July 15, July 15, the 45th year of the Dagong of the Ming Dynasty.

It was almost evening that day, on a stone path from Xi'an Gate of the Forbidden City in Nanjing to the Bluestone Palace on the top of Zhongshan Mountain in Nanjing, a team of knights slowly walked up. The first rider was a man in his forties and fifties. He was very tall, fair skin, tall, and a beard with a very neat beard. He was Zhu Heyan's second son, Zhu Yiyin, Prince Yeerqiang and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Behind Zhu Yiyin were two men and women in their thirties.

The woman is a bright lady, wearing a riding outfit, and she is indescribably heroic. It is the grandson concubine Lu Siniang who was attracted by the emperor when she was in her infancy and betrothed to the grandson Zhu Bohai. After that, she was brought by Zhu and the emperor, raised by Natalie, and also listened to Emperor Zhu's teachings since she was a child.

The man was indeed not Zhu Bohai, but a short and white fat man with a feather fan and a goatee. He could tell at a glance that he was a figure in the Zhuge family. He was the youngest son of Zhuge Sanhe, and a posthumous son named Zhuge Zhengqing. He was in his early thirties and had a double degree in the Institutional Studies of Jinling University and the Shipbuilding of Jiangnan University. He is now the factory of the Ming Navy Shipyard.

A prince of the Ming Dynasty, a grandmother concubine, a shipyard factory man, and a few guards. When the weather was a little cold in the evening, he rode on Zhongshan to pay homage to Zhu Hetong, the leader of the Ming Dynasty's revival who was already in a semi-retired state and had long been in charge.

Zhu Heqiu started to train his son Zhu Yixin to take over as emperor twenty years ago. He left most of his government affairs to his son ten years ago. Five years ago, he simply became the emperor with his hands and ignored everything. He focused on writing books in the Bluestone Palace on Zhongshan. He also accepted three apprentices, saying that he wanted to teach them what he had learned throughout his life. These three apprentices were Zhu Yiyin, Lu Siniang and Zhuge Zhengqing.

So every few days, these three people would go to Zhongshan together to listen to Zhu Hetian, who was already a little confused, teach his lifelong learning.

"Little Zhuge!"

When the group had just reached the middle of the mountain, Lu Siniang suddenly called Zhuge Zhengqing's nickname. The nickname originally belonged to Zhuge Zhengyang, and was passed on to Zhuge Zhengqing after Zhuge Zhengyang's death.

Zhuge Zhengqing hurriedly shook his feather fan and asked, "Classus, you call me?"

"I'll ask you something," said Lu Siniang, "Have your shipyard's locomotive test succeeded?"

Zhuge Zhengqing shook his feather fan and said, "I wish you good luck. Finally, I became the steam engine used by this locomotive. I started working in the shipyard after I graduated from university and went to work in the shipyard. It has been almost ten years. I have tried hundreds of units, and each one has a different plan. Until the day before yesterday, I could finally run a truck of rice for twenty miles and an hour!"

This is a big deal! The steam engine created by the Navy Shipyard has almost become the efficiency of a Watt-type steam engine. This means that the cost of burning coal and water to drive the machine to drive the truck has reached a point where it is lower than that of raising horses and pulling the trucks. The first industrial revolution is about to begin!

Lu Siniang smiled: "I heard from Grandpa that this has been happening for more than 20 years, but I didn't expect it to happen. This is great!"

Zhu Yiyin, who was riding a horse at the forefront, heard Lu Siniang's words and laughed: "Yes, the first industrial revolution! Siniang, I heard what I always say about steam engines, locomotives, and big ships for thirty years, but I didn't expect it to happen!"

Zhuge Zhengqing suddenly said: "Don't these all write in "Journal of Zhuge Wu"? What generators and internal combustion engines are there?"

As soon as he spoke, Zhu Yiyin and Lu Siniang turned around and glared at him fiercely, scaring him so much that he stopped talking.

This book "Question and Answers of King Zhuge Wu" is not an ordinary book, but a "breast and mantle" handed down by Zhu Hezhi. There are only three books in the world. One was passed on to Zhu Yiyin, one was given to Lu Siniang, and the other was given to Zhuge Zhengqing.

According to Zhu Hezhi, the three of them will be the "Tao Guardians" of the Ming Dynasty in the future! That is, they are secretly protecting the Dao of the Ming Dynasty, so as not to let the Ming Dynasty go in the wrong way. The reason why three copies of "Question and Answer of King Zhuge Wu" were passed down is to prevent the inheritance of the Dao Guardian from cutting off every Dao Guardian, and they must be responsible for cultivating their successors so that they can protect the "Tao" of the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation.

