The cold winter is still very cold, but the people in the land of China are gradually getting excited, because the New Year is approaching and the natural disasters have gradually decreased in recent years, and the relief of the imperial court is also very large, and the vast majority of people can live a well-fed Spring Festival, so the taste of this year is getting more and more year by year. The Chinese New Year is also very important for international students who are studying in international classes because their home countries also use the Chinese lunar calendar. Jiang Tian considered that people also had to go home for the New Year, and besides, studying abroad was going through the motions, so no matter how miserable the answers on the paper were, they still gave them a qualified score to go home and pay for it, as for how many cast iron water stoves these guys bought from the capital, he didn't care, but it was the transportation for these people to go home was the one thing that Jiang was most worried about.

After the unremitting efforts of the Dagu Shipyard, the No. 2 ship of the iron-ribbed wood-hulled warship in the test also began to carry out navigation tests, and according to the preliminary figures, except for the fact that the speed was slightly lower than that of the Jinghai-class No. 1 ship, the rest of the performance, especially the combat performance under high sea conditions, completely overwhelmed the Jinghai-class, which made Jiang Tian, who was originally going to use the navy ships, have other ideas, so he took advantage of the fact that the two ships still belonged to the research institute to carry out a gunboat diplomatic activity on behalf of the navy. The specific arrangement is that the North Korean students take the Jinghai out of the Dagu Pass and the Bohai Sea, go straight to the mouth of the Han River, and then stop the ship at Incheon and drop off all the students.

Japanese students are more troublesome, these people belong to different daimyo, some of their ancestors have fought bloodily, not to mention that Japan is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Tokugawa shogunate, in fact, there are still many people in various places to do their own thing. So their route setting made Jiang Tian think a lot. First of all, let the No. 2 ship that had just completed sea trials go on the road together, load this group of Japanese to sail to Korea first, wait for the Jinghai to unload the passengers, and then go south to Jeju Island together, and enter Kagoshima, Japan's first port of call after resupply and overhaul. After leaving Kagoshima, it is to enter the Seto Inland Sea, except for the small daimyo of Shikoku and "Chugoku" (a region of Japan), the main port of call is Sakai Port, where a large number of passengers will disembark, and the last and most important stop is to enter the later Tokyo Bay, directly at Edo Castle, which is not only a friendly visit, but also a show of force, you must know that since the fall of the Song Dynasty, no Chinese warships have sailed into the Japanese political center, Zhang Tao also attaches great importance to this trip, which is known as the first time to visit wèn since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Of course, it is not said in the external publicity, these two clippers are experimental warships, although they are not weakly armed, but they are affiliated with the Naval Research Institute, and there is no naval warship number and establishment, and the crew is also the test personnel of the Research Institute, as for the problem of armament, it is easy to explain, the sea navigation is not very peaceful in these years, whether it is China or the Western ocean-going trading ships are more or less armed, you don't see the Dutch, British, Portuguese and other merchant ships from time to time also make cameo appearances as pirates, Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of these students, of course, the accompanying ships must be equipped with sufficient firepower for self-defense, and even the extremely closed Tokugawa shogunate must understand this, but Jiang Tian also has a careful thought, if possible, he wants to hold a friendly military exercise with the Tokugawa family's Atakamaru in Tokyo Bay, that ship is the signature of the people, and if necessary, it will kill the Tokugawa family's sharp spirit, and warn them that it is best not to play a conspiracy in opening the sea to trade.

"Let Atakamaru and the ship of the country perform martial arts? No kidding, isn't this a disgrace for the general? Heizo, who made a temporary cameo appearance as the Japanese ambassador to China, was infinitely disgusted with this proposal in his heart, and he was very aware of the gap in naval strength between the two countries, not to mention that although the Ataka Maru was huge, it could only be rowed by oars, and it was definitely turtle-level in terms of mobility. But he didn't dare to say the reason for his opposition, and besides, he was a small businessman in Japan, and the Tokugawa family had not sent a decent diplomat so far, and he was at most a mouthpiece, and it was not up to the old men to decide what to decide. So he had to let the fastest ship in his hand leave the port empty, just to send the news back to China as much as possible.

