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In Daming, the most prosperous place is Nanjing, that is, Yingtianfu. The most solemn place is Beijing, that is, Shuntianfu.

But there is another place that is the core of the thoroughfare of the eight provinces, that is, Kaifeng, the largest city in the Central Plains.

Kaifeng five city gates, "Caomen through Lanyang (now Lankao), Song Gate through Chenliu, South Gate through Weishi, Tong Xu, West Gate through Zhongmu, North Gate through Yanjin, called five gates and six roads, eight provinces thoroughfare".

It can be seen that Kaifeng at that time still occupies a very important position in the transportation of the entire Central Plains.

That's why the ancients called Kaifeng 'the division of Yuzhou, the center of heaven and earth, the key point of the eight directions, and the important place of the heart'.

It was in such an important place that the king of Zhou, one of the most powerful princes of the Ming Dynasty, was divided.

The Kaifeng Zhou King lineage, in all respects, has always been a virtuous king. Of course, the princes of the Ming Dynasty are also "virtuous kings".

Because there isn't much else to do other than having children. But is that really the case?

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Chapter I

Kaifeng, one of the most prosperous cities in the Ming Dynasty, is a first-tier city in modern terms, a super-large metropolis at the level of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

In this era, Kaifeng City is described in one sentence, saying that Kaifeng is "the thoroughfare of eight provinces, like two capitals." ”

I saw that the streets of Kaifeng City were lined with shops. The afterglow of the twilight sunset, faintly spread on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored pavilion cornices, adds a bit of hazy and poetic to the twilight evening scene of the prosperous Kaifeng City in front of you.

At this time, on the red brick-walled city tower, there was a bald boy dressed in white, who was poking his head out to watch the pedestrians coming and going.

Among the pedestrians, there are people on horseback, sedan chairs, and of course, most of them are walking leisurely. After all, in this era, how can there be such an urgent fast-paced life in later generations?

The most outrageous thing is that there is also a fortune teller who rides a donkey upside down. The young man in white looked carefully at the old gentleman riding a donkey, and saw that he was holding a bell in his left hand and a vertical banner in his right hand, on which were written the words "Great Difference".

The old gentleman is also white, it can also be said that he has crane hair and a childish face, and a long beard shows that he is fairy.

The young man couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, who knew that it had just rained that day, and the brick wall under his hand was also quite slippery, and the young man's hand slipped and he almost fell downstairs.

Thanks to the other hand, I held it up; I used too much force and didn't support it, so I fell backwards, and this fall, with a lot of force on my hand, I accidentally threw out the jade pendant that I was playing with in my hand.

The young man hurriedly got up, only to see that the jade pendant had already smashed on the fortune teller's forehead, and at this moment there were blood stains flowing down his forehead.

I saw the fortune teller holding the sleeve of his shirt with one hand to cover his forehead, picking up the "murder weapon" with the other hand, and then holding it in his hand and looking angrily at the young man in the city.

Not long after, as if he had figured out something, he laughed loudly and continued on his way.

The boy originally wanted to apologize quickly, but this smile also made him laugh confused.

I turned my head and understood, ouch, I lost a lot, sir. This old gentleman has made a lot of money, and my jade pendant is worth a lot of silver! This is what dares to be angry but does not dare to speak.

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness ...... "There was a voice in the distance, but the young man didn't need to look to know that it was his personal eunuch coming.

"Your Highness...... How did you get here? Let the old slave ...... It's been looking for a while. ”

I saw that the eunuch was about forty years old, this age was already a long life in the eunuch industry, he was tall, and his skin was still white.

The eunuch had come all the way, and was still gasping for breath at the moment.

"I'm tired of being in the dormitory, and I'm tired of going to see the carpenters in the carpentry workshop. Just go to the top of this city and breathe. ”

The young man glanced at him unhappily, and saw that he was still panting there, so he didn't say anything more, and replied, "Since you've found it, let's go back." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, but the old slave came to find His Highness, and something really happened. The old slave came to report to His Highness. The old eunuch hurriedly said.

"What's wrong? It's worth all the fuss you make. "is very different from the old eunuch, but the young man is mature and sophisticated, and he is not shocked.

"The king's shopkeeper has been arrested. Madame has now been summoned to the Shizi's Mansion. The old eunuch replied.

"This ...... Let's get over there. Hearing that his wife had also been summoned, a look of anxiety flashed across the young man's face, and he hurriedly turned around and hurried away. The old eunuch shook his head slowly, and then trotted to catch up.

This young man is none other than Zhu Ziyun, who participated in that time travel five years ago. He was originally a salesman in his uncle's furniture factory, and the business director of the competing company did not compete, just because Lao Zhu was parachuted into a professional manager.

