February 13. It is advisable to be buried.

Zhu Zhanji's 66-year-old birthday festival passed four days, and the funeral of Huang Yuan, the Duke of Fuguo, was held in Yingtianfu.

Zhu Zhanji personally presided over the funeral, posthumously crowned the king of Fujun, and was buried in Zhongshan with the ceremony of the king of the county, and deserved to enjoy the Taimiao.

This can be said to be the top of a courtier, and there is no glory to compare.

When Huang Ting held his father's tablet and enshrined it in the main hall of the Taimiao Temple in the imperial city, it attracted the envy of countless civil and military officials.

Ninety-five years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he is now the "third generation" emperor, and there are less than 30 ministers who can enjoy the Taimiao, and only 11 people who can enjoy the main hall, and Huang Yuan is the twelfth person.

The Taimiao Temple is a special place of worship for the emperor's direct family, so generally only the emperor's ancestors can enjoy this honor.

The general imperial relatives are not qualified, they must be close relatives or imperial relatives who have contributed to the Jiangshan Sheji, and there are courtiers who have made great contributions to the Sheji, and they can also enjoy the treatment of the Taimiao after death with the permission of the emperor.

After that, these ministers can also enjoy the emperor's personal sacrifices, as long as the descendants do not commit the crime of rebellion, they can basically ensure wealth and glory.

Even Huang Yuan's wife, Yun Niang, didn't expect the emperor to be so gracious, she had always been calm and light-hearted, but she couldn't control her emotions and couldn't stop crying.

The next day, at noon. Zhu Zhanji summoned the other Huang clansmen who had returned from Nanzhou, and each had a reward. In the end, Huang Ting successfully inherited the title of Duke of Fuguo, and descended after three generations.

However, now the title and function of the Ming Dynasty have been deliberately separated, although Huang Ting has now become the Duke of Fuguo, his function is still the vice minister of foreign affairs.

Huang Xuan's grandson, Zhu Zhanji, did not forget, and after consulting the Huang family, he was transferred to the Xiamaqiao Chemical Research Institute.

For the Huang family, Huang Yuan's death was like the sky falling and losing a pillar, but for Da Ming, it was just a trivial matter.

Life still goes on, and the green building on the bank of the Qinhuai River is still bright.

For the whole Ming Dynasty, now the local area is thriving, Nanzhou is peaceful, and Dongzhou is peaceful. Although there are some wars in Xizhou, it is just the army of the Ming Dynasty bullying people.

The government is clear, so that Zhu Zhanji has been worrying a lot recently, and now he is most concerned about the confrontation between the Western Regions and the whites.

To tell the truth, Zhu Zhanji didn't take the white people in Europe seriously, and without the resources of Dongzhou, they were confined to the lump in Europe, and this time and space didn't want to develop.

Zhu Zhanji deliberately kept them, not because of mercy, but just to leave a foreign enemy for Daming.

No one knows better than him the infighting ability of the Chinese people, if Da Ming has no external enemies, his own people will definitely burst out of their brains.

Leaving behind a Europe that does not pose much threat not only provides an opportunity to train troops, but also allows everyone to have a sense of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

Therefore, he will not go to great lengths to destroy the countries of Europe, whether it is tactically or strategically, it is not cost-effective.

And it's also very important that civilizations need to compete and continue to develop.

Without foreign enemies, Zhu Zhanji had no doubt that Da Ming would lie on the merit book and wait for death. This kind of thing is too much in history.

In such an environment, politics, law, civilization, economy, and science and technology will stagnate.

The outbreak of war often promotes the development of society in all aspects.

From the First World War to the Second World War, the development of the world was that kind of leap development.

Like later generations, the world's industry, electricity, technology, medicine, etc., all of which were laid during the Second World War.

The foundation of the world's airplanes, automobiles, guns, including industrial technology, was already laid down at that time.

After the Second World War, it was not until the computer age that there was another significant improvement.

Was it the scientists who came later who became stupid?

No, it's just that there is no pressure of competition, no pressure to survive.

