Daming: You are really my eldest son

Chapter 44
There are many people who are as worried as Li Shanchang, but there are not many people who are as calm and composed as Xu Da and Feng Sheng.

The two of them didn't have actual positions in the capital, so there was no need for people like Hu Weiyong, Li Min, and Liu Shaoxian to return to the board of directors with serious concerns.

It's just that because of the need to keep Zhu Ji's identity confidential, Zhu Yuanzhang has not revealed the slightest bit of the marriage to his family. Now that the eldest prince's return to court has been revealed to the world, he naturally has no such scruples. Therefore, the two made an appointment to go to the cemetery today. , Then they went back to their homes.

As for the protagonist who stirred up the turmoil in the court today, Zhu Ji was sitting on a big rock calmly at this moment.

On the left side of the boulder, on the rough bamboo rocking chair, a person who was unexpected by the courtiers was lying on it slightly cautiously, holding a book of "Da Ming Ji Li", explaining to Zhu Ji in a respectful voice:
"Your Highness, when you enter the court in the future, you should change your usual casualness and pay close attention to the titles of Your Majesty and Empress. If you are not careful, you will become a target for courtiers to attack you."

The person lying on the bamboo chair is Liu Bowen.

Since being sent to Zhejiang by Zhu Yuanzhang to participate in politics a few days ago, Liu Bowen has been feeling a little uneasy.

He knew very well that his reappearance in the court would attract the attention of many forces. Even after he had been an official in his hometown for two months, he could feel the undisguised pressure imposed on him by the court.

Only now did he understand that Zhu Yuanzhang forced him to return to the public eye in order to force him to make a choice.

Or, follow in Yang Xian's footsteps and be cornered by the Huaixi gang.Or, honestly listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, and put him under the command of the eldest prince.

After thinking about it, Liu Bowen still felt that it would be better to stay with Zhu Ji.

A few days ago, people from Yiluan Division rushed to Hangzhou Mansion with Zhu Yuanzhang's secret edict, asking him to hand over all the affairs in his hands to You Canzheng, and then pulled him in front of Zhu Ji in a carriage.

It wasn't until he saw Zhu Ji again that Liu Ji knew that the father and son had already had an open and honest talk, and even made it clear in front of Zhu Biao about the future ownership of the prince.

When he learned that although Zhu Yuanzhang did not change the prince, he still gave Zhu Ji the same power as the prince, and even betrothed the daughters of Xu Da and Feng Sheng to Zhu Ji, Liu Bowen was completely speechless.

With Zhu Yuanzhang acting like this, he went all the way to the dark in the direction he was worried about that day.

Could it be that he is really not afraid of training Zhu Ji to become the next Li Shimin?

But since Zhu Yuanzhang insisted, Liu Bowen stopped persuading him.Since he wanted to train a Li Shimin, he followed Fang Du's example.Presumably given that the eldest prince is born holy, plus himself and Xu Da and Feng Sheng, he might not have to repeat the mistakes of Xuanwumen in the future.

With this in mind, Liu Bowen told Zhu Ji about the ritual system of the Ming Dynasty at Zhu Ji's request.

Zhu Ji also holds a copy of "Da Ming Ji Li", comparing with Liu Bowen's explanation, he has studied very quickly in the past two days.

Although the date of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan has not yet been decided, Zhu Ji feels that dealing with more people is indispensable in the future.The more people he meets, the more things he pays attention to. He must know the etiquette and laws of this era well, so as not to fall into the trap of others.

The teacher Liu Bowen, after hearing the process of recognizing relatives he described, repeatedly warned himself that there would be a large number of people in the court waiting for him to make mistakes.

One concentrated on teaching, and the other studied hard. It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang led the guards over with a few meals that the teaching stopped.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, today's Liu Bowen only bows and bows when he meets.The three of them sat down casually, Zhu Yuanzhang took the book in Liu Bowen's hand, flipped through the content that had been taught, and asked Zhu Ji a few questions according to the book. Seeing that Zhu Ji's answers were extremely accurate, he was somewhat satisfied .

"Today we told all the courtiers about taking you back. The Ministry of Rites will set the date today, and the Ministry of Industry will find a place to build the palace for you in the near future. Before it is completed, you will be in our former Wu Palace. Stay here."

Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement was very casual.

But it was such casualness that made Liu Bowen, who was sitting beside him, feel more and more the importance of Zhu Ji in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Of course, he soon knew where this importance came from.

Seeing that Zhu Ji did not object, Zhu Yuanzhang once again showed a flattering smile on his face: "Our big boy, didn't you tell us last time to show us the size of the land under our feet? The weather is fine today. How about basking in the sun and blowing the wind, talk about it?"

Liu Bowen had never seen Zhu Yuanzhang like this.

This prudent political participant wanted to get up, leaving enough privacy for the father and son, so that he could see less of Zhu Yuanzhang's unpretentious posture.

Unexpectedly, he was grabbed by Zhu Yuanzhang. The decisive emperor's expression was so eager at this moment:

"Liu Ji, help us persuade this bastard. One sentence has hung us for several days, even a live fish will be hanged to death if you hang it like this, let alone we are your old man."

After talking about the family relationship, he signaled Liu Ji to talk about the friendship between master and apprentice.

Seeing that it was nothing serious to be entangled by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ji smacked his mouth, reminiscing all the thick oily red sauce left on his lips from the few dishes just now, then picked up a long and thin stone, and Wipe out a flat surface on the ground in front of you.

"Just like the Huntian theory put forward by someone during the Warring States period, the land under our feet is actually round."

This sentence did not arouse Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen's strong exclamation. Although the mainstream has always been the concept of a round sky and a square place, for a well-educated person like Liu Bowen, and a hard-working student like Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ji's remarks are true. Not surprisingly.

What really made Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen look strange was the graphics that Zhu Ji drew on the ground.

"The reason why we think the land is square is because we always think that the road is flat. In fact, referring to Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou", you can understand that a sphere with a diameter of more than 450 million feet is too big for us who are less than nine feet tall. How big is it after all?"

"This is Daming, this is Canyuan, this is Tubo, this is Dongying..."

Zhu Ji drew a few neighboring countries he knew according to their approximate proportions and shapes, and then began to supplement a rough world map on this basis.

Although the shapes cannot be exactly the same, but it is so. When Zhu Ji pointed out the locations of several countries in the Western Regions that he had heard from Liu Bowen on the map, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen opened their mouths wide at the same time.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, he realized at this time that he had always been proud of dominating the world, and co-authoring only occupied a corner of the world.

The truly vast world is completely only in the picture of myself, the bastard.

(End of this chapter)