My Daming New Empire

Although he is only the head of the eighth rank of the Ministry of Industry, he is one of the technical talents of the special steel factory.

Nowadays, he is very clear about the smelting of steel in the steel factory and the ratio of characteristic steel materials.

The news was reported to Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered that the entire Hubei and Shaanxi, including all counties in the northwest direction, set up checkpoints to intercept the other party.

Now that the trace of the other party has been found, the origin of this caravan has also been investigated clearly.They obtained the survey contract through the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, and from there transported [-] stallions to the Chuzhou Racecourse.

These people apparently came from the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, but they borrowed their names and actually came from Afghanistan in later generations.

Before that, they had been under the management of the Timur Kingdom, and only a few tribes were attached to the Eastern Chahatai Khanate.

Because they had never entered Yingtian Mansion, so when they were investigated, they were not suspected at all.

And there are Pashtuns among this group of people, so the reason for the kidnapping is obvious.It is very likely that it is the remnant of Ulugh Beg who wanted to obtain Daming's steelmaking method and directly implemented it.

Of course, it is also possible that the Eastern Chahatai Khanate deliberately used Pashtuns to cover up its purpose, and the mastermind behind the scenes was one of their two families.

The sea arrest document was passed on, and the representatives of the envoys of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate were also imprisoned, and were investigated one by one by the Ministry of Punishment and Jin Yiwei.

Not only them, but also businessmen and envoys from the Western Regions, all of them could not escape the suspicion, they were closely monitored, and they were not allowed to leave in a short time.

For the sake of an eighth-rank principal, he is now directly banned, investigating a mission of a country, and monitoring all people from the Western Regions.

This behavior not only aroused protests from envoys from various countries, but even the officials of Ming Dynasty thought that Zhu Zhanji had made a fuss over a molehill.

However, at this time Zhu Zhanji was stronger than Zhu Di, and all the envoys who protested were imprisoned, and those ministers who thought Zhu Zhanji made a fuss were also reprimanded and thought about their mistakes.

In the newspaper on the fifth day of September, Zhu Zhanji directly asked someone to write an article, and published a "Technical Secrecy Act" plan on the front page.

In this article, Zhu Zhanji clearly proposed to establish a technology secrecy bill as soon as possible, and listed technology secrecy and treason as crimes of fine crimes as equally serious crimes.

Once this day's newspaper was published, it immediately caused an uproar, and to some extent, it cast a shadow over the abdication ceremony that will be held in a few days.

Throughout the dynasties, Gewu has been regarded as a strange skill and obscenity. Although there is a patent law, except for private merchants, craftsmen pay special attention to these, and ordinary officials do not take it seriously.

Today, Zhu Zhanji regards technological secrecy as the most serious legal establishment of Ming Dynasty, even surpassing the crime of homicide. Isn't this a tyranny!

Even Zhu Di didn't take him for such a fuss, and even called Zhu Zhanji to question him.

Facing Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji said frankly: "The future of my Ming Dynasty's development lies in industry. To maintain the leading position in industry is to maintain the leading position of Ming Dynasty. If those foreign races get the new method of steelmaking, they will create a steel industry that is better than mine. A better musket, at that time, what advantage does my Ming have?"

Zhu Di had beaten the Timurids, Oirats and Tatars, so of course he knew the importance of muskets.But he still thinks that Zhu Zhanji is a little alarmist.

"The population of the foreign race is not as good as my Ming Dynasty, just like loose sand, how can it catch up with my Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "The so-called 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, if there is no restriction, no one knows who will become my strong enemy in the future. My mathematics and geometry in the Ming Dynasty are mostly learned from the extreme west. They There are a lot of talented people there, and they should not be underestimated. To maintain their advantages, they must be strictly controlled by legislation.”

"But this is not good for your reputation, and many civil servants now think that the law is too strict."

Zhu Zhanji sneered and said, "The grandson will take a good look at who dares to stand out, and he will kill the chicken and scare the monkey. In order to keep the technology secret, the grandson doesn't mind another big battle."

