The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 466: General Guangwei who will do whatever he wants to the end

Beijing.

Duke of Wei.

back yard.

It was quiet everywhere. Some people were burning paper money in the brazier and placing tributes. From time to time, they raised their heads and looked around.

He had already given orders, so no one should come, but anyone would feel uneasy paying homage to someone who was executed by the saint's order.

"Tap."

There were footsteps in the distance, and the middle-aged man frowned.

"elder brother."

Hearing the cry, the middle-aged man sighed.

"Brother, you are paying homage to Mr. Zhan again, like this every year, aren't you afraid that the saint will know?"

Xu Zengshou said dissatisfied.

He came to see Big Brother today. The servants said they didn't know where Big Brother was, so he guessed it was here.

"In a master-disciple relationship, some things must be done."

Xu Huizu said calmly.

Hearing what his elder brother said, Xu Zengshou felt unhappy.

The eldest brother is capable of both literature and martial arts, and is praised internally and externally. Even saints love him.

The eldest brother was not only the Duke of Wei, but also the governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. He was in charge of many military guards. In the 26th year of Hongwu, he and his brother-in-law went on an expedition against Can Yuan.

In 27 years, he and Anlu Hou trained coastal sergeants in Zhejiang. In the second half of the year, they trained troops in Shaanxi. In 28 years, they trained troops in Fengyang Mansion.

In 29 years, he went to the Imperial Academy together with the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy to assess the teachers and students of the Imperial Academy.

It can be said that there is no two in the limelight.

Nobles, military, civil servants, scholars...

Big brother's reputation is excellent.

Only point.

Brother is too emotional.

"Mr. Zhan just taught my eldest brother calligraphy, why did he let me take such a risk?" Xu Zengshou was very dissatisfied.

Zhan Xiyuan was a famous calligrapher in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.

Not only is calligraphy famous, but also invented the five-wheel hourglass. Because the north is cold, water is easy to freeze, so sand is used instead of water, gears are added, and the time dial parts are synthesized to become a quarter hour suitable for use in the north.

But this person was involved in a major case and was an official implicated in the killing.

Others would not be able to hide, but Xu Huizu would pay homage quietly every year, never forgetting his teachings.

Xu Huizu ignored Xu Zengshou.

Xu Da has four sons.

The eldest son Xu Huizu, the third son, and the youngest son Xu Zengshou share the same mother, and their mother is Xu Da's regular wife.

The third son died young, and the second son was born to a concubine.

Therefore, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou have a good relationship.

"Brother, you can't go to the East Palace anymore." Xu Zengshou said solemnly.

"Why can't you go?"

Xu Huizu's face was calm.

He assisted the emperor's grandson in the East Palace for several years and was highly valued by the prince.

"You know."

"I do not know."

Seeing his elder brother being so stubborn, Xu Zengshou was so angry that he couldn't help but roll his sleeves, paced back and forth anxiously, and said loudly.

"Don't you really know that the saint has a heart for easy storage?"

"The eldest nephew has already said that he will go south to the capital, and there is also the matter of brother-in-law. Don't you think there is no saint in the eyes of the eldest brother?"

"A sage is a king, a prince is just a prince."

Xu Zengshou said seriously on the word "Crown Prince".

Xu Huizu was speechless.

It is precisely because the saint is there that he becomes more and more confused in his heart, not knowing how to choose.

"My father's family business is all on my eldest brother. Doesn't he really care?" Xu Zengshou stepped forward and took Xu Huizu's arm.

Xu Huizu lowered his head.

This is a man with a clear heart.

But as Xu Zengshou said, if the sage decrees easy storage, what can he do.

"Ugh."

After a long time, Xu Huizu sighed.

……

"Wei Guogong is unreliable."

Chuzhou.

Fang Xiaoru rejected people's proposal to contact Wei Guogong.

"Although Wei Guogong has a close relationship with His Royal Highness the Emperor, his mind is unpredictable and he is even more loyal to the saint."

"I have discussed with Huang Zicheng that we cannot contact Wei Guogong."

Everyone looked at General Guangwei.

Waiting for Xie Gui's idea.

Xie Gui was actually a little dissatisfied with Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru's scholarly business ambitions. Their ideas were too ridiculous, but the emperor's grandson trusted them the most.

He even thought of persecuting the saint with public opinion, so that the saint can see the public opinion clearly.

So ridiculous.

In fact, both of them did.

In the first year of Jianwen in the future, Zhu Di's three sons were summoned to Beijing. Qi Tai suggested keeping the three as hostages, but Huang Zicheng insisted on letting them go back.

After Xu Huizu learned about it, he couldn't help telling Zhu Yun that he had left three nephews behind, but he was still sent back to the vassal state.

Xie Gui feels that either he doesn’t do it, or if he does it, he should go all out.

Isn't Prince Yan going south?

Chuzhou was the only way to go, so when he was unprepared, whether by trick or poison, he was directly murdered.

"Is the saint's health good?" Xie Gui couldn't help but ask.

Fang Xiaoru was stunned.How could you ask about such a confidential matter in public?

"We've reached this point, why are you still hesitating?" Xie Gui showed dissatisfaction and felt a little regretful.

It's too early to bet yourself.

I should have been thinking about it at the time, but who knew that the Emperor Taisun family looked huge, but was actually an embroidered pillow.

Such huge power was brought to such a disadvantage by a few scholars.

"You were hesitant at the beginning because the saint didn't say it clearly, so you kept holding on to luck in your hearts. To put it bluntly, you were afraid of trouble and didn't dare to give bravely."

Xie Gui is no longer as polite as before, and his words are getting worse and worse.

Fang Xiaoru's eyes were unhappy.

After all, Wufu is simple-minded.

