"sit."
Zhu Di stretched out his hand to signal, and a young eunuch brought a stool for Chen Kan.
Chen Kan sat down as instructed, and Zhu Di asked: "I heard that you ordered the suspension of soap and perfume production?"
Chen Kan has nothing to hide about his revenge on Yongan and Yongping.
Of course, there is no need to be so straightforward. He nodded immediately and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I discovered that there were some flaws in the production process of soap and perfume, so we have temporarily stopped production."
Both perfume and soap were invented by Chen Kan. No one except the Hou family knows the formula.
Therefore, whether there are any flaws in the production process depends entirely on Chen Kan's words.
As for when work can resume, of course it is Chen Kan who has the final say.
Zhu Di pondered for a moment: "Forget it, since there is something wrong with the production process, let's check it carefully."
By saying this, Zhu Di acquiesced to Chen Kan's revenge methods.
Chen Kan smiled slightly and did not continue to talk about this topic. He took out a stack of drawings from his arms and handed them to Zhu Di. He said calmly: "Your Majesty, I have inspected many places and still feel that the location of the Naval Academy is suitable in Donghe Town. Some."
Zhu Di reached out and took the drawing, slowly opened it and started reading.
While reading, he said: "You originally proposed the establishment of the Naval Academy. As long as you choose the address, I naturally have no objection."
"Huh?"
Zhu Di suddenly let out a sigh, pointed at a drawing and asked, "What are these?"
Chen Kan stretched his neck and after seeing what was drawn on the drawing clearly, he explained: "This is what I plan to use to train the soldiers' physical fitness."
Zhu Di was a little confused: "Something for physical training?"
Chen Kan pointed to the drawing and explained: "Your Majesty, please see, this is called the horizontal bar, which is where the soldiers' arm strength is trained. These wooden bridges train the soldiers' balance. This is called the gill net, which trains the soldiers' crawling ability. This is......"
Listening to Chen Kan's introduction, Zhu Di's eyes began to light up.
He raised his head and looked at Chen Kan with burning eyes: "This is the art of body refining, Mr. Chen, do you know how to refining the body?"
"The art of body refining?"
Chen Kan's words paused.
Of course he doesn't know any body-refining skills, but as the saying goes, you've never eaten pork and you've seen pigs run away. These are the things used to train new recruits in so many military TV dramas in later generations.
So Chen Kanyi painted these things, thinking that they might be of some use.
But now, why is it related to the art of body refining?
Zhu Di affirmed: "Yes, the art of body refining has always been a secret not passed down by military strategists. Where did you get it?"
Chen Kan opened his mouth. He really didn't want to make excuses to fool Zhu Di anymore, so he could only respond casually: "These things are all figured out by me."
"Did you just figure it out?"
Zhu Di's voice suddenly increased by dozens of decibels, with a surprised expression on his face.
Chen Kan nodded: "Your Majesty, I am indeed just thinking blindly."
A suspicious look appeared on Zhu Di's face for a moment: "Are you still the seed of a famous general who will never be seen in the ages?"
Chen Kan quickly denied it: "Your Majesty, this joke is a bit too big. I just feel that targeted training of every organ in the body can better stimulate the physical potential of soldiers than random training."
Zhu Di nodded and said, "Just by saying this, I can let you lead an army of five thousand."
Chen Kan waved his hand hurriedly: "Your Majesty thinks highly of me. I have never been on the battlefield, so how can I lead an army? Your Majesty is flattering me to kill me."
Seeing Chen Kan denying himself, Zhu Di suddenly became serious: "Don't believe me, do you know how strong armies were trained in ancient times?"
Chen Kan shook his head crazily. He had never had much contact with the army, how could he possibly know.
But when Zhu Di started talking, he couldn't stop.
He said sternly: "Take the Three Kingdoms as an example. Cao Cao's tiger-fighting army, Liu Bei's white-eared soldiers, and Gongsun Zan's white-horse loyal followers were all top-notch powerful armies during the Three Kingdoms period."
No matter how ignorant Chen Kan was, he had still heard the names of these military branches.
The ancient special forces were as powerful as a group of them.
But how these military branches are trained, and he has not traveled to the Three Kingdoms, how could he know.
Seemingly catching a glimpse of the confusion on Chen Kan's face, Zhu Di explained: "The reason why these powerful armies can leave their names in history is related to this body refining technique."
Chen Kan was stunned by Zhu Di. Is this thing he made so useful?
Why don't I know?
