Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 154 Another Yongle Dynasty?

After the New Year of 2029, Shangfeng Mountain is still covered with heavy snow.

This year, Zhu Yunfeng did not celebrate the New Year in Changsha nor in his villa in the town, but in Shangfeng Mountain.

My parents were supposed to come back this year.

But he called them and lied to them, saying he was going abroad to discuss business and would not be home for the New Year, so they never came back.

However, Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di did go to discuss business after the New Year.

Went on a trip out of town.

Yunfeng Company's business is now expanding rapidly, involving itself in various industries and having many partners.

Zou Ting was in charge before, but some things still require him as the boss to step in.

Ji He stayed in Shangfeng Mountain and stepped up his efforts to charge the stone tablet.

Compared with the original power consumption, this time not only more than ten clamps were installed, but the industrial power was fully turned on, charging at a power of several thousand degrees per hour.

Under normal circumstances, if the stone tablet cannot bear the pressure, there will probably be problems.

For example, if the power is suddenly increased, the material of ordinary wires cannot withstand the high voltage, which will burn the wires and even cause a fire.

But this stele is indeed exaggerated.

So much electricity was like a drop in the ocean, like an endless black hole that swallowed up all the energy.

It was not until the end of April, which was March of the lunar year of Wushen, that they began their first time-travel experiment.

In the cellar of Zhu Yunfeng's house.

It is already late spring now, and the flowers are blooming on Shangfeng Mountain.

The cellar had changed again.

The kitchen is gone.

The kitchen is connected to the utility room. The utility room was demolished before, so most large goods can be brought in and lowered by a small gantry crane.

But now, in order to transport larger things, they had to reluctantly demolish Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He’s beloved kitchen and convert the bedroom on the left side of the entrance on the first floor into a kitchen.

Fortunately, there are three bedrooms on the second floor, which are enough for Zhu Yunfeng, Ji He and Zhu Di to sleep in. Otherwise, they would not even have a place to sleep.

The kitchen and utility room are connected, making the space much more spacious.

The three men squatted on the floor tiles of the former utility room, staring in a daze at the stone tablet underneath which was clamped with more than a dozen crocodile clamps.

"That's enough. It's been three months."

"Try?"

"Try and die."

Ji Hemangfu, turn off the power and get ready.

Zhu Yunfeng hurriedly pulled him over and said, "Have you forgotten the lesson from last time? Bring all your equipment."

The first time he went to the second world was with Zhu Yunfeng, and there was nothing wrong with Ji He going there this time, except that the safety measures were in place.

"no problem."

Ji Hyuk immediately put on his equipment.

Still the same as before, protective clothing, oxygen tanks and pressure plates.

After getting dressed, the three men went down to the cellar, removed the crocodile jaws from the stone tablet, and fixed their eyes on the third ball.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the Hongxi Dynasty, which is the reign of Zhu Gaochi."

"Why does this dynasty sound so unpopular?"

"That's right. He quit after working for less than a year. He must be unpopular."

Zhu Yunfeng looked at Zhu Di, who had a complicated expression on his face.

After all, he is actually only 24 years old now. He first met his 40-year-old self, and then he had to meet his 47-year-old son. This experience is indeed complicated.

“I went.”

Ji He set up the pressure-resistant plate, hugged it, lay on the stone tablet, and then touched the third ball.

Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di both watched nervously, and in an instant, he disappeared.

really.

This third sphere also leads to a world.

I just don’t know if it is the expected Ming Dynasty, or a brand new place.

Before Zhu Yunfeng and Zhu Di could speak, three seconds later, Ji He came back.

"what's the situation?"

Zhu Yunfeng asked hurriedly.

"It's a palace."

Ji Hyuk said with a shocked expression still on his face, “Not underground this time.”

"It's exactly what I expected."

"you know?"

"Ah."

Zhu Yunfeng nodded: "According to the family tree, this thing was brought from Beijing to Changsha by my ancestor, Prince Ji Zhu Jianjun, but the first ball went to the underground of the Hongwu Dynasty. Have you figured it out?"

