"Bell... Clang... Bell ......"

In the early morning, when the dew spills on the market, the fresh smell comes to the nostrils.

In Nanjing, on the banks of the Yangtze River, ordinary people on the streets of the market began to prepare for their daily life, and vendors who set up stalls also came to the streets early, pushing trolleys and shouting slogans to sell goods.

On the side of the road, a variety of shops gradually began to open their doors, the morning bell in the distance gradually became smaller, and the noisy urging sound in the ears revealed a trace of familiarity and warmth.

The streets are lined with buildings of varying heights, and some of the nostalgic rooftops can still be seen as when they were built.

The signboard flags hanging outside the window are waving in the wind, and the morning breeze brings a hint of coolness, which makes people feel the wisps of historical atmosphere exuded by this ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties.

The ancient city walls seemed to be asleep at this moment, without too much wind and footsteps.

The bells of Jiming Temple in the distance are becoming more and more melodious, which is in stark contrast to the bustle of the streets.

Compared with the prosperity of the inner city, the palace city not far from it has just ended the early dynasty.

Zhu Di arrived at the Wuying Hall by car and entered it, and asked Wang Yan who followed behind him as he walked: "It's been two months since the second child went to Taixue, and he hasn't come back for so long, do you want to live with me?" ”

When the words fell, he also sat back in his place, and Wang Yan said embarrassedly: "The slave maid also sent someone to inquire, His Highness said that the course is not over yet, and he can't come back for the time being." ”

Wang Yan explained, but Zhu Di was dissatisfied:

"I heard that now the government and the opposition are calling him a teacher, and the students of Taixue also say that he is an all-rounder in ancient and modern times."

"Okay......"

"Our Zhu family was born in rebellion, but I didn't expect that such a great sage as him suddenly appeared, and a good prince should not be, but he went to be his Zhu Jiaoxi."

Zhu Di said in a weird manner, then touched his beard with one hand, and pointed at Wang Yan with a Zhu pen in the other: "You send someone to tell him that these days are the days when the crown princess is about to give birth, and if he wants to be his Zhu Jiaoxi, he must take care of my Zhu Huangsun first." ”

"Slave and maid." Wang Yan responded, and Zhu Di also looked at the mountain of songs, and he had a headache.

Since Zhu Gaoxu went to be a teacher and gave him one-third of Donggong Songshu, he did not feel happy to take back power, but felt very irritable.

Zhu Jiaoxi has things to do, and he, Emperor Zhu, has more things to do.

From the beginning of May to the beginning of July, except for Zhu Yuanzhang's death day, he took the time to go to the Purple Mountain to pay respects, and he has been staying in Miyagi to deal with the music at other times.

For a prince like Zhu Di, who was born as a vassal king, if he doesn't leave the palace for too long, he will feel that he is out of touch with the people's livelihood and suffering, so he can't help but feel a little anxious.

Seeing that Wang Yan sent someone to deliver the message, Zhu Di settled down to deal with the song.

When the time was close to noon, Yuxin, the head of the household department, and Zhaozhou Bo Li of the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies appeared in the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Di packed up a piece of music and looked up at them who bowed five times and bowed three times: "Let's do things evenly." ”

"Wait for the thanks......" Yu Xin and the two returned the salute, and then slowly got up.

The two of them held the wat board, and Yu Xin spoke first: "Qinzhou, Lin'an, and Siming have allocated millions of money and grain, and in addition, this year's summer grain has also begun to be collected. ”

"Shandong's migration to Liaodong has come to an end, although some people fled south, but they were also repatriated back to Liaodong, and it is expected that the number of Liaodong mouths will exceed 2 million before winter."

Before Yu Xin finished speaking, Zhu Di said: "There are many people in Liaodong, and there are few people in Shandong, how to prevent cultivated land from being abandoned?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty......" Yu Xin had already prepared, so he replied unhurriedly: "Before winter, Liaodong will transfer 7,000 horses and 30,000 cattle to the south. ”

"At present, there are more than 1,544,000 mouths in the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Laizhou, and more than 23,720,000 mu of cultivated land."

"These numbers, plus the number of ploughing cattle and horses that the imperial court has distributed to the people since the Hongwu period, are enough to cultivate all the cultivated land, and judging from the last year's book, the number of cattle and horses in the three prefectures has increased by nearly sixty percent compared with the number of acres and populations in Qingzhang, and the number of horses and cattle is nearly 150,000."

