Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 252 Qin Yuanchun Emperor Yongle

Zhu Zhanchang has been thinking about the reason why Zhu Gaochi changed his temper and let him go to Dongying, but he just couldn't think of it.

Back at the mansion, Zhu Zhanchang ordered Xiaosheng to start preparing his luggage. He was going to Dongying, but he was not going to take them with him. It was the most reassuring place in the Prince's Mansion of Zhujiang County.

"His Royal Highness, I'm not at ease when you go to Dongying alone, I'll accompany you." Chen Xinyue thought that Zhu Zhanchang was going to stay in Shuntian Mansion, but she didn't expect to go to Dongying, she was not at ease in a foreign country.

"Xiaosheng and Chu'er will go with me. You can rest assured that someone will take care of me. I'm not here to play. Instead, you have to take care of you when you are by your side." Zhu Zhanchang refused, Dongying and his party, he did not dare to bring people.

"His Royal Highness, let Alia accompany you. She is a strong martial artist and an ordinary person is not her opponent, so she can protect you."

Black Snake Ji is indeed a good female bodyguard, and the reason why Chen Xinyue insisted on arranging for a person to come here is because he is afraid that Zhu Zhanchang will bring a new one back later.

Zhu Zhanchang nodded, so let's decide that. Aliyah will go to Dongying with me, and the others will go back to Guangzhou. When I'm away, everything will be decided by the new moon.

After Zhu Zhanchang made the arrangements, he walked away. Chen Xinyue said to Alia earnestly: "Alia, Your Highness is not going to Dongying to lead an army. You have to protect Your Highness, and everything takes His Highness's safety as the first priority."

"Sister New Moon, I understand." Alia replied obediently, she was still fierce outside, a kitten at home, although she was a head taller than everyone else, she was very respectful.

She is older (older) than Chen Xinyue, but because Chen Xinyue is the concubine, others call her Sister Xinyue. Actually, they should be called Empress, but sisters are obviously more cordial.

Chen Xinyue looked at Alia, hesitated for a while, but still reminded: "Alia, your Royal Highness is going to Dongying to do business. You must not be as unrestrained as usual, lest Your Highness lose the energy to do other things."

Alia's cheeks reddened, and Chen Xinyue knew something about what she was doing in the northwest, and she couldn't delay Zhu Zhanchang from doing her business, so although she was embarrassed to say it, she still had to say it.

"Sister New Moon, I know, then I can at most once a day."

"what???"

"Twice in three days?" Alia cautiously asked for advice. She didn't know what was reasonable and what was unreasonable.

Chen Xinyue's face darkened slightly: "Zara, how did you treat His Highness like this when you were in the northwest?"

Zara lowered her head and said embarrassedly, Alia didn't seem to notice the problem: "Sometimes I'm still with Zara."

You listen, do people say anything?
Chen Xinyue's face was completely darkened, and Zhu Zhanchang's youthful physical strength couldn't stand your toss.

"Nonsense!! I will go to Dongying once every two days at most, or once every three days. I have decided on this. If you have any opinions, don't go."

Alia bends her knees slightly: "Understood."

……

This year's New Year's banquet was extraordinarily lively, and almost all the tributary countries sent people to Daming to congratulate the Great Emperor.

The territory is ancient and the present, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose achievements are unrivaled, is recovering from a serious illness.

He stood outside the Fengtian Palace and looked at the busy people in the palace. He was full of emotion, and said to Xia Yuanji who was beside him: "Weizhe, do you think I have committed the wrath of the sky, and this is the end of the battle. How can you get sick like this?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, who is blessed by the heavens, and the heaven will give great responsibilities to the people of this country. He must work his muscles and bones first, and there must be a grander future waiting for His Majesty."

Zhu Di smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, I am at this age, and I have no strength."

"Your Majesty, why don't you go to the south after the new year, the weather in the north is cold and cold, and Guangzhou Prefecture is much warmer, and Guangzhou Prefecture has changed a lot over the years. When the minister went to Hong Kong two years ago, he was almost surprised to say no. Come out." Xia Yuanji praised.

"I heard that this kid Zhanchang built a huge statue of a concubine in Wanggang, Zhujiang County, saying that he was waiting for Zheng He to come back." Zhu Di asked when he had a leisurely mood today.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the building was almost finished when I went, and it should be completed by now. It is more than 40 meters high, which is very majestic."

