The military parade phalanx of the motherland in later generations is one of the best in the world.

Now this kind of phalanx came to Daming six hundred years in advance, and the shock to everyone is indescribable.

Although the current clothing style is far less neat than that of later generations, it is enough. The new riding boots each of them wore made a neat sound on the track, and the sound of their footsteps seemed to step directly on everyone's heart.

Military parades are always the best way to stimulate the sense of collective honor and belonging.

In contrast, when Zhu Zhanji let the young army out of the ranks, he discharged the action of splitting the gun, which was far less shocking.

However, among all the phalanxes, the best performance was not the young army, but the cadet soldiers of Yulin Weixue.

They start to form a phalanx and walk in the right direction from the beginning of their enrollment, and when it comes to this time, they naturally perform best.

Zhu Di has been standing at the window, staring intently at the field, watching the squares walk over.

Li Liang, who had been using his emotions to lead the atmosphere in the venue, suddenly hesitated.

He looked back at Zhu Zhanji, who had a calm face, then looked at the manuscript in his hand, and shouted stubbornly: "The last phalanx is the youngest army of my Ming Dynasty, and they have no muskets or broadswords and spears in their hands. However, in their hands, there is gauze to stop bleeding and life-saving medicine. They are the palace maids and nurses selected from the palace under the guidance of His Royal Highness the Grand Sun. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and even Zhu Di was shocked, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhu Zhanji, who was still calm.

"Nonsense, how can a woman go to war!"

In later generations, women could not only go to the battlefield, but also not only as medical soldiers, but also in various fields such as communications and logistics.

But in this era, letting a woman go to the battlefield is indeed a bit groundbreaking and ruining the feeling of destroying people's three views.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandson is just trying, many palace maids in the palace are now homeless, they have served in the palace for 20 years, and they can't be left alone in old age." Nowadays, the royal hospital uses a large number of palace maids, who are more attentive and patient than those men, and now the patients in those hospitals are also taken care of by female nurses. ”

"But the battlefield ......"

"Grandpa Huang, he won't expect them to fight, just treat the wounded in the rear. What's more, they are all palace maids over thirty years old selected by their grandchildren, and they will not be coveted by soldiers. If they really want to find soldiers in the army and start a family, it can be regarded as a good thing. ”

Zhu Zhanji did not talk about the necessity of setting up female nurses, but just kept saying that he would find a home for the palace maids, which made Zhu Di a little speechless.

Nowadays, there are not only many eunuchs in the palace, but also many palace maids, many palace maids entered the palace at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and twenty years later, their parents have long passed away, and they are lonely.

The old eunuchs can also be sent to the central capital to guard the city and the tomb, these palace maids are really difficult to arrange.

On the Neiku side, the textile factory needed a large number of female workers, but those palace maids were trained from an early age. These palace maids who serve in the palace are dozens of years old, and they are slow to learn, and those eunuchs are unwilling to ask for such female workers.

However, in the past two years, Zhu Zhanji has released two batches of palace maids, both of whom were arranged to work as nurses in the royal hospital.

At first, they were naturally unwelcome, and many patients insisted that they should not be cared for by female nurses.

However, as time goes by, more and more people accept it. Women are more attentive than men, and in today's male-inferior society, women's humility and obedience are far greater than those of later generations.

The palace maids were originally taking care of people, and their service was more thoughtful. Using them as nurses makes patients more satisfied.

Now except for some old antiques, women do not want to take care of them, and most patients now prefer to use these palace maids to enjoy royal treatment.

Many people couldn't help but stand up and look at the female nurses who came out of the venue. They wore white coats, white hats, a red armband on their arms, and a cowhide belt around their waists.

Their outfits are also particularly surprising, and Zhu Di couldn't help but say: "Let them dress one by one like wearing linen and wearing filial piety, bad luck!" ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and explained: "This kind of dress makes them more conspicuous, and the white color is also easy to dirty, and you can find it if there are stains." ”

Zhu Di has nothing to say about this.

