jdhmnovel Chapter 429 A Frenzied Argumentation of Zhu Chong 8
Chapter 429 A Frenzied Argumentation of Zhu Chong 8
The table of contents isn't very interesting.
However, the reforms and changes in the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the fact that the Shandong Provincial Administration Commission would begin road construction, are very important.
Anyone with a brain can easily see the business opportunity here.
Of course, the business opportunities are for merchants.
For the Ming Dynasty court, merchants often meant increased income for the people and more commercial taxes to be collected the following year.
As the saying goes, merchants may make money, but the imperial court will never lose.
This article focuses more on the benefits that the Dengzhou border market brought to the Ming Dynasty court and its people, so we will skip over that part.
The whole story of the Plowshare Case was what Emperor Zhu was most concerned about.
"Tsk, tsk."
Emperor Zhu flicked the official gazette with his finger and said with a smile, "If the common people knew the whole story of the plowshare case, I'm afraid some people would have a hard time."
After Emperor Zhu said that, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen immediately felt a strong urge to try it.
What exactly is written in this?
Emperor Zhu then turned to the folk tales at the back.
After only one glance, Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Zhu Biao.
Emperor Zhu stared at Zhu Biao with an unfriendly expression and asked, "Did you write this? Or did someone else write it, and did you agree to have it published?"
Zhu Biao raised his neck and replied, "This was compiled by someone I had, and I also agreed to have it published."
Emperor Zhu grunted in response. His left hand, holding the official gazette, was so strong that his knuckles turned white. His right hand was sometimes clenched into a fist, sometimes into a tiger's claw, and his expression kept changing.
After a long while, the Emperor Zhu, unable to bear it any longer, finally roared, "You unfilial son! Is this how you slander your father!"
Zhu Biao quickly stepped back two paces, stiffening his neck as he said, "This is a good thing! Really, it's a good thing!"
Emperor Zhu sneered, "Making accusations that your father stole cattle, making accusations that your father was lazy as a monk—that's a good thing! You little beast, if you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll break your legs!"
WTF?
Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen exchanged a glance, neither of them able to believe what they were hearing.
What does it mean to fabricate a story about Emperor Zhu stealing cattle when he was a cowherd?
What does it mean to fabricate stories about Emperor Zhu slacking off when he was a monk?
No, what kind of little story did His Highness the Crown Prince have fabricated to make Emperor Zhu so angry?
Listen to the curses that Emperor Zhu just uttered.
Rebellious son?
Little beast?
A lackey?
Oops~ You, Zhu Chongba, are you trying to rebel against the Heavenly Gang? What if these words reach the Empress's ears...
Just as Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were secretly complaining, Zhu Biao took another step back, moving to the position closest to the Qianqing Palace gate, and said, "This is a good thing!"
"Father, think about it. With these two little stories, which person in the Ming Dynasty doesn't know that you were born holy?"
"Most importantly, with these two short stories, the people of the Ming Dynasty will know that you, sir, came from the same poor background as them."
"Just this alone will make them side with you and think you will be a good emperor who loves his people like his own children."
Emperor Zhu was furious. He first ordered Chen Zhong to hand the official gazette to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, then stood up and shouted at Zhu Biao, "You little brat, just wait until we catch you!"
After being disturbed by Emperor Zhu and Zhu Biao, Li Shanchang became even more curious. After receiving the official gazette, he directly turned to the page of folk tales according to the table of contents.
After Li Shanchang finished reading it, he handed the official report to Liu Bowen with a blank expression and said in a low voice, "His Highness the Crown Prince is not wronged today, really, not wronged at all."
……
"Folk tales".
"Tsk tsk, the writing style of the Ming Dynasty... it's really damn wild."
Yang Shaofeng was completely bewildered.
Official gazettes are nothing new.
Since Zhu Biao returned to the capital, Yang Shaofeng knew that the newspaper was safe.
However, Yang Shaofeng never expected that the first issue of the Ming Dynasty's official gazette would publish a folk tale about Emperor Zhu stealing a cow.
No, to be precise, it wasn't just Emperor Zhu who stole the cow, but Emperor Zhu who stole the cow with Xu Da and Tang He.
Stealing cattle, eating cattle, burying the cattle's head in front of the mountain, burying the cattle's tail behind the mountain, when the landlord pulls the cattle's tail, the cattle's head still moos.
This is practically supernatural, you bastard!
The second folk tale is even more absurd.
The story is about Zhu Chongba when he was a monk. The abbot of the temple asked him to clean the main hall where Buddha was enshrined. Zhu Chongba complained that it was too troublesome to move the Buddha statues back and forth. As a result, the Buddha statues ran out of the main hall by themselves. Zhu Chongba did not go back until he finished cleaning the main hall.
It is said that a Buddha statue also got rained on.
Well, this little story isn't supernatural anymore, but it's fucking half-mythological, damn it!
No, who taught you to make up stories about Zhu Chongba like this?
Which bastard agreed to publish these folk tales in the newspaper?
From cowherd to little monk, is this some kind of serialized short story?
So why don't you write down the little stories about Zhu Chongba begging for food and passing through Ningyang County, eating Ningyang County's braised chicken, braised pork, cured meat, sausage, smoked chicken, and braised duck?
What the hell?
Ningyang County Braised Chicken only appeared in the first year of the Hongwu reign (1380).
Damn it, when Zhu Chongba ate it, it wasn't called braised chicken. The name he changed to later is no good!
No, no, look, how is the character for "ba" in "ba ji" written?
The image of a hand and an eight indicates that Zhu Chongba was holding the chicken in his hands and eating it, which is why it was renamed "braised chicken"!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with it!
Yang Shaofeng spat angrily and cursed, "A bunch of idiots! They don't publish what should be published, and they publish what shouldn't be published. They're simply brainless."
Jin'er, sitting next to Yang Shaofeng, flipped through the newspaper in her hand and said with a smile, "If it were up to you, husband, what should be published in this newspaper?"
Yang Shaofeng hummed twice and said, "Then we'll definitely publish the article about our Ningyang County Confucian Temple first."
"Think about it, the toads in Wenmiao Pit West of Ningyang County have bulging bellies."
"Then I'll write about the braised chicken and cured pork sausage from Ningyang County."
"I just don't know if His Majesty has ever been to Dengzhou."
Jin'er smiled and said, "He has been here before. My godfather came to Dengzhou when he was begging for food and stole fried mackerel from the homes of the people in Dengzhou."
"That's why my godfather exempted Dengzhou Prefecture from taxes for five years."
Yang Shaofeng opened his mouth, looked at Jin'er, and asked, "This will work?"
Jin'er smiled and said, "What's wrong with that?"
"My husband fabricated these little stories about my adoptive father simply to make our braised chicken, sausages, and cured meat from Ningyang County more famous, and to make our fried mackerel from Dengzhou Prefecture more famous. In the end, it's all for the sake of the people."
"Even if my godfather finds out, he won't blame you, sir."
After a slight pause, Jin'er continued, "My husband probably doesn't know this, but there are even more stories about our adoptive father that are made up in Jiangnan, and they're not good ones at all."