"Judging from the past growth, it is hoped that in three years, the people of Sanfu will be able to continue to open up land in the local area."

As the population of cultivated land increases, so so do the cattle and horses that are used as animal power.

The reason why the imperial court did not know was because the officials, the lieutenant chief, and the grain chief concealed the report.

After all, as far as the previous policy is concerned, after the horses and ploughing cattle issued by the imperial court give birth to calves and foals, they will need to be handed over after they are raised to a certain extent.

In order to hide this group of ploughing cattle and horses, the people below naturally made any deal.

They are bullying the imperial court and have no ears in the townships, but with the influx of tens of thousands of officials from the Bohai Sea into Shandong, a large number of grain chiefs, lieutenant chiefs and officials have been thoroughly investigated, and Shandong's anti-corruption has continued from the beginning of the year to the present, and no less than 3,000 people have been arrested, all of whom have been confiscated to prepare for the next year to take Modong and set up three guards.

"In addition, the officials and households found a total of 376,400 yuan of gold, silver, copper coins, treasure money, and other stolen money, 179,240 stones, antique calligraphy and paintings, 4,67 houses, and 498,237 acres of land."

"The acres of land have been evenly distributed among the people, the grain has been transported to Zhaozhou, the city houses have been handed over to the Yahang for sale, and the township houses have been reserved for the residence of the new town mayor, the lieutenant chief, and the grain chief."

"In addition, in accordance with the will of His Royal Highness the Prince, nearly 200,000 copper coins were transported to Zhaozhou for His Majesty's reward for the three armies after the northern expedition and the post-war pension, and the gold and silver treasure banknotes were transported south and deposited in the treasury."

Yu Xin reported on the recent situation in Shandong, and I have to say that Zhu Gaoxu is much more ruthless than Zhu Di in the process of engaging in Dazhulian.

Without mentioning the Battle of Jingjing, let's just say that the greed for ink of the officials, the lieutenant chief, and the grain chief can make 3,000 people to the extent of filling the army.

Zhu Di is familiar with the "Da Ming Law", and knows that Sun Cheng must have raised the price of the land according to Zhu Gaoxu's words, otherwise it would be impossible for so many people to fill the army, after all, there are requirements for the army, not every corrupt official can achieve it, not to mention this group of grassroots chiefs and grain chiefs.

But it doesn't matter, as long as there is no chaos in Shandong, and the second child still feels sorry for him, and he transferred nearly 180,000 stone grain and 200,000 yuan of money to him.

Thinking of these money and food, Zhu Di's previous complaints about Zhu Gaoxu also dissipated a lot.

Yu Xin saw that Zhu Di didn't speak, so he took a step back and said that there was nothing to do.

Seeing this, Li Shi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Governor's Mansion has started military affairs." ”

"Play." Zhu Di changed his sitting posture and waited for Li Shi to report.

"Quanningwei has already gone to the Liaohe River to transfer 200,000 stones, Zhaozhou City also has 380,000 stones, and after the autumn harvest this year, it can store 600,000 stones, counting the 180,000 stones transferred from the household department to the north, it should be able to store 780,000 stones in the spring of next year."

"In addition, Zhaozhou also has 100,000 catties of gunpowder and 30,000 iron shells, 10,000 flowering shells, and 10,000 catties of lead bullets for shotguns."

"In addition to the 3,000 officials and officials who committed crimes in Shandong, nearly 6,000 criminals from Beiping, Shanxi and other places were also sent to Zhaozhou to fill the army."

"The Governor's Mansion wants to ask Your Majesty whether to use them as garrisons and put them into the three guards of Modong after Modong recovers."

Li lost the matter in the north first, and Zhu Di grabbed his beard after hearing it: "Be the tun army of Modong, as for the name for the time being, Modong will be subordinate to Daning in the future and will be controlled by Daning." ”

"When Modong is recovered, the defenders in Daning and Quanning can also be transferred north, and relying on the Anwen River can better solve the problem of grain and grass."

Zhu Di can see the benefits of the Wenjiang River, its water transportation is better than the Liao River, relying on the Liao River's Daning Wei more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, 70,000 or 80,000 dependents for the Ming Dynasty is a heavy burden.

However, after recovering Modong and migrating most of them to Modong, it would not be a problem to feed them forty or fifty thousand people by relying on the small granaries of the Nuwen River and the Bohai Sea.

