Yang Cong dealt with He Qian and was in a good mood. Next, he only waited for the Lu Ming Banquet and received the Juren Documents, and then he could go to the capital to participate in the meeting.

Lu Ling'er was waiting for him in the capital, and he had already flew over. In the last two days in Jinling City, he had no intention of going out for a trip. He stayed in the rented yard all day long, thinking about the matter in the capital.

However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. He didn't want to go out, but someone came to him.

Early that morning, he was waiting there with the book "The Collection of Four Books and Chapters" when the guard at the door suddenly came to report that someone from Chengyi asked for a visit.

Sincerely Bo?

Liu Bowen!

He naturally knew the story of this famous person. It is rumored that Liu Bowen knew astronomy and geography, and was aware of harmony among people, yin and yang, understood the Bagua, knew the Qimen, knew Dunjia, was well-versed in ancient and modern times, and could even calculate the future. He was one of the rare strange people in the world.

Of course, Liu Bowen has passed away, and now he must be his descendants.

What's wrong with this sincerity Body?

Of course, Yang Cong dared not to see him. While he ordered the heirs of the guard to come in to meet him, he also tidied up his clothes and came to the lobby to wait.

After a while, a fairly thin old man walked in and bowed: "The villain is sincere and Liu Ge, the manager of the Bo Mansion, has met Mr. Yang."

The servants of ordinary families are similar to servants, and their status is even lower than ordinary civilians. However, the servants of this noble mansion are naturally not listed here. Yang Cong dared not neglect others. He hurriedly bowed and replied, "I wonder what the matter of Manager Liu is coming this time?"

Liu Ge quickly took out a post from his arms, handed it to him, and bowed and said, "Our master was very happy when he heard that the young master was very talented, so he wanted to ask the young master to go to the mansion to have a chat."

What do you mean by this?

Yang Cong didn't believe that his talent could alarm the strange man Liu Bowen.

So what's the matter with Mr. Chengyi's mansion? Is it unlikely that Mr. Chengyi's mansion wants to recruit me!

These days, Dukes, Marquis and nobles and gentry were not the same, and they had no subordinate relationship. Even if they were Chengyi Bo, if they did not have the corresponding authority, they would not be able to move anyone, let alone recruit gentry.

This is really strange.

After Yang Cong politely sent Liu Ge away, he ordered someone to invite Zhang Ping to come quickly. He had no idea about the situation in Jinling, so he did not dare to take it rashly and ran to Chengyi Bo Mansion.

He wanted to have a good relationship with Zhang Ping, and Zhang Ping also wanted to have a good relationship with a generous "noble man" like him. The two of them are good friends at this moment. Not only did Zhang Ping actively help him with his business, but he also told him his address and several places he often stayed in. Therefore, it was very easy for him to find Zhang Ping. Not long after, Zhang Ping came here.

Yang Cong exchanged a few greetings with him, and then asked directly: "Brother Zhang, do you know Master Chengyi?"

Zhang Ping nodded slightly and said, "I have been to Chengyi Bo Mansion, because Chengyi Bo Mansion was renewed from the title of the eleventh year of Jiajing. Chengyi Bo Mansion was built last year. At that time, I also helped my friends in the yamen to find some craftsmen. However, I have never seen Chengyi Bo Mansion, and I have only heard of him. What's wrong? Is Chengyi Bo Mansion causing trouble for you?"

Chengyi Bo Liu Yu actually re-elected the title. Only when there is a break, it means that Chengyi Bo's lineage has been broken for several generations. Yang Cong has never heard of this. He couldn't help but curiously said, "Do you mean that there are still people in the middle of Chengyi Bo's lineage? They didn't want to cause trouble for me, but someone from the uncle's house sent an invitation, saying that Chengyi Bo wants to talk to me, but I don't know him at all. Do you know why Chengyi Bo looked for me?"

