To be honest, Monk Dao Yan felt a little uncomfortable at this moment.
Who could be at ease with a pair of unblinking eyes staring at them?
Most importantly, Monk Dao Yan could see desire in those eyes.
Monk Dao Yan felt a chill in his heart. He was a monk who was in dire straits and was not a beauty. Was there a need to look at him with such a terrifying gaze?
Could this person have some special hobby?
To be honest, Monk Dao Yan had the urge to turn around and leave.
However, when he thought of their identities and the matter he wanted to ask for help, Dao Yan forcefully held back his impulse.
"Amitabha. Patron, why are you staring at This Penniless Monk? Did This Penniless Monk lose his manners?"
Zhu Rong came back to his senses after hearing that. He laughed loudly and went forward, grabbing Monk Dao Yan's hand.
"Master, don't misunderstand. I just saw that you looked familiar and felt that we were fated, so I was a little lost in thought.”
Monk Dao Yan, whose hand was held by Zhu Rong, stiffened for a moment. He revealed a stiff smile and tried his best to pull his hand back. However, he said,"
"I see. Patron, you look quite familiar.”
Although he said that, the force he used to pull his hand back was increasing.
However, what made Monk Dao Yan confused was that even though Zhu Yao was small, his strength was extremely great. He could not move him at all.
Upon seeing this, Monk Dao Yan stopped whipping and allowed Zhu Rong to hold his hand as if he was in charge.
Zhu Di, who was standing at the side, looked at Zhu Rong strangely. He didn't understand what was wrong with his younger brother.
"Master, what do you need help with?”
Zhu Di would definitely ask about Monk Dao Yan's purpose first.
Monk Dao Yan instinctively wanted to give a Buddhist salute, but he realized that one of his hands was held by Zhu Rong, so he could only bow with one hand and say,"
"This Penniless Monk wishes to invite Your Highnesses to meet someone.”
Without waiting for Zhu Di's reply, Zhu Xiong smiled and said,"
"That's easy, that's easy. Isn't it just meeting a person? Let alone one person, I can even meet ten or a hundred of them.”
Zhu Di was speechless. What was wrong with his fifth brother? Why did he seem to have changed into a different person?
Zhu Xiong didn't care about that.
Yao Guangxiao, how could he let him go? He had experienced the feeling of having a strategist by his side all his life.
How could they let him go when they encountered him?
She had to kidnap this monk and bring him back to the capital!
As for whether it could be used by him, that was not within his consideration.
If he couldn't use them, there were plenty of people he could use. Old man, big brother, which one of them didn't need some capable people by their side?
Of course, forget about the old man. The entire Big Ming was his.
It's not bad to recommend it to Big Brother.
At the very least, even if she stayed by his side, she could still give him advice.
As for Fourth Brother, uh, forget it. Why would he need a strategist at such a young age?
In any case, in this life, he would definitely not let his big brother die young.
With Big Brother here, why would Fourth Brother still need Yao Guangxiao?
Just like that, Yao Guangxiao was held by Zhu Rong's hand. They awkwardly brought Zhu Rong and Zhu Di to a remote house.
As for the strange gazes of the passersby along the way, Zhu Rong expressed that as long as he was not embarrassed, the others would be embarrassed.
Soon, the two brothers met a young man under Monk Dao Yan's lead.
This young man was dressed like a student. He should be a scholar, but he looked a little haggard, as if he hadn't slept well for a few days.
"This is the person that This Penniless Monk has recommended to Your Highnesses.”
As he spoke, Yao Guangxiao looked at this person and smiled,"
"These two are the current princes. One is His Highness the King of Yan, and the other is His Highness the King of Zhou. If you have anything to say, you can tell them clearly. This penniless monk can only help you this much.”
As he spoke, Monk Dao Yan looked at Zhu Rong.
The meaning in his gaze was clearly,'Look, you've seen him. Shouldn't you let me leave?'
Zhu Rong was unmoved and did not let go. He chuckled and said,"
"Grandmaster, what's the rush? He said what he wanted to say, so we'll just listen. Grandmaster and I hit it off at first sight, so naturally, I want to stay closer to Grandmaster.”
Monk Dao Yan felt a little numb. He really wanted to get close to you!
Seeing that Zhu Rong did not let go, Monk Dao Yan could only stand quietly by Zhu Rong's side and chant a Buddhist name.
At this moment, the disheveled young man looked at Zhu Xiong and Zhu Di and asked hesitantly,"
"Are you really the Prince of Yan and the Prince of Zhou?"
Zhu Xiong patted his chest.
"It's the real deal!"
The young man was still worried and asked,"
"Do you have proof?"