As long as Kaiping is guarded and Modong is guarded, it will be difficult for Warat and Tatar in the north to invade the current Daning, and the local area can also specialize in agriculture.

"The Minister ......" received Zhu Di's reply, and Li Shi continued to report after responding:

"The army of Zhengnan has begun to assemble, the West Route Army is led by Mu Chun, the Duke of Qianguo, the East Route Army is led by the Governor Fu Rang, and the Sea Route is led by Yang Zhan, the Duke of Yueguo, and the eunuch Zheng He is leading."

"After consultation, the armies set the time for sending troops on the fifteenth day of the winter month."

After Li Wei answered, Zhu Di touched his beard: "Will it be too late and cold on the fifteenth day of the winter month?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, on the fifteenth day of the winter month in Annan, the climate is similar to the summer in Jiangnan, and it is already the most suitable time for sending troops in the local area."

"A month in advance, it was hotter than the summer in Nanjing, and the soldiers were susceptible to miasma and malaria."

"Only the three months between winter and February are suitable for our army to fight, and if they are exceeded, they will lose their troops."

"This time, the imperial court mobilized an army of 126,000, of which 46,000 were natives, and the people mobilized 60,000 troops from Yunnan and Guangxi, including 140,000 men, totaling 326,000 and 500,000."

Li lost the general situation, and also signaled the young military attache of the Governor's Mansion who followed behind him to hand over the military formation map, and Wang Yan took it and handed it over to Zhu Di.

This marching formation map looks like it was written by the generals of the Bohai faction, because it clearly marked the width of the river, the elevation of the mountains and the passes of the cities and passes.

Of course, the altitude of this mountain and river is mainly based on collecting intelligence at night, and then it is roughly planned, which is not very accurate, but it can also give the generals a general impression.

For a general like Zhu Di, this flat map seems to be three-dimensional in his eyes, and rivers and mountains are presented in front of him.

He doesn't know the southwest, but with the Ansa sand pan made by the East Palace, he still knows the difference between the southwest and Mobei and Jiangnan.

"This place is really not easy to fight, but this time there are Mu Chun, Fu Rang, Qu Neng, and Gu Cheng, and they can't help it."

Grabbing his beard, Zhu Di put away the marching formation.

Seeing this, Li also took a step back, saying that there was nothing to report.

"How is Cao Guogong in charge of encirclement and suppression in Xuzhou, can he withdraw and go south?"

Zhu Di asked Li Lost, and Li Lost paused when he heard this, and glanced back at the military attache behind him.

Seeing this, the military attache also stepped forward and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Cao Guogong can't get out, and he is fighting with Du Zhangman in Lingxiao City at this moment. ”

"After the Duke of Qianguo learned about it, he consulted with Fu Dudu to transfer four thousand soldiers from Maitreya and Yiliang to Guangnan, led by Fu Mao, the Bo of Guangnan, in order to deter those Tusi who were close to the Hu clan of Annan."

The military attache replied decently, making Zhu Di also look sideways: "What is your name, what is your official position, and how old are you this year?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the commander of the Chenbao Taowei is Jiang Gui, and there are three out of twenty this year."

Jiang Guizuo answered Zhu Di's question, and Zhu Di was also interested, after all, the reorganized Leopard Taowei was managed by the generals of the Yan Mansion, so he did not hesitate to praise: "Few military attachés with your official position can answer so decently." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di began to ask Jiang Gui about his views on the conquest of Annan, and Jiang Gui's views were highly consistent with those of Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu and others, and they all believed that it was not difficult to fight Annan, but the difficult thing was how to govern Annan after the war without causing chaos.

In this regard, Jiang Gui also put forward several methods, although not as fast and slow as Zhu Gaoxu's policy, but it can also govern Annan well.

After he said this, Yu Xin, Li Shi, and Wang Yan all looked at him, obviously not expecting him to have such an insight, and Zhu Di was also very happy.

Recently, he has been troubled by the generals of Yanfu, because except for Zhang Yu and Meng Shan, who retired as teachers, only Zhu Neng alone can hold up the scene.

Although Zhu Di is very optimistic about Zhang Fu and Meng Ying, the two young and strong Yanfu generals of the Southern Expedition, it is still too few for the two of them to compare with Meng Zhang, Zhang Chun, Lin Su, Chen Chang and others who are also young on the Bohai side.

