Ashikaga Yoshitsune's eyes shone with wisdom, and he felt that it was time to show off his diplomatic talents and use his genius mind.
"Do you have a way? What way?" Zhu Zhanzhen's face was full of "shock" and he humbly asked for advice.
Ashikaga Yoshitsune began to talk eloquently: "His Majesty the Fifth Highness, the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is willing to allow students from our country to come to the Ming Dynasty to obtain honors. I am extremely honored for this move. It is the luck of me as a scholar in Japan. I will definitely support it.
I am willing to provide your country with a large piece of land to build a school."
Zhu Zhanzhen looked "shocked": "Your Excellency Ashikaga Yoshitsune, how can this be done?"
"Your Highness, this is our duty. After all, our two countries have very good relations with each other. If you can't do this, even if His Majesty the Emperor hesitates, I will definitely do it for you at my own expense. And you see
The island is also far away from the Japanese mainland, and the waterway is inconvenient, which is inconvenient for students. Why not choose our capital as the place."
Zhu Zhanzhen didn't expect that he would be so proactive. He didn't even have to bargain, but he still had to put on a show.
"Okay, okay, but..." Zhu Zhanzhen still shook his head.
"Your Majesty, Fifth Prince, do you have any worries?"
"After all, Japan is different from our Ming Dynasty. We have our own etiquette system. I'm afraid it will be difficult for our teachers to abide by your rules and regulations. After all, these teachers are all literati, as you know
The literati have many rules. Once you violate the etiquette they consider, you will always be in trouble. It is better to rent an island and be more free."
How could Ashikaga Yoshitsune just watch the opportunity slip away? The two of them looked at each other and muttered a few words.
Ashikaga Yoshitsune said: "Your Majesty, Fifth Highness, you see, even if your Ming teachers, masters, and envoys in Japan all act in accordance with Ming laws, we will not interfere much."
This was equivalent to acknowledging the transcendent status of the Ming Dynasty envoys in Japan. I didn't expect that they could easily agree to such conditions. It was obvious that they were really anxious.
"Is that true? I'm afraid it's not good. Although I, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, are all law-abiding people, if they don't follow your rules in your country, your ministers will be angry, which will ruin the friendship between the two countries.
Diplomatic relations." Zhu Zhanchen waved his hand and refused again.
"Your Highness, whoever dares to talk too much will be killed by me."
The three people began to frantically persuade Zhu Zhanchen to accept this idea, but Zhu Zhanchen kept shaking his head and sighing, saying it was inappropriate, but he did not refuse sternly.
They think this idea is excellent, and they dare not mention the lease of Daming Island now, for fear that Zhu Zhanchang will not hesitate even if he mentions it. As long as they can deceive the matter first, it will be fine.
As for the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty, his brother Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would be very happy. Isn't it just a school? Isn't it an embassy? How much is the land worth?
After finally persuading for two-quarters of an hour, Zhu Zhanzhen sighed and said: "I understand the good intentions of the three of you. I don't want to embarrass you about this matter. It's just the emperor's order. Please understand."
"Well, I will talk to my father about your idea and I will give you an answer tomorrow."
"Thank you very much, Your Highness, Fifth Prince."
Zhu Zhanzhen also enjoyed a good meal with public funds.
By the way, it seems that I have been eating and drinking too much with public funds recently, so I still need to be careful.
After returning to the palace, he informed Zhu Gaochi about the matter. Zhu Gaochi smiled with a fat face: "The matter of sending people to Japan has been settled, but it is dangerous to go there. The envoys and teachers who arranged it must be well rewarded.
Zhang Xianqi let him enter the palace yesterday, and I was very satisfied. I gave him a big house, which may help him have a bright future, but his wife may accompany him. It will not be good to take his wife with him after all. "
"Ah? Madam, he has a wife?"
"Why, it wasn't there before?"
"When my son went to discuss it with him a few days ago, there was still no such thing. His mother said she wanted to find him a wife as soon as possible. This was too fast."
Zhu Gaochi laughed. After his health recovered, his mood became particularly good: "It is a reasonable thing to carry on the family line. This matter has been settled. Let's send the Japanese mission back as soon as possible."