Later, in order to appease him, Lao Zhu arranged for him to participate in a time trip that designated Lao Zhu to participate. Zhu Ziyun replaced Lao Zhu like this, of course, before going, no one knew that this was a secret time travel.

The crazy female scientist was just going to conduct a time-traveling experiment. Who knew that by mistake, there was a terrible accident in the first experiment.

In the middle of the journey, there was a female passenger who broke the sealing glass with an escape hammer during the crossing. It's all tears, in short, he came to the Ming Dynasty inexplicably.

Fortunately, Zhu Ziyun's identity is the grandson of the king of Zhou's mansion and the future king of Daming County. As long as he can live past the age of ten, the title of the king of the county will be secure.

After crossing over, his identity is the third son of the prince of Zhou's palace, which is very embarrassing, right, but it is much easier to call him "the third grandson of Zhoufu". He's such a bastard out there anyway......

In the past five years, he has tossed people in and out of the mansion a lot, but his "noble status" is unacceptable. can only be tossed with him.

"Your Highness, you go slowly." Ni Xi trotted all the way to barely catch up with Zhu Ziyun, and Ni Xi was his personal old eunuch. Ni Xi is a native of Annan, and was assigned to the Zhou Wangfu thirty years ago to serve the Zhou family. Speaking of which, there are still a lot of Annan people in the Zhou Palace.

The Zhou Wangfu is very huge, and there are two miles from Xiao Wall to Shizi's Mansion, so it's no wonder that Ni Xi is out of breath. Zhu Ziyun walked briskly all the way, and he also felt a little gasping. I just slowed down and walked slowly.

"Your Highness, it seems that the first one in front is the grandson and the second highness." Ni Xi looked at the figure in front of him and said.

Zhu Ziyun is shorter, but this will also be seen. Shisun is talking about his eldest brother Zhu Shaoli, who was designated as the heir at the age of ten, and this year should be eighteen. Therefore, it is generally called Shisun or His Royal Highness.

The second highness is naturally referring to his second brother Zhu Shaoren, who is sixteen this year, although according to the usual rule, he should have been crowned the king of the county a long time ago.

But the decree has not yet come down, so he still lives in the palace. His own name in this era is Zhu Shaochen, yes, they are all from the Shaozi generation.

I remember hearing the elders say when I worshipped my ancestors, when Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, came down to the world, he set rules for everything, including the names of his children and grandchildren in the future, and King Zhou's line relied on a poem:

There is a son and peace,

The diligent dynasty is in solemnity,

Shaolun Hui Run,

Zhaoge Guang Dengyong.

All the names of the Zhou royal family must go all the way according to this character. When it comes to Zhu Shaochen, they are the Shaozi generation.

"Meet the eldest brother and the second brother." Zhu Shaochen saluted the two brothers when he was far away, which is also the rule of the palace, and it is the etiquette that juniors should have for their predecessors.

"Third brother," Zhu Shaoli looked at Zhu Shaochen, and stopped talking: "Don't salute, let's talk while we have something to say, let's get to the Shizi Mansion quickly." ”

Zhu Shaochen hurriedly said yes. So with their entourage, the group walked towards the Shizifu together.

"Big brother, second brother, do you know what happened to your uncle?" Zhu Shaochen couldn't help but ask.

"It is said that there was an accident with the branch of Luoyang Pujitang, and some people said that the uncle was greedy for the silver of the semicolon. The other brothers don't know much about it. The grandson Zhu Shaoli said and looked at his second brother.

Feeling the eyes of his eldest brother looking at him, Zhu Shaoren understood what he meant to consult himself.

"Big brother, the younger brother will know more, I heard that this time there are all kinds of human and material evidence." Zhu Shaoren glanced at his eldest brother and hurriedly said as he walked.

"The detailed experience, the younger brother also heard the palace maid relay."

"Second brother, my uncle only supervises Luoyang's affairs, and doesn't care about the accounts and silver? Why can it also involve greedy ink? Zhu Shaochen asked suspiciously.

"Third brother, you're not too young to speak. Something should be told to you, too. Zhu Shaoren said to Zhu Shaochen.

"Everyone knows that our palace is rich and rivals the country, and the rice that the court gives us every year is 20,000 stone for Grandpa Wang alone, not including the number of my father and eldest brother.

The reason why the imperial court has not given the title to the second brother for a long time is also because once the second brother and I are crowned the king of the county, it will be two thousand stones a year. ”

"Of course, if you rely on this little bit of rice alone, it will be enough to feed the thousands of mouths in our house? This is really impossible, and the prince's 20,000 stones are only more than 10,000 taels of silver.

