Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Nanjing Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Gaochi's cover-up for Jiang Xinghuo naturally did not last long. In fact, Zhu Gaochi had another idea, which was to verify the authenticity of the "twisting scale experiment" for his father.

Zhu Di, who was a little sleepy after eating, immediately stopped feeling sleepy after reading the "Mr. Jiang's Lecture Notes" sent back by Zhu Gaosui.

"What does this thing mean? Overturning the induction of heaven and man? Doesn't this mean to pierce the sky?"

Zhu Di looked unhappy at the dinner table. He looked at the record and frowned.

To Zhu Di, the Jiangnan gentry class who followed Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism as their ideal was certainly abominable, and Zhu Di wished they all died, but this did not mean that Zhu Di intended to let his imperial power be buried with them.

After all, if the imperial power is a person, then the gentry class is a huge tumor that grew from this person, and has been drawing blood and nutrients from the imperial power.

Of course, the imperial power wants to cut off the gentry class, or prevent the tumor of the gentry class from sucking too much blood, but it must be careful and control the intensity of the cut.

Jiang Xinghuo's heliocentric theory and universal gravitation were like holding a big ax directly on the tumor.

It's great that the tumor is gone.

The problem is, people are following suit!

Of course Zhu Di didn't want the imperial power to disappear with him, so he instinctively resisted.

"Let the third child eat first."

Empress Xu glanced at Zhu Di, took her son who had worked hard to come here to sit down to eat, and then got up and came behind Zhu Di.

Now that Zhu Gaosui had sent the news, he knew that the next thing had nothing to do with him, so he was not polite to his father, the emperor and his mother, so he picked up his chopsticks and started to eat happily.

Zhu Di frowned, but did not stop him. He continued to look down at the paper in his hand and pondered.

Seeing this, Empress Xu chuckled: "Your Majesty, why bother about this? Although Mr. Jiang has the ability to banish immortals, he is still just a mortal scholar. What he said may pose a threat to Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism. It may hurt the interests of the gentry, but without His Majesty's support, he will not be able to change anything. As long as His Majesty says a word..."

Queen Xu paused and said, "If Your Majesty is really in trouble, I would suggest that it is best to put these things of his aside for the time being."

Her tone was gentle and somewhat comforting. Zhu Di was stunned and looked up at his wife: "If I put these things aside temporarily, wouldn't it be just as troublesome to bring them up again later? It's impossible for me to really chop Jiang with a knife. Sir, it’s impossible to sew his mouth shut.”

"Didn't His Majesty say that Mr. Jiang will be released from prison in two classes?"

Zhu Di nodded affirmatively.

"So, this is simple." Empress Xu smiled, "I heard that Master Daoyan spoke highly of Mr. Jiang. Master Daoyan is your Majesty's best friend. Your Majesty can ask Master Daoyan for help and hand over Mr. Jiang to him for persuasion. One or two is enough, I think Mr. Jiang is sensible."

Zhu Di's eyelids couldn't help but twitch twice.

A few months ago, Dao Yan went crazy after listening to Jiang Xinghuo's lecture. Zhu Di still vividly remembered the scene where he pointed at him and cursed "You are not a real dragon, you are a blood-sucking insect" in the ruins of the Tianwang Hall of Datianjie Temple.

Let Dao Yan persuade Jiang Xinghuo, maybe he will be brainwashed by Jiang Xinghuo instead of being sent to his door, right?

After Zhu Di stared at his wife for a moment, he smiled calmly and said: "Queen, don't bother, these remarks still need to be tested."

Queen Xu also understood what Zhu Di meant.

Let’s not talk about whether this thing is right or wrong, and Mr. Jiang is by no means an ordinary scholar. Since he dares to talk about these things, he has naturally been prepared for it.

I am afraid that Cheng Zhuli would not agree with what Mr. Jiang said, let alone believe it.

Therefore, whether it is the temporary shelving proposed by Queen Xu or the persuasion by Dao Yan, it is not a good solution. The problem will definitely break out in the future, and the theory of imperial power based on the "induction of heaven and man" will still be threatened.

Therefore, Zhu Di feels that the best way is to solve it quickly now to avoid trouble later.

So how to solve this kind of thing?

The first one is naturally the physical method. Well, it is not the physical method that Zhu Di is accustomed to, which makes people physically disappear, but the physical method of verifying the existence of universal gravity by doing a "torsion scale experiment".

"By the way, where are Chi'er and others?"

At this time, Empress Xu suddenly remembered that Zhu Di had come back first, but the big boy stayed in the imperial prison to listen to the class.

It stands to reason that if you want to stay, you can stay, but now that Zhu Gaosui's "Mr. Jiang's Lecture Notes" have been sent back, Zhu Gaochi has remained silent, which naturally makes Queen Xu, a mother-in-law, uneasy.

"Eldest brother is still in prison."

Zhu Gaosui said while cooking: "I heard from Ji Gang that the eldest brother seemed to have found some shot balls, copper wires, glass mirrors, etc., but he really didn't know what he was going to do."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what he was planning to do.

This means doing a "twisting scale experiment" on the spot.

And Zhu Di thought further, that the elder should also have the intention to verify right and wrong first, and then report to him.

After all, if this thing cannot be verified, it means that the existence of the so-called "gravity" is simply wrong.

If it is wrong, how could it have an impact on Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism?

"Lao San, don't eat it!"

