Wang Xiao has a compassionate heart to purify the female benefactor, he thinks that he is doing a good deed, which is indeed a good thing.

Of course, this is also the most direct connection with appearance.

If the appearance is not enough, Wang Xiao can only say, 'The female benefactor, the poor monk believes in Buddhism, and the four are empty.' ’

The palace seems to be the most important place in the world, but in fact it is a vanity fair full of gossip.

So many women are idle all day long and have nothing to do, and the pursuit of gossip has become their favorite.

Wang Xiao's overnight stay at Concubine Jin's place is not news, but Concubine An Guifei and Concubine Pu were also at Concubine Jin that night, which is a super big melon.

The next morning, Concubine An and Concubine Pu were full of red light, and their moisturized eyes were full of water in the eyes of everyone, so it was undoubtedly a real hammer.

The news in the palace spread too quickly, and in the afternoon, Wang Xiao was called by the Empress Dowager Zhang to inquire about this matter.

As a responsible man, Wang Xiao denied this matter without hesitation.

He said that last night he just taught the concubines to play cards all night. Absolutely nothing else. He swore in the name of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the face of Wang Xiao's categorical denial, Empress Dowager Zhang had nothing to do.

can only let him roll as far as he wants, and get angry when he sees him.

As for Sun Ruowei, he didn't see him for three days.

In the end, Wang Xiao forcibly broke into the queen's palace, and the two had an in-depth exchange all night before calming the anger in the queen's heart.

Things in the backyard have settled down for the time being, and the war between Wang Xiao and the turbans continues.

Wang Xiao, who launched the offensive, soon began to implement new policies. This time, the knife fell on the imperial examination.

He issued an order to set the ratio of candidates for the imperial examination to six in the south and four in the north.

This distribution method recognizes the advantages of southerners in reading, but also greatly takes care of the space of northerners. Avoid the scene where the Southern Shizi family dominates.

You must know that in the year of Hongwu, there was a case in which all 52 admitted candidates for the imperial examination were southerners.

If this continues, people elsewhere will never see the future.

Without waiting for the big turbans in the south to oppose angrily, Wang Xiao shot again.

He determined that in addition to examining the scriptures and meanings of the Four Books and Five Classics and pursuing the Eight Strands of Literature to the content of the imperial examination, arithmetic was officially added.

The scope of arithmetic includes but is not limited to the ten books of arithmetic including 'Zhou Ji Sutra', 'Nine Chapters of Arithmetic', 'Five Classics of Arithmetic' and so on.

Mathematics is the foundation of science.

In science, everything that does not use mathematics and everything that has no connection with mathematics is unreliable, and mathematics is the foundation of all science.

Wang Xiao couldn't abolish the Baguwen all at once, and he couldn't directly add all the mathematics, physics and chemistry.

The influence of the former is too great, and the latter is that there are simply not so many people who know mathematics, physics and chemistry.

So he can only come little by little, and lay the foundation first. When the foundation is solid, mathematics, physics and chemistry will replace the Four Books and Five Classics as the highlight of the imperial examination.

Mathematics is boring, and people who study liberal arts basically don't like it.

The readers continue to oppose it, and then the objection is invalid.

Wang Xiao used the gold and silver money he got from Fusang to open a science hall.

A large number of young people who are interested in learning this field have been recruited to study in it.

He plans to spend a few years training science talents in batches, and then these people will be awarded teaching official positions in various places, and science halls will be established in the local areas to recruit more young people to study in them.

At the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Fuso people used the indemnity to start their era of education and successfully embarked on the road of enlightenment.

Wang Xiao also wants to take the money of the Fusang people this time to open the new era of education in the Ming Dynasty.

He estimated that in about ten years, mathematics, physics and chemistry would be included in the imperial examination.

Those who can only memorize the Four Books and the Five Classics will never have a bright future in this life.

At the same time as dismantling Confucianism, Wang Xiao also set out to tighten his control over military power.

The predecessor of the Ming army was the Red Turban Army, which expelled the Tatars and recovered China, fought for decades, and had extremely strong combat effectiveness.

After that, Zhu Di fought the Battle of Jingjing, Mongolia, and Annan. For more than 20 years, there were wars almost every year. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army did not fall in the slightest.

Now the Ming army in Wang Xiao's hands is inherited from Zhu Di, and its combat effectiveness can be described as unparalleled in the world.

But these people will eventually grow old.

Grandpa is a famous general, and the father can go into battle to kill the enemy, but when it comes to the grandson, it is too common to become a waste.

is like the Jia family in the Dream of Red Mansions, the two princes of the two countries were fought back by Jia Yan and Jia Yuan on the battlefield with their lives.

To Jia Daishan's generation, he is still an outstanding figure.

But further down, when it comes to the grandchildren Jia Yu, this waste and Jia Zheng's hypocrisy are already extremely bad.

As for Dabaomian's generation, they are all completely incompetent.

Wang Xiao specially opened a martial arts lecture hall, with the surviving British Gong Zhang Fu, Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong, Taining Hou Chen Ying, these famous generals who fought a lifetime as lecturers, and Wang Xiao himself as the principal to systematically train military generals.

In addition to the enrollment quota for the children of the family, the outstanding poor disciples are also selected from the army.

As long as you can successfully graduate, you will start as an officer. And in the future, you will have an advantage in promotion.

