On the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month, after Zhu Di met with scholars from the West, a news spread in Yingtianfu.

The emperor opened the inner treasury, and at the cost of 200,000 silver coins, he would build an arena that could accommodate 100,000 people at the foot of Qingliang Mountain.

This arena will not only become a gathering place for military parades and expeditions of the Ming Dynasty in the future, but also hold high-level Keju competitions.

Zhu Zhanji was not going to choose a site in Qingliang Mountain at the beginning, but with the great development of Tianfu over the years, the inner city has been overcrowded.

The development of Jiajiang Industrial Zone has driven a large number of residents to migrate outside the city, and a large number of settlements have been established outside Qingliangmen.

Although Zhu Zhanji wanted to locate the arena outside the city and become a new commercial district, the current building structure is not as good as that of later generations, and even if there is cement, it needs a solid foundation.

It is easy to dig foundations in the land, but I am afraid that it will collapse later. After consulting with a group of Western architects, it was decided to build the arena on a stone foundation.

The Colosseum, too, was built on a stone foundation.

The site is located in Qingliang Mountain, because this is the Qingliang Gate of Xicheng, and the Qinhuai River goes out of the inner city from the vicinity, and the military parade will be more convenient.

At all times, such large-scale buildings are built to serve politics.

After the cement is available, the safety of this kind of stadium construction is actually not a big problem.

Most of the gymnasiums in later generations were less than 100,000 people, not because of technical factors, but because of utilization problems.

The most difficult thing in the construction of this arena is not the design of the structure, Zhu Zhanji did not want to build an unusually alternative and ingenious gymnasium, the first gymnasium, or safety.

The most difficult thing was the design of the PA device.

The amplification design of the Colosseum is to use an echo chamber to amplify the sound, and this amplification is so distorted that it is impossible to hear what the amplified words are saying.

Although there were no special research results in acoustics in ancient China, the resonance and amplification of sound had been mastered as early as the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a facility to use brass pipes to listen to other people's conversations, using the resonance of sound.

The construction of this stadium will also consume a large number of copper pipes, and lay a copper pipe amplification device covering the entire stadium.

Of course, this amplification is still very distorted, but at least it allows people from a distance to hear what is being said.

All of a sudden, countless people ran to Qingliang Mountain, and the arena had not yet been built, which had already attracted the attention of countless people.

Compared with the arena, the news that Zhu Zhanji was going to build a Daming Royal Engineering Academy did not attract too many people's attention at all.

First of all, Zhu Zhanji did not announce the cost, and secondly, his ten research institutes in Xiamaqiao are actually similar to a junior engineering school.

Many craftsmen who work here have brought their children and nephews to study and do some auxiliary work with them.

They will also be the first batch of students of the Daming Royal Engineering Academy, and for this reason, Zhu Zhanji has not thought about changing the current Daming household registration policy.

The children of the craftsmen, for the time being, are enough to build the shelves of the school, and they must wait until the colonial policy of the Ming Dynasty is rolled out, and then the current household registration restrictions will be abolished, and all people will be equal.

Because there are currently students to enroll, Zhu Zhanji has not launched an enrollment plan, and most people have not heard that he is going to build a comprehensive school.

Only some ministers saw that on the east side of Xiaolingwei, below the Linggu Temple, a new building was being built, and guessed that Zhu Zhanji wanted to expand the research institute.

The school, on which Zhu Zhanji had high hopes, did not encounter Confucian opposition, because most people now simply do not know what Zhu Zhanji is thinking.

A school that specializes in training craftsmen will not make Confucianism a great enemy.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, it was the day when the Xie family and the Yang family were married, and Yang Shiqi asked for Xie Zhenfang, the eldest daughter of Xie Jin's brother Xie Lun, for his only son.

Yang Shiqi is a scholar of Wupin University, and although Xie Lun is only a doctor of the Eight Grades and Five Classics, his status in Wenyuan is not lower than Yang Shiqi.

Even because Yang Dao himself was just a showman, Xie Lun didn't want to agree at the beginning.