With his strong hands, Zhu Di picked up Zhu Gaosui, who was immersed in cooking, and said to him, "Follow me on horseback to find your elder brother."

Zhu Gaosui stopped the chopsticks in his hand and looked up at his father in confusion.

"Dad, I haven't finished eating yet."

Zhu Di glared at him and reprimanded: "If I tell you to follow me, just follow me. How can there be so much nonsense!"

After saying that, Zhu Di turned around and walked out. Zhu Gaosui quickly stood up and followed him, without even having time to lick the remaining rice grains at the bottom of the bowl.

倒不是朱高燧不想舔干净，而是朱高燧很清楚，自己的这位皇帝爹是什么性格，要是忤逆了朱棣，大概率真的会挨揍，而且是很疼的那种。

At this time, Zhu Di was in his prime. He had personally taken the blame to hit everyone during the four-year crisis. His single-player fighting ability was no joke.

Zhu Di took Zhu Gaosui and a group of personal guards out of the imperial city, and quickly arrived outside the imperial prison.

In fact, the distance is really not that far. If it were too far, Zhu Gaochi wouldn't be able to fiddle with it often.

We arrived at a courtyard inside the imperial prison.

Outside the courtyard, several strong and majestic horses were pacing slowly around a carriage, and there were many veterans of the Three Yanshan Guards who were familiar to Zhu Di.

In addition, there are dozens of Jinyi guards nearby, closely monitoring the courtyard in front.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gaosui's heart trembled slightly, but a look of surprise appeared on his face, as if he didn't know which song his elder brother was singing.

After all, Zhu Gaosui is an intelligence chief with professional ethics. Since his father had previously stipulated that the "Mr. Jiang's Lecture Notes" should be sealed and handed over to him, Zhu Gaosui would not peek at it halfway, so he didn't know what was going on.

Well, the most important thing is that based on past experience, he really can't understand most of the content and is not interested at all.

"Father, what on earth are we going to do?"

Zhu Gaosui approached Zhu Di and asked softly.

Zhu Di glanced at him and said, "You'll know later."

Zhu Di did not tell Zhu Gaosui the specific reason, or even introduced the details of the matter to him in detail, because Zhu Di knew very well the abilities of his three sons.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaosui stepped onto the threshold of the courtyard one after another. Naturally, no one here dared to stop them.

"Brother!"

Zhu Gaosui shouted instructively, and then the two of them walked towards Zhu Gaochi. That is to say, although Zhu Gaosui has small eyes, his eyesight is very good!

Zhu Gaosui saw at a glance that there were some strange things in the dark room with a small window in front of his eldest brother, and it seemed to be an iron frame with two shot balls hung on it, and they were also hung up with copper wires. There is also a small mirror inlaid on it.

These are all the same as what Ji Gang reported to him. The eldest brother really wants to use these props to do something.

But what exactly is the eldest brother going to do? Zhu Gaosui's mind was a little confused.

He couldn't understand, so he simply stopped thinking about it and stood behind Zhu Di to see what his father had to say.

"See Father!"

Zhu Gaochi, who was in front of the darkroom used for experiments, suddenly understood when he saw his father and his third brother coming together.

The fat Zhu Gaochi stood up and bowed his hands: "Please forgive me, father. I just had a whim and tried to come up with some new tricks according to Mr. Jiang's lecture. I was so eager to verify that I forgot to go back to the palace."

"Okay, okay."

Zhu Di waved his hand to interrupt the elder, and said: "Why don't you tell me what you want to do first? Are you afraid that I won't agree?"

Perhaps because he felt that his tone was too harsh and he was afraid that Zhu Gaochi would feel uncomfortable, Zhu Di said calmly: "If you just want to try something new, that's fine. But if you are afraid that I will punish Mr. Jiang, then there is no need."

After a pause, Zhu Di sighed again and taught earnestly: "No matter what, no matter what you do, you must consider the safety of the country and the country. You must not be reckless with this important task that involves the well-being of all people."

Zhu Gaochi was silent for a few moments after hearing this, and finally said: "Yes, I will obey my father's order."

In fact, Zhu Gaochi also had some concerns about this experiment.

But now that he has done it, Zhu Gaochi has no regrets. After all, this matter is related to the entire imperial power in a big way.

In the era of "I am the country", the affairs of the imperial power are the affairs of the country.

And from another perspective, Zhu Gaochi wanted to take this opportunity to let his father see his decision, and also hoped to take this opportunity to show his execution ability.

"Are all the things needed for this 'twisting scale experiment' ready?" Zhu Di asked, looking at the darkroom used for the experiment.

"Everything was ready just now."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

Although the things used for the experiment were all hastily produced, Zhu Gaochi could only bite the bullet at this time.

Why does Zhu Gaochi do this?

In fact, he didn't have to do it at all. After all, Zhu Di just asked him to stay and listen to the class.

The reason is that Zhu Gaochi does not intend to do nothing, because he clearly deduced that Zhu Di's first reaction to this matter must be to verify the authenticity of "universal gravity" first.

Instead of waiting for the father to do it himself, it is better to do it yourself first, at least it can be considered thoughtful and show a face in front of the father.

Zhu Gaochi did not dare to neglect matters such as the battle for the crown prince, which were closely related to his own interests.

No man in this world wants to be denied by his biological father, especially when it comes to inheritance rights.

Zhu Di looked thoughtfully at the dark room used for experiments.

"Then let's get started."