Capital.

The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.

Back garden.

Quietly around, someone burned paper money into the brazier, as well as the tributes placed, and raised their heads from time to time to look around.

He had already commanded that no one should come, but no one would be apprehensive in mourning those who had been executed by the decree of the saints.

"Stompe."

Footsteps were heard in the distance, and the middle-aged man frowned.

"Brother."

Hearing the scream, the middle-aged man sighed.

"Brother, you are paying tribute to Mr. Zhan again, every year, aren't you afraid that the saint will know?"

Xu Zengshou said dissatisfiedly.

He came to find the eldest brother today, and the people said that they didn't know where the eldest brother went, so he guessed that it was here.

"Master and apprentice, there are some things that must be done."

Xu Huizu said lightly.

Hearing the words of the eldest brother, Xu Zengshou was unhappy.

The eldest brother can be civil and martial, praised both inside and outside, and even the saints love the eldest brother.

The eldest brother is not only the Duke of Wei, but also the governor of the Chinese army, in charge of many guards and military, and in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, he and his brother-in-law went out to fight against the remnants of the Yuan.

In the 27th year, he trained coastal soldiers with An Luhou in Zhejiang, and in the second half of the year, he trained in Shaanxi, and in the 28th year, he trained in Fengyang Mansion.

For 29 years, he went to Guozijian with the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy to assess the teachers and students of Guozijian.

It can be said that there is no other in the limelight.

Honorable, military, civilian, scholar......

The reputation of the eldest brother is excellent.

The only point.

Big brother is too emotional.

"Mr. Zhan just taught his eldest brother calligraphy, so why let his eldest brother take such a risk." Xu Zengshou was very dissatisfied.

Zhan Xiyuan was a famous calligrapher in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty.

Not only is calligraphy famous, but also the invention of the five-wheel hourglass, because the north is cold, the water is easy to freeze, so the sand is used instead of water, and the gears and time disc parts are synthesized to become a quarter of an hour suitable for use in the north.

But this person was involved in a major case and belonged to the officials who were implicated in the killing.

In other words, others can't hide, but Xu Huizu will worship quietly every year, and he has not forgotten the teaching.

Xu Huizu didn't pay attention to Xu Zengshou.

Xu Da has four sons.

The eldest son Xu Huizu and the third son, as well as the youngest son Xu Zengshou are the same mother, and their mother is Xu Da's wife.

The third son died young, and the second son was born to a concubine.

Therefore, Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou have a good relationship.

"Big brother, you can't go to the East Palace in the future." Xu Zengshou said solemnly.

"Why can't you go?"

Xu Huizu's face was calm.

He assisted the imperial grandson in the East Palace for several years, and was deeply valued by the prince.

"You know."

"I don't know."

Seeing that the eldest brother was so stubborn, the angry Xu Zengshou couldn't help but throw his sleeves, paced back and forth anxiously, and said loudly.

"Doesn't the eldest brother really know that the saint has the heart of easy storage?"

"The eldest nephew has already said that he wants to go south to the capital, and there is also the matter of his brother-in-law, is there no saint in the eyes of the eldest brother?"

"A saint is a king, and a prince is just a prince."

Xu Zengshou said heavily on the word prince.

Xu Huizu was speechless.

It was precisely because of the presence of the saint that he became more and more confused in his heart and did not know how to choose.

"Father's family business and burden are on the eldest brother, doesn't the eldest brother really care?" Xu Zengshou stepped forward and grabbed Xu Huizu's arm.

Xu Huizu lowered his head.

This is a man of the Way.

But as Xu Zengshou said, if the sage made an order to be easy to store, what could he do.

"Ugh."

After a long time, Xu Huizu sighed.

……

"Wei Guogong is unreliable."

Chuzhou.

Fang Xiaoru vetoed the suggestion that people contact Wei Guogong.

"Although the Duke of Wei has a deep relationship with His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, this person is unpredictable and loyal to the saint."

"I have discussed with Huang Zicheng, and I can't contact Wei Guogong."

Everyone looked at General Guangwei.

Waiting for Xie Gui's idea.

Xie Gui was actually a little dissatisfied with Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru's scholarly spirit, the idea of the two was too ridiculous, but the emperor's grandson trusted the two the most.

He even thought of persecuting the saint with public opinion, so that the saint could see the public opinion clearly.

So ridiculous.

In fact, the two did.

In the first year of Jianwen in the future, Zhu Di's three sons were summoned to Beijing, and Qi Tai suggested leaving three people as hostages, but Huang Zicheng forced him to let them go.

When Xu Huizu learned about it, he couldn't help but leave three nephews to Zhu Yunwen, but he was still sent back to the vassal state.

Xie Gui felt that either he didn't do it, or he would go all out if he wanted to do it.

Isn't Yan Shizi going south?

Chuzhou is the only way to go, and while he is defenseless, whether it is a trick or poisoning, he directly murdered him.

"Is the saint's health good?" Xie Gui couldn't help but ask.

Fang Xiaoru was stunned.

How can such a confidential matter be asked in public?

"It's come to this point, what are you hesitating about." Xie Gui showed dissatisfaction and regretted it in his heart.

It's too early to place your own bets.

I should have thought about it at the time, but who knew that the Imperial Grandson's family looked huge, but it was actually an embroidered pillow.

With such a huge power, a few scholars got such a field.

"At the beginning, you hesitated, because the saint did not say it explicitly, so you have been holding luck in your hearts, to put it bluntly, you are afraid of things, and you dare not have the courage to pay."

Xie Gui no longer has the politeness he used to have, and his speech is becoming more and more unpleasant.

Fang Xiaoru's eyes were unhappy.

In the end, he is a martial artist, simple-minded.

However, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Fang Xiaoru said helplessly: "Huang Zicheng has already received an accurate message, and the saint's dragon body has not been very good. ”

"I heard that the saint often went out of the palace a few years ago." There are doubts.

"And an official who has seen the saint said that the saint's complexion is good."

Everyone, you say a word, and Fang Xiaoru has no idea.

Seeing this, Xie Gui regretted it even more in his heart.

I knew that these people around the imperial grandson were so incompetent, and I shouldn't have waded into this troubled water, but now how can I be good.

Xie Gui secretly thought to himself that he already wanted to get off this boat.

Xie Gui quietly asked afterwards: "Is there any news from Beiping, when will Yan Shizi leave?" ”

"I'm talking about the fifteenth of next month."

"General, what shall we do?"

"Let's see."

Xie Gui calculates the gains and losses.

Xie Gui was not satisfied with the military reform in Beiping.

Military households can be hereditary, but the restrictions have been relaxed, and military households can withdraw from the military and change to civilian registration, but they must hand over the military land.

The most difficult thing to accept was the abolition of the hereditary line of the guards officers.

Xie Gui believes that there will definitely be no fewer people who are dissatisfied with the military reform in Beiping, which is also the reason why he stood in line with the imperial grandson in the first place.

The earlier you place your bet, the higher the winning bet.

But at present, it seems that both Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru are a little unreliable, is it possible that the huge imperial grandson line has no one who can handle it.

Xie Gui became a little resentful.

The situation in the south became surging in the 31st year of Hongwu, and there was even the benevolence of the prince in the imperial history, praising Zhu Yunwen for having the appearance of a bright monarch.

In the past, it would have caused the condemnation of the saints, but now there is no movement.

On the contrary, there are more and more news about King Yan.

Even the statement that makes people feel ridiculous, in fact, the recent recital is all approved by King Yan, and the sage has already delegated power to King Yan.

The panic in the south did not affect the industrial development of Beiping.

With the opening of the Shanghai wharf, the north-south trade is increasing day by day, and the annual increase in cargo carrying capacity has made the capacity of the Cao River insufficient.

Capacity has become a limitation.

The opening of Shanghai County broke this restriction, and the orders of Longjiang Shipyard doubled all at once, and most of them were sea vessels.

The sumac trees around the capital were contracted by merchants in Beiping to be transported exclusively to the Jinzhou Shipyard, causing dissatisfaction at the Longjiang Shipyard.

Officials at the Longjiang Shipyard demanded that the sumac trees around the capital should not be contracted by merchants.

Zhu Di really came forward.

The merchants of Peking were called and given two choices.

The first option was to reasonably supply the Longjiang Shipyard and Jinzhou Shipyard in a distribution mode, and the second option was for the imperial court to take back the sales rights contracted to the merchants.

did not harm the interests of the merchants, took care of the Longjiang Shipyard, and appeased the Jinzhou Shipyard, mainly because he did not favor the north with a single brain, and won the favor of many southern merchants.

Longjiang Shipyard has always been the largest shipyard in Daming, the upstream and downstream production of accessories workshops, as well as the branches on both sides of the strait, although the production efficiency is not as good as Jinzhou Shipyard, but the production volume is higher than that of Jinzhou Shipyard.

Shanghai County.

Although it has only been less than a year since the opening of the sea, the old buildings here have not yet been built, and the new construction site has started again.

The captain taught his son how to tell the wind and how to recognize the course.

Although ancient Chinese navigation had the cognition of longitude and latitude, it did not reach the cognitive height of later generations and was still relatively primitive.

This is true even in the West.

Relying on Western navigation technology, Columbus firmly believed that the Americas were India, and always believed that he arrived in India.

The technology is constantly developing, with the height of science in later generations, it has reached the level of later generations, and it is not the height of later generations as soon as it comes out.

The same is true of latitude and longitude, which is constantly evolving, gradually finding the right direction from various misunderstandings.

Golden State Harbouring.

Different from the model of fathers and sons, teachers and apprentices in the mainland, the Golden State Shipyard has opened a navigation technology training school.

"Navigation was not born out of thin air, but extended in a separate direction combined with the height of Chinese civilization."

"Originally, it was the meteorological concept of the eight directions of the wind and the twelve directions, so some ancestors applied the meteorological discoveries to the sea."

A technician stands on the podium.

Below are the shipkeepers, many of whom are engaged in running boats.

"Finally solved the era when there was a plum wind in May, and Jianghuai thought that it was a trade wind and needed to rely on the sea breeze to touch the sailboat."

"In this era, in order to wait for the wind season, it is often five or six months to wait, and if you miss the wind season, you have to wait for next year."

The ancestors of the Song Dynasty had the idea that "the wind comes from all directions, but the head is not feasible", that is, in addition to the direction of the head, the ship can go in seven other directions. ”

"This is our unique Chinese navigation, the only one in the world, which was spread in the former Yuan Dynasty."

This technique was not learned until after the 16th century.

"The use of sails on ships, from the early dhow and single sails, because the sails are not large, so the speed of the ship is not fast."

"Later, the masts on the ship were gradually developed into three, four, five, and six sails...... At its peak, it reached twelve sails. ”

"More sails allow you to make the most of the wind, and you can even go up against the wind."

"But it also adds complexity to operating the ship and increases the labor of the sailors. And if a storm suddenly comes, and you can't lower the sail in time, there is a danger of breaking the sail and capsizing. ”

"As a result, future ships gradually reduced masts and sails, raised masts and used larger sails, which also required larger ships, and our sea ships in Jinzhou were mainly in this direction of development."

The staff in the audience took notes.

The training model of Jinzhou Shipmaster was quickly commended by Zhu Gaochi.

(End of chapter)