The Ming Dynasty started with caution

After Zhu Houzhao snatched Kang Hai's book, whenever he met someone, he simply gave it to him with both hands.

"It's boring, where is the refugee named Cheng Qingshan?"

"Cheng Qingshan seems not to have come today." The young eunuch paid special attention and saw no refugees.

Yan Chengjin came to the library and saw Zhu Houzhao leading four people, each holding a stack of books.

"It's snowing and the roads are blocked and slippery. Why did Your Highness come to Liangxiang?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't care at all and said: "The palace is stuffy. I heard that poetry competitions in Liangxiang are fun, so I came out. Do you know Cheng Qingshan, a refugee? I want to find him for a poetry competition."

Yan Chengjin's face solidified.

"Your Highness, if you can't fight him, it's better not to look for him."

Zhu Houzhao was unhappy: "Why?"

Because he is your master Cheng Minzheng, can you fight with those two brushes? Yan Chengjin said: "The heavy snow has made the refugees begging for food everywhere. Maybe they went to beg elsewhere."

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to give up. It was getting late and he would be beaten if he didn't go back.

"Gao Feng, go get the horse, I'm going back to the palace."

"etc!"

Yan Chengjin looked at the four people behind Zhu Houzhao. They were wearing Confucian clothes and silk scarves. But if you look closely, they were much more delicate than ordinary scholars.

"Are you Gao Feng, the palace's chief ceremonial supervisor?"

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed: "They are the four great talents of the inner academy. They are good at learning. Xiao Jing arranged to accompany me to study. This is Gao Feng, this is Qiu Ju, and this is Luo Xiang..."

Yan Chengjin smiled slightly: "Then this must be Eunuch Wei Bin, right?"

The eunuch on the side was delighted: "Master Yan, do you know us?"

The Eight Tigers are coming and the Four Tigers are coming?

It's all together...

These four eunuchs are all extraordinary.

Wei Bin was skilled in martial arts. After taking power, he took charge of the three thousand camps in the capital.

Gao Feng is a top student who graduated from the inner academy and is assigned a job directly after graduation.

Qiu Ju is the head of the chamberlain and is highly skilled in martial arts.

Luo Xiang knows a little bit about everything.

"Why don't the four father-in-laws go get the horses together? I have something to talk with His Highness." Yan Chengjin said.

Zhu Houzhao blinked: "Old Gao, why do you always have something to say when there are eunuchs around me?"

"Master Yan, if you have something to say, you might as well say it here. We are the eunuchs who accompany His Highness, and we are not outsiders." Gao Feng said.

"How many people did your Highness win today?" Yan Chengjin asked.

Zhu Houzhao smiled proudly and said: "I beat twenty-eight people in a row of twenty-eight poems, only Cheng Qingshan is missing. Lao Gao, what do you mean by shaking your head?"

"I saw Cheng Qingshan. This man is extremely intelligent. Your Highness cannot defeat him, so don't look for him anymore."

Zhu Houzhao squinted his eyes, Lao Gao started to deceive people again.

"I have a question. Cheng Qingshan guessed it in the blink of an eye, but His Highness may not be able to guess it." Yan Chengjin began to sprinkle the bait, and Zhu Houzhao's weakness was that he was aggressive.

"I am not convinced by the kangaroo you mentioned last time. Tell me, I don't believe it. There is someone smarter than me in this world!" Zhu Houzhao became serious.

"Well, I would like to ask Your Highness, where is the end of the east?"

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said decisively: "It's the sea!"

"Where does the west end?"

"Barbarian country in the Western Regions!"

"Where is the end of the south?"

"It's still the sea!"

"Where does the north end?"

"Endless grassland."

Yan Chengjin shook his head and said: "Your Highness answered all the questions wrong."

Zhu Houzhao had a look of astonishment on his face. Gao Feng and the other four felt that the prince's answer was correct. Gao Feng scolded: "Master Yan, don't tease His Highness! The end of the east is the sea, how dare you tease me!"

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought and looked at Yan Chengjin: "What did you say?"

"The end of east is still east, the end of west is still west, the end of south is still south, the end of north is still north, the world is round." Yan Chengjin said.

It will be nineteen years before the theory of a round earth is proven, and Magellan will go to sea to prove this statement.

If Ming Dynasty sets out first, then...

"If your highness doesn't believe it, you can send Eunuch Gao to start from the east, Eunuch Qiu to start from the west, Eunuch Luo to start from the south, and Eunuch Wei to start from the north. If they meet one day, it will prove that what I said is right."

