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

Chapter 234 Special Treatment
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhang Yifan could teach more talents, he would not be willing to do so.

This is not to say that he does not need talents, but that the cultivation of talents takes time.But now, Zhang Yifan is still shining brightly, assisting his fourth son to achieve more brilliant achievements to suppress the famous founding general.

At least Zhu Di must eliminate Nahachu in Liaodong. Such a reputation would be enough to lay a solid foundation for the stability of Zhu Ming's country, and then let Yifan be busy with preaching and teaching!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang had to solve the problem that Zhu Biao originally thought was no problem and could not leave it to Zhang Yifan.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly: "Then print more of Yifan's three brochures and distribute them, hold an exam in a month, and send 30 people to Yifan according to their ranking!"

After hearing this, Zhu Biao had some doubts and asked, "But I'm afraid no one in the capital can fully understand the contents of these three books. How can we teach them?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he said without thinking: "They are all taught by no one. It depends on their own talents. Let's deal with them first!"

Zhu Biao still had questions and asked for instructions: "There must be some conditions for those who take the exam, right? For example, age, or should they be divided into groups to be fair?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

There really is a lot to do!

Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly: "Yifan wants to help the fourth brother gain his reputation. Now they are planning the Liaodong war. Before they can actually establish a sect, let's choose a man between the ages of 25 and [-], so casually. It’s convenient for Yifan to go anywhere.”

Zhu Biao heard this and thought it made sense, so he retreated.

As a result, what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect was that three days later, Zhu Biao came again.

"Father, my eldest sister knows the most about the contents of Yifan's three books. Many female relatives went to ask for advice, and then went back to teach them in their respective mansions. Now I have received a lot of news here, saying why women are not allowed to Participate, now women know more than men!”

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

Zhu Biao also added: "My eldest sister also said that when she was in Xiangshan County, there were not enough men, so women went out to do the work. In some jobs, women have advantages over men. Back then, Yifan wanted both men and women to do the work. There is work to do, so that Xiangshan County has no shortage of manpower, and the development is very fast!"

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang added his own opinion and said: "When I looked at these booklets from Yifan, they should have nothing to do with being an official. If only men can scream for exams, it doesn't seem to make sense. The eldest sister said that she can bring a group of female students Going north is just the right time to reunite with Yifan."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help saying: "Is this her purpose? I don't want them to separate. It's just that her son is still young, so she is afraid of accidents!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao asked: "Father, how long will Yifan stay in Peiping?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his plan and said: "Now Laosi's side is building new muskets and artillery. For this reason, a few days ago, I sent a group of skilled craftsmen from the Military War Bureau over to facilitate Peking. They can build more new muskets and artillery over there. Then with their current strength, they can defeat Naha Chu as soon as possible, and then Yifan can return to the capital."

Having said this, he paused and then said: "After I come back, I plan to make him a clan leader and focus on training your younger brothers. As long as our Zhu family has more talents, then this country will be as stable as Mount Tai." Got it!"

Zhu Biao heard this and immediately asked: "In my opinion, how long will it take to defeat Nahachu?"

Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, thought for a moment, and then said slowly: "They are currently preparing for the battle of Haizhou Guard, which is estimated to take at least half a year. After this battle, Naha will suffer a big loss, and people will definitely be panicked. They will also avoid fighting with us. When the time comes, I will look at the specific situation in Liaodong and give them some guidance. As long as Nahachu is hit hard one more time, and then supplemented by strategies to attack the heart, Liaodong can be defeated. Calculated in this way, at least it is still possible. It will take more than a year and a half, maybe even two or three years."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he suggested: "Then let the eldest sister go north. After she is one year old, she will be fine if she takes her time on the road."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll decree that the government officials along the way will do their best to receive you, so that the mother and son won't suffer!"

Zhu Biao was a little surprised when he heard this.

He knew that his father was most annoyed by officials disrupting local people's livelihood.I think back then, Tang Shengzong, the Marquis of Yan'an, was just good at riding post horses, so he won the title and was demoted to command!
But now, the royal father actually wants to order a place to welcome the eldest sister to go north!This treatment is really unexpected!

