Chapter 129: The future of Ming Dynasty agriculture (please subscribe and vote monthly)
Zhu Ying was a little confused when she heard Zhu Xi's words.
This was the first time he had met Zhu Xi, but in his mind, Zhu Xi was not a good person.
He has long been labeled as cruel.
But since I learned about my life experience, maybe because of my relationship with my family, I have become a little better.
Now that I see him in person, I have to say that Zhu Ying's impression has somewhat changed.
People are always deceived by their eyes. After all, Zhu Ping's appearance is pretty good.
With a tall and straight figure, full of energy between eyebrows, and confident eyes, it is easy to leave a good impression on others.
"Second uncle, you're welcome. I've forgotten about that. But it's because of the old man that I may have felt a little wronged."
Zhu Ying said directly that he didn't know anything about the jade pendant.
Hearing Zhu Ying's words, Zhu Xiang had a bitter look on his face. His father really beat him, without any mercy.
If my father hadn't been a little older now and had to play the music himself, he might have stayed in bed for more than a month.
"We are all a family. There were some misunderstandings in the past. I won't go into details. Second brother and eldest nephew have come to see you. Why, let us just stand here." Zhu Fan said directly.
"My fault, third brother, eldest nephew, come over and sit down quickly." Zhu Xi said quickly.
In the pavilion, after the three of them took their seats, the servants quickly brought tea.
Obviously Zhu Xi had already prepared it.
The tea smells fragrant, and it is obviously a high-quality tea.
"What kind of tea are you doing? Second brother, you are really becoming arty. Please tell the kitchen to prepare some good dishes and serve the wine quickly."
"This is the first time we, uncle and nephew, have met each other. We won't get drunk until today."
When Zhu Fan saw that his second brother Zhu Xi was actually preparing tea, he started shouting.
"Second brother didn't arrange this, wait a moment, I'll give the order right away." Hearing this, Zhu Xi laughed loudly and said directly with a bit of heroism.
Then he ordered the butler to prepare.
"Second uncle, wait a minute."
Zhu Ying suddenly called out.
"Eldest nephew, what's the problem?" Zhu Xi couldn't help but ask. He thought that his eldest nephew didn't want to drink.
"Second uncle, third uncle, but I forgot, I own a teahouse. This is the first time I have dinner with my two uncles, so I'd better let my nephew make the arrangements." Zhu Ying said with a smile.
"How can this be possible? You are already at the second uncle's house, and the second uncle can still ask you to prepare food. Isn't this a slap in the second uncle's face? Just let the second uncle do these small things."
Zhu Xi said with an unhappy expression.
This time, the third brother Zhu Fan was asked to call his eldest nephew over, not only to ask for help, but also to apologize.
"Second brother, you should let your eldest nephew make the arrangements. It's not like you haven't eaten breakfast at the eldest nephew's teahouse. Just your few cooks can make something delicious."
Zhu Fan said unceremoniously that Zhu Fan loved food very much.
The cook here of the second brother Zhu Xi is very similar to that of his family, nothing unusual.
But his eldest nephew gave him a lot of expectations.
The breakfast was so delicious. Judging from the situation, the meal will definitely be the same.
Zhu Ying followed Zhu Fan here alone, so she could only ask Zhu Fan to arrange for someone to go to his mansion to inform him.
Next, Zhu Ying began to chat with Zhu Fan and Zhu Xi.
Although Zhu Fan and Zhu Xi seemed to be doing very poorly in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, they were always scolded and always made mistakes in their own domain.
But in fact, the two of them had great influence in the Ming army.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang has been gradually transferring military power to his sons.
In some major battles, my sons were allowed to unite the army as much as possible.
Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan also grew up in military camps. When they were growing up, Zhu Yuanzhang also provided them with elite education.
Leaving aside the academic aspect for the moment, when it comes to leading troops in battle, they are all top-notch experts.
For now, even if he is inferior to Zhu Di in terms of merit, even if his actual military capabilities are weak, the difference will not be huge.
At least Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan together can defeat Zhu Di without any problem.
And because Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan were both the biological children of Empress Ma, their status among the many princes was still very high.
Especially Zhu Xi, when his eldest brother Zhu Biao did not pass away earlier.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the Dazongzhengyuan into the Zongren Mansion. Zhu Feng was the leader of the kings, so he was appointed Zongren Ling.
The Zongren Mansion is equivalent to a special judicial institution, where the clan roster of royal members is compiled and the imperial genealogy is compiled.
It records the concubines, names and titles of the children of the royal family, succession to the throne, dates of birth and death, marriages, funerals, posthumous titles, etc.
Among them, there are two most important ones: crimes committed by members of the royal family will be tried separately by the clan government, including the salary of the members of the royal family.
Zong Ren Ling, that is to say, all members of the royal family are within Zhu Xi's jurisdiction.
It seems that these members of the royal family have little impact on the overall situation.
But one thing is that the current Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Di's disaster. All the vassal kings have military power in their hands.
