Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 184 In a word from Lao Zhu, the prince carries the tripod
"Hmph, Li Shanchang."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly. What he showed Li Shanchang was an intercepted clip.

Zhu Biao's estimation of this matter is not just a specific process operation.

There are also some problems that may be encountered.

What Li Shanchang said was within Zhu Biao's expectation.

At the same time, Zhu Biao also mentioned the possible resistance in the court.

What Li Shanchang said was exactly the same as what Zhu Biao said.

"Biao'er has grown up."

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang felt much more at ease.

Zhu Biao has become more and more like a qualified heir to the throne.

Don't look at this Great Ming Dynasty Hall, the slogans are all for Daming.

But in fact, in the court hall, various relationships are intricate.

Among them, Huaixi nobles are the most powerful, almost occupying more than half of the entire Ming Dynasty hall.

These people are basically the founders of the country, even Zhu Yuanzhang, it is not easy to attack everyone at the same time.

After all, the world belongs to his Zhu family, but the throne is also pushed up by the people under his hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't do the matter of killing donkeys at this time.

Of course, not being able to bear it is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the political situation needs to be stable.

Li Shanchang!
The head of the founding civil servants was named the Duke of Korea, and he was also Prime Minister Zuo.

He seems to be the leader of Huaixi's honorable faction.

It is not so easy to implement the things that he is against.

Of course, it can be enforced, but it is meaningless to enforce it.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang felt dissatisfied with Li Shanchang in his heart.

But he showed nothing.

Outside Fengxian Hall.

As soon as Li Shanchang came out, his face darkened.

But he didn't show anything, instead he went out of the palace all the way, and only frowned after getting into the carriage.

What Zhu Yuanzhang showed him today shocked him quite a lot.

The construction of Daming's infrastructure in the form of work-for-relief also solved the survival problems of many poor people in Daming.

I have to say that when Li Shanchang saw this plan for the first time, he was still very surprised.

But he still expressed rebuttal views.

He is not opposed to doing good things for the people of Ming Dynasty, but this cannot harm his own interests.

If this is really carried out in this way, there will inevitably be many corruption cases.

At the same time, Daming's treasury will be in a hurry, and the pressure on him, the prime minister, is enormous.

Li Shanchang already had the idea of ​​resigning, and he didn't want such a thing to happen at the end of his political career.

It's not that you can't do it, but that you can't do it when you are still Prime Minister Zuo.

This matter is beneficial to the country and the people, but it is too easy to cause trouble.

Don't think about it, this matter must be inseparable from Su Jing.

The plan of using work for relief was proposed by Prince Zhu Biao. At that time, everyone guessed that it was Su Jing's teaching.

Now Li Shanchang naturally couldn't figure out that this plan was taught by Su Jing.

"The court in the future will not be peaceful."

Li Shanchang said with emotion.

Inside the Hall of Fong Xian.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to deal with government affairs, and the secret report from the Gongwei Division was also sent over.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately put down the work at hand, he still remembered the fact that Su Jing asked Zhu Biao to build the alchemy furnace.

He is really too busy to have time now, otherwise he would have to talk to Su Jing.

Isn't this a joke!
How can Zhu Biao do it alone with an alchemy furnace of at least a few hundred catties?
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang opened the secret report, he was stunned on the spot.

Because it was clearly written in the secret report that Zhu Biao used his own strength to hoist the alchemy furnace weighing hundreds of catties.

Gong Weilang's verbal description is scarce, and they don't know how to describe the lever and pulley block made by Zhu Biao in words.

It can only be roughly said that Zhu Biao used some kind of utensil to hang up the alchemy furnace.

In any case, this was shocking to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao is Zhu Yuanzhang's most important son, and Zhu Yuanzhang knows about strength.

Even for a strong man in the army, it is not easy to lift a hundred-jin alchemy furnace, let alone send it over the fence into the courtyard.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was full of curiosity.

How did Zhu Biao do it?
Just letting Gong Weilang pass on the message obviously has no effect.

It's time to write back to Zhu Biao.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately picked up his pen and started writing.

