Chapter 012: Letters
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month.
Living deep in the small courtyard of Wu Wangfu, close to the Spring Festival, Zhu Yuan did not feel any festive atmosphere, mainly because there were no firecrackers in this era, and it snowed yesterday, and they did not stop until this morning, and the weather became more and more cloudy and cold, affecting the mood.
If it weren't for a sumptuous meal delivered here at noon, Zhu Yuan would have forgotten about his childhood.
In this era, the small year is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month.
In the morning, after consuming an unknown number of brain cells, Zhu Yuan finally completed the "Book of Heaven", which recorded various major events in the next 600 years.
This was also the plan from the beginning.
The so-called "Book of Heaven", the content is Zhu Yuan's record of the history of the 'future' for more than 600 years, although if you want to prove where you come from, you can only write it until the third year of Hongwu, but thinking that in the future, Lao Zhu will definitely ask, so he simply wrote it to the end.
Of course, the first three years of the Hongwu Dynasty were undoubtedly key.
Because of the death of a certain descendant of the Zhu family in his previous life, Zhu Yuan knows the history of the Ming Dynasty very well, but it is impossible to remember exactly when and what happened, so even for the key first three years of history, it can only be taken as the key point.
In addition, Zhu Yuan also introduced the Common Era, but it was deliberately changed to 'Western Yuan' in the text, which is considered a certain distinction, mainly to give Lao Zhu a clearer timeline.
And only some key years are indicated.
For example, 1368, 1644, 1912, and 1949.
The main thing is that I still can't remember that much.
Let's talk about the details of the first three years.
First of all, in the first year of Hongwu, in addition to the fourth day of the first month of the year, Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, the country name was 'Daming', and Jianyuan 'Hongwu', the most critical thing was that the Northern Expedition army broke through the capital, and Emperor Yuan Shun fled north.
However, Zhu Yuan still doesn't know much about the details, especially the exact time, and as for the southern expedition that was also going on, he doesn't have much memory.
Therefore, they can only be described in general terms.
In addition, there is another incident in this year, Zhu Yuan's memory is relatively clear, it is the dispute between Liu and Li.
The Northern Expedition defeated Wang Baobao who was entrenched in Henan and recovered Bianliang, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to inspect and explained that Li Shanchang and Liu Ji were two important ministers to assist the crown prince to stay in Jinling.
This is also a duel between the nobles of Huaixi and the bureaucrats of eastern Zhejiang.
As a result of the matter, ignoring Li Shanchang's turnaround, Liu Ji insisted on informing Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Bianliang, and executed Li Bin.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang returned from Bianliang, and the Huaixi family began to attack Liu Ji on a large scale.
Until August of this year, coinciding with the death of his wife, in the face of the siege of political enemies, the disheartened Liu Ji chose to resign and return to his hometown.
August, an exact point in time.
When Zhu Yuan wrote about this incident, as a byholder to some extent, he was actually more curious about Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude. It can be seen from Liu Ji's resignation in the end that Zhu Yuanzhang during this period was still very partial to Huaixi Xungui.
and then in the second year of Hongwu.
The major event of this year is naturally the death of Chang Yuchun.
However, the focus of Zhu Yuan's narrative is on the 'Battle of Qingyang', which lasted for three months between the Ming army and the Northern Yuan.
In fact, it was often the death of Chun, which made Zhu Yuan unexpectedly understand this major battle that affected the situation of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition in the process of reading history.
In the second year of Hongwu, the Northern Expeditionary Army set out again, this time in the main direction of Shaanxi and Gansu in the northwest. However, because Emperor Yuan Shun sent troops to raid Beiping on the way to the army, Zhu Yuanzhang temporarily dispatched Chang Yuchun, who was far away in Shaanxi, to help the north.
Chang Yuchun fought too fiercely, not only easily solved the siege of Beiping, but also continued to conquer Kaiping, the capital of Yuanshang, to the north, so that Emperor Yuan Shun had to flee again in embarrassment and escape into the desert.
On the other side, the focus of the Western Route Army's attack and defense fell on Qingyang.
Qingyang is located in the northwest of Shaanxi, not only the gateway of Shaanxi and Gansu, but also the grassland in the north, which is a strategic place, originally occupied by the Yuan generals Zhang Liangbi and Zhang Liangchen brothers.
When the Ming army attacked, Zhang Liangbi defected to Wang Baobao in the north, and was taken hostage by Wang Baobao and many Zhang family members, so that Zhang Liangchen in Qingyang City could not surrender and had to defend the city.
The offensive and defense around Qingyang lasted for three months.
During this period, Wang Baobao continued to mobilize troops, not only oppressing the Ming army's long northern defense line and trying to find a breakthrough, but also allowing the Ming army to fall into a war of attrition around Qingyang to encircle and send reinforcements.
