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

Chapter 87 Opening the sea!Build a maritime bureau!

Cao Wei and Zhu Di were both waiting uneasily and anxiously.

But Zhu Yuanzhang held the blood book of all people and read it endlessly as if in a trance. However, his face was always expressionless, making it impossible to figure out what he was thinking in his heart.

half an hour,

Zhu Yuanzhang finally put down the blood letter of all the people in his hand, but picked up the joint memorial again, and read it word by word in more detail than the first time.

As time went by, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression actually softened a lot.

When he first read the joint memorial in junior high school, he felt that these Fujian local officials were causing trouble for no reason. Even if they wanted to open the sea, it would have to be decided by him. What was the point of these officials jointly writing this memorial, forcing the palace?

Fan Qian and Zhang Ji are not so courageous. Someone must have encouraged them.

And there is no need to think about the person who was instigated, it must be Zhu Di.

His son united with his ministers to ask him to open the sea and force him to have a palace. Zhu Yuanzhang's anger immediately surged up!

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy when Zhu Di stated that he would no longer compete for the throne. But now that Zhu Di has done this, what does he want to do?
There are also those local officials in Fujian. They are so courageous. They actually said that if the sea is not opened, there will be no peace along the coast of Fujian.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw the blood letter from all the people, it was like a wake-up call!
No one could remain calm after looking at the densely packed bloody handprints.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see the dire straits of the people in coastal areas such as Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang through this blood letter of tens of thousands of people.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang wake up. He had been sitting in Emperor Yingtian's city for too long, and he had somewhat forgotten the sufferings he had suffered as a common people.

What he now thinks about all day long is the national policy of the Ming Dynasty and resisting foreign enemies, but he neglects that ordinary people have no power to resist when facing Japanese pirates.

It has been 25 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the people in the coastal areas have been invaded by Japanese pirates for 25 years!
If they were not forced to do anything else, Fan Qian and Zhang Ji would not dare to write this memorial!Those common people will never press their bloody fingerprints!

If Zhu Di hadn't brought these two things to him, he might still have thought everything was fine.

After reading the joint memorial again, Zhu Yuanzhang finally saw the true feelings of Fan Qian, Zhang Ji and a group of Fujian officials!

They longed for the Ming Dynasty to open the sea, but in fact they just wanted the Ming Dynasty to defend them against the invasion of Japanese pirates.

Looking at the crimes of Japanese pirates written one after another in the memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang could not get angry anymore.

He felt heavy...

He raised his head and glanced at Zhu Di, and could see a hint of embarrassment on his face.

This kid was also nervous. Zhu Yuanzhang had no expression on his face and laughed in his heart.

He also said that he met the doorkeeper, and he was the one who made it happen.

Not long after the topic of opening up the sea was raised, Zhu Di brought over the memorial from Fujian officials, and his actions were quite agile.

"You want to open the sea?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said, looking at Zhu Di.

"Opening the sea to the Ming Dynasty will be of great benefit and harmless. I hope that the sea can be opened as soon as possible, so that the people in the coastal areas can be protected from Japanese pirates as soon as possible." Zhu Di raised his hands and admitted openly.

Cao Wei on the side finally understood that this was both a memorial and a blood letter. It turned out that Zhu Di was determined to open the sea as soon as possible.

It seems that the pie painted for Zhu Di that day worked, but Zhu Di acted too radically and directly wrote a blood letter and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Yuanzhang was angered, it would be counterproductive, Cao Wei thought to himself.

"His Royal Highness, King Yan, worries about the world first. He is really a role model for ordinary people," Cao Wei quietly raised Zhu Di's hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Cao Wei.

Zhu Di was so eager to open the sea. If he said that Cao Wei was not involved, Zhu Yuanzhang would not believe it anyway. After all, it was Cao Wei who proposed the issue of opening the sea in the first place.

Ignoring Cao Wei's praise of Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think.

In fact, he was quite excited about opening up the sea.

According to Cao Wei, there are thousands of kilograms of grain produced per acre overseas and inexhaustible veins of gold and silver. These are enough to make him, the Ming Emperor, excited.

But the problem is still the original sea ban. As the Ming Emperor, he always sticks to his word, how can he break his own ban?
Since ancient times, policies issued by emperors have rarely been broken by the emperor himself. This is related to the emperor's majesty.

But apart from him, no one else could realize the opening of the Ming Dynasty.

The situation Zhu Yuanzhang is facing now is that if he wants to open the sea, he will definitely break his own sea ban...

Does he really want to make an exception?
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed out a sigh of relief.

Open the sea!
He really couldn't resist the temptation of overseas high-yield grain and gold and silver mines, so wouldn't he make an exception?Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was worth it to bring such great benefits to Ming Dynasty!
This decision would never have been made by Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just founded the country and was full of enthusiasm.