Zhu Di continued: "It is a pity that since the Northern Yuan Dynasty withdrew from the Central Plains, all the essentials of our Han military books were swept away by the Tatars, and those that could not be taken away were burned to ashes. It is really hateful. If I don't kill all the Tatars in this life, I vow not to give up!"
Chen Kan: "?"
Aren't we talking about the art of body refining and how to train special forces?
Why did it involve the Tatars again?
I don't understand!
After a moment, Zhu Di seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, and he coughed lightly: "Boss Chen, you presented me with the body-refining technique, and I will remember your great achievements. With this body-refining technique, it won't take long for my Ming Dynasty to become a master again." There will be an additional powerful army that is no less powerful than the Zhenguan Xuanjia Army."
Chen Kan nodded. No matter what, it is always a good thing to make a contribution.
Although this achievement is somewhat inexplicable.
But this also proves one thing once again. No matter how ordinary things from later generations are, if they are brought to this era, they will be a dimensionality reduction attack.
After Zhu Di praised Chen Kan, he no longer struggled with the issue of body refining techniques.
He is an emperor, no matter how good things are placed in front of him, he must remain as deep as a mountain.
The little gaffe he just made was for the sake of Chen Kan being his son-in-law and a member of his family.
As a result, the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat silent.
Zhu Di flipped through the drawings very quickly, and from time to time asked Chen Kan about the purpose of a certain building on the drawings, or asked about some things he didn't quite understand.
Chen Kan turned into a commentator, constantly explaining some new things to Zhu Di that had not appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
The king and his ministers complement each other, which means that the king is better than his ministers.
Behind the screen that Chen Kan could not see, the Hanlin scholar who recorded daily notes was also writing furiously.
In ancient times, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was discussing military training with Duke Li Wei. Today, His Majesty is discussing military training with Marquis Jinghai.
These are important basis for future generations to investigate the historical facts of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally they must be recorded meticulously.
Chen Kan naturally didn't know that he had left his name in history, and Zhu Di was still chattering endlessly explaining the details and structure of the military academy.
Time always passes quickly when people are doing things. When the two finally put down the drawings in their hands, they realized that the sky had turned dark without knowing it.
Chen Kan hurriedly stood up and said goodbye.
Zhu Di did not force him to stay. Chen Kan was now married and staying in the harem would easily cause trouble.
Even if the two of them knew the truth, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty's imperial censor to act like rain.
Zhu Di personally sent Chen Kan out of the Moon Gate and said as he walked: "I will hand over the drawings to the Ministry of Industry. I have seen it. Although the scale of the Naval Academy is huge, it uses some worthless things. It will not take long. It can be built.”
Chen Kan walked out of the moon gate, cupped his hands towards Zhu Di and said, "Your Majesty will stay here while I go. As for the military academy, I suggest that your Majesty send an order to the army first. The construction of the academy is a minor matter, but the recruitment of students is a major matter."
Zhu Di nodded: "I know it well."
"With that, I take my leave."
After saying that, Chen Kan walked quickly towards Hongwu Gate.
The Hongwu Gate was locked before dark, and Chen Kan had to wait in the imperial city for tomorrow's court meeting if he walked too slowly.
Fortunately, at the last moment when the palace door was locked, Chen Kan successfully escaped from the imperial city.
"Master Hou!"
Fang Xu didn't know which corner it came from.
Chen Kan looked up at the sky, figuring he could make it in time for dinner when he got home, so he quickly got on the carriage.
After a while, Chen Kan's hoarse voice came from the carriage: "Go home."
In winter, the scenery of the capital is the best in the evening. The sky is golden, which is a bit more atmospheric than during the rainy season. Even the rooftops in the distance are reflected in gold by the setting sun that is about to dissipate.
Fang Xu vividly told Chen Kan how the capital was in trouble today.
"Master Hou, I heard that the Guangping Marquis Mansion and the Fuyang Marquis Mansion were interviewed by the Yingtian Mansion today."
"oh!"
Chen Kan said nothing. Long before he released the evidence of Yuan Rong and Li Rang's crimes, he had expected that Ying Tianfu would definitely find trouble for them.
However, given the identities of the two of them, there is a high probability that those matters will end in nothing.
Of course, Chen Kan's real purpose was to make them look bad, not to let Yingtian Mansion arrest them and put them in jail. Yingtian Mansion didn't have the guts.
As long as their reputation is so bad that people will spit and look down upon them when they pass by the door, the two princes' mansions and the two princesses' mansions will basically be useless.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was a country where morality restrained the masses. High-ranking families like this cared most about reputation. Only with reputation could their family's title and wealth be passed down smoothly.