Ji He's face was confused at first, but then he immediately realized something, opened his eyes wide and said, "I see, this thing was brought to Beijing by Lao Si."

Zhu Di scratched his head and said, "Really?"

"should be."

Zhu Yunfeng said: "If it goes as expected, the fourth brother must have brought it with him when he moved the capital to Beijing. I just don't know how they found the stele underground."

"What should we do now? I see there are a lot of things in that palace. It should be a warehouse or something like that."

Ji He said, "Are you still going?"

"See what the fourth one says."

Zhu Yunfeng looked at the fourth sphere.

"Let me see."

Ji He pressed it again.

brush.

Disappeared instantly.

Then he came back again and said, "It's the same palace again."

"The fifth one."

brush.

Ji He went over again, and this time he didn't need to say anything, he just touched the sixth ball directly.

Sure enough, it passed.

A moment later the seventh, then the eighth, but the eighth did not respond.

Ji He said, "It seems that the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh worlds are connected."

"As expected, the third is the Hongxi Dynasty, the fourth is the Xuande Dynasty, the fifth is the Zhengtong Dynasty, the sixth is the Jingtai Dynasty, and the seventh is the Chenghua Dynasty."

"That's not right. According to the order, it should be the first Hongwu, the second Jianwen, the third Yongle, the fourth Hongxi, the fifth Xuande, the sixth Zhengtong, and the seventh Jingtai."

Zhu Di pointed at the ball above and said.

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head and said, "That's right, but when I went there the second time, it was just the beginning of the Yongle Dynasty."

Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "Is there a possibility that it is the end of the Jianwen Dynasty and the beginning of the Yongle Dynasty?"

"You mean, by chance?"

"It's possible."

"Go back and call for help. This matter requires the intervention of our ancestors."

Zhu Yunfeng touched the first ball and went to the Hongwu Dynasty.

This matter is no longer something they can handle.

If, as they speculated, the sphere represents the order of dynasties, then Zhu Yuanzhang must take action.

If possible, we would even have to bring in Zhu Di of the Yongle Dynasty.

Returning to the underground palace of the Hongwu Dynasty, a cold wind blew in my face.

They haven't been here for three months.

Even the underground palace was covered with dust, leaving footprints wherever you stepped on it.

Want to know.

This place usually serves the function of transmission between the two worlds, and outsiders are not allowed to approach.

If they didn't wear it every day, it would naturally not be popular.

After coming out of the underground palace, a light breeze and drizzle greeted us.

It is the third month of the lunar calendar during the Hongwu Dynasty. It has been raining recently and the continuous rain has irrigated the farmland. This year will be another year of bumper harvest.

When they came out of the underground palace, they saw Mao Xiang, whom they had not seen for a long time, standing guard at the palace gate. When he saw the three children coming, he hurriedly came forward and knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu, and the Duke of Chu."

"Long time no see, Lao Mao. Where are His Majesty and the Crown Prince?"

Zhu Yunfeng asked.

"Your Majesty is in the study reading the memorials submitted by the Royal Guards this month, while the Crown Prince is in the Fengtian Hall holding a meeting with the Cabinet, the Three Departments, and the thirteen ministers."

Mao Xiang replied.

As the Ming Dynasty moved towards modernization, the original six ministries were no longer applicable.

Therefore, several departments were dismantled and added, expanding to thirteen, and many reforms were also carried out. While increasing the imperial power, each department could perform its duties and not be idle.

"Then let's go find His Majesty."

Zhu Yunfeng walked straight into the Qianqing Palace.

The main hall of the Qianqing Palace leads to the study, passing the West Warm Pavilion along the way. Every few steps there are palace maids and eunuchs standing guard.

At the door of the study, the eunuch Wang Dong was standing there waiting to serve.

Seeing the three of them coming, Wang Dong quickly bowed and saluted, saying in a low voice: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu, and the Duke of Chu."

