Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 86 His Royal Highness Liao's General Style (Subscribe)
In March of Yangchun, pink pears are white.

From Nanjing to Beiping, you only need to pass through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Although it is the end of spring, the colder the weather does not seem to change much as you go north.

Wearing a furry cloak, Zhu Qi stood on the two-story official boat, watching the boats sailing on the canal, but there were not as many surprises as he imagined.

One reason is that it is now March, which is not the season to deliver grain and grass supplies.

The second reason is that since Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty bypassed the Beijing-Hangzhou Universiade and first opened sea transportation, 60 flat-bottomed boats successfully transported more than 46000 stones of grain. In fact, the center of gravity of the north-south transportation line has shifted towards sea transportation.

The Ming Dynasty inherited the legacy of the Yuan Dynasty, and the habit of shipping was naturally preserved. However, the Ming Dynasty’s shipping in history did not last long, and was suspended at the end of Hongwu because of the increasingly bad ocean weather.

Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in the future had the intention to reopen shipping, due to various reasons, they finally stopped.

But now it is the eighth year of Hongwu, there is still sea transportation, but there is no large number of warships to escort him.

Lan Xian'er's body had already recovered to a good degree, and this time when Zhu Qi went to Beiping Mansion, she followed as Zhu Qi's personal female guard.

But unlike what Zhu Qi thought, dressed as a chivalrous woman, standing beside her with a three-foot Qingfeng sword in her hand, Lan Xian'er was dressed as a court lady, and according to her own words, she stayed in Zhu Qi under such a disguise. Qi's side will not attract attention, and it is easier to protect Zhu Qi's safety at critical moments.

Zhu Qi felt that what Lan Xian'er said made sense, the most important thing was that she was very good-looking in a palace dress, which was pleasing to the eye.

The pier can already be seen from a very far distance, but it’s a pity that it’s not very clear, and Zhu Qi didn’t bring such a thing as a telescope in his backpack, after all, who would pack this in his backpack when he went out.

But the craft of the telescope is actually not complicated, that is, the combination of various lenses or mirrors, as long as you can make glass lenses and have enough patience, you can do it by hand.

When thinking of glass, Zhu Qi thought of the layered steelmaking furnace in the local method of steelmaking. Good guy, that is a magic weapon.

Can you imagine that in the 40s and [-]s, the ancestors who resisted the Japanese invasion used bricks to build open-air yurt-like kilns in the countryside, from which cement, glass and even steel could be fired. No problem.

I'll make one too.

Zhu Qi was on the official boat thinking about some small inventions in the future, and acted a little "not doing his job properly". There was already a tracker pulling the official boat to the pier to dock.

The trackers in the eighth year of Hongwu were different from the trackers of the Cao Gang that everyone is familiar with in the later generations.

Of course, there is no such social organization as the Caobang these days.

After the ship docked, someone came to meet him. Zhu Qi was also a little surprised when he saw the person coming. It turned out that Li Wenzhong came to greet him in person.

Li Wenzhong didn't wait for His Highness Liao Wang and Yan Wang to disembark, he strode onto the deck, and immediately saluted Zhu Qi and Zhu Di.

Li Wenzhong is a rough man in his 40s and [-]s, not to mention handsome and heroic, he even looks a bit honest, but his armor is bright and his body is quite strong, and he looks like a killer.

He is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, and also Zhu Qi and Zhu Di's cousin, but because of the large age gap, there is actually no deep relationship between them.

But when Zhu Qi saw Li Wenzhong, his eyes were full of tears: Brother, I depend on you for this trip!
"General, no, cousin, hurry up and be polite!"

Zhu Qi hurried forward and grabbed Li Wenzhong's hands, that was kind, and Li Wenzhong was taken aback, wondering when did he have such a good relationship with His Highness Liao Wang, his cousin?
"Cousin, you are busy with military affairs, why did you come to pick us up in person, just let a deputy general be fine."

Li Wenzhong hurriedly said:
"Don't be busy, Your Highness doesn't know anything. Ever since His Highness thwarted Bei Yuan's plot, Wang Baobao knew that there was nothing to be done, and he had already withdrawn his offensive. The city of Beiping, where he will be stationed at the end, was the former capital of Yuan, the city of Jianjian. The wall is high, and there is no need to repair any defenses, and the soldiers are busy with spring plowing, and even the training has been reduced a lot."