Zhu Di glanced at the young man and took out the Prince's token from his pocket."
"Is this okay?"
After the young man saw the prince's token, he no longer had any doubts and knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Student Tie Xuan greets His Highnesses Prince Yan and Prince Zhou.”
Zhu Di didn't think much of it when he heard the young man's name.
Zhu Rong was stunned.
Tie Xuan?
Wasn't this Ling's future enemy?
During the Battle of Jingnan, Fourth Brother's army of 300,000 besieged Jinan for three months. Tie Xuan vowed to not surrender and fought with Fourth Brother with wits and courage. In the end, Fourth Brother had no choice but to retreat.
After this battle, Fourth Brother could only go around Jinan, which was defended by Iron Xuan.
Another talent!
What was going on today? All the talents were gathered together?
However, Zhu Rong was not as enthusiastic towards Tie Xuan as Monk Dao Yan.
This fellow was obviously a student. He basically didn't need to recruit him to be used by the imperial court.
On the contrary, Monk Dao Yan had no official position. If he ran away, it would be difficult to find him.
At this moment, Tie Xuan began to narrate his sad past.
"Reporting to Prince Yan and Prince Zhou, I am a student of the Imperial College. A year ago, I was ordered to Huaixi and Henan to practice as a director. What I saw and heard was shocking!”
"In the third year of Hongwu, His Majesty conferred titles of meritorious officials and conferred dukes, marquises, and counts with fixed amounts of land. However, as I saw in Huaixi, Fengyang, the dukes connived at their servants and used their power to bully others.”
"They took over some of the people's farmland as their private property and ordered the people around like they were servants.”
"If the commoners have any complaints, they will be whipped and their families will be destroyed.”
"His Majesty once issued an edict to all the local officials to let the famous and fair elders serve as village elders.”
"If any officials commit crimes, the village elders will lead the people of the village to the county government, prefecture government, and the capital to report them.”
"Over the years, the elders of Fengyang, Huaixi, Kaifeng, and other places have repeatedly reported, but they didn't expect that the various dukes and marquises would actually send their servants to block and kill them.”
"I don't know how many commoners died on the road to appeal.”
"This student and a few of my peers really can't bear to see the commoners suffer in their hands, so they agreed to go to the capital together to report.”
"I didn't expect that the officials from all over the world would slander us as spies of the Yuan Dynasty! The students 'peers were all killed.”
"I was lucky enough to escape the pursuit, but I was arrested by the local authorities. I can only struggle to survive until now.”
Tie Xuan was already in tears after saying this. After taking a deep breath, Tie Xuan took out a blood-stained white cloth from his chest.
On the white cloth was written the word " wronged ", and below it were countless people's signatures and bloody handprints.
"This is a petition signed by this student, as well as thousands of citizens of Fengyang, Huaixi, and Henan. Please, Your Highnesses, the King of Yan and the King of Zhou, pass it to His Majesty for this student and give justice to the citizens of the three regions!”
Tie Xuan bowed deeply to Zhu Xi and Zhu Di.
At this moment, both Zhu Di and Zhu Xi's faces turned ashen.
If what happened at the Iron Xuan Institution was true, how terrifying would it be?
The dukes, marquises, and officials colluded with each other to seize the people's fields, enslave the people, kill people, and even use the public for personal gain! Using a public tool to achieve his goals.
Just thinking about it sent shivers down his spine.
Wasn't this forcing the people to rebel?
At this moment, Monk Dao Yan, who was listening quietly at the side, made a Buddhist bow with one hand and said softly,"
"Amitabha. This Penniless Monk heard this phrase when I came from Fengyang.”
"Speaking of Fengyang, speaking of Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place. Since Emperor Zhu appeared, nine out of ten years have been barren.”
"Pa!"
A table shattered.
Zhu Rong could no longer control his emotions and smashed the wooden table beside him into pieces.
"They are really the good dukes and officials of my Great Ming!”
Zhu Rong was truly enraged.
To be honest, if this was just corruption and bribery, Zhu Rong would not have such a big reaction.
But what Tie Xuan said was no longer just corruption and bribery. This was shaking the foundation of Ming Dynasty!
What was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty? Ordinary people!
What was the lifeline of the common people? It was his own land.
You robbed the lives of the commoners, and they complained. You even dared to block the way and kill them. If this wasn't forcing the commoners to rebel, what else could it be?
If this continued, no matter how many high-yield crops he offered to the old man, wouldn't it benefit those officials in the end?
At this moment, Zhu Xiong's eyes were filled with killing intent!
Those who dared to shake the foundations of Great Ming must die!
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