Amid the cheers of the people, Zhu Zhanji galloped away with his escort, and the people at the city gate were still appreciating everything that had just happened with relish.

On a flat-bottomed sand boat on the Qinhuai River, two middle-aged scribes sat opposite each other, watching everything that happened on the bridge through the window.

When Zhu Zhanji's figure disappeared, the order at the city gate had returned to normal, and one of the Tsing Yi scribes said: "When Changqing first arrived in Beijing, he saw this scene, can you think about it?" ”

The other was dressed in white, and although he was dressed as a civilian, he was burly and had the short mustache of a military general. "What the people want, the king can't do."

This is clearly saying that the king of Han is not as good as the grandson! Although he felt that the other party was a little unpleasant, the scribe in Tsing Yi did not show it.

In his heart, he actually despised the man opposite, but for the sake of King Han's plan, he could only hold the other party now.

"Changqing shouldn't have been to the Jingshi for a long time, and now this Jingshi has changed a lot, you can also take a look more, and then go to find the old nobles after understanding the situation, don't act in a hurry."

The short-bearded man said with a smile: "Wang Dianbo doesn't need to worry, my Qiu family still has some support in Beijing, and it will never miss the plan of the Han King." ”

didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, Wang Dianbo was a little disdainful of the other party's arrogance. Qiu family, your Qiu family declined as early as the seventh year of Yongle, if it weren't for the mediation of the Han King, you would still be eating sand in Hainan!

However, King Han had already instructed him to cooperate with the other party, so Wang Dianbo still followed the other party's meaning and reminded him again. Changqing Fang also saw that although the grandson was young, he won the hearts of the people. It's even harder to deal with him than the crown prince. ”

Qiu Changqing said with a smile: "Although I have not been in the capital all these years, I also know that Taisun is bent on opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty and planning to attack overseas. Only when he leaves the capital will it be a good time for us to act. ”

Wang Dianbo's heart sank, although he didn't say what he was going to do, but obviously this matter was even more shocking than he imagined.

He pointed to a box he had brought with him when he got on the ship and said, "In accordance with His Highness's arrangement, I have sent a thousand taels of silver, and another three thousand pieces of money, although the price of money is low now, it can be used for some time." ”

Qiu Changqing pursed his lips secretly, but he didn't say anything, nodded and said: "I entered the city today, and it is inconvenient to contact you, this person's name is Qiu Gui, and he is quite reliable, and he will contact you and me in the future." ”

Xie Jin entered Beijing a few years ago, and under the influence of Hu Guang, he set up a house in Jiqingmen.

The two families not only live closely, but also have a good family, so Hu Guang gave his daughter to Xie Zhenliang, the son of Xie Jin.

The Xie family has a family history. Xie Jin's generation, Hongwu 21 years, Zhongwuchen Kejinshi top 3 tenth, court test with brother Xie Lun, brother-in-law Huang Jinhua on the first Jinshi, a three-jinshi.

In his next generation, his two sons Xie Zhenliang and Xie Zhenying, as well as his eldest brother Xie Lun's son Xie Zhenqi, are also famous in the capital.

Especially in the Xie Zhen period, his father Xie Lun was a famous talent, and his mother Ouyang was even more late and was a descendant of Ouyang Xiu.

And he does not lose his style, his calligraphy and painting are difficult to buy, and his strategy is sparse and complacent, which is unmatched by the younger generation.

Zhu Zhanji came to the neighborhood where the Xie family lived, but saw that dozens of brocade guards had blocked off this block.

Ji Gang is not here now, although he is not a new official, but Sai Hazhi is completely in charge of the power of Jinyiwei.

He doesn't have the ruthlessness of Ji Gang, and it stands to reason that as a retired official, he is not suitable for the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

But Zhu Di also thinks that Jinyiwei has killed too much over the years, and now that the people have been in peace for a long time, he also controls the overall situation inside and outside the court, so he let Jinyiwei also stop for a while, so Saihazhi and Ji Gang are in charge of Jinyiwei at the same time.

Seha Zhi is peaceful, thoughtful and thoughtful, although the commander of the Jinyi Guard is his pension position. But because of this, I am more and more meticulous in my work, and I dare not make any mistakes.

"Minister Xie Jin and his family welcome His Royal Highness the grandson......"

It is not the first time that Zhu Zhanji has come to the Xie family, although Xie Jin and they did not kneel to greet each other, but they also greeted them outside the gate.

Zhu Zhanji took a step forward, held Xie Jin's arms and said with a smile: "Xie Shi doesn't have to be polite, Zhan Ji has been taught by Xie Shi since he was a child, and Zhan Ji will also come to join in the fun." Young Eunuch Li, give the gift. ”

In addition to the Xie family, Hu Guang, a Hanlin attendant, is also among them. He and Xie Jin are not only fellow villagers and classmates, but also colleagues now.

Zhu Di also knew that they had a very close relationship, and once proposed that Hu Guang marry his daughter to Xie Zhenliang, the son of Xie Jin, during the banquet. The two families immediately decided to marry, and among the ministers of the imperial court, it was rare to be close to the civil servants who were close to the party.

