novelhk Chapter 294
Chapter 294
The early morning wind blew the dead leaves in the corner of the road and carried them away to a farther place. Qi Cheng bought some breakfast outside and hurried back home.
The temperature was really too low and he didn't want to be cold outside.
I went home, had breakfast, and picked up an old book from the bookshelf and started reading.
[There are all kinds of scumbags in every dynasty in history. Let’s talk about them today.]
Everyone outside the sky was terrified. This time it was not about the emperor, but about other people. It would not mention themselves or their descendants.
That would ruin my reputation.
If you are not careful, you will become a rat crossing the street and everyone will shout and beat you.
So they prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, but never mentioned themselves.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the sky and had a premonition that they would probably talk about Prince Lu today. This guy's posthumous title was Huang, and it was absolutely correct to say that he was inhumane!
Today we will first talk about Zhu Yuanzhang's tenth son, Zhu Tan, who was posthumously named Huang. When this boy was with Zhu Yuanzhang, he did a pretty good job.
[He is likely a two-faced person.]
[After arriving at his fiefdom at the age of fifteen, he became obsessed with the art of immortality. Not only was he obsessed, but so was his wife, the daughter of Duke Xin, Tang He.]
[Sometimes I can't imagine what motivated two children, not yet adults, to become interested in alchemy.]
[For many generations of their descendants, the things Emperor Jiajing did were already appalling, but compared to Prince Lu's cruelty, Jiajing couldn't even come close.]
[King Lu uses children to make elixirs! ]
Over a hundred children had gone missing from his fiefdom. The local authorities had suspected this, but at the time they didn't dare to arrest them rashly, so they submitted a petition directly to Zhu.
The local officials were right in their guess. Zhu Yuanzhang did not have the same fate as Zhu Tan. When it came to loving his son, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very willful.
Many people in the Ming Dynasty sighed silently. Zhu Yuanzhang rose from the bottom, but he didn't particularly love the people. His so-called love for the people was nothing more than hating the rich more.
It’s not useless even if your own child does that!
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the sky curtain with wide eyes, thinking that there was something behind the words of the sky curtain today. What did he mean? Did he think that Prince Lu was refining the elixir for him?
How could people in later generations think like this? He was definitely not that kind of person. He couldn't put the blame on himself just because he didn't execute King Lu.
"Father, should we keep a close eye on the Tenth Prince? The people down there are very upset, and we have to consider this." Although Zhu Biao was not a kind person, Zhu Tan was just his younger brother after all.
"Send him to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, and tell him that if he dares to do anything reckless, I will definitely take his head!"
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[The person mentioned below has no name. He was the prefect of Zhangzhou, Fujian Province during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty! It's relatively easy to find his name.]
[His name is definitely in the county annals.]
[But I don't want to investigate. All you need to know is that even Qin Hui considered him sinister and vicious.]
Everyone outside the sky curtain was horrified. Qin Hui had been introduced before. People had been ashamed of the name Qin Hui since the Song Dynasty. He felt that this person was insidious. He wondered what he had done that angered God and man.
People in Shaoxing were already speculating about who this person was, and had begun to check memorials if conditions allowed, if for no other reason than to know who it was so they could stay away from him.
The people are scolding him, don't get yourself into trouble.
Let’s talk about what this prefect did.
After the famous anti-Jin general Yue Fei and his son Yue Yun were killed by Qin Hui, Yue Fei's wife and remaining children were exiled to Fujian Province. The imperial court at the time provided them with only a small amount of food, barely enough to keep them from starving to death.
Later, the Zhangzhou prefect submitted a memorial to the court, requesting that the court not even give the Yue family this little food ration, and that they simply starve to death.
【However, even Qin Hui did not agree to this request.】
Everyone outside the tent was stunned. This official was too cruel. Fortunately, Qin Hui did not agree, otherwise there would be another kneeling statue in front of Yue Fei's tomb.
We must find out who this person is. There were many Zhangzhou prefects in later dynasties. We cannot let this thing ruin Zhangzhou's reputation.
Song Dynasty
Zhao Kuangyin slammed the table in anger. Wasn't it said that there were many intellectuals in the Song Dynasty? How could they have educated such a bastard?
It's so embarrassing!
Even ministers like this can defend the country, but I'm afraid they will have to run away as soon as the enemy comes.
"After experiencing the chaos of the Five Dynasties, I'm afraid even the moral standards of scholars have declined considerably. Do you think there is any way to improve it?"
The ministers had no choice but to look down on the prefect of Zhangzhou.
"Father, I think we should vigorously praise those with high moral standards, or compile a book about the people and events of previous dynasties. After all, those scholars still need to study."
"Then let's do that for now. But be careful when choosing. Don't make it look like the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars, as they might make future generations think it's just a show."
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The third person we're talking about is even more bizarre, but he wasn't mentally ill. On the contrary, he was very intelligent. Emperor Taizu of Song praised him, saying that if he had used this intelligence in governing the country, the Song Dynasty might not have won.
Several officials of the Song Dynasty looked at each other. It turned out that this was the person they were talking about. He really had no humanity, but compared to him, the ministers under him seemed even more inhumane.
[He is Liu Xiong of Southern Han.]
[The Southern Han was also a separatist faction in the late Tang Dynasty. It gradually became the Southern Han. Unlike the Wuyue, which was committed to protecting its territory and its people, its territory was filled with bloodshed and violence.]
By the time Liu Xiong came to power, it was already the fifth generation. After he came to power, he felt that his ministers all had families and therefore could not serve the country wholeheartedly.
Therefore, all the ministers must be castrated and turned into eunuchs.
[A small country with a population of only four million had more than ten thousand eunuch ministers.]
Why is he actually very smart? After the Southern Han was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, he was also captured and taken to Kaifeng. However, his mindset was completely different from the other captured factions.
[It can make Zhao Kuangyin laugh out loud.]
big man
Liu Che felt that this person had brought shame to the Liu family. How dare any Tom, Dick or Harry call himself a Han? If he knew whose descendant this person was, he would strangle his ancestor to death right now.
Three Kingdoms
"This person must have pretended to be surnamed Liu during the chaotic times!" Liu Bei said firmly, "I really hope the anchor can identify them and kick these imposters out of the Liu family."
"Those ministers are cowards! They actually obeyed such an unreasonable order. Will they die if they don't become officials?"
"Which of the three mentioned above do you think is the most inhumane?"