"Your Highness, the old slave thinks that it is better to leave the Ming Dynasty and start teaching the soldiers to read and write. If you don't leave Daming and start teaching, your majesty will know about it, and it will be easy to make trouble. ”

Zhu Zhanji held three thin booklets in his hand, one of which was 300,000 for literacy. The three-character classic, the hundred family names and the thousand-character text are the most basic literacy books of this era.

In the era when there was no pinyin, literacy could only be solved by relying on the methods left by the ancestors. In the process of learning, I also learned about the essence of the long history and culture.

Zhu Zhanji also thought about making Chinese pinyin, but Zhu Zhanji didn't know about the roots, finals, and initials, so how could he systematically sort out the education methods? So he just thought about it and gave up on the idea.

One is mathematics, from one plus one to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then to two-dimensional one-dimensional equations. The Arabic alphabet has been applied to the book, both in English and Latin.

This era was not as closed as later generations thought, and in the coastal zone, Arabic numerals and Latin alphabets had been used since the Song Dynasty, but they were not popularized.

Soldiers use sextants to test their bearings and map mapping, all of which require basic mathematical knowledge. Relying on more than a thousand young soldiers, this task will take too long to complete.

There is also a book on physical geography, which is mainly a description of the whole world, and in the book, it is clearly stated that people live on a single ball, and that the area of the ocean is much larger than that of the land.

This book mainly talks about the formation of wind, clouds, thunder and lightning, as well as the distribution of mountains, rivers and landforms, etc., which can be regarded as a scientific summary of the natural basic knowledge of the whole world.

The contents of these three books are not deviant, but teaching the little soldiers to read is too deviant.

Whether it is Wenchen or Zhu Di, he will not be too supportive. Because the basic structure of the whole society is the peasants, businessmen, and soldiers, and there are clear classes, Zhu Zhanji's move is to break this class, which is very dangerous for those with vested interests.

It is still the basic argument of the day that the people can make it happen, but they cannot make it known. But Zhu Zhanji decided to go his own way and promote literacy in the fleet.

Because literacy and learning are important ways to promote elite soldiers and strong generals in the future.

How many people does the Ming need to occupy most of the world? At today's level of fighting, 10 million people are not enough.

But the entire Ming Dynasty is only 50 million people, so this is basically impossible.

Now the Ming Dynasty has less than three million soldiers, and the country's finances are a little struggling.

Putting down the book in his hand, Zhu Zhanji pondered for a while before saying: "Then when you leave Quanzhou, you will start to promote literacy education in the army." Director Zheng, this matter should be included in the soldier assessment, and each soldier must learn at least three or five words a day, and if he fails to complete the task, he will be punished by training. You are to make a detailed plan of this, so that by the time we return, all the soldiers will be able to write to their families. ”

Zheng He said to Zhu Zhen, the chief sailor, and Xue Lu, the chief soldier of the Marine Corps: "Life at sea is lonely, and the first few times I went to sea, every time a soldier went crazy because of the monotonous life. Even if I vigorously promote mahjong in the army, it only plays a part-part role. It's a good idea for the fighters to learn to read, they have something to do every day and they don't think about it. ”

Zhu Zhen had also been to the sea twice and knew about these things, but Xue Lu was a little anxious and looked at Zhu Zhanji with some bitterness. "Your Highness, the old minister doesn't need to learn this anymore, right?"

When Xue Lu was young, he was not a big character, but the more he became an official, the more he became an official, and it was not good to be illiterate.

To be a general in this era, even if you are illiterate, you must have all kinds of experience in marching and fighting, be able to identify the direction of the wind, understand basic common sense, and be able to march and arrange formations.

Xue Lu's original name was Xue Liu, and he later learned to read and write, so he changed his name to Xue Lu. When he was young, in order to be a general, he couldn't do it without studying, but now that he has lived for most of his life, he feels hard to let him learn alphabet and mathematics.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Yangwu Hou, Li Guang is difficult to seal, what is the main reason? In several battles, he got lost, and even the march went in the wrong direction, do you think he is a qualified general? In the future, the Ming army will develop Nanzhou, Dongzhou, especially Dongzhou, which is more than twice as large as the Ming Dynasty, how do you ensure that the marching route is correct? ”

Xue Lu wanted to say that his subordinates would be fine, but he couldn't say it in the face of Zhu Zhanji.

He was literate, he could read maps, and now he only needed to learn the alphabet and mathematics, which he learned slowly, but he didn't think the task was difficult.

