My father is Jiajing

Chapter 254: No psychological burden for taking my son's

While Hai Rui was diligently "collecting debts" at the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Zaigui leisurely appeared in the mountainous area outside Beijing west of Yuquan Mountain, and brought Meng Chong, Teng Xiang, Si Hua and others to enjoy the autumn scenery outside Beijing.

Meng Chong followed Zhu Zaigui and enthusiastically explained to him the history of this beautiful scenery in the suburbs of Beijing.

Meng Chong said: "Your Highness, the Yong'an Zen Temple is in front of us. This temple was built during the Zhengtong period by Fan Hong, an eunuch in the Imperial Household Department at the time. Emperor Yingzong gave it this name. The emperor also came here to climb the heights and enjoy the scenery in his early years, and named this place 'West Mountain'."

Zhu Zaiqi hummed, "Not bad, not bad, the scenery is indeed beautiful, with a unique green color. Even in late autumn, it is still full of life."

Looking at the scenery here, a small historical allusion suddenly appeared in Zhu Zaigui's mind. In the original historical development, the later Emperor Wanli also came here to appreciate the scenery of the West Mountain, and wrote the two words "Laiqing" with his own handwriting. These two words are also the origin of the Laiqingxuan in Xiangshan.

Now that Zhu Zaigui has come here for an autumn outing, he naturally will not give up his literary ambition of pretending to be cultured. So when he saw the lush scenery of the Western Hills, Zhu Zaigui could not help but want to show off.

Zhu Zaigui said: "Prepare the pen and ink. I want to write two words here."

When Meng Chong heard this, he and Si Hua quickly spread out a piece of fine Jingxian Xuan paper for Zhu Zaigui. Zhu Zaigui took the brush and wrote two vigorous and powerful running script characters on the paper.

To be honest, Zhu Zaigui's handwriting is just average in the eyes of experts. After all, Zhu Zaigui has only traveled through time for more than two years. Although he still has some muscle memory of his previous master's handwriting, the level of his previous master is also very ordinary. It is not worthy of being called elegant at all. At most, it is just readable.

However, with Zhu Zaigui's active practice in the past two years, coupled with the changes in his mentality over the past two years, and the changes in his temperament brought about by practicing "Xiantian Gong", his calligraphy has slightly acquired a master's style.

However, Zhu Zaigui's identity also meant that he could not be an idle prince specializing in calligraphy, so his calligraphy had only reached the current level, and he did not need to spend time copying famous calligraphers to improve his calligraphy skills.

Therefore, even if the two words "Zhu Zaigui" were written in a standard way, with the blessing of his current identity, these words are naturally different from ordinary ones.

Meng Chong looked at the two powerful characters written by Zhu Zaigui on the rice paper and immediately started to flatter him, "Your Highness's characters are really written with extraordinary momentum. Even if Prince Zhong Yan Liu were alive, he would not be able to compare to yours."

When Zhu Zaigui heard this, he immediately laughed. He dared to touch the porcelain of Zhong Yao, Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan with his handwriting. He really didn't know his own limitations.

Zhu Zaigui sighed and said, "Meng Chong, don't you feel guilty for saying such things? Is there anyone who flatters like you? You are flattering me to death!"

When Meng Chong heard what Zhu Zaigui said, he was also shocked and immediately knelt down and said, "I have absolutely no such intention!"

Seeing Meng Chong like this, Zhu Zaigui shook his head and smiled, "Look how scared you are. I was just joking with you, just like you just joked with me. Get up, we are here to see Jing Qiu's outing today. If you still can't let go, I won't take you with me in the future."

Meng Chong quickly got up from the ground and gave Zhu Zaigui another nervous smile, "Your Highness, you must take me with you. I will follow you for the rest of my life."

After hearing what Meng Chong said, Zhu Zaigui suddenly felt something was strange, as if he had become a heartless man.

This made Zhu Zaigui shudder again, and he said to Meng Chong: "Don't say such disgusting things in the future. I can't stand it."

Zhu Zaigui's words to Meng Chong also made Teng Xiang and Si Hua who were standing by couldn't help but want to laugh. At the same time, they couldn't help but envy the closeness between Meng Chong and Prince Yu. You have to know that it is impossible for a master and servant to talk like this if they don't have special trust.

For example, Teng Xiang, although he was also a eunuch under Zhu Zaigui's name and had the important task of Shunyi Industrial Park, but in terms of closeness, he was far inferior to Meng Chong.

Meng Chong was not only the eunuch in charge of the palace, but also the eunuch who grew up with Zhu Zaigui. This strong master-servant relationship was just like the master-servant relationship between Huang Jin, the current seal holder of the Imperial Household Department and commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot, and the current emperor.

As long as Meng Chong doesn't get carried away and thinks too much, and serves Zhu Zaigui wholeheartedly, his position as the first confidant will be unshakable.

After talking to Meng Chong, Zhu Zaigui instructed: "Find someone to build a pavilion here, then carve this calligraphy into a plaque and hang it on the pavilion. From now on, this place will be called Qingxuan."

Zhu Zaigui took advantage of the historical allusions to the Wanli Emperor without any burden in his heart.

He even felt a little proud, just like the current Emperor Jiajing who was secretly calculating Zhu Zaigui's silver behind his back. It was all so natural.

After the literati and poets had expressed their feelings, Zhu Zaigui led his group down the mountain to get down to business.

After all, coming all the way to Xishan is definitely not just to see the scenery, and certainly not to visit the graves.

You should know that the West Hill had another function in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the royal cemetery, a place specifically for burying prematurely deceased princes, princesses and some of the emperor's concubines.

So Zhu Zaigui’s next stop was further west of Xishan, which was also a continuous mountainous area.

Not only is there the largest coal mine in the suburbs of Beijing, but also the largest limestone field in the suburbs of Beijing.

Legend has it that Yu Shaobao was framed by treacherous officials such as Wang Zhen and was imprisoned in this limestone field, where he was forced to do hard labor for a period of time. He then wrote a famous seven-character quatrain "Lime Chant" that has been passed down through the ages!
The poem goes like this: "I have carved out a mountain with thousands of hammers and chisels, and burned it with raging fire. I am not afraid of being crushed to pieces, as long as I can leave my innocence in the world."

Of course, Zhu Zaigui had no idea whether this incident was true history, but it was enough for him to know that there was a limestone pit here.

So the reason Zhu Zaigui came to Xishan this time was actually for this limestone field.

After all, the expansion of the capital is a long-term project that will last for several years or even decades, and the amount of building materials required is definitely huge.

Therefore, as the chief official in charge of the expansion of the capital, Zhu Zaigui certainly could not just be a figurehead. Sometimes, he still had to go and see in person to understand the situation so that he could feel at ease.

So Zhu Zaigui, under the pretext of an autumn outing, traveled all the way from Xishan to the Xishan limefield, which was farther away from the capital.

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Asking for a monthly ticket~~
(End of this chapter)