Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 138 Reform the land and return it to the people, the staged unification of the Ming Empire 【Ask monthly ticket】

Other than that, no one is eligible for the rank of general with three gold stars.

"Luo Guanzhong, have you been here for three months?" Zhu Han asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I will come to the military academy for three months." Luo Guanzhong said.

Zhu Han nodded and said, "Then tell me, which subject are you studying?"

Luo Guanzhong said hastily, "Reporting to Your Highness, the next student is the artillery department."

"Artillery Division?"

When Zhu Han heard about this subject in Luoguan Middle School, he immediately admired it in his heart, "Artillery is not easy to learn, and the content is novel and varied. Are you confident that you can learn it well?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, whether the general is eating or sleeping, he is always reciting the infantry drills in his hands!" Luo Guanzhong raised the infantry drills in his hands.

This thick book of drills is full of the artillery regulations of the modern army that Zhu Han signed and obtained.

The content inside is complex, and the words and sentences are very concise!
As long as you can recite all the regulations in it and train them out, the artillery level of Ming Dynasty can directly leapfrog to the water training level of artillerymen in the later 18th century.

For the entire world today, it can be called an invincible opponent.

Afterwards, Zhu Han had a detailed conversation with Luo Guanzhong.

After the conversation, I learned that Luo Guanzhong's learning level is indeed very high. He has almost mastered a thick "Artillery Manual" by seven or eight points, and it is not the kind of simple paper talk. Thoughts, and questions.

As the founder of this artillery discipline, Zhu Han can naturally help and clear up Luo Guanzhong's doubts from a higher dimension.

As a result, Luo Guanzhong's admiration for Zhu Han continued like a surging river.

Seeing Zhu Han's expression, the accompanying guards and others couldn't help showing envy towards Luo Guanzhong.

Because they have already seen that King Zhu Han of England really attaches great importance to this military cadet named Luo Guanzhong.

Even for the sake of Luo Guanzhong, Zhu Han canceled all other trips to inspect the military academy today, and used them all to discuss with Luo Guanzhong in detail.

On the side, Zhou Dexing, the first headmaster of the Daming Royal Military Academy, was also very surprised.

Zhu Han actually had a bad taste in his heart.

As one of the four great masterpieces in history, Luo Guanzhong's military and political level has always been doubted or distrusted by many people.

Because although many military and political methods in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have prototypes in history books, they have also been processed by Luo Guanzhong, making them appear too dramatic.

In particular, many of the military strategies in it have polarized the attitudes of readers for hundreds of years. Some people think that it is full of worthless novelists.

On the other hand, they feel that they can learn real useful military skills from it. For example, in the Houjin rebellion in the late Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens often read the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a military art book.

Zhu Han was very curious about what kind of talent Luo Guanzhong would display after entering the Daming Royal Military Academy he set up.

After a detailed conversation, Zhu Han felt that Luo Guanzhong studied hard, but he still couldn't say what his real military level was.

However, at this time, Zhou Dexing saw Zhu Han's thoughts and spoke up, saying: "Nowadays when Da Ming employs people, it is impossible for you to study in peace and stability. From next month, you will go to the battlefield to practice."

When Zhu Han heard this, he immediately became curious.

He looked at Luo Guanzhong, then at Zhou Dexing, and said:

"It's a good idea to train with battles, but where are Luo Guanzhong and the others going to train with battles?"

Now the Ming Dynasty is fighting everywhere. In the area of ​​Iwami Yinshan on Wajima Island, although the scale of the war is not large, there are frequent battles, which can be used for military training. The area from Koryo to Liaoyang Province is rebellious against the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan forces and the local Jurchens. , It is also constantly using troops.

The most recent is the attack on the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan forces in the Central Plains.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that Huguang Province sent a military report, Yunnan Meng Yuanliang King, encouraged the chieftains in Guizhou to march into Hunan. His Majesty has decided to send a large army from Hunan to Guizhou to start a counterattack."

"Oh, that's right, that's right! So it's here, it's Guizhou!" Zhu Han immediately thought of it when he heard it.