Zhu Yuanzhang was most interested in how to raise the alchemy furnace, so it was naturally written first.

There is also the postponement of Zhu Biao's marriage, and I also want to say something.

Some recent government affairs in Ming Dynasty also need to be mentioned with Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao was in Lishui County, but he was still the prince, and he had to be familiar with the affairs of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting is average, but it can't be regarded as too bad.

After many years of approving official documents, it can be regarded as a bit of practice.

In the letter to Zhu Biao, he was eloquent and wrote thousands of words directly.

By the time I finished writing, almost an hour had passed.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think there was anything wrong. Zhu Biao's matter was more important than anything else.

"Whoo~"

With a light breath, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the chair and relieved his muscles and bones.

When he was about to put away the letter, he suddenly thought that there was a math problem in the letter from Zhu Biao last time.

At this point, the problem has been solved.

Now that he thought about it, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hesitate at all, and even came to Dahontang.

Inside the main hall.

In the days without Zhu Biao, the study situation is almost the same as usual.

The youngest, Zhu Yan, studied the most seriously, and the others seemed a little false.

On the contrary, Kaos made rapid progress, and his understanding of Confucianism became more and more profound.

"Meet Your Majesty."

When the teacher who taught the class saw Zhu Yuanzhang's arrival, he knelt down and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Meet the Emperor!"

……

"Meet Your Majesty!"

The princes and Kaos naturally followed immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Excuse me."

When everyone got up, Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "How is it? How are the princes studying recently?"

The academic officer who taught the class immediately replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the princes have all studied hard."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the academic officer, but didn't say much.

Although he didn't have the time to pay attention to the learning status of these sons, he could still guess it.

It's definitely unrealistic.

The second child and the fourth child are not material for studying at all.

Lao Liu and Lao Qi, at their current age, can't read books at all.

However, he also knew the difficulty of the student officer, so he didn't make it difficult.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the princes, and the performance of each of them confirmed his guess.

Except for the youngest Zhu Yan, the others were a little timid.

If I didn't read well, I was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would make a spot check.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't come here for a spot check today. He looked at Kaos and said, "Kaos, have you solved the problem that Su Jing asked before?"

Kaos replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the minister has already solved it."

"Show me quickly."

Zhu Yuanzhang urged immediately.

At this time, Zhu Yan, who was on the side, stepped forward and took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, I have solved this problem under the guidance of Mr. Kaos."

He had already solved the answer to this question, but he never had the chance to give it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"it is good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, took it and opened it for a look.

It's a pity that he can't understand the ternary equation.

But this doesn't affect anything, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his third son Zhu Yan again:
"Very good, you are doing well, third child."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's praise, Zhu Yan immediately said: "Everything was taught by Mr. Kaos."

This made the other princes on the side quite envious.

Jealousy is definitely out of the question, because what Kaos taught, they also learned from the beginning.

It's a pity that if you don't understand mathematics, you don't understand it.

If you can't learn it, there is no way at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Kaos again and said, "Kaos, you taught the third child well. Is there any math problem for Su Jing this time? I'll bring it to you."

Write to Zhu Biao, but it is also good to let Su Jing do something.

Kaos shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Su's mathematics is far better than mine. Kaos has no questions to ask Mr. Su."

In these few confrontations, Kaos has realized that his level is not as good as Su Jing.

Of course, he wanted to ask Su Jing to teach him some puzzled questions, but it was not a letter like this, but he had the opportunity to ask for advice in person.

"OK then."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't force it, and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something.

"Listen to me, everyone. There is a bronze tripod outside Fengtian Hall. No matter what utensils you use, as long as you can lift the tripod by yourself, I can grant you one request."

Zhu Yuanzhang said to the princes in front of him.

Since the eldest son Zhu Biao can raise an alchemy furnace weighing several hundred catties, it is also good to test his own sons.

All the princes were a little confused, and didn't understand what Zhu Yuanzhang meant when he suddenly asked such a question.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang said that he could agree to one of their requests, their expressions immediately changed.

This is a request Zhu Yuanzhang promised.