Seeing that Xue Lu acquiesced, Zhu Zhanji said: "Now discuss the next issue, that is, to carry out various competitive activities among soldiers. In addition to studying, drilling, and playing cards in their leisure time, soldiers should also promote a series of competitive activities to increase the fun of life. ”

Zheng He, Wang Jinghong, and Zhu Zhen unanimously agreed with this. I thought they had seen many examples of soldiers going crazy, and every time they went to sea, dozens of people jumped into the sea and drowned because they couldn't bear the monotony of life at sea.

Xue Lu was energetic now, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the ship is too small, otherwise the football invented by His Highness can be used in various games." ”

Kemari has been around for a long time, but it is more like synchronized football than the football of later generations.

Zhu Zhanji was also a football lover in his previous life, and he also bought Atletico Madrid and became the owner of the club. He was proficient in the rules of football, so he directly took out the rules of football in later generations and formed a football team in the army.

This kind of competition, technical type, including tactics, is very important in this kind of game that can play 22 people at a time, so after each team is familiar with the rules of football, it quickly spreads among the army.

"Formal venues are not good, small ones can be organized. There are also martial arts, wrestling, shooting, knife formation, spear formation, etc., all of which can be competed. Each contest is staggered, and the top few can receive rewards of varying value. Huang Shoubei, this matter ...... Forget it, you're too busy, change ......"

Wang Jinghong took the initiative to ask: "Your Highness, the ministers don't have many affairs now, so leave this matter to me!" ”

Subsequently, they discussed some arrangements to make the soldiers' journey fulfilling, and the morale of the soldiers was a very important thing to maintain during such a long journey.

Subsequently, Zhu Zhanji took a herald ship and personally went to the reserve boat to inspect the logistical supply.

With a fleet of 100,000 people, there are dozens of ships that transport live pigs and live sheep alone, and there are tens of thousands of pigs and sheep fed in them, and there are countless chickens and ducks.

The supply of meat is easy to solve, but the most difficult thing to solve is vegetables.

It was winter when they departed, and of course there would not be too many vegetables in this season, so the ship's vegetable reserves were mainly dried vegetables.

Aside from dried vegetables, the only vegetables are bean sprouts.

The history of bean sprouts in China is definitely more than 2,000 years, and it is impossible to study when they appeared, anyway, there were bean sprouts before the Spring and Autumn Period.

For thousands of years, bean sprouts have become an indispensable dish in the daily life of ordinary people, and there is also a set of mature means for cultivating bean sprouts.

From the first voyage to the West, Zheng He's fleet had special logistics ships responsible for cultivating bean sprouts.

In the vast sea, there are times when you can't eat vegetables for months. Westerners can't grow sprouts, don't have vegetables to eat, and can't supplement vitamin C, so their crews will suffer from scurvy.

But there has been almost no such situation in the Ming fleet, and this is mainly due to the bean sprouts.

Of course, the Age of Discovery has not yet begun, and Westerners will never have this opportunity again.

After some inspection, Zhu Zhanji also witnessed the situation of the entire fleet with his own eyes, and he had a good idea in his heart. Next, there is no need for him to do everything himself.

In fact, he also knew that some subordinates thought that his grandson had lost his identity by personally entering the stinky breeding boat, food boat, and water purification boat to inspect it.

But for him, he has to be aware of all the circumstances in order to feel at ease.

returned to his flagship and sent everyone to change clothes, today is the day when he is promoted to a concubine again, and these close subordinates also come back one by one to join in the fun.

In the cabin, the chamberlains used the red silk of the ceremonial guard prepared on the ship to decorate it into the appearance of a new room. No matter how simple the ritual is, it must be done once, otherwise, it will not be so easy to serve the jade plate.

Unless she is a princess of a country like Kazuko and Sadako, for political purposes, the name will be recorded in the family tree.

The Shen family is just an ordinary folk girl, no matter how beautiful she is, it is even more difficult to be recorded in the family tree without reporting in advance, after the ceremony of the Ministry of Rites.

Since Zhu Zhanji took a fancy to her beauty, of course, it was not far away for her to keep her in the palace without a name for the rest of her life. Such a concubine is not as good as a female official, and she has no power to have children.

However, Zhu Zhanji will not let the Shen family have a child at this time, with Liu Chenghui by his side, it is good to give her short-term contraceptives on time first.

There are all kinds of drugs and contraceptive drugs in the palace, and contraceptive pills are divided into long-term and short-term, and the short-term should be taken once a month, and you will not get pregnant.

