eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 758: Guiding the way for scientific development

"Sending envoys out to sea to visit various countries is something I have thought about for a long time, and it is also a major event related to the country of the Ming Dynasty. In the past few years, industries in Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places have prospered, and people live and work in peace and contentment. The prosperity that has not been seen for many years shows all kinds of prosperity. The export of goods overseas is important to people’s livelihood.

Although I know that the ministers of the DPRK have said that I am not acting rightly and am pursuing speed through partiality and strange methods, but I am the head of the Ming Dynasty. If I don't make a decision, who can I expect?

However, this visiting person is very important, which makes it difficult for me to make a decision for a while. After much thought, I have to think that the people around me can best understand my meaning. "

In the Qianqing Palace, Jing Yang gradually understood the meaning behind the emperor's words.

Although he was a little surprised, there was nothing he could do when the situation came to pass.

Zhu Houzhao spoke the truth in his heart. This person must be someone close to the emperor, just like Emperor Yongle also chose the Three Treasures eunuch.

However, in the current situation, he does not have a suitable eunuch available. Although Zhang Yong is loyal, he is not delicate enough. If something happens, he has no ink in his stomach, which is really worrying.

In this way, the only choice is to choose from among the attendants.

However, Xie Pi took on many affairs after Jin Gui left, and he was already very busy. Yang Shen had to bear heavy responsibilities and could not leave. Fan Yuchang, who had just received the order to enter the attendant's room in the New Year, was still young and inexperienced.

So after a lot of competition, only Jing Yang is left.

This also has something to do with his daughter. Anyway, in this era, it is actually very enlightened for a father to allow his daughter to do this.

A normal person would be like Concubine Shu, who beat and scolded her and wouldn't let her touch her at all. How could she have the conditions to consult a large amount of information and then write a book by herself?

So considering multiple factors, Jing Yang is the right choice.

Of course……

Zhu Houzhao also understood, "After traveling thousands of miles, not only do I have to say goodbye to my parents, wife and children, but I also have to worry about the many storms and waves on the sea. There must be many difficulties and obstacles to face. I know that you may not want to do it either."

The emperor can say this,
Jing Yang can also think this way,

But he must not say that.

If the emperor assigns a task and the ministers don't want to do it, they can just stop doing it, and many things will not be done.

Jing Yang naturally understood that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. He kowtowed and thanked him, "Your Majesty has your orders, how dare you disobey me? Not to mention crossing the ocean, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, I will not even frown!"

Whether it's sincere or not,

When he said this, Zhu Houzhao naturally wanted to praise him, "Good! With the words of Ai Qing, I know that my Ming Dynasty also has Bo Wanghou!!"

Zhang Qian made two meritorious missions to the Western Regions, so he was granted the title of Bowang Hou by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Now the emperor used this as an analogy, and suddenly planted a seed of desire in Jing Yang's heart: in the Han Dynasty, envoys could be granted the title of marquis, but in the Ming Dynasty, envoys could not be granted the title of marquis?
The vitality of desire is very tenacious. Once planted, it will almost never disappear, especially Jing Yang himself is also a competitive person.

"Jing Yang, tell me what you need for your mission. As long as the Ming Dynasty has it, I will find it for you."

"I have nothing to ask for. I only wish that your majesty would grant me ten days of rest so that I can express my feelings of separation to my family."

Zhu Houzhao was slightly startled. He actually couldn't bear it, but as the emperor, he shouldn't let women's benevolence bother him at this time. He immediately adjusted and said, "This matter is easy to handle. You can go home now. Remember. , explain it well. Also, didn’t I say that Princess Xiuyu likes your daughter very much? Later, I will have someone make a special token for your daughter, allowing her to enter and leave the palace, and to always be with Xiuyu!"

This was an extraordinary gift. Jing Yang finally felt relieved and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

Being with the princess often is a great resource. At least after he leaves, his family will not suffer in Beijing. After all, with Princess Xiuyu as his backing, who would dare to make a mistake?

Zhu Houzhao looked at his back and thought of the time when Zhang Qian was detained by the Huns on his way to the mission.

On this mission, they passed through the South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca to India. There were also Portuguese and Dutch people in India. These white-skinned pigs had no moral concepts at all and were basically the same as pirates. In other words, they were pirates all the way.

In order to prevent Jing Yang from getting into trouble, and also to prevent people from being detained, they would waste time waiting here.

Zhu Houzhao still felt that a fleet should follow him.Originally, it was not particularly difficult to form a 2-man fleet similar to Zheng He's. However, Japan and Manchuria were just about to use their troops, and suddenly they couldn't exchange them.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty merchant ships are now all over the southeast coast. It is crucial to maintain a certain naval scale and presence to deter pirates.If they are all mobilized, the prosperous southeastern coast will be like a beauty taking off her clothes displayed in front of others. If there is an accident, the mountains and rivers will be shaken.

