My Daming New Empire

The whole Ming Dynasty knew that Zhu Zhanji was rich, and besides maintaining the basic ostentation, Zhu Zhanji was not extravagant.No one has as many gold and silver treasures as him, and he doesn't like gold and silver, so he can only give some writing, ink, calligraphy, paintings and women.

Zhu Zhanji did not refuse anyone who came, but all these calligraphy and paintings were collected in the palace, and most of the women were assigned by him to unmarried generals as wives and concubines.

Most of these women were good-looking, and they became the targets of competition for the unmarried generals of the navy, which also gave him another wave of favor among the generals of the navy.

At the beginning of November, Zhu Zhanji visited the First Fleet Camp in Xinjiangkou, and inspected the various naval ministries under training and the Shenji Battalion of the 2000-strong young army.

The title of "Young Army" was officially given by Zhu Di to the second branch of the Shenji Camp at the end of October.

In the past two years, the Shenji Battalion has expanded from an army of less than 2 to 6.

Since the Shenji Battalion gained prominence during the Northern Expedition, the status of firearms in the Ming army has steadily increased.

Especially during the Eastern Expedition, more than 1000 Habayashi Guard musketeers defeated tens of thousands of ferocious Japanese pirates.Later, less than [-] Shenji Battalion directly captured the palace of the Japanese King, which made the musket famous.

The production problem of muskets was solved, and the number of musketeers in the military guards of Ming Dynasty also increased rapidly.

The Shenji Battalion was split into three divisions in October, the Artillery Battalion and the Huoqiang Battalion were officially separated, and the Huoqiang Battalion was divided into two divisions.

The first part is still under the control of Liu Sheng, under Zhu Di's orders, and has mastered the responsibility of training musketeers.

The second part has a total of four guards, three guards are musket guards, and one guard is artillery battalion. A total of 2 people were given the name of Young Army and belonged to Zhu Zhanji's leadership.

The governor of the young army is also served by Xue Lu who has already taken refuge in Zhu Zhanji. Xue Lu is extremely satisfied with controlling this young army of 2 people.

The young army that was originally located at Xiama Bridge was assigned to the Habayashi Guard because of its small number.However, in the form of a military academy, it became the training school for Zhu Zhanji's personal guards.

Today, Zhu Zhanji's personal guards have four guards, with a total number of 4000. This is beyond the reach of the princes of the Ming Dynasty, including the prince.

For example, Zhu Wei, king of Gu, was severely reprimanded by Zhu Di for making up his own three guards, and was summoned to the capital and imprisoned.

Even the prince, without the emperor's permission, can only have one guard with 3000 people, and with the emperor's permission, there are only two guards, or three guards.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there is only Zhu Zhanji, the grandson, who has four guards.

And the young army, although it also has the suffix of Wei, actually belongs to the army.For example, Habayashi Guard is a guard battalion, with 3000 people in one guard.There are 500 people in the army and the first guard, and the two are not the same.

In terms of nature, this young army is equivalent to the elite mobile force of Ming Dynasty, and it is different from the frontier army, frontier guards, local guards, and guards.

And Zhu Zhanji wants to train them into the Marine Corps and train them according to this standard.

One of the artillery battalions was not disassembled except for the establishment, and was also assigned to each battleship, so he was familiar with the artillery command system on the ship.

Because of the increase in the number of artillery pieces, especially the mass production of stainless steel seamless barrels, the number of artillery pieces in Daming has also increased extremely fast.

Strictly speaking, artillery is easier to manufacture than muskets, because the barrel is too small and difficult to process, but the same process.In addition to being more difficult to cast, artillery is easier to process.

Now that the number of artillery has increased, the number of artillery on each battleship has also increased a lot.

In the Xinjiangkou naval camp, many warships are being refitted, and at least five powerful artillery pieces have been added to each main battleship.

Before Zhu Zhanji set off, these modifications could basically be completed.

And Zhu Zhanji's departure date was also selected, which was set on the twelfth day of the first lunar month of the new year.

According to his own ideas, it would be best to start in December.Because he went to Nanyang during the north wind season, he was able to visit the southeast coast on the way.

But Zhu Di finally chose the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and wanted him to stay at home for the New Year before leaving.

Now that Zhu Gaochi has gone to Beiping and is not in the capital, Zhu Zhanji also knows that Zhu Di is still looking forward to the excitement, so he has no objection.

With the departure time, Zheng He and the others could arrange it more easily, because when the time was fixed, all preparations could be targeted.

