The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 206 That's My Big Brother

"The minister's hometown is Nanyang, Henan. When I was a child in Nanyang, I saw the orbit that His Majesty said with my own eyes."

"At that time, I was young and didn't know why, but after listening to what His Majesty said, I recalled that it was the rails that were used for carriages."

Tie Xuan replied loudly.

Given the distance between him and Zhu Yuanzhang, if the voice was lower, he might not be able to hear clearly.

Therefore, all courtiers must have a loud voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised.

He thought that the matter of the orbit was thought up by the grandson, but he didn't expect that it had already appeared in the previous dynasty.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled carefully that the history books he had read in his mind had nothing to do with orbits at all.

The benefits of the track are easy to imagine. If the cost is not too high, of course Zhu Yuanzhang would want to build it.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he might not have read the relevant classics, so he turned his eyes to the Hanlin Academy and said:
"My dear friends, look back a little bit. Since Keystone said that there are orbits, it must have existed. We don't read much. Please help us think about which dynasty in the past built orbits."

Although he was asking civil and military officials, in fact Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to hear the opinion of the Imperial Academy.

Regarding the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, the relevant historical documents are all the scholars of the Hanlin Academy. If it is said that the understanding of the previous dynasty, the Imperial Academy is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

After hearing His Majesty's question, the officials of the Imperial Academy also began to discuss in whispers.

"I've never heard of a rail carriage. I don't know if you adults have heard of it."

"I haven't heard of it either. It stands to reason that once you see it, you will remember it in your heart, but I don't have any impression."

"Me too."

"Me too."

Many scholars from the Imperial Academy discussed it and found that none of them had heard of such tracks, and even began to wonder if Tie Xuan was talking nonsense.

However, these remarks were quickly overturned, Tie Xuan's reputation among the courtiers was still very high, and if he talked nonsense, it would be tantamount to deceiving the emperor.

Since he said he had seen it when he was a child, it naturally still exists now, so there is absolutely no need for Tie Xuan to lie.

"Since Tie Duan's story is true, it must exist. There may be very few records about this passage, so that I have never read it."

It was proposed by a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

Most academicians of the Hanlin Academy looked at each other and thought it was impossible.

Although there are many books in the Hanlin Academy, all the bachelors and university scholars present have read all of them, not to mention memorizing all the books of the Imperial Academy.

Thinking about it this way, there is only one possibility, that is, there is no record in the Hanlin Academy about the orbit.

"Maybe it was a dynasty before the Yuan Dynasty, but it can't be the Yuan Dynasty, and naturally it can't be the Song Dynasty."

A bachelor opened his mouth to analyze and said.

If there is no literature, then analyze through the situation of previous dynasties.

Being able to stand in Fengtian Hall can be called a historian, and he is proficient in the customs and customs of previous dynasties.

Just like that, in front of civil and military officials and Zhu Yuanzhang, the discussion started directly.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry, and waited quietly for the Hanlin scholars.

Such a situation did not happen once or twice in the morning court.

Now the academics of the Imperial Academy are led by Liu Sanwu.

Liu Sanwu set up a strategy, starting from the Yuan Dynasty, and gradually scrutinized upwards, analyzing the most likely construction track of the previous dynasty.

Even in the Yuan Dynasty, it cannot be let go, and it cannot be said that it was done by a certain king himself.

The first is location.

Since it is in Nanyang, Henan, it must be the orthodox Wang Chao.

Henan has been in the Central Plains since ancient times, while Nanyang is close to the ancient capitals of Xuchang, Luoyang, and Kaifeng.

Countries that have not unified the Central Plains can be completely ruled out.

When this opinion came out, the scope was much smaller.

Then began targeting dynasties that might need building tracks.

Liu Sanwu pointed out: "The function of the track is to transport a large amount of baggage, and it was built in Nanyang, which obviously met the needs of Nanyang at that time. And since it was built in the Central Plains, it must not be in Nanyang."

"From this point of view, the track mentioned by Tie Duanshi should be very long ago from the present dynasty. According to the old man, it should be in the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Western Han Dynasty."

Liu Sanwu's words opened the minds of Hanlin scholars.

Liu Sanwu can be regarded as the most knowledgeable in the current Daming.

You must know that when Liu Sanwu entered the court, it was in the 18th year of Hongwu. He was recommended by the current minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yu, and entered the court as a "literary candidate".

And Liu Sanwu at that time was already 73 years old, and he was already famous in Hanlin when he entered the court.

