My Daming New Empire

"Who do you want to see next?"

"Lin Xiaoquan, the eunuch in charge of the Quanzhou Shipping Department, wants to report to His Royal Highness about the reception after the new year..."

"Let him in."

At the same time, at the entrance of the Navy Headquarters, three middle-aged men dressed as middle-level officials came in. They were the three Sunan brothers who had just received a commendation not long ago.

Because a meeting was held at the Navy Headquarters for a few days ago, the guards here also knew them, they just did a simple body search and registration, and let them in.

The three of them asked about Huang Yuan's public house, and they touched it directly.But unexpectedly, Huang Yuan seems to be busier than the emperor here, and there are dozens of people waiting to discuss with him.

When Huang Yuan's subordinates asked them and knew that they were not in a hurry, they asked someone to make a pot of tea for them and asked them to wait.

When it was time for lunch, Huang Yuan's subordinates brought him lunch directly, and then called the three of them in.

After entering, Huang Yuan was eating rice from the big sea bowl, when he saw them coming in, he laughed.

Because they got to know each other during the meeting, although Huang Yuan was two levels higher than Sunan, he admired Sunan quite a lot and became friends with them.

"In order to prepare to go to sea with His Highness, I have been so busy that I have no time to eat. It is not intentional to slow down the three brothers."

Sunan clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Brother Huang has real materials, so His Highness can reuse them. People like us can only serve His Highness."

Huang Yuan shook his head and smiled, "I don't know why the three brothers came here today, but is there anything I can do for you?"

Sunan said: "Today it was to beg brother Huang that I came to the door with the cheek to do so."

"Please speak up if you have something to say."

Knowing that Huang Yuan was really busy, Sunan was not polite, and clasped his fists again and said: "The three of us were lucky enough to make some contributions, but we were rewarded by the court and His Highness. Now we should devote ourselves to serving Your Highness. But now we are arranged The three of them didn't go out to sea, but went to various water villages, the guards talked about ancient times, isn't this..."

Huang Yuan guessed their reason for coming, laughed and said: "Isn't it good for you to stay at home with your wife? It's only half a year of traveling to talk about ancient times, and it won't hinder you from doing your duty in the future."

Sunan said: "Although we don't know His Highness' deep meaning, we dare not refuse. But we still want to go to sea with other soldiers to cheer for His Highness."

Huang Yuan thought about it, although Sunan was timid to boast in front of everyone, but he was willing to take the risk of going out to sea regardless of the newlyweds, this is great loyalty.Although His Highness is usually calm and unable to guess what he is thinking, he still appreciates loyal people.

It is not a bad thing to make His Highness happy by spreading a word by yourself.

He smiled and said, "I can help you to present your case in front of His Highness, but I can't help you if His Highness decides."

"That's enough..."

Huang Yuan ate in two mouthfuls, asked the three to wait in the guest room, and then went into the inner courtyard to look for Zhu Zhanji.

After hearing his message, Zhu Zhanji also remembered the three of them, and couldn't help laughing. "So loyal and commendable, I can't bear to twist their minds. It just so happens that the author wrote a novel for them... The script is different from other heroes, it is slightly humorous and exaggerated, so the three of them don't show up, and it is more conducive to publicity. You Go and tell them, and let their request be granted, and let the three of them go to sea with them."

Huang Yuan was aware of the combat achievements of the three of them, thinking that they went ashore because of a stomachache, the three of them actually arrested nearly 300 people and made a great contribution.

This battle achievement sounds absurd, and then it is even more exaggerated. How absurd is that?

He made up his mind that if the story book was printed out before he set off, he must buy a copy and read it first.

Thank you for seeing people with lights, I spit on you, and the reward of bamboo sticks, thank you for your support

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The 15th year of Yongle's new year is less festive and more noisy than previous years.

The prince Zhu Gaochi is far away in Beiping, Zhu Di is high above, and Zhu Zhanji is busy going to sea.Even though many clans are in the capital, because Zhu Guijuan, the eldest son of King Xiang, is now locked up in the Taimiao, the members of the clan are keeping a low profile.