"It's a waste of money and labor. When Yao Guangxiao was there, he told me that Zhanchang was the most unbeliever in gods and Buddhas, but he spent so much money to build such a big statue of a concubine. Do you think he still believes it or not?"

Natsuharaji didn't answer his question.

Zhu Di said to himself: "And what you said about Zheng He is true. After hearing a word from Zhanchang, he really went out. It must have been six years since he was gone. No news, I don't know if he was born or not. die."

"He actually believed Zhan Chang's saying that the world is round. You say it's ridiculous."

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County is indeed very personable."

Zhu Di smiled reassuringly: "Zhan Chang's idea is very human, I don't know if it is good or bad, and he said that the earth is round, and he said that people changed from monkeys, if not born in the royal family, I have seen steam engines and these things with my own eyes, I'm afraid he would have already treated him as a lunatic."

"Hey, it's just that many of his actions have to be taken seriously. I have allowed books such as Origins to be published, and I have also allowed him to implement three-year compulsory education. I have often wondered whether this is right or wrong these two days. "

Xia Yuanji added this sentence: "His Majesty's merits are unparalleled in the world, and merits and demerits need not be discussed for a long time. As for the wonderful ideas of His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County, if Zheng He can come back, it will be sealed by the imperial court. If the torrent is irreversible."

Zhu Di nodded: "Yes, if Zheng He can come back, in front of the facts, no one can really argue, it's just Zheng He... When will he come back."

After chatting for a while, Zhu Di finally asked Xia Yuanji earnestly and earnestly: "Wei Zhe, who among my sons is the most suitable to be the emperor."

Xia Yuanji did not dare to speak.

"If you speak out boldly, I don't blame you."

The emperor said so, you can't just believe it.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and wise, and he has been in custody for many years without any mistakes. All the court and the opposition are submissive, respecting the heaven and loving the people, and being courteous and humble."

"Your rhetoric is the same as everyone else's. Although Gao Chi has done a good job at work, he has always been steady, gentle and kind, but he is addicted to pleasure. Look at my children and grandchildren, except for him, which of them is not a dragon and a tiger. Only Gao Chi has been in bad health all the year round."

This is what Zhu Di is most worried about. Zhu Gaochi's health is not good, especially after winter, he has to take care of it carefully. If the burden of the emperor is on his body, he doesn't know how long he can last. If the throne changes several times in a short period of time, the variables will be Very big.

"Your Majesty, good saint."

The saying of the good saint reappeared again, which was the most common saying Zhu Di made when he was hesitant about whether Zhu Gaochi was capable of taking the position of emperor.

"Good Saint Sun, are you talking about Zhanji, Zhanxi, or Zhantang?" Zhu Di smiled slightly.

"All are good saints." Zhu Zhanxuan was impressed by his experience of using soldiers like a god this time. Although he was violent, he seemed to have a good talent for fighting.

Zhu Di sighed: "Da Ming's territory is huge."

"How far is it from the fishing sea in the north to Jiaozhi in the south, and how far is it from the coast of the East China Sea to the Timurid Empire in the west, this vast territory cannot be defended by good warriors, Gao Chi is kind and kind. However, he can also endure it. According to his character, there will be wars in the far end or difficult to suppress in the future. These places are far away from the Central Plains, they are not easy to manage, and the taxes and grains are also low. Coupled with the persuasion of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, it may be self-absorbed in the future. There are few places, he is not so temperamental as I am."

Xia Yuanji remained silent. From the point of view of the civil servants, those deserts and Gobi deserts and grasslands were a burden to Daming. They could not contribute to taxation and taxes, and they had to send people to take care of them, and they had to face foreigners from time to time. Nuisance, Zhu Di got a clear picture of the working style of these civil servants.

Seeing that Xia Yuanji did not speak, Zhu Di talked about Zhoushan.

"Back then, when Zhan was overseeing the country, he went to Zhoushan and fought against the Japanese pirates with Zheng He. Zhoushan Island was different back then. Daming's coastal defense retreated, and he wanted to move Zhoushan's military households in. There was a rebellion between military households and pirates and Japanese pirates in the Central Plains. There are outstanding people in the land, the land we don’t want, the place we think is useless, but it is fat in the eyes of others, there are many people who covet Daming.”

"If we take a step back, the enemy bandits and those with dissent will definitely take a step forward. If we take another step back, they will take ten steps, a hundred steps."

Zhu Di looked into the sky and said meaningfully: "Being an emperor is different from being a human being. It's okay to be courteous, courteous, kind and generous. But you have to keep the people down, the courtroom, the foreigners, the brothers, and the people. live with children."

