Chapter 243: Han Yu Tong ~ Earth Latitude
Dong Xiaoquan was at a loss as to what to say when he was told that he would hand it over to the emperor if he couldn't handle it.
The Jia family was not like this before! Let's not talk about the two Lords Ning and Rong. Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan were both talented in both civil and military affairs. The emperor could not handle them. They were the first to charge into battle. When it came to Jia Jing, there was nothing to say. He was thrown into the Beijing camp by his father at a young age. While studying, he handled various affairs of the Beijing camp for him.
Whenever the prince encountered any difficulties, they would be thrown to him. If he couldn't handle it well, he would resort to summoning magic, using his father, his uncle, and his uncles from various places. If his father, uncle, and uncles from various places were not effective, he could also summon his father-in-law, and use his father-in-law to summon civil officials and students from various places.
Once, he was summoned before he passed the examination to become an official.
He passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy, but was drafted into the army many times.
Unexpectedly...
Dong Xiaoquan sighed quietly in his heart.
The emperor seems to be very satisfied with the current Jia family.
This... is fine! When Dong Xiaoquan, who was dragged out of the palace by the emperor to figure out how to use Jia Wen to plot against the Jin people, saw the steward's carriage running away, his heart moved, and he turned around and went back to the palace.
The emperor is still in the imperial study.
He still has a lot of memorials to review.
If one wants to defeat the Jin people and take back the territory they have seized, Dazhao must first have a stable government and harmonious people.
In addition, Ryukyu was extremely annoyed by Japan and submitted letters several times, requesting Dazhao to station troops there.
The Ministry of War is also discussing this matter.
It's a pity that Dazhao just went through a big war last year, and now Luosha Kingdom is coming again, plus the south is not stable...
The emperor felt overwhelmed.
It's not that he doesn't want to show his power and conquer all the places that need to be conquered in one fell swoop, but excessive military expansion will only hurt the national strength and people of Dazhao.
Rice - he has to eat it bite by bite.
"Your Majesty, Master Dong is back again."
Liu An was a little afraid of Dong Xiaoquan.
When that old guy got angry, even the emperor had to step back, let alone their emperor.
"Ah? Are you back again?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, "Then announce it!"
It won’t work if we don’t announce it!
The emperor put down his pen resignedly.
"emperor!"
Dong Xiaoquan strode in and was about to bow and shout "Long live the emperor" when the emperor waved his hand and said, "No need for the formalities. If you have anything to say, just say it now."
"Your Majesty, Duke Rong Jia Daishan is not a fool. Tell me, why would he promise his daughter to live in Shenyang?"
Hmm? The emperor frowned.
"Among his three previous sons-in-law, Wu Feihuai is the only one from the south. He has no roots in Shenyang. The Jin people once established a country in Shenyang, so they will definitely keep their eyes on it. Tell me, if you were the Duke of Rong, would you marry your daughter there?"
This? Although the entire Lan family died tragically, it was Jia Zheng and Wang Ziteng who were not human beings.
Wu Feihuai...
"Your Majesty, there are also the names of Jia Wen and Jia Wen."
Dong Xiaoquan said: "The pronunciations of the two are so similar, I always feel that something is wrong, so I apply to see the secret memorial that Rongguogong Jia Daishan gave to the emperor."
In fact, it would be best to ask the emperor about this matter.
Unfortunately, the emperor no longer recognizes people.
"allow!"
The emperor understood what Master Dong meant and quickly said, "Liu Quan, immediately follow Master Dong's instructions and bring all the memorials that Duke Rong Jia Daishan sent to the emperor."
"yes!"
Liu Quan went there in a hurry.
So not long after, Jia Zhu, who had just returned to the Imperial College to study, was seconded to the palace to check the memorials that his grandfather had written to the emperor, and look for words like "Jin people" and "Shenyang Wei" in them.
Anyway, Dong Xiaoquan wouldn't do this job himself.
As the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, he has a lot of things to do.
Jia Zhu and several classmates worked hard to translate.
In the Jia family, he was considered a good student, but in the Imperial College... he was only considered okay, and was still a long way from being a genius.
In the past, he had nothing to do with this kind of work on secondment to the palace.
Today he is entirely relying on the help of his grandfather.
Jia Zhu looked for it very seriously.
Suddenly, his junior fellow student Lv Yongrui, whom he admired very much, stood up and said, "I found it."
His face showed excitement and shock.
Lu Yongrui glanced at Jia Zhu, his expression slightly strange again, "Duke Rong had already considered that today's incident would happen."
What? Jia Zhu's face froze for a moment.
He looked at the memorial that should be a secret memorial, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should ask to see it.
"Brother Jia, please take a look. We will deliver it to the emperor later."
They were often called into the palace to either check some information or copy some documents.
When the Chinese New Year was approaching last year, I was called into the palace to write words of encouragement and rewards to the nobles and dignitaries on behalf of the emperor.
