People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 291 Twenty thousand pirates were destroyed! The entire Ming Dynasty rejoiced! !

Listening to the officials' compliments to him, Chen Han actually felt quite comfortable.

But never show it.

At the same time, he did not want this so-called credit to be his own.

After everyone had finished speaking, the prince looked at Chen Han and asked: "Chen Aiqing, you have made another great contribution at this time. As the courtier said, you recommended Xia Yuanji, the chief envoy of Guangdong,

He was once the person who jointly advocated reform with you, and all the policies he is now implementing in Guangdong were all originated from you.

Whether it is the reclamation of fertile land in Lingnan or the opening of the Guangzhou Shipping Department,

What's more, he, together with the Guangdong Navy and the Fujian Navy, defended the entire Guangdong and took the greatest credit. You also take the greatest credit.

The victory report said that Wang Yuanli, the commander of Guangdong Province, escaped from the battle. Under such circumstances, Xia Yuanji was able to lead the Guangdong Navy to defend the battle with great difficulty.

Even being able to lead the charge as a civilian official and still be proud of it is not easy to be honest.

Now the navy led by Lan Yu became famous in one battle, thanks to the red cannons and flintlock guns.

I once went to see the red cannon and flintlock musket. They are very powerful weapons.

All of this is thanks to you, Chen Aiqing.

All this is because of the contribution made by your Engineering College. I have decided to reward not only Lan Yu and Xia Yuanji this time, but also your Daming Engineering College and your Duke Qian.

What reward do you want? "

Chen Han looked at Prince Zhu Biao and smiled. Since arriving in Ming Dynasty, the minister has been well cared for by His Majesty and His Highness.

He was even able to gain support from his colleagues and established the Daming Institute of Engineering.

To be honest, I am very grateful,

If I make some merit at this time, I still have to keep it in mind and ask the court to reward me. I will have no motivation to make any contribution in the future.

Now I am the Duke of the Qian Kingdom, and I have reached the position of a highly respected minister.

If we really want to be rewarded, I sincerely hope that the Department of Academic Affairs and the Department of Commerce can be upgraded and emerge from the Ministry of Rites and Abdomen.

I hope you can support my educational and commercial work in Daming.

I do have a request in this regard,

It was difficult to mention it before because you didn’t see the specific contribution of my Daming Engineering College.

I only saw that I, Daming Engineering College, seemed to have become a businessman. "

After saying this, all the officials below burst into laughter at this time.

That's really the case.

Before, everyone thought that Daming Engineering College was not like a place for teaching and educating people, but rather like a business.

Because whether it is a red brick factory, a cement factory, a glass factory, etc., they are all closely related to people's lives.

But they can all become commodities, so you can make a lot of money.

Because of the money, Daming Engineering College has already received many resumes for the current teacher quota.

Those who have ever felt arrogant about being a scholar,

A cultured person who has learned the teachings of sages and sages is unwilling to teach at the Ming Dynasty Institute of Engineering.

In the beginning, those who were willing to teach at Daming Engineering College were those who failed.

They felt that they had no hope in the officialdom, so when they saw the salary offered by Daming Engineering College after its opening, it was really hard for them to refuse.

So they came to Daming Engineering College to work as teachers.

What I didn’t expect was that after this period of development,

Daming Institute of Engineering owns a number of invention patents.

Each invention patent can bring a lot of income, so the salaries of teachers at Daming Engineering College have doubled, and the funds are even more abundant.

Outstanding private engineers, inventors, pharmacists, dramatists, writers, etc., were all invited to teach at Daming Engineering College.

So now Daming Engineering College is full of talents, but it is still controlled by the management of the Ministry of Rites.

He wanted to make Daming Engineering College and now his Academic Affairs Department independent of the Ministry of Rites, so that he would not need to be subject to the guidance of these people above.

Although he also understood that the officials in the Ministry of Rites were not necessarily pedantic people, there were still many rules and regulations, and he was not willing to accept them.

Now it just happened to be raised in this court.

As Chen Han said, it was because Daming Engineering College did not really make any tangible contributions that everyone could see.

Therefore, we are not qualified to propose that the Department of Academic Affairs and the Department of Commerce should be upgraded, but now it is different.

The reason why the navy is so powerful is because of the inventions made by Chen Han and the others. Those inventions of the red cannon and the flintlock gun made everyone see that it could be so powerful.

So Chen Han made this request now, which is the reward he wants to get.

When Prince Zhu Biao and others heard that Chen Han actually made such a request, they did not seek any conditions on themselves. Instead, they hoped that the Department of Academic Affairs and the Department of Commerce could become independent.

This doesn't seem to be a particularly difficult problem to solve.

