I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 411 More important than hard work is following the right person

Chapter 411

However, what Cheng Shijie didn't actually know was that Australia had actually been discovered. As early as 1606, the Spanish navigator Torres discovered Australia.The word Australia originally means "southern continent" and comes from the Latin word terraaustralis (southern land). It was not until January 1788, 1, that the first batch of British prisoners exiled to Australia arrived in Sydney Bay, and the British began to establish a colony in Australia. Later this day was designated as Australia Day.

However, Australia has not been taken seriously until now. In fact, Spain has discovered too many continents, but their most important ones are the silver, gold and spice trade. In their view, Australia has no development value.

Australia's neighbor New Zealand was discovered by the Dutch in 1642 and then forgotten about until Captain Cook discovered it again in 1769.I don’t know how the British found Australia on the Spanish charts. This is not important. What is important is that Cheng Shijie actually asked for their charts as early as when he was trading with the Venetian City-State Republic.

But the Venetians were smart enough to mix in some private goods when giving Cheng Shijie the nautical charts. After all, in the Age of Discovery, nautical charts meant the lifeline of the country. Although the Venetians had products from the Ming Dynasty, they still needed to sell their products to the Ming Dynasty. Commodities, but they have selfish motives and are ready to divert trouble to the east.

There are only interests between countries, but there are no permanent friends. It can even be said that the friendship between Catherine and Cheng Shijie is no longer important at the national level, and their personal friendship is no longer important. The city-state Republic of Venice is not Catherine's final decision.

By some strange combination of circumstances, the Venetians used the old nautical charts purchased for fifteen gold carats, which were the Australian charts discovered by Torres' descendants, and placed them in the world's nautical charts. Cheng Shijie was looking at them. The real reason why he didn't find any problems in this chart was that he had seen the world map and knew the general location of Australia.

However, you know, some things need to be verified. The Spanish did not pay attention to the Australia they discovered because they had too much territory and the indigenous population of Australia was too small. In this case, colonial rule of Australia was not a good thing for the Spanish. For the Spanish Empire, it actually had no economic value.

Although it has no economic value for the Spanish Empire, for the Ming Dynasty and Cheng Shijie, the economic value is too great, especially because the Little Glacier climate is an obstacle that cannot be bypassed. As early as the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Liaodong Ocean Exploration The team was formally established. The main direction of exploration and verification was the trade routes and trade routes in the Age of Discovery.

There are three expedition teams, one starting from Luzon and going directly to New Spain, that is, Mexico. This is an expedition team composed of pirates. The purpose is to steal Spanish silver ships. Anyway, the British have been doing this. , but the British did it more secretly, and the Spanish could not find evidence. In this era, the chance of being robbed by pirates and being annihilated was as high as the chance of encountering a storm at sea.

What Cheng Shijie needs to do is to escort the Spaniards and leave a few survivors alive as witnesses to give Spain evidence. As for whether Spain will fight with the British, this is not something Cheng Shijie can decide. , after all, the Spanish Empire, just like the Ming Empire, was also declining, and its power was deteriorating day by day.

The two escort fleets heading to the Americas were led by Zheng Zhibao and Shi Daxuan respectively, and there was no way to use General Zheng. The main reason was that the navy was developing too fast. Besides, the families of Zheng Zhibao and Shi Daxuan were all in the hands of Cheng Shijie, and even more What's more, their nephew followed Cheng Jialong and was a key member of the second generation of Ning Haijun. There was no reason to betray Cheng Shijie.

In fact, even if they betray Cheng Shijie, it doesn't matter.

The third route was led by Hong Xu. This expedition had a total of thirteen Junk ships. Such ships were classified as small and medium-sized warships in Europa, but were useless when placed in the main battle fleet of the Ning Navy.

Throw it away. It's a pity. After all, many of the ships are older than ten years. There will be no problem in using them for another ten or twenty years. Don't throw them away. This kind of warship cannot keep up with the speed of the Ning Navy's main warships.Therefore, in this case, it can only be regarded as waste utilization.

Hong Xu led these thirteen warships, and with the cooperation of five armed merchant ships, they finally arrived in Australia. However, they did not land immediately, but kept walking along the Australian coastline. After three months of sailing, Finally, I walked half a circle around Australia.

It wasn't until Hong Xu and the others saw kangaroos on the shore that they were sure they had arrived in Australia.

This is a vast continent. The coastal plain rises quietly from the intoxicating blue where the sea meets the sky, winding up and down in the stormy waves, all the way to the end of the sky.

