Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 478 Zhu Xi’s request

When Lin Che walked past Zhu Yuanzhang, she said softly: "Science is something you can't understand, and it's something that can't be defined in words, so I can't explain it to you."

"But, what I can guarantee you is that there will be a hundred benefits and no harm. Even what I just said is just a rarity."

"Let's see if Your Majesty dares to take a gamble with me. He's crazy!"

"I don't need too much support. I just need to kill Duke Yansheng Kong Xian for us. The man who was a dog legion in the previous dynasty is still ambiguous with Meng Yuan. The fifty-sixth generation grandson of Confucius, let's kill him." Just kill him!"

"After that, I will teach science in person."

"As for other matters, I don't dare bother Your Majesty."

Finished in one breath.

Lin Che did not wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's answer and strode out of the room.

"You...Oh!"

Looking at the back of Lin Che leaving gracefully, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed helplessly and thought to himself, what is this?
Kong Xian really deserves to be killed, and we have already intended to kill him, but... we have to kill him, but why is it so awkward to be told who to kill?
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed and walked out of the back door depressed.

The father and son returned to the palace.

It was getting late, so Zhu Biao said goodbye to his father and returned to the East Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang checked the time and came to the imperial study room.

But he found that the second child, Zhu Xiang, was waiting in the study.

During this period, many things happened in the royal family, all related to Zhu Laoer.

However, after Zhu Yuanzhang spent some time sorting it out, he finally cleared up his grievances. Thinking that he went to the southeast coast alone to conquer the Dan people, he still glared at him and asked:

"Second brother, how many people have you conquered along the southeast coast, and how many of them are willing to join the navy?"

In fact, the specific data had already been reported to him by a spy.

But this is the first time Zhu Xi has done such a big errand alone.

The results also exceeded expectations.

"Reporting to my father, during this trip I have conquered more than 175,000 Dan people, including more than 40,000 young men. There are 32,200 people who are willing to join our Ming Navy."

Zhu Ming held his head high and reported the figures with a hint of pride. This was his biggest achievement on the coastal front line.

Thanks to his efforts, all the Dan people on the southeast coast not only had new household registrations, but were also about to pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty Navy.

It can be said that he has become a Ming Dynasty man in the true sense.

"Very good, these sailors alone can form a fleet."

Zhu Yuanzhang finally nodded with satisfaction and asked Zhu Ping to sit next to him.

He knew very well that the young men Zhu Xi spoke of were all young people between eighteen and twenty-eight years old.

If nothing unexpected happens, he can serve the Ming Dynasty for at least twenty years.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xi and asked: "You have done a good job in subduing the Dan people. Recently, you have handled the one in your family very much in line with the father's wishes. Tell me what reward you want?"

Although there are still hundreds of thousands of Dan people, they are still unaware of the court's new policy.

However, Zhu Ping's mission ended here.

Anyway, he has figured out an effective recruitment routine.

The rest of the subjugation work will be done by officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, who will recruit Dan people in batches from the southeast and other coastal areas.

After all, as a prince, it was impossible for Zhu Xi to do everything.

It is already quite good for Zhu Ping to perform like this.

You should know that in order to prevent the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War from having too much influence among the Dan people, many officials took over Zhu Ping's tasks. Almost all officials from the two ministries were arranged to take turns participating in the subjugation of the Dan people.

It will never happen again that one person can conquer the hearts of tens of thousands of people. If the incident of his princess had not occurred, Zhu Fang might not have noticed Zhu Yuanzhang's concerns, and he might have been transferred back midway just after he had started a situation among the people.

And getting into trouble with his father.

However, nowadays, Zhu Xiang looks the same on the surface as before, but privately he has become a lot more evil.

I knew that in this situation, it was the best time to make a request to my father.

So Zhu Ping reported his request directly.

"Father, didn't you promise me that when I go on an expedition to Japan in the future, I would equip my partial army with an expeditionary fleet?"

"I want to select at least two thousand people from the conquered Dan people to serve as sailors in the fleet."

"Moreover, the ships equipped in the fleet must all be soft sailing boats with sharp bottoms created by Mr. Lin."

The conditions put forward by Zhu Xi are quite like a lion opening his mouth.

Because according to what Lin Che said, the given naval combat configuration has always been allocated to the fleet of the partial division. The number of small ships that are not responsible for transporting troops to land and serving as arson ships is only three to five for large treasure ships.

There are about fifteen medium-sized warships.

Such a huge fleet must be composed of sharp-bottomed soft sailing ships.

Even renovating an old ship costs a lot of money.

Fortunately, it won't be long before Tang He, who went on a mission to Southeast Asia, will be back. By then, there will be more than a hundred sea-going ships.

In a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of treasure ships and warships.

and funds to renovate seagoing ships.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Second brother, we will equip you with the number of warships in the fleet according to the highest standards, but two thousand sailors are a bit too many."

One treasure ship plus fifteen medium-sized warships would require almost four thousand sailors to operate.

In one fell swoop, Zhu Ping stuffed two thousand Danmin into the fleet, accounting for half of the sailors.

This ratio is really a bit high.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid of chaos among the people.

Instead, he was worried that the proportion of Dan people in the fleet led by Zhu Ping would be too high, which would lead to a situation where he would not be able to lose his position in the future.

Zhu Fang knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about, but he didn't care and said with a smile: "Father, don't worry, the Dan people are not so frivolous now. As long as they ensure that their families can fill their stomachs by farming, and not be People bully.”

"They were the most brave and fearless warriors in the early days of the Ming Navy."

Today's Dan people are relatively simple in their behavior.

The imperial court improved their status and gave them a place to live on land.

They will work wholeheartedly for the court and will not even think about fighting for power and profit.

"Since you know what's going on, let's not say more."

"We will meet your request and there will be no trouble. You can go back. We still have memorials to deal with."

After sending Zhu Xi away, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the case, looked at the pile of memorials, and shook his head helplessly...

……

The next day, Fengtian Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the ministers to salute and rubbed his scarlet eyes.

Last night, he stayed up late again to deal with the memorial. It wasn't until the sky got slightly bright that he went to bed and squinted for a while.

Now he just wanted to end his morning session as soon as possible, take advantage of his free time to relax for a while, and then go to listen to Lin Che's lectures while he was full of energy.

(End of this chapter)