In short, this is a very important trip to Japan in the history of Chinese diplomacy, and it is also the first gunboat diplomacy precedent in the great book, and no one has paid much attention to it in this era and this court, and even the imperial court newspaper is only a matter of two sentences, and there are only two people in the whole of China who pay close attention to it, and neither of these two people can go to sea with the fleet.

"You recommend this Li Xiuyuan, can you be sure?" Standing on the shore blowing the sea breeze. Zhang Tao, who was hiding in the carriage, was still a little uneasy.

Outside the car, on a horse sat our Lord Jiang, who came to the port under the pretext of sending off the students, but in fact, he was not worried about these two warships that represented the future of the Chinese Navy: "You have asked eight times!" It's not that I value him very much, but I only know such a reliable naval officer, and he has also intuitively understood the combat effectiveness and tactics of the new ship, and there is no one more suitable for the position of the commander of this formation than him, unless you let me go with me! ”

"Don't think!" Zhang Tao directly rejected the proposal: "I want to go more than you, but if there is an accident when I go to sea this time, the ship can be rebuilt if it is gone, and the soldiers can practice again if they are lost, who will I go to if you are gone?" ”

Jiang Tian smiled bitterly and didn't speak, watching the two ships disappear into the distance one after the other, the second ship was given the "Dinghai" before going to sea, and later it was the first ship of the Dinghai-class light cruiser, as for the name of the ship, Jiang Tian once unceremoniously thought that Zhang Tao was copying his idea, and for this accusation, His Majesty the Emperor just smiled incomprehensibly: "It's not just you who admire those heroes." ”

I'm afraid that only Jiang Tian can understand the meaning of Zhang Tao's words, as for Lord Jiang and the emperor who went out on patrol in Weifu to talk so without respect for the elders and the young, the guards around him should not have heard it. Although this Lord Jiang has not appeared for a long time, everyone can see that his status in the emperor's heart is by no means comparable to ordinary people, as for whether it is because the teacher is out of the same family so he has deep feelings, this is not something that people dare to guess, you don't see that even the generals in the army who followed His Majesty in the early years to fight the world are all respectful and respectful for fear of losing their manners, but this Lord Jiang is laughing and scolding a little bit of righteousness, but his grace is not reduced, but Lord Jiang always does things unexpectedly, and he can do what people cannot, For this ability, His Majesty also has the capacity to accommodate people.

The two monarchs and ministers who returned home did not expect that it was originally an armed demonstration, and it really played a deterrent role in Japan, but this role was a little different from Jiang Tian's initial idea, and this trip to Japan was also quite difficult, but this is a later story and will not be shown here for the time being. In this era and time, because people have not yet had the habit of celebrating the foreign festival, coupled with the importance of the Spring Festival in traditional culture, no matter how inconvenient the traffic is, as long as it is possible to go home, people have to rush home to reunite.

Although there is a vote of international students in Jiang's mansion, this year's Spring Festival is more lively than before, firstly, there are a lot of fellow villagers who are looking for errands from their hometown, which are all arranged by Steward Guo, and secondly, after several major political purges, the original factions have almost been liquidated, so even if Lord Jiang steps down as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, there are still more people who come to pay New Year's greetings, after all, now even fools can see that Jiang Dacai is the star of hope for the future, and these things are also in order under the arrangement of Steward Guo and Xinyue, So after the winter vacation, the most idle person is Jiang Tian.

"Come here!" Jiang Tian, who was standing in the courtyard, was not angry and arrogant, and Zhao Zhi in the distance looked a little worried: "I won't beat you, what are you running!" ”

Zhao Zhi couldn't do anything, looking at his expression, he didn't know what mistake he had made: "What did Mr. tell me?" ”

Jiang Tian raised his eyebrows: "Let me ask you, how many mistakes did you make in that cross talk in the teahouse just now?" ”

Zhao Zhi trembled in his heart, it was broken, he made a mistake just now and let him hear it: "Mr. Hui's words, a total of three mistakes were made......"