"clear."
Zhu Zhanzhen waited for two days and waited for two days for the anxious Japanese envoys to come to see them.
Ashikaga Yoshitsune and others were impatient.
Zhu Zhanzhen came over with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency Ashikaga Yoshitsune, the matter has finally been settled. My father and I have been studying day and night what to do for the past two days, and we have basically not slept for the past two days.
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"Your Highness has worked hard, but has it paid off?"
"Yes." Zhu Zhanchen nodded.
"Your Majesty is probably unwilling to do so, hey." As soon as Zhu Zhanchen said these words, the hearts of the three of them froze.
"but……"
Everything in the world must have a but.
"However, Lord Ashikaga Yoshitsune's idea is really great. My father thought about it and thought it was a genius idea. It can not only maintain the friendly relations between the two countries, but also complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty to a certain extent. So do you.
Knowing that my father is a prince who loves the people as a son, he finally decided to do it according to Ashikaga Yoshitaka's method."
"His Royal Highness the Prince is wise, His Highness the Prince is wise." Ashikaga Yoshitsune shouted hurriedly.
"Since everyone has no objections, then this matter has been settled. Your Excellency Ashikaga Yoshitsune, you should also prepare. I asked Honglu Temple to prepare some people who understand Japanese to accompany me, and I also prepared some gifts. I will accompany you soon.
You go to Japan together."
"Your Highness is too polite. Your Highness saved our lives. How dare you ask for any more gifts?"
"Anyone from a foreign country who makes me enlightened must be treated with courtesy. Don't refuse, Your Excellency." It is not a loss of Zhu Di's face to let him go back empty-handed.
According to Zhu Di's temperament, many envoys came and brought back more things than they brought.
The atmosphere became harmonious in an instant. The Japanese delegation kept silent about the lease of the island. If they mentioned it again, they were afraid that Ming would regret it. If they could do this, they would at least be able to return home safely.
Zhu Zhanzhen continued: "Your Excellency, my father loves the people like his own children. These officials and teachers who are envoys to Japan are also my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. We do not ask for privileges, but there is one thing you should pay attention to."
"Your Highness, please tell me."
"People of the Ming Dynasty are only judged by the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
There is no doubt about Zhu Zhanzhen's words, and this was something that Ashikaga Yoshitaka was mentally prepared for, so he naturally agreed.
Seeing that they had no objections, Zhu Zhanzhen took out another drawing and laid it out: "This is the drawing of the embassy that I asked the palace painter to draw in the past two days. The embassy is where our envoys and teachers will be active in Japan in the future.
We hope that Lord Ashikaga Yoshitaka will step up his supervision of the construction after he returns. Of course, the money used will be included in the gift, and the excess will be left to the disposal of the three of you."
You have to give some candy even if you slap me in the face, otherwise how can they do anything for you?
"Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty painter is really amazing. He can paint such a painting in two days."
Zhu Zhanzhen was a little embarrassed: "This drawing is already in the palace, it's just a slight modification."
The few people had a great chat today. The worries that Ashikaga Yoshitsune and others had been feeling were finally settled. This was the first time that the Central Plains officially sent a mission to Japan. Although Zhu Zhanzhen said that he did not need privileges, he gave him strict rules.
It means that envoys need special privileges. Sending envoys shows that you attach great importance to them. If you represent the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, your reputation in your own country will be higher.
Being able to have friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty would greatly help his brother's rule in Japan.
Zhang Xianqi, who had been notified at this time, arrived here, and Zhu Zhanzhen introduced them: "This is the future ambassador of our embassy in Japan, Zhang Xianqi. I will need your more care in the future."
"Ambassador Zhang, you are young and promising, and you will definitely be a pillar of our country in the future."
"Mr. Ashikaga Yoshitsune, you are so complimentary. I have long heard that you have superb swordsmanship. When I get to Japan, I hope that you will not hesitate to teach me a few tricks."
Ashikaga Yoshitsune was slightly surprised with a smile: "Oh? Ambassador Zhang actually knows about me?"