Prince Zhu Biao was very moved. This was his son-in-law's realization.

I will never talk to myself so much about rewards, but list them clearly.

Prince Zhu Biao waved his hand: "Okay, in fact, the Department of Academic Affairs and the Department of Commerce should have been independent and upgraded long ago.

I should have asked you to be the minister of another department besides the six departments a long time ago. I think the ministers will not object, right? "

At this time, the officials were convinced of Chen Han's contribution and there was no room for doubt.

This means speaking with strength.

Now the officials are eager for the Military Engineering College to invent more things that are helpful to people's lives, so that their lives will be more convenient. I heard that Daming Institute of Engineering is still researching so-called rail cars.

This made the ministers very happy and looking forward to it, especially after the large-scale laying of cement roads began recently.

Everyone's life has become more convenient. The construction of the Great Ming Northwest Barrier Project has begun after it was approved. Everyone has seen something new.

They see that Daming Engineering College will definitely change the pattern of Daming in the future, and everyone has now fully accepted this.

Daming Engineering College is no longer treated like a scourge like before.

Not to mention that Daming Engineering College has robbed them of their prestige as officials.

Because Chen Han had informed them a long time ago that the officials trained by their Daming Engineering College would not be administrative officials on duty, but technical officials.

They also have to solve technical problems.

Since the jobs of the two routes are different. There is no need for competition.

So all the ministers agreed, and the officials stepped forward one after another.

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

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The fact that the navy defeated pirates on the sea was publicized by Chen Han in the Daming Engineering College newspaper. In less than three days, word had spread within the capital and throughout several southeastern provinces.

Although the news spreads slower in Northwest, Liaodong and North China, for several southeastern provinces, this news is the real big news.

A certain teahouse.

The place is bustling with people, all businessmen coming to have tea and discuss business early in the morning.

And one of the things that is talked about the most now is the fact that the navy killed the pirate Chen Zuyi on the sea.

"Everyone has heard, the Daming Engineering College newspaper has been logged in!

Our navy was established more than half a year ago, and we had a commander three months ago.

And this commander is General Lan Yulan, Duke of Liang, whom we are all very familiar with.

Everyone didn't believe in this general at first. Why? "

A businessman suddenly stood up from the middle seat and said.

After he said this, there was a lot of discussion below, and another businessman sang in harmony and said, "That's because although General Lan Yulan has a great reputation, he is a bad person and is arrogant and domineering.

He has countless adopted sons, and even placed his own adopted son Gan'er in the army, which made His Majesty angry.

So he was deprived of all his official orders in anger, and he was put under house arrest in his home in the capital for two years. Unexpectedly,

Our General Lan has quite a bit of the majesty of King Chuzhuang back then. If he doesn’t make a sound, he will make a big splash.

On the recommendation of Duke Qian, he served as the naval governor.

He led the navy to annihilate the Chen Zuyi pirate gang that had defeated the Fujian Navy and Guangdong Navy just a few days ago on the sea of ​​Guangdong.

It is said that Chen Zuyi led 20,000 pirates this time, hoping to rob merchant ships in the waters of Ming Dynasty after Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban.

He just wanted to establish his reputation in the Ming Sea, so he came aggressively and was determined to win.

Within half a year, our Ming Dynasty Navy lost more than 7,000 people. We were all in despair.

But I didn't expect that our Ming Navy, like soldiers and generals from heaven, would descend to earth and annihilate all 20,000 pirates and more than a hundred warships in half an hour.

It is said that outside the waters of Guangdong, there is a river of blood, and the sea water is dyed red with blood.

The fragments of the ship are the country of Java.

The sharks in that area were so full that even fishermen in Guangdong said that fish caught from Guangdong waters cannot be eaten.

Because these fish all ate the pirate's body. "

This man is like a storyteller, speaking with great emotion.

It sounds like the traders here are very excited.

After hearing this, the businessmen present just now slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Everyone, we are all businessmen traveling overseas.

Piracy is rampant. I once saw pirates rob ships and left no one alive.

Everything of value on the ship was looted, the women were raped, and the men either joined them or were killed. It was quite brutal.

Especially Chen Zuyi, who is known as the pirate king in Nanyang. He claims to be king and hegemony. Even the countries in Nanyang can only kowtow to him and even make offerings to him every year.

It can be said that this guy has harmed the Nanyang area for more than 20 years, and everyone has suffered for a long time.

I never expected that such a pirate king would fall into the hands of our newly established Ming Navy.

It has to be said that our Commander-in-Chief Lan is mighty, Ming Dynasty is mighty! "

Another person stood up and said, "But you don't know, the ones who have made the most merit in this may not be the few we know now!"

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(End of this chapter)