Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 107 What a good thing
That day, Zhu Di and Zhu Yunfeng talked until late at night, discussing the design of the political system.

And during this process, Zhu Di benefited a lot.

Not only did we have a clearer understanding of the logic of power operation, but most importantly, we also sorted out the top-down structure of the bureaucratic organization.

It’s not that the ancients didn’t do research in this area, but they didn’t conduct systematic classification and analysis.

For example, in the dispute between imperial power and prime ministerial power, the emperor would only instinctively feel that his power was being offended, but he might not necessarily realize why it offended him.

Therefore, even if many emperors dealt with the prime ministers, their centralization of power was only temporary.

Once the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, under the original old rules and regulations, the power of the prime minister still eroded the imperial power, leading to the emergence of powerful ministers.

Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who looked at problems more deeply. He chose to completely end the prime minister system, but he could not summarize the principles behind it because he was a natural politician, not a theoretical analyst.

Zhu Di was also a natural politician. He knew what to do naturally, but he could not understand the specific reasons and in-depth analysis.

It just so happened that Zhu Yunfeng had many years of theoretical knowledge of keyboard politics and knew a lot of miscellaneous professional terms.

As a result, the two of them were like dry wood meeting raging fire.

The combination of theory and practice quickly explained and clarified some of Zhu Di's original puzzles.

Late at night, Zhu Yunfeng and his team left behind the searchlights and a large amount of supplies and went back to sleep.

Starting tomorrow, little Zhu Di will come over to provide guidance on agriculture.

But not long after, at three quarters past the morning of the next day, which was around six o'clock in the morning, Zhu Di was woken up after sleeping for less than two hours.

It’s not that he is going to attend the court, but Daoyan has arrived.

At the beginning of the month, Zhu Di was attacking Huainan, but encountered resistance from Mei Yin and was unable to capture it.

At this time, Monk Daoyan suggested to him that he should bypass Huai'an, lead the army to forcefully cross the Yangtze River, and capture Nanjing city first.

However, attacking around a city is a taboo in military strategy.

Not to mention that if they bypass the city for a surprise attack, if the attack fails, the subsequent food and supplies are likely to be cut off, resulting in a crushing defeat.

Just to say that if during the attack, the army in the rear city suddenly attacked and was attacked from both sides by the enemy in the front, then the Yan army would most likely fall into a very embarrassing situation.

So you can avoid it, but you can’t help but be on guard.

So Zhu Di asked his two sons and Daoyan to lead a small force to stay behind to guard against Mei Yin, while he led the main force to attack Puzikou directly.

Later, when Zhu Di was trying to cross the Yangtze River at Puzikou, he was once caught in a tough battle.

It was Daoyan who immediately ordered Zhu Gaoxu to lead reinforcements to arrive in time, fight bravely and defeat Sheng Yong, which led to Zhu Di's successful usurpation of the throne.

After the incident, Daoyan led the rear guard to Nanjing.

However, there happened to be a sudden rainstorm in Huainan, and the water level of the Yangtze River rose sharply, which delayed the trip. We did not arrive until today, more than ten days later.

Zhu Di had said long ago that if Daoyan arrived, he would ask him to come to see him immediately, no matter when.

Upon learning that Daoyan had arrived, Zhu Di was very happy. He immediately ordered people to light the candles in the West Palace and asked Daoyan to come to see him immediately. Then he got dressed.

About a quarter of an hour later, Daoyan met Zhu Di in the study of the West Palace.

"Si Dao, you are finally here."

Zhu Di was delighted when he saw Daoyan coming in.

Daoyan had not yet resumed his secular name at this time, so he was not yet Yao Guangxiao. Zhu Di usually called him by his courtesy name.

He was very tall, with a shaved head with scars, and looked like a monk. He was wearing a black sash robe, with a light red cassock on the outside.

This is the monk's robe given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he has been wearing it until today.

After seeing Zhu Di, Daoyan clasped his hands together and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"sit."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Daoyan sat down, he said, "Your Majesty, the matter of Taizu."

Zhu Di nodded and said, "It's true. I had already reached the Qianqing Palace and was about to capture the young Emperor Yunwen alive, but I didn't expect to see a person standing on the jade steps. I turned around and saw him. I was almost scared to death."

"Is there really such a miracle?"

Daoyan frowned.

He felt that his cognition had been somewhat subverted.

On the way here, he had heard countless people tell him that Taizu had truly been resurrected.

As for Daoyan, his first reaction was that Zhu Yunwen was forging the facts.

But then the idea was overturned.

The reason is very simple. If Zhu Yunwen forged the throne, then the fake Taizu would definitely help Zhu Yunwen instead of Zhu Di.

In such a public situation, even Zhu Di himself admitted that it was Taizu. No matter how many people saw it, Zhu Di could not silence tens of thousands of people.

Even if Zhu Di was determined to kill Zhu Yunwen and the fake Taizu, once the news spread, Zhu Di would be criticized by countless people.

Even the other vassal kings in the border towns would use this excuse and reason to rebel.

