"This year, all parts of the world are exempted, and in addition to the fact that Jiangnan uses banknotes to offset taxes, the grain collected by the household department is only more than 7,264,000 stones, and the seed grain of Juntun is more than 12,467,000 stones, totaling 19,732,400 stones......."

On the fifth day of the winter month of the 33rd year of Hongwu, when the political envoys and the yamen of the capital department played the Tianfu and Juntun documents, the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty was also exposed in front of Zhu Di.

Looking at the amount of the booklet in his hand, Zhu Di frowned and looked at Yu Xin, Xia Yuanji, Huang Fu, Li Zhigang and others who came to report.

"How much subsidy does the government treasury have to make the imperial court last until next year's tax collection?"

"About 28 million stones, more than 4 million yuan." Yu Xin came prepared, so he subconsciously answered.

Hearing Yu Xin say this, Zhu Di was a little sad, and couldn't help asking: "After the subsidy, how much grain is left in the treasury?" ”

"About 16 million stones, 2.46 million guan." While Yu Xin responded, he didn't forget to say: "This is still the sum of the income of the inspectors in the East Palace. ”

"If the imperial court continues to spend like this next year, there will probably be an additional expenditure of more than 4 million stones, and the treasury left by Emperor Gao will be enough to last for four years at most."

Zhu Gaoxu has slowed down, but Daming has exempted half of the world's taxes this year, and Shandong and Beiping have exempted them from taxes throughout the year, so the expenditure seems to be very large.

The old bottom, which could have lasted for five years, can only last for four years now.

"From the East Palace, do you have any answer?"

Zhu Di remembered that Zhu Gaoxu said that he could get a lot of money and food from the East, so he asked Yu Xin and others.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the Longjiang Shipyard today, saying that in May next year, the Oriental fleet will be able to set off to establish tributary trade."

"That's only half a year." Hearing the time, Zhu Di was relieved.

If the matter of money and grain in the government treasury is not done well, then his construction of Beijing, the division of Luchuan, and the northern expedition to Mongolia will have to be delayed.

However, if Xia Dongyang fails to bring back enough profits, then I am afraid that the people above the temple will attack in groups, and they will have to support the second child.

"I know, is there anything else?"

Zhu Di responded to everyone, and Huang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also stepped forward when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the minister has gone to Songjiang Mansion to investigate the situation." ”

"If you want to dredge the Wusong River and the Huangpu River, you will need to mobilize no less than 200,000 manpower and spend no less than one million dollars and food."

"It's going to be a flower." In the face of Huang Fu's worries, Zhu Di finalized the sorting out of the Wusong flood in one sentence.

Seeing this, the ministers also saluted in return, and then withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

After they left, the music from the East Palace also sent over, stacked into a thick pile, and there were hundreds of copies.

Looking at these notes, Zhu Di couldn't help but gasp: "This is what the second child dealt with last night?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it was dealt with last night." also lost Ha's response, and Zhu Di comforted him when he heard this:

"When you go back, tell the second child and ask him not to work too hard."

The "slave and maid leader ......" also lost his answer, and then withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

However, when Zhu Di cared about Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu, who was still quite energetic, went to Longjiang Shipyard to watch the launch of the big ship.

"Open the floodgates and release the water!"

In the Longjiang Shipyard, when the sound of opening the sluice gate and releasing water came, the sluices were opened one after another, and the river water began to pour into the dock.

The dock was full of people, and Zhu Gaoxu was one of them, and his eyes were always on the big ship in front of him.

This large ship is 18 zhang 4 feet long, 3 zhang 2 feet wide, 14 zhang 7 feet long, 1 zhang 5 feet in draft, 12 zhang high main mast, 5,000 materials, more than 2,600 workers, equipped with 72 naval guns, and weighs from 3,000 catties to 1,000 catties.

The ship was fully manned with 524 men, and could carry 3,000 stone when fully occupied.

In today's Longjiang Shipyard, a total of 20 such ships have been launched, so the cheers are endless, from near to far one after another.

"Get up!"

"Check for leaks!"

"Check for leaks!!"

"There is no leak in Dock No. 1!"

"No. 2 is not leaking!"

"Number 3 ......"

In the twenty docks, almost the same order was issued, and all the boatmen in charge of launching began to check in full swing.

The good news began to come that there was no leakage from docks 1 to 9, and it was not until dock 10 that a trace of leakage was found, but it was not a big problem.