But Zhu Biao thought about it carefully and seemed to understand.This is our own family, so of course we have to treat it differently from outsiders.Yifan's son is so young, so there can't be any bumps on the road!It’s natural to take some care!
So, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang's latest instructions.

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In Peiping, Zhang Yifan heard that after he refused the reward of the Alchemy Book and Iron Coupon, Zhu Di came to see him and wanted to do ideological work for him.

To this, Zhang Yifan directly replied: "Fourth brother, I didn't lie. In my eyes, to be better than the sages of Confucius and Mencius is my goal. Believe it or not, thousands of years later, the world will still remember me , but I may not still remember you as a prince. Don’t even say prince, even the emperor is not as famous as me. Tell me, are you powerful?"

Zhu Di: "..."

"How about you think about it, how many names and life stories of emperors in previous dynasties do you remember? But Confucius and Mencius always knew it, right?"

Zhu Di: "..."

"I have this confidence. I can be better than Confucius and Mencius. I will do better than them and benefit our future generations."

Zhu Di: "..."

Seeing that Zhang Yifan still wanted to continue talking, Zhu Di, who came back to his senses, quickly waved his hand and said: "Yes, yes, you have great ambitions. I won't persuade you anymore. What's wrong with you?"

Having said this, he paused and then said with expectation: "Why don't you teach my son your knowledge? This is my own family, so there is no problem, right?"

Zhang Yifan: "..."

After coming back to his senses, he said speechlessly: "You must at least let your son be able to communicate and be weaned. Come to me again!"

Zhu Di's eldest son is only three years old, and his younger son is just one year old. How can he teach this?
After Zhu Di heard this, he laughed and said: "My son has been smart since he was a child!"

After the joke was over, Zhu Di became serious again and said to Zhang Yifan: "Even if you have this idea, I admit that you have lofty ambitions, but in fact, it will not delay your iron certificate of alchemy!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan did not hide anything from Zhu Di and said truthfully: "I just want to take a shortcut! Do you think everyone wants the iron book of alchemy, right? If I don't want it, will it attract the greatest attention from others? Why not? They will inquire and be curious, right?"

Seeing Zhu Di nodding, he continued: "In this way, as many people as possible will know that it is me who wants to establish a sect and preach and teach. Do you think I will become famous if I do this? Many people want to come and learn?" After hearing this, Zhu Di nodded again and said: "I really can't tell, you have quite a lot of twists and turns!"

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he patted his chest and said, "I am cultivating talents for the Ming Dynasty. Do you want to be my student?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "If you want it, of course you want it, a student of the eternal great saint!"

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yifan regained his composure and said to Zhu Di: "I plan to raise pigs. You can write a letter to your father-in-law and send a batch of cement."

When Zhu Di heard this, he was speechless and said: "Did I hear correctly? Do you want to raise pigs?"

Pigs are just pigs, so it’s a bit unbelievable for a majestic prince-in-law to raise pigs!
Zhang Yifan saw that Zhu Di was so strange, so he took it for granted and said, "Of course, otherwise, how would the meat from the meat floss factory come from? Does it only rely on mutton? Large-scale pig farming is the key to solving the problem of our people eating meat in Daming. But I don't know how to get meat from the meat floss factory. Is it possible to raise pigs? Let’s try it first?”

After Zhu Di heard this, he suddenly became excited. If his soldiers had hog meat to eat every day, their combat effectiveness would definitely become very strong. He immediately asked: "Is it the same as raising sheep?"

"No!" After hearing this, Zhang Yifan shook his head and said, "We are still raising animals in captivity. We need to build a pig house. You want me to try it."

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, large-scale breeding is required, and there may be less swine flu and the like. However, the breed of pigs, the source of feed, etc. are also headaches, and we can only try to do it step by step.

After hearing this, Zhu Di didn't ask any more questions, and immediately sent someone to Xu Da's side to move some cement to Tianjin.

Generally speaking, the division of labor between several people is still the same.

The troop accumulation work on Juehua Island is also gradually making progress.Lan Yu is indeed a talented person. While dispatching cavalry to deal with the Tatars under Naha's headquarters, he quietly transformed Juehua Island.

