amaotonovel Chapter 1103 How many more have slipped through the net and are still hiding?
Chapter 1103 How many more have slipped through the net and are still hiding?
The efficiency of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was incredibly impressive.
After Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng requested access to the household registration books of the Hong and Chen families, the Imperial Guards delivered the household registration books and genealogies of the Hong and Chen families to Yangzhou in just a few days.
Yang Shaofeng was too lazy to ask where the Embroidered Uniform Guard had obtained the genealogies of the Hong and Chen families; he simply flipped through them while clicking his tongue in amazement.
The Hong family genealogy clearly records that the Hong family was originally the Chen family of Quanzhou. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, they fled to Yingshan to avoid the chaos. Chen Shunzhai had a son named Chen Wenzhai. At this time, the family fell into decline. Chen Wenzhai married into a local Hong family and changed his surname to Hong. He later had a son named Hong Liangzhai, who had a son named Hong Lianzhai. The family had only one son for four generations and mainly made a living by selling tofu. Then, they "accumulated a large amount of land through hard work in reclamation".
There is also a Chen family genealogy from Haining, which clearly records that they migrated from Bohai to Jiangning at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and then coincidentally married into a local Chen family. From then on, the Bohai Gao family changed their surname to Haining Chen family. Hmm, this Chen family also coincidentally made a living by selling tofu.
Yang Shaofeng suddenly clicked his tongue and said, "The Chen family from Quanzhou married into the Hong family, who make a living selling tofu. The Gao family from Bohai traveled all the way from Hebei to Jiangnan to marry into the Chen family, who make a living selling tofu. Interesting, very interesting."
Zhu Biao sneered and pointed at the Hong family genealogy, saying, "Brother-in-law, have you figured anything out?"
Yang Shaofeng paused for a moment, then asked, "What did you figure out?"
Zhu Biao tapped the names on the family genealogy. "Shunzhai, Wenzhai, Liangzhai, Lianzhai, four generations have shared the character 'Zhai'. Brother-in-law, do you think any Han Chinese family uses this generational naming system?"
After Zhu Biao said that, Yang Shaofeng immediately realized that something was wrong.
Take Lao Deng's family as an example.
The generation of Zhu Biao, Zhu Shuang, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Su did not use generational names; their names all contained the radical "木" (wood).
However, Old Deng had already arranged the generation names for their next generation.
The generational order of Zhu Biao's branch is "Yunwen Zunzuxun, Qinwu Dajunsheng, Shundao Yifengji, Shiliang Shanyongsheng".
The generational order of the second son, Zhu Shuang, is: "Shang Zhi Gong Cheng Bing, Wei Huai Jing Yi Cun. Fu Si Zi Lian Zhi, Kuang Shi Yong Xin Dun".
The generational order of the third son, Zhu Gang, is: "Ji Mei Zhong Qi Biao, Zhi Xin Shen Min Qiu, Shen Xin Xian Jing Mu, Shu Xue Ji Qian Xiu".
The generational order of the fourth son, Zhu Di, is: "Gao Zhan Qi Jian You, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Cu, Jian Jing Di Xian You".
And then there are the fifth, sixth, and seventh sons, who, as long as they are descendants of Lao Deng, must follow this generational order.
for example.
Zhu Zhanji could tell that Zhu Yunwen was his paternal uncle as soon as he saw the name Zhu Yunwen.
Because the Yun generation of Zhu Biao corresponds to Zhu Gaochi, and both of them have the character "fire" as their radical.
Of course, not all descendants are required to follow this rule.
After all, Deng Xiaoping was sometimes the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and sometimes he was just a peasant named Zhu Chongba. He was very hypocritical.
However, regardless of the circumstances, the generational name of a Han Chinese is generally the second character in their name, and there is no situation where four generations of a family share the same character.
This situation is actually more common among people of mixed ethnicities.
Xia Yu, with a dark and sour face, said, "According to the information that the Embroidered Uniform Guard has found out, the Hong and Chen families have no official dealings, but they are quite close in private."
Yang Shaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Send people to Jingxian County in Hejian Prefecture, Haining, and Quanzhou to investigate carefully and see if we can find any clues from back then."
“Send more people to investigate the two people, ‘Uncle Wang’ and ‘Mother Wang,’ as they are mainly connected to tofu.”
"In addition, have someone investigate the descendants of the Pu family from that time. If they cannot find their descendants, they should check if anyone worked for the Pu family back then. They should also carefully investigate the descendants of these families to see if anyone is hiding any of the Pu family's descendants."
"The Pu family has been entrenched in Quanzhou for over a century; there are bound to be some who slipped through the net."
Zhu Biao also instructed Xia Yu: "Pass down an order for me, saying that I want the Embroidered Uniform Guard to launch a relentless manhunt for the Pu family of Quanzhou. Anyone who voluntarily surrenders and is hiding descendants of the Pu family of Quanzhou will be pardoned, while those caught by the Embroidered Uniform Guard will be treated as harboring criminals."
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The Imperial Guards began to mobilize in large numbers, on the one hand relentlessly hunting down the descendants of the Pu family, and on the other hand frantically investigating the backgrounds of the Hong family of Quanzhou, the Chen family of Haining, and the Gao family of Bohai.
Kong Xilu wildly promoted the theory that "the Milky Way is also a river, and an adopted son is also a son" in the Yangzhou area, and also used the "Da Ming Newspaper" to promote the idea that "the rights of both the adopted son and the adoptive father should be guaranteed."
These two pieces of news caused a great uproar throughout the entire Jiangnan region.
Then, Zhu Biao and Yang Shaofeng led Chang Mao, Chang Sheng, and others to Quanzhou.
At this time, Quanzhou was no longer as glorious as it was during the Song and Yuan dynasties when it was the "Quanzhou Maritime Trade Office," and instead appeared to have declined somewhat.
In particular, as the scale of the Dengzhou market grew larger, the impact on Quanzhou Port became increasingly severe.
Zhu Biao, disguised as a wealthy young master, looked at the Quanzhou Port with only a few scattered sailboats and couldn't help but sigh, "Quanzhou Port is so desolate, I wonder when it will recover?"
Yang Shaofeng shook his head directly, "It's easy to restore Quanzhou Port to its former glory, but the prerequisite is to clean up these bastards. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether Quanzhou Port is being restored for the people or for them."
Zhu Biao hummed in agreement, then turned to look at Xia Yu beside him.
Xia Yu handed over several confidential reports and said in a deep voice, "We have found a descendant of the Pu family who changed his surname to Yang. He is the great-grandson of Pu Shougeng and is now called Yang Benchu. He is studying at the community school in Nan'an County, Quanzhou, and his studies have been repeatedly rated as excellent."
Zhu Biao's face immediately darkened.
What did my brother-in-law just say?
Restoring Quanzhou Port to its former glory, I wonder if it's for the benefit of the people, or for the benefit of some scoundrels?
The words were still ringing in my ears when, out of nowhere, a descendant of Pu Shougeng appeared.
So how exactly was the first imperial edict issued by his father after ascending the throne, which stated, "The male descendants of the Pu family shall be slaves for generations, and the female descendants shall be prostitutes for generations," carried out?
Or to think further: was Pu Shougeng, who was dug up and whipped three hundred times, really the same Pu Shougeng?
Looking at Yang Shaofeng's ambiguous smile, Zhu Biao felt a little embarrassed.
Then, Zhu Biao, enraged, ordered Xia Yu: "Arrest Pu Benchu, and those who are hiding him. Interrogate them thoroughly and find out how many others have escaped!"