When Emperor Kangxi I and his queen "Obai" were singing and dancing (in later Bollywood movies, Emperor Kangxi and Queen Aobai would even dance by themselves), they ascended to the supreme position and headed towards the highlight of their lives. when. They... are also the enemy of the entire Western world. The Grand Duke and Emperor Zhu Heji of the Ming Dynasty has returned to the capital of Guangzhou, the "Haijing" of the Ming Dynasty that is most loyal to him.
For the past several years, Emperor Zhu had been stranded in Beijing and even moved the entire Ming court to Beijing. With Ge Erdan fleeing and the three brothers Yeerqiang and Cewang Arabtan taking control of the Ili, Junggar and Khovd grasslands, Zhu Heji's work in Beijing came to an end. So when winter came in the sixth year of the Grand Duke's reign, Emperor Zhu led his court all the way south to Guangzhou. He and his small court spent several months inspecting the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty while traveling.
Well, there are good mountains and rivers everywhere, beautiful scenery, and almost no pollution at all. After the equalization of land was fully implemented, the life of the common people was not bad... There were few people and plenty of land, but the land was evenly distributed. For Chinese farmers, this was nothing more than the era of great rule.
In the countryside of Beizhili, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong that Zhu He passed on his way south, the number of children also began to increase dramatically! In every village community and every gated building that Emperor Zhu Da passed by, he could see groups of children playing and playing... Whether they were children or old people, they all looked like they had enough to eat and clothing to wear. The appearance.
Moreover, the farmland outside these village communities and gated buildings are also well managed. There are no chemical fertilizers or pesticides now. They are all "pollution-free, purely natural" agricultural products. Naturally, their growth cannot be compared with those unusually strong agricultural products of later generations. But fortunately, the land is very abundant, so outside every village community building, you can see large tracts of unsightly agricultural products.
In addition, due to the relatively small population, grassland rotation has naturally become the most economical agricultural production method. Therefore, the village communities and gated buildings that Zhu Heji saw on his way south all had a lot of livestock... It seemed that the people living there could eat meat and drink milk from time to time. .
Although this kind of life is not very wealthy, it is comfortable enough. For the Chinese people who have suffered so many disasters in history, now is almost the best time.
It is said that if the warehouse is solid, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace. Now that farmers are finally able to eat every meal and have their warehouses filled with grain, of course they will also pay attention to education.
Therefore, most village communities and gated buildings have set up elementary schools. These elementary school textbooks are provided free of charge by the Ming Dynasty court, and there are not many subjects. They are Confucianism (equivalent to Chinese plus moral education), arithmetic, martial arts, handicrafts, and gardening. Among them, Confucianism, arithmetic, and martial arts are required for further education. A required course to enter a county or township (town) primary school.
Of course, there are also some private elementary schools and middle schools that are not entirely covered by this education system. However, the current system that the Ming Dynasty spent money to establish is close to the so-called "new modern education" can still ensure that most of the "Tianniu" (born cow babies) will enter university step by step. Although the number of domestic universities in the Ming Dynasty is not large at present, there are only Beijing Daofu School, Qingbei University, Jinling University, Daming University, Lingnan University, Haizhu University, Daming Public Medical School, as well as the Army Academy and the Navy Academy. Two military universities, nine universities in total.
The level of mathematics, natural magic, natural Taoism and philosophy taught in these universities is not too high in Zhu Heji's opinion, but it can be regarded as a fusion of Eastern and Western natural philosophy, mathematics, Taoism (physics, Chemistry) at the highest level.
In addition, these universities also offer many professional disciplines such as engineering, navigation, medicine, law, business, education, etc. that are easier to find a job.
All in all, the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Zhu Heji, a wise king, is on a pretty good upward path!
And Guangzhou, as the earliest capital of the Celestial Empire whose national fortunes were on the rise, already had some of the meaning of an international metropolis in the spring of the seventh year of the Grand Duke’s reign!
The streets that had become depressed and empty due to the wars between the Ming and Qing dynasties have now returned to a bustling scene. The people of the Ming Dynasty, as well as various merchants from the West, Southeast Asia, East Asia and other places, were all crowded in the streets. On several spacious streets leading to Tianzi Pier outside the city, the carriages coming and going are all loaded with goods. These are goods from overseas or about to be shipped overseas... This is also the case in Guangzhou. The charm of this great oriental trade port!
Occasionally, cavalry would pass by on the street, and the knights on the cavalry were all capable Shunfeng riders - in order to command the Ming Dynasty, an increasingly larger country, and to facilitate the delivery of letters to the government and private people in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Heji regained Beijing, he began to fully restore the Ming Dynasty's postal system, but it was no longer called a post... The rebellion of Li Zicheng, a "laid-off postman", made Emperor Zhu feel that he was a "postman" His name was unlucky, so he changed it to "Shunfeng Division"!
Several horses from the Shunfeng Division galloped along the horse road around the city of Guangzhou, and soon detoured to the Yuexiu Palace in the north of the city - where the original Yuexiu Mountain Sifang Fort was. Due to the rapid economic development in Guangzhou, the area around Zhu Heji's original Taisun Palace and Zhu Tianwang's Third Palace had long since become a busy city.
So Zhu Heji simply ordered the razing of the two palaces built by Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, and used the land for development, building dozens of enclosed buildings that were only for rent but not for sale... At the same time, he He also ordered people to purchase land in the Yuexiu Mountain area and spent several years building a "mountain palace". The palace is built according to the mountain, and the palace walls frame the scenery of Yuexiu.
Around Yuexiu Mountain, the Ming court also spent money to build a left-behind city, which could house the Haijing left-behind department and the yamen residences reserved for some court officials who followed Zhu Heji in Guangzhou. Go in.
"Your Majesty, this is the memorial sent from Honglu Temple and the Military Advisor's Office!"
Nalan Xingde, the minister of bodyguard, stood outside a pavilion on Yuexiu Mountain and respectfully handed over the two memorial boxes.
After hearing Nalan Xingde's words, Zhu Heji and Zhu Tianwang, father and son, who were playing chess, put down their chess pieces at the same time. The two father and son must have stayed in Beijing and Nanjing for a long time, and are a little unaccustomed to the hot climate in Guangzhou. Now they are both wearing sweatshirts and shaking big cattail fans.
Zhu Heji used his cattail fan to beckon Nalan Xingde and asked him to bring up the two memorial boxes. Of the two memorial boxes, one is opened and the other is sealed. Zhu Heji opened the unsealed box first and found two question books inside. He took them out and took a look. One is from Wu Guogui, and the other is from Tu Hai.
So he opened Tu Hai's question book and read it. After reading for a while, he let out a contemptuous laugh.
King Zhu Tian, who was sitting opposite him, was drinking a bowl of herbal tea. When he heard his son's voice, he smiled and asked, "Sai Zai, who are you laughing at?"
"Father," Zhu Heji said with a smile, "I am laughing at Mongolia, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands and the Papal States."
"What are you laughing at them for?"
"They formed an eight-nation coalition to deal with our Ming Dynasty!"
When King Zhu Tian heard this, he frowned and said, "The Eight-Nation Alliance, it sounds very powerful... Shai Zai, should we join forces with the Ottomans and Tianzhu to make a Three-Nation Agreement?"
Zhu Heji shook his head and said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty does not need allies, the Ming Dynasty can be gloriously isolated!"
"Glorious isolation?" King Zhu Tian asked, "Doesn't that mean one versus eight?"
Zhu Heji smiled and nodded: "Yes! It's one against eight... but Ming Dynasty will win!"
