Chapter 166: Forbidden to Say "Ming"
At this time, Jiang Li didn't know that another restless cultivator had restless thoughts. He was talking to Commander Liu.
Jiang Li was floating above Jiuzhou, while Commander Liu was sitting in the Human Emperor Palace. The two communicated through remote communication talismans.
"This is the situation. Of the six commanders in our Human Emperor Palace, three are currently imprisoned. I think Palace Master, you should consider replacing the commander."
"No, I haven't reacted yet. Please say it again." Jiang Li couldn't believe his ears.
"The Yong Dynasty tried to implement a literary inquisition, forbidding people to say words with the word 'Ming' in them. Zhang Konghu said, 'We'll talk about it tomorrow,' and was thrown into prison by the officials to await his fate. Ma Zhuo and his wife were caught selling obscene and pornographic books, and were also thrown into prison, imprisoned next to Zhang Konghu."
"The prisons of the Great Yong Dynasty do not distinguish between men and women. This is not good. Palace Master, you can give them some advice."
"...Is this the point?" Jiang Li stared, "Can't Zhang Konghu come out by himself?"
"Of course, the prison can't hold a person in the Fusion Stage, but Zhang Konghu said that he is upright and has done nothing wrong, so why is he locked up? He wants to wait for Dayong to give him justice."
"Zhang Konghu can think about such profound questions?" Jiang Li was surprised.
Profundity is relative. For Zhang Konghu, this way of thinking is already rare.
"I recommended him a few books recently."
"What about Ma Zhuo and his wife? How did they get caught in the Fusion Stage? Aren't all the officials of the Great Yong Dynasty in the Fusion Stage?"
"The Minister of Personnel of the Great Yong Dynasty noticed that his son had been in a low spirit recently and found that it was because of reading books, so he arrested him personally. Coincidentally, the Minister of Personnel was in the Fusion Stage, and coincidentally, Ma Zhuo and his wife were still selling books in Great Yong."
"Then why don't they run away?"
"When the Ma Zhuo couple sold the books, they did not disguise themselves. They used their real faces. Fortunately, the Ma Zhuo couple often slacked off and did not show up in Jiuzhou very often. The Minister of Personnel did not recognize them. If they had escaped, there would have been a wanted order throughout Dayong, and the entire Dayong would have seen the appearance of the Ma Zhuo couple."
"...Are you sure that the three of them are in the fusion stage?"
"It's a shame for the Fusion Stage, and a shame for the commander of the Human Emperor Palace." Commander Liu nodded sincerely.
"Should we change the three commanders?" Commander Liu suggested. After hearing the news, he was speechless. Could the three of them be any more embarrassing?
As a senior commander of the Human Emperor Palace, he is tired because his superiors don't go home every day and his subordinates are unreliable.
He cannot replace Jiang Li above him, but the younger leaders below him can suggest to Jiang Li to replace a few.
Jiang Li looked up at the sky, thinking, is this karma? He had just caused trouble for Ji Zhi, and now something bad happened to him.
"I'm going to Dayong." Jiang Li said helplessly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Palace Master." Commander Liu saluted. He told Jiang Li about this matter not because he really wanted to choose a new commander. He had watched Zhang Konghu grow up since he was a child, so how could he give up on him?
He wanted Jiang Li to think of a way to get these three people out of disgrace.
…
A year ago, the Dayong Dynasty had a new emperor.
Luo Zheng's incompetence was evident at the Jiuzhou Council. He was stingy and incompetent, did not have the ability of Ji Zhi, and he changed the ancestral system every day, making the governance of Dayong a mess.
Luo Zheng has an elder brother named Luo Xuan, who is better than Luo Zheng in governing the country and always thinks that the throne should be his.
However, Luo Zheng was well versed in political struggles. When fighting for the throne, he framed Luo Xuan, saying that Luo Xuan had an affair with the concubines in the harem. The late emperor was furious and stripped Luo Xuan of his status as crown prince and sent him to the cold palace.
