If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 70 Luck Compass
After receiving Zhu Di's order, after leaving the Qianqing Palace, the first place Zhu Zhanqi went to was not elsewhere but the Ministry of Husbandry.

If you want to do things, you cannot do without money. If you want to use money, you must first go to the accounts department.

Xia Yuanji is still very welcoming to Zhu Zhanchun. Although Zhu Zhanchun has already outlined the new treasury for them and they just need to follow it, but Xia Yuanji still hopes to get Zhu Zhanchun's hand over some detailed issues. guided.

It's just that Zhu Zhanqun came to the Ministry of Revenue today not for this matter.

"Xia Shangshu, my grandfather has a decree, asking me to cast a fortune compass for the imperial court to observe the destiny of our country in the Ming Dynasty. It may cost a sum of money and grain. Let me say hello to you first and see how much grain can be used. You know what you're doing." Zhu Zhanjun didn't be too polite to Xia Yuanji. After the scene was over, he told Xia Yuanji his purpose of coming.

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but feel a little helpless and unhappy at Zhu Zhanchun's request.

Although Xia Yuanji was recommended to the Imperial Academy by his hometown and did not take the imperial examination to enter official career, he could still be regarded as an orthodox scholar.

Most traditional scholars reject all kinds of nonsense. After all, there are too many examples of such things harming the country. At the same time, they are naturally in conflict with Confucianism itself.

The Master does not talk about strange powers and confuses the gods, but respects them and keeps them at a distance. This is the Confucian attitude towards gods and immortals.

So even though Xia Yuanji was a pragmatic official and had a good impression of Zhu Zhanquan, he still said in a preaching tone: "Your Highness, the Second Emperor, the sage said, 'Respect ghosts and gods and keep them at a distance'. This theory of ghosts and gods is inherently It’s all illusory. The fate of the country lies in the king’s appointment of talents and admonitions. If all officials are upright and upright, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, then the country can prosper and the country’s destiny will prosper and last. It is not about pleasing the king with the things of ghosts and gods. Your Highness, you..."

Xia Yuanji was kind-hearted. After all, Zhu Zhanquan would be a prince at the very least in the future. If he was keen on ghosts and gods, in the eyes of traditional Confucian scholar-bureaucrats, it would be harmful to the country but not beneficial.

Especially now, Zhu Zhanjun is still "beguiling" the emperor Zhu Di to do ghosts and gods. This is undoubtedly a kind of "villain" and "treacherous person" in the Confucian concept.

This means that no one in the court has received the news. If anyone knew that Zhu Zhanquan wanted to build a fortune compass to observe the national destiny, they would definitely regard him as the kind of treacherous man who offered auspiciousness and deceived the king with ghosts and gods. The memorial of impeachment overwhelmed him.

However, this did not bother Zhu Zhanchun. He just took out something inlaid with gold and jade from his sleeve and placed it in front of Xia Yuanji.

This thing is carried by a dragon with a dragon head and a turtle body. The main body is a hollow golden ball supported by three jade pillars. The golden ball is composed of seven nested golden rings. Each golden ring is also inlaid with Gemstones of various colors look extremely gorgeous.

But these are not the real key to this thing. The most important part is a disk-shaped blue jade stone with a layer of light clouds floating on it, which looks very mysterious. "What is this?" Xia Yuanji was well-informed, but he had never seen the thing in front of him.

"This is the Qi Luck Compass. It can measure the destiny of the country and show it on this compass. However, mine is a small one. If it is used to measure the destiny of the country, it can only give a rough idea. I suggested that grandpa build a big one. The national destiny of our Ming Dynasty can be seen clearly and intuitively, so that in the future, whatever policies the court adjusts and what happens in the local areas can be reflected in the national destiny at the first time." Zhu Zhanjuan introduced to Xia Yuanji He looked at what looked like an armillary sphere in front of him, and casually moved one of the golden rings to make it rotate.

In Xia Yuanji's surprised eyes, the golden ring on the 'armillary sphere' rotated rapidly, causing the other golden rings and even the jade disc in the middle to also rotate, and the clouds covering it also followed. It writhed and immediately enveloped the entire 'Armillary Sphere', making it look like a golden and blue cloud ball.

Immediately, the clouds dispersed and turned into a map of the Ming Dynasty formed by clouds. The mountains, rivers and mountains were clearly visible, and even cities from all over the country were clearly visible on this map formed by clouds. Xia Yuanji While Weiwei was amazed, he also had a clear understanding of Zhu Zhanchun's methods.

After all, Xia Yuanji had seen Zhu Zhanqun’s high-definition map depicting the geographical trends of the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and since he was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he had a clear idea of ​​where the cities were in the Ming Dynasty. How could he do it with these two facts confirmed? Can’t you tell that the cloud in front of you is what the Ming Dynasty looks like now?

While being amazed, Xia Yuanji also noticed that the golden and cyan lights were constantly flowing on the map, making the entire map look brilliant and brilliant.

Both colors are scattered throughout the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but the closer to the city, the richer the cyan, and the same is true for the gold, and the closer to Nanjing, the brighter it becomes. It looks like two nets covering the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness the Second Emperor, I wonder what these two colors of gold and blue mean?" Xia Yuanji obviously guessed that these two kinds of light are related to the luck that Zhu Zhanqi mentioned before, but he didn't quite understand what it was.

Zhu Zhanjun's hand brushed over these clouds, bringing up a wisp of clouds and disrupting the cloud map, but soon the cloud map returned to its original state.

"This is the national destiny and public sentiment of the Ming Dynasty. The green color represents the people's sentiments towards the Ming Dynasty. A rich color means that the people here are all devoted to the Ming Dynasty. If the color is dim, it means that the people here are disloyal and the people do not believe in the imperial court." Zhan Yun's explanation sounded very simple and easy to understand, but the words he said made Xia Yuanji's scalp numb. However, it was not over yet: "The golden one is the national destiny of my Ming Dynasty. This place is good for the entire country of the Ming Dynasty. This golden place The flow of light will become stronger and stronger. This is not only limited to how many talents this place has sent to the court and how much taxes it has contributed, but also how much this place has contributed to the entire Ming Dynasty.

For example, the biggest contribution of Jianghuai and other places to the Ming Dynasty was taxes, while Huguang produced grain, silk from Su Song, and salt from Sichuan. These are all things closely related to the Ming Dynasty, and they will be intuitively reflected in the national destiny. "

At this point, Zhu Zhanchun seemed to see that Xia Yuanji had understood how terrible it was to be able to directly see the national destiny, and gave him another shot: "That is to say, my destiny compass is too small. If I can do it, A big one is placed outside the Hongwu Gate, so that the ministers can see every corner of the Ming Dynasty every morning when they go to court, and see how much role each yamen played in the national destiny and people's hearts of the Ming Dynasty. They can even find out What a role each official played."

　Originally this wouldn't be released so early, but considering that everyone doesn't seem to want to just watch the historical plot, I made some adjustments. I also need to make changes to the outline. The update may be slow in the past two days. I apologize.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)