CHAPTER XLVII
Zhu Di then asked, "I want to know what the name of that gunboat is, and then where is this homeless shelter built, and why is it built there?" ”
Wang Wenle told Zhu Di Taizu that his old man said that the ship would be called the Galen ship in later generations, but Taizu thought that the Galen ship and the fortune ship of my Ming Dynasty had their own advantages, so he took the Galen ship a hundred years later as a reference, combined with the existing fortune ship, Guangzhou ship and bird ship of our Ming Dynasty to develop three new types of small double-deck ships of our Ming Dynasty, 24 guns for gunboats, 16 guns for clippers, and 12 guns for merchant ships, and then developed medium and large ships as prototypes. As for the new name of the ship, it's up to you to decide Zhu Di. The reason for the military base to be built in Tuanang, Hoa Chau, Hue Province, Cochin is because it is a good port for large ships, and the abundant iron ploughwood is the best wood for shipbuilding, and it is a land of fish and rice.
Zhu Di instructed Wang Zhong to get the map of Jiaozhi, and Wang Wenle found Tuao Nang on the map and told Zhu Di Taizu that his old man said that the port here is wide and deep, and there is a peninsula in the northeast that is connected to the land to form a natural wave-proof barrier. Sixty miles further south is Hoi An, which has been a trading port for hundreds of years, so Tuobang is a military port, Hoi An is a trading port, and then considering other advantages of this place, it is the first choice for Taizu.
Zhu Di is a strategic master, of course he understands Taizu's intentions, and immediately nodded and agreed: "If this is the case, I will divide this Jiaozhi into two, and the north is still the political envoy of Jiaozhi, and then I will be directly under the jurisdiction of Nghe An, Yanzhou, Tan Binh, Hue, and Shenghua, and I will be directly under the jurisdiction of Chengtianfu, and I will expand Shengzhou to the north to Tuanang, and change Shengzhou to Zhili Prefecture, which will be directly taken over by the Economic Strategy Division, and in the name of relocating the displaced people and refugees of my Ming Dynasty, the sign of the Economic Strategy Division will be hung up to implement military management. After Shengzhou is taken over by the Jinglu Division, I will all transfer the guards defending the city to Yanzhou and Yizhou in the north, and in the future, the southern border line bordering Champong will be defended by the Jinglu Division, and I will be responsible for defending the northern part of Chengtianfu, so that I don't need to send an additional soldier to the north, as long as you move fast enough, I will have available soldiers, and I don't need to increase any burden on my Ming Dynasty.
Of course, if the rebellion in Jiaozhi goes smoothly, there will naturally be no danger in the north, so no matter what the war in Jiaozhi is, the Economic Strategy Division only needs to develop production and military affairs with peace of mind, until the entire Zhili Chengtianfu is taken over. If the war in Jiaozhi still cannot be quelled at this time, the Department of Economic Strategy will send troops to the north and south to fight to quell the war, and after the war is quelled, I will withdraw all the officials and sergeants of Jiaozhi, and after the merger of the Political Envoy Division of Jiaozhi Chengxuan and Zhili Chengtianfu, it will be changed to the Jiaozhi Propaganda Division, and after the boundary survey, it will be handed over to the direct jurisdiction of the Department of Economic Strategy. After giving up Cochin, I wondered if if the ministers would rejoice in chanting that I would be the Holy Monarch if I did.
In the future, all trade, diplomacy, military and other matters belonging to the countries of the South China Sea will be decided by the Economic Strategy Division on its own, and I believe that Taizu will do better than me. Again, I don't care about just asking. Wang Zhong, open the map of foreign countries drawn by Zheng He when he went to sea. ”
Wang Zhong hurriedly opened the curtain on the wall, and a huge map appeared in front of them.
Zhu Di raised his head and slowly walked towards the map, Wang Wenle followed, Zhu Di said while looking at the map: "This world is so big, it is unimaginable, if it weren't for Zheng He going to sea and I to draw this sea map, I would never be far away from knowing that there are so many countries and vast places outside my Ming Dynasty." Although Taizu has told me that there are Taixi countries in the far west, and after a few hundred years, they will surpass our Chinese culture strongly, but I and Taizu both know that if I want the Ming Dynasty to have a long life, it is not by force that depends on the way of governing the country, and that my Chinese governance has been the sole respect for Confucianism after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it has been more than 1,500 years after several dynasties, and it has been proved that it is not possible to rule for 10,000 years with Confucianism, so I don't believe that I can be an exception to the Ming Dynasty, and I can't live long live, nor can I escape death...... Well...... Did Taizu say that without Taizu's longevity, I would still be able to live for a few years? ”
"Taizu, his old man said that it was the twenty-second year of Yongle." Wang Wenle replied solemnly.
Zhu Di nodded and said: "This year is only six years from the sixteenth year of Yongle to the twenty-second year of Yongle, what can you do in these six years?" I can conquer Mobei three times at most, and let Zheng He go to sea two more times, through Taizu's current practice, some of the current practices are completely bypassing the ministers in the court and doing it secretly, what does this mean? The idea of R-school is already hindering the development and progress of new things, and even the emperor is powerless to compromise with it, at least in terms of statecraft, which I believe is already behind the current era.
