My Daming New Empire

After arranging for Sun Lin to mobilize the silver dollars, Zhu Zhanji entered the palace holding Zhang's arm.Sun Xian supported Zhang's arm on the other side, looking at Zhu Zhanji with some resentment.

As a concubine, she has accompanied Zhu Zhanji the most times.But she was not pregnant yet, but Hu Shanxiang was pregnant first.If Hu Shanxiang gave birth to a son, her pressure would be even greater.

Zhu Zhanji smiled softly: "Don't worry, we will work hard tonight..."

Sun Xian didn't expect Zhu Zhanji to say such words in front of her mother, she was so ashamed for a while, and wanted to run away, but it was not in line with the etiquette, so she had to lower her head, not daring to see Zhu Zhanji again.

Mrs. Zhang laughed when she heard Zhu Zhanji's witty words, patted the back of Sun Xian's hand and said, "Don't pay attention to his bastard words, such things are not said in public."

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Did the grandfather and father get any news?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said: "They knew that day, but you didn't return from the expedition, so I wanted to wait until you came back to announce. Your imperial grandfather was very happy when he learned that Hu Liangdi was pregnant, and he planned to pardon the world."

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said: "Those who committed crimes should not be included in the amnesty..."

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said, "This is a major national event. You can discuss it with your royal grandfather and father. I just want to help you take care of this group of wives and concubines, and let them have more children for my Zhu family."

After hearing her words, Zhu Zhanji thought of Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Wengui, the youngest son of Zhu Yunqi, who were imprisoned in Fengyang.

Zhu Zhanji has no impression of Zhu Yunxi, but he always remembers a little story about Zhu Wengui.

Zhu Wengui is two years younger than Zhu Zhanji, and his brother Zhu Wenkui is known as Jianshu in history.

He was imprisoned in the deep palace since he was two years old, and was not released by Zhu Qizhen until he was more than 50 years old.At that time, he didn't even know cows and horses, and he died not long after he was released.

Because of this incident, Zhu Qizhen was also regarded as one of Ming Yingzong's most wise acts.

Now that I already have a next generation, it is time to ease the public's discussion on the matter of seizing the heir, so the release of Zhu Wengui can also be manipulated.

At the beginning, Zhu Yunwen's country was taken away by Zhu Di, now that Zhu Wen has nothing, is there any need to worry about him rebelling?

It is also a good thing for your reputation to release them and give them a fief overseas in the future and let them fend for themselves.

However, Zhu Di heard Zhu Zhanji's suggestion the next day, and immediately objected: "It's okay for Zhu Wengui to say that Zhu Yunxi didn't have any power at the beginning. If he is released, there will inevitably be future troubles."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "If you have a destiny, let yourself do it. Grandpa is now in the world, and his grandson is not left behind, and he holds great power. If you are just worried about a few unarmed and no relatives, then this The layout is too small. If Grandpa Huang is worried about them making trouble, he should be demoted to a commoner and only treated as ordinary people."

Zhu Di asked, "How do you know they don't have two hearts?"

"If you can't stand this little test, how can your grandson manage this huge empire?"

Zhu Gaochi is of course very willing to this, what he has always paid the most attention to is what will be written about him in the history books.So he also said: "Father, since they are the descendants of Uncle Biao, let them go! Now that the people inside and outside the court have returned their hearts, imprisoning them will only make the world laugh, and make them even more ashamed of Uncle Biao."

Zhu Di was a little moved. Zhu Biao had always been very kind to him when he was young.If it weren't for Zhu Biao's early death and Zhu Yunqi's downfall, the original Zhu Di might not have rebelled.

He sighed and said: "I don't care about the name behind me anymore. Since you proposed this matter, you should send it in your name. Let the world know that my Zhu Di's descendants are no worse than anyone else, and they are not worse than anyone else." Will treat the people harshly for the sake of the world."

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From the [-]th day of November to the expedition, entered Beijing on December [-]th.Zhu Zhanji only spent one month and five days on this expedition, but the results achieved are indeed very gratifying.

Today's Daming seldom cares about the scale of his own army, and has formed a habit of bullying the weak, only caring about the effect achieved.

Although the scale of marriages dispatched by the Ming army this time was large, they did not disturb the people.Even most people don't even know that this war is over.

