Chapter 240 Today after the seventh voyage to the West
Chapter 240 Today after the seventh voyage to the West...
"Are you sure that Wu Tianshi entered Wang Qin's foreign residence?" Ji Zong frowned and asked in a deep voice, looking at the servant who was prostrate on the ground in front of him. "How long did Wu Tianshi stay there? In addition,
How is it going?"
The servant said respectfully: "Young Master, I saw with my own eyes that Master Wu Datian entered the palace of Prince Wang Qin and didn't show up for a full hour. I was worried that someone would run into him, so I just stayed there.
I secretly followed Heavenly Master Wu, and only after he returned to the temple did I meet him."
"Master Wu told me that he had given the prince two pills of pills. The prince gave him two hundred taels of silver and said that if the medicine is effective, he should buy it from others in the future."
"Very good, Sun Qi. You'll have to work hard again and give Wu Tianshi a thousand taels of silver, and also give him a few copies of the calligraphy stickers his son wrote while studying with the teacher in the past few days, so that he can feel at ease.
Tell him that as long as he follows our instructions, not only can he save the lives of his whole family, but he can also make a fortune, enough to keep his family wealthy for a lifetime. Do you understand?" Sun Jizong exhaled slowly.
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"Don't worry, young master, I understand." The servant named Sun Qi nodded understandingly, bowed respectfully, and then exited the study and hurried away.
Xianzong, the second oldest brother next to him, took a deep breath. There was no trace of joy on his face, but a gloomy look of worry. "Brother, is it too risky for us to do this? And we are hiding it from our father."
them……"
Sun Jizong withdrew his gaze from outside the study room and fell on Sun Xianzong. He raised his hand and patted Sun Xianzong on the shoulder: "Second brother, my father has been in poor health during this period, and the third and fourth brothers are also in poor health.
While we are busy working on the Emperor's affairs, we brothers have to share the Emperor's worries. You know, our old Sun family, if we follow His Majesty the Emperor, we will both be prosperous and suffer..."
"Now, if we didn't have spies in the palace and happened to know about this, we would have really missed this rare opportunity." Sun Jizong sat down, took a sip of tea, and saw that although Sun Xianzong looked slightly
He was relieved, but still had doubts. Sun Jizong gently advised: "Now, His Majesty the Emperor has made so many arrangements in the Xuan Mansion, and we are all seeing it. We uncles, how can we not help them.
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"Besides, brother, I just arranged such a secret chess move. If they insist on running into them, then it's no wonder that they are here." Sun Jizong stroked his long beard under his chin with a cold smile on his face.
"But brother, you need to be careful about this matter. If there is any leakage..." Sun Xianzong nodded, showing a ruthless look on his face.
Sun Jizong saw the change in Sun Xianzong's expression, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and explained with a smile: "Sun Qi is the son of our family, and his loyalty to our old Sun family is unquestionable. As for the few who were sent by me for my brother,
The same is true for all slaves, you can rest assured when they do things, there will definitely be nothing wrong with them."
"Brother, is Wu Tianshi really reliable?" Sun Xianzong asked again.
"Wu Tianshi's layman's surname was Wu. He was originally a handyman at Qingyun Temple in Zhuozhou. Later, he got some aphrodisiac prescriptions from some alchemist, so he simply pretended to be a Taoist priest and took the Taoist name.
Wu Qingzi, who specializes in using elixirs in exchange for money, has been in the capital for almost five or six years. He has a wife, two concubines, three daughters and a son in his hometown in Zhuozhou. He pretends to be traveling every year, but in fact he is returning to his hometown..."
Sun Jizong curled his lips and continued with a bit of embarrassment and helplessness: "What a coincidence, your useless nephew once sent someone to buy medicine. Later, the domestic slave who saw him went to Zhuozhou for business
At that time, I saw Wu Tianshi dressed as a rich man, traveling with his wife and children... It happened that the wife of the slave was a close relative of your sister-in-law, so your sister-in-law found out about it. Only then did your brother know that he had to clean up the house.
I'm kidding. But my brother didn't pay much attention to this at that time..."
That's right, my dignified uncle, no matter what, why would you bother a guy who sells aphrodisiacs? He just listens to it.
But who would have thought that these days, Zhu Qiyu has been obsessed with the game of hide-and-seek. This guy's small body is not as strong as an ox. In just two months, his body has become a little bit rough.
When it was empty, the amount of supplements in the palace increased greatly.
And this news reached the ears of Sun Jizong. After thinking about it, he thought about this fake Taoist priest who was selling aphrodisiacs in the Taoist temple in the middle of Beijing and became more and more famous, so he started planning. Originally, he thought about letting Wu Tianshi
Take the initiative to donate elixirs.
However, who would have thought that there was no safe way to ask Wu Tianshi to donate the elixir. Over there, Wang Qin actually sent someone to visit him. Since he had bumped into Sun Jizong's arrangement, he felt in his heart
Sun Jizong, who was worried that he could not find a solution, naturally felt that he was so happy that he had come from heaven, so there was no reason to shirk the blame.
"God's will is like this, God's will is like this..." Hearing this, Sun Xianzong couldn't help but shake his head, with a look of disdain on his face. This was a standard self-defeat, so it's no wonder.
"Second brother, just rest assured. In fact, that Wu Tianshi didn't do anything harmful. It's just that he slightly increased the original amount of medicine by 20%." Sun Jizong's mouth tilted. "If so.
For ordinary people, if you try it once in a while, 20% of the dose will not cause much harm to the body, but if you don't restrain it for many years..."
