Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 132 132: The relationship between the vassals is only superficial brotherhood

So, even if these sons behave badly in front of him, if they really want to conflate vassals and move to fiefdoms, then there is no telling what they will become!

Moreover, these vassal brothers usually have little contact with each other. They are more superficial brothers, and it is rare for a few to have true feelings!

For example, Lao Jiu, before becoming a vassal, lived alone in the Yingtian Mansion Palace and rarely got along with other princes!

He heard the news that Lao Jiu was related to other sons. Basically, a certain son provoked Lao Jiu again, and he was beaten by Lao Jiu!

Apart from this kind of news, there is basically no news that can connect him with other princes!

Of course, Zhu Biao is an exception!

Because every time Lao Jiu gets into trouble, Zhu Biao, the eldest brother, will intercede for him!

Especially because he got into trouble!

Therefore, Lao Jiu's popularity among the princes and brothers is really not good!

But since Lao Jiu developed the northwest, looking at the reactions of these vassal brothers, who doesn’t want to have a good relationship with Lao Jiu and get a piece of the pie?

In addition, from the simulator, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the relationship between the fourth son Zhu Di and the twelfth king Zhu Bai seemed to be pretty good!

As for how deep the relationship between the two brothers is, and whether it is really that deep of brotherly love, it is unknown!

King Xiang and Zhu Yunwen are almost the same age, and Zhu Bai is a few years older than Zhu Yunwen. It can be said that they grew up together and their relationship is good!

But after Zhu Yunwen came to power, he directly killed his twelfth uncle, who he had played with since childhood, and even gave him a bad posthumous title!

At that time, Zhu Di, the fourth child in Peiping, was so angry that he was looking for a knife everywhere, wishing he could chop this beast Zhu Yunzhen alive!

But even if the fourth brother Zhu Di was good enough, he still couldn't beat the old nine in the end because the old nine was even better than him!

"Ugh……"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh!

Maybe if you were born into an emperor's family, your family ties will slowly fade away, right?

"That's all, you're going to be vassal soon, so you can stay and have dinner with us at noon today!"

"It just so happens that your eldest brother is also in Fengtian Temple, let's have a good chat with each other!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Gui on the shoulder, turned around and walked back towards Fengtian Hall.

Seeing this, Zhu Gui hurriedly followed from behind!

He doesn't want to appear too cowardly in front of the old man, but when he is alone with the old man, he will show it unconsciously!

If the eldest brother Zhu Biao is also around, this uneasiness will be reduced a lot!

In fact, not only he feels this way, but other princes also feel this way!

The reason is also very simple. Whenever they make a mistake and are beaten and scolded by the old man, it is the eldest brother Zhu Biao who will definitely stand up in front of them!

This is the sense of security that comes from being a boss!

Even if it comes to Lao Jiu, the same applies!

……

Fengtian Temple.

After Zhu Biao finished reviewing the memorial in hand, he was ready to return to the East Palace for dinner.

But as soon as he got up, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang leading the thirteenth Zhu Gui in!

"My dear brother, see His Highness the Crown Prince!"

After Zhu Gui saw Zhu Biao, he was obviously relieved and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Anyone familiar with Zhu Yuanzhang's family knows that, except for a few legitimate sons, among the concubine princes, only Lao Jiu dared to directly call Zhu Yuanzhang father and Zhu Biao's eldest brother!

On occasions like this, when there are no foreign ministers around, no matter whether it is Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di or Zhu Fan, they will definitely call them daddy or eldest brother!

The same goes for Lao Jiu Zhu Querk!

As for the other princes, when they meet Zhu Yuanzhang, they are their father, and when they meet Zhu Biao, they are His Royal Highness the Prince. At most, they can call him "Big Brother, Prince!"

This is the difference between concubine and concubine!

Of course, if you break it down further, there are differences even among the five direct princes!

Because Zhu Biao is Zhu Chongba's son, and the other four are Zhu Yuanzhang's sons!

There is a Zhu Chongba and a Zhu Yuanzhang, the difference is huge!

Zhu Yuanzhang may not have realized that the reason why his sons are so different is largely due to this gap!

"The thirteenth brother is here too?"

"I didn't expect you to look stronger after I haven't seen you for a while!"

"I heard that your riding and shooting skills have improved a lot?"

