Daming: Father, I am no longer a teacher

Chapter 18 My Secret, Zhu Yuanzhang's Killing Heart

Zhang Yi was shocked, did Comrade Zhang change his gender?

He still doesn't know what kind of person his father is?Although Zhang Normal is generally a good person in Zhang Yi's cognition.

But to say that Comrade Zhang is an honest man would be an insult to his IQ.

He wanted to say a few more words, but Lao Zhang waved his hand:

"You don't need to say it, after going back as a father, you will take the initiative to report to the emperor, and restrain Longhushan's power to issue ultimatums!"

He was upright, but his heart was bleeding. When Zhang Tongtong looked at Zhang Yi again, he felt disgusting. How much profit did Longhushan lose with a single word for this dead boy?

If Zhang Yi had said yesterday, he would probably carry it out quietly when he went back, but now he is not only afraid to do it, maybe he will take the initiative to write a letter asking the emperor to reduce the power of Longhushan!
No, if he stays here again, he will be pissed off by Zhang Yi.

Zhang Normal saluted the emperor, and got into the car with a livid face.

"Second brother of the Zhang family, go with your uncle?"

Longhushan and his party left, and Zhang Yi watched his father leave, feeling a little different.

Although he doesn't deal with Zhang normally, after getting along these days, he has some feelings for this father.

"Let's go, I don't know when we can see you again?"

Old Zhu talked a lot, but Zhang Yi said casually, "We'll see each other next year!"

He knew that in the second year of Hongwu, Zhang Zhengzheng would go to Beijing to host a Fa conference for Zhu Yuanzhang, so he said this.

Old Zhu memorized this sentence silently, but did not say anything.

"Zhang Yi, you stay in the capital alone, if you have any needs, you can ask uncle... Tell me, what do you need, uncle will buy it for you!"

Zhang Yi bowed and replied:

"Uncle Huang, Dad gave me twelve yi silvers before leaving the capital, which is enough for us to spend, but practitioners need to practice, especially our Longhu Mountain's outer alchemy, some materials are not good I bought it, I wonder if uncle can help me?"

"You want something like cinnabar, I'll send it to you later..."

"Thank you uncle, but the materials I need are a bit complicated, not just these. If uncle doesn't mind the trouble, I'll write you a list. If you want to buy as much as possible, you don't have to pay for it. I will pay for it myself!"

Zhang Yi seemed to have been prepared for a long time, he took out a note from his arms, on which were written some items he needed.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it over and looked at it, frowning slightly.

What Zhang Yi needs is really varied.

Medicinal herbs, garlic, saltpeter, cinnabar, ore, and a kind of sand that he specified to collect from, can these things make alchemy?
Zhu Yuanzhang expressed doubts in his heart, but he didn't even want to accept the list.

"I try to buy as much as I can, but I can't guarantee that I can collect them all. You just have to wait. I can't ask your uncle for your money. Since I told Lao Zhang to take care of you, my uncle will definitely help you if he can!"

Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard the words. To be honest, the twelve yi silver left by Zhang Normal is enough if he just lives a small life.

Twelve 镒 silver is 288 taels of silver. Converted to today's one tael of silver, it can buy about two shi of grain. This is a total of nearly [-] shi of grain. Not to mention the officials of Ming Dynasty, these silvers are already comparable to the titles of many later The honorable annual income.

For example, the famous Liu Bowen, who has not yet been made an earl, even after he was made an earl, his annual income is only 240 shi of grain.It is equivalent to about 120 taels of silver.

The current emperor's stinginess and Longhushan's abundance are self-evident only from the comparison of this detail.

But even with so much money, it might not be enough for Zhang Yi.

He has too many ideas in his heart to realize, so he needs a lot of materials for experiments. Fortunately, he can collect some things in the name of alchemy without arousing others' suspicion.

But for money, it is already in the sky that Zhang Normal can give him twelve yi silver. As Zhang Yi said that day, the most important thing about Longhushan is to keep a low profile.

In Jiangxi Shangao, the emperor is far away, the Zhang family may not be able to see the Zhang family's flamboyant behavior, but he is in the capital, bearing the name of a son of the Zhang family, how much does Lao Zhang dare to give?

If you want to accomplish your goals, you must first make money?

But how to make money, Zhang Yi had no idea for a while, so he could only take one step at a time.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Yi were walking in front, when suddenly the sound of galloping horses came from behind.

"Make way, give way to my young master!"

Accompanied by a roar, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and saw a young man rushing towards him. At that moment, Zhang Yi gave him a small hand and made him fall towards the side of the road.

The young man rode his horse and passed by.

"It's the son of the Chang family, Chang Mao..."

People around recognized each other's identity, and there was a lot of discussion.

The Holy Majesty was disturbed, and the faces of the guards around the emperor showed anger, but the sharp-eyed guards recognized the boy's origin?

General Chang Yuchun's son, driving a horse in the busy city?

The anger on the emperor's face was beyond words. He looked at the guards around him and was about to explode when Zhang Yi suddenly grabbed his hand:
"Uncle Huang, that's the son of Chang Yuchun's family, the future Duke, don't be impulsive?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and immediately thought of his current identity, and suddenly woke up.

But when he came back to his senses, he looked at Zhang Yi with strange eyes.

"How do you know that Chang Mao will be the future Duke?"

In the first year of Hongwu, the emperor had not conferred meritorious officials, and he even drafted the list of meritorious officials, which was only seen by him and Zhu Biao.

How could this seven-year-old boy know Chang Mao's identity and explain his future encounters in one word?
Zhang Yi dodged his eyes and said:

"Everyone knows that he is a child of Chang Yuchun's family, isn't he the future Duke? Who doesn't know that our Daming has two military gods, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, these two must be the Duke of Feng?"

"Why not seal the king?"

Old Zhu is not such a person who is easy to fool, he asked Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi laughed:
"Just like your majesty can't tolerate the name of my family's celestial master, how can he tolerate a prince with a different surname?"

Lao Zhu looked moved, Zhang Yi's words really spoke to his heart.

The previous dynasty was not too strict with the rewards for princes, and there were many princes with different surnames. A more famous example is that the war god Wang Baobao in Beiyuan was canonized as King Qi.

Although the emperor has not conferred meritorious officials yet, there are many speculations about the rewards of these old brothers like Zhu Yuanzhang.

Among them, Li Shanchang, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were already recognized candidates for the prince.

Lao Zhu is in control of the school, so he naturally knows what the officials are talking about in private.

In fact, this kind of speculation is very normal. The official system of Ming Dynasty followed the previous dynasty, and everyone guessed that it was natural for him to follow the old rules for this award.

But Zhu Yuanzhang has a different opinion in his heart. He is a person who attaches great importance to power and also cares about fame.

The name Zhang Tianshi has been called by the Zhang family for hundreds of years since the Han Dynasty, and I have never seen any emperor take it seriously, but Lao Zhu insists on words, just to get rid of your name.

The reason for this is the same as that he does not allow a living king with a different surname to exist.

He has a knot in his heart, which Zhu Biao may not even know.

However, Zhang Yi easily saw through his bottom line, which made the emperor murderous.

(End of this chapter)