Further back, while some of the boats did leak, they were minor problems.

As the dock filled with river water, the 5,000-material warships began to sail out of the dock and headed for the Yangtze River under the pull of the horses.

Zhu Gaoxu led everyone to follow the warships out of the dock and watched them slowly enter the Yangtze River basin.

Soon, the hard sails were deployed, and twenty warships began to sail in the Yangtze River under the operation of experienced launching boatmen.

In a short time, the banks of the Yangtze River were surrounded by people.

As the first shipyard of Daming, every time the big ship of Longjiang Shipyard is launched, it can always attract people's attention and excitement.

The boats that walked out of Longjiang Shipyard were all amazed and shocked, whether it was the various innovative technologies in the construction process, or the solemnity and blessings at the launching ceremony.

This warship can be said to be the representative of the highest skill of Daming shipbuilding.

Whenever these 5,000-material warships pass by some 1,000-material horse ships, the impact of the size contrast makes people's blood boil.

"It's done! It's finally done! ”

Shipwright Wang, the director of Longjiang Shipyard, shouted excitedly, and at the same time did not forget to greet Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness, this batch of ships is finished!" ”

From July to the winter month, a full five months, Longjiang Shipyard spent a lot of inventory of ship materials, experienced many failures, and finally succeeded in launching a batch of 5,000 materials before the lunar month.

However, if you are happy, the happiest person should be Zhu Gaoxu.

Although he knew that Zheng He's shipbuilding skills in the West were very superb, the length of the treasure ship in the historical materials was appalling, and he did not know what the actual situation was.

But for him, five thousand warships are enough for the Ming Navy to gallop across the ocean.

You must know that even if Columbus made his maiden voyage more than 90 years later, the flagship of the American Fleet, Santa Maria, is only a little more than 500 yuan.

In comparison, nearly ten times the Ming 5,000 warship, even if it was a simple collision, it could sink the Santa Maria.

"In the future, all warships with more than 5,000 materials will be collectively called treasure ships!"

In the cheers, Zhu Gaoxu loudly explained to the Wang shipwright beside him, and was still not satisfied: "Our ship can be bigger, 5,000 materials is just the beginning, there will be 6,000 materials and 7,000 materials in the future, and it will not stop until the wood can no longer bear it." ”

"Yes! Be! Commanded! Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Wang Chuangong also responded very excitedly.

Under their joint gaze, the twenty treasure ships galloped in the Yangtze River for an hour before returning to the Longjiang Wharf not far away.

The long-awaited Tang Qi brought the situation of each ship back to the shipyard, and Wang Chuangong also gave the results of this evaluation after reading it.

"Except for the two treasure ships, the remaining eighteen are all qualified!"

"Good!" Zhu Gaoxu was happy in his heart, and directly waved his hand: "All the shipwrights who participated in the construction of this treasure ship will be rewarded with ten yuan each, and the dock chief will be rewarded with twenty yuan each!" ”

"Your Highness Longen!!"

Knowing Zhu Gaoxu's generous reward, a large number of boatmen began to kneel down to thank him, but Zhu Gaochu helped up the Wang boatman who wanted to kneel, patted him directly on the shoulder and said:

"The shortage of ship materials in Longjiang Shipyard can be obtained from Dingliao and Jinzhou Shipyards."

"In addition, the craftsmen who participated in the construction of the treasure ship, if there are those who are willing to go to Jinzhou and Dingliao Shipyard to settle down, the amount will be doubled!"

"Your Highness!" The king boatman was excited, but Zhu Gaoxu stopped him again:

"The navy will go to the East Ocean in May next year, and counting this batch, I need you to build fifty treasure ships and sixty horse ships with more than 5,000 materials before going to the East Ocean."

"Although the horse ships are mainly used to transport supplies, they must also be equipped with at least twenty-four naval guns."

"The entire south of the Yangtze River, including the official shipyards in Dingliao and Jinzhou in the north, are all at your disposal."

"Decree of the Minister!" The shipwright Wang responded, and Zhu Gaoxu also looked back at Zheng He beside him.

"Raise 500,000 yuan for the king to drive."

"Slave and maid receive the fatwa!" Zheng He's excitement is no worse than Zhu Gaoxu, you must know that he is the person in charge of going to the East, once the trip to the East is successful, the follow-up trip to the West will also be handed over to him to host.

Fifty treasure ships and sixty horse ships required a minimum of 20,000 men to operate to sail the seas.