Two days ago, he discussed this matter with his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

The territory of Yunnan province established by Mongol Yuan is quite large, including not only the whole of Yunnan, but also most of Guizhou, part of the Sichuan area, and places such as Burma to the south, all of which belong to Mongol Yuan’s Yunnan Province.

The Mongols set up a Liang King there, and then united with the local Yunnan governor Duan, who was the descendant of the Duan family of the royal family of Dali in history, to rule the Yunnan province together.

The power of the Han people here is very scarce, and the rule established by the Mongols and the Dali royal family in the area is quite stable, and now it has become a major hidden danger that threatens the southwestern belly of the Ming Dynasty.

The elder brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han have already decided to march into Guizhou to destroy the local chieftains who are attached to the Mongolian and Yuan courts.

"I remembered, the battle in Guizhou is very important. You artillerymen have done a lot in Guizhou." Zhu Han said

Zhu Yuanzhang did not send too many troops to attack Guizhou.

Because of the rugged mountain roads in Guizhou, if there are too many soldiers and horses, the later supply will be a big problem.

Daming only sent 3 elite soldiers, and these [-] were the best of the best, and they were all new troops trained by Zhu Han himself.The new army of the Ming army is mainly composed of muskets, artillery, spears and elite cavalry, and it must be able to make outstanding achievements on the battlefield of Guizhou.

When Luo Guanzhong heard Zhu Han's encouragement, he immediately became excited, "His Royal Highness Xie Ying, I will definitely live up to your highness' expectations, kill the enemy to serve the country, and gain military merits!"

The Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Guizhou area this time was not a military force, but a last resort.

Guizhou is located at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hunan.

Although the road is rough and the mountains are full of mountains, it is a very poor place, but the location is extremely important.

The chieftains in this place, because the Mongols have been operating in Yunnan for a long time, the king of Liang Bazaarawami has a strong control over these chieftains in Guizhou.

At his instigation, these chieftains in Guizhou launched a sneak attack on the Ming army in Hunan.

From time to time, they went to destroy the local garrison sites and plundered the surrounding livestock and food.

The local rule of the Ming army fell into chaos.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han issued a military order a few days ago, and 3 elite soldiers from Hunan attacked Guizhou.

The chieftains in Guizhou can be said to have a long history. There is a saying among the people of all ethnic groups in the local area, which is called the emperor of a hundred years and the chieftain of a thousand years.

The longest Shuixi chieftain can even be traced back to the Shuhan period of the Three Kingdoms period.

When Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, went to Menghuo in the south, when he passed by the Shuixi area, the Shuixi Tusi had already existed at that time.

They actively took refuge in the army of the Shu Han court, helped Zhuge Liang open the mountains, provided food, grass, and guides, etc., and were affirmed and canonized by the Shu Han.

Since then, Shuixi Tusi has existed as a local toubob, and it has been more than 1000 years now.

Therefore, to the local people, what the chieftain said was simply the will of the gods.

Shuixi toast.

Xuanwei Shi Longzan, Guizhou Xuanwei Department, was anxiously pacing back and forth in the camp of his Xuanwei envoy.

As a local chieftain's family that has been passed down for thousands of years, the Shuixi family that Longzan belongs to can be said to have a strong ability to judge the situation.

Today's major events in the world have become extremely clear.

The Ming Dynasty swept the world like a tiger, fighting endlessly.

Hunan next door was pacified by the Ming army, and the bandits and chieftains entrenched in the west of Hunan were killed one after another. Down with ghosts.

Such a mighty Ming Dynasty made Shuixi chieftain Long Zan already frightened.

Just at this time, Bazarawami, king of Liang in the Yuan Dynasty in Yunnan, sent people to ask Guizhou chieftains to frequently harass the Ming army in Hunan.

Shuixi chieftain Longzan had no choice but to send 300 elite soldiers to invade Hunan.

But his heart was already filled with fear and uneasiness.

Now that the Mongols are going against the grain, they will be completely driven out in the Central Plains soon.

The current King of Liang, Bazarawami in Yunnan, is only dying.Once the Ming army is free to send a large army to the southwest, then my Shuixi Tusi family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will be the first to bear the brunt of the disaster.

