Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 166 A New World Again
After dealing with the affairs of the Jingtai Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang left little Zhu Zhanji behind and took everyone back.

It was already evening when Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji to their respective dynasties, and he returned to the Qianqing Palace of the Hongwu Dynasty.

I haven't eaten much today.

Full of anger.

However, beating Zhu Qizhen up was a way to vent his anger, and it also changed the history of the Tianshun Dynasty, so he felt much happier.

Old Zhu asked the imperial chef to prepare the meal and send it over.

Zhu Biao was still discussing government affairs with cabinet members and ministers from more than a dozen departments in the Fengtian Hall, and the three little ones accompanied Zhu for dinner.

The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, and the incandescent lamps on the ceiling were flickering brightly.

There were several dishes on the round table, and they were all main dishes.

In the past, Lao Zhu would only eat better during the Chinese New Year. On other days, he would just get by with something like tofu with green onions, cabbage and bean sprouts.

But in recent years his living conditions have improved visibly.

At first, Zhu Yunfeng and his colleagues brought food from modern times, such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat. They also got some freezers and stored and froze large amounts of meat in the palace.

By the time of the Hongwu Dynasty, there was more grain, animal husbandry and breeding industries were developed, and meat was also available.

As grain supplies increased, more and more people began raising pigs, chickens, ducks and other livestock and poultry, and the variety of meat also gradually increased.

It can be said that people’s lives are constantly improving, and people can now have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.

The only problem is the slow delivery.

It is still under construction, mainly by train. Zhu Biao is also continuing to build and expand inland canals, which can also speed up the flow of materials.

However, the imperial palace was definitely able to obtain sufficient supplies. Nanjing's population was growing, and more than 100,000 people had settled in the surrounding areas, reclaiming wasteland, building villages, and raising chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, and the palace was responsible for purchasing many of them.

"Let's eat, let's eat."

The three little ones were also very hungry. Finally, they could eat something. Some took bowls and some took chopsticks, and they clacked their chopsticks.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the three of them and said, "It's unruly. Don't knock on the bowls and chopsticks while eating."

"Yes, my ancestor."

Zhu Yunfeng sat down with a grin on his face.

Little Zhu Di first served rice to his father in the rice cooker, and then served himself.

Ji He and Zhu Yunfeng handed over the bowls.

While little Zhu Di was getting his meal, Zhu Yunfeng picked up some food with chopsticks and said, "Speaking of which, ancestor."

"Ok?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the bowl from little Zhu Di and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I think there will be a later dynasty of Zhu Qizhen. Are you still going?"

"I'll go there when the time comes. Your first priority now is to continue to open up the world behind."

"no problem."

Zhu Yunfeng said he understood.

He could now see that the stone tablet was divided into four parts.

The first one is a stone tablet underground in the square outside the Fengtian Temple in Nanjing during the Hongwu Dynasty. It is easy to cross, consumes little energy, and can be reached at the speed of light.

The second one is the Treasure House of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Due to its relocation, it requires a lot of energy to charge.

The third most likely place is the Prince Ji’s Mansion in Changsha, where Zhu Jianjun was enfeoffed.

The fourth one is Zhujiaping in Shangfeng Mountain.

Except for the first part of the stone tablets in Nanjing, the rest of the stone tablets need to be continuously charged to open the transmission channel.

The reason why it is divided into four parts is that the position of the stone tablet has changed.

It was first found in Nanjing. It is estimated that after Zhu Di pacified the country, he discovered the underground stone tablet while repairing the palace. He then moved the capital to Beijing and threw it into the Treasure House of the Forbidden City in Beijing as a warehouse stone.

After Zhu Qizhen restored the throne, he granted Changsha to his son, Prince Ji Zhu Jianjun.

According to convention, when princes were granted fiefs, they were rewarded with large quantities of materials from the imperial treasury, such as porcelain, treasures, gold and silver, wood, stone, spices, etc.

The stone tablet should have been placed there as a stone.

Later, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchus marched southward, Tanzhou was conquered, and the last Prince Ji's family split up and fled. The ancestor Zhu Cibei took his wife and children, as well as the stone tablet that was allocated to him, and hid in the Xuefeng Mountain.

Now that they have opened up the second part of the world, the third part is naturally the Prince Ji's Mansion in Changsha, which is almost the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

The most likely one is from Emperor Chenghua Zhu Jianshen to the last emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, the stele can be divided into four periods.

The first period was from Hongwu to Jianwen, the early Ming Dynasty.

The second period was from Yongle to Tianshun, the early and middle period of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The third is from Chenghua to Chongzhen, the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The fourth is Southern Ming.

What Mr. Zhu hopes now is to complete the third period as soon as possible.

This way he can go to the end of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunfeng thought of a situation while eating, so he asked: "Speaking of which, ancestor, don't you want to deify yourself?"

