Chen Kan made a decision. Although Zhou Shi was a little unwilling, he did not object.
He is a military commander, but not a fool. Without His Majesty's order, if the troops briefly leave the garrisoned defense area, it may not be a problem once or twice, but over time, His Majesty will definitely be dissatisfied.
Now is no longer the era of feudal kings guarding the borders. Everything must be subject to the orders of the imperial court.
After sending Zhou Shi away, Chen Kan began to prepare the teaching materials needed for the next stage of teaching.
With the science, technology and productivity of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Kan could take up to three little ones to practice to the junior high school level in later generations. After that, he could only teach theory first.
As for when the theory can become reality, that is beyond Chen Kan's control.
Breakthroughs in any field are made by the first genius who digs the foundation, and then countless geniuses add bricks and tiles to become a tall building.
Chen Kan didn't think he could do everything by himself.
The only thing he can do is to sow seeds and make the world as colorful as possible.
Let everyone have the opportunity to be a driving force in advancing the times.
The two Zhu brothers and Hua Shi were the first seeds sown by Chen Kan.
Chen Kan didn't want to make changes that involve bloodshed and sacrifice from the bottom up, so he chose to make changes directly from the source.
Zhu Zhanji accepted Chen Kan's new knowledge. When he ascends the throne as emperor in the future, it will be the era when the Ming Dynasty truly blossoms.
For three days in a row, Chen Kan worked hard in the study, and finally turned the junior high school knowledge in his mind that was almost forgotten into a stack of thick manuscripts.
During these three days, Chen Kan was also thinking about how to carry out exploratory education for the three people.
In the end, Chen Kan came to the conclusion that Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi still had to educate him step by step. As for Zhu Zhanhe, he should first be given theoretical knowledge, and then Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi would take him to practice.
It is much easier for three people to teach one person than it is for Chen Kan to educate him alone.
On the fourth day, when Chen Kan walked out of the study, snowflakes began to fall in the sky again.
Chen Kan walked into the snow with his hands behind his back, stretched out his hands, and let the snowflakes fall on his sleeves, his thoughts constantly changing.
Yuanzheng is approaching, and before I know it, it has been half a year since I left the capital.
Chen Kan couldn't help but miss Fang Xiaoru who was far away in the capital.
These days, letters from the capital were extremely frequent, and the turmoil in the court situation far exceeded Chen Kan's imagination.
Since the Wucheng Army and Horse Division fell silent, Chen Ying cooperated with Ji Gang to replace all the middle-level officials in the court except for the six ministers and ministers.
The newly replaced officials have been called the Discipline Party or the Chen Party by the busybody.
Of course, there is also a small group of people called princelings or Hanwang party.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, did not interfere in these matters from beginning to end.
In other words, these things were all agreed upon by Zhu Di.
He stood in the yard for a while, thinking about things in the capital. When he came to his senses again, Chen Kan's body was already covered with a thick layer of snow.
Shaking his head, Chen Kan drove those things that had nothing to do with him out of his mind, shook off the snow on his body, and slowly walked towards the atrium.
Compared with the bleak backyard, the front yard and atrium of the Hou Mansion are very lively.
In the atrium, three little kids were having fun under the care of a group of maids.
After the snow, cement burning cannot be done for the time being. Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi's only task every day is to make up for two hours of homework for Zhu Zhanhe, and the rest of the time can be arranged as they wish.
In the front yard, housekeeper Yuncheng was leading a group of boys to decorate the yard. Red lanterns were placed on the eaves, red cloth strips were wrapped around the landscape trees, many colorful ribbons were held in the yard, and many oil-paper umbrellas were hung upside down.
Posted on the door curtain, there are also portraits of Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong.
The peaceful and festive atmosphere made everyone feel inexplicably comfortable, including Chen Kan.
The servants and maids in the mansion did not stop what they were doing when they saw Chen Kan. They just casually greeted Chen Kan and continued working.
Chen Kan just walked around the Hou Mansion with his hands behind his back.
Even Zhu Yuelan was taking the steward and the maid who had passed by the princess's residence to embroider some festive embroidery.
Very good, everyone is preparing for the upcoming Yuan Zheng, only Chen Kan himself is doing nothing.
...
At this time, in the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Di was meeting Zheng He who hurried back to the capital.
The two of them had been sitting in the side hall for a while, with shocked looks on their faces.
"Are you sure this was done by Chen Kan?"
Zhu Di held a letter in his hand and read it over and over several times.
He was familiar with Chen Kan's handwriting, but he still couldn't believe that this letter was written by Chen Kan.
The snipe and the clam quarreled, and the fisherman benefited, provoking a war in the South Seas, and creating favorable conditions for the Ming Dynasty to rule the peninsula. It was too sinister.
Chen Kan's impression on Zhu Di has always been that he was as cunning as a fox and a bit cautious, but more often than not he was still a loyal minister for the country and the people.
Even if bad water comes out of the stomach occasionally, it is for the good of Ming Dynasty.
But now the letter Chen Kan wrote to Zheng He completely broke his view of Chen Kan.
At this moment, Zhu Di suddenly felt a little lucky. Fortunately, this letter fell into his hands.
If the content of this letter spreads out, Ming Dynasty will probably be attacked by a group.