"Who's coming?"

He heard Zhu Yuanzhang moving inside and looked up.

"Father, uncle, your majesty."

Zhu Di, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He walked in.

"You are here."

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the brush in his hand, smiled and said, "Wang Dong, you two go out first."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Dong then waved his hand, signaling the palace maids and eunuchs in the warm room to leave, and he also backed out.

After they left, the true colors of the three were revealed. Except for Zhu Di who was a little bit obedient, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He just sat down on the sofa.

"How's it going? Is the battery charged?"

Old Zhu laughed.

As the saying goes, three days shelf life.

If I had seen them being so unruly in the past, I would have scolded them for being disrespectful.

But even though we haven't seen each other for three months, I haven't started to dislike her yet.

"Grandfather, how is Ming Dynasty doing now? Nothing is wrong, right?"

Zhu Yunfeng did not answer, but asked about the situation in the Hongwu Dynasty first.

"What's the problem?"

Lao Zhu stood up. There was a world map behind him. He pointed at Singapore and said, "See? We've taken it."

"Wow, awesome."

"Congratulations to President Zhu on winning the Strait of Malacca."

Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He immediately gave thumbs up and applauded.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "You didn't see what it was like last year during the Chinese New Year when all the nations came to pay tribute."

The status of the Strait of Malacca at that time was definitely not as important as it will be in later generations.

But for the current Ming Dynasty, it is also of great significance.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a peasant family and did not understand the importance of foreign trade. In addition, the Japanese pirates invaded the border, which made him angry and he directly imposed a maritime ban.

But now he is no longer the short-sighted old Zhu as before, but has a long-term vision.

After the South China Sea Fleet was formed, he immediately worked to control the Strait of Malacca and build the Malacca Port.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty lifted the ban on maritime trade in the south and resumed trade with Southeast Asia. The South China Sea Fleet even cruised from time to time to protect the safety of Ming merchants.

Under the iron ships of the Ming Dynasty, all the Southeast Asian countries were trembling with fear, and none of them dared to fail to open ports for shipping with the Ming Dynasty.

There are also people who are not afraid of death, but they die very quickly.

After killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, all kinds of spices, gold, treasures and timber were shipped to the Ming Dynasty.

The Maritime Customs Offices in coastal prefectures made a fortune just from collecting taxes.

The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty now issues paper money, anchored by silver dollars, and issued 50 million strings of silver last year.

Due to the use of advanced printing technology, it is impossible for private individuals or foreign countries to counterfeit it, and it quickly flows into the market without being over-issued.

As a result, Southeast Asian countries were forced to accept Ming Dynasty's paper money and silver dollars, and their domestic currencies suffered a huge impact.

Since the year before last, the Ming Dynasty has gradually sold its domestic surplus grain to Southeast Asia, and then asked them to grow tea, rubber, cotton, and cinchona trees there.

After a few years, the currencies of Southeast Asian countries became the currencies of the Ming Dynasty. No one cultivated grain in the country, and it became heavily dependent on grain exports from the Ming Dynasty.

The country only grows cash crops such as tea, rubber, cotton, and cinchona.

It can be said.

Under such circumstances, the economy, agriculture, and even politics and military of Southeast Asian countries were all controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The entire South China Sea, East China Sea, and Philippine Sea became the back garden of the Ming Dynasty.

Last year, at the end of the Chinese New Year in the sixteenth year of Hongwu, all nations came to pay tribute.

The fleets of various countries that came to pay tribute almost blocked the Qinhuai River. Looking from the Qinhuai River, it was filled with densely packed ships, as if there was no end in sight.

"I will feel at ease if the Ming Dynasty develops well."

Zhu Yunfeng nodded and said, "I came here this time to tell you that the world behind is connected."

"Oh? Did you go and see it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No, who would dare to go?"

Zhu Yunfeng said helplessly: "He was hacked to death by the guards as soon as he got out."

