"Chongba, how could you forget? Xu Yikui was ordered to participate in the revision of the 'Da Ming Calendar.' After he reported back, you allowed him to return to his post. How can you summon him back so quickly?" Empress Ma reminded him.

"It's all Jiang Chuan's fault! He made me so angry I lost my mind!" Zhu Yuanzhang swept his gaze over his officials and said, "Didn't you hear what I said? Did you all think I would instigate a literary inquisition to execute ministers?"

For a moment, the hall was completely silent; no one wanted to be the first to speak up.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more furious, "I asked you a question, and not one of you could answer. Do you all want to be exiled?"

modern.

"Jingjing, don't be fooled by those marketing accounts!" Jiang Chuan suddenly regretted that Zhu Jingjing might have been exposed to the internet too early. "After becoming emperor, Zhu did kill many ministers, but there's no clear record in official history of him instigating literary inquisitions, especially Xu Yikui, who definitely didn't die at his hands!"

Zhu Jingjing felt somewhat relieved upon hearing this. Although her father was strict, he wouldn't go so far as to kill people over a few words.

"Brother, what's a marketing account?" Zhu Jingjing asked, puzzled.

"These are accounts that just want to gain attention by posting sensationalist and fake news," Jiang Chuan said after a moment's thought. "They're like those who fabricate unofficial histories. It's fine if they just make up a story to amuse people, but if they spread it around as official history, they're misleading the public!"

Zhu Jingjing nodded thoughtfully. "Then how did you determine that Xu Yikui was not killed by my father?"

"Scholars have consulted Xu Yikui's collected works, 'Shifeng Manuscript,' and related inscriptions, and found that he was still writing articles after the persecution of the memorial, and historical records clearly state that he died in the first year of the Jianwen reign, after your father," Jiang Chuan replied.

"How outrageous! How dare these people slander my father like this!" Zhu Jingjing said angrily. "The so-called 'trouble with the memorial' is completely fabricated!"

Jiang Chuan gently shook his head. "Jingjing, the 'memorial persecution' did indeed happen, but it wasn't a literary inquisition. It was Old Zhu regulating writing style! He abandoned the obscure, flowery parallel prose and promulgated the 'Standardized Forms of Memorials' and 'Formal Forms of Memorials for Congratulations and Gratitude,' setting writing templates. Simply put, he wanted officials to 'speak plainly' when submitting memorials!"

The Great Ming Dynasty, Fengtian Hall.

Upon hearing Jiang Chuan's words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly. "Did you all hear that? I have never instigated any literary inquisition! The so-called 'disaster of memorials' was also to force you to speak like human beings!"

Upon hearing this, the officials kneeling on the ground exclaimed in unison, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhu Jingjing stared at Jiang Chuan with admiration and said, "Brother, how are you so amazing? You know everything!"

Jiang Chuan blushed and said, "If I didn't have some skills, would I dare to be the older brother of a princess?"

Lin Xiaoyu clicked her tongue in amazement and then interrupted, "You're just bragging! Don't think I didn't see it; you just looked it up!"

"So what?" Jiang Chuan glared at her and said, "If you investigate this time, you'll remember it next time, right?"

Zhu Jingjing was completely confused and asked, "Brother, I clearly didn't see you flipping through the book, where did you find that information?"

"There used to be a saying, 'Just Baidu it, and you'll know.' You'd input what you wanted to find into a search engine, and relevant answers would automatically pop up," Jiang Chuan said without mincing words. "Now, with AI, searching for things is even more convenient!"

"Huh? That sounds weird, what is that?"

"Artificial Intelligence." Jiang Chuan showed off his English, explaining, "In layman's terms, it's artificial intelligence. But even here, artificial intelligence is still in its infancy and can't be called intelligence yet."

Zhu Jingjing tilted her head. She couldn't quite grasp the concept of AI yet, but she had a general understanding of search engines. "Brother, how do I use this search engine? I want to try it!"

"Don't keep tilting your head, or you'll end up with a crooked mouth and eyes!" Jiang Chuan straightened the little princess's head and began to instruct her, "Search engines are very simple. Just open this software and enter the information you want to search for!"

"Jingjing, do you know pinyin?" Lin Xiaoyu asked from the side.

Zhu Jingjing shook her head blankly.

Jiang Chuan frowned. Not knowing pinyin was a big problem. Should he let her try voice input?

"Jingjing, press this button and then tell me what you want to find out."

Zhu Jingjing shook her head repeatedly and said, "Brother, isn't there any other way? Why don't you teach me pinyin instead?"

Jiang Chuan pondered that Pinyin was not difficult to learn. With Zhu Jingjing's intelligence, he believed she would learn it in no time. However, even if she learned it quickly, it would still take time, and it was impossible to teach her immediately.

"Jingjing, what exactly do you want to find out? Are you afraid I'll find out?" This was the only reason he could think of for the little princess not wanting to use voice input.

"No way! I just don't want to talk, is that a problem?" Zhu Jingjing pouted, looking slightly panicked.

Jiang Chuan sighed softly. After all, she was a young girl in the prime of her life, so it was normal for her to have some privacy. "Fortunately, the writing system of the Ming Dynasty is not much different from the one we use now. The only difference is between traditional and simplified characters. We can just use handwriting input. Traditional characters can also be recognized."

The Qin Dynasty, Xianyang Palace.

"Such a convenient thing exists in the world!" Ying Zheng's pupils dilated suddenly as he stared intently at the small phone projected onto the screen. "Just type in your question, and you'll get the answer automatically!"

In an instant, he came up with more than a dozen questions. If the Great Qin had this, wouldn't the answers be available in less than a quarter of an hour?

In an instant, he came up with more than a dozen questions. If the Great Qin had this, wouldn't the answers be available in less than a quarter of an hour?

For example, one of the questions he cares about most is how people can live forever!

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng hated Xu Fu. Could it really be as Jiang Chuan had said before, that Xu Fu had gone to Yingzhou and declared himself king?

The Great Tang Dynasty, Taiji Hall.

The little prince clung tightly to Li Shimin's dragon robe, "Father, I want some too!"

Li Shimin was somewhat surprised. He also wanted the search engine, but Xiao Sizi was only a few years old. Why was he more eager than when he saw delicious food?

He hurriedly asked, "Sizi, what do you need this for?"

The little boy said in his childish voice, "If I were pregnant, Father would be able to find out immediately whenever he tests my poetry!"

Li Shimin chuckled. Little Sizi was truly frank; he was clearly using it to cheat, yet he spoke so openly.

modern.

Zhu Jingjing learned handwriting input and immediately started using it.

"You brat, are you afraid I'll peek?" Jiang Chuan pouted. Not only did she stay far away, but she also covered the screen with one hand, as if afraid he would see her.

This made Jiang Chuan even more curious: what exactly did the little princess want to investigate?

"Brother, are you lying to me?!" Suddenly, the little princess said angrily, "The answer you gave is completely nonsensical!"

Jiang Chuan was taken aback, and subconsciously reached out, "Search engines aren't omnipotent. Let me see what question you searched for?"

Zhu Jingjing hesitated for a moment, then handed the phone to him.

Seeing the text in the search bar, Jiang Chuan was both amused and exasperated!

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