Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 165 First Meeting
When the building boat docked, a group of officials came to greet him, and Zhu Yuan followed Lao Zhu to get off the boat, and the sound of drums and music sounded on the shore at the right time.

Then came the queue again.

On the way back, Lao Zhu was at the front, followed by a group of civil and military attendants, who lined up according to rank. Because there were a lot of people, it took more than a quarter of an hour just to line up, and the drum music finally stopped.

Zhu Yuan was able to rank first in civil servants by virtue of his own three-rank, and it was Lao Zhu who deliberately explained.

After all, strictly speaking, he is not included in the triumphant expedition.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan clearly saw a certain young man coming up for the first time.

Prince Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao, who is only 13 years old this year, is half a head taller than the current Zhu Yuan, with a slightly youthful fair and round face. At first glance, he looks more like Ma Shi than Lao Zhu.Lao Zhu and his wife both have round faces, and their husbands and wives look very good. However, Lao Zhu has saber eyebrows, which are very sharp, while Zhu Biao has silkworm eyebrows similar to Ma Shi's, which makes their faces look soft.

It is very common for a son to look like a mother.

Speaking of which, there used to be an argument that Mrs. Ma had no sons but only two daughters.Lao Zhu's 26 sons, starting from Zhu Biao, were all born by other concubines.

Regarding this point of view, no matter whether it was a close friend who was a descendant of King Qin, or Zhu Yuan who was forced to follow Ming history, they all held the opposite attitude.

The fourth child and the fifth child were not born to Mrs. Ma. This is highly likely to be true. However, the first three, not to mention Zhu Biao’s obvious preference for Mrs. Ma’s appearance, can only be inferred based on various historical records. Sure.

Like one.

Lao Zhu married this wife in 1352 when Ma Shi was 20 years old. In this year, Lao Zhu was 24 years old. Young people are not in a hurry to take concubines, not to mention the deep relationship between Lao Zhu and Mrs. Ma is well known.

Then, Zhu Biao was born in 1355, three years after Lao Zhu and his wife got married.

If you count the pregnancy time, it may only be two years or even more than a year.Moreover, during this period of time, Guo Zixing was still alive, and Lao Zhu continued to serve Guo Zixing in name.Considering the feelings of the "maiden's family", Lao Zhu, who also attaches great importance to etiquette in his bones, would not make a concubine conceive first.

Even if Lao Zhu had other women, according to some unspoken rules of the inner house in ancient times, it is impossible for Mrs. Ma to be scheming and let other women give birth to her husband's eldest son first.

On the other hand, although the husband and wife were both older youths and married very late at the time, from a physiological point of view, they were both the most suitable age for childbearing. no problem.

Lao Zhu has 26 sons to prove it.Ma Shi, since she can give birth to a daughter later, there is no reason why she couldn't give birth to a son before.

With all these superpositions, from all levels, Zhu Biao will only be Ma's own.

Then, there were Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan in succession, and the time was right. Moreover, during this period, Lao Zhu was still on the rise of his personal struggle. He is a person with enough self-control and will not be addicted to women. In the unofficial history, there is even a joke about Lao Zhu killing a famous prostitute to wake himself up.

On Ma's side, after giving birth to three sons, his position was stable, and Lao Zhu's personal career had also reached a peak. He confirmed that he was in an invincible position, and he no longer minded other women giving birth to heirs for his husband.

What's more, when Zhu Di was born, Lao Zhu had already established a firm foothold in Yingtian and got rid of the Guo family, so he was regarded as the overlord.

So you can enjoy it a little bit.

Only then did the fourth and fifth children come into being.

The biological mother of the two brothers was the 'Concubine Concubine' who basically did not leave any records, which just proved that the Ma family's status was stable, so that even if a concubine Ji gave birth to a son during that time, she did not leave much information.

As for the rumors that Zhu Biao's biological mother is "Concubine Li Shu", let alone the time is not right, just think about a certain scene.

Old Zhucai and his wife had been married for more than a year, and he couldn't wait to take the daughter of his subordinate Li Jie as his concubine, and soon gave birth to a son, and three in a row. On the premise that his wife was not infertile, this was simply pampering. Concubines kill wives.