Gao Feng scolded: "Well, you Yan Chengjin! Let's talk about why His Highness's companions disappeared one after another. It turned out to be your fault! Qiu Ju, Wei Bin, you two arrest him!"

Just as Qiu Ju and Wei Bin were about to take action, a team of royal guards rushed out from the darkness.

Then, a bunch of servants rushed out.

Then, another wave of government officials rushed out.

"this……?"

Gao Feng and others were stunned. How could a censor be followed by a royal guard?

Zhu Houzhao was curious: "Lao Gao, how do you know the world is round?"

Frankie, he came out to take over the pot...

"Of course I heard what the Franji people said. There are many Franjis in Liangxiang who interact with the big cannibals, and I am a studious person." Yan Chengjin said.

Zhu Houzhao stared at him: "How can I trust you?"

"If I deceive you, I will be your Highness's sixth warrior."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes shone, "Gao Banban, please return to the palace with me and prepare your luggage for departure."

"Your Highness, this slave's body..."

"If you dare not go, I will have my own way to punish you! Lao Gao, as long as they can't come back, will you be my warrior?"

Zhu Houzhao, are you still a human being?

In order for me to be your warrior, you actually want to prevent them from coming back.

"Your Highness, there is no need to return to the palace. There are carriages and dry food in Liangxiang. Set off as soon as possible and meet as soon as possible. There are sacred objects in the southeast and northwest. Your Highness will wait a moment."

Yan Chengjin drew four pictures and said, "I hope the four companions can take this thing back on the way."

Qiu Ju, Wei Bin and others were frightened and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

A quarter of an hour later, four carriages prepared dry food and carried Gao Feng and the other four people in four directions.

"Please stop for a while, Lord Yan, I beg you..."

"Lord Yan, we are wrong!"

"Lord Yan, Eunuch Gao is dying..."

"Drag him down and bury him."

"Your Highness... Your Highness, I am alive again!"

Yan Chengjin sighed, and from then on, there were no more Eight Tigers in the world.

Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, and the Jinyiwei followed closely and escorted him back to the palace.

These days, Cheng Minzheng did not go to the library, but stayed at home to teach students.

But a scholar who admired Cheng Qingshan came to visit him.

"I never thought that a great man like you would be in such a miserable situation."

"Why do you care about these things? What's your name?"

"Student Kang Hai!"

...

Yan Chengjin guessed correctly. The snow was three feet thick. The carriages could not move at all. More than half of the merchants coming to Liangxiang were gone.

Without business, the workshops could not start work. The refugees would not get paid for several months. The refugee vendors who pushed the barbecue stalls on the street had no income and stayed at home.

The heavy snow fell, and the straw hut area occupied more than a thousand acres of land. Half of the refugees knew Cheng Qingshan and did not have to go to work, so they came to him to tell stories.

"Qingshan, we are all waiting for you to tell stories!"

"Two little bastards! Go play, you won't pass the exam anyway, don't delay us to listen to the story."

The refugees blocked Cheng Minzheng's straw hut.

Liang Xiaoyi and Liang Xiaoer secretly looked at the teacher, wanting to hear the teacher tell stories.

Cheng Minzheng frowned slightly: "Why don't you go to work today?"

"Alas, it's because of the heavy snow. The boss said that there are stocks in the warehouse. No one comes to Liangxiang, so they can't sell them. There is no money to pay wages, so let us come back to rest." A refugee said.

Cheng Minzheng pondered for a few times. He also heard Lao Liang say last night that without merchants and clerks, the sesame cakes could not be sold. He wanted to buy jackets for the two kids, but he couldn't bear to do it.

"Wait until tonight, I will go to the pavilion to start the lecture."

The Great Ming Law was still halfway unfinished, and Bao Gong's angry judgment of the world's public cases had not been compiled, so it could only be compiled into the manuscript.

The refugees happily set up the shed. At dawn, the pavilion was exposed to the wind everywhere, and it would be warmer to build a straw shed.

Cheng Minzheng felt cold even with several ragged clothes on, and muttered: "It's getting cold, nephew, you didn't even buy me a coat."

Buying new clothes would most likely expose him, and the plan to educate the refugees would be ruined, so nephew should be cautious.

Thinking of this, he forgave Yan Chengjin.

Ha Qiu!

"Damn it! Zitang, that bastard, didn't even send me a coat when he was in the capital!" Cheng Minzheng cursed angrily.