But he came back, but he couldn't find the emperor.

This made him how Yang Shiqi could not be in a hurry.

finally looked around, and finally got the place where the emperor might be from the prince of Yue, Yang Shiqi rushed over as soon as possible.

When Yang Shiqi arrived here and saw the emperor, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After coming to Zhu Zhanji's side, Zhu Zhanji also discovered Yang Shiqi for the first time.

"Why are you back?"

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's inquiry, Yang Shiqi also hurriedly saluted: "If Weichen visits the emperor and returns to the emperor, Weichen comes back this time to ask the emperor to approve the details of this naval construction." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji did not delay, and directly put down the things in his hand for the time being, and the subordinate on the side immediately handed over the towel.

After wiping his hands clean, he took the fold handed by Yang Shiqi.

When he came to the room on the side, Zhu Zhanji sat on the chair and looked at the list of details in his hand.

After reading all of this excerpt, Zhu Zhanji was still very satisfied.

From the contents of this list, Zhu Zhanji can see that Yang Shiqi is still very concerned and cautious about the construction of the navy this time.

However, after reading it, when Yang Shiqi was still worried about whether the emperor would allow such a large expenditure.

Zhu Zhanji said unexpectedly: "Are these enough? ”

Yang Shiqi, who had already prepared a lot of explanations, had already thought about how to explain when Zhu Zhanji opened his mouth, but when he heard this, the whole person was choked.

After stabilizing his mood for a moment, Yang Shiqi didn't know what to say: "Your Majesty, these, these are a lot, right?" ”

However, Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "No. ”

"Not enough."

"Do you know how long the coastline of our Ming Dynasty is?"

"More than 36,000 miles in total!"

"These naval ships alone are not enough in the event of a war. Not only that, the navy of the Ming Dynasty must not only have the ability to defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also have the ability to sail anywhere in the world. ”

"Remember the last time I drew you a line? According to that standard, I want our warships to be able to protect every one of our merchant ships and every merchant on the trade route anywhere in this area! ”

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words and the goals he gave, Yang Shiqi was really frightened by Zhu Zhanji's generosity.

If the emperor follows such a request, then the number of naval warships built this time will at least increase tenfold on the basis of today's list!

After alleviating the shock in his heart, Yang Shiqi still cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, do you think this will work, we will set the construction target this time at ten times, how about it?" ”

Zhu Zhanji pondered carefully, and then said: "Ten times should not be enough, but for the time being, let's do it for the time being, leaving some room for the future warship technology to be upgraded and replaced." ”

"Okay, let's build it according to ten times the number of your list, and in addition, divide the armies of these warships into one, two, three, four, five.... Fleet. ”

"Each fleet must have its own special duties, and it is not like an ordinary army, where a large number of troops are put together, and there is not much meaning at all."

Listening to Zhu Zhanji, Yang Shiqi hurriedly took the order.

After carefully discussing these matters, Yang Shiqi hurriedly got up and left.

When leaving, Yang Shiqi looked at the fold in his hand, and for some reason, he felt that this fold seemed to be much heavier than usual.

After all, in this excerpt, it is the navy of the entire Ming Dynasty.

It was a warship of up to ten fleets.

Although as the former chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Shiqi could also think that such a number of troops would definitely put pressure on the finances of the imperial court.

But now he is no longer a member of the cabinet, but a secretary of the military department.

In addition, he also knows that the current imperial court will never be short of silver in a short period of time, so when he took over this fold, he was also bolder.

The other side.

After Zhu Zhanji watched Yang Shiqi leave, he suddenly realized one thing, that is, the problem of his current identity.

I came here on a whim before, and I forgot about the things in the court.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered someone to inform the officials in the court, and if there was something, he could come here to find him.

After informing these officials, Zhu Zhanji once again began to devote himself to simple personal transportation such as bicycles and tricycles.

But it has to be said that although Zhu Zhanji himself does not understand the skills of the craftsmen at all.

But he can't stand the products that he has witnessed success.

Many things that seemed very complicated to those craftsmen and couldn't figure out immediately found their direction after Zhu Zhanji's guidance.

Of course, if Zhu Zhanji is allowed to do it himself, he will definitely not be able to do it.

But when the two are combined, one is the experiencer and the other is the experienced craftsman.

The speed of development has been greatly improved.

The whole process took less than five days, and a bicycle with rough workmanship and seemed to be pieced together appeared in front of Zhu Zhanji.

Looking at the final result in front of him, although Zhu Zhanji understands that there is still a big gap with the bicycles of later generations, he is very satisfied to see such things in such an era.

Under Zhu Zhanji's personal attempt.

This bike was made by their own hands, although with the help of rubber tires, with the help of air pressure, the speed of the bike itself was greatly improved.

After manpower is transformed into power, it has also received a partial increase.

But it's a pity, because the weight of the bike itself is made entirely of iron.

Therefore, the weight of the bicycle itself plus the weight of the person on it leads to the fact that the bicycle does not increase too much in the process of transforming manpower.

Although such a result is gratifying, it is far from enough for Zhu Zhanji.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji began to give the next direction of research and development to these craftsmen.

That is, in addition to reducing the weight of the body, optimizing the transmission system.

That is, the conduction capacity of the chain.

However, in this process, Zhu Zhanji was able to give very little help.

After all, the success of this bike, Zhu Zhanji has almost said everything he knows.

How to optimize next is no longer something he can help.

After all, he wasn't much of an engineer in his previous life.

I don't know much about all of this.

After explaining this, Zhu Zhanji also left here as soon as possible and returned to the imperial court.