"I have been studying Japanese these past two days, and the Japanese teacher told me about you."
They immediately got into a fight, and Zhu Zhanzhen was glad that he had not chosen the wrong person. Zhang Xianqi was indeed able to communicate smoothly. As long as he stood firm, he was a good choice for a diplomat.
The affairs of the Japanese mission have been settled, and they are busy preparing for the mission and going to Japan. Zhang Xianqi is still a reassuring person, with a poise that does not match his age, and enough tact, and it only took a day or two to get along with him
The people from the Japanese mission became familiar with each other.
When I learned the Japanese language from Honglu Temple, I also learned part of Japanese history and customs. A man with a Jinshi background also has a strong learning ability.
Zhu Zhanchen finally had his hands free and went to the workshop by the river.
At this time, Zhang San and others were already in the workshop. There was no winter or summer vacation in the Ming Dynasty. Both officials and workers had much less rest time than modern times. If the eight-hour work system and weekends were popularized in this era, there would definitely be turmoil immediately.
After all, even in modern times, the weekend working system has not really become popular, 996yyds.
The workers gathered around Zhu Zhanyi's arrival. Because of Zhu Zhanyi's appearance and the emergence of the steam engine factory, the workers' treatment and status improved dramatically. After a while, there were many more young workers. These people had not yet arrived.
Having met this grandson of the Fifth Emperor, I was very curious about Zhu Zhanzhen.
Surrounded by everyone, Zhu Zhanzhen tried the telephone here once. When he heard the real sound coming from the telephone, everyone exclaimed, and then started talking.
"Wow, that's amazing."
"The telephone is amazing."
"Your Majesty the Fifth Prince is so amazing."
"Your Highness, please say a few words."
"Your Highness, please say a few words."
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"Okay, okay, please don't make any noise now." Zhang San stood up and asked everyone to quiet down.
"Your Highness and all the workers admire you very much. If you don't say a few words today, I'm afraid no one will let you go." Zhang San said with a smile.
Looking at the workers below who were looking up at him, Zhu Zhanchen felt something in his heart.
"Everyone, everyone." As Zhu Zhanzhen spoke, the people below stopped agitating and listened.
Zhu Zhanzhen asked loudly: "Who are we?"
There was silence below, no one answered.
Zhu Zhanzhen asked again: "Who are we?"
A young man shouted: "We are workers in the steam engine factory."
"Yes, we are workers in steam engine plants, workers in shipyards, and workers in smelting plants."
"Everyone must firmly believe that we workers have power."
We workers have the power!
We workers have the power!!!
These words came out of Zhu Zhanzhen's mouth, as if he had extra power. He was the grandson of the emperor, the most noble royal family in the world. He was born noble and raised gold.
But he said that we, you and I are the same, we are workers.
A heroic feeling suddenly arose in my heart. There were young and enthusiastic people in the crowd, raising their arms and shouting: "Your Highness is right, we workers have power."
"Yes, we have the power."
The workers started talking again.
"Quiet, quiet, His Highness just said one sentence, and you came up with thousands of words and asked His Highness to say what he said." Zhang San had to maintain order.
"Aren't we excited?"
"Hahaha."
The atmosphere became more lively, but after a while it became quiet again and continued to listen to Zhu Zhanzhen.
Zhu Zhanzhen recalled the lyrics and then reorganized the language.
"We workers have the strength and are busy working every day. We have built high-rise buildings, heated coal mines and built big ships, and transformed the world."
After a while, the workers all held their breath and listened to Zhu Zhanzhen's continued words.
"Start the machine, make a rumble, raise the hammer, pick up the hoe and sickle, and send the guns and cannons to the front."
"Our faces are glowing red, our sweat is flowing down our faces, and we workers are powerful."
In just a few dozen words, the workers felt like they had been given a shot of blood and stimulants, and every one of them was in high spirits.
The hammer struck particularly hard in the afternoon.
It is our workers who built the country, it is our workers who built the weapons and ships, we are changing the world, and we are full of strength.
Not only the young workers, but also Zhang San and others who followed Zhu Zhanchang in building steam engines from the beginning also felt empowered, because Zhu Zhanchang was not the kind of person who just talked nicely.