With a scale of 20,000 sailors, except for the former Yuan expedition to Java, there has never been such a large-scale sailor voyage in ancient times.

As long as you do this well, you can leave a name in history as a eunuch.

"Continue to launch for a few days, and after confirming that there is no problem, immediately hand it over to the Navy Governor's Office."

"Yes! Ministers and Leaders ......"

Seeing that the launch was successful, Zhu Gaoxu did not stay in the shipyard for a long time, but after explaining to the shipwright Wang, he left the Longjiang shipyard with Zheng He and the soldiers and horses.

It wasn't until they walked out of Erli that the cheers from the direction of Longjiang Shipyard became quieter.

"Your Highness's actions today are probably going down in history."

The smile on Zheng He's face was hard to swallow, praising Zhu Gaoxu's actions today.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoxu said modestly: "The matter has not been done yet, and it is too early to say this." ”

"You don't have to be busy in the East Palace in the next half year, stay in the Navy Governor's Mansion to study, and wait for the wind to go to the East in May next year."

"Slave and maid to teach." Zheng He smiled in response, and Zhu Gaoxu also restrained the smile on his face, and handled the book on the carriage.

After entering the capital from the Jiangdong Gate, he began to look outside the carriage from time to time, and it could be seen that many people had bought new clothes.

Zhu Di's move of exempting half of the tax allowed the people to have more spare money, so they bought new clothes and new farm tools.

Looking at the people in new clothes, Zhu Gaoxu could barely breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is there any statistics on the average yield per mu of Ying Tianfu this year?"

Zhu Gaoxu specially sent officials to count the yield per mu of various provinces and provinces, so when he asked, he also lost Ha and said without thinking: "The actual grain per mu of Ying Tian is about two stones and two buckets." ”

"Two stones and two fights, it's really rich......"

Perhaps he was accustomed to seeing nine and seven buckets of real grain in Bohai and Liaodong, so when he heard that Yingtian produced two stones and two buckets of real grain, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but be a little envious.

If the yield per mu in the whole world can be so high, then it is the time when the world is worry-free.

In the current Ming Dynasty, even the number of acres of land and the number of people in the whole world cannot be clearly counted.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu thought of the seedling field in the Bohai Sea.

Now there are many trees in the Bohai Sea, coal mining is quite convenient, and the nursery field can continue to be promoted.

However, if too many trees are cut down in the future, the cost of cultivating seedling fields will increase, and it will be difficult for the people to continue cultivating rice.

Cultivating crops that adapt to the climate of the Northeast is what he should focus on.

It's just that in this era, it is not so easy to breed hardy crops.

"If you go to Japan, remember to search for hardy crops from the north of Japan."

Zhu Gaoxu did not forget to explain to Zheng He, and Zheng He also nodded and wrote it down.

From the time he was elected as the head of the Lower Orient, Zhu Gaoxu has been talking to him about the situation of crops and animals in various places.

Not only that, but he has also seen the "General Map of the Four Scholars of the World", and it can be said that he has never seen such an accurate and vast map.

Although Zheng He didn't know how His Royal Highness knew the situation in various parts of the world, he chose to trust.

"You have a map, but you can't take it lightly."

Looking at Zheng He, Zhu Gaoxu took the trouble to explain: "Having a map can facilitate many things, but the hydrology of the ocean needs you to explore and study it yourself. ”

"There are seven continents and four oceans in the world, but when subdivided, they can be divided into the Western Ming (Taiping) Ocean, the Northern Ming Ocean, the Southern Ming Ocean, the Eastern Small Western Ocean (Indian Ocean), the Western Small Western Ocean, the North Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean."

"These oceans are different, the hydrology is also different, and the Arctic Ocean is not part of the scope of your future exploration, but the other oceans will have to be walked if they are feasible."

"Horses from the West Continent (Europe), crops from the North Continent (North America) and East Continent (South America), and the ...... of the South Continent (Australia)"

Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth little by little, and in his "General Map of the Four Yi Binfu of the World", the world is divided into seven continents, and the oceans are divided into the Great Ming Ocean, the Small Western Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

Daming is located in Zhongzhou, Europa is located in the West Continent, North America and South America correspond to the North and East Continents, Australia corresponds to the South Continent, Africa corresponds to the Kunlun Continent, and Antarctica is directly called Antarctica.

As for the origin of the map, Zhu Gaoxu only said that it was drawn based on the map of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the map left by Du Huan in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the map of the two Song Dynasty naval navigation.

