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

Chapter 98: The Prince-in-law was killed with a stick (second update)

Zhu Di's two concerns are actually quite realistic.

In an era without weather forecasts, going to sea was equivalent to a life-and-death farewell.Because no one knows whether God will suddenly turn against him.

Of course, if you have experience, you will be less likely to fall out with God.Even if you encounter it, it may be easier to survive than if you have no experience.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, that is, during the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong led a massive land and sea army to counterattack Nanjing, which was not a strong military force of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties at that time. He was the most likely to capture the city of Nanjing in one fell swoop and resume confrontation with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties across the river. Maybe morale will be boosted, but it may not be possible to counterattack back to the north.

But at such a good opportunity, Zheng Chenggong's navy encountered a hurricane at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and almost the entire army was wiped out. As a result, the Northern Expedition ultimately fell short.

Of course, there was no need to mention these things at this time in the early Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Yifan thought for a while, and said to Zhu Di: "God, no one is sure about this matter. But, the Japanese pirates are here, so we can't go? Do you think that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not as brave as the Japanese pirates?"

"How is that possible!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Di immediately blushed and thickened his neck.

This was the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Ming Dynasty's army was the strongest and most confident. It was not even as good as the rat-like Japanese pirates, and Zhu Di would probably be killed by a headlong collision.

Seeing that provoking the generals had an effect, Zhang Yifan continued to say to Zhu Di: "First, we can use the experience of fishermen near the sea to avoid the hurricane season; second, build navy camps along the coast to avoid hurricanes when necessary. As long as we are willing, There is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, right?"

Zhu Di's face was still red, and he heard him say to Zhang Yifan: "Then there is another question?"

Zhang Yifan heard this, and immediately smiled and said: "This is easier. Our Ming army is invincible in the world. You go and get familiar with it first, and I will go and have a look later. If it is suitable, I believe I can come up with a set of tactics against the Japanese pirates." Damn it, I’m sure to beat them until they howl!”

Having said this, he thought for a moment and added: "This includes naval battles and land battles. I am confident!"

At this time, it was not appropriate to throw out the formation that Qi Jiguang God of War came up with against the Japanese pirates. Zhang Yifan planned to go to the military camp with Zhu Di for a while before throwing it out, so that it would be less conspicuous.

In addition, as for naval battles, or ship battles, at this time, jumping ship battles are still the main type, and firearms are still very rudimentary.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan is going to improve the firearms for Zhu Di's army when the time comes, or improve the gunpowder formula first, and invent firearms for naval warfare, such as the ten thousand enemies in the late Ming Dynasty, large explosive packs, to kill Japanese pirates' ships, It's definitely no problem.

At this time, Zhu Di heard what he said, looked him up and down, and said with suspicion: "Why do I feel like you are bragging again!"

"..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Yifan was a little speechless. He immediately asked, "You always say that I am bragging, so why don't you tell me where I am bragging?"

"That's it..." Zhu Di immediately responded, but after saying two words, he suddenly got stuck.

why?
I clearly thought he was bragging, but when I thought about it carefully, why couldn't I remember where he was bragging?
He said don't worry, he will definitely marry his eldest sister.At that time, I thought he was bragging, but as it turned out, he did marry his eldest sister!
and also……

After thinking for a while, Zhu Di thought about it, and it seems that he thought Zhang Yifan was bragging at first. Anyway, no matter what angle he thought about it, he felt that Zhang Yifan was bragging, but it turned out to be true?

Realizing this, Zhu Di suddenly looked at Zhang Yifan again as if he were meeting him for the first time.

"What's wrong? You don't know me anymore?" Zhang Yifan looked at him inexplicably and asked a little uncomfortably.

Zhu Di did not answer the question, but said to him: "Okay, I will believe you this time. After I get my subordinates, I will call you over. Anyway, my father also said that you are going to help me."

Zhang Yifan listened, nodded and said, "Okay, just call me later."

At this point, he remembered something and reminded Zhu Di: "By the way, to deal with the Japanese pirates, it is more appropriate to take three steps as I said. If you want to directly destroy the Japanese country, you are bragging!"

"Well, I know!" Zhu Di said, nodding with a serious expression.

He came to Liujiacun to find Zhang Yifan just for this matter. Now that the result was obtained, he didn't wait any longer. He led the guards and rode away from Juechen.

Zhang Yifan, watching Zhu Di go away, suddenly found Zheng Jingxue standing under a willow tree, so he went over to say hello.

Zheng Jingxue said to him a little embarrassedly: "That... that 110 Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, I... I will use it first, and when... I will pay you back as soon as I have money, okay?"

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "I told you that I bet for you. If you win, it's yours. You don't have to pay me back! No matter what, you taught me everything, so you can be considered my teacher!"

"No, it's not!" Zheng Jingxue heard this, and quickly distinguished, "His Royal Highness Yan Wang has already given it to me, and you gave it too much. It's just... it's just that my mother is sick, so I sent part of the money back. I still keep some money. I want to save the money and see if I can save my dad!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately remembered what Zhu Di had just said, saying that Song Lian had already taken the lead in spreading the meaning of "thunder and rain", so he smiled and said to Zheng Jingxue: "You don't need to go to manage, your father probably won't If something happens, he will be released soon." His father, Zheng Shiyuan, was an upright official and could be counted on Zhu Yuanzhang's side.Even in the original history, his father was eventually released.But his uncle insisted on filing a petition, which ended up causing trouble for his father and he was arrested and sent to a labor camp.

