Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 190 Zhu Yuanzhang’s long-cherished wish

The paper used to make banknotes during the Ming Dynasty was only slightly better than ordinary paper. Over time, or if it got damp, it would inevitably become fluffy and easily broken.

The solution is to change the raw materials used to make paper.

The main raw materials for making banknotes in some countries in later generations were cotton and linen, which were deeply decomposed mechanically, bleached and cleaned, and then pressed into paper.

The paper produced in this way is not only hard enough, but also tough and wear-resistant.

Mainly because in the Ming Dynasty at this time, this method was still very practical and could be copied directly.

With treasure banknotes that are not easy to wear, the compatibility between new banknotes and old banknotes will be greatly improved. Coupled with legal management, the problem of old banknotes among the people can be solved.

In addition, it is the anti-counterfeiting of treasure banknotes.

The anti-counterfeiting of banknotes in later generations usually involves many processes, including anti-counterfeiting watermarks, aluminum foil holographic film, color-changing ink, gravure printing, and independent numbering of each banknote, etc.

Printing technologies such as anti-counterfeiting watermarks and aluminum foil holographic films are currently difficult to achieve in Ming Dynasty. It will take a certain amount of time. In the shortest time, they can only move closer to color-changing ink and independent numbering of banknotes.

Also, the previous issuance of treasure banknotes was too large. This time the new banknotes must not follow the old path and must be linked to the overall domestic economy and the court's reserves.

Thinking of this, Cao Wei took out a pen and paper and listed out what he had to do next.

Regarding policy, he would discuss it with Zhu Xiongying and many ministers in the court.

As for the new production materials of color-changing ink and treasure banknotes, Qian Yi is ready to try it.

After finishing writing, Cao Wei handed the paper in his hand to Qian Yi and said:

"To solve the bank's current problem, we need to make a new type of banknote that is more wear-resistant and durable. The materials and production methods are probably like this. You first go find the things and try to make them. The craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau are all It can be called, just inform Song Ping or Zhao Heng."

Qian Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this, Grand Master Cao was worthy of being Grand Master Cao, he had come up with a solution so quickly.

"No!" He took it with respectful hands, and then he couldn't wait to read it.

The bank's problems have troubled Qian Yi and Yu Xin for a long time. However, because of the limitations of contemporary thinking, the two of them have been thinking hard for a long time, but they have never been able to come up with a solution.

Originally, Qian Yi and Yu Xin felt that the reason for such problems was mainly due to their lack of ability. It was really a helpless move to come to Cao Wei, the leader, for a solution.

The two of them even thought that Cao Wei would punish them after learning about it. Yu Xin was originally planning to come to plead guilty, but Qian Yi felt that he was half a level higher than Yu Xin and should do it by himself, so he came to the Manufacturing Bureau anxiously. Unexpectedly, Cao Wei only came up with a solution for this and did not punish him verbally.

This alone has already made Qian Yi burst into tears of gratitude.

In this way, Cao Wei's leadership is much better than his previous boss. It is really rare to have the position of high-ranking master without any airs!

Cao Wei saw Qian Yi's thoughts, chuckled and waved his hand,

"Go ahead. If this matter is settled earlier, the problem will be solved sooner. As for the banknote policy, I will discuss it with His Majesty."

Qian Yi bowed respectfully to Cao Wei again, and before exiting the room, he turned around and said to Cao Wei:

"Grand Master, there is something going on in the court today. I think I should tell the Grand Master about it."

Cao Wei raised his eyelids, "What's the matter?"

"Today King Yan enters the court. His Majesty announces that the Japanese Kingdom will be changed to Dongyi Province. King Yan will be appointed as the King of Dongyi Province. In addition, King Yan..."

Looking at Qian Yi's leaving figure, Cao Wei couldn't help but think of Zhu Di's conversation at Cao Mansion last night.

He once suggested to Zhu Di that if he wanted Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yuanzhang to feel completely at ease, he could express his position.

Zhu Di acted quickly and decisively. He actually announced in the main hall today that his eldest son Zhu Gaochi would be transferred to Yingtian.

This is equivalent to putting the wealth and life of his eldest son Zhu Gaochi into the hands of Zhu Xiongying.

However, as long as Zhu Di is doing well in Dongyi Province, doing so will not affect anyone. Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Gaochi are cousins, so Zhu Xiongying will not treat him badly.

To be able to send his eldest son to Yingtian with just one sentence, it should be said that he is indeed the Yongle Emperor. Zhu Di's determination and courage are really not something ordinary people can achieve.

But as a result, the position of guarding Beiping became vacant...