When Zhu Biao saw his younger brother, he smiled, stepped forward, patted Zhu Gui on the shoulder and looked at him with a smile.

"Thank you for the compliment, His Royal Highness!"

Zhu Gui grinned, and he relaxed a lot in front of Zhu Biao!

This is just like the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. It is the same reason that they have two completely different feelings when facing Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao!

"Call brother!"

Zhu Biao reminded dissatisfiedly.

"Brother Prince!"

Zhu Gui hesitated.

Zhu Biao was helpless. Sometimes he was actually quite annoyed by these Confucian rules, especially when he was in the royal family, the emphasis was on the king being supreme!

He is the Crown Prince and the eldest brother of these brothers!

But the status of the prince is more important, followed by the eldest brother!

The direct children are okay and don't have to pay so much attention to them. After all, they grew up together and have a close relationship!

Except for Lao Jiu, almost all the concubines had the same virtues as Zhu Gui!

Sure enough, those who can achieve great things are those who do not stick to trivial matters!

"Don't go back to the East Palace at noon. Old Thirteen is here just now. Let's have a meal together, father, son and brother!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gave direct instructions to Zhu Biao.

"That's a good feeling!"

Zhu Biao smiled and agreed.

After lunch, Zhu Gui behaved himself!

But after having lunch together, Zhu Gui seemed to be running away, making an excuse and ran away!

Seeing Zhu Gui leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled bitterly and shook his head!

It seems that as a father, he is usually a bit strict with his sons, but he is not so afraid, right?

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take this matter too seriously. For him, this matter was not painful at all!

"Thirteenth brother is still young, and he will eventually grow up after a period of time in the feudal clan!"

Zhu Biao also saw the problem between the old man and Zhu Gui, and he also laughed bitterly.

In fact, think about it personally, what would it be like if you had a father who killed people and chopped off their heads at every turn?

His father was an emperor who killed without blinking an eye, it was exciting enough to think about it!

Zhu Biao can more or less understand the mentality of these brothers!

"I hope so!"

"By the way, what do you think of these matches?" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand noncommittally, then caught a glimpse of the boxes of matches placed on Long's desk, and asked directly.

Nowadays, the matches made in Hanzhong can be found all over the Ming Dynasty!

Lao Jiu also specially sent a large car to the palace, and said that a batch would be sent every month!

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew the existence of matches in the simulator, and it was also a good thing made by Lao Jiu that can make fire!

He naturally knows that this thing is cheap and can be used by ordinary people. It can be said to be a good thing that benefits the country and the people!

For example, ordinary folk methods and fire-making tools such as fire sticks are much more cumbersome than matches, and there are also great safety hazards, and it is easy to cause water leakage!

Matches are not only high-quality and low-priced, but most importantly, they are safe!

Moreover, Match can now be said to have caused quite a stir in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Many people, including ordinary people, felt a sense of astonishment when they saw a match for the first time, and then immediately replaced it with tools like fire sticks!

"Matches are naturally a good thing, and mass production and export can be considered a good thing that benefits the country and the people!"

"Sure enough, Lao Jiu has a lot of novel ideas. I wonder how he came up with them?"

Zhu Biao nodded, and he also knew that commodities such as matches, a daily necessity that is available to everyone, must also be the most violent industry!

Looking at the current industries in Hanzhong, they basically make Lao Jiu a lot of money. Even he looks envious!

"This is the importance of talent development!"

"These things that Lao Jiu tinkered with were not created by him alone!"

Zhu Yuanzhang reminded him with a serious face.

"That's true, but when it comes to talents in this field, the Ministry of Industry should not be short of it. Why can't the imperial court research these things?"

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement, but at the same time he became more confused.

Is this the difference between people?

It can’t be said that these talents raised by the imperial court are actually just losers, right?

Only the talents cultivated by Lao Jiu are the real talents?

Then doesn’t the key problem still lie with Lao Jiu?

"When we go back to Hanzhong, we'll ask Lao Jiu in person!"

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly sighed, Zhu Biao's question was on point!

The greatest possibility is that Lao Jiu also has an auspicious sign of national luck!

If it weren't for Zhu Yuanzhang's age, but if he were ten years younger, he could be like Lao Jiu and get all kinds of skills directly from the exchange office in Guoyun Mall!

But now that Lao Jiu has come up with these technologies, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer needs to spend national fortune points to redeem these technologies!

