Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 123 Go to Yongle Dynasty to participate in the grand ceremony
The end of the 13th year of Hongwu marked the beginning of a new era for the Ming Dynasty.

Because food production has increased.

Economic development has grown.

Military strength has been strengthened.

But for Zhu Biao, it was just the beginning.

High-yield crops and related technologies have not yet been promoted nationwide, and grain production has only increased by one ninety-fifth.

The economic growth was entirely due to the fact that Zhu Yunfeng transferred more than 10 million silver coins to the Ming Dynasty last year, which made the imperial treasury a little more affluent and could pay officials their salaries normally.

The military did have a dozen or so extra AKs, plus plenty of black powder grenades and some artillery, but that was pretty much it.

Anyway, even without these, the Ming Dynasty's military power is still invincible, no different from before.

of course.

Education and basic industries also saw slight improvements.

Therefore, Zhu Biao felt that he needed to make a qualitative leap in the Ming Dynasty next year and the year after.

But he understands that you can't become fat in one bite.

Therefore, we are only laying the foundation now. Next year, rice seeds will be fully rolled out, next year Daming will be able to stamp silver coins itself, and next year Daming will have multiple bolt-action rifles.

Everything will be better.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell in Nanjing.

If these snowflakes covered the city of Beijing in the 16th year of Chongzhen, then they brought a sense of tragedy and twilight to this ancient and vast Ming Empire.

But placing it in the Forbidden City in Nanjing was a rebirth for the emerging empire, as if foreshadowing the harvest and joy of the coming year.

"Oh, let's have a snowball fight."

Early in the morning, the square between the Qianqing Palace and the Jiaotai Hall was bustling with activity.

After breakfast, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He, wearing thick pajamas, first built a snowman with coal, carrots, small stones and snow to make their lives more ritualistic.

Then, after all the princes in Chunhe Palace had finished their breakfast, he called them over and announced the start of the snowball fight game.

After interacting with them for the past year, the children have already become familiar with them.

Compared to their usual strict life, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He often break the rules and can play freely, which makes them very envious.

However, it was the end of the year, so Zhu Biao gave them a winter vacation so they didn't have to go to class every day. A few days ago, they played in the indoor amusement park built by Zhu Yunfeng in the square outside Fengxian Hall.

It finally snowed heavily today. When I got up, the world outside was covered with snow, so naturally I had to try something new.

"Let's make it clear first, we'll be divided into groups."

Zhu Yunfeng pointed at Ji He and said, "Hammer, paper, scissors, choose the person."

"come."

Ji He's face was full of flesh, and he said viciously: "I'm afraid of you."

"Hammer, Paper, Scissors."

Two people took action.

Six people, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Gui, Zhu Zi, Zhu Tan, Zhu Chun and Zhu Bai, were watching nearby.

Farther away, more than a dozen princesses and princes, led by Princess Chongning, were watching curiously from afar.

Lao Zhu has currently given birth to 21 sons and 15 daughters.

The age range of these children is quite large. Currently, the only adults are the five sons he had with Empress Ma, and his eldest daughter Zhu Jingjing.

The second daughter was also born to Empress Ma. As early as the 15th year of Hongwu, she was married to Mei Sizu's son Mei Yin when she was just years old.

Among the princes, the oldest is the 16-year-old King of Chu Zhu Zhen. Historically, he will be enfeoffed in Wuchang next year, which is the th year of Hongwu.

The oldest among the princesses was Princess Chongning, who was 15 years old. The rest of the princesses and princes were either in swaddling clothes or three, four, five or six years old, crawling on the ground with snotty noses.

For this snowball fight, Zhu Yunfeng stipulated that no one under the age of 10 was allowed to participate. Although he did not forbid girls, no girl dared to join.

Under the feudal patriarchal system, Zhu Yuanzhang had disciplined his daughters into qualified feudal women who could support their husbands and raise children. Even when they were young, playing with boys was considered an abnormal thing.

According to Zhu Yunfeng's rules, the twelfth brother Zhu Bai, who had just turned ten, just met the requirements, while the thirteenth brother Zhu Gui, who was only seven years old, could only watch from a distance with a runny nose.

In addition to them, the national guardian dog General Pipi was also nearby, jumping happily.

The Dandan cat, who was named the royal cat by Zhu Yuanzhang, was watched carefully by two palace maids. A bell was tied around his neck and his back was tied with a strap and a leash. He was now squatting on the railing, looking at the stupid human games below with a look of disdain.

"No, let's switch between Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yu."

The people were assigned quickly. Ji He was unlucky as he was assigned to three kids: Zhu Zi, Zhu Chun and Zhu Bai, one was twelve years old, one was eleven years old and one was ten years old.

Zhu Yunfeng grabbed three older ones, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Gui, who were both over sixteen years old, and Zhu Tan, who was eleven years old.

Seeing this, Ji He strongly requested to exchange one of his own for one of them, otherwise he would suffer a great loss.

"You're playing dirty. You can't afford to play with me, right?"

