Chapter 2 Traveling to the End of the Ming Dynasty

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"Hey, this dead goatee, he's a doctor or a veterinarian, trying to stab me." Yuan Chao stared at the roof tiles on the solid wood bed and hummed pitifully.

"Young master, Dr. Du is the best doctor in our Chenzhou, how can he treat birds and beasts, not to mention that he just saw you for a doctor." Yuan Xu, who was on the side, was laying out the food on the table, and continued to speak sincerely.

Yuan Chao turned his head to look up and down at Yuan Xu, who answered the call, although Yuan Chao in later generations had only worked in the unit for a few years, but no matter how he said it, in that kind of environment, he had more or less experienced some eyesight.

Looking at it, this young man in front of him who looks very sturdy, is estimated to be in his twenties, yesterday the old man called him Yuan Xu, I didn't expect to meet a family, and then look at his dress and recent speech should be a servant in this family, but it should be a servant who is very appreciated by the "leader" of this family, but no matter how he calls himself a young master, his current identity must be his own, and he can take this opportunity to pry out more information about the surrounding environment from his mouth. After making up his mind, Yuan Chao began to think of ways to pry more things out.

"I said Yuan Xu, how did I pass out?"

"Young master, that day the old man said that the newspaper of the imperial palace wrote that there was a miracle of the Tengu eating the sun today, and the young master we were waiting in the backyard to see, but the tengu had just eaten half of the sun, and the young master suddenly fainted, which frightened us."

"Solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, what's the matter, I suddenly crossed over because I watched the lunar eclipse? Ah, it's so annoying, I don't want to go home well after work, I have to see what the lunar eclipse is, you say that you will cross it, and you can go to a peaceful and prosperous world, why do you have to come to this Chongzhen year. ”

As a later generation of liberal arts, he naturally knew that this was the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chao thought secretly in his heart, full of grievances. After thinking about this, Yuan Chao began to carefully ponder what Yuan Xu said just now.

"Di Bao, Master", could it be that this time he crossed over and became the "second generation of officials" in the late Ming Dynasty?

"I said, where is that old man now?" Yuan Chao pretended to ask casually.

"Oh, master, the lord is now in the front hall with the acquaintance Liu Jiyu, the judge Cui Zhi'an to discuss the tax collection in Chenzhou this year, the lord said, let the young master not have to eat with the old lady at noon, move around less today, eat in the room." Yuan Xu finally cleaned up the table at this time and stood aside, waiting for Yuan Chao to eat.

At this point, Yuan Chao has completely figured it out, he has now traveled from later generations to the second year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the early stage of the term of office of the last CEO of the century-old store of the Ming Dynasty, and he should now be in Chenzhou, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, fortunately, he occasionally knows a little about the history of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, or he is still confused, his current father is the governor of Chenzhou in the Ming Dynasty, his mother is called Qin Yun, and the young man in front of him is his companion Yuan Xu, And he himself is the "second generation of officials" of the Ming Dynasty, also called the Yuan Dynasty.

Looking at his figure again, he is no different from the later generations, looking towards the bronze mirror in the house, his appearance looks like a copy of the later generations, he is also so handsome, and his age is also the same as that of later generations.

After understanding all this, Yuan Chao sat up from the bed, with mixed feelings and complicated emotions in his heart, and he didn't know how to face this sudden crossing in his heart.

"Young master, the food is going to be cold soon, so let's get out of bed and eat early." Yuan Xu watched Yuan Chao not get out of bed for a long time, as if he had been thinking about something, and urged softly.

"Well, okay, I'll get up and eat." If you come, you will be safe, you are a person in the prosperous world, but you have crossed into this troubled world, I want to survive in this troubled world, Yuan Chao has gradually accepted this identity in his heart, and Yuan Chao's ability to adapt to the situation makes him not worry at all, will he let others see his weirdness because he does not understand the situation nearby.

After eating, Yuan Chao swaggered around in his home, not to mention, Zhizhou's mansion is really good, even if the Ming Dynasty has been declining, but this skinny camel is really bigger than a horse, not to mention that the current Ming Dynasty is still so stable on the surface.