After entering the Imperial Academy, it is equivalent to the uncrowned head of the Imperial Academy.

The 73-year-old Liu Sanwu not only showed no sign of confusion, but also because of his good knowledge of the world, his response to details, his repeated appointments as consultants, and the praise of Sita, he was reused by Zhu Yuanzhang and asked him many times for advice on how to govern the country.

It's just that in the 23rd year of Hongwu, he was awarded the King of Jin Jing to the son, and the Ministry of Officials impeached him for "negligence".

Liu Sanwu is now 80 years old, and he can still be called quick thinking.

It can be seen from the dynastic affairs of the analysis track.

"It's impossible in the Western Han Dynasty. There is a shortage of horses in the Western Han Dynasty. Naturally, a rail carriage needs a lot of horses to pull it. Mule carts and ox carts will definitely not work. The only possibility is the Eastern Han Dynasty."

A bachelor who is proficient in the history of the Western Han Dynasty proposed it immediately.

Many Hanlin scholars also nodded one after another. From this point of view, only the Eastern Han Dynasty was left.

After some discussions, the possibility of the Eastern Han Dynasty was constantly being ruled out. Although some people put forward hypotheses, the reasons were not tenable.

When discussing this point, two incense sticks had passed, and both the other officials and Zhu Yuanzhang were a little impatient.

Seeing that the discussion took so long, Zhu Yuanzhang prepared to shelve the matter first, and let these Hanlin scholars discuss it after the court, and finally give him a result.

At this moment, Liu Sanwu half-closed his eyes, and said, "Could colleagues have thought about whether this Nanyang track was forged in the pre-Qin period?"

As soon as this remark came out, many Hanlin scholars immediately fell silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was about to speak, stopped when he saw this.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his eyes, and immediately an eunuch came quickly and told Zhu Yuanzhang what Liu Sanwu and other Hanlin scholars had just said.

In the court meeting of Fengtian Palace, there are eunuchs standing every few meters.

The duty of these eunuchs in Fengtian Palace is to monitor whether officials have overstepped. Without His Majesty's permission, many things that do not conform to etiquette will be recorded by these eunuchs.

The same is true for conversations, important conversations will be memorized, and then conveyed to Zhu Yuanzhang at any time.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly after listening.

According to the analysis of Hanlin scholars, it is clear that the Qin Dynasty is the most likely.

And the Qin Dynasty also had other similar measures in this regard.

For example, 'Qin Zhidao', 'Qin Chidao'.

Now it seems that it is completely understandable to launch another "Qin track", and it is very in line with the style of the Qin Dynasty.

The Qin Dynasty was the most active in road construction, spending a lot of manpower and material resources on road construction across the country.

It can be said that the main traffic roads of all dynasties after the Qin Dynasty almost followed the roads of the Qin Dynasty.

Even in the current Daming nearly 2000 years later, the roads between many big cities were opened up by the Qin Dynasty and have continued to this day.

"It seems that after Qin Wuchi Road and the Qin Great Wall, Afang Palace, Mausoleum of the First Emperor, Lingqu, Zhidao, and Chidao, the Qin track will be the eighth building in the pre-Qin period."

Zhu Yuanzhang made a final decision and said with emotion.

For Qin Shihuang, whether it is in the literature, or the emperors of the past dynasties, many officials, and scholars all over the world, they all admire and worship him very much.

Not only because he ruled the world and was the first emperor.

It has made too many contributions in the construction of many countries.

Zhu Yuanzhang also had idols, and Qin Shihuang was his idol.

It can be said that in the 600 years since the Qin Dynasty, so many dynasties and countries have been born.

Except for firearms, in most respects, the various dynasties and countries are not much comparable to the Qin Dynasty at all.

The Qin Dynasty was the first feudal dynasty, and it was also the pinnacle of the feudal dynasty.

Zhu Ying once told Zhu Yuanzhang that if the current Ming Dynasty faced the peak Qin Dynasty.

In the chaos of time and space, there is only fifty-five.

In fact, this is still a bit too much. If there is a real fight, the current Daming cannot be the opponent of the Qin army under the rule of Qin Shihuang.

The Ming Dynasty now has a standing army of 120 million. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the standing army was about 90 million.

However, the standing army of the Ming Dynasty was mostly garrison soldiers.

The standing army of the Qin Dynasty was all professional soldiers.

