Zhu Cixiang, who was happy, was the first to notice that his father's face was abnormal. Suddenly, his heart sank, thinking, might his father regret it?
When he was thinking this, he heard an embarrassed look on Emperor Chongzhen's face. He sat up straight and said to Zhang Mingwei with a little apology: "Sir, I have a bad memory. I haven't even asked you your surname." , how rude!”
In fact, this is not his fault.
Just when he was in despair because of the defeat of Songshan, the main force of the imperial court was lost, and he felt that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, Zhang Mingwei appeared in front of him strangely out of thin air. Therefore, he immediately regarded it as a life-saving straw, wishfully thinking that this was a god from heaven who came to help him.
Although through subsequent communication, it was discovered that this magical person was not an immortal, but came from later generations, which also surprised Emperor Chongzhen. Then he inquired about the development of history. One incident after another, what he saw and heard, etc., kept shocking him. Something as trivial as asking for your name will certainly not be your top priority.
It was only at this time that he had talked enough and thought of an idea that he finally remembered that he didn't even know Zhang Mingwei's name.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's words made Zhu Cixiang beside him stunned. There was even some movement in the side hall, and Princess Kunxing obviously didn't expect it.
It’s true that after chatting for so long, even asking his own daughter to go out, he still doesn’t know the other person’s name...
Zhang Mingwei listened, but didn't care. It was not too late to say it now: "My surname is Zhang, my bow is Zhang, my name is Mingwei, which means Ming of the Ming Dynasty, the great Wei."
This name made Emperor Chongzhen's eyes shine. He couldn't help but think, look, although the gentleman is from a later generation, he was also sent by God to help him. No, even his name means "The Great Ming Dynasty".
After waiting for a while, without hearing anything more from Zhang Mingwei, Emperor Chongzhen asked again: "What's your name, sir?"
"We were no longer interested in picking out words at that time, so neither did I!"
Emperor Chongzhen felt a little strange and said, "In that case, wouldn't there be a lot of people with the same names?"
Regarding the things of later generations, the people in this hall were all curious babies, and they all listened to Zhang Mingwei's answer with their ears pricked up.
"It is true that there are many people with the same name!" Zhang Mingwei said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, there are nearly 300,000 people with the most people with the same name."
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't imagine that there could be 300,000 people with the same name? This is incredible!
Doubtful in his heart, he asked again: "How many people were there at that time, sir?"
"Probably more than 1.4 billion!" Zhang Mingwei replied. Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem to understand immediately, he explained, "Ten million is divided into one hundred million, and there are fourteen ten million in total."
There was a "gudong" sound, and there was another movement from the side hall.
Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Cixiang both had their mouths wide open, looking dumbfounded.
This number is really unimaginable for people of this era!
Seeing them like this, Zhang Mingwei felt like teasing him, so he added with a smile: "The permanent population of the capital is about more than 20 million. If you include other floating populations, the capital has at least Thirty million people.”
After he finished speaking, the stunned people continued to remain stunned.
As far as this era is concerned, including the East and the West, a city with a population of one million is a very large city and the most prosperous. The Ming Dynasty had only a few cities with a population of one million.
Anyone who listens to Zhang Mingwei's words in this era will be no better than Emperor Chongzhen and brother and sister Zhu Cixiang. It can even be said that they can't even imagine how prosperous it will be with such a large population. Will the city they live in be so big that it has no edges?
As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen was naturally more sensitive to population and was naturally even more shocked. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang came to his senses first and asked in surprise: "Sir, do you have enough food for so many people?"
There are only so many people in the Ming Dynasty, but they are already hungry and rebelling everywhere. With so many people, how much food do they eat in a day?
"Of course there is enough to eat!" Zhang Mingwei listened and said with a smile, "The varieties of crops will be improved, scientific planting, etc. In short, with the development of science and technology, no matter how many people we have, we can feed them!"
While shocking these ancients, he also promoted the power of technology. This was what he was most willing to do.
Sure enough, after Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he came back to his senses and immediately said to Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, you must preach well in the Ming Dynasty, learn karma, and spread this scientific and technological knowledge widely. I will definitely support it!"
For the ancients, it was understood that there is strength in numbers, whether it is as small as a family or as large as an empire. If the Ming Dynasty can one day have such a large population, the Ming Dynasty will really be the only one in the world! Of course, the premise is that you can make a living.
After seeing Zhang Mingwei nodding, Emperor Chongzhen still remembered what he had thought before and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore, otherwise, he would really forget what he wanted to do again.
It's not his fault. In fact, every piece of news Zhang Mingwei said shocked them. It was too easy to mislead the story.
Emperor Chongzhen then asked Zhang Mingwei: "Sir, he is so knowledgeable. I wonder where he comes from. In addition to science and technology, what else is involved, such as military books and the like?"
Hearing this question, Zhang Mingwei was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant.
It was Zhu Cixiang who answered for him: "Sir, you are so knowledgeable. At least he is a Jinshi, and maybe he is the number one scholar!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingwei understood what Emperor Chongzhen was asking, and he smiled and replied: "In later generations, there will also be exams similar to the imperial examination. I am 211. According to the proportion of candidates, I should be a top three Jinshi. As for the book of war, I’ve seen some, high school...when I was a student, I also participated in military training.”
After Zhu Cihong heard this, he felt a little regretful that Zhang Mingwei, who was so knowledgeable, was not the number one scholar. But Emperor Chongzhen's focus was obviously not here. He asked in confusion: "What is military training?"
"It's recruit training!" Zhang Mingwei explained smoothly. He felt that Emperor Chongzhen would not understand, so he explained it himself: "In my era, everyone had to perform military service. However, students in school are similar to those studying in the Imperial College. You can master the basic skills of joining the army through military training as an alternative to military service. If the country needs to be mobilized for war, you won't have no skills at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw another stunned scene. Obviously, everyone must perform military service, and even the graduates of the Imperial College must participate in military training, which shocked them again.
After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen came to his senses and couldn't help but feel very envious. If the Ming Dynasty were like this, they might not have any troops available! However, it is too difficult nowadays for all scholars to participate in military training and for everyone to serve in the military!
After thinking for a while, he shook his head vigorously and tried not to think too much. It was because everything his husband said was so surprising that he almost forgot about the serious matter again.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen roughly understood Zhang Mingwei's resume and spoke sincerely.