Chapter Ninety-Nine: Old Things

The headband is a golden crown, and a python robe and jade belt. Every strand of the body is extremely ingenious, and the python is embroidered on the body, but in the eyes of ordinary people, there is no doubt that it is with the dragon group, and it is almost torn out.

An era has an era of aesthetics.

This kind of ancient costume with the nature of a dress is not seen by later generations, but it is very good in the hearts of contemporary people. Even Gao Yigong couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Three Hou Masters." A eunuch said: "The auspicious time has arrived, and the three marquis are invited into the palace." ”

"Let's go." Gao Yigong said.

Dang Shousu and Li Guo were slightly behind Gao Yigong, in order to show that Gao Yigong was the leader.

In fact, this time, the three of them discussed, whether to come together, or come in batches, it is best to decide to come together, after all, the three of them are not fools, of course they see the meaning of Longwu's differentiation.

So much so that now the three of them already have a subtle feeling in their hearts. And they also thought that the army was outside, and Longwu didn't dare to do anything to them.

The group entered the palace, and the palace turned out to be just an official residence in Changsha Mansion, and Longwu did not mean to build a palace, which seemed ordinary.

It is no different from the ordinary government yamen.

However, Gao Yigong and the others glanced at the guards standing guard a few more times.

Gao Yigong has been fighting for half his life, and his eyes are very vicious, if he can't see it, these soldiers may be immature, and there is not much murderous energy on his body. But the spirit is enough.

"It's a good soldier embryo." Gao Yigong said secretly in his heart.

Almost all the heads of the soldiers are realists, and they respect only strength.

"Xiangyang Hou, Yunyang Hou, Yiyang Hou to -------" The three of them walked into the main hall amid the shouts of the eunuchs. As soon as he looked up, Gao Yigong saw a man in his forties get up and said, "Why are the three Aiqing late?" I've been waiting for a long time. ”

He is Emperor Longwu.

When Gao Yigong saw Emperor Longwu for the first time, he felt that Emperor Longwu had a strong bookish aura. Emperor Longwu loved books like his life, and even in the most difficult times, he never gave up reading.

Even in the Changsha Imperial Palace, there is a lack of everything, but there is one thing that is not lacking, that is, books.

So I may not feel this change in temperament. But when you look at it from an outsider, it's most obvious. Moreover, Long Wu was dressed simply and simply, and in order to show solemnity, he wore an imperial robe. But although the royal robe was clean, it was clearly old.

This gave Gao Yigong a look.

"Your Majesty." Gao Yigong and the three of them looked at Long Wu with curiosity or surprise. But they still do the same thing. These manners have long been trained.

Longwu will be one of the three people and help them one by one

Get up. The four of them were seated separately. Long Wu said: "Three Aiqing, although I am not good at the hands of women in the deep palace. But they don't know the suffering of the people. The three generals started from the people's generals, can you tell me about it? ”

Gao Yigong saw that Long Wu was still a little restrained in his heart. After listening to Longwu's words, his heart suddenly became angry, and he said: "Okay, since Your Majesty wants to hear it, the minister will dare to say it." ”

"Uncle Chen is none other than him, or he was punished by the imperial court, and he passed on the head of the nine sides of Gao Yingxiang."

"Gao Yingxiang." Longwu was taken aback. He really didn't know that.

"Exactly." Gao Yigong said.

"The minister lost his father when he was a young man and lived with his uncle, who had a difficult life at that time. Horse trafficking to and from the border. Every time you go back and forth, you have to pass the customs and be blackmailed by the soldiers at the border gates. Ten out of ten profits, five or six out of ten, were taken away by them. ”

"During the Chongzhen period, there was a great drought in Guanzhong."

"The villagers are waiting to be fed, and my uncle is also very famous in the countryside, so he has to stay with the children of the Gao family, go out of the customs and sell horses, where do you know, the new guard. Framed his uncle for being a foreigner. Death in prison. The horses that were sold were all intercepted by thousands of households. The horses were life-saving money for the villagers. ”

"Therefore, the villagers rushed to kill, defeated the officials and soldiers, and escaped, so they could only become horse thieves."

