The increasingly large Ying Tianfu is like a bloated dragon, with a population of four million, filling the city to the brim.

Today's houses are only eight floors high due to water supply, insufficient power supply, inconvenient gas consumption, and imperfect supporting facilities.

From the very beginning of the plan, Zhu Zhanji foresaw the traffic jam in the future, and the roads required to be built very wide.

Therefore, the city can only develop outward, and now it has formed a huge urban agglomeration from Ma'anshan, to Yingtianfu, and then to Zhenjiangfu.

The whole city spreads out like a big pie, occupying a large amount of fertile land that was originally suburban.

Since the 30th year of orthodoxy, most of the factories in the Jiajiang Industrial Zone began to move out, and a large number of craftsmen and workers moved out, and the development of the city slowed down.

Such a huge urban agglomeration, although carefully planned, the various industrial areas, residential areas, commercial areas, and yamen districts are in order, but they are still bloated.

Of course, no matter what time it is, one thing can't be changed. That is, the more people live in the center of the city, the higher the status and the richer.

The Xuanwu Lake in Yingtianfu was originally an outer lake in the northern suburbs of the city, but now it has become an inner lake.

The Purple Mountain, which was originally the eastern suburbs, is now also surrounded by the city in the center.

At the southern foot of the Purple Mountain is the imperial mausoleum, surrounded by dozens of universities specially approved by the emperor.

And in between some gaps in the school, there are still some small neighborhoods, and those who can live in these neighborhoods are either rich or expensive.

Located outside the Taiping Gate, at the foot of a mountain between Xuanwu Lake and Purple Mountain, is the emperor's basic school built for the children of overseas nobles.

Those nobles who were divided overseas, earls and above, except for the head of the family or the eldest son and grandson, who must stay in the capital, all the descendants must also be sent to Yingtianfu at the age of six.

After ten to twelve years of study, they could leave Beijing at the age of sixteen before they could leave Beijing for the fiefdom.

Any family, if the children have not received education in Yingtianfu, even if they are no heirs, are not allowed to inherit the family fief and title.

Because of this law, there are also nobles who die because of their descendants, but their concubines cannot inherit the title, resulting in the removal of the knighthood. Those nobles, almost all of them, whether they are sisters-in-law or concubines, are all sent to Yingtianfu when they reach their age.

Their children are required to receive nine years of education here, after which they choose to study at a different university.

After the completion of this basic school, many nobles bought land and built houses around it, resulting in this area, where all the nobles lived overseas.

Of course, this is only for the clans and nobles of the Southern Continent and the clans of the Eastern Continent, not the nobles of the major governorships of the Western Continent and the West.

They need to face the enemy directly in the West, so they only need to send their descendants to Yingtianfu to study, and then return to the fiefdom when they grow up.

At the foot of the hill on the east side of the basic school, in this Xungui neighborhood, one of the households still has a white banner hanging at the gate, and anyone who looks at it knows that the family is experiencing a funeral.

In the main room, thirteen children, ranging from seven or eight years old to their teens, had their filial piety clothes removed, but each of them was still wearing plain clothes and was silently eating breakfast.

In the room, there was also a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was thin and looked a little bad, and he suppressed a few coughs from time to time.

One of the eldest children put down his rice bowl before he spoke: "Fourth uncle, today's newspaper said that His Majesty returned yesterday, and I want to write today, please return to Tanglin City." ”

"No. If it is freezing today, the train on the northern line will be suspended. Not to mention whether Your Majesty will let you go back before the year, even if you let you go, how can you go back? ”

"I can take the southern route, through the Tianshan Mountains to Broken Leaf City, and from there turn north again."