The monthly silver per person in the house, plus the expenses of Grandpa Wang and Daddy's mothers, and then the princes in the house, including you and me. These inputs are far from sufficient.

Therefore, our royal palace still has to rely on land rent, shop rents in various places, and our own property every year to earn a lot of silver. ”

"And what my uncle is in charge of in Luoyang is all the properties of the royal palace in Luoyang. Including the branch of our time-honored pharmacy 'Pujitang' in Luoyang.

It was this 'Pujitang' semicolon that had an accident this time.

It's strange to say. At the beginning of this year, the Luoyang branch received a big deal, and the people who came said that it was the Li family in Taiyuan who wanted to purchase a batch of ginseng.

The Li family knew that our 'Pujitang' was the largest pharmacy in the entire Henan, so they procured it with us. The deposit is 5,000 taels of silver, and the remaining 45,000 is paid after picking up and inspecting the goods.

With such a good thing, the semicolon shopkeeper hurriedly reported to his uncle who was in charge of all industries in Luoyang. Uncle is full of promises, but you also know that there is so much ginseng in the warehouse of the pharmacy in Luoyang?

So, my uncle sent someone to deploy from our Kaifeng general number. The total number will naturally be shipped immediately. Who knew that the man paid the deposit but did not come to pick up the goods.

The contract is to pick up the goods after 15 days, and the three-day period expires without waiting, and the deposit will not be refunded. All in all, the last man didn't come.

Uncle also thought it was strange, but it didn't matter that there were 5,000 taels of silver in the account inexplicably. The excess ginseng was escorted back untouched.

Who knew that when the main warehouse received the goods and opened them, they found that they were full of dead branches and rotten leaves, not ginseng at all. So the general number suspected that his uncle was greedy for ink. Here's why. ”

Zhu Shaochen thought about it and felt that his uncle had been cheated nine times out of ten. The man made a deposit just to make a game and let his uncle transfer the goods. Then the goods were changed halfway or on the way back.

"Uncle, why are you so stupid, I think these ginseng should have been dropped on the way back." The grandson Zhu Shaoli listened to it and came to a conclusion.

"Who's to say it isn't. But I look at this, and my uncle is afraid that it is difficult to explain it clearly even if he is full of mouths. Zhu Shaoren replied.

"The prince has arrived!"

While a few people were walking and talking, they saw 18 carrying a large sedan chair slowly coming from the side. There are not many people who can sit in a sedan chair in this palace, especially the eight-lift scarlet sedan chair. But it's not the current Zhou prince, who is Zhu Suqin when he arrives.

"Grandpa Wang! The grandchildren kowtowed to their grandfather. The three brothers hurriedly knelt down to greet Lord Zhou.

Waiting for the palace maid waiting on the side to open the sedan curtain, Zhou Wangye got off the sedan chair and looked at the three brothers, and said, "Your brothers are also here?" ”

"The grandchildren also just arrived, but they never thought that Grandpa Wang would also come." The grandson Zhu Shaoli hurriedly replied politely.

"Well, this matter is lonely, and it has to come." After that, Zhou Wang Ye also sighed and said, "Lonely and ask you, on one side is your father, on the other side is your mother, which side do you want to help?" ”

This kind of question of me and your mother falling into the water, which one do you save first is the most difficult to answer. Zhu Shaoli and Zhu Shaoren had never met, so they didn't dare to reply.

Zhu Shaochen looked at the two brothers and saw that they were all drooping their heads and did not dare to speak. So I had to say to myself: "The grandchildren are only on the side of reason." ”

"Which side is that?" Zhou Wangye looked at Zhu Shaochen, and he didn't expect that this baby who was less than ten years old was quite bold.

"Reason is on the side of the human heart." Zhu Shaochen then replied.

Zhu Suqin thought that this baby was quite capable of breaking blindly. Anyway, I'm just asking a question on a whim.

"That's it." King Zhou looked at the other two brothers, "Let's go in and see which side of this principle and people's hearts are." ”

"Let's go, let's all go in together." So Zhu Suqin, the king of the old Zhou, took his three grandchildren into the Shizi's Mansion together. I saw that the prince Zhu Gongfang was already in the front yard of the prince's mansion.

The sentence just now, 'The prince has arrived', I'm afraid someone has already reported it inside.

"The son has seen his father." Zhu Gongyu saluted, and the prince nodded. The prince got up, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that his three sons were all following behind King Zhou. decisively thought that it was the three sons who brought the king of Zhou.

"You three bastard boys, how dare you bother your grandfather Wang for this matter." Zhu Gongqi said.