The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 260 Untitled
In the next period of time, Chen Jingke was busy again.

The empire plan needs to be further improved, the institutional construction of Temasek Trade City, and the employee protection law also need attention.

I also have to find time to teach Xu Miaojin...

It can be said that I am so busy every day that my feet never touch the ground.

During this period, the "Pirates of Malacca" written by Fuqing was officially finalized. After Chen Jingke checked that there were no problems, he took it to the palace and showed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Lao Zhu was quite speechless: "You guys are so idle. There is nothing wrong with writing. Writing about a pirate is nothing."

"Why does the ocean represent freedom? Embracing the ocean means embracing freedom."

"It really puts a gilt on your face. A thief will always be a thief and cannot be cleansed."

How could Chen Jingke answer? He couldn't say that he particularly liked a certain captain in his previous life.

"I just hope to inspire the people of Ming Dynasty to yearn for the ocean..."

Nowadays, there are rumors going around that he was punished by God. Although it blocked those who later asked for medicine, it also caused a lot of trouble.

According to the previously discussed promotion routine, first find storytellers to spread the word.

It’s just a novel about gods and monsters, and there’s nothing anti-imperialist or anti-Ming in it, so there’s no need for a big war.

Establishing one's virtues, meritorious services and words are called the three immortalities.

But he didn't know that Chen Jingke was forced to get married and give birth to a child in his previous life, which caused a psychological shadow.

It's really time to consider this.

I didn’t expect that I could be reborn after traveling through time. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who did it himself. It was a lot of pressure.

Especially after some of the diseases and treatments written in it were proven to be true, the book became even more popular.

But if Lao Zhu didn't mention this, he would almost forget about it.

All because of one word: name.

Chen Jingke didn't know anything about these things. He was so busy every day that his feet never touched the ground.

In an era without copyright protection, whenever a book became popular, pirated copies would fly everywhere.

But he didn't say anything more.

Calculated in fictitious years, Fuqing is indeed eighteen years old.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and suddenly said: "Fuqing is already eighteen this year..."

Didn't I just mention giving birth to a child, and I didn't force you to do anything, so why are you so scared?

For the Chinese people who value history and their posthumous reputation, one can imagine how significant it is.

"With the help of private power, the efficiency will be much higher."

After saying that, he ran away.

Especially the couple, Chen Yuan and Feng, didn't say anything, but their faces were full of worry.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied. Can the power of the people compare with the imperial court?

Chen Jingke quickly interrupted him and said, "Yes, yes, I know..."

It certainly endeared itself to the boatmen.

Chen Jingke said: "After writing The Pirates, we are preparing for the formalities to write The Legend of the Consort. The materials have been collected and you will be able to see the next one soon."

"What about that? Your Highness has something to do over there. Your Majesty, please be busy first. I'll go over there and take a look."

Although it is called The Legend of the Consort, the emperor's role is very important, and his image is very tall, which is very suitable for Lao Zhu's taste.

On the contrary, Fuqing was more concerned. After all, she wrote it word for word.

The focus is still on coastal cities, and we borrowed some of the power of the Municipal Shipping Department to promote this book to the maritime business community.

After escaping far away, Chen Jingke stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and was speechless.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused. What's going on?

"The ocean is vast and boundless. With the power of the imperial court alone, we don't know when we will be able to complete the exploration."

No, we should study it carefully with Fuqing when we get back and use practical actions to dispel the rumors.
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Publishing books in ancient times was basically a form of money transfer.

Publishing a book is making a statement.

Since there is no such thing as genuine, how can there be any talk of piracy?
Therefore, if you want to publish a book, you basically have to pay for it yourself.

"If you have time, let Fuqing continue writing the Legend of the Consort. There are dozens of versions circulating among the people, and she has only adapted a few stories."

But even so, there are still countless people who want to publish books, and those who publish books all hope that pirated copies will fly everywhere.

No, it can’t be called piracy.

However, Chen Jingke didn't worry too much. The gap between the Malacca pirates and Liyan was more than 108,000 miles, so there was really no need to spend too much effort.

He prefers The Legend of the Consort to pirates and monsters.

Moreover, the twenty years of Hongwu are about to end, and she is already eighteen years old.

Almost every merchant ship has a set of pirate novels.

In the past, I only had to worry about government affairs, but now I have another task, making children.

It's a lot of work and effort, and I really don't have time to care about these things.

What he didn't expect was that he would soon hear about the book.

