Zhu Di thought that he was brave and would not be weaker than anyone in his life, but the rope that bound him just now was strong and tough.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break the rope, and his face turned red from the anxiety.
But Monk Daoyan, who was almost sixty years old, was able to break away from the rope so easily, which was incredible to him.
I didn’t see a knife hidden on Monk Daoyan’s body, so why did I let this thin monk get one step ahead?
Dao Yan chuckled, took out a sharp blade as wide as his index finger from his cuff, and said: "To be honest, it's not worth mentioning. It's just a small blade. It's hidden in the cuff. It's hard to find at ordinary times. If you encounter something like this, If you are in trouble, you can show off your sleeves."
"Then you didn't take it out earlier and insisted on waiting for that person to come and get me?"
"Your Highness, you have wronged me. As you know, the rope is so thick that it took me a lot of effort to break it."
Daoyan's expression remained unchanged, he would never admit his true intentions at this moment.
He really wanted to teach Zhu Di a profound lesson, so that he would know that in front of a huge number of people, personal force is by no means the main factor that determines victory or defeat.
If he did not take the opportunity to let Zhu Di understand this truth as soon as possible, Daoyan was very worried that this ambitious prince would one day die on the road of conquest.
This is not because Dao Yan is unfounded. In fact, Zhu Di has a perverted desire for war. When he was in Peking, he often took the opportunity to lead his troops to the desert.
Even the two boys were led astray. They spent all day wielding swords and guns and failed to listen to any of the teachings of the sages.
Dao Yan was not particularly worried about beating Bei Yuan. After all, Bei Yuan had been beaten with holes. When he saw the large-scale Han army, he got cramps in his calves and ran faster than anyone else.
But this bad habit of liking to take the lead gives Daoyan a huge headache. If he changes his opponent in the future, Zhu Di will probably have to go into battle and charge forward.
Once he was the King of Yan, even if he died, it would not affect the country, but now Zhu Di is the prince. If anything goes wrong during the war, it will be a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty.
Dao Yan had invested too much effort into Zhu Di, and naturally he didn't want him to die because of the war. Therefore, he deliberately delayed the rescue time this time, just to let Zhu Di understand that in front of a huge number of people, he must not show off his courage.
Recalling the scene when he was captured before, Dao Yan was still frightened. He was shocked by Zhu Di's bravery and was also horrified by the number of bandits in the mountains.
The seven or eight strong farmers could not survive for a moment under Zhu Di's hands. If forty or fifty people had not rushed out, they would never have been arrested this time.
Such a large number of bandits are still near Xi'an. It can be seen that the Qin King Zhu Ping's governance is not good. The people have already prostituted their sons and daughters, and the people are so resentful that so many people have become bandits.
Zhu Di was a little skeptical about the explanation given by Dao Yan, but now that he had been saved, he did not intend to delve into the matter further. He said: "Old monk, the guards are still far away from us. Now that we are trapped in a den of thieves, we have to find a way. The best thing to do is escape, lest they discover our identity and kill us!"
Dao Yan was not in a hurry, and said: "I had a conversation with the chief priest before, and I am fully confident. Your Highness does not need to worry."
Zhu Di rolled his eyes: "You just said that the son of a rich man cannot sit down in court, why are you so bold now? I know you have no good intentions, old monk. It's a pity that you can't pretend to be a caravan, otherwise you won't have to suffer such pain." , I have to make some insinuations when I go back and ask my father to modify the household registration system as much as possible, which is really inconvenient."
Thanks to the household registration system designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, all citizens are settled in their place of residence and cannot change easily. In later generations, you can buy a ticket and travel all over the country. It is impossible to exist in the open world.
If you want to travel, it’s very simple, you have to apply!
The Ming Dynasty's "Da Gao" requires industry and commerce to have clear and enlightened road guides regardless of distance or waterway, and carry them with them at all times.
The road guide here is equivalent to a portable ID card. It will record your name, place of origin, reason for travel, where you are going, how long you will stay, and when you will return.
If you are a businessman, the roadmap will be more troublesome. There will be multiple certificates. There are strict requirements and restrictions on the time, scope of business, and goods sold.
For example, government-owned items such as salt and iron were not allowed to be sold privately. Although salt was introduced in the early Ming Dynasty, it was only within a small area.
However, any system will become looser with the passage of time and the decline of the court's control.
The strict household registration management system in the early Ming Dynasty had become extremely loose in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Traveling around was still possible at that time.
It's just that this is the Hongwu period, and there are no road guides. As soon as you go out, you will be caught and turned to the government.
Therefore, Zhu Di really wanted to do some cool things. He didn't have to work so hard to set up a caravan, but the conditions were really insufficient. If he met an official official, his secret would be revealed in a minute.
When Dao Yan heard this, he just glanced at Zhu Di and did not dwell too much on this issue. He continued: "I just talked with them and learned that they will soon enter Hu County, which is only more than seventy miles away from Xi'an. ."
"Hu County? What are they doing here? Are they going to meet someone?"
Zhu Di frowned and thought, shook his head, and said: "If you want to meet people, it's better to go to the wilderness. Why go to a place like Hu County where there are many people? If the government targets you, wouldn't everything be lost?" ."
"What His Highness said is true, but what if the person they want to meet is a member of the government?"
Dao Yan's words were like thunder falling on a dry land, which made Zhu Di tremble in shock. He was dumbfounded and couldn't believe it, and said: "Colluding with the remnants of Hu Yuan, this is a major crime against the nine tribes. How can an official be so desperate for his life?" Already?"
"Such a crime can only scare ordinary people, but it is no deterrent to those who are already loyal to Yuanting."
"impossible!"
Zhu Di retorted: "The selection of officials is the right way of the imperial examination. If the officials in this world are not clean and pure, how can they be qualified to serve as officials in the court? Old monk, please don't lie to me. The problem is no small matter."
If there were really any remnants of Hu Yuan among the local officials, it would be a slap in the face to the imperial court.
But Dao Yan had already expected it and said: "Your Highness, please don't forget that from the sixth year of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the imperial court did not set up an imperial examination. It adopted a recommendation system. The recommended personnel were intelligent, upright, virtuous, upright, The filial brother Litian, the Confucian scholar, the filial piety, the scholar, the talented person, the senior citizen, etc. were promoted to the capital by the local governors and made exceptions, at most once, and the number of exceptions was more than 3,700."
Zhu Di's face turned pale and he said: "Old monk, are you saying that in less than ten years, there are remnants of Hu Yuan lurking among them, waiting for the opportunity?"
He couldn't believe it in his heart, but during the ten years when the imperial examination was suspended, a large number of officials were indeed hired under exceptions, and this cannot be false.
Among them, Zhu Di dared not say whether there were any people who were kind to Hu Yuan, but he couldn't believe that after such a long time, these people would still miss Hu Yuan.
He wanted to ask more, but saw Dao Yan shake his head, his voice was even lower, and said: "Your Highness, this is just a guess by me, and it cannot be taken seriously. Someone is coming, so keep silent and let me deal with it!"
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