In this plane, it is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his suggestion, and he paid more attention to the statement that "thunder and rain are all the kindness of the king", so he will definitely use his thunder and rain.

Corrupt officials will definitely not be able to escape, but honest officials will probably enjoy the rain and dew.

Zheng Jingxue was dubious when he heard this, because Zhang Yifan had said when he persuaded his uncle before that the emperor was a drunkard and his intention was not to drink, so it was useless to write a letter to explain.Then why is it possible that his father was suddenly released?

The reason, of course, cannot be stated clearly, and Zhang Yifan did not tell him either.

In the end, although Zheng Jingxue was a little unconvinced, he still followed Zhang Yifan's persuasion and did not plan to spend money randomly. He went back to wait for news.

Zhang Yifan continued the design of his house.

………………

A few days later, under Li Shanchang's vigorous and resolute leadership, all the etiquette regarding the princess's consort was finalized, and Emperor Hongwu was given the final say.

Not to mention, the memorial led by Li Shanchang was well-founded and there was no trace of his care about his son not getting the consort. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and approved it immediately.

In fact, before Zhang Yifan, the Ming Dynasty actually had two princes-in-law, but their names were a bit unfair.

Because in the first year of Hongwu, Wang Kegong and Huang Chen were granted the title of Prince Consort, and their princess was a parallel import.To be precise, she is Zhu Yuanzhang's niece.Just because Zhu Yuanzhang valued relatives very much, he made the daughter of his eldest brother and cousin a princess.The officials questioned and cited classics. The final result was that the salary of these two parallel princesses was only a quarter of that of the real princesses, but they retained the title of princess.

The treatment of the real princess was determined in the early years of Hongwu: the princess who was granted the title would receive [-] shi of grain per year and [-] guan in banknotes in Zhuangtian.The son-in-law Du Wei Lu Zhi followed his wife.

As for the rank of the Prince Consort, Li Shanchang derived it from Wang Kegong and Huang Chen, the two earliest Prince Consort Commanders in the Ming Dynasty.Finally, it was decided that the Prince Consort Duwei would be awarded the second rank of Zheng and the first rank of Bicong.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the titles actually awarded to meritorious officials were three levels: Duke, Marquis and Bo. Dukes were awarded to first-grade meritorious officials (Xunshangzhuguo), marquises were awarded to first-grade meritorious officials (Xunzhuguo), and bo was awarded to second- to third-grade meritorious officials. Actual conferments (Uncle Wang Guangyang of Loyalty and Diligence, Liu Bowen of Sincerity are both full-level second-grade conferees, and honorable guardians of the army). Those who are not awarded titles according to the corresponding grades are super-enemies.

In addition, regulations on clothing have also come out:

The crown of the Ming Dynasty has eight beams, a cage with Diao Chan, a five-fold vertical pen, four columns, five sections of vanilla, and jade cicadas on the front and back.

Hou Qiliang, Diao Chan in a cage with scarf, four folds on the vertical pen, four pillars, four sections of vanilla, and golden cicadas on the front and back.

And Bo Qiliang, a cage with a sable cicada in a scarf, two folds of an upright pen, four columns, two sections of vanilla, and a tortoiseshell cicada on the front and back.All have pheasant tails inserted.

Here's the key point, the prince consort and Hou Tong are not just pheasant tails.

From this, it can be confirmed that the prince consort is on the same level as a duke and is higher than an earl.

In terms of etiquette, there are also regulations: when the Duke, Marquis, and Prince Consort meet each other, they must each bow twice.

The first-rank official sees the duke, marquis, and consort. The first-rank official sits on the right and performs two salutes. The duke, marquis, and consort sit on the left and responds to the salute.

When the prince consort met the prince, they went their separate ways.When first- and second-grade men meet a duke, a marquis, or a prince-in-law, they lead the horse to stand sideways and must pass.

In the Ming Dynasty, the left was the uppermost. This rule made the status of the prince, marquis, and son-in-law actually surpass the first rank.

Historically, the treatment of the prince-in-law during the Hongwu period was actually like this.The only difference is that such a high salary was only set after Zhu Yuanzhang launched four major crimes and killed many meritorious people.

However, on this plane, because of Zhang Yifan's butterfly effect, Li Shanchang deliberately praised and killed Zhang Yifan, and according to some regulations in the early Ming Dynasty, he raised the treatment of the son-in-law to the level of prince in advance.

On the surface, it seems that these are all based on the regulations of previous years, and it cannot be wrong.It just so happened that Zhu Yuanzhang liked to reuse relatives, so he was naturally happy to see this memorial led by Li Shanchang.

Finally, the most glorious era of the Prince Consort of the Ming Dynasty came ahead of schedule.

No one knew that behind this memorial, which seemed to flatter Zhu Yuanzhang, there was full of malice towards the Prince Consort.

Just imagine, how many of the founding heroes fought bloody battles, but did not get any titles.As for the prince-in-law, he married a woman, but ended up riding on most people's heads.Regarding this, the arrogant and powerful generals at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty must be unconvinced.

(End of this chapter)