Chapter 192 Steam Engine! The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty has changed! [Seeking for complete stability]

But the lives of ordinary people have not been affected at all.

According to traditional Confucianism, if the ruler of a country becomes militaristic, it will inevitably lead to the devastation of the people and the deprivation of their livelihood.

But in today's Ming Dynasty, the wars are going on all over the country without stopping for a year, and the people's lives are getting better and better.

Especially the huge amount of gold and silver, as one sailing ship after another sailed into the Yingtianfu port, it entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty like flowing water.

Even in the northern provinces that have been devastated by famine and war, not a single person has died of starvation this year.

All of this is attributed by the people to the wise and wise Emperor Hongwu and His Royal Highness the Great Ming Xian King Ying!

Zhu Han knew that his prestige among the people was getting higher and higher, even far surpassing the certain sage king in the storybook.

but.

To be honest, none of this is what Zhu Han wants.

What he originally wanted was to eat and drink every day, travel around the mountains and rivers, hug all kinds of beauties, and be a happy and idle prince.

However, there is really no free time.

I can't watch my brother make wrong decisions regarding the future of Ming Dynasty.

I can only do my best to dedicate my hard work and sweat to Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, you are tired. Eat some cakes and drink some tea!"

In the Prince's Palace, Zhu Han was immersed in handling the official documents on the case, when suddenly a gust of fragrant wind came in accompanied by a gentle voice.

There are only two people who can enter and leave Zhu Han's study at will in the palace, one is the concubine Liu, and the other is Zhou Zhiruo.

As the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, Zhou Zhiruo didn't know much about martial arts.

Instead, I learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting from a young age, and famous teachers and scholars taught poetry, calligraphy and etiquette in private schools.

Therefore, Zhou Zhiruo was able to help Zhu Han provide some help that cannot be ignored when handling government affairs, which also gave her the right to freely enter and exit the study.

"Oh, it's already so late!"

Zhu Han stretched when he heard the voice and looked up out of the window.

In the distance, there is a tall vermilion tower.

The top of the tower presents a tetrahedron, with a huge clock on each side.

The hands on this huge clock clearly pointed to noon.

Such a bell tower that transcends the times is naturally Zhu Han's masterpiece.

After signing in and acquiring the technology of today's mechanical clocks, Zhu Han immediately organized Ming craftsmen to build a towering clock tower in Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing.

The bell tower of Yingtian Mansion will ring the bell every half hour to tell the time.

Since its completion, it has become a wonderful landscape that astonishes the people of the city.

Almost everyone is proud of this clock tower. It is not only convenient for people to tell the time, but also allows foreigners living in Yingtian Mansion to be impressed by the power of the Ming Dynasty again.

The bell tower, a building with a majestic appearance and full of technical content, can make people deeply shocked when they look at it, and it also leaves the powerful impression of the Ming Dynasty in everyone's mind.

Even Zhu Han is now used to it, looking at the clock tower regularly every day to tell the time.

Zhu Han sat on the Taishi chair, patted his thigh with his hand, and waved to Zhou Zhiruo.

Zhou Zhiruo's face turned slightly red.

He waved his hand to the maid behind him to put down the tray of snacks and tea, and then sent her out.

After finishing all this, Zhou Zhiruo shyly twisted her waist and sat on Zhu Han's lap.

"Not bad, really good!"

Zhu Han felt the warmth of Zhou Zhiruo's body on his thigh. He held her waist with one hand and gently touched Zhou Zhiruo's slightly bulging belly with the other hand.

"This is His Highness's bloodline, and he will definitely achieve great results in the future!"

Zhou Zhiruo said longingly while feeling Zhu Han's pampering.

She is now six or seven months pregnant. Originally, according to the Ming Dynasty's title inheritance system, even if Zhou Zhiruo gave birth to a boy, he would only be Zhu Han's fourth son, and not the legitimate son, so he would not inherit much title and title.

wealth.

But just last month, Zhu Han proposed a new succession system for the Ming Dynasty kings to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Completely changed the situation of eldest son inheritance taking all.

According to the title system proposed by Zhu Han, from princes to princes and barons, in addition to the eldest son who can inherit the title, the other sons can also inherit the same title, but these titles are not granted within the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

, but were canonized in places such as Japan, Nanyang, Dongshengzhou, etc. where there were not many Ming people.