Zhu Di is still dissatisfied with Zhu Gaochi's character. He feels that Zhu Gaochi can't suppress Zhu Gaojiu, Zhu Gaosu, and Zhu Zhanji. There are so many talented people in the same dynasty, and it's still a royal clan. You say that the family is prosperous, but it's not a fight. Rob is impossible.

On the day when Zhu Di was there, these people fought openly and secretly to hold a measure that would not make Zhu Di annoyed, but on the day when Zhu Di was away, all the competition would come to the bright side. Can Zhu Gaochi be able to hold it down?

Zhu Di seemed to have foreseen a battle of swords and arms between the clan brothers, and he wanted to avoid it, but even he couldn't think of a complete solution.

In the system of the Ming Dynasty, there was no prime minister, and many things had to be done by the emperor, but how many people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di could have.

Therefore, it is understandable that the following emperors depended on the cabinet to a large extent. The system of the cabinet has the shadow of a constitutional monarchy, but it is not a constitutional monarchy after all.

It can only be said that Zhu Di's requirements are too high. He is not choosing an heir, but another self, but Jiangshan, who has finally been defeated, cannot tolerate any sloppiness.

Aside from his sons, Zhu Di set his sights on his grandchildren.

"Wei Zhe, what do you think about the child Zhanchang?" Zhu Di did not ask Zhu Zhanji but asked Zhu Zhanchang.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County can be outstanding, he can supervise the country properly, be good at finances, and has fantastic ideas in engineering. Such people can be counted in the palm of your hand for thousands of years."

"What if we let him be in charge of the government in the future?"

Xia Yuanji thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County is the most like His Royal Highness among the grandsons. Although he has a reputation for being perverse, he has always been kind and kind. The eunuch and the maid have never seen him punish anyone, except that he beheaded the governor at the time in the Guangzhou government, and never heard of who he blamed, but he is also a playful person, and the whimsical thoughts of His Royal Highness the Prince of Pearl River are always the same. Contrary to common sense, the debate about him in the courtroom will never stop."

Xia Yuanji's euphemism is inappropriate in the vernacular, the person is powerful, but there are too many arguments.

Human cognition is always limited, and so does the emperor.

"Ah..." Zhu Di sighed again.

"Your Majesty, the effect of His Royal Highness Zhujiang County in assisting the government is very good. If the grandson and His Royal Highness Zhujiang County cooperate with each other, the brothers are united, and the ministers dare to guarantee that they can have seven or eight of His Majesty's talents."

Zhu Di smiled: "Weizhe, your flattery is the most comfortable sentence I have heard in the past two years."

It is flattery and blunt. He thinks that Taisun and the Prince of Zhujiang should have no less ability than Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi to cooperate with each other, but there are always differences between brothers and fathers and sons, which is easier said than done.

Zhu Di stretched out his hand, and the old eunuch hurriedly greeted him: "Prepare the banquet. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so I should also enjoy it."

……

As night falls, the palace is full of singing and dancing, and the festivals are staggered.

Today’s palace is powered by the latest light bulbs for the first time. A series of light bulbs really make the night like day. The development of electricity is still subject to power plants and power transmission. Zhu Zhanchang’s knowledge cannot allow him to solve this problem. At this time How to do it.

Throw money.

Zhu Zhanchang spent money in Guangzhou to let people study electric power, mainly students from Nanhai University. After graduation, those who are interested will go to study, and if they succeed, they will make a lot of money. Under the reward, there must be brave men, and electric power is a sunrise industry, itself People who want to enter this industry are crowded out, and the reward from the Prince of Pearl River is even more crowded.

The development is not fast, but there are still some achievements.

Chen Xinyue accompanied Zhu Zhanchang to attend. This kind of formal occasion must be accompanied by the main concubine, and the side concubine or concubine will be laughed at.

Don't believe the concubines that are said in the novels, as long as your wife is there, and there are no special circumstances, you will be ashamed if you attend such formal occasions, as big as a royal banquet or as small as a banquet at a colleague's house. If you leave it at home, no one wants to take care of you.

You don't need your wife to do anything, and the court's official statement will fly up, impeach this official, and the reason is that you don't know the etiquette.

This kind of person is to be looked down upon in the court, colleagues don't want to pay attention to you, it's embarrassing, and the wives of colleagues don't want to let their husbands interact with you, for fear that people who are close to Mo will be dark.