"What will happen?" Sun Xianzong couldn't help but ask. Sun Jizong just smiled mysteriously and didn't say much. However, Sun Xianzong had already seen something from his brother's strange expression, and he shuddered slightly in his heart.
, but when he thought of the hardships his nephew and the prince had suffered, Sun Xianzong threw away his last trace of hesitation.
The south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and the scenery has long been familiar. Since ancient times, this place has been the dream of Chinese literati, and it has accumulated any beautiful fantasy of the four seasons: in the spring, you can hear the spring dawn on the green embankment; in the summer, you can enjoy the lotus seeds deep in the lotus countryside; in the autumn, you can drink wine and appreciate the autumn moon;
In winter, walking in the snow to look for plum blossoms...
Now, it is March in spring, when many places in the Ming Dynasty are still feeling a bit cold, but the spring is already melting in the south of the Yangtze River, the willow silk is clear, the city is full of light and the fragrance of flowers, and dozens of people can't hide the weathered look on their faces.
The tall man was admiring this prosperous metropolis with rivers, mountains and rivers, Zhongshan and Longpan with a look of curiosity on his face.
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The leader was a handsome young man who was no more than 20 years old. He raised his finger and pointed around, and introduced to the fierce knights and several people behind him with a smile: "This is it.
Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, was our imperial capital in the early Ming Dynasty and is now the accompanying capital. The history of this city can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, with successively the Wu Kingdom, Eastern Wu State, Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Song, Qi and Liang Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties.
, Chen (historically known as the Six Dynasties), the capital of the Sui Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty..."
"What a misty and rainy Jiangnan. I haven't seen anything like this since I left here twenty years ago..." Inside the team, a middle-aged man in brocade robes, nearly fifty years old, was caressing
He has a long beard and is quite emotional.
"Master Yin, have you ever stayed in Nanjing?" The young scholar couldn't help but be stunned. He slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Looking at Wan Sheng's memory, your master went to the West with the eunuch Sanbao. How could he not be in Nanjing?"
Stayed."
"Haha, I actually stayed in Nanjing for less than a year. In the fifth year of Xuande's reign, I became the Sanbao eunuch and wandered on the ocean for several years. In July of the eighth year of Xuande's reign, I arrived in Nanjing. Less than a year later, I followed Nanjing again.
The garrison prince (Wang Jinghong) went on a diplomatic mission to the Southeast Asian countries. In the tenth year of Xuande, in order to send Hani Zhehan, the younger brother of the King of Sumatra, to Beijing to pay tribute, I stayed in Beijing to serve in the Ministry of Works and never came south again. I don’t want to think that there will be more in this life.
When I come back to this place again..." Mr. Yin looked at the spring rivers, green waters and colorful Nanjing, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. "I don't know how many of my old friends from the past are still here today."
The young scholar smiled and comforted: "Master Yin, what you said is wrong. When we went to the Western Ocean, there were tens of thousands of people, and most of them were in their prime.
When there are quite a few alive."
"That's true, but it's a pity that the Three Treasures eunuch and the prince are both deceased. If we can get the help of these two people, your Majesty's wish can be realized soon." Mr. Yin's surname is Yin Mingwei, and his courtesy name is Xirui. He was formerly the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.
Since his ancestors were engaged in maritime trade, he is quite proficient in maritime affairs and shipbuilding. When he was in his prime, he once sailed to the West with the eunuch Sanbao, reaching as far as the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa.
He followed Wang Jinghong to Nanyang and accumulated rich experience.
However, after arriving in Beijing in the ninth year of Xuande, he never returned to his beloved navigation career and became an official of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing. During the Battle of Tumubao, as a man who was very skilled in equipment
Yin Wei, a familiar doctor from the Ministry of Industry, also went with the army and was eventually captured. In the end, he was rescued by Zhu Qizhen.
When he heard that Yin Wei was actually one of Zheng He's voyages to the West, Zhu Qizhen was stunned for half a cup of tea. After that, he turned to this doctor who was already cold-hearted and disheartened and only wanted to return to his hometown.
Forced to stay.
At that time, Zhu Qizhen, who was still a prisoner of war in Wasi, did not know when he would be used. However, Zhu Qizhen knew very well that if this guy did not stay, it would prove that he was not qualified to be an excellent time traveler.
.Before the advent of the Western Age of Discovery, I am afraid that all my current hopes can only be pinned on him.
After Zhu Qizhen returned to Xuanfu, he had in-depth exchanges with Dr. Yin in various aspects, and finally made Dr. Yin understand that Zhu Qizhen indeed had the determination and courage to rebuild the Ming Dynasty maritime affairs and expand official maritime trade.
, then he made up his mind to serve under Zhu Qizhen.
But this time, it was because of his suggestion that Zhu Qizhen realized this major problem because of the Xuanfu affairs and the plan to regain the throne, so he sent the Xuanfu man named Zhao who was originally from Nanjing.
The team led by officials rushed to Nanjing to make arrangements and preparations.
At this time, eighteen years have passed since the seventh voyage to the Western Ocean, and sixteen years have passed since Wang Jinghong returned from Nanyang...
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***: After Zhu Qiyu came to power, his level of lechery, from the fact that he brought twelve girls into the palace at one time, can be deduced that sex is like a bone-scraping steel knife.
At this moment, the people who made the seven voyages to the West are still there. More than ten years have passed, but the old principle is still there. We will not engage in large-scale voyages unless Zhu Zhu is really good at it. Well, fellow folks, give me some recommendation votes.