The gap between professional soldiers and field soldiers is not even a tiny bit. With the same strength, field soldiers can only be crushed.

This is why, Zhu Ying insisted on the concept of building professional soldiers.

In Zhu Ying's vision, the field soldiers will only be used as a reserve source of troops, and future wars will gradually be dominated by professional soldiers.

"Keystone."

"The minister is here."

"You go back to Nanyang, check the track you saw, and bring some back, let's take a good look."

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhu Wei (zhan), the No.16 son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was born in the first month of the 11th year of Hongwu.

Even if he becomes king, he can't escape being drilled, just like Zhu Quan.

According to historical records, Zhu Wei was the first generation of King Qing in the Qing Palace. He lived in Ningxia for 45 years through the six dynasties of Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Zhengtong.

Because they were born in the same year as Zhu Yunxi, although one is at the beginning of the year and the other is at the end of the year, and they are still uncles and nephews, this does not affect the relationship between the two.

Zhu Wei's personality is relatively close to Zhu Yunxi's, and he is not very eye-catching among many princes, so the two of them can be regarded as like-minded.

The two were in the nearby square, and they stopped by to chat after taking a break.

During the break, leaving the square team to chat is a privilege only for princes and grandchildren. Obviously, many soldiers have no objection to such a privilege.

In a dynasty where the imperial power is the sky, it is already a great honor for the princes and grandchildren to practice with them. For this matter, it is worth bragging for the soldiers for a lifetime.

"I used to practice with a certain prince, a certain grandson, and he was standing next to me at that time."

"You said so-and-so prince, the county king, they were practicing with me in Da Nei at that time."

Many soldiers, even now, have already prepared their plans for bragging in the future.

Zhu Xi said to Zhu Yunxi: "Nephew, last night, I went to Eldest Brother's Hall of Renzhi. The person in the hall is definitely Elder Brother. From this point of view, the training of our commander may have a lot to do with Elder Brother."

"I have good eyesight. Our commander looks like he is only in his early twenties. Nephew, tell me, is this the illegitimate son of your father?"

In the palace, everyone has nothing else to do except study literature and martial arts. Teenagers are most curious.

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxie's face, which was already a little red from practicing, immediately turned red, and immediately retorted and scolded: "Uncle Seventeen, you are talking nonsense, my elder brother!"

When it comes to the elder brother, Zhu Yunxi suddenly realized and stopped immediately.

The identity of the eldest brother has not been revealed by the emperor's grandfather until now, except for himself and his sister, the second brother Yun Wen and the seventeenth uncle Zhu Quan are the only ones who know.

The elder sister and the second elder brother naturally have a closer relationship with the elder brother, and the seventeenth uncle was also appointed by the emperor's grandfather.

Other than that, not many people know about it.

I can't reveal the identity of my eldest brother, which may be somewhat disadvantageous to my eldest brother.

Although Zhu Yunxi is not very old, a child who grew up in the palace has some political wisdom, and he vaguely understands the current status of his elder brother.

Zhu Xi's ears were sharp, and upon hearing this, he immediately knew that the emperor's nephew Yunxie must know the situation of the commander, and the phrase 'my elder brother' was even more meaningful.

Turning his eyes, Zhu Wei feigned anger and said: "Nephew, it's your fault. We have such a strong relationship. We are said to be uncles and nephews, but we were born in the same year. I have always regarded you as a close friend."

"It's inconvenient for you to tell others about such things, but keep it from me."

"Furthermore, I am also a prince. Last year, my father named me King Qing. We are all a family. The family does not hide the truth from the family. I cannot know what can happen."

"Or, you don't regard me as your best friend anymore."

Speaking of the latter, Zhu Wei looked lonely, as if he had been betrayed by someone.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunxi felt a bit unbearable.

The relationship between him and his seventeenth uncle, Zhu Wei, is indeed very good, and the status of the two is similar. Zhu Wei is the vassal king, but he, Zhu Yunxi, is also the grandson, and he will definitely be the vassal king in the future.

Last year, when Zhu Wei was proclaimed King Qing, the two children also said together that they would both be vassal kings in the future, and they should watch over and help each other.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth lightly, looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Shiqi, I have never told anyone about this, so don't tell anyone."

"Don't worry, we have known each other for so long, you still don't know who I am." Zhu Wei said immediately.

Zhu Yunxie nodded lightly, then listened to him, and said in a low voice: "The commander is not an illegitimate son, but my eldest brother, the real eldest grandson."

(End of this chapter)