Now, because of the suppression of the West by the East, Zhu Zhanji has no doubt that the Europeans will actively learn the advanced technology of the Ming Dynasty and enhance their own strength.

Zhu Zhanji expects them to do this, and only in this way will the scientists of Daming be nervous.

Although today's Ming Dynasty has developed very rapidly in some applied science and technology and applied industry, this is based on Zhu Zhanji's intention to pull out seedlings and promote growth.

The industrial and technological development of the Ming Dynasty is still very uneven, and it can build cars because of Zhu Zhanji's requirements, and it can build steam tractors and diesel engines because too much land in the Ming Dynasty is uncultivated.

But with such a technical reserve, no one could think of building tanks.

Daming's current musket reserves have changed from repeating guns to AK47-style semi-automatic rifles, which was developed to this point under Zhu Zhanji's strict requirements.

However, because there is no requirement of Zhu Zhanji, the Ming army's expectations for artillery are not high, so today's Daming musket manufacturing technology has reached the late stage of World War II, but the artillery manufacturing technology has not even reached the First World War period.

This is only the aspect that Zhu Zhanji is concerned about, and in the entire industrial field, the problem of uneven development is even more serious.

For example, the engine cylinder alloy of the automobile is resistant to high temperature, which is a high-tech problem in later generations, because Zhu Zhanji understands the application of aluminum alloy, and can ensure stability in the manufacture of cylinders, pistons, and piston rings.

But in terms of a small rubber oil seal, Daming can't guarantee the quality.

Because of a small oil seal problem, the quality of Daming's cars and aircraft cannot be guaranteed, and the aircraft often has problems.

Fortunately, this is the era of propeller planes, and even if the plane has some problems, it can make an emergency landing, otherwise, I don't know how many accidents will occur.

This is not because those technicians do not study, but because of the imperfection of the entire industrial system, resulting in the existence of many shortcomings.

People don't have the foundation to know this at all, and if you talk to an ancient man about a television, can he understand what it is?

However, in general, because of this uneven development, all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty have a clear purpose, so the filling of the entire industrial system is still very fast.

However, there is another serious problem, that is, all of this is now being carried out under the active promotion of Zhu Zhanji.

The needs of the entire society of the Ming Dynasty today cannot meet the development needs of later generations, and the cultural knowledge reserve and people's ideology still need to be strengthened.

This is more important than anything else!

However, although Zhu Zhanji knew that he should develop in this direction and combine the needs of society with people's pursuits, there was no better way.

To improve the quality of the people of the whole country, all he can know is to strengthen education and propaganda.

To improve the needs of society and the pursuit of the people, he only knows that domestic demand should be expanded and social trends should be led.

When it comes to deeper solutions, he's actually just half a bottle of water.

Therefore, he wants to keep the white people in Europe and turn them into a catfish, so that the world will not become a backwater.

This was the external environment, and internally, in addition to strengthening education and publicity, he began to gradually shift his attention to the cultivation of heirs.

On 15 February, at the court meeting, Zhu Zhanji officially promulgated the "Regulations on the Changing of Uniforms of the Ming Army", and starting in March, all the troops of the Ming Dynasty will be equipped with repeating guns.

The original more than 5 million flintlock pistols, except for a small part issued to local militias and government officials, will all be transported to the Ming Dynasty itself, or sold to the Ming vassal states, or issued to the people of Dongzhou, Nanzhou, and Xizhou, so that they can continue to maintain their superiority over the local natives without the protection of the army.

At the same time, the rules for merchant ships and caravans that were not qualified to carry guns were also relaxed this time. All Ming people who do not have a criminal record can apply for a gun license.

This rule has been opposed by many officials, who believe that the proliferation of guns will make it difficult for people to discipline.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knows what the United States will be like in the future, but he wants to test whether the people will be more honest if they have guns in their hands, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and those bully squires who oppress the people.

Because of the existence of classes, even if Zhu Zhanji now emphasizes the rule of officials, there are still many officials and squires who oppress the people and do not treat the people as human beings.