The emaciated man still shook his head and said, "Han Lun, you are Your Majesty's own grandson, and your stay in the capital is far more useful than your return to Tanglin City." Tang Lincheng is in urgent need of all kinds of assistance now, if you leave, with my face, it will not be easy to do it in front of those people in the Ministry of Defense. ”

"Increasing aid to Tang Lin City is the will of the emperor's grandfather three months ago, I don't believe anyone dares to disobey the yang and the yin." The young man named Hanlun reddened his eyes and said: "The second uncle, the third uncle also died in battle, and only my father is left to support him independently, I won't help him, who can help him!" ”

The middle-aged man sighed, and said firmly: "Our Lin family has your grandmother here, so we can't do it." You now have to finish your studies in the Feather Forest Guard School first, instead of going back to the battlefield. ”

"Fourth Uncle......" Lin Hanlun couldn't help but stand up, looked at him and said: "When you were eighteen years old, you could lead 3,000 cavalry to attack Moscow directly, and the emperor's grandfather personally praised you as the Great Ming Yulin." My nephew is now eighteen years old, do you still want to enjoy Qingfu under the wings of the family? I hope to be able to ......"

Lin Xi interrupted him and said, "This time, that time." At that time, the Slavs did not have muskets in their hands. But now, too, they have muskets in their hands. Before, we were knives and they were tofu. Now, we are porcelain, they are crockpots, and we suffer from the hard work with them. ”

The two argued for a long time, but no one could convince anyone, and the other children in the room did not dare to intervene and stared at them.

They are members of the Lin family in the extreme west, and the middle-aged man is Lin Xi, the fourth son of Lin San and Tang Sai'er, who was extremely brave when he was young, but was seriously injured on the battlefield in his early years and could not fight, so he now stays in the capital to take care of his nephews.

Lin San died in the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, and after his death, he was posthumously crowned Jixihou and hereditary Jixibo.

At that time, his eldest son Lin Chu was only fourteen years old, studied in Yingtianfu, graduated from Yulin Weixue at the age of eighteen, and was named Jixibo.

At the same time, Zhu Zhanji gave the twenty-fifth princess Princess Ningguo to marry him and named him the captain of the horse.

Lin Hanlun was born in the twenty-third year of Orthodoxy, when Lin Chu led a large army to the west, conquered the Kazan Khanate, and occupied Novgorod.

Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed when he heard the news, and sealed Lin Chu as the extreme west, hereditary extreme west.

In the summer, Zhu Zhanji toured the north, when the northern army also gathered in Tanglin City, and those resistance groups fled when they heard the news.

But after Zhu Zhanji left, they gathered together and counterattacked Novgorod.

In that battle, except for Lin Chu, who was sitting in Tanglin City, he was not injured, the second and third brothers were killed in battle, and Tang Sai'er, who went to the rescue in front of him, was also ambushed and injured, and suffered heavy losses.

When the news reached the capital, Lin Hanlun thought that as the eldest son and grandson, he should take on the responsibility of the family.

But he also knew that without the endorsement of this fourth uncle, I am afraid that the emperor's grandfather would not let him go back.

He said a little depressed: "Today, the school is going to take annual leave, and I will go to get the report card." ”

"Stop." Lin Xi stopped him and said, "Don't think I don't know that you will go to get the report card tomorrow, I have a task to hand over to you today." ”

Lin Hanlun turned his head, and Lin Xi said again: "Your Majesty ordered the Ministry of Industry to make a repeating pistol that day, you go and inquire about the order of this costume change." Our Tanglin City is in a critical situation now, you write to Your Majesty to see if you can change the clothes for my Tanglin City first, if we can change it to a repeating gun, no matter how many enemies there are, we are not afraid. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a serious matter, Lin Hanlun didn't dare to play tricks, so he lowered his head and said, "Then I'll go back to the room and write a recital, and I'll go and hand it over to Honglu Temple in a while." ”

Lin Xi nodded and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know when to meet you, and after handing over the post, you will go to find your classmate Meng Ji, his father is a waiter in the Ministry of Works, you should know what to say." ”

"Yes." He agreed, somewhat depressedly.

After returning to the room, he wrote a decent recital, but after writing it, he felt unfair, and couldn't help but write another recital, asking him to go back to the fiefdom to help his father.

After coming out, Lin Xi was waiting for him in the courtyard. He showed the decent letter to Lin Xi, Lin Xi nodded, and sent him to Honglu Temple to deliver the post.

When he came to the Honglu Temple on the west side outside the Chengtian Gate, after he went in to register, he hesitated, but handed over another note.

