself After going to the East Palace, he no longer looks at anyone, I heard that he doesn't even care about us?"

  Zhang Zhi was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly said in horror: "It's nothing, Eunuch Liu has always regarded him as your own son."

  (end of this chapter)