And once your reputation is bad, even if you are the emperor's daughter, you will still be fucked when it's time to do so.
Today is only the first day, and not many people are talking about these things.
When Chen Kan adds more fire tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it will almost be done.
When he returned to his mansion, the first thing Chen Kan did was to ask Yuncheng to pay attention to Yingtianfu Yamen. Once the results of Yingtianfu Yamen's treatment came out, he would notify the Wucheng Military and Horse Department.
...
The next day, Chen Kan slept until late afternoon.
However, Ying Tianfu's handling of the two princes and the two princesses' occupation of people's fields and rivers was like growing legs, and it quickly became a hot headline in the capital's gossip.
The result was exactly what Chen Kan expected, so he was fined.
As for taking back the occupied fields and rivers and returning the shops they occupied to the victims, that is impossible.
As a result, the capital exploded. Everyone was scolding the two princes' mansions, and a small group of people were scolding the Yingtian Mansion for being afraid of the powerful and not daring to make decisions for the people.
It is said that some people wanted to go to the imperial city to beat the drums and complain to the imperial court. If they were not stopped by the captain of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division patrolling the city, Zhu Di would have been alerted by now.
Chen Kan listened silently to Yuncheng's account of the reaction of the people in the capital. Chen Kan couldn't help but smile when he heard that the people actually wanted to beat the drum and sue the Hou Mansion and Yingtian Mansion.
This time, there is basically no possibility for the two families to turn around.
As for Yingtian Mansion being implicated, that was something they asked for themselves.
After a while, Chen Kan asked calmly: "What's the news from each family?"
Yun Cheng said respectfully: "Since the perfume and soap workshops stopped working yesterday, except for the two princesses, all other families have sent housekeepers to the old slave to find out the news. The old slave followed the instructions of the Marquis and accepted them. Gifts, people who haven’t seen them.”
Chen Kan nodded: "Then continue to thank guests behind closed doors until they make concessions and compromises."
Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
He didn't understand why the Marquis thought that each family would compromise, but since the Marquis said they would compromise, then they would definitely do so.
He has never seen anyone smarter than his own prince.
...
At the same time, in the Guangping Marquis's residence, the two princesses Yong'an and Yongping, and the two marquis Yuan Rong and Li Rang were listening to the news from their servants with livid faces.
The servant knelt in front of the four people tremblingly, and his face turned pale every time he said a word.
"Your Highness the Princess, the Marquis, and the capital have all been spreading rumors recently that our family is relying on Your Majesty's favor to bully the market and compete with the people for profit. We are truly vicious and evil people."
After hearing this, Yuan Rong gave up helplessly: "Okay, let's get down!"
As if he had received an amnesty, the servant hurriedly got up and ran away.
Li Rang slammed the tea cup in his hand to the ground: "Child Chen Kan, you insult me too much."
Yuan Rong looked at Li Rang coldly: "What do you think?"
Li Rang suppressed his anger and responded: "The people sent by our two families to each family have been rejected. It seems that they are determined to draw a clear line with us."
Yuan Rong asked: "Where is Zhang Xin? As the leader, doesn't he also see us?"
Li Rang shook his head: "I've seen Zhang Xin, but...that old fox is impeccable in his words."
"What do the Dukes of Qi, Cheng and Cao say?"
"The Duke of Qi's Palace and the Duke of Cheng's Palace thanked guests behind closed doors. Cao Guogong said...said..."
"say what?"
"Since we left them alone to eat alone, we shouldn't provoke them when we get beaten!"
After hearing these words, Yuan Rong's eyes suddenly turned red and he punched the table with his fist, frightening the two princesses to the point where their faces suddenly turned pale.
"Chen Kan, you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust."
Li Rang frowned: "We have become homeless dogs in the capital now, what do you want to do?"
Yuan Rong said angrily: "What are you doing? Chen Kan has put us in such a situation. Shouldn't we just be humiliated by him and not fight back? Then how will the court look at us in the future?"
Yongan and Yongping were startled by Yuan Rong's furious look.
After a moment, Yongan suddenly asked timidly: "How about we sisters go to Chang Ning to talk about the matter?"
Yong Ping shook his head: "No, the relationship between us and my little sister was very tense last time, so rushing to the door like this will make the people even more convinced that there is something wrong with us."
Li Rang looked at Yuan Rong: "What are you going to do?"
Yuan Rong gritted his teeth and said, "Treat him in his own way."
