Domineering Daming

Zhang Rongyu was waiting, seeing that Zhang Yun didn't bring his son, disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, everything is ready."

Seeing Zhang Yun's face, Zhu Xu gave Zhang Rongju a smile and said, "Well, is Yuan Zhijing here?"

Standing not far behind Zhang Rongju, a man in his thirties stepped out in a radiant spirit, raised his hand and said, "My minister, Yuan Zhijing, sees the emperor."

Zhu Xu took a look at him. He had a straight body, a spirited face, and bright eyes. He didn't have the old-fashioned look of those bigwigs in the officialdom who could see through the world. Zhu Xu liked it very much.

Smiling a little more, Zhu Xu said: "Well, I heard that you are doing well in Jingdezhen, let's go, take us around."

Yuan Zhijing was overjoyed and said, "Yes, please, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun walked in front, Yuan Zhijing followed, and Zhang Rongju's silent leadership was gone.

Zhang Rong's sullen brows disappeared for a moment, and he continued to follow Zhu Xu with a smile on his face.

Jingdezhen is neither big nor small, but there are quite a few officials, all of them followed behind Zhu Xu, and a large group rushed to Jingdezhen Kiln.

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun's children sat in a carriage and walked towards the town.

Xiao Shuxian lay in Zhu Xu's arms, raised her neck and said, "Father, is it really fun here?"

Zhu Xu looked at the front and said with a smile: "Of course it's fun. Later, Father will find a good master to teach you how to make pottery."

The little girl opened her eyes wide and said, "Pottery? Then can I make a pillow? A beautiful pillow, like the one on the queen mother's bed."

The porcelain pillow on Zhang Yun's bed is of course not ordinary, not everyone can make it, Zhu Xu didn't break it, and said with a smile: "As long as you do it well, you will be able to."

"Okay, I'm going to make a pillow!" The little girl shouted, waving her fists.

Xiao Cixuan followed immediately, and said, "Father, I want to make a fish tank to raise goldfish."

Little Ciye looked up at the two of them, his small face seemed to sigh, and he said helplessly, "Then I'll make a cup."

Zhu Xu hugged the three little guys and said, "Okay, I will teach you how to do it later."

Yuan Zhijing and Zhang Rongju rode beside Zhu Xu's horse, and heard the conversation inside, Zhang Rongju immediately continued: "Your Majesty, Madam, there are many kilns like this in Jingdezhen, and when we arrive, I will arrange... "

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Zhijing raised his hand and said, "Your majesty, your majesty, I have already made arrangements. He is the best porcelain master in the town. He was imprisoned a few days ago. I will find out and return him innocent. He should save face with the minister."

Zhang Rongyu's face changed slightly, and his eyes were burning with anger.

Chapter 1282 Bigger and Stronger

Yuan Zhijing was obviously better at doing things than Zhang Rongyu, and he turned a blind eye to Zhang Rongyu's angry eyes.

Such a lost lord wants to pretend to be a senior!

Yuan Zhijing followed closely beside Zhu Xu's carriage with ignorant eyes.

As an official of the Department of Political Affairs, from the perspective of people with "orthodox" backgrounds in the ruling and opposition parties, they are all heretics and are not recognized.Although there are more and more officials coming out of the Department of Political Affairs, they are still discriminated against, squeezed out, and suppressed. There are still very few who can become "official officials", such as county magistrates, magistrates, or those who are emerging in the court.

Yuan Zhijing encountered this god-given opportunity, how could he not grasp it tightly.

The three little guys were very happy to hear that, and Xiao Shuxian poked her head out, looked at Yuan Zhijing and asked, "Is he very good?"

Facing the eldest princess's personal questioning, Yuan Zhijing was naturally more enthusiastic. He raised his hand with a smile and said, "Princess Hui, their family has made porcelain for generations and has a unique secret technique, which is second to none in Jingdezhen."

Xiao Shuxian was a little ignorant, and said, "Where does that rank in our whole Daming?"

Yuan Zhijing had a look of pride on his face, and said: "Princess, I don't know. There are many places where I burn porcelain in Daming, but Jingdezhen occupies more than [-]% of it. Therefore, Jingdezhen is second to none, and it is second to none in the entire Ming Dynasty..."

