Ying Tianfu. Palace. The temple of the body.

Zhu Zhanji sat on a high dragon chair and looked down at the Korean king Li Hongwei and Wang uncle Li Yao in the audience.

Because the North Korean espionage case was unsuccessful, Zhu Zhanji didn't even bother to investigate who was behind the scenes.

In a case like this involving between countries, the two of them will definitely spare no effort to clear their responsibilities in order to avoid suspicion.

Even if you find out at the end, you may find that there are still doubts about who the planner is.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji did not give them a chance to distinguish at all, and directly asked them to contribute 30,000 laborers to Sumatra Island to exploit oil.

And, this time it's different. In the past, the Ming Dynasty recruited Korea, and Dongying's labor would give some benefits to the royal family, and then give the rest of the remuneration to individuals.

But this time, the Ming did not give them any benefits, and only increased the remuneration of North Korean laborers accordingly.

So I got the news, just after the New Year, the king and Uncle Wang hurriedly came to respond to Tianfu's loyalty.

Does Zhu Zhanji need their loyalty? No, you don't! Otherwise, when Li Hongwei was attached to the whole country and wanted to become a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji would not refuse.

North Korea has many mountains and few lands, and a large population, and every poor family does not even have a pot.

If these people become a burden to the Ming Dynasty, it will lower the living standards of the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty by a notch.

Therefore, only using meager remuneration in exchange for their people to create value, and then benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty, this is the last word.

Regardless of whether the North Koreans or the Dongying people, if they want to become Ming people, they must first accept the exploitation of the Ming Dynasty, and after the survival of the fittest, only the elite can become Ming people.

As long as Zhu Zhanji does not cut off this talent channel, the North Koreans and Dongying people will voluntarily accept this kind of exploitation and selection and fight for it.

Even the lord of North Korea wants to be a Duke of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention how much the common people envy the Ming Dynasty.

On the dragon chair on the high platform, Zhu Zhanji once again rejected Li Hongwei's proposal to belong to the Ming Dynasty, and said: "Nowadays, most of the Korean people do not know the Ming language, and the ministers of civil and military affairs can write, so only the ministers meet the naturalization criteria." But if North Korea leaves them, won't it be a mess, so we won't want it until the North Korean people can speak the Ming language. ”

"Your Majesty, the Korean people are in distress, and I hope Your Majesty will have mercy."

Zhu Zhanji said: "No matter how difficult it is, it is not a reason for you to want to steal our technology. I'm in a good mood and don't want to worry about you. However, I would like to take a closer look at the Patent Law and the Intellectual Property Protection Law, otherwise, in the face of my army in the future, if you talk about grievances, I will not be soft-hearted. ”

Li Hongwei knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up, crying and said: "Your Majesty, now the national strength of the DPRK is weak, and it has contributed more than 500,000 laborers to the country over the years. This time, 30,000 people will be strong, and it is really powerless! ”

Zhu Zhanji's face fell, and he said sharply: "You have a population of nearly 10 million in North Korea, and there are four or five million men, even if you remove the elderly and children, there are two or three million, and you tell me no one now?" ”

Li Hongwei didn't dare to say any more, so he could only bow his head and cry.

In fact, Zhu Zhanji knows very well that he has indeed made North Korea miserable now. Although the population of North Korea he transferred in recent years was less than 500,000, there were also many Koreans who fled to the territory of Daming.

These people would rather go to a bitter cold place like the city of Tunguska than stay in North Korea.

More importantly, Zhu Zhanji's people must be young people, that is, between the ages of 16 and 25.

And the lack of these people has made the demographic structure of North Korea change dramatically, and now the number of children is decreasing, the number of elderly people is increasing, and they can't see the future at all.

Zhu Zhanji pretended to be sad and sighed and said: "I also understand your difficulties in North Korea, after this conscription order, within five years, I will no longer recruit the people. ”

Li Hongwei kowtowed and cried: "Little Wang, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Joseon was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the king needed to be canonized by the Ming Emperor. Moreover, the vassal king is one level lower than the prince, and he is on the same level as the county king. Li Hongwei claimed that Xiao Wang was closer to the foreign king than the foreign minister, and the foreign king.

