King Jin entered Beijing.

Even if the King of Jin has not yet entered Beijing, when this news comes out, it is like thunderous news for dozens of clans in Nanjing and Beijing.

In fact, in the past three years, these clans, who have been displaced and worried for many years, seem to have planned their fate for a long time, although the emperor has never mentioned the matter of becoming a country after he ascended the throne, but they are still enjoying the present life.

After all, compared to the old "feudal ban", they were free, whether in Nanjing or Beijing, they could leave the palace at any time, no different from ordinary dignitaries. It is not like a prisoner, as in the past, and can only walk in the palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, anyone who knows a little bit about the royal family knows that the clans of the two capitals are an extremely special group. They are unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people, but there are also wealthy businessmen and magnates who use them as objects of marriage, and officials in the DPRK and China often respect them.

However, in general, compared to the old days, when there were always officials impeaching the clan, now these clans who have survived their lives are often quite peaceful, although the inspection of the two capitals does not dare to provoke the clan, but they have never heard of the clan bullying the people.

Now like today, most of the clans of the Ming Dynasty can keep to themselves, after all, they all know it. The court gave them a fortune and let them enjoy it in peace, but it could also take it away at any time.

The royal family is kind, this emperor will not care about any kinship, just those scattered clans, but only a hundred taels of silver, a hundred acres of land, although he is allowed to re-enter the clan, but it is only an idle clan, and even the clan's mansion will not ask those people.

These clans who had been snorted by the King of Min, the King of Jin, and Li Thief and others naturally knew that they were just blood, and there was nothing else, and for the Xingqian court, they were a group of "waste".

After all, with the help of that emperor, all the clans are naturally a bunch of waste.

The wastes naturally know their identity, so when they enjoy a stable life, they will also spend more time on learning, of course, the learning of the world should be avoided as much as possible, as for the art of asking for immortals to practice Dan, they should also be avoided, the emperor is not good at that, Zhu Hemu, the king of Fengnan County, just wanted to ask the immortals to ask, and he was abolished as a concubine, given a hundred taels of silver, a hundred acres of land, and supported himself.

Therefore, the children of the clan in the two capitals are often studying all kinds of miscellaneous studies, the most common ones are medical skills, calligraphy and painting, etc., of course, they are also full of interest in navigation, construction and other knowledge, and even have close contacts with the academy, after all, they have a lot of time and money, and they have enough capital to study these. In these clans, Zhu Shugui, the king of Ningjing, is one of the outliers, he is full of interest in navigation, not only is he not satisfied with the study of navigation in the Nanjing Palace, but even after the request, he entered the Qinghe Academy two years ago, dedicated to the study of navigation.

In Qinghe Academy, everyone knew this King Ning Jing, of course, he was nearly fifty years old and did not achieve any academic achievements, but it did not prevent him from funding other people's research.

However, in this way, although as King Ning Jing, he has 5,000 taels of silver and 5,000 stone meters every year, which is several times more than the old clan's money, but it is always insufficient to fund research, so that while he and the professors and students of the academy are planning to fund the voyage next year, his five concubines have to be female celebrities to subsidize the family. In this regard, Zhu Shugui didn't feel any discomfort at all, but still concentrated on sailing.

“…… The galleon sets sail north from Manila in June every year by the southwest monsoon, to the waters of 45°~42°N, and travels eastward along the "Kuroshio" in the North Pacific Ocean to the port of Acapulco, with a journey of more than 10,000 nautical miles and a duration of about 6 months. The return trip is a direct flight along the ocean current, which only takes 3 months. ”

In the auditorium of the navigation department, wearing a slightly shabby green shirt, Zhu Shugui's expression was quite excited.

"At present, this is the only shipping route in the Pacific, but it is monopolized by Spain, and I have heard that North America has a fertile field, and if a new route to North America can be opened, then the Japanese court will definitely be able to colonize North America......"

Pointing to the map hanging on the board, Zhu Shugui continued to explain his vision.

“…… According to the information we currently have, the black current comes out of the Bay of Bengal in the Tianzhu Sea, is directly exposed by the tropical sun's rays, and is extremely warm, crossing the Strait of Malacca, crossing the South Tianmen, crossing the South Daming, and then advancing along the coast into the northern part of the Pacific Ocean to make a ring curve, if we send ships in Keelung Harbor to sail east into the Black Water Current, then we can interrupt the Spanish monopoly on the route......

"The problem of going is solved, so what about the return trip?"

