Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 112 The huge pit dug by Li Shanchang!
Li Shanchang did not ask Kong Xixue to stay for dinner, but sent him out, and then said very sincerely: "In the future, Confucianism will reach its peak again. My dear nephew, please don't forget the conversation between you and me today."

"My nephew will never forget."

Kong Xixue was very respectful and only left after expressing his gratitude.

After leaving, Kong Xixue was still thinking in his heart that Li Shanchang was worthy of being the top civil servant in the world. His thoughts were really different from his own. Li Shanchang was still capable.

Kong Xixue, who left, only wanted to write down what Li Shanchang taught him today, but forgot about Song Lian.

Li Shanchang looked at Kong Xixue who was leaving and couldn't help but shook his head.

This Kong Xixue is even worse than Zhu Biao. This Kong family...it's time for it to come to an end.

It was time to establish a new school of thought, just like Zhu Xi did in the past, who created his own school based on Confucianism. Li Shanchang also felt that although he could not rebel, it would be good to be famous through the ages.

The key is to come up with something that interests Zhu Yuanzhang.

By then, agronomy, military affairs, Confucianism, etc. will all be integrated into one work. Should it be named after Zhu Yuanzhang or after the Ming Dynasty?

Li Shanchang fell into deep thought.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, the person who knew Zhu Yuanzhang best was none other than Li Shanchang. He knew what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted most. The Confucian school represented by Kong Xixue, even if it wanted to change, was Confucianism's own business. Why did Li Shanchang want to get involved?
As I said: Li Shanchang had selfish motives.

He looked down on Zhu Yuanzhang, he did so in the past, and he did so now... ahem, before he knew Zhu Kai's abilities, he still looked down on him.

However, now that he has met Zhu Kai and seen Zhu Kai's abilities, Li Shanchang must change his strategy for his own selfish reasons.

If I can’t rebel, then I can’t go down in history?
……

Qilu.

Zhu Biao only talked with Zhu Kai for one night and then he was ready to leave Qi and Lu.

There was no other way. Zhu Kai was too sensible, and he wanted to solve Zhu Yuanzhang's problem as soon as he opened his mouth. How could Zhu Biao sit still? He quickly responded to report the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang tomorrow, and then tried to get Zhu Yuanzhang to allocate some money to Zhu Kai from the national treasury.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Zhu Kai to complete such a large project.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhu Biao reminded Zhu Kai: "Brother Kai, go home early. Mother is waiting for you to come back home."

"Okay big brother, I'll be back when I'm done."

Zhu Kai waved his hand and sent Zhu Biao away.

As for going home...

I don't want to go back for the time being. Zhu Biao has only been out for two months and hasn't had enough fun yet. How can he go back easily?
The issues of Qi and Lu were resolved by Zhu Kai. The Japanese pirates were driven away and the Kong family collapsed. Both issues were handled simply. Zhu Kai did not expect that things would be so simple.

It was over easily. Next, Zhu Kai prepared to go to the northern border again to see if he could steal something.

Ahem... This is what Zhu Biao taught me, and has nothing to do with me, Zhu Kai. Besides, I, Zhu Kai, am naturally strong-willed and will never accept food given out of pity. If I want something, I will do it myself and won't ask others for help.

Before leaving, Zhu Kai found Hu Weiyong and Wu Zhen.

After dealing with the Kong family, Hu Weiyong's mission in Qi and Lu was basically over, but Zhu Kai didn't want him to leave just like that. He still had to plan the road construction. Besides, he and Wu Zhen had been working together for a while and they knew each other and cooperated well. Zhu Kai planned to let them continue to be partners.

After Wu Zhen eliminated the Japanese pirates in Qi and Lu, his title of Marquis of Jinghai was no longer of much use to him. At this time, he had already led his troops to respond to Tianfu and accept the reward given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Kai did not want him to leave so soon.

There are more important tasks for him to do.

Before looking for Wu Zhen, Zhu Kai first went to the super ocean freighter and drew a part of the map.

This ocean-going freighter often travels on international routes, so in the captain's room, there is a world map covering one wall. Although it is not known what the difference is between the map of the current Ming Dynasty and that of four hundred years later, generally speaking, the difference will not be that big.

Zhu Kai started painting from Qi and Lu, and drew both Goryeo and Wodao.