Long Zan is only 17 years old this year, so he is very young.

Although he is young, he has already been trained for a long time, and his ability to control the overall situation is still very strong.

Although he was afraid of the Ming army, Longzan did not dare to disobey the intention of Bazarawalmi, king of Liang in Yunnan.

In the hands of King Liang, there are nearly 10 Mongolian troops stationed in Yunnan. Once they fight the Mongols, the Shuixi Tusi family will also be in a very dangerous situation.

Just when Long Zan was frightened because Jin followed the Mongols to invade Hunan, a voice of a personal servant suddenly came from outside the door.

"Report to the master, the Yang family of Bozhou sent someone to ask to see the master."

The Yang family in Bozhou is another powerful chieftain family in eastern Guizhou. Although it is also a local chieftain family in Guizhou, the ancestors of the Yang family in Bozhou are not the local barbarians, but the Han family who migrated from Taiyuan in the late Tang Dynasty.

After hundreds of years, the Yang family in Bozhou has been indistinguishable from the local chieftains of various ethnic groups. In addition to the Yang family's Han nature, they have a close marriage relationship with the local chieftains. It can be said that the entire Guizhou Among the chieftain families, the Yang family of Bozhou is the strongest in the east, and the Shuixi chieftain is the most respected in the west.

The Shuixi Tusi family was born in the local barbarians and had no surname, so they could only be called Shuixi Tusi.

Hearing that the Yang family of Bozhou sent someone, Long Zan immediately sent someone to invite the envoy in.

Seeing the envoy of the Yang family in Longzan Bobo Prefecture, he immediately said anxiously, "Master Tusi is not well. The Ming army has issued a military order to mobilize tens of thousands of troops from Hunan and prepare to attack Guizhou."

Hearing this, Long Zan's heart sank immediately, the thing he was most worried about finally happened.

"It is said that the army of the Ming Dynasty was as powerful as the heavenly soldiers and generals. Even the Mongols' cowardly guards could not resist. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty died in Yangzhou. If they came to Guizhou, they would not Will the chickens and dogs killed by the various chieftains be kept?" Long Zan said very worriedly.

When Yang Yuanding of the Bozhou Tusi Yang family heard that the Ming army was about to attack Guizhou, his reaction was exactly the same as that of Longzan now.

Even, the fear in Yang Yuanding's heart was much greater than that of Long Zan.

After all, the Yang family of Bozhou is located in the eastern part of Guizhou, blocking the front line of the Ming army's attack on Guizhou.

The most powerful offensive of the Ming army will inevitably cause the Yang family of Bozhou to suffer the heaviest loss.

Therefore, Yang Yuanding, the chieftain of the Yang family in Bozhou, has made up his mind to unite with the chieftains of various ministries in Guizhou to abandon the Mongolian and Yuan courts and invest in the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, he can avoid being destroyed by the Ming army's attack.

It is not easy to implement the surrender of the Ming army.

The various chieftains in Guizhou are related by marriage. In fact, it is equivalent to the state of an alliance.

If the Yang family of Bozhou disregarded the ideas of other chieftains and fell to the Ming army alone.

After that, it will be impossible to coexist with other countries in Guizhou, and the two sides will also fall into a huge crisis of trust.

As long as each family advances and retreats together, no matter whether it is the Yuan Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, they will pay more attention to them, so that the chieftains of each family can continue to maintain the power and prestige that has been passed down for thousands of years in the local area.

Yang Yuanding, the leader of the Yang family in Bozhou, wanted to join Shuixi chieftain and other chieftains to immediately fall to the Ming army, kill the Mongols in his own territory, and surrender to the Ming army.

For this suggestion, Shuixi chieftain Long Zan basically agreed with it.

But his adjacent position is the closest to the Mongols in Yunnan. Once the Mongols are killed, the Liang King Bazaravalmi in Yunnan will definitely turn his face.

The anger of the Mongols must first be tilted at Shuixi chieftain.

