Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 18 Is This Painting Valuable?How much wool can I exchange? ? ? (4000+)

Amidst the thunderous roar, everyone covered their ears together.

"Cough cough!"

In a burst of thick gunpowder smoke, Zhu Zhanji was choked and coughed.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, when he looked at the courtyard wall of Ji Gang's mansion, he saw that the courtyard wall, which was originally five or six meters high, had become dilapidated.

Under the collapsed walls here and there, from time to time, one or two unlucky ghosts who were crushed by the fallen walls were still struggling and screaming.

This general cannon looks amazingly powerful, but this time only solid shells are used.

As long as it is not directly hit by a shell, it will basically have no lethal effect.

The killing is basically caused by the collapse of the wall or the splashing of other things.

But in general, the damage of solid shells to buildings is still very large.

The courtyard wall of more than 100 meters, where it was hit, it would be a big hole, and even the wall next to it was crumbling, fearing that it would collapse with a slight push.

This is still bombarding buildings with solid bullets.

However, when the two armies confront each other, the General Cannon will use smaller shotguns, one shot at a time, just like an enlarged version of a shotgun. With one shot, Zhu Zhanji estimates that few of these people will survive.

It's just that relatively speaking, the range of shotguns will be shorter. In comparison, solid shells are more suitable for destroying buildings, while shotguns are more suitable for dealing with living people.

Think about the scene on the battlefield where a cannonball blasts out a bunch of shotguns, and then the enemy is directly killed or wounded. In fact, the power of this kind of cannon is still very impressive.

However, the biggest disadvantage is the smoke of black powder. After a burst of shelling, the entire cannon position was covered by gunpowder smoke.

Zhu Zhanji waited until the gunpowder smoke was almost cleared, and then looked at Xiaonai and Jin Zhong beside him and said:
"Order Dongchang and the Imperial Forest Army to rush in, and anyone who resists will be punished on the spot!"

"The minister (servant) leads the order!"

The two saluted, nodded, and then began to convey Zhu Zhanji's order to the following with a wave of hands:
"Pass down the grandson's order, and anyone who resists will be punished on the spot!"

"Pass down the grandson's order, and anyone who resists will be punished on the spot!"

"kill!"

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The voice sounded three times, and with the sound of "kill", a group of imperial guards and the eunuchs of the East Factory quickly turned into two groups and rushed towards the collapsed courtyard wall respectively.

Amidst the shouts of killing, a group of dead soldiers rushed out of Ji Gang's mansion, and quickly faced the Imperial Forest Army and the people from Dongchang.

Swords collided, and occasionally cold arrows were shot. Without the courtyard wall, in comparison, the Yulin Army and Dongchang were more skillful in cooperating, and their numbers also had the upper hand.

The dead soldiers who rushed out were quickly killed back.

As more and more Imperial Forest Army and Dongchang eunuchs rushed in.

Gradually, the battle line began to deepen into the courtyard, and the courtyards and corridors were quickly divided into small battlefields.

Obviously, without the wall, the siege had not been long since the siege started, and the winner was almost decided. Although the dead soldiers in Ji Gang's mansion were more familiar with the terrain, they were obviously resisting in the face of the larger number of Imperial Forest Army and Dongchang. Just in vain.

As the screams became less and less, the sound of sword collisions became smaller and smaller.

Zhu Gaochi walked up to Zhu Zhanji, touched Zhu Zhanji with his arm, and with a fat face, said in a low voice:
"Son, our family is tied to you this time. If you can't find evidence of Ji Gang's rebellion in Ji Gang's yard, you can wait for your grandfather to come back with the army!"

Seeing that his father was still cowardly at this time, Zhu Zhanji was a little speechless, and comforted him in a low voice:
"Don't worry, Dad, I'm not stupid. Since I want to deal with Ji Gang, I will definitely kill him with a stick. If no evidence can be found, can't I arrange some evidence on the spot?"

"How many evidences are arranged at the scene?"

Zhu Gaochi was stunned when he heard the words, and he didn't realize the meaning of the words for a while.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't say anything more, but looked at other officials and said:

"The traitor's followers have already bowed their heads. Are you adults willing to go in with me to see what is hidden in this mansion that is heavily protected by Ji Gang?"

It's time, at this moment, these ministers have no way to turn back, and they all nodded when they heard the words.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji laughed, whether he should say it or not, his stupid father has been in charge of the country for so many years, and his influence in the court is still very impressive.

In fact, most of these officials belong to the prince's party, and even some officials in important positions are directly from the prince's family.

He is also extremely supportive of his great-grandson.

If there was such a prince in another dynasty, he would have been feared by the emperor long ago.
But the old Zhu family is a strange thing. It can be said that the old Zhu family is definitely the most humane royal family in all dynasties.

