My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 102

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Gaoxu was indeed besieged by hundreds of officials. Headed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and various ministries, they jumped out one by one to impeach Zhu Gaoxu for oppressing the people and beating the court officials.

There were even many people who exposed Zhu Gaoxu's old background and enumerated the crimes he had committed before, including leading troops to besiege the imperial city, seriously injuring commander Xu Yelu and so on.

Facing the impeachment of the ministers, Zhu Di couldn't afford to protect Zhu Gaoxu anymore, so he had to issue an order to temporarily confine Zhu Gaoxu in the mansion. As for how to punish, Zhu Di has not yet thought about it.

In the Hall of Martial Heroes, Zhu Di sat on a chair, frowning.

Zhu Gaochi next to him also frowned. Regarding the matter of dealing with Zhu Gaoxu, besides Zhu Di, only Zhu Gaochi was qualified to participate.

"It's better to let the second child go to the fiefdom. If he stays in the capital, not only will the people in the capital suffer, but I will be mad at him sooner or later!"

Zhu Di was silent for a long time and finally spoke.

This was his angry remark yesterday, but after calming down and thinking about it, he found it very reasonable. Instead of letting Zhu Gaoxu dangle in front of his eyes every day, it is better to let him go away, so that he is out of sight and out of mind.

"Father, let the second son go to the fiefdom, you are quiet, and the people in the capital are also relieved, but the people in the fiefdom will suffer, and no one will control it at that time, and the second son doesn't know what he will do. Woolen cloth?"

Zhu Gaochi replied with a face of embarrassment.

"I can't control so much anymore, I can only suffer for the people in the fief!"

Zhu Di waved his hand.

But at this point, he might also feel embarrassed, so he pondered for a moment and said again: "If it's really not possible, just choose a stable and resolute person to be the long history of the Han Palace, and maybe he can persuade you a little or two at that time."

"Find Chang Shi for the second child? Father, have you forgotten the lesson of the year?"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words.

The palace has its own officials, among which the long history is the most important, but the post of long history in the Han Palace has been vacant for a long time, or no one dares to go.

In fact, the Han Palace had a long history before, but almost all of them were short-lived. Every time, they were beaten away by Zhu Gaoxu. There was a man with a stubborn personality who was almost beaten to death by Zhu Gaoxu. Over time, no one dared to be the King of Han. The post of long history of the government.

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what do you say?"

Zhu Di slapped the table and said angrily again.

"This one……"

Zhu Gaochi also looked embarrassed, he actually had no good solution.

But at this moment, Zhu Gaochi, with sharp eyes, suddenly saw Zhu Zhanhe poking his head outside the palace gate, as if hesitating to come in.

This made Zhu Gaochi's eyes brighten, and he pointed to the outside of the hall and said: "I have no choice, but maybe Zhan He will have a way!"

Zhu Di heard the words and looked around, and also saw Zhu Zhanhe outside the hall, and immediately shouted angrily: "Come in!"

"Grandson pays respects to Grandpa Huang!"

I saw Zhu Zhanhe trotting in, holding a one-foot-square box in his arms.

"What are you holding?"

Zhu Di also asked curiously when he saw the box in Zhu Zhanhe's arms.

"This is a gift from my grandson to Grandpa Huang!"

Zhu Zhanhe chuckled, said as he stepped forward, and put the box on the table in front of Zhu Di.

"It's such a time, are you still in the mood to give gifts?"

Zhu Di frowned, and then continued angrily: "I hope this box contains your father's head, so that it can be taken out to appease the anger of the officials!"

Needless to say, the box Zhu Zhanhe sent could just fit a human head.

"Grandpa Huang, stop joking. This gift is extraordinary. After the young master saw it before, he also asked me to ask for it. I think you must like it, Grandpa Huang, so I asked someone to make an extra one and gave it to me specially. To Grandpa Huang!"

As Zhu Zhanhe spoke, he took the initiative to open the lid of the box, reached out and took out a delicate globe, and gently put it on the desk.

"What is this, a wooden ball?"

At this time, Zhu Gaochi also approached curiously and asked.

"This object is called a globe. It was originally presented by a foreign businessman. I improved it according to Zheng He's route to the West. It marked the land and sea of ​​the whole world."

Zhu Zhanhe was afraid that Zhu Gaochi would ask about the origin of the globe again, so he took out his shield first.

"Is this what people often say that the earth is like a ball?"

Zhu Di finally showed surprise, and looked at the globe curiously, and quickly found Daming's location.

"Why is my Daming so small?"

Zhu Di shouted dissatisfied immediately after seeing Daming.

"It's not too small. In this world, our Ming Dynasty is definitely the largest country in the world in terms of territory and population!"

Zhu Zhanhe hastily explained.

"That won't work, it's too small!"

Zhu Di was still dissatisfied. In his opinion, Daming had to account for at least half of the world, otherwise how could it be called the Kingdom of Heaven?
"Father, it's not that our Daming is too small, but this world is too big. Think about it, Zheng He and the others barely reached Malin Kingdom after three years of walking."

