Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 348 There is a problem

In front of the vertical board, Zhu Yuan looked at the expressions of the officials on both sides of the conference table who were surprised, confused or thinking, and couldn't help smiling.

Is this shocking?
Then some more.

After a little deliberation, he looked at Lao Zhu again, and after receiving a hint, Zhu Yuan continued: "Beyond politics, economy and culture, the Wa country actually has another very important role for my Ming Dynasty, it...is a springboard! "

springboard?

Faced with everyone's curiosity and doubts, Zhu Yuan looked at Lao Zhu again before continuing, and gestured to the western area not covered by the sea chart in front of him: "Here, let's talk about the earth first. To the east of our continent, lies the There is an ocean of nearly [-] miles, and on the other side of the ocean, there are two continents."

When Zhu Yuan said this, the elder Zhu raised his hand to signal.

The ministers in the conference room thought that His Majesty wanted to stop some young Pingzhang, but they heard Lao Zhu say: "In that case, bring the globe here, anyway, you have already seen everything that should be seen."

In the past year, Lao Zhu has shown many people one after another about the globe and even the world map.Even, the former Gongwei Division and the current Jinyiwei have quietly notified them.

Some people already have replicas of the globe in their homes.

That being the case, what is there to hide?
Although he had just read Liu Lian's speech on technical secrecy, Lao Zhu felt that there was no need for all the central officials in front of him.

What's more, with regard to technical secrecy, Lao Zhu also has his own understanding under the constant indoctrination of his 23rd grandson.

Roughly... just like the gunpowder, the principle is too simple, if you want to keep it secret, you can't keep it at all, so, how to do it?

The answer is simple, control raw materials.

Strict control of saltpeter and sulfur related to gunpowder is useless even if the gunpowder formula is everywhere and the raw materials cannot be found.

Similarly, many technologies in the future will be relatively simple, as long as people can't find raw materials and tools, it will be useless.

As for some esoteric technologies that ordinary people can't understand, they are simpler, control talents, control production, and even control circulation, and they can still be firmly guarded.

Not only that, but in the future, further legislation can be made.

Regarding that...'patent', the 23rd grandson of my own baby has already mentioned it in private, and Lao Zhu thinks it is good.

The globe will be moved soon.

Facing the large globe in front of him, Zhu Yuan continued: "As you can see, if you want to go to the two continents in the extreme east, if they pass through the central equator, the distance of nearly [-] miles is not realistic at all. How to do it?"

Having said that, without waiting for anyone to answer, Zhu Yuan drew a line from the coast of Daming to the Japanese archipelago, then to Alaska on the other side of the Bering Strait, and then to North America and South America: "The answer is, we can go from the north, Go around a little bit."

After speaking, he glanced at everyone, and Zhu Yuan kept talking: "Then, here comes the problem again, why do we do this?"

For this question, many people in the conference room reacted, subconsciously recalling what the boy Pingzhang just said about the transition from the "agricultural age" to the "industrial age".

resource!

Seeing that many people's expressions were stunned, Zhu Yuan also nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's still for 'resources', and, compared to my China, which has lasted for thousands of years and entered the peak of the agricultural era, the two buildings at the same time Continents, many places, are even in the primitive stone age. Here...everyone who has read my "Economics" should know that the stone age, the bronze age and the iron age are the three agricultural ages. Stages, every era, even if we don’t talk about qualitative changes, the gap is still oppressive. Therefore, as long as Da Ming can reach the two continents, he can easily occupy those two continents and achieve pioneering feats that neither the strong man nor the prosperous Tang Dynasty could accomplish. At the same time, The resources of the two continents are enough to support my Ming Dynasty to develop easily for hundreds of years."

When Zhu Yuan mentioned this, some people in the conference room... were a little confused.

What is the theme of this meeting?
Isn't everyone talking about, um, the great victory in Daiqu, how can we open up new lands and surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties in a blink of an eye?
But...

Then again, to surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties, I feel that you can still give it a try!

When everyone's thoughts were wandering, Lao Zhu, who had listened to all kinds of indoctrination from his baby's 23rd generation grandson, was a little more sober, and quickly brought the topic back.

After some discussion, various decisions were made quickly.

The first is the Daiqu naval battle. Although the naval governor Hua Gao and the deputy envoy of Yinghai Liu Lian both took the initiative to plead guilty, the enemy was prepared to attack but unprepared, and it was impossible to defend against it. Therefore, the coastal ministries were not at fault. Responding in time, blocked Zhao Dingxi's troops in Daiquyang on the same day and wiped them out. Therefore, everyone has contributed.

