Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 13 Father and Son
The Ciqing Palace was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was the residence of the princes of the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties, also known as the East Palace.

After Xi Li was executed, Taichang moved the crown prince Zhu Youxiao and the fifth emperor Zhu Youjian to the Ciqing Palace, where they were taken care of by the nurse, Keshi, and arranged two little eunuchs, Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua, as their companions.

On this day, the officials of Zhanshifu were all in place, and Taichang also returned to his hometown and stepped into the Ciqing Palace again.

"Your Majesty is here", a high-pitched voice rang out, and Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian, Xu Guangqi and others who had been waiting in the main hall for a long time hurriedly lay down on the ground and shouted in unison, "Congratulations to the Emperor."

Taichang walked in with a face full of spring breeze, smiled and said: "No ceremony, flat body, it's my own family, so there's no need to be so polite."

Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian were nothing, but Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others were all confused.

What does the emperor mean by this?
own family!
Are you kidding me?
These few don't even know why the emperor recruited them into Zhan Shifu to teach the prince, because the teachers of the prince must be knowledgeable people, at least from Hanlin, and Xu Guangqi was born in Hanlin. Song Yingxing and Sun Yuanhua didn't even get into the jinshi.

After everyone got up from the ground, Taichang didn't take the seat, he went directly to the prince Zhu Youxiao, raised his hand and patted his shoulder gently, and said kindly: "How is it, school, Ciqing Palace is still there. Are you used to living?"

This shot almost didn't take the Prince Zhu Youxiao back to the ground.

It's not that he is so powerful, the main prince Zhu Youxiao didn't expect his father emperor to be so kind.

He shuddered for a moment, and then said in a trembling voice: "Go back to the father, it's very good here, the child likes it very much."

Alas, poor child.

Taichang looked at Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian's unfamiliar and fearful expressions, and couldn't help feeling guilty for a while.

He is not a qualified father, because when he was a prince, he could not protect himself, and he was trembling every day, walking on thin ice, and he had no intention to take care of his own children.

Seven sons, these two are the only ones left, I must treat them well.

He sighed secretly, and then said kindly: "School, I heard that you have built a carpentry workshop, go and take me to see it."

When Zhu Youxiao heard the words, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground.

He thought that the father was blaming him for not doing his job properly. In his impression, the father rarely talked to him and never cared about him. He pulled his face every day and was very short-tempered.

Who is not afraid of such a father.

He shivered for a while, and then stammered: "Father, the father forgives the sin, the child dares not."

This is all messed up, why dare not?

Tai Chang put his arms around Zhu Youxiao's shoulder and smiled: "Don't be afraid, the emperor really wants to see how your carpenter's work is."

After he finished speaking, he put his arms around Zhu Youxiao and took Zhu Youjian to go out.

After all, he has lived here for many years, and he is quite familiar with it. He also knows that Zhu Youxiao's carpentry workshop is there, and there is no need for anyone to lead the way.

Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others were stunned.

What is the emperor doing? Isn't recruiting them to explain the matter of teaching the prince?

Look at the carpentry work done by the prince, what does this mean?
Taichang looked back and saw that these people were all standing there in a daze.

He couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile and said, "Oh, I almost forgot you all, come here and come with me to see."

The group just turned a few corners in the corridor of Ciqing Palace, and soon came to a side hall at the back.

This is Zhu Youxiao's carpentry workshop.

I have to say that Zhu You is really obsessed with carpentry work. I don't know how many new tables, chairs and benches are placed in the huge side hall, and tools such as axes, saws, planes, etc. are neatly arranged.

I don't know who taught my precious son this craft. According to legend, this kid is simply the reincarnation of Lu Ban, and the carpenter's work is not ordinary.

Taichang glanced around carefully, then nodded his head in admiration: "Well, very good, it seems that you have learned this craft."

This is good?

Not only Zhu Youxiao, but everyone present thought there was something wrong with their ears.

His Royal Highness was obsessed with carpentry work, but the emperor said it was very good!
The emperor is not crazy, right?
It is rumored that the emperor was a little confused by the anger of Zheng Guifei and the Qi Chu Zhe Party. What should I do if I was angry with His Royal Highness the Prince again?
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Taichang suddenly turned his head to Xu Guangqi and said, "Zixian, I heard that you can make telescopes?"

