My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 65 Big Surprise

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui came to Wuying Hall together, but at the gate of the hall, they saw Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe also there.

"Zhan He, why are you here?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked in surprise when he saw his son.

"Father, why are you here wearing armor?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned when he saw Zhu Gaoxu's helmet on.

"I'm training in the army, and I rushed over when I was summoned by your grandpa and didn't have time to change my clothes."

Zhu Gaoxu found a reason for himself.

"That's right, I prove that the second brother is telling the truth."

Zhu Gaosui jumped out and said.

"Third son, did the emperor summon you?"

Zhu Gaochi asked Zhu Gaosui, it must be no small matter to summon the three brothers once.

"No, I followed my second brother to see the situation."

Zhu Gaosui shook his head immediately.

"Why don't you guys go in?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe.

"Father said let us wait for you here, and then go in together."

Zhu Gaochi showed a worried look when he spoke, from which he could feel that his father must be in a bad mood today.

"Father, you won't do anything to make Grandpa Huang unhappy, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked his father seriously, he had exchanged opinions with Zhu Gaochi just now, and they agreed that Zhu Gaoxu had caused trouble again.

"No, I've been staying in the palace recently, training soldiers honestly, and haven't caused any trouble?"

Zhu Gaoxu said so, but he was also doubting himself. After all, every time Zhu Di was unhappy, it was usually because of him.

Zhu Gaosui who was next to him laughed inwardly. He was the only one among the four who knew what was going on.

"How about... let's go in and have a look?"

Zhu Gaochi suggested, but when he spoke, his legs grew on the ground, motionless.

"Go in, you are the boss, you are advanced!"

Zhu Gaoxu immediately suggested that he was clever this time.

"Are you wearing armor, or you are advanced!"

Zhu Gaochi is not stupid, whoever goes in first may bear his father's anger first.

"You are thick, you go ahead!"

"You are tall, but you are the most advanced!"

The two brothers gave in for a long time, but finally decided to go in together. Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Zhanhe hid behind them obediently, feeling full of security.

In the Hall of Martial Heroes, there were more than a dozen memorials placed on the desk, and Zhu Di sat on a chair with his face sinking like water, wondering what he was thinking?
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu entered the main hall slowly, stepped forward and saluted: "I pay homage to my father!"

Zhu Di raised his eyes to look at a few people, then focused his gaze on Zhu Gaoxu, and said with a cold snort: "You come to see me in armor, do you want to force the palace?"

Seeing his father getting angry at him, Zhu Gaoxu secretly thought that something was wrong, and it turned out that he caused trouble again, so he immediately stepped forward and said: "My son admits his mistake!"

"What do you admit is wrong?"

Zhu Di was obviously taken aback.

"My son doesn't know what's wrong. Anyway, father, you beat or scold me, and my son admits it!"

Zhu Gaoxu is very bachelor, he has grown up like this since he was a child, he is used to it.

"Go away, this matter has nothing to do with you!"

Zhu Di finally came to his senses, and gave Zhu Gaoxu a hard look, denying when he should admit his mistakes, and blindly admitting when he shouldn't, it's simply making trouble on purpose.

"It's none of my business!"

Zhu Gaoxu exclaimed in surprise, growing up so big, he finally felt proud once.

"It has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with your good son, Zhu Zhanhe! Come out!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di snorted coldly, and said angrily to Zhu Zhanhe who was hiding behind,

"what?"

Zhu Zhanhe raised his head in astonishment, why did he get involved with himself?

"Father, did you make a mistake, Zhan He is very sensible recently?"

Zhu Gaoxu, who hadn't restrained the smile on his face, also asked in astonishment that he was fine, but his son got into trouble.

"Grandson admits his mistake!"

After Zhu Zhanhe came to his senses, he stepped forward and directly admitted his mistake. His son must have learned from his father.

"You really should admit your mistake!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, then pointed at Zhu Gaochi and said angrily: "There's still you!"

"Ah? Is my son at fault too?"

Zhu Gaochi was also stunned, he didn't seem to have done anything wrong recently?

"See for yourself!"

Zhu Di threw the dozens of memorials in front of him to Zhu Gaochi's feet.

Zhu Gaochi picked up a book and looked at it, then frowned, and glanced at Zhu Zhanhe next to him.

Zhu Zhanhe was also surprised, so he also picked up a copy and read it, only to find that it was a speaker who revealed his private use of Baoquan Bureau craftsmen, and impeached Zhu Gaochi by the way.

"He is young and ignorant, so are you ignorant?"

Zhu Di pointed at Zhu Gaochi and cursed angrily.

Although there are only a few coppersmiths, on a larger scale, this is for private use. As a prince, Zhu Gaochi should be more cautious about this aspect.

"I know I was wrong, the main responsibility for this matter lies with my son, Zhan He is just young and doesn't understand the seriousness, I hope the emperor will not punish him!"

Zhu Gaochi was very loyal, and directly took all the responsibility on himself.

Zhu Gaosui next to him sneered secretly, while Zhu Gaoxu was at a loss, wondering why his son was related to the boss?
"Uncle is right, the main responsibility for this matter lies with him!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly stood up, pointed at Zhu Gaochi and said to Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochi was astonished, thinking that you are too stupid, obviously you came to ask me for help, okay?
"Oh? You mean to say that your uncle instigated you in this matter?"