For example, for the various foods of the fleet, such as those dried vegetables supplemented with vitamins, if the time has not been set, the time of purchase cannot be determined. Now it is only necessary to distribute the tasks and prepare them before departure.

Moreover, live pigs, live sheep, and live donkeys purchased from various places can also be arranged to be delivered to the ship by people from all over the world.

The travel of 10 people requires careful preparation, whether it is food, clothing, or use.

Zheng He, Xue Lu and the others have experienced many expeditions, and all the preparations have been carried out smoothly.Zhu Zhanji felt that there was nothing he needed to add, so he boosted his morale, stayed only one night, and prepared to return to the palace early the next morning.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he saw Hanlin scholar Yang Shiqi waiting at Donghuamen with a young man.

For Yang Shiqi, Zhu Zhanji didn't feel ashamed, but after all, he killed his son, so he still had a little knot in his heart. The two had met several times in the past, but they didn't talk.

Zhu Zhanji originally thought that he had resentment in his heart, but he didn't expect that he would take the initiative to come to him this time, and arranged for his second son Yang Dao to join the young army.

No, it is no longer called Youjun, but Habayashi Weixue.

"The eldest son of the minister is stupid, rude, and unbearable to be taught by His Royal Highness. But the second son is a man of duty, and he can still endure hardships. I hope that His Highness will ignore the past and be included in the sect."

Yang Shiqi was handsome, and his two sons were not bad either. Yang Ji had a hostile look on his face, but this Yang Dao had a straight eye, which made people feel good at first sight.

Zhu Zhanji knew that this was Yang Shiqi trying to repair the relationship between the two, and he also wanted to ease the knot with him. After all, this person is a "big man" who left his reputation in history.

Walking into history, those people who were only seen in books became a living person, and Zhu Zhanji realized that anyone who can be remembered by history is not an incompetent person.

No matter how many limitations or flaws they have, but in this era, they are the most successful people in this era.

To be able to reach their current status, each of them has indelible shining points and outstanding places.

Zhu Zhanji stared at Yang Dao for a while, and then said: "Your brother was beheaded by me, do you have any resentment?"

Yang Dao saw that Zhu Zhanji went past his father and asked directly. Although he was not used to it, he still bowed and said, "I dare not. Although Dao feels sorry for the elder brother, he violated the military order. He has to take the blame. Your Highness enforces the law impartially. Blameable."

He was named General Shilang by Zhu Di. Although he was only a very small official, he was still a minister after all.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know this verse, he was stunned when he heard that he called himself a minister, and he understood after listening to Yang Shiqi's explanation.

He took their father and son to the Yamen of the Counseling Department in Donghuamen, and invited them to sit down in the reception room.Zhu Zhanji asked again: "Since the second son of the bachelor came to the capital at the end of September, why did he come to look for me today?"

Yang Shiqi sighed: "Because the eldest son is unworthy, Shiqi deeply regrets it. It is my father's fault to raise or not teach him. At the beginning, I did not discipline the eldest son well. So when the second son arrived in the capital, Shiqi taught him for a period of time before he dared to let him do it for him. Your Highness works."

Zhu Zhanji nodded in satisfaction and said, "Gu is very happy that a bachelor can think so. I hope that the matter of Yang Ji will not affect our relationship. As long as Yang Dao can learn and make progress, Gu will be a good student."

With Zhu Zhanji's promise, Yang Shiqi and his son were obviously relieved and relaxed a lot.

Compared with Zhu Zhanji, they are more worried about the deterioration of their relationship with Zhu Zhanji.In this day and age, if he is not liked by the future heir of the empire, his official career is almost hopeless.

Yang Shiqi and his son had achieved their goal, so they didn't dare to delay Zhu Zhanji's time any longer, and got up to leave.

After they left, Zhu Zhanji was about to go back to the palace, but he ran into Wang Yan's assistant, Huang Siwei, the young supervisor of the Sili Supervisor, who came to meet him.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji, he laughed and shouted: "Your Highness, the servant girl is looking for you... His Majesty ordered His Highness to receive Zong Zhengling and go to Jin Wang's mansion to arrest Jin Wang Zhu Jixuan."

Zhu Zhanji froze for a moment and asked, "Is Liu Jinshan's report true?"

Liu Jinshan was the former Chief History Officer of King Jin's Mansion. During Zhu Zhanji's Eastern Expedition, he came to Beijing to report that the current Jin King Zhu Jilin poisoned his biological mother, steamed his father's maid alive, and imprisoned his brother and nephew.