The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 212 Malacca Pirates

Soon it was time to get off work and everyone left one after another.

As soon as Chen Jingke returned to his residence, he saw Zhu Xiongying telling a story to a little girl. He couldn't help but dance when he got excited.

The little girl was of course Xu Miaojin. She was sitting on the guardrail of the corridor with a fan in her hand. She looked at the grandson jumping up and down, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

A child of six or seven years old doesn't care about love or love.

She only knew that this was her future husband, who often told her stories and took her to play, and she also loved playing with him.

That's it.

Chen Jingke laughed secretly in his heart. The genes of Lao Zhu's family are really strong in some aspects.

Even loving a daughter-in-law can be inherited.

Without disturbing them, he found a waiter and asked him to tell his grandson later that he would go home and rest tonight.

Then he left the palace.

Since getting married, he still lives in the palace half of the time.

After all, it is a basic requirement for a grandson to study with him and eat, live and travel together.

However, as a married person, the requirements are not so strict, and you can go home the other half of the time.

But it is easy for the couple to meet each other.

Fuqing was a princess and was given the privilege of entering the palace at will by Empress Ma. She could enter the palace at any time if she wanted to meet her.

When he returned home and it was still bright, Chen Jingke found Fuqing in the study, where she was immersed in writing.

I quietly walked behind her and observed that she was actually writing a novel.

And he was very familiar with the content, revealing the list to save his father.

Let me go, what are you going to do?

Fuqing finally noticed his return, shyly covered the paper, stood up and said:

"Lang Jun, you didn't say a word when you came back."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "I saw you were busy, so I didn't bother you."

Then he joked: "What, do you want to write a book and biography for me?"

Fu Qing smiled lightly and said, "I do, but your future achievements will definitely exceed my imagination. I don't even know how to edit it."

"I can only wait until you become famous, and then write down your achievements one by one."

Chen Jingke laughed and said, "Then you will have to wait..."

Fu Qing looked at him lovingly: "I have a lifetime to wait."

Chen Jingke felt warm in his heart, grabbed her hand and said, "Yes, we still have a lifetime."

The couple flirted with each other for a while, and then Fu Qing explained:

"Based on the story of you exposing the official to save your father, the people have deduced many stories."

"I am going to collect these stories, correct the unreasonable parts, and compile them into a book."

There are folk stories about Chen's consort, and many different stories have been told.

As a wife, she was naturally very happy and curious.

Let people collect these stories.

Then she saw many things that dissatisfied her.

The most dissatisfying part is the plot after marrying the princess and becoming the consort.

In some versions, the princess is just a tool, which is okay.

Some of them go too far. Writing the princess as very unruly will only do a disservice.

Although she finally changed her mind after some discipline from the protagonist, she still didn't like it.

It has to be changed. The princess has a keen eye for recognizing the king and fell in love with the protagonist at a glance.

Then the husband and wife played the harp and the harp together, punishing rape and eradicating evil for the country and the people.

And she also felt that these people had poor imagination.

The stories are all about fighting corrupt officials and bullies, and at most they are admonishing the emperor to love his people as sons.

Nothing else has been accomplished.

Compared with Chen Jingke's contribution, it is simply not worth mentioning.

She plans to write several stories herself, such as the protagonist pushing for the diversion of the Yellow River and even issuing a military order.

The redirection was eventually successful, bringing life back to the north.

This is the real talent for governing the world.

Chen Jingke has known these stories for a long time, so he can only say that Mr. Storyteller has made great contributions.

There are also some down-and-out scholars who follow the trend and join in the fun, performing many versions.

He had no idea of ​​combing these stories into a book.

He was so busy that he basically put aside the writing of "Compendium of Materia Medica", let alone writing stories.

Fuqing would naturally support him if he wanted to do it, since he would be idle anyway.

He even gave her some advice: "Don't use Ming Dynasty for the previous dynasty. It's not suitable for the previous dynasty, so use China."

"Although everyone knows that China is the Ming Dynasty, it is still somewhat taboo."

"Close to the main line of the story and keep unnecessary plots as short as possible."

"For example, if you visit your next-door neighbor, a janitor doesn't need to write."

"But if the gatekeeper is important later, you can write more."

"Another example is scenery description. If it is to enhance the atmosphere, you can write a little more."

