Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 255 The success of the parachute, recalling Daoyan, and negotiating with Goryeo
When Zhu Ru saw this scene, his eyes widened in fright and his feet trembled.

"This, this, this..." I was stunned for a long time and couldn't say a word.

What are Cao Wei and the others doing? Doesn’t this make people die?
He was not the only one who was nervous on the field. Cao Wei, Xie Jin and the others were also staring at the figure falling from the sky without blinking, feeling as if their heart was about to jump out of their throats.

Therefore, Zhu Xi screamed repeatedly on the side, and no one turned around to pay attention to him, because they really didn't have time.

"what……!"

The man in the sky jumped out from the bottom of the Kongming Lantern, and then fell straight down. The strong feeling of weightlessness made him scream uncontrollably.

It was all because Cao Wei asked everyone to raise the Kongming Lantern very high this time, so after the man was briefly confused in mid-air, he realized what he was doing, reached back and touched the coarse cloth backpack behind him, with a rope on the side.

With a strong pull, a large ball of white tarpaulin flew out. As the air poured in, it expanded rapidly and soon became a parachute. The man in the high altitude felt that his body suddenly stagnated, and then the feeling of weightlessness was greatly reduced.

He looked up and saw a white parachute above his head, holding him tightly with a rope, and his whole body slowly floated downwards.

"It's done, it's really... it's done..." Tears filled his eyes immediately, and he felt like he was surviving a disaster.

He was a little embarrassed and said, "Huh, if you have the ability, go up and try it. I don't believe you can be better than me."

"I no longer ask for high honors or no honors. After this incident, I just feel that it is best for people to be safe and stable in this life."

"With the ejection seat, the emergency landing device is complete!"

"Luoshan, what's going on with you?"

"What's this?"

The King of Zhou is a human being and his life is precious. So after losing the throne, does he no longer exist as a human being? Has life become cheap?
Cao Wei didn't know that his words aroused Zhu Ru's inner thoughts. Suddenly he heard a cry of surprise, raised his head and saw a gust of wind blowing over, causing the parachute to float eastward.

"Our efforts have not been in vain!"

In the hustle and bustle, Zhu Xi looked at all this and finally understood why Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Di valued Cao Wei so much.

In the past, Zhu Rui would never have agreed with Cao Wei's people-oriented attitude, but after being imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion for more than three months and losing the throne, the huge gap in status made his mentality begin to change.

Cao Wei's people-oriented approach and the design of the ejection device to protect the pilot when the plane crashed made Zhu Rui feel that something was wrong, but it should be like this.

Luo Shan also realized it later. He was so excited in heaven that he didn't even know his pants were wet.

Everyone saw it and couldn't help laughing, even Cao Wei couldn't help laughing.

In traditional imperial thought, the value of ordinary people's lives is extremely low.

"It's done! It's done!"

Zhu Zhu on the side looked up at the parachute fluttering in the air, and stayed there for a while.

Everyone below looked at this scene and shouted excitedly.

So when I heard Cao Wei talk about putting people first, I felt that it made sense for the first time.

Xie Jin and others were sent back by Cao Wei to continue their work, while he himself chatted with Zhu Ru outside.

Cao Wei turned to him and said:
"This is a parachute newly developed by the scientific research institute."

Zhu Rui immediately felt ashamed that he had treated a gentleman with a villain's heart before. How could Cao Wei treat him coldly because he lost the throne?

"Okay, Luo Shan risked his life to test the parachute this time. His courage is commendable. I'll make the decision and give him an additional reward of fifty taels of silver."

He is really doing his best for the development of Ming Dynasty!
A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people. Cao Wei is exactly this kind of person, and he is admirable!

"You're going to Europe?"

"parachute?"

When Cao Wei and his team found the test pilot, he was hanging on the tree and struggling.

There were acres of woods to the east, so the parachute wouldn't cause much trouble wherever it floated, but everyone still followed the parachute that floated down and ran over.

"That's pretty much it," Luoshan said with a groan.

When Luo Shan chose to board the Kongming Lantern, Cao Wei had already agreed with him that no matter he lived or died, he would give Luo Shan's family three hundred taels of silver as settlement expenses. Now adding fifty taels of silver is not a small amount.

After jumping from such a high place, for a moment he thought he was going to die. Wasn't he scared to death?
Fortunately, there was no problem with the parachute and he was born smoothly.

Luo Shan didn't care about the coolness under his crotch, and quickly thanked Cao Wei, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

"You don't see how many times Mr. Cao asked us to calculate it over and over again..."