Along the way, he saw his study, saw that there were stone locks and sticks at home, it seems that he is really a civil and military all-rounder in this life, and this Zhizhou father should not be a rotten Confucian, at least the food and clothing in this big courtyard, this Yunwen Yunwu's son training, should be an enlightened Confucian.

"Chao'er, why do you get out of bed now? Didn't your father tell you to rest for a few more days? Yuan Chao followed the sound and looked over, and his mother Qin Yun saw that she was walking around the courtyard and walked out of the main house.

"Mother, I'm healed now." Yuan Chao quickly stepped into the role.

"Ah, Dr. Du is really a miracle doctor, change the Ming to give us Chao'er acupuncture a few times, so that my Chao'er is more intelligent, he is a person in the middle of the day, and he will shine on the lintel again." Qin Yun looked at Yuan Chao expectantly, hoping that Yuan Chao would quickly agree to her genius's idea.

Hearing that he would let that goatee acupuncture himself, Yuan Chao felt a panic in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Mother, don't bother Dr. Du anymore, the child needs to walk and exercise more." Hurriedly retreated, walked out of the backyard and went to the front yard.

"This kid is still so naughty and jumpy, when will he really grow up." Mother Qin smiled and shook her head, watching Yuan Chao walk away.

"Young master, let's walk through the front hall softly, don't disturb the lord and the adults to discuss the important matters of Chenzhou's taxes this year." Yuan Xu, the heel behind him, reminded gently.

"Alas, the tax problem, in the second year of Daming Chongzhen, there were Manchus outside, Wang Jiayin and other peasant uprisings inside, plus natural disasters during the Xiaoice River period, it is estimated that there is no need to think about it, it must be a problem in taxation that gives them a headache" Yuan Chao secretly thought about this in his heart, and was glad that his only historical knowledge kept him from being too ignorant of the harsh external environment.

Just about to tiptoe past the front hall, go to the street to have a lively look, and see the last afterglow before the end of the Ming Dynasty, when he suddenly heard a noisy sound in front of the hall, Yuan An leaned out half of his figure in the corner and looked.

"Brother Jiyu, you know, this year's harvest in Chenzhou is average, but the imperial court tax "Liao salary" has not been reduced at all, the people of Chenzhou have long been miserable, and now the people on both sides of the Yinghe River say that you have occupied more than 200 acres of watered land, which can force them to a dead end, you don't want our Chenzhou to be like Shaanxi, there is a capture of the government, kill the county order of Wang Er. His father said loudly in the lobby.

"Hmph, Brother Yuan An, this is wrong, I occupy some land by the Yinghe River, but those are some wasteland along the river, I know it in the same state, how can I do that kind of thing of forcibly occupying people's land? It must be some dilapidated refugees, gathering crowds to make trouble, Brother Yuan An, don't believe the words of the villain, I recently heard that on both sides of the Shaying River, there are more than 100 acres of fertile land occupied by Lord Zhizhou, and I don't believe it. The same acquaintance Liu Jiyu replied-for-tat.

"You, okay, then do it yourself. I'm tired of this afternoon, so I won't leave the two. Yuan An angrily shook his sleeves and stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky at 45 degrees, this shape has Liu Jiyu's anger of being too greedy and not listening to advice, bold and reckless, and a kind of shame and anger of being exposed to some of his little Jiujiu, and directly issued an expulsion order.

Hearing this, Cui Zhi'an, the judge who was suffering from the mud on the side, immediately got up and said goodbye with a smile on his face, while Liu Jiyu got up and shook his robe, and bowed his hand to leave with a sluggish face.

"Oh, what is this" special meeting on the tax issue in Chenzhou", this is clearly the return of stolen goods conference into a spit conference, today I haven't seen the excitement on Daming Street, but I saw the excitement of the venue, this is the end of the Ming Dynasty, a little interesting. Yuan Chao smiled secretly behind the hall.

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