At night, Prince Wu's Mansion.
The second prince, Zhu Wenyuan, was sitting in his study, flipping through a booklet that recorded his father's teachings over the years. He turned to the end of the booklet and unfolded the paper, revealing a map of the universe.
My father asked himself, what were his plans for the future? Did he want to be a carefree vassal king and live a life of fine clothing and food, or did he want to do something big and do something for the Ming Dynasty.
The enjoyment of ease is comfortable, but a life that is too easy has no waves, and I don't want to live like this for the rest of my life.
For two years, I have been thinking about the future. It was not until I read "Yingya Scenic Views" that I finally found the life that I was passionate about and longed for. It was not a comfortable life in Jinling or Beijing, but a journey on the stormy sea. .
Strange to say, I actually yearn for adventures where life and death are unpredictable. The fearless look on the sea, the shouts in the storm, and the heroic rush forward are all deeply imprinted in my mind.
Zhu Wenyuan longed for a long voyage and adventure in the sea.
There are still many uninhabited places on this map, and even the inhabited places are not uncontrollable. King Yan can lead people to open up wasteland and use it as an enclave of the Ming Dynasty, why can't he?琇书蛧
However, wisdom is needed to govern a place. Without wisdom, taking people out to sea can only become rogue pirates, unable to build cities, develop agriculture and commerce, and create and continue civilization. My father and eldest brother love me very much and give me the opportunity to exercise and understand that there are so many complicated things in this world and so many problems that need to be considered and dealt with one by one.
"Your Majesty, Sima An, the head of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites have come to Guoling Temple to ask for an audience."
The chamberlain Quan Mao reported.
Zhu Wenyuan put together the map and ordered the two of them to come in.
Sima An and Guo Lingsi entered the study, swept their sleeves and bowed.
Zhu Wenyuan looked at the shaking candle and asked softly: "You two came here at night, but what happened?"
Sima An and Guo Lingsi looked at each other.
Guo Lingsi spoke first and said, "We are willing to serve the prince, but if you are driven, we will not respond."
Sima An solemnly said: "If you violate this oath, heaven and man will punish you."
Zhu Wenyuan blinked.
Didn't my father say that officials are all very smart, and all of them talk in roundabout ways? Why did these two idiots come and surrender so straightforwardly? Aren't they afraid that they will be accused of soliciting courtiers and having second thoughts?
Oh, I see.
Whoever is smart will come to serve him. They all see the situation clearly. They know that the position of the eldest brother Zhu Wenkui is as solid as a mountain, and they also know that the father has never thought of changing the prince.
Besides, why should I fight for my little ability?
Let’s not talk about eldest brother, let’s talk about dad. How could he allow such serious internal strife in Ming Dynasty on the road to prosperity?
Zhu Wenyuan has never thought about being an emperor. He has been told since he was a child that the emperor belongs to his eldest brother and has nothing to do with him. If he wants to touch him, he is seeking death. If he touches him, he will die. There is no negotiation. Even the status of the prince cannot save him.
"Get up."
After Zhu Wenyuan finished speaking, he asked a key question: "I wonder if Chief Sima and Guo Gizhong came from the imperial examination or the Imperial College?"
Sima An said: "I was born in the imperial examination in the eighth year of Jianwen's reign, and ranked twenty-eight in the top three."
Guo Lingsi said: "I was born in the imperial examination in the fifth year of Jianwen, and ranked among the top thirty-seven."
Zhu Wenyuan frowned and asked, "After you took the imperial examination, you never thought of going to the Imperial College to study. My father said that many candidates and Jinshi did not directly accept the official positions offered by the imperial court, but chose to study in the Imperial College for a few years. "
Sima An looked a little ugly and said quickly: "I want to serve the imperial court as soon as possible."
Guo Lingsi nodded in agreement: "Going to the Imperial Academy for further study will take at least three years and as many as six years. We thought that if we spend these years, we might as well do more for the people and serve His Majesty the court."
Although the words sounded nice, Sima An and Guo Lingsi were very uneasy.
During the Hongwu period, those who came from the imperial examination were quite prestigious, and it was said that
The roll call, the horse riding high, that glory, that scenery. Even in the early years of Jianwen, one who came from the imperial examination was very prestigious.
However, with the sudden rise of the Imperial College, the graduates of the Imperial College were "beaten" in terms of their ability in government affairs and local governance. Officials who came from the imperial examination could comfort themselves after being beaten for one year, but they were beaten for seven or eight years in a row. , the imperial examination background has been crushed. No one will proudly say that he was a Jinshi or a candidate in the imperial examination in a certain year. More people will shout "I am a graduate of the Imperial College in the Jianwen year."
In fact, the imperial examination has declined to the point where it cannot stand up. Not only did the Imperial College lead the intellectual trend, it also became a place for exporting officials. Every year, the imperial court would select a group of people from the Imperial College to serve as officials, and those who had not been awarded official positions but had graduated Supervisor students will also be snatched away by businessmen, and some will even give their daughters as gifts to win over them. .Ь.
Because of this, many officials who came from the imperial examination had to choose to temporarily withdraw from the court, enter the Imperial College to study for a few years, and then become officials after graduation.
Sima An and Guo Lingsi have always disdained to go to the Imperial College, but now judging from the attitude of the second prince, he is not from the Imperial College and is not even qualified to surrender...