I've thought about it for a long time and now I've figured it out, this Ming belongs to the old Zhu family, and it is also a courtier, and it is also the common people in the world. This way of governing the country, must first enrich the people, if you want to enrich the people, you must be heavy on agriculture, industry and commerce, the army, the era of the emperor and the scholars ruling the world together has ended, but I don't have so much time to change, I repair the Yongle Canon is actually to collect the book of the hundred schools of thought for future generations to find a new way of governing the country, I have tried my best, how can this thousands of years of thinking be reversed by the power of me alone, why don't I like Gao Chi, although he has already read the R family classics all over the time, but what is the use of this, is not a king of success, just like the former Song Dynasty, passed down from generation to generation, from generation to generation, and finally lost the country, this early and late loss is not fifty steps and a hundred steps, not losing is the real way to govern the country.
Therefore, I also have a new understanding of this loyal monarch and patriotism, before I thought that the king is higher than the country, and the death of the king will destroy the country; But now I think that patriotism is higher than loyalty to the king, my subjects can be disloyal to me, but not to be loyal to the country, now I am the country, as long as I am loyal to the Ming, that is, loyal to the people and good people, the death of the king will be the country. In fact, there are so many subjects who are not loyal to me that I used to want to kill them all to relieve my hatred, but now when I hear this, my heart is like water, and I am not shocked, as long as what they do is good for the country and the people, even if it is not good for me, they are still loyal servants of my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this R study is a study of loyalty, it is not a patriotic study, so there is a R study that will exist forever and the country will not exist.
I also realized this truth from the words you conveyed to Taizu, I have the method of longevity of Taizu, and I follow Taizu's instructions, and I feel that my body is much better than before after recuperating with peace of mind. What I can do now is to do my best to help Taizu eliminate the hidden dangers at sea for my Ming Dynasty, and I and the young master will do their best to eliminate the troubles of Mobei, as for the court, let the ministers and the prince worry about it, I pin the hope of the Ming Dynasty on Zhanji, if I can live to see how Zhanji governs the country, how good it would be! ”
"Taizu said that the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, if one day the emperor figured it out, put himself on top of all this, and watch everything that happened after this, just like when the emperor was in trouble, although he didn't know how it would end, but in the end it was as the emperor wanted, and if he obeyed the mandate of heaven, he could change his life against the sky, and this heavenly way is also, and now Taizu does everything like this, but at this time, the emperor sees it, and Taizu does." Wang Wenle replied cautiously.
"Well, that's a good point, instead of dying in six years, I'd better be a spectator and let me know if it's interesting to see what happened after this death. I have been able to get the things you mentioned before, as for how big my heart is......" Zhu Di said this, drew a circle on the map with his hand and then said domineeringly: "It's so big!" ”
"Taizu, his old man said a long time ago, the fourth child is the most like him, he can't be wrong, and he was really said by Taizu." Wang Wenle said with a smile.
Hearing Wang Wenle say this, Zhu Di laughed heartily.
So Zhu Di walked to the bookcase, and with a stroke of the pen, he began to write the first holy decree, and established the Department of Economic Strategy, which was in charge of the diplomatic, military and trade exchanges between overseas countries and the Ming Dynasty; Specializing in the governance, military management and jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division and the Xuanfu Division, the department is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, and the rank is the second grade, and Wang Wenle is appointed as the chief envoy of the economic strategy.
The second holy decree changed the Department of Inspection and Strategy to the Department of Inspection, which was in charge of inspecting smuggling and trafficking at sea, and was under the jurisdiction of the Department of Economic Strategy, with the rank of four products. The appointment of all relevant personnel of the Audit Department shall be selected and appointed by the Chief Executive.
The third holy decree, in order to solve the livelihood problem of the displaced people of our Ming Dynasty and reduce the burden of the huge financial expenditure of our Ming Dynasty for disaster relief, etc., the political envoy department of Jiaozhi Chengxuan is now divided into two, the five prefectures south of Thanh Hoa Province are changed to Zhili Chengtian Mansion, and the Shirong County of Huazhou is merged into Shengzhou to be changed to Zhili Shengzhou, and the construction of a shelter for displaced people is to find fertile land near Tuobang for work, and a large dock and port are built in Tuobang, and all the expenses are paid by the Department of Inspection, Economic and Strategic Affairs, and there is no need for the household department to provide supply. After the construction of the port, Zheng He's fleet will also be repaired and maintained in the future, and all expenses will be provided by local expenses, and there is no need to be paid by the household department. The Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry are responsible for coming up with specific implementation plans.
The fourth holy decree is that the Ministry of War will recruit 5,000 people among the displaced people in Shandong, and recruit soldiers in lieu of relief, which will be used to transport the displaced people, maintain public order, crack down on thieves and other work, and gradually disband and settle on the spot as needed after the displaced people are properly settled.
The fifth holy decree is that the Criminal Department and the Military Department will check the fugitive households of military households, and all those who have been captured and sentenced or are still on the run will be exempted from punishment if they are willing to bring their families as small as Zhili Shengzhou; In the future, all military households in the Ministry of Military Affairs who are willing to bring their families as small as Zhili Shengzhou can report to the Department for examination and approval, and report to the Ministry of War to cancel their military household status.