parentshiftbook Chapter 884: The Weapon Of The Country That Represents The Monarchy, The Qin Emperor’S Bell, A Treas
Chapter 884: The Weapon Of The Country That Represents The Monarchy, The Qin Emperor’S Bell, A Treas
On October 15th, the fifth year of Shengping (1394), the familiar Yingtian Mansion was still ten miles away.
We are also still familiar with Taishang Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Taishang Queen Ma Xiuying, Emperor Zhu Biao, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji, Yan Changqing, and a host of civil and military officials.
It's just that this time the person who implemented it became King Zhu Cang of Qin.
The reason why Qin King Zhu Di was placed last.
The main reason is that the previous route from Daming along the coastline of the Asian continent, around the coastline of Africa, and finally to Europe was not mature enough, and the risks and accidents were relatively high.
Fortunately, after five years of route exploration, the route from Daming along the coastline of the Asian continent, around the coastline of Africa, and finally to Europe has finally matured.
Not to say that there are no risks or accidents at all, but at least the risks and accidents are controlled within an acceptable range.
So after seeing that in the past two years, the Ming Navy's exploration fleet traveled to Europe three times a year, and basically arrived and returned successfully every time, King Zhu Di of Qin could no longer resist the idea of immigrating to Europe.
After all, King Qin Zhu Di is already thirty-eight years old this year. In this era, he is already old enough to call himself an old man.
Although according to normal circumstances, a powerful family such as King Zhu Di of Qin who always has an imperial doctor around him and has no worries about food and drink will not have any big problems if he lives for another ten or twenty years.
However, if he died suddenly and suddenly, it would be an accident in this era, but it would be an understandable and normal thing.
In addition, in the past five years, the younger brothers, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Su of Qi, have taken the lead in immigrating to other continents.
From time to time, he would write back to tell Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang how far their feudal country had been built.
And now they are lacking something. I hope the naval fleet can bring them something next time.
Seeing the construction of their respective feudal kingdoms in full swing among the younger brothers, as the King of Qin Zhu Di who also wanted to immigrate to other continents overseas, it would be false to say that he was not anxious and anxious when he saw this scene.
Even if Zhu Biao hadn't been worried that the route to Europe was not mature enough, and had been pressuring King Zhu Di of Qin not to let him go out together.
I am afraid that as early as one or two years ago, King Zhu Xi of Qin could not help but want to start immigrating to Europe.
220 Zhu Yuanzhang, who had experienced the emigration of King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Shu of Qi to other overseas continents, became more and more able to accept the emigration and departure of King Qin Zhu Di calmly.
But Taishang Queen Ma Xiuying was reluctant to give up.
Because five years have passed since Jin King Zhu Fan finally immigrated and left.
During these five years, except for a few letters a year, mother and son never saw each other.
Like before, mother and son would still see each other a few times a year.
Therefore, over the past two years, Queen Ma Xiuying of Taishang became more and more concerned about her two biological sons, King Zhu Fan of Jin and King Zhu Di of Yan, who had immigrated overseas, and she became more and more reluctant to leave King Zhu Di of Qin, who was also preparing to immigrate.
So when Queen Ma Xiuying of Taishang was chattering and telling King Zhu Di of Qin, no one dared to disturb her.
Finally, Taishang Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang saw that it was already getting late, so he had to interrupt and said:
"Okay, let's stop talking. If we keep talking, Nier will not be able to leave today."
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Ma Xiuying wanted to blurt out: "Why don't we leave today?"
But I couldn't say this sentence, so I could only swallow it silently.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands, and dozens of servants came pushing a large flatbed cart.
Hanging on the flatbed truck is a large bronze bell that is all yellow, 7.2 meters high, 3.9 meters in diameter, 3.5 meters in diameter, and weighs 48.6 tons!
Of course, it is said to be a bronze bell, but it is actually made of gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, etc.
In the center of the outer wall of the large bronze bell are the three characters [Qin Di Zhi] engraved, and around these three characters are engraved:
In the current Ming Dynasty, the farming sage Shennong summarized the farming thoughts, the medical sage Qi Bo summarized the medical thoughts, the literary sage Cang Jie summarized the Confucian thoughts, the Shang sage Fan Bai summarized the business thoughts, and the science sage Ban Heng summarized Principles of mechanics and other principles, the world map drawn by the great saint Boyi, etc.