"His Royal Highness, the lights are so bright tonight." Chen Xinyue had a beautiful smile, which was invented by her husband, and she was naturally proud.

"Go and watch the dance."

"Go ahead, Your Highness. I'll go to my mother's side to see if I need any help." Chen Xinyue was still very sensible.

Where can I use her to help in a scene like this today, but I can go there. After all, I am a daughter-in-law, and I have the courtesy.

"Okay, you go."

"His Royal Highness, you can only watch people dancing."

"What is the little girl thinking?"

The two looked at each other, and Chen Xinyue left first.

In recent years, because people's livelihood has been greatly improved and business has developed, entertainment activities have been greatly improved. Now these girls dance more than before, and everyone's appreciation level has also improved.

As the saying goes, what do you think about food and clothing?entertainment.

Zhu Zhanchang accurately saw the most serious person watching beautiful women dancing in the crowd, and walked over.

"Third brother."

"Hey, you scared me." Zhu Zhanyong, who was addicted to art, patted his chest.

"Third brother, what are you looking at? So fascinated."

"I think the dance is good, but these women are too thin and have less ups and downs. I plan to study and go back to my Julu Dance Troupe to learn."

Zhu Zhanchang was stunned: "What is the Julu Dance Troupe?"

Zhu Zhanyong said proudly: "Don't look at your third brother, I don't usually say it, in fact, I am an expert in singing and dancing, and I am good at appreciating it, so I formed a dance troupe called the Julu Dance Troupe. It means that Lu was taken from Lu Dun and Zhou Yi, which means the treasure handed down from generation to generation.

A literate person is a literate person, and a literate person is different. When ordinary or even vulgar words are spoken from the cultural population, they can always go from the shallow to the deep, returning to the basics.

Even if it is an ordinary cucumber, it is undoubtedly the best cucumber in the world among the top cultural population.

Tonight was a big banquet, because Zhu Di was ill, so he didn't plan to hold the more solemn and solemn party before. Instead, he ate casually.

Of course, in this scenario, it is impossible for the literati in Daming not to compose a poem to add to the fun.

At this time, the well-known Zhu Zhanchang could not escape. Because of the dedication to the country before the expedition, Zhu Zhanchang continued his literary talent. Now he has the literati sentiment of life as if he had seen it for the first time, but also has loyal loyalty. The heroic mind of serving the country.

I don't speak first in the poetry meeting, which talented person dares to speak?
When the dance stopped for a while, Zhu Di came out. How could the literati miss this opportunity. After all, this time the Ming Dynasty is so ancient, and if the literati wrote poetry and prose, they could not be sure that a famous piece of the ancients would last forever.

Everyone was eager to try it, and even Yang Rong, one of the three Yangs, wrote a song.

Several talented men of the dynasty came forward to sing poetry, some were elegant, some were heroic, each had their own style, and it was obvious that they had been prepared for a long time.

Zhu Dilong was overjoyed: "Yang Rong, I heard that you also wrote a poem, read it to me and listen to it, I will reward you if you write it well."

"Your Majesty, this minister has little talent and knowledge, and dare not show his face."

"How can my dynasty, Dayuan, be so ignorant of learning, read, don't hide your clumsiness."

"Since Your Majesty said it, I will show my ugliness."

Yang Rong took out the poem he had written, and he had prepared it for a long time. His calligraphy was very neat. If this is a good calligraphy, if it is a modern Chinese exam, the invigilator will give you a few points.

"Bamboo"

Bamboo is compared to a gentleman, and the most precious thing is seclusion.When the situation is between the frosts, there is a sound of Tseng Tseng.

Covering the path is green and amiable, brushing the clouds and jade pavilions.Sitting under the command of Yan Xiaoyue, I felt a sense of coolness.

I want to cut it off and hold it for the Ming Court.Keng Ran Zhong Lu Lu, Yong Ji Shao Jun Ming.

After Yang Rong finished reading, the civil servants below sang in succession. First, it was to give Yang Rong face, and second, it was really good, but the literati knew best what kind of articles and poems could be exiled through the ages, what kind of masterpieces, and what kind of garbage.

This poem does not reach the level of the ancient masterpieces, far from it.

Poetry is good poetry, without Zhu Di's favorite heroic grandeur, Zhu Di felt that it was not worthy of the mighty power of his eternal emperor.

"Any more poetry?"