Zhu Qi pulled Li Wenzhong with a gratified expression, and said as he walked, "In short, it's been hard work."

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone went to Beiping Mansion together.

Beiping was the original capital of the Yuan Dynasty, so the Yuan Dynasty Palace was naturally also here. However, the Yuan Dynasty Palace at this time was already a piece of rubble and ruins.

Naturally, Zhu Qi and the others would not live in the rubble. Li Wenzhong had already cleaned up the Beiping post station. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, all court officials had to live in the post station when they went to do business in the local area.

This Beiping post station is a bit similar to the local VIP building that receives foreign guests and leaders. Not only is it not dilapidated like in TV dramas, but it is built in a rather grand style.

In addition to the vermilion gate at the entrance, there are two stone lions. After opening the gate, there is a yard that enters and exits several times. It looks as spacious and beautiful as a palace.

During the period when Zhu Qi and others were in the north, they also lived here.

Now that we've arrived in Beiping, we're going to start working, but Zhu Qi doesn't know what to do, but fortunately he brought Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen is experienced in politics and knows the process of maritime affairs clearly. Since he wants to clear up maritime affairs, he must first understand the various population and household registrations, the number of ships, and the strength of various guards on the seashore.

He quickly went to the government office to collect files, and Zhu Qi called Zheng Shiyuan along. In name, he asked Zheng Shiyuan to learn from old Mr. Liu Bowen, but in fact he took Zheng Shiyuan away, otherwise he would always follow him. , it is inconvenient to do anything.

As for what to say...

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"Your Highness, this strength...is it alright?"

"Okay, okay, not bad."

Zhu Qi was lying on the bed, and Lan Xian'er next to him was helping him with a massage.

Originally, Zhu Qi wanted to take off his clothes and do a full set of massage, but this March day in Beiping is too cold, which is completely different from the weather in Yingtianfu. There is a cool air in the room with the stove burning.

This side was massaging, when suddenly there was a sound of walking outside, Lan Xian'er sat up as if frightened, and then heard the internal officer say at the door:

"Your Highness, sincerity, they are back."

Zhu Qi responded, and then brought Lan Xian'er to the hall, seeing Liu Bowen and Zheng Shiyuan had brought back a lot of documents, Liu Bowen took the lead and said:

"Your Highness, the household registration status and ship status of the generation nearby are all here. In addition, the largest dock in the northern generation is Dagu Dock, which is not far from Beiping. If Your Highness wants to build new ships, you can It can be built in Dagu Shipyard.”

Zhu Qi nodded in response, and then asked in detail about the situation of the Dagu Dock. He was shocked when he heard that there were thousands of craftsmen in the Dagu Dock, and the dock was fully equipped with a unique port conditions, any ship that current technology allows can be built.

In fact, the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty was not as bad as everyone thought. The treasure ships of Zheng He’s period were about 100 years ahead of the world’s shipbuilding technology. It can be seen that the technological level of the Ming Dynasty was still ahead of the world in the early and mid-term.

Even though it lagged behind a bit in the later period, the Ming Dynasty had already noticed the fresh technology of the West. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty in the middle and late period also paid great attention to imitating and learning Western craftsmanship, which is why the famous Hongyi cannon and other weapons came into being.

Zhu Qisi thought about it, since he came to Beiping to clean up the sea, he would inevitably have to meet those miscellaneous forces on the sea. The most effective diplomacy these days is fists. If your fists are hard enough, you will have diplomacy. If you are weak, you can bully them. There is no diplomacy to talk about.

The most important thing in naval battles is of course the ship!The ships owned by the Ming Dynasty today were inherited after the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown.

Although the level of the ships is good, they are all hard sailboats or one-row sailboats. It’s not that you can’t beat them, but use these ships to fight. If the opponents are all light ships and run fast on the sea, you really can’t do anything about them. .

You can build light ships to chase them, and there is no way to widen the gap in equipment. At that time, you will fight with the pirates at a [-]-[-] split. Zhu Qi is ashamed to be second. If the soldiers die too much, it is a crime.

So before Zhu Qi came, he had already decided to build a new warship, but the ship Zhu Qi wanted to build was not the usual hard sailing ship, and of course it was not a soft sailing ship, but a more powerful black technology.

