Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 28 Rumors!

Ling'er was horrified. She never expected that Zhu Yunheng's way of punishing her was not to hit her with a stick a few times, but to beat her to death directly.

In her opinion, she was sent by Concubine Lu, and Concubine Lu was Zhu Yunhuan's nominal mother after all.

Even if she made a mistake, Zhu Yunhuan, as his "son", would at most scold her a few words and would not dare to blame her on his own.

The worst outcome would be to bring her back to Concubine Lu and punish her.

In this regard.

She wasn't afraid at all.

That's why I have nothing to fear.

Concubine Lu had also made arrangements that if anything really happened, she would be protected.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunhuan did not play by the rules and wanted to execute her directly.

Ling Er then knelt down in panic and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please spare me! Your Highness, please spare me! I will never dare to do it again."

Zhu Yunhuan turned his head away, unmoved.

If one cannot even manage his own servants, how can he manage the world?
In his previous life, he had never killed even a chicken. Although after that night of bloody baptism, he began to quickly integrate into this world, his heart had become much harder.

But at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he personally ordered someone to be beaten to death.

I don't want to look at each other anymore.

Seeing that the two guards were still hesitant, Zhao Rui quickly shouted in a shrill voice: "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear what His Highness said? Hurry up and drag this bitch away and beat her to death."

Ling'er looked up at Zhao Rui, finding it hard to believe that he would say that.

Isn't he, like me, someone sent by Concubine Lu to monitor His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu?

Why don't you help plead for mercy, but instead add insult to injury?

pity.

No one told her the answer anymore!

Upon hearing this, the guards held Ling'er down and dragged her away.

Soon, the sound of cracking boards and shrill screams were heard outside.

The sound was very loud at first, then gradually weakened, and eventually there was no sound.

……

Zhu Yunhuan summoned all the servants in the mansion.

"I don't care who you belong to, or whether you are being ordered to do so. Once you enter my palace, you are my people."

"I'm sure you've all heard what I did and said in court."

"If I really appoint a crown prince and inherit the throne one day, you will all be old people in the palace."

"You all know the benefits of this, even if I don't need to tell you."

"If someone colluded with others and did something bad in secret, then Ling'er would have ended up like him!"

"Don't think about relying on outsiders to save you. It would be fine if you didn't work for this palace."

"As long as they are in this palace, no one can stop me if I want to maim or kill them."

"Do you understand everything?"

"Understood!" All the palace maids, eunuchs and guards answered in unison.

Zhu Yunhuan said no more.

With Ling'er as an example, I believe that no one will dare to openly go against him in the future.

He did not go to the palace to study and attend classes today, so beating Ling'er to death would be an explanation to Old Zhu.

Kill two birds with one stone.

"Your Highness, I have something to report!"

A young eunuch stood up from the crowd.

"Early this morning, the Duke of Kaiguo's Mansion sent someone to deliver a message."

"It is said that His Highness asked us to find the scholar named Yang Shiqi, and we have found him."

"His Highness was sleeping at the time, and Sister Ling'er... no, it was that slave girl who didn't allow His Highness to be woken up."

"She also said that Your Highness has to go to the palace every day to accompany His Majesty to study and listen to lectures by great scholars. When he comes back, he is so tired that he can't even sleep. How can he have time to care about things outside?"

"Tell this servant not to tell His Highness, she will handle it."

Zhu Yunhuan frowned slightly.

This Ling'er is really bold and presumptuous!
If it is not dealt with soon, I don’t know how much trouble it will cause him in the future.

But now it's all over.

Did Chang Sheng find Yang Shiqi so quickly?
But shouldn’t Yang Shiqi be in Ji’an, Jiangxi at this moment?
It is at least a thousand miles away from Jinling.

There are no high-speed trains or airplanes in this era. Even if you rush, it will take several days or even dozens of days to go back and forth.

How was it possible to find it so quickly?

He was puzzled and looked up at the sun. He calculated the time and it was already halfway through the afternoon.

There is no need to go to the palace to study at this time.

I have nothing else to do, so I might as well go take a look.

By the way, he also visited Chang Sheng in person, who was spanked by him.

Zhu Yunhuan immediately ordered someone to prepare a carriage, left the Prince of Wu's Palace, and headed straight for the Duke of Founding's Palace.