Although the dispatch of the navy requires a strong basic capability, but because it does not require the recruitment of civilians or additional collection of food and grass, this mode of warfare was praised by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs for a while.

Regardless of whether these naval soldiers go out or not, they need to eat and pay.Going out to kill the enemy is nothing more than spending some rewards and consuming some sails.

Calculated in this way, the cost of dispatching the navy is the lowest.

And if the army is dispatched, the cost of one horse is equivalent to more than ten soldiers.The transportation of grain and grass alone requires countless manpower and material resources.

Anyone can calculate this account.

On December [-]th, Zhu Di held the Great Court Meeting. At the court meeting, Zhu Zhanji officially boarded the main hall of Fengtian Temple for the first time.

In the past, he was at most just a grandson, observing the court proceedings, and had no right to speak.

But this time, as the court's naval commander and governor, he read to Zhu Di and the court ministries the whole story of the navy's military operation.

This report was written by Huang Yuan, which introduced in detail the cost of the navy's dispatch, the achievements, which enemies were killed, and how much supplies were seized.

Before Jeju Island, the dispatch of the army was wasted in vain, and the capture did not match the payment.

But on Tsushima Island, the army seized a lot of trade goods between Japan and Japan. Although it could not completely fill the shortfall of the army's dispatch, it also filled most of it.

For this expedition, including the rewards, the total deficit was less than 10 taels of silver.

Of course, when reporting on this kind of work, Zhu Zhanji certainly would not report the massacre on Tsushima Island.

These things can only be done, not said.

The people who killed the Guangzong family obtained management rights in Tsushima Island, which is an important part of the whole grand plan.With Jeju Island, Tsushima Island, and the future Izumo Kingdom, Sado Island and Hokkaido, the layout of the Ming Dynasty on the east line is a complete line.

With this line, not only can Dongying be contained, but more importantly, a safe route to Nuer Gandusi can be established.

At a time when Ming's fleet still dare not cross the ocean at will, it is also the best route to travel along the island chain of the Aleutian Islands to the American continent.

Because the ocean currents in the entire North Pacific flow in a clockwise direction from about [-] degrees north latitude to the west, reach the east coast of Asia, then flow northward, start to flow eastward along the Aleutian Islands, and reach the west coast of America. To the south to the territory of Mexico, a complete flow circle is formed.

The flow range of this Pacific ocean current can be said to be the biggest secret of this era.With this map, it is easy to reach America only by relying on the flow of the Pacific Ocean current.

After 200 years, Spain only mastered the ocean current route at five degrees north latitude in the middle, and sent silver from the Americas to Asia continuously, in exchange for countless luxury goods.

They have been controlling this route for hundreds of years, which is equivalent to mastering countless wealth.

It was not until the advent of the real steam age that ships were not restricted by wind and ocean currents that this route lost its original monopoly significance.

Zhu Zhanji is now determined to develop steam engines, but steam engines are easy to make, but pressure gauges are difficult to make.

A steam engine is actually a boiler that uses steam to generate power.

Compared with water power, the steam engine does not have much advantage in power, but there is only one point that water power cannot match.

That is, the steam engine is not restricted by geographical location, not only can be built anywhere, but can also be installed on cars and ships.

Therefore, there is actually no technical difficulty in developing the steam engine. It only needs to pierce the window paper.Because the transmission system of the hydraulic waterwheel is actually not much different from the steam engine, the key is the manufacture of the pressure gauge

But Zhu Zhanji has no idea about the manufacture of pressure gauges.Without a pressure gauge, the combustion of the boiler does not have a standard scale, and it is easy to explode.

After Zhu Zhanji finished his report, Yi Xin, Zhu Zhen, Huang Yuan and other admirals who made great contributions were all commended by the court.

Zhu Zhen led the Third Fleet to complete the blockade of Dongying and North Korea, and intercepted two ships of materials transported by Dongying to Jeju Island. During the blockade of Tsushima Island, another seven ships of materials were intercepted. More than [-] were captured, and more than [-] were captured.

Therefore, Zhu Zhen was granted the title of uncle of Yingzhou, a land of [-] hectares in Yingzhou, and focused on the development of Yingzhou.