Zhu Yunfeng yelled.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yu volunteered, "This is really unfair. I'll go over."

"Don't regret it."

Zhu Yunfeng put his hands on his hips and said, "If you go over there, you will be beaten."

"come."

Ji He waved his hands repeatedly, "Hurry, hurry, hurry."

Zhu Yu said with a playful smile: "Brother Feng, I see that Brother Chi is so strong, he must be stronger than you."

"happy."

Zhu Yunfeng sneered and pointed at Zhu Bo, who had a runny nose, and said, "Come here."

Zhu Bai came over jogging.

Divide into groups.

Zhu Yunfeng waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, he ran with the three of them to the corner of the back hall of the Qianqing Palace and hid behind the foundation.

Pipi Dog also ran happily behind Zhu Yunfeng.

"Chase them, kill them!"

Ji He immediately picked up the snowballs on the ground and was the first to charge.

"Sixth Brother, go up there and make something big."

Zhu Yunfeng ran and gave orders: "Old Ten, follow me. Old Twelve, you are responsible for making snowballs."

As he said this, he went out from the corner and threw a ball of snow at Ji He.

Ji He was caught off guard and got covered in the snow. He immediately became furious, wiped his face clean and threw the snowball at him.

However, Zhu Yunfeng was relatively thin and very agile, and he quickly hid behind a big tree nearby.

"Fuck him!"

Ji Hechun, a reckless man, said, "Encircle them from both sides!"

"Kill!"

Zhu Yu, Zhu Zi and Zhu Chun shouted loudly, and snowballs kept being thrown at them, but none of them hit them, and all of them were thrown onto the trees.

One of the snowballs even hit Pippi who was watching the show nearby, leaving half a snowball on his head. He squatted there with a silly look on his face, not knowing what to do.

"Throw!"

Zhu Yunfeng rolled a snowball from the ground and winked at Zhu Tan opposite him.

Zhu Tan immediately came out from the corner and threw a snowball. He was not satisfied with just throwing it, so he snatched the two snowballs that Zhu Bo had just rolled up and continued throwing them.

Although only one of the three snowballs hit Ji He, who was too fat to dodge, he was very happy and clapped his hands, saying, "I hit it. I hit it."

"Snapped!"

The next second, the snowball hit his face.

Seeing that Ji He and his men were within seven or eight meters of him, Zhu Yunfeng ducked out from behind a tree, ran to Zhu Tan, pulled him aside and said, "Run!"

The three of them ran as fast as they could. As soon as Ji He turned the corner, he could only see their receding backs.

"Keep chasing!"

Ji He was so shocked that Wu Zetian lost her husband and Li Zhi that he threw a snowball but missed. He then continued to shout and chase after him.

But it was obvious that he could not run fast given his weight, and was soon overtaken by Zhu Gui, Zhu Zi and Zhu Chun.

After the three men ran around the corner, they chased from the northwest direction of the Qianqing Palace to the southwest. When they were almost at the southwest corner and reached the square outside the Qianqing Palace, they suddenly felt something hitting their head.

The overwhelming snowballs and the accumulated snow buried the three people's heads halfway. "Hit!"

Seeing that his plan was successful, Zhu Yunfeng immediately stopped, turned around and began to command Zhu Tan and Zhu Bai to launch an attack.

Together with Zhu Zhen above, the four of them smashed Zhu Gui and the other two under the foundation wall, leaving them with only the strength to defend themselves but no intention of fighting back.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

By the time Ji He arrived, the three of them were almost buried in the snow.

Zhu Yunfeng laughed and said, "See? Brute force is useless in a snowball fight. You have to use your brain."

After saying that, he took Zhu Tan and Zhu Bai away again.

At this moment, above the side hall on the west side of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were also watching everything below.

He returned in late December.

After returning to the capital, the first thing he did was to reward the heroes who had contributed to the pacification of the north and Yunnan. Then he immediately held a morning court session to receive ministers from all walks of life.

The ministers from all walks of life were secretly complaining and grumbling.

When Zhu Biao was regent, he did not hold morning court sessions. In addition, when dealing with matters on weekdays, he would usually go to the Fengtian Hall in person to convene personnel from the six ministries to discuss matters, or ask the personnel to go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters, as this way things could be done more efficiently.

As a result, as soon as Mr. Zhu came back, he had to attend the morning court and go to work at four o'clock in the morning, shivering in the winter wind and snow. It would be better for you not to come back.

But there is nothing we can do.

Lao Zhu is such a person who likes to make trouble.

Seeing Zhu Yunfeng's impressive moves, Queen Ma said with a smile, "Yunfeng is a good fighter. He has a very powerful brain."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "This is called mobile warfare."

"Sports warfare?"

"Well, it was invented by a very capable person in modern times. The summary is to avoid the enemy's main force, lure the enemy deep into your territory, and concentrate superior forces to defeat them one by one."

"It's really awesome."

Empress Ma narrowed her eyes, thought for a moment and said, "It must be the one at the end of Orange Island."

