Chapter 42: The Telescope

The streets are a little deserted in the early morning, mainly because the people in the entire capital were playing all night last night, so most people naturally can't get up in the morning.

Li Jie rode through the street in a carriage, and finally went directly into the imperial city, after getting out of the carriage, someone immediately led him to the Jinshen Palace, but Li Jie got off the car with a large and a small two boxes, but there were guards to check on the way, because it was not a weapon so it was released, but when he entered the range of the Jinshen Palace, he was still stopped.

Along the way, Li Jie was also looking at the Forbidden City of Nanjing, he had visited the Forbidden City in Beijing in later generations, and felt that the Forbidden City was majestic, worthy of being the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but at this time he found that the Forbidden City of Nanjing was larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the palace was built more majestic, but unfortunately the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, resulting in the palace slowly dilapidated.

The eunuch led Li Jie to the East Warm Pavilion of the Jinshen Palace, and he also saw Zhu Biao standing in front of the door of the Warm Pavilion at a glance, which made him immediately step forward and salute: "Minister Li Jie see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"No need to be polite, this time my father is going to summon you, do you know why?" Zhu Biao looked at Li Jie with a smile and asked.

"But for the rebellion of the two guards?" Li Jie asked rhetorically without hesitation.

"How do you know?" Zhu Biao was even more surprised when he heard this, although the news of the rebellion of the two guards had been notified to the Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies yesterday, military secrets like this need to be kept secret, and I am afraid that not many people know about it until now.

"Yesterday, when I was playing on the street, I saw the Jinyi guard rushing into the imperial city, and today I received the order of His Royal Highness to summon me into the palace, so it is not difficult to analyze the reason." Li Jie smiled slightly, with an expression of Zhizhu in his hand.

"You are really smart, no wonder my father wants to summon you personally!" Zhu Biao immediately praised and said that the reason why he was waiting here was to have a letter with Li Jie in advance, so that he could prepare, but now it seems that he doesn't need it at all.

"Thank you for your compliment, but the minister brought two gifts to His Majesty, but he was stopped when he entered the palace, I wonder if His Highness can send someone to get it?"

Li Jie actually doesn't think he is smart, his biggest advantage is that he has hundreds of years of experience and knowledge more than the ancients, and the Zhu Yuanzhang he has to face is a generation of emperors who have climbed from the bottom to the top.

"Oh? What gift are you going to give to your father? Zhu Biao also asked curiously when he heard this.

"A tool for the benefit of the country and the people!" Li Jie smiled mysteriously, but didn't explain too much.

Li Jie's mystery also made Zhu Biao more curious, but he was a polite person, so he didn't ask any more questions, but asked people to take the two boxes, and then the eunuch took them into the warm pavilion.

Thinking that he was about to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, who was famous in history, Li Jie couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Entering the warm pavilion, Li Jie soon saw the burly Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty was also looking at him at this time, which made Li Jie immediately bow his head and salute: "Minister Li Jie to meet my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up and answer!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a calm voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

"I heard that your grandfather has some prejudices against you, and the two families are also a little unhappy, I have known him for decades, and he is a family of children, do you want me to help you make peace?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

"Do you want to be so ruthless?" Li Jie was secretly speechless, as soon as they met, Lao Zhu gave himself a problem, if he agreed, wouldn't he admit in front of Lao Zhu that he wanted to reconcile with Li Shanchang, if Li Shanchang was killed in the future, he would definitely die.

If you don't agree, you can't do it, after all, this era is the most filial piety, before Li Jie was kicked out of the house by Li Shanchang, the blame is not him, but if he is unwilling to ease relations with Li Shanchang, it means that his grandson has hatred for his elders, and it is also a great rebellion in this era.

"Why don't you speak, are you unwilling to reconcile with your grandfather?" Zhu Yuanzhang pressed step by step, this question was deliberate on his part, in order to test Li Jie and see if his performance could satisfy him?

Li Jie finally took a deep breath at this time, and then saluted Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Your Majesty, my grandfather's prejudice against the minister is quite deep, and it can be resolved in a few words, which also involves the minister's father and uncle. ”

Li Jie played a trick, didn't say he agreed or disagreed, and also pulled his father Li Zhu's generation in, after all, Li Shanchang was separated from himself by a generation, and the real contradiction actually started from Li Zhu's generation.

"Father, it's really hard for outsiders to interfere in this kind of housework, and Han Gong and Li Jie are both smart people, I believe they will definitely be able to handle family affairs!" At this time, Zhu Biao also helped to play the round field, which made Li Jie also show a grateful look to Zhu Biao, this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed a generous character, much easier to get along with than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that Li Jie was playing tricks, but although he didn't answer his question directly, Zhu Yuanzhang had already seen a little bit, and said with a smile at the moment: "The prince's words remind me, I am old, and sometimes I look like a mother-in-law!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, and my Ming Dynasty is also in the middle of the day, and the minister has two things that benefit the country and the people to present to His Majesty!" Li Jie took the initiative to step forward this time and said, he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would have some tricky problems for himself, so he simply gave the gift to distract the other party.

"Oh, and you even brought a present?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little surprised, but he felt that he was a little exaggerated for the four words of benefiting the country and the people.

At that moment, the eunuch sent the two boxes brought by Li Jie to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then opened the small long box on it, revealing a tube made of brass inside, which made Zhu Yuanzhang also a little curious, and reached out to take it at the moment, but found that there were crystal-like things blocking both ends of the tube, and I didn't know what it was for?

"Your Majesty, the name of this thing is a telescope, or it can be called clairvoyance, which can magnify things in the distance and make people see them very clearly......"

Li Jie said and introduced the use of clairvoyance, when Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the clairvoyance open, and then put it in front of the eyes, he was startled, and then asked people to open the window of the warm pavilion, and then he stood in front of the window and looked into the distance, and the result was that he could clear every move of the soldiers on the wall of the imperial city.