Lao Zhu issued an edict to ask the Navy Governor's Mansion and the Yinghai Division to investigate and list the credits of the navy and the fishermen who participated in the war as soon as possible, and report it to Jinling.

Secondly, Zhao Dingxi, the leader of the bandit, and Chen Ning, the deputy of the bandit, were both dead, but they could not be forgiven, so Mingzhou side threw their bodies into the sea.Murata, a businessman from the Japanese kingdom, acted as a treacherous spy, leading to the Shimu tragedy, and the crime was extremely serious.The rest of the captives and thieves, although they surrendered, were unavoidable because of the raid on Jiaxing, and they should all be executed as an example to others.

In the end, the navy was ordered to make secret preparations. After the beginning of spring, when the south wind blows, they will travel across the ocean to attack the Japanese country. The goal is to take down Jiuwei Island, where Zhao Dingxi's troops are entrenched, and establish a Daming naval base to deter overseas.

In addition to these, Lao Zhu also asked the local government to properly deal with all kinds of aftermath.

As for Liu Lian's request to strengthen technical secrecy, there was no result for a while. His Majesty just asked Zhongshu to carefully consider and discuss it and make a plan first.

At the end of the meeting, all the officials dispersed to implement the series of decisions just now, and Lao Zhu called his precious 23rd generation grandson to come to his study together.

The grandparents and grandchildren sat down opposite each other, and Lao Zhu threw a secret letter over and said with a smile: "On the day when the Daiqu victory was passed to Mingzhou, then Liu Lian... saw those people who were found on the enemy ships Xingyi and the others actually vomited blood and passed out, after being rescued, they kept saying that they were wrong and that you were right, Yuaner, I am also curious, what is the reason for this?"

Zhu Yuan quickly browsed through the secret letter in his hand. The content was roughly talking about the situation that day. He knew that it must be sent by a secret agent arranged by Jin Yiwei in the navy, so he didn't go into it. Last year, something I said to him."

In the brick and tile factory last year, Hu Shang and Zhu Yuan actually don't remember clearly, and it was also a whim at the time.

Zhu Yuan didn't expect that it would come true in just one year.

He briefly explained his point of view at the time.

After hearing this, Lao Zhu thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "You mean... I'm afraid it's... later?"

"It's been an old story for two lifetimes," Zhu Yuan nodded, sighing, and said, "Later, I always talked about the four great inventions, and one of them was gunpowder. It was roughly the Western Expedition of Mongolia and spread to Europe. And, back to this During the era, I also discovered that the good things we spread to Europe are definitely not just gunpowder, such as engraved watches, but there is no evidence. Then, our Ming Dynasty, from the founding of the country to the end, has actually largely entered into hot weapons However, after the Manchus entered the customs, they were afraid of firearms and suppressed them back. On the contrary, the West continued to develop thermal weapons to the extreme, and they also had steam engines. As a result, at the institutional level, they were only equivalent to us In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, but in terms of technology, it has achieved a qualitative change, from the agricultural age to the industrial age, and then there are the things that my ancestors and I have said. Culturally inferior civilizations, because the technology is extremely advanced, cover up certain However, in essence, it is the logic of 'whoever has the biggest fist, whoever has the most money, is a good person, and whoever does what is right'."

While muttering, Zhu Yuan suddenly smiled again, and added: "However, there is actually some truth to this, the barnkeeper knows etiquette, and people who have money, at least on the surface, do appear more civilized. "

After listening silently, Lao Zhu waved his hands with some reassurance: "Hey, there are so many 'difficult to appease' over there, let it go in the past. This time... just do it well."

Zhu Yuan nodded.

Think about it or no explanation.

It's not hard to understand.

It's just... Brother Xun seems to have a sentence, but I can't remember what it is.

So I didn't bother to think about it.

Lao Zhu had heard the reason why Liu Lian vomited blood, so he didn't delve into it further, changed the subject, and said instead: "These days, I asked the Ministry of Rites to verify the system of conferring titles in the past dynasties, and I have been thinking about it in private...you, What do you want to say?"

"This..." Zhu Yuan didn't expect Lao Zhu to mention it suddenly. In fact, he had thought about it in private, but he couldn't be sure what Lao Zhu was thinking for a while, so he could only say: "...My ancestor, if you want me to say, The background you are considering should be to extend the timeline to a scale of 500 years, um, think about it... we clan children, one day, will reach 100 million, or even 200 million, how should we deal with it?"

