Queen Ma was stunned when she heard this. He knew that the things in his son's head were worth as much as gold. The new things you learn are actually just the tip of the iceberg. The Map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms that was once shown to the nobles and marked with many of the world's major resources and minerals was a highly coveted treasure among the nobles.
Countless noble families who are aspiring to open up the country begged their grandfathers to sue their grandmothers, and came to the palace to wallow in mischief. They could only get Lao Zhu to lend them a cup of tea.
Moreover, you cannot take it home, you can only read it in the palace; you can only see it with your eyes, not touch it with your hands; and you are absolutely not allowed to bring pen and ink, what if it is copied out?
The children of our Lao Zhu family still have such a big basket. Although you are allowed to entrust foreign territories, the good places must still be reserved for the children of our Lao Zhu family. This picture of Kun Yu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms is a treasure left by Lao Zhu to the children of the Zhu family, which can be a big step ahead of others.
It can only be said that Lao Zhu is still essentially an old farmer. When it comes to matters related to his children, he is called a protector.
He's both defensive and stingy, and he doesn't even want to show his face.
"Are you going to announce these things?" Queen Ma asked in surprise. "You are actually willing to do such a precious thing? And your father's place..."
"If you are willing, why don't you want to?" Zhu Su said with a smile. "Originally, the child had no intention of keeping it secret. Sooner or later, it would be made public."
"The world is so big, and children cannot be the only ones who open their eyes to see the world. More people must see the world, so that in China we can have a steady stream of people to go out and explore."
"Moreover, mother, opening up to the outside world is not as easy as father and they imagined. There are many powerful people among those foreign countries, and most of them are tigers, leopards, and wolves."
"For example, there is a powerful empire rising in the west. Among the countries in the far west, there are many small countries that have been fighting for thousands of years. The land with the god seed in the east will attract other countries in a few years. The covetousness of thieves. Not to mention all kinds of wild beasts, plagues, and savages that have never been encountered in the land of China before..."
"It is never an easy matter to find a clear path. Now that I already know some knowledge that can reduce the losses of my Chinese children, I should naturally teach it to others so that they can reduce some difficulties in the future."
"The child also said just now that what our Ming Dynasty wants now should never be balance and internal strife, but should unite as one and open up a new era. Leaving a hand for my descendants of the Zhu family will only weaken China unnecessarily. The power of external development.”
"This is not what I want."
Zhu Su's face was solemn, but Queen Ma was elated after hearing this.
"Okay! Good boy! If you have such an open mind, your father should come and listen to it."
"My mother originally thought that it was unfair for the Imperial College to recruit nobles into the school. But now that I think about it, who said that warriors don't need knowledge?"
"If you want to expand abroad, you need to know the mountains, rivers, geography, customs and other things of the foreign frontiers. You also need to know how to use troops and how to educate..."
"We, the Ming Dynasty, established our own new dynasty, so we don't have to worry about the taboos of the previous Song Dynasty!"
"Recruit! Not only the sons of Song Guogong's family must be recruited, but all the children of Xungui's family should be recruited to the Imperial College!"
"Let them all study hard and open their eyes to see what the world is like. The provincial ones will become frogs in the well when they grow up, only knowing how to dominate the Ming Dynasty."
"Invite them all?" Zhu Su was stunned. this……
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To a certain extent, in the Ming Dynasty, it was sometimes easier for Queen Ma to speak than for Lao Zhu to speak.
Not long after he left the palace, the picture of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms, which had been hidden away as a treasure by Lao Zhu for a long time, was carried to the Imperial Academy with great care by the eunuchs in the palace. According to the leading eunuch, in order to take away this picture, His Majesty and the Queen, who have always been very affectionate, even had a small quarrel, which ended with the Queen raising her hand and His Majesty decisively giving in.
Along with Kunyu Wanguo Tu, there was also Lao Zhu's order to establish Zhu Su in the Imperial College to establish a martial arts school. From then on, all the noble disciples, unless there are special circumstances, need to be taught in martial arts.
Martial arts mainly talks about mountains and rivers, geography, and Yi and Di customs. For this reason, Lao Zhu even asked the Hanlin officials to retrieve all the records related to foreign vassals in the past dynasties from the main hall to enrich the library of the Imperial College. With this news and the Kunyu Ten Thousand Kingdoms Map, the honorable nobles naturally knew that this so-called martial arts was to teach what existed outside the Ming Dynasty and how to establish a vassal system and expand China.
All of a sudden, the nobles rushed to take action and sent their children to the Imperial Academy.
Because of the establishment of a martial arts school, Feng Sheng really did not continue to insist on getting married to Zhu Su. Instead, he honestly sent his two sons to the Imperial Academy and accepted Lao Zhu's reward of ten thousand liang of gold.
This also made Zhu Su breathe a sigh of relief.
Newspaper offices, steelmaking and other industries also successfully started up after receiving capital injections from the palace. The happiest people were Zhu Fan and Mu Ying. Steelmaking and gunmaking had been put on hold for several months, and the two brothers were on pins and needles. Now that the funds are in place, the steel furnaces and firearms workshops are operating at full capacity. One has begun to try to refine steel ordnance in large quantities, while the other has begun to use these new steels to try to cast the large-caliber artillery that Zhu Su mentioned.
The shipbuilding industry that had been put on hold in Poyang Lake was also taken over by Zhu Su and placed at the intersection of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. This is where Zheng He, the famous eunuch of the Three Treasures, set up a shipyard in the future. The "Longjiang Treasure Shipyard" came out decades in advance. With the strong support of Zhu Su and Lao Zhu, attempts to build treasure ships began to be launched in full swing.
The main person in charge of shipbuilding is Xu Yungong. As the eldest son of Wei Guogong Xu Da, Xu Yungong did not show strong leadership skills, but he showed extremely high talent in physics such as mechanical bearings. After taking over the shipbuilding job at Longjiang Shipyard, Xu Yungong worked tirelessly and did everything personally. He took the simple drawings drawn by Zhu Su based on his impressions and continued trial and error with the craftsmen, determined to build a treasure ship that could sail across the ocean.
Although the Kongyin case is still going on in full swing, in Zhu Su's world, he no longer cares about those corrupt officials. He was focused on various industries that were closely related to the future of the Ming Dynasty. As for political matters, he left them to Lao Zhu and his eldest brother.
Under the aftermath of the vigorous Kongyin case, Ming Dynasty finally began to promote basic science by leaps and bounds, accumulating its own foundation and strength.
Zhu Su eagerly hopes to see the seeds he planted take root and sprout. Once any of these industries succeeded, the changes it would bring to Ming Dynasty would be nothing short of earth-shaking. However, the first germinated seed surprised him: one day when he returned to Prince Wu's palace, Xu Yungong suddenly came to see him and brought a large car.
"Yungong, why is this carriage still covered with cloth?" Zhu Su said with a smile. "Is there something shameful hidden inside? Is it an antique treasure that you want to bribe me with?"
"Your Highness, I hope you will allow me to enter the palace and talk about it later." Xu Yungong ignored Zhu Su's teasing and looked solemn instead. "The things in this car are not antiques and treasures."
"But in terms of value, it is a hundred times better than all the antiques and treasures in the world!"
(End of chapter)