"What is the problem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"But we are mortals after all, and we will die eventually. As you grow older, you will also get older. Although medical conditions are good now and you are in good health, it is not a problem for you to live to 80 or 90 years old, but everyone will die one day."

Zhu Yunfeng expressed his concern: "When they see you getting older, will this magic trick of the immortal be broken?"

"Well"

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought.

Young Zhu Di said: "Makeup technology is so advanced now, just dye your gray hair black, put on a little makeup for wrinkles, and look like 80 when you are 60, that's it."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "When I am about to die, I will naturally have my own way."

"any solution?"

Zhu Yunfeng was curious.

"By that time, the Ming Dynasty should be able to protect itself from the modern world."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunfeng meaningfully.

"Seems to be."

Zhu Yunfeng scratched his head.

The Ming Dynasty has only entered its fifth year of development.

Although many leaps forward have been achieved with the help of modern technology.

But basically, they only dominate the world here.

Compared with later generations, there is still a lot of difference.

However, considering that the Ming Dynasty should be more powerful in twenty years.

It's hard to say about nuclear weapons.

But there's certainly nothing wrong with the basic guns.

Considering that the communication between the two sides mainly relied on the stone tablets in the underground palace.

Once future generations have ideas about the Ming Dynasty, they can just aim their artillery at the underground palace and destroy it.

Therefore, there is definitely still a big gap in strength between the two sides.

But when it comes to turning the table, the Ming Dynasty already has a trump card, which means it can communicate and dialogue with the modern side on an equal footing.

“Since I already have the power to protect myself, why shouldn’t I cooperate with future generations?”

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "From the Yongle Dynasty of the Fourth Brother until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the resources of more than ten worlds were shared with future generations. No one should refuse."

"what?"

Zhu Yunfeng widened his eyes and felt like the CPU in his brain was about to burn out.

Is this still the same old Zhu who previously guarded against future generations with all his might?

When did he become so aware?
The sun really comes out from the west.

But it seems.
Zhu Yunfeng's brain was working rapidly.

It seems to make some sense.

The Ming Dynasty that followed was actually nothing more than a waste of time for Zhu Yuanzhang.

If he wanted resources, he could get a lot of gold from the Ming Dynasty.

But gold alone is useless.

National development requires not only gold, but also a large amount of other resources, including minerals, timber, silver and so on.

However, the quantities are too large, and with the existence of the stone tablet, we can only take the high-tech route and it is difficult to achieve mass production.

If you want power, it's useless.

It’s good enough to manage the Hongwu Ming Dynasty, how can I manage all the other Ming Dynasties?

Therefore, when you have the ability to overturn the table and have the trump card, cooperating with future generations is the best option.

The two worlds work together to develop the rest of the world.

Future generations can export high-tech to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang can use his personal prestige to force other Ming dynasties to accept modern management and jointly develop the world over there.

In this way, even if the majority of the profits were taken by future generations, the Hongwu Dynasty would still be able to make a living by taking a small share, which would be more than enough for it to plant the flag of the Ming Dynasty all over the world.

As for the rest of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps they can also benefit from it.

After all, future generations can manage it, and resources can be obtained from all over the world, so the development of the Ming Dynasty will also grow rapidly.

It is also able to accept modernization and make progress in education, economy, agriculture, etc.

The only problem is whether the Zhu royal family still has the power to rule after the Hongwu Dynasty.

If power is lost, should the Zhu royal family continue to be retained or abolished?
Perhaps this is something that Zhu himself will have to negotiate.

But no matter what, it is of great benefit to the Hongwu Dynasty and later generations.

But it may not be good for the later Ming Dynasty.

Because there is a risk of losing control.

If you think about it this way, Lao Zhu is really a living devil.

Just protect yourself.

Betray future generations.

Why would you care about the flood after you die?
But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed in his interest.

First of all, it does not mean betraying the dynasty one belongs to.

What he cares about most is definitely his own Hongwu Dynasty Ming Dynasty world.

It is true that the rest of the Ming world belongs to their descendants, but the world is different, so there is less direct interest involved.

Secondly, it ensures that the Zhu royal family of other dynasties will lose power, but like Britain and other countries, they can just keep the royal mascot, and allow the Han dynasty to dominate the rest of the world.

Therefore, from a long-term perspective, sacrificing other Ming worlds and strengthening one's own Ming world is the right way to go.

Who said that Mr. Zhu was short-sighted?

You clearly have a long-term vision.

Me?

That's fine.

Zhu Yunfeng thought to himself.

It seems that he has been exposed to modern times for too long and has probably read a lot of books that he shouldn't have read, which has made Lao Zhu's vision become long-term.

"What, what's the problem?"

Lao Zhu asked.

Zhu Yunfeng smiled and said, "No problem, this is the best choice."

"Ah."

Old Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "In a few years, it will be possible to do so."

If Hongwu can cooperate with future generations, he will also be able to develop rapidly.