"If not, still use the abbreviation."

"Try to write in semi-vernacular, don't be too literary..."

"The most important thing is that paper is very expensive, so don't worry about word count..."

Fuqing picked up the pen and wrote down the key points he said one by one, and then said with admiration:

"Can Mr. Lang also write novels?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "I only know some theories and have no practical ability."

Fuqing naturally didn't believe it and thought he was being modest.

Chen Jingke did not argue, but said thoughtfully: "I have an idea, how about you write it down?"

This is co-authored by a husband and wife.

Fuqing was naturally very happy and asked: "What do you think?"

Chen Jingke said: "The Malacca pirates..."

Fuqing was very confused: "Pirates? What can a group of bandits have to write about?"

Chen Jingke explained: "The imperial court is about to open the sea, but Ming Dynasty is a land country, and many people have prejudices against the sea."

"The novel is very popular. I want to use this novel to introduce the ocean to the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Fuqing was even more puzzled: "I can write a travelogue, or a maritime trader, but why should I write about pirates?"

Chen Jingke thought to himself, because I liked Captain Jack very much in my previous life.

"As long as it's wonderfully written, any kind of story is fine. I just happened to think of pirates."

Sure enough, Fuqing stopped asking. Thoughts were out of control, and nothing strange came to mind.

Now she began to wonder what the story was.

Chen Jingke retells the first story of Captain Jack Sparrow:

"It happened in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Under the pressure of the imperial court, more and more people lost their land..."

"Either become a slave or die... Some people choose to go to sea..."

"Some people go to sea to do business, and some people go to sea to be pirates..."

Chen Jingke briefly talked about the main plot, and the mysterious setting really attracted Fuqing.

The magnificent sea, fighting against wind and waves, various adventures...

Especially the Black Pearl and the group of pirates who were cursed to a life worse than death.

It makes the story full of mystery.

Of course, the love story between the hero and heroine attracted her even more.

The life-saving grace when they were young, they reunited when they grew up, experienced hardships together, and finally the lovers finally got married.

But for Chen Jingke, some of the settings are more important. For example, in the book he proposed the concept of scurvy and pointed out the causes and prevention methods.

Sometimes spreading through novels is more effective than popularizing science.

Of course, when the sea actually opens, he will tell everyone about this matter to all the people going to sea.

There are also small items such as compasses and some ocean survival skills, which are also written in the book.

The technology tree was also slightly clicked, and artillery was put on the ship.

The sailing battleship appears, and artillery bombardment is indispensable.

There are also new types of fire guns, which are more convenient to fire, more powerful and have a longer range.

This is a slight spoiler of the future, pointing out the direction for the development of the navy.

Mazu is naturally indispensable. The goddess of the ocean protects the safety of the ocean.

No matter pirates, merchants, naval officers and soldiers, or people living by the sea, they all worshiped her.

The mysterious witch who gave the captain the compass was Mazu's temple blessing.

The killer whale is a kid from Haiyang Street who was surrendered by Mazu and became his bodyguard.

Therefore, it is friendly to humans and will not actively harm humans.

Dolphins are distant relatives of killer whales. They follow Mazu and like to guide humans.

The captain encountered danger many times and relied on killer whales and dolphins to escape successfully.

He had already begun to conceive of this story, but he never had time to write it.

Later, I was busy with government affairs, so I slowly gave up on this idea.

Since Fuqing wants to write a novel, let her try.

If you have settings and ideas provided by yourself, you can’t believe that you can’t write them.

Not surprisingly, Fuqing became very interested in this story:

"If you dictate it and I polish it, I will definitely be able to write the best story possible."

Chen Jingke joked: "We and I co-authored this book, which will surely be a good story in the future."

Fuqing's face was also full of happiness, this was exactly what she was thinking.

Afterwards, the couple discussed together to perfect the story.
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The news of Zhu Fan's killing spree spread quickly.

The officials in the northern department were indifferent and even gloated about the misfortune.

Officials of the Southern Department were very angry, and many people impeached the matter in court.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang directly threw the evidence in their faces and said:

"The census of population and land is a matter of national importance. Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be severely punished."

One sentence blocked everyone's mouths and made the ministers feel chilly.

Everyone still remembers how cruel Emperor Hongwu's butcher knife was.