Since the invention of the microscope, Daming's medical technology has developed by leaps and bounds, and many diseases that did not know the cause of the disease can now be confirmed through microscopic observation.

Germs are now not uncommon for many Ming people. The army's care for the wounded is now more and more demanding on hygienic conditions.

And such hygienic requirements have indeed saved many previously considered incurable injuries.

At present, most of the injuries in the army are knife and arrow wounds, as long as the technical content is improved in hemostasis and infection, the casualty rate of the army will be greatly reduced.

Each phalanx circled the field, and then from directly opposite Zhu Zhanji and them, into the middle of the football field.

When the female nurse phalanx also kicked the right step and circled the field for a week, the original people's resistance to them also weakened a lot.

Many soldiers are still joking, thinking that it will be better to have these female nurses to treat them in the future than those big men.

It's a pity that these women are a little older now, and if His Royal Highness arranges a group of little girls as nurses, he can still solve part of the problem of singleness.

Of course, this is not possible, at least in the short term.

All the phalanxes gathered in the field, forming a neat phalanx. The drumming stopped, and Li Liang's voice sounded again: "All soldiers, salute ......"

The soldiers in the venue knelt down on one knee neatly facing Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji, and hit their chests with their right fists three times.

Not only them, but also the people in the venue, couldn't help but follow their movements and salute Zhu Di at this time.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Di couldn't help but feel excited, and also saluted everyone in return.

Today's military parade was an eye-opener for him, and he was extremely satisfied.

For all Ming people, this military parade is enough to boost morale, enhance self-confidence, and strengthen cohesion.

But for the thousands of foreign envoys who watched the ceremony, such a majestic Ming soldier made many people feel frightened.

Especially the ethnic groups in the northwest, most of them are some wall grass, and a powerful Ming is not a good thing for them.

For a while, I don't know how many people are looking at one place, that is, Jiajiang Industrial Zone.

For them, the most important thing is to obtain the technology of the Ming Dynasty to make muskets.

Without muskets, no country would dare to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.

Behind the military parade, it was Zhu Di's commendation for meritorious soldiers, in addition to Zhang Chang and Zheng Heng who stayed in Samarkand, Zhang Xin also relied on the later military exploits and captures, and was named the Duke of Yunguo, hereditary Marquis of Longping.

The country is peaceful, and now it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain titles, and under the influence of Zhu Zhanji, many titles have been awarded from generation to generation, and Zhang Xin was awarded the title of Duke of Yunguo, which makes everyone envious.

Of course, the most jealous is Zhang Chang, who was named Peng Guogong, who directly entered Peng Guogong from Peng Chengbo, and because he was the uncle of the grandson, he was also awarded the title of Zuo Du Governor of the Chinese Military Governor's Office, in charge of the command of the Jingwei Embassy, worthy of the name of power.

The vigorous award ceremony was also different from usual, Zhu Di personally summoned the generals who had been awarded the rank of earl and above, and let them be in front of the rostrum with him, enjoying the congratulations of 100,000 people in the audience.

It wasn't until dusk that the celebration came to an end.

Zhu Zhanji accompanied Zhu Di, and as soon as he went down to the outside of the arena along the independent exit, he saw Zhang Chang guarding there.

Seeing Zhu Di, Zhang Chang immediately knelt down on his knees, bowed his head and said, "The ministers see Your Majesty, see His Royal Highness." ”

Zhu Di was in a good mood today, and stepped forward to help him by the arm and let him get up. "Peng Guogong has been away from home for three years, and he is not in a hurry to go home for reunion, why stay here?"