Now it's okay, this Jiang Gui who came out is a seedling, exercise hard, maybe he can become a famous general who is not inferior to Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng.

"The commander is too young to display his talents, but you have no merit, and if you are suddenly promoted, I am afraid that the brothers in the Governor's Mansion will be dissatisfied."

Zhu Di valued Jiang Gui very much, so he asked: "Now there are still four months before the conquest of Annan, are you willing to go south to Qinzhou and follow Zheng He to attack Annan by sea." ”

"The minister has full authority to obey His Majesty's arrangement!" Jiang Guizuo returned the salute, and Zhu Di also nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, appoint you as the commander of the South China Sea Guard, and take office on the same day." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jiang Gui knelt down five times and bowed three times, and Zhu Di also smiled and signaled him to flatten down.

When he got up, Zhu Di also waved his hand: "If it's okay, just retreat." ”

"The ministers retired ......"

Seeing this, Yu Xin and the others left, and after they walked away, Zhu Di also got up and looked at Wang Yan: "What do you say about this Jiang Gui?" ”

"Yanshan's brother is worthy of trust." Wang Yan smiled and narrowed his eyes, obviously he also valued Jiang Gui very much.

Zhu Di was also satisfied with the words and circled around the Wuying Palace, humming an unknown southern tune in his mouth.

"You're up."

When Zhu Di was humming the tune, Li Shi, who walked out of the Wuying Palace, also looked at Jiang Gui, who was four or five years younger than him, and praised him, but Jiang Gui said modestly: "The last general has not made an inch, even if His Majesty gives him a reward, he does not dare to accept it." ”

"You go back to the Great Sect to find me, and I'll write you a letter, so that it will be much easier for you to go to the south."

Although Li Lost was not very good at leading troops, he did not say that when Zhu Gaochu entered Jilin, he decided to go to Jilin City to meet Zhu Gaochu in a few words, and after seeing Zhu Gaoxu, he knew that Zhu Gaochu would definitely succeed.

Therefore, when Zhu Gaoxu set up the Jurchen Eight Guards, he was also the first to stand up and respond positively.

He sees people very accurately, and as far as Jiang Gui said just now, his future is definitely above his own, so it is not a bad thing to take this opportunity to befriend him.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhaozhou." Jiang Gui did not refuse rigidly, but accepted Li Wei's kindness.

Seeing this, Li Shi also walked with him towards Xihua Gate, preparing to return to the Governor's Mansion.

However, Yu Xin only looked at the two of them, and then returned to the Wenhua Palace.

Jiang Gui has the demeanor of a general, but this has nothing to do with him, and his current focus is on helping Zhu Gaoxu sort out the household and the world's finances.

The summer grain is about to be harvested, and the more time it gets, the more ghosts and snakes and gods below will emerge one after another.

Only by solving them can he receive the money and grain below into the hands of the imperial court, so he can't be sloppy.

Everyone is performing their duties, but Zhu Gaoxu, who was ridiculed as a "teacher" by officials in Beijing, is employed in a serious preaching.

"The Pythagorean theorem is a fundamental geometric theorem that states that the sum of the squares of the two right-angled sides of a right-angled triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse."

As early as the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shang Gao, an ancient mathematician in China, put forward the idea of "hook three, strand four, and string five", which means that when the two right-angled sides of a right-angled triangle are ...... respectively"

In class, Zhu Gaoxu was telling 47 students about the origin of the Pythagorean theorem, as well as the proof of the Pythagorean theorem and the inverse theorem of the Pythagorean theorem.

He lectured quickly, but it wasn't hard for the forty-seven students who had been killed from thousands of troops to keep up.

Not only did they learn quickly, but they could also take notes and note questions at the same time, and ask him questions after Zhu Gaoxu finished explaining.

In the face of their questions, Zhu Gaoxu, who was blessed by Rao's memory, couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.

He is not proficient in mathematics, physics and chemistry other than geography, so when asked about the blind spots, he can only rely on them in the future to explore because he does not know about the ancients and the present.

"Dingding-ding-"

"Teach and walk slowly!"

When the special bell rang, which also meant that the morning class was over, Zhu Gaoxu accepted the students' salute, and then walked out of the classroom with the textbook.

In the corridor, many B-class students were looking forward to it, because after Zhu Gaoxu finished the morning class, 47 first-class students would use noon and afternoon to give lectures to more than 300 B-class students.

