The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 658

After more than a year, Zhao Yuanhong's letter finally arrived at the Daming Capital.

The reason why they can arrive so quickly is because of the relationship between the sea merchants.

Many maritime merchants were willing to help when it came to the letters from the Ming capital, even if the pirates knew about it, they would not stop it.

Although Ming's navy is currently only in the Nanyang region, it has not entered the Western region.

But the palace newspaper of the capital has already been circulated all over the world.

After reading the contents of the mansion newspaper, anyone will yearn for the prosperous Daming. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Daming is the existence of utopia.

"I didn't expect that in the far west, the Byzantine Empire would have fallen into such a situation."

Seeing the content of the letter, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

Rome is the Great Qin of the West, with the same civilization as the East. At this time, just like the Southern Song Dynasty, it is already on the verge of fragmentation.

If the Byzantine Empire perished, it would be equivalent to the desolation of the Roman era.

Compared with the Central Plains, it is like the entry of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was expelling the Tartars and restoring the Central Plains.

This makes Zhu Yuanzhang have some empathy now.

"If possible, let's try to help the Paleoleg dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke first.

He didn't think Zhao Yuanhong could do anything in the west, the west was too far away from Daming.

Even if Zhao Yuanhong has really developed a lot, it doesn't mean much to Daming.

Because in the far west, it is impossible to migrate a large number of Han people to the past. The existence of a Han, no matter how great achievements he has, will not have much effect on Ming after his death.

On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang saw it very thoroughly.

However, for Daming's prestige, it still has some spreading effect.

Even if the Nanyang region is won, as a subsidiary of Ming Dynasty, the region that can have the greatest impact is only in the South India region.

Crossing the entire Indian Ocean to the Arabian Sea is a very long time for now.

These aspects are no longer within the reach of the Ming court.

But Zhu Ying had a different idea.

In fact, if you want to develop overseas power, it is impossible to do this through the Ming court.

The best way is to support the power of the people, because only the family power of the people can spend a huge price on external expansion.

It's not that the Ming government doesn't have this strength, but it's not worth it for the court.

The territory of Ming Dynasty itself is very large, and developing overseas is a waste of energy, and official actions can easily arouse resistance from other countries. Once disputes arise, the level will easily rise.

The non-government groups are different, they are responsible for their profits and losses, as long as they think it is profitable.

The primitive accumulation of capital is often dirty and bloody, and there is no need for the imperial court to bear such a bad reputation.

After leaving the direct territory of Ming Dynasty, the law actually has no binding force.

How to do it depends entirely on the moral level of the individual.

If it weren't for the Central Plains' emphasis on etiquette and civilization since ancient times, Zhu Ying would have thought of issuing private plunder licenses.

Of course, as far as the current behavior is concerned, Zhu Ying is actually encouraging non-governmental families to communicate with the outside world.

In today's Ming Dynasty, especially in Fujian and the coastal areas of Guangdong, the most prosperous industry is shipbuilding.

The demand of non-government groups for sea-going ships is increasing, which cannot be done without Zhu Ying's secret promotion and policy support.

And because of HNA's relationship, the relocation of the capital has now been put on hold.

Today's Nanjing, because of the gathering of businessmen from all over the world, and the continuous influx of people from all over the Ming Dynasty, has led to an increasing population.

According to the preliminary statistics of Hongwu for 30 years, the floating population plus the permanent population is already on the verge of approaching 300 million.

What is the concept of a city with a concentrated population of 300 million at the end of the fourteenth century.

Not to mention 300 million, even a big city with a population of over one million can be said to be one of the few in the entire world at present.

It is precisely because of the promotion of the development of maritime trade that the population of Nanjing has been soaring in recent years.

In fact, the biggest factor of population growth is that Zhu Ying keeps opening factories here in Nanjing.

As a factory in Nanjing, no matter in terms of remuneration or other aspects, it belongs to the top place. As long as you can enter the factory in Nanjing, let alone the salary, the first guarantee is to include food and housing.