The inside of the big bell is engraved with Taoist "Tao Te Ching", "Elderly Lord Taishang Shuo Chang Jing Jing", etc., Confucian "Analects", "Book of Changes", etc., Buddhist "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", " "Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra" and so on, Legalist's "Shang Jun Shu" and other classic ideological works of various schools of thought in the pre-Qin period. (bhfh)
It can be said that there are a total of more than 270,000 words engraved on the inside and outside of the bell, covering the classic ideological works of various schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, as well as the summary of the thoughts of the saints incarnated by Yan Changqing.
It is no exaggeration to say that this [Qin Emperor's] bronze bell will be a cultural heritage treasure of China in the future!
"Knock it and try it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Qin King Zhu Di and smiled, and handed over a bell hammer.
The King of Qin, Zhu Xi, took the bell hammer and weighed it for a moment or two, then held the bell hammer in his hand and struck it gently.
Then the big bronze bell emitted bursts of clear and melodious chimes, which echoed for more than a minute.
After the bell stopped ringing, King Zhu Di of Qin struck it again.
The big bronze bell then emitted bursts of loud, ups and downs, lively and elegant bells, which could be heard from hundreds of miles away, and the lingering sound lasted for more than three minutes!
Finally, King Qin Zhu Xi showed a smile on his face, and then he thanked Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Thank you very much, Father, for gifting us with the founding treasure of our country!"
He is still very satisfied with this national treasure.
As for sending off the bell, does it contain an unknown meaning of "sending off the end"? [Qin King Zhu Di simply ignored it.
And who said that sending a bell must be to him, the King of Qin, Zhu Chong, to "send his last"? Couldn't it be that his King of Qin, Zhu Chong, was to send his last breath to those barbarians in Europe?!
You must know that the Europe where Qin King Zhu Ping wanted to immigrate was different from the continents where other vassal kings immigrated.
The people living on the continents where other feudal kings immigrated were basically uncivilized indigenous people who were in the social stage of the Yuanshi tribe.
Facing such natives, as long as other vassal kings show their advanced civilization and absolute strength, they can be easily assimilated without using too many wars.
The Europe that Qin Wang Zhu Ping wanted to immigrate to was different. Europe had already developed its own unique country, ethnic and other cultures.
If King Zhu Ping of Qin wanted to conquer such Europe, he would need to use war to destroy European countries and national cultures, break their backbones, and use force to force them to submit.
This further forced those European barbarians to abandon their own country and national culture in order to survive under the leadership of King Zhu Di of Qin, and instead learn from the Chinese culture represented by King Zhu Di of Qin.
In the end, in this passive learning process, he was slowly assimilated by Qin Wang Zhu Cang.
To achieve this goal, it was destined that Qin King Zhu Di would have to start a lot of wars and killings.
So from this perspective, it is not wrong to say that King Zhu Di of Qin went to pay his last respects to the European barbarians.
After seeing that King Qin Zhu Xi really liked this founding treasure, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly.
It is not easy to give away the founding treasure of a country, and there are not many utensils that can represent the monarchy.
Among them, the most famous weapons of society that can represent the power of the monarch are: tripod, seal, and sword.
For example, the prototype of the "Jin Emperor Fan Ding" sent to Jin Wang Zhu Fan is the tripod represented by Jiuding. The prototype of the "Yan Emperor Di Seal" sent to Yan Wang Zhu Di is the seal represented by the Ming Dynasty Jade Seal, which was sent to Chu King Zhu Zhen. The prototype of [Chu Di Zhen Sword] is the sword represented by Xuanyuan Sword.
In addition to the special meanings of tripods, seals, and swords in China, there are also artifacts with special meanings, and only bells, stele, axes, and pagodas are left.
Among them, the stele represents historical inheritance and cultural records.
The bell, like the tripod, is also a symbol of the royal power of the ruling class. The two are often linked together. The so-called "bell ringing and tripod food" is a symbol of power and status.
So among the remaining artifacts with special meanings such as bells, axes, and towers, Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose the bell!
After more than two years of work and the loss of countless precious materials, a group of craftsmen followed Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes and cast this bronze bell, which represents the highest casting technology in the Ming Dynasty!
[But fortunately, after giving away the second child, there is no need to give away any more. 】
[Otherwise, if we give it away again, we won’t even think of anything else to give away. 】
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The Emperor Zhu Biao and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji, who were standing aside, were thinking about how to get their old father Zhu Yuanzhang to give them such a founding treasure.
It’s not that they really set their sights on national treasures such as [Emperor Jin’s Ding], [Emperor Chu’s Sword], [Emperor Qi’s Monument], and [Emperor Qin’s Bell].