Zhu Di glanced around for a week, and his eyes finally stopped on Zhu Zhanchang. Before the expedition, he wanted to let the Quartet come to congratulate him. Although it was a vernacular, the artistic conception was reached. Now he has moved this statement into reality. Now The Ming Dynasty really let the Quartet come to congratulate him.

Don't you have to come again at this time?
Isn't this a coincidence!Isn't this a coincidence! !You have to be majestic and heroic, and you have to be imposing. I have recited this thing in class.

The old saying is unrestrained, and most of them say that Su Shi, Xin Qiji and others are magnificent and majestic, not sticking to the subsections. In the ancient poems, Zhu Zhanchang likes Yue Fei's lofty ambition to eat the meat of the Hulu, and joke about the thirst to drink the blood of the Huns.Be from scratch, clean up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que.

But because it is the Ming Dynasty, copying the poems of the Song Dynasty is still not enough. In the Manchu Dynasty, not to mention the civil officials, you should have heard these poems about martial arts.

You can only copy the later ones, so who can you copy?

Not much to say, kneel down to copy, stand and read, God don't strike me when thunder strikes.

Zhu Zhanchang lived up to Zhu Di's scorching eyes and walked out, and everyone looked at him.

The world focuses on you.

Guozijian, the cabinet, officials, civil servants, military generals, eunuchs and palace maids all watched this talented county prince, and even the group of Sitianjian's Sitian Lishen guys couldn't help but pay attention to him.

When the harem learned that Zhu Zhanqian was going to write a poem, they all looked sideways, and began to praise Chen Xinyue's husband for his literary talent, but they didn't know that a group of noble ladies in the capital tried their best to offend the crown prince and concubine and quit the county prince's selection of concubines more than a year ago. In the year of Hedong and 30 years of Hexi, don't bully the young and poor.

Zhu Zhanchang strode forward and said to Zhu Di: "Grandpa Huang, I also wrote a poem. When I came to Beijing from Guangzhou, I encountered a wind and snow, and Guan Xue felt that I wrote the first half. Returning, Yongle is prosperous in the past and present, and there is this poem."

"Qinyuanchun, Emperor Yongle."

As soon as the name of the word came out, everyone was stunned. This name alone won the numbness. Other poems are not on the same level as it. It is taboo to use the name of Emperor Yongle as the name, and other literati dare not. It's not good to lose your head.

"The scenery of the northern country is frozen for thousands of miles, and snow drifts for thousands of miles."

"Looking at the inside and outside of the Great Wall, there is nothing but Mangmang; the river goes up and down, and it suddenly loses its surging flow."

"Mountain dance silver snake, Yuanchi wax figure, I want to compete with the god of heaven."

"On a sunny day, looking at the red dress, it is extraordinarily enchanting."

The first half of the story is about the snow scene, which is magnificent and magnificent, and when stopped, it makes people feel like they are in the vast world of big rivers and rivers.

"The country is so beautiful that it attracts countless heroes to compete."

As soon as this sentence came out, there was already the momentum of Su Shi who went to the east of the river, the waves were washed away, and the heroic figure of the ages.

"I feel sorry for Emperor Qin and Han Wu, who lost a little literary talent; Tang Zong and Song Zu were a little less coquettish."

"A generation of arrogance, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle."

Everyone held their breaths. In this word, Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu were all wrong. Genghis Khan, the arrogant of the Yuan Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, was said to only know how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle. These are the most prestigious emperors throughout the ages. It was all said by him.

Everyone held their breaths and waited for how he would describe it and how it would end.

"It's all gone."

"Count the romantic figures, but also look at the present."

哗

Everyone was amazed, what kind of momentum is this, there are countless figures throughout the ages, and if you want to talk about romantic figures, you have to look at the present, Zhu Zhanchang is not talking about Zhu Di alone, but everyone now.

Corresponding to the vast world in the first half, it is the characters of the present who are more magnificent and expansive.

Zhu Di's eyes were burning, he had been ill for several days, but today he seemed to have expelled the stagnant air in his chest.

"Okay!" Zhu Di stretched his final voice: "What a romantic figure, let's look at the present."

I haven't seen him speak in such an air of anger in a long time.

"This word should be passed down through the ages, Emperor Qinyuanchun Yongle should be the most heroic throughout the ages, and the king of Zhujiang County should be the first literary talent."

Zhu Zhanchang smiled on the surface, but was very nervous. I copied the words of the [-]th century in the [-]th century. Will there be retribution?

(End of this chapter)