My Daming New Empire

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji in surprise, and then at the ball, a little confused.

Wang Yan was also confused by Zhu Zhanji's behavior, and didn't understand what happened.

"Ji'er is dead, tell me what's going on?"

Zhu Zhanji got up and turned the globe slightly, then pointed the side of Daming at him. "Please look, grandpa, where is this?"

Looking at the globe, Zhu Di didn't understand why at first, but then he understood, and his face became serious. "On weekdays, the map and the sand table are flat, but I don't know why the map is engraved on a ball?"

Jin Kuo glanced quietly at Zhu Di and Wang Yan who was equally astonished, his heart pounding.

If this incident is exposed, Zhu Zhanji is of course fine, at most he will be reprimanded, but his head will be lost.

But now he and Zhu Zhanji have been honored and disgraced, and it is impossible for him to get off the ship just because he holds Zhu Zhanji's as much as 300 million taels of silver and 20 taels of gold property.

So Zhu Zhanji couldn't stop the matter arranged by Zhu Zhanji, he could only make it more complete.

But after all, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor. How can a person live on a ball, and the ball is still spinning...

But since the grandson said that the emperor would believe it, he could only hope that the emperor would believe it.

He didn't know that as early as the Tang Dynasty, astronomers presided over the national astronomical geodetic survey, using the height of the North Pole and the length of summer days to calculate the length of one degree of the meridian and the circumference of the earth.

It's just that all these things were hidden by Si Tianjian. He has never been exposed to this concept, which doesn't mean the emperor doesn't know.

The difference between superiors and subordinates is the amount and scope of resource management and control, and the information asymmetry.

In modern society, because of the spread of the Internet, it seems that the distance between the upper and lower ranks has been shortened, but there are still many secrets that the lower ranks cannot know.

Not to mention, this is still in the era of feudal centralization.

The asymmetry of the news made the gap between the superiors and the inferiors appear extremely huge.

Just like in this palace, Zhu Zhanji can read the newly compiled Yongle Canon at will, and many secret stories can also be read at will.

But most eunuchs still need to make great contributions to be able to read and write.

Zhu Di had heard that human beings lived on a sphere, but he only thought it was nonsense.Even now that he saw the globe, he still couldn't believe it.

Zhu Zhanji didn't want to give him time to doubt, and then he said: "Grandfather, there are some things we don't know, but it doesn't mean they don't exist. Look at Ming, Japan, Korea, including southern Ceylon, Java, and Chenla. , Even if you can't believe it, you have to believe it. And this, let the grandson know why there are sunsets and sunrises, spring, summer, autumn and winter. Until today, the grandson knows that he knows too little. "

Zhu Zhanji put the last moon on it, then turned the earth and said: "This is the sun, this is the place where we live, let's call it the earth, this is the moon. A small circle of the earth is one day, around the sun A big circle is one year. Because it is not a fixed orbit when it turns, the earth is close to the sun for half a year, and the south is for half a year. And our Ming Dynasty is in the north, so when the north slowly faces the sun, it is In summer, vice versa is winter. This also explains why the sun rises due east in summer and southeast in winter.”

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Di was completely stunned. It took him a while to wake up and ran to the front of the globe to look at the map.

When he saw that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was blurred, but the plane was much higher than other places, he said disappointedly: "Why are other regions so clear, but my Ming Dynasty is blurred."

Jin Kuo hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this slave will be punished with death."

Zhu Zhanji quickly said: "Grandpa Huang, I think Jin Kuo is not only innocent, but also a great merit."

Zhu Di was a little confused again, hesitated for a while and said, "Tell me the whole thing clearly."

"Your Majesty, the matter started three months ago..."

What Jin Kuo said was a story Zhu Zhanji made up. When he went to Nanyang, he encountered a stormy sea ship and rescued a Xiyi and dozens of servants he brought with him.

Everything here is real, because their translator died, and they didn't understand what the translator of the fleet said, so they were taken to Ningbo all the time.

After Zhu Zhanji knew the news, he asked Jin Kuo to lock them up and execute them all until a month ago.

The following are all stories compiled by Zhu Zhanji, who assigned them the identity of a Spanish explorer, drew a map of the world and made a model of the earth.