Therefore, if Zhu Yunwen really created a fake Taizu and this fake Taizu was controlled by him, it would make no sense for him to choose to help Zhu Di at that time.

What's more, Zhu Yunwen's reaction also explains everything.

Therefore, there is only one possibility, that is, this Taizu was not controlled by Zhu Yunwen, and Zhu Yunwen did not even know of his existence before.

This means that this Taizu is a real possibility!

That's ridiculous.

It is simply an eternal myth that a dead person can be resurrected.

“It’s unbelievable.”

Even though Zhu Di admitted it himself, Daoyan still couldn't believe it, but he slowly calmed down and said, "It would be great if I could see Taizu with my own eyes."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "They say that my father is fighting in the immortal world. What do you think?"

"That sounds like fooling a three-year-old."

“But I believed it.”

"Oh?"

Daoyan thought about it carefully, and then said, "Your Majesty should indeed believe it."

"Ha ha ha ha."

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Since it is beneficial to oneself, why not go into it and think about it in detail?

Not to mention that Taizu was fighting in the fairy world, even if Taizu became the Jade Emperor, it wouldn’t matter.

The important thing is that this is extremely beneficial to Zhu Di's rule.

So sometimes people just have to be confused.

Don't be too curious.

"It's not without benefits. They sent a lot of rice seeds and some things called urea."

Zhu Di said: "They say that if you plant this rice and add urea, you can get 9 to 10 dan per mu."

"Nine to ten stones? That is indeed a method used by immortals."

"And this, take a look."

"Oh?"

Daoyan took the booklet from Zhu Di.

The paper felt as smooth as silk in the hand, and was definitely not from this mortal world.

Open a page and you will see it filled with institutional designs.

The disadvantages and possible disadvantages that may arise in the future are also explained one by one.

Daoyan read it very carefully.

After more than half an hour, he closed his notebook and said, "Could this be a decree made by Taizu?"

"He is the guardian of Taizu, named Zhu Yunfeng."

"Also surnamed Zhu, maybe?"

"I don't know, but since Taizu was able to bring me here when I just came of age, maybe I am from my clan."

Zhu Di was not so sure.

Zhu Yunfeng does have some similarities with Taizu in his brows, but only a little bit.

"Your Majesty in your coming-of-age period?"

Daoyan became interested and asked, "Where is it?"

"He will come over this afternoon, so we can meet then."

"Ah."

"Si Dao, what do you think of this system?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Daoyan thought for a moment and said, "He has some of Taizu's style, but he acts in a relatively gentle manner."

Zhu Yuanzhang's style here refers to the consciousness of centralization.

Acting moderately means no longer implementing the caste household registration system, the garrison system, and the system of mutual denunciation, which put everyone in danger, so brutally.

It can be said that the strategy proposed by Zhu Yunfeng greatly strengthened the monarchy in politics and created a fairly relaxed social environment for people's livelihood.

There are advantages and disadvantages for officials, it just depends on how you look at it.

"Do you think this is feasible?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Daoyan pondered for a long time before saying, "Yes, many of the rules left by Taizu are indeed outdated, and this rule is not disadvantageous to Your Majesty."

"Okay, then starting from tomorrow, we will first adjust the officials in the court, and then officially implement this system."

Zhu Di no longer hesitated.

This is probably the reason why Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty carried out the Yuanfeng Reform.

Only by strengthening the imperial power can we do more.

The two continued chatting for a long time.

At the beginning of the morning, Zhu Di saw that Daoyan's face was frosted, so he let him go to rest first and gave him a mansion.

But Daoyan declined and lived in Qingliang Temple outside the palace.

In the afternoon, Zhu Di and Daoyan took a rest. Little Zhu Di happened to come over. Big Zhu Di asked Daoyan to follow him. The monk looked at little Zhu Di and was secretly shocked.

This is exactly the same as His Majesty when he was young, just a little fatter.

You have to know that Daoyan followed Zhu Di in the 22th year of Hongwu, which means that Zhu Di, who was only 20 years old at that time, looked exactly like Zhu Di, who is years old now.

Perhaps the only difference is that one is fat and the other is thin.

Although Zhu Di has recently started to lose weight according to Zhu Biao's wishes, losing weight cannot be done in three to five days, so the difference in body shape between the two can still be seen at a glance.

However, how is his height, appearance, and demeanor similar to the 22-year-old King of Yan in our memory?
At that moment, Daoyan felt that perhaps there really were gods in this world.

Because only divine means can reverse the flow of time and bring the 20-year-old King of Yan back from history.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to the King of Yan."

After hesitating, Daoyan clasped his hands together and saluted.

Young Zhu Di looked at the monk in front of him in surprise and said, "Are you Yao Guangxiao?"

"Yao Guangxiao?"

Daoyan was puzzled and said, "My family name is indeed Yao, but my given name is Yao Tianxi."

"That's right, next year I will give you the name Guangxiao."

Little Zhu Di put his hands on his hips and said, "Originally, I wanted you to return to secular life, but you refused. I gave you gold, silver, beauties, and mansions, and you refused them all the time. You always lived in the temple, wearing court clothes during the day and monk robes after the day. So I can only give you a surname."