As for the long-term, it is the medicine of the tiger and wolf, and after taking it, it loses its role as a mother.

After Shen got on the ship, he was arranged to have a separate cabin, and there was only one set of Ma Xin's cabin separated from Zhu Zhanji's cabin.

Although she had a brief period of seasickness after getting on the boat, she was able to adapt the next day, much to everyone's surprise. I didn't expect her to look weak, but her foundation is quite good.

Zhu Zhanji sent Jinyiwei to secretly investigate the news about her, and when they arrived in Quanzhou, there should be news.

If she was just trained by the attendants to serve people, it would be fine, but if she was trained to be a spy by the attendants, then Sun Lin and Yu Xian should be executed.

However, this is unlikely, because Sun Lin is from the Jin Kuo family, and their relationship with Yu Xian is in a state of mutual cooperation and competition.

If there is a conspiracy, the two sides will not work together. Since they are cooperating, they are looking at Zhu Zhanji's hobbies, and they are simply doing what they like.

No matter what the purpose is, Zhu Zhanji is also ready to eat her first, if there is no problem, he should raise a pleasing flower, if there is a problem, Zhu Zhanji will not pity the jade.

This night, hand in hand into the orchid room, remove red makeup, and go to the jade bed. The belly is next to each other, and the legs are next to each other. is a good man, smacking me, the two breasts are crispy and numb.

is ruthless, and is willing to entrust her daughter to the fullest. endured the pain, but couldn't bear the itching, and arched the waist, the hips leaned up, and the spiritual root was cool all around.

Just like that: pink butterflies and flowers, mandarin ducks playing in the water, and red waves in the brocade quilt.

The lilac tongue spits out the honey, and the willow waist swings the clouds and sideburns; Whispered: Don't be too crazy, from now on, the goose yellow will fade, and the tender stamen will be endowed with a lover.

Forget the oath of the mountains and the sea, don't miss the moonlit flower window; is still a cut sound, extinguishing the candle without light, and secretly crossing into the Chen Cang.

Mandarin ducks and phoenix pillows, a blind date overnight. Ouch! How can I Lang, so crazy and smashing, I have to fight but my daughter's weak body to block.

For a while, the eyebrows and eyes were slanted; For a moment, the soul is scattered; Indescribable pain, inexplicable itch. A little scarlet, flakes of white pulp; The crotch is drenched, so I am not ashamed.

It's soft, it's drowsy, and I can't think about it. Yaoooo is a merry greedy flower man, and he still refuses to let his slave body go. Check it out! Already: smoke across the bamboo, the moon oblique corridor, the rooster crows all over the head, alas! The real one is: the night is short and the love is long.

Looking forward to it, the moon is on the east mountain, and then look at the flower window.

(Copyed, embarrassed.) ）

On this day, I arrived at Quanzhou Bay, and the bay was densely packed with large and small fortune ships and treasure ships, and I really couldn't see the edge at a glance.

The flagship, flying the dragon flag, under the guidance of a small boat, passed through a sea channel dozens of miles long, and on both sides of the channel were the fleets of the Ming Dynasty waiting to be paraded.

Everywhere Zhu Zhanji's flagship passed, the cheers of the soldiers could be faintly heard.

Zhu Zhanji stood on the bow of the ship with a telescope in his hand, and saw those cheering soldiers, and every time he waved in response, he could see them responding with a military salute.

Seeing this endless maritime city, Zhu Zhanji's heart was full of endless pride.

This era is the era that belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

When the flagship arrived at Quanzhou Port, countless people could be seen kneeling on the shore.

Although Quanzhou is a large port in the south, it has gradually declined since Zhu Yuanzhang's sea ban. The people who migrated back from the east had many contradictions with the local people, and the former largest port in the south and the richest Shangfu were now a big pit that officials feared when they heard about it.

But that's all changed since last year.

First of all, since the summer, the internal supervision has sent a large number of purchasing envoys to buy materials near Quanzhou, and the shipyard, which was originally closed, is now reopened.

Although the imperial court did not have the will to lift the sea ban, there are various signs that the sea ban has existed in name only.

Although those private maritime merchants could not go directly to the sea, they were able to sell their goods to the internal supervisors at a reasonable price and earn a certain profit, and this place gradually became the commercial center of the south.

After Zhu Zhanji returned from the Eastern Expedition, he relocated nearly 100,000 people to Dongfan Island in the name of conscription, and this move greatly alleviated the contradictions among the local people.

In the eyes of the people of Quanzhou, everything is developing in a good direction.