Lao Zhu smiled: "I don't need you to remind me of these things, I've already thought about them. This time, no matter the clan or honor... can no longer be hereditary. After some succession, it should be If you are a commoner, you should be a commoner. If you have no skills, like Liu Xuande, weaving mats and selling shoes is your fate."

Zhu Yuan nodded: "It's the best if the ancestor thinks so."

"I have to think like this. In the future...becoming an ordinary person is better than...if there is a drastic change, being hacked and killed according to the clan roster." Lao Zhu said, feeling again: "I didn't I feel that the Han family's favor order is too unkind. Now that I think about it, after that generation, the clan was also hidden among the people. The Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, the Liu Bei of the Shu Han... If we can do the same in the Ming Dynasty in the future, it is also good. It's better than the other time, raising them well one by one, but turning them into waste, it's much better."

Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty were both far, far away from the glory of their ancestors at that time, but they all made some achievements.

In comparison, the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty seemed to live a good life, but in fact, there were more imprisonment.

What's more, saying that it is a good day is just the idea of ​​ordinary people.

Later, many of the Zhu family's children may be worse than Liu Bei.Because of the ancestral system, they were unable to engage in serious occupations, and the court was unable to pay their salaries. Some were so extreme that they even committed crimes intentionally, just to enter Zhu's Fengyang high wall and live comfortably.

High walls are often synonymous with 'prison'.

This actually comes from the compound in Fengyang where the imperial clan was detained in the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, all the details that Zhu Yuan remembered had already been discussed with Lao Zhu in many daily exchanges.

After talking like this for a few words, Lao Zhu talked about the specific plan again: "These days, I have been thinking about it, and I have roughly determined my idea. The honorable clan, such as a prince, will be passed on to the twelve generations, such as the Duke of the state, and passed on to the twelfth generation. The ninth generation, like the Marquis, passed down to the sixth generation, and the earl is the third generation. This title cannot be reduced from one generation to the third generation. Moreover, if there is a great meritorious service, it can be added. Similarly, the guilty person will also be reduced. ...Heh, just like you, Yuaner, although you should be the king of the county, but I plan to list you as the twelve princes, are you satisfied?"

Zhu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Yuan'er thanked my ancestors first."

"Heh, why don't you be humble this time?"

Zhu Yuan showed a silly smile unique to juniors: "Yuan'er is actually most in favor of the ancestor's clear rewards and punishments."

"You have such a temper," Lao Zhu muttered, but put away his expression, "It's just that I called you here... but there is also a problem."

Zhu Yuan also put away his expression.

I probably know what Lao Zhu is talking about.

At the beginning of the discussion with Lao Zhu, Zhu Yuan did not dare to guarantee 500% of a Great Ming Dynasty with a 100-year state. However, if in this world, a series of Da Qin, Da Chu, Da Yan, Da Da Jin, then, not only can they support each other in theory to ensure that the Zhu family will not affect the whole family due to the collapse of a main branch or branch, but also... there can always be a few of them, who can achieve the 500-year kingdom that Zhu Yuan promised at the beginning. Jo target.

So, there is a conflict here.

According to what Lao Zhu just thought, the prince can only be passed on to the twelfth generation, which is about 300 years. Then, in the future, the fiefdom will theoretically belong to the vassal king of Ming Dynasty. , I am afraid that within a hundred years, we will face legal problems.

For example, when he was confiscated, he was a prince who owned a huge piece of land. After three generations, he was reduced to become a county king. In theory, both the salary and the fiefdom should be reduced. Then, when the time comes... what should we do?
It is conceivable that if one is not handled well, it will be another fight between the same room!
Lao Zhu waited for a while, and saw that his precious 23rd grandson had a thoughtful expression on his face, but he didn't speak, so he simply asked, "Since you have thought of it, why don't you tell me?"

Zhu Yuan pondered for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Ancestor, this matter is simple and easy to say, difficult... and difficult to say. Simple, it's just two systems of titles in parallel, one can be hereditary and the other , is the decreasing title. The difficulty lies in the fact that doing this...it is very difficult to level the bowl of water. Moreover, even if the ancestors managed to level the bowl of water, the next generation will still face the same problem. Even generations have to face this problem, and when the problem accumulates to a certain level, something will happen in the end."

(End of this chapter)