Since that day, he suddenly came to the Ming Dynasty. During this period of time, he has been serving Zhu Yuanzhang in order to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty. However, what did he want? He didn't think much about it.
Because there is no use thinking about it. Everything is in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.
If you really want something, it's probably to go back to the next life.
It's just that this is not something he can decide. Perhaps, the unknown life or rule that playfully threw him here in the first place will throw him back in the next second. Or he may be forgotten forever. This request is not something Zhu Yuanzhang can fulfill.
of.
Except this.
What else does He Xi want?
Wanting money? There is no use. The purpose of money is to be able to sell things. But now He Xi is supported by the palace. There is no need for money at all. He wants a house. He Xi has also figured out Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and he estimates that Zhu Yuanzhang is not willing to let it go.
He left the palace. He even felt that he would be under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei all his life, so he would not find such boring things. He wanted a woman. He Xi did want her.
After all, for He Xi, this is probably the greatest benefit from modern times to future generations.
As long as He Xi opens his mouth, I guess Zhu Yuanzhang will not be stingy with some beauties.
However, He Xi couldn't say this. After all, the education he had received could not allow him to treat women like objects. Moreover, he also considered the impression in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, and he did not want to be a lustful person in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.
Such people always give people the impression of being unreliable.
What else is there besides these? It seems there is nothing.
He Xi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I want to go to the palace to see what Nanjing is like." Not only to see what Nanjing is like, but also to see what the world is like. After all, He Xi has a lot of potential in the second half of his life.
Might stay here.
And what he knows about the Ming Dynasty these days has always been from memorials and other people's mouths. They are all second-hand and third-hand information. He is only trapped in the Ming Palace. He has seen too little. It is not the real Ming Dynasty. The real Ming Dynasty.
What does Ming Dynasty look like? He doesn't know.
He really wants to see the world before deciding what to do.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said: "Okay. Tomorrow Xu Da will return to Beijing. I will ask the prince to greet him on my behalf. You can go with him. Take a look at the city of Nanjing and the military might of the Ming Dynasty."
He Xi said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In private, just call me uncle. I don't have that much track. I will ask Xu Zheng to bring you thousands of treasures as pocket money."
He Xi immediately changed his mind and said, "Thank you very much, uncle."
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang acted as if he was really an uncle. But He Xi could not regard Zhu Yuanzhang as an ordinary elder after all. However, even so, He Xi was looking forward to tomorrow's trip. What was Nanjing like during the Hongwu period?
He wanted to know.
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It seems that because the prince knew that he was going to take He Xi to visit Nanjing, he took He Xi out of the palace early the next morning.
The prince said: "There is nothing interesting in this area. Although we have left the palace city, there are government offices in front of it. Here is the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, over there is the Liubu Jiazong Mansion, Hanlin Academy, and Qintian Prison, they are all here.
. Ordinary people don’t come here often. It’s a bit deserted and not too lively. If you want to see the excitement, you have to go along Chang’an Street and go directly to Jubaomen. There are lively places along the way.”
As the prince spoke, he turned around and said with a chuckle: "Brother He, how can you see the scenery of Nanjing when you are like this?"
He Xi hardly listened to what the prince said. His attention was focused on one thing at the moment, the horse under his crotch.
At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, war horses were scarce. At that time, there were only hundreds of thousands of war horses. It was precisely because of the small number of cavalry that the defeat of Xu Dalingbei occurred. Now ten years have passed. Zhu Yuanzhang has worked hard to govern and implement horse politics in recent years.
.And traded with Xifan tea horses. The number of horses in the Ming army increased.
There was no shortage of horses in the Ming Dynasty. The war horses in the palace were naturally excellent.
But no matter how good or docile the war horse is, it cannot be controlled by He Xi.
Before He Xi, he had never touched a horse, let alone riding a horse. He never thought that he would ride a horse when he went out. At this moment, he was riding on the horse tremblingly, not daring to move. He was afraid that the horse would make a mistake.
At the suggestion, the war horse flew out, which would be bad.
He Xi said: "Your Highness, I have never been exposed to horses before, so it is inevitable that I will not be used to it. I didn't know that I would be riding a horse out of the palace today." As He Xi said this, he held the reins tightly, wanting to stuff himself into the horse's body.
The prince laughed and said: "Brother He must practice horse riding carefully in the future. This won't work." Then he said to the guard beside him: "What are you doing standing still? Lead the horse for Secretary He."
Immediately a guard stood in front of He Xi, and He Xi led the horse.
Someone was holding the horse. He Xi took a deep breath and dared to sit upright. He looked at the surrounding houses.
The entire city of Nanjing was newly built. It can even be said that after Zhu Yuanzhang entered Nanjing, he began to build large-scale construction projects. At first, it was just for defensive purposes. From the first year of Hongwu, the expansion of the city began. It has not been completely completed until now.