It is unimaginable for ordinary people to include food and housing. Besides, there is a lot of wages every month.

As long as it is not spent indiscriminately, these wages can be saved.

In comparison, this life is even better than that of some remote landowners.

The factory will also allocate free dormitory and clothes.

Not worrying about food and clothing, this is a life that is completely undreamable for the people who survived the chaos of the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Coupled with the golden signboard of Taisun, it seems that his status will go up several grades after entering the factory.

In these concentrated factories, Zhu Ying also set up a special school, so that the children of workers who enter the factory can learn knowledge.

These schools organized by the factory are all free for the children of the workers in the factory.

Not only was there no beam repair, but food was also given, which completely saved my mind.

Each factory will be equipped with a clinic according to Zhu Ying's requirements.

If workers have any ailments, they can go to the clinic for treatment.

The price of the factory's clinic is very low, and often some minor diseases can be treated with only a few pennies.

It even includes delivery services.

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Now Daming is constantly encouraging births, so delivery is a very important issue, which can better guarantee the survival rate of newborns.

Midwifery is a direction that medical schools attach great importance to at present. The profession of Wenpo is being eliminated by history and replaced by more professional gynecologists.

Nowadays, it is not important to say that women who are ignorant are virtuous, because the rapid economic development has led to the creation of many new jobs.

As for the school, there is no such thing as accepting only men but not women.

Zhu Ying's compulsory education includes both sexes.

The current gynecology department is basically all women.

Today's female doctors, not to mention the rise of the entire Ming Dynasty, at least for people living in Nanjing, have already become commonplace.

With the development of the economy, it is also normal for women's status to rise.

Of course, after all, it is now a feudal era historically, and it is obviously very difficult to jump out of the status of women in later generations.

Besides, as far as Daming is concerned today, although the overall development is constantly rising, the difference between the development of Nanjing and other places can already be described as worlds apart.

Except for Nanjing, even the current Jiangnan area has not fully restored its former prosperity, and even because of Nanjing's relationship, a large number of families from Jiangnan have been absorbed to migrate.

If we make a ranking of the top ten cities in Ming Dynasty, the combined prosperity of the next nine cities may not be half that of Nanjing.

This is also the key reason why the matter of moving the capital was temporarily put on hold. The current Nanjing city is too prosperous. If the capital is to be moved, the impact will be even greater.

Nanjing has two cities, inner and outer, and the inner city belongs to the area around the imperial palace.

In terms of prosperity, the outer city of Nanjing is more prosperous.

The expansion of the outer city has been the action of Nanjing in recent years, and it is also the most basic demand.

With the overcrowding of the population, we can only continue to develop and expand the outer city of Nanjing, otherwise, when we come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, we will not even have a place to live.

Cement came in handy at this time. The newly built houses are not only fast, but also generally have three small floors.

Zhu Ying has already planned to build a small Nanjing in the direction of the Yangtze River.

This is to facilitate maritime transportation, mainly to initially solve the problem of population congestion.

You know, in today's Nanjing city, all the inns are full every day because of the living relationship.

If foreign businessmen arrive in Nanjing on the same day, it is almost impossible to find a place to live in Nanjing without government arrangements.

The houses in Nanjing city no longer have the concept of firewood houses.

Many people who have houses in Nanjing will choose to rent out their spare houses.

The firewood house can be rented out with a little tidying up, which is a lot of income.

Even for the people who used to live in Nanjing, as long as there are two or three houses that can be rented out, then there is no need to worry about life at all, and even a family can eat rent.

Compared with the changes in Nanjing, the changes in the palace are even more dramatic.

Especially in terms of food, a large number of novel ingredients continue to appear on the palace list.

Among them, the most prominent ones are all kinds of fruits and snacks.

In terms of fruits, Nanyang fruits are the most popular in the capital. Tropical fruits are always juicy and taste much better than those from other regions.

No matter how many fruits are transported from the Nanyang region to the capital, they are basically sold out on the same day.

