My Daming New Empire

But when Zhu Di saw that Zhu Zhanji wanted to protect Jinkuo, he immediately changed the subject and promoted him instead, and he was promoted to the top.

The chief eunuch, the leader of the twelve eunuchs, is already the head of the eunuchs in the imperial palace, and only the emperor can control them, and even ordinary princes and grandchildren have to curry favor with them.

For example, Wang Yan, the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies, is the number one confidant around Zhu Di, and even Zhu Gaochi often has to accompany him when talking carefully.

Of course Zhu Zhanji would not flatter him, but he would not offend him either.

During this period, in fact, the chief inspector of ceremonies was not the head of all the prisons, and the real head of the twelve prisons was the eunuch, the inner palace supervisor.

But the current eunuch of the inner palace is Zheng He, who is often away, so the power to manage other eunuchs is handed over to Wang Yan, the eunuch of the rites.

As for the supervisor of ceremonies having the right to approve reds, that will be a matter of the future. The current supervisor of ceremonies has no privileges other than being in charge of the emperor's seal.

Jin Kuo was promoted to the eunuch of Yinshou, and he was also allowed to live in the Taisun Palace. In other words, Zhu Di directly sold his grandson's face, and also granted his grandson to intervene in palace affairs now.

However, Zhu Zhanji's eyes were looking at the court, the north-south battlefield, and foreign countries, and he had no interest in the small place of the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty, this is America. According to Magellan, there are only some savages with the same skin color as ours in this continent, but they are rich in gold and silver. They can exchange gold of the same weight with a knife. This continent is divided into two pieces. It is estimated that there are more than 8000 million square miles in the north, and 4000 million square miles in the south. A mountain range runs from north to south, almost from the northernmost point of the earth where we live, to the southernmost point. There are many gold mines, copper mines, and silver mines on the mountain. Here ...He named this place Chile. It is said that there is a large area with copper mines exposed all over. This [-]-mile-long mountain opens in the west of America, and the east is full of large plains with countless fertile fields. But the savages there don't know how to farm, and large tracts of fertile land are barren."

Zhu Di asked curiously, "Then what do they eat?"

"It is said that one kind of corn, one kind of potato, and one kind of sweet potato can produce ten stones per mu of these three kinds of grains, so the people there can harvest more than they can eat without intensive farming."

Zhu Di's eyes sparkled when he heard this, he had never heard of these things, but now Daming's harvest per mu of land is only about three stones, which is a bit of a gap in yield.He stared at the map of America for a while before saying, "Go on."

"This is called Australia, which is also a random name given by Magellan. This place is slightly smaller than my Ming Dynasty. The north is a wasteland rich in iron ore, and the south is a plain, suitable for farming and rich in gold. Your Majesty, please take a look at this map. In these two places , there are two mines that can produce 50 taels of gold per year. However, this is not the place with the most gold. Here, he called it Africa, which is the hometown of Kunlun slaves. Produce more than one million taels."

"There is no country here?"

"There are only some savages in Australia, and there are only some tribes in Africa. There is no country."

Looking at the globe, Zhu Di's hands were trembling with excitement, and he asked again: "That is to say, on the entire... earth, only our Ming Dynasty and some countries in the west?"

"Yes. Your Majesty, please take a look at this map of the surrounding countries of Ming Dynasty. Here in Annan, there is a large-scale coal mine at the mouth of Shenglong, where the political envoy of our Jiaozhi Chengxuan is stationed. This is our Danzhou in Ming Dynasty. There is a A large iron mine. This is in the north of Sulu country. According to investigations, there is a large gold mine at this location. And here, in the Izumo country on the Japanese island, it is reported that there is a super-large silver mine. This is what the servant saw, so he was moved to kill. But after killing him, I just remembered that I haven't learned his methods of mining and drawing."

Zhu Zhanji then said: "It was grandson who asked Ambassador Jin to kill him. We have already learned his stargazing skills and learned to distinguish ocean currents. As for the others, they are all small things. I have a lot of talents in Ming Dynasty, so why not learn these methods. "

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Confidentiality is the most important thing, and there is nothing wrong with Jier's move. It's just that Magellan is indeed a talent. He has traveled all over the world in just a few years, and he can record so many useful things. It is indeed a pity to kill the information..."

Even though he said so, his attention was not on these places at all, his eyes were fixed on the globe, and he was already a little crazy.

Zhu Zhanji said softly on purpose: "Grandpa Huang, it's time for lunch."

"Don't eat." He waved his sleeves and looked at Zhu Zhanji again. "Ji Er, you are growing up, you must eat. You all go, I want to be alone for a while."

Zhu Zhanji gave him a wink, and Jin Kuo immediately comprehended and placed in front of Zhu Di the sextant making method, calculation and positioning method, the law of ocean currents, mineral resources around the world, and population and ethnic statistics that he had transcribed.

