Daming 1805

Zhu Jianyan listened to Zhu Jingyuan's remarks, and a thought rose again in his heart.

After much hesitation, Zhu Jianyan decided to talk to his son.

But before speaking, Zhu Jianyan subconsciously looked at the surrounding environment.

The content of the conversation between father and son is the most confidential matter in this world, and there are no idlers around.

Otherwise, the father and son would not have said so openly.

However, even though Zhu Jianyan had already pushed back the people around him, when he wanted to talk about a certain topic, he still subconsciously confirmed the safety of the surrounding people.

"The relative fairness of the society is conducive to the stability of the royal family's rule.

"However, the existence of the royal family is actually a kind of unfairness, right?
"The contradiction between the two will be recognized by more and more people with the improvement of education level?

"The existence of the royal family's increasingly large consortium is a direct manifestation of this unfairness..."

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned when he heard this question.

Is this a question the emperor would think about?
Probably the so-called "emperor" of this era would think so.

Maybe it was because of this kind of thinking that he said that he was the emperor of the Ming people.

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head lightly:

"The existence of the emperor is indeed unfair, and the imperial consortium is indeed a direct manifestation of unfairness.

"However, the world is inherently unfair, even if our Zhu family does not become emperor, someone else will become emperor.

"Even if no one is an emperor, there will still be some people who will become presidents, presidents, and consuls.

"If there is order in society, there will be a management system, and there will be situations where the same people have different powers.

"Even if you think you can achieve absolute impartiality, it is impossible to ask all human beings to be impartial.

"So in order to maintain the stability of any management system, social resources must be tilted towards the rulers and managers, so that the rulers and managers can gain more social status and resources.

"Status and resources are not only their rewards, but also the basis for maintaining their power, and also the guarantee for maintaining social stability.

"At the same time, we must also restrict this situation and clarify the principle of reciprocity between rights and obligations.

"With higher social status and more resources, you have to take on more obligations.

"At the same time, rulers and managers must understand that maintaining social stability is the fundamental guarantee for maintaining current status and resources.

"To control the status and scale of resources obtained, it must not exceed the balance point of maintaining social fairness.

"Unlimited demands for resources and status are not allowed, otherwise it is jeopardizing the foundation of governance.

"Instead of thinking about whether there is a problem with our own existence, it is better to think about how to do these specific things better.

"That's why I said earlier that maintaining the most basic fairness of society is not absolute fairness."

Zhu Jianyan just smiled when he heard these words, and after Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, he nodded with a smile and said:

"You're right to think so, I don't have to worry..."

Zhu Jingyuan was obviously taken aback again. The emotional father is not thinking about whether the emperor is reasonable, but he is worried that I will have excessive "reflection" on the existence of the emperor and the imperial consortium:
"Father... Are you worried about me? Worried that my thoughts are going astray?"

Zhu Jianyan nodded as a matter of course and said:

"After all these years, you have kept your mouth shut for fairness, and what you say casually is ownership by the whole people.

"Of course I'm worried that you will do something like digging the foundation of our family...

"You're right, the world is inherently unfair.

"The fairest thing is actually to reduce the unfairness as much as possible and make it as clear as possible.

"Let the common people know what is unfair, and don't get involved in these few areas.

"Then maintain as much fairness as possible at other levels."

Zhu Jingyuan was suddenly speechless:

"Yeah, that's my strategy all along.

"It is to occupy a position where you can implement absolutely unfair rules, and prevent others from grabbing this position.

"For example, my various plans in the aviation industry system are that I want to obtain all key basic patents, so as to prevent others from engaging in patent hooliganism by relying on key basic patents.

"So, no matter what, I won't give up my existing controlling position..."

Hearing this, Zhu Jianyan nodded in relief again:

"It's good to have that direction yourself, but this strategy is highly dependent on the thinking of the decision maker.

"So, children's education should also be paid close attention to. Should your children go to school too?"

Zhu Jingyuan didn't expect the topic to go to this place again:

"Well...it's time to go to school. The clan's government has already contacted me."

When we arrived at this place, the formal topic was finished, and the father and son began to chat about homework.

At noon, Zhu Jingyuan ate with Zhu Jianyan directly in the palace, and in the afternoon he left the Forbidden City and returned to his residence.