Therefore, the Bozhou Yang family in the east was afraid of the Ming army, and the Shuixi chieftains in the west were afraid of the Mongols. The two sides had to discuss a perfect strategy so that the chieftains in Guizhou could advance and retreat together.

However, it was very troublesome for the Yang family of Banzhou and the chieftain of Shuixi to discuss with each other.

How to surrender to get the most benefit!
How to avoid their own losses is something they are hesitant about.

The offensive pace of the Hunan Ming army did not stop at all.

With the arrival of the last batch of soldiers from Yingtianfu, Tang He, Marshal of the Hunan Marching Capital, led an army to attack the Bozhou Tusi Yang family in eastern Guizhou.

Although the chieftain of Bozhou, the Yang clan, was the overlord of the local area, he had no ability to parry the menacing Ming army and could only rely on the steep terrain to resist.

In just ten days, the Yang family of Bozhou lost seven or eight cities near Hunan, and the population of tens of thousands was eaten by the Ming army.

Although the Yang family in Bozhou did not lose many troops, their morale was already low.

Yang Yuanding, chieftain of Bozhou, was extremely anxious. He knew that if he did not surrender to the Ming army, his old lair, Bozhou, would probably be captured after the Ming army fought for another ten days and a half.

Therefore, he didn't care about the reactions of Shuixi Chieftain and others!

He sent someone alone to make a request for peace to Marshal Tang He of the Marching Capital of the Ming Dynasty.

After getting the Banzhou Yang's peace proposal, Tang He seemed not in a hurry. He was not happy because of the Bozhou chieftain's peace proposal, but hoped that the Bozhou chieftain Yang would continue to resist.

At this time, Guo Ying, the deputy general, was really puzzled.

"Brother Tang, if we surrendered the Bozhou Yang family, wouldn't that save us a lot of effort? Why did we say we had to think about it and didn't agree to them immediately? I think the Bozhou Yang family is also very honest, and Sending our son as a hostage, providing us with cattle and horses, carrying food and grass, and opening up mountains and roads for us, this is already very obedient."

Hearing Guo Ying's words, Tang He smiled, and said to Guo Ying, "Brother Guo, your thinking is still too simple. Before I marched, His Majesty and King Ying had already told me that Guizhou's victory in the war is not worth it. It lies in the attachment of the various chieftains, but in the conversion of the local land to the local people!"

"Reform the soil and return to the bloc? What is the reform to return the native land?" Guo Ying looked puzzled.

He is a rough military general who doesn't understand what reforming the land and returning to the country is.

Moreover, Guo Ying was transferred to Hunan from Huaixi not long ago, so he has never seen the bandit suppression and reformation in the west of Hunan.

"The so-called land reform means that the land occupied by the local chieftain is returned to the imperial court, and then distributed to the local garrisons and people, so that when they pay taxes in the future, they will no longer pay to the chieftain, but to the imperial court."

"Returning to Liu means taking back all the local power and official positions from the original local officials to the imperial court. The original local officials are all abolished, and the people who manage the local people are replaced by the chieftains to the imperial officials, who take turns in charge every few years."

"After doing this, we will avoid the birth of a new wave of chieftains, which is to reform the land and return to the local people."

After listening to Tang He's explanation, Guo Ying was immediately amazed, "It turns out that this is the case. Your Majesty and the King of England are really far-sighted. I think the chieftains here in Guizhou are really like the emperors. Those chieftains we captured The soldiers vowed not to surrender, I thought they were stubborn at first, but now it seems that they are afraid of these thousand-year-old chieftains, they only know the chieftains, not the court!"

Tang He nodded and said:
"That's right, the families, wives and children of these captives are all under the control of the chieftain. If they surrender, the whole family will probably die too. Therefore, if the Yang family of Bozhou wants to surrender, they must accept reform, otherwise, Absolutely not, anyway, we don’t need to worry, then attack slowly.”

However, since Yang Yuanding, chieftain of Bozhou, sent someone to seek peace.

Tang He still used this time to refresh the soldiers.

At the same time, the news that Bozhou chieftain wants to ask for peace is sent to Yingtianfu.

After Zhu Yuanzhang received Tang He's military report, he immediately called Zhu Han to discuss.