In the face of his words, not many people questioned it, after all, Zhu Gaoxu could master too many resources, as far as the "Ancient and Modern Classics Museum" in Daming Palace City was concerned, except for Zhu Di, he was the only one who could read all the books, and other officials were not qualified to do so.

It is impossible for Zhu Di to finish reading the book of the "Ancient and Modern Classics Museum", so no one can expose his lie.

In the future, when compiling the "Yongle Canon", as long as he used his careful thinking, the Ming Dynasty could create Chinese sovereignty over the Americas and Australia.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu almost told Zheng He everything he knew about the continent and ocean currents, and Zheng He also wrote them all down, preparing to record them with a pen after returning to the palace.

"Going to the West is not a one-time event, so I will definitely go to the West many times in the future, and every time I go to the West and the East, I will give you a booklet that you can search for according to the booklet."

"Slave Maid Leads ......"

After explaining the last sentence, the car in which the two of them were riding also returned to Miyagi and stopped at the gate of the East Palace.

"Then the slave maid went to the Navy Governor's Mansion first?"

Zheng He helped Zhu Gaoxu get out of the car and asked cautiously.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu nodding, he let go of his hand and drove to the Navy Governor's Mansion by himself.

Bidding farewell to him, Zhu Gaoxu also returned to the East Palace, and saw Yishuha from afar.

"Your Highness, the tax book of the household department has been handed in."

"Okay, I'll go see it now." Should be down and lose his words, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Chunhe Palace.

But he didn't just see the books, but he also saw the mountains of notes.

There were no complaints, and after sitting back in his seat, Zhu Gaoxu began to flip through the books of the household department.

From money and grain to acres of land, and then to the number of people, I have to say that because of my own nonsense, Daming's paper data has been improved.

After a year of fighting the Jingjing War, the population of the Ming Dynasty increased to 62.47 million, and the cultivated land also increased to more than 416 million mu.

As for taxation, if it is normal and there is no exemption, Shandong, Liaodong and other places that have undergone Zhu Gaoxu's restructuring can contribute more money and grain than before the reform, but these money and grain will eventually be invested in the construction of Liaodong.

"Next year, the gap in Liaodong will be 6 million stones, Shandong will retain 2 million stones, and 4 million stones will be shipped by sea."

"In addition, Beiping also traveled to Liaodong by land for 2 million stones."

Zhu Gaoxu explained, and when he heard this, he also spoke: "Your Highness, Liaodong's teaching and learning have to be added." ”

"According to the number of teachings in Liaodong and Bohai, it is necessary to send 600,000 stone and Lu."

The amount of 600,000 stones gave Zhu Gaoxu a headache, so he made an adjustment: "Lu Mi only sends twelve stones a year, and the remaining ten stones are converted into four yuan. ”

"Slave and maid to teach." He also lost his son, and asked the eunuch on duty in the East Palace behind him to write it down, and he explained other things.

"The hospital in Jilin has graduated 377 people this year, is this group of people going to be recruited as military doctors?"

Yizha reminded Zhu Gaoxu that his hospital in Jilin Lane has also begun to have students graduate, although the number is not much, but it adds up.

"Jilin Hospital will be divided into three hospitals, one each in Jilin, Shenyang, and Liaoyang, and expanded by the original teachers and the 377 people who graduated."

The hospitals in Bohai mainly focus on surgery and pediatrics, after all, the places where the Ming Dynasty needs doctors the most are the military and midwifery.

Since the establishment of the hospital in Bohai, the premature mortality rate outside the customs has taken a sharp turn, and for this era when there is no concept of sterility, alcohol disinfection and various infectious routes such as colds, flu, and plagues can be said to be very advanced.

It is important for parents to wear masks and disinfect newborn babies.

As long as the baby survives this month or two, it is safe for the baby to go home, and even if the disease is infected, as long as it is not congenital, the hospital can treat it.

The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is naturally not good compared to modern medicine, but it is already very advanced in this era.

If you can get a microscope to study the ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine, and then make an ancient version of Chinese patent medicine, then Daming's medicine can also take a step forward.

Of course, compared to this, Zhu Gaoxu has to focus on education.

Bohai's five-year education, in fact, cultivated the knowledge reserve of students is similar to that of later generations of primary school students, or even inferior in some aspects, after all, Zhu Gaoxu is not proficient in every subject.