When the people learned that the grandson would go to sea in person and stay in Quanzhou, they spontaneously came to both sides of the Jinjiang River to welcome the grandson.

Although Quanzhou has been rich for hundreds of years, because it is far away from the Central Plains, the royal family of all dynasties has never been to Quanzhou.

In history, only the clan of the Southern Song Dynasty fled here, but was killed by Pu Shougeng at once.

This is the black history of Quanzhou.

Because of this matter, when Chao Taizu ascended the throne, Pu Shougeng, who had been dead for decades, dug up the corpse and whipped the corpse, and punished his descendants to be slaves and prostitutes forever.

But this cruel matter, the people of Quanzhou did not scold Zhu Yuanzhang, but also praised him for doing the right thing, doing a good job, and being very happy.

Because this Pu Shougeng, including the Pu family, is really hateful.

The ancestors of the Pu family were the maritime merchants of the Western Regions (Arabia) who settled in Champa (Vietnam) in the 10th century AD during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. After making money from trade, they moved to Guangzhou after the founding of the Song Dynasty, where they ran merchant ships and became the richest people in the world.

At the beginning of the thirteenth century, during the reign of Song Ningzong, in the tenth year of Jiading, the whole Pu family moved from Guangzhou to Quanzhou, the largest port at that time. Pu Shougeng's father, Pu Kaizong, also served as the chief secretary of Anxi County, and was awarded the official title of "Chengjielang" by the Southern Song Dynasty court for his meritorious trade.

In the tenth year of Xianchun, the Haikou attacked Quanzhou, and the officers and soldiers were powerless. In order to protect the huge interests of the family, Pu Shougeng and his brother Pu Shouchen relied on their powerful sea power to help Guanxian repel it, and awarded the Fujian pacification envoy and coastal capital control envoy (collectively known as the Fujian pacification coastal capital control envoy) to pacify the military and civil affairs along the way, and took charge of the important posts of Fujian military affairs and civil affairs. He commands coastal defense and has a lot of power.

Pu Shou Geng is also an official and a businessman, and the integration of government and business, can rely on power to carry out the spice trade on a larger scale, and can grab profits and increase wealth through various "legal" means.

The fleet of the Pu family is getting bigger and bigger, with a maximum of more than a thousand sea vessels. At the end of the Song Dynasty, he monopolized the overseas trade of Quanzhou spices for nearly 30 years.

The combination of illustrious power and great maritime prowess made Pu a pivotal figure during the Song, Yuan, and Ding Revolutions. Therefore, in the first year of Jingyan, Pu Shougeng was appointed as the envoy of Fujian and Guangzhao, and the general seaport. It is also the main market.

However, at the time of the southern invasion of the Meng and Yuan dynasties, the Pu family, who was deeply favored by the Song court, began to vigorously accept the Song court clan, but later dealt a heavy blow to the Song court.

In the third year of the establishment of Song Gaozong, more than 300 children of Zhao and Song Sects moved to Quanzhou with the Zhengsi of Nanwai Sect, and multiplied here. By the end of the Song Dynasty, the number of clan members had reached more than 3,000.

In February of the second year of Deyou, the Yuan army moved south and surrounded Lin'an.

In March of the same year, Yuan Prime Minister Boyan fell into Lin'an, Emperor Gong surrendered, and the Southern Song Dynasty actually perished. The remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty entered Fujian with Emperor Gong's brother Zhao Yu in an attempt to recover. In May of the same year, Zhao Yu set up another imperial court in Fuzhou, which was Duanzong and was named the first year of Jingyan.

In November of the same year, Yuan soldiers entered Fujian from Zhejiang. In order to avoid the Yuan army, Chen Yizhong of the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhang Shijie of Shaobao led 100,000 boats, and served Zhao Yu of Duanzong of the Song Dynasty, Wei Wang, Yang Taifei, etc., from Fuzhou to Fashixia Village, the southern suburb of Quanzhou City, "wanting to be the capital of Quanzhou".

The Song family hoped to get the help of Pu Shou Geng, in order to continue to persist in resisting the Yuan in the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangzhou, and Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie and others in the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, arrived in Quanzhou with two baby emperors Duanzong and young masters, Zhao Cheng led the remnants to retreat to the Fashi Village outside Quanzhou, and the children of the Zhao Song clan here planned to receive them, but Pu Shou Geng refused to support the Song army, but closed the door and refused to order, and forbade the Song army to enter Quanzhou.

In fact, at this time, Yuan Prime Minister Boyan led his army to the south and secretly sent people to recruit An, and Pu Shougeng formally formed an alliance with the Yuan Dynasty forces in December.

