Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 263 Is it bad to fight for family background?

In the original history, although Kunming was captured very early, Zhu Yuanzhang was still worried that the surrendered chieftains would rebel after the army's triumphant return. Therefore, Fu Youde's army was stationed for a few more years.

In this dimension, due to the implementation of the law of public distribution of grain fields, most chieftains were unwilling to accept it and chose to cooperate with the Meng Yuan to resist the Ming army to regain Yungui.

The result is also obvious, the armies of Meng Yuan and Tusi were defeated.King Liang of Meng Yuan committed suicide, and chieftains from all over the country were either captured or fled.

Normally speaking, the power of those defeated chieftains has been hit, and it is definitely not easy to make a comeback.

Think about it, is it possible that those serfs who used to be under the chieftain still refused to give up the land they were assigned, followed the chieftain to rebel, and then continued to be oppressed by the chieftain?

Therefore, the original plan was that after the army captured Yunnan and Guizhou, it was to make a triumphant return.

But now, stimulated by the war in Liaodong, both Fu Youde and Mu Ying decided to do a better job in Yungui and continue to pursue the fleeing chieftains to prevent them from escaping.

Because of the instigation of Zhang Yifan's butterfly wings, the chieftains in the Yunnan-Guizhou region were in bad luck!

In the original history, when the Ming army came, these chieftains changed from Mongolian chieftains to Ming chieftains, and then continued to live freely for hundreds of years as their native emperors.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the rebellion of the chieftains in the southwest restricted the military strength, supplies, food, and grass in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it also became an important factor in overthrowing the Ming Dynasty.

However, nowadays, there is no such thing as a chieftain in the Ming Dynasty. Either he surrenders to the Ming Dynasty, gives up his identity as a chieftain and becomes a noble person, or he dies, or he is like a rat crossing the street, living in panic all day long!How it ends is definitely doomed.

The instigator of all this, Zhang Yifan, didn't pay attention to this at all. He served as his teacher in the Imperial College, teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry to the elites of the Ming Dynasty.

As night fell, the tired-looking Li Shanchang, the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, returned to his mansion. He was served by a beautiful maid, half-lying on the Taishi chair to rest, closing his eyes to rest, digesting what he had heard today.

Suddenly, a dissatisfied voice sounded: "Dad, you are so tired every day, why bother? Can't you find an opportunity to quit this job and serve him, isn't that crazy?"

When Li Shanchang heard this, he knew who was speaking without opening his eyes.Feeling helpless, he still closed his eyes and waved his hand to signal the maids to go out.

After the slight sound of closing the door came, Li Shanchang opened his eyes and looked at his eldest son Li Qi standing in front of him with an angry look on his face. He said calmly: "There is a saying in the art of war. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle! What he is good at is, It’s his knowledge, if you don’t learn from him, do you know how to deal with it?”

When Li Qi heard this, she immediately became happy and immediately replied: "My child is wrong. My child thought that his father had given in to him!"

Seeing how happy he was, Li Shanchang stared at him expressionlessly until Li Qi's expression became unnatural, and then he said in a serious tone: "Qier, you should be more open-minded and forget about those unpleasant things in the past. Don't think about revenge on him!"

Li Qi never expected that his father would say such a thing. Suddenly, he showed a very surprised expression and said, "Dad, what did you just say? Are you confused?"

After he finished speaking, he saw that his father's face turned ugly and he stared at him, knowing that what he just said made his father unhappy.However, he is not happy at this moment!

So, he spoke again: "Dad, don't forget, that boy also humiliated you in public. Not only did he talk back, he also slandered you for rebellion, which made you kneel before His Majesty in front of all the civil and military officials!"

"I'm not old yet, I don't need your reminder!" After hearing this, Li Shanchang said coldly, "Did you hear what I just said? From now on, if you call me your consort, if you call me a brat, don't blame me for using family methods!"

"Why?" When Li Qi heard this, he immediately shouted with anger, "Why? Anyone who offends our Li family will die a good death, and no one will be exempted!"

