My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 249 Glazed Tile and Copper Tile

"Your Majesty, Nanjing is the place where Emperor Taizu's dragon flourished, and we must not give up easily. Now that the three main halls have been destroyed, it is a warning from the heavens. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

At the court meeting, an official strode forward and warned with a serious face.

"I also agree that the matter of moving the capital is too hasty, please take it back!"

Another minister followed suit.

Immediately afterwards, a group of ministers came forward one after another, all taking advantage of the destruction of the three halls this time, demanding that Zhu Di return the capital to Nanjing.

In the face of the ministers' exhortations, Zhu Di's face was livid with anger. It has only been a few months since he announced the move of the capital, and he hadn't even warmed up the dragon chair in Beijing, so this happened. .

"Retreat!"

Zhu Di flicked his sleeves angrily, turned around and left after speaking.

There is no way, facing the opposition of so many ministers, although he is very annoyed, he can't find a reason to refute these ministers, so he can only use this way of retreating to not listen to them.

Seeing that Zhu Di was gone, these ministers who opposed him still refused to give up. They all expressed their righteous indignation.

At the same time, Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanji personally entered the fire scene, searching for clues in the fire scene bit by bit.

Of course, apart from the two of them, there were Jin Yiwei and Dongchang fans, all of whom were sent by Zhu Zhanhe to the scene of the fire to look for clues.

"Second brother, what are we looking for?"

Zhu Zhanji asked puzzledly at this moment.

"Look for all the metal objects, not a single one!"

Zhu Zhanhe explained with a smile.

"There are a lot of metal things in the three halls, what are you looking for?"

Zhu Zhanji still didn't understand.

"Brother, don't ask so many questions, just keep looking!"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't want to explain too much. Now all the ministers in the court are against moving the capital. He doesn't have much time, so he must find some clues as soon as possible.

Although the fire could burn down houses, some metal utensils can still be preserved. Although many metal utensils have been burned, deformed or even melted, they can still be found in the end.

There are many people and strength, and soon all the metal utensils that could be found in the fire scene of the three halls were sent to the open space in front of Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Zhanhe will arrange these utensils separately, and each hall will have a separate area to avoid confusion.

Soon the open space was filled with all kinds of metal utensils, but most of them were deformed, and some of them couldn't even see their original appearance.

Zhu Zhanhe came to the leftmost area, where all the metal utensils found in Fengtian Temple were placed, such as lamp holders, incense burners, etc. Some large metal utensils were still in good condition, and the remaining small things were hard to identify up.

"Ok?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly found a few special metal utensils among these metal utensils, which made him immediately pick them up and examine them carefully.

This is a kind of bronze ware, which has been deformed by the fire, but it can still be seen that it was originally flaky, about the thickness of a palm, and larger than a book.

"Brother, come and see what this is?"

Zhu Zhanhe beckoned to Zhu Zhanji, who was in charge of supervising the construction of the imperial city, and must be more familiar with the situation of the three halls than he was.

Zhu Zhanji stepped forward, picked up another similar piece of bronze, and after observing it carefully for a while, he said, "This seems to be a tile, but how could it be made of copper?"

The roofs of the three main halls are all made of glazed tiles, and they are golden yellow. Although the bronze ware in Zhu Zhanji's hand has been burned and deformed, it does look a bit like glazed tiles.

"Come here, find some intact glazed tiles!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately ordered that although the three main halls were burned down, the glazed tiles were originally made by fire and are very resistant to high temperatures, so some of them must have survived.

Soon, someone sent two intact glazed tiles. This kind of tile is golden in color and belongs to the royal use of the imperial city.

Zhu Zhanhe compared the glazed tile with the copper piece in his hand. Although the copper piece was burned and deformed, it can still be seen that the shape and size of this thing and the glazed piece are not much different, and they should be the same thing.

"That's not right, the three main halls all use glazed tiles, why use copper tiles?"

Looking at the tiles of two different materials, Zhu Zhanji also asked with a puzzled expression.

The construction of the three halls is extremely strict. There are special regulations on which crafts and materials are used in which places, and no one can change them. This is also to ensure the quality of the entire project.

And Zhu Zhanji remembers very clearly that the roofs of the three main halls are all made of glazed tiles, and even the animal heads on the eaves are also fired with glazed tiles.

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe didn't say anything, but came to another piece of metal utensil, which was found in Huagai Palace.

Zhu Zhanhe searched among these metal utensils for a while, and soon found several similar copper tiles.

Finally, he came to Jinshen Hall again, and also found copper tiles. Because the fire in Jinshen Hall was relatively light, the copper tiles here were well preserved. The color of copper is also similar to the golden colored glaze, which cannot be distinguished unless you look carefully.

"Second brother, what is going on here? Why are these copper tiles mixed with the glazed tiles?"

Zhu Zhanji was puzzled, pulled Zhu Zhanhe and asked again.

"If my guess is correct, these copper tiles are the culprit of this lightning strike!"

Although Zhu Zhanhe tried his best to suppress it, he still replied with a bit of anger.

"What do you mean, a few copper tiles can cause a lightning strike?"

Zhu Zhanji still doesn't understand, which is normal. After all, the ancients lacked scientific literacy, and they didn't know anything about some basic imperial examination knowledge in the eyes of later generations.

"Brother, when building the three halls, is it strictly forbidden to use metal on the roof?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't answer immediately, but asked Zhu Zhanji again.

"That's right, there is this rule. I also asked the craftsmen, but they couldn't tell the reason, they just said that the rules are like this."

Zhu Zhanji nodded.

"That's it. This is the experience summed up by the craftsmen, but it's a pity that it was destroyed by someone, using metal utensils to attract lightning!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with hatred.

Metals are attractive to lightning, which is known to everyone in later generations, but in ancient times, some craftsmen may have noticed and passed on their experience, which formed the rules in the construction industry. As for the reason, many craftsmen also Unable to speak.

"You mean that metal can attract lightning, and someone deliberately mixed copper tiles with glazed tiles, which caused the three halls to be struck by lightning at the same time?"

Zhu Zhanji is also very smart, and immediately understood what Zhu Zhanhe meant, but this conjecture shocked him beyond compare. If this is true, then the people behind it are too bold!
(End of this chapter)