However, seeing everyone looking at him, Fang Xiaoru said helplessly: "Huang Zicheng has received accurate information a long time ago, and the saint's dragon body has never been in good condition."

"I heard that the saint often left the palace many years ago." Some people suspected.

"And some officials who have seen the saint said that the saint looks good."

Everyone said something to me, and Fang Xiaoru had no idea.

Seeing this, Xie Gui felt even more regretful.

If he had known that the people around the emperor's grandson were so incompetent, he should not have waded into this muddy water. What should he do now?

Xie Gui thought to himself that he already wanted to get off this boat.

Xie Gui asked quietly afterward: "Is there any news from Peiping? When will Prince Yan set out?"

"It's NO.15 next month."

"General, what should we do?"

"Look first."

Xie Gui calculated the gains and losses.

Xie Gui was not satisfied with the military reforms in Peking.

Military households can inherit hereditary status, but the restrictions have been loosened. Military households can withdraw from military status and convert to civilian status, but they must hand over their military land.

The hardest thing to accept is that the hereditary status of guards officers has been cancelled.

Xie Gui believes that there will definitely be many people who are dissatisfied with the military reform in Peking, which is also the reason why he immediately sided with the Emperor Taisun.

The earlier you place your bet, the higher your winning bet.

But at present, it seems that both Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru are a bit unreliable. Isn't there someone who can do it in the huge family of the emperor's grandson?

Xie Gui became a little angry.

In the 31st year of Hongwu, the situation in the south became turbulent, and even the benevolence of Shushujun in the imperial history praised Zhu Yunqi for his wise appearance.

In the past, it might have caused the saint to condemn him, but now there is no movement.

On the contrary, there are more and more news about King Yan.

It even seems absurd to say that the recent memorials were actually approved by King Yan, and the sage had delegated power to King Yan.

The panic in the south did not affect Peiping's industrial development.

With the opening of the Shanghai Terminal, north-south trade has increased day by day, and the cargo carrying capacity has increased significantly every year, which has left Caohe's transportation capacity insufficient.

Capacity has become a limitation.

The opening of the sea in Shanghai County broke this restriction. The orders of Longjiang Shipyard suddenly doubled, and most of them were sea-going ships.

The lacquer trees around the capital were contracted by businessmen in Peiping and specially transported to Jinzhou Shipyard, which aroused dissatisfaction at Longjiang Shipyard.

Officials at the Longjiang Shipyard went to court and demanded that the sumac trees around the capital should not be contracted by businessmen.

Zhu Di really came forward.

The merchants from Peiping were called and given two choices.

The first option is to rationally supply Longjiang Shipyard and Jinzhou Shipyard through a distribution model. The second option is for the court to take back the sales rights contracted to merchants.

It did not harm the interests of businessmen, took care of the Longjiang Shipyard, and appeased the Jinzhou Shipping Administration. Mainly because it did not favor the north, and gained the favor of many southern businessmen.

Longjiang Shipyard has always been the largest shipyard in Ming Dynasty. It has upstream and downstream workshops that produce accessories, as well as branch factories on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Although its production efficiency is not as good as that of Jinzhou Shipyard, its production volume is higher than that of Jinzhou Shipyard.

Shanghai County.

Although it has only been less than a year since the sea was opened, the old buildings here have not yet been completed and new construction sites have started.

The boss of the ship taught his son how to distinguish the direction of the wind and recognize the channel.

Although ancient Chinese navigation had a cognition of longitude and latitude, it did not reach the level of cognition of later generations and was still relatively primitive.

This is true even in the West.

Relying on Western navigation technology, Columbus firmly believed that America was India, and always believed that he had arrived in India.

Various technologies are constantly developing, and they reach the level of future generations only with the height of science in later generations. They do not reach the heights of later generations as soon as they are invented.

The same is true for longitude and latitude, which is constantly developing. From various wrong perceptions, we gradually find the correct direction.

Jinzhou Shipping.

Different from the father-to-son and teacher-to-teacher model in the Mainland, Jinzhou Shipyard opened a navigation technology training school.

"Navigation was not born out of thin air, but a separate direction extended by the height of Chinese civilization."

"Originally, there were meteorological concepts of eight winds and twelve quarters, so some ancestors applied their meteorological discoveries to the sea."

A technician stands at the podium.

Below are the dense ship administration staff, many of whom are engaged in running the ship.

"Finally solved the problem of the plum blossom wind in May, and Jianghuai thought that the trade winds needed to rely on the sea breeze to move the sailboats."

"In this era, in order to wait for the wind period, we often wait for five or six months. If we miss the wind period, we have to wait until next year."

"The ancestors of the Song Dynasty had the idea that "the wind comes from all directions, but only the head cannot move", that is, in addition to the direction of the head, the ship can move in seven other directions."

"This is our unique navigation technique in China. It is the only example in the world. It was passed down in the Yuan Dynasty."

This technique was only learned in the West after the sixteenth century.

"The use of sails on ships, from the early days of single-masted single sails, because the sails were not big, the speed of the ship was not fast."

"Later, people gradually developed the masts on the ships into three sails, four sails, five sails, six sails... and at most twelve sails."

"With more sails, you can make full use of the wind, and even go upwind."

"But it also increases the complexity of operating the ship and increases the labor of the sailors. Moreover, if a storm suddenly comes and the sail cannot be lowered in time, there is a danger of the sail breaking and capsizing the ship."

"As a result, future ships will gradually reduce masts and sails, heighten masts and use larger sails, which will require larger ships. This is the main development direction of our Jinzhou sea-going ships."

The staff in the audience took notes one after another.

Jinzhou Shipbuilding’s training model was quickly praised by Zhu Gaochi.

(End of this chapter)