Zhu Di's expression changed when he heard Zhu Zhanhe's words, then he narrowed his eyes and asked.

It was not a big deal at first, but Zhu Gaochi took the initiative to undertake it. Zhu Di planned to scold him for a few words, but Zhu Zhanhe suddenly jumped out and took the initiative to accuse Zhu Gaochi. This made Zhu Di feel disgusted. Same as before.

"That's right. I originally wanted to report to Grandpa Huang earlier, but Uncle wanted to surprise Grandpa Huang. I didn't expect such a big misunderstanding to arise."

Zhu Zhanhe deliberately laughed dryly at the end of his speech, seeming a little embarrassed.

"Surprise? What surprise?"

Zhu Di was also confused when he heard this.

In fact, not only Zhu Di, but also Zhu Gaochi was also confused. When did he want to surprise his father?
"Grandpa Huang didn't know something. After my uncle learned that the Yongle Grand Ceremony was almost destroyed, I always wanted to share my worries with Grandpa Huang. It just so happened that I knew a type of movable type printing, which can greatly save costs when printing a large number of books, so we let people A kind of copper movable type was made, and the craftsmen of Baoquan Bureau were used!"

Having said this, Zhu Zhanhe stretched out his hand to poke Zhu Gaochi, and asked intentionally, "Is that right, uncle?"

"Uh... that's right, this son-in-law really wanted to relieve his father's worries, that's why he made that copper movable type in private!"

Zhu Gaochi woke up like a dream, and immediately followed Zhu Zhanhe's words.

Although he didn't know what copper movable type was, he believed that Zhu Zhanhe would not cheat himself.

"What copper movable type, it can print the Yongle Canon?"

Zhu Di showed suspicion. He inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, and instinctively had a sense of distrust for everyone, even his children and grandchildren.

"The so-called movable type is actually the same as the seal in your hand, the emperor's grandfather. There is a reverse font engraved on it. Multiple movable types are arranged in the order of the book, and can be printed into a book..."

Taking the seal as an example, Zhu Zhanhe briefly explained the principle of movable type printing to Zhu Di.

As soon as Zhu Di heard it, he understood that this kind of movable type printing can be used repeatedly. It may not be a big deal to print one or two copies, but if it is printed in large quantities, it can indeed save a lot of cost.

"The copper movable type you mentioned is really feasible?"

Zhu Di also turned his anger into joy at this time, and asked Zhu Zhanhe eagerly.

"It's absolutely feasible. My grandson has already completed the experiment and printed some books. The quality is not much worse than that of woodblock printing. The most important thing is that the cost is low!"

Zhu Zhanhe answered confidently.

"Okay, okay! Zhan He is worthy of being my good grandson, if this is feasible, you should be the first!"

Zhu Di excitedly walked back and forth a few times, then pointed at Zhu Zhanhe and praised him.

"Grandfather, this is not the work of my grandson alone. If my uncle didn't help me, I wouldn't be able to find a coppersmith to make movable type."

Zhu Zhanhe smiled a little shyly, and then thought of something, so he continued.

"In addition, there are two good friends of my grandson, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng, and Zhang Zhong, the eldest son of the Duke of Yingying. They also helped a lot!"

"Those two boys also know how to do serious things?"

Zhu Di showed surprise. Of course Zhu Yong and Zhang Zhong knew about it.

"Exactly, casting copper movable type requires a lot of copper materials. Grandpa, you know that your grandson is relatively poor recently. I melted all the copper basins I wash my face, but it is not enough. Zhang Zhong will use the weapons collected by the British Duke, Zhu Yong will All the gods in the house were pulled out and melted, and this is enough copper material!"

Zhu Zhanhe's words are nine truths and one falsehood. For such a great contribution, you must not forget your brother. Anyway, it is impossible for Zhu Di to verify such a trivial matter.

"Not bad, not bad, Zhu Yong and Zhang Zhong are worthy of being my nobles of Ming Dynasty, they know how to worry about the country at a young age!"

Zhu Di smiled happily, feeling that he had finally been rewarded when he was entrusted with honors.

Zhu Gaosui from the back looked at the smiling Zhu Di and the radiant Zhu Zhanhe, gritted his teeth angrily, and secretly hated himself for making a mistake in chess. He even forgot to understand the function of movable type, which made Zhu Zhanhe turn over plate!
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At the same time, Zhu Zhanji, who had been busy for a long time, finally rushed back to the palace.

During this period of time, he spent almost every day in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, trying his best to lobby those Hanlin and doctors, hoping that they could come forward and organize people to re-record the Yongle Grand Ceremony.

Most of these academicians and doctors participated in the compilation and transcription of the great canon in those years. Many people recalled the days of those years, it was simply miserable, so they were very resistant at the beginning.

But Zhu Zhanji is not a person who gives up easily. During this period of time, he has reasoned and moved with emotion, and finally persuaded some people. With the help of these people, he can start the re-recording of the Yongle Grand Ceremony.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but lighten his footsteps, and soon came to the outside of the Hall of Martial Arts.

Zhu Zhanji tidied up his clothes before stepping into the hall with his head held high and his chest held high. He wanted to give Grandpa Huang a big surprise!

(End of this chapter)