Zhu Zhanji noticed his careful thoughts, thinking that if he pitted them so ruthlessly, he should also give some benefits. "The Black Sheep Dynasty has dedicated ten twenty-eight girls in the year, there are enough women in this palace, and I will specially reward one of you for one, and you should work hard in the future, and you must no longer have a disobedient heart."

Li Hongwei and Li Yao hurriedly bowed down: "Xiao Wang doesn't dare to ......"

Arab girls are not uncommon to Zhu Zhanji, but for North Koreans, they are still relatively rare.

And Zhu Zhanji's reward has a different meaning, this woman returned to North Korea, which can be used as a talisman.

Li Jin didn't have Uncle Wang's momentum at this time, and in front of Zhu Zhanji, he kept a very low profile, following Li Hongwei step by step.

This guy is very unhappy with his gloomy breath, but in order to add an opponent to Li Hongwei and let North Korea continue to mess up, let him go for the time being.

At noon, Zhu Zhanji left the two of them for lunch, which was a great honor for them. One meal, so that they don't feel very distressed about the donation of 30,000 laborers.

After lunch, the Ministry of National Defense transferred Hu Shun's telegram, which was originally just a few words in order to save costs.

But this time, Hu Shun wrote 200 words, describing Zheng Hong's disobedience in detail.

After reading the telegram, Zhu Zhanji instructed: "Extract all the previous reports and telegrams from Hu Shun to see if he is selfish in this matter." Second, the General Administration Department and the Information Department were ordered to investigate the whole story separately and report within two days. Then, report the other nobles, generals, and information of the Hezhong Governor's Palace. ”

The Hezhong Governor's Mansion is the western gate of the empire, and although the Zheng family has been stationed there for three generations, Zhu Zhanji has not lost control of it.

If you want to say that Zheng Hong has some selfishness, Zhu Zhanji believes it, but when he says that he has a heart of disobedience, Zhu Zhanji doesn't believe it again.

What's more, a duke, a governor of an empire, is not something that can be easily overthrown just by the words of a staff officer.

Even if Zheng Hong does have a disobedient heart, he cannot encourage the following to commit crimes. Otherwise, the rules will be out of order.

This Hu Shun, if it is really a public heart, it is fine, if he has a personal grudge with Zheng Hong, a personal vendetta against the communiqué, then he can't stay.

In the afternoon, Zhu Zhanji attended the industry conference of the Silk Guild of the 40 years of Ming orthodoxy.

Nowadays, all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty, as long as they are large-scale, have their own guilds, such as silk, tea, porcelain and so on.

Except for a few guilds such as the Iron and Steel Guild, which are still controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, most of the other guilds have been released from control, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only responsible for supervision and restraint, and does not participate in specific operations and influences.

This kind of transformation from a planned economy to a market economy allows the market to regulate itself, and although some industry overlords will be born, as long as the imperial court controls the balance, it is conducive to the development of the industry.

If you really want the Ministry of Internal Affairs to worry about everything and participate in everything, it will only put shackles on the development of the industry.

For industries that do not involve national security, the country is still better to open up, as long as they are not allowed to lose control, there will be chaos.

In this country with an official system, no matter how big a businessman is, no matter how big an industry overlord is, he can't match a word from the emperor.

Of course, because of these liberalizations, there have been many collusions between officials and businessmen in various places, especially some officials who have directly participated in commercial activities, which has made this market lose some fairness.

At the same time, however, the noble class, although not qualified to participate in the formulation of the rules of the trade, had the power to participate in trade, so they formed an upstream and downstream relationship with the official class.

Today's Ministry of Internal Affairs is like the Ministry of Commerce of the Ming Dynasty, but it is also responsible for the operation of minerals, petroleum and other aspects, and commercial banks are controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are directly under the scope of royal power.