"Well, since there are three mistakes, how do you say they should be punished?"

"This ......" Zhao Zhi twisted and didn't know what to say: "That...... Punish me for reciting it ten times? ”

This punishment is not only Jiang Tianle, but even the people who are busy around him are almost happy, reciting the cross talk joke ten times, this is also a punishment? Even if you kid is sure that Mr. won't punish him, you can't avoid the serious like this, right?

For this talented apprentice who has a lot of minor problems, Jiang Tian, who is mainly persuaded and educated, has no good way, and after rubbing his temples, he can only say: "Go and change your clothes, and follow me to the court in a while, and when you wait for me, you will be punished in the carriage ten times, and scribbling doesn't count!" ”

Jiang Tian's last court is still a practice every year, that is, the New Year's tea party, which was indeed a tea party, made Zhang Tao change it to a New Year's dinner, and it is also a hot pot banquet that cannot be shaken, but this time the dishes are richer, because of the large-scale production of glass, so that the Huangzhuang has capacity building vegetable greenhouses, and out-of-season vegetables are becoming the focus of attention of the upper class. And this emperor's treat naturally cannot be without vegetables suitable for the occasion. Just when Jiang Tian endured the boring scene, watching Zhang Tao come out of the apse, and the civil and military officials shouted long live, what he was thinking about was what to eat for a while, this was not his greed, but the limited output of the experimental vegetable greenhouse, all the finished products were sent to the palace, and even Lord Jiang, who designed the vegetable greenhouse, endured a month of winter storage of Chinese cabbage, and really wanted to change the taste. And he should not have knelt because of his crankiness, so he knelt three times and bowed nine times with everyone, which made the leading King Ji smile mysteriously, and also made many officials develop rich associations.

However, this meal is secondary, seeing Zhang Tao sitting on the dragon chair, he did not announce the start of the banquet, but looked at the hundred officials with a stern expression: "Today is a festival, but when I think about how many people with lofty ideals can no longer enjoy with me when I fought against foreign enemies, every time I think about this, I feel a lot, this Tartar who swept most of China has retreated from the desert, why can't you live and work in peace and contentment to rebuild your homeland?" ”

Look at what this said, the feelings are summarizing the work of the bloody purge of the previous year. Those guys who don't measure themselves are not only in different places, but also have to be charged with undermining stability and unity, in fact, this crime is not wronged against them, even the hearts of the common people think that these people are full of food and have nothing to do, long live today, pay for their own rice to let the people of the world have food and clothing, you have nothing to mess with.

The officials in the palace are all leftovers of the big waves, so no one has any dissatisfaction with this statement, even if they have it in their hearts, they don't dare to say it, so they listened to Zhang Tao continue: "Although it has been decided today, there are still rats in the north who covet my China, and if the grassland is uncertain, the world will not be at peace." Therefore, I want to avoid the old road of the former Ming Dynasty, learn from the Han and Tang dynasties to chisel through the grassland, and leave a clear and prosperous era for the people, the country, and my descendants. On this auspicious day, I announced: I will officially canonize the crown prince of the dynasty, and if I am not in the palace, I will be the prisoner. ”

As soon as Zhang Tao's words fell, he heard a eunuch shouting: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”

So all the people who had just sat down had to stand up and salute the prince again, but this time they didn't have to kneel. But when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appeared in front of everyone, Jiang Tian almost didn't scream. Feelings, this kid is the prince, he has long seen that the identity of that curious boy is not ordinary, but he never thought that the prince would hide his identity and come to a private school, whose idea was this? You don't have to ask to know that it must be Zhang Tao's will!