That’s right, the task that Zhu Kai gave to Wu Zhen was to build ships, to build ocean-going ships... and then to launch an expedition to Goguryeo and Wa Island.

Although Goguryeo did not have many supplies, there was a lot of coal in the northwest of Goguryeo, and the forest vegetation resources were also rich, which was very suitable for shipbuilding.

Zhu Kai believed that the northern port of the Ming Dynasty could be located in Huangdao in Qi and Lu, or on the Goguryeo Peninsula. Goguryeo could be built into one of the bridgeheads for the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going business, which would be a good point for material supply. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not need an inland port in the future, the people could be relocated here to live.

After all, wherever the sun and the moon shine, the mountains and rivers belong to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Kai doesn't want there to be any disgusting Koreans on that land.

……

When Wu Zhen heard that Zhu Kai was looking for him, he immediately ran to find Zhu Kai, followed Zhu Kai and ate nine meals a day.

Although the battle was not big, it was exciting.

The Kong family, which even didn't give face to Zhu Yuanzhang, was taken care of by myself. It's so awesome just thinking about it.

Moreover, Wu Zhen had a vague feeling that Zhu Kai's looking for him this time was not a bad thing, and he might even have to fight a battle for him.

Let’s fight!
Wu Zhen liked it the most, so he went to see Zhu Kai as quickly as possible and waited for Zhu Kai's reply.

"Brother Kai, you came to me."

Wu Zhen ran over and asked with a smile: "Are you going to assign me a mission? Are we going to fight again? Kai, tell me who to fight! I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

"Fight the Japs."

Zhu Kai took out a part of the world map he copied from the captain's room and handed it to Wu Zhen: "I drew it on the map. One part is Goguryeo, and the other part is the Japanese island. Old Wu, what you need to do is to build as large ships as possible, build sea-going ships, and support the army to attack Goguryeo."

After seeing the map that Zhu Kai took out, Wu Zhen didn’t think there was anything good about those two places.

How can any place outside compare to the fragrance of your own home?

Besides, is it so troublesome to attack Goguryeo?

Wu Zhen scratched his head and said to Zhu Kai, "Brother Kai, it's not that difficult to defeat Goguryeo. A troop of soldiers from Yanjing can easily sweep across Goguryeo. That guy is just like Kong Kejian, a fence-sitter. Hey, Brother Kai, I remember when you went to the northern border last year, didn't you defeat a wave of Goguryeo's soldiers? You should know how strong they are, right? In my opinion, those barbarians are just stubborn and yelling all day long, and they deserve a beating!"

There was no sign of Goguryeo being taken seriously in his words.

Are you kidding? The huge Mongol Yuan Dynasty was defeated by the Ming generals, and the fence-sitter Goguryeo was no match at all.

Many of the Ming generals were still in their prime, and they were eager for war. Wu Zhen was the same: "Brother Kai, I think you should just transfer me to the northern border and let me fight westward. I heard that the Mongols fought all the way to a place called the Rhine River, right? That's the far west, I want to go and see it."

Fight to Xiao Dezi’s hometown?

It's not that it's impossible, but now is not the time.

The Mongols conquered the largest territory in the world, but there is nothing to brag about. They had no way to manage it after conquering it, right?

Zhu Kai is different. If he can take over such a large piece of land, he must keep this land under his control forever.

When someone gives me an opinion, they first ask the sword or gun in my hand whether it agrees or not.

"You are the Marquis of Jinghai. You will make a living on the sea in the future. What's the point of going west all the time?"

Zhu Kai felt that Wu Zhen had no future: "Let me tell you, there is more to come on the sea than going to the west. The wealth in the ocean is more than you can imagine!"

Apart from anything else, the Iwami Silver Mine, which was talked about wildly in later generations, became a silver resource that time travelers must plunder. Zhu Kai also wanted to see what a mountain made of silver looked like.

Zhu Kai had said so much, if Wu Zhen raised any other suggestions, he would be ungrateful: "Okay, listen to Brother Kai, I will build a ship, a bigger and stronger ship, and we will fight to the Japanese homeland."

"it is good!"

When Zhu Kai mentioned the boat, he immediately became very interested.