"That's true."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Do I still have to go?"

Then he walked over and said, "Let's go."

"Are you going just like that?"

"Oh, my Great Ming, who wouldn't obey?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely confident.

Zhu Yunfeng rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have been in the Ming Dynasty for too long, and have been the emperor for too long, so you think that you can make everyone kneel down just by relying on your face. But don't forget that it was the fourth emperor who knew you during the Yongle Dynasty. Who would know you during the later dynasties?"

".All right."

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down and thought so.

It's not that he's stupid.

It was the overconfidence of an invincible man.

He was awakened by someone and came to his senses.

It was true that no one in the Ming Dynasty disobeyed him.

The problem is that you have to convince everyone of your identity first.

Just like during the Yongle Dynasty, Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen knew him, and once Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen knelt, everyone had to kneel.

The emperors of other dynasties didn't recognize him, so it would be strange if they didn't behead him on the spot.

“Bring the AK.”

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "One more flag of imperial guards will be enough."

Several people then left the Qianqing Palace and asked Mao Xiang to take a group of guards carrying AKs, blindfolded them, and entered the underground palace hand in hand.

However, the cellar was too small to accommodate so many people, so they were divided into two groups.

Zhu Yunfeng leads one group and Ji He leads another group.

On the way, Zhu Di solemnly warned Mao Xiang and others: "Remember this clearly. No matter what you see or hear in the future, forget it in your mind and don't tell anyone. Just obey your majesty's orders."

"Yes."

Including Mao Xiang, the eleven people felt a chill in their hearts. The lesson of a guard who got drunk and told nonsense, resulting in more than ten people being implicated, was still fresh in their minds. They did not dare to be careless at all.

Then more than ten people quickly traveled back to the modern era and immediately arrived at the third world.

When Zhu Yunfeng arrived here, what he saw was indeed a palace.

There are many shelves in the palace, on which are placed all kinds of rare items, such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and porcelain.

The stone tablet they came from was in the corner of the palace.

“Isn’t this the Treasure House?”

Zhu Yunfeng couldn't help but say.

"Take off the blindfold."

Zhu Di loaded the AK in his hand and said, "Protect His Majesty!"

The guards quickly took off their blindfolds and looked around curiously.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as gloomy as water. He walked straight to the gate and pushed it open.

The warm sunshine shines in, bringing with it a hint of cool breeze.

There are guards guarding the door.

They obviously didn't expect that there was someone in the treasure house behind them.

When he heard the voice, he turned around and was very surprised, with an expression of astonishment and shock.

Apart from the people who suddenly appeared, the most terrifying thing was that the old man in the lead was wearing a dragon robe!
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was already 57 years old, with gray hair on his temples, looking a little old.

But the emperor's aura remained unchanged.

After just a few seconds, someone finally came to his senses and shouted, "There's an assassin."

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Di's AK fired at his feet.

This shooting was not intended to take the man's life.

But unfortunately, the ground was not a dirt ground, but a bluestone ground. The ricochet bullet hit his foot, and the man immediately knelt down, holding his foot and howling in pain.

Zhu Di shouted loudly: "Don't move. Whoever moves will die."

The rest of the guards also picked up their AKs.

The black muzzle of the gun was aimed at the guards outside, making them swallow their saliva.

They don't know what an AK is or what an automatic rifle is.

But they still saw and heard the AK in Zhu Di's hand emitting flames, bullets splashing on the ground, and the sound of the ground and metal colliding.

If I get hit, will I still be alive?
"I ask, you answer."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked over and said with a gloomy face: "I am Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Is this the Ming Dynasty now?"

'Zhu Yuanzhang?'

The guards looked at each other.

After a while, someone finally answered: "It's Ming Dynasty."

"Which one is the emperor?"

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was the Ming Dynasty.

As long as it is the Ming Dynasty.

Your own name is useful.

"This"

The guards looked at each other in even greater bewilderment.

Are you kidding me?
How dare we say the emperor’s name?