With Lao Zhu's emotional personality, can he do this kind of thing?

On Longwan Wharf.

Zhu Yuan's thoughts were flying, and on the other side, Zhu Biao was solemnly reciting long and long congratulatory speeches to his father.

Zhu Yuan also got a cup.

And then, before it was over, there was another period of drumming and dancing that was different from the first one, which lasted for another quarter of an hour.

This is not over yet.

There is also a segment showing captives.

And, His Majesty the Emperor also spoke a few words loudly in front of hundreds of officials and people.Probably out of humility, this battle is due to God's blessing, the ancestors showed their spirits, and the soldiers used their lives, it was not his own work, and then looked forward to the future.

Barbara.

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, all the officials and people bowed down to congratulate under the guidance of the officials.

When the ceremony finally ended, more than half an hour had passed.

Zhu Yuan felt his legs numb, his head started to feel dizzy, and his stomach was hungry. He thought it could finally be over, but Lao Zhu beckoned him forward: "Yuan, come, see Biaoer."

The two young men who secretly looked at each other more than once and each found that the other had looked at themselves looked at each other again. Zhu Yuan pulled up his clothes and was about to bow down, but was stopped by Old Zhu: "Don't be so polite, you're so unreasonable."

When Lao Zhu said so, Zhu Yuan followed suit, but still gave a deep bow: "Yuan'er has met His Highness."

Listening to his father's words, Zhu Biao sized up this peer at a closer distance, while reaching out to help him: "Hanlin, please get up."

"From now on...heh, I should be called Uncle," Lao Zhu also felt a little awkward, so he said, "I've already asked someone to draw up an edict, and after I've been busy for a few days, it's time for you to honor me." Facing the eldest son's suspicious gaze, Lao Zhu smiled and said, "Biao'er, Yuan'er is our own family, you two need to get closer to each other from now on."

Hearing the words 'uncle' and 'grandfather', and remembering some occasional words from his mother, Zhu Biao's eyes flashed and he nodded quickly.

Not far behind Zhu Biao, the court officials who came to greet him also heard His Majesty's words, and their expressions were even more different.

This……

What a family.

It's just, it seems... The seniority doesn't seem right.

After talking with his two descendants, Zhu Yuan didn't neglect all the ministers. He stepped forward and exchanged greetings with Li Shanchang. Zhu Yuan could only follow patiently.

Soon there was a military general, about 30 years old, who looked very young, but his height was more than 1.8 meters. Even with a long oval face, he couldn't hide his heroic spirit under the whole body.

Old Zhu smiled a little more, and pulled Zhu Yuan forward: "Yuaner, this is Youde, he is also a young talent, he started to lead the army at the age of 16, and soon became the commander of the ten thousand. "

Fu Youde?
Zhu Yuan was confused for a moment, and realized that Fu Youde was still on the front line, and his age was wrong. Moreover, Lao Zhu was so close, which made him quickly remember another person, Deng Yu.

Deng Yu, formerly known as Deng Youde, courtesy name Boyan.

Why did you change your name?

There is a high probability that it is because of a certain name maniac.

Speaking of which, as one of the six founding dukes bestowed in the third year of Hongwu, Deng Yu's military achievements were far inferior to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's, and even Liao Yongzhong and Tang He, who were enshrined as marquises, were not as good. In addition to the qualifications of leading thousands of people to join Lao Zhu in the early years, there is also the almost father-son relationship between this young general and Lao Zhu.

This point, the old Zhu said a lot in historical materials.

In addition, in the past few months, when Lao Zhu was abroad, he deliberately transferred Deng Yu back to Jinling to guard him, which shows his trust.

Moreover, in the later "History of the Ming Dynasty", Deng Yu's biographies were listed in the same volume as Li Wenzhong and Mu Ying. Obviously, historians also positioned them in this way.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan hastily bowed again: "Zhu Yuan has met General Deng."

