Chapter 263: Is there anyone who dares to rebel these days?
Perhaps to people in the Ming Dynasty today, Zhu Ying is really very kind.
Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this.
In many of the memorials he reviewed, Zhu Ying's punishments for officials, or the punishments for criminals in some cases, were really very light compared to the current punishments in the Ming Dynasty.
Prior to this, Zhu Yuanzhang was also treated by Da Sun regarding the crime of exile.
As we all know, exile and death penalty are almost closely linked.
Nine out of ten will die, this is a fact that everyone knows.
Many people would rather be executed than be exiled.
Zhu Ying had previously proposed that the lives of exiled criminals must be protected to the greatest extent by removing the restrictions on shackles and even requiring escorts for exiled criminals.
This seems incredible to many people.
In fact, Zhu Ying's idea is very simple.
The population of Ming Dynasty is really too small now.
With a population of more than 60 million, it was not even comparable to the population of a province in later generations.
The population of the top five provinces in later generations, even Jiangsu Province, which ranks fifth, has exceeded 80 million people.
Guangdong Province, the largest province, has a permanent population of 110 million.
Compared with later generations, coupled with the hidden population, today's Ming Dynasty is at most the size of Hunan Province.
Especially those who can enjoy the crime of exile are generally scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and they are at least a scholar.
Ordinary people rarely receive the treatment of exile, and are basically executed directly to avoid wasting food and labor on the road.
But for Zhu Ying now, even if he is a criminal, he is still a scholar, and he has to use it no matter what.
Besides, these days, there are not a few people who are unjustly exiled.
It can be said that some of them were directly framed because they offended others.
Daming Palace, in Kunning Hall.
Zhu Ying is starting to make plans related to the imperial examination.
If you want to take the road of industrialization, you can't do it in just one sentence. It requires a large talent reserve.
Nowadays, the talented people who pass the imperial examinations or the students who study are all learning Confucianism and cannot directly enter practical applied knowledge.
Especially the Agricultural School, even though it was developed in the Ming Dynasty, now there are only two or three big and small cats in addition to Zhu Ju.
Looking at the development of agricultural technology in ancient and modern times, from the Qin Dynasty to the current Ming Dynasty, the speed can be said to be very slow.
Occasionally, a few geniuses can pop up and the level of agricultural technology can be greatly improved.
What Zhu Ying needs to do now is to quickly improve Ming Dynasty's agricultural technology.
You know, from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, especially the end of the Ming Dynasty, which was the peak of the Little Ice Age.
In this regard, Zhu Ying must be adequately prepared.
With Zhu Ying's Ming Dynasty, how could Guo Zuo still only live less than three hundred years?
Zhu Ying is here in the main hall and in the back hall.
Zhu Mingyue and Zhu Yunxi were chatting.
"Brother, do you think my eldest brother has been too busy recently, so he has forgotten about us?"
Zhu Mingyue sat on the swing, rocking boredly, and then asked Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi was currently making wood carvings with a carving knife.
He has always been fond of wood carving.
Some time ago, with his eldest brother's permission, he stayed in the Gunpowder Department for a long time, learning from the carpenters every day.
Thinking back to those days, Zhu Yunxi felt very happy. It was the first time he did something he liked without worrying about being blamed.
What he is carving now is the trigger device related to the matchlock gun.
"Sister, why do you say that? My eldest brother is going to court now and has so many things to deal with, so he is naturally very busy."
"Just like my father back then, look at it. Every night, before early morning, the lights in my eldest brother's palace are never turned off."
"Before dawn in the morning, candles were already lit in eldest brother's study."
"Of course I'm very busy."
Zhu Yunxi replied casually.
"But, my eldest brother had promised to help me look for marriage partners. On that day, he agreed to take me out with him during the Qiao Qiao Festival, but in the afternoon, my eldest brother went directly to Henan."
"Of course, that's the plague, so it's naturally much more important than mine. But my eldest brother has been back for more than a month now and has never mentioned it again."
"Although no one from my aunt has said anything about this now, I can't just keep waiting like this."
Zhu Mingyue said helplessly.
Because of her eldest brother's relationship, it was natural that Lu could no longer be in charge of Zhu Mingyue's marriage, so this matter fell to Zhu Ying.
The eldest brother is like a father, Zhu Ying didn't speak, and no one dared to mention Zhu Mingyue's marriage.
As a woman, how could Zhu Mingyue not care about such a life-long event as getting married?
So now I am a little anxious.
Hearing what his sister said, Zhu Yunxi said with a smile: "It's not a bad thing if no one cares about it. Could it be that you, sister, are thinking about spring?"
"You Yunxi, how dare you laugh at me and see if I don't hit you."