Zheng He did not hesitate at all, nodded and replied: "Long live, I don't have much contact with Marquis Jinghai, but the personal guards and handwriting of Marquis Jinghai can still recognize it. This letter is indeed from the personal guards of Marquis Jinghai." It was handed over to Wei Chen in person, and the plan in the letter was indeed written by Marquis Jinghai."
Zhu Di frowned: "Chen Kan is trying to force Ming Dynasty to a dead end."
Who in the world doesn’t know that when Taizu was in power, he designated fifteen countries that would not be conquered.
Zhu Di did not expect that Chen Kan would target these countries.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Di blocked all the serving maids and eunuchs in the hall, then looked at Zheng He with a serious face and asked: "Zheng He, what do you think of Mr. Chen's plan?"
Zheng He looked at Zhu Di with a slight hesitation on his face.
Zhu Di said: "It doesn't matter, just say so."
Zheng He couldn't understand Zhu Di's thoughts for a while. Zhu Di agreed, but he was criticizing Chen Kan's sinister plan. If he didn't agree, he asked for his own opinion again.
After a moment of silence, Zheng He decided to tell the truth.
After organizing the vocabulary in his mind, Zheng He said slowly: "Long live my Lord, I think that although Marquis Jinghai's plan is sinister, it will be of practical benefit to our Ming Dynasty.
Since the opening of the sea in the former Song Dynasty, the bulk of the commercial tax revenue of our Central Plains dynasty has been maritime trade. If Nanyang and even the peninsula can be included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty, the wealth of our Ming Dynasty will increase exponentially. "
The entry point chosen by Zheng He successfully attracted Zhu Di to nod in agreement.
When Zheng He saw Zhu Di's appearance, he felt confident.
After a pause, he continued: "I believe that these places are my homeland in the Central Plains. We, the Ming Dynasty, recognize the former Yuan Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, so we have the responsibility to recover our homeland. From a general point of view, we, the Ming Dynasty, have no shortage of moral principles."
Zhu Di continued to nod. Deep down in his heart, he was leaning towards Chen Kan's plan, otherwise he would not have asked Zheng He what he thought.
He was not in the right position to begin with, and he needed martial arts and martial arts skills to prove himself.
And there is nothing in the world that better embodies the martial arts of civil society than the expansion of territory.
Otherwise, he would not have asked Zhu Neng to put down the Annan Rebellion in the shortest possible time.
The biggest problem now is that most of the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty have been listed as unconquerable countries by Taizu, so the Ming Dynasty cannot directly attack them.
But this problem was solved under Chen Kan's plan, allowing other countries to take action, and the Ming Dynasty incorporated these lands into the Ming Dynasty under the banner of revenge.
After listening to Zheng He's thoughts, Zhu Di thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "With the ships you have now, how large a fleet can you build?"
Zheng He cupped his hands and said: "Back to Lord Long Live, I currently have more than 130 treasure ships and frigates in my hands. It is not a problem to form a fleet of ten thousand people."
"Ten thousand people?"
Zhu Di held his eyebrows in a contemplative manner.
Then he made a decision: "Ten thousand people are enough as an advance force. If you exceed 10,000 yuan, you will lead the fleet to go to sea first. It just so happens that the materials for making treasure ships are at the bottom, and the bank's treasury is almost stretched. hour."
Zheng He was stunned and asked: "Long Live Lord, do you need me to go to Japan first?"
Zhu Di shook his head: "No need, that boy Chen Kan is in Beijing, and even Nanyang is in his plan. There is no reason that Liaodong and Japan can escape his plan. I want you to go to Nanyang first to understand the situation in Nanyang." Find out more about it and open up the channel."
After Zhu Di said this, he suddenly took a long breath, and then a stern look flashed in his eyes: "Haimao has been controlled by others for too long. There is no reason for them to eat meat. I can only drink soup."
Hearing this, Zheng He couldn't help but be silent for a while. Of course he knew who Zhu Di was talking about, but the imperial court had a ban on Taizu not going to the sea.
So in the past few years, the imperial court could only watch those people eating with their mouths full of oil but there was nothing they could do about it.
"I will live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Zheng He cupped his hands towards Zhu Di, feeling a little heavy in his heart.
He has led troops all year round and naturally knows how difficult it is to open up a new field, but he has no choice.
Zhu Di returned the letter to Zheng He and said calmly: "Since Chen Kan has chosen you as the target of execution, what I can do is give you an order to act expediently. Ming Dynasty cannot be involved in it."
"I understand the importance, please rest assured, Lord Long Live."
After saying that, Zheng He and Shi Shiran exited the hall, leaving Zhu Di alone in the hall to meditate.
Suddenly, Zhu Di seemed to remember something and hurriedly rummaged through a basket of memorials.
After searching for a long time, Zhu Di frowned and said, "Yang Shiqi, where is the person?"
Upon hearing Zhu Di's call, Yang Shiqi hurriedly ran into the palace: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Di asked: "Is there any record of the memorial from Beijing?"
"Your Majesty, of course there is. Your Majesty, do you want to see Marquis Jinghai's information?"
Yang Shiqi was a little confused, but he quickly realized that the only person in Beijing who could impress His Majesty was Marquis Jinghai.