Qingyang couldn't attack for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang once again urgently transferred Chang Yuchun to the west, and it was in the process of this return that Chang Yu died of illness in Liuhechuan.
After Chang Yuchun's death, the deputy general Li Wenzhong took over the military power, temporarily changed his strategy, and did not choose to gallop thousands of miles to aid Qingyang, but drove directly to Datong to the north, repelled the invading Yuan soldiers, and smashed Wang Baobao's coveting of the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty.
On the other side, in March, the Ming army finally conquered Qingyang with difficulty and completely took Shaanxi.
It can be said that the Ming army started from the Northern Expedition to Shandong, all the way to the Battle of Qingyang, although it was finally victorious, it also suffered a big setback.
In this war, Li Wenzhong began to stand alone, and his military talent was shown, and at the same time, what was even more dazzling was to fight against many famous generals of the Ming Dynasty with his own strength, and provoked Wang Baobao in the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty. It was also after this time that Lao Zhu and Kuokuo began a journey of 'protecting and abusing me thousands of times, and I will be like my first love'.
Zhu Yuanzhang once lamented that he ruled the world, but he still had three major regrets, one of which was that he failed to capture Wang Baobao alive.
After three years of Hongwu, there are many things that can be said.
Emperor Yuan Shun died, the great hero was crowned, the nine sons were crowned kings, Yang Xian was killed, and so on.
It includes many details, such as the title prefix of the heroes, the titles of the princes, and even the evaluation of some heroes when they received the award, such as Tang He could have been crowned a prince because of his 'drunken and wanton killing', but he had to be a marquis, such as Liao Yongzhong's 'peeping into Shangyi', and only a marquis, in addition, there are also 'unique' such as Huagao's 'one' who had a relationship with one side before, and so on.
All in all, these are very strong cross-proof proofs.
This is why Zhu Yuan insisted on waiting for three years.
Then, with a long history of 600 years and limited time, Zhu Yuan will be much briefer. Of course, a little bit of personal inclination is unavoidable, but it is basically a historical fact.
As for the deadline, Zhu Yuan originally wanted to stop in 1912, or, 1949.
These were the weakest years in China.
Because it is weak, it is possible to arouse more emotions in the person who watches.
However, Zhu Yuan finally decided to stop at the era of his rebirth.
Mainly, I am worried that it will not be good in the future. After all, one of the biggest lies already requires enough thought. No matter how much, in case you can't hold back one day, with Lao Zhu's Hades temperament, the result can be imagined.
In the study.
In his hand is the bound "Book from Heaven", and the brazier next to it is still burning with all kinds of waste manuscripts accumulated in the past few days, and now, there is only a letter with a frank identity left.
Zhu Yuan left this matter to the end, but he kept hesitating and didn't know how to write it.
In the past few days, he has substituted himself into the thinking of the former dead friend more than once, but he is not the one in the end, his personality is different, in case the emotional expression of the letter is too exaggerated, it is not good for Lao Zhu to feel contrived.
As he was holding the brush and thinking, a voice suddenly came.
Obvious children's voices, and more than one person, noisy and shouting.
In recent days, this courtyard has been quiet, even the person who delivered the meal just put the lunch box at the door of the small courtyard for Zhu Yuan to pick up, and the sergeant in charge of guarding was obviously strictly ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was like a piece of wood, and he didn't dare to take a step forward.
I didn't expect anyone to come.
If you listen closely, you can faintly distinguish some of the content of what is being said.
“…… This is my family, why are you blocking me......"
“…… Let's just take a look......"
“…… Let me go in, and this silver cake will reward you......"
“…… Dog thing, I will also be a prince in the future...... I'm going to tell my dad and let him cut you......"
“…… ......"
At the sound of spitting at the end, Zhu Yuan finally couldn't help laughing.
probably also understood that the owners of the voices outside the courtyard must be Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, but I don't know how many people came, and I don't know if there is an ancestor who has his own 'setting'.
In addition, it is the same feeling as when I read history.
Zhu Yuanzhang's group of sons did not have a fuel-efficient lamp. I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is a strict father, but a strict father is not equal to a successful father who can educate his son.
Thinking about it, Zhu Yuan began to look forward to seeing Zhu Biao.
Is this the first prince of the Ming Dynasty really a cowardly person like Shi Zai?
Zhu Yuan didn't believe it.
Without looking at the many clues felt in the process of reading history in advance, you can actually imagine it by looking at Hongwu and Jianwen at both ends of Zhu Biao.
Emperor Hongwu doesn't need to say much.
As Zhu Biao's son, Emperor Jianwen was ruthless to his uncles as soon as he ascended the throne, and he didn't see any mellow kindness at all.