Zhang Chang bowed his head and said, "The minister is fortunate to follow His Majesty's westward expedition, but he has made a great contribution by luck. Now that he has been rewarded by His Majesty, he is uneasy. The ministers are foolish, and they know that they can now get the power to lead the army, which is really ......, and I hope that Your Majesty can take back the holy order. ”

Zhu Di turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji, and asked with a smile: "What does Zhanji think?" ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew that his uncle's ability was not ordinary, and being an ordinary commander was already the limit. Now, because of his relationship, he is standing in front of many famous generals, and he is naturally worried.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "It's a good thing that Peng Guogong can recognize his own ability. However, now that the Ming Dynasty has a new type of musket, leading the battle is naturally different from the past, and even the British Duke has been studying new tactics in the past two years and does not dare to slack off. Therefore, in the face of the new tactics, the previous experience of many generals is not enough to rely on.

Let Peng Guogong take charge of the Jingwei command envoy, Lone is relieved, this is enough. Peng Guogong does not have to be presumptuous, as long as he trains more troops and learns more new tactics in the future, it will not be difficult to become a generation of famous generals. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Peng Guogong understands? Don't bring it up later, let's go back......"

Zhang Chang understood that it was his nephew's meaning to put himself in charge of the Jingwei Command Envoy. Naturally, his uncle will not harm his nephew, and it seems that this commander will not be able to take it.

After Zhang Chang left, Zhu Di beckoned Zhu Zhanji to go up to the dragon chariot with him, and then said: "Zhang Chang is a responsible person, such a person, I can defend the capital, and I am also at ease." Really let someone like Zhang Fu be in charge of Jingwei, I don't feel at ease. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "It's better to send a famous general like the British Gong outside." ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Now that Jiaozhi is gradually calming down, Zhan Ji has thought about how to arrange him?" ”

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanji wanted Zhang Fu to guard Jiaozhi, where repeated rebellions cost the Ming Dynasty a huge amount of money, and tens of thousands of troops were mired in the quagmire.

However, when the Ming armies were equipped with muskets, swords, and wooden sticks against the Ming Dynasty, the Chen family could no longer rely on the geographical advantages to oppose the Ming Dynasty.

In the autumn of last year, Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, and his younger brother Mu Ang, commanded Fang Zheng, a total of 70,000 troops, to attack from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Jiaozhi, completely eliminating the rebel forces in the Indochina Peninsula.

In today's Indochina Peninsula, there are only two independent forces left: Bago (Burma) and Ayutthaya (Thailand). Other countries such as Nanzhang and Zhancheng were directly attached to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Indochina Peninsula has been pacified, it is a little inappropriate to let Zhang Fu guard Jiaozhi again.

After all, it is close to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Di have already set the basic strategy of non-feudal around the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "My grandson has already talked to the British Duke about this matter, and my grandson intends to seal the Zhang family to the Shannan region in the northeast of Bangge, and the British Duke has also accepted it. ”

Punggar Thorn is the Bangladesh of later generations, and to the north of them is the later Indian countries of Assam, Manipur and other countries.

The region is separated from Myanmar by the Naga Mountains, which are plagued by miasma and are inaccessible.

In Zhu Zhanji's plan, Burma is also to be subdued and become the southern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty. It is rich in mineral resources and products.

In the future, the Mu family is ready to move there.

But for the Indian region, Zhu Zhanji did not want to let go, and his wish was to turn the Himalayas into the internal mountains of the Ming Dynasty.

And to implement this plan, the most important thing is to have a foothold in the Indian subcontinent, not in the southern sea.

Therefore, there is no more suitable place than Assam, and there is another advantage to occupying this place, which is that the Assam area is the world's largest tea production base outside of China.

It became the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the tea was produced by the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Other countries, at most, can produce some cheap tea.

Zhu Di just thought about it for a while, and knew what Zhu Zhanji was talking about. He nodded and said, "Very good, I can see that you have thought it through." ”

Zhu Di's eyes were drawn to the row of three-story facades on the side of the street, which were full of antique style, but at a glance it was obvious that they were built of cement.

Such a house is tall and bright, much more atmospheric than the original civil engineering buildings.

Zhu Di smiled: "Now that Ying Tianfu has changed, I can't recognize it." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang has time to look around, Ying Tianfu will become more and more tidy and beautiful." ”

At this time, they saw Zhu Gaoxu, who was riding a horse, curiously parked in front of a shop, carefully looking at the newly built house and the bright glass windows.