The sea hits the coast day after day, year after year. When it overflows the white sandy beach, it will appear very gentle, but when it hits the overhanging shore, it will become extremely violent and make a thunderous roar. There was a loud sound, foam splashed, and some cliffs made of volcanic ash and sulfur collapsed and deformed under its impact. After each huge wave passed, a large piece of it would be lost. It seemed that as long as another wave came over, it would be lost. As if disappearing.

Beyond the coastline, there is a vast land. The grassland is endless. The wild grass grows more than one meter high and is extremely lush. If the nomads saw such a scene, they would probably cheer loudly. This is simply a pasture gifted to them by God. ah!But if they do, they will soon find that they cheer too early. These weeds are so tough that nothing but termites will eat them, and even kangaroos won't touch them.

The edge of the grassland is boundless sandy shrubs and annoying bushes. That kind of ghost place is dry and hot, and it doesn't rain for several years. It is very difficult to survive there.However, there are always some people who have withstood the test and survived tenaciously. Thick smoke can often be seen billowing in the desert. The indigenous people set fire to the dry and dense weeds and shrubs, burning these vegetation, and then in the desert. Sprinkle seeds on a thick layer of plant ash and let your favorite grains and fruits grow.

These indigenous people have lived on this land for 4 years. Due to their isolation from the world, they have no chance to communicate with other civilizations. They still live a life of slash-and-burn farming and rely on gathering to survive, using animal bones and Various tools were made from the smashed rocks, and those simple tools were what they relied on to survive on this land.This land seems to have stayed in the prehistoric era. It has been tens of thousands of years, and they have not passed the level of chain trench settlement.

The indigenous people who were searching for food on the coastal plain were surprised to see several pointed sails emerging from the junction of the sea and the sky.They stopped what they were doing in surprise and stood on tiptoes to look over there. They saw a huge sailboat cutting through the waves and heading this way, then another one, and another one... a total of thirteen Ship!

These poor natives were frightened. They had never seen such a big boat in their lives. The only kind of boat they had seen was a pitifully small canoe. In front of the sailboat, he was like a dwarf in front of Gulliver the Giant!
The tribal leader exclaimed, and everyone stopped looking for food. They all hid in the woods and stared nervously at the coast. This was the first time they had seen outsiders in thousands of years, and they were both frightened and curious.

Soon, the sailboats were approaching, but since there was no natural deep-water port in this area, the big ships did not dare to dock. The sailors on the ship were busy and put down a few small boats.

The sailors on the boat yelled and rowed together, rowing the boat very fast, flying between the wave crests, bypassing the reef, rushing through the breaking waves, and finally washed up on the beach.The indigenous people were surprised to see these people with disheveled hair. After landing, they knelt down on the beach with a bang. They inserted their hands into the sand and cried and screamed. A strange voice burst out from their hoarse throats: "Australia! Australia! We found it." Australia!"

Hong Xu cried excitedly. Cheng Shijie promised them that if they find Australia, they will be rewarded with a captain. Hong Xu knew that Ning Haijun’s captain was already a senior general. Until now, Ning Haijun’s captain-level generals, the army and navy plus Together, less than twenty people were definitely considered to have entered the core of Ning Haijun. Hong Xu’s was an expedition team. They traveled to Zhoushun, crossed the Strait of Malacca, visited India first, and stayed in the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu. After a period of time, I got to know the local customs and products, and replenished some food and fresh water, and then set sail again. Based on a few unreliable charts and some descriptions by Cheng Shijie, I sailed to a country that has always been isolated from the civilized world. A mysterious continent that lasts thousands of years.

Along the way, they experienced terrible storms, terrifying tsunamis, and treacherous reefs. They also saw with their own eyes the vibrant islands and many unheard-of creatures living on those islands, such as seals and sea lions, who endured a lack of fresh water and food. After suffering from pain and narrow escape, they finally saw the continent on which they had staked everything when they were about to collapse. Of course, they had no way of determining whether it was a continent or an island until they spent several months turning around. Circle, then it is confirmed that it is Australia.

Of course, whoever discovered and named it would be named Hongzhou, and in later generations it would be named Melbourne. …

The first policy that Cheng Shijie needs to abolish is actually the system of going to court. In Cheng Shijie's view, there is no need to go to court every day in the Ming Dynasty. Although in movies and TV shows, the emperor has eunuchs shouting in the morning, "If there is something to be done, no matter what happens, no one will go to court every day." "I will withdraw from the court", and then a group of ministers will express their opinions or ideas with one word or another. After the emperor makes a decision, he will say "withdraw from the court" and the "work" of the day will be completed.

