Chapter 30: Mentality

The more Zhu Zhanji played with it, the more he liked this knife.

The material composition of this knife is invisible, but the density of this knife is at least half that of ordinary steel, and about the same as the specific gravity of lead.

Compared to water, if water is 1, the specific gravity of steel is about 8, the specific gravity of lead is more than 11 points, and the specific gravity of gold is 19.

He tried a wrench, then a slash at the table to test the frequency of the vibration. The hardness of this metal is enough, although it lacks some toughness, but the weight is enough, the hardness is enough, and the toughness can be left alone.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji liked this knife so much, Ji Gang felt that his hard work was not in vain.

But he was still worried, and went to the palace to confess to Zhu Di that he was now taking refuge in the emperor's grandson, and I don't know if the emperor would directly pull him to behead.

But seeing that Zhu Zhanji was so confident, he decided to believe Zhu Zhanji again.

Zhu Zhanji is actually thinking about Ji Gang's matter in his heart, even if he doesn't mix with the heir, just relying on his enemies all over the world, the good days will not last long.

However, as soon as he intervenes now, when Zheng He comes back, he will take him to Nanyang to hide from the limelight for two years, and his danger will pass.

Zhu Zhanji just took a fancy to him being ruthless and poisonous enough, and now he is developing from scratch, and he needs such a person to help him establish his authority.

He originally fell in love with Yang Zhangde, but Yang Zhangde's current status is too low, he doesn't understand much about the affairs of the court, and his vision is not wide enough, and if he wants to be reused, he still needs to polish it for a few years.

Zhu Zhanji calculated that it would take almost two years for Zheng He to come back, and then he would repair for half a year. In other words, it will be two and a half years at the earliest, before he can develop a foreign strategy.

In the past two and a half years, Yang Zhangde has also been trained.

However, at that time, Ji Gang was brought on the ship, and Yang Zhangde couldn't take Jinyiwei. After all, the current Jinyiwei is a national espionage organization and investigative agency with a total number of tens of thousands.

To take over Jinyiwei, you need not only to be strong enough and ruthless, but also to have super leadership and organizational skills.

What's more, no one is sure whether Yang Zhangde can be cultivated or not.

From Zhu Zhanji entering the restaurant, he was supervised by Yu Linwei and the eunuchs layer by layer.

Especially in the kitchen, there are two drug testing eunuchs who are experienced in all kinds of drugs, from raw materials to stir-frying, the process of each dish is strictly watched.

"This mutton should not be too old, His Royal Highness Taisun likes to eat tender ones."

"Chen Fengyu, forbidden. Is Taisun's hobby something that can be revealed casually? ”

Fengyu is not a name, but a position, one level lower than Changsui, and he can be regarded as a middle-level eunuch. Hearing his companion's words, he groaned and gave himself a small mouth. "Look at my broken mouth, gaffes, gaffes, thank you Yang Fengyu for reminding me."

The cooks in the kitchen, who had pricked up their ears before, now pretended not to hear their words.

Being an errand in front of the grandson is the most popular position in the palace in addition to being an errand for the emperor, and it is extremely competitive.

And the grandson is generous, although the system is strict, he treats people very generously, and he will never beat and punish for no reason, and he can do things at ease in Xingqing Palace.

Now Jin Kuo has been transferred back, but he has been promoted to eunuch. Yu Xian was going to be transferred to Ningbo City, and there was a young eunuch next to Taisun.

In addition, Yu Xian had already decided to take away Xie Quan, the chief follower of Xingqing Palace, and vacated the position of a long follower. Therefore, these eunuchs did not dare to fight with each other, and the competition was also fierce in secret.

Chen Fengyu originally wanted to show more, but he forgot that his grandson's hobbies and things couldn't be leaked.

He regretted it as he thought about how to make up for the mistake.

In the large box upstairs, Zhu Zhanji, who was sitting on the upper seat, had an elegant posture, but he quickly ate one meal after another.

A group of Jinyi guards were secretly surprised when they saw him eating for the first time, where did this look like a grandson, it looked like a starving ghost!

Ji Gang knows a little, because he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his grandson's food has always been very large. In addition to the large amount of food, he also used precious Chinese herbs to take and soak them every day, and a large amount of silver was spent.

Just looking at his still thin body and flat abdomen, I really don't know where all the mountain-like Chinese medicine has gone.

However, this matter must not be inquired about, otherwise it will be ill-intentioned.

While eating by himself, he listened to the self-introduction of the four brocade guards. In addition to Yang Zhangde, the other three people also performed some kung fu.

can be sent to his side, in addition to his innocence, of course, they are all good hands with some specialties.

Needless to say, Yang Zhangde is ruthless and superb in martial arts.

The other three are not weak either.

Feng Xiaonian is the eldest of the four, and he is good at surveying and handling cases.

Jiang Wanli is good at intelligence analysis and has an excellent memory.

The last one is called Chu Song, who has worked in the most departments, and is the most familiar with the basic situation inside and outside the court, and belongs to the category of know-it-all.

