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

Chapter 83 The reason why the Ming Dynasty banned the sea

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Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and it was November. After the beginning of winter, the weather was getting colder and people were wearing tighter clothes.

However, in the Western Suburb Manufacturing Bureau, all the craftsmen are working in full swing.

In the compound of the Manufacturing Bureau, a group of people were debugging an enlarged steam engine, with Cao Wei guiding them.

The train to be built this time has to rely on the direction of the steam train of later generations, and Cao Wei is the only one who knows the principle of the steam train. Got the direction wrong.

For example, the boiler built this time is very different from the previous ones. It is no longer a traditional big pot, but a huge water tank with many pipes arranged regularly.

The advantage of doing this is that energy efficiency can be greatly improved, heating is faster and more direct, and it helps to give the enlarged steam engine enough steam pressure so that it can have stronger power, but the process is improved, and the difficulty of production also increases. increase.

"My lord, my lord..." Song Ping hurried over, "My lord, the coke has been smelted!"

When Cao Wei heard this, he regained his energy immediately, told Zhao Heng and others to continue, and then led Song Ping out of the manufacturing bureau's compound.

Arriving in another courtyard just a few meters away, Cao Wei saw a huge reactor, as tall as a person. The top lid had been opened, and the heat could be felt from a distance.

"boom!"

At the bottom of the reactor, open flames burst out from time to time, and a ladder was placed next to the furnace, which was used by craftsmen to remove the coke from the furnace.

Seeing Cao Wei's arrival, a craftsman brought a basin filled with black lumps of coke. Cao Wei picked up a pair of small pliers, picked up a piece and inspected it carefully.

I saw that the coke is no longer like the original pulverized coal coal, and its appearance has become very smooth. This is because the pulverized coal has been reshaped after drying, pyrolysis, melting, bonding, solidification, shrinkage and other stages under the high temperature in the coke oven. The whole is silver gray.

"My lord, how is it?" Song Ping asked nervously.

Cao Wei put down the coke in his hand, "That's right, it's done."

The craftsmen standing around suddenly cheered. After working for more than half a month, they finally made the coke!

"So... my lord, we can start making steel?" Song Ping also became excited at this time.

"Refining coke is just the initial preparation work. Next, we need to start making open-hearth furnaces. I will give you the plan tomorrow. If there are not enough people, we will recruit another group of people," Cao Wei said to him.

"Yeah!" Song Ping responded loudly.

"In addition, if one coke oven is not enough, we must continue to build coke ovens. Before the open-hearth furnace is completed, at least twenty more coke ovens must be built and we will see the effects."

"Don't worry, my lord, I promise to complete the task!" Song Ping slapped his chest loudly.

Now that the coke has been smelted, it is no longer a problem to manufacture coke ovens. The craftsmen have already gained experience, so it is not difficult to manufacture coke ovens.

The steelmaking business of the Manufacturing Bureau currently seems to be going smoothly.

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the other side,
Zhu Di and Daoyan are also looking for a reason to successfully let Zhu Yuanzhang open the sea. To put it bluntly, they are to find a way for Zhu Yuanzhang to step down.

After thinking day and night, Dao Yan came up with a method.

He wants to go to the coast of Fujian to persuade the local chief secretary to write a blood book for all people.

It is really helpless to say that Zhu Yuanzhang issued the sea ban.

It was the early years of Hongwu, and Bei Yuan had just been expelled from the Central Plains, but he was still ruthless, trying to contact the old departments of the Yuan Dynasty in various places to fight back.

The Ming Dynasty had just been established, and its national power was still weak. Zhu Yuanzhang could only focus all his energy on fighting against Bei Yuan.

At the same time, the founding of the Ming Dynasty should be announced to the world, and the Ming Dynasty will inherit the great rule, and make all the surrounding small countries submit to them in order to strengthen the regime.

After the edict was issued, Siam, Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, Champa, etc., and surrounding countries sent envoys to pay tribute.

The worship of envoys from various countries made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy, so he listed some countries as "countries not to be conquered" in "Ancestral Instructions".

There are about 15 countries among them, namely: Korea, Japan, Da Liuqiu, Xiao Liuqiu, Annan, Chenla, Siam (today's Thailand), Champa (today's southern Vietnam, later occupied by Annan destroyed the country), Sumatra, Western Kingdom (now the Coromandel Coast), Java Kingdom, Panheng Kingdom (now the Malay Peninsula), Baihua Kingdom (now northwest of Sumatra Island), Sanviqi Kingdom (now the northwest of Sumatra Island) Palembang, Sumatra), Bo Ni (Brunei).

"Zu Xun Lu" was compiled in the second year of Hongwu, completed in six years, rewritten in 28, and renamed "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

However, after several pilgrimages from neighboring countries, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually discovered that something was wrong.

Every time the surrounding countries pay tribute, it is nothing more than to say a few good words and offer some worthless "treasures" of their country, and Ming Dynasty has to reward them with gold and silver treasures in order to show the demeanor of a great country.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had not long been established, so how could it stand such a toss?
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was born with mud legs, and he felt very painful about this behavior of slapping his swollen face to pretend to be fat.All the money rewarded to other countries can be used for military expenses to fight Bei Yuan!
Let’s talk about another point. Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Japanese pirates have repeatedly invaded China’s coast. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he issued edicts to all directions. However, there are still Japanese pirates who “take advantage of China’s uncertainty and raid the coastal areas.”

