Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1386 Cannon on Zijin Mountain

Zhu Pingan went to the yamen of the Criminal Division, gathered Liu Mu, Liu Dadao and others, summoned 30 servants from the yamen of the Criminal Division based on the official document of the adults in Taiwan, and drove out of the yamen in a mighty manner in the fifteen carriages coordinated yesterday. , rushed to the destination Zhenwu Camp.

  Zhenwu Camp is stationed at the outer gate of Yingtian City, in the south direction of the outer city, between the old imperial city and Zijin Mountain. The Yamen of Tixingsi is roughly in the north of the city, just one south and one north from Zhenwu Camp, and the distance between the roads is quite large.

  Zhu Ping'an and his party drove the carriage for half an hour before reaching the south of the city, and they saw Zijin Mountain from a distance.

   "Long Pan in Zhongshan, Tigers in Shicheng, the real emperor's house."

Looking at Zijin Mountain from a distance, Zhu Ping'an saw that Zijin Mountain was slightly curved, with its mouth facing south, winding like a giant dragon. He couldn't help sighing that Emperor Hongwu chose Yingtian to build his capital at the beginning, so he fell in love with it here. the terrain.

  The outer wall of Yingtian City winds like a dragon, enclosing Zijin Mountain in its entirety.

  From a distance, the old imperial city is at the foot of Zijin Mountain.

   Oh, I remembered.

  When the Ming Dynasty was first established and the capital Yingtian was established, Zijin Mountain was not inside the city, but outside the city.

At that time, Emperor Hongwu established his capital in Yingtian, and recruited more than 200,000 civilians to build Yintiancheng. It took several years to complete the city wall. , with Xuanwu Lake as a barrier in the north, integrating mountains, lakes and rivers into one.

  After the completion of Yingtian City, Emperor Hongwu enthusiastically took his prince and all civil and military officials to climb Zijin Mountain and looked down at Yingtian City.

The long-faced and delighted Emperor Hongwu pointed proudly at Yingtian City and showed off to the prince and all civil and military officials, "Hehehehe, how do you think this capital is built? My capital has high walls and thick walls, and its circumference is the best ever. There are thirteen A city gate, backed by Zhongshan Mountain in the east, Qinhuai City Moat in the south, Yangtze River moat in the west, and Xuanwu Lake in the north, are as solid as gold, enough to last for more than a year."

   "The Holy One is wise, Yingtian City should be the strongest city in the world since ancient times."

   "Ying Tiancheng is really Tiancheng."

   "The holy eyes are like torches, such a majestic giant city, and there are natural barriers, it is really impenetrable."

   "It's not just a year, it's not a problem for ten or eight years."

  “.”

   Hundreds of civil and military officials agreed one after another, praising Emperor Hongwu for his wisdom and Yingtian City for its solidity.

  However, in the midst of all civil and military officials singing praises to the emperor, a discordant voice of a young man with a changing voice sounded: "The cannons were set up on Zijin Mountain, and the cannons shot into Houzai's gate."

  Houzaimen is the gate of the Forbidden City. The boy means that the cannons erected on Zijin Mountain can reach the Forbidden City.

  The young man's voice was like a phoenix flying into the forest and singing once, and all the noisy birds in the forest suddenly fell silent. All the civil and military officials heard the comment on the young man's life and were immediately quiet.

   Everyone followed the sound and saw Zhu Di, the fourth prince of Emperor Hongwu, standing there with a look of pride on his face.

  The young Zhu Di is in his teens, just the age he likes to show off. He is very proud, proud that he discovered the hidden dangers of city defense.

  At this moment, he proudly raised his face and looked forward to the praise from his father and all civil and military officials.

  The air is quiet, even a little depressing.

  Why don't you praise me? !

  The young Zhu Di glanced at the civil and military officials from the corner of his eyes, and found that they had nervous expressions on their faces. Well, they should be nervous because they were incompetent and failed to discover hidden dangers in the city defense, and worried about being punished by their father. Praise me quickly, this king will consider interceding for you.