A first-class student needs to give lectures to six or seven B-class students, so although there is some delay in the progress of the course, but everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as the first batch of students survives, the middle school system of Daming will also be successfully established.

It only takes more than ten years for the knowledge from primary school to middle school to be spread on this land.

Walking down the teaching building, Zhu Gaoxu saw a high platform in front of a teaching building, with an hourglass on the high platform and a simple mechanical structure.

It uses the stored fine sand to carry out a simple clocking movement when the preset hour is reached, which is the "clock" of Taixue at present.

This clock was handmade by Zhu Gaoxu and his students based on ancient books.

The history of Chinese clocks and watches has to start with the invention of "Tugui" and "Japanese Gauge" two timepieces more than 3,000 years ago.

They made Huaxia one of the first countries in the world to invent timekeepers, and when the Bronze Age came, timers had a new development, replacing "Tugui" and "Rigui" with bronze "leaky pots".

In the Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng invented the world's first "water transport armillary elephant", and then the monks of the Tang Dynasty borrowed and improved the "water transport armillary sphere" and "water transport instrument elephant platform" on this basis.

Su Song, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, also presided over the construction of a water transport instrument elephant platform, which can tell the time and strike the clock, and its structure is similar to the structure of the clock.

Nowadays, the timer has gotten rid of the structural form of astronomical instruments and has received a breakthrough new development.

For example, the "five-wheel hourglass" made by Taixue based on ancient books adopts a mechanical structure, which can not only strike the clock, but also add a wooden plate and hands marked with twelve hours on his side to indicate the time.

Although not as accurate as clocks, Zhu Gaoxu believes that with this "five-round hourglass", he will definitely be able to attract students who are interested in this field in the future, and then develop better mechanical clocks.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the carriage with a smile, and Yizha on the carriage had been waiting for a long time.

"What's the matter, there's news from outside?"

As soon as he got into the carriage, Zhu Gaoxu felt that something was wrong with Yisha, so he asked.

Seeing this, Yisha told Zhu Gaochu what was just now from Wuyingdian, and Zhu Gaochu also smiled dumbly when he heard it: "I'm too busy to get dizzy." ”

Patting his head, he said to Yisha: "You ask the students of class A to give a lecture to the students of class B next, they have already learned seventy or eighty percent of the knowledge this semester, and I will teach the rest in the next few months." ”

"I won't go back to the courtyard today, let's go back to the East Palace, and I'll come back after the crown princess gives birth."

Zhu Gaoxu, who had been in Taixue for two months, finally said that he was going to return to the East Palace, which made Yishu breathe a sigh of relief.

During this time, he also read the textbooks compiled by His Royal Highness, and it can be said that there are too many things that go against "common sense".

If it weren't for the fact that his Royal Highness was still in a normal spirit, he would have been ready to invite Zhang Sanfeng, a sloppy Taoist from Wudang Mountain, to exorcise evil spirits for his Royal Highness.

"Why are you stunned?"

Looking at this stunned Yisha, Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

After reacting, Yisha hurriedly nodded: "Slave and maid, let's do it." ”

After that, he ordered a soldier to deliver the news, and then asked the sentry at the gate of Taixue to prepare to escort him, and personally drove Zhu Gaoxu to the East Palace on his way home.

Sitting in the car, watching the carriage leave Taixue, Zhu Gaoxu's heart was still a little empty.

The two months of Taixue gave him a special feeling, there was no intrigue in the temple, only the satisfaction of preaching and receiving karma.

During this period, he did not fall behind in governing the country, so this feeling of transforming the Ming Dynasty from material and spiritual made him enjoy it very much.

It is true that he should not impart too much knowledge in the world that violates the divine authority of the monarchy, but for him, if these things he brings are not disseminated, then what is the difference between him and other emperors in the feudal era?

There is no shortage of emperors in this land, what is lacking is someone who can completely change him.

What's more, for Zhu Gaoxu, how many years will it take for the knowledge of Taixue to spread and influence the world?

Maybe when that day comes, Da Ming will cease to exist a long time ago.

In that case, what does he have to keep in reserve?

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and he can only manage these decades.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the car window and saw the group of people who were working in the fields when they went out and had not finished their work until noon, and couldn't help but sigh:

"In a hundred years, let it run on its own......"

(End of chapter)