Zhu Wenyuan exchanged a few pleasantries and sent Sima An and Guo Lingsi out.
Indeed, for those who have not even entered the Imperial Academy, why would they come here?
We need knowledge but not knowledge, we need knowledge but not knowledge, we need vision but not horizons, we need no method but no method, so many things cannot be solved by a few words from Confucius. What is needed is method, technology, organizational ability and execution. ability. You have nothing, and you just want to win favor with a "sincere heart"?
Zhu Wenyuan wrote the document and ordered his chamberlain to send it to the palace.
I can't hide it, and I don't want to hide it.
Zhu Wenyuan told Zhu Yunzhen everything.
After the chamberlain returned, he happily announced: "My lord, it's a happy event. Concubine Xi in the palace has given birth to the fifth prince."
After Zhu Wenyuan heard this, he hurriedly got up and rushed to the palace.
Jingyang Palace.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the weak Sabina, stretched out his hand to grasp the soft hand, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
Sabina smiled, slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
In a dream.
Sabina saw her grandfather Timur, Harry, and the snowy Tianshan Mountains.
Everything disappeared like clouds, and finally only a figure came.
He is Zhu Yunwen, an emperor of the Ming Dynasty who understands his inner misery and desires. He did not create a prison for himself that he could not fly out of, but allowed himself to go out two to three times a year to see the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.
His doting on him made even the queen envious.
Putting aside the grudges of the past, she finally became Zhu Yunwen's bedfellow and gave birth to a prince for him.
Sabina is very happy. Life here is indeed much better than in Samarkand. The people here are very kind and hard-working, the products here are rich, and the mountains and rivers here are magnificent.
The people in the palace are also good, the Queen Mother, the Empress and other sisters are all very good...
Zhu Yunwen looked at the swaddled baby in the Queen's arms and said with a smile, "The bridge of her nose is just like Sabina's."
Ma Enhui smiled: "The voice of crying just now was very bright, the Queen Mother said, she was very lively again."
Zhu Yunwen laughed.
The birth of the fifth prince forced Zhu Yunwen to reconsider matters west of Xinjiang.
In October of the 13th year of Jianwen, Harry led an army of 50,000 to the west. At first, he was victorious and achieved many results. Unfortunately, he later underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and was blocked by the cavalry led by Mao Zedong. The firearms did not exert their power, so they He lost more than 8,000 people and was chased for more than 50 miles before he could stabilize his position and repel the enemy with firearms. .Ь.
Afterwards, Harry relied on firearms and attacked steadily, severely damaging the army in Sivas and forcing him to flee west. Although Harry's Western Expedition was successful, it did not achieve the two strategic goals of Harry's Western Expedition:
First, eliminate the Nazis and completely extinguish the flame of the Ottoman Empire's recovery.
Second, re-extend the western power of the Timurid Empire to the Mediterranean.
Neither of these two strategic goals was achieved. It can be said that Harry's Western Expedition was essentially a failure, even if he achieved military victory. Harry's envoys came to Ming Dynasty again at the beginning of this year, pleading for an increase in the number of Tiger Crouching Cannons and gunpowder shells.
After careful consideration, Zhu Yunwen decided to increase military assistance to the Timurid State. He approved the firearms transaction of 300 tiger squatting cannons and 6,000 gunpowder shells, which were transferred directly from the garrison by the Western Xinjiang Dusi. As for supplementary The firearms of the Western Xinjiang Dusi and Guards Stations are more advanced divine machine cannons and new tiger crouching cannons.
It is okay to provide firearms to outsiders, but the principle of generation difference must be maintained. This is the principle that Zhu Yunqi insists on, and it is also an iron law that no one is allowed to break.
However, in Zhu Yunwen's view, Harry was good at marching and fighting, and could be considered excellent, but when it came to managing internal affairs, he could only be considered qualified. He had no more strategies to stabilize and develop internal affairs.
We support Harry now, but when Harry gets old, who will we support?
Harry's son?
Zhu Yunwen looked at the infant fifth prince and said softly: "There is no need for the Ministry of Rites to choose the name of the fifth prince. In my opinion, let's call him Zhu Wen'an (yin), one is earth and the other is west." "
Ma Enhui turned around, not letting Zhu Yunwen see the child, and complained in a low voice: "As soon as he was born, the emperor had already made plans for him. Hey, it was made clear that it was the west land, the territory of the west. Isn't this too showy? If Wouldn’t it be uneasy if Harry from Tamerlane knew about it?”
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "His mother was raised in the land of the west. Using his name to remember that land, what is there to be uneasy about? People can't think so much..."
Ma Enhui rolled her eyes at Zhu Yunwen and said, "I'm afraid the person who thinks about it the most is the Emperor."
Zhu Yunwen smiled.
Harry is still young and has no problem living for twenty years.
When Zhu Wenxu grows up, he will be able to make plans. After all, this child also has the blood of Timur in his body and is qualified to sit in that position...
It’s not too late to plan.
Zhu Yunwen found Pang Huan and issued a decree: "Find a group of absolutely loyal people in the Western Xinjiang Province to join the Security Bureau and learn the customs and beliefs of Timurid. Within five years, complete the third piece of intelligence in Samarkand Line construction."
The Ming Dynasty's infiltration into Timurid State began very early, and the reopening of the Silk Road laid the foundation for the second infiltration.
Now is the third time, and this time, we need to get close to the palace.