When we arrived at the gate of the mansion, we saw a lot of people gathered nearby. They were all dressed in coarse linen clothes and should be ordinary people.

Having lived in a large mansion for a long time and rarely going out, Zhu Yunhuan also wanted to experience the urban culture of the Ming Dynasty, so he ordered his servants to stop the carriage, got off the carriage, and walked towards the group of people.

"Have you all heard?"

Among the group, a burly man was talking excitedly.

"A few days ago, a crazy monk came to the streets of West Market."

"Wearing a monk's robe, he walks briskly."

"As he walked, he sang: The King of Wu is established, the world prospers, the world is settled from now on; there will be peace for eight hundred years!"

"Everyone just thought he was a crazy monk, and no one investigated further."

The burly man lowered his voice, pretended to be mysterious and said:
"Unexpectedly, the man left Yifeng Gate and reached the bank of the Yangtze River. He actually walked along the river and disappeared into the water and sky!"

He slapped his thigh and raised his voice.

"It turns out that crazy monk is actually an immortal Buddha in the human world!"

This narration is vivid and emotional.

It seems that this person must be a master of storytelling and bragging.

Someone in the crowd questioned, "Where are there any gods or Buddhas in the world? Even if there are, ordinary people can't see them. We can only see the clay Buddhas in the temple. And walking on the river, I don't believe it at all."

“Hehehe!” the burly man laughed, “Many people were present at the time and saw it with their own eyes, otherwise the news wouldn’t have spread.”

"Whether you believe it or not is up to you!"

"I believe it, I believe it!" Someone in the crowd responded, "Of course there are gods in the world. I have heard about this, but I don't know what the song sung by the divine monk means."

The burly man hissed, and the crowd gathered more closely, with everyone pricked up their ears.

The sturdy man lowered his voice and said, "My neighbor next door is a scholar, he is very knowledgeable."

"I heard from him that this matter concerns the great affairs of the imperial court. I can tell you, but you must not spread it everywhere. If you do, you may lose your head!"

As he spoke, he made a gesture of cutting his neck.

Everyone nodded, but they all became more curious, and no one left.

From ancient times to the present, ordinary people have always had a strong interest in palace secrets and royal anecdotes.

If I had the chance to hear it, I would never miss it.

As for things like beheading, he dared to say it openly in public, so who would really take it to heart?

Although Zhu Yunhuan was standing behind the crowd, he could hear it clearly.

The burly man looked around and saw that there were many more people gathered, so he became braver.

After all, telling a secret that no one knows in front of everyone can bring great spiritual satisfaction.

His voice unconsciously became three degrees louder as he said, "This song is about the future emperor of our Ming Dynasty."

As soon as these words were spoken, the breathing of the people around them suddenly became heavy.

Who doesn’t want to hear the secrets of the future emperor?
The lower the level of the people, the more curious they are about this kind of thing.

"Hurry up and tell me, hurry up and tell me!" someone urged, unable to hold back.

"The crown prince passed away a few days ago. Your Majesty was so sad and heartbroken to see his son die."

"Your Majesty has always loved the Crown Prince the most. After the Crown Prince passed away, he planned to pass the throne to the Crown Prince's son, that is, Your Majesty's grandson."

"However, how big of a deal is it to establish a crown prince?"

"Your Majesty's grandson is too young after all, so Your Majesty has not made up his mind yet."

"I only gave it to two of them. One was named King of Wu, and the other was named King of Xian."

When he got to this point, someone else immediately interrupted and said, "These are things that everyone knows. What's so strange about them? Why don't you tell me something that no one knows?"

"Yup!"

"Yup!"

People in the crowd echoed the voice.

"Otherwise, people like you who have never been to school are stupid and shallow." The burly man sneered, "Isn't it obvious? The 'King Wu Li' mentioned by the divine monk is the King Wu appointed by His Majesty, isn't he?"

The sturdy man continued, "The song 'When the King of Wu is established, the world will prosper, and the world will be stable from now on; there will be peace for 800 years' means that as long as the King of Wu is established as the crown prince and inherits the throne, the world will prosper.

"From now on, the world will be stable and there will be no more wars. Next, there will be eight hundred years of peace and prosperity!"

(End of this chapter)