My Daming New Empire

This trip to sea can be as short as one and a half years, and as long as two or three years. If Zhu Di does not pay attention to the promotion at this time, then it will get twice the result with half the effort, and even deviate from the goal Zhu Zhanji wants to achieve.

Therefore, although Zhu Zhanji was happy, he would not promote it at this time, let alone let the national schools study this course now, or even include it in the subject of the scientific examination.

He can only keep the research team, give them material rewards, and let them perfect the discipline.

Everything will be discussed after he returns from the sea.

On the night of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, which is also the first night of the annual Lantern Festival in the capital, all the people in the capital went crazy because of the thunder and lightning performance on the Chengtian Gate Tower.

Zhu Di had people use two magnets the size of a millstone and a coil made of copper wire as thick as a child's finger to perform the formation of thunder and lightning on the city gate.

Especially when a samurai hidden in an insulating suit, wearing thick insulating gloves, holding a long sword, and changing the lightning into various lines, everyone knelt crazily Come down and kowtow.

In addition to this monotonous performance, Zhu Di also had people perform with live pigs and live sheep, including live chickens.

The electricity is not particularly sufficient, and it takes a long time for pigs and sheep to be electrocuted, but this somewhat cruel process makes people even more crazy.

This is in the feudal era, in this superstitious era, including those ministers, all kneeling in front of Zhu Di sincerely.

This made Zhu Di who was standing on the gate tower very satisfied. Once this move was made, no one dared to fight against him again.

Unfortunately, Zhu Zhanji is leaving.He didn't know, after three days of performances, the White Lotus Sect, which was still trying to rebel in Shandong, would die because of fear.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all the people and ministers in the capital were talking about the emperor borrowing the thunder and lightning.No one doubted that if he dared to make the emperor unhappy, he would suffer the consequences of being struck by lightning.

The almost electrocooked pigs and sheep are role models, no one wants to die like this.

Outside the Chengtian Gate on the second night, people and ministers from the capital were crowded, and the performance that night did not disappoint.

It was sunny for two consecutive days, but the emperor let the thunder and lightning "go down to the earth" continuously. No one doubted that the emperor had borrowed the power of Thor.

Zhu Di was in a happy mood, and decided to send Zhu Zhanji to the sea the next day. That night, Wang Yan and a group of his internal officials were caught off guard and stayed up almost all night. They began to block the streets to ensure his safety.

In Xingqing Palace, except for Zhu Zhanji's nine children, almost no one else slept.

This time going out is no better than the Eastern Expedition. The Eastern Expedition was originally decided for four months, and it will end in half a year at most.

But Zhu Zhanji has already decided to go to Nanzhou and the West when he goes out this time. It will take a year and a half at the earliest. If he is unlucky and encounters several storms, he may not be able to return for two years.

It took two years to go there, which made the concubines in the palace very sad.

During this period of time, Zhu Zhanji lived up to expectations and made thirteen more concubines pregnant. In addition to Lan Yan, who was about to give birth, fourteen more offspring would be born in the future.

Nine have been born, and there are 23 more to be born, [-] offspring. It can be said that Zhu Zhanji has completed the task of passing on the family well.

On top of him, there is Zhu Di and the prince Zhu Gaochi.Below him, there are 23 children, so his going to sea was not opposed by some ministers.

If there is no Zhu Gaochi, only him as the heir, I am afraid Zhu Di will not let him go to sea at ease.

In addition to Ma Xin and Liu Chenghui, who had already been confirmed, Zhu Zhanji brought two more Zhaoxun and two Fengyi. They were all tested and would not get seasick, so they were lucky enough to go to sea with Zhu Zhanji.

This time, Ma Xin, who is the youngest, has the highest status, and she is just a good girl.

This is because the grandson concubine Sun Xian and Liangdi Hu Shanxiang both had children, and Lan Yan was also pregnant.

But the person in charge of the harem is Liu Chenghui. Apart from Ma Xin, who is the oldest and proficient in medical skills, the more important thing is that she has already gone out with Zhu Zhanji once, and Zhu Zhanji appreciates her ability very much.

Facing the inner prison and the ministers, she is generous, and she can manage the other women taken in by Zhu Zhanji well without any jealousy.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, she is similar to his wife Gracia in his previous life, both of whom are capable and virtuous housemates.

Although Sun Xian was a little jealous of Liu Chenghui, she didn't take her seriously, so she didn't target her in particular.