Such a father and such a son, you tell me, an honest man in the middle?
Ghost believes!
Silence quickly returned to the outside of the hospital, Zhu Yuan retracted his thoughts, and then looked at the letterhead spread out in front of him, and finally determined his train of thought.
This is just a reminder from a few little guys outside.
It's 'me' and 'smack', all kinds of 'unpretentious', and then think about the personality of Lao Zhu in my memory, in the face of this, there is no need for any detours, nor any elegance.
After all, with Zhu Yuan's ancient literary skills...... Well, I don't seem to have any skills, so it's also delusional to want to write an eternal essay like "The Teacher's Table".
That being the case, the vernacular is good.
Finally, after a short deliberation, Zhu Yuan dipped his pen in ink and began to write.
"No, the twenty-third grandson Zhu Yuan to meet his ancestors."
"My ancestors asked me three years ago why I couldn't explain where I came from, and why I said it, and you wouldn't believe it. If I had said, "I am from 600 years later, how can my ancestors believe?" ”
"Therefore, in the name of "Book from Heaven", I asked for a three-year period."
"The Book of Heaven contains the history of the next 600 years, and the ancestors have made an appointment of three years, just to use the past three years as proof."
"In addition to the Book of Heaven, the ancestors may have felt that the knowledge of the 'study of economics' known by the grandson was not something that could be learned by this young man, but it was actually a summary of the knowledge of many learned people in the next six hundred years."
"Let's talk about my origin, Yuan is the second son of the ancestor after the Qin King Zhu Zhang, the ancestor appointed the sons of the generation, the Qin King is 'Shang Zhi Gong Cheng Bing, but with respect and friendship, auxiliary heirs are honest and upright, Kuang Shi Yongxin Dun', and the name is rotated with five elements."
"In the last years of our dynasty, Li Zicheng troubled Qin and Jin, slaughtered the clan, and my twelfth ancestor fled into Shuzhong, and then changed the dynasty, and the Qing court pursued the clan again, in order to avoid disasters, lived in seclusion in Shunan Mountain Village, until the death of the Qing Dynasty, and dared to publicly worship the ancestors."
"To the new dynasty, my generation, the ancestors set the word generation has been exhausted, leaving only the five elements of the cycle, so it is named 'Zhu Yuan'.
Writing this, Zhu Yuan paused slightly, what he mentioned was the background of the former sworn friend, but unfortunately he didn't know the specific name of the other party's mountain village, so he could only determine the approximate location, and he didn't know what the location was.
Edited?
Forget it, in the future, if Lao Zhu really wants to ask carefully, then 'Zhujia Village', how simple it is.
Smiling, Zhu Yuan continued.
"Born in 1986, he was a teenager studying ......"
Writing this, Zhu Yuan was stuck again.
Originally, Zhu Yuan planned to shape himself into a low-level social animal, and only by selling miserably could he win the sympathy of his ancestors. Moreover, in the first few years of work, it was indeed similar to that of a social animal. But...... Writing this, his thoughts flickered, and he suddenly remembered the unintentional words of the green-jacketed maid on the boat that came to Jinling a few days ago: "Petty officials are born rich and noble. ”
I felt it at the time, but I couldn't catch it, and when I remembered it again, I reacted.
Even a maid can see that Zhu Yuan is a 'rich man' who can adapt to the position of being served, and in the past, he was indeed a high-ranking person.
Some of the daily habits of those who are superiors, and even their knowledge and knowledge, are simply flawed everywhere compared to the bottom.
If you really want to pretend to be a social animal, you may be seen through at some point.
After thinking about it for such a short time, Zhu Yuan quickly made a decision.
Not beat around the bush.
Anyway, businessmen are not noble people in this era.
looked at the letterhead in front of him, Zhu Yuan had not been replaced, and he would definitely have to revise and revise it later, and copy it again.
So he continued: "...... At the age of twenty-two, he began to earn a living. At first, he was an apprentice, and then he began to engage in business. As for the Chinese New Year's Eve, for some reason, I woke up from a dream and returned to six hundred years ago, and the soul was placed in the body of the current teenager. ”
"The ancestors already knew what happened after that."
"Since God sent his grandson to his ancestors, the meaning is profound, and the grandson does not dare to speculate. If the ancestors insist on not believing, the grandchildren are helpless, but the ancestors will dispose of it. After all, the strange experience of this body, the grandson himself is like in a dream, unbelievable. ”
"Alone in the deep courtyard, writing this book, recalling the various things of the future generations, feeling the rise and fall of the ages, I have a lot of thoughts for a while, and I don't know what to say."
"Zhu Yuan Baibai."
"In the first year of Wu, the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month."