How much better than the current way of developing by fighting and stealing?
After dinner, the three children returned to the modern era, while Old Zhu waited for Zhu Biao to finish his government affairs and then called him over to talk about things.

It is now July of the seventeenth year of Hongwu. Since October of the twelfth year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty and future generations have entered the stage of communication, which has lasted for five years.

During these five years, the Ming Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes.

A lot of construction has been done on the national side, including industrial base, steel production, roads and bridges, water conservancy facilities, train construction and so on.

This year, Zhu Biao planned new railways, including routes from Nanjing to Hangzhou, and from Hangzhou to Fuzhou.

These places are foreign trade centers, and there are some small and medium-sized rivers along the way, which are perfect for cross-river bridge construction projects in preparation for building a bridge across the Yangtze River.

In addition, Zhu Biao moved many people from the south to the north to settle down and distributed land.

At the same time, all land was nationalized, and private resale required formalities.

There is one thing that many people may not expect.

That is, most of the land in the early Ming Dynasty was actually state-owned land. During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, all the land that was uncultivated due to war was nationalized and called official land.

These official fields were distributed by Zhu to local government offices, nobles who had conquered the country, officials' public fields, and soldiers' farms in the garrisons.

Therefore, in the early Ming Dynasty, the proportion of land nationalization was very high.

Now Zhu Biao has nationalized all the land. Since most of the land is state-owned, there is actually not much opposition.

What's more, Zhu Biao did not take the land back, he just changed the nature of the land.

It does not affect your buying and selling, nor does it affect whether you farm or not. It just makes it easier to collect money in the future to avoid the trouble that India faced in later generations did.

It is a bit like the land in later generations belongs to the country, but the house is always yours, and you can continue to renew it by paying some taxes after 70 years. If it is levied, it will still be subsidized according to the price.

In addition, Zhu Biao has implemented many new policies this year to improve people's livelihood, strengthen economic development, and continue to promote industrialization and transportation.

This series of political achievements made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied and made him more confident in handing over the country to him.

After a few days, Lao Zhu led his men to the seventh world.

Zhu Qizhen’s Tianshun Dynasty!
As expected, Zhu Qizhen was beaten again.

It was already the end of the Tianshun Dynasty, and Zhu Qizhen had only a few months to live.

At this point he had done all the bad things.

In addition to the Battle of Tumu, the situation became even worse after the Battle of Duomen.

This included giving the wives and daughters of meritorious officials to the Oirat, building a temple for Yesen, killing loyal officials on a large scale, and being mean and ungrateful to Yuan Bin, the meritorious official who protected him, and the meritorious officials who supported him in seizing the throne.

There are countless other bad deeds, big and small, such as not allowing his own wife to be buried alive with him, but allowing his younger brother's wife to be buried alive with him.

Just like before, Zhu Yuanzhang brought his family's special forces to the Tianshun Dynasty, raised his arms and shouted, shocking everyone in the court. Then he deposed Zhu Qizhen again and beat him beyond recognition.

The scene was so brutal.

Especially after Zhu Di and others heard what Zhu Qizhen did later.

You should know that during the first fight, Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji still held back, and Zhu Gaochi did not come up because of his kindness.

As a result, during the Tianshun Dynasty after Zhu Qizhen's restoration, when Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji saw what this guy had done, their blood pressure soared. Even Zhu Gaochi, who had a strong personality, was furious and slapped him in the face.

This way we can understand how badly Zhu Qizhen was beaten this time.

He was about to die in a few months as his health was not good. He was beaten so badly that he almost died on the spot.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang announced the dethronement of Zhu Qizhen and the enthronement of Zhu Jianshen as emperor. At the same time, he rehabilitated Zhu Qiuyu, Yu Qian and others, and returned the decree of dethronement that Zhu Qizhen had used to insult Zhu Qiuyu to him intact.

This time, Lao Zhu finally got rid of all the anger that he had only half released before, and the resentment in his chest became much better.

After all, Zhu Qizhen’s mistake last time was that he was too stupid in the Battle of Tumu, but this time his mistakes were many, and he used all the heavy-handed moves that he was embarrassed to make last time.

Then arrangements were made.

The Jingtai Dynasty was under the administration of Zhu Zhanji of the Hongxi Dynasty, while Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne here. The three little ones were responsible for sending them each a batch of seeds and fertilizers, and solving the grain production and refugee problems first.

The various dynasties were naturally overjoyed, grateful to Zhu and admired him even more.

By August of the seventeenth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had already visited all the previous seven worlds. He then closed the country to the outside world, moved the stone tablets, blocked the passages to various dynasties, and began to recharge.

And this time the charge lasted longer than the last time.

It took almost three months to complete the second part of the world.

This time it lasted nearly half a year.

It was not until February of the eighteenth year of Hongwu that it was finally over.

Same as guessed.

This time, young Zhu Di became the vanguard.

He was fully armed, reached for the eighth ball, and went to another place - Prince Ji's Palace in Changsha!

(End of this chapter)