Zhu Di had already selected [-] troops, including nearly [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Of course, the infantry included chariot camps and was training at the Tianjin port.

Not to mention, at the beginning, even if this was an elite army with strict military discipline, it would cause chaos when getting on and off the ship.Especially the cavalry, those war horses caused a lot of commotion.

Problems were solved, and after a month of training, I was barely able to get on and off the boat without causing any trouble.After disembarking, the assembly according to the organizational structure was much faster.

Some soldiers are seasick. If there is no improvement after taking measures, then replace them.

In mid-April of the 14th year of Hongwu's reign, [-] elites were selected and quietly stationed on Juehua Island.

On Zhang Yifan's side, the construction of the hog farm has also been completed.It was probably built according to the model of later generations of breeding farms that he had seen. The main thing was to pay attention to the isolation between pig groups, hygiene, etc. He didn't know more about it, so he could only rely on groping.

The waste from the pig farm, including manure, is also used. Therefore, this is almost a farm model and has the initial prototype of a circular economy.

As for the hired workers, they are old people with rich experience in raising pigs, women, and of course, some mature laborers are also assigned.

On the Tianjin side, it was not actually called Tianjin during the Hongwu period, it was called Haijin Town, and it was the transshipment center for grain transported by water during the Yuan Dynasty.However, after the wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, this place has long been dilapidated.

Although it has been the 14th year of Hongwu, because the north is the front line, Haijin Town has never returned to the time before the war.

However, as [-] troops stationed here, and then Zhang Yifan set up factories here, including fish floss factories, meat floss factories, breeding farms, farms, etc., Haijin Town became visibly prosperous.

Perhaps based on the emperor's political achievements in Xiangshan County, many northern businessmen and others came to Haijin Town to look for opportunities.

The chief envoy of Beiping had no choice but to visit Zhang Yifan's house and ask Zhang Yifan for his opinion on whether to ask the emperor to set up a county here.

The only reason I'm not sure is because the [-]-strong army has already left, and the Prince Consort doesn't know how long he will stay here.If the Prince Consort has stayed, then they must be confident.

To this, Zhang Yifan gave an affirmative answer, saying that even if he leaves, as long as he pays attention to the construction of the port, Haijin Town will definitely be prosperous.Finally, at the request of the Chief Envoy, he jointly submitted a memorial to discuss the establishment of a county in Haijin Town.

During this time, Zhang Yifan also learned about things in Nanjing.I knew that my wife and son would go north, and they would bring a group of male and female students with them.

This made him very happy, but he was also a little worried that his son was too young and would not adapt to the northern climate.

For this reason, he rushed to Peiping and built a house next to Prince Yan's Mansion. He decided not to live under anyone else's roof anymore and live in Prince Yan's Mansion.No matter what, building a house here will fulfill the dream of being homeless in Peiping for future generations.

Unexpectedly, while the foundation of the house was still being dug, Zhu Di came to see him and took him to discuss the matter.

I heard Zhu Di excitedly say to Zhang Yifan: "After the craftsmen sent by Emperor Father joined in to build new muskets and artillery, we already have a thousand new muskets and thirty rapid-fire cannons of different sizes. By the way, Emperor Father gave us The rapid-firing cannon was named the God-Speed ​​Cannon. My father-in-law thought it was ready for a battle!"

The firearms troops have always been on the Beiping side, accepting and training as many guns and artillery as they can build.

The idea of ​​making guns in an assembly line is only theoretical at present.The parts are still not perfect, so the output is not large.

Zhang Yifan heard Zhu Di's words and confirmed: "You told your father-in-law, right? You were anxious to start a war, so your father-in-law agreed after considering it?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately said: "You don't know, the Tatars are very arrogant in Liaodong, even more arrogant than last year. Several supplies shipped to Liaodong have been robbed by them. It is natural law not to teach them a lesson." Intolerable!"

As soon as he heard his explanation, Zhang Yifan knew that he had guessed correctly. It was Zhu Di who first proposed the fight.

But since Xu Da agreed, he must have weighed it.Moreover, Zhang Yifan himself didn't really have the ability to make decisions about military affairs. Xu Da had the final say.

Therefore, he had no objection.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di made a request.

　Ask for support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)