Chapter 248: Departure for Beijing

It is a good thing that the land is vast and rich, but it also makes Huaxia too proud, the previous dynasties thought so, and the current Zhu Yuanzhang and the scholars in the court are the same, and the concept of barbarians outside the Central Plains is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

This is from the concept of Zhou Xingsheng in the Han and Tang dynasties, because of the strong national strength, the Han and Tang dynasties established the Celestial Empire system with China as the suzerain, and the surrounding countries as subordinate and vassal states, and the official name of the ancient Chinese cultural circle countries for the Chinese orthodox dynasty was "the Celestial Empire".

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this concept in normal terms, and the surrounding countries in the Han and Tang dynasties are indeed no different from monkeys, just like Japan, if they did not tirelessly seek advanced scientific and technological concepts from the Tang Dynasty, how could they be qualified to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty now, let alone invade China in the future.

Huaxia, the suzerain, is too generous, and has already cultivated the surrounding vassal states into monsters, and now is not the time for them to throw something away and make them shake their heads and tails, they are going to eat meat.

What's more, the Western Renaissance has begun, and if you wait for the great voyage, a great change that has not been seen in three thousand years, the consequences of self-containment are clear, and now it is necessary to restore national strength as soon as possible and integrate the surrounding vassal states to deal with the whole world.

Daming is still the strongest country in the world, and it's not too late, especially Zhu Biao's identity gives him the power to turn things around, and everything still has a chance.

For Zhu Biao, now we must forget the status of the Celestial Empire, and take this as the goal, the Ming Dynasty is not only to be the boss of the surrounding vassal states, but to become the world's political center, economic center, cultural center, so that people of all colors can clearly know who is the master of this world, the sun and the moon shine, all are Han land!

Zhu Biao's dream is to achieve half of it before he dies, and then train an excellent heir to pass on his will, and then lie in the mausoleum with hope for the future and slowly decay.

As for whether he can succeed in the end, he doesn't know, but his efforts will be deeply engraved in this world, and history will never record that Zhu Biao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, is just a poor worm who died young.

Zhu Biao exhaled, everything was going according to expectations, so it couldn't be better, after cheering up, Zhu Biao summoned the prefect of Fuzhou again, and asked him to immediately arrange people to go to Ryukyu to build some basic facilities for sailors.

After all, after being occupied by Tang Ding in the future, it will be difficult for Daming to support him on the surface, after all, pirates must have the appearance of pirates, and the merchant ships of the Ming dynasty who go to sea without permission will not be let go.

Although the prefect of Fuzhou was very confused, he could only take the order, and although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inspected the coast without the will of the imperial court, no one dared to have any opinions.

In the next few days, Zhu Biao instructed the local government to use a variety of pine, fir and nanmu in various coastal areas, after all, the raw materials needed for shipbuilding are quite particular, although they are sufficient in recent years, but according to Zhu Biao's assumption, it is far from enough.

As for the raw materials such as tung oil and palm cables that are still needed for shipbuilding, Zhu Biao plans to open up lacquer gardens, tung gardens, palm gardens and other gardens in Zhongshan after returning to Nanjing.

Time flies, seeing that spring is almost over, Zhu Biao should also return to Beijing, which is his main battlefield, and he has also arranged a lot of things during this time, with Jinghai Marquis Wu Zhen here, there is no big problem with the coastal defense line.

Zhu Biao had almost come into contact with the two brothers, and after mentioning it a few times openly and secretly, they had already said that only His Royal Highness the Prince would obey his orders, and he would be less involved in the affairs of the court and the central government in the future, and he would not get closer to Hu Weiyong more.

As for Yang Xian, who was beheaded half a month ago, Hu Weiyong is now the right prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, and as for the left minister, Wang Guangyang, who was impeached by Yang Xian and moved to Hainan, since it has been proved that Yang Xian is a traitorous minister, after the chaos is rectified, he will naturally have to redress the grievances of the framed loyal ministers.

After Yang Xian was executed, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Wang Guangyang back, and canonized him as a loyal and diligent uncle, eating 360 stones, and said in his will that he was good at managing difficult affairs, and repeatedly offered loyalty, comparing him to Zhang Zifang and Kong Ming.

Although Wang Guangyang is now the head of the hundred officials, everyone knows that he is just a tool that Zhu Yuanzhang took out to suppress Hu Weiyong, after all, he can't even fight Yang Xian, let alone compare with Hu Weiyong, who overthrew Yang Xian.

Zhu Biao left to return to Beijing after seeing Tang Ding for the last time, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to see each other again in the next few years, Zhu Biao also promised Tang Ding, after all, who can say for sure what is going on at sea.

Tang Ding is already married, and his wife was also pregnant before leaving Beijing, Zhu Biao promised that regardless of gender, he would ensure that the child would be prosperous and prosperous for a lifetime, and if it was a boy, it would be better, and Tang He's title should be inherited by him.

On the seaside, Tang Ding bowed to Zhu Biao and left firmly, he wanted to set off in the direction of Annan first, where to recruit some sailors, after all, the ship was full of Han people, and it was impossible to say.

After Zhu Biao sent Tang Ding away, there was no reason to stay here anymore, and he left to return to Beijing directly, but this time he didn't take the sea route, and the Japanese in the coastal area began to intrude again, and Zhu Biao would definitely take most of the troops along the coast with him if he moved.

After all, for the officials and generals, protecting the coastal people is far less important than protecting His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so the defense line arranged by Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, has been disrupted.

Zhu Biao naturally knows how to choose, although it is comfortable to take the sea route, but the names of the coastal people are more important, not to mention that it is also a good thing to see the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty along the road.

Zhu Biao set off from Fuzhou to the north, passing through Jianning Mansion and Guangxin Mansion along the way, and then boarded the ship in Jinhua Mansion and entered Hangzhou City.

It turns out that his Daming still has such a rich place, it is really moving, especially after entering the city of Hangzhou, it is the turn of spring and summer, there are royal ditches on both sides when entering the city, lotus flowers are planted in the royal ditch, peach and plum are planted on the shore, the fragrance is beautiful as splendor.

Zhu Biao was welcomed into the city by Hangzhou officials in a carriage, Zhu Biao opened the curtain with a smile and looked at the bustling and noisy scene outside, and the Hangzhou prefect sitting on the side was also proudly introduced,

The prefect of Hangzhou naturally has reason to be proud, and when he first took over the city of Hangzhou, the situation was not good, although it was not as good as the situation in Yangzhou, but Hangzhou's paradise on earth was also dilapidated, and many beautiful scenery in the city were damaged by the war.

Now but with his efforts, everything has been restored, and he can confidently say that in addition to the capital, the most prosperous city in the entire Ming Dynasty is Hangzhou City, and Zhu Biao is not stingy with beautiful words, and people will naturally praise them for doing well.

Zhu Biao also knew that the prefect of Hangzhou was born in a big family, and in the Yuan Dynasty, his family had many feudal officials, and he was famous in the south of the Yangtze River.

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