"Seventh Five-Year, the Yang family in Bozhou really didn't fight. After fighting for less than half a month, they sent people to ask Tang He for peace and surrender. Do you think we can agree to it first, and we can talk about it after reforming the land? ?” said the older brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang is quite familiar with the situation in this area of ​​Guizhou.

The terrain there is rugged, with eighteen bends in the mountain road.

If such a poor place is conquered one by one, it may not be possible within a year or two, and it will require a lot of manpower and material resources.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the main energy should be focused on conquering the remnants of the Yuan army in the north.

After hearing what his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Han shook his head and said:
"We should stick to the original strategy. We must win Guizhou and complete the land reform. Otherwise, once these chieftains are left in Guizhou, it will become a big problem in the future."

What Zhu Han said was after careful consideration.

Now these chieftains followed Meng Yuan's buttocks to invade Hunan, and the Ming Dynasty sent troops to crusade, which is regarded as a famous teacher.

If they accepted their surrender, after seeing the strength of the Ming army, the various chieftains would definitely not stir up trouble, so that the Ming army would have no reason to attack them, and they would not be able to truly reform the land.

At that time, it will be extremely easy to procrastinate these chieftain issues into difficult problems.

The Ming Dynasty in history tolerated these chieftains in its strategy for Guizhou.

When the Ming Dynasty attacked Guizhou, all the chieftains surrendered to the Ming army one after another, and they all behaved extremely obediently.

Even the local Ming army general Ma Ye humiliated Mrs. Shexiang, the chieftain of Guizhou in every possible way.

He wanted to arouse their resistance, and then took the opportunity to suppress and eliminate the chieftains, and complete the land reform, but they also forced them to endure it.

The ability of Guizhou chieftains to endure humiliation in history is amazing.

And until the Wanli period in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the local chieftain saw the weakness of the Ming Dynasty!
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the She'an Rebellion broke out, and the Guizhou chieftain's rebellion consumed nearly half of Daming's treasury, laying a huge disaster for Daming's end in the future.

Therefore, now that Zhu Han is here, it is natural that Guizhou cannot be allowed to have these chieftains as hidden dangers.

Zhu Han continued to emphasize, "Brother, we must control the land of Guizhou and the population of Guizhou. These chieftains can give them wealth and official positions, and they can also keep their clans, but they must not be allowed to stay in Guizhou. place."

Zhu Han didn't want to kill all these chieftains, but he couldn't allow these chieftain regimes to continue to exist in Guizhou.

Zhu Han went on to say: "We should send someone to tell Tang He, continue to stick to the original strategy, and let Tang He also tell the broadcast of the chieftain Yang, and other Guizhou chieftains. Let them know that our Ming Dynasty does not allow a chieftain to be self-governing. Guizhou exists, no matter how long their chieftains have existed, whether it is thousands of years or hundreds of years, they will all become the territory of Ming Dynasty and implement stream management."

"Of course, these chieftains can keep their family property and move to other places, and they can continue to have the right to self-government in other places, but this place must not be Guizhou."

Zhu Han planned to move the various chieftains to places like Liaodong and Korea in the future, and they could be divided and disintegrated across tens of thousands of miles.

As long as the various chieftains migrate to Liaodong, they will no longer have intertwined forces.

Moreover, after such a long period of migration, the Ming court could continue to divide and disintegrate the chieftains, allowing them to disperse and settle in various parts of the Central Plains.

Hearing Zhu Han's words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Qiwu, what you said makes sense, then we won't change this matter, it's up to you!"

"Come on! Pass on our imperial decree and send someone to tell Tang He that we and the King of England have agreed that the original strategy for the Guizhou chieftain will not be changed. Let Tang He tell the Yang family chieftain of Bozhou that they want to Surrender to live, then obediently donate soil and surrender, hand over the land and population of Bozhou, if Yang Yuanding, chieftain of Bozhou, agrees, then let him come to Yingtian Mansion in person, and we will add officials to him!"

"Whoever dares to resist will die."