Long Wu said: "I remember that it seems that the imperial court strictly forbids the sale of horses? ”

"Yes." Gao Yigong said: "The imperial court also strictly prohibits rebellion. ”

Long Wu suddenly knew that he had lost his words.

He also knows that the laws of the imperial courts in many places have become a dead letter, just like Gao Yigong said that the money collected by thousands of households on the border is not in the laws of the imperial court.

It's just convention.

Gao Yigong also had no intention of having a hard fight with Longwu, and continued: "Although my uncle is a horse thief, he is just seeking a lifetime. Never kill innocents indiscriminately. A few years ago, my uncle also had more people. ”

"At this time, Mr. Yang came to Shaanxi." Gao Yigong said: "Boss Yang appeased the people and recruited the leaders of the various departments, and almost all the leaders of the departments surrendered. ”

"My uncle was suspicious and didn't believe in the government, but he scattered the people and only brought hundreds of his cronies' children."

"Sure enough, as my uncle expected, Butcher Hong came, indiscriminately, and killed in one breath, whether it was down or not, most of them were killed, and the whole of Shaanxi was bloody that year."

From then on, my uncle decided to fight to the end against the government. Either you die or I die. ”

Gao Yigong's sentence is said loudly. But on this occasion, it sounds extremely embarrassing.

Long Wu coughed slightly twice and said, "General Li, tell me about it." ”

Li Guo pondered for a while and said, "I also follow my uncle." My uncle, Your Highness, also knows, is King Chuang. ”

"Uncle had an errand at the inn. Things are complicated on the inn

, often servitude. But this money and food feed my family. It's just that the post station has been abolished. ”

"The post station was abolished. My uncle was left to be a servant. That year, there was a great drought, and my uncle took my brother and us to dig rats and little beasts in the fields and talk about them. Your Majesty may not know that rats in the field have the habit of saving, digging a rat hole, not only can get a litter of rat meat, but also get some food, as little as one catty, more than two or three catties, just began to dig some rat holes, so that everyone can be fed, but the days are getting more and more difficult, even if the mice are not easy to dig, and even if they dig, there is no food to store. Tree bark, grass roots, and even Guanyin soil must be eaten. Li Guo seemed to remember the days when he was hungry and full. He didn't want to say more, so he changed his words slightly and said, "Sometimes I still work as a helper." ”

"I still remember that day, Ai Yuanwai lost something, insisting that my uncle stole it, and my uncle was put in a heavy yoll. As for under the scorching sun, it was almost roasted. ”

"At that time, I pleaded with the people for a glass of water, but I couldn't get it."

"My uncle was furious that day, and sat cross-legged under the scorching sun, begging for death. During the night, everyone rescued my uncle. ”

"From that day on, my uncle rebelled with all his might, no matter how difficult the situation was, what he didn't dare to lose, how many people he didn't dare to die, and my uncle never said to give up."

Li Guo wanted to say something, but looking at Longwu's face, he paused slightly. "Then there will be none." ”

Longwu seemed to change the topic a little, and asked Dang Shousu: "---- general party"

"Wechen has nothing to say. The drought has been going on for many years, and the government has been urging taxes for many years. I could only take my children out to eat, and then I met King Chuang. Dang Shousu said: "There will be no more." ”

For a while, there was an inexplicable sense of embarrassment in the air.

Long Wu took a deep breath, he knew that such a thing could not be avoided, and if he didn't untie this knot, he would not be able to recover Gao Yigong and the others.

Gao Yigong and the three generals are not too poor to vote, and they don't believe in how much loyalty they have, and Longwu naturally knows it. Once the situation changes, the three generals will understand how to choose, and Longwu does not know.

And after today, for a long time, the three generals will be outside the army. It is impossible to stay in Changsha for a long time.

So there is not much time, not many opportunities, he has to face the knot between the two sides.

Long Wu got up and said: "I apologize to the three generals of the Ming Dynasty, the world has fallen to such a point, it is the responsibility of the Ming royal family, as the lord of the world, let the people wait to be fed, hungry, have to take risks, become thieves." ”

"It's the fault of the Ming royal family, and it's also my fault."

Long Wu said a deep salute, and there was really some sincerity in his words. It just startled the three of them and took them by surprise. They never thought of it.

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