But now Zhu Yuanzhang has experienced too much, and he has seen many things more clearly.

Everything he did was to make Ming Dynasty stronger. Since the same was true for Kaihai, why not do it?
He is already quite old, and the emperor's majesty can be put aside for a while. As long as a better road can be paved for his eldest grandson Cao Ying, everything will be worth it.

Zhu Yuanzhang tapped the memorials and banners on the table with his fingers, and looked at Zhu Di: "Did you do all of this?"

"My son did not leave Yingtian, but asked the people in the government to go to Fujian," Zhu Di replied, and then handed over his hand again, "Father, the Japanese pirates are invading the coastal areas. Only by opening up the sea can the Ming Dynasty avoid future troubles forever."

When Cao Wei heard about the Japanese pirates, he immediately frowned.

As a modern person, I instinctively have strong national sentiments towards the Japanese in the island nation.

In fact, he proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang to open the sea, originally because he wanted the Ming Dynasty to one day be able to attack the Japanese country. However, Zhu Yuanzhang once listed the Japanese country as a country not to be conquered. It is undoubtedly difficult to achieve this.

But at this time, Zhu Di couldn't stand it, so Cao Wei naturally wanted to help.

"Your Majesty, His Highness King Yan is right. Since ancient times, the Japanese country has been our vassal state in the Central Plains. However, the Japanese people are ambitious. When the Central Plains is strong, they surrender obediently. When the Central Plains is in chaos, they reveal their true colors and invade the Central Plains. The rights and interests of these peoples The nature is really too bad and we must not let it go unchecked!"

"At this time, the Japanese country dares to allow the Japanese pirates to invade the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. In time, if the Japanese country is given a chance, it is still unknown what crazy things it will do! Your Majesty, it is urgent to develop a strong maritime power. Only by developing a navy can we protect the coast of the Ming Dynasty forever. Peace, the Japanese people are so ambitious that they should be punished as soon as possible for their crimes against the Ming Dynasty!"

After Cao Wei finished speaking in a flurry, Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Cao Wei had always been lazy and unruly, but now he suddenly became serious, and there were many Japanese countries with such deep hostility.Could it be that... the Japanese country really has such a big hidden danger?

After careful consideration, throughout the dynasties, the Japanese state seems to be exactly what Cao Wei said. When the Central Plains were strong, they surrendered, and when the Central Plains became weak, they turned against them.

With the national power of the Japanese country at this time, it would be considered crazy to dare to allow the Japanese pirates to invade the Ming Dynasty. You must know that if the energy of the Bei Yuan had not been dragged away, the national power of the Ming Dynasty could have beaten the Japanese country back and forth more than ten times!

Even under such a huge disparity in strength, the Japanese country seemed to be not afraid of death at all, and kept scratching the butt of the Ming Dynasty tiger!
The bad nature of Japanese people...

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood Cao Wei's words.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not make his position clear, and Cao Wei and Zhu Di had no choice but to retire first.

Cao Wei originally thought that according to Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, the opening of the sea had been blown away, but unexpectedly the next day a piece of news spread from the inside to the outside of the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to open the sea!
At noon that day, Yan Zhen came to the manufacturing bureau and told Cao Wei exactly what happened.

Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Kaihai in the main hall, and the officials were in an uproar!Many people advised Zhu Yuanzhang to think twice.

It seems that there is no shortage of such people at any time. They don't think about why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to open the sea. It is too risky to open their mouths and keep silent, and the old system cannot be changed.

Among them was Huang Zicheng, the best teammate of the Ming Dynasty. He led a group of rotten scholars in the Hanlin Academy. It was as if they had lost their brains due to studying. They could not understand military discussions on paper. They just begged Zhu Yuanzhang to act safely to avoid increasing unnecessary expenses of the imperial court and avoid It wastes people and money.

This statement sounds like it is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and is very noble and upright, but it does not care about the life and death of the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty at all.

Cao Wei gritted his teeth when he heard this. Huang Zicheng doesn't bite, but he has a bad temper!
Emotionally, he is not a commoner in Fujian who was invaded by Japanese pirates. He can stand and talk without pain in his back.

Yan Zhen looked at Cao Wei's indignant look and chuckled:
"Guess what happened next? His Majesty suddenly threw out a memorial and a memorial written in blood by all the people, pointed at their noses and asked them to come up with a solution, or directly let them go to Fujian to take up posts to get rid of the Japanese pirates. , Ha! All of a sudden, these people all shut up."

Cao Wei nodded silently, Zhu Yuanzhang was still courageous.

Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, Cao Wei could feel the tense atmosphere in the court at that time. If those people hadn't cornered Zhu Yuanzhang, how could Zhu Yuanzhang take out the banner full of bloody handprints?
That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang really made up his mind to open the sea, otherwise the rotten scholars like Huang Zicheng would make a fuss and the matter of opening the sea would be shelved.

"Huang Zicheng is such a pig-headed guy!" Cao Wei complained.

Yan Zhenzhi also looked down upon Huang Zicheng, but did not answer the question. Instead, he said, "Your Majesty is determined to open the sea and establish a sea opening bureau. This requires the Ministry of Industry and your manufacturing bureau to work together."

Cao Wei was stunned. Did Lao Zhu find another job for himself?
"What is the main responsibility of the Kaihai Bureau?"

"Of course you need a ship to open the sea. The Sea Opening Bureau is responsible for building ships. Warships and merchant ships must be built. Other specific matters need to be finalized with His Majesty and discussed in detail." Yan Zhenzhi said.

Cao Wei understood that Lao Zhu was involved because he had succeeded in his open-hearth steel-making method. Steel was needed for shipbuilding.

However, Cao Wei has always been unwilling to do anything without benefits. At this time, Lao Zhu asked him to do something without some benefits.

Cao Wei put on a troubled face, "Your Majesty means to use the steel from our manufacturing bureau to build ships, but now there is only one open-hearth furnace, the scale is not large, and the output is too low. In addition, the other side is developing trains and manufacturing rails. With steel, an open-hearth furnace is totally not enough!”

Yan Zhenzhi knew Cao Wei's temperament, and now he was taking advantage of the momentum.

"How do we do that?"

Cao Wei immediately grinned, "It's simple, send someone to build me a few more open-hearth furnaces, this time the scale will be bigger."

Yan Zhenzhi nodded, "At this time, I will go and discuss with Your Majesty, how many more open-hearth furnaces do you want to build?"

"Ten."

Yan Zhenzhi almost jumped up, widened his eyes and exclaimed: "How much?!"

"Ten." Cao Wei said again.

"Ten? Why build so many? Besides, you don't have enough space!" Yan Zhenzhi felt helpless, and Cao Wei opened his mouth like a lion.

At this time, the manufacturing bureau was divided into two compounds. One was the original manufacturing bureau, and the other could also be said to be a steelmaking plant. There were twenty coking reactors and an open-hearth furnace that continuously produced steel every day.

By Cao Wei's standards, the scale of this open-hearth furnace was small, but that was from a modern perspective.

In fact, the entire open-hearth factory building occupies an area as large as two ordinary yards. The entire steelmaking plant compound can only accommodate three open-hearth factory buildings at most.

"If the space is not enough, just expand it. It's nothing more than building another yard." Cao Wei looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. "Besides, if the steel produced by this steelmaking plant is not enough, it will not be the imperial court that is delayed. Something about?"

As soon as Yan Zhen saw Cao Wei's face of accepting death, he knew that no matter how much he said, it would be useless, so he could only sigh:

"I will report it to Your Majesty, but the success or failure depends on Your Majesty."

"That's enough," Cao Wei said cheerfully, "In addition, the Manufacturing Bureau will build another steel-making furnace and continue to recruit people."

"How many people do you want to recruit?"

"100 people is probably enough," Cao Wei said thoughtfully.

Yan Zhenzhi nodded, "I will report it to His Majesty together."

After explaining the matter, Yan Zhenzhi left the manufacturing bureau.

At this time, Cao Wei can be said to be very relaxed. Zhao Heng is leading the team to develop the train, and Song Ping is watching over the steel plant. Cao Wei's daily work is just walking around.

In fact, Cao Wei played the biggest role. Without his guidance in the initial research and development work, the progress of both the train and the steel plant would not be so fast.

It's just that after these things are developed, it's just a simple repetitive work. Cao Wei, the leader of the manufacturing bureau, can finally relax.

However, before he had a rest, Zhu Yuanzhang once again dragged Cao Wei into the shipbuilding affairs of the Kaihai Bureau.

This matter is much simpler than developing trains and steel mills, because there were shipbuilding craftsmen before the Ming Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought in a decisive battle, they fought a water battle. The naval strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time must not be underestimated. !
It's just that after the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, it also lost the combat power of the navy. In Cao Wei's view, this was like cutting off an arm.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang has now chosen to reopen the sea. Due to the short sea ban, it is not very difficult to rebuild warships. The Shipbuilding Bureau of the Kaihai Bureau will recruit shipbuilding craftsmen. Cao Wei's Manufacturing Bureau only needs to provide enough steel to supply It can be used for shipbuilding.

(End of this chapter)