After hearing this, Li Shanchang stared at him with cold eyes and said, "Can you say it again?"

Li Qi met his father's almost cannibalistic gaze. He had never seen such a scene before. He was immediately frightened. He lowered his voice and said like an aggrieved little daughter-in-law: "Why, dad, you always have to give me something." A reason?"

Having said this, he quickly added: "You didn't have this attitude before!"

After hearing this, Li Shanchang reached out and rubbed his forehead, which seemed to be a bit troublesome. He calmed down and then said: "In this world, anyone who offends me will definitely have to pay a price. However, people must be self-aware. To want to To retaliate against others, you must at least see if you have the ability to retaliate."

Having said this, he pointed upward with his hand, and then said: "There must not be any other thoughts about this, otherwise I will not be able to withstand the wrath of thunder."

When Li Qi heard this and saw his finger pointing upward, he immediately understood that it was referring to the aloof emperor, and he had no objection to this.

Only someone with a sick mind dares to take revenge on the emperor!
To be honest, it was the emperor who wanted to marry his daughter to him at first, and then he was the same, and finally decided not to marry his daughter to him.

Logically speaking, are you complaining?I definitely want to complain!

However, it was heaven and the emperor, so he did not dare to complain about the emperor from the beginning to the end.

There is no other reason. The gap in strength between the two sides is too far, making it impossible for him to do anything.

As he was thinking about it, he heard his father Li Shanchang say again: "The Prince Consort, I have been dealing with him, especially recently when I came to listen to his lectures. Your father and I are really convinced. His knowledge is absolutely outstanding." It cannot be obtained casually. In other words, he can have an epiphany, but it is impossible for us to imagine it. The most important thing is that his knowledge is very practical. "

Having said this, Li Shanchang paused. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be very emotional, and then continued: "His knowledge can crush any of us. In the face of absolute strength, we must go If we go against him, we will be the only ones who suffer the consequences in the end!"

When he said this, he saw that his son seemed a little disapproving, so he continued: "Think about it for yourself, it's not that we have never dealt with him, but every time we deal with him, have you ever seen him fight back against us? "

Li Qi listened, thought about it, and when she was about to speak, she heard that Li Shanchang had already spoken first: "He didn't target at all, and the wind was light and the clouds were calm, and he resolved our thoughts. There are so many impossible things. , was made possible by him. Why? Because there is a distance of thousands of miles between us and his knowledge. Things that you and I think are impossible are very easy for him!" "In this way We can no longer afford to offend such people. People must be self-aware to avoid causing trouble, understand?"

Hearing these words, Li Qi had to admit that his father seemed to be telling the truth, but he was still a little unwilling to accept it, so he said to his father: "Dad, you are the most important figure in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Apart from His Majesty, there are no other You are the most powerful!"

When Li Shanchang heard this, his face turned red, but he immediately disappeared. His voice was a little low, and he said: "In the future, don't mention the number one hero who contributed to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a great prince-in-law, that is asking for shame."

Having said this, he laughed at himself and said: "He wants to be a saint of the Ming Dynasty, and he will be a saint for all eternity. It is not embarrassing to be compared with him, that's it!"

Li Qi had never seen his father say that to anyone else in his life. He always had the impression that his father was proud of being Xiao He of the Ming Dynasty and the first contributor to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.Even if he didn't say it on weekdays, Li Qi knew that his father actually cared about this name.

As a result, now, he was obviously hit by that kid.

Regarding this, to be honest, Li Qi is a bit hard to imagine, he couldn't help but ask Li Shanchang: "Father, how can that kid's knowledge be so great? No one will be dissatisfied with such a big tone?"

"You have to accept it even if you don't accept it!" After hearing this, Li Shanchang lay back on the backrest and said with some emotion: "Not to mention what he has already done based on his knowledge. It also includes the knowledge he is teaching now. It is really impressive. It’s incredible! I ask you, why can we walk, why do we sometimes slip, why do we slide faster in the snow? Can you learn anything about such small and common things? People realized that it was because of the friction force, and they could calculate the friction force, and improve a lot of things based on this principle!"