Although it is not much, it ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands, and the top limit of the nine frontier fortress kings is 30,000.
The huge military system began to be controlled by members of the royal family.
After Zhu Di, these vassal princes and heirs were not allowed to join the army, serve as officials, do business, etc., and were given certain economic improvements after they were seized of military power.
This is how the family frantically produces children and the Zhu family has millions of descendants.
Zhu Ying was not a pedantic person. The King of Qin and the King of Jin once only had a concept of him, but how could they become so close to each other so quickly? There was some deliberate element in it.
However, I feel that my two uncles are kind to me, which may have something to do with the old man, but after all, there is a strong blood connection.
Moreover, he also needs the help of his two uncles.
"Second brother, when you go to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion this time, you must be careful. There is a lot of water in Sichuan, and firearms are easily affected by moisture."
Zhu Fan was already a little drunk at this moment, and he said to his second brother Zhu Xi carelessly.
It seems that after the eldest nephew agreed to this matter, even the edict was sent over, and he didn't realize that the matter had not yet been conveyed to the old man.
"Third brother, don't worry. As for those barbarians, not to mention firearms, even a thousand riders can kill them to pieces. They are just a bunch of rabble."
After a few sips of wine, Zhu Xiang began to feel energetic, completely losing the decadent mood of being grounded in the first place.
Zhu Ying was speechless. He drank this wine as if he was King Zhu Ping of Qin. He was about to go on an expedition tomorrow and was going on a grand march today.
He thought that the two of them drank a lot, but it turned out that they only drank just over a pound each, and they were already in such a posture.
The liquor they are drinking now was brought from Zhu Ying. It is not much different from ordinary liquor in terms of strength, but the purification technology is better.
So it appears more mellow.
As early as the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, liquor distillation technology had already appeared, and its shape and height are very similar to the liquor steamer used today.
Therefore, the alcohol content of today’s Ming Dynasty wine is not much different from that of later generations’ liquor.
Zhu Ying's drinking capacity is not bad. After all, he spent a lot of time in the Western Regions, deserts, and grasslands.
It's good to drink there, and Zhu Ying's body and bones can handle it. She can drink at least four or five kilograms of liquor without changing her expression.
When I heard Zhu Fan and Zhu Ping chatting about leading troops to use firearms.
Even though he had gone to the Gunpowder Department and was even making matchlocks, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of disharmony and disconnection.
This was influenced by later generations. In many films and TV shows of later generations, the wars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were dominated by cold weapons such as spears and broadswords.
In fact, today's Ming Dynasty, compared with overseas countries, the current Hundred Years War between Britain and France has almost reached the end of the second stage.
The germination of guns has gradually begun to emerge in today's war between Britain and France.
The Renaissance had also begun at this time.
Affected by the war, European countries have begun to pay more and more attention to guns.
The ideological reforms brought about by the Renaissance also laid the foundation for many disciplines in later generations.
The current Ming Dynasty is skilled in the use of firearms. This is the real scene of the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.
When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese in the late Ming Dynasty, the use of firearms in the large and small battles he fought was actually not much different from the modern wars of later generations.
It's just that when firearms came into the hands of the Manchus, they were suppressed. Coupled with the chaotic system of the Manchus, firearms technology was retreating.
You know, Qianlong and Washington during the Manchu Qing Dynasty both belonged to the same era.
While the uncle and nephew were drinking and chatting.
Feng Sheng received orders from Zhu Yuanzhang and had already arrived at the palace of his son-in-law, Prince Zhou.
At this moment, Zhu Rui was writing furiously in his study, recording and analyzing some properties of herbal medicines.
As early as before, during the two years when Zhu Yuanzhang was banned in the capital and thought about his life behind closed doors, Zhu Ji had already initially completed the compilation of "Pocket Prescriptions".
After returning to the fiefdom in December of the 24th year of Hongwu last year, Zhu Ju was completely immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself.
Every day was spent exploring herbal medicine, which also led to his relationship with his sons getting worse and worse.
The eldest son Zhu Youdun was in charge of the vassal territory and was already very dissatisfied with him.
But Zhu Rui didn't care about these at all.
"Your Highness, the Duke of Song Dynasty is here to visit."
The old housekeeper in the capital entered the study and saw King Zhou thinking, but he had no choice but to disturb him.
He knew that if he waited, His Highness King Zhou might not even stop at sunset.
Such a soft cry obviously did not attract the attention of Zhu Zhu who was intoxicated.
The old housekeeper had no choice but to step forward and speak again.
When Zhu Ting heard this, he said in confusion: "My father-in-law is here? Why is he here? He shouldn't be training troops in Shanxi."
"Your Highness, Song Guogong is already waiting in the lobby." The old butler reminded again.
Zhu Zhu nodded, looked at the classics on the desk with some nostalgia, and followed the old housekeeper to the front lobby.