Xie Jin and Xie Zhenliang have both met Yang Dao, although his brother Yang Ji's reputation is not good, but he himself seems to be reliable.

And Xie Zhen is a person with great wisdom, he knows very well that the name of the Xie family is enough, and his background in the literary world is enough, but the family power is weak.

The Xie family is a three-jinshi, but his father Xie Lun and uncle Xie Jin are all nerds, and if my uncle hadn't been rescued by His Royal Highness Taisun, I am afraid he would have been killed by Jinyiwei.

In order to cater to the preferences of the grandson, Xie Zhenqi and Xie Zhenliang are both carefully studying the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, and want to shift from the interpretation of the Five Classics to the study of practical application.

Regardless of the original letters, punctuation, and geometry, the two brothers were actively studying and researching during the Xie Zhen period, and they were promoting it according to Zhu Zhanji's meaning.

Therefore, they know that no matter how well they learn the Five Classics now, it will not work, because Taisun will not use such a nerd at all.

Uncle Huang Jinhua also worked as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, and the two cousins were also studying literature, and there was no one in the army in the whole family.

Xie Zhen had contact with Yang Dao and knew that he was calm and moderate, and he was dedicated to developing in the army.

After learning that the Yang family was courting, he also brought his sister and pretended to meet Yang Dao once, so that his sister could see Yang Dao with her own eyes.

Xie Zhenfang's father and uncle have been erudite since childhood, and his mother Ouyang Wan is an elegant woman with poetry and books, and his brother Xie Zhenfang is handsome and chic, and he is famous in today's Daming literature.

If it is more literary than Wencai, Yang Dao can't beat the horse, but Yang Dao has been cultivated in the young army for nearly four years. His brother's notoriety made him pay attention to maintaining his image at all times, train hard, and stand out single-mindedly.

In Xie Zhenfang's eyes, although Yang Dao is not as good as his brother, he is a completely different type from the Xie family.

Therefore, Xie Zhenfang saw that Yang Dao was black and strong, like a reckless man, but he also showed talent, so he should do this family business.

As for Yang Dao, seeing and understanding Zhenfang's appearance and temperament, he felt that it was an unexpected joy, and he was extremely satisfied with this family business.

Because he is afraid that things will be repeated, his age is not young, and the Xie family has three family affairs this year, so they set up a family affair before the first month, and let them marry after the Xie Zhen period and Xie Zhenliang get married.

Xie Jin is a model set by Zhu Zhanji in Wenchen, and when the Xie family gets married, of course he has to come to congratulate him in person.

Seeing Yang Dao, he couldn't help but nodded. Born from the heart, this Yang Dao has a righteous face, and he is from a young army, and his body is strong, so he is a good man.

Compared to his brother, who seemed to be a gentleman, he was much stronger.

Zhu Zhanji asked a few questions, and learned that he did not test his fame and fame, and was bent on developing in the navy, so he had a good impression of him, and asked him about some of Yulin Weixue's marches to fight, arranging troops, and arranging troops, including how to consolidate the occupied areas.

Yang Dao's answer is also clear and clear, and he has his own ideas in all aspects.

Zhu Zhanji felt that he had dug up another talent, so he took off the horizontal knife on his waist on the spot and presented it to him.

"This Hundred Refining Treasure Sword is not a military merit and cannot be awarded, but today I will reward you. I hope that you will live up to Lone's expectations in the future and become Lone's Hundred Refining Treasure Sword, invincible. ”

Yang Dao knelt down on one knee and took the sword: "In the future, the minister will be His Royal Highness to the world and pass on my great reputation." ”

This episode also relieved Yang Shiqi, who was still a little worried about his son's choice, since his son is dedicated to joining the army, the father and son are both literate and martial, which is also a beautiful conversation.

And those relatives and friends who originally found a martial arts son-in-law for the Xie family, and there are still some relatives and friends who can't see it.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's attention to Yang Dao, I knew that everyone has their own fate, and His Royal Highness attaches so much importance to martial arts, I am afraid that these civil servants will be difficult to get ahead in the future.