The TV series is just a condensation of historical events, and there are more performance elements in it. The procedure for the emperor to go to court is not that complicated, and I don’t see any examiners giving "points" to these officials. It is just a sentence of "So-and-so has something" I didn't come because I was sick or had something to do." Even if he asked for leave on the spot, the emperor was very easy to talk to. He would agree to the leave by saying "I understand".

In fact, in Cheng Shijie's opinion, this is not necessary at all. Everyone is in a different position, has different vision and thinking. If they are employees, they will definitely want to get more money without working.If the boss is thinking, he would definitely want his employees to work more, get paid less, or even work overtime for free.

Just like many people who have read a few military books, they will point out the country, praise the words, and think that they are experts in the art of war. In fact, they are not even superficial. The opinions of such people are not actually useful as a reference.

It can only be said that grassroots personnel do have a specific say in specific matters. For example, a farmer has in-depth research on farming. After all, he is a professional. If he relies on this to make a living, his business can overwhelm his professional. Then Only the protagonist of the online novel can do this.

After all, the protagonist is omnipotent. Just like in some entertainment novels, the protagonist can write lyrics, compose music, act, write scripts, be a director, make movies, change lines, and is omnipotent. In fact, these crossovers seen by laymen All-round talents are driven by capital. Usually, they take other people's works and put their own names on them. Every line has barriers. Academic masters do exist, but a science master will definitely Is he more awesome than a senior welder?

This is really not possible.

The cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is actually quite good. There is no need for two to three thousand people to attend court meetings every day. This is a waste of personnel and energy, especially the large number of low-level censors, officials and six subjects in the Ming Dynasty. There is no need for them Attend court meetings.

The key problem is that Cheng Shijie is not a workaholic. He does not have the work enthusiasm of Emperor Chongzhen. He prefers to sleep in, eat and drink well. As the deputy director of the office of Hansteel Group, he has not seen Chairman Tiantian pull Meetings with department heads need to be held, but not everything needs to be resolved at the meeting. There is no need to waste time wrangling in meetings.

In Cheng Shijie's opinion, it is very good. If there is a problem, he can solve the problem and discuss the matter. It is very simple and efficient.

Cheng Shijie abolished the court system of the Ming Dynasty. Some of the two to three thousand officials in the capital were moved to tears, and some felt that the sky was falling. If they were not allowed to participate in the imperial meeting, how could they have a sense of existence?

However, no one can say what fate has decreed. After all, this is politically correct. Cheng Shijie is only the regent and overseer of the country, not the emperor. He has this power.

When attending the new cabinet meeting, the most emotional ones were Chen Zilong and Fang Yizhi. Their purpose of going to Liaodong was not simple. As a result, by a strange combination of circumstances, they became members of the Liaodong Management Committee and accidentally became members of the cabinet. Member, whether this position is placed in Qin, Han or Ming, he has directly entered the center of power.

Especially Chen Zilong, a proper big farmer.

Fang Yizhi is very grateful to Chen Zilong. Facts have proved that following the right talents is the most important thing, more important than hard work.

Cheng Shijie watched the internal members take their positions and said calmly: "I am preparing for military reform!"

Zhou Ning took the lead and said: "Your Majesty is wise! The military system of the Ming Dynasty has long been rotten. Not only are the millions of guards unable to fight, they have also become a huge burden. They should have been laid off long ago!"

Sun Zhidao frowned and said: "Of course the guardsmen should be laid off, but where will they put so many of them after they are laid off?"

Cheng Shijie said calmly: "It's easier to handle. Move all the health offices to Dayuan or Luzon!"

What surprised Cheng Shijie was that with the deepening of reforms in the Ming Dynasty and the abolition of corvées and various miscellaneous taxes, the people were unwilling to leave their hometown. But the problem was that the north was no longer suitable for agricultural production. These people were unwilling to leave. , and he had no choice but to forcibly relocate them like prisoners and criminals.

"Your Majesty, this will only cause dissatisfaction among the guards!"

"The General Staff Headquarters will be responsible for the relocation. All departments of the Ning Navy will cooperate unconditionally!"

Cheng Shijie said calmly: "It's not up to them whether they want to move or not!"

This matter was Cheng Shijie's word, and no one was unhappy about it in the military field.

"The next topic is the feudal king..."

(End of this chapter)