Five years of education has almost hollowed out his foundation, and he didn't go to the book at all after graduating from college.

If it weren't for the fact that the disciplines of geology and geography were related to his work, he would not even be able to remember the names of minerals in the world.

The work content that he hated used to be has now become his ability to lead the world.

"I knew I was going to study science......

While reviewing the recital, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but sigh that he couldn't bring more things to this era.

As long as his five-year education can be promoted, Daming's basic mathematics, physics, geology, and astronomy can be improved.

No matter how playful Zhu Gaoxu is, he always remembers the eight planets of the solar system, solar and lunar eclipses, seven continents and four oceans, as well as cells, viruses and other small knowledge.

If he didn't have this knowledge, it would have taken hundreds of years to be summed up, but now he has a set of "five-year education" to directly solve most of the problems.

With this foundation, coupled with the encouragement of the imperial court, Zhu Gaoxu did not believe that the Ming Dynasty would not be able to give birth to new theoretical knowledge.

It's just that before that, he still has to promote education in Liaodong and Shandong.

The population of these two places has reached nearly 7 million, and if education can be universalized in these two places, it means that nearly one million families will be freed from illiteracy, because they already have educated people in their families.

As long as there is such a person, the whole family will change a lot.

"Shandong's school can start accepting enrollment at the beginning of next year in advance, and students will start studying in February of the first year of Yongle."

"Look at what problems the imperial court will encounter if you start running the school at this time."

Zhu Gaoxu stopped the pen in his hand and gave the time for Shandong to start universal education.

He rubbed his eyebrows, and when he heard this, he hesitated: "The biggest problem is still the problem of teaching and money and food. ”

"There are more than 500,000 students in Shandong, even if only 500,000 students sign up, the imperial court must prepare at least 50,000 teachers to ensure that the number of students in each school is controlled at about 50."

"The slave maid has calculated, even if 20,000 students graduate from Bohai next year, there will still be a shortage of 30,000 teaching and learning, and there are only more than 1,600 teachers in the prefecture, prefecture, county, health and other schools under the rule of Shandong."

"It is difficult to fill the gap in running schools in Shandong next year, unless it is postponed to Yongle for four years, and the students from Liaodong will ...... graduate."

"In addition, if you want to raise 50,000 teachings, then according to the rules you just set......"

As he spoke, he began to hammer his calculations, and after a while, he continued: "The annual expenditure is 200,000 guan, and the grain is 600,000 stones, which is a lot of money. ”

"If you add the cost of books, pen and ink, and school lunch for the students, then the annual expenditure of Shandong Xuezheng is no less than 300,000 yuan, and the grain is 2 million stones, which is equivalent to 40% of Shandong's taxes."

After Yizha finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Gaochu worriedly, with his previous understanding of Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaochu would definitely continue to do it.

But if it is really forced to run a school in Shandong, then the financial gap of Daming will only get bigger and bigger.

However, what he didn't expect happened, that is, Zhu Gaoxu actually bowed his head flatly:

"It is true that full enrollment cannot be carried out, and in this case, we will limit next year's enrollment to those over 10 years old and under 16 years old."

"In addition, as long as you participate in the registration, it doesn't hurt to get older, Shandong's registration lasts for two years, and the start of school is moved to the first month of the third year of Yongle."

"Running a school should be done, but it should not bring greater pressure to the local government, let alone let the quality deteriorate."

"If this adjustment is made, how many Shandong students do you estimate will be enrolled?"

Zhu Gaoxu slowed down, he had something to do, but he was not as hurried and anxious as before.

"It's about 300,000, and if that's the case, there will be no problem with teaching, and the need for money and food can be reduced by half."

Yisha breathed a sigh of relief and added: "However, the school enrolls students every year, and the subsequent number of students should maintain an annual growth of less than 50,000." ”

"Follow-up matters, wait for the promulgation of the policy to see the follow-up situation and then discuss, you go and get busy." Zhu Gaoxu interrupted Yisha's words.

When he heard this, he immediately returned the salute and withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

It's just that when he left Wuying Palace, he couldn't help but glance back at Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting in his position dealing with government affairs.

Now Zhu Gaoxu gives him the feeling that he seems to have returned to the past.

"Ming Taizong Record": "In October of the 33rd year of Hongwu, the prince was ordered to run a school in Liaodong, and the prince ordered the official school to say: "If you don't study over ten years old, you will be punished for your father and brother." ”

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