This system is actually based on the template of King Wu of Zhou who divided the world two thousand years ago.

For these newly occupied territories, if the Ming Dynasty adopts an official immigration and reclamation policy, it is not known that it will last until the end of the year. After all, for these remote and remote wild lands, being a casual official is really not worth the gain.

The only way to do this was to adopt the strategy used by Emperor Zhou to enfeoff the world, and to entrust these newly acquired lands to various nobles, large and small, so that they could develop their territories, increase their population, and fight against the indigenous barbarians.

Only in this way can these new territories be developed in a short period of time.

Of course, these territorial titles were not given by the court for free.

Instead, they need to pay a certain amount of money to the court in order to obtain canonization from the court.

For example, as a first-class prince, Zhu Han's eldest son could obtain the hereditary and irreplaceable prince title, while the other sons were canonized as county princes in accordance with etiquette and law. Originally, these princes were assigned from the previous generation in accordance with the principle of favor order.

The prince's territory was divided.

But now with the new title system of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you can pay a certain amount of money, you can obtain land equal to the title of the county king in the Japanese country or Dongsheng state.

Dongsheng Prefecture is the American continent where Hu Dahai's fleet drifted.

Because many gold mines have been discovered there, although the journey is very far, it has become quite popular in Yingtian Mansion. Many people have unlimited daydreams about going to Dongsheng Prefecture to pan for gold and become rich.

The historical nobility system of the Ming Dynasty was basically a large-scale national pig farm.

As generations of descendants surnamed Zhu were restricted to their respective feudal lands and unable to move around at will, they became completely useless after just one or two generations.

Moreover, once these people are free, they have nothing else to do except give birth to children all day long.

Just one hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty clan became a huge burden on the national finances.

The Ming Dynasty spent millions of silver, but could only raise a bunch of incompetent rice bugs.

Zhu Han's nobility system was aimed at this situation.

Except for the eldest son who inherited the family, all the other sons were enfeoffed to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty and guard the borders.

Although the land in those wild lands is vast, the production level is very backward. The nobles of all sizes have to go through all the obstacles to develop, and no one has the ability to rebel.

After all, all the weapons and equipment used by these Ming feudal colonial groups will be provided by the Ming Dynasty itself.

Anyone who dares to disobey the orders of the Ming Dynasty can easily check and balance them by cutting off their weapons supply.

As soon as the title system introduced by Zhu Han was launched, the princes and nobles immediately rushed to support it.

Who doesn’t want their children and grandchildren to enjoy more happiness?

Zhou Zhiruo's natal family was a big businessman in Suzhou, so although they were wealthy, according to the Ming Dynasty's military merit-based nobility system, they would not be awarded titles without military merit.

And if Zhou Zhiruo can give birth to a son for Zhu Han, he will be the future king of the county. The king of the county will definitely need a lot of officials to open a house. At that time, the Zhou family will be able to obtain military merit and nobility through this channel.

After all, everyone knows clearly that the Ming Dynasty is now militarily powerful, and the indigenous barbarians in the wild lands have no chance of stopping the Ming Dynasty's military conquests.

In other words, as long as you can set foot on that new continent, you will basically have military merit.

Zhou Zhiruo had naturally negotiated terms with her parents' family for the sake of her son's future.

As long as he gives birth to a son, the Suzhou Zhou family will donate all the money for the title, as long as it can make the descendants of the Zhou family hereditary stewards of the county prince's palace.

Zhu Han also knew these things well.

However, this can be regarded as a disguised use of the Zhou family's money to pave the way for his son, and Zhu Han is also happy to see it happen.

Zhuhai and Zhou Zhiruo were talking and laughing while drinking tea, when suddenly Zhou Zhiruo's face turned red.

Zhou Zhiruo said softly.

"Your Highness, don't do this in broad daylight."

It turned out that Zhu Han had been busy dealing with military and political affairs sent by people from the Peking capital in the past few days, and had never been to the rooms of these concubines. Now that he was tired of being close to Zhou Zhiruo, he couldn't help but feel a little uncontrollable.

"What are you afraid of in broad daylight?"

As Zhu Han said this, he extended his claws towards Zhou Zhiruo like a big bad wolf tempting a little white rabbit.

Zhou Zhiruo blushed with shame and prepared to serve Zhu Han.

suddenly.

There was a very loud explosion outside.

"boom!"

The windows throughout the palace were shaken and rattled.
To be continued...