译者的话：好难啊，不知道该用哪个时态来翻译。

Chapter 2 Childhood

We start with a file.

Name: Zhu Yuanzhang

Alias ​​(Nickname): Zhu Zhongba, Zhu Guorui

Sex: Male

Ethnic: Han

Blood type:?

Education: He has no diploma. He is not a Xiucai (one who passed the imperial examination at the county level in the Ming and Qing dynasties), nor a Juren (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations at the provincial level in the Ming and Qing dynasties), nor a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations). Later, he taught himself.

Occupation: Emperor

Family is born: poor (at least three generations)

Dates of birth and death: 1328-1398

Favorite colors: Yellow (There seems to be no choice)

Social relationship: His father is farmer Zhu Wusi

His Mother is farmer Chen (sorry, her name doesn’t appeal in the book)

Motto: Yours are mine, mine are mine

Main experience:

1328 - 1344 Grassing cattle

1344 - 1347 Begging as a mock (this ...)

1347 - 1352 Ringing the bell as a mock

1352 - 1368 Rebelling (It’s great)

1368 - 1398 Working as an emperor

Everything starts from the night of 1328. The wife of the peasant Zhu Wusi has a baby boy. Everyone knows that this baby boy is the later Zhu Yuanzhang.

Whenever an emperor was born, there were always strange images such as wind, rain, fragrance, stars flashing and red light, which would be recorded in later history books to show people that the emperor was different from others. Mr. Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. When he was born, the red light was full, and there was a different light in the night house, so that the neighbor thought of fire, and ran to save ("Ming Authentic Records").

However, the mood of the peasant Zhu Mayi was not like the anxious and joyful we see today outside the delivery room. As the father of the two daughters and three sons, the first thing to consider is food.

The work of peasant Zhu Wusi is constructed by two parts. He has a tofu shop, but his mainly source of livelihood was the land of landlord, which determines that as the one member of this labor family, he must work round the clock if he wants to live.

After the baby was born, his parents took a name for him (convention of Yuan Dynasty): Zhu Chongba, which can also be called Zhu Baba. Let us introduce Zhu Chongba’s family members.

Zhu Chongba’s great-great-grandfather name’s: Zhu Bailiu;

Zhu Chongba’s great-grandfather’s name: Zhu Sijiu;

Zhu Chongba’s grandfather name’s: Zhu Chuyi;

His father who we have already introduced, is called Zhu Wusi.

Take such a name is not because the Zhu family is engaged in mathematics, but because in the Yuan Dynasty, if people could not go to school or be an official, they would not have a name. Their names are dates of birth or the sum of their parents’ ages. (the person who registers will certainly dazzled).

Zhu Chongba spend his childhood in a leaky thatched cottage which is cool in winter and warm in summer and bright. His main job is to grass cattle for the landlord Liu De. He wanted to study very much, but Zhu Wusi couldn't afford the tuition. He did not love reading as much as Li Mi, so he was not appreciated by people like Yang Su. He honestly helped Liu De grass cattle for 12 years, because he need food.

At this time, Zhu Zhong's dream is to live well. He think that when he is sixteen, he will aske old lady Wu, a villager, to make a match and find a diligent and hardworking wife for him, then he will have children of his own whose names might be Zhu San’er or Zhu Siling, and when his children grow up, they will help landlord Liu Xiaode grass cattle.

This is the 16-year-old Zhu Chongba's yearning for happiness in his future life.

At this time, China is ruled by the extremely corrupt Yuan Dynasty. Those conquerors from Mongolia don’t seem to think that the people under their rule are human beings. They often consider killing these guys who occupied the land and then using the land to graze ("Yuan History"). From taxes to corvee, as long as it's a category that people can think of, it can be used to collect money. During the holidays, people have to pay for "holiday money". There is "regular money" for work, and there is "business money" for lawsuits... I'm afraid, then I can't go out? Can I do nothing? No, even if you do nothing, it is necessary for you to pay for "spare money". Are you afraid?

So, after the nation on horseback ruling China for more than 60 years, their state machine reached the point of unbearable. At this time, the Empire of the Yuan is like a camel, just waiting for the last straw in life.

This straw quickly arrives.

1344 is a year of special significance. In this year, God is finally ready to abandon the Yuan Dynasty. He bring two disasters to China. At the same time, he dig a grave for the Yuan Dynasty and write the epitaph: Don't look down on this stone man with only one eye, because it can lead the people in the world to overthrow the empire.

God is thoughtful and arrange a man, Zhu Chongba, to bury the Yuan Dynasty

Of course, Zhu Chongba will not guess that God will give him such an important task.

This year, he is seventeen.

Soon a disaster will come to him, but at the same time, a great cause is also waiting for him. The legendary phoenix can only become a brilliant bird if it is reborn after training in the fire.

Zhu Chongba, come on, the god of fate is waiting for you!

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