Therefore, He Xi saw that most of these palace yamen were relatively new.
However, walking along Chang'an Street, we soon left the vicinity of the Imperial Palace. The street became busier.
The city of Nanjing is different from the city in the north. In other words, southern cities are different from northern cities. Most of the streets in northern cities are horizontal and vertical, dividing the city into neat squares. But southern cities are different. The streets in southern cities are,
Generally, because of the topography of the river, the streets are all horizontal and vertical. They come in any direction.
The same is true for Chang'an Street in Nanjing, which is completely different from Chang'an Street in Beijing.
The Nanjing Imperial Palace is also completely different from the Beijing Imperial Palace. The Beijing Imperial Palace is on the central axis of Beijing. The Nanjing Imperial Palace is in the southeast of Nanjing City, directly connected to the outer city. From the Nanjing Imperial Palace out of the city, there is no distance to the southeast.
Far away is the direction of Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.
As a result, Chang'an Street in front of the Nanjing Imperial Palace is also a sloping road. After leaving Chang'an Street and crossing a stone bridge, it seemed that the street suddenly became noisy.
The prince did not have a ceremonial guard, because if the prince had a ceremonial guard, a large number of soldiers would be needed to clear the streets. However, even if the prince did not have a ceremonial guard, there were many guards around him, layers upon layers of guards around him. The prince was twenty or thirty steps away.
All occupied by guards.
He Xi took a quick look. There were a large number of signboards on both sides of the street. It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty did not have street management requirements, so that the signboards on the street were as high as one floor. Originally, most of the houses on both sides of the streets in Nanjing were one or two stories.
Many of them are one-story wooden buildings with an attic on top. But above the attic, there is a big sign saying a certain cloth shop and a certain restaurant.
On both sides of the street, there was a heavy flow of people. When they saw the prince and his entourage, they just stayed away from both sides. There was no sign of panic.
He Xi looked at the street, the pavements on both sides, the bluestone slabs on the ground, and the stone bridge passing by. For a moment, he felt like he couldn't see enough.
Everything here, the antique, yet lively feeling, cannot be expressed in any film and television city or any TV series.
"I really lived in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty." He Xi seemed to have something falling or something broken in his heart.
Many times, people will not die until they see the Yellow River. Although He Xi has long realized that he has arrived in ancient times, deep down in his heart, he may not be without a trace of fantasy. For example, someone pranked him, for example, this is a reality show
What.
Now when I see the prosperous and lively city of Nanjing, I know that no one has such big arms to deceive me.
At this moment, He Xi seemed to have given up, but also relaxed a lot.
He has accepted the reality that he cannot go back. So let's live well in this era.
After all, I was on a reverse journey six hundred years ago. My hometown is where I feel at ease.
"Brother He, what do you think of Nanjing City?" the prince said.
He Xi came back to his senses and said, "Not bad." Although the crowds were bustling, it was still much worse than some pedestrian streets in later generations. But the fireworks and antiques in the world were something he had never seen before.
The prince said, "Although many places in the world have not yet recovered, Nanjing is the imperial capital after all. My father said that the people of Nanjing have contributed to my family's victory in the world. Especially during the battle with Chen Youliang, the people of Nanjing did their best.
Fully support the front line. Therefore, since the founding of the country by my father, it has been exempted from taxes in Nanjing and the nearby Taiping areas for more than ten years. After more than ten years of rest and interest, the people also have some money in their hands, and this situation has happened.
However, this is only the case in Nanjing. People all over the world are still tired, especially in the north."
"Brother He, you come from the north, is that right?"
He Xi was lamenting that Zhu Yuanzhang was quite good to the people of Nanjing. However, he was suddenly asked this question by the prince. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Tian Jian was pitiful. He had never seen what the north of the Ming Dynasty was like. However, the identity assigned to him by Zhu Yuanzhang was that he was a disciple of Zen Master Dazhi. This Zen Master Dazhi had been traveling in the north. He said that he did not know the situation in the north.
No one will believe it.
He Xi hesitated, not yet figuring out how to deal with it.
The prince then said: "I think He Di has been in the temple all the time. He doesn't know much about the people's sentiments. It's hard for me to ask this."
"Yes." Since the prince said so, He Xi naturally got off the donkey and said, "Your Highness is right. I didn't pay attention to the sentiments of the people before."
The prince's expression remained unchanged, and he continued to introduce the streets of Nanjing to He Xi. But he was already convinced in his heart. This He Xi was definitely not a disciple of Zen Master Dazhi, and he was not necessarily from the north. Otherwise, how could he not know the customs of the people in the north?
This situation was not beyond the prince's expectation.
The prince had many speculations about He Xi's identity. However, he got a tip from Song Lian. No matter who He Xi was, he didn't care. He asked at this moment just out of curiosity.