Chapter 2489: Zhu Gaoxu's Old Friend

Yangshan is located outside Jinling City, where there is a stone quarry.

Just after Zhu Di ascended the throne, this place was flooded.

——The new emperor ascended the throne and ordered people to build a monument of divine merit and saintly virtue for Emperor Taizu Gao.

The emperor's order was very strict. All the laborers had to dig carefully, and even stipulated the amount of stone chips that must be handed in every day.

However, with the smooth progress of the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum, a year and a half later, the Yangshan project was completed ahead of schedule, and the huge base, stone tablet, and tablet were all abandoned in Yangshan.

The huge stone material was probably unprecedented in the world, and everyone who saw it was shocked.

Once the stone tablet was erected, it would be a world miracle.

But all of this eventually became waste, lying there silently, facing Zhongshan dozens of kilometers away.

This project really confused Fang Xing. It didn't need such a large scale to win people's hearts. Zhu Di was not stupid and would use other methods.

What is that?

He glanced at the Taoist priest and said, "The fate of a country cannot be determined by the mausoleum. The Taoist priest is wrong."

If the fate of the Ming Dynasty was determined by the Xiaoling Mausoleum, then Fang Xing felt that Emperor Taizu Gao would leave a will, expressing his willingness to change his tomb at any time.

Jianye nodded slightly and said, "People and land all have their own fate. The so-called fate of a country is probably the general trend mentioned by the court. The general trend is like a tide, and those who go against it will be crushed to pieces!"

Fang Xing smiled slightly and asked, "What do you mean by the change you mentioned earlier?"

Jianye suddenly said to Xin Laoqi, "You'd better not listen to what I said."

Xin Laoqi was dumbfounded, and the servants ignored him at all.

Jianye smiled and said, "Don't listen! Then this is fate."

Fang Xing said lightly, "I am here, and fate is nonsense!"

The Ming Dynasty changed because of my arrival. What about the fate of more than two hundred years? What I want is the eternal prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!

Jianye picked up a bunch of pine needles from the ground. The pine needles were green and fell down for some reason.

"When the fate of the Ming Dynasty was deduced, three people died."

Jianye looked at Fang Xing and said seriously: "The royal family would not favor Taoism for no reason. If possible, they could also raise Buddhism to compete with Taoism, instead of letting Taoism dominate as it is now."

Fang Xing shook his head and felt it was unbelievable.

He said coldly: "Don't play tricks. The fate of the Ming Dynasty depends on the unity of the monarch and his ministers, the prosperity of all industries, and everyone doing their job, not on any deduction, let alone Feng Shui!"

Jianye nodded and said: "Man can conquer nature? This is not uncommon, so Xinghebo... You promote science and suppress Confucianism. Is this a preparation?"

Fang Xing didn't say anything. He felt that this Taoist was probably a little neurotic and came to seek death.

"When Emperor Taizu Gao saw the result of the deduction, he agreed with it and enfeoffed the vassal kings to govern the various parties. Emperor Wen was enfeoffed in Youyan at that time. There was the aura of the emperor there, but no one told Emperor Taizu Gao."

Jianye smiled, and smiled very proudly.

"The Prince of Yan at that time... was very young!"

This man actually knew Zhu Di?

Fang Xing felt that many things in the early Ming Dynasty might need to be repositioned.

"I only need to come here once every three years. Later, I went to Beiping. The Prince of Han at that time..."

He fell into deep thought and murmured, "The Prince of Han was born when Emperor Wen was enfeoffed in Beiping. This is fate! Then the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum began the next year."

There was silence between the two. Later, the generals guarding the mausoleum came and confirmed Jianye's identity.

Fang Xing felt that he might have met a master in the mist of history, but he didn't want to get involved too deeply.

"Your Highness!"

Jianye suddenly stood up.

While Fang Xing was still thinking, he knew who was coming without looking back.

Zhu Gaoxu took the lead, followed by a row of sons.

His eyes were actually a little red, and it seemed that he was sad in front of the mausoleum of his grandparents.

Jianye turned around slowly and bowed.

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and looked at him, confused, and then gradually became happy.

"You are Jianye, I remember you!"

Zhu Gaoxu was as happy as a child. He strode over and asked, "Where did you go later? Why didn't you patrol here?"

It turned out that this old Taoist retreated halfway!

So what is he doing here today?

Fang Xing was alert.

Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in enfeoffment overseas. This was a big show that Zhu Zhanji and he had prepared for many years. It would have a far-reaching impact on the Ming Dynasty, and the impact on the world today was even more unpredictable.

If such a big show was destroyed by someone, Fang Xing would not care who he was.

Just kill him!

"I haven't seen you for many years. Your Highness is still strong. Fortunately."

Jianye looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a strange look. It was not respectful or respectful, but with a little bit of looking at the younger generation.

This man...

At this moment, Fang Xing thought of the black-robed prime minister Yao Guangxiao, who also took good care of Zhu Gaoxu.

Why do these outsiders think Zhu Gaoxu is good?

After the group left the Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Gaoxu grabbed Jianye's arm with one hand and said, "Remember you never accepted an apprentice. You are already in your seventies and eighties, and no one will take care of you in your old age. Follow me."

This was a question, but Zhu Gaoxu grabbed Jianye's arm, as if he would carry you on board if you didn't want to.

Jianye didn't move much, but just shook his wrist slightly, and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but let go of his hand.

"You are still so awesome!"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "Let's go to sea together. It's not interesting for you to be here. Those people have died of old age. Those who are not dead are either running for power and wealth, or they are fighting for their children and grandchildren. You have no friends, what's the point of living? With I'll go to sea, let's go there and hunt the dragon, and I'll roast the meat for you. Let me tell you, the meat of the dragon is delicious, even better than beef..."

Fang Xingxing stared at Zhu Gaoxu in stunned silence, while Jianye nodded frequently, and the two gradually walked away.

He turned around and saw Zhu Gaoxu's sons looking like they had seen a ghost.

"Father, I'm afraid... he may have met an old friend."

After returning to the temporary station, Zhu Gaoxu and Jianye stayed alone. They didn't know what they said and didn't come out until dinner.

"Fang Xing, Fang Xing!"

The anger reappeared in Zhu Gaoxu's body, and he found Fang Xing like an eighteen-year-old young man.

"what's for dinner?"

He confidently regarded Fang Xing as his butler, no, in Fang Xing's view, he was just a friend.

Only friends would have this casual attitude.

So Fang Xing said casually: "The weather is a bit hot, why don't we have hot pot and work up a sweat."

"Okay, remember to get more beef and mutton slices. The one I made last time was delicious. It's just that the cook in my house is stupid and can't learn your soup base."

"good."

Fang Xing was ready to take action himself.

"That Jianye wants to be vegetarian, let's make him a vegetarian hotpot alone."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "He has discovered the world's situation a long time ago. He said before that the rules are only to train the heart. He has long since lost his heart, so there are no taboos."

Fang Xing was a little surprised and went to the kitchen.

Making hotpot is a very enjoyable process. Watching various materials come together in your hands and finally turn into a big pot of soup base, I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

The soup base was very large, and Fang Xing divided it into three parts. One part was smaller, for him, Zhu Gaoxu, and the one Jian Yeshi.

The rest were the servants and Zhu Gaoxu's guards. As for his group of sons, Fang Xing was not interested, and they did not dare to let Fang Xing cook.

As a result, the hot pot was set up, and the two deputy commanders of the Navy came to see him at the same time.

"I've met His Highness, and I've met Uncle Xinghe."

Hong Bao and Fu Xian came at the wrong time. Fang Xing and the other three had just had a glass of wine.

"Let's eat."

Fang Xing asked someone to cut more meat and ordered a lot of mushrooms.

Zhu Gaoxu was probably thinking about leaving the Ming Dynasty, so his temper became better and he said: "Sit down."

Only then did the two people dare to sit down and tell them their purpose.

"Recently, smuggling in North Korea and Yingzhou has been quite fierce. The navy is patrolling back and forth, so if we go to sea at this moment, the navy may not be able to dispatch all the troops."

Zhu Gaoxu ate a piece of beef and said coldly: "Then let's go to North Korea and Yingzhou first."

Hong Bao glanced at Fang Xing and hinted that this was not appropriate.

Fang Xing said: "After going to sea, Your Majesty will not care about His Highness's movements."

This was an endorsement. Fu Xian said: "That's just right. Your Highness is so powerful that he will scare these two places."

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "Fang Xing is known as the Demon God in Yingzhou, but your words have made me feel wronged. If it were before, I would have beaten you with a military stick, but I am about to go to sea, so I will let you go once."