The 63-year-old Dashun Emperor Li Guo has lived in the beautiful Wuhua Mountain in Kunming for the past two years and has never returned to Sichuan.
The reason for not returning to Sichuan is not that he is too old to walk, but that he dislikes Sichuan less and less, because everything in Sichuan now gives him a feeling of déjà vu... This feeling comes from his Youth and boyhood!
Although the world was already in chaos at that time, it was still generally stable. Li Guo, who is at the bottom of society, and his father Li Zicheng, who is two years younger than him, are struggling in hopeless poverty. But no matter how hard I struggled, life was still getting harder and harder.
While touring various places in Sichuan, the aloof Li Guo seemed to see countless versions of himself, with ragged clothes, disheveled faces, nothing but youth, and no hope of advancement...even worse than when he and Li Zicheng were young. .
Because when I and Li Zicheng were young, the people who dominated us were just scholars and high-ranking officials who used their useless imperial examination achievements to bully others.
But in Sichuan now, those riding on the necks of those miserable men are blue-clad soldiers with sharp swords hanging from their waists!
Although this group of government soldiers could only parry against the Ming army and could not fight back, the pressure on the poor people of Sichuan ensured that they would never be able to stand up.
Li Guo originally thought that he was building a good world where poor people all over the world could have enough food and clothing, but he did not expect that this good world was turning into a hell for working people at a speed that he could not imagine...
Moreover, Li Guo also found that he, the emperor, could not change the increasingly miserable situation of the poor in Sichuan.
Because the blue-clad soldiers who oppressed them were brought to Sichuan by him, the emperor, and they were also the basis of the Dashun regime.
Li Guo now understands why Zhu Yuanzhang killed so many heroes and civil servants in his later years... He didn't necessarily want to eliminate potential threats for Zhu Yunwen. If it was just for Zhu Yunwen, then killing a few big bosses would be enough. Okay, why implicate so many people?
In addition, it is even more unnecessary to kill so many civil servants, as civil servants will not usurp Zhu Yunwen's position.
When Zhu Yuanzhang did what he did, he probably saw the people below devouring the flesh, blood, and fat of the people... If we don't kill them, the people will suffer too much!
Now that Li Guo saw that the people of Sichuan were becoming more and more miserable, and that the eight political kings and a group of heroic generals below were getting fatter and fatter, he wanted to kill them all with a butcher's knife.
But no!
He is not Ming Taizu, he did not dominate the world... The Ming Dynasty, which was almost beaten to death by his "little father" Li Zicheng, has now revived. And he was so excited that he even suppressed Da Shunchao and beat him!
In order to resist the Ming Dynasty's attack, he had to let the heroes and soldiers drink the blood and eat the flesh of the people...otherwise the Dashun Dynasty would be gone!
Faced with this unacceptable and helpless situation, Li Guo could only choose to escape and hide in Yunnan, where the conflict between man and land was relatively relaxed, seeking peace and quiet on the beautiful Wuhua Mountain.
Now he doesn't even care much about state affairs, leaving his daily affairs to Prince Li Laiheng. He only cares about particularly important matters involving the country's future and destiny.
It was a happy life to live such a life.
Today, when Prince Li Laiheng went to Wuhua Mountain to pay his respects, the old emperor was holding a stack of expired newspapers and slowly opening them - these newspapers were collected from the Ming Dynasty by the trade officials of the Dashunhu government. It contains many major and minor events in the Ming Dynasty, which can give him a little understanding of the situation on the enemy's side.
The situation in the Ming Dynasty seems to be much better than that in Dashun. It is not that the poor in the Ming Dynasty are better off, but that they have hope and a bright future!
There are so many opportunities to turn around. There are all kinds of businesses you can do in the country, you can also study and make progress, and you can even join the army. Of course fairness is unfair, but it cannot be said that the poor have no opportunities, right?
If you can't make it in China, you can go hunting for minks or cultivate land in America. Recently, there was news that someone discovered gold in California, next to America...