This conversation was the first in-depth discussion between father and son after a few years.

The open and honest explanation eliminated the barriers left over in the past few years, and once again unified the thinking of the father and son.

The most important thing is to eliminate the last worry in Zhu Jianyan's mind.

The next day, Zhu Jingyuan and Niu Jian talked for a long time, discussing and evaluating all aspects.

On the third day, Niu Jian flew to Shuntian Mansion in the capital to meet the low-level accompanying diplomatic staff arranged by Honglu Temple.

In Shuntianfu, take the largest four-engine passenger plane in Ming Dynasty and officially set off for Lucia.

The shape of this aircraft, except for the propeller engine, is already very similar to the civil aviation airliners of later generations.

30 meters long, 32 meters wide fuselage, front triangle landing gear.

Four twin-row eighteen-cylinder turbocharged engines, each with a power of [-] horsepower.

The maximum flying speed exceeds [-] kilometers per hour, and the cruising speed also exceeds [-] kilometers per hour.

The maximum take-off weight has reached [-] tons, and the maximum flight range has exceeded [-] kilometers.

It can carry up to 64 passengers.

It could be a transport plane, maybe even a bomber, if necessary.

The plane departed from Shuntian Mansion, flew [-] kilometers northwest, and first arrived at Xianbei City, the capital of the Western Xianbei Principality.

The location of Xianbei City is basically Novosibirsk in the original history.

Because its location is exactly at the middle point between the Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty and Moscow, the capital of Lucia, the straight-line distance from both sides is more than three thousand kilometers.

The relatively reasonable range of today's large passenger aircraft has just reached the level of [-] to [-] kilometers.

At the same time, the Principality of Xixianbei is now a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, but the monarch Luo Yashan is the younger brother of the current emperor of Lucia, he himself is of mixed blood, and his wife is a complete Ming Dynasty.

The Western Xianbei Principality is a matter of course revealing the buffer zone and the identity of the middleman between the two sides.

Xianbei City has become the best transit point for the Daming and Lucia routes.

Luo Yashan, the Duke of Xianbei, accepted and used this identity very realistically, and did a good job of mediating the relationship between the two parties.

When the Xianbei Principality was established, it actually experienced quite a period of chaos.

The main reason is that the ever-growing radical Lucia elements were dissatisfied with Lucia's surrender to Ming Dynasty and the division of the Xianbei Principality, and they caused more than one "riot".

However, when the Principality of Xianbei was split up, it also cooperated with Lucia and exchanged populations.

The Principality of Xianbei sent the most radical elements of Great Lucia to the mainland of Lucia.

Lucia sent the most radical Minghua elements to Xianbei Principality.

At the same time, the Xianbei Principality accepted the jurisdiction and assistance of the Ming Dynasty's garrison, and accepted the investment of the Ming Royal Consortium.

The garrison from Ming Dynasty resorted to thunder without any hesitation and helped the Principality of Xianbei to control the situation.

After sending away the most radical Lucia elements, the society of the Xianbei Principality basically stabilized.

The Principality of Xianbei became a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and it ushered in the radical Minghua elements from all over Lucia, and the whole society did not fully lean towards the trend of "completely Minghua".

In the past few years, the country, city and people of the Xianbei Principality have also undergone a complete "brightening" transformation.

Ming-style official system, Ming-style military system, Ming-style schools, Ming-style buildings, and Ming-style language.

The local indigenous people were originally "Tatars", and the Tatars were not an ethnic group, but a mixture of a large number of similar ethnic groups.

Lucia once immigrated to the local area in large quantities, and after becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, workers and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty came to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the local population composition of Xianbei City was originally very complicated.

But their thinking tends to be unified.

Either they were originally Ming people, or they were members of Minghua, or they were ordinary people who did not resist Minghua at all.

The culture and system of Ming Dynasty became the link connecting people of different ethnic groups.

Daming Yayan is not only the language spoken by Daming people, it is no longer just the official language of the Xianbei Principality, and is slowly becoming the common language of other local ethnic groups.

When a dominant country's national strength, culture, and prestige are fully dominant, it is actually very simple to assimilate a small number of outsiders and marginal groups in the territory.

