In the East China Sea, the wind is high and the waves are rough.
More than a dozen ships of various sizes moved with the waves, and the horns on the ships kept sounding.
Zheng He stood firmly at the bow of the ship and shouted sternly: "Send a signal to Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu. These Japanese bandits must not be let go!"
The flag-bearer next to him walked to the side of the ship. After three gongs, the flag-bearer waved two yellow flags, crossed them together, pressed them downwards, and then repeated it again until the sound of gongs was heard from the ship not far away. Stopped moving.
Under Zhu Neng's feet was a 300-material fortune ship. Although it was not as good as Zheng He's 400-material warship, it was still a powerful warship. Three hundred steps away were five Japanese pirate ships.
Not long ago, this group of Japanese bandits gathered more than two hundred people and invaded Anton, but were driven into the sea by Anton guards. Before they could decide whether to hold a funeral first or move to another place to rob, Zheng He's naval fleet arrived.
After abandoning two boats and more than 30 corpses, the Japanese bandits relied on the flexibility of the boats to escape. They tried to break out several times on the way, but were defeated by the navy of Zheng He, Zhang Yu, and Zhu Neng. Forced to go all the way east.
Zheng He was not in a hurry. This group of Japanese bandits killed one group after another, but they were not less frequent. Instead, they became more violent and even organized attacks. This made Zheng He very curious and curious about who was controlling these Japanese bandits behind the scenes. .
"Island found ahead!"
shouted the sailor.
Zheng He looked over quickly and said in a deep voice: "Let them die in the sea! Charge!"
Zhang Yu led three warships on the left, Zhu Neng led three warships on the right, and Zheng He was in the middle, speeding away!
Seeing this, the Japanese bandits shouted crazily and waved their Japanese knives. Several Japanese bandits also took out firecrackers and fired them at Zheng He's ship.
The shield beside Zheng He didn't even move. The range of the fire cannon was not enough to break through 150 steps. Now that the distance was still far away, using the fire cannon indiscriminately only showed that the opponent was extremely panicked.
Zheng He raised his hand, the trebuchet was ready, and the earthen jars containing lime, silt, and iron calamus were placed in the trebuchet's ammunition bag. More than eighty sergeants leaned against the side of the ship, pulled out arrows and put them on their bows.
"put!"
When Zheng He saw that the distance had shortened to about 150 steps, he waved his hand fiercely.
The trebuchet buzzed, and earthen jars flew out from different ships. Some fell into the sea, and some hit the Japanese bandit's ship. The lime dispersed, the smoke rose suddenly, and the iron horns even cut through the Japanese pirates' ships. The bandit's face and hands screamed in agony.
"put!"
Zheng He shouted sharply.
The sergeant fully drew his bow and shot an arrow into the sky at a certain angle. The arrow flew out, then fell, covering a small sea area.
After firing the bow and arrow, the sergeant stood up calmly
Come, twenty sergeants picked up spears, hooks, shields and swords, twenty sergeants held fire blunderbuss, and twenty sergeants held fire attack arrows and magic arrows.
As the distance got closer and closer, the fire gunners attacked one after another, followed by fire attack arrows and divine machine arrows. Most of the Japanese bandits on the ship had already been eliminated. Before the boarding battle began, the Fuzhou ship directly crushed them. passed.
Several Japanese ships were smashed into pieces and turned into pieces of broken planks.
This move is called charging angle.
After the Japanese ships were eliminated, small boats began to be lowered from the Fuchuan. The sergeants, armed with hooks, spears, shields, swords and firecrackers, searched for Japanese bandits along the Fuchuan.
When you see a living person, add a fire blunderbuss, and then chop off the head. When you see a dead person, the same procedure is followed.
This is also a bloody experience.
At the beginning of the naval battle, the Japanese bandits would pretend to be dead. When the Ming army approached, they would fight back and seize the ship.
In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers, Zheng He ordered:
No matter dead or alive, treat them as alive, kill them again, and then discuss the head problem.
"Deputy Commander, Cheniushan Island should be ahead. Do you want to land on the island?"
Deputy Li Xing asked.
Zheng He looked coldly at the island in the distance. It was most likely a Japanese bandit's den, but he didn't know how many Japanese bandits there were.
Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng boarded Zheng He's ship.