These three Taoist guards must exist in secret. "Question and Answer of King Zhuge Wu" is a top secret existence. It can only be passed down from generation to generation and cannot be spread out.

Among these three first generation Taoist protectors, Zhu Yiyin was the first to get started, followed by Lu Siniang, and Zhuge Zhengqing was a "little junior brother" who only entered the school a year ago. Therefore, Zhuge Zhengqing was not very used to the rules of Taoist protectors, and he did not believe much about the content in "Question and Answer of King Zhuge Wu".

Isn’t King Zhuge Wu the only father Zhuge Sanhe? His eldest brother Zhuge Zhengyang said that he was just a fortune teller who was roaming in the world. He didn’t have the ability to calculate the calculating skills at all. He was not even sweet gunpowder passed down from his ancestors. He knew where Emperor Zhu found the secret recipe for this sweet gunpowder?

However, Zhu Yiyin and Lu Siniang believed in the contents of this "strange book". Because they saw this "strange book" earlier, some of the prophecies above have been fulfilled. For example, Louis XIV will live longer than his son and grandson, and finally pass the throne to great-grandson. For example, Queen Anne in the UK will ascend the throne without children, the British throne will be transferred to the Hanover family in Germany, and Peter I will kill his crown prince Alexey!

Zhu Yiyin and Lu Siniang learned about the above things from the "False Words" chapter of "Question and Answers of King Zhuge Wu" before they happened! This is simply incredible, especially the fact that Louis XIV's children and grandchildren died early and Peter's killing of his son in his lifetime was impossible to predict!

In addition, this book also predicts the emergence of steam engines, steam boats, and steam trains. However, the "False Words" in the book says that these things will appear in Britain rather than in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Britain will also embark on the road of industrialization because of these inventions, thus dominating the world for a long time, and also sold Afurong Paste to the grandsons of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the contents of this "fake words" are not all accurate. Because it predicts the future of a world without Zhu and Chan and without the revival of the Ming Dynasty. In this world, the great China seems to be doing a very miserable life. It was bullied by the little Japanese next door for decades, killing more than 30 million people for Japan! It looks like a myth!

However, you must be careful of these Japanese pirates in the future!

In addition, in the "False Words", which French or English American will rise to the world hegemony after two so-called world wars, and will fight against the Great Soviet Union that evolved from the Rakshasa Kingdom to become the Great Soviet Union for decades, and defeated the Great Soviet Union. Later, it will dominate the world for many years. This is really incredible. Will those "white-skinned Indians" who have no moral integrity be so promising?

The three Ming Dynasty guardians were full of doubts, but they didn't say a word, but just rode their horses and moved quickly. In a short while, they had already arrived at the Bluestone Palace where Zhu Hetian was caring for.

The Bluestone Palace is located at the western foot of Zhongshan, very close to Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiaoling Mausoleum, Zhu Tianwang's Shouling Mausoleum, and the Zhongling Mausoleum prepared by Zhu Hetong. The main building of the Bluestone Palace is a three-story square surround building with two-story podiums on both sides. If you look down from the air, you can find the Bluestone building's surround building. The podiums are combined together, which is an impartial Chinese character.

Although the Bluestone Palace is located between the forests on Zhongshan Mountain, and is surrounded by greenery, almost flooding the buildings. However, the transportation is very convenient, and there is a stone road that can directly lead to Nanjing Forbidden City at the foot of the mountain.

Zhu Heying is now older and is no longer as fussy as he was in his early years. Only Natalie is accompanied by a few Western concubines. When the three Taoist guards arrived at the Bluestone Palace, Emperor Zhu was preparing to have supper, but there was no big deal. He just had a few side dishes and some mixed grain porridge at his age. If he wanted to live for a few more years, he had to rely on maintenance.

Seeing Zhu Yiyin, Lu Siniang and Zhuge Zhengqing visiting, Zhu Heying smiled and called them to sit down. He also asked them to add three pairs of bowls and chopsticks to let them eat some together. The three of them were close to Zhu Heying and inherited his mantra. Naturally, they didn't see each other, so they accompanied Zhu Heying to drink a bowl of porridge and ate a few chopsticks and side dishes. However, the three of them were still young and rode horses all the way. Some of them had been hungry for a long time, and there was not enough oil or water left!

Zhu and the monk looked at the three of them with relish, but just smiled: "Eat some first, and keep hungry. I have asked Natalie to inform the kitchen to make some dishes you love. When I finish the big deal, you will eat it."