After agreeing on how to deal with the Guizhou chieftain, Zhu Yuanzhang then said:

"Qiwu, now that Xu Da is ready in Henan, ready to attack Guanzhong at any time, do you have anything else to tell him?"

Zhu Han shook his head and said, "No, Lan Yu, Chang Yuchun and others have brought a large number of elites and food and grass supplies, and everything is ready. Let's just wait for the good news of his recovery of Guanzhong in Yingtian Mansion."

Among the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties in the north, except for one Wang Baobao, the rest are only Li Siqi, Boluo Timur and others who are relatively capable of fighting.

The other generals of the Yuan army were all a bunch of drunks and rice bags, and they were not Xu Da's opponents at all.

What's more, the Ming army is equipped with a large number of muskets and cannons. These gunpowder weapons are extremely powerful. No matter how brave Ren Yuan's army is, if they are shot, they will die on the spot.

Therefore, the Ming army who mastered advanced gunpowder weapons.

Coupled with Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and other talented generals who meet once in a century, naturally there is no possibility of failure.

At this time, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said again, "By the way, Qiwu, what happened in Taixue yesterday, it seemed like a big artillery battle was set off, the noise was so loud that we heard it all in the palace. "

Hearing this, Zhu Han couldn't help but smiled awkwardly. Yesterday, he was researching and manufacturing steam engines with Wanhu Tao Guangyi and others in the Taixue Workshop, but he didn't want to have problems with the manufacturing process. A steam engine, a boiler explosion occurred.

The movement was so powerful that it could be clearly heard even in the imperial palace several miles away.

Most of the people in Yingtian Mansion thought that there was a daytime thunderstorm.

Fortunately, Zhu Han knew the danger of this boiler, so he made everyone hide in a distant place during the test, so that no loss of personnel was caused.

Zhu Han smiled and said, "Brother, I'm leading Wanhu and the others to study how to boil water!"

Hearing Zhu Han's words, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback immediately, "What? Boil water? What can boil water do?"

Zhu Han smiled and said, "Brother, you still don't know that boiling water is the most powerful technology nowadays, and whoever can boil water well will affect the national economy and the people's livelihood!"

"Anyway, I have already made a promise to them. Whoever boils the boiling water will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

"Golden taels?"

As soon as these words came out, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked.

A thousand taels of gold!It is impossible for most people to see so much gold in their lifetime.

"Boil water? Tell me quickly, what is the method of boiling water?" said the older brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then Zhu Han told his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang that he was experimenting with the primitive steam engine.

Explained in detail what a steam engine is, and then the principle of the steam engine.

The elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized the huge benefits of it when he heard half of it.

"Qiwu, once the thing you're talking about is built, wouldn't it mean that as long as there is coal to boil water, then you can let the ships and chariots go by themselves without oxen or horses?"

Zhu Han was also very surprised by what his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang said!
Sure enough, a smart person is a smart person, he knows everything.

He just talked about the power supply principle of a steam engine, and then his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang immediately thought of the application of the steam engine.

It has to be said that if the old brother Zhu Yuanzhang is allowed to invent and create with this talent and intelligence, I am afraid that he will not lose to Wanhu Tao Guangyi and others.

Zhu Han said with a thumbs up to his elder brother, "Brother, you are so right, that's what I think, whether it's a human, a cow or a horse, the strength is so limited, if you encounter someone in the future For a huge project, you must rely on the steam engine for boiling water!"

"If this steam engine is built, it only needs one person to keep adding coal and water to it, and it can support countless manpower."

Zhu Han himself started to study the steam engine now, not because he wanted to be ambitious, but because it had practical significance.

Nowadays, workshops, mines, etc. in various parts of Ming Dynasty can be said to be full of flowers, requiring a lot of manpower.

Especially in the various iron smelting workshops in Yingtianfu, because the various iron and copper pieces cast are getting bigger and bigger, the power needed can no longer be met by cattle, horses and people.

Therefore, it is imminent to study steam engine power.

Not long ago, Zhu Han signed in and got a set of early original version of the steam engine structure diagram.

This structure diagram can be described as very detailed!

