Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Looking at the three sons, Zhu Gaochi felt proud. In terms of being able to give birth to him, he is definitely the number one in history, and if he is born well, he is even more outstanding.

These people are all awesome, hehe, they all have to call me daddy.

Zhu Gaochi was in high spirits every happy event, and his complexion turned red a lot: "Get up, everyone, come closer."

The three of them stepped forward, and Zhu Gaochi glanced at him and nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, everyone is full of energy, this is what my prince and lords should look like. What do I reward you for?"

"Zhan Qi just dealt with the second uncle's words, and the intelligence negotiations were all decided by the court, so I dare not claim credit. If the father wants to reward, he should reward the newly-built Yenching University with some land, and then send some new subjects to the list. Jinshi Wen gave me a temporary lecture at the university."

At the beginning, Zhu Di promised Zhu Zhanyi to let him build a university. At this time, the universities in Yingtianfu and Shuntianfu were about to open. The one in Shuntianfu was named Yanjing University, and the one in Yingtianfu was named Zhongjing University. The construction speed of Shuntianfu was fast. However, Ying Tianfu estimates that it will take some time. As long as two universities are established, there will be a university in both the north and south centers of Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the Guangzhou government has worked hard for the two universities. Construction is one thing, and the problem of money is easy to solve. Moreover, it was Zhu Di who gave his approval at the beginning, and the prince Zhu Zhanqian was in the background, so the construction speed is very fast. .

It's just that the number of teachers is a big problem.

The teachers accumulated by Nanhai University over the years are not enough just to supply Nanhai University itself. Now these students are very enthusiastic about going to school, and teachers have become a problem, so Zhu Zhanqian wants to ask Zhu Gaochi for someone.

This gave Zhu Gaochi a headache.

Because Zhu Zhanqian’s Nanhai University often came up with some peculiar theories, and in the eyes of those literati who took the imperial examination, some of them were even outrageous, because Nanhai University had its own academic journals, and academic papers could be published on them. have a look.

There are occasional memorials against Nanhai University. Generally speaking, these things are considered unworthy in the court.

The main reason is that Zhu Zhanqian's university also has a large number of students, and there is compulsory education for the public. This is the focus of these people's opposition.

why?

Because knowledge and culture are gradually no longer a scarce resource.

In ancient times, reading was very expensive. The noble families could study, but only the best children of the poor families could read books. For scholars, everyone studied hard. One day they will be admitted to the gold list, and they will be like carp passing through the dragon gate. When the new robe is retired from the common people, it becomes an official.

Now these ministers in the court are all the best of these people. They are smarter than ordinary people, and of course they are hardworking. They have mastered the highest culture, and they are proud of it. They will continue to let Their descendants have the priority to master the power of learning, have a higher starting point, and have more knowledge.

Knowledge is like a high wall. Inside the wall are literati and scholars with elegant music, family and country affairs, government affairs, and common people outside the wall.

The people inside the walls learn to worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later. Absolute learning, to bring peace to all ages, but if you say you want to tear down the wall, let people outside the wall come in.

No.

Because I look down on you from the bottom of my heart, inferior people.

What Zhu Zhanqian did was to allow everyone to go to school and learn knowledge. Although most of them have mediocre qualifications, those who have gone to school will not just be willing to live outside the wall.

The children of farmers and fishermen have the same learning opportunities as the aristocrats, which makes the aristocrats dissatisfied. Why can these low-level people have the opportunity to learn?
You should go fishing, go farming, go selling in the street, do carpentry, do handwork, and your children should do the same.

But Zhu Zhanqian’s actions run counter to what you think. With the development of the economy, the society needs skilled workers and a large number of scientific research talents. Guangzhou City is already a good example. A large number of college students are robbed by various commercial firms, and the supply exceeds demand. .

Although these elites have some opinions, they have not realized the seriousness of the matter, and a new class is emerging.

Now Zhu Zhanqian is asking Zhu Gaochi for a new Jinshi. This really embarrasses Zhu Gaochi. It’s not that he can’t give orders, but these people are arrogant and have a strong character. If they don’t want to go, they won’t go. Knowing the characters of these people, Zhu Gaochi could only shake his head helplessly.

"I can give orders, but you have to persuade these people yourself. If you persuade those who are willing to become school teachers, I will never stop you, and you can do it at the same time."

"Thank you, Father." Zhu Zhanqian smiled slyly.

Seeing Zhu Zhanqian's smile, Zhu Gaochi knew that his son was about to come up with a bad idea again, and immediately asked, "Zhanqian, what do you want to do?"