At that time, everyone helped each other.
Now Jia Zhu was called over...
Obviously the emperor did not hide it from him.
Lu Yongrui also admired Duke Rong's foresight and handed the memorial over directly.
"Thank you!"
Jia Zhu took the book, but it would have been better if he hadn't read it. Once he saw it...
His face gradually turned pale.
It turns out that his three aunts married far away in frontier areas for a reason.
Especially Shenyang where my second aunt married.
"…If the two girls return with the Jin royal family in the future, we can activate the hidden line that was laid that year, divide and conquer them one by one!"
Jia Zhu had read many of his grandfather's memorials.
My grandfather was deeply worried about the Tatars and the Jin people.
Especially the latter.
The Mongols' entry into the country and the later Jin people's entry into the country all followed the same path.
The Jin people were even more brutal and cruel than the Mongols.
The Jin people were smaller in number than the Mongols, and if they wanted to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, they could only kill, kill, and kill.
The heads of the people who were killed kept rolling, and all the people who were killed were terrified...
Although they were driven out again later, after seeing the colorful world of Central Plains, my grandfather believed that they would only yearn for it even more.
If there is a chance, he will definitely unite with the declining Mongols and Tatars again and take action when Dazhao is weak.
Just like how they dealt with the former Ming Dynasty.
So my grandfather made preparations early on, even at the cost of the happiness of his three aunts.
Jia Zhu's hands began to tremble.
No one in their family knows!
Or do you know that...
Thinking of his uncle Jing who died just last year, Jia Zhu's eyes suddenly turned red.
"Let's go!"
Lu Yongrui patted his shoulder and said, "Leave it to the emperor."
In fact, what he wanted to say was that since Aunt Ling had already chosen this path, they couldn't waste it.
But considering that the Jia family now values their daughter more and more, he is not sure what to say.
In the end, the memorial was passed on to three other students before it was summoned by the emperor.
After reading this secret letter, the emperor felt very upset.
Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan died of illness one after another in the year after the prince passed away.
But before they died, my father had only doubts about them.
It was not until they all died that he recalled the brotherhood they had shared over the years.
But this thought... was based on his memories of the glorious past.
But who is this hidden thread?
After so many years, is the other party still willing to listen to him?
"You guys did a great job, get off now!"
He was not afraid that they would spread the news.
They were summoned into the palace because they had been told to keep it secret.
The emperor still trusted Lu Yongrui and others.
In order to find the secret agents hidden in the Jin army, he and Liu An had to check the secret files left by his father.
He can only do that by himself.
The emperor waved his hand to let them leave, then stood up and went to Shoukang Palace.
Although the emperor abdicated long ago, the only thing he really didn't care about was the matter of the past month. In the past, he had everything under his control.
The emperor never had the chance to read the secret files.
now……
The emperor originally thought that he could just pretend to move it in and see it in February, but he didn't expect that he couldn't wait any longer.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Dai is most familiar with those secret files."
Liu An knew how tired the emperor was, and he also knew that relying on just the two of them to find the answer today would not work.
“Look…”
"Of course I'll go find him."
The emperor has no useless people.
"You should hand over the secret files to him, and give him a decent retirement. Tell him that I will not be stingy."
As long as he doesn't make any mistakes in principle, he is not a ruthless person.
“Hey~”
Liu An's answer was unusually loud.
The retired emperor was suspicious by nature and often did things according to his own preferences. Eunuch Dai's life was not as glorious as outsiders thought.
In fact, as eunuchs, their wealth, honor, life and death all depend on their masters.
The newly appointed chief eunuch Liu An was willing to give his predecessor dignity.
This is also to give himself dignity.
If he pursued his predecessor relentlessly, how would the successor treat him? Besides, Dai Quan had been operating in this palace for many years. If he was really pushed to the limit, who knew what unwise things he would do? Liu An knew very well that he and the emperor had taken over everything in the palace, and what they needed now was stability.
It would be the most unwise thing to drive the dog into a dead end alley at this time.
When the master and servant arrived at Shoukang Palace, Dai Quan ordered the eunuchs to change the emperor's pants.
The emperor came when he shouldn't have, and he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, I didn't dare to slack off too much.
"Here, Father, please serve me well. I will remember this."
The emperor had to say something nice. His eyes swept over everyone. "Dai Quan, are you aware of the secret files that the emperor set up against the Jin people?"
"yes!"
Dai Quan hurriedly responded loudly.
Only after he had completely handed over those things could he retire with honor.
Now, the emperor finally asked the question.
…
On this side, the palace guards returned to the capital with Jia Zhen's letter.
But regarding Jia Wen... Shen Ning still felt uneasy.
Searching the memories of her original body, Jia Wen's character is also gentle but strong.
Unlike Yingchun and Tanchun in the Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia She and Jia Zheng almost completely ignored them. However, Jia Daishan, as a father, was still very concerned about Jia Wen and the other two.