At noon, Zhu Zhanji saw this grandson's affectionate twists and turns. I couldn't help but laugh after reading it.

Although he had a poor view of the overall situation and didn't understand why he didn't send reinforcements, his worries about his parents and the fiefdom were overflowing on paper.

"How is my grandson doing on a day-to-day basis?"

A young eunuch from the Counseling Department stepped forward and replied: "The Extreme West Hou Shizi's liberal arts are only in the middle to upper range, but his martial arts skills are outstanding.

Tang Sai'er and Lin San are both masters, Lin Chu and their family have a history, and in his generation, although Lin Xi's body is not good, his experience is still there, and he has carefully taught him, if the martial arts are not good, it will be abnormal.

He thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to worship the queen in the afternoon, let him go with him." ”

Lin Hanlun went to Meng's house to inquire, because Meng Shilang was no longer there, and Meng Ji was not sure what to do, but promised to help him inquire.

When he returned home, he didn't expect that the little walker of the pedestrian division was already waiting for him.

Since eunuchs are no longer recruited in the palace, the affairs in the palace are basically handled by female officials. The affairs outside the palace were taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the four divisions and eight bureaus, including the pedestrian department, were all replaced by ordinary alternate officials to listen to orders.

Most of these people were candidates for the Guozijian, and before they were replaced, each of them had to work in these yamen for a year and a half, or even two or three years, before they could get an official position.

Knowing that he could drive with him in the afternoon, he became excited, and he was thinking about what to say when he met the emperor's grandfather.

After a hurried lunch, he took a taxi to Dong'anmen, walked into Donghuamen from here, and waited for the bus here.

When he set off, Zhu Zhanji was surrounded by some important ministers, and when he saw that the emperor's grandfather had been constantly receiving hundreds of officials, and he had not been summoned, he did not dare to rush forward.

The westernmost side of the imperial mausoleum is the filial piety tomb, the east side is the long tomb of Emperor Taizong, and the middle is the dedication tomb of Zhu Zhanji's parents.

Although Zhu Gaochi did not ascend the throne, he was also posthumously named Renzong by Zhu Zhanji.

Today is not a festival, it is Sun Xian's yin life. Zhu Zhanji just passed by the Offering Tomb, went to the grave of his parents to pay respects, and then came to an unsealed tomb behind the Offering Tomb.

Compared with the atmosphere of Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb and the luxury of Zhu Di's tomb, the tomb prepared by Zhu Zhanji for himself and Sun Xian is very simple, covering an area of less than five acres.

The main tomb has only one sacrificial hall, and the main body of the tomb is only a few dozen square meters. Sun Xian's tomb is only temporarily sealed, but the main tomb is not sealed, and only after Zhu Zhanji is a hundred years later, the main tomb will be sealed.

At the time of worship, the civil and military officials retreated, and only the juniors and juniors sacrificed with Zhu Zhanji.

Then, Zhu Zhanji came to the pine forest under the main grave and asked people to call Lin Hanlun.

There were still seven or eight meters away from Zhu Zhanji, Li Liang bowed down and said, "Shizi, please ......"

Lin Hanlun didn't dare to snub this skinny Li Liang, this was one of the most powerful people in the entire Ming Dynasty.

He saluted Li Liang with his fists, and then walked to Zhu Zhanji, who was looking at the scenery under the mountain with his back to him.

Looking at Zhu Zhanji's tall figure, his eyes were full of admiration and admiration.

Not only himself, but even in the mouths of all the people he knew, this imperial ancestor was sacred and great, not to be offended or blasphemed.

In today's Ming Dynasty, no one dares to say in public that this emperor's grandfather is not good. They are not afraid of Jinyiwei, but they are afraid that if they say it, their friends will probably turn against them.

No one dared to challenge his prestige.

Throughout history, whether it is the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, or the Qin Emperor and Han Zu, who can completely disrupt the social structure and form a new stable structure like him?

No!

A few decades ago, it was believed that the emperor's downgrading of Confucianism would cause social chaos.

But now? Although Confucianism is still people's moral code, in the real society, the influence of Confucianism is almost equal to nothing.