"Ah? No?"

"Then what were you laughing at?"

"happy."

"How can I not understand you?"

Zhu Zhanqian smiled embarrassedly, anyway, Zhu Gaochi had to nod at the end of what he was going to do, so he simply said it.

"Father, isn't there the Yongle Gold List now? In recent years, it has been very motivating, and the enthusiasm of the people is very high. I want to follow this method and create another award."

Zhu Gaochi looked puzzled: "What award?"

"Hongxi Literature Award."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhanyong all looked at Zhu Zhanqian in surprise.

This routine...isn't it the same as before?
But Zhu Gaochi's eyes were bright. When the new emperor came to power, the internal troubles were resolved first, and the foreign troubles had not yet been settled. He also had to make some projects for himself to stabilize the people's hearts and improve his political achievements. This is not the son who sent the project to the door.

"Tell me about it."

"Father, it's like this. There are a lot of literati in my dynasty. The novels and poems are prosperous. There are not just one or two people who write good articles. From the imperial court to the folk, it can be said that everyone respects the literature, so I want to hold a competition. In the competition, the best articles and poems of each year are selected and rewarded, and these articles and poems will be crowned with the Hongxi Literature Award and will last forever."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi is already very excited. His ruling base is civil servants. Now he is creating an award for the literati to tell the world that these good articles will be classified under the Hongxi Literature Award. After that, people will When you talk about it, you will talk about Emperor Hongxi, isn't that a proper eternal fragrance?
But immediately he raised his concerns: "Gu Yun, there is no first place in literature, and no second place in martial arts. How to select literature?"

Zhu Zhanji also followed up: "Father, if you create a literary award in your name, I am afraid that the civil servants in the court will start a dispute."

Both of them are well aware of Wen Chen's character, and they are extremely unwilling to admit defeat. If their opinions are to the left, they will definitely have to compete.

Now they are going to be selected in the name of the emperor, and the two are worried about causing disputes.

"Father, the literati's verbal competition has never stopped for thousands of years, because the awards may be more intense, but there are still more benefits, and my minister's idea is that the awards are not awarded to officials who are higher than the third rank in the court. The selection of talent should wait until after the official, and also avoid all kinds of flattery that will cause the award to be distorted." Above the third rank, the ministers, cabinet members, and three divisions in various places cannot participate in the selection.

And the officials under him can, because Zhu Zhanqian wants to invite Ge Lao and others as judges, and the lower-level ones are not worthy of their green light, and they will not favoritism because they care about their own reputation.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, he naturally wanted to do this award in his heart, which was very beneficial to him personally.

Zhu Gaochi stood up: "If you want to use literature awards, there are many forms of articles, how can you distinguish between the top and bottom?"

"Poetry, calligraphy and painting, four awards, and novels, plus a lifetime achievement award, what Erchen thinks of now is a total of six awards. As for the selectors, Erchen plans to form a jury for the Hongxi Literature Award. Every year before the selection An invitation letter will be issued to invite literary masters and famous people from all over the world to be judges, and this jury will be placed in the Department of Literature of Yenching University."

This is Zhu Zhanqian's purpose, to create the characteristics of universities in various places. Yenching University, which is about to open its doors, is located in Shuntian Mansion, close to the Chaotang. He intends to make the Department of Literature of Yenching University the main department, and the judges of the Hongxi Literature Award Yenching University will be in charge, and he will be able to run more and more prosperously.

Zhu Zhanqian's purpose is obvious, but Zhu Gaochi is willing to let him do it.

Others may not be able to do it, but he, Zhu Zhanqian, must be able to do it, because he is not only the prince of the Ming Dynasty, but also the number one literary talent in the world handpicked by Emperor Yongle.

Although there are not many published articles, literati always yearn for those with more literary talents. Zhu Zhanqian raised his arms and said that he would issue the Hongxi Literature Award, and there must be a lot of response.

"When will your Yenching University open to accept students?"

"Going back to my father, after half a month, I will recruit all the students from all over the world, and teach without discrimination."

"There is no discrimination in teaching, and there is no discrimination in education." Zhu Gaochi muttered this sentence, and then said: "Zhan Yong, you should prepare first, and you can also prepare for the Hongxi Literature Award. Zhan Yong, see if you can help Please help your younger brother, Zhan Qian will not be in the capital for a long time, Yenching University, you have to ask the third brother to help you."

"I understand." Zhu Zhanqian knew that Zhu Gaochi wanted Zhu Zhanyong to intervene in this matter.

