Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"I know about airtightness. The master carpenters use glutinous rice juice mixed with lime powder to make paste, and all the joints are glued with paste. They call this - dry laying."

Mu Xin added some explanation.

"Our master craftsmen are all very capable."

Zhu Zhanyong admired him very much.

He was still young when the Forbidden City was being built, so he didn't have much of a feeling.

Later, I moved into the Forbidden City, but I didn’t feel anything special.

This time when I went up the mountain and saw the circle of stone walls around the Wudang Golden Temple, I realized how difficult it is to build a house.

Such heavy stones had to be moved little by little from the foot of the mountain to the top on rollers. There could not be any mistakes when splicing them, and it took a long time to put one stone together.

The Nanyan Rock Temple was carved on the spot, with the stonemasons hanging on the rock. If one was not careful one could fall down.

Despite its difficulty, the Wudang Golden Summit was completed in just over a year.

"Indeed, if the emperor hadn't asked me to do this job this time, I would be like a frog in a well."

Mu Xin also sighed.

The Mu family was stationed in Yunnan. There had been wars every year before, and he always felt that the border residents suffered the most.

But now he feels that everyone in the world is suffering.

As they were talking, the alchemists from the laboratory came over.

Zhu Gaochi told this matter.

Without saying a word, a group of people went straight to the top of the mountain to wait for the thunder and lightning.

It was time for dinner, and Zhang Xin specially arranged a semi-formal family dinner to entertain Mu Xin, and asked the chef to prepare Yunnan dishes that Mu Xin had not eaten for a long time.

Mu Xin didn't say anything, but her eyes were slightly red when she left.

"Mu Xin hasn't been back to Yunnan for several years."

After Zhu Gaochi sent the man away, he returned to the house and asked Zhang Xin about this matter.

"My father doesn't know what to do with his brother Mu Sheng. Isn't this just detaining his brother in the country?"

Zhu Gaochi sighed.

"Why so..."

After her past life, Zhang Xin knew that the Mu family had been loyal for generations. She also knew that Zhu Di had never been very confident about the Mu family.

But in this life, the situation is very different, is it still so?

"The idea of ​​being an emperor is very different from that of not being an emperor. Sometimes I think about my father and it's hard to feel at ease."

There are some things that Zhu Gaochi did not tell Zhang Xin.

Deep down, his father still felt a little uneasy about sitting in this position. After all, it was not passed down to him by his royal grandfather.

The people of my grandfather's time, the Geng family, the Li family, the Xu family, and the Guo family, surrendered before Zhu Di went south. The same was true for Song Sheng, who was stationed in the northwest, who surrendered to Zhu Di in advance.

Only the Mu family followed normal procedures to come to Beijing to pay homage after Zhu Di ascended the throne.

Whether the Mu family members recognize Zhu Di from the bottom of their hearts is very important to Zhu Di.

The Mu family, in a sense, are our own family, and the recognition of our own family is crucial.

The current leader of the Mu family is Mu Sheng, and Mu Sheng’s father is Mu Ying.

Mu Ying was once the adopted son of the emperor's grandfather, and had followed his grandfather in battles since he was young.

Before his grandfather became emperor, Mu Ying's military achievements were not outstanding. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty conferred titles on meritorious officials in the early years, Mu Ying was not ranked among dukes and marquises, but was only named a general guarding the country.

However, the era when Mu Ying truly made great achievements lasted throughout the entire Hongwu Dynasty.

Mu Ying followed Xu Da in the northern expedition, followed Deng Yu in the expedition against Tubo, and followed Tang He in the expedition against Mingxia. Finally, in the 14th year of Hongwu, my great-grandfather sent Mu Ying and Lan Yu as deputy generals, and Fu Youde as the general of the southern expedition, to lead an army of 300,000 to conquer Yunnan.

At that time, the actual king of Yunnan was King Liang, a former minister of the Yuan Dynasty. After more than two years of fierce fighting, King Liang was defeated and the entire Yunnan was recovered.

Among all the battles during the Hongwu period, this one lasted the longest.

Mu Ying performed remarkably well in this battle and was finally left behind by the emperor's grandfather to guard Yunnan.

It was from this time that the Mu family began to take root in Yunnan.

At that time, Yunnan was a place where various ethnic groups lived together, and each local chieftain and chieftain occupied one side. Even if they conquered it, subsequent management would be extremely difficult.