dognovel Chapter 1152 Ascending to Power: Do you want to hear what nonsense you're spouting?
Chapter 1152 Ascending to Power: Do you want to hear what nonsense you're spouting?
Unless Lao Deng specifically requested secrecy, there were no secrets in the Ming Dynasty's court.
Just like how even street vendors on the Inner Five Dragon Bridge could know about the civil and military officials fighting and brawling.
News of the kidnapping of two Ming Dynasty merchants in Bubeiqiang quickly spread throughout the capital.
Upon hearing this news, the envoy from Pegu, Rashadari, felt a sudden darkness engulf him, and only three words remained in his mind: "The sky has fallen!"
Rashadari had no time to ponder why, as an envoy of the Pegu Kingdom and also the Crown Prince of Pegu, he received the news later than the Emperor of Ming.
Or rather, in Rashadari's mind, it was only natural and a matter of course that the Ming emperor received the news earlier than he did.
Then, while Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da and other civil and military officials were arguing endlessly, and Yang Shaofeng was secretly catching up on sleep next to the Panlong Pillar, Luosuo Tuoli had already taken off his upper garment, carried a bundle of thorns on his back, and began to kneel and kowtow three times and nine times all the way to the Inner Five Dragon Bridge from the Huitong Hall.
Wu Sansi, who was selling Ningyang braised chicken at a stall on the Neiwulong Bridge, and Lin Sishi, who was selling glasses at a stall, immediately started watching the commotion.
How strange! In the dead of winter, there are people with bare chests and carrying thorns, kneeling upright on the Inner Five Dragon Bridge, waiting for the emperor to summon them.
Wu Sansi abandoned his own stall, moved closer to Lin Sishi's stall, picked up a pair of glasses, looked towards the Meridian Gate, then curled his lip and said, "Judging from this, this guy came for nothing today."
Lin Sishi lowered his voice and said, "This person doesn't look like one of our Han people, but more like that Kunlun slave?"
Wu Sansi shook his head slightly and said, "This person should be a Kunlun slave from Southeast Asia, not a Kunlun slave from overseas."
Seeing Lin Sishi's completely bewildered expression, Wu Sansi immediately fell into his habit of being a know-it-all.
Wu Sansi coughed and said, "The master once said that there are two kinds of Kunlun slaves: one is the Kunlun slaves of Southeast Asia, and the other is the Kunlun slaves of overseas."
"The Kunlun slaves of Southeast Asia are dark and thin, but they are somewhat human-like and can understand human language. They are like this in vassal states such as Malacca, Siam, and Burma. If they are properly trained, they can be used as rough servants."
"The Kunlun slaves overseas are no good. They look like apes and monkeys, smell awful, and are incredibly stupid and unable to speak human language. All they know is that kind of thing between men and women. Even if they are used for hard labor, they must be castrated first."
Lin Sishi immediately felt envious.
I don't even know what this Kunlun slave is, but my third and fourth brothers can talk about it in a very logical way.
It seems that those who moved to Ningyang County in the fourth year of Hongwu's reign were ultimately not as successful as the local tyrants who had been in Ningyang County since the first year of Hongwu's reign, and even had fewer opportunities to listen to the teachings of the magistrate.
Lin Sishi felt a pang of envy, while Luo Satali, kneeling on the ground, was filled with shock, anger, and fear.
What surprised me was that I just heard Wu Sansi say that he had come for nothing today.
What angered him was that Wu Sansi treated him, the crown prince of the prestigious Pegu Kingdom, like a slave from Kunlun.
What they feared was the "master" that Wu Sansi and Lin Sishi were talking about.
Just as all the people of the capital city of the Ming Dynasty knew about the two big yellow dogs and the two dog-like tigers, all the vassal envoys of the Ming Dynasty also knew who the people selling goods on the Inner Five Dragon Bridge were.