Zhu Zhanji also gave him the name of Magellan in a wicked way, and disguised some nautical diaries and world maps.

As for why they were killed, of course it was because they knew too much.

And they also want to draw a map of Ming Dynasty, so they deserve to be killed.

As for these dozens of human lives, they can be ignored compared to the great age of navigation that will soon open up the Ming Dynasty.

In the future voyages, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will die in the sea, but all of this is worth it.

Zhu Zhanji has been thinking about this story for a long time. When he encountered this incident three months ago, he just included and rounded up many details. Even if there are still some loopholes, it can almost dispel Zhu Di's suspicion.

"The slave only thought that Magellan was guilty of spying on me, and he was able to draw a map of the whole world. He knew so many things he shouldn't know, so he must not be allowed to live. But after killing him, he realized that such a talent It can also be used by my Daming."

Zhu Di asked, "Are you sure that only you know about this?"

"Because this matter is too serious, the slave got orders from his grandson to communicate with him in person. From the beginning, he could only get familiar with one or two words a day, and in the end he was able to get acquainted with dozens of words a day. His diary is full of It was copied down word by word by the servants, and absolutely never passed through the hands of another person."

Zhu Di laughed loudly: "Good job. Good job. Ambassador Jin, you have done a great job this time. Some things can only be in the hands of our Daming."

Chapter 24 Shock

In the empty lobby on the second floor, Zhu Di's voice even brought an echo, making the paper on the windows buzz.After his laughter stopped, he asked again: "Aside from this Magellan, in the barbaric land, does anyone else know about this?"

"The slave confirmed it with him. His country is only as big as my Ming Dynasty. He is the only one who is determined to draw a world map like him. And he hasn't returned to his hometown in recent years..."

Zhu Zhanji saw that there was something wrong with Zhu Di's expression, and immediately said: "Grandfather, this Magellan's secret is only known by Ambassador Jin, and he can explain many things clearly. So grandson wants Ambassador Jin to return to Yingtian. He is in charge in the Children's Palace."

Only then did Jin Kuo understand a little bit. Although it was the twelfth lunar month of winter, cold sweat broke out all at once.He knelt down on the ground with a plop. He didn't dare to beg for mercy, because that meant he dared to speculate on the holy will, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, this slave is loyal to... the grandson, and only wants to stay by His Highness's side and die for the grandson." .”

He was a little carried away just now, he only cared about being loyal to his grandson, but he forgot that the emperor is the biggest, and now he can only go one way to the end.

Secondly, since only he knows about this matter, if he is killed, there will be one less person who knows about it.

And the importance of this matter is enough for Zhu Di to start.

Now the emperor wanted to kill him, but the grandson wanted to protect him, which moved him but couldn't help being afraid.

He is used to being a master in Ningbo City Shipping Department, and even in Ningbo Yifu. As the grandson's agent, he can not sell anyone's account, even the magistrate will curry favor with him.

When he returned to the palace for the first time, his sensitivity suddenly dropped too much, but he forgot his duty.

Now he even needs his grandson to remind him...

Seeing that his grandson wanted to protect him, Zhu Di's murderous intent immediately dissipated without a trace, and he laughed loudly: "You have made great contributions, how can I be a person who doesn't know right from wrong...Wang Yan, draw up a decree..., Liu Yin, the supervisor of Yinshou, worked hard and made great achievements, so he was allowed to provide for the elderly. Jin Kuo was promoted to be the chief eunuch of Yinshou, and he was allowed to stay with him in Xingqing Palace."

"Slave, thank Your Majesty Hong En, long live the emperor's grandfather!"

Hearing the eunuch call the emperor's grandfather, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help frowning.It was not until this era that the eunuchs called the emperor, although most of the time they called the emperor or your majesty, but on formal occasions, they called the emperor's grandfather.

They used a written word and added grandfather to express their respect to the emperor, but for the grandson Zhu Zhanji, he was like a eunuch.

However, he did not show it, but admired Zhu Di's rapid transformation.

Just now he clearly felt that Zhu Di had murderous intentions.But this incident was provoked by Zhu Zhanji, and Jin Kuo is still in charge of most of his wealth, so Jin Kuo must not be allowed to have an accident.