Wouldn't it be nice to keep the simulator activated and upgrade it for the national luck and auspiciousness?

"It's a pity that I can't accompany my father!"

Zhu Biao also had a look of yearning on his face!

To be honest, if there was a chance, he really wanted to sit down and have a talk with Lao Jiu face to face!

It's a pity that the old man can only go to Hanzhong first and have an interview with Lao Jiu!

As long as the father and son can reach an agreement, he will be able to see Lao Jiu again!

"Actually, the cement roads will be built in the future, and it won't take long to travel between Hanzhong and Yingtian. You brothers will be able to meet each other after all!"

"By the way, how is the progress of the cement road?"

Zhu Yuanzhang comforted Zhu Biao, and then directly asked about the situation of cement road construction.

"The 150,000 workers recruited were divided into fifteen construction teams according to the previous plan. Each of the 10,000 workers was responsible for building a two-hundred-mile road section, which is equivalent to building three thousand miles at the same time!"

"If we hurry up, it will be completed by the beginning of next spring!"

Zhu Biao explained with a smile.

Three thousand miles is equivalent to fifteen hundred kilometers in future generations!

The straight-line distance from Yingtianfu to Hanzhongfu is about a thousand kilometers, but the actual cement road built has extended the distance by at least half!

Everyone knows that the straight-line distance between two points is the shortest, but cement roads can only be laid on the basis of the original official roads. Otherwise, it would really be necessary to dig mountains and build bridges, which may not be possible after several years of effort. Certainly!

There is nothing we can do about this!

If you have to take a detour, the distance will definitely be increased accordingly!

What's more, when the cement road is built, it is not just to serve the two places of Hanzhong and Yingtian. The state capitals along the way must also take care of it. The three thousand miles of road are already too short. !

"that's fine!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction.

It won’t be long until spring next year!

Zhu Yuanzhang can't wait to go to Hanzhong Mansion to take a look. I am afraid that only Zhu Biao can understand this feeling, and no one else can understand it!

After all, the news from Hanzhong that I hear every day is all from other people's mouths or written in memorials. How can it be as real as what I saw with my own eyes?

……

Hanzhong Mansion.

After Zhu Li was busy with matters in the palace, he took some time to come to Dingjun Mountain again.

But this time Zhu Yue is not here for retreat, but for a Taoist temple!

In Dingjun Mountain, in addition to Zhu Li's own Taoist temple, the newly built Emperor Soul Tower, and the Jijun Tomb, there are also a large number of small Taoist temples!

Today, Taoism is prevalent in the northwest, especially around Hanzhong Prefecture!

There are also several Taoist temples on Dingjun Mountain!

It’s just that compared to several Taoist temples around Hanzhong City, the Taoist temples here have very little incense. After all, if ordinary people want to go to a Taoist temple, they have to choose the one closest to them!

Moreover, this group of Taoist priests are not as involved as the monks in the temple. They compete with each other to see who is more popular, and they don't even bring themselves publicity!

Therefore, these Taoist temples on Dingjun Mountain can be said to be the most miserable ones in Hanzhong!

Some Taoist temples that only appeared in recent years are pretty good, especially those that have been around for hundreds of years. Now they are in ruins. They can’t even get the money for repairs, so they can only live hand-to-mouth!

And this group of self-proclaimed and arrogant old-fashioned people don’t even bother to use other means to make money, so they created such a situation!

Zhu Yue also discovered that except for the Taoist temples in Dingjun Mountain, Taoist priests in other places were basically idle. Apart from practicing Taoism, there seemed to be nothing to do on weekdays!

And these self-proclaimed Niubi will not easily accept the favor of the Han Palace!

So Zhu Yue thought of coming to these awesome Taoists to discuss it, so that each of their Taoist temples could form a team to exorcise corpses!

Especially in Sichuan and western Hunan, people often die in strange places!

For example, people who were robbed or robbed, or died in various accidents in the mountains and old forests, even those who were bitten by snakes, or attacked by wild beasts, we caught a lot of them!

In short, these cases of abnormal death are difficult to deal with, and it is even more difficult to deal with the corpse!

And everyone wants to be able to return to their roots after death, right?

Zhu Yue wanted to allow these Taoist priests to form a team to exorcise corpses. On the one hand, it could be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, and on the other hand, it could be regarded as earning some incense money for these Taoist temples!

(End of this chapter)