Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 2 Your Majesty, listen to my quibbles

In the imperial study room.

"Are these books really written by you? I didn't expect you to be so young."

"Your Majesty, it is indeed written by me, and I entrusted shopkeeper Ding to print and sell it." Zhang Xiao lowered his head and replied.

"Chen Ju, take the paper and pen and pass it over." The emperor ordered.

"Zhang Xiao, please write down the name of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". If you still remember the beginning, also copy a paragraph." The emperor ordered.

Zhang Xiao took the pen and paper and started writing. After a while, Chen Ju put away the paper and pen and handed it to the emperor.

"Chen Ju, take out the manuscript that I checked from the Ding Family Bookstore. I want to compare it myself. Well, the writing is a little neater than before, but it is still as ugly." The emperor put down the manuscript and looked at Zhang Xiao.

"Your Majesty, my handwriting is ugly and unsightly, so please forgive me." Zhang Xiao sighed inwardly, "I am a swordsman and a fish, yes, yes, yes, you are right."

"It's so uncomfortable to be on the ground. Chen Ju, bring me a maza."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat." Zhang Xiao lay on the ground for a long time and finally could sit down.

"It's okay. I just want to ask you about writing a book today. You just need to answer truthfully. I asked people to read the history books about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and did not see this person. Guo Jing, Huang Rong and Yang Kang, in history Is there a real person?"

"Your Majesty, this is what a novel says. Guo Jing and Yang Kang have no such person in history. They are just named after the meaning of 'Jingkang'."

"Although this Guo Jing has no name in the history books, he can be regarded as a loyal minister and a righteous man. Also, what do you think about the plot of this little dragon girl being frivolous?" The emperor's attitude changed.

"This..." Zhang Xiao was speechless. He was already careful enough. How could he dare to write something like the original novel? He just wrote that his hand was touched by Zhen Zhibing. As for that.

While Zhang Xiao was still thinking, a book flew from the emperor's hand and hit Zhang Xiao on the head. Zhang Xiao didn't dare to shout, "Forbearance, endurance, endurance", who made this reader too powerful.

"That's all. Delete this plot for me later. If you want to reprint it, show it to me first. Forget it if it was printed before. That's it." The emperor said while suppressing his anger.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will change the article immediately when I turn around." Zhang Xiao could only give in. There was nothing he could do.

"Also, after you finished writing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", why didn't you write it again? I still want to see where the Dragon-Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Sword ended up. What happened to Yang Guo's descendants? Why didn't you write it again?" The emperor then asked road.

"Your Majesty, if you write this again, it will involve this dynasty." Zhang Xiao said bravely.

"Oh, you have awakened at this time. So what did you mean by writing "Cid's Song" about three princes killing each other?"

"Ah!" Zhang Xiao was dumbfounded.

"Are the characters you wrote about historical facts, or did you deliberately compile them? Did anyone instigate you to write this book?" The emperor's eyes became sharp. Only then did Zhang Xiao suddenly realize how he had been brought into the palace with such dignity, and even met the emperor. It has been three years since I came to this time and space, and it is now the eighteenth year of Wanli (1590 AD). Although Zhang Xiao knew little about the history of the Ming Dynasty, he was still quite clear about the struggle for the foundation of the country during the Wanli period, that is, the struggle for the throne between the crown prince and Prince Fu, which caused a lot of trouble for the Ming Dynasty. Has the national war begun? Emperor Wanli is already so sensitive now, it’s bad!

"Your Majesty, these are all true stories of Western Yi, and I don't mean to mock the Holy Dynasty. I have traveled overseas and know a lot about overseas stories, so I tried my hand at writing this "Song of Xide", and I plan to write more later Overseas history, geography, customs and customs..."

"You want to make progress. Chen Ju, bring up the map that the foreign monk paid tribute to some time ago."

After a while, Chen Ju and several young eunuchs came in with a bundle of paper, and then spread it flat on the ground.

"This is the map of all nations that the foreign monk Matteo Ricci paid tribute to. Can you point me to where the countries of these three princes are?" The emperor also stood up and walked to the map.

"Your Majesty, this prominent place is called the Iberian Peninsula. Three princes inherited their father's land, namely King Garcia II of Galicia, King Sancho Alfonso VI, and King Sancho II of Castile. world. Later, Alfonso VI unified the three countries. Later kings relied on conquests and marriages to basically unify the peninsula and establish Spain. Later, the Spaniards went to the sea, occupying land along the way, and also captured Luzon. However, there is another country called Portugal on the peninsula. They also go abroad to plunder land and money, but their homeland is weak and was annexed by Spain a few years ago. They are the Francois who occupy Macau. Their homeland is on the west side of the peninsula. It's at this location." Zhang Xiao said while pointing at the map.

"So behind these people are the Folangji and Daluzon people? I didn't expect that you really know the inside story of Xiyi and Nanyang. It seems that I can find a job for you, are you willing to accept it?" The emperor asked road.

"The villain is willing to accept it."

"The Hanlin Academy's books and files are now in disarray. I will assign you a proofreading position. You go and sort out the books. Chen Ju, please explain to the person there that I was the one who put them in. Also, your handwriting is really ugly. Write The manuscript is in a hurry and contains many errors and omissions. I order you to copy the "Collected Commentary on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" once. Also, I will give you one thousand taels of silver and you can continue writing the book. When you have finished, show it to me first to make sure there are no mistakes." the emperor ordered.

"I follow His Majesty's holy orders, but where will the book be printed after it is finished, and how is Shopkeeper Ding?" Zhang Xiao asked cautiously.

"You can print your book however you like. This "Cid's Song", if I read it and you have no problem with it, you can continue to print it. But after you finalize the original copy, you can make an extra copy and give it to the palace. It will be useful for me. The man who printed for you is named Ding, right? How is this man? Chen Ju, do you know? Why don't you ask Zhang Jing?" The emperor looked at Chen Ju beside him.

"Long live my lord, shopkeeper Ding has put it back after asking questions." Chen Ju replied.

"Okay, Zhang Xiao, you understand what I mean. I'll give you five days to finish what you should be busy with. When you're done, remember to go to the Hanlin Academy to report. You have to take your time and copy the book first. "Cid's Song" is finished." The emperor waved his hand.

Zhang Xiao quickly ran away.

The study was quiet for a while.

"Are I being paranoid? Although this Zhang Xiao is somewhat clever, he is not very scheming. The factory guards did not find that he had any contacts with any court officials." The emperor sighed softly.

"The minister dare not say anything, but from my perspective, this person is indeed not a treacherous person. It's just that he is so young, and I don't know where these insights come from." Chen Ju replied.

"So I have to keep this Zhang Xiao under my nose. You have to help me keep an eye on him." The emperor ordered.

"The minister obeys the order."

(End of this chapter)