Bright Spring

But Mu Zhen didn't believe it, and whispered in his ear, "Does His Majesty prefer to stand up?"

Zhu Gaoxu noticed that the ears of the court lady who was lighting up the lights and leading the way seemed to be a little red, so he deliberately changed the topic.The two talked about light topics one sentence at a time, and soon came to the end of the corridor.

The light inside the carved wooden door was brighter, as if waiting for them.The night in early summer is slightly cool, the air is as comfortable as water, and Zhu Gaoxu is looking forward to the peaceful and beautiful night...

The good night was short, but Zhu Gaoxu got up before dawn.

After the various ceremonies in the morning, he left the imperial gate and went to the nearby Rouyi Hall, and then began to read the memorials and meet various people in order to understand what was happening inside and outside the court.

The eunuch should have already communicated with the minister in private, and the memorial of the left envoy Hou Hai, the guardian of the imperial court, will soon appear on the imperial case.The content of the memorial is the same as what Liu Ming said before, and they are all the views of the reformists.

Zhu Gaoxu asked the eunuch to send it to the cabinet, and first went through the process with the ministers, and then prepared for the court to make decisions.According to the rules of government at this time, when a major event comes to the court, the emperor's opinion is the decisive result.

Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War, obviously expected such a result.Before the matter was decided, Qi Tai came to the Hall of Rouyi for an audience, and presented a complete set of strategies.

Qi Tai made a plan, mainly deploying the third voyage to the West.

During the Yongle period, the huge naval fleet of the Ming Dynasty sailed to the West for the first time; but after the fleet returned, it encountered domestic turmoil. At that time, the outbreak of the "Battle of Criminology" was inevitable.As a result, the voyage to the West was shelved.

After the civil war ended and Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, the imperial court organized a second voyage to the West. The fleet sailed to the coast of Persia and the Red Sea area before returning.Then the navy was mainly used for pioneering wars around the Ming Dynasty, and the matter of sailing to the West was shelved again until now.

Qi Tai suggested to use the "third voyage to the West" as an opportunity to solve the problems in the south.For the time being, the fleet does not have to travel far to Persia and other places, but should stop at the Strait of Malacca.In this way, the carrying of trade goods can be reduced, so as to transport more munitions, military supplies, and army officers and soldiers.

When the Ming fleet arrived at Saigon Port, there was no need to discuss with the Chenla royal family.When officers and soldiers find places with fresh water, they can build fortifications, build forts, and docks.Then arrange the sea post roads from Songtaiwei Baitengjiangkou) to Da Nang, and Da Nang to Saigon; in the early stage, the Ming army transferred grain and fodder from Champa to ensure the supply of Saigon Fort by sea.

For the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam, don't bother.This is because the sea route from Daming south to Malacca does not need to pass through the coast of Siam.

After the naval fleet sailing to the Western Sea left Saigon, it went straight to the Malacca Sultanate of Manchuria); launched an attack on the capital of Manchuria, destroyed its country, and deterred other countries.post-war selection has

Fortresses were built at the port of Danshui, and the Governor's Mansion was set up to manage all states outside the southeastern peninsula.

Zhu Gaoxu almost agrees with Qi Tai's strategy.Therefore, it is roughly in line with Zhu Gaoxu's first step, that is, to govern all of Shenzhou's seas and Asia. It was originally written as Shengzhou, but later many people made a typo and evolved into Shenzhou), and established a maritime trade order.

The imperial court first attacked the early birds who resisted the Ming Dynasty, and maintained a military presence on the southern coast, so that the royal families of various countries could return to the negotiating table.

However, Zhu Gaoxu still has hidden worries about the decision of this expedition.

The limitation of navigation technology greatly restricted the Ming army's ocean-going troop projection, increased the cost of using troops and consumption along the way; and in this way, it made expeditions more dependent on technology.Because the projected troops are not many, we can only rely on technological leadership.

Then Zhu Gaoxu summoned Qian Xun from the Southern Office of the Defense Department, and Baihu Mao Kaishan from the Iron Works of the Southern Office.

When Zhu Gaoxu asked about the affairs of the South Office, his tone was obviously dissatisfied.Because almost all of the things he asked the Shouyu Sinan Department to develop were ineffective.

The predecessor of the main weapon of the Ming army, the "Chunhan Gun", was called the "Kaishan Gun".Mao Kaishan was originally a military craftsman, and he made considerable contributions to technical improvements such as matchlock ignition and wooden supports.But this person is still only a craftsman, and it seems that he has exerted his limit talent, and he has made no achievements in these years.

Zhu Gaoxu also set up a fake museum and allocated a large amount of money and food to the South Department of the Defense Department to support their reforms; but the technology is still stagnant.And Zhu Gaoxu's own talents and knowledge in this area are very limited, and he probably can't do it himself.

Mao Kaishan tremblingly presented the picture of the flintlock mechanism, bowed and said, "The biggest problem with making new firecrackers is that they cannot be fired stably. Most of the firecrackers they make cannot be fired."

Zhu Gaoxu patiently looked at the things on the picture, hoping to find out what's wrong.

There is an oddly shaped casting on it, and folded reeds.Zhu Gaoxu looked at it for a long time, and almost understood the principle of the structure.

After one side of the reed jumps up, it passes through the iron casting to change the direction of the elastic force; the iron casting also seems to assume the function of a lever, allowing the percussion hammer to go down and hit the flint inside, generating sparks to ignite the gunpowder.