The popularization of guns may solve some problems at the source. Because everyone has a gun in their hand, those who oppress the people will have to weigh it.

Of course, if the impact is too bad, Zhu Zhanji believes that he has the ability to ban guns at that time. After all, the army of the Ming Dynasty is still very strong, and the lives of the common people are good, and there are few people who are tired of wanting to die.

Over the past 40 years, there has been no policy that Zhu Zhanji wants to implement that he cannot carry out. Despite the opposition of many, it was eventually passed in Parliament.

There are many generals in the council, and they believe in the strength of the Ming army, believing that no matter what happens, the army can solve the problem.

Although some of those civil officials were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey Zhu Zhanji's will, and finally passed the ordinance by just over two-thirds of the votes.

On 16 February, Zhu Zhanji met with Foreign Minister Honghai Houma Sui and Vice Minister Huang Ting, and asked about some information on personnel and kinship relations between European countries.

The Red Sea Horse Sui was the youngest son of Ma Huan, the former governor of Suez, who was stationed in Suez with his father since he was a child. In the process of Ma Huan's construction of the Suez Canal, he also played an active role.

Because he has been developing overseas since he was young, he has a wealth of diplomatic experience and vision.

At the age of sixty-four, Ma Huan told Zhu Zhanji to return to his hometown, and Zhu Zhanji promoted him to the Duke of the Red Sea, and the family inherited the Red Sea, and only surrendered after three generations to show his praise.

When Ma Huan passed away in the twenty-sixth year of orthodoxy, Ma Huan's eldest son had died early, and left no descendants, the second son, and the third son were all concubines, so the youngest Ma Sui inherited the title.

After returning to China after 19 years of orthodoxy, Ma Suizai entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and quickly showed his talent in the field of diplomacy.

In the 32nd year of orthodoxy, the original foreign minister Chen Cheng passed away at a high age of 80, and Ma Sui was appointed by Zhu Zhanji as the new foreign minister with an absolute advantage.

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has made great achievements in the field of diplomacy, and the countries of the South Seas and the Western Regions have obeyed the words of the Ming Dynasty, and Ma Sui's contributions cannot be obliterated.

Therefore, although Huang Ting is Huang Yuan's son and Zhu Zhanji's son-in-law, Ma Sui's position as foreign minister is still as stable as Mount Tai.

Huang Ting reported to Zhu Zhanji on the achievements of his work in Europe this time, and also made a detailed analysis of the relationship between the Ottomans and Europe.

Because of the appearance of muskets, the originally invincible Ottomans did not have much advantage in facing Europe in this time and space.

However, they still occupy Constantinople, only slightly at a disadvantage.

The Europeans are not evenly matched, and the threat to them from the Ming is too great, and they do not have the idea of fighting with the Ottomans, and they currently maintain a delicate balance.

After mentioning the plan to use Monte as a dark line to enter the upper class of Europe, Zhu Zhanji expressed his appreciation for this plan.

He also promised that if Monte really made a big contribution, he would not skimp on an official knighthood.

In the end, he said to Ma Sui: "Zheng Hong's incident, although it failed, also highlighted the shortcomings of some of the imperial court's policies towards the border passes. I am interested in changing the current system of succession to titles, and titles can be inherited, but in the future titles will be separated from titles.

This system will touch the interests of local border families and will not be conducive to stability. Therefore, in the future, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should strengthen its interference in the border areas of tribes and countries to maintain stability in various areas. ”

As a veteran diplomat, Ma certainly understands what Zhu Zhanji's worries are.

Just like the Hanzhong area, although it is now the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the total population of the Ming Dynasty there is only one million.

These people are not as good as a large local tribe, such as Turpan, which currently has a population of one million. The descendants of the Mongol Yuan people also exceeded five million, the Uzbeks had a total population of eight million, and the Persians had more ethnic groups.

These people have a deep relationship with the Zheng family, the Zheng family is unstable, although they dare not rebel directly, but they will inevitably play some small actions behind their backs.