Especially in this era and region where nationalism has not yet generally taken shape.

This kind of ideological unity that already existed naturally, coupled with the "generous" investment of the Daming Royal Consortium, made the restoration and construction of the Xianbei Principality very fast.

Xianbei City, a remote and deserted military city, quickly became extremely prosperous and lively.

The person in charge of the mission this time is Niu Jian, the prince Zhu Jingyuan and the king's aide.

If you only look at the official rank and treatment, you can only reach the prefect level of the fourth rank at most.

The monarch of the Xianbei Principality is the Duke of Ming Dynasty, and his nominal grade is super high.

But Luo Yashan, Duke of Xianbei, went to the airport to greet Niu Jian in person very enthusiastically.

Because although Niu Jian's grade is not high now, the future is unlimited.

Niu Jian would not put on airs when he saw Luo Yashan, nor did he attach importance to the other party's status as a so-called duke.

It's because the other party's daughter is Zhu Jingyuan's personal maid and private secretary...

At the very least, Luo Yashan is also the father of his colleague, and he can even be regarded as his father-in-law.

The attitudes of both of them were very good, and the atmosphere of the meeting was very harmonious.

Luo Yashan accompanied Niu Jian to have a meal in Xianbei City, and sent him back to the airport after the inspection and repair of the plane was completed.

After flying more than 3000 and [-] kilometers this time, they arrived in Moscow, the capital of Lucia.

Lucia's emperor did not come to greet him, but the chairman of the Council of Ministers and de facto Prime Minister Wedemeyer did.

The two sides had met in Cape Xiyang during the peace talks, so they were fairly familiar with each other.

And this time it's not a pure greeting, both parties have serious business to discuss this time.

Before Niu Jian came, he had already greeted Wedemeyer and revealed some ideas and tips.

After the two parties left the airport, they went directly to Lucia's palace.

Emperor Nicholas of Lucia prepared a simple welcome banquet in the palace to welcome Niu Jian and his party.

Both parties had business to do, so after the opening welcome speech of the banquet, the two parties drank and held wine glasses at the venue, and directly started an informal discussion.

Lucia Emperor Nicholas couldn't wait to ask directly:
"Before Mr. Niu came, the news from Daming Honglu Temple said that Daming can continue to transfer more advanced shipbuilding technology to us, and Mr. Niu will discuss it with us in detail after he comes.

"What is the specific scope of this technical support?
"Does it include larger caliber artillery and manufacturing technology, does it include Ming's new boiler and turbine system production technology, as well as the design and production technology of triple-mounted turrets?

"Does it include the production process of Ming's high-strength armor-piercing shells?"

Since the end of the peace talks in the World War, Da Ming has been supporting Lucia to improve the shipbuilding technology. The cutting-edge warships before Lucia were designed and completed by Da Ming craftsmen.

It's just that the support in the past has always been clearly limited, and the latest technology that Daming himself uses will not give it.

Such as surface-hardened capped armor-piercing projectiles, fully enclosed small water tube fuel-fired pressurized boilers, fully independent triple-mounted turrets, etc., will not be taught to them.

They didn't even tell them about the design of the sloped armor.

Generally speaking, what Ming built was a cutting-edge battleship of World War II, but it was the battleship of World War I that guided the construction of Lucia and other countries.

So the people of Lucia knew very well that although they had found a larger warship than Da Ming, their combat power was not as good as that of Da Ming.

It's not even considered good looking, because no matter the military or the civilians, they think it's not as good-looking as Ming's warships.

Comments such as big and unreasonable are often seen in newspapers, and the Great Lucia elements don't like it very much.

Before Niu Jian came, he had already made preparations. He discussed with Zhu Jingyuan to determine the direction, and confirmed the details with Wang Lai and Li Rui, the two servants of the Ordnance Department. Now he replied directly and quite positively:
"You can give them all, but I don't recommend that Lucia ask for them all, because these technologies are conditional..."

When Nicholas and Wedemeyer heard the first short sentence, their eyes widened subconsciously.

It was beyond their expectations that they could give this answer.

They feel that they will definitely give a part, a few key technologies.

I never thought about the possibility of giving everything.

But Niu Jian's last two short sentences immediately woke them up.

What are the conditions or costs for all of them?