Chapter 20 The Apocalypse Big Bang and the Prince's Death in the Three Major Cases in the Late Ming
In the western warm room of the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Youjian leaned comfortably on the back of the chair, quietly watching Wei Zhongxian crying bitterly.
After a little while, Wei Zhongxian was almost venting his emotions, so he poured out all the things about Zhu Youxiao's descendants.
Zhu Youzhao has a total of six children, three boys and three girls. From the perspective of fertility alone, Zhu Youzhao's health is pretty good.
The eldest son Zhu Ciran, the prince Huaichong, is the son of Empress Zhang Yan.
One day when Zhang Yan was pregnant, she had a back pain, so Ke Shi arranged for a palace maid to come and massage her. I don’t know what the method the palace maid used, but when Zhang Yan gave birth, she gave birth to a stillbirth, and since then, Zhang Yan has never been able to get pregnant again.
According to Wei Zhongxian's account, the palace maid was indeed deliberately arranged by Ke Shi. Prince Huaichong should have been killed by Ke Shi, and Zhang Yan was also killed by Ke Shi and could not get pregnant again.
The eldest daughter Zhu Shu'e, Princess Yongning, was the daughter of Concubine Hui Fan, and died at the age of two.
Since he died in winter and the situation described by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youjian suspected that it was carbon monoxide poisoning, and Princess Yongning's death should have nothing to do with Keshi.
The second son Zhu Ciyu mourned the prince and was the son of the imperial concubine Fan. He died shortly after his birth.
When the imperial concubine Fan was pregnant, she was imprisoned by Wei Zhongxian and Keshi's fake imperial edict. Fan lived on leftovers and almost starved to death for ten consecutive days. In the end, Zhu Ciyu gave birth prematurely and died not long after she was born.
The second daughter, Zhu Shuhao, Princess Huaining, was the daughter of Concubine Cheng Li. On February 30, the fourth year of Tianqi, an earthquake occurred in the capital. Li gave birth to Princess Huaining in fear. The princess was born prematurely and died soon after.
The third son, Zhu Cijing, was the prince of Xianhuai, and was the daughter of Concubine Rong Wei.
Concubine Rong is the daughter of Wei Zhongxian's nephew. Concubine Rong is pregnant. Wei Zhongxian and Keshi take care of him in every way, and finally gave birth to a prince in the fifth year of the Tianqi period.
But man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. In May of the sixth year of the Tianqi period, after the explosion of Wang Gongchang, Prince Xianhuai, who was only one year old, died early.
"Did Prince Xianhuai die of shock from the Wang Gongchang explosion last year?"
Zhu Youjian was a little curious.
In his previous life, many historians held this view, and some even mentioned the fate of heaven, saying that the Wang Gongchang explosion was a warning from God, which was a sign that the Ming Dynasty had not been around for a long time, and even the last successor of the Apocalypse was scared to death.
"Your Majesty, when the King Gongchang exploded last year, Xiancai had only been over for the prince. He still didn't know what happened. Even though the explosion was shocked, the children of Sui Yu were still in their infancy. How could they be afraid? How could they die if they were frightened?"
Seeing Zhu Youjian's questioning outrageously, Wei Zhongxian was a little puzzled. The explosion in Wang Gongchang was quite fierce, but it would not scare a child in his cradle six miles away from Wang Gongchang.
"Isn't you really scared to death?" Zhu Youjian was deeply poisoned by the expert tabloids in his previous life, for fear that Wei Zhongxian would deceive him.
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, although he didn't know what Zhu Youjian meant, he still thought he would tell the truth. Anyway, he was all about to die.
"Your Majesty, the criminals know that they are about to die, so they can speak to you."
"The birth mother of Prince Xianhuai Concubine Rong is the granddaughter of the Wei family, the criminal minister. Concubine Rong is also the criminal minister who was in charge of the late emperor. The criminal minister and the wife of Fengsheng have been planning for a long time and have done many things that are contrary to human ethics, with the purpose of protecting Concubine Rong to give birth to children and inherit the throne."