However, the Song army did not know, and when he saw that Pu Shougeng refused to accept it, he used the military resources of the ship as an excuse to forcibly requisition Pu Shougeng's merchant ships when Zhang Shijie fled, and used violence to directly confiscate his family property to replenish military funds, and robbed more than 400 Pu's sea ships anchored in the Fashi area.

Pu Shougeng was furious, and spread his anger on the Southern Song Dynasty sect who settled in Quanzhou, and killed all the three thousand Zhao and Song clansmen in Quanzhou.

Later, Pu Shougeng cooperated with the Yuan Dynasty army to attack Guangzhou, and fought the famous Battle of Yashan in the Yamen area of Jiangmen, Guangdong. In this naval battle, the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty were wiped out, Lu Xiufu committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea with his young master on his back, and many loyal ministers and people loyal to the Great Song Dynasty also jumped into the sea and died one after another, a total of about 100,000 people!

And Meng Yuan's navy was mainly composed of sea ships provided by Pu Shougeng, so they could be regarded as the culprits of the fall of the Song Dynasty.

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shizu awarded Pu Shougeng as the general of Zhaoyong, the governor of Fujian and Guangzhou, and the envoy of the army and horses, and promoted the ship of Guangdong City, Fujian.

In the fourteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, General Zhaoyong entered, Fujian and Guangdu promoted the affairs of Guangdong City, Fujian, changed the town to the general of the country, and participated in political affairs. Parallel Jiangxi Provincial Affairs. In March of the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Pu Shou Geng Xingzhongshu was promoted to save trouble in Fuzhou and pacify the coastal counties.

As a Semu people, the development of the Pu family in the land of the East is unprecedented and unprecedented, even if it is the later British, the Jews are not comparable.

But if they do such a hurtful thing, they will definitely not end well. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he uprooted the family and dug him up after decades of death and whipped his body.

Until now, there are still a large number of descendants of the Semu people living in Quanzhou.

Zhu Zhanji also knows that Quanzhou's commerce and trade are thriving today, and they are the happiest people, because they are an important part of Quanzhou's commerce and trade.

He hadn't figured out what to do with these people, saying that they were from the Western Regions, and they had been living in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. It is said that they are Ming people, but they still follow the green culture and do not regard themselves as a real Ming people.

Because of the nearly 100-year occupation of Mengyuan, there are still many such people in today's Daming, all over the Ming Dynasty.

Including the one standing next to him now, he was one of them.

After years of contact, Zhu Zhanji knew that Zheng He was a pan-patriot. He is peaceful and respectful of Han culture, but in his heart, he is still close to his fellow people.

His loyalty to Daming is because he was castrated at the age of ten and came to Zhu Di's side at the age of twelve, and Zhu Di raised him like a father.

He is actually not loyal to Daming, he is just loyal to Zhu Di.

Seeing the welcoming crowds on both sides of the river, Zheng He sighed and said: "Your Highness, the most exciting thing about this trip is these ordinary people, seeing that they all kneel spontaneously to greet them, you know that they worship the emperor." I've been here four times before, but I've never encountered anything like it. ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji knew that he was stained with the light of royal status, so he nodded with a smile. "The people's hearts are available, ......"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was in a good mood, Zheng He Changyi said: "There are two things I want to ask His Highness for permission. ”

"Tell me about it."

"First, the ministers asked for an edict like His Majesty before leaving, and appointed Pu Rihe, a descendant of the Pu family, as a general matter, because he was afraid that His Highness would not allow it, so he only spoke to His Highness now."

Zhu Zhanji was furious in his heart, Zheng He knew that he was a tough hawk, so he actually cut first and then played, which really touched his bottom line.

He looked down at Zheng He, who was bowing for a long time, and asked calmly, "Why does it have to be him?" ”

"Your Highness, the subordinate is by no means a poor Pu family, but decades have passed, and the current descendants of the Pu family are innocent. This time, they concentrated the strength of the Semu people and borrowed one million taels of silver tea and celadon from the inner prison, which was also an act of atonement. ”

"No! What's the second thing? ”

"Your Highness......" Zheng He raised his head and glanced at Zhu Zhanji earnestly, and when he saw Zhu Zhanji's cold eyes, his heart was half cold. However, he still said: "This Pu family also has branches in the heavens, and it is really the arm of my Ming power to spread to the west......

(This chapter has two ancient passages and some introductions, so it's a few hundred words more.) ）