Don't look at Zhu Di pulling Zhu Gaochi out from time to time to scare him, but the cooperation between Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi is very tacit

One is in charge of war, the other is in charge of government affairs, one civil and one military, one internal and one external,
Being an emperor is not like an emperor, who will leave the government at every turn, and bringing a group of Jingnan veterans is a personal conquest.

Being a prince is not like a prince. Zhu Di has been in power for 22 years, and Zhu Gaochi has been in charge of the country for almost half of the time.
It can be as short as a few months, or as long as three or four years. Except for his status, he is almost the same as the emperor!

In addition, the prince is well-known for his kindness, which naturally led to almost all civil servants in the court firmly standing by the prince's side.

Naturally, Zhu Zhanji, the eldest grandson of the emperor, will naturally be supported by these people.

"Let's go, Dad, let's go and have a look together!"

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaochi, who nodded, and then, supported by Zhu Zhanji, walked to Ji Gang's mansion first.

The Yanyun Eighteen Riders on the side were firmly guarding the two of them, Ji Gang was also carried by the two Eighteen Riders, and a group of people marched into the courtyard that was still considered to be an iron wall just now.

Passing through the gate that had been opened from the inside, the imperial guards and the eunuchs of the East Factory carried corpses still dripping with blood and transported them to a spacious grassland.

Fortunately, many of the civil servants present have experienced Jingnan scenes, and they are no strangers to such scenes.

At most, he covered his nose with his sleeves, stimulated by the smell of blood, and then began to look around blankly!
It has to be said that Ji Gang's appointment as the commander of Jinyiwei for so many years is definitely not for nothing.

This mansion occupies a large area, almost no worse than some royal mansions. Various decorations, even many of them are tributes sent to Daming by surrounding countries, as well as buildings. An extremely rare treasure!

"hiss……"

Everyone was walking, and suddenly the prince Zhu Gaochi who was walking in front stopped, with a look of shock on his face, he threw off Zhu Zhanji's support, and in two or three steps walked to a pair that was spread out and was almost more than ten meters long. In front of the writing screen, a startled voice said:
"Yang Shiqi, come and take a look, is this "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painted by Wang Ximeng, a court painter of the Northern Song Dynasty?"

Hearing Zhu Gaochi's exclamation, a large number of officials were attracted in an instant.

For a while, the front of the ten-meter-long scroll was crowded with civil servants.

Even Zhu Zhanji, the grandson, was pushed out of the crowd by someone who didn't know.

"A map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?"

Zhu Zhanji was outside the crowd, glanced curiously, then looked at Jin Zhong, who didn't know if it was because his old arms and legs couldn't stand the toss, and didn't join in the fun, and asked:
"Is this painting worth much?"

Jin Zhong heard the words and repeated subconsciously: "Very valuable~?"

He pronounced the word "?" very hard!
Zhu Zhanji nodded. He only has two words in his eyes now, making money. Except for making money, everything else is empty to him.

If this painting cannot be exchanged for money, it would be more practical to have two golden peas!

Seeing Zhu Zhanji nodding, Jin Zhong immediately said with disgust: "Vulgar, vulgar!!!"

After finishing speaking, Jin Zhong turned away with an old face, and even his body was a few steps away from Zhu Zhanji in an instant.

It looks like I don't know you well!
Zhu Zhanji: "???"

Am I disgusted by this old man again?
He glanced at Jin Zhong and felt that he couldn't pee with the old man.

He can't understand, what's wrong with vulgarity?
He just likes vulgarity, doesn't he?

Not bad how to make money?

How do you live without making money?
Cursing his lips, Zhu Zhanji moved his eyes, and soon noticed Xia Yuanji who was admiring the painting on the other side,
Suddenly his eyes lit up.

After confirming the eyes, this is a "vulgar" person like him!
Thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji walked over calmly, poked Xia Yuanji's arm with his finger, and then said in a low voice:

"Old man Xia, how much wool can I exchange?"

"For wool? What for wool?"

Xia Yuanji glanced blankly at Zhu Zhanji who was walking beside him, but he didn't react.

Until Zhu Zhanji glanced at the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" on the wall, Xia Yuanjicai's old face turned dark, and he persuaded with contempt:

"His Royal Highness, you should read more books on weekdays!"

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

This old man is going to betray the revolution!

Why is he working so hard to get money? It's not because the household department can't get the money.

This old man actually has the face to despise him?
Xia Yuanji didn't know what Zhu Zhanji was thinking. Before Zhu Zhanji could say anything, he asked:

"Does Your Highness know who painted this painting?"

"Wang Ximeng, the court painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, is he famous?"

Zhu Zhanji felt that the old man's revolutionary spirit was not pure, so he replied angrily.

His father yelled so loudly just now, he could of course hear it.