From small accessories to large overall installation and layout, the main points of the original steam engine are explained very clearly.

However, even if there is such a complete set of "Steam Engine Structural Diagram", it is still very difficult to actually make it.

After more than half a month, Wan Hu and other talents figured out the basic points.

It took another month to create the first experimental product.

Who knew that the sample exploded in the first experiment!

The entire boiler flew into the sky, and most of the people in Yingtian Mansion were invited to listen to a big firecracker.

"If this steam engine is really so useful, will it be enough to rely on Wanhu Tao Guangyi and his men?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with concern.

Zhu Han shook his head and said, "It's not enough, but the manpower is not enough, so what can we do? Now we are short of manpower."

"Then call craftsmen from various workshops." Brother Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Zhu Han shook his head, then said helplessly. "Most of those craftsmen are familiar with their own one-third of an acre of land. They don't even understand the basic principles of this steam engine for boiling water."

Invention and creation do not work just because there are many people.

Most of these craftsmen are practice makes perfect.

They don't understand a lot of science and technology, and their talent is not enough for how to make a steam engine.

Zhu Han has nothing to do with this matter.

After all, there is no rush in cultivating talents, even if you are in a hurry, you can't rush out talents.

Later, Zhu Han told Zhu Yuanzhang about the structure, use and future development prospects of the steam engine.

Zhu Yuanzhang is full of expectations for the steam engine.

At the end, Zhu Yuanzhang was scratching his heart, wishing he could immediately issue an order to select talents from all over the country to Ying Tianfu, specifically to study this steam engine for boiling water.

It's just that my brother Zhu Yuanzhang has already understood that this matter cannot be rushed.

"Qiwu, it seems that what you said before is right. It is really imminent to cultivate talents. If you count on those Confucian scholars who know about Zhihu, they will not be able to make this steam engine anyway." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Today's Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty is very different from Zhu Yuanzhang in history. He has long since given up on those sour Confucian scholars, but is counting on Zhu Han's new Confucian talents.

"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will prosper and rule the world, relying on the inventions and creations of these craftsmen. Those who know Huhu can't strengthen the army, can't cultivate the fields, and can't do business. It's just barely used to stabilize people's hearts. Sooner or later They were eliminated," Zhu Han said.

Older brother Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. Although the Ming Dynasty now implements two imperial examinations, the old school and the new school, the momentum of the new school examination is unstoppable, and the old school has gradually become the second choice in the hearts of the people.

As long as anyone has a child who is willing to study, they all want to study in a new Confucian school.

Few people send their children to the school of Confucian scholars and scholars to read the Four Books and Five Classics and Zhihu.

This change is very important to Daming.

At this time, Zhu Han suddenly thought of something, and he said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Brother, in two days, Yingtianfu's women's college will start classes. I think this matter is very important. Should I let my sister-in-law show up?"

The system of women's imperial education is obviously different from that of formal imperial education.

After all, many women come to the Women's Taixue to study, not because they want to study and become officials, and they don't need to work hard. They only need to understand a general knowledge line, and it is already sowing the seeds of science.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"We don't think there is any problem with this matter. You can tell your sister-in-law yourself when the time comes."

Brother Zhu Yuanzhang has no problem with this matter.

But when I told my sister-in-law Ma Xiuying, I encountered doubts.

Empress Ma Xiuying of the Ming Dynasty was a traditional woman who cared for her husband and taught her children. For her, she even somewhat agreed with the saying that a woman's lack of talent is virtue.

For Zhu Han's invitation, Ma Xiuying really felt that it was too ostentatious.

"It's fine for women to keep their husbands and children at home. What's the use of learning these new things? Are you preparing these women to be officials?" sister-in-law Ma Xiuying said with a smile.

Zhu Han was clearly prepared for his sister-in-law's question.

"Sister-in-law, that's right, I really plan to arrange some official positions for these girls and students, so that they can also be officials."

Sister-in-law Ma Xiuying suddenly laughed, looked at Zhu Han and said, "Qiwu, you boy, you are making fun of your sister-in-law here, aren't you? Since ancient times, there has never been a woman who is an official."