After all, today's Ming Dynasty is not just about bicycles.

Today's Ming Dynasty is all busy.

Although it is said that the imperial court is not short of money for the time being, Zhu Zhanji also knows that there is a degree in the middle.

If the national strength is consumed for a long time without improving the country's productivity, then there will definitely be problems in the middle.

Therefore, in the process of reforming the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji approved it generously.

It even increased the consumption of the navy to ten times more.

But it is precisely because of these that after Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace, he immediately summoned the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and began to inquire about the construction of reservoirs and grain production bases in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The actual productive forces of the people are fundamental, and how can Zhu Zhanji not be clear about this.

The national strength is just a little bit of national strength, even if a hundred gold mines are made by various means, it will not help.

And today's lavish spending in all aspects is also consuming the most fundamental national strength.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji's plan from the beginning was to start from two aspects.

It has the means to control the economy and national power through financial money.

Through real estate, navigation and other means, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was used to concentrate on one point and complete the infrastructure construction.

At the same time, the age of sailing was ushered in.

Pull the industrial revolution in the country.

But the process is long.

It takes countless hours to settle down.

In this process, whether or not all this can be accomplished according to Zhu Zhanji's plan depends on whether the domestic productive forces can hold on.

But if we only rely on the productivity of the agrarian countries of the past, it is only a matter of time before it collapses.

Therefore, in order for the national strength of the Ming Dynasty to support all this, it is fundamental to effectively improve the real domestic productivity.

In this regard, the role of the Ministry of Industry is very prominent.

Because the productivity of the agrarian society was almost at its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if it's a little bit close, it doesn't help the big picture.

Therefore, innovation has become the most critical part.

The innovation of the agricultural foundation is also the key to this link.

The method is also very simple, that is, according to the grain production area he built when he was in Nanjing, and actually increase the area of cultivated land.

Listening to the report of Zhang Ben, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Zhanji is still very satisfied with the results he has completed.

In the past six months alone, the Ministry of Industry has basically completed 10 projects on the scale of grain-producing areas outside Nanjing.

And most of the fertile land has entered the hands of the people through leasing and direct sale.

It can be regarded as a great shot in the arm for the agriculture of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, great progress has been made in the promotion of high-yield crops.

Some people in remote areas have no security because they have no land in their hands.

Even if the imperial court helps them reclaim wasteland, the process will take time.

So, the easiest way to do this is to grow a grain like sweet potatoes.

Although pure sweet potatoes as food have great drawbacks, in the face of fullness, all this is nothing.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji's goal for the Ministry of Industry and the entire imperial court was to use the high-yield crops and infrastructure capabilities that it now has to improve the productivity of the people.

At the same time, within three years, the local government guaranteed that no more people would die of starvation in their territory.

This requirement seems to be very illusory in the age of agriculture.

But with these capitals, the hard conditions for doing all this have basically been met, especially after the tax reform of the imperial court.

Whether it can be completed depends on the efficiency of the imperial court during this period of time.

Of course, such a requirement would never have been fulfilled if it had been changed before.

After all, the imperial court doesn't even know how many people there are in the world.

However, after Zhu Zhanji reformed the household registration system and the tax system, the imperial court already had a clear understanding of the people of the world.

Therefore, now the imperial court can conduct targeted assessments and requirements for local governments according to the household registration list reported from all over the country.

If these demands could not be met, the imperial court would doubt its ability to govern, and would conduct censorship, unannounced visits, and so on.

All in all, through some political actions taken by Zhu Zhanji when he was still the grandson, the imperial court now has an unprecedented degree of control over local governments.

Naturally, it will be reflected in all aspects.

Including the original five insurances and one housing fund and other preferential policies.

Although it ensured many needs of the world's officials, in other words, they were also firmly tied to the big ship of the imperial court.

Since Zhu Zhanji began to exert his influence in the Ming Dynasty, many things he did seemed to be disorganized, as if he was just forced by the times, but these things are now looking back.

But he was suddenly able to find that everything was actually driving the change of the Ming Dynasty in one direction.

All the changes made are made with the same goal in mind.

Internally, the government was reformed, and the imperial court system, tax system, and household registration system were reformed.

So that the system of the imperial court can meet the basic needs.

Financial, industrial, and agricultural innovations, and military innovations.

Each of them is promoting the big ship of the Ming Dynasty to sail continuously on the sea.

And the direction is very clear.

Outside, the pacification of Mobei and the control of Nuer Gandusi increased, and the continued stability of Annan.

is also ensuring that the big ship of the Ming Dynasty will not withstand too much wind and waves.

And these are also the fundamental reasons why Zhu Zhanji can now wave his arms to the Ming Dynasty.

If any point is not done well or no innovation is carried out, there will be great drawbacks and unsolvable situations in the process of development.

The simplest is the rule of the officials.

If there is no hukou reform, there is no tax reform.

The imperial court had no way to ask the local government to make an accurate assessment of their governance.

Naturally, it will not be able to achieve the goal of improving the productivity of the people.

Of course, that's not all.

The same is true in other respects.

However, these Zhu Zhanji himself has a clear heart, but others look different.

They can only see that the emperor of his own house has to make some changes in everything.

Although the results were all good, they were only regarded as Zhu Zhanji, the new emperor, who was talented.

What they don't know is that everything Zhu Zhanji is doing now is actually standing on the shoulders of giants, and the experience of hundreds of years of history in modern times has finally converged on the current Ming Dynasty.

Only Zhu Zhanji himself understands that there is a direction in his mind.

There is a flag.

This flag will lead the Ming Dynasty to guide in the right direction.

Han Wangfu.