"Also, let me ask you a question. If a five-pound iron ball and a fifty-pound iron ball fall from upstairs at the same time, which ball do you think will fall to the ground first?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qi immediately replied without thinking: "Of course the fifty-pound iron ball fell first!"

"Wrong!" Li Shanchang heard this and immediately answered, "Landing down at the same time, do you understand? And..."

He asked his son about the things he heard in class, which he thought were common sense, but turned out to be unexpected. Then he lectured his son again and again. By the end, Li Qi could no longer lift his head. .

Li Shanchang was a little excited and talked a lot. Seeing his son's look, he suddenly lost interest and was too lazy to continue talking. He just said with emotion: "The matter of boiling water seems simple, but it is complicated. He has little knowledge, but now I can be sure that the prince-in-law can definitely make what he wants to make. His knowledge is not as good as mine!"

In fact, his statement is not accurate.

If we really want to talk about strategies and intrigues between people, Zhang Yifan may not be able to compare with him.

For example, if it was still the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was no stable environment around him, and there were swordsmen and bandits every day, Li Shanchang would definitely be able to handle it more easily than Zhang Yifan.

But now, it is already an era of peace, and Zhang Yifan has leveraged the royal power from the beginning to allow him to show off his talents.Under this background, Zhang Yifan was able to suppress Li Shanchang.

To be precise, Li Shanchang was not defeated by Zhang Yifan, but by the knowledge accumulated by later generations for hundreds of years.

Otherwise, just Newton's three laws cannot be understood in a sudden way, and I don't know how long it will take to summarize them.

Of course, in this current dimension, Newton would not be born for hundreds of years, and Zhang Yifan had the final say on the three laws.

At this time, Li Qi was really shocked after listening to his father's words and looking at his father's expression.He was a little hard to imagine, and said to his father: "He just came from the Liu family village, and he has no father or mother. He even learned to read and write on the spur of the moment. He learned it later. How can he have such great ability?"

Li Shanchang couldn't understand after hearing this, and finally sighed and said: "People are different. Some are smart, some are dull, and some are talented!"

At this point, he lowered his voice again and pointed to the sky: "Who could have thought at that time that he could stand out? It's the same reason!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so poor that he could be a monk, a beggar, etc. At that time, who would have thought that he would become an emperor?

I guess no one can imagine it!

Li Qi understood what his father meant and was speechless.

Why is the gap between people so big?Isn't it good to just fight for family background?
As he was thinking about it, he heard his father say with emotion: "Look, I'm a little looking forward to it. What will the water-boiling thing look like in the end? How big of a change can it make? Anyway, His Majesty has already made a decree. , Today’s prince-in-law is either teaching in the Imperial Academy, or building that new thing in the Military War Bureau, I don’t know if he could have done it a year ago?”

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According to Zhu Yuanzhang's intention, he actually wanted Zhang Yifan to make it years ago.However, Zhang Yifan really didn't have the mind to take care of other things. As Li Shanchang said, apart from teaching, he was busy with steam engines.But even so, if you want to make it years ago, there is not much possibility.After all, it was already the end of the year when he returned to the capital, and the New Year would be celebrated in almost a month.

As the New Year was approaching, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait any longer. Although he knew that Zhang Yifan had not yet made something that boiled water as a power source, he finally went to see it in person.

You know, after this thing is made, it will bring about earth-shaking changes to the Ming Dynasty.Li Shan is looking forward to it, and he, Lao Zhu, is also looking forward to it.

Of course, knowing that there would be no results, he did not mobilize troops and go in a serious manner. Instead, he only took Prince Zhu Biao with him, and they went quietly, without the shooter!

When they went there, Zhang Yifan happened to be busy at the Military War Bureau. Hearing that his father-in-law and eldest brother were coming, he did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went to greet them.

As soon as they met, I knew the purpose of my father-in-law's visit, so he said with a smile: "Father, brother, it's so nice of you to come. Although the steam engine has not been made, there is something that has been finished. I just want you to take a look at it. It is a good thing." s things!"

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