Ah!
Who did you listen to?
Xu Guangqi was stunned for a moment, and then he said cautiously: "Back to the emperor, Wei Chen has only seen the blueprint of the telescope. As for making it, Wei Chen also thought, but there is no material!"

The material is indeed a problem. At this time, no one in Daming can fire glass.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Liu Shiyou, who was accompanying him: "Ruoyu, order someone to go to the inner library to find two crystals, and make them into finished products. They must be the kind that are as transparent as water. It’s good to be round, about the size of a fist.”

Crystals are not very precious. They are generally used to carve certain things these days, and there should be some in the palace's internal treasury.

Immediately afterwards, he said to Xu Guangqi, "Did you bring the drawings of the telescope?"

Who is carrying this thing!
Xu Guangqi pondered for a moment, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty forgives your sin, Wei Chen doesn't have a drawing of the telescope with him, but if the emperor wants it in a hurry, Wei Chen can draw one now."

Okay, I haven't seen anyone draw drawings yet.

Taichang immediately patted the square table beside him and said, "Okay, just paint here, come here, the four treasures of the study room."

This, who dares to sit when the emperor is standing!
The four treasures of the study were brought up, and the chair was moved, but Xu Guangqi was embarrassed and did not dare to sit down.

Seeing this, Taichang immediately pulled out a stool, sat down at the table, and then urged, "It's down, hurry up and paint."

Seeing this, Xu Guangqi carefully sat down, took out a fine brush, and drew carefully on the white paper.

There are not many pencils these days. Craftsmen usually use charcoal to draw things, while scholars use sharp fine brushes.

There are not many people who are good at meticulous painting. However, people who like to study the unique skills are basically good at it, and Bi Maokang is even more famous for meticulous painting.

Of course, Xu Guangqi's meticulous painting is not bad. He only drew a few strokes, and the outline of a monocular appeared, followed by a large tube, a small tube, a large lens, and a small lens, each of which was quite similar. Fine, but also marked with size.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but nodded again and again. When Xu Guangqi finished drawing, he pointed to the drawing and asked, "Xiaoer, can you make these two lens barrels out of wood?"

When it comes to what he is good at, Zhu Youxiao gets excited.

He was like a different person, the strange and fearful expression on his face was gone, and his body no longer trembled.

How difficult is this thing, you probably don't know, I can carve a dragon and a phoenix!

He just glanced at the drawing and nodded confidently: "Yes."

When Taichang heard the words, he stood up abruptly, and said impatiently, "Then let's start."

we?

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Does the emperor want to do it himself?

Taichang really wanted to do it himself, but his purpose was not to help.

Carpenter's work, if it is not a professional, he really can't do it. He just wants to fight and participate, so as to shorten the relationship with the prince Zhu Youxiao, and at the same time use actions to tell Xu Guangqi and others that he, the emperor, has special skills. That is quite interesting.

At the beginning, everyone was still very uncomfortable, after all, working with the emperor was simply too incredible.

However, once this job is done, everyone gradually forgets the honor.

Because except for Zhu Youjian, the little brat, they all like to study strange skills. To put it bluntly, they are technophiles and research mad.

Telescopes are not very attractive to them. Everyone wants to make them quickly to see if the legendary telescope is really so magical.

Once this tech madman gets busy, he still remembers the emperor, they couldn't stop when the emperor stood in front of him.

I have to say that Zhu Youxiao's carpenter's work is really not very good, and his tools are quite complete, just two lens barrels, which is a piece of cake for him.

He quickly found two suitable logs, swished a few saws, and the length was about the same, followed by a plane, a slat, a foot-operated round grinder, etc., all kinds of tools In turn, the lens barrel is being formed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In fact, Taichang didn't do anything. The main one who started the operation was the Prince Zhu Youxiao, and the main guide was Xu Guangqi. He also stood by to help take things or hand over tools, basically raising his hand.

However, his participation has virtually narrowed the relationship with everyone.

Especially Zhu Youxiao, after a few tacit moves, the estrangement between him and the emperor seemed to disappear in an instant, and the two fathers and sons gradually began to talk and laugh.

Actually, this is a simple trick.

If you want to get close to someone, you should choose what they like and choose the field they are best at to communicate. Even if the other person is autistic, he can't help showing off what he is good at. close.

(End of this chapter)