Zhang Huan also saw Jiang Tian's constipated expression, and held back a smile to show the graceful bearing of the prince of the prison country, but this small body did not have the dragon power of Zhang Tao, and after walking up to His Majesty to salute his father, he did not rush to sit down, but turned around and bowed in the direction of King Ji and Jiang Tian: "I have seen Uncle Huang, sir." ”

The son can be taught, this is really a corporal Lixian! There are many people in the hall who think like this, and looking at Zhang Huan's demeanor, these people believe that after he becomes the emperor, China will return to the track of Confucianism in the past. But later, when they learned that this prince was born under Jiang Tian's sect, they immediately threw those thoughts out of the clouds.

As for how many South American divine beasts are rushing in Jiang Tian's heart at the moment, no one knows, and no one knows what South American divine beasts are. But Jiang Tian immediately thought of Zhang Tao's intention after a short period of distraction, he was originally secretive as the crown prince of the dynasty, but he was tacitly regarded as the prince by default because there was only such a prince, and it is normal for him to be officially canonized today, but why would this kid hide his identity and go to his private school to go to class? Judging from his enthusiasm for science, it can be considered that he is sensitive and studious, but as a prince, as long as he is willing, he can summon himself into the palace as an East Palace teacher. Then there is only one reason why he will make a private interview, Zhang Tao asks this kid to attend classes like ordinary students!

His Majesty the Emperor also looked at Jiang Tian and wanted to laugh, this is one of the few things that this fellow didn't guess, sometimes having such a smart fellow is also a kind of pressure, he always feels that he has no secrets in front of him, but this fellow is indispensable, not only because he has knowledge beyond the times, but also because only this fellow can understand the dream of a strong country in his heart. Unlike the people of this era, these two people really know that governing the country by the previous model of combining Confucianism and law will make China lose the last chance to catch up with the trend of the times.

"Two virtuous brothers, I will hand over the crown prince to you, if I personally conquer the desert prince to supervise the country, you two will be the auxiliary ministers of civil and military affairs! If I am in the middle of the court, you two will be in charge of teaching in the East Palace, but you will teach me a prince who is both civil and military! ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall instantly became very quiet, and many people's brains began to work automatically, which means that Lord Jiang not only confirmed the duties of the prince and the prince, but also was on an equal footing with King Ji in terms of status! Just kidding, right? I haven't heard of any auxiliary minister whose status can be compared to that of the prince? Unless it is some powerful minister with bad intentions...... Could it be that the prince will shout Uncle Huang when he sees Jiang Tian in the future? Either call him Father!

For this will, Zhang Gan and Jiang Tian, the king of Ji, were surprised, and even Zhang Gan unconsciously glanced back at Jiang Tian, until he saw the same surprised expression, he realized that this was above the court, and he could only receive the decree first.

It was supposed to be a good meal, but I had to make these moths. Even if he saw the green vegetables he had been thinking about for a long time, Jiang Tian didn't feel anything when he ate it in his mouth. Originally, I was very satisfied with Jiang Tian's knowledge of the current affairs, and the king of Ji, who knelt down with him, also had a stern expression, and a clear-eyed person knew at a glance that he was dissatisfied with a kid who was killed halfway and was on an equal footing with himself, but this prince has always been famous for being a corporal of Lixian, you say that he is awkward or not. Jiang Tian thought to himself that Zhang Tao was deliberately rectifying, it turned out that the intention of letting me leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was to form my own party internally and compete with this powerful prince! Who said that the proletarian revolutionaries don't understand the tricks of the emperor, and that the feelings are almost eliminated by the external enemy, and they are about to turn into internal fighting!

Seeing that the emperor led the prince to the table to express his condolences, and was about to walk to him, Jiang Tian took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then took the lead in picking up the wine glass and standing up and waiting.

Zhang Tao, who was holding a wine glass, looked at Jiang Tian with a smile: "Emperor, you and Mr. are no strangers, but he still has a full stomach of economy and has not shown others, how much you can learn depends on your ability!" ”

Although Zhang Huan is young, his intelligence and wit have long been taught by Jiang Tian, so he didn't need to be reminded by others, so he raised the tea cup in his hand: "The student has thanked Mr. for his kindness first, and I still need you to teach me more in the future. ”