Several people put him down in a hurry. One person with sharp eyes saw that his crotch was wet and couldn't help laughing.

"The parachute worked!"

Cao Wei's heart dropped to the ground. As long as the parachute can be opened smoothly, the people above will not be in any danger.

"Fortunately, it worked on the first try."

The person who spoke first quickly apologized: "I was wrong, I was wrong, you are a warrior, adults do not remember the faults of villains."

"Yes, Fourth Brother may be short of manpower, and I want to go help him."

"Yes, it is a device to ensure that the pilot can save his life in the event of a plane crash or malfunction. Our philosophy is that everything is people-oriented."

"That's good, he is already the king now, and you can continue to be the top nobleman of the Sun and Moon Kingdom, hahaha," Cao Wei joked.

For example, compared with those children from ordinary people's families using an airplane, the deep-rooted thought of vassal kings like Zhu Zhu is that a hundred ordinary people's children are not as important as flying on such a plane!
When a plane crashes, a civilian is gone as soon as he is gone. It is not worth making a fuss about, let alone trying to save the pilot's life.

Zhu Rui was greatly shocked when he heard this!
Everything is people-oriented. This is a new concept that he has never been exposed to as a high-ranking vassal king, and it even somewhat subverts his cognition.

"My surname is Zhu, and I was born with wealth. As long as I don't want to take risks, I can have a stable life. But what Taishi Cao did was to enable the people of the Ming Dynasty to live a stable life. It is really admirable."

"I only regret that I used to have a narrow vision. I only knew about royal power and pretended to know the world's major events. It's really a great regret in my life that I didn't get to know Grand Master Cao earlier."

Facing Zhu Zhu's praise, Cao Wei accepted it without any guilt and said hehe:

"The geometry of life has its own destiny. You can't force it. It's best to let nature take its course."

Zhu Ru nodded. "It's just..." Cao Wei suddenly said.

"Grand Master, I just say it's okay."

Cao Wei frowned slightly: "Now that the old man is old and his health is getting worse day by day, you are going to Europe now. You may be separated by heaven and earth forever. If you can, it is better to stay in Ming Dynasty for another two years." good."

Zhu Wei also frowned. After thinking for a long time, he felt that what Cao Wei said made sense and replied:

"Your body, hair, and skin are the same as your parents. What the Grand Master said is indeed beyond my expectation. So let's stay in the Ming Dynasty for now. As a son, I have never been able to fulfill my filial piety by the old man's side. This is the last chance. …”

"Thank you, Grand Master Cao, for your guidance." Zhu Xi bowed his hands and saluted.

"You're welcome."

...

In the next few days, many vassal kings who were imprisoned in the palace could not stand it any longer. They all gathered together to hand over their royal power and become free. In the end, only Qin King Zhu Ping refused to let go.

At this time, the Zongren Mansion had become completely deserted. Except for Zhu Cang, there was not even a dog.

This made Zhu Xi feel extremely unbalanced.

He is only one year younger than Zhu Biao, one year old! What is a year? It doesn't matter, but because Zhu Biao was born a year earlier than him and became the prince, he could only be the King of Qin.

What he did when he went to the fiefdom to become a vassal was that Zhu Fang wanted to experience the feeling of being an emperor, and Deng was willing to cooperate with him.

Later, Zhu Xiang embroidered the dragon bed, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Deng's death to dissipate the energy in Zhu Xiang's heart. But how could it dissipate so easily?

As a result, his energy became stronger and stronger, and Zhu Xi became more and more ruthless and ruthless in his actions, taking pleasure in torturing the palace and the people.

After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Ping's uncontrollable desire for the throne rose again.

But even he himself understood that with what he had done, it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to pass the throne to him.

In desperation, Zhu Ping had no choice but to accept the reality. He was destined to be a vassal king and had no luck to be an emperor.

But now, Zhu Xiongying, a young boy, even the feudal king won't let him do it! I want to take away his throne too!

Doesn't this count as extermination?
In the past, in order to consolidate the imperial power, the emperor only cut down the vassal vassals, but Zhu Xiongying wanted to completely smash the vassal king's pot!
For people like Zhu Xi who are free and easy-going, it doesn't matter if they accept the reality. After all, Zhu Xiongying can still give them some positions. As long as they do well, they can also be highly respected ministers.