Because she is a grandson concubine, there are Liangdi and Liangyuan below her, and then Chenghui is the first level, and their status is still a lot worse.

What's more, she thinks that her confidant's big trouble is Hu Liangdi, who is now highly praised in the palace. Only Hu Shanxiang can have an influence on her grandson concubine status.

Although Hu Shanxiang is dignified, magnanimous, and has a grandson and concubine, but she gave birth to a daughter, and she gave birth to the eldest son, so as long as she does not make mistakes, her status will be as stable as Mount Tai.

Now she not only gave birth to the eldest son of the grandson, but also became pregnant again, so now, her most important task is not to be jealous, but to take care of her body and raise her two children.

Internal strife in the palace is naturally unavoidable, but there is the mother-in-law, the Crown Princess Zhang, who is in charge of the house, and Zhu Zhanji's hard-core ally Zhaoyi, the harem master, sits on the top, and Xue Shang, Zhu Zhanji's most respected, is in the middle. The palaces are connected in series, so Zhu Zhanji's harem cannot be chaotic.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, although it was seven o'clock in the morning, but the winter days were short, it was only slightly bright at this time.

Zhu Zhanji first took his two younger brothers, Zhu Zhanyu and Zhu Zhanyong, and other clans to the Sheji Altar in the southwest of the imperial city to worship the heavens, then to the Taimiao in the southeast to worship the ancestors, and then returned to Fengtian Hall. Face to face, say goodbye to Zhu Di.

The farewell ceremony in the palace was not long. After leaving Fengtian Hall, Zhu Zhanji took his two younger brothers to kneel down to the tearful Zhang family, and then boarded Zhu Di's imperial chariot.

Drums and music competed, solemn and solemn, the gates of the palace city and the imperial city opened, and a guard of honor formed by tens of thousands of people formed a long queue of seeing off outside the Chengtian Gate.

The people in Yingtian Mansion had known for a long time that the grandson would go to sea on this day, and the streets and roads that the procession passed by were crowded with water on both sides.

The team followed a strict order, with the honor guards of Jin Yiwei and the inner eunuch first, and then the imperial chariots of Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji.Behind the imperial chariot is the position of the clan, and then the motorcade of civil servants and military officials.

Behind them are the cars of envoys from various countries, not counting the guards of honor, and they have been pulled out for two or three miles.

It was not until noon that the convoy arrived at Yuejianglou Wharf.

After setting up the guard of honor, hundreds of eunuchs under the leadership of Wang Yan read out the "Book of Taisun's Going to Sea". With their dissemination, tens of thousands of people around the wharf also heard the imperial decree clearly.

Then Zhu Zhanji led the clan and subordinate senior officials to kneel down and say goodbye to Zhu Di. When they got up, Zhu Di personally took Zhu Zhanji's hand and accepted the kneeling of tens of thousands of people present.

It was about to board the ship. At this time, Zhu Di also revealed his true feelings, and said with emotion: "This trip will travel thousands of miles, and the wind and rain are unpredictable. My grandson should put his health first, and I will wait for you to come back safely in Yingtian."

"Grandson should put state affairs first, expand the territory for our Ming Dynasty, and dedicate thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to the emperor."

The drums sounded, and Wuyi in the Qin Fengzhang of the Book of Songs and the National Style sounded on the pier. This is also a military song that has been popular in ancient times for more than 1000 years.

Qi said without clothes?Go with the child.Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear.Have hatred with the son!

Qi said without clothes?Tongze with the child.Master Wang Yuxing, repair my spear.Work with the son!

Qi said without clothes?Same clothes with the child.Division Wang Yuxing, repair my armor.Go with the son!

Amidst this majestic singing, Zhu Zhanji took the lead on the pontoon bridge built by Hengzhou, and walked to his flagship big treasure ship parked in the middle of the river.

The whole boarding operation lasted for half an hour, everyone boarded their respective boats, and then there was the salute.

Amidst the salute, Zhu Zhanji's flagship raised the imperial flag, national flag, and military flag of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji has been standing on the deck of the flagship, waving to the people on the shore to see him off.

After everyone boarded the ship, the three hundred sailors on the flagship winched five capstans together, lifted the iron anchor weighing several thousand kilograms, and the other sailors began to raise the sails, then adjusted the direction of the sails, and officially set sail.

Less than half of the fleet departed from Yingtianfu, mainly generals and envoys of various armies.

The navy of the First Fleet of the Xinjiangkou Shuizhai will join the ranks of sailing, but there are still only a small number of these people, and there are only [-] ships.