In the eighth year of Hongwu, Ying Tianfu was imprisoned.

"It's time to eat!"

The swaggering warden held a prison stick and knocked on the iron gate as he walked.

Smell.

The prisoners in the prison cells scrambled to stretch out the broken bowls in their hands, waiting for the 'feeding' once a day.

The jailer who followed behind the warden, carrying a bucket of swill in his hand, faced the broken bowl handed over, like feeding a pig, one spoonful per person.

In the blink of an eye.

A pungent sour smell permeated the entire prison.

The smell is disgusting.

The warden who was walking in front quickly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and his pace sped up a little.

The prisoners in the prison didn't care at all, and they devoured the pig-like soup one by one, and ate it cleanly.

The prison quickly passes through the rows of prison cells.

Arriving at a cell at the end of the prison, the warden waved his hand at the jailer carrying a bucket of swill behind him, signaling him to stand down.

Then, dressed up and respectfully stepped forward...

Inside the prison cell.

Lin Che was dressed in prison uniform, holding stones in his hands, and carving numbers on the walls.

Junyi's face was full of anticipation, and his mouth muttered:

"It's fast, hold on for a few more days, and then you can go back to your previous life after the autumn."

"I really want to play games, brush Tik Tok, and watch the circle of friends!"

That's right, Lin Che is a time-traveler, from the twenty-first century.

In his previous life, he was a moderately accomplished web writer.

Half a month ago, Lin Che was lying on the bed racking his brains to conceive the plot.

In a drowsy state, I crossed over.

Traveled to the Ming Hongwu Dynasty to a royal examination tribute student with the same name and surname as him.

Participate in the triennial imperial examination.

The predecessor won the championship in the current examination.

No surprises.

In this life, Lin Che will become a Ming Jinshi and start his officialdom career.

However, Lin Che wanted to cry without tears!

Lin Che, who is familiar with history, knows how difficult it is to be an official in the Hongwu Dynasty!!

In history, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was suspicious, lacked tolerance, and was extremely brutal.

The killer didn't even blink.

In the four major cases of the Hongwu Dynasty, tens of thousands of officials' heads fell to the ground.

Ling Chi was executed, stripped of the last grass, exterminated the three tribes, the nine tribes... How ruthless it is.

Think about the princes and nobles and famous ministers and generals of the Hongwu Dynasty, and in the end, a few of them ended well.

It has only been eight years since Hongwu was born, and there are still more than 20 years before Lao Zhu's death.

If you want to be an official under the brutal Hongwu Emperor, you can get out of it, hellish difficulty!

Just when Lin Che felt desperate, the system turned on.

System prompt: As long as he angered Emperor Hongwu and was executed by Lao Zhu, Lin Che could return to his previous life and live a modern life.

Angered Emperor Hongwu and put to death?

Fusing the memories of his previous life, Lin Che instantly had an idea,

And so.

Lin Che wrote "Imperial Examination for Officials, Misleading the Country and the People" on the palace trial strategy.

The rhetoric is fierce throughout the article, criticizing the disadvantages of the times.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of Hongwu, was furious, was taken down on the spot, and was sent to prison, waiting for the autumn queen to be beheaded.

After entering the Imperial Prison, Lin Che found that what the history books said was true.

Most of the prisoners held here are officials and their families involved in the empty seal case and the Yangzhou fraud case.

Every day, groups of officials, after being tortured, are taken to the square outside the prison to be beheaded.

Listen to the screams and begs for mercy outside.

Lin Che originally thought that he would have to endure some hardships in order to achieve positive results and return to modern times.

How do you know that you have been imprisoned for half a month, as if you have been forgotten.

Lin Che wondered.

Don't all the history books say that Zhu Yuanzhang hates others the most for revealing his shortcomings?

Shoot ruthlessly at those who offend you.

In front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and hundreds of tribute students, he bitterly criticized the maladministration of the imperial examination.

His behavior is no longer to expose Lao Zhu's shortcomings, but to slap him in the face.

Lao Zhu is this-endure it???

Just as he was thinking wildly, he heard a bang at the cell door.