I couldn't help but want to show off:

"Old Wu, do you believe that a ship made of iron can float on the sea? As long as we build a steam engine and later a diesel engine, we can use steel as a frame and let it float on the ocean, even faster than our best and fastest ships."

"Cannons, airplanes... Alas, you won't understand even if I tell you too much. Future wars on the ocean will be truly thrilling." European countries such as Portugal, Spain, Britain, the Netherlands, etc. are about to enter the era of maritime hegemony, right?

Zhu Kai naturally also wanted to participate in it and earn countless wealth on the ocean.

"..."

Although Wu Zhen wanted to believe what Zhu Kai said, he could not imagine the image of the iron thing floating on the sea level.

The picture is so beautiful that I dare not even think about it.

"Ahem, if Brother Kai says so, then it is true. I believe Brother Kai, hehe..."

Faced with such an embarrassing situation, all Wu Zhen could think of was flattery.

Zhu Kai could hear the perfunctory tone in his words, and then said, "You don't have to disbelieve it. Wait until I make it and see what you have to say."

It’s just building ships after the steam engine was developed. It’s not a big deal.

In the captain's room, there are books on maritime history.

This includes the history of ship replacement, saying that European naval battles promoted the development of the shipbuilding industry.

It’s just that the steam engine is not easy to make, but for Zhu Kai, this is not a problem at all!
We all learned about the principle of steam engines in our junior high school physics textbooks, right? What is that physics formula called?

Zhu Kai said that he has been a bit busy recently and has forgotten many things, but as long as he finds an opportunity to take another trip on the super ocean freighter, he will understand everything.

It's not a big deal at all.

When the time comes, I’ll build the boat and give Wu Zhen a good slap in the face!
I won’t let you believe it!

"Forget it, go and do your work."

Zhu Kai waved his hand and said to Wu Zhen: "Take down Goguryeo as soon as possible. It's not that you can't attack from land, but you can use Goguryeo as a whetstone to polish our Ming navy. Don't take it lightly. If you can't do this well... you know how Lan Yu's leg was broken, right?"

"I know. I didn't complete the task you assigned me on time, so you broke my leg."

Wu Zhen said that he understood and promised that he would never let Zhu Kai wait too long!

The Ming Dynasty became different because of the appearance of Zhu Kai. Wu Zhen’s first target when he went out to sea was to attack Goguryeo!

This was a very big change that Zhu Kai brought to the Ming Dynasty: invasion.

Dynasties throughout history had the seeds of expanding territory in their hearts, but for various reasons the seeds failed to take root and sprout. The emergence of Zhu Kai made up for the short-sightedness and shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the Ming Dynasty's carriage to gallop forward at a faster speed.

Invasion is only a small part of it, and there will be more to come. Zhu Kai just doesn't have that much time to realize those ideals now. Besides, there is still a long time before the Little Ice Age. What Zhu Kai needs to do now is to lay a solid foundation. When the Ming Dynasty breaks out, Zhu Kai will let the world know how much fear it can bring to the world.

Let's talk about population, the population of Ming Dynasty is at the beginning of a dramatic explosion. In the Ming Dynasty where there were few entertainment activities, the greatest entertainment for married couples was to blow out the lamps and make children, no matter if they were boys or girls. Fifteen years later, the population of Ming Dynasty would increase dramatically.

What Zhu Kai needs to do now is to ensure that Ming Dynasty has enough food to feed the massive increase in population in fifteen years.

Yingtian Prefecture, grand court meeting.

Li Shanchang appeared outside the court again.

This was the first time he appeared outside the court after resigning as prime minister.

The officials who were discussing how to report to Zhu Yuanzhang about Zhu Kai bullying the Kong family stopped talking when they saw Li Shanchang in cloth clothes, slowly climbing the stairs, and focused all their attention on Li Shanchang.

In the past two days, the news that Li Shanchang is going to make a comeback has been all over the place. Some people are happy, while others are envious.

Of course there are also people who are jealous and hateful.

You, Li Shanchang, have already retired. Wouldn't it be better for you to just retire to the countryside? Why do you appear in Yingtian Prefecture again?
As long as Li Shanchang is still alive, how many opportunities of court officials will be ruined?

After learning that Li Shanchang was returning to the court, some ministers even hated Zhu Yuanzhang. What would happen if there were no capable people in the Ming Dynasty?

