I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 28
Huang Lai'er went out, headed towards the Mizhi County Government under the twilight.

Along the way, he took out the sheep slaughtering knife several times and wiped it repeatedly on the torn sheepskin jacket to make it look extremely sharp and emit a cold light.

The relationship between Han Jin'er and Gai Hu was not innocent. Before they got married, there was an uproar in the village.

However, at that time, because of his poor family, he was a monk who lost his hair and fled home because of starvation. As long as it was two pieces of meat, it could be regarded as a delicacy in the world, so he didn't care about other people's gossip.

It was only later that the mother-in-law became more and more excessive, which made Huang Laier gradually murderous...

It was already midnight when we arrived at the Mizhi County Government Office.

Huang Laier sent in the residence report that had been soaked in his own urine, went out and found a bun shop on the side of the street, ordered four cages of mutton buns, ate them all, and put down the few buns he had with him. broken silver.

In the cold and late night, he wanted to ride home several times, but returned to the gate of the county government office by some mysterious error.

"Isn't this Li Zicheng? Why is he still wandering around in the middle of the night?"

Suddenly, someone patted Huang Lai'er on the shoulder, causing a man to break into a cold sweat; when he turned his head to look, it was a fellow villager who worked as a servant in the Mizhi County Yamen, and it is said that he had been promoted to the third class of arresting head.

This head-hunting position was neither an official nor an official in the Ming Dynasty, but his status was higher than that of ordinary government servants and civilian husbands.

"I'll send an emergency residence report, and I can't make it back."

Huang Lai'er, that is, Li Zicheng wrapped the ragged sheepskin jacket vigorously, shrunk his neck and said with a smile, "Why is Catcher Liu also active in the middle of the night? Could it be that he has a baby boy?"

The two of them, Kuku, smiled, crossed their shoulders and walked into the gate of the county government office, and came to the class room of the third class of arresting heads.

"Mother of the day thief, God of the gods, it's too cold." The fellow headhunter untied the simple knife from his waist, beckoned Li Zicheng to sit down, and began to boil water and make tea clumsily.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Li Zicheng nodded, grinned and said, "I bought four cages of mutton buns."

"You are amazing, you can eat better than a dog," the head catcher teased, then shook his head and sighed: "In these days, how many cages of mutton buns can be given away, it is even better than the life of the Long Live God in the capital."

"By the way, why did you return to the yamen in the middle of the night?" Li Zicheng asked casually while stretching out his hands to warm the fire.

"Isn't it because of the imperial court recruiting students?" The head catcher said with a wry smile, "The newly enthroned Lord Long Live was kicked in the head by a donkey and actually built a Ming school, and the imperial court issued a mansion newspaper to post the notice in all the villages and towns.

My brother broke his leg recently, so he just posted a notice for others! "

Li Zicheng was a little curious, and asked: "The imperial court has built a university hall, so does it have something to do with our common people?"

"Who says it's not? Anyway, the advantage is that someone is an official, so I have a relationship with us." Liu Catcher grinned and said, "The above is quite good. It said that as long as you can work with your hands and feet, your brain has not been kicked by a donkey." , can go to the capital to enroll.

By the way, with food, housing and distribution included, the monthly fee is even higher than that of the county magistrate!

I don't think you will be able to do the postman's job for a long time. Why don't you sign up for you and go to the capital to go to the university? "

Li Zicheng laughed loudly, touched his purple face with unshaven beard, and said with a smile: "We have such a dignified appearance, even if we go to the capital, the princess will not like it!"

The two laughed loudly, scolded the court a few words, and then fell asleep in the classroom.

In the early morning of the next day, before Li Zicheng woke up, that head catcher Liu started to get busy, boiling half a jar of paste unhurriedly.

When Li Zicheng woke up from the bench, he felt stiff all over, and it hurt a little when he moved a little.

Stretching, he boredly flipped through a large volume of notices on the table, and found that what Liu Butou said was true, the idiot emperor of the capital really built a university hall, and everyone could enter without examination.

'It's just a lie from the officials...'

Li Zicheng put down the notice casually, greeted Liu Butou, and then left.

"Li Zicheng, you really don't want to go to the university? If you want to go, I'll report your name to you." Liu Butou said in a low voice: "Anyway, my brother still has tasks here, and we must recommend more than three people." student."

"No, I'm a vulgar person. I have other work that requires hard work. Just let my brother think about it." Li Zicheng shook his head with a smile, and went out.

But he didn't know what he would miss if he said 'not going'...

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Two days and two nights later, the capital, the Forbidden City.

Qianqing palace warm pavilion.

Holding a small piece of paper in his hand, Zhu Youjian shook his head and smiled wryly: "This guy, really doesn't come to school?"

This is another prodigal move by Zhu Youjian, which is to send a large number of Jinyiwei out to find ways to monitor, spy on, and protect a large number of "rebels" such as Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and Li Yan.

The matter was arranged by Wei Zhongxian himself. The eunuch obviously had doubts about this weird behavior of the idiot emperor, but he resolutely carried it out without asking any questions.

Since the two major events of Daming Academy and Daming Engineering Bureau were completed, Wei Zhongxian's view of Zhu Youjian began to change completely. He felt that there seemed to be some kind of providence hidden behind some absurd actions of this idiot.

Wei Zhongxian, who had served three emperors, attached great importance to this mysterious feeling, which also led to a strange phenomenon, that is, no matter what Zhu Youjian said or did, Wei Zhongxian felt quite mysterious...

Of course, Zhu Youjian knew nothing about this.

His idea is very simple, I will keep an eye on you group of rebels all the time, keep people blowing in my ears, it is a university, and it is a labor relief, anyway, I will not let you rebel against me!

Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to find a way to earn money and food together and live together?
Really, if you insist on fighting to the death, you don't have the heart of a prodigal at all...

"This Li Zicheng..."

Zhu Youjian pinched the note, lost in thought.

Soon, he was smiling.

Anyway, I am a prodigal son, so I might as well lose another sum of money. If there is one less traitor, the difficulties of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly reduced, and a lot of money can be freed up for myself to squander.

"Come here, let Wei Zhongxian enter the palace."

Half an hour later, Wei Zhongxian rushed to Qianqing Palace.

"Wei Aiqing, this Li Zicheng... I want to pull him out, how do you think he can come to me unknowingly?" Zhu Youjian handed the note in his hand to Wei Zhongxian, and said with a smile:

"I want him to lead troops to fight, but I am afraid that he will rebel and eventually fail my hard work."

Wei Zhongxian pinched the note, murmured a few times, squeezed the drake's throat and laughed: "Long live Lord, don't worry, this matter is left to the servant."

"However, where does Long Live want him to lead his troops?"

Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Who is the most capable general on the southeast coastal defense?"

In his impression, since Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and others were tossed to death by "Literati Qingliu", it seems that only Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son appeared.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "My Ming Dynasty... has not yet had a naval warfare expert like Qi Jiguang."

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "It's really impossible, find a way to let Li Zicheng go to the southeast coast?"

"Don't cultivate a second Zheng Zhilong." He added.

Well, you Huang Lai'er, if you are not willing to let you come to the university, I will send you to the sea...

(End of this chapter)