The last question was solved by Zhu Wei, but it made them envious for a long time.

Unexpectedly, there will be another one.

"Yes, Father!"

……

The princes agreed immediately.

"Okay, I'll go first."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned and left Dahontang.

When his figure completely disappeared, the princes became excited.

They ran to the outside of Fengtian Hall in a hurry.

Zhu Yuanzhang's promise is quite attractive.

But when they saw the big bronze tripod with their own eyes, they were stunned.

Good guy, this copper tripod is taller than them.

"Second brother, it's so big!"

Zhu Zhen, the sixth son, looked up at the bronze tripod. He couldn't even reach the height of one foot.

"I'll try!"

The second child, Zhu Xi, was a naive master. He came directly to the big tripod and hugged it with his arms.

In this cold weather, the surface of the copper tripod was very cold, and as soon as his palm touched the tripod, Zhu Xi's body shivered a little.

But with so many younger brothers watching, no matter how cold it was, he had to bear it.

"what!"

Zhu Xi hugged the cauldron with both hands, shouted loudly, exerting all his strength.

But even though his face turned red, the big copper tripod did not move at all.

Doesn't work at all.

"what!"

Zhu Xi exerted his strength again, but still did not move.

"Hoo~~~~~Hoo~~~~~"

After two unsuccessful attempts, Zhu Xi had to stop, gasping for breath.

After his breath slowed down a bit, he said: "It's too heavy, it's impossible, Father is just joking with us."

He is already the most powerful among the princes, even the prince Zhu Biao cannot match him in terms of brute strength.

As for Zhu Xi's younger brothers, they were all too young for him to shake them, let alone the younger brothers.

Zhu Yu immediately felt that he was played by his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

The third child, Zhu Yan, looked aside, recalled it carefully, and said, "Second brother, if I remember correctly, the weight of this bronze tripod should be more than 700 catties."

Convert according to the weight of the Ming Dynasty and the modern weight.

More than 700 catties is equivalent to more than [-] catties of modern weight.

With such a weight, let alone a child, even an adult has almost no possibility of shaking it.

Overlord Xiang Yu may be able to carry the tripod, but it's hard to say about the [-]-jin tripod.

"Sure enough, father, this must be a joke."

After Zhu Yan heard what Zhu Yan said, he immediately said: "It's more than 700 catties, how can it be lifted?"

"Second Prince, I heard His Majesty's intentions, maybe you didn't ask you to lift it directly, but borrowed utensils."

Kaos, who followed, said to Zhu Xi.

Zhu Yuanzhang gave such a difficult problem. Although he is not the prince, this does not prevent him from watching the excitement.

"Mr. Kaos is right. The emperor emphasized that as long as one person lifts it, it doesn't matter what utensil is used."

Zhu Yan nodded.

But Zhu Xi didn't take it seriously and said: "It's impossible to use anything! It's so heavy, what else can make the bronze tripod lighter."

As far as his brain is concerned, he doesn't think in complicated directions anyway.

Try to no avail, just give up.

Zhu Xi was quite straightforward, turned around and left.

Several other people looked at the cauldron and fell into thinking.

And Kaos already had a solution in his heart.

In terms of construction machinery, ancient Rome inherited the wisdom of ancient Greece. There are still such devices for hanging heavy objects.

However, the current Kaos did not tell the fact that he would.

The task that the emperor gave his sons, the reward is still the emperor's promise.

After studying Confucianism for so long, Kaos already knows the golden mean.

At this time, you can't show your head.

And the news that the princes were carrying the tripod in front of Fengtian Hall quickly spread throughout the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang's questions for the princes were also discussed by the ministers.

A large copper tripod weighing seven hundred catties must be lifted by the princes alone.

Among them, the oldest is Zhu Xi, who is still underage, not even 16 years old.

Obviously, the first thought of most ministers is that this is impossible.

Of course, there are also thoughtful ministers, such as officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Those in charge of engineering, although most of them deal with administrative matters, are not all technically ignorant.

But everyone was in tacit understanding, and no one said anything to the princes.

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's family affair, and they got involved wrongly.

(End of this chapter)