After seeing Biao'er come in, most of Zhu Yuanzhang's anger disappeared.
Jiajing is not the descendant of Biao'er, but the son of the fourth child!
"Come and see."
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to Ji Xiao's new book on the table.
A young eunuch had already brought the prince's chair over. After Zhu Biao picked up the book, he sat opposite his father and opened the book to read carefully.
After reading just a little bit of the first volume, he couldn't help but look at his father with surprise and doubt in his heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned dark.
Zhu Biao looked down and finally asked: "Father, in the 35th year of Jiajing... he was the emperor of my Ming Dynasty?!"
"yes."
"My son, please forgive me!"
Zhu Biao knelt down in a hurry.
"It's none of your business, get up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger and cursed: "Why can't the fourth child come yet?!"
He couldn't beat Jiajing, so he could only beat Lao Si.
"Back to my father, it will take more than ten days for the fourth brother to arrive at Yingtian Mansion."
After replying, Zhu Biao stood up, took Ji Xiao's new book, and said shamefully: "The incompetence of future generations makes the father angry, and it is the fault of the sons and ministers."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."
He couldn't tell his sister and Biao'er the inside story, he could only feel wronged by Biao'er.
"Tell me what you read in this book."
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his son.
There is no need to explain where this book comes from. Zhu Biao already knows that it comes from Chu Zhenren.
He held the book, pondered for a while and then said:
"The sea ban cannot contain Japanese pirates, but they are getting worse."
He looked at his father and saw him sitting silently on a chair.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked depressed and said: "I originally thought that the Japanese pirates were mostly Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen's remnants, but now reading what is written in this book, the Japanese pirates did come from the Japanese country, and they have been harassing our Daming Seaside for two to three hundred years."
Zhu Biao said: "It's a pity that there is no land route between Japan and Goryeo. Otherwise, we could send troops to pacify it. The current situation is that Japanese ships are constantly coming from the sea and harassing the extremely long seaside. The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty can only cope with it."
"We still have to build ships! Build big ships! Destroy the Japanese pirates' hometown."
After reading this book, Zhu Yuanzhang had made up his mind to attack the Japanese country. Unfortunately, the time had not come yet, there were not enough ships, and the soldiers who could go to sea to fight were not trained enough.
Zhu Biao still didn't know what a "big ship" was, so he thought about it carefully, "My father is now going to impose a sea ban on the Spring Equinox. I'm afraid that the people along the coast will set up ships to go to sea again and engage in secret trade with Fang Guozhen's remaining party."
"I'm thinking about this too."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and asked his son: "Who do you think should be sent to quell the Japanese pirates?"
Zhu Biao knew that this was his father's political inquiry, so he thought carefully before replying: "Japanese pirates often invade Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang. I thought that we could order Wen, Tai, Fu, Xing, Zhang, Quan, Chaozhou and other guards Supervise the construction of sea-going ships, supervise the construction of anti-Japanese ships, and strengthen defense."
"This was just the previous policy, but now it is no longer enough."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I want to rectify the Ming Dynasty Navy, gather the shipbuilding craftsmen from various guards in several places, unify coastal defense, and build a navy."
Zhu Biao was surprised.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Who do you think can serve as the first general of the Ming Dynasty navy?"
Ming Navy?
Zhu Biao couldn't figure out for a while how "big" the Ming Dynasty's navy was and whether it was affiliated to the Fifth Army Commander's Office.
But judging from his father's integration of multiple garrison posts to supervise the construction of sea ships, the future Ming Navy is expected to be in charge of all ship manufacturing, coastal defense, and command of coastal garrison posts.
It is juxtaposed with the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
The governors on the left and right of the Governor's Mansion are all first-rank officials, and the governor-general is a subordinate first-rank officer, but no one has held the position yet. He is responsible for commanding the troops with the governor's command and is a second-rank official.
"Zhang He and Zhu Shou are the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy!"
Zhu Biao's answer was very confident, "In the first year of Hongwu, Zhang He was awarded the command seal of the Fuzhou Guard City due to his achievements in suppressing the pirates. He is now the governor of the right army. Zhu Shou was in charge of water transportation, and he was also the governor of the rear army. He also went to sea to patrol against Japanese pirates, and both of them are familiar with ships and coastal defense."