I still heard it in the court.

Some officials accused the book of bringing bad social morals and demanded that it be included in the list of banned books.

He was startled. Could it be that this book caused trouble?
After asking carefully, I found out that it wasn't.

This public speaking official is performing his own job and reporting on the news.

Chen Jingke was speechless, but couldn't say much.

This is my job, so I can't say I'm wrong.

What's more, this book was published under pseudonyms, and few people knew that it was written by the couple.

You can't blame the speaker for not having a good eye.

Zhu Yuanzhang was calm on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart, letting you fool around.

However, I still have to give my daughter and son-in-law face, just say that it is just a supernatural novel and there is no need to make a fuss about it.

This matter has been revealed.

The Yan Guan didn't hold on to her.

To put it bluntly, this matter is not worth mentioning, but the purpose of Yan Guan Wen Zhao Shi is to report some relatively big news in society to the emperor.

He reported it and his job was done.

The emperor has also dealt with it, so there is no need to pursue and fight.

However, being able to be impeached by Yan Guan in court is enough to show that pirates are popular.

After leaving the court, Chen Jingke went to find out the situation.

He found that the book was indeed popular, but the way it became popular was a bit beyond his expectation.

In the upper class of society, they belong to black and red.

After all, pirates are indeed not popular, but the story is indeed strong.

Everyone despises it and watches it secretly.

After reading it, they got together and disparaged it.

It’s really popular among the middle and lower classes. Ordinary people don’t care who the protagonist is, as long as the story is good.

But in terms of which group this book is most popular among, there is no doubt that it is the people in coastal areas and maritime merchants.

As for the reasons, I won’t go into details.

But the biggest impact of this book is not to promote the development of the pirate industry, nor to attract a large number of people to yearn for the sea, but to worship Mazu.

Originally, Mazu worship was only popular in a few port cities along the southeast coast.

As this book spreads, more and more people know about this god.

More people in coastal cities began to spontaneously believe in Mazu. In particular, many maritime merchants spent money and effort to build Mazu shrines and create statues based on the idea that they would rather believe what they have than what they don’t.

It also stimulated the promotion of Mazu belief.

To say that the one with the fastest response is Taoism.

Longhu Mountain immediately seized the opportunity and invited Mazu into Longhu Mountain to offer sacrifices. Subsequently, various branches of Southeast Taoism followed suit.

Mazu officially became the Taoist god, making Mazu worship more standardized.

Later, the novel spread overseas with the footprints of maritime merchants, and Mazu sacrifices also appeared on various islands in Southeast Asia.

Even strange countries thousands of miles away have their own beliefs.

There is another point that Chen Jingke did not expect, that is, the novel Pirates, with its unique plot structure, influenced the development of subsequent novels.

He will be held in a very high position in the future.

Of course, this is all for later, so I won’t mention it for now.

Knowing that pirate novels were very popular, especially the content he wanted to promote, Chen Jingke completely put the matter aside.
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It didn't take long for the new vassal system rules to be formulated first.

It stipulates the rights and obligations of both parties in more detail, mainly including military, diplomatic, commercial and other aspects.

In the past, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and its vassal states was more of a nominal suzerainty-vassal relationship.

The vassal state nominally became a vassal, and the Emperor of Heaven recognized its state's status.

Except that the Ministry of Rites has formulated a set of Hajj standards, there are no other institutional constraints.

The introduction of this set of vassal rules meant that the Ming Dynasty and its vassal states had closer ties.

All the ministers supported this new set of vassal laws.

Although they didn't know the empire's plan, they also knew the benefits of this new set of rules.

By this time, even the most foolish people knew that the Ming Dynasty wanted to expand abroad and that the prince would be granted the title of king in a land outside the homeland.

Then the old vassal system will naturally no longer apply, and it is normal for new laws to be introduced.

Moreover, no matter how you look at it, this new bill is beneficial to Ming Dynasty, and there is really no reason to disagree with it.

The only ones who were harmed might be the previous foreign vassal states.

But it's a pity that in the face of Ming's strength, they didn't even dare to raise objections and just accepted it all.

What everyone didn't expect was that Zhu Yuanzhang set up a foreign dispatch officer position in Honglu Temple.

This official was stationed in the vassal country all year round to supervise the implementation of the new regulations in each vassal country.

The various vassal states complained endlessly, but they did not dare to refuse, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

The so-called foreign ministers are actually ambassadors to foreign countries that are common in modern countries.

