Chapter 10 Gambling
It is said that in 1368 AD, Comrade Zhu Chongba proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and named the Ming Dynasty. After the construction of Nanjing City, Zhu Yuanzhang once ran to the street for a private visit, and during this period he met a great immortal on the street.
The great immortal's business is quite good. Many people gathered around him and asked him to make words and fortune-telling. This great immortal looked quite smart.
Comrade Zhu Chongba was thinking about whether he would ask Daxianer to calculate the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty? Thinking of this, Zhu Chongba also walked up.
Zhu Chongba: "Daxian, please help me test a word."
Daxian: "What word?"
Zhu Chongba: "Ming."
Daxian: "What to test?"
Zhu Chongba: "Rule Number."
After hearing this, Daxian'er quickly pulled Zhu Chongba and whispered to him: "Brother, are you going to test the national destiny of our Ming Dynasty?"
"We will only tell you this!" Seeing that Comrade Zhu Chongba looked like this, Daxian'er stroked his beard and pretended to be profound.
Zhu Chongba: "Okay, great immortal, come and listen."
The immortal pointed his mouth to Zhu Chongba's ears, lowered his voice and said slowly: "The Ming Dynasty will prosper in the southeast, and will eventually perish in the northwest!"
Zhu Chongba was very unhappy after hearing this, but he still held back his anger and paid for the word test and turned around. ————Excerpt from "The Vernacular Edition of the Ming Taizu's Records"
"My nephew, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense in the court!" Meng Zhaoxiang saw that Liu Hongjian became more and more detached, so he couldn't help but move behind Liu Hongjian and whispered a few words, but Wei Zaode heard it right.
"Hahaha! I still think I am a person who seeks fame, but I didn't expect to be a fool who speaks wildly! If there is really a monster, you are the one who is struck by lightning, and you are not afraid of blowing it off! I will tell the emperor that this person is rude and speaks nonsense. I ask the emperor to punish this person for deceiving the emperor!"
Wei Zaode's specialty has always been Wei Zaode's specialty. He also saw Meng Zhaoxiang's anxious expression, thinking that if he didn't even know about such a big thing, it must be this kid who made a fool of himself.
But what Wei Zaode did not expect was that Chongzhen, who should not believe the least, believed in this. The reason was very simple. Just as outsiders did not know about Zhu Chongba's real portrait, the record of this story did not appear in the record of Taizu in the Hanlin Academy, but was specifically excerpted in a secret book that only the emperor was qualified to read.
In fact, although Zhu Chongba thought that the great immortal was probably nonsense, given that the first half of the prophecy could barely make sense, he, who had always been cautious, still felt that he should be careful, so he later enfeoffed his son to all parts of the country.
He specially selected a few who could fight and established the Nine Great Sui Kings, who were responsible for guarding the northwest frontiers of the Ming Dynasty. Later, when Chengzu Zhu Di reduced the vassals, he only cut off the military power of some vassal kings in the mainland, and did not easily move the vassal kings on the nine sides.
"How do you know if I brag about it? Not to mention anything else. If my musket can really hit 300 meters, would you be punished for your crime of deceiving the king?"
When Liu Hongjian heard that the uncle named Wei was making noise again, he was not happy. He thought that I hadn't provoked you, so why did he always get along with me? It's impolite to come and not deal with me. Since you want to mess with me and make me unhappy, I naturally can't make you feel comfortable.
"Emperor, this Wei slandered Xiao, Xiao felt very wronged in his heart. Xiao hoped that the emperor could give me a chance to prove himself! If my musket could not be so far, Xiao was willing to admit that he was bragging, and ate the cowhide, and then obey the emperor's disposal!"
Although Liu Hongjian despised Wei Zaode very much, he still pretended to be bullied by all the ministers.
Chongzhen did not expect how a good court would be like this. Now he feels a little difficult to do. If he doesn't agree, he will become a person inside and outside. Just let them do it. Anyway, he also wants to see if this kid is lying. If there are such a powerful musket in the world, it will be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.
"Accurate! Retreat the court!" Chongzhen was a little confused and said lightly. After saying that, he got up and prepared to leave.
"Your Majesty, I haven't finished speaking yet!" Seeing that Chongzhen said two words and planned to run away, Liu Hongjian hurriedly shouted.
"Shu Zi, what else do you have to say?" Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he wanted to get angry after Liu Hongjian's half-word words, but he still stood still.
"The young man was suspected of being accused of being accused of being accused of deceiving the emperor because of his slander. If he couldn't hit that far with the small musket, not only would all the rewards be gone, but he would also have to eat cowhide and also have the danger of losing his head."
Liu Hongjian paused for a moment, then brewed his emotions, and continued.
"But if the young man proved that what he said was true, the young man believed that this Lord Wei should also be punished. Otherwise, who else in the Ming Dynasty dared to lead the way for me, Daming? Without these soldiers, can some people stand here and enjoy it safely?"
"My heart is really crying than that Huang Lian, and even more unfair than that Dou E. The emperor!" After saying that, Liu Hongjian knelt down with a sad and angry face.
If you want to say that Liu Hongjian is inappropriate, it seems that people are telling the truth. What do soldiers fighting on the front line hate the most is that the officials in the rear easily erased their contributions to the bloody battlefield.
"Your Majesty, I think this kid is right." The left governor Wen Yao lifted up the roe deer and knelt down. As a military general, he was born to be incompatible with these civil servants who were born to be a civil servant. Although he didn't provoke him, he was too lazy to pay attention to it, but today it is different. People are bullying them to the top.
"I will discuss it at the end!"
"My general also thinks that this kid is true!" A man with big and thick hair stubbornly knelt down and said.
After a while, the generals knelt on the ground. Rather than believing that Liu Hongjian's musket could hit three hundred feet, it was better to give the general a sigh of relief. For more than a hundred years, civil officials have been suppressing the generals. The credit they earned with sacrifices for their blood were gone by the trembling old men.
If he really told the truth, it would be incredible that the fire gun could hit three hundred feet!
The court suddenly fell into a cold situation.
"Hmph! If his musket can really hit that far, I will take the blame and return home!"
Wei Zaode stood up, feeling ashamed and angry that he wanted to enjoy the same treatment as a rogue, but he felt great and proud that he could accept provocations with magnanimity.
But before his self-satisfaction lasted for a moment, he was so angry that he almost turned his back on his back.
"You have to eat cowhide if you lose!" Seeing that Old Man Wei stood up and looked righteous, Liu Hongjian was unhappy all over.
"you……"
Chapter completed!