"Zexu, how do you speak?"
Lin Minghe hurriedly got out of the queue.
"emperor."
Zhu Daohua waved his hand, and then looked at the childish young man.
This was a famous figure in the dynasty. He became a scholar at the age of only eleven, which led to the Ming Dynasty urgently making a patch to the imperial examination system—you must be sixteen years or older to participate in the imperial examination1
after all.
This Ming Dynasty scholar could be an official.
Going to be an official below at the age of only eleven?
This is too childish.
But Lin Zexu passed the exam honestly.
Therefore, the scholar still has to give it.
So now he has been transferred to Zhongdu to sharpen ink and deliver pens to Emperor Zhu.
This job made many nobles envious of him until their eyes turned red.
At the age of eleven, he was by the emperor's side and became a close minister of the emperor.
What ability does this Lin Zexu have that makes Emperor Zhu treat him so well?
However, Lin Zexu seemed to be a little ignorant of the blessings.
He only thought about going out to serve as an official.
"The official can't give it to you. When the Royal Elementary School starts, you will go to elementary school to study, then go to middle school, and then take the college entrance examination. Wait until you graduate from college."
Emperor Zhu has already made arrangements for Xiao Lin Zexu.
A national hero.
No matter what, there should be more preferential treatment.
Emperor Zhu then encouraged Lin Minghe and Zeng Ada, and the first batch of the largest fleet was already being prepared.
One month later, they will lead the first batch of immigrants to the New World and set off for Jinshan City.
They included a thousand officers, more than 8,000 strong men, as well as caravans traveling to Jinshan to explore minerals and land, as well as doctors, teachers and other personnel.
This first group of people going to Jinshan are going to complete a series of pioneering work to prepare for the subsequent fleets that will arrive almost every month.
In fact, this is just an immigration plan officially supported by the Ming Dynasty.
In order to mobilize the power of the people.
Many newspapers in the Ming Dynasty reported on the richness of the New World. At the same time, the Council also passed a series of laws such as the "New World Enclosure Law" and "New World Weapons Possession Law" to encourage private exploration and immigration to the New World.
The focus of the Ming Dynasty was to build the Jinshan Governor's Palace, with Jinshan as the center.
But at the same time, it opened up the Ming Dynasty's folk power to explore and develop the west coast of the New World.
A two-pronged approach.
Although doing so will inevitably lead to Emperor Zhu's sons being less able to control the armed immigrants in the New World.
But the same thing.
Emperor Zhu knew very well that the future was no longer an era of autocratic monarchs.
What his sons need is military talent. Only capable monarchs who can lead the army, defeat opponents in the New World, expand territory in the New World, and rule the Xia and the barbarians can be qualified to gain a foothold in the New World.
Anyway.
Next, the next ten years.
Emperor Zhu is mainly doing two things.
First, the excess population exported to the Han Dynasty was exported to the Han Dynasty in three directions, namely the Northeast, the Southeast Asian islands south of Hainan Island and even Australia, and the New World, with the focus on the New World.
Second, use financial means to continue to encourage the development of industrialization.
Of course.
Making babies is also very important.
But mainly these two things.
Just when Emperor Zhu's ship had just arrived at the Jiangport in Zhongdu.
Emperor Zhu got the good news before he even got off the ship.
Princess Zheng of Siam gave birth to a son.
After hearing the news, Emperor Zhu also happily sent red envelopes to the accompanying officials and guards.
Until now.
Emperor Zhu already had twenty heirs.
Among them are 12 sons and 8 daughters.
All twenty children are in good health and none of them died in infancy.
This is mainly due to the development of the medical and health industry in Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Zhu was originally a doctor.
So I still attach great importance to this.
The Department of Medicine at Douhua University is now the world's leading physician training institution.
so.
Thanks to the advancement of medicine and the Ming Dynasty's investment in basic medical care, the entire Han Dynasty is facing not only the current surplus population, but also a new round of population explosion caused by medical progress.
The rapidly expanding population was both a pressure and a driving force for the Ming Dynasty to continue to emigrate.
Now the Ming Dynasty has basically occupied the territory in the eastern part of the Asian continent, some of which are direct territories, some of which are vassal states, and some of which are entrusted to vassals.
Especially the sparsely populated Tohoku region and Nanyang, which has become somewhat empty due to the hard work of the Japanese samurai.
But this is not enough. What can really accommodate a huge population is the Great Plains of North America.
"Minghe, now I have twenty heirs alone, and there will be more in the future. Thanks to the improvement of the medical system promoted by me, the infant mortality rate will further decrease in the future. Our Ming Dynasty will definitely usher in a new era in the next few decades. Extremely rapid population growth!"
After getting off the boat, Emperor Zhu said to Lin Minghe beside him.
"In this way, what you did in Jinshan will be of even greater significance to the Ming Dynasty. It is a fertile unclaimed land comparable to the Han Dynasty. Since the Europeans can occupy it, why can't the Ming Dynasty occupy it? And Our Ming Dynasty has stronger national power and a larger population. What our generation has done is of contemporary benefit and eternal benefit. It is comparable to the enfeoffment of King Wu, which laid the foundation of China for two thousand years in one fell swoop! Until now, the core territory of China is still The land managed by the princes who were enfeoffed by King Wu. And now, another era of great struggle is ushering in. What we need to do this time is to learn from King Wu's enfeoffment and carry out the policy of the Xia king and the barbarians in the New World. In the future, my heirs, except the prince Except for that, everyone else must enter the military academy to study military affairs, lead their own tribes and countries in the New World, and open up territory for China!"
Emperor Zhu obviously did not take into account the needs of his sons' personality development.
And it seems a bit too tiger dad.
However, Emperor Zhu did not feel that he had wronged his son.
They are the sons of the emperor, and they are all princes.
Their background is countless times better than that of ordinary people.
What else can you be dissatisfied with?
Emperor Zhu has always emphasized the equality of rights and obligations.
Now that I enjoy the status of a prince.
So
In the future, it is their duty to guard the New World and spread branches and leaves for China.
Guangzhou, Shamian.
Editorial Department of "Junzi Daily".
Editor-in-chief Du Ruchong was holding two advertisement manuscripts and frowning.
Of course "Esquire" will advertise.
Actually.
Income from newspaper sales accounts for only a small part of the newspaper's revenue.
Advertising revenue accounts for the bulk.
But today's two advertisements made Du Ruchong very unhappy.
One of them was an enrollment advertisement called [Lanxiang Technical College].
The other one is an enrollment advertisement for the [New China University College Entrance Examination Assault Class].
You can tell just by the name.
One is for training technical workers, and the other is for college entrance examination surprise training for those scholars who want to enter college.
(End of chapter)