In the end, Luo Zheng got his wish and became the new Emperor Yong.
Luo Zheng died a year ago, and the eldest prince Luo Ming succeeded to the throne.
Luo Ming was also a man of little ability. He was greedy for pleasure and ignored the affairs of state.
Seeing that his nephew was incompetent, Luo Xuan wanted to usurp the throne. He contacted the sects in Dayong and conspired to rebel together.
Eventually Luo Xuan ascended to the throne and became the new Emperor Yong.
Although Luo Xuan was capable, he was also very suspicious. He knew that Emperor Yong had an illegitimate background and always suspected that someone below him was slandering him.
Therefore, Emperor Yong Luo Xuan issued an order that the word "Ming" was forbidden to appear in Dayong. Those who violated the order would be imprisoned and await punishment.
As a result, Zhang Konghu was thrown into prison and kept company with Ma Zhuo and his wife.
…
Jiang Li flew to Dayong and found it dead silent. People were walking in a hurry and going home after buying things, as if they didn't want to stay on the street any longer.
"Shopkeeper, how's business lately?" Jiang Li landed and asked the owner of the roadside pancake stand.
"Are you from out of town?" The snack stand owner said with a worried look, "Look at this scene, who would still want to eat snacks? If this continues, my pancake stand won't last much longer."
"Give me two pancakes."
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"Okay." The owner of the pancake stall was somewhat happy. It was a rare occasion that he sold two pancakes today. Although the environment was difficult, he still had to survive.
Next to the pancake stand was a fruit stand. Jiang Li was eating a pancake and walked over to the side and asked, "Boss, how is business lately?"
The owner of the fruit stall didn't even dare to say a word. He pointed to his mouth, shook his head vigorously, and then pointed at bananas, apples and other fruits in turn, indicating the prices.
The pancake stand owner sighed: "He is timid and frightened, so he dares not speak."
Jiang Li stood up. The situation in Dayong was completely beyond his expectations. No wonder Zhang Konghu said he was not wrong.
Just as he was about to look somewhere else, he saw a group of officers coming towards him in a menacing manner.
"Sir, what's the matter?" The owner of the pancake stall was terrified, and the owner of the fruit stall was also very scared and shrank into the corner.
"Are you selling sesame cakes?"
"right."
“Are you a fruit seller?”
The fruit stall owner nodded vigorously.
"I'm asking you a question!" The policeman glared at him, and the fruit stall owner was so scared that he had to say yes.
“Have you been selling here for more than ten years?”
"Sixteen years." The pancake stall owner didn't dare to hide it. He didn't know what these officials were going to do.
"The sesame seed cake is round, shaped like the sun, and the banana is curved, shaped like the moon. The sun is called ri, and the moon is called yue. Together, they form ming!" the official said sternly, "You two must have had a secret discussion with the emperor. Take them away!"
The pancake stand owner stammered, "Sir, this is a bit too far-fetched. He and I are just trying to make a living by selling food. How dare we talk about His Majesty?"
The officer sneered, "You dare not discuss His Majesty? You two can obviously sell separately, why do you dare to sell sesame cakes and bananas together after His Majesty ordered that the word "Ming" should not appear! I think you not only have the intention to discuss His Majesty privately, but also have the intention of rebellion! You intend to overthrow the Xuan and restore the Ming, take them away!"
The pancake stall owner and the fruit stall owner were both mortals, only at the third level of Qi training. How could they dare to contradict the officer? They were left speechless by the officer's rude words.
The officer turned his gaze to Jiang Li again, and seeing him eating a sesame cake with a frown on his face, he waved his hand.
"The round pancake was eaten with a gap, like a waning moon, forming the same 'sun and moon are bright'! And he is frowning, thinking about something! This person must be dissatisfied with the emperor, and he is resisting in this silent way. Take him away!"
(End of this chapter)