Zhu Zhanji, the grandson, did not stay for long, the two families completed the ceremony, exchanged the eight characters of the birthday, Zhu Zhanji did not eat a meal, and was ready to leave.

Everyone sent Zhu Zhanji away, so that he originally wanted to discuss the cabinet candidates with Xie Jin, but he didn't have a chance to speak.

As for the arrangement of the release period, he also wanted to ask for Xie Jin's opinion.

The Xie Zhen period is now only a person, and he will only be appointed as an official if he participates in the spring festival held in the next spring.

Zhu Zhanji knows that his literary talent is enough, and he can become a leading figure of the younger generation in Shilin, and there is no doubt about his literary talent.

So he didn't want his time to waste this year, and wanted to arrange him into the formation of his own engineering school.

Because he came into contact with the new ideas brought by Zhu Zhanji, he would not become a corrupt Confucian after the liberation period. But Zhu hopes that he will be exposed to more influences from different disciplines in the process of building the university.

Only ministers who have come into contact with the influence of new thinking will Zhu Zhanji be reused in the future.

After leaving Xie's house, Zhu Zhanji came to the Xiyi Research Institute in Ximaqiao Farm.

This research institute has just been established and belongs to a hodgepodge of research institutes.

Zhu Zhanji will not give these people the opportunity to huddle together, their most important task now is to learn Chinese well, and then prepare for classes, of course, everyone according to different specialties, also Zhu Zhanji was assigned to different research institutes.

Among them, there are the most people in the Ship Research Institute, the Chemical Research Institute, the Gewu Research Institute, and the Architectural Research Institute.

And these people, as long as they enter the research institute, they will get on the thief ship, and they will never have a chance to get off the ship.

Zhu Zhanji would never allow them to learn the techniques of the Ming Dynasty and have the opportunity to return to Europe.

And the new technology and new thinking brought by these people will also bring new brainstorming to these researchers in Daming.

Renaissance, let's start with the Ming Dynasty first!

Karlsoli has been in high spirits in recent days, and he has been appointed by Zhu Zhanji as the chief planner of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Hippodrome.

Whether he was involved in the construction of a new university or the design of an arena for 100,000 people, it would be the most glorious moment of his life.

However, his design was severely constrained by Zhu Zhanji from the beginning, because Zhu Zhanji would never allow him to build a completely Western-style arena.

Moreover, the arena that Zhu Zhanji wants to build is completely different from the Roman Colosseum, that arena is used for fighting beasts and fighting, so naturally there is no need for too large a venue.

However, Zhu Zhanji demanded that not only a 100-meter by 66-meter football field flow out of the center of the field, but also that eight runways be set aside outside the football field.

In addition to the size restrictions, Zhu Zhanji also asked him to design no less than 20 entrances and exits for the stadium in strict accordance with the design advantages of the Roman Arena.

The design concept of the Colosseum is very advanced, and the design concept of the large stadiums of later generations is basically inherited from it.

An arena of 90,000 people, with 80 entrances, can empty people in 10 minutes, which is unmatched by many stadiums in later generations.

In addition to these hardware requirements, in other aspects, Zhu Zhanji handed it over to Carl Soli to play by himself. And arranged for Daming's architectural experts to work with him to design a style that combines East and West.

As for the school, Zhu Zhanji is also preparing to use a double-storey and three-story concrete structure, and there will definitely be more and more students in this school in the future, and it must first design a huge capacity, otherwise, it will be more difficult to expand in the future.

The entire south of Zhongshan is the Imperial Tomb District, and only after passing the Linggu Temple can civil engineering be built.

Today, the center of Yingtianfu is in the west of the city, but when this school develops, there will be more and more people here in the future.

In addition to the imperial mausoleum, Zhu Zhanji is preparing to build an education center for the entire Ming Dynasty around Zhongshan, and such a feng shui treasure cannot be wasted.

When I returned to the palace from Xiamaqiao Farm, it was already sunset, and as soon as the convoy entered Chaoyangmen, I met Zhu Gaochi's close eunuch He Chun riding a horse and hurrying out of the city with only four guards.