In recent years, in addition to the cement factory, the most built is the glass factory.

The manufacture of flat glass is not difficult, the difficult thing is to make large pieces of flat glass.

After learning that quartz sand, borax and other glasses can be fired, almost all the production areas of these ores will build such a glass factory.

This is mainly due to the fact that glass is difficult to transport, and it can be produced and sold locally, which can save a lot of costs.

As a result, the price of glass has been greatly reduced, and glass mirrors have replaced ordinary copper mirrors.

Zhu Zhanji is already organizing the second batch of caravans to go to Europe, and the soldiers who have been stationed in Europe for more than three years should also change their guard and come back.

In this era, there was absolutely no such thing as a glass mirror that could be sold for 150,000 gold francs, and it was impossible for those Venetian merchants to make a lot of profit from glass.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's figure, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Treat the heroes so well, don't embarrass your second uncle anymore." ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "Doesn't the imperial grandfather still know me?" I'm narrow-minded, and I don't seem to need it. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I am ready to restore his prince and send six thousand people with him to conquer Xizhou." ”

Zhu Zhanji is very clear about what Zhu Gaochu has done in the past few years, and he has the heart to develop in Africa, and Zhu Zhanji will only support it, and will never hold it back.

Suppressing the number of blacks and confined them to that small corner of Africa forever will be one of the main strategies in the future.

With Zhu Gaoxu, an uncle who likes to fight, to do this, Zhu Zhanji will strongly support it.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji's emotions were sincere and did not seem to be fake, Zhu Di's mood was obviously better. He has always felt a little guilty about Zhu Gaoxu's son, and let him go to Xizhou to be the king, which is worthy of him, and now he doesn't have to continue to feel guilty.

The older he gets, the more he looks at family affection.

From Zhu Gaochu to his eldest son Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh and asked, "When your father died, did you ever complain?" ”

Even if there is, Zhu Zhanji can't say it at this time. He shook his head and said, "When my father died, he seemed to have thought about it and had no regrets. On another day, the grandson asked people to send the note of the day to the residence, so that the imperial grandfather could know the situation of the day. ”

Zhu Di said again: "Since I'm back, I'll go see him another day, and let him settle down as soon as possible." Have the tombs ever been built? ”

Zhu Gaochi has been out of action for more than a year, just to wait for Zhu Di to come back, so he was not buried.

He was only a prince when he was alive, and the funeral could only be buried according to the prince's etiquette. Only a few hundred people were used to build his tomb, and it had already been built in just over a month.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "In order to promote the style of thin burial, the regulations are based on the simplest, and the stone carvings are not engraved. In the future, the grandson plans to build the southern foot of the entire west of the Linggu Temple of the Purple Mountain into a large park and become an ancestral mausoleum. After all the sacrificial regulations are completed at one time, in the future, the direct descendants of my Zhu family will all live at the foot of the mountain and die on the mountainside, and all the tombs will be simply planned. ”

"Park?" Zhu Di frowned and said, "It's not proper, my royal mausoleum, how can I let the people come and go at will!" ”

Zhu Zhanji didn't refute either, and said with a smile: "It's the grandson who thinks about it...... simple."

He wouldn't know that the royal mausoleum of the old Zhu family in the future will be a popular attraction!

However, now that it is open, it is indeed a bit too advanced.

The grandfather and grandson chatted without a word, and there was no specific purpose, which also made the two of them a lot easier, and they talked about wherever they thought.

Returned to the palace, starting from the Chengtian Gate today, the Duanmen, the Wumen, and the Fengtian Gate, all the city gates were opened.

Headed by Zhu Di's concubines, the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, as long as they are not on duty, all knelt on both sides of the road to greet them.

All the way back to the Jinshen Palace, Zhu Di sat down on the dragon chair, revealing a trace of tiredness.