Although it will inevitably cause the children of the family to occupy resources, in the long run, it is a powerful measure that can really maintain the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

Moreover, Wang Xiao is ready to gradually increase the scale of the martial arts hall, which also increases the upward space of the children of the poor sect in disguise.

Wang Xiao can't care about things in a hundred years, and he doesn't even bother to care about things in fifty years.

He'd do his best, but he didn't have the heart to think about it in a few hundred years or something.

Hu Shanxiang really gave birth to a son, and the name Wang Xiao gave him was Zhu Qiyu.

At least in Wang Xiao's opinion, there will definitely be no more civil forts in the Ming Dynasty in this world.

Wang Xiao knew that Zheng He would die of illness during his seventh trip to the West, so he sent a whole team of imperial doctors to follow Zheng He to recuperate.

This time I set off for Malacca, and after a year and five months, Zheng He, who was physically tough, finally returned.

"Your Majesty, the minister is back."

Fengtian Palace, at the grand welcome ceremony, when Zheng He, who was full of wind and frost, entered the main hall to salute, Wang Xiao walked directly down the Dan steps to Zheng He's side and helped him up.

"You've worked hard."

A hard work is not enough to commend Zheng He's merits. So Wang Xiao is ready to let people set up a biography for Zheng He.

The civil officials who didn't get meat to eat were not impressed by Wang Xiao's courtesy to Zheng He, and they had no interest in overseas wild places. Unless it's money to be made.

The generals all had an ardent eye on Zheng He, and in the final analysis, going to the West was still a military operation, and Zheng He was also born in the military and was his own person.

"Wechen is not hard. The emperor's order is in his body, and he will not give up! ”

Zheng He bowed down again, ready to tell about the situation of this voyage. However, he was stopped by Wang Xiao.

"There's no rush on business, you can wait and talk. Eat and drink first, and treat you well. ”

To celebrate the return of Zheng He's fleet, Wang Xiao held a grand banquet.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, relatives of the emperor, noble women and envoys from various countries in Shuntianfu were all invited to attend.

According to later statistics, the cost of this banquet alone was as high as hundreds of thousands of taels.

The reason why Wang Xiao did this, in addition to celebrating Zheng He, was to publicize to the whole world how much he attached importance to navigation.

The barren land in the eyes of the big turbans is the eternal foundation of China in the eyes of Wang Xiao.

At this moment, Zheng He, who took the first step, cannot be praised enough.

There could not be a better time than this time.

Europa's voyage has not yet begun, but Daming already has enough strength and experience.

The whole world is like a ripe fruit, completely exposed in front of Huaxia.

What Da Ming has to do is very simple, that is, reach out and pick the fruit.

In order to achieve this goal, Wang Xiao will definitely do whatever it takes.

God blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha.

Confucianism, which advocated conservatism and opposed the opening of the sea, was his first target.

"This is the nourishing ginseng tea prescribed by the Tai Hospital, you are exposed to the wind and sun on the sea all the year round, so you need to regulate your body more. If Daming wants to go to the ocean, he can't do without you, the leader. ”

Wang Xiao gave Zheng He a holiday, and did not meet him in the imperial study until three days after the banquet.

Taking the ginseng tea handed over by Wang Xiao himself, Zheng He solemnly saluted, "Your Majesty is very kind, and Weichen is grateful!" I am willing to die for the Ming Dynasty! ”

Give the seat, give the tea.

After the pleasantries, the conversation turned to business.

"How's things going in Malacca?"

Zheng He put down the ginseng tea cup and responded, "Your Majesty, Weichen has persuaded the king of Malacca to lead his people to attach the Ming Dynasty and relocate the whole country to the territory of Champ. In Malacca, the minister left a group of men to build a city warehouse and expand the dock residences. Reclamation of surrounding forests. ”

Wang Xiao got up and came to the map, stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of Malacca, "Look, the location here is the throat of God." Stuck here, it is equivalent to holding the sea route to Daming. And in the future, when it goes west out of the strait, it can also be used as a logistics base. ”

"Your Majesty is very true." Zheng He walked over and echoed, "This place is very important, and Weichen must do his best to build it." Please also give your name to your Majesty. ”

"Name-giving?"

Wang Xiao's expression was a little strange: "I remember that you once brought back lions from Mombasa. This place is called the Lion City. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"

Returning to the dragon chair, Wang Xiao asked about the things he was most concerned about at this time, "India, have you gone to investigate?" ”

"The people sent there have already sent back a lot of news." Speaking of this, Zheng He's interest soared: "India is indeed a land of abundance. The arable land is very large, and it is very suitable for cultivation in terms of water conservancy and light. It's just that the local people are very lazy, and they don't have any intensive farming, they just throw seeds into the fields and rely on the sky for food. But even so, it still feeds countless people. ”

"It's such a waste to give such a nice place to these lazy people. It's better for us Chinese people to take care of this land. ”

Wang Xiao's long-awaited strategy for India finally began, "I'll give you 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which 6,000 are the fire soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, and 800 cavalry. You take them from the Lion City and cross the sea to Punggar (Bengal) to take it as a bridgehead. Once we have established ourselves in that land, we move on to the next step. ”

Wang Xiao got up and picked up the saber he had used when he went out to fight the difficult river, and handed it directly to Zheng He.

"This knife is given to you, I hope you can use it to open up living space for my Chinese people."

Zheng He saluted with his saber in both hands.

"Minister, I am willing to die for the emperor!"