Although Zhu Yuan was a little older than Zhu Yuan, Deng Yu did not support him like Zhu Biao did. Instead, he clasped his fists in return and said with a gentle smile, "The more people have heard about the name of Hanlin, the more I have the honor to see it today."

Old Zhu took Zhu Yuan to meet several other civil servants and military generals whom he didn't know before, and finally found that his baby's 23rd grandson's complexion was not right, he reacted, shook his head and smiled: "Your body, forget it, that's all for today, hurry back Take a break, well, you don't have to participate in those ceremonies tomorrow, take a good rest. Also, you are weak, so you can skip the court meeting in the future, that's it, go."

Zhu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially without having to attend the morning court every day, I have to say that the ancestors are really thoughtful.

Respectfully bid farewell to the surrounding people one by one again, Zhu Yuan left the team, accompanied by a courtesy officer ordered by Lao Zhu, and quickly found Zhao Xu among the surrounding crowd.

Hastily walked over.

Zhao Xu led a team of guards and waited outside. Seeing the appearance of his little official, he didn't say much, helped to clear the crowd, and soon came to a sedan chair on the north side of the pier.

Xieyi, Liubai, Qingniang, Luoshui and Gushui, as well as Qiao Wang, Lu Yu and others, also greeted Zhu Yuan when they saw him.

Zhu Yuan didn't have the strength to say anything else, he waved his hand and said simply: "Go home."

Xieyi and the others hurriedly stepped forward to help them, and carefully put their little officials into the sedan chair, and Liu Bai, who was worried, followed them in.

After sitting down, Zhu Yuan slumped back. Feeling Liu Bai approaching, he stretched out his hands to hold Nizi's waist, pulled her to the front, and turned her head from leaning back to forward.

Comfortable.

Then just close your eyes.

The sedan chair was lifted, it was very stable, Zhu Yuan and Liu Bai sat down together, like hugging a pillow, holding the fragrant fragrance in their arms, and soon fell asleep.I don't know how long it took until I heard a whisper in my ear, and then I opened my eyes.

Dim light.

When we landed, it was the first moment of Shenshi, which was equivalent to more than three o'clock in the afternoon. The triumphant ceremony lasted for more than half an hour, and then all the way back here, it should have passed six o'clock, around Youzheng.

After a good night's sleep, he recovered a lot, stopped Liu Bai's support, and Zhu Yuan stepped out of the sedan chair.

Lidong was coming soon, the sky was getting shorter, and under the almost hazy night, looking around, the first thing that caught Zhu Yuan's eyes was a magnificent gate.

Because of the new construction, the gates of the three rooms, the red lacquered columns, the painted and carved beams, and the blue glazed tiles are very beautiful overall.

Inside and outside the door are male and female servants waiting respectfully.

There is also a pair of stone lions in front of the gate.

Ok.

Zhu Yuan stopped to look at it for a moment, then said with a smile, "The plaque is missing."

remember.

I am now... is this a 'fu' or a 'di' or a 'house'?

It seems to be a knowledge point.

However, I can't remember clearly, anyway, I was influenced by film and television works later, such as 'mansion' and so on, I can call it whatever comes along.

I commented on the smiling appearance of my little official, and said with a smile: "I haven't hung the plaque yet, and I have to wait for the little official to decide on all the details."

Zhu Yuan nodded.

He didn't hurry to enter the door, but looked around again.

At the foot is a small square paved with blue bricks. It is not very big, but it is paved all the way to the railing beside the lake. The widest point, which is in front of you, is about two feet long and extends to the left and right.On the left hand side is the stone road leading to several connected islands in the southwest until leaving the back lake. On the right side, you can see the original pier and the gate on the east side which has been remodeled into a small gate.

The former courtyard.

This is also very particular.

Small households do not open the second door, and large households, except for the main entrance, have to make the other corner doors smaller. From the perspective of Feng Shui, this is to avoid the loss of luck.

Zhu Yuan still believed in this.

Furthermore, the walls are also very high.

Zhu Yuan knew that it was one foot five, about five meters, and, this time, there was no paint. Compared with the gate, the outer wall was a very simple blue brick appearance.

This was also finalized by Zhu Yuan.