Why do we want to bring back Li Shanchang, the dying old man?
Dissatisfied, very dissatisfied.

But these people only dare to mutter a few words behind a person's reputation and the shadow of a tree.

When facing Li Shanchang, they didn't even dare to fart, and even had to force a smile to greet Li Shanchang.

Soon, Li Shanchang was surrounded by ministers who came to greet him, and the smiles on the faces of officials from the three provinces and six ministries were so bright.

As for the current Prime Minister Wang Guangyang... Wang Guangyang is a loyal minister and never engages in forming cliques. Besides, Li Shanchang has now appeared outside the court, which means that the news heard a few days ago was true. If you don’t show up in front of Li Shanchang now, you will never have the chance in the future.

Li Shanchang accepted everyone who came.

Everyone chatted a little, and we couldn't be said to be close nor distant, we were just very polite.

When the eunuch appeared outside the court and everyone knew that the grand court meeting was about to begin, he left Li Shanchang. Li Shanchang stepped forward and walked to the front without hesitation, shoulder to shoulder with Wang Guangyang.

When Wang Guangyang saw Li Shanchang approaching, he subconsciously took half a step back.

Li Shanchang was one of the earliest civil officials to follow Zhu Yuanzhang, and his seniority was much greater than Wang Guangyang. Wang Guangyang knew Li Shanchang's abilities and that he was a person who paid great attention to details. He could analyze whether others were his enemies by their attitudes.

To put it bluntly, Li Shanchang was narrow-minded, and his narrow-mindedness was almost the same as Zhu Yuanzhang. If someone did something that was not to his liking, he would remember that person and then trip him up...

It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain!
Wang Guangyang was a gentleman, and he didn't want Li Shanchang to take him to heart over a trivial matter.

Not much good.

"Mr. Han, how are you?"

"TOEFL, all is well."

Li Shanchang's attitude towards Wang Guangyang was slightly better than towards others, but it was not close to him: "In the future, we will serve in the same court again. We should communicate more about some things."

Wang Guangyang did not accept the challenge and continued to practice Tai Chi: "This is natural. Han Guogong's ability is well known. I support you very much to come back. I hope that Han Guogong will be generous in giving me advice if I have anything to ask you in the future."

These were sincere words, and Li Shanchang could feel his sincerity: "Okay, let's work together."

Li Shanchang was not polite at all. Wang Guangyang, an honest man, couldn't even make a splash in front of him.

The door of the hall opened. Li Shanchang took the lead and strode into the hall. Wang Guangyang followed him half a step behind.

When other court officials saw Li Shanchang's attitude, they immediately realized something very serious:

Li Shanchang is coming back to power, and I'm afraid he's going to do something big.

Li Shanchang used to walk at the front among the court officials because he was the head of the civil servants and everyone respected him. Now when he walks at the front again, it is not because others respect him, but his own choice.

Although Li Shanchang's identity has not been officially announced yet, he has walked in front in a very high-profile manner. Li Shanchang's attitude towards this matter is: No matter when I come back, I will be the head of the civil servants! !

The ministers were very dissatisfied with Li Shanchang and were eager to see Li Shanchang fall down... Unfortunately, they didn't see it. After the court officials stood still for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly appeared in the hall. After seeing Li Shanchang, he smiled and greeted Li Shanchang: "Mr. Li is here?"

In the court of the grand court meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang called Li Shanchang "Mr. Li"... Every civil and military official in the court was convinced of one thing: there was a dirty deal between Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang that they could not see.

What a joke! Zhu Yuanzhang was the monarch of a country and was supreme. But now he actually called Li Shanchang "Mr. Li" in front of all the civil and military officials in the court!

Doesn’t this confirm Li Shanchang’s identity?
The ministers who were quite dissatisfied with Li Shanchang felt their hearts bleeding at this moment: Your Majesty, you have no martial ethics!

"May your Majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he knelt in the hall and said, "Your Majesty, I, Li Shanchang, kowtow to you!"

This action shocked all the civil and military officials in the court. Even the gentleman next to him, Wang Guangyang, couldn't help but look at Li Shanchang sideways.

Mr. Han Guo, oh Mr. Han Guo, you are really overdoing it in your acting.

(End of this chapter)