Having said this, Zhu Gaochi asked Zhu Zhanhe curiously again: "Zhanhe, please show me where is the Ma Lin Kingdom?"

"Malin Kingdom is in Africa, right here!"

Zhu Zhanhe turned the globe while talking, found the location of Ma Lin Kingdom and told Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Di was finally distracted, looked curiously at the location of Ma Lin Kingdom, and then measured the distance to Daming with his hand, only to find that it was still far away from going around the world.

"It only takes three years to go so far. If you want to go around the world, wouldn't it take nine or even ten years?"

Zhu Di was also speechless at this time.

"It won't take that long. The purpose of Zheng's palace and the others' voyages is mainly to visit the countries along the way, and they often stop at various ports, sometimes even for a few months, so it takes a lot of time. If you want to go around the whole earth , It is estimated that it will be almost three years."

Zhu Zhanhe corrected with a smile.

Later Magellan sailed around the world with only five ships and more than 200 people. The sailing conditions were much worse than Zheng He and his crew, but it only took three years to circle the earth.

"Interesting, I didn't expect this world to be so big, and the land is divided into several pieces by the sea!"

Zhu Di stroked his beard and praised.

Seeing that Zhu Di was interested, Zhu Zhanhe took the opportunity to give him and Zhu Gaochi a world geography class, in fact, he repeated what he had taught to Guangxiao before.

"Grandfather, look, the Mongols sent troops from the grasslands, launched several western expeditions, and finally killed the entire Central Continent, all the way to Europe. Even now, the Mongols are still active in this area."

Zhu Zhanhe finally drew a line from the grassland, and finally drew to the east of Europe.

"It turns out that those Mongols not only took down the Central Plains, but also took down such a vast area!"

Zhu Di looked at the area Zhu Zhanhe had drawn, and couldn't help but admire at this moment.

Although Meng Yuan was Daming's enemy, Zhu Di had no choice but to respect such a powerful enemy.

"I remember that Timur, he seems to be a Mongolian?"

Zhu Gaochi also said at this time, last time he heard Zhu Zhanhe and Zheng He both mentioned the matter of Timur.

"That's right, to be precise, although Timur is a Mongol, his customs and beliefs are more like that of a Turkic. He later married a princess of the Chagatai Khanate, so our Ming Dynasty also called him Timur the son-in-law."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded.

Chagatai is the second son of Genghis Khan, the authentic gold family.

"Wait, didn't we just want to talk about your father, why did you suddenly talk about these things?"

Zhu Di suddenly slapped his forehead, feeling that he was being led astray by Zhu Zhanhe.

"Grandfather, what do you plan to do with my father?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked Zhu Di with a slight smile. When he took out the globe, he had already paved the way for the next thing.

"What else can I do, I plan to let him go back to the fief!"

Speaking of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di said angrily again.

But at this point, Zhu Di suddenly added another sentence: "Of course you don't have to leave Zhanhe, just stay in the capital, and you have to discuss with Zheng He about the voyage to the West!"

"Thank you, grandpa, for your kindness!"

Zhu Zhanhe thanked him first, then shook his head and said, "But I think it's really not a good thing to let my father go back to the fief!"

"Look, that's what I said too. The second child went to the fiefdom, so I don't know what to do!"

Zhu Gaochi also agreed with Zhu Zhanhe's words.

"If you don't let him go to the fiefdom, you can't cut his prince and arrest him in prison?"

Zhu Di said angrily again.

"Grandpa, calm down!"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanhe's expression suddenly became very serious, and he said again in a solemn voice.

"Actually, my grandson has already told Grandpa Huang about my father's treatment!"

"tell me what?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, not understanding what Zhu Zhanhe meant.

"Genghis Khan had four sons back then, and they all established their own khanate in the end. Kublai Khan, who established the Great Yuan, was only the son of the fourth son Tuolei. Since Genghis Khan's golden family can do this, why should my Zhu family Can't do it?"

Zhu Zhanhe replied in a low tone.

As soon as his words came out, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were all shocked.

Especially Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Zhanhe with wide eyes, he never thought that his nephew would have such great ambitions!
After Zhu Di was shocked, his breathing became short of breath.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Dayuan at the beginning, strictly speaking, he did not completely defeat the Mongols, because Dayuan was only one of the countries established by the Mongols.

Later, Timur used the banner of the Mongols to conquer Daming, and also wanted to restore the Mongols' rule over the Central Plains.

Zhu Di always thought that the land area of ​​Ming Dynasty was big enough, but when he saw the globe just now and learned about the area ruled by the Mongols, Zhu Di felt that the land area of ​​Ming Dynasty was too small in comparison.

Now Zhu Zhanhe suddenly pointed out a different path to Zhu Di, asking Daming to follow the example of the Mongols to conquer and develop a wider land.

Moreover, Daming had an advantage over the Mongols back then, because Zheng He had gone to the Western Ocean several times, and he had already figured out the situation of some countries along the way, and he had a son like Zhu Gaoxu who was used to fighting.

It can be said that everything is ready, only Zhu Di nodded.

(End of this chapter)