After leaving the study room, Zhu Rui realized what he was doing
Faced with the fact that his father-in-law came to him, he seemed very confused. After all, after the previous ban in the capital, even as a son-in-law, Zhu Rui had completely cut off contact with his father-in-law Feng Sheng.
However, the father-in-law has already arrived at the mansion. With his character, he must have something going on.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ru couldn't help but speed up his pace.
In the lobby, Feng Sheng looked at his son-in-law and felt quite sad.
Feng Sheng had two daughters, one of whom was married to the eldest son of Kaiping Zhongwu King Chang Yuchun, now Chang Mao, Duke of Zheng.
However, the relationship between him and his eldest son-in-law is not very good. There have been conflicts before, and they all went to His Majesty.
This second son-in-law, Zhu Rui, was considered excellent by Feng Sheng.
Not to mention filial piety, I don't have any other thoughts. I just don't do my job properly. As a vassal king, I ignore government affairs and focus on medicine.
"My son-in-law has met my father-in-law." Zhu Ru bowed his hands and said.
The relationship between Zhu Ji and Feng Sheng was still very good, even though Feng Sheng was jealous of Zhu Yuanzhang and had not seen each other for two or three years.
"You don't need to be polite," Feng Sheng said with a smile, lifting Zhu's hands to bow.
After the two were polite, Zhu Pingping stepped back and started chatting with Feng Sheng.
"My father-in-law, I don't know what happened when I came here this time."
Zhu Rui couldn't help but be direct. Zhu Rui had been afraid of his father since he was a child, and something like that had happened before.
Feng Sheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Tie'er. My father came here this time because of your majesty's order."
Zhu Rui was a little confused after hearing this and asked: "What is your father's purpose?"
Feng Sheng was a little helpless, knowing that his son-in-law was completely indifferent to what was going on outside the window and only read the books of sages.
I guess I don't understand the current situation in the capital at all.
He could only say: "Have you heard about the recent rumors about Xiaoling Mausoleum?"
Zhu Tong was stunned for a moment, and then said after thinking for a moment: "It seems that there was such a thing."
He remembered that there were eunuchs in the palace who brought him some information about the tomb of King Xiaoling and Yu.
However, he took a quick look at it and found that it had little to do with him, so he simply ignored it.
Feng Sheng had no choice but to tell the story of Xiaoling Mausoleum in detail.
After hearing this, Zhu Xi was still a little confused: "What does this have to do with my father-in-law coming to see my son-in-law?"
Feng Sheng had no choice but to continue telling about Zhu Ying.
After listening to this, Zhu Xi finally understood. However, what he said made Feng Sheng dumbfounded.
"It turns out that the delicious breakfast was brought to the teahouse by my eldest nephew. It's good. It seems that you don't have to worry about breakfast in the future."
"My father-in-law returned to Beijing late, and the breakfast at Ping'an Tea House by the Qinhuai River is extremely famous. One bite of it is truly delicious."
"It's a pity that there are so few. I miss it even more when I'm very hungry in the middle of the night."
After Zhu Ru heard this, he immediately recalled the deliciousness of breakfast.
This can be regarded as the place that left the deepest impression on him after he arrived in the capital from Kaifeng, the vassal territory.
Hearing that his son-in-law's words were not on the key point at all, Feng Sheng had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty summoned my father back to the capital this time to tutor His Highness the eldest grandson."
"I think the identity of His Highness Changsun has been confirmed by His Majesty after the Xiaoling incident."
"Your Majesty asked my father to come here to look for you. He probably also hopes that Tie'er can support His Highness Changsun. After all, it is difficult for many people to accept such a thing as resurrection from the dead."
Feng Sheng explained slowly.
But Zhu Xi said: "Since my father has already confirmed it, how can there be any falsehood? In places like Xiaoling, there are still people who can be evil. I think it was my eldest nephew who was lucky enough to escape.
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In Zhu's heart, his father Zhu Yuanzhang knew everything and had a very strong personal admiration.
This kind of personal worship is similar in the hearts of all princes and princesses, not just Zhu Zhu.
Although Zhu Ru loves reading, he is simple-minded because he has been studying medicine for many years.
This is very similar to the character of some researchers in later generations.
Feng Sheng nodded. No matter what he thought in his heart, he still wanted to meet His Highness Changsun first before talking.
Then he said: "If Tie'er has nothing to do, I can even go to His Highness Changsun's place with my father."
Zhu Zhu nodded, he still knew the priorities.
"My father-in-law, wait for my son-in-law for a moment."
After Zhu Rui finished speaking, he returned to the study and sorted out the previous records. At the same time, he also asked the old housekeeper to take good care of the precious flowers and plants in the yard.
He brought all these flowers and plants from Kaifeng. This was because Zhu Zhu knew that the time for condolences would not be short and he was worried about staying in the feudal territory, so he brought them all here.
While taking care of it, it is also convenient for research and recording.
In fact, in a sense, Zhu Ju is not exactly a doctor, but more like a botanist.
Among them, rice is also a type of plant, and it is also within the scope of Zhu Ju's research.