From the very beginning, this noble grandson of the emperor never pretended to be a charlatan. He followed these unofficial craftsmen to study steam engines. He was a bit lazy, but I never felt from him the importance of a grandson of the emperor.
The workers looked down upon them but respected them.
In this day and age, not to mention the grandsons of emperors, the young masters of a county official's family and the young masters of wealthy businessmen also look down upon them.
Zhu Zhanyi's respect for them also earned their respect for Zhu Zhanyi from the bottom of their hearts.
He is not the kind of hypocritical young man who does one thing in front of others and another behind his back.
Although he was playful, lazy, lethargic, and even had a servant in Zheng He's house, he was still a good highness.
In just a few words, the crowd was so excited that Zhu Zhanyi couldn't help but sigh that it would be beneficial to memorize a few more songs and travel back to ancient times.
Zhang San told the group of excited young people to go back to work, and then accompanied Zhu Zhanyi and several technicians alone to study the telephone brought by Zhu Zhanyi.
Zhu Zhanzhen once again explained the principle of the phone in detail.
"Your Highness's ideas are really wild and unconstrained."
"Your Highness, this microphone and receiver can be replaced by iron."
"Your Highness, you can replace the diaphragm with something lighter and tougher, or try better cowhide."
"The diaphragm can be tied tighter."
These are carefully selected craftsmen, and to a certain extent represent the highest production technology of the Ming Dynasty. Although not all of them understand the principle of telephones, after all, electricity is a bit incredible to people of this era.
But most of these craftsmen have their own specialties, including carpentry, blacksmithing, and weapons masters. At least in terms of production technology, they are much better than those made by Zhu Zhanzhen and the eunuchs and maids in the palace.
The more meticulously you make things, the better the results will be.
When there was a lot of discussion, Zhu Zhanzhen asked them to discuss. The discussions among these craftsmen were still very valuable, as they could diversify their own thinking and increase their creativity.
Good ideas always come from discussions, or are jotted down before traveling.
When they were almost finished discussing, Zhu Zhanzhen continued: "Zhang San, this is my plan. I will use a steam engine to burn coal to drive the generator to rotate, so that electricity can be continuously generated. In this way, we can make calls at any time."
"It should be possible."
"Also, our department mainly calls both ends. I need multiple calls and dozens of telephones."
"Ah? Your Highness, how can we do this?"
"Set up a switchboard, and all telephones are connected to the main line. When a call needs to be made, the switchboard operator connects the corresponding telephone circuit according to the call requirements. In this way, one telephone can make many calls."
"What a great idea, Your Highness!" Someone couldn't help but exclaimed.
This is not a good idea, I just remembered it after watching the scene of the operator in a spy drama.
"Everyone, we will leave the production of the telephone to you. We will divide it into several separate parts. The generator is a part, the receiver and microphone are a part, and the wires are a part. Because a steam engine is used to generate electricity, the power is large, so everyone must pay attention to safety.
, and finally connect one part of the wire, study it separately, and then summarize it once in a while.”
"Your Highness Shengming."
"Zhang San, this is a project that His Royal Highness is paying close attention to. You must pay close attention to it and make it as soon as possible. I will also come to the workshop often."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhu Zhanzhen separated multiple departments for research to start developing the assembly line operation process. Although the degree of mechanization is low now, with the development of steam engines, assembly lines are necessary. And after seeing the processes of steam engine factories and shipyards today, Zhu Zhanzhen felt that assembly lines
It is still very necessary.
After dividing the matter, Zhu Zhanzhen took Zhang San and looked at the steam engine factory from a higher place and said to him: "Zhang San, I intentionally split the steam engine factory into multiple departments and assembly line production like the telephone I just mentioned.
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"What is the assembly line, Your Highness? I have only heard of the flowing water banquet at Yanglou on the Qinhuai River."
"What is the Feast of Flowing Water?"
Zhang San was a little embarrassed and hesitantly said: "I heard what others said, they just take turns coming... coming... to toast."
People's words and stops are always filled with stories.