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty's once sworn enemy, the Beiyuan regime, has been completely destroyed. Now there are only a few small-scale independent tribes left in Mobei, flowing back and forth, and the pressure on the Beiping Line border has been greatly relieved.

This matter is not difficult to handle. Just divide Peiping into several parts and let the vassal kings around Peiping take charge of more areas.

After the Ming Dynasty develops for a few more years, it will have enough military resources, sufficient continuous muskets and artillery, and it will only be a matter of time to completely wipe out Mobei.

Shaking his head, Cao Wei continued to pick up the pen and began to sort out the change to the Baobao policy...

Regarding the inflation in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Wei had anticipated it when he found the Shijianshan Silver Mine for the Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect it to come so quickly, in just three or four years.

However, the occurrence of inflation in the Ming Dynasty was still in its earliest stages. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's national power was strong enough and it was relatively easy to solve. If it didn't work, the domestic economic pressure would be transferred outward...

After staying in the house for a long time, Cao Wei sorted out everything, and then started experimenting with the wireless telegraph machine with Song Pingping and others again.

Zhu Di has already determined the time to return to Peiping, and will have to go to Dongyi Province again soon. The sooner the wireless telegraph machine is improved, the better, so that Zhu Yuanzhang can feel more at ease.

Wireless telegraph machines rely on electromagnetic waves to transmit information. To improve the information transmission distance of telegraph machines, the power supply must be continuously increased.

Because the generator developed by Cao Wei at this time only used strong magnets instead of magnets, and the voltage of a single generator was insufficient, Cao Wei had to have people continue to increase the number of generators, trying again and again, and again and again. Record.

the other side,

In the imperial palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's bedroom.

Zhu Di came here.

"My son will return to Peking soon to deal with matters. Come and say goodbye to your father today."

His trip to Dongyi Province was much further away than Peiping. Zhu Yuanzhang was also older, so this might be the last time the father and son would see each other.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, stood up and boiled a pot of water himself, soaked the best Longjing, and poured a cup for each of them.

"Cao Wei told us that if we want to live longer, we should drink less wine and more tea. This is the first time we have heard this."

"He also taught us a method of making tea. I thought it was troublesome, so I didn't remember it."

Zhu Di picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with a smile:

"Cao Wei knows things that ordinary people don't know. What he said should be reasonable."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "We think so too. From now on we will not drink alcohol, we will only drink tea. I only hope that we, old bones, can still see Xiongying get married and have children."

"Since you have been free, your energy has improved day by day. You will definitely be able to do it." Zhu Di replied. The two were silent for a while, and Zhu Yuanzhang said again:

"There are many mountains and dense forests in Dongyi Province, and there are also many earthquakes and tsunamis. If you go there, you should choose a better location and be careful."

Zhu Yuanzhang also had a love for Zhu Di, his son, and he always kept it in his heart.

"My child remembers."

"You don't have to worry when that kid Gao Chi arrives in Yingtian, no one here dares to bully him."

Zhu Di chuckled: "As an uncle, I understand the character of a hero, so I can rest assured."

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are like two father and sons in an ordinary family, chatting about daily life, but their conversation may determine the future of a large number of people.

"It won't be long before Han Ming gives birth to a baby. Yesterday we came back from Cao Wei's place and had a chat with Xiongying. We are planning to make him a queen after the new year."

Zhu Di arrived here today and seemed to be nodding his head all the time.

"Xiong Ying has already reached the age where he should start a family. There is no need to delay this matter. It's just that the child has gone to Dongyi Province and may not be able to get out by then."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand again,

"He's his wife, and you can do your thing."

Zhu Di nodded silently again, and could only hear the sound of the two drinking tea.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his forehead and squeezed out a few deep wrinkles.

"Drinking tea may be really useful. I'll feel sleepy after a while. Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. You can go back and start preparing."

Zhu Di put down the tea cup in his hand when he heard this.

"Then I resigned, I hope my father will take care of me!"

After speaking, Zhu Di exited the room.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's face, there is no trace of sleepiness at all, but there is a little more indescribable meaning between his brows, like relief, like emotion...

As a peasant boy, Zhu Yuanzhang valued his relatives most in his life. After having children, what he most wanted to see was that his children and brothers could live in harmony.

When Prince Zhu Biao died, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the sky was falling!

Because except Zhu Biao, it is not suitable for him to give up the position of emperor to anyone.

The rules for establishing heirs were there, and Zhu Yuanzhang could only choose among Zhu Biao's sons, either Zhu Yunxi or Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunxi was too cowardly and not suitable to be in power. Zhu Yunwen was better, but he had always followed his mother Lu's family, so it was inevitable that he would imitate her. Zhu Yuanzhang could always see a trace of Lu's shadow in Zhu Yunwen, and he always felt that it was almost meaningless. , too scheming...