   Civil and military officials were worried that my father would not praise me in time to punish me, so what about my father, why didn't my father praise me?

  The young Zhu Di looked in the direction of Emperor Hongwu, and found that the face of his father, who was originally in high spirits, had darkened. The young Zhu Di couldn't help becoming nervous. What's wrong? Am I wrong?

However, the young Zhu Di was relieved in the next second, because the sullen father smiled again, and took out an orange from his sleeve with a smile, peeled off the skin, removed the meridian, and handed it to himself, so that he could eat the orange up.

   This is the reward of the father.

  Father has always only praised his brother Zhu Biao, never praised me, this orange is the first time Father has rewarded me. It's not as simple as rewarding oranges, my father peeled the oranges for me to eat.

  Brother Huang didn’t even get this kind of treatment.

   In the eyes of everyone, the young Zhu Di took the orange triumphantly, put it in his mouth, and ate the orange.

  Sweet, very sweet, very sweet, in the mouth, sweet in the heart.

  Junior Zhu Dijue has never eaten such a sweet orange, and he will never forget it in his life.

  After returning to the palace, the young Zhu Di greeted Empress Ma. Zhu Di was not born to Empress Ma, but she was brought up by Empress Ma. Empress Ma loved him very much and regarded him as her own. Zhu Di also regards Empress Ma as his own mother, but he is not as close to his biological mother as he is to Empress Ma.

Seeing Zhu Di's happy face, Empress Ma couldn't help smiling and asked him if he had a good time visiting Zijin Mountain with his father today. The young Zhu Di proudly told the story of Emperor Hongwu asking everyone about Yingtian City on Zijin Mountain. queen horse.

   "How did you answer?" Queen Ma asked curiously with a smile.

"I boarded the Zijin Mountain and had a panoramic view of the entire Forbidden City from the Zijin Mountain. I immediately realized that something was wrong. If an enemy occupied the Zijin Mountain, wouldn't it be possible to bombard the Forbidden City from the Zijin Mountain? So my son The minister replied that a cannon was set up on Zijin Mountain, and the cannon shot into Houzai's gate."

  The young Zhu Di looked like he was waiting for Empress Ma to praise him, and he recounted his answer triumphantly.

  Hearing the words, Empress Ma couldn't help but change her expression. She looked nervously at the young Zhu Di and asked, "Did your father say anything after hearing that?"

   "Father didn't say anything. He took out an orange from his sleeve, peeled it immediately, handed it to me, and let me eat the orange. Queen, do you know that I have never eaten such a sweet orange."

  The young Zhu Di said triumphantly, when he mentioned that oranges are very sweet, his face was filled with happiness.

  After the young Zhu Di finished speaking, he waited for Queen Ma's compliment.

  However, to Zhu Di's surprise, he was not praised, but what he saw was the frightened Empress Ma.

  No one understands Emperor Hongwu better than Empress Ma. She understands Emperor Hongwu as a person, and also understands Emperor Hongwu's thoughts. Emperor Hongwu killed decisively. He wanted to pass on the throne to Zhu Biao, the eldest son of the two of them, and to give Zhu Biao a stable country that would rule for thousands of years. The world, the good bows and lackeys who are now capable of threatening the country and the country, she knows what Emperor Hongwu's actions on the spot mean.

"My son, run away, your father will not only kill you, but also peel your skin like an orange and constrict your tendons." Empress Ma suddenly turned pale with fright, urged and arranged for Zhu Di to escape. The sky is the best.

  Emperor Hongwu found out that Empress Ma had let Zhu Di go. Thinking that the queen regarded Zhu Di as her own, she had a deep affection, and thinking that Zhu Di was his own after all, he was only in his early ten years old now, so he didn't pursue it anymore.

  However, Zhu Di’s opinion still made Emperor Hongwu very upset, so Emperor Hongwu decided to build the outer wall of Yingtian City, enclosing Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai, and Shogunate Mountain in the city.

  So, it has what it is today.

  (end of this chapter)