Zhu Zhanji made no secret that Yang Zhangde was already his person, and ordered: "The four of you form a group of your own and are managed by Yang Zhangde. also accepts Li Liang's dispatch on weekdays. This time you go to the north, you will have to suffer a little more, and when you come back, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds. To do things by my side, I only ask for three points, loyalty, tight-mouthed, competent. Also, don't rely on my power to do things that oppress good people. ”

All four of them knelt down on one knee: "Yes! ”

Now by his side, the happiest person is Li Liang. Jin Kuo doesn't directly care about Zhu Zhanji's side now, Yu Xian, who has been pressing on his head, has been transferred away, and he has finally become the chief eunuch.

He has always aimed at Wang Yan, and if Zhu Zhanji can get a great treasure in the future, he can become a celebrant and eunuch, then he will live up to this life.

"Young Eunuch Li."

"The minions are here."

"Tell the four of them about the rules of the palace, my rules. Seeing that you are about to set off, you don't have to go to the palace on an errand for the time being these days, when you go to Beiping, just report directly to Li Liang. ”

Everyone bowed down and clenched their fists. "Thank Your Highness for your grace, Weichen must do his best and die."

"If it's a big New Year, don't die at every turn. Do it by my side, as long as you abide by my rules, you will be prosperous and rich, and you will be glorified by your ancestors. ”

Zhu Zhanji's voice was not loud, and even a little casual and a little ridiculous, but this attitude was more convincing.

Ji Gang watched this sixteen-year-old young man control the atmosphere of the audience with a sophisticated attitude, and he really had a heartfelt admiration.

In Zhu Di's body, he can also feel this kind of confidence, but he can't feel it in the crown prince and the king of Han.

That's why he didn't hesitate to take a gamble.

Of course, this also has to do with the fact that he wants to get out of the current predicament.

King Han's side is pressing tighter and tighter, but he definitely doesn't want to get involved in King Han's conspiracy and become a knife in his hand against the prince.

At that time, Zhu Di was definitely the first to deal with him.

He didn't know how to solve it before, but from Zhu Di's maintenance of Taisun, he wanted to use Taisun to break the situation.

It's just that the grandson forced him to be honest with Zhu Di, and he could only follow Zhu Zhanji back to the palace.

He didn't know that Zhu Zhanji was using him to test Zhu Di's bottom line.

In the past, he had never been in contact with national politics, and Zhu Zhanji played a slightly genius grandson, so it was enough to please Zhu Di.

But now, Zhu Zhanji is in charge of expanding his territory to the outside world, so he definitely needs to develop his own forces.

Zhu Gaochi has been the prince for ten years, but he can still only develop in the small circle painted by Zhu Di, and if he wants to stretch out his minions slightly, he will be chopped off.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to be a puppet that was controlled remotely like this, he wanted to see how much space Zhu Di could give him.

In the development of foreign forces, the role of civil officials is very small, and civil officials must not be allowed to use their mouths and words to educate alien races who do not understand the language.

The most effective weapon is still the huge military team of the Ming Dynasty, and then, use Jinyiwei to organize an information network.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know when Ji Gang was killed by Zhu Di, since this talent Zhu Di didn't want to use it, then of course Zhu Zhanji wanted to pick it up and use it.

But the emperor's thoughts can never be measured by ordinary thinking, even if Zhu Di feels that the chicken ribs are tasteless, it is not something you can ask for.

In front of the imperial power, any feelings must be placed in the back row.

Zhu Zhanji never wanted to compete with Zhu Di for power, but he must also have an interest group that he can control, not just be a puppet.

In the hall of the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Di sat on a high dragon chair, and under the steps five steps away from him, kneeling Ji Gang who was sweating profusely.

It's been a whole hour of incense, and Zhu Di hasn't made a sound. He was not allowed to get up, nor was he tied up left and right and put him in prison.

He didn't dare to raise his head, so he could only wait for Zhu Di's ruling.

Zhu Di has always been very clear about what kind of person Ji Gang is, ambitious, speculative, ruthless, but skillful.

In the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led a large army and fought a fierce battle with Emperor Jianwen's 500,000 army north of Dezhou. Emperor Jianwen's protectorate army was defeated and fled south, and King Yan broke through the city of Dezhou.

In May, Zhu Di led 200,000 iron horsemen to pass through Linyi, which has had Su'an store since ancient times. When Zhu Di passed by here, Ji Gang, a native of Su'an, joined the army with his fellow villager Mu Su, and Ji Gang risked his life to detain his mount and asked to voluntarily follow King Yan to serve.

Zhu Di tried Ji Gang's courage and skillfulness, and he immediately accepted him as a personal soldier.

From the very beginning, Ji Gang relied on speculation to get under his door.

In just thirteen years, Ji Gang used his clever skills to go from a personal soldier to a loyal and righteous guard of thousands of households, and he has always been the commander of Jinyi Guard.

Zhu Di thinks that this person is still very useful, but he must have clever means to control this careerist.

Will Keir be able to control this man? Will the knife hurt himself in turn?

But soon, Zhu Di realized that what he was most worried about was not that his grandson Zhu Zhanji was going to compete with him for power, but that he was worried about whether he could control Ji Gang.

At this moment, Zhu Di understood that he was indeed old, and it was time to cultivate an heir.

Even if Ji'er's means are slightly insufficient, and he has his own help to suppress the formation, this Ji Gang will not be able to turn the sky.

There are many races overseas, and the situation is complicated, and Ki'er really needs a ruthless person to help him clear the obstacles.