Zhu Youtang first gained a wave of hearts among the ministers.
There are still many superstitious people among ministers.
If they all felt that praying for rain was useless, they wouldn’t have followed. But once they came, the effect was immediate. It hadn’t rained for more than two months. Can it be a coincidence that it rained as soon as it came?
Even the usually upright admonishers and officials looked at Zhu Youtang differently, and they all seemed to want to soak up the "air of the emperor."
"My lords, the rain has finally come down, please go back to the palace."
Some rational ministers, such as top civil servants such as Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Tu Fu, although they usually like to take advantage of the sky, They heard about disasters and visions, but they did not believe that the rain was caused by prayers.
But they couldn’t figure out what was going on.
It is still raining now, and the ministers can’t help but want to take the carriage back to the city. After all, the performance should end.
Luan Jia and his party were walking on the way back to the city.
As planned in advance, Luan Jia entered the city from Zhengnan Gate and Zhengyang Gate, and went directly to Daming Gate without stopping on the street.
The streets have been closed along the way, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach Luan Jia.
But before they could reach Zhengyang Gate, Mou Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, rode over and informed Dai Yi of the news. Dai Yi then informed Zhu Youtang and his son who were sitting in the Luan Yu. Your Majesty, my subjects heard that Your Majesty and the Crown Prince were out of the city to pray for rain today, so they lined up on the streets south of the capital, waiting to pay homage to the Emperor. Many people knelt down along the way to praise Your Majesty and the Crown Prince for their kindness."
"Really?"
Zhu Youtang smiled and nodded.
The purpose was achieved.
"Where is Bingkuan?" At the critical moment, Zhu Youtang thought of Zhang Zhou again.
Dai Yidao "It seems that he went out of the city to test the artillery."
"It's a pity that he is not with me, otherwise I should have let him come with me." When Zhu Youtang said this, he found that his son There was something wrong with the look in his eyes, so he stopped talking.
This son.
Although he is young, he is very capable. Zhu Youtang wants to be both a wise king and a strict father, so he can only pretend to be in front of his son.
"Don't go through Zhengyang Gate. Enter the city from Chongwen Gate. The people along the way don't have to block you too far. I also want to get closer to my people."
Zhu Youtang also suddenly came to the city. Be creative.
Since the subjects want to worship, then don’t worship in front of the air. I will appear in front of them in person with the prince. Even if I don’t show up, I will let them know that I am of the same mind as them.
To win people's hearts
The drama must be done enough.
"Yes."
Dai Yi quickly went to ask Mou Bin to arrange it.
North of the city.
The cannon shooting continues, but this time the cannon is not fired at a distance, but at the sky.
"Mr. Zhang, it's raining. If we don't go back, why are we still here?"
Xiao Jing was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, looking at the people who were busy getting ready.Zhang Zhou, who was about to fire a bomb, walked over and asked.
Zhang Zhou said, "If Eunuch Xiao has something to do, go back first. I have some things to do here. Okay, just face here and let it go."
After Zhang Zhou finished speaking, Leave quickly.
Xiao Jing also knew that the cannon might be in danger of exploding, so he hurriedly ran with it.
Arrived not far away, he stood in front of Zhang Zhou again, curiously looking at Jia Laoshui and Sun Shangqi who were tinkering with the barrel.
"Bang"
A shot was fired.
Because of the rain, his vision was blurred. Xiao Jing squinted for a long time and couldn't see what the energy was.
"Sir, it's over"
Xiao Jing looked confused.
"Yes." Zhang Zhou looked up.
Zhang Mao also stepped out of the carriage under the umbrella held by his grandson and asked, "What's the point of firing cannons in the air? Is it to scare God?"
Scare God.
Xiao Jing smiled bitterly when he heard this.
Not to mention Zhang Mao, there was no one around who understood Zhang Zhou’s intentions.
While I was talking, the rain came heavily again.
The bamboo hat and raincoat Xiao Jing was wearing were obviously not enough. He shrank his head and wanted to run towards the carriage. Guo Ang quickly took an umbrella from his subordinate and put it on Xiao Jing.
Xiao Jing said, "I don't have good eyesight."
Guo Ang quickly moved the umbrella to Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Okay, let's change places."
"That's it. It's raining heavily. We should go back to the city." Xiao Jing did not have anyone to explain to him. Next, naturally I don’t understand the intention.
Zhang Zhou said, "Change a place and fire another cannon. Cover the cannon with a raincloth so as not to get wet in the rain. Let's go"
After walking nearly two miles, we got close to the city. In the northeast corner, Zhang Zhou stopped again, tinkering with the artillery.
The rain was very light at this time.