If you think that catching minks and panning for gold can only make money but not fame, then the opportunity of the Twelve Principalities of Nanyang has come again... to open up new territories and make achievements!
In short, in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he can toss now, there will always be a place where he can exhaust his strength and let him have a hard time!
And those who lie down and don't know how to toss, probably won't be able to overthrow the Ming Dynasty!
With a snap, Li Guo threw a stack of newspapers on the table in front of him, and then looked up at the "old man" Li Laiheng, who was already in his forties.
"Where's Leghorn? You're here. Do you have anything to say? Is the war in the north pretty stable?"
Li Laiheng smiled and handed a memorial to Li Guo with both hands: "Ada, there is nothing in the north, but it is safe. King Li Jin has nothing to say about his military skills. This is the memorial for the kid Jicheng, take a look."
Li Guo waved his hand, "Don't look at me, don't look at me. What good can I say about this kid? Either he is hurting my old brother or he is bragging about the new army... How many battles has he fought? How dare he talk like that! If you hadn't pampered him , I’ve already masturbated his great-grandson!”
In fact, the reason why Li Guo disliked Li Jicheng was not at all what he said, but because Li Jicheng was "too aristocratic" and had no regard for the common people!
This made Li Guo, who came from a lower class background, very uncomfortable...
"Ada," Li Laiheng knew his father's thoughts and said with a smile, "young people today are like this. They are not like us who suffered hardship and poverty when we were young. They are born rich..." .It’s normal to look down on ordinary people.”
"Forget your roots! Forget your roots!" Li Guo cursed twice, "Weren't we just ordinary people back then? When I was young, my family was poor, and your grandpa doted on Ada, and often deducted all the food from him... ..."
In fact, both he and Li Laiheng misunderstood Li Jicheng's generation of Dashun successors. The reason why they looked down on the working people was that they were born in a hierarchical feudal country.
Dashun's level is much stricter than that of Daming next door!
The nobles of the Ming Dynasty were only such a small group of people, and they had to surrender on behalf of others. Even the nobles of Kenan who did not surrender could only have one son who could seize the title, and the rest of their heirs were civilians at the beginning. Compared with ordinary people, their advantage is that their fathers are richer and can receive better education.
Therefore, the inequality in the Ming Dynasty is mainly the inequality of property and education, not the inequality of blood, nor the monopoly on the upward path - the Ming Dynasty society is too active and there are too many opportunities, and it is impossible to monopolize the upward path.
But in Dashun, which is "a hole in the hole", there is only one way out, too few opportunities, and too many soldiers. It's impossible not to have a monopoly!
Li Laiheng didn't want to quarrel with his father. He couldn't be replaced as the prince anyway (Li Guo was the emperor who was promoted by him). He would have no control over who he wanted to take the throne when his father became the late emperor.
"Ada, what Jicheng is reporting this time is an important matter!"
"Is it important?" Li Guo was stunned, then took the memorial, unfolded it, and his gray eyebrows gradually drew closer.
"Ada, this is a rare opportunity!" Li Laiheng said, "With the capture of Arakan, we have a lot more room for maneuver, and we can also have good relations with Tianzhu."
"Isn't this bad?" Li Guo hesitated, "Isn't it too unjust?"
"Ada," Li Laiheng said with a smile, "What are you talking about? What's wrong with justice? Now you are no longer in the world, you are the emperor!"
Li Guo frowned, "But they still want my daughter... isn't this harming my daughter?"
"Ada, intermarriage and marriage have happened since ancient times." Li Laiheng said, "If you are reluctant, just ask Jicheng to make a fake one to fool the King of Arakan."
"This...that's all we have to do!" Li Guo said, "But I'm still a little worried. Laiheng, you go to Myanmar yourself. When you enter Arakan, you go there in person. Remember, you must be benevolent and righteous. To win the hearts of the people, we must not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and we must not suffer the same pain we suffered in Siam last time again."
"Don't worry Ada, I already know everything!"