In the past, people thought that reading was to learn Confucianism, but now, they only think that reading is reading, and Confucianism is just a direction of reading.

In the past few decades, the current speaker of the parliament, the former champion, has never talked about the present and the past, never sang the praises of virtue, and even disdained to talk about Confucianism.

Today's prime minister, the former Tanhua, has devoted himself to the study of science and technology over the years, believing that this is the power that truly changes the world.

Can Confucianism build trains, cars, and airplanes? No!

And the ironclad ship, a life-saving medicine, even the pistol is not something that Confucianism can build.

When so-called tricks and tricks become a force to change the world, Confucianism becomes a joke.

They have become only a moral code for people, and they have no role to play in this society.

Thousands of years of tradition have been completely changed in the space of a few decades.

He bowed sincerely. "Hanlun has seen the emperor's grandfather."

Zhu Zhanji turned his head and showed a hint of a smile. "Come to me."

Lin Hanlun didn't dare to be parallel to his grandfather, so he was half a step behind and stood behind his side.

"What do you see in front of you?"

Lin Hanlun didn't understand what Zhu Zhanji meant, and he didn't dare to answer randomly. said: "Hanlun is ignorant. ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head, looked at this Yingting grandson, who was only a little lower than himself, and said: "When Yulin Weixue opened last year, I went to Yulin Weixue to attend the opening ceremony. Do you remember the question you asked me? ”

"Yes, at that time, Yu Linwei was already equipped with repeating guns, but except for Yu Linwei, none of the other armies could change their clothes. Some students asked the emperor's grandfather why he didn't equip the whole army with such a sharp weapon, but the emperor's grandfather did not answer. ”

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "Then do you know what the reason is?" ”

Lin Hanlun shook his head and said: "It has been analyzed in the newspaper that the cost of the repeating gun is high, and the cost of the bullet is even higher. But Hanlen doesn't think that's the reason. No matter how high the cost is, it can't be higher than the lives of my people. ”

Zhu Zhanji didn't answer, and asked again: "Because you are not equipped with a repeating gun, which led to the death of your second and third uncles in battle, have you ever complained about me in your heart?" ”

Lin Hanlun was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "My grandson has never complained at all!" The emperor's grandfather is majestic and strategic, how can we understand it! ”

"Get up...... Zhu Zhanji stretched out a hand to help Lin Hanlun, where did he dare to let Zhu Zhanji help, and quickly stood up again.

Only then did Zhu Zhanji say: "What do you think is the power of the world that has changed so dramatically in the past few decades? ”

"The Power of Truth."

Zhu Zhanji nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the educational results over the years have been very good, and this concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

When it comes to science in this era, people can't understand it.

Because the word science is a word that evolved after the summary of all disciplines in later generations, and this word cannot actually explain the essence of science.

Physics, chemistry, mathematics, philosophy, nature, and other subjects can be said to be sciences. But this year is very general and abstract.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji never put forward the concept of science, but replaced it with truth.

In the first year of orthodoxy, Zhu Zhanji formally put forward the concept of truth, and divided all future disciplines into the concept of truth.

Confucianism was subsumed into philosophy and became a minor item of ideological study.

Then, all disciplines were divided into the research project of Shinrikyo by Zhu Zhanji, making Shinrikyo a large sect that studies the unknown in the world.

Of course, it is inappropriate to describe Shinrikyo as a sect at this time, because Shinrikyo is not a religion, but a structure of a research institution.

At this time, not only Confucianism, but also Taoism and Buddhism were frightened, and countless people protested against it.

But Zhu Zhanji didn't pay attention to it, but every once in a while, he asked the Xiamaqiao Research Institute to come up with a research project that could shock the world.

Especially when the glider was enlarged and an engine was installed, which could take people directly into the sky, all the protests and criticisms stopped.

It has always been a dream for humans to conquer the sky. But when the dream becomes a reality, those who oppose it will be shocked and re-examine their own perceptions.

The greatest positive significance of the existence of religion is the unity of thought, world outlook, outlook on life, and values.

When Shinrikyo shows the undoubted truth, those ordinary people will naturally gradually turn to Shinrikyo.

