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Chapter 506 Congratulations, Father-in-law!
The boomerang that forced Yang the madman to become the county magistrate back then has finally struck Chang Yuchun.
Xu Da couldn't help but feel a little schadenfreude: "Although it's hard to say whether you're a bandit who robs people on the road, you can't wash away the fact that you stole cattle and begged for food when you were in a higher position."
"Especially that Sleeping Ox Mountain and Pearl Jade White Jade Soup."
"And there's also the beggar's chicken that just became popular a few days ago."
"The more someone tries to justify himself in his memoirs, the less the people will believe him."
Chang Yuchun snorted coldly with a dark face, "It's nothing but petty theft. Which of Emperor Gaozu of Han and the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty didn't do it? There's nothing shameful about it!"
"Is this the same as robbing someone on the street with your brother-in-law?"
"Besides, is that what I, Chang, am afraid of?"
"Is it even possible to write about things like massacring cities and dumping corpses?"
"If I were to write this down, who knows how future generations would curse me, Chang!"
Xu Da glanced at Chang Yuchun with the kind of look one would give someone with intellectual disabilities.
I still don't know how to curse you?
Bai Qi buried alive 400,000 Zhao soldiers.
Cui Zhu murdered his ruler.
You can record all these messy, trivial things? How much of a big deal is it for you, Chang Heizi?
"Write it."
Xu Da snorted and said, "Just write it honestly. Write whatever you want, like massacres and dumping corpses. You can see that the higher-ups are thinking of us."
The Ming Dynasty court had six dukes and twenty-nine marquises, none of whom had clean hands.
While I'm writing this memoir, I'll write down all those messy, trivial things. At most, I'll get a few scoldings, but no one will use these trivial things as evidence against me anymore.
As the saying goes, everyone has their own problems, so no one should laugh at anyone else.
The problem is that being able to understand something is one thing, but whether you feel comfortable about it is another.
……
"uncle."
"aunt."
Li Wenzhong first respectfully bowed to Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma, and then cupped his hands in greeting to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Brother-in-law, it's been a long time."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled awkwardly and quickly returned the greeting with a cupped-hand salute: "Greetings, brother-in-law."
Li Wenzhong gave a soft hum, but Zhu Lao Er and Zhu Lao San, who were following behind him, stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma, saying, "Your children pay their respects to Father and Mother."
After exchanging greetings, Zhu Lao Er and Zhu Lao San bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Greetings, brother-in-law."
Yang Shaofeng was a little confused.
What are those two bastards, Zhu Lao Er and Zhu Lao San, doing in Dengzhou?
Shouldn't they have stayed in the capital and been forced into hard labor by Zhu Biao?
And then there's Li Wenzhong. Instead of staying in the capital, he brought Zhu Lao Er and Zhu Lao San to Dengzhou Prefecture.
Could it be that Deng Xiaoping was worried about his safety during his northern tour of Yan and Yun, and thus called Li Wenzhong to be his bodyguard?
Or perhaps Lao Deng planned to have Li Wenzhong train the army in Dengzhou before launching a northern expedition across the sea?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Emperor Zhu directly revealed the answer: "It was we who sent Bao'er, the second son, and the third son to Dengzhou Prefecture."
"After a few days, Bao'er, the second, third, and fourth sons will all go north together."
"The fifth brother will stay in Dengzhou and study medicine under Yang Qing."
"As for the days before heading north..."
Emperor Zhu said meaningfully, "Isn't Dengzhou going to develop martial arts? Let Bao'er help you get it started."
What the hell!
Holy crap!
What the hell is this?
Should Zhao Yun be put in charge of the martial arts training in Dengzhou?
For a moment, Yang Shaofeng didn't know whether to say that Lao Zhu had something on his mind or that Lao Zhu was out of his mind.
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng. "What, you don't trust Bao'er?"
Yang Shaofeng forced a glance at Li Wenzhong and quickly shook his head, saying, "No, I have always admired my brother-in-law. How could I not trust him?"
If we're talking about trustworthy people, then Li Wenzhong is definitely trustworthy.
After all, Li Wenzhong was a really good fighter. Although his reputation was not as great as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, he fought in countless battles, big and small. In particular, during the Northern Expedition in the third year of Hongwu, Li Wenzhong captured Maidelbala, the eldest son of Yuan Zhaozong Ayushiridara, as well as hundreds of concubines, palace maids, princes, generals and officials. When he passed through Xingzhou, he captured Jiang Wenqing, the Duke of the Northern Yuan, and others. He also subdued 37,000 people. When he reached Hongluo Mountain, he subdued more than 16,000 of Yang Sizu's troops.
The problem is that this guy is too good at fighting.
If he were far away in the capital, it would be easier to order him around.
Now this old man has taken him to Dengzhou Prefecture...
Seeing Yang Shaofeng's pained expression, Emperor Zhu finally felt relieved after months of suppressed emotions.
It has to be our girl!
Simply by transferring Bao'er to Dengzhou Prefecture, that bastard chickened out!
He actually chickened out!
Oh dear, shouldn't we find a troupe of actors to come and perform a song right now?
Just as Emperor Zhu was happily pondering what kind of opera he should listen to, Li Wenzhong had a small box brought over.
"These are some gifts I prepared for my uncle and aunt."
"These are winter clothes that His Highness the Crown Prince asked me to bring to my uncle and aunt."
"This is from the Chang family's daughter to her aunt."
"..."
Watching Li Wenzhong distribute the gifts one by one, Emperor Zhu felt even more at ease.
Look, our Biao'er even knows to prepare winter clothes for us and the girl.
He is a filial and good child.
Better than that bastard who only knows how to make us angry!
It wasn't until Li Wenzhong handed a small box to Yang Shaofeng that he said, "This is two jin of small dragon balls that His Highness the Crown Prince gave to his brother-in-law."
As if he had a spring under his buttocks, Emperor Zhu sprang up from his chair with a start, asking in surprise and anger, "How much? Two jin?"
The total amount of rice dumplings we give to that little beast each year is only three jin (1.5 kg) at most.
Wang Qiong would bring a pound of medicine with him every time he came to Dengzhou Prefecture.
In other words, that little beast had already given away all of his three jin of Xiaolongtuan, and probably even the second and third brothers' portions were given away by that little beast.
So, he went through our internal coffers?!
The Emperor Zhu was heartbroken.
That beast!
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Emperor Zhu discreetly, then quickly took the box from Li Wenzhong's hand, beaming as he said, "Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, brother-in-law."
Two jin of small dragon balls is indeed quite a lot.
After all, the production of this stuff is very limited, and even Zhu Chongba, that old man, is reluctant to drink too much of it.
Eh?
Even the old man is reluctant to drink much of this good stuff, yet I, an official, drink two or three jugs of it every day. Isn't that a bit too wasteful?
What if this old man suddenly goes crazy one day and bans the Little Dragon Group from being a tribute? Wouldn't I be unable to drink it then?
Yang Shaofeng's eyes darted around, and he smiled, "Congratulations, Father-in-law! Congratulations, Father-in-law!"
Emperor Zhu snorted coldly and said, "What's there to be happy about?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "Money, an extra few million or even tens of millions of strings of cash a year, isn't that a cause for celebration?"