At the same time, the remnants of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen fled at sea at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and often colluded with Japanese pirates to rob cargo ships and harass coastal areas. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang had no good impression of the Japanese country from the beginning.

In March of the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Yang Zai as an envoy to the country of Wa. It is clearly mentioned in the national book, "If the dynasty is suitable, it will come to the court, and if it is not, it will build up the army to strengthen itself. ".

However, because the Wa Kingdom was in the Southern and Northern Dynasties at that time, the person who received the letter of credence was Prince Huailiang, the general who conquered the West in the Southern Dynasty. It was not released until a month later, and Japanese pirates are still rampant in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.

Since Daming was not aware of the situation in the Wa Kingdom at that time, he thought Huailiang was the king of the Wa Kingdom, so seeing the continuous troubles of the Japanese pirates, the Ming Dynasty sent Laizhou Tongzhi Zhao Zhi to the Wa Kingdom in March of the third year of Hongwu, and ordered to condemn the "King Huailiang". ".

Forced by the chaotic situation in the Japanese country, Prince Huairiang did not embarrass Zhao Zhi and others too much this time. He sent monks to the Ming Dynasty to express their vassalage, sent tribute horses and special products, and also released the seven previously plundered people. More than ten people.

In October of the fourth year of Hongwu, Prince Huairiang's envoy arrived in the capital. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and held a banquet to reward the envoy.

After learning that the people of the Japanese country believed in Buddhism, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered eight monks, including Zu Chan and Keqin, to return to the country with the envoys of the Japanese country, and sent "Da Tong Li" and Wen Qi and Sara to "King Huai Liang".

Although the four years of exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese country had eased a lot, Prince Huairiang retired in the fifth year of Hongwu due to defeat.

Afterwards, the Japanese diplomatic missions that came and went with Daming did not stop the Japanese pirates from harassing the coast of Daming under the pretense of "King Huailiang of the Japanese" without Daming's ignorance. He was detained for two years before being released.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang became really angry. The Wa country is just a small country, how dare it disrespect the Ming Dynasty!
However, it was still the same reason, Bei Yuan, who was not willing to die at that time, involved too much energy of Daming.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not have time to argue with the Japanese, so he simply issued a "Sea Ban Order" in the fourth year of Hongwu that "no board is allowed to enter the sea"!
One size fits all!
This is not a solution, but it has many benefits for Daming at that time.

The most important thing is to prevent overseas countries from coming to Daming to take advantage of it, and save a lot of expenses for Daming.

However, the sea ban only banned the people of the Ming Dynasty. Japanese pirates were still prevalent and often intruded on the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. In this regard, the Ming Dynasty could only send more coastal defense forces, but in the end, the symptoms were treated but not the root cause.

Coastal areas such as Zhejiang and Fujian are repeatedly invaded by Japanese pirates every year. The people are suffering and the officials are extremely annoyed.

The method Daoyan gave was to go to coastal Fujian and other places, and when the locals were invaded by Japanese pirates, they brought it to the court, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to reopen the sea for the people of the Ming Dynasty along the coast, and form a navy to fight against Japanese pirates.

This method was finalized by Dao Yan and Zhu Di seven days ago. On the same day, Dao Yan took Zhu Di's Yan Wang Ling and set off for Fujian.

At this moment.

Fujian's official envoy Si Yamen.

Right Chief Envoy Fan Qian is sorting out the land change files in various parts of Fujian.

Suddenly someone came down to report.

"My lord, there is a monk outside the door asking to see you."

"Monk?" Fan Qian raised his head, "Give him some fast food and let him go." After saying that, he lowered his head again.

Obviously, Fan Qian thought that there were ordinary monks traveling around. He had neither time nor interest to meet a monk.

"Sir, that monk wanted to see you by name and said..." The servant stopped talking.

"What?" Fan Qian frowned.

"He said that he was ordered by the King of Yan to discuss matters with his lord."

"King Yan?" Fan Qian put down the book in his hand and burst into laughter.

"He bumped into me in a bluffing way, but he's tired. Go and bring him here, and I'll take a look."

"promise!"

The servants lead the way.

After a while, the servant turned back, followed by a monk in black.

Fan Qian looked at the monk in front of him up and down, but found that the monk in front of him did not look like an ordinary person, and he was a little surprised.

"You want to see me? You said that King Yan sent you here?" Fan Qian asked, stroking his beard under his chin.

"That's right, the poor monk's name is Daoyan, and he has met your lord." The monk saluted Fan Qian, and his courtesy was impeccable.

"Hmph! If you dare to bluff and deceive under the banner of King Yan, you are not afraid that I will tie you up and send you to King Yan for punishment?" Fan Qian widened his eyes and gave the monk a slap in the face.

But he saw the triangular-eyed monk take out a token from his sleeve. Fan Qian looked at the token and his expression suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)