Zhu Qi took out the blueprint, handed it to Liu Bowen, and said:
"Teacher, I would like to trouble you and Mr. Zheng to go to the Dagu Shipyard and follow the blueprint drawn by Xiao Wang to supervise the construction of warships. The more the better, it will be of great use later."

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Liu Bowen took the blueprint and glanced at it, only to see that the shape of the ship on the blueprint was weird, without any sails, but like a big box with two rows of oars protruding from the side.

Liu Bowen is a miscellaneous expert, he knows a little bit about everything, and he can understand it by looking at the shipbuilding drawings. At first glance, he thinks this new warship is quite weird, but when he takes a second look carefully, he knows the power of this warship Yes, and on the top of the drawing, there are two words - Turtle Ship.

Apparently that was the name of the ship.

Liu Bowen looked at the drawing, stroked his beard and laughed loudly:
"Your Highness is truly a great talent. With such warships, our Ming army will surely be invincible at sea!"

Zhu Qi smiled embarrassedly. Of course, he didn't invent the turtle boat. It was invented by Yi Sun-shin, a famous Korean general in the Wanli period in history.

Speaking of Yi Sun-shin, we have to mention the War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea in the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli.

When Japanese pirates invaded North Korea, it was like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. In just a few months, they occupied all the state roads in North Korea. North Korea used to go to the border of the Ming Dynasty to pray for refuge.

If Yi Sun-shin hadn't led a navy to fight guerrillas, it is estimated that North Korea would not be able to resist the day when the Ming Dynasty's army supported it.

In the later naval battles, Yi sun-shin also played a lot, and can be said to be the brightest general in North Korea.

Of course, Li Sun-shin's role was only in naval battles, and land battles still depended on the Ming army. General Li Rusong was chasing the Japanese pirates' explosive hammers, so I won't mention it much.

It's just that after the war, the North Korean stickmen gave full play to their own spiritual victory method, and their support for the Ming Dynasty was rarely mentioned in the history books, and even if they were mentioned, they were mostly negative.

Many foreign historians are also sitting crookedly. When looking at this history, they also mainly focus on Korean historical materials. They rarely adopt the Wanli War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea recorded in China.

Liu Bowen took the drawings and went to do things quickly, and Zheng Shiyuan naturally followed suit, study, study more!

As soon as the two left, Zhu Qina was so happy that he started to enjoy life again, but before he had enjoyed it for a few days, Li Wenzhong came over and said that the envoys from the tribes outside the customs were asking to see him, and he wanted to ask the Great Tomorrow Army why Time will come.

They were originally looking for Li Wenzhong, but Li Wenzhong knew that the imperial court had no intention of sending troops out to fight Beiyuan now, but if the envoys of these tribes left them alone, they might fall to Naha of Beiyuan. , you can only use one dragging formula.

It is said that the imperial court will send special personnel to deal with this problem. I am only on the defense of Beiping and have no right to send troops.

This time they came to ask again, how could Li Wenzhong pay attention, so he came to inform His Royal Highness Liao Wang. After all, His Royal Highness Liao Wang is now the commander of Ping Liao. According to this level, the entire sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are under Liao Wang His Highness's jurisdiction, even General Xu Da of Datong Mansion, and His Highness King Liao have the authority to command, let alone Li Wenzhong in Beiping.

Zhu Qi heard that Li Wenzhong reported the matter, but he was not as anxious as Li Wenzhong, and said with a smile:

"That's it? Cousin, don't worry, lead the way."

I don't have the skills to fight wars, but I'm sure I'm fine with fooling people, not to mention that the imperial court is not inactive, and it's ready to fight a proxy war, so I certainly can't leave these younger brothers alone. .

As for how to fight a proxy war, how to make the younger brother go on a irrational rampage as if he had taken gunpowder, that's simple, just look at what the United States is doing now, just follow the example and it's over.

Even Ukraine dares to challenge Mao Xiong head-on. This is more than feeding chicken soup with chicken blood, I'm afraid it's all fed to the brainstem.

The old god on Zhu Qi's side is quite calm, and Li Wenzhong couldn't help giving a thumbs up when he saw it. Everyone said that His Royal Highness King Liao has a world-class genius. At first, he thought it was strange that that little cousin who used to be is so powerful now. ?
Looking at it now, it is as everyone said, just this calmness, with the style of a general!
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