A pink-carved child blinked his eyes and asked, "Lin Yu, why do you think the Franji people look completely different from me, the Ming people?"
The child in front of him is the future Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. He is now eight years old. When Zhu Houzhao was four years old, Emperor Hongzhi ordered Li Jie to initiate him. Zhu Youtang was very satisfied with Li Jie. Facts have proved that Li Jie often The suggestions made turned out to be correct.
Nowadays, the tributary trade is in full swing. Unlike in the past, only two countries, North Korea and Ryukyu, paid tribute frequently. Countries in Southeast Asia such as Champa, Luzon, Java, and Siam basically paid tribute once a year, and some even paid tribute twice a year. Three tributes.
The profits from the tribute trade were so huge that the court was reluctant to let it go. However, the official transaction procedures were cumbersome and even if it wanted to expand, it would be difficult to expand. After all, trade between countries was not as convenient as between merchants.
The French (Spanish and Portuguese) people heard the news two years ago and got involved. Of course, the most valuable tribute item was the French cannon. In addition to Li Jie's advocacy of firearms from time to time, the ministers in the court The more overseas contacts you have, the more emphasis you place on firearms.
The sea is high and windy, and the hull is very unstable. Even a sharpshooter is useless on the sea. Artillery naturally comes into everyone's sight. It takes much less time to train a gunner than an archer.
Nowadays, maritime warfare is not as scientific as that of later generations. Most of them rely on Mongolia. It may not matter if two enemy ships fire at each other for a few rounds. Whoever has the longer range and faster rate of fire will have the advantage. Li Jie proposed It has been two years since the proposal to improve the French cannon. A few days ago, news came from the Ministry of Works that the new cannon is almost completed.
"Your Highness, do you think southerners are different from northerners?"
Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and clapped his hands and said: "I know, as Lin Yu said, oranges grown in Huainan are called tangerines, and oranges grown in Huaibei are called tangerines. But I still like to eat oranges."
As he talked, he started talking about the various fruits he had eaten. He completely forgot about the Franji people he had discussed before. However, Li Jie still followed him and waited until Zhu Houzhao remembered the previous topic and picked up the topic again: "Lin Yu, is it because the Franji people are too far away from us, that’s why they look like that?”
Li Jie nodded: "The prince is so smart. He can draw inferences from one instance and apply it to other situations so quickly."
Zhu Houzhao was very proud of being praised and his face lit up. Li Jie was also very satisfied with this student. He was very smart and could understand many problems at once. If he was educated properly, he would never make the same mistakes again.
Zhu Houzhao has a cheerful temperament and does not like to be restrained, so Li Jie teaches according to his aptitude and teaches with fun on weekdays. Zhu Houzhao's little face always looks bitter when other teachers teach him.
"Lin Yu, can I just let you teach me in the future? Classes with other teachers are so boring."
Li Jie smiled slightly: "That's not possible. Every teacher is very powerful. You have to learn the most powerful things from each teacher. Then you will be the most powerful, right?"
Zhu Houzhao's tangled eyebrows almost knitted together. He thought for a while that he was the most powerful, and for a while he thought that other teachers were bored in class. In the end, the idea that he was the most powerful prevailed.
"Okay, I must learn them all, and then I will be the most powerful kid."
At this time, a young eunuch came forward and said, "Prince, it's time for Bachelor Wang to go to class."
Zhu Houzhao didn't want to go to class when he thought of Wang Hao in class. He looked at Li Jie with a longing look. The meaning was self-evident. Li Jie shook his head slightly. In the end, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to follow the little eunuch.
In addition to his position as Shao Zhanshi of the James Mansion, Wang Gao also worked part-time as a bachelor's student at the Hanlin Academy. However, his main focus was still on the East Palace. He also criticized Li Jie's education methods and discussed with Li Jie many times. However, neither side could convince the other, and in the end they even went to the emperor.
In the end, the emperor decided to maintain the status quo, because Zhu Houzhao praised Li Jie many times in front of him, and the courses taught by Li Jie were the best that the prince had mastered. Although the two had many questions about their education methods, it did not affect their relationship. personal friendship.
When he returned to the Taoist home on duty, he saw that Fang Yi had a big belly and was about to undress Li Jie. Li Jie quickly waved his hand and said, "No, I will do it myself. The doctor said that you need to rest more recently. Why don't you take a good rest in the room?" ah."
Fang Yi touched her belly and said, "The child kicked me. I was wondering if he missed his father, so I'm waiting here for you to come back."
In the end, Li Jie did not propose marriage to Li Dongyang. After all, he came from a later generation and was still a little reluctant to marry a woman he had never met. Moreover, he did not need to improve his status through marriage. Even if he did not marry Li Dongyang, he would not turn against him.
However, Lin Han felt deeply regretful. He and Li Dongyang were already close friends, and he wanted to get closer and get closer, but he did not force Li Jie. After all, Li Jie was now the leader of the Lianjiang Lin family.
After several years of Imperial College career, Lin Tingang made a splash in the ninth year of Hongzhi examination, winning the first prize and the first prize in a row. Now he is serving as editor of the Hanlin Academy. Lin Tingang does not have Li Jie's good luck. If nothing happens, he will have to wait for nine years. You can only be promoted after passing the annual exam. It can be said that there are very few people like Li Jie who are promoted in two or three years.
Li Dongyang joined the cabinet together with Xie Qian last year. Liu Ji was still not favored by the emperor after experiencing several struggles. The main reason was that he had done too many wrong things before. The emperor would not care whether you are a prodigal son or not.
Three years ago, Liu Ji smartly submitted a letter begging to become an official, and Emperor Hongzhi agreed directly without making any efforts to persuade him to stay. Generally speaking, the emperor would at least make some pretense of retaining his ministers, but Liu Ji did not do anything after he submitted the information about Liu Ji's official appointment. After going through this process, Liu Ji returned home disheartened.
Last year, Li Jie integrated all he had learned in his life and understood the principle of the harmony of yin and yang. Now the sea is as wide as the fish can leap, and the sky is as high as the birds can fly. He finally stepped into the realm of innateness and experienced the changes left by the Yi Jing when he was young. The sequelae have also recovered, and Fang Yi is about to give birth.
He returned to the previous world before he could experience being a father. Although he went back for a month later, the child was still not born. He was in a quiescent state after leaving the dungeon world. I just don’t know if the system can extend the dungeon world in the future. During the break, unfortunately the system is a boring gourd and the questions asked will not be answered at all.
In this world, considering the physical condition of the Lins, they still have at least ten years to live, which is plenty of time. This also makes Li Jie look forward to the upcoming little life.