After Zhang Zhou asked people to set up the artillery, it was the same old routine again.
This time Xiao Jing didn’t even go up to check the situation.
When the artillery shot up to the sky, Xiao Jing could see it more clearly this time.
"Mr. Zhang, what is that white thing and why does it hit the sky?"
As he said this, there was another heavy rain.
Artificial rainfall enhancement is a matter of using an introduction to bring about geometric multiple effects.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Okay, let's change places."
Xiao Jingren was a little confused.
Zhang Lun, who came down with him, was more upright and asked Zhang Mao, "Grandpa, is Mr. Zhang urging the rain?"
Xiao Jingben had already followed a few steps and stopped after hearing this. Come down and slap your forehead.
“Look at our brains, we didn’t even think about this, but we were awakened by this young master of the Zhang family, Mr. Zhang, that’s right”
Now the surrounding people People looked over with strange eyes.
Zhang Mao said, "Bingkuan, I said before that you were trying to scare God."You really are"
Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "The British gentleman is joking, but he just wants to increase some rain through some methods. The effect may not be very great, so just add some." Let’s move on to another place”
“Let’s go, let’s go. ”
This time Zhang Mao also became interested and followed him in person, without even bothering to hold an umbrella.
He seemed to be able to follow Zhang Zhou out to play on the city wall, and he felt very happy. It's an honor.
I was thinking of sneaking through the city wall
Zhang Zhou said, "If we fire the next shot at the city gate building, will it be more effective? But I'm afraid this cannon can't be lifted." Go up. Isn’t it also against the rules?”
Zhang Mao slapped his chest and said, “Look at what you said, Bingkuan, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. I’m here and Eunuch Xiao, why don’t you come over and help me?” ”
Zhang Mao hurriedly called his guards over and worked together.
The rain fell intermittently for an hour.
At the back, the rain basically stopped Stopped.
It will only rain wherever Zhang Zhou goes, but the effect of this artificial rain increase is not that significant.
Zhang Zhou knows that some of it will rain. The technology should still be improved back home.
After Xiao Jing finished the work on Zhang Zhou's side, he hurriedly took a carriage back to the palace. On the way back to the palace, he learned that the emperor had left some people on his way back to the palace. The streets watching the ceremony knew that public opinion had been well created today, and the people regarded the emperor as the destined king.
Xiao Jingzhi was so proud that when he was about to arrive at the Qianqing Palace, he was afraid that he would not be wet enough, so he even put on his sleeves. Water, he twisted it towards the collar.
"Eunuch Xiao, what are you doing?" Yang Peng, who was following behind, asked him. You can’t cool down for a while.”
After saying that, he went straight into the Qianqing Palace.
At this time, Zhu Youtang was sitting at the desk, changing into dry clothes, including his hair. They were all dried in a stove, and sitting next to him was Zhu Houzhao, who was warming himself by the fire.
"Your Majesty, after my servant accompanied Mr. Zhang back to the palace, he returned to the palace to resume his duties. "Xiao Jing put on a happy face and said, "My slave accompanied Mr. Zhang out of the city. I saw the power of the two-part cannon, and there was no grass growing two miles away. I also saw his miraculous skills in increasing rainwater.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "When Bingkuan said he would add twelve cannons to Liaodong, I knew he was prepared. Last time, it was the mighty gunpowder. Di Yi must have it this time." If you take precautions and use artillery, there is no need to lure them into an ambush. It seems that Ningyuan's city gate does not need to be known. "
When Xiao Jing heard that the emperor was joking about the Ming Dynasty border fortress, he knew how good the emperor was now.
Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand to warm himself over the fire and said, "Father, cannon Is it really possible? Erchen thinks that using the mighty gunpowder is more powerful. It can even blow up the city gate tower. In the future, it can also blow up the grassland. ”
After Zhu Houzhao learned about the power of nitroglycerin, at a young age, he had dreamed of leading troops to conquer the grassland countless times recently, thinking about how to use the gunpowder invented by Zhang Zhou to make great achievements.
With the plan in my mind, I can write a paper on yellow powder tactics.
As a result, within a few days, I told him that the powerful gunpowder was a thing of the past. Now we are no longer limited to ambush in place and have switched to remote delivery
The young man’s dream does not need you to guard it
Improve it without caring about other people’s feelings
Zhu Youtang said, “Leave the matter of the march to the censor of the capital and the general soldiers. Go and finish it as an official. With your age, you should learn all the contents of the Classics and History Collection, and you must know how to use history as a guide."
"Father, you should have studied very well at the beginning, right? Now I am not a son, I understand my father's I mean, you must study hard."
Zhu Houzhao also has a keen eye.