In the downstream industries, civil officials and ordinary merchants were mainly responsible for production, while the nobles and the merchant class they controlled were responsible for trade.

The two sides compromise with each other and contain each other, coupled with the adjustment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that the balance can still be maintained at present.

Zhu Zhanji's participation did not shock these businessmen, because in the past few decades, Zhu Zhanji has often attended various business guilds in order to encourage industrial development.

Moreover, a number of contributing merchants are selected every year, and the craftsmen award them the title of Honorary Lord.

Although today's Daming is not a noble walking on the street, in the eyes of ordinary people, some low-level officials, Xungui, are not so deterrent.

As long as many people are self-motivated, they are full of spirit and strive to step into this ranks.

This has to be mentioned in the popularization of education.

In the first year of orthodoxy, the first year of Zhu Zhanji's formal rule, he officially promulgated the "Ming Compulsory Education Law".

This set of regulations stipulates that all Ming people, regardless of gender, have the right to receive education, and government schools for boys and girls are opened in various places.

Daming children between the ages of six and eight are enrolled free of charge and receive three years of compulsory education.

In these three years, all children received four educations: Chinese, mathematics, physical geography, and gewu.

Chinese learns pinyin from the very beginning, is simple to read, and can read a simple article.

In mathematics, you need to learn simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and be able to calculate simple accounts.

In terms of physical geography, it is necessary to understand the climatic characteristics of each place, natural phenomena, and the best crops to grow in different lands.

In terms of Gewu, it is necessary for all children to understand the production and use of simple tools, including some scientific principles.

In the first year of Orthodoxy, about 1,500 basic schools were established throughout the country, and the teachers of these schools were ordinary scholars and scholars.

All scholars, before being admitted to the examination, must teach for three years, and must obtain the standard of qualification, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the next scientific examination.

At that time, 1,300 girls' schools were also established in cities above the county level across the country, and the teachers of these girls' schools were all palace maids from the palace.

Girls' schools, like boys' schools, offer three years of free basic education. Although three years can't teach too much knowledge, it can ensure that all people are not blind and can use the Ming dictionary to learn more words.

The Daming dictionary began to be vigorously promoted nationwide after the public concubines phonetized Chinese characters.

This dictionary is not much different from the Xinhua dictionary of later generations, but it is simpler. However, after decades of additions, the dictionary has become thicker and richer.

Zhu Zhanji also knew that three years was not enough time to complete basic education, but he couldn't help it. Although the economy of the Ming Dynasty has developed very well, the number of teachers and literati in the country, including economic strength, cannot carry out nine-year free compulsory education.

Even after three years, I used many scholars as teachers, which also added a lot of burden to the country.

After three years, children who are willing to receive education and children from wealthy families can continue to study and learn the following knowledge.

Forty years have passed, and the number of basic schools in Daming has grown to more than 50,000 boys' schools and nearly 10,000 girls' schools.

These schools have become the largest departments of the Ministry of Rites, and today's Ministry of Rites is larger than the Ministry of Industry.

Just for the sake of its own power, the Ministry of Rites is also trying its best to promote the construction and development of the school.

It is precisely because of this environment that the literacy rate of Daming has been greatly improved, from less than 10% to more than 40% today.

In a few decades, when those illiterate old people have passed away, Zhu Zhanji believes that the literacy rate of people over the age of 10 will be raised to more than 95 percent.

Another advantage of this popularization of education is that the status of Confucianism has been greatly weakened.

In the past, when people went to school, they would associate reading with Confucianism, because they had learned Confucianism since childhood.

But now, children learn pinyin, mathematics, physical geography, and gewu from the beginning, which have little to do with Confucianism.

Now, no one associates reading and literacy with Confucianism.

The emancipation of the people's minds and the laying of the foundation of education are the foundation for the great leap forward of the Ming Dynasty today, and the foundation for the rapid development of all walks of life.