Zhang Ping was stunned when he heard this. Liu Yu, the master of Chengyi, actually took the initiative to find Mr. Yang. This was really strange.

He thought about it and then suddenly said, "I guess this matter must have something to do with the Duke of Wei's Mansion, because you went to Duke of Wei's Mansion to hand in a letter of worship, and Cheng Yibo and Duke of Wei are both Hongwu nobles, so their relationship is extraordinary."

Yang Cong, the Hongwu nobleman, had vaguely heard that the Ming Dynasty's nobles were mainly divided into two groups. One group was divided into feudals by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period. It was generally called the Hongwu nobles by the people, and the other group was divided by Zhu Di during the Yongle period. It was generally called the Yongle nobles by the people.

However, he didn't know the relationship between the Hongwu nobles at all. He couldn't help asking: "Is there any faction in the Hongwu nobles?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ping shook his head and sighed: "They don't have to divide into any faction? There are not many Hongwu nobles left, so their relationship is naturally not ordinary."

Is there such a thing?

Yang Cong was not a native of the Ming Dynasty. He became a monk and came here halfway. Moreover, he spent most of the past two years studying the "Four Books and Five Classics" and "Four Books and Chapters and Notes" and preparing for the imperial examination. He had no time to care about anything else. He really didn't know much about these things.

He couldn't help but say curiously: "Didn't there be dozens of nobles enfeoffed during the Hongwu period? Why aren't there a few left?"

No matter how cruel Zhu Yuanzhang is, he will never kill all dozens of nobles!

Zhang Ping continued to shake his head and sighed: "Young Master Yang, you are not from Jinling. You may have never heard of the Hongwu nobles. We locals in Jinling know that this Hongwu nobles are so miserable!"

Don’t the nobles enjoy all their glory and wealth? They are described as miserable. How miserable is it?

Yang Cong couldn't help but continue asking: "How miserable are they."

Zhang Ping pointed his finger and introduced: "In the year of Hongwu, the late emperor divided the titles of ten dukes, fifty-two marquises and three counts. Among them, Duke E of Chang Yuchun died in battle, Duke Han Li Shanchang was killed in the party, Duke Song Feng Sheng was sentenced to death, Duke Liang Lan Yu was sentenced to death, Duke Lelang Pu Ying was sentenced to death, Duke Ying was sentenced to death, Duke Ying Fu Youde was sentenced to death, in the year of Hongwu, there were only four of the ten dukes left, and later, the four dukes stood in the wrong side in the battle of Jingnan. Except for Duke Wei, who was spared due to the relationship between Empress Chengzu and Xu, who was spared.

All of him were sentenced to death or his title was reduced. The fifty-two marquis were even worse. Fifty-two marquis were killed during the Hongwu period, and only only the marquis of Xiping and marquis of Wuding Guo Ying were left. The marquis of Xiping was left because of Yongzhen, and far away from the center. The marquis of Wuding Guo Ying was also spared because his sister was the late emperor Ning Concubine. As for the three Counts, there were only Chengyi Bo family left. Moreover, Chengyi Bo Liu Bowen had already retreated bravely, and his son did not inherit the title. His grandson had inherited for several years and had hidden in the world, so their lineage was not affected by disaster."

Oh my God, the Zhu Ming royal family is really cruel. Zhu Yuanzhang has won 63 honors, and he has killed more than fifty of them himself, and the rest have almost been killed by his son Zhu Di!

Yang Cong secretly calculated that the remaining Hongwu nobles seemed to be the Duke of Wei, the Marquis of Xiping, Wuding, and Chengyi Bo.

The daughter of Duke Xu Da of Wei was Zhu Di's empress, the sister of Guo Ying, the sister of Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, was favored by Zhu Yuanzhang. The Marquis of Xiping, Muying, ran to guard Yunnan, and the founder of Liu Bowen simply retired. These four families were spared, and almost all the others were kaka!
Chapter completed!