But if it were Zhu Ping who was extremely stubborn about power and status, it would be extremely difficult to accept and understand!
Zhu Ping walked back and forth alone in the huge sect's mansion. The further he walked, the more angry he felt in his heart. In this cold winter of ice and snow, Zhu Ping felt that the fire in his heart was burning his mouth and tongue dry.

"Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Xiongying, my good nephew, why are you so cruel? You are your emperor, why do you want to take away our throne? Do you want me to die?"

"I won't die, I won't die, then..."

No one knows how Zhu Xi finally figured it out. On this day, he also walked out of the clan mansion and handed over the royal power.

So far,

In the land of China, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the present, the feudal system of princes and vassals that has been implemented for more than a thousand years has come to an end!
This represented a further concentration of imperial power, and the threats faced by the imperial power were also greatly reduced.

Cao Wei didn't know if it was right to do so. Although he eliminated the hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty, where would the Ming Dynasty go if it continues to develop like this?

With the development of the times, the people of the world will gradually become wiser. When the imperial power becomes more stable, the conflict between the two sides will become more intense!
No one has walked this road, and Cao Wei can't see where the road ahead leads, so he can only take one step at a time.

Afterwards, Zhu Xiongying invited Cao Wei to the palace again and asked him how to treat those marquises who were awarded the title of Marquis due to their merit, such as Muchun and Guo Ying.

Because the vassal king was banned, many princes in the court began to feel insecure.

In their opinion, Zhu Xiongying could do it even if his own family members told him to do it, let alone outsiders like them?

As for the achievements they made, that was in the past, and Zhu Xiongying could not agree on whether he recognized it or not.

People's hearts are in turmoil, and over time, big and small problems will arise. Now it is necessary to give a charter as soon as possible, whether it is good or bad, it is better than letting the ministers doubt in their hearts every day.

"Your Majesty, the vassal king can ban it, but the meritorious marquis cannot be touched." Cao Wei stated his position directly.

"Why is this?" Zhu Xiongying asked.

Now that there are no vassal kings, the only ones with more troops in the local area are those meritorious princes.

The feudal kings are a threat, are they not a threat?

Cao Wei smiled and said: "First of all, a meritorious marquis is not like a vassal king. Every member of the family has to eat the salary of the court for generations."

"Secondly, the reason why meritorious princes are granted the title of king or marquis is because they have made contributions to the Ming Dynasty."

"If Your Majesty takes advantage of this opportunity and deposes all the meritorious marquises, it will be a denial of everything they did for the Ming Dynasty, and the blood and sweat they shed will be meaningless."

"In this way, in the future, who will swear allegiance to His Majesty, who will spare no effort, wholeheartedly seek the country for the Ming Dynasty, and fight to the death for the Ming Dynasty?"

"Everyone has nothing to gain, and there is no benefit. Relying solely on enthusiasm and the desire to serve the country... is very fragile and cannot withstand the slightest change.

Zhu Xiongying patted his head and nodded with deep approval,
"Use authority to control people, and then use people to rule the world. Grandpa Huang told me this. Why didn't I think of it? I almost did something wrong."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be upset. Basically, Your Majesty is a living person. He will also get tired. His energy is limited. It is normal to have some mistakes. This is human nature. That's why Your Majesty needs hundreds of officials." Cao Wei said.

The emperor is in charge of the affairs of the world, but there are so many things in the world. If the emperor really wants to take care of them, how can he do it? Like normal people, they are always busy with the things at hand and tend to forget other things.

The emperors of the past dynasties had prime ministers to help handle government affairs, and the emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty had cabinets. But at this time, Zhu Xiongying could only rely on himself, and he was very tired.

"If your Majesty is worried, you can issue an order to set a limit on the total number of troops in the hands of the border princes. If you exceed the limit, you can be punished as a crime."

Zhu Xiongying nodded. It was indeed difficult to deal with the vassal kings when they committed crimes. They were all members of the same family, and it would not look good to deal harshly. But for those princes with foreign surnames, there was no pressure to deal with them.

"In addition, I sent someone to deliver a message to Dongyi Province before, and arranged for someone to replace Monk Daoyan when he comes back. After he comes back, I am going to send him to Goryeo to negotiate."

The King of Korea was extremely anxious and sent letters asking for help several times, as if they would be destroyed by the Japanese the next day.

They are not annoyed, Zhu Xiongying is annoyed.

Cao Wei had no objections to this. Monk Daoyan was of a high standard. If he was asked to go to Goryeo to negotiate, only Goryeo would suffer.

(End of this chapter)