The freshest batch was naturally supplied to the palace.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang can be regarded as really living a good life, which is much more comfortable than before.

The pressure of government affairs is less, and the food from all over the world is a kind of enjoyment.

Every afternoon, Zhu Ying specially arranged fruit desserts.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but everyone in the palace can enjoy it.

Even the palace guards on duty, everyone can get a small portion of dessert and fruit.

Even a young eunuch who has just entered the palace can have two bites.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Every day after lunch, there will be fruit as dessert.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying ate, of course, the freshest and most expensive fruits.

"Today's pineapple is much sweeter than usual. Where did it come from? It doesn't have the sour taste before."

Pineapple is Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite fruit, which is actually pineapple.

Pineapple is a name of later generations, and now it is called pineapple.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, today's pineapple was brought from Dongfan, and the palace found that the pineapple was sweeter than the previous one, so it was specially presented to His Majesty and grandson to enjoy."

Liu He replied respectfully.

Because there are too many types of fruits being shipped to the capital, the palace also has to screen the fruits.

If something doesn't suit your taste, of course you can't present it to His Majesty.

When Zhu Ying heard the word Dongfan, her heart moved slightly.

The place of Dongfan is the Taiwan of later generations.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it was called Dongfan, and in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was also called "Dawan" and "Burning".

It was not until the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty that Taiwan was called Taiwan.

As far as Taiwan is concerned, there is almost no communication with Daming at all, especially the people in Fujian. With the development of HNA, they are more familiar with Luzon in the distance.

Taiwan is only a hundred miles away from Fujian, but now Taiwan is more like a primitive society.

Qiongzhou can be regarded as an island in a remote area. Now because of the development of HNA, the current economic level has risen rapidly, and the similar Dongfan currently does not even have a government.

Nominally Dongfan is affiliated to Daming, but in fact no one goes there.

The reason for this is that the Taiwan Strait seems narrow but not wide, but in fact it is much more difficult to cross the sea from Fujian to Taiwan than to Ryukyu or Luzon.

The Taiwan Strait does not look wide, but it is actually much more difficult to cross the sea from Fujian to Taiwan than to Ryukyu or Luzon.

In addition, the seabed terrain of the Penghu Channel between Taiwan's main island and Penghu is complicated, and the currents and strong winds make this place frequent shipwrecks in ancient times. It is called the Black Water Ditch.Getting to Penghu is already not easy, but thinking of Taiwan itself is even more difficult.

Not to mention the early Ming Dynasty, even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Fujian, the nearest city, knew nothing about Dongfan.

However, due to the continuous development of HNA, some ships always arrive in Dongfan.

In fact, there is a relatively safe waterway, that is, starting from the mouth of the Yangtze River and heading south in a straight line. It is a calm sea route, and it is far less dangerous than going from Fujian to Dongfan.

"Dongfan doesn't seem to have our Ming government, does it? It's always been a land that hasn't been transformed into a king?"

Zhu Yuanzhang ate pineapple and recalled.

Pineapple and pineapple are actually a kind of fruit.

However, pineapple has a strong sour taste, so it needs to be soaked in salt water for a period of time to eliminate the sour taste before eating.

The pineapples produced in Dongfan do not need to be eaten directly, and there is no sour taste at all.

It was this pineapple that made Zhu Yuanzhang notice Dongfan.

"Dongfan is not far from our Ming Dynasty, but the navigation is more dangerous, but there should be a safe waterway, but we can go to find it, and let Dongfan accept our Daming's education."

Now that he knew about Dongfan, Zhu Ying certainly didn't want to let it go. After all, Dongfan is more suitable for living and can develop a good farmland economy.

Although I have no memory of Taiwan's safe waterway, I also know that it is definitely not possible to start from Fujian.

Find some experienced people, issue an order, give some rewards, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a safe channel.

Naturally, Taiwan is a place that cannot be missed, and large-scale migration and immigration are completely possible.

(End of this chapter)