When Chen Jingke told Zhu Yuanzhang this stuff, he was severely ridiculed.

What kind of ambassador to a foreign country, do you know what a suzerain country is?
When we send envoys there, they are just to announce the imperial edict and supervise and guide the work, not to facilitate communication.

However, although Lao Zhu sounds arrogant, he is still very honest in action, so he set up such a position in Honglu Temple.
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Time entered October before we knew it, and the Northern Expedition army officially returned to the country.

Zhu Biao led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet him, followed by a prisoner presentation ceremony.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to offer sacrifices to the sky to show his achievements.

Then there was a grand celebration banquet...

It can be said that Feng Sheng was very high-spirited. His achievements in destroying Goryeo were directly matched by Xu Da's. For a time, he was really brilliant.

Next is Sapphire.

This Northern Expedition seemed to involve a lot of effort, but in fact there were not many tough battles.

The biggest tough battle was when he led his army to raid Gyeongju.

So he naturally became the second hero at the celebration banquet, and countless people gathered around him and said complimentary words.

The other soldiers who had made meritorious deeds were all smiling from ear to ear.

On the contrary, there were many envoys from the vassal countries who were invited to watch the ceremony.

Feeling extremely heavy.

However, everyone is a knife and a fish, and all they can do is obey.

I pray that the Ming emperors and ministers will allow them to continue to exist for the sake of their obedience.

These are all ignored. For Chen Jingke, he is more concerned about his good brother Xu Yungong.

"I'm getting darker and fatter...it seems like I'm living a good life in the army."

Xu Yungong has changed a lot. His skin has become darker and rougher, and his figure has become stronger and stronger.

"It seems that the military is more training."

Xu Yungong was also very happy to see his good brother and introduced the situation in Liaodong eloquently:

"It's such a wonderful place there. The wilds are full of prey."

"Any puddle has schools of fish in it."

"Wild rabbits are not afraid of people. If you look at it, it will look at you."

"Especially the one called Silly Roe Deer..."

"The land is also very fertile. The black soil can drip oil when you pinch it with your hands."

"Unfortunately, the winter is too cold and long, making it unsuitable for living."

Chen Jingke was also yearning for it in his heart. He beat the roe deer with a stick and scooped out the fish, and the pheasant flew into the rice pot.

After extensive development in his previous life, this situation basically disappeared, and he could only read such descriptions in books.

But to say how much I like this kind of environment is to deceive myself.

If he really had to choose, he would choose the post-development environment without hesitation.

If anyone likes this kind of original ecology, he should first go to the deep mountains and old forests to stay for a few days. When he comes out, he can see how many people still insist on it.

"Liaodong has never been developed, not because of the cold climate, but because of the unrest."

"When the grasslands are completely pacified, Liaodong will also be able to settle down. At that time, the imperial court will start to develop it."

Xu Yungong nodded and didn't pay much attention to this matter.

His mind was entirely focused on fighting the war and did not want to interfere with internal affairs.

I told Chen Jingke this just because I thought the environment there was unique, not to discuss how to manage this place.

Then he turned the topic to military aspects.

"Although Nahachu surrendered, many of his men did not want to surrender. They were just coerced and couldn't help themselves."

"Many surrendered generals and soldiers escaped on the way, and one even tried to rob the grain transport team, which almost caused a catastrophe..."

"Although we later stepped up our precautions, the situation was still very chaotic."

"The situation in North Korea is much better... When the King of North Korea was not canonized, the rebellion continued."

"Later, the title of North Korea was restored and the King of North Korea was canonized, and the situation was calmed down."

Chen Jingke said: "It's all for profit."

"At first they thought that Ming Dynasty was going to establish a county system there, which was simply killing them, so they would naturally jump out to resist."

"It was later discovered that the Ming Dynasty restored the title of North Korea and still reused the original dignitaries."

"With their interests protected, they will naturally be unwilling to rebel."

Xu Yungong nodded and said: "The envoys also play a very important role. They risked their lives to lobby the scholars and civil servants of Goryeo, and many people died for this."

"Later, I helped the newly-established North Korea sort out its government affairs..."

"We were able to withdraw our troops smoothly, and they deserve the most credit."

Chen Jingke felt a little heavy and said: "The imperial court will not forget their merits, and the rewards will be handed over to their families in full."

After chatting for a few more words, Chen Jingke suddenly asked: "Have you seen Fang Xiaoru? How is he now?"

(End of this chapter)