"Big thing?" Zhu Yiyin put down the bowls and chopsticks and looked at his father, "Father, what big thing do you have to tell us?"

"I will retreat completely." Zhu Hezang said, "I will no longer ask about politics in the future. However, before retreating, I will give you all the things that I have to protect the Daming for the Ming Dynasty."

As he spoke, Zhu Heying waved his hand, and the concubines and palace servants serving around him tactfully retreated. In the entire canteen, there were only Zhu Heying and the three Taoist guardians of the Ming Dynasty.

"Father, have you passed on the Taoist protector's mantle to us?" Zhu Yiyin asked.

"You can protect the Tao with a robe or bowl?" Zhu Heying asked, looking at his son.

"This" Zhu Yiyin couldn't answer.

Zhu Hezang said: "To protect the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the robe and mantle I passed down, we must also have corresponding industries and power. Otherwise, no one will listen to you if you speak in vernacular terms."

Zhu Hezhi, a wise monarch, has also come home. Not only did he devote all his energy to the country and the people when he was alive. He has even thought about how to protect the Ming Dynasty's family, country and world after his death. Not only did he think about it, but he also started to make arrangements early.

His layout is first of all, "Question and Answer of King Zhuge Wu". This is a mantle and is also used to point out the direction for the Taoist protectors!

The second is to support the school support fund for world-class universities such as Jinling University, Lingnan University, and Beijing Magic University. Zhu Hetian has used steam engines in the past two years, and the "VCs" invested in railways have all been derived from this fund.

Secondly, there are the Masonic and Qing Gangs. Most of the industries of the Masonic and Qing Gangs are in the West, and they hold a large number of industries in the Ruhr area of ​​Black Petersburg, the Frankish Empire, the Lorraine Alsace region, and Luxembourg holds a large number of industries. They also control several large banks such as the Qing Bank, the Ruzong Bank, and the Tianshan Bank with the Thunder Ye Mansion as their headquarters.

Finally, of course, it was the foundation of the Ming Dynasty royal family. The industries that Zhu Hetian created over the years were mainly placed in this industrial fund, and they were also divided one after another. Emperor Zhu had many children, and those sons wanted to be vassals and states, and they had to establish their own families. If their daughter wanted to marry a wife and have children, they had to have an industry. However, Emperor Zhu's ability to make money was too strong. Even if he had so much money, the wealth possessed by the Royal Industrial Fund was still astronomical.

Zhu and the Cang now have to hand over these three assets to Zhu Yiyin, Zhuge Zhengqing and Lu Siniang so that they can operate in secret and guide the Ming Dynasty on the right path.

Of course, these three people are not rich or powerless.

Zhu Yiyin is a prince and a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy. He holds the Hanlin Academy, which is equivalent to the Academy of Sciences. His power is enough to guide the development of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty, but it is impossible to threaten Zhu Yixin and Zhu Bohai's imperial power, which is just enough.

Let me not talk about it anymore. She is not only the main wife of the grandson, but also the biological mother of the three great-grandsons of the emperor, but also the child Zhu Heying personally raised by Zhu Heying did not even take care of his grandson and granddaughter, but she took Lu Siniang with her! So before Lu Siniang married Zhu Bohai, many people thought that Lu Siniang was Zhu Heying's illegitimate daughter. In short, Lu Siniang became the crown princess, Empress Lu, and even Empress Lu would only be a matter of life span!

After becoming Empress Lü, will she still have no power?

Although Zhuge Zhengqing's power is not as good as Zhu Yiyin and "Empress Lu", he is a child of the Zhuge family and the posthumous son of King Wu of Zhuge! Under the hype of Zhuhezhi, King Wu of Zhuge has become an internationally renowned brand. Whenever Zhuge Wu mentioned King Wu, his first impression was a genius military advisor, and he would know everything with his fingers. So if Zhuge Zhengqing needs power, it is a trivial matter to be a minister, and there is also a "Empress Lu" who is his senior sister. However, the battlefield arranged by Zhuhezhi for him was that he had to drag down the pace of imperialist growth overseas!

Thinking of this, Zhu Heying took out three secret bags that had been prepared long ago, and then talked to Zhu Yiyin, Lu Siniang, and Zhuge Zhengqing one by one according to the names of the secret bags, and said earnestly: "If you have taken this, you have the industries that I have given to you three to manage. You have my mantle, so it is not difficult to do and make good use of these industries. But you must carefully select successors for these industries and my mantle. I will give you the important task of protecting the Ming Dynasty. I also hope that you can hand over this important task to your successors and guard the world of the Ming Dynasty for generations!"

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