"Zhang He, Zhu Shou..."
Zhu Yuanzhang leaned back on his chair and said thoughtfully: "Both of them have meritorious service, and it is reasonable to serve as the governor of the Navy. However, a governor must be added to the navy to avoid dissatisfaction with the guards below."
"The Lord of South Korea can be the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy."
"Li Shanchang...has he returned to Yingtian Mansion?"
"Just arrived yesterday."
"Let him come to see me right away, no, tomorrow... that's all. This old boy, huh, let him meet with Zhang He and Zhu Shou another day. In addition, Xinjiangkou Commander will command and bring ten craftsmen who are good at building large ships to come to see me!"
"yes!"
Zhu Biao smiled. After all, his father remembered some old feelings and did not let the Korean stallion come up.
The Korean prince is more than ten years older than his father. He resigned due to illness ten years ago. After going back to recuperate, he seems to be living more energetically.
When his father withdrew the imperial censor and changed the imperial court, he called him back and appointed him as a bachelor of Wuyingdian.
"Did you see anything else in the book?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked his son again.
Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, then said vaguely: "Two hundred years after the seaside guard station, the soldiers seem to be useless."
"Just tell me straight away, the guards are just like the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they will all be ruined in future generations!"
Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of tea to avoid feeling aggrieved by remembering the words of True Lord Yingtian Protector of the Country.
Zhu Biao had already guessed it and couldn't help but said:
"If our Ming Dynasty Guards were rotten and abandoned, the Tang Dynasty's military system would not be much better. Did Master Chu mention the military system to Li Shimin?"
If Master Chu wants to criticize Wei Suozhi, he can't just criticize the Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't the Tang Dynasty also be criticized?
"Li Shimin is now the King of Qin and is leading his troops to Luoyang."
"Well."
Zhu Biao looked embarrassed. He really couldn't mention the King of Qin. The King of Qin was currently conquering the world and had no control over the country.
After taking a look at his father and seeing his depressed look, Zhu Biao knew why.
His father conquered the world with his commoner body. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, his father had single-handedly controlled the internal and external military affairs.
But since his father met the later Master Chu in the way of soul wandering in Taixu, his father issued imperial edicts one after another and changed his previous policy.
From binding feet, to saving Hu Weiyong from death, he wanted to implement the three strategies of governing the country, and then to impose a sea ban and build a navy.
That's all.
However, the guard system is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's army. Once it is changed, it will be too implicated and even shake the country's foundation.
"Father!"
Zhu Biao advised: "The guard system is still of great use today and cannot be changed easily. If we want to change it, we need to measure the acres of land, change the tax system, change the household registration, and coordinate the recruitment of troops. Only then can we abolish the guard military households."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him: "You also see that the military household system is not working?"
"My son does not dare to question my father, I just have some opinions of my own."
"Write down your opinion!"
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered him and said: "Write it according to Hu Weiyong's way."
"Yes, Father."
Zhu Biao accepted the order and knew that his father wanted to show it to Master Chu, so he wrote it from left to right in plain Chinese.
After leaving the Huagai Hall, he was still curious:
Who is Master Chu?
He is called the Protector of the Country, but he can't even read written words, but he can come up with many magical things.
…
Immediately after the prince left, a eunuch came in to report that Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Yong, the minister, and Zhou Yi, the foreign minister, had all arrived.
Zhu Yuanzhang called them in and without saying a word, ordered the eunuch to bring them several books from Chu Zhen.
"Brigs, sailing battleships, double-deck gunboats, rapid-fire guns, breech-loading guns, muzzle-loading guns..."
Xue Xiang and others looked at the various pictures of cannons and warships in the book, and their eyes widened in shock. Finally, they looked at His Majesty in disbelief.
"These are the new weapons manufacturing plans sent to me by Master Chu."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked majestic: "I want you to take it back and immediately convene the craftsmen to discuss and judge how long it will take for the Ming Dynasty to manufacture these warship artillery. Come and see me the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The three of them received the order and were about to leave. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something and stopped them: "Don't leak these books. Make a copy and return it to my original copy. If it is spread, the Yi tribe will be responsible for it."
There was no need to tell him this. The Minister of Industry knew how to do it, but Zhu Yuanzhang thought of someone.
After they left, he ordered:
"Preach Tao Chengdao to all households!"