Such a founding treasure may be very precious to others.
But for Emperor Zhu Biao, that's it.
As long as he wants, he can instruct his craftsmen to reproduce one, ten, or even hundreds of such national treasures at any time.
After all, the craftsmen commanded by Zhu Yuanzhang were also the craftsmen of his emperor Zhu Biao.
The same is true for Zhou Wang Zhu Ji. He can also let his craftsmen reproduce such a national treasure.
If the craftsmen under him can't do it, then he will tug on his elder brother Zhu Biao's sleeve and ask his elder brother Zhu Biao to borrow some top craftsmen [In the end, he can still reproduce and own such a national treasure.
But what the Emperor Zhu Biao and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji wanted was not such a national treasure.
The truly precious thing about the founding treasures of Qin King Zhu Xi, Jin King Zhu Fan, Yan King Zhu Di and others is that Zhu Yuanzhang personally spent countless efforts to finalize, prepare, and then personally presented it.
What the Emperor Zhu Biao and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji wanted was such a national treasure.
After all, they are all Zhu Yuanzhang’s favorite sons!
King Zhu Di of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Zun of Qi all have such national treasures, but if they don't, doesn't it mean that they are not Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite sons? !!
As Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite eldest son, the Emperor Zhu Biao and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji naturally could not allow such a thing to happen.
If other brothers have it, they must have it too!
Otherwise, it will destroy the unity between their brothers!
Although Zhu Biao inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty, it was not considered the founding of the country, but the founding treasure given to him can be renamed to "Shengping Treasure" at that time, which is also possible.
Whether to establish a country or not is just a superficial thing. The most important thing is that his old father Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave it to him.
Similarly, although King Zhu Ju of Zhou himself did not intend to go to sea to establish a kingdom, but maybe his descendants would go to sea to establish a state in the future!
When the time comes, won’t the founding treasure that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him come in handy?!
And even his descendants have no intention of going to sea to establish feudal states.
country, then he can also take the founding treasure that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him to the grave as one of his burial objects. This is also a very good choice.
Therefore, Emperor Zhu Biao and King Zhou Zhu are already thinking about how to secretly hint to their old father that they also want a national treasure.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally didn't know what Emperor Zhu Biao and Zhou Wang Zhu Di were thinking. At this moment, with a touch of emotion and melancholy, he patted Qin Wang Zhu Di on the shoulder and said carefully
warned:
"Be careful on the road. After arriving in Europe, first find a place as a temporary base and develop for a few years before trying to unify Europe."
"In addition, those who are not of my race must have different minds!"
"Those barbarians in Europe cannot be trusted easily!"
"After you stabilize there, we will ask your elder brother to try his best to help you immigrate as much as possible."
"And I heard that the Black Death broke out a few years ago, killing millions or tens of millions of people. You must pay attention to hygiene and safety."
"I heard from Yan Changqing's analysis that the main reason why such an outbreak of the Black Death occurred was because of the lack of hygiene there, which caused the spread of germs."
"When you go there, remember to wear a mask and have a doctor around you at all times. Also, don't covet the places that others have built. There is nothing good about those shabby places.
You tear them all down yourself and build them up again. "
After admonishing him for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped with some reluctance and said:
"Okay, let's stop talking about it."
"If we don't start, we won't be able to leave today."
King Qin Zhu Xi nodded, his eyes swept over Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, Zhu Biao, Zhu Ji, Yan Changqing, and other civil and military officials one by one, and said goodbye at the same time:
"Goodbye, father, remember to keep the army in good health!"
"Don't worry, Queen, I will write you a letter when I get there!"
"Brother, goodbye fifth brother, please take care of my father, emperor and mother for me!"
"Goodbye Mr. Yan, I hope that one day Mr. Yan can come to visit our country!
"Goodbye, gentlemen..."
Everyone present also said goodbye one by one. Finally, Qin Zai and Zhu Di headed towards the naval fleet without looking back.
The huge naval fleet is also slowly sailing towards distant Europe.
PS1: The prototype of this bell is the Yongle Bell.
Historically, a bell with a height of 6.75 meters and a weight of about 46 tons could be cast. Scriptures were cast all over the inside and outside of the bell, with a total of 227,000 words. The sound could be transmitted as far as 90 miles, and the tail tone was as long as 2
The Yongle Bell, which is over 10 minutes long, and the [Qin Emperor] bronze bell influenced by Yan Changqing, would not be outrageous if it were slightly strengthened. .