"You're tired from the day, go back and rest. Tomorrow, you will accompany me in the morning court. After the dispersal of the dynasty, you are telling me everything that has happened in the past few years. ”

Zhu Zhanji asked: "Today, in order to welcome the return of the imperial grandfather, the imperial chef has made a lot of delicacies......

Zhu Di shook his head and sighed: "I'm old, I'm busy today, I can't stand this waist pole, I'll go back to the harem in a while, just eat some casually." ”

Coming out of the palace, Zhu Zhanji glanced back at the palace again, although the eunuchs and palace maids were in and out, he could feel the twilight of the old man inside.

A generation of male masters, and now they have reached the age where they have to serve old age.

For Zhu Zhanji, he would prefer Zhu Di to live a few more years, with this backbone, Zhu Zhanji will not have any worries about doing things!

On the second day, Zhu Di got up on time and went to Wuying Hall to hold an early dynasty.

When he sat down, he unexpectedly asked Zhu Zhanji to sit side by side with him on the dragon chair instead of sitting in front of him.

Moreover, he rarely spoke, leaving everything to Zhu Zhanji to deal with, only saying that he still needed a few days off.

Zhu Di has just returned, and many things have not yet been communicated with the ministers, and many arrangements also need his approval, so today's early dynasty is mainly to discuss these matters.

At the end of the early dynasty, all the officials were left in the palace to eat, and then all the people moved to the altar of heaven and earth to worship the heavens.

On the 27th, worship the heavens, worship the altar on the 28th, and worship the ancestral temple on the 29th.

On the day of the 30th, Zhu Di didn't even participate in the morning court, let Zhu Zhanji preside, and slept lazily.

When Zhu Zhanji went down to the early dynasty, he took all his relatives to Linggu Temple to pay tribute to Zhu Gaochi, who had been there for more than a year.

On the way back, he had people carry him up the mountain and take a look at his own tomb and Zhu Gaochi's tomb.

He faced the south alone, looked at Ying Tianfu under his feet and was silent for a long time, and then went down the mountain without saying a word.

On the first day of the seventh month, the Shuowang Dynasty.

This was the first court meeting after Zhu Di returned, and the court meeting was neatly staffed, but most of the officials below the fifth grade did not even have the qualifications to enter the parliament building.

Because on this day, Zhu Di wanted to officially meet with the representatives of various countries and accept the credentials they submitted, and there were many tribes who wanted to belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, more countries were forced to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty and become subject states of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di didn't care about this, and even because of the distance, like the Black Sheep tribe in Baghdad, wanted to belong to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty didn't accept it, and only recognized them as subjects of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to rule a larger territory now, and there is still a shortage of officials in the Nanyang region alone.

When Zhu Di entered the parliament building for the first time, he was immediately shocked by the layout inside.

The building is a bit like a theatre in later generations, with a total of four floors. The podium is located on the second floor, and under the stage are the large cylinders installed, and there are copper pipes leading to each corner.

From the first, third, and fourth floors, there are stairs directly connected to the podium.

The first floor can accommodate about 800 people, and above the second floor, each floor can seat 400 people, and the rostrum is surrounded in a ring.

The emperor's throne is located on the fourth floor directly above the rostrum, so you can not only see everything on the rostrum, but also directly see all the ministers seated.

In the entire interior of the parliament building, there are three places where you can speak and amplify directly. One is the Emperor's Throne, the other is the Speaker's Seat, and the other is the speaking place in front of the rostrum.

All the ministers attending the meeting, before participating in the pilgrimage meeting, will first submit the recital to the Honglu Temple, and the Honglu Temple, the celebrant and supervisor, will arrange the process of the meeting.

Zhu Di came in for the first time, full of interest, and before starting, he said a lot of things freely. Hearing his voice resounding throughout the venue, he had changed his attitude towards the unsightly parliament building.

It's a little ugly, but it's really easy to use, and you don't have to pull your throat, so everyone can hear your words clearly.

And with such an arrangement, even if there is no Ming rule of procedure, civil and military officials must follow the rules in order to have a chance to speak.

Great goodness!