My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 372 Changes in the situation

Draw a horizontal and oblique Yinchang, the lonely mountain and the moon are in the Fusang.

You can ruin your reputation for thousands of years, but you still have the fragrance of plum blossoms crossing the sea.

Monk Yixiu pointed to a picture of plum blossoms, and gently chanted a poem "Painting Plum Blossoms".

Zhu Zhanhe didn't understand poetry, but he could tell that this poem was based on Mei Yongzhi. Not only did he express his own background, but also his aspirations in the poem, which can be said to be extremely ingenious.

"Good! Great poem!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi also praised greatly. Although this poem cannot be said to be a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, it is also above the standard. What is even more commendable is that it was written by a Japanese monk, which made him very impressed with this monk Yixiu. admiration.

Then Zhu Gaochi asked Yixiu to sit down, and the three chatted while drinking tea.

It was only then that Yixiu discovered that although the prince of the Ming Dynasty was fat and big, he was extremely talented and learned, and had a deep knowledge of poetry and poetry, which made him even more in awe.

They chatted until it was getting late, Zhu Zhanhe and Yixiu said goodbye and left.

On the way back, Zhu Zhanhe asked Yixiu, "Do you have any plans recently?"

"Yes, I plan to go to Linji Temple first, pay homage to the patriarch, and then go to the Shaolin ancestral court!"

Yixiu said with a firm expression.

Yixiu belongs to the successor of Linji Sect. Linji Sect is one of the five schools of Zen Buddhism. It began with Master Linji Yixuan. The new method of Zen Buddhism, "Using emptiness to absorb existence and emptiness to blend together", is therefore called Linji sect.

The ancestral home of Zen is in the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, where Bodhidharma began. Therefore, Yixiu plans to go to Linji Temple first, and then cross the Yellow River to visit Shaolin.

"Okay, I'll help you arrange it, let me know when you leave, and I'll see you off."

Zhu Zhanhe knew that Yixiu's heart to the Buddha was very firm, so he didn't say much, but promised to provide the other party with necessary help.

For example, Yixiu needs to be exchanged for a certificate from a monk of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he is not considered a legal monk at all, and he will not be able to move freely in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"Thank you son!"

Sincere thanks.

In the following period of time, Zhu Gaochi called Yixiu into the palace many times to chat, and by the way, learned a lot about Japan's customs from Yixiu.

Zhu Zhanhe also helped Yixiu handle the degree, and Zhu Gaochi got Yixiu to visit the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism, and also provided a lot of help.

Just two days before the imperial examination, Yixiu bid farewell to Zhu Zhanhe and left the capital alone.

"Zhan He, is your method reliable?"

Zhang Zhong found Zhu Zhanhe that day, and asked with some concern.

The imperial examination was about to start, and the plan to recruit scholars to Tianzhu was about to be implemented, but Zhang Zhong was still a little worried about this matter.

"Whether it's reliable or not, you have to try it, and even if there are not many people who are willing to go to Tianzhu, there are still so many scholars, young students, and a large number of small officials, and there are always enough people to go to Tianzhu! "

Zhu Zhanhe replied with a smile.

In order to recruit scholars to go to Tianzhu, he also specially checked the information. For example, each province in the Ming Dynasty usually admits tens of thousands of scholars, and the admission rate of scholars is not high, even less than one-tenth.

In other words, there are at least hundreds of thousands to millions of scholars in Daming. Even if only one percent of these people are willing to go to Tianzhu, there are tens of thousands of people.

You must know that all the officials of the Ming Dynasty combined are only tens of thousands, and a considerable part of them are military generals. Therefore, if Zhu Gaoxu had [-] civil servants, it would be enough for him to rule Tianzhu, which is much smaller.

"Well, the results of the imperial examination will not come out until April, and there are still nearly two months left. What are we going to do in these two months?"

Zhang Zhong nodded after listening, so he asked again.

"It's very simple. Now we just need to release the news and let this matter start to ferment among scholars. After the imperial examination is over, we will officially post the list. After some candidates are willing to contact us, we will post the list to all the state capitals across the country. , To recruit those scholars, children, etc., of course, the fame is not the same, and the treatment must be different."

Zhu Zhanhe briefly introduced his plan.

He intends to make breakthroughs from the candidates who failed the ranking first, and then recruit other scholars. As for the small officials, I am afraid that they will be put at the end, because if too many small officials leave, it will definitely affect the stability of the government offices in various places. Once the impact is too great, I am afraid it will not end well.

"Okay, then do as you say!"

Zhang Zhong nodded again.

In fact, he really wanted to go back to Tianzhu as soon as possible, but he also knew that there was no rush for this matter, so he had to plan slowly.

And as long as you make a good start, it will be much easier to recruit people in the future, so you can only follow the plan step by step.

While talking, a servant suddenly ran in to report: "My lord, a document has been sent from the palace!"

"Official document?"

Zhu Zhanhe was a little surprised. After all, how could the official document be sent to his house, and it was sent from the palace. Could it be that Zhu Di sent someone to send it?
With doubts in his heart, Zhu Zhanhe took the official document and read it, and he found that it was sent by Zhu Di.

And when he saw the content of the official document, Zhu Zhanhe finally understood the reason. It turned out that it was an official document sent from the Japanese province, written by Yang Yun himself, and reported some situations in the Japanese province.

Zhu Zhanhe read the contents of the official document in detail, and then frowned.

It turned out that after Zhu Zhanhe left, the situation in Japan had some changes.

Originally, the Ashikaga shogunate was on the border of the Ouchi clan, but they did not dare to attack, and the Ouchi clan and Daming were also unable to take the initiative to attack, so the situation remained stalemate.

But just a while ago, Ashikaga Yoshichi suddenly gathered a large number of naval forces in the Kamakura area, and summoned craftsmen, and began to imitate the style of the Ming warships, trying to build a new batch of warships.

This is not a good sign. Ashikaga Yoshichi is actively preparing for the battle, which shows that he wants to break the current deadlock, and his goal of building a navy is obviously not the Ouchi clan, but the Kyushu Island occupied by Ming.

After Yang Yun got the news, he also felt that something was wrong, so he immediately wrote to the court to ask Zhu Di to make up his mind, and Zhu Di probably couldn't make up his mind, so he asked someone to send the official document to Zhu Zhanhe, asking him to help as a staff officer.

"Zhan He, what happened?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe was silent after reading the official document, Zhang Zhong asked curiously.

"It's nothing. The situation in the Japanese province has changed. Grandpa Huang wants me to make up my mind."

Zhu Zhanhe raised his head and replied.

"Then Zhu Yong won't be in danger?"

Zhang Zhong immediately asked, Zhu Yong was guarding the Japanese province, so he must be very worried.

"Don't worry, the Ashikaga shogunate is actively preparing for the battle, but in my estimation, it won't be able to fight yet."

Zhu Zhanhe said with a smile, he felt that Ashikaga Yoshihito's massing of sailors with such a big fanfare was just to deceive people's eyes and ears, and the real purpose might not be Kyushu.

(End of this chapter)