The cook on the treasure ship did not dare to keep Chen Kan waiting for long. After all, Chen Kan was now the nominal supreme commander of the fleet.
Soon, steaming hot fish soup and tender fish belly were delivered to his room.
After filling a bowl of soup and sipping it slowly, Chen Kan's thoughts slowly drifted back to the capital.
I don’t know what the cute girl with big eyes is doing now.
Although they only met each other, the cute girl with big eyes has been frequently appearing in Chen Kan's dreams recently, causing Chen Kan to wake up every day and have to change out of last night's pajamas and pajamas like a thief, for fear of being discovered by others. There's some weird stuff on it.
Maybe this is what I think about every day and dream about at night.
If the original history continues, she will soon be married to someone else by Zhu Di.
I have to speed up.
An inexplicable sense of urgency arose in his heart. Chen Kan knew very well that if he wanted to marry a cute girl with big eyes, even if Fang Xiaoru endorsed him, his current achievements alone would not be enough.
But apart from cutting down the vassal vassal, what other opportunities would he be able to achieve next?
Thinking about the major events that occurred during the time when Zhu Di ascended the throne in history, he could only think of the fact that the Great Khan of Mengting in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Boljijin Kun Timur, was killed by the tribal chief Guilichi in this year. Guilichi established himself as Khan, but was ignored by Arutai, the grand master who had control of Mongolia's military and political power.
At the same time, Arutai broke with Batu Polo, and Mongolia was officially divided into Eastern Mongolia and Mongolia. Among them, Eastern Mongolia is called Mongolia, and Mongolia is called Oara.
However, these are too far away from Chen Kan. With the country now unstable, it is impossible for Zhu Di to send troops to the grassland at this time. Even if he sends troops, the battlefield is not a place where Chen Kan, a rookie, can take credit.
So what other things are close to him and where he can get meritorious service opportunities based on his current status?
After thinking hard for a long time, Chen Kan really thought of something.
Compilation of "Yongle Dadian"
Because the urgent matters currently facing Zhu Di are not just as simple as cutting down the feudal vassal.
There is also control over scholars.
Since Zhu Neo-Confucianism became popular in the Song Dynasty, Zhu Di's seizure of the throne by force was regarded by the world's literati as an act of rebellion and rebellion. Although Fang Xiaoru's surrender largely made many young scholars realize that Zhu Di was not what the old literati of the Jianwen Dynasty thought. That's unbearable, but it doesn't fundamentally solve the problem of ideological cognition.
And if he proposed to compile the Yongle Dadian, he would be able to solve Zhu Di's unbearable state in the hearts of scholars all over the world to a large extent.
There are two advantages to compiling the Yongle Hall. One is that it can put a large number of literati under the direct control of the imperial court, and they can immerse themselves in the collection of fragments and chronicles, and have no intention of interfering with political affairs. On the other hand, it can also be used to let people in the world understand that the political direction of the Yongle Dynasty is definitely not as simple as ruling the country by force.
If this matter is done well, the credit will definitely not be inferior to cutting the vassal.
Thinking of the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, Chen Kan's mood suddenly brightened.
However, the most important thing at the moment is to successfully send Zhu Jixi to Taiyuan.
"Cute girl with big eyes, wait for me!"
After finishing the fish soup in the bowl, I suddenly felt full of fighting spirit.
After putting down the bowl and standing up to stretch his body, Chen Kan went out and walked towards the bottom of the treasure ship.
The real owner, Zhu Jixi, was imprisoned in a room at the bottom of the treasure ship that Chen Kan was riding on. Shi Wen led hundreds of people around the room, guarding him day and night.
Seeing Chen Kan coming down from upstairs, Shi Wen hurriedly greeted him.
"Sir, why are you here?"
Chen Kan waved his hand to indicate that they didn't need to be polite, and said with a smile: "Come down and take a look. After all, he is a repeat offender of the imperial court. You should feel more at ease after taking a look."
"Okay, open the door and I'll go in and take a look."
Chen Kan gave an order, and the three Jinyi captains each took out a key from a different iron box and began to fiddle with the copper lock on the door.
The copper lock is specially made with three key holes. Without any key, the door cannot be opened.
After a few breaths, the copper lock opened, and Chen Kan pushed the door open and walked in.
The room where Zhu Jixi was imprisoned was also specially reinforced. The entire room was sealed tightly by huge logs. The logs were connected by special mortise and tenon joints. Once one of the logs was damaged, the other logs would be destroyed. It collapsed at the same time, crushing the people in the room into meat pies, and the bottom of the ship was also reinforced with iron wood.
In such a room, let alone Zhu Jixi who was shackled, even if his hands and feet were not restrained and he was given a knife, he might not be able to escape, let alone hundreds of Jinyi captains. Waiting around the room day and night.
There was a fist-sized round hole on the log wall that served as a window. When Chen Kan came in, he saw Zhu Jixi sitting on a bench, looking intently outside through the round hole, while the food was served on the table. , but didn’t take a bite.
The two giant sticks of tallow wax fixed on the candlesticks were used for lighting. The thick smoke coming out of the candle wicks was so bright that Chen Kan could not open his eyes.
Perhaps the sound of Chen Kan entering the door disturbed Zhu Jixi, who was in a daze. Zhu Jixi looked back at Chen Kan, and then a sneer appeared on his face.
Chen Kan looked at him and waved to the outside. Shi Wen entered the room. Chen Kan ordered: "Change the candle to beeswax. This candle will smoke your eyes."
After hearing these words, Zhu Jixi's face finally softened a little, and he began to eat the cold dishes and rice on the table with chopsticks.
But the shackles on his hands were too cumbersome, making it extremely difficult for him to put food into his mouth.
Finally, after several attempts, Zhu Jixi gave up the chopsticks and used his hands to shape the rice into small rice balls and put them in his mouth.
Chen Kan just stood at the door and watched him eat.
The way Zhu Jixi ate was very elegant. It could be seen that even after being reduced to this, he was still trying to maintain the stability that a member of the royal family should have. It seemed that the hysteria in the prison that day was just Zhu Jixi's doing at that moment. He has nothing to do with it now.
"Sir, it's ready."
The huge tallow candle was replaced, and a row of beeswax added with honey illuminated the dim room extremely brightly.
The gentle river breeze outside the door dispersed the thick smoke in the room. Chen Kan sat opposite Zhu Jixi and asked calmly: "Your Highness, is the food delicious?"
Zhu Jixi calmly wrapped the last bite of rice in fish skin and put it into his mouth.
After chewing, swallow it in one bite.
Then he looked at Chen Kan and said slowly: "In the river, the best steamed fish is seabass instead of sturgeon, and it must be paired with red vinegar from Taiyuan, green garlic from Guanzhong, old ginger from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and sturgeon." If the fish is steamed and ruined, it should be lightly fried in autumn oil and served with sweet and sour, so that you can appreciate the deliciousness of the sturgeon."