Thinking about it, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, so Zhu Zhanqian naturally agreed.

After talking about Zhu Zhanqian, Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Zhanji and said: "Zhanji, now that the country is settled, the Northern Expedition can be prepared. There are millions of soldiers in the north, all of which are mobilized by you. This time, we will drive out Wala. I will not believe their surrender."

In the first battle of the founding of the country, the Northern Expedition to Wala, although Zhu Gaochi was not an emperor who liked to conquer, he also felt that the northern desert was of limited use to Ming Dynasty, but he swore in front of Zhu Di that this was the first time he fought as an emperor, so he had to fight Beautiful, it must be a victory, and it must be a big victory.

"Yes, my son takes orders."

"I named you the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition to conquer Oala and clear any turbulent forces on the grasslands. Anyone who is dissatisfied can be taught a lesson."

"My son understands."

Zhu Gaochi himself has no problem supervising the country's etiquette. Now it's just that the generals of the Northern Expedition have changed. Zhu Zhanji's military skills have almost learned everything from Zhu Di, and he is young and strong, so Zhu Gaochi himself is also very good. Have confidence.

According to the current national strength of Ming Dynasty, they are not afraid of war at all, and in fact, war is a good thing for them, which means cheap labor.

Following Zhu Di's previous Northern Expedition and Westward Expedition, the merchants of Ming Dynasty gradually discovered that wars can make money.

In particular, the demand for weapons manufacturing factories has surged due to the war, the demand for weapons factories has increased, and the demand for steel has also increased, which has driven a large industrial chain. All the official factories in this chain have made money.

"Father, after half a month, my son will lead the army to go out, and my son is going to go straight to Oara, and sweep Oara with lightning speed."

Zhu Gaochi didn't know how to use troops, so Zhu Zhanqian reminded him: "Brother, if you lead troops directly to attack Wala, if other northern grassland tribes along the way rebel and intercept the rear, our army will face the risk of front and back attacks."

Zhu Zhanji smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Don't worry, my army is pressing forward. If other northern tribes rebel, just let the Second Route Army attack. At that time, we will attack them back and forth. Take advantage of this time The plan is to lure out those who have abandoned soil and wipe them out."

Use yourself as a bait to see if there are any tribes with evil intentions. Zhu Zhanqian's approach is dangerous, but the brave and skilled prince wants to let people see that he has military talents no worse than Emperor Yongle. He is confident that he can deal with such a situation. In this situation, he is confident that Ming's army and weapons can crush him.

Zhu Zhanyong said with a little worry: "Brother, the Wala spies captured some time ago carried new-style firearms on them. According to his confession, Wala is now also manufacturing a large number of artillery firearms. It is better to be careful." He followed Zhu Gaochi's Around him, there are some things that Zhu Gaochi will ask him to connect with, so he knows something.

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "I know about this matter. According to the current information, although Wala manufactures a large number of artillery and firearms, its production technology and firearms level are far from the level to challenge Daming. The crudely made firearms are not our army at all. opponent."

Zhu Zhanji leads troops all year round and has a good understanding of firearms and firearms, so he has the confidence. Wala's current firearms level is equivalent to that of Ming Dynasty about ten years ago.

When Zhu Zhanqian's steam engine was developed and Daming's productivity increased, Daming's manufacturing level improved so fast that they couldn't even copy it.

This also made Zhu Zhanji understand the importance of Zhu Zhanji. Although he did not do these things one by one, the root of everything started from Zhu Zhanji, and he is still inventing. Come up with something new.

This is the key to Daming's continued leadership.

He is a young man, he has a stronger ability to accept Zhu Zhanqin's actions, and is even willing to support him with all his strength. The only worry is that the two persons determined by their identities may become contenders for the throne in the future.

Compared with the throne, other things are not worth mentioning.

The matter was almost discussed, Zhu Zhanqian said: "Father, can I borrow Xia Yuan Jixia Shangshu from you?"

"What's the use?"

"The Hongxi Literature Award, the big prize money is naturally enough..."

"No, you go out."

When it came to the bonus, Zhu Gaochi directly refused. He couldn't stop Zhu Di from spending money in the past, but now his son wants to steal money from him, it is impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Ah? Father, this is your literary award in the name of Hong Xi."

"It would be extremely embarrassing if the son of an ordinary family asks his parents for money after he has passed the weak crown."

"Father, I'm not yet a weak crown."

"Our family is not an ordinary family, you should be better."