The Hu Weiyong case, the Zhao Mao case, and the Kongyin case all resulted in rivers of blood being killed.

There is no scruple in killing officials and nobles, let alone some ordinary people.

The clan power was indeed deeply intertwined, but it was as fragile as a piece of paper in front of the court.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was serious, no one dared to persuade him, and many people began to worry that they would not be implicated.

Officials from both the north and the south quickly wrote letters to inform their families to cooperate with the court's investigation and not to conceal or omit the report.

There are also people who are determined to lobby the queen and prince.

Only this time they didn't even see anyone.

The prince even spread the word that instead of lobbying here, it would be better for the family to cooperate with the court honestly.

Now, no matter how stupid you are, you will understand that the two of you will not care about this matter.

We can only send someone to persuade the family to cooperate.

Chen Jingke has been paying attention to this matter and has to admit that reform does require a strong central government.

Reform in the Hongwu Dynasty was both difficult and easy.

The difficulty is that it is difficult to convince Zhu Yuanzhang, but the easy part is that once he is convinced, any bill can be implemented to the end.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang choose Zhu Fan to be responsible for this matter? Is it just because Zhu Biao was in poor health?

Not at all.

In addition to Zhu Biao's poor health, there are two other reasons:

Firstly, he didn't want Zhu Biao to be stigmatized, and secondly, there were some things he really couldn't do.

Zhu Fan had a cruel temperament. Although he restrained himself after Zhu Biao's persuasion, he only stopped humiliating and killing people at will.

If given a reasonable and legitimate opportunity, the beast within him would still be unleashed.

And now, Zhu Yuanzhang is going to release that beast.

As a vassal king, isn't it normal to bear some infamy for your eldest brother?

There are 5,500 Jinyi Guards. Except for 500 people who are left at Zhu Yuanzhang's command, the rest are all under Zhu Fan's control.

Zhu Fan placed 3,000 of them in Fujian, Huguang, and Jiangxi provinces. His purpose is self-evident.

When he learned about this, Chen Jingke could only sigh and then remained silent.

There was nothing he could do to stop it, and he wouldn't stop it.

Without breaking up the clan society here, no reform can be carried out.

The advantages of clan cannot be completely denied.

In times of turmoil, clans formed strongholds to protect themselves, which indeed played a great positive role.

It effectively protected the lives and safety of the people and preserved the power of the people.

It can even be said that during the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, the Han people migrated to the south and were able to gain a foothold and assimilate local ethnic minorities, and they played a positive role.

However, time has changed and now they have become an obstacle to social progress.

Overly united clan forces prevented the imperial court from reforming.

They concealed land, concealed population, and implemented another management system in private.

The clan manager is Heaven, and he can use clan methods to deal with the people below him at will.

To put it bluntly, even if everyone is blood relatives, some are still rulers and some are enslaved.

Moreover, they are still enslaved for generations and cannot escape even if they want to.

Because most people do not have household registration, the patriarchal system does not allow them to register.

Once you get a household registration, you have to pay a poll tax and do corvee labor, which makes it easy for you to feel rebellious.

Without household registration, you can only serve the clan throughout your life.

Therefore, a family of more than ten people may only have three or five people listed on their household registration.

There are seven or eight brothers, and he may be the only son in the imperial household registration list.

The extra few are the slaves of the clan.

If this is the case for men, the situation faced by women is even worse.

Most of the "chaste and martyr women" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were created by their clans.

Moreover, clan society is the easiest place to harbor evil and evil.

No matter how heinous a crime is committed in another place, if you return to your hometown and donate some money to build a road, you can get the protection of the clan.

In order to protect these people who 'benefit their hometown', the clan dares to compete with the law.

This kind of thing was common until the end of the twentieth century.

If we want to truly implement the idea of ​​dividing the land into an acre, we must break up the clan society so that the new policy can benefit every family.

Zhu Fan is that knife.

Obviously, this knife is too easy to use.

When the news spread completely, the inspection work in other places suddenly became smoother.

Local officials actively cooperated, and even the local gentry became more proactive than the others.

A more accurate number will soon appear on the desks of the Ming emperors and ministers.

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang called Chen Jingke over, pointed at a stack of information nearly half a foot high and said:

"The specific information from Japan has been sent back, right here..."

(End of this chapter)