This is what Zhu Di is most interested in, and he immediately said with a smile: "If you go to fight the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, I will be your own driver."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "You can't kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, one Zheng Heng is enough. Besides, it has not been found out whether it is the Eastern Chahatai Khanate or the remnants of Ulug Beg."

Fearing that Zhu Di would think too much, Zhu Zhanji added another sentence. "If you really want to fight, when the time comes, Grandpa Huang wants to go for a play, and grandson agrees."

Hearing this sentence, Zhu Di knew that Zhu Zhanji had no suspicion of him, and his mood immediately improved a lot. "You just let go and do it. With my grandpa and grandson pressing me, no one can turn the world over."

The current name of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate is Yilibali, and it is also composed of multiple ethnic groups, both white and yellow.

Their own internal power is relatively scattered, and they are also intriguing with each other.

Although Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Justice did not directly find out their collusion with the caravan, they found out a lot of secrets.

In order to maintain the tranquility of Yingtian Mansion, even those who did not find out the problem before the enthronement ceremony are now under control.

And through the sea arrest document issued by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, it was quickly spread to the northwest, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies also directly ordered the troops stationed in various places to investigate the major caravans

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In addition, checkpoints are set up in every prefecture and county, and the common people also spread the word among the people. If a caravan member is captured, he will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. If Tang Boyong is rescued, he will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver if he is dead, and [-] li if he is alive. silver.

Those caravan members were all aliens, with obvious characteristics. They could escape by force at first, but as long as they were exposed and rescued, they would attract a large number of pursuers, and the encirclement would become smaller and smaller.

In the Qinling Mountains from Junzhou to Shangzhou, members of this group of caravans were left behind one by one, and Tang Boyong was rescued by the local guard in Shangnan because the opponent was still reluctant to kill.

On September [-]th, the local guards in Shangzhou captured the last four people in the mountains and forests, and there were not a single person left in this group of caravans, all of whom were killed or captured.

The surviving members were also given tranquilizing medicine, loaded on a boat from Junzhou, and transported smoothly all the way to Yingtian Mansion for interrogation.

Tang Boyong didn't even think that for himself, he would mobilize the army of several provinces, and the entire northwest was mobilized.

At this time, he really realized that his humble life was so precious.

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Kaiyuan 4119.Yongle 20 years.This is a year that did not have particularly big news in its original history.

But in this time and space, Zhu Di won a great victory in the western expedition and returned to Beijing with thousands of envoys.The Dongzhou Fleet explored Dongzhou and returned to Beijing with [-] natives.

And the vigorous immigrants from Nanzhou will definitely write a magnificent poem in history.

This year is the year of the tiger. According to later generations, this is Zhu Zhanji's birth year.

This year he is 24 years old and 25 years old.

Renyin year, Jiyou month, Wuyin day.

And on this day, he will be the emperor of the only huge empire in the world.

In order to welcome this day, after countless failures, Lan Yan and Ma's family finally produced more than 2000 bamboo charcoal filament bulbs, all of which were used in the decoration of the palace.

More than 2000 light bulbs are not too many for a huge palace, but the appearance of electric lights has driven countless people in Yingtianfu crazy.

On this night when there was no curfew, they came in groups around the palace and kowtowed to the brightly lit palace.

Not to mention them, even Zhu Di, who thought he was familiar with it, was shocked and speechless when faced with electric lights that were far larger than candles and oil lamps.

This night, he didn't go to bed early, he didn't watch his favorite drama, and he didn't find two beauties to accompany him through the long night.

He has been walking through the palace that he has known so well for a long time, looking at the electric lights that illuminate the whole palace like daytime.

This was a scene he had never imagined, and everything seemed like a miracle.

All of this is the handwriting of this grandson. Many times, he himself is a little afraid of this grandson.

How capable is he to show such a miracle in the palace!