Seeing that dad’s mood may turn from sunny to stormy at any time, it’s better to identify the differences and argue earlier.
“Oh.” Zhu Youtang sighed, “It’s a pity that Bingkuan didn’t go with me today. He didn’t see the devout people’s awe of the sky and their gratitude for my kindness. Why did he say he increased the rainfall?"
Zhu Youtang was intoxicated with himself for a moment, and then thought that he hadn't asked all the questions about what Zhang Zhou had done.
Xiao Jing quickly told Zhang Zhou about artificial rain enhancement in various places.
Zhu Youtang was surprised and said, "You mean, wherever he fires the cannons, the rain will increase."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang also said that if it can be done in the future, If it is improved, it may really have the effect of praying for rain, but unfortunately it can only do this, but it is not always tried and true. It only has a certain effect in some rains after a long drought.”
< p>"This is quite magical."Zhu Youtang also found it incredible.
Dai Yi quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, do you think you should find someone to cooperate with Mr. Zhang and ask him to improve this method of praying for rain?"
Zhu Youtang rolled his eyes at him, "If Bingkuan wants manpower, won't he talk to me? There's no need to urge him. After all, not every place needs to ask for rain. Many times you can't even ask for rain. The people today are really sincere." Ah."
As he spoke, Zhu Youtang's heart began to wander.
When returning to the city, when Luan Jia passed by the wide East Chang'an Street, people along the way paid homage to Zhu Youtang. He had never experienced such treatment, which made his heart surge.
"Who dares to say that I am not the right one?" Zhu Youtang said suddenly at the end.
The eunuchs immediately looked at the prince and said some words that the prince should not hear.
The emperor was probably too high-minded to actually say this in front of his son
We old people in the palace certainly know that in the last years of Chenghua, Concubine Wan Gui and other palace officials I deliberately stirred up rumors that Your Majesty is not the late Emperor’s biological son. Concubine Wan Gui even planned to join forces with the internal officials to depose you. However, times have changed and ministers have always regarded you as a wise king. How could anyone mention this?
It seems that Your Majesty really cares.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Father, if you are not the right emperor, who is?"
Just check and say, you are not, am I?
Dai Yi boasted, "Your Majesty, You really showed your power today."
"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded, and then looked at the people present with stern eyes, probably threatening anyone who dared to "false" today. Let's see how I deal with him if his affair is leaked.
The eunuchs lowered their heads in a sensible manner.
"Prince, your performance today is acceptable. You don't have to study today and tomorrow. But you are not allowed to mess around, let alone go out of the palace. Recently, Bingkuan has to prepare for the imperial examination. It is said that the exam will be held in three days. Don't bother him."
"Oh."
Zhu Hou responded.
"Okay, please step back first. I want to go with the prince to see the queen. If I can't decide on Zhu Pi and other matters, I will deal with them myself later."
< p>After Zhu Youtang finished his instructions, he immediately took his son to brag with his wife."Do you hear that?"
The four eunuchs here returned to the duty room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Before they could sit down, Chen Kuan said.
Dai Yidao "Be careful what you mean. Our family understands it, and you should understand it too. It seems that Mr. Zhang still cares about His Majesty."
I know the emperor cares. What, Zhang Zhou would feed the emperor whatever he wanted.
Emperor, don’t you care very much about whether you are orthodox or not? There are also rumors among the people that you are not the right one.
Then I will arrange a rain praying ceremony for you. Show off in front of the whole world.
Xiao Jing smiled and said, "It seems that I need to mention this matter to the historian a few more times, or even write a special book about it."
"You still have to say it"
Dai Yi rolled his eyes at Xiao Jing.
Dai Yi is also a little dissatisfied with Xiao Jing's recent closeness with Zhang Zhou and the limelight.
In terms of ability, Xiao Jing is actually better than Dai Yi. The more outstanding Xiao Jing is, the more Dai Yi will care about him.
Historically, Dai Yi disappeared during the Hongzhi period, but Xiao Jing continued throughout the three dynasties of Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing. He was also a minister of Emperor Hongzhi's Tuogu, and he was promoted to the throne after Jiajing ascended the throne. The ceremonial supervisor assisted Zhang Zuo, the palm eunuch, to calm people's hearts. Xiao Jing's ability was beyond question.
Xiao Jing sighed, "The imperial examination is about to take place. It would be great if Mr. Zhang gets the top prize again."
Dai Yi smiled and said, "It depends on whether he can get into the top ten." The reader pushed it to His Majesty, how could His Majesty not recognize his handwriting?"
The few people looked at each other and smiled.
I am also thinking about it.
Is this considered cheating?
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