After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jin's words, his eyes immediately widened and he said angrily:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Can these people still be relatives of the current emperor?"
"Not relatives."
Li Jin looked calm, having long been accustomed to Zhu Yuanzhang's moodiness, and continued:
"It's just that they are all veterans who have fought with the emperor."
With that said, Li Jin invited a veteran behind him to come out, but the veteran's right arm was missing.
"This veteran once experienced the Battle of Fengzhou, the Battle of Hongdu, and later the Battle of Pingyang under the current Holy Lord."
"In the end, he became permanently disabled and was resettled back to his hometown by the court and given a few acres of land."
"This veteran participated in the Battle of Poyang Lake and fought to the death with Chen Youliang's men..."
Li Jin gradually introduced the old people behind him. All of these people were physically disabled and had no support for them.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his eyes were a little moist, seeing these veterans who had fought for the Ming Dynasty for half their lives, but ended up like this.
Zhu Yuanzhang only felt his heart tumbling.
After Li Jin introduced all these people, Zhu Yuanzhang bowed heavily to these people and kept murmuring:
"Thank you for your hard work."
"Thank you, thank you so much."
When the old man at the head saw Zhu Yuanzhang being so excited, he patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder calmly and said:
"Brother, it doesn't have to be like this."
"Although we people are disabled and cannot be self-reliant, we have good parents."
"Master Li built this almshouse for us old people, specifically to provide for us old people who are permanently disabled or whose family members have died."
"If you want to thank, you should thank Mr. Li. Without Mr. Li, we old bones would have died long ago."
"Yes, you don't need to thank us, you should thank Mr. Li."
Zhu Yuanzhang felt very uncomfortable when he heard what these old people said.
These people became like this because of Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty owed them, and Zhu Yuanzhang owed them to these veterans.
In the end, the imperial court did not provide care for these veterans until they died. He, Zhu Yuanzhang, felt sorry for them.
But these were actually done by a small county magistrate, which made Zhu Yuanzhang slightly change his view of Li Jin.
"I didn't expect you to be able to do some personnel things."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was full of ridicule, his attitude was much better than before.
Li Jin smiled slightly and did not answer his question. He just said:
"Let's go, as you wish, I'll take you in and have a good look."
....
Li Jin led several people, accompanied by veterans, into the courtyard of the almshouse.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zhu Yuanzhang saw all kinds of old people. Old men and old ladies could be seen everywhere.
Old ladies gathered together and danced to strange music and dances they had never seen before.
But most of the old men were gathered under the tree, and they seemed to be playing chess.
Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity was immediately aroused, and he subconsciously moved forward.
Queen Ma did not go with Zhu Yuanzhang, but walked to the old lady's side.
Zhu Biao and Li Jin were together, together with Queen Ma. Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang, a stubborn old man, Li Jin really didn't want to talk to him!
Zhu Yuanzhang squeezed closer and saw four old men, sitting in four directions, southeast and northwest.
These old men were holding strange pieces of paper in their hands, and they were looking at each other nervously.
"One on three!!!"
These old men looked very old, but they played cards with a fierce energy.
It was obviously just one-on-three, but it gave him the momentum of a thousand troops.
"One to two!!"
The battle was very fierce, but Zhu Yuanzhang was confused and didn't know what they were doing.
Just seeing the aura of these people, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that these people were also veterans.
Finally, after the card game ended, everyone noticed the stranger Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Who are you? Judging from what you are wearing, you should not be short of money. Why do you come to the almshouse?"
An old man asked in surprise when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's extraordinary clothes.
"We heard that the almshouse here provides free support to the elderly and children, so we came here because of its reputation."
Zhu Yuanzhang lied without blinking an eye, and when he saw someone asking, he started making nonsense.
The veteran touched his head with one arm and explained:
"Not everyone can come in."
"You need Mr. Li's permission to come in. It's not that simple to get Mr. Li to agree!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard this. Is there any hidden secret in this?
Hey, Li Jin, you have to pay for food and pay to run a nursing home? Are you still asking for bribes from others?
Before the veteran said anything, Zhu Yuanzhang had already imagined various scenarios in which Li Jin made things difficult for others and asked others for money.
"What conditions are required? Do you want to give a gift?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Our Lord Li is Lord Qingtian. He is the best official in the world. How can he accept gifts from others?"
When the veteran heard that Zhu Yuanzhang insulted Li Jin, he suddenly became angry.
"We adults say that if you want to enter Yangjiyuan, you must first have made meritorious service to the court, or you must be the only one left in the family and unable to support yourself."
"Only in this way are you qualified to move in. Those who want to eat and drink for free and take advantage of the government will be severely fined if Master Li finds out."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt a little resentful. Is that it?
We are already planning to let Mao Xiang take action, and you just tell us this?
Seeing the nods of approval around him, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Li Jin was really doing a good job here.
At least all the worries of these veterans were taken away.
Regarding these disabled veterans, Zhu Yuanzhang wished that Li Jin would take in more of them to reduce the pressure on the court.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was asking for trouble, saw the unkind looks from several veterans, so he had no choice but to leave here and go look elsewhere.
When he turned around, he found that his wife and queen were gone.
"Mao Xiang, where are Biao'er and the others?"
"Dancing over there!"
"Dance?"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, what's the point of dancing?
After a few quick steps, Zhu Yuanzhang arrived at the venue where Queen Ma was dancing.
In such a short period of time, Queen Ma has already danced gracefully among the crowd. She is really talented.
Zhu Biao pulled Li Jin and said something unknown. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to go into the crowd and pull Queen Ma out.
"How about it, sir, do I dance well?"
As soon as Queen Ma came out, she asked Zhu Yuanzhang expectantly:
"What's so good about it? It looks like a dancing master. Let's go quickly!"
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the amorous feelings and directly poured a basin of cold water on Queen Ma.
"That's because you don't know how to appreciate it. People say that dancing more is good for your health!"
Queen Ma was reluctant and wanted to dance for a while longer.
Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't appreciate it, so he had to say:
"Business matters, let's finish the business first and then talk about it."
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with disgust. At first she didn't know who said that Li Jin was a corrupt official and wanted to kill him.
But Queen Ma didn't care, she just turned around and walked towards Li Jin.