Compared with Xie Jin's high IQ and low EQ, Hu Guang is an old fox with high IQ and high EQ.

In Zhu Zhanji's impression, he and Yang Shiqi are both the golden balm of Wenchen, and they get along well with anyone.

After Hu Guang saw the ceremony, Zhu Zhanji greeted the three heroes of the younger generation of the Xie family. Xie Jin is actually not a handsome guy, just a middle-aged man, but his two sons and a nephew are all Yushu Linfeng.

Xie Jin was released because of Zhu Zhanji, got out of prison, and had nothing to do, and it was Zhu Zhanji who arranged a noble enough position for him to keep him from being discredited.

is also because of Zhu Zhanji's care, although he has no real power now, no one dares to despise him. After all, he is Zhu Zhanji's most respected teacher, if he lives long enough and Zhu Zhanji ascends the throne, he will be a generation of emperors.

In contrast, although Hu Guang is also Zhu Zhanji's teacher, he is slightly not close to Zhu Zhanji. This is mainly because he didn't give Zhu Zhanji a long time as a teacher, so this is also his biggest regret.

was invited into the lobby, everyone greeted each other for a while, and Zhu Zhanji asked Li Liang to take out another book and said: "Master Xie, Master Hu, Zhanji got Zheng Zongbing to bring back more than 600 books in the West a month ago, and more than 10 translators. The book "Geometry" brought back from the West this time completed the geometric formulas that had been obtained occasionally, and also allowed Zhanji to see the rare essence of Western culture. However, although the book of geometry is valuable, Junji pays more attention to the letters and symbols used by Westerners in this book, because the application of these letters and symbols makes the formulas concise and easy to calculate. ”

Handing the book to Xie Jin, Zhu Zhanji smiled apologetically at Hu Guang and said, "Only one copy of this book has been copied now, but I can't help Master Hu." ”

Even if Hu Guang had a little pimple in his heart, Zhu Zhanji explained it like this, and he wouldn't care about it. hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Highness is polite, Guang is an uninvited guest today, how can he dominate the guests." It's just that I'm a little curious, His Royal Highness doesn't have any preference for classics, why would he pay attention to a book that has been circulated from overseas. The land of barbarians can really be compared to the brilliant books of my China? ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. Although my China is an outstanding person, it is not without outstanding people in the land of barbarians. For example, the author of the book Geometry was an arithmetic master of Confucius's time, and the entire Western Regions took this book as a treasure book and studied it carefully. Two thousand years ago, during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors of China, the West already had the prototype of the Geometry book, and this science appeared for a longer period than the history of Chinese classics. ”

The two of them were dumbfounded, if it weren't for Zhu Zhanji being the grandson, they would just jump up and say that Zhu Zhanji was ridiculous.

The formation of Chinese culture was basically in the Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and that period was only 2,000 years ago.

Pushing forward again, although the three emperors and five emperors shouted loudly, everyone had to admit that it was still a barbaric era, and even the invention of writing was still in its infancy, and there would be any classics.

But at that time, the West had geometry? Doesn't this mean that the history of Chinese culture is not as good as that barbarian land in the West?

Xie Jin asked, "Does Your Highness have a credential?" ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head with a smile and said: "Lone has never been to the West, how can he have a certificate, but it is only extrapolated from the book. According to Western books, 4,000 years ago, in a Western country called Egypt, there was a big river longer than the Yangtze River, called the Nile. The sub-river floods every year, always inundating the land on both sides, and the water recedes, making the boundaries of the land unclear.

At that time, the people of Egypt had to carry out annual land surveys in order to re-measure the boundaries of the flooded land. As a result, a lot of knowledge has been accumulated in terms of land surveying. Thus gave rise to a rudimentary knowledge of geometry. The word geometry, in the West, originally means the art of measuring the land. ”

The two were a little incredulous, but because there was no evidence, they couldn't directly say that Zhu Zhanji was talking nonsense. I wanted to refute it, but I couldn't refute it, so I opened the book.

The spread of the knowledge system is actually passed down from generation to generation, and arithmetic is also one of the skills that students must master in this era.

Otherwise, if you don't know how to measure or do arithmetic, how can you be an official? Of course, there are officials who do not learn and do not know how to learn, but most of them must master basic mathematical knowledge.

But when they opened the book, they were dumbfounded, because they couldn't read the formula at all, except for the text.

Only then did Zhu Zhanji say: "This book uses numbers derived from the West to list formulas, which are more concise and easy to calculate than our Chinese numbers. Therefore, I came here today to borrow the power of two teachers to proofread this book with my Chinese arithmetic, so that more people can master this skill. ”

Zhu Zhanji can't have too much contact with Wenchen now, this is first of all within the scope of Zhu Di's rights, and only a little is missing to Zhu Gaochi. If Zhu Zhanji wants to develop his power in this area again, it will be tantamount to directly seizing power from his grandfather and father.

Therefore, if he wants to spread Arabic numerals and punctuation marks as soon as possible, it is most appropriate to use the current unreliable solution.

He is now a benchmark set up by Zhu Zhanji, and he is famous for his literary style in Daming. Now the marginalization in the officialdom can also allow Zhu Zhanji to use it without any worries, without fear of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi being dissatisfied.