When he returned to the palace in the evening, Zhu Zhanji saw all the information he wanted to see, and when all these materials were gathered together, Zhu Zhanji was angry, and his heart was also clouded.

Hu Shun is the grandson of Hu Yan, and although this Confucian disciple has some limitations in ability, there is absolutely no doubt about his loyalty.

During his two-year tenure as the supervisor of the Hezhong Army, he raised questions about some of the Zheng family's actions in his monthly work report.

However, some officials of the Ministry of National Defense did not pay attention to this, because the power of the Zheng family was too great, and some suspicions were suspected of hearsay.

The current Ming Dynasty does not allow rumors to make trouble, and if you want to report it, you must have evidence, or you may risk your life and sue directly.

Hu Shun did not have a reason to do this, but only raised some doubts in the work report, but the Ministry of National Defense did not pay attention to it.

From these work reports, Zhu Zhanji was able to clearly identify a line from beginning to end, that is, although Zheng Hong did not violate the law, he definitely committed dereliction of duty.

As the guardian of the western gate of the empire, it is difficult for such a governor to continue to trust.

Zhu Zhanji also took a closer look at the other noble forces in the Hezhong Governor's Palace, because it was necessary to maintain a balance and prevent one from becoming the dominant one, and there were at least three large forces in the Hezhong region, and the other two were serving as vice governors.

However, after the death of Li Xian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, and Song Jie, the Marquis of Xining, who were originally divided there, now the three families have formed a close marriage relationship because of their marriage.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know how effective this marriage was, but he knew very well that this was his own negligence, which allowed a warlord force to appear in the Ming Dynasty.

Today's Hezhong Governor's Mansion has more than 1.5 million people, 100,000 regular troops, and 100,000 auxiliary troops. In addition to the 30,000 regular army, the 30,000 auxiliary army branches were stationed in the peripheral areas, and in the hinterland of the river, these three forces controlled nearly 150,000 troops.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji didn't believe that everyone would have different intentions, and even if Zheng Hong wanted to rebel, I was afraid that their own family's forces would oppose it.

This is because of the confidence given to him by the noble system of the Ming Dynasty, and now the descendants of these families are all in Yingtianfu, and most of the underage children are still studying in Yingtianfu.

After reading this information, Zhu Zhanji instructed Li Zifeng to say: "Keep an eye on the people of these three families first, and wait until the information from the General Administration Department and the Information Department comes over, and if there is any disharmony, control them immediately." In addition, the internal department of the General Administration Department and the secret agents of the Ministry of National Defense were mobilized to keep an eye on Zheng Hong and report on the situation of the army in the Hanzhong area. ”

These are all just in case, under the momentum of the Ming Dynasty, no soldiers and people will be truly willing to betray the Ming Dynasty.

In the Governor's Palace, when the telegrams were transmitted, the telegraph machines of the telegraph office in the city had little time to spare.

And after these instructions were translated by the staff of the telegraph office, they were soon transmitted to Zheng Hong.

Their Zheng family had been stationed in the river for forty-two years, and in the first twenty years, Li Xian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, who was born in the young army, and Song Hu, the Marquis of Xining, who was the captain of the horses, were loyal to the emperor.

However, after the death of the older generation, it has now developed to the third and fourth generations, and they are more enjoying the current glory and wealth, and are in cahoots with the current governor of Hezhong, Zheng Hongxin.

They will not have the heart of rebellion, because each of them is educated in Ying Tianfu to understand how strong the Ming is.

But under Zheng Hong's intention, the three families continued to marry, and the relationship became closer and closer.

Although the telegraph office is controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is easy for Zheng Hong to arrange a few people to enter.

Seeing this summarized information, Zheng Hong immediately panicked. Because these instructions come from different institutions, and the only one who can activate these institutions at the same time is the emperor who is high above.

It doesn't matter if the emperor doesn't know about it, if you want to investigate, what he has done over the years is definitely not loyalty.

And he didn't dare to test the emperor's bottom line, whether he could tolerate him.