"But people's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Last spring and early summer, Prince Xiancai felt a cold and the fever did not subside. Later, until May, he coughed up short blood and breath and died soon after."
Seeing that Wei Zhongxian had expressed all his dirty plans, Zhu Youjian believed Wei Zhongxian's words. It seemed that the experts of his time were not trustworthy.
"That's what you mean, the big explosion in Wang Gong Factory last year is not very powerful?"
Wei Zhongxian didn't know why Zhu Youjian was always struggling with this issue. The Wang Gong Factory explosion last year was indeed a major event, but in the final analysis, it was a gunpowder factory explosion.
Moreover, there were explosions in Wanggong Factory a few years ago, but the explosion was not as severe as last year.
Wei Zhongxian was very puzzled by Zhu Youjian's entanglement about this matter, but he still explained patiently.
"Return to Your Majesty, I remember that it was the morning of the sixth day of the fifth month last year. The crime was in the Supervisory Supervision Office. After a moment of shock, I saw that the smoke and dust in the southwest were covered with the sky. The crime immediately went to the Ganqing Palace to see the emperor. Then the emperor ordered the old slave to investigate the matter."
"After investigation, it was caused by the self-immolation of gunpowder in Wanggong Factory. At that time, there was a sound in the ground, and there were endless thunders and tiles floating on the ground, and the day was dark. The northwest of Wanggong Factory was connected for four generations and five miles of houses were destroyed."
"At that time, more than 30 gunpowder craftsmen in the factory were burned to death, more than 1900 houses were shattered, and more than 500 people were crushed to death."
Since this case was personally supervised, Wei Zhongxian remembered the losses caused by the explosion very clearly.
"That's it?"
“That’s it.”
Zhu Youjian was a little surprised. Why did Wei Zhongxian say something different from what he watched on the Science and Education Channel in his previous life?
"At that time, weren't shepherd's powder in a radius of more than ten miles, and people's heads and limbs fell from the sky, and the men and women were injured in the naked body?"
Facing Wei Zhongxian's confused eyes, Zhu Youjian knew that he had said too much, so he hurried back to Huandao.
"I seem to see it from somewhere, and that's how it is written on it."
"Check it above?"
"Yes, yes, it seems to be called Tianbiandi copying."
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he immediately understood. No wonder His Majesty was always confused about this matter. It turned out that he was influenced by the folk customs copy. This new emperor was indeed not as good as the late emperor. He even believed the mansion copy. Alas, I think the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted.
Wei Zhongxian secretly complained to himself and then said.
"Your Majesty, the mansion was fabricated by people who are good at the people based on the mansion. In order to seek personal gain, they often make amazing words. The things recorded in the mansion are definitely not credible."
After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the government accused the people of setting up their own newspaper houses and allowed them to sell their residences (newspapers). This kind of civil newspaper was mainly for profit, and the information sources were mostly the emperor's decrees, the memorials and newspapers of ministers were copied.
For profit, Di Zhuan often exaggerates and even fabricates facts to attract readers.
Some of these articles are very similar to the current Internet tabloids, and often publish some likes: "The Forty-Six Mistresses of xxx", "The Secrets that xxx and xx have to tell", "Shocking, Women's Incurable Disease is actually because of it". It is estimated that "Tianbian Di Copy" is the same.
After hearing Wei Zhongxian's explanation, Zhu Youjian felt a little hot.
Damn, "The Heaven Bian Di Copy" turned out to be such a thing in the eyes of the ancients. In the past life, wasn't this a street tabloid-equipped title party, relying on shocking words to attract attention.
Damn, the experts and scholars in their previous lives actually used such unreliable documents to prove the power of the Apocalypse explosion. It is ridiculous to say that it is earth fire or nuclear explosion.
Damn, these experts are really bricks. The extremely rigorous academic matters are actually deduced by reading the roadside tabloids in the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian was not stingy with Wei Zhongxian's face, his face was confused and terrified, and he laughed.
Chapter completed!