Then the cell door opened, and the warden stood in the doorway and said respectfully:

"Mr. Lin, that master has already prepared wine and food, please move over."

The man?

It is a noble second generation that Lin Che met in the Imperial Prison.

Claiming to be called Zhu Er.

According to himself, because of his awkward quarrel with Lao Tzu, he was imprisoned for reflection.

Whether this is the case or not, Lin Che didn't bother to ask.

Anyway, I'm going to be beheaded, where do I care about other people's affairs.

Just be comfortable with yourself.

Not to mention, it's really good to get to know this Zhu Er.

Chat with him every day, go to class, play tricks, and serve him with delicious food and drink.

The whole garment comes to reach out for food to open the mouth.

Lin Che turned over and sat up, dusting off his prison uniform, "Lead the way!" ”

"Come on, please!"

The warden bends over and makes a gesture of please.

……

Meanwhile.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang wore a golden crown on his head, a yellow dragon robe with a disc collar and narrow sleeves, and sat behind the imperial case with a majestic expression, reviewing the folds.

Next to him stood a young man in a yellow python robe.

It is the crown prince Zhu Biao of the dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang criticized the folds, and asked without raising his head:

"Boss, the rabbit cub has been squatting in the edict prison for so long, can he be soft?"

Hearing the inquiry, Zhu Biao hesitated and replied truthfully:

"It's not soft!"

"Second brother... I met a gentleman in prison and discussed knowledge together every day. ”

"Exploring knowledge?"

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped writing in surprise and said in disbelief:

"There are so many great Confucians in the palace hall, he didn't go to study, but he got better in the edict."

Then he snorted coldly: "It's a shame for the royal family!" ”

put down the fold, glanced at Zhu Biao, who was nervous, and asked with a cold face:

"Tell us who the gentleman he met?"

"Father is the Emperor... Gongsheng Lin Che! ”

Then he added: "It is the madman who deceived the people in the temple test. ”

Bang!

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up angrily and slapped the table: "What can King Qin learn from staying with such an arrogant and unruly madman who despises the court?" ”

Zhu Biao hurriedly lowered his head, "Father is angry." ”

"The second brother didn't do anything with him, he just ate and discussed together..."

Zhu Yuanzhang threw the song to the ground.

"Like your mother, you know how to get used to him, and see what the rabbit cub is used to?"

Hear the words.

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

What does this have to do with him as an older brother?

If you want to blame it, it's because the father and the second brother are too screwed.

The reason is that my father asked my second brother Zhu Fan to go to Qin to become a vassal, and Zhu Fan wanted to go out with the general Xu Da to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Daddy won't allow it.

Zhu Rong, this kid, ran into the edict in anger.

said that he would not be allowed to participate in the Northern Expedition, so he lived in the edict and could not come out.

Lao Zhu almost died of anger.

I sulked for several days because of this, and then a holy decree was issued, and the king of Qin kept squatting in the edict prison to reflect if he didn't go to the domain.

Zhu Fan was also stubborn, and squatted in the edict prison for more than ten days, but he didn't have a soft word.

Zhu Biao tried to persuade him several times, but to no avail.

Father and son were consumed like this.

"Father, I think I'll let the second brother go on the expedition, right?"

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's gloomy face, Zhu Biao carefully persuaded:

"The second brother wants to go out with the general, and he also wants to serve the country and share his father's worries."

"The second brother has been in prison for so long, don't break your body."

"It's not a good place to be in prison, I'm afraid..."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't answer, and pondered for a moment: "Let's go, go to the edict." ”

As he spoke, he was about to get up and leave the palace.

"Father, you can't go!" Zhu Biao hurriedly knelt down to dissuade him.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Why can't you go?" Are you still afraid that those prisoners will assassinate us? ”

Zhu Biao: "??? ”

Seeing that he couldn't be dissuaded, Zhu Ming closed his mouth interestingly.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked out of the Qianqing Palace and instructed the personal eunuch to change himself and the prince into regular clothes.

Without driving, the father and son rode out of the palace directly.