Don't be fooled by the fact that these dozen or so vendors who dare to set up stalls on the Inner Five Dragon Bridge don't hold official positions. Most of them are from Ningyang County, and their families either have members serving as guards in the Eastern Palace or in the Prince Consort's residence. Only a few are from Fengyang.
In other words, the "master" these two people were talking about was none other than Yang the Madman, a notorious figure in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, and also the son-in-law feared like a tiger by the envoys of various vassal states.
As everyone knows, Prince Consort Yang looked down on everyone who wasn't a citizen of the Ming Dynasty.
He, the crown prince of Pegu, might be considered a figure of importance in the eyes of other Ming officials, but in the eyes of that Prince Consort Yang, he, the so-called crown prince, was probably not even as good as the two big yellow dogs in the Prince Consort's mansion.
As is also well known, Prince Consort Yang treated every citizen of the Ming Dynasty with great equality.
Despite his tendency to instigate one major case after another, each resulting in countless deaths, Yang, the Imperial Son-in-Law, unconditionally sides with the people of the Ming Dynasty when it comes to the foreign vassals.
The Japanese pirates who were steamed alive outside Dengzhou Prefecture and then had their bodies piled up to form a mound of corpses are the best proof of this.
Therefore, the imperial son-in-law Yang learned that Ming Dynasty merchants had been kidnapped in Pegu and their fate was unknown...
The more Luosuoduli thought about it, the more frightened he became. He involuntarily moved his knees and looked pitifully at Wu Sansi and Lin Sishi, saying, "Gentlemen, I am the Crown Prince of Pegu and also the Pegu envoy to the Ming Dynasty. I beg you two to help me introduce you to the Prince Consort. I will be eternally grateful, and the people of Pegu will also be eternally grateful!"
Wu Sansi quickly returned the greeting with a cupped-hand salute and said, "We are just merchants who make a living by setting up stalls. We really can't help the young prince."
Looking at Luosuo Tuoli's pitiful appearance, Lin Sishi finally couldn't bear it and said, "If the young prince is truly repentant, he should show it. It is absolutely impossible for him to ask to see my master through the two of us."
Luosuoduli looked at Wu Sansi, then at Lin Sishi, and had no choice but to kneel down obediently.
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When the news of Rashadari kneeling on the Inner Five Dragon Bridge reached the Fengtian Hall, Emperor Zhu was glaring at Yang Shaofeng with a disapproving look.
What we're saying is, which noble family's dukes, prefects, magistrates, or junior officials would dare to sleep during a grand court assembly?
Which father-in-law's son-in-law sleeps during his father-in-law's meetings?
That bastard dares to do that!
The key issue is that this bastard can't even look where he is.
This is the Fengtian Hall in the dead of winter!
Although there is a fire dragon in the Fengtian Hall, so it is not easy to freeze people, but what if it happens?
What if this scoundrel sleeps until the court session ends, and then gets a chill when he goes out of the Fengtian Hall? Wouldn't he easily catch a cold?
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became. He immediately got up from his dragon throne, walked to Yang Shaofeng's side, and kicked him.
"You bastard!"
"Sleeping during the grand assembly again!"
"You'll be fined three months' salary!"
After reprimanding Yang Shaofeng, Emperor Zhu returned to his throne with a dark and sour face. He looked at Liu Bowen and said, "If anyone dares to sleep in the Fengtian Hall again, the Censorate should remember to issue a notice of salary deduction for him, so that no one will say that we have punished someone without teaching them a lesson!"
Liu Bowen immediately bowed and accepted, but inwardly he couldn't help but complain wildly.
after?
Who would dare to sleep in the Fengtian Hall again?
Notice of salary deduction?
Punishing someone without prior instruction?
Do you want to listen to what nonsense you're spouting, sir?
How did you connect these words?
Emperor Zhu snorted coldly, then looked at Yang Shaofeng and said, "Now, you scoundrel, tell me, how should we handle the matter of the Kingdom of Pegu?"