Ma Sui nodded and said, "Since the trade of the Internal Affairs Office directly stuck their throats, the minister did not make too much layout to the Hezhong region in the past. If the minister wants to strengthen his interference, he hopes to get the assistance of the Marquis of Ningyang. ”

"Quasi-play."

Chen Run, Marquis of Ningyang, is the second son of Chen Mao, Zhu Zhanji's former commander of the Young Army, and is married to Zhu Zhanji's eldest daughter Zhu Xue.

His elder brother Chen Sheng fell from a hunt and became crippled, and had no descendants, and Chen Run inherited the title of Marquis of Ningyang after Chen Mao's death.

Chen Sheng was originally trained by Chen Mao as a military general, and Chen Run took the path of Wenchen, and in the six years of orthodoxy, he also won the second-class jinshi.

After becoming the lieutenant of the horse, he was arranged by Zhu Zhanji into the internal affairs office, which had just been established at that time. At that time, the number of internal supervisors was still large, and the internal affairs offices of civil officials were far less than those of entrenched internal prisons.

Chen Run was unhappy at first, but after Zhu Zhanji did not increase the number of internal prisoners, most of the internal prisoners gradually grew old and died, and the civil officials took charge of the internal affairs office, and the power in Chen Run's hands became bigger and bigger.

Now he is the great steward of the royal family, and he has more wealth in charge than the household department.

In addition to funds, he is also in charge of the largest yamen internal affairs office in the Ming Dynasty, with more than 50,000 official officials and more than 100,000 households.

Ma bowed and saluted, and was just about to speak, but he heard Li Liang at the gate of the hall say in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty,...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in good health......"

Ma Sui only felt a roar in his ears, and turned his head regardless of etiquette, and the thin Li Liang hurriedly ran in, looking panicked.

Zhu Zhanji on the dragon chair was still very calm, and said coldly: "What's the situation?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince woke up a little unhappy this morning, and after breakfast, he went back to his room and lay down, but just now the chamberlain found out that he was in a coma, and now the imperial doctor is treating ......"

Zhu Zhanji said: "What are you still treating in the palace, send it to the hospital quickly." ”

Zhu Jianshen, who was sitting on Zhu Zhanji's knees, stood up at this time and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Imperial ancestor, grandson begs to escort my father to the hospital. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "Whenever there is a big event, there is calm, don't mess up." Go for it......"

When such a thing happened, Zhu Zhanji lost interest in discussing the matter, and sent Ma Sui and Huang Ting out. "Tomorrow Zheng Hong will be escorted to Beijing, and you will also participate in the public trial of him, and learn more about the situation in the Western Regions from him. It's time for the Western Regions to change. ”

In order to resist the invasion of the Green Religion, Zhu Zhanji has spared no effort in supporting Buddhism in the Western Regions over the years.

However, there are few Mengyuan people, and many of them have already believed in the Green Religion, so even if the imperial court supports them, they are still lagging behind.

And the environment here is complicated, the ethnicity is complicated, and Zhu Zhanji has not gone all out to suppress the Green Sect, and now it seems that this is his mistake.

In the early years, he should have carried out religious suppression without any worries, as he did in the Nanyang region.

In the South Seas, from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, from Luzon to Sulu. From Borneo to Java, Zhu Zhanji has been implementing a hard-line ethnic policy over the years.

Since the founding of the Shinrikyo in the first year of orthodoxy, Zhu Zhanji regarded the three religions of Shinrikyo and Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism as sects approved by the Ming Dynasty, and all other sects belonged to cults.

When this decree was promulgated, Zhu Zhanji was on guard against the Hui people in the northwest, and the armies in the northwest were on high alert.

However, Tibet became a tool in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and under the influence of Chen Xuan, the then foreign minister, the vassal kings of Tibet and the followers of Tibetan Buddhism greatly deterred the few believers of the Green Religion from the southwest.

Most of them have converted to other denominations or become unbelievers. Some diehards, however, had to move westward to the riverside under the control of the army.

At that time, in order not to exacerbate the contradictions, Zhu Zhanji let them survive there.