At this time, he couldn't care about his eldest son Zheng Ying, who was still in Yingtianfu, and he couldn't care about the more than a dozen grandchildren in his family who were studying in Yingtianfu.

At the first time, what he wanted was to cut off the telegraph line between Hezhong and Ying Tianfu, first cut off the emperor's eyes and ears, and then think about it in the long run.

"Someone is coming, pass on the command of Kangju to envoy Zheng Fang, and the commander of Sailan to envoy Zheng Bo."

At this time, he would never dare to use other people to act, and the only people he could trust were his son and guards.

In front of Da Ming and him Zheng Hong, his weight was too light.

Only by cutting the telegraph line will he be able to buy time and tie everyone to this boat of his. As long as the established facts are created, those people cannot get off the ship, he can control the army and negotiate terms with His Majesty the Emperor.

Zheng Fang and Zheng Bo are not incompetent, they already know the general situation when the telegrams of the telegraph office are exchanged endlessly today, and people from all walks of life are moving.

The two brothers came to the main hall of the Governor's Mansion worriedly and were escorted to Zheng Hong's study.

Zheng Hong, who was sitting behind the big case, lost his previous momentum and looked much older. But at this time, he still cheered up and pretended to be confident.

"Fang'er, this Hu Shun, as a staff officer of the soldiers in the river, not only did he disobey his father, but also repeatedly slandered His Majesty, I order you to immediately send someone to detain them and put them in prison. Bo'er, you are light and simple, leading two hundred guards of the Governor's Palace, and I want you to cut off the telegraph line between Kangju and Yingtianfu before sunset. ”

When the two brothers heard this, they immediately understood that their father wanted to fight hard. However, can they watch the Zheng family embark on the road of no return like this?

They are not Zheng Hong, Zheng Hong has served in the army in Yanshanwei since he was a child, and later went to Beimingshan, and then in Kangju, rarely went to Yingtianfu, and knew very little about His Majesty.

And they grew up in Ying Tianfu when they were young, and they knew very well that the financial resources of Ying Tianfu alone far exceeded the entire river. Moreover, that majesty rules the world, and the gold and silver gathered from all over the country every year are immeasurable.

What did the Zheng family do to fight with that majesty?

They all knelt down with a plop, and Zheng Fang bowed his head and said, "Father, please child, let go!" Get on the train today and go and ask Your Majesty for guilt. Your Majesty, for the sake of our Zheng family's hard work for many years, will not do anything to my Zheng family! ”

Zheng Hong felt a little disappointed in his heart, more dazed, he looked at Zheng Bo again and asked, "Bo'er, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Bo cried: "Father, don't forget that the eldest brother and Xu'er are both in the capital...... My Zheng family can't make more and more mistakes......"

Zheng Xu is Zheng Bo's eldest son, and he is the smartest and most clever one in the third generation of the Zheng family. Instead of entering the military academy like the other brothers, he leaned into the Royal Academy of Physics, and is expected to become the first researcher and even an expert of the Zheng family in the future.

"Bastard!" Zheng Hong was furious, stood up a few times, looked at the two brothers and said angrily: "Isn't it for the family, you only see now, but the old man is looking at decades, hundreds of years later!" ”

Zheng Bo raised his head, looked at his father, and asked in a dead heart: "Father, if there is no now, how can there be a future?" The children and grandchildren are all dead, where is the Zheng family! ”

Zheng Hong said angrily: "Now the dozens of children and grandchildren of my Zheng family in the river are not the Zheng family? Do you really want to be disobedient to your father? ”

The two brothers looked at each other, and their eyes met, and many things were understood without saying anything.

Zheng Bo persuaded the second brother, stood up, and said to his father: "Father is crazy and can't be a director, please forgive the child for being unfilial." ”

After finishing speaking, he pounced on an arrow step, and it was a blade aimed at the back of Zheng Hong's neck.

Although the father is important, for him, the family is more important, and his own son is more important.