Chapter 62 Interfering in the Education of the Emperor and His Grandson
The sun was just right in the morning, and Li Jie came to the main hall again, but before he could sit down, he didn't expect Zhu Biao to send someone to summon him to discuss the matter, which made Li Jie also stunned, and the first thing that came to mind was whether Huang Zicheng should really go to Zhu Biao to complain, right?
With the doubts in his heart, Li Jie also walked quickly to the Wenhua Palace, the Chunhe Palace is the residence of the prince, the main hall is the place to study, and the Wenhua Hall is the place where Zhu Biao usually handles government affairs and receives ministers.
After Li Jie entered the palace, he immediately saw Zhu Biao who was dealing with government affairs, although he was only the prince, but Zhu Yuanzhang began to let him contact government affairs early, and now Zhu Biao also helped Zhu Yuanzhang share a considerable part of government affairs.
"See the Prince!" Li Jie stepped forward and saluted.
"No need to be polite, I summoned you here today, because there was something wrong with the workshop that made clairvoyance, so I want to ask your opinion." Zhu Biao immediately put down the music in his hand and said to Li Jie with a smile.
After Li Jie presented clairvoyance last time, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the establishment of a special workshop to make it, ready to equip the generals in the army, after all, this thing is too big for military use.
"Is there anything wrong with clairvoyance?" Li Jie also hurriedly asked when he heard this, it turned out that it was not Huang Zicheng who sued, but if he really had the courage to sue, Li Jie would look at him a few times.
"There is nothing wrong with clairvoyance, but there is a lack of raw materials, that is, glass, although the imperial court ordered from some Hu merchants, but the quantity is too small to meet the demand." Zhu Biao also frowned when he talked about the glass.
Daming does not produce glass, there is a need can only order from Hu Shang, but the origin of glass is too far away, glass products are regarded as luxury goods in the past, the demand is not large, now want to order in large quantities, Hu Shang can not supply at all.
"Sure enough!" Li Jie smiled secretly in his heart, before Liu Yi said that he couldn't find glass when making mirrors, at that time Li Jie had already guessed that the imperial court would definitely face the same problem when making clairvoyance, so he also thought of countermeasures.
"Your Highness, the firing of glass is not complicated, and the use of glass is extensive, and it is not a long-term solution to buy it from the outside world, so I think that a special glass workshop should be built, so that I can produce my own glass, so that I will not be controlled by others!" Li Jie opened his mouth to suggest.
"I've also thought about self-produced glass, but our Daming hasn't fired glass, and we don't know how to make it?" Zhu Biao frowned again and said.
"Your Royal Highness, the origin of glass is in the extreme west, and the hometown of many people is there, I believe that as long as the imperial court issues an example, there will definitely be people who understand this aspect who are willing to apply!" Li Jie smiled again and suggested.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan, and a small number of people fled to the grassland with the Mongols, but most of them became prisoners of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a good impression of these people, so many people were demoted to lowly status.
It is also worth mentioning that the Semu people are just a general term, some of them are from Central Asia, some are from Western Asia, and some are even from Europe, such as the Mahama who went to heaven with Li Jie, and their family is from the Eastern Roman Empire.
At the beginning, Ma Hama's father brought their brothers to join Meng Yuan, but when they went to Gansu, they were captured by the general Feng Sheng, but Feng Sheng was discerning, and after talking with Ma Hama's father, he felt that the other party was a talent, so he dedicated their family to Zhu Yuanzhang, which also made Ma Hama's father serve as the supervisor of the Huihui Si Tianjian.
"Makes sense, I forgot about these people!" Zhu Biao also frowned when he heard this, in fact, he is not to blame, since Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he has asked for the restoration of Chinese orthodoxy everywhere, except for a few color-eyed officials like Ma Hama, there are no more color-eyed officials in the court, so Zhu Biao did not think of using color-eyed people at all.
"The enemy has strengths, I have shortcomings, I live in the world, when there is a heart to embrace all rivers, learn from each other's strengths and make up for weaknesses for good!" Li Jie is full of sycophants running on the train, anyway, there is a ball under his feet, even if he says that Antarctica is in the middle of the world, there is no problem.
