Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 172 The first step in changing hereditary inheritance

Then, he changed the topic and said: "Of course, you can also keep it to yourself and continue to be your gatekeeper. As for me, I will look for another suitable person. I don't believe that I can't find the right person." use!"

Zhang Yifan made his words very clear and did not hide anything.In the final analysis, this is a very simple question: take care of yourself!
The ability to fight is actually similar to the work of other craftsmen.It's a good thing. It's passed down from son to daughter, not from daughter to daughter. Why should something that has been used for generations to eat be passed on to outsiders?

You can force people to teach you, but they may not be able to teach you your true skills.

Why should occupation be hereditary?Military positions including military households, commanders, etc. are hereditary. This is not just a whim of classmate Zhu Yuanzhang, but this is the background!

The best way to break the hereditary tradition is to set up military schools.However, how many people can really be taught?
In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only a few people in the Ming Dynasty who truly led troops in war and were willing to write books and pass on their skills without reservation, such as Qi Jiguang.There are other literati, but they want fame more, so they write down the experiences they hear in military books. Most of them are just talk on paper.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was really difficult for a general to teach him all his skills.

It was also for this reason that Zhang Yifan asked Zhu Liangzu after he fell from a height and tasted the warmth and coldness of the world.

Zhang Yifan's thoughts were not in vain. After just waiting for a while, Zhu Liangzu said to him: "Okay, I agree. I want to show the people in the capital that I, Zhu Liangzu, will come back one day!"

Are you willing to be a gatekeeper for the rest of your life?

Of course Zhu Liangzu was not willing to give in. After all, he was also a powerful figure back then, but once there was trouble, those who usually considered him to be close friends would stay away from him, as if he was the god of plague.

Now, it is equivalent to having the opportunity to take the medicine of regret. Since you are not willing to give in, you must seize the opportunity and fight again!
After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled slightly and said: "Very good, this time I listened to my advice. I hope you can achieve results in your teaching. One day, it will be written in the history books that Zhu Liangzu, the instructor of the first military training hall in the Ming Dynasty, will be famous in history."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Just go ahead and order whatever you want to eat, and it will be charged to my account. After you finish eating, you will report to Qi Qianhu's place and say that you came there on my order."

Afterwards, Zhang Yifan left.

Zhu Liangzu did not get up to see him off, but froze there.

He remembered that the son-in-law persuaded him several times back then, but if he listened once, he wouldn't end up in such a situation.

Now, fortunately, I have another chance!

Thinking like this, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Xiaoer, here are ten braised chickens!"

On the third day, the military preparation hall in Qianhusuo, Xiangshan County was established. Zhang Yifan solemnly wore the official uniform of the Prince Consort and attended the ceremony.

The trainees were selected from the Qianhu Institute, 50 of them in total, and they were considered the most talented in learning among the soldiers in Xiangshan County.

Zhang Yifan solemnly introduced Zhu Liangzu's deeds to these students, including his participation in the battles to destroy Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, the Mingxia regime, and the pacification of the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

Speaking of which, this Zhu Liangzu is really powerful. After he was captured alive by Zhu Yuanzhang, he refused to accept it. He fled and continued to fight Zhu Yuanzhang. He really surrendered, and made the above-mentioned illustrious military exploits for Zhu Yuanzhang in the Southern and Northern Wars.

When Zhang Yifan introduced these deeds, Zhu Liangzu's waist straightened again unconsciously.The momentum of the past seems to have returned to some extent.

These students in Xiangshan County only knew that Zhu Liangzu was a marquis in the past, but they did not know his specific achievements. Now that they heard about it, they all admired him and no longer looked down upon him because he was a prisoner.

Zhang Yifan stayed all day, watching Zhu Liangzu start to truly serve as a coach and start training these students before he left.

However, what Zhu Liangzu didn't expect was that the Military Beitang also had cultural classes, which taught reading and literacy. Even if he was the instructor, he was required to participate.

While Zhang Yifan was busy with these things, two major events happened in Hongwu's court for ten years.

The first thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang became increasingly dissatisfied with Prime Minister Hu Weiyong's manipulation of power.After the local memorials arrived at Zhongshu Province, Hu Weiyong still handled them without authorization, and some of the memorials were not submitted to the imperial court.Therefore, he decreed the establishment of the General Affairs Department, which was responsible for the collection and submission of local memorials, and separated this part of the function from the Ministry of Education.