As soon as Zhu Shugui's words fell, someone spoke. The Spanish monopolized the Pacific route precisely because they occupied two places from Manila in Luzon to Acapil in Mexico, which allowed their merchant ships to follow the currents to the right ports. This kind of natural advantage is not possessed by Daming and other countries.

"After passing through Guam, there are many small islands in the waters around the Philippines that can be used to adjust the course and return to Guangzhou from the Sulu area."

In order to prove the feasibility of this route to the head of the academy and others, Zhu Shugui deliberately emphasized it.

"The route is on the way, and now I've got a chart!"

As soon as Zhu Shugui's words fell, there was immediately a burst of ear-to-ear exchanges.

"Do you have a chart of the Pacific route?"

In order to monopolize the shipping routes during the Great Voyage Period, European countries often blocked each other's shipping routes, concealed each other's nautical discoveries, and did not disclose information and charts. Because of this, the Pacific route has always been monopolized by the Spaniards.

"Yes, three years ago, in order to escape punishment, the Sendai feudal lord Shikura Taro took his wife and son to Haizhou on my Ming merchant ship, he is the eldest grandson of Zhikura Changchang, as early as the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), Zhikura Changchang led the envoy to Mexico first and then to Europe, and then returned to Japan, although the "St. John the Baptist" is a Spanish galleon built in Japan, and its captain is the Spaniard Luis Sotilo, but during the voyage, Zhikura Changchang and the accompanying Sendai clan drew a nautical map, However, after more than 90 days of sailing, the fleet successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean and reached the port of Acapocor, Mexico, which was then a Spanish territory. They then passed through Cuba and Havana to Madrid, the capital of Spain, where they met with King Philip III of Spain. But he arrived in Manila in the Philippines from Spain via Mexico in the 46th year of Wanli (1618). However, by this time, the Tokugawa shogunate had closed off the country, and Tsunecho had to return to Japan alone, and all his charts were abandoned, but the current Shikura Taro brought them with him, as well as the materials recorded by his grandfather during his stay in Europe, so that we could use them to open up a route to North America. ”

Last year, by chance, Zhu Shugui bought the charts and materials of the branch, and these materials were the basis for his research on the Pacific route. However, although as a clan, he could finance the voyage, but he could not sail himself, but for him, even so, it was enough.

"Chief Shan, I have already thought about it, after the imperial court sends it down next year, I will help the academy buy a boat, and then the academy can recruit sailors together with the Beiyang firm, if nothing else, we will be able to hear their good news at the end of next year......

Facing the confident Zhu Shugui, Zhu Zhiyu pondered for a moment before he said softly.

"King Jun, actually, you should think more about yourself now, next year...... Next year, you may already be in the country. ”

Zhu Zhiyu's words made Zhu Shugui stunned, his lips opened slightly, and he said after a while.

"I'm just the king of the county."

Although his brother Zhu Shuya, the king of Liao, has died in Guangzhou, but as the second son of the king of Liao, he has not been able to attack the title so far, because Zhu Shuya descended in Guangzhou, according to the rules set by His Majesty that year, "the king descends and the country is removed", and now he can receive the prince of the county has been extrajudicially gracious.

"There shouldn't be a need to be a feudal lord, and besides, it's a lot of money to be a feudal lord, so I think that the county kings like me shouldn't be divided."

Zhu Shugui replied seriously, in fact, he didn't think about the matter of taking the country, but because the eldest brother Zhu Shuya surrendered to Guangzhou, although he was killed by Kong Youde after surrendering, His Majesty abolished the Liao State on the grounds of surrendering to the enemy after ascending the throne, so naturally there is no such thing as taking the country.

It is precisely because of this that he will not have any thoughts about the feudal domain, for him, the only wish, I am afraid is to be able to concentrate on sailing, of course, the reason why this is the case, is also because he has his own selfishness, after all, according to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, except for the eldest son of the eldest son, the rest of the sons are demoted one level after another, until the lowest lieutenant of Fengguo is no longer surrendered, however, that is the ancestral system, after the current lieutenant of Fengguo, he will be demoted to a concubine.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Shugui chose to sail, hoping to make a living for his children and grandchildren by opening up new routes, whether it is to run a business in the future or move overseas. This was perhaps his most shrewd place, because he saw that His Majesty attached great importance to overseas, and the same time that the displacement of the past also made him feel that if he could spend money overseas, he could at least save his life in the troubled times in the future.

Of course, this thought he never told anyone else, it was always buried in his heart.

"Actually......"

Looking at Zhu Shugui, Zhu Zhiyu smiled.

"Your Majesty has always admired the county king in the clan, and if nothing else, he will definitely not ignore the county king this time."

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