However, because Taisun is about to go to sea, merchants from all over the Ming Dynasty, plus the Second Fleet soldiers dispatched from the north and the transportation team sent by the Daming Bank to all parts of the country, the number of migrants in the capital exceeded 10 this year.

This hustle and bustle of the New Year became more and more lively towards the end. The house of General Zhongwei, who followed Zhu Zhanji to sea, was full of people who wanted to use their connections to join the fleet.

Whether it's a general or a soldier, whether it's a civil servant or a businessman, they all see the future in this scale far exceeding previous sea trips.

Opportunities for generals to make meritorious service, opportunities for civil servants to shine, opportunities for businessmen to make money, and even craftsmen who repair ships, all want to be the logistics staff of the fleet, hoping to make an impression in front of Tai Su.

Zhu Di was very aware of this uproar, and he even felt a little jealous.Before he ascended the throne, he had always been a man with his tail between his legs. When had he ever been so glorious.

He even couldn't wait for Zhu Zhanji to leave as soon as possible, preferably for two or three years, so that he would have enough time to erase Zhu Zhanji's influence in society and in the army.

He has already made up his mind. Although he will not touch the structure of the navy, nor will he move the main generals Zhu Zhanji left behind, but he will also place more of his own people in the navy to prepare for the expedition in two or three years. Tamerlane country prepares.

He wants to control the army in his own hands, but he doesn't want Zhu Zhanji's navy to pinch his neck.

Although his future power will still be passed on to Zhu Zhanji, at least Zhu Zhanji is not allowed to affect his prestige when he is still able to move.

Don't say that Zhu Zhanji doesn't know what he's thinking, even if he knows, he can't take care of his power grab plan at this time.

In addition to being busy with going to sea, Zhu Zhanji also encountered a happy event this New Year, that is, the editorial team represented by the 17-year-old Ma Di finally compiled mathematics, geometry, and physics textbooks suitable for the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

In the land of China, since the unification of Emperor Qin, all academics are closely related to power.

This has resulted in the fact that no matter what kind of academics, they are all in the service of power.

This influence has also led to any academic study focusing on results rather than logic.

This kind of academic putting the cart before the horse has also led to difficulties in entry and development.

This is also the main reason for the decline of ancient Chinese mathematics and physics after leading for thousands of years.

Taking mathematics as an example, the emperor needs to know that one plus one equals two, then ministers and academic researchers will give the emperor a result equal to two.

As for why it is equal to two, no one has ever seriously studied it.

In fact, the most important thing in this subject is the process, the law of logic, not the result, because in many cases, the law and logic are more important than the result.

Ministers can use the most complicated method to obtain the total tax revenue of the whole country, but they have never explored whether there can be more simple methods to solve the calculation problem.

Because it is too obvious, more people will understand it, and they will not be able to monopolize the channels to serve the emperor.

Confucian Neo-Confucianism after the Song Dynasty, in order to monopolize academic thought and academic services, desperately suppressed other academics.

In order to attract the emperor's attention and accept them, other academics are even more eager for quick success. It is understandable that they directly use the results instead of the process to attract the emperor.

But Zhu Zhanji is different. He is very clear that the law of an academic development is the most important, and the method of studying this law is called logic, which is the most important.

So he asked Madi and a group of mathematicians, astronomers, and chemical researchers including Taoist priests to use their academic logic and reasoning to study from the most obvious content to the esoteric direction according to the law. and record them fully.

This is more obvious and simpler than giving power to the emperor, but it is the best way to promote it, so that children can learn this kind of learning.

Others don't know why Zhu Zhanji did this, but Zhu Zhanji knows very well that this will break the shackles of the entire East in natural science research.

Therefore, including Ma Di, they did not understand the reason why Zhu Zhanji asked them to compile these superficial knowledge, just because Zhu Zhanji asked them to do so, they did so.

The timing of compiling this set of textbooks is not very good, because Zhu Zhanji is going to sea.