After hearing this, Zhu Han shook his head and said, "Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. There are many women who are officials. When Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, there were many women who were officials?"

Hearing this, Empress Ma Xiuying became even more worried.

"Qiwu, what are you talking about? Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty, almost overthrew the Li Tang royal family, and her female official, who is Shangguan Wan'er, is also cholera Chaogang? This woman is an official, we It just feels a little unreliable.”

Zhu Han immediately dispelled these concerns of his sister-in-law Ma Xiuying with his own explanation.

He said, "Sister-in-law, we started the Ming Dynasty, but we must have a new dynasty and a new look, and set up a women's imperial school, so that these women can learn new things. When they go back to husbands and children, they will also teach their children new things. In this way, how many talents will be cultivated for Daming?"

After Zhu Han's explanation, Empress Ma was also persuaded by him.

Two days later, the Women's Taixue in Yingtianfu of Ming Dynasty officially started classes, and Empress Ma Xiuying of Ming Dynasty visited the Women's Taixue in person.

This matter immediately attracted the attention of all the dignitaries in Yingtian Mansion, and they sent their daughters to study one after another.

All of a sudden, more than 300 people rushed in from the women's academy that was originally planned to accommodate 1000 people, and the entire women's academy was overcrowded.

After some screening, the number of 1000 was finally left.

These 1000 people are all dignitaries in Yingtian City, daughters of royal relatives, and the worst of them must be wealthy businessmen.

All of a sudden, in the entire Yingtianfu city, everyone was proud that the girl in the family could enter the women's imperial school.

For this trend, Zhu Han is also happy to see it succeed.

Women's Taixue also has a unique royal grace.

Every month, Empress Ma will select the most outstanding female students with the best grades to enter the palace to give lectures to the concubines and princesses in the palace.

Moreover, Empress Ma also ordered that those with outstanding grades be given treatment equivalent to the fame of a scholar.

It also raised the status of women's imperial education!
Among the many female imperial students, Zhao Min is a very different existence.

All of them are relatives of the Ming Emperor, or meritorious officials, or wealthy businessmen, but she is a refugee woman from Henan. Even the door of this female imperial school cannot enter.

Because of the famous post from His Royal Highness, Zhao Min entered the women's imperial school without any hindrance.

After learning that those with excellent grades can enter the palace and even meet the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Min immediately burst out with great fighting spirit and worked hard in the women's imperial school, just to win for himself to be close to the Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang or King Zhu Han's opportunity, and then assassinate them to complete his revenge plan.

Shaanxi, Tongguan.

Xu Da's army of the Ming Dynasty is attacking Tongguan for the last time.

Boluo Timur, the reinforcement general stationed at Tongguan, was at the end of his strength at this time, but he still resisted Xu Da's attack.

Boluo Timur knew in his heart.

If you give up, it means that your Guanzhong forces will be wiped out.

He must desperately resist the Ming army's attack, as long as he can persist until his reinforcements arrive, then he will have a chance to turn defeat into victory.

"Kill it!"

Xu Da waved the flag order to let the Ming army attack again.

Numerous soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards the Yuan army holding their spears, and many soldiers behind them followed closely behind.

Boluo Timur looked at the Ming army rushing over.

"Kill!"

Boluo Timur roared angrily, and slashed at the Ming army soldiers rushing towards him with a long knife in his hand.

"Puff!" With a sound, the soldier of the Ming army was cut down by the long knife in Boluo Timur's hand, and the blood immediately stained the city wall of Tongguan.

"Hahaha, kill it, kill it, as long as I'm still alive, you can never take my Tongguan!" Boluo Timur laughed wildly.

Xu Da frowned, and snorted coldly: "Looking for death!"

Xu Da immediately pulled out a fine flintlock gun from his waist.

Zhu Han ordered craftsmen to make this flintlock specially for Xu Da.

It is a rare front-loading rifle in the world today. Although the loading speed is very slow, the accuracy is very good.

Xu Da raised his flintlock and aimed directly at Boluo Timur.

"Bang!" With a sound, Xu Da's flintlock bullet pierced Boluo Timur's chest.

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