Because, the outer wall of the imperial city in the east of Jinling City is like this at present, it is very simple without any decoration.That being the case, I can't make it more fancy than my ancestors, let alone the Forbidden Red in the Forbidden City.

Looking around again, it was foggy, and it was dark again. The huge back lake was a deep scene. Apart from a few other islands in the middle of the lake, you could still see some withered remnants. No matter how far away, the vision began to be unclear. stand up.

The lotus scenery in Houhu Lake in summer is a must.Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to see it this year.

Can only wait for the rain.

Leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain.

When the wind blows, I subconsciously put my hands together, think about the surroundings, forget it, and maintain my image, so I stepped into the door.

A group behind hastily followed.

As Zhu Yuan approached, the male and female servants who barely knew each other saluted one after another.

Zhu Yuan also knew that it was a rare time to open the gate. In the future, even if it was his master, he would walk through the corner gates most of the time, especially today.

This is also the rule.

After entering the door, Zhu Yuan immediately didn't want to leave when he saw the front hall, which was as wide as a football field, was far away.

Fortunately, there is a shoulder pad next to it.

Sitting on it, hugging each other, but didn't bother to look around, covered with fur, and narrowed his eyes again.

In fact, I have seen it many times on the blueprints. The layout of this mansion was basically determined by Zhu Yuan remotely in Mingzhou.

The original island, after a little expansion by filling the lake, roughly presents an irregular circle with a diameter of 120 feet. In the center of the circle is a square-shaped mansion with a length and width of 88 feet, which is close to 300 meters. The total area is 130 mu.

The inside is the compact layout of Jiangnan courtyards that Zhu Yuan prefers after seeing more.

There are five layers of courtyards facing east and west, the widest in the middle and narrower on both sides.

Oriented north-south, there is also a five-story courtyard in the middle, and roughly seven-story courtyards on both sides in proportion, which is not standard symmetry. The house where Zhu Yuan originally settled in the east has a large garden. Except for the outer wall, the interior layout is basically unchanged.

Anyway, this time, the whole house has a total of 392 rooms, and it will definitely not be crowded like when Dinghai.

Opening his eyes again, he had already arrived at the inner courtyard of daily life.

This is the fourth courtyard.

There is also a dormitory for women's family members in the back. If they have children in the future, they will live in the back.

At the end there is a row of photo rooms built along the wall, for people or storage. The northwest corner of the photo room is still a standard position in Fengshui, and it is a back door.

There is a small pier outside the door, and you can take a boat to Houhu Medical College and Jinling University on the northern shore of Houhu Lake. Zhu Yuan also knows that the family members related to Xieyi, Liubai, and Qingniang, and recently from Mingzhou A large number of craftsmen who came to Jinling were mainly arranged near Hongshan or Mufushan on the north bank of Houhu Lake.

So it will definitely be a frequent place in the future.

However, Zhu Yuan has no plans to fill the lake or build bridges.

The boat ride is fine.

It's not that Lao Zhu didn't mention to Zhu Yuan earlier whether he should build a house in another place, such as the city.

Zhu Yuan chose to refuse.

I still prefer to keep some distance from people.

Besides, the inner courtyard in front of you, not counting the side rooms, has seven rooms in width and two rooms in depth. These are also the points that Zhu Yuan heard the speaker criticize because of this.

Whether it is a series of seven halls from the front hall to the backyard, or the overall mansion of a hundred acres, in this era, it is actually regulated by the princes.The so-called "emperor's house is one thousand mu, the prince's house is one hundred mu, and the doctor's house is nine mu".However, because it was approved by the old Zhu Te, and since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, all aspects of the system have not yet been clarified, so the officials can only talk about it.

When they came to the inner courtyard, Zhu Yuan ate and bathed under the attentive service of a group of warblers and swallows, and went to bed early before eight o'clock.

tired.

Besides, even if you don't have to go to court tomorrow or participate in various ceremonies, there are still many things to do.

There is simply no rest.

Furthermore, there is the day after tomorrow, which is Lao Zhu's birthday, so he must not avoid it.

(End of this chapter)