It is not impossible to let Zhu Yunwen be the emperor, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there was no other way to choose Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen might not be able to continue to carry forward the Ming Dynasty, let alone convince the public.

Not to mention the vassal princes who were stationed in other places, most people in the court did not want to see Zhu Yunwen take the throne.

But a country cannot be without a king for a day, and the position of prince cannot remain empty forever.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to forcefully help Zhu Yunwen sit on the throne of the crown prince, and then kill him for the last time!

But God is not as good as man, and at that critical moment, his eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying came back!

Zhu Yuanzhang went to meet Zhu Xiongying in person and confirmed his identity. After that, everything was easy...

Zhu Xiongying is the direct grandson of the emperor, and with that status, he has good conduct and can convince the public, so he doesn't have to deal with old guys like Lan Yu...

Zhu Yuanzhang's heartache completely disappeared without a trace.

With Zhu Xiongying's return, Cao Wei, a farmer, also came into Zhu Yuanzhang's sight.

It was also from that time that the development speed of Ming Dynasty began to increase rapidly, far beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination!

"Cao Wei, Cao Wei..."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed quietly.

At first, Cao Wei came into Zhu Yuanzhang's sight just because the farmer saved his eldest grandson's life, which made Zhu Yuanzhang love and hate him.

What I like is that Cao Wei is a pretty good person. For ten years, he has been good enough to his adopted adopted son Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not hard-hearted, how could he not miss Cao Wei?

But his eldest grandson has inexplicably called an outsider his father for ten years...

This is just a matter of ordinary people. After all, the grace of saving lives is there.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, and Zhu Xiongying is his real grandson. The grandson cannot call someone with a foreign surname his father. He only has one father, the prince Zhu Biao of the Ming Dynasty!

However, Zhu Xiongying was very emotional. At that time, he didn't understand the relationship between Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying. He thought that Cao Wei had poured some kind of ecstasy soup into his eldest grandson, and he hated it so much!

Later, through constant contact, Cao Wei gradually began to show his talents, and Zhu Yuanzhang gradually began to take this rural farmer seriously.

Then he got out of control, Cao Wei was like a humanoid treasure, bringing surprises to Zhu Yuanzhang again and again.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had not really accepted Cao Wei, and what he thought in his heart was that Cao Wei would not survive the day he died!

Because Zhu Xiongying has too deep feelings for Cao Wei, and Cao Wei has a great influence on Zhu Xiongying!

It would be fine if Cao Wei was a mediocre person. He would just use money, power, and sex to get rid of him. However, Cao Wei is still a great talent that is not seen in a century! Not interested in power, not interested in lust, greedy for money and only greedy for small fortunes...

Such a capable person cannot be allowed to stay with Zhu Xiongying after his death! Otherwise, the consequences will be unpredictable! Zhu Yuanzhang thought so at that time.

However, as time went by, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually understood Cao Wei bit by bit.

Cao Wei is actually a lazy person. He always doesn't want to do this or that. He is afraid of being famous. The only thing he likes is money.

But Cao Wei, who is so lazy, has been practicing a set of boxing techniques for ten years. He has not failed to do anything that Cao Wei should do. He is not doing it for himself, but he is doing it all for the world!

When Cao Wei developed a repeating musket and handed over the technology, Zhu Yuanzhang finally fully accepted Cao Wei.

Zhu Yuanzhang deeply understood the horror of the repeating musket. It was a terrifying thing that crushed all existing weapons!

If Cao Wei has even the slightest dissent, he only needs to press the repeating musket in his hand and secretly accumulate strength, and the turmoil caused and brought about can even overthrow the Ming Dynasty!

Cao Wei didn't do this. He brought the repeating musket in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers, showed off fiercely, and earned enough attention!

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Cao Wei really had no objections.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang is ashamed of his great ambition for his family, country and the world!

Zhu Yuanzhang was for the Ming Dynasty, but also for his Zhu family, and Cao Wei was only for the world!

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang has a heart of stone, he can't be cruel to such a person who is dedicated to his family, country and the world!

But on the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang felt even more relieved.

After he left, Cao Wei was by Zhu Xiongying's side, helping him take care of his great grandson.

Now everything is developing in the direction that Zhu Yuanzhang hoped. The Ming Dynasty is becoming stronger rapidly, and it has been earth-shaking in the past few years! What's more important is that the heirs of his Zhu family, the monarch and his ministers are in harmony...

(End of this chapter)