"Yes."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Queen Ma smiled and said, "Come to think of it, the doctor asked me to go for a follow-up check-up. I'm kind of thinking about going to the modern world to have some fun again."

She looked at the clothes she was wearing. It was a dark green swallow duck down jacket. The style was very nice and there was a buckle belt at the waist. It was said to cost more than 30,000 yuan and was a gift from Zhu Yunfeng.

But no matter how good the gifts given by her grandson were, they were not as good as the ones she picked herself. It is a woman's nature to love shopping, and that experience in Changsha was unforgettable for her.

Hearing his wife's words, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, let's go again after the New Year, and we can also visit other places by the way."

"Then let's go to Nanjing and then to Beijing."

"Ah."

"But I still have to go to Yongle Dynasty at noon to see the fourth brother over there."

"Hahahaha. Oops."

Empress Ma burst into laughter and said with great joy: "I am only 49 years old, not even 50, and I will have a 43-year-old son."

“That’s the future Fourth.”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

"No fight, no fight."

Ji He was exhausted like a dog, panting and leaning against the wall, shouting, "I'm so tired."

"vegetable!"

Zhu Yunfeng sneered with his hands on his hips, and then said to Zhu Yu, who was hit like a dog by the snowball: "Seventh Brother, do you regret it?"

"No regrets!"

Although Zhu Yu was hit by a snowball and turned into a dog, he still remained strong.

"You don't regret it, right? Fuck him!"

Zhu Yunfeng raised his arm and threw a bunch of snowballs over.

Zhu Yu ran away with his head in his hands, screaming, "Didn't you say you won't fight anymore?"

"Then you have to surrender, whether you surrender or not!"

"I voted."

Ji He and his four companions were no longer able to fight back.

"Humph."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly fell and he said, "If these guys dare to say such things on the battlefield in the future, I will kill them."

Empress Ma laughed and said, "We are both made of flesh and blood. One of us will have to surrender. Why, do you really care about this?"

After hearing his wife's persuasion, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softened. He no longer paid attention to the fighting below, put his hands behind his back, turned his head and walked towards the Qianqing Palace, saying, "Forget it, go get ready, I have to go there at noon."

Soon it was noon.

Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He have become the leaders of the kids. They played snowball fights in the morning and took them to ride bicycles in the morning, causing the little ones to fall and fall into the mud.

But they deserved it.

Because they were not riding in the snow, but in the West Palace.

The palaces of the Ming Dynasty were built grandly, with the main hall covering hundreds of square meters, enough for them to have fun.

But Zhu Zhen and Zhu Gui were not satisfied with riding indoors and insisted on going outside.

As a result, Zhu Bo fell in the snow and got bruised and swollen. His nose was bleeding, and he was carried by the eunuch to see the imperial physician while crying.

At noon, Zhu Biao asked someone to call Zhu Yunfeng, Ji He and Zhu Di.

Zhu Di followed Zhu Yuanzhang back, but he did not participate in the activities of Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He. Instead, he went to the Huangzhuang Machinery Factory to develop bolt-action rifles.

no way.

Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He were responsible for the yellow explosives and electricians respectively.

Now that yellow explosives have been developed, Ji He has also wired the palace, and now incandescent lamps are used throughout the palace.

On the other hand, although he developed the AK, he still had to continue to develop new weapons. This made Zhu Di suspect that Zhu Yunfeng did this on purpose when he first assigned the work.

"This time when he goes to the Yongle Dynasty, I think my father wants to show off his divine power in front of others and strengthen his status as a deity in the Yongle Dynasty. Remember to provide cover."

Zhu Biao instructed.

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head and said, "How about doing something miraculous? Do something, like the Tesla coil from last time is still there."

Zhu Biao looked at him meaningfully and said, "Father's survival is the greatest miracle."

"Well, it seems so."

Zhu Yunfeng thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

What does it mean that a Zhu Yuanzhang appeared during the Yongle Dynasty?
It's just like Newton's coffin lid could no longer be held down and he jumped out.

I don’t know whether people all over the world will be shocked, but the physics and biology communities will definitely be shocked.

Even the theological community said that Newton had developed the secret of immortality in his later years, and they flocked to him and knelt down to kowtow to him.

Therefore, the emergence of Zhu Yuanzhang during the Yongle period was enough to shock the Ming Dynasty.

"What are you talking about?"

Just at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma came out.

They changed their clothes. In the morning, Old Zhu was still wearing a thick Zhongshan suit, but now he was wearing a crown and robe, looking very formal.

But it's normal.

Because the crown and robes were worn during grand festivals, and this time it happened to be the New Year, it was normal to wear them during the Yongle Dynasty.

"Nothing, I'm just waiting for my parents."

Zhu Biao said.

"Well, don't go over there this time. Someone still needs to take charge of the situation here."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Besides, Old Four will feel uncomfortable if you go over there."

"it is good."

"Then let's go."

Zhu Yuanzhang supported Empress Ma and carefully walked down the stairs towards the underground palace.

(End of this chapter)