"Forehead"

Daoyan and Zhu Di looked at each other, both of them were shocked.

Zhu Di was shocked at the special way of his reward, while Daoyan was shocked that the Prince of Yan knew his character so well.

Could it be that Emperor Taizu really knew what would happen 500 years in the past and 500 years in the future?

"Thank you for the name, Your Highness."

Daoyan was a smart man. He did not ask any further questions, but took the opportunity to back off and bowed again.

"It's just a small matter. Today I came here to tell you how to grow rice."

Little Zhu Di held a tablet in his hand and said, "The planting method is recorded here, come and take a look."

Then he invited them into the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Di and Daoyan followed in curiously. They wanted to see how the planting method was recorded in that small square.

When they got to the study, Xiao Zhu Di picked up the tablet, called up the video of the planting method they had filmed and edited before, and said, "You guys take a look first. In the afternoon, find a piece of land and we'll practice it."

Then he opened the video.

Under the shocked gazes of Zhu Di and Daoyan, the flat-screen screen began to play the method of growing rice.

The two of them stared at each other, which once again overturned their cognition.

"This is."

Zhu Di was surprised and asked, "How come there is someone inside, and he can talk?"

"You don't understand the immortal weapon. Look carefully and don't touch it."

Little Zhu Di propped up the platform with a flat cover, sat lazily on the chair next to him, took out his cell phone and said, "After we finish the inspection, we will go to the field and tell you how to plant. After that, you can choose the imperial farm and take action immediately. It's almost July now, and the planting season is almost over."

"Good good."

Zhu Di and Daoyan began to watch the video carefully.

Little Zhu Di was playing with his cell phone on the side.

He has become really lazy now. He has no motivation in life. After encountering a convenient new world, even a strong man like Emperor Yongle has his faith in Taoism destroyed and becomes increasingly decadent.

no way.

It was impossible for him to rebel and become emperor during the Hongwu Dynasty. In the future, wars would probably enter the era of hot weapons, and he would have no chance at all.

Perhaps being granted fiefdom overseas after middle age is the best option.

You have to have enough fun first.

So now young Zhu Di has no desires or ambitions. Apart from returning to the Hongwu Dynasty to find a wife, he basically only has playing games, watching movies, and watching short videos. He has no other hobbies.

After almost an hour, the video finally ended.

Big Zhu Di was still not satisfied, so he looked up to look for Little Zhu Di, only to find that Little Zhu Di was missing.

"What about others?"

"I went to the toilet."

"Oh."

Big Zhu Di couldn't help but touch the tablet and said, "This thing is amazing."

He touched the screen and found that the video was turned off, and then many small icons appeared.

And they all know the words on it.

Although it is simplified Chinese characters, you have to know that simplified Chinese characters themselves are ancient characters, so there is nothing they don’t know.

“Happy Match 3, Snake Wars, Honor of Kings, Peace Elite, Gobang.”

What is this?

Zhu Di and Daoyan were both confused as these were things they didn't know.

Out of curiosity, they clicked on them one by one and took a look.

All kinds of messy noises appeared and made them scramble to turn it off, but they didn't know how to do it.

It took Daoyan a while to find that he could close it by pulling it upwards with his fingers, and then he slowly figured out how to use the platform.

"Hey, let's take a look at this person and nature."

Da Zhu Di clicked it.

In an instant, their eyes almost popped out.

"This"

Daoyan, a monk, almost lost his faith and quickly closed his eyes and silently chanted "Amitabha" in his heart.

"Have you finished reading it?"

Just at this moment, little Zhu Di came back. Seeing that the two of them looked unwell, he hurried over and saw the cover.

Fortunately, Zhu Di did not click on what was inside.

However, when he saw that the matter was exposed, Xiao Zhu Di said calmly: "This magic weapon is usually kept by Fatty Ji. I didn't expect that he would do so many dirty things behind my father's back. I will report to my father as soon as I go back and ask him to severely punish that fat guy."

"Amitabha, Amitabha."

Daoyan's face flushed, and he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, please allow me to go out for a walk and calm my mind."

"You go first."

Big Zhu Di waved his hand.

Although Daoyan was resourceful, he was actually very determined in his Buddhist faith and was indeed not interested in women, so he walked out with a wry smile.

After he left, little Zhu Di calmly put away the tablet and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."

"Why are you pretending to be a gentleman?"

Zhu Di said disdainfully: "You are me, I am you, and I don't know you? Let me see."

As he said this, he took the tablet away first.

Although the black stockings on the cover were only a glimpse, they greatly interested Zhu Di.

"I'm Chao, Yongle, Ah Le, and Brother Le."

Young Zhu Di was horrified and tried to snatch it away immediately.

But how could he compare to the strength of Zhu Di in his prime after he became fat?

Can't get it at all.

Big Zhu Di held the tablet in front of him, clicked on a video at random, and his eyes almost popped out.

"What a good thing!"

(End of this chapter)