"At most, we can only send 3000 people to him."

Zhu Houzhao muttered that no one should launch an attack for no reason, as long as it is enough to protect themselves, it should be fine.

After arranging this place, Zhu Houzhao became concerned about the various colleges that Zhang Tianrui and Jingli were preparing.

He has used the right people now. Think about the people he has placed in various places, Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, Zhang Cong, Yan Song... These fierce men each take charge of their own business. They only need to report everything. As for the development of things, It was impossible to escape their control, and there was no need for the emperor to worry too much.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao is now concerned about directional affairs such as science, industry, diplomacy and so on.

And to be honest, his ability must not be as good as Yang Yiqing. Let him take care of Xinjiang's military training and city building in detail at this time, which is equivalent to Chairman Jiang's command. If he does it, it is better not to do it.

In terms of science and industry, he can also make some suggestions based on some later experience.

Although scientific development requires a complete policy system as a guarantee, whether there is progress sometimes depends on a sudden flash of inspiration. There are a lot of 'sudden flashes of inspiration' in Zhu Houzhao's head now.

So about a month later, Zhu Houzhao asked Zhang Tianrui to gather the elders he was looking for and enter the palace together.

There were only six people in total, and the emperor hosted a simple banquet to entertain them.

Among the six people, Zhu Houzhao recognized four, Zhang Tianrui, Tan Yunxian, Wu Hailei and Zuo Zonglu.

Among the remaining two, one is a salt-making master hired by Zhang Tianrui. His surname is Shen, his first name is Yun, and his name is a bit strange. He is actually a man, and he is a man with uneven facial features and a slightly ugly appearance.

The other person was the person in charge of artillery design at the Ordnance Bureau, named Tao Zhongdao. He was relatively normal, with a long face and a long beard, nothing special about him.

Not to mention Zhang Tianrui and Tan Yunxian, one of them is in charge of administration and the other is studying Chinese medicine. The main ones are the last four.

Zhu Houzhao had made some preparations. He said during the banquet: "The reason why I value scientific research is that I know a little bit about it. I believe that the so-called magical tricks of time must contain laws. And there are many things in life that only require careful attention. If you look closely, they are actually worth studying. For example, ice melts when it heats up, turning into water, and then turns into water vapor when it heats up again. What about oil? Is it the same as water? For example, if sugar falls into water, it disappears immediately. , but you should have seen that some leaves cannot be dissolved in water. Why? What is the reason behind this?
According to my opinion, the myriad changes in the world can be carefully studied from three aspects, one is arithmetic, the other is the investigation of things, and the third is chemistry.You all understand the first two. The secret of the third chemistry lies in the word "chemical". I don't know if you have noticed that some substances in this world can be transformed into each other, and some substances can produce magical effects when combined together. changing.For example, refining silver from silver mines is one kind. Our sages and predecessors have actually used this law, but they have not summarized it much. "

Zhu Houzhao, the next four people, has more expectations for them, "I have mentioned the refining of coarse salt and turning it into fine salt before. You should study this carefully. The so-called coarse salt, as far as I can see, is nothing but dirt in it. Find a way Just remove the dirt.”

This group of people thought hard and asked: "Those things are integrated with the salt itself and are difficult to separate, so how can they be removed?"

Zhu Houzhao asked: "If a piece of wood is completely covered with iron sheets, and now you want to take out the iron sheets, what method will you use?"

Tao Zhongdao could immediately answer, "Just burn it with fire."

"Yes. The truth is the same. Since some components in table salt behave differently from salt and belong to different substances, they must have different properties. Just like fire can burn wood but not iron. The key is The key is to find this method. After you find the method, you can then study why."

As he said this, he waved and asked You Zhi to bring the things over, "These are some things that I have carefully written to give you a framework and foundation. I have defined some concepts in it, and you can follow this to deepen your research in the future. There must be something accomplished.”

These three books are of course the basic contents of mathematics, physics and chemistry that he wrote from memory.

It should be more logical to take it out at this point in time. After all, some people in the Ming Dynasty have begun to figure out some ways.

"Gaseous, liquid, solid... evaporation, vaporization, sublimation...?" These weirdos were really weird. After seeing it, they asked frantically: "Your Majesty, water can also be a gas? How can you see gas? "

To be honest, he is not very good at these things, but after all, he has received compulsory education and can still do it by setting up the framework content of each course.After all, who doesn’t know how to explain evaporation?

The same is true in mathematics, such as basic graph research, area calculation, definition and application of number lines, etc.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can come to the palace from time to time in the near future, and we can discuss them one by one. I have said that there are endless mysteries in all things in the world, and even if you spend your whole life, you can only get a glimpse of them."

(End of this chapter)