"This is reasonable, I will let people do it immediately!" Zhu Biao also nodded again and again when he heard this, this little thing doesn't need to be reported to Zhu Yuanzhang at all, he, the prince, can call the shots.
After talking about business, Zhu Biao asked about Li Jie's situation in Zuochunfang in the past few days, especially about the studies of his two sons, Li Jie also answered one by one, of course, when answering, he also specially praised Zhu Yunxi a few words, and Zhu Biao did not have anything special about this.
"By the way, does Your Highness know the news that Xiping Hou is coming back?" Li Jie suddenly thought of Mu Sheng's coming to find him yesterday, so he asked Zhu Biao.
"Of course I know this, I also received a letter from Brother Mu two days ago, saying that he will be in the capital tomorrow, and I am also going to pick him up in person." Zhu Biao also showed an excited look when he mentioned Mu Ying.
Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, eleven years older than Zhu Biao, when Zhu Biao was young, he often followed Mu Ying's buttocks, although the two were not brothers, but they were siblings.
In the original history, Mu Ying was also deeply affected by Zhu Biao's sudden death, so she became seriously ill and died only two months later than Zhu Biao, which shows the depth of the relationship between the two.
"That's great, yesterday Mu Sheng found me and said that tomorrow he would ask Xipinghou to review the musketeers he had trained, and he was going to surprise Xipinghou, I wonder if His Highness is interested?" Li Jie also invited with a smile.
"Haha, it turned out to be this matter, you said it was late, that kid Mu Sheng has already invited me, and I will go with Brother Mu tomorrow!" Zhu Biao also laughed when he heard Li Jie's words, Mu Sheng had invited him a few days ago.
Li Jie was not surprised to hear Zhu Biao's answer, after all, the relationship between Mu Sheng and Zhu Biao was much closer than his own, but he said that he had other intentions, so he smiled again and said: "Since Your Highness is going, can you bring the two emperors and grandsons with you?" ”
"Huh? Take them there? Zhu Biao was also stunned when he heard this, in his heart, his two sons were still young, and it was a little inappropriate to take them to the army to watch the soldiers fight and kill, even if it was a drill?
"Your Highness, there are some things that you can't learn from books, when Your Majesty taught Your Highness and the princes, he once ordered His Highness to take the princes out of the city to march, and even let His Highness and others live in Zhongdu for several years, these travel and life experiences, Your Highness must have a deep understanding!" Li Jie saw Zhu Biao hesitate, and immediately moved Zhu Yuanzhang out.
Zhu Yuanzhang is extremely concerned about his son's education, in addition to reading, there is also strict military education, for example, when Zhu Biao was young, he had to take several brothers out of the city to march, of which seventy percent of the distance was horseback riding, and thirty percent of the distance was walking. In addition, in order to let them experience the suffering of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang also let them live in their hometown Fengyang for three or four years.
It is also under Lao Zhu's education that there are really a lot of talents among his many sons, Zhu Biao will not say, Zhu Zhang, Zhu Di, Zhu Quan, etc. are all famous, especially Zhu Di, who used a corner of Beijing to fight against Zhu Yunwen, who controlled the whole country, and let him win.
Zhu Biao also remembered the scene when he studied and practiced martial arts with his brothers, he was fat since he was a child, and he always couldn't keep up when he marched out of the city, and many times his younger brothers carried him forward, especially the fourth Zhu Di, who was as strong as a cow, and ran faster than other brothers on his back.
Thinking of the original scene, the corners of Zhu Biao's mouth also flashed a warm smile, so he quickly nodded and said: "Okay, tomorrow bring Yun Wei and Yun Xi, they are not small, it's time to see my Ming martial arts!" ”
Seeing Zhu Biao agree, Li Jie was also secretly happy in his heart, Mu Sheng's station is next to the Ordnance Bureau, tomorrow after Zhu Biao and they have reviewed the firearms, they will definitely go to the Ordnance Bureau, Zhu Yunxi is Li Jie's goal, after all, he wants to marry Zhu Biao's daughter, but he can't just give a small gift, the most important thing is Zhu Yunxi.