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

Chapter 35

However, before Zhu Di had time to go to the East Palace, he was called over by Zhu Yuanzhang's order.So, he had no choice but to put aside the matter of his eldest sister and focus on his father first.

No surprise, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Zhu Di and asked about the wedding.The questions were carefully asked, and in many places, Zhu Yuanzhang directly pointed out that not enough had been done.

Finally, he repeatedly warned Zhu Di: "Your father-in-law is guarding northern Xinjiang to prevent the Tartars from going south. Without him, I am not at ease. Therefore, you must do a good job and cannot treat your wife badly. Do you understand?" ?”

It is not unreasonable for Zhu Yuanzhang to say this.According to the information received, Beiyuan has been unwilling to give in since he was driven away, and he was ready to make a counterattack.

In the original history, thanks to Xu Da's guarding, Bei Yuan's attack was defeated.

Zhu Di was told repeatedly by his father, and he knew the seriousness of the matter, so he quickly said that he would definitely do it well to satisfy his father-in-law and his father.

By the time he left the palace, it was already getting late, so Zhu Di had no choice but to go back to his mansion first.

On Zhu Yuanzhang's side, the reason why he is so concerned about this matter is not just because Xu Da wants to guard the northern border, but also has other unspeakable difficulties.

He was truly a poor man who started from scratch. Compared to the founders of other dynasties, he had no help from his clansmen and no backing from family wealth.Therefore, in his experience, he attaches great importance to blood relationships.

Just like everyone else, the godson collected a lot and sent them out as spies to monitor the leading generals in various places, and reused those who were talented.

But even this is not enough.

Sitting on the dragon throne and following him to conquer the world, his brothers will naturally share wealth and honor, but there are some considerations in this.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not stingy with the titles and rewards, but he was afraid that some people would not be satisfied with the titles he rewarded.

Since the founding of the country, he found some situations that made him a little worried.

For example, some old brothers, although they were his right-hand men and made great contributions to him when they were conquering the world, they would also win over people's hearts and often show favor to many generals.

Also, when asking them to recommend talents, they often recommend their own township party members.So much so that within the civil service system of the court, there are many officials who look up to those old brothers as their leaders.

These situations, especially the presence of a bunch of old brothers in civil and military circles, made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a little uneasy, and he became more sensitive because of it.

For this reason, he also thought about a way to solve the problem, which was to reopen the imperial examination.However, the imperial examination was only reopened for a few years, but there were various drawbacks, so that he had to stop the imperial examination in the past few years and restore the recommendation system.

In today's court, some people are very powerful and are marrying each other, which makes him very worried.

Thanks to fellow villager Xu Da being a loyal man, now that his children and in-laws are tied more tightly, he will be more sure of the situation.Turn around, show your kindness to the old brother, and give him another blow. In this way, he should be able to understand what position he can only be in, right?

However, in this way, the eldest daughter is just a little wronged. She has to marry someone who is so much older than herself and has been married before.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this and asked about the situation.Knowing that Zhu Jingjing was going to the East Palace, he didn't think much about it. He would talk to her after he was done with the fourth child.

The next day, Zhu Jingjing, who was in excitement, came to Liujia Village with the troops given to her by the princess.

Not only did she bring many masons and carpenters, but she also brought all kinds of bricks and materials for building the kiln.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that this is definitely a noble person from Nanjing City. Otherwise, it would be impossible to gather so much manpower and material resources in less than a day.

Wanting to perform well, Zhang Yifan didn't say much. After explaining to the carpenters, he focused on explaining his cement kiln to the masons.

Because there are many problems that need to be explained. After all, the design of this cement kiln is unprecedented in this era. Zhang Yifan even considered the utilization of waste gas.Not only does it have an interlayer to reduce heat energy consumption, but it also uses exhaust gas to heat hot water, giving cement workers a place to take a hot bath, which is also a shower type.

All of these are not technically difficult for skilled craftsmen of this era.But I never thought that a kiln could be built like this.

Zhang Yifan was talking, and a group of masons surrounded him to listen. If he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask about the situation on the spot.There are also things that Zhang Yifan can't explain clearly, but the masons can know how to do it.In short, Zhang Yifan understands the theory, and the bricklayer knows the practical operation. Together, they can talk in full swing.

Zhu Jingjing listened from the sidelines at first, but later she found that the masons were a little restrained because of her presence. She was afraid of affecting Zhang Yifan's work on building the kiln, so she took her maid and bodyguard to see the birdcage.

About half an hour later, someone from Liujia Village came to call for dinner.

At this time, Zhang Yifan was gesticulating and talking, and even drawing on the ground. Finally, he was almost finished.

So, we all went back to the village for dinner.

At this time, Zhang Yifan realized that Zhu Jingjing was not around. After he explained the matter about the cement kiln, his mind became active again.

To help him such a big favor, you have to ask clearly which noble family your future father-in-law will be. There are some things that you should face and prepare for.

But Zhu Jingjing was not around, so he asked the masons with him: "Which house do you belong to?"

When the leading mason heard this, he quickly replied: "We are from the Duke Zheng's house."

Zheng Guogong?
Zhang Yifan thought for a moment and seemed to remember.After the death of the mighty general Chang Yuchun in the early Ming Dynasty, his eldest son was granted the title of Duke of Zheng.It's no wonder that one of the most famous people among the founding fathers can definitely speak in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The mason didn't lie, because the Crown Princess came from Zheng Guogong's mansion. The manpower provided this time was not given in the name of the East Palace. That would alarm the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao was obviously not suitable to participate in this matter because of his pedantry.Therefore, the Crown Princess gave these manpower and material resources in the name of her natal family.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he naturally thought that Jingjing came from Zheng Guogong's house.

So, he pondered it in his mind.

Chang Yuchun had a daughter who married Zhu Biao and became the crown princess. This is a relatively famous thing.But the question is, does Chang Yuchun have another daughter?Called Chang Jingjing?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan couldn't help but scratch his head.To be honest, when he read about Zhu Biao before, he had seen some records of the princess.But even so, he didn't see the name of the princess.Not to mention, Chang Yuchun's other daughter's affairs can leave a few records in history.Whether it is called Jingjing or not, God knows!
Jingjing's sister-in-law should be the wife of Chang Yuchun's eldest son.The master of his family is definitely not Chang Yuchun, because he is already dead.Is that Chang Yuchun's eldest son?Shouldn't this be called Big Brother?Does it mean that the head of a family must be called master?

There seems to be something wrong, but Zhang Yifan is not sure whether this feeling is reliable or not, because he really doesn't know much about the details of ancient times.

(End of this chapter)