The second thing was that the remnants of Tubo robbed the tribute envoy from Uzang and invited the envoy Gong Ge Suonan to be killed. They were reported to the capital of the Ming Dynasty by Uzang.When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he was furious and ordered Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei, to be the general for the expedition to the west, and Mu Ying, the governor of the capital, to be the deputy general to lead an army to conquer Tibet.

Major military and political affairs involved Zhu Yuanzhang's energy.Therefore, Zhang Yifan's "little fight" was delayed.

Although Zhang Yifan's butterfly wings have been inflamed, they have caused a great butterfly effect.However, there are still some major events in history that are still moving forward according to their original historical trajectory.

Although it is said that Zhang Yifan did change the empty seal case, one of the four major Hongwu cases, and his words "thunder, rain and dew are all for your kindness" saved some good officials among the chief seal officials in various places, such as Fang Keqin and others, but this The Kongyin case can be said to be the least influential case among the four major Hongwu cases.

Compared with this empty seal case, the impact of the Hu Weiyong case was very large, and its implications were so extensive that only the subsequent Lan Jade case could compare with it.

As far as Zhang Yifan is concerned, if possible, he really does not want the historical Hu Weiyong case to happen.Can't the struggle between prime minister power and imperial power be resolved in other ways?Hu Weiyong seeks death, so don't implicate other people whose crimes are not worthy of death!

However, at this time, he was still too far away from the court and had no information. Unable to wait for a reply on the patent matter, Zhang Yifan decided to approach this matter from another angle.

No, the county government quickly posted a notice.

It should be because there are so many things going on in Xiangshan County, especially when many policies are released, there will be business opportunities.Therefore, there is always a group of people here where the notice is posted year after year.

As soon as this notice came out, it was immediately crowded with people.

Anyone who is literate can read it right away: "Reward Notice: Anyone with unique experience or skills related to agriculture or fishery that will benefit agriculture or fishery should report to the government and be rewarded with a reward of not less than ten pieces of gold and not more than ten thousand guan." silver……"

When the people nearby heard it, they immediately exploded and started talking on the spot.

"Ten thousand guan? Is this crazy? So much money?"

"You see clearly, the maximum is [-] guan. If you don't appeal, you will get [-] guan!"

"That's a lot, but I don't know what kind of unique experience or skills can be worth the money?"

"Whatever, it's farming, right? I know a little bit, try your luck, maybe you can get some money, even ten cents!"

"..."

Mainly because the [-]-guan gimmick was too big, so the news spread instantly.There were no restrictions on household registration, so everyone suddenly wanted to see if they could make some money.

But they haven't acted yet, and the county government posted a row of notices, which listed some experience and skills in farming and fishing. Only appeals other than these can be accepted.

Zhang Yifan came up with this by actually using money to buy patents and turn them into government patents.Sort out the basic farming and fishing experience and skills in advance, and then offer rewards on this basis.Not only can it collect people who are better and better, but it can also allow them to use their brains and think about how they can receive rewards and make money if they can improve.

This is somewhat similar to the reward questions of later generations, involving both agriculture and fishing.

Not to mention, I did spend some money, but it didn't have the effect I imagined.

After all, people won’t exchange money for a truly practical unique skill.

Zhang Yifan is not discouraged. This is just the beginning, just take your time.

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In July of the [-]th year of Hongwu, Xiangshan County was located at one of the southernmost points of the Ming Dynasty. It was really hot, with the temperature starting at [-] degrees!

At various infrastructure construction sites, people have to rush to work at dawn in the morning, have to rest at noon, and can not continue to work until the evening when it is not so hot.

On this day, Zhang Yifan was handling government affairs in the county government office when he heard a report coming from his subordinates, saying that Zhou Heizi wanted to see him.

This pirate who was the first to rebel is now a busy man in charge of Qi'ao Island's farming and fishing fleet.As soon as Zhang Yifan heard this, he knew that he had something to come to him, so he immediately informed him.

Before Zhou Heizi got close to Zhang Yifan, he hurriedly greeted him in the sun in the yard.

As soon as Zhang Yifan saw it, he smiled and said: "I say Zhou Heizi, you have finally become a little whiter, do you want to go back to the sun? Come in quickly!"