Zhu Gaochi was deeply influenced by Confucianism and did not attach importance to the internal servants, although He Chun was his close eunuch, but because he did not pay attention to it, and his status in the palace was not high, He Chun was far inferior to Li Liang beside him, not to mention Jin Kuo, one of the twelve great eunuchs.

He Chun was thin and small, riding on a horse and crumbling, seeing Zhu Zhanji's convoy, he hurriedly reined in his horse, trotted over, and said happily: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an urgent inquiry, and the special slave maid came to find His Highness." ”

Zhu Zhanji looked at him sweating in the cold and asked, "Do you know what's going on?" ”

He Chun looked at the chamberlains and guards around Zhu Zhanji, and said softly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just received news that His Royal Highness sent people to detain several major grain merchants, and later discussed with Scholar Yang and came to find His Highness. ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, he always has to come. Although he is a dead brain, he is a son, no matter what, he must always follow him.

Even if he forces himself to do what he doesn't want to do, he can push it on Zhu Di.

"Li Liang, reward four silver coins to He Shaojian, and the remaining four people will have two for each person."

He Chun and the four guards behind him hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and when Zhu Zhanji's horse passed, the four of them put the silver coin into their arms and turned over on their horses.

Today's silver purchasing power is still very high, and the little eunuchs in the palace only have two or three silver coins a month, and they still have to honor their masters.

Li Liang is a young eunuch, and their salary is only seven taels of silver, that is, seven silver coins, and a big eunuch like Jin Kuo is less than twenty taels a month.

Of course, most of them don't rely on Yulu to live, in the palace, food and lodging are all covered, and there is a lot of oil and water on weekdays.

But like He Chun, his grandmother doesn't love his uncle and doesn't love him, and there are few people who honor him, and four silver coins are not less.

After entering the Donghua Gate, Zhu Zhanji did not go back to the palace to change clothes, and came to the Wenhua Hall in riding clothes.

Wenhua Hall and Wenyuan Pavilion belong to the front palace, and Wenchen and guards can still enter if they have a token in the palace, but there are many restrictions, so Zhu Gaochi still likes to go to the James Mansion to meet his subordinates most of the time.

Zhu Zhanji came to the main hall in front, and several little eunuchs were busy passing the trumpet. "His Royal Highness the Taisun has arrived in ......"

He Chun trotted all the way over and introduced Zhu Zhanji to the side hall.

It has also been remodeled a long time ago, and the layout inside is similar to that of the reception room in the Great Hall of the Later World. In addition to the sofa of the main seat, there is a sofa and a coffee table on both sides below, and the cotton stuffed in the fabric sofa is very comfortable to sit on.

In addition to Zhu Zhanji, there were also Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu sitting inside, and they all got up to greet Zhu Zhanji when they saw him.

Zhu Zhanji replied with a half-salute, and then saluted Zhu Gaochi above: "The child has seen his father." ”

Zhu Gaochi seemed to be depressed, but just waved his hand and said, "Do you remember that I am your father?" ”

Zhu Zhanji knelt down with a thud. "I don't know what the child did wrong, which made his father angry, and asked his father to let go."

Although Zhu Gaochi was angry, he was startled when he saw Zhu Zhanji like this, and quickly stood up, wanting to help him up. "What are you doing, and I'm ...... No blame is ...... with you."

Zhu Zhanji didn't dare to ask him to help, so he quickly got up by himself, and helped him to sit on the sofa, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

This Zhu Gaochi is a good old man, a nerd, although he has some opinions about his son, but the father and son are connected, and he still really feels sorry for him.

Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu were also startled when they saw Zhu Zhanji's movements. Although the crown prince is the father of the grandson, if the grandson is punished for no reason, the emperor will definitely not spare the prince.

But seeing that Zhu Zhanji took advantage of the situation to get up and staged a good show of father-son harmony with Zhu Gaochi, the two of them looked at each other and couldn't help sighing.

The grandson's kneeling directly dispelled the momentum that the prince had been brewing for a long time. Before the matter was dealt with, the prince was deflated, and the result could be imagined.