He personally chose husbands for them, as if he was afraid that Lady Jia would harm these three daughters.
but……
Looking back now, the three sons-in-law he chose were actually not that good.
Couldn't he find the military officers around the capital, or in the interior? Lan, Wu, and Min were all at the border. Although they were not at the front line, they would be affected immediately if there was a war.
Even for the Jia family's control over the border, the three of them were low-ranking officials and could not actually help much.
Shen Ning didn't understand why Jia Daishan did this.
Before they got married, the original body seemed to have raised objections to Jia Jing.
What did Jia Jing say at that time? Shen Ning rubbed his forehead.
She has a terrible headache.
Jia Jing seemed to disagree at that time.
He has connections, whether they are civil or military officials, and can definitely choose a better in-law family for his cousins.
But in the end he went to Xifu, and when he came back he asked her not to mention the matter again.
Is there something here that she doesn't know? Shen Ning is very annoyed.
I'm afraid Jia Jing has already boarded a ship to Japan by now.
She wanted to ask but couldn't.
Grandmother Jia...
Could the old lady know? If she knew, it is impossible that there is only one Jia Min among the four daughters of the Jia family in the Dream of the Red Chamber?
Shen Ning wanted to sigh! "Grandma!"
Rong Ge'er came in hurriedly, "Grandma, look, what did your grandson find?"
His eyes sparkled as if he had something really good.
Shen Ning took a look and saw that it was just a book. "What book?"
"Auntie puts the books in a flowery way."
Rong Ge'er showed it to her, "This is the 'Han Yu Tong ~ Di Wei' written by Xiong Renlin of the previous dynasty."
Shen Ning: “…”
She didn't know, so she could only search her original body's memory.
This book...seems to be about geography.
But she hasn't read the book.
I only heard it from my father.
This book records that when various nations came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the previous dynasty, Emperor Chengzu seemed to have sent envoys with imperial seals to visit various places to understand the local customs and people, with the aim of winning over the locals and making peace with the distant countries. He also set up officials in charge of astronomy, calendar, and mathematics to imitate the will of heaven and protect the four barbarians.
My father’s generation also hoped that Dazhao could become as prosperous as the former Ming Dynasty, with all nations coming to pay tribute to it.
And manage the four barbarians.
But this book...
Shen Ning took the book which had several pages missing.
"Grandma, look here," Rong Ge'er pointed to a page and read to her, "The land represented by the Nine Heavens has been included in the 'Sage Era Map', which adheres to the Confucian teachings of 'investigating things to gain knowledge'."
Shen Ning's eyes moved faster than he pointed. She saw the five continents of the world, different regions, and different languages, which could all be translated and distinguished.
"Mr. Chang once told me that this book says that the place we live in is the entire round earth."
Jia Rong was still excited: "Can the earth be round? I have only heard that the sky is round and the earth is square, but the teacher said that this book is very wonderful. It was written by Mr. Xiong after consulting countless ancient books."
A round earth?
Shen Ning's heart was pounding.
She flipped through the book violently, but she didn't expect the pages to almost tear in front of her.
"What else did your husband say?"
"Our teacher said that Mr. Xiong's book on geography can help knowledgeable people travel to all countries."
Jia Rong bared his teeth and said, "Didn't you say that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles? I have always wanted to find this book, and then travel to all countries from here to see if the earth is really round."
Shen Ning: “…”
She was so shocked that she didn't know what to say.
"My grandson went to see Uncle Zhu in the West Mansion because of this book. He said that the teachers and students in the Imperial College also had a lot of debate about this book."
Jia Rong said, "It's just that due to the war, only fragments of this book remain. It would be great if we could find the whole thing."
"……try to find!"
Shen Ning carefully took the book and asked, "Ask the village chief if he can sell this book?"
"Sell!"
Jia Rong smiled and said, "My grandson has already asked. They are selling it. My grandson has already spent another twenty taels to buy it."
Unfortunately, it is still incomplete.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
However, he is still so young, and if he has the ability to find these, he may be able to find others in the future.
Perhaps, if we put everyone's fragments together, we can piece together the whole book.
Those who are interested can search for it. In the historical materials such as "Da Ming Yitong Zhi", "Ming History", "Ming Hui Dian", "Ming Shilu", "Xiyang Zhufan Zhi", and "Waiyi Chaogong Kao" which were deleted and revised by the Qing Dynasty, more than 180 tributary states can still be found.
"Han Yu Tong ~ Di Wei" effectively refuted Ai Rulie's "Zhi Fang Wai Ji". Zheng He had been to America, and the large number of Ming Dynasty copper coins left there are also clear evidence.
Just like the poisonous cults of today, there were also so-called experts in the Ming and Qing dynasties who were self-deprecating and misleading the people. The achievements of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded our imagination. . .
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