Of course, these are only a few records. Zhu Zhanji did not mark most of the mineral resources, but only marked a few mines that are close to the sea and easy to find and dig.

What's more, with the current refining level, there is no need for so many mines.

When Wang Yan went down the stairs, he was still a little out of his mind. He stepped on the ground and almost fell straight down. Fortunately, Zhu Zhanji grabbed him.

He didn't bother to thank him, he looked at the other eunuchs under the stairs, and asked softly, "Your Highness, do we really all live on the same ball?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, he sighed and said: "When eunuch Zheng told me, I couldn't believe it, but I didn't expect it to be true."

In this era, the folks most believe that human beings live on a sphere are fishermen and navigators like Zheng He.

Because the fishermen spotted the ship in the distance, first the mast, which caused their suspicion, and then there was the astrology.

Zhou Nan didn't have much research on star-stretching in the Ming Dynasty. He only knew that it was similar to the principle of the sextant, but it was much more complicated.

In the era without GPS, the sextant is the most complete positioning test tool.

This technology can be used for 500 years without falling behind. Now that Zhu Zhanji knows this technology, he must "invent" it.

Everyone else had no appetite, only Zhu Zhanji had lunch served by Xue Shanggong.When I came upstairs, I found that Zhu Di was still sitting there in a daze like half an hour ago, staring at the globe in front of him.

After Empress Xu died, the harem was headed by Concubine Zhaoyi.The noble concubine Zhaoyi Zhang is the daughter of Zhang Yu and the younger sister of the current British Duke Zhang Fu.

Today is the time for the palace to meet with nobles and their families at the end of the year, and Concubine Zhaoyi has already sent people to remind her several times.

Wang Yan didn't dare to disturb him, so he asked Zhu Zhanji to call for help.

"Grandfather, now only I, you, Eunuch Wang, and Eunuch Jin know about this matter. We will decide what to do after we have a detailed plan. I will meet with you this afternoon and have a banquet tonight. It is not good to delay it."

"What time is it now?"

Wang Yan said in a low voice: "Reporting to the emperor, it's only three quarters."

Zhu Di frowned and said, "Ji'er, it's inconvenient to put the ball here... it's inconvenient for you to move it to..." Zhu Di wanted to take this globe there, but after much deliberation, it seemed that it belonged to Zhu Zhanji Control is best here.

The other palaces either had people coming and going, or it was difficult to control the personnel. Zhu Zhanji closed the door here and became a family alone, and it was more convenient to keep it secret.

However, he obviously liked this globe very much, and said: "You put this globe away, and after the new year, let the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry imitate a few more. Not only me, but also your father and king should have a look. In our Daming In addition, there are so many great rivers and mountains."

Chapter 25 Division of Labor

Zhu Di's emphasis on this globe far exceeds Zhu Zhanji's imagination.

He not only sent a team of 200 eunuchs to strictly guard the Xingqing Palace at all times, but also listed the main building of the Xingqing Palace as a restricted area.

Except for a few people, no one else can go up to the second floor of Xingqing Palace.

Moreover, in the afternoon of the same day, the internal supervisor, Jin Yiwei, and three troops from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion rushed to Ningbo respectively.

It's not that Zhu Di doesn't believe in Jin Kuo, but more importantly, it's to prevent Jin Kuo from leaking out his secrets because he doesn't do things carefully.

However, Zhu Zhanji and Jin Kuo had already considered this situation and gathered all the soldiers who had come into contact with this group of ghosts.

They don't know where they come from because of the language barrier.

After being imprisoned in the Shibo Division, except for the leader Gui Lao, the rest were directly imprisoned.The leading Guilao was imprisoned alone by Jin Kuo for two months and then killed. Most of the things on their stormy ship were also collected by the Shipbuilding Department, and some were intentionally burned.

The rest of the nautical supplies, household articles, these will not give away much secrets.

As for which ones were put away by Jin Kuo and which ones were stuffed in by Zhu Zhanji, only Jin Kuo knew.

Therefore, even though these investigations are full of doubts, there is no evidence to prove that Jin Kuo is lying.

When Zhu Di sent people to find gold and silver mines from the Philippines and Japan, at that time, naturally, they would no longer doubt the origin of these things.

Zhu Di was busy, and Zhu Zhanji was not idle either. He had to send out the gifts brought back from Ningbo one by one.Then there is an audit of the accounts and arrangement for Yu Xian to go to Ningbo to take over Jin Kuo's position.

Yu Xian's affairs are far less stable than Jin Kuo's, and Zhu Zhanji will naturally not entrust all the resources to him alone.

After seeking Jin Kuo's opinion, he still left Jin Kuo's two right-hand men in the Shibo Department, one was in charge of business operations from south to north, the other was in charge of liaison with major families, and Yu Xian was only in charge of The work of the Municipal Shipping Department.