But in fact, the real purpose of Shinrikyo's existence is to allow people to change from the ethereal pursuit to reality, and to study the power that can change the world.

This is not religion.

Hearing Lin Hanlun's answer, Zhu Zhanji said: "I have said many times that the study of truth has no ultimate goal, only a meticulous process. It is through this process of research that people get the power to change the world, and the truth never ends. ”

"Hanlun didn't dare or forget."

"However, in the middle of the research process, people will experience many difficulties and setbacks, and even doubt the meaning of the research. Not every study will take a step forward, or even go backwards.

However, when a project has accurate phased results and knows the direction, the research will become easy and simple. ”

After listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Lin Hanlun seemed to understand a little, but he seemed to be even more confused.

Zhu Zhanji did not deliberately confuse his grandson, and clearly expressed his meaning. "Repeating guns, gun and bullet separation, is the Ming Dynasty has been in the research of the phased results, this is our superiority in other countries.

However, the repeating pistol, like the original flintlock pistol, although it can occupy a certain advantage, it is not as advantageous as the original flintlock pistol. ”

Lin Hanlun understood this sentence and understood what Zhu Zhanji meant.

When flintlock pistols appeared, other nations were armed with broadswords and spears. This gap was too big, so in front of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they were defeated.

The firing range of the repeating pistol is more than twice that of the flintlock pistol, and the power is greater, but the gap with the flintlock pistol is not as great as that of the flintlock pistol and cold weapons.

"Therefore, if our Ming Dynasty takes out a repeating gun, and we don't have better technical reserves, we may be caught up by the enemy at some time in the future. Therefore, the popularization of repeating guns is not necessary when it is necessary. ”

Lin Hanlun asked, "Ancestor Huang, do we have a better gun now?" ”

Zhu Zhanji did not answer, but said: "The death of your second and third uncle, like the death of Zheng Neng, the Duke of Wuguo seven years ago, is actually an unnecessary sacrifice, dying of your own greed. Zheng Neng coveted the iron ore of the Principality of Kiev, but your second and third uncles coveted the resources of the Principality of Novgorod. If they retreat, will the other party dare to come? They don't dare! ”

Lin Hanlun said puzzledly: "Ancestor of the emperor, hasn't the Ming Dynasty always admired the expansion of territory?" ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Indeed, and this policy will not change." However, all the people only saw the opening of the territory, but did not really understand the meaning of the expansion of the territory. Was the territory of the Mengyuan Empire large at the beginning? Two hundred years later, everything is empty. It is important to open up the territory, but how to develop it is even more important.

Now your family has occupied hundreds of thousands of lands in the southern part of the Far West Mountains, but your current population is less than 300,000. None of their own territories have been effectively developed, so what's the point of occupying more territory?

So, you want to go back to the fiefdom, and I will allow it. This time, I will also give you 30,000 repeating guns and 2 million bullets. However, without real certainty, I will not allow you to go westward in vain. Do you understand? ”

After all, he is his own grandson, and he will still count on him to hold the Ural Mountains and the line of the Volga River in the future. If he has three strengths and two weaknesses, he will have to bother to cultivate a trustworthy junior.

At first, Lin Hanlun only considered whether his request could be agreed, but Zhu Zhanji first explained to him the reason why he was not equipped with a repeating gun at first, and then showed that he attached importance to his grandson.

Now not only gave him 30,000 repeating guns and 2 million bullets, but also taught him what to do when he arrived in the fiefdom.

Feeling Zhu Zhanji's love, he knelt down with tears in his eyes excitedly and said: "My grandson must live up to the expectations of the emperor's grandfather, develop Tanglin City, and not start a war in vain." ”

Zhu Zhanji lifted him up with both hands and said, "Go to Yingtianfu to have a good New Year, and then leave after fifteen." I will have someone prepare the weapon for you, and in the future, the northwest frontier guard of the Ming Dynasty will be handed over to your father and son. ”

With Tang Sai'er, a strange woman, Tang Lincheng's threat is not great, and Zhu Zhanji believes that his grandson has enough time to grow up.