Xiao Shuxian exclaimed "Wow", retracted her head, and started whispering to her two younger brothers.

Zhu Xu opened the curtains, looked at Zhang Rongyu, and said, "President Zhang, how does your general chamber of commerce arrange for the porcelain industry?"

Zhang Rongju deeply sensed Zhu Xu's dislike for him, and seized the opportunity to show it, saying: "Return to the emperor, in the general chamber of commerce, there is a special place for the porcelain chamber of commerce. I have ordered the people below to count the size of official kilns firing porcelain across the country. Folk Kiln, prepare to integrate them and form a unified chamber of commerce..."

Zhu Xu was noncommittal, and secretly shook his head at Zhang Rong's action. In front of Zhang Yun, it was difficult for him to say too heavy a word, so he nodded and said, "Hurry up."

Zhang Rongju seemed to feel that Zhu Xu was praising him, and immediately said: "I obey the order."

Arriving soon, Yuan Zhijing walked in front and said, "Your Majesty, the largest imperial wares factory is in front, and the porcelain fired there is also the best. Most of the porcelains in the palace come from here."

Zhu Xu had studied porcelain for a long time. Hearing the sound of "um", he stepped forward.

As soon as they left, little Shuxian and little Cixuan pulled Zhu Xu's trousers, and looked up nervously.

Zhu Xu remembered it now, and said with a smile: "This is the best official kiln in my Ming Dynasty, let's take a look first?"

The two little guys pouted, not interested in watching, they wanted to burn it.

Zhu Xu took another look at Little Ciye, who had a calm face and eager eyes. These three little guys really gave me a headache.

Zhang Yun saw it, and turned to Yuan Zhijing, and said, "Master Yuan, can someone take the three Highnesses first?"

Yuan Zhijing naturally wanted to take it there in person, but he was even more reluctant to leave Zhu Xu, so he quickly responded: "Yes, I will arrange it."

The three little guys were very excited, and their six eyes were shining brightly at Yuan Zhijing.

Soon, the three little guys were taken away, shouting excitedly, going to burn the ceramics they wanted.

Zhu Xu watched them leave, and walked towards the kiln not far away. Before they approached, several people hurried out from inside. An old man who seemed to be in his 60s knelt down and said, "Slave servant!" Gou Qiyuan sees the emperor, long live the emperor!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help crying.

Zhu Xu was startled for a moment, then remembered.

This Imperial Ware Factory is run by the government and the private sector. In the past, the Supervisor of Rituals sent an internal supervisor to guard it. The person in front of him is probably the supervisor of the Imperial Ware Factory.

Thinking that he might have been here for many years and his old face was covered with dust, Zhu Xu said, "Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The old eunuch stood up slowly, looking at Zhu Xu's excited face.

He has been here in Wanli for 20 years, almost 40 years!I thought that I would never see the emperor in this life, but I didn't expect that the emperor came to see him.

Zhu Xu had already made arrangements for the old eunuch in his heart, and smiled as usual, "Take me to visit this kiln."

The factory supervisor Mingjiao Zhou Huaiyi, he immediately said: "Yes yes yes, the emperor please come with your slaves."

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun followed Zhou Huaiyi hand in hand and walked inside.

Zhou Huaiyi obviously had done his homework long ago, knew what Zhu Xu wanted to hear, and said as he walked, "Your Majesty, the firewood kiln is five feet long and two feet high, so many large objects can be fired here, which cannot be fired in other places. The most important feature of Chai Kiln is stippling. At present, there are more than 20 kinds of colored porcelain that can be fired in Chai Kiln, each of which is a high-quality product, which cannot be copied elsewhere..."

Zhou Huaiyi kept looking at Zhu Xu's face, and saw that he was interested, and introduced more deeply: "The firewood is generally pine firewood. There are many kilns here, and the firing is very fast. There are special firing and cooling. Other places Can't compare to..."

Zhu Xu looked at the rooms that were either open or closed, as well as the residual high temperature, some unformed utensils and tools.

With a length of more than ten meters, even though he walked very slowly, Zhu Xu quickly reached the end and left the kiln.