"What's the problem?" Zhu Gaoxu asked puzzled.

Mao Kaishan said, "Returning to the Holy Spirit, it may be that the structure of the mechanism is not good, and the strength is often not enough. The cast iron mechanism and the reed are made differently. The reed is forged into steel, and the reeds forged by each craftsman are different. The same craftsman forged twice is not the same.

There are also differences in this casting mechanism, and the dimensions must be ground after casting, but it is difficult to be completely the same.Small mistakes can increase the difference in the direction and force of the hammer.Chen and others are trying to improve. "

Zhu Gaoxu pondered, it might be mainly due to the problem with the structure of this lever.But these techniques were beyond his knowledge, he couldn't command blindly, so he didn't make a sound.

Qi Tai on the side was silent and had no opinion on this, after all, ministers generally don't care about specific details.Even many senior officials in the DPRK and China feel that if they do not speak from a deep and grand level, their wisdom will be greatly affected.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't care less.He personally asked about the specific mechanical structure just now, and now he was walking around next to the big case, obviously caring about these small things.Yet he seemed helpless.

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Chapter 866 The Sea Breeze Breath

Seeing the emperor walking back and forth beside the desk, Qi Tai could feel his depression and anxiety even without speaking.

The word technology that Zhu Gaoxu mentioned many times should be very important to him.At this time, Qi Tai couldn't deny the relationship.Maybe Qi Tai can find a lot of very reasonable evidence from the classics, saying that virtue, way, human heart, etc. are the key to the success of the great cause; but he did not do so.

In the decisive battle of Huguang and the battle of Zhili, the scenes of Hanwang artillery roaring and tearing apart the enemy's formation are more convincing than any reason.

The reason why Qi Tai didn't say anything was because he didn't understand the blueprints of those mechanisms.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly stopped pacing, and said, "Since Qian Youshi, Mao Baihu, and I have no choice, we can only rely on those who are talented in this area."

Qian Xun bent down and asked, "I respectfully ask the Holy One, who is the most talented person?"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "The Ming Dynasty has billions of subjects, and there are always some people who are talented. Give those people access and opportunities, and they are not limited to the identity of craftsmen. If the court's favor covers 10 people, as long as there is one person who is a genius and realizes the technology Innovation, then all costs can be earned back.

We used imperial examinations to select many talents for governing the country, so the Central Plains dynasty ruled thousands of miles of territory and often lasted for hundreds of years.However, the imperial court never invested in other aspects except for focusing on farming technology, and only relied on time and luck to develop slowly.We can change the rules. "

Qian Xun turned his head and glanced at Qi Tai quietly, and Qi Tai didn't have much thought about such remarks, so the two looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhu Gaoxu hesitated a little, and said, "The reform has reached a bottleneck, it's time to start from the bottom up."

Qian Xun asked curiously, "The sage clearly said, what is the root?"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "Education."

After he finished speaking, he walked to the bookshelf in the northwest corner, took a wooden stool to cushion it, and looked for things on it himself.Qi Tai, Qian Xun, Mao Kaishan and others hurried forward to protect Zhu Gaoxu.After a while, Zhu Gaoxu found a wooden box, and took out a booklet from it.

Zhu Gaoxu flipped through the booklet, and Qi Tai roughly saw that there were a lot of scrawled words written on it.Zhu Gaoxu found a few pages and tore them off.

"You can start with children from craftsman's background, and then spread it to the whole country. The funds will be specially allocated by the national treasury." Zhu Gaoxu handed the paper to Qi Tai, "Because the content of the instruction is different from that of private schools, so I call it' Elementary school'. Craftsmen and ordinary people, rich or poor, can go to school for free, mainly teaching basic literacy and arithmetic; and some ideas of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness can be incorporated into simple literacy articles."

Qi Tai asked while reading what was written on it, "My lord, how much money and food do you need for this expenditure every year?"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "I haven't calculated it yet."

But he quickly added another sentence, "There is a king in the distance who said something, which I think makes sense. He said that he has never heard that education can make a country poor (the Emperor)."

Qi Tai looked at it for a while, but still didn't rush to hand it over to Qian Xun who was beside him.Because the things recorded above are really a bit novel, he won't be able to understand them for a while.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu called a few people back to the desk, pointed to the things on the paper and said, "A few years ago, I was collecting some simpler teaching methods. Compared with elementary school, there are four changes in total.

These are Indian numerals, used in arithmetic.Indians are very accomplished in mathematics. After the Muslims from Persia conquered India, they also arrested their mathematicians to teach their own people, so many people thought it was Arabic numerals.

In order to adapt to the writing method of arithmetic and formulas, new articles are read from left to right, and mainly horizontal text.Official documents, letters, calligraphy, etc. remain unchanged.

This symbol is a pinyin letter, divided into vowels and consonants; any pronunciation, as long as two letters are used together, plus four phonetic symbols, it can be spelled out.I also marked the pronunciation of the letters with the Chinese characters with the same pronunciation.This method would make it easier and faster to spread literacy to the illiterate common people.In addition, there are symbols for punctuation, also to make reading and literacy easier.The text has changed to be practical, but the original writing method can still be used in literature and art. "

At this time, Qian Xun said, "If this method can be implemented, the merit of the Holy One will be comparable to that of the First Emperor."