This grandson is really difficult! has used methods against his father, and it is difficult to get him to change his mind.

Let Zhu Zhanji sit in the first position on his left hand, and Zhu Gaochi's rapid heartbeat calmed down.

Anyway, the person in front of him is his favorite son, how can he hurt the relationship between father and son because of outsiders?

With such thoughts, Zhu Gaochi's tone became much softer. "Zhanji, I just heard today that because Ma Qi was corrupt in grain, you actually sent people to arrest all the merchants who cooperated with him in the grain business."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Father, you may not know that this is not a cooperative grain business, but the sale of stolen goods. And it is not an ordinary stolen goods, but a life-saving food for the people of Shandong. How can I spare them with such a devoid of conscience! ”

Zhu Gao paused for a moment, and then said, "Life-saving food...... Where does this begin? ”

"Father should know that in the fifteenth year, the Yellow River seized the Daqing River into the sea, and most of Shandong was flooded, right?"

"Of course I know that I was in Beiping that year, and it was not until autumn and winter that the flood subsided, and I waited for the flood to subside before I came back from Beiping. Isn't it more than two years since then, and now it has long since returned to its former richness? ”

"Rich ......" Zhu Zhanji sighed, his eyes deliberately looked around, and said toughly: "Whoever says this to his father will not be spared!" ”

Zhu Gaochi glared at him dissatisfied, and said, "Don't kill at every turn, killing people can solve the problem?" ”

"Go and get the information of the Information Department on the price of grain in Shandong!" Zhu Zhanji confessed to Liu Wan, and he hurriedly retreated from the house.

Zhu Zhanji said to Zhu Gaochi again: "The flood of the Yellow River is different from that of the Yangtze River, the silt of the southern rivers is fertile, and after the flood, the silt can still fertilize the fields.

But the Yellow River is mostly sediment, and when the flood enters the land, it turns the land into saline, and it takes at least two or three years to restore its fertility.

In the fifteenth year, Shandong was hit by a disaster, and in the fourteenth year, the child asked the internal supervisor to transport a large amount of grain from Nanyang, which alleviated the disaster. In the past 16 years, a large number of prefectures and counties in Shandong have failed to harvest, but the price of rice has not exceeded three coins and one stone, and countless people have survived. “

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said, "I know about this matter. ”

Zhu Zhanji asked: "But does my father know what the price of Shandong rice was last year?" ”

Zhu Gao paused for a moment and said, "I don't care about this ......."

"Because Ma Qi resold Nanyang rice, a large area of land in Shandong still failed last year, but there was no life-saving food, and the price of rice rose to three dollars and two cents. Northerners like pasta, and the price of wheat has risen to more than five yuan, do you say you can't hate? ”

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said, "Zhanji, you are not in Daming, it must be unclear. Last year's grain prices were high, mainly because the labor force was transporting grain to the northwest! Just because of the truce of Huang Huai's efforts, your imperial grandfather also imprisoned him for three months. ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled, looked back at Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, and asked, "The two of you think the same way?" ”

Yang Pu's talent is a literary talent, and his ability is much worse than Yang Shiqi, let alone compared with Yang Rong.

He knew that Zhu Zhanji was not as easy to fool as Zhu Gaochi, and he couldn't say with a clear conscience that it was for this reason, so he lowered his head.

And Yang Shiqi is scheming, of course, he will not be asked because of Zhu Zhanji's words. He stroked his long beard and said: "Your Highness, a large amount of Nanyang rice has entered the country, and it is unprofitable for the people to farm the land, and the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers!" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "The imperial court has now implemented a new rules of procedure, because what? It's because you people always like to talk about him, and never talk about things.

What I asked you was the reason for the high grain prices in Shandong last year, but you blamed me on the grain and the peasants.

Why can't you answer my question directly? Why can't we make one thing clear? ”

Seeing that Yang Shiqi wanted to speak again, Zhu Zhanji asked: "Do you still want to say that everything is complicated, and the world is a game of chess, and it affects the whole body?" ”