This Zhou Heizi used to be a fisherman and later a pirate. He spent many years at sea, and his whole body was so tanned that he almost turned into a black man.

However, since I returned home last year, I haven't been exposed to the sun much anymore, and my skin color has obviously improved a lot.Therefore, Zhang Yifan made a joke on him.

When Zhou Heizi heard this, he quickly said it would be okay. After walking into the lobby, he reported to Zhang Yifan: "Prince-in-law, is the fleet going to stop for a few days?"

"Huh?" Zhang Yifan was a little surprised when he heard this, and looked at him, waiting for his explanation.

When Zhou Heizi saw it, he quickly said: "I used to follow your instructions to sell the fish that I couldn't sell as salted fish, but now I can't even sell the salted fish, there are too many fish caught! "

At this time, the fleet was already fishing with trawl nets.This was not Zhang Yifan's idea, but a natural evolution and a method thought up by the fishermen themselves.

As early as the 10th to 14th centuries, large-scale trawl fishing was carried out in Europe, and from the 12th to 14th centuries, Asian countries such as Japan also used trawl fishing.

Trawl fishing, and fishing in fleets, is very productive.

At the beginning, as the population flowing into Xiangshan County increased, marine fish could be digested locally because it was cheap; but later, the people in Xiangshan County got tired of eating it, and after the demand dropped, there were finally more and more fish. The more there is left.

Zhang Yifan knew about this, so he gave them a way to make salted fish and transport it to further places for sale.Of course, there are also vendors who take the initiative to come to Xiangshan County to sell.

This sales volume is really good, and it instantly solves the problem of excess fishing in the Xiangshan County fleet.

Zhang Yifan actually knew that there was something fishy in this.What people care about most when buying salted fish is not the eating of fish, but the word "salty".

Salt in Xiangshan County is cheap, but it is not cheap in other places. When people go to buy official salt locally, they might as well buy salted fish produced in Xiangshan County.

Ever since the Yongjiahou case came out, local officials have not dared to talk about this matter.

Now, according to Zhou Heizi, even salted fish has reached the saturation point and cannot be sold anymore.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yifan looked up at the bright sun outside the house, feeling that it had something to do with the weather.

So, he stood up and said, "Then let's go over and take a look!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yifan turned to Zhu Jingjing, who came out of the back office after hearing the noise, and said, "I'm going to have a look at the fleet. Maybe I can solve the problem you mentioned!"

Zhu Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and asked, "Is it the female worker's problem?"

"That's right!" Zhang Yifan nodded after hearing this.

There are a large number of employment opportunities in Xiangshan County, which has led to countless employed people. However, most of the work is done by men, especially the construction of infrastructure, which is even more labor-intensive.The same is true for renovating a concrete house.

Compared with these, women can do much less.Although thanks to Zhu Jingjing's efforts, some skilled women have come out to work to earn money to support their families.However, there are many more women who do not have any special skills. During the slack time, most of them can only sit at home or take care of their children.

Zhu Jingjing told Zhang Yifan about this situation, so Zhang Yifan came up with this idea.

After Zhu Jingjing heard this, she suddenly became curious and said, "What kind of job is it? I'll go take a look too!"

"It's too hot outside, so don't go out. It's cooler at home!" After hearing this, Zhang Yifan shook his head and refused.

Others can't, but Zhang Yifan has the privilege of using saltpeter to make ice. Even in this hot summer, he can still get ice cubes.

Now in the lobby, there are ice cubes placed in several corners, which effectively reduces the temperature in the room and makes it much cooler!
Zhu Jingjing listened, looked up at the bright white sunlight outside, and finally nodded and agreed to Zhang Yifan's suggestion.

The sun in the south is really too poisonous!
Although Zhang Yifan was a son-in-law, he was still sweating when he rushed to the fleet wharf by the river outside the city, and the sunshade was useless!
It was still a little far away, but I could smell the smell of rotten fish and shrimp.

This weather is so hot!If the fish caught by the fleet are not processed in time, they will soon become smelly.

After Zhang Yifan inspected it, he saw that it was indeed as Zhou Heizi said, there was an unknown amount of salted fish piled up, some of them were going bad, and it was useless no matter how much salt was used.

Zhou Heizi was following Zhang Yifan, watching eagerly, expecting the prince-in-law to show his magical powers and change the predicament.

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(End of this chapter)