It's just that he hasn't heard the name before.

If he talked about Wu Daozi, Wang Xizhi, "A Picture of Shanghe During the Qingming Festival" and so on, he would definitely be able to say one, two, three.

But "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" and Wang Ximeng, he has never heard of this,
After all, there are so many famous painters in ancient China, and he is not an expert professor, so how could he remember them all!
Xia Yuanji nodded, and didn't care about Zhu Zhanji's attitude, and continued to ask: "Does His Royal Highness know that this "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painted by Wang Ximeng for Song Huizong?"

Zhu Zhanji frowned at Xia Yuanji's point, and immediately realized the meaning of the words, and couldn't help saying:

"The "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painted for Song Weizong, this is a painting of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for the emperor, good guy, Ji Gang is not ordinary courageous, but it's a pity that this painting can't be sold for money, tsk tsk..."

Speaking of which, Zhu Zhanji smacked his lips regretfully.

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Xia Yuanji had an expression of "children can be taught", and was relieved, but the second half of the sentence almost choked him,
What is it that it is a pity that you can't sell it for money?
Could selling money be more important than convicting Ji Gang?
I was a little speechless, but Xia Yuanji didn't care about this with Zhu Zhanji, and continued:

"So His Royal Highness should be able to know why the officials were so shocked after seeing this painting? On the one hand, it is indeed because of this painting, but it is more because of the fact that this painting is in Ji Gang's mansion. Hua Zai, even if Ji Gang has a hundred lives, it is not enough for the emperor to kill!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, Ji Gang was alive only because he was Zhu Di's dog.

But since you are a dog, you can't have ambitions. Once you have ambitions, the dog is not far from death.

And for Ji Gang, what could be more obvious than the ambition shown by the private possession of "Thousands of Li Jiangshan"?
"I don't know why there is no such thing recorded in history?"

This thought flashed across Zhu Zhanji's mind, but then he shook his head again without thinking about it.

After all, there are not one or two things that are missed or made up in the history books.

"His Royal Highness!"

Just as Zhu Zhanji was thinking, he saw little snot rushing in with a panicked face.

Seeing the little snot, Zhu Gaochi, who was admiring the picture, and the officials also looked over in unison.

"What happened, so alarming?"

Seeing the appearance of little snot, Zhu Zhanji asked immediately.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the servant found a treasure house in Ji Gang's backyard!"

"treasure house?"

Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up, and he finally found the right owner!
Although "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is good, Zhu Zhanji is very self-aware.

The thing is a good thing, but it is a scalded potato. To him, it is at best the evidence to convict Ji Gang, but in the end it has to be handed over to Zhu Di.

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is doomed to the status of this painting just by the words "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". Anyone who takes it is giving Zhu Di eye drops!

"Returning to Your Highness, the servants found a total of 99 warehouses in Ji Gang's backyard, of which 49 were filled with silver, 49 were filled with gold, and there were [-] other warehouses filled with various treasures. , the remaining [-] rooms... [-] rooms..."

As Little Snot said, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead. Seeing Zhu Zhanji kneeling on the ground with a plop, he said with a look of panic:

"There are 49 rooms left. I don't dare to talk nonsense, so I invite the crown prince and grandson to go and check with you adults!"

The little snotty words startled everyone.

Ten storerooms full of treasures are enough, thirty storehouses full of silver and five storehouses full of gold.

How many things did Ji Gang have to greedy to install so many warehouses?
This is not counting the antique calligraphy and paintings in these houses.

Moreover, there are 49 warehouses, which the eunuch dare not mention, and everyone needs to go to see them together?
Little Snotty's status is quite high, not to mention serving Zhu Di at any time, and even in charge of the East Factory, which is of the same status as Jin Yiwei.

Even the little snot was scared like this, and the ministers naturally understood what this meant.

Now, everyone is not in the mood to appreciate "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". Although the private collection of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is no different from rebellion, it is just a painting after all.

What can play a role is to let Zhu Di see Ji Gang's ambition, so as to kill Ji Gang.

But something that can scare the little snot so much that he dare not say it directly, isn't it going to pierce the sky?

For a while, everyone looked at Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaochi, after all, they still had to make a decision.

Zhu Gaochi walked to Zhu Zhanji's side and glanced at him.

Zhu Zhanji's eyes moved, and he guessed what the little snot found almost instantly.

After all, others don't know the details of Ji Gang, but he knows it very well.

He dared to charge Ji Gang with an unfounded charge for Ji Gang's embezzlement of money, and then directly took Ji Gang down, largely because he knew Ji Gang's details.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji nodded to Zhu Gaochi and said:

"Let's go, Dad, let's go and have a look together, to see the so-called treasure house of Ji Gang!"

(End of this chapter)