Zhang Yu asked with a serious face: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, we don't know whether we are the enemy or not. Our combat sergeants only have 800 soldiers. Do you want to wait for backup before landing on the island to explore?"
Zheng He also knew that the navy he led was scattered in various places. Although the ships around him were the main force, they were still short of manpower. Landing on the island was not what the navy was best at, and the situation of the Japanese bandits was unknown. If you advance rashly, you will inevitably suffer losses.
"What does General Zhu think?"
Zheng He asked solemnly.
Zhu Neng pondered for a moment and said: "The Japanese bandits robbed my people and killed my people. They have committed many crimes! No matter how many Japanese bandits there are, we should kill them! With our soldiers and firearms, even if there are two thousand of them, It’s nothing to be afraid of!”
"Is it too risky?"
Zhang Yu asked more cautiously.
Zhu Neng nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Adventures are inevitable, but just imagine, if our wives, sons and daughters were on the island, in the hands of Japanese bandits, who would be willing to endure it? Who would be willing to wait? One more moment to land on the island, It’s very likely that one more person will live!”
Zheng He looked at the island, raised his hand, slapped it heavily on the side of the ship, and said sternly: "Go to the island and kill the Japanese!"
The first day of March is the first day of the lunar month.
Under the strong request of the Ministry of Rites and officials, Zhu Yunwen released his ancestor Confucius.
Wearing leather bean
After the ceremony, Zhu Yunwen went to the Fengtian Palace to send officials, present officials and receive orders, prepare sacrifices and save animals, then arrange sacrifices, music and dance, sing "Welcome to the Gods" during the ceremony, perform ritual music, and play the song "Xianhe":
"It is great to proclaim the saint and respect the morality. Maintain the king's status and the people are the ancestors. The rituals and sacrifices are regular, pure and prosperous. God's character is in Zhaosheng's appearance."
After the song "Xianhe", the ceremony was sung with the song "Lay the silk and make the first offering", and the music was played, followed by the song "Ninghe":
"Since the people were born, who will be the most prosperous? Only the king and the gods are the saints who have passed the Yue. The millet and silk are made, and the etiquette is so beautiful. The millet and millet are not sweet, but the gods listen..."
After that, there are four songs: "Anhe", "Jinghe", "Xianhe", "Xianhe" (all "Xianhe", but the content is different, not a typo)...
The degree of respect for Confucius in the Ming Dynasty can be glimpsed through the complicated etiquette, and this also shows the powerful influence of Confucius and his teachings from a certain level.
The first emperor to pay homage to Confucius was Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but the first emperor to kneel to Confucius was Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the second emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang.
No anti-theft
Now it's Zhu Yunwen's turn.
Zhu Yunwen did not have a strong impression of Confucius. If it were not for Zhu Yunwen's skills in the "previous life", he would not even be able to recite the Analects of Confucius. When talking about respect for Confucius, one cannot say, "It is a great pleasure to have friends from far away." Travel all over the world?
But no one can deny Confucius's contribution.
Just like the sentence written by someone on the wall of Shu Taoist Hall:
If heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, eternity will be like a long night.
This is the master of the world, just kneel down and bow down.
Zhu Yunwen did not mind kneeling down to worship Confucius. Considering his contribution to Chinese culture, it would not be an exaggeration to kowtow to him three thousand times.
What troubles Zhu Yunwen is that the Ministry of Rites seems to be using this method to resist the reforms of the Imperial College, and is also implicitly reminding himself that Confucius is the master of the world, and if you want to disturb the status of Confucianism, you will never achieve it.
If the Imperial College does not innovate, it is just wishful thinking if it wants compound talents.
After all, the Imperial College is the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty, and it is a college under his nose. If he cannot change this, how can he expect to reform local county schools?
Isn't this group of elm-wood lumps just adding some extracurricular readings and engaging in extracurricular practice in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics? As for being like a scourge, they must be extremely vigilant?
Culture should allow a hundred flowers to bloom and a hundred schools of thought to contend!
Do you know that Confucius once said, "Learning without thinking will lead to failure; thinking without learning will lead to peril." Mencius also advocated "It is better to believe in books than to have no books at all." How come you are here with only theory and no practice? Already?
If you are not convinced, boycott, right?
I have plenty of ways to deal with you!