But in the South Sea, because of the separation of islands, Zhu Zhanji did not have so many worries.

All the people who do not learn the Ming language and do not abandon the belief in the Green Religion will be driven away, and those who do not leave will be killed. First the Malay Peninsula, then Sumatra, Borneo.

Although the three kings of Sulu believed in the Green Religion, after the imperial decree was issued, they demolished the mosques in various places and turned to Shinrikyo.

There are not without diehards, such as Sharif Ali, the king of the country of Bo Ni, and Muzafarsa, the lord of Malacca.

Muzafarza, weakened, abdicated the throne and retreated to Majapahit, where the island of Java was the only place where Juzhanji allowed the Green Cultists to survive.

Before Sharif Ali became the ruler of the country of Boni, he was originally a missionary, but because of his outstanding ability, he was favored by Ahmad and chose him as his son-in-law.

Although he married a princess with Han Chinese blood, he believed in the Green Religion, and in the face of the decree of the imperial court, he organized a large number of believers to fight.

Zhu Zhanji was already salivating over the Bo Ni country, which looked poor, but there was abundant oil underground, and it was also a high-quality light oil.

The entire Borneo has been identified by Zhu Zhanji as a pasture for the trade of living creatures between the East and the West, and it is rich in minerals, so he took this opportunity to directly capture the Boni country.

Sharif Ali struggled in the jungle for three years, but was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.

Since then, the Bo Ni Kingdom has removed the green sect elements and has become the sole family of the descendants of the Huang Senping family.

The Nanyang region is easy to do, because the Ming fleet controls the sea area, so it is difficult for anyone to escape, and they can only follow the will of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Western Regions region is vast, people can move anywhere, and the population is large, so Zhu Zhanji slowly planned it.

Now it seems that just because Zheng Hong has the courage to be self-reliant, he can know what the atmosphere over there is. Without the support of those tribes, he would not dare to stand on his own feet even if he was crazy.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji feels that it is not advisable to blindly be gentle.

Although Ma Sui is of Hui descent, he is a Han ist. He immediately said: "Your Majesty is merciful and can't bear to see each other with swords and guns, but in the opinion of Yichen, only blood can make those diehards wake up." ”

It is not surprising that Ma Sui was so radical, because many Han Chinese did not care about these bloodlines, and those naturalized aliens, in order to prove their loyalty, were even more extreme.

Just like the Ming Dynasty, there are now many naturalized people from the Western Regions, Korea, and Dongying. They attach more importance to the integration of bloodlines than the Han people, and the children of the family must marry and marry daughters, all of whom must be Han Chinese, so that after a few generations, there will be more Han blood.

In addition to these aspects, they have also become more aggressive in their tactics against the aliens, as if otherwise they would not be able to show their loyalty and determination to break with the past.

Ma Sui grew up in Suez as a child, and was well aware of the ethnic contradictions in various parts of West Asia, and did not have the slightest good impression of those "clansmen" who believed in the Green Religion.

In his view, only the Ming Dynasty is a truly civilized country, and those backward nations and countries should disappear.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "When the army moves, it is the people's fat and people's ointment. If you can solve the problem without fighting, it is better not to fight. ”

Ma Sui said disapprovingly: "When all the troops in the river are redressed and there are repeating guns, even if the army in the river is less than 200,000, as long as the Uzbeks are encircled, those stubborn Persians can be wiped out." ”

Zhu Zhanji said noncommittally: "Then it depends on the results of your Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

After they had retreated, Zhu Zhanji was to receive the lord of the kingdom of Mara, Alamba.

The country of Mara is the future Nepal, which is the birthplace of Buddhism, but because of its close proximity to Indian countries, it has been bullied by various small Indian countries that believe in Hinduism.

Because of the preservation of the Ming Dynasty, they were able to avoid the encroachment of Indian countries, and now they are the loyal little brothers of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Yalamba entered the main hall, before he had time to bow down, an attendant ran to the door of the main hall out of breath and said loudly: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has returned to heaven!" ”