When Zhu Mingyue heard her brother teasing her, she got off the swing, broke off a willow branch, and was about to chase Zhu Yunxi.
Seeing his sister chasing after him, Zhu Yunxi smiled even more happily, got up and ran away.
The two children just started playing in the yard.
"What are you playing for? It's so fun."
Suddenly Zhu Ying's voice sounded in the yard.
"Brother."
"Brother."
Seeing the appearance of their eldest brother, the two of them stopped quickly, especially Zhu Mingyue, who was even more frightened.
As a woman, chasing her like this is disrespectful to etiquette, and her face turned a little pale.
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "What are you doing? We are all a family, there is no need to be so polite."
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi became bolder and said, "Brother, you don't know why my sister is chasing me and beating me. She is in love with her."
"You dare to say that!" Zhu Mingyue suddenly became furious. Even Zhu Ying couldn't help it in front of her, her cheeks turned red.
"oh!"
Only then did Zhu Ying remember that there seemed to be something going on. He had let his sister go.
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Ying said: "Regarding Mingyue, it is true that I, the eldest brother, have been negligent, but it is still too late to remedy the situation."
"Guo Zhong."
"My slave is here."
"Pass the imperial edict to summon Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Changxing Hou, to enter the palace immediately to see the king."
"My slave obeys the order."
After receiving the order, Guo Zhong immediately went down to deliver the order.
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Well, Mingyue is satisfied now. Brother will bring him to Kunning Palace later so that our Mingyue can take a good look at what he is like."
"If you can satisfy our Mingyue, he will be your consort in the future."
Facing her potential future husband, who was about to meet him, Zhu Mingyue couldn't help but blush, lowered her head and whispered, "It's all up to my eldest brother."
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Don't worry Mingyue, big brother will never let you suffer. If you don't like it, just say it. You are the eldest granddaughter of our Zhu family, you must be satisfied."
After speaking to Zhu Mingyue, Zhu Ying focused on Zhu Yunxi again.
I saw that although Zhu Yunxi was out of breath from running, he still held the carving knife and wood in his hands tightly.
"This is the trigger of the matchlock."
Zhu Ying recognized him at a glance.
"Brother, this is the trigger of the matchlock gun. Recently, the Gunpowder Department has been discussing the most about the modification of the matchlock gun."
"I carved this trigger just to see if there is anything that can be improved about it."
Zhu Yunxi replied.
Zhu Ying nodded slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Carpenters are very important not only in matchlocks, but also in agriculture, commerce, casting, water conservancy and other aspects."
Just now, when Zhu Ying was preparing to spread knowledge about various industries, he suddenly discovered that one thing was missing, and that was textbooks.
The initial idea was to go to the Hanlin Academy to prepare these textbooks.
Then I learned from Li Weiliang that Zhu Ying's idea was wrong, because no one in the Hanlin Academy knew about these aspects of knowledge.
In the eyes of the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, all things are of inferior quality, except studying.
This book does not refer to all books, but only to Confucianism.
Looking at the nearly three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the most famous encyclopedia is "Tiangong Kaiwu".
Therefore, Zhu Ying realized that if he wanted to truly reserve industrial talents, the first step he had to do was to publish the book "Tiangong Kaiwu" in advance.
Tiangong Kaiwu was originally written by Song Yingxing, a famous scientist in the Ming Dynasty, during the tenth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.
The book includes agriculture, handicrafts, production technologies such as machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, oil extraction, etc.
It is also the world's first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production.
After this book was written that year, it spread to Japan, Central Asia, and Europe. Even at the low speed of information dissemination in ancient times, it was sold well all over the world.
However, the Qing Dynasty did not pay much attention to it. Such an important work was not even included in the Sikuquanshu catalogue, and it was suppressed to a large extent.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ying continued: "I am going to gather a group of knowledgeable people to compile a classic book about the Ming Dynasty and all walks of life."
"Including the production methods of snowflake salt, sugar, brewing, carpentry, blacksmith, tailoring and other knowledge related to people's livelihood, all are included in it."
"I don't know if Yunxi is interested in this."
As the eldest brother, Zhu Ying still takes good care of his younger brother Yunxi.
Naturally, it is impossible for Zhu Ying to do this personally, because there are too many aspects involved, which will involve a lot of energy.
And this matter is not particularly difficult to say. After all, it is collection, not invention.
But once this thing is done, it will definitely be famous throughout the ages.
As the saying goes, wealth should not go to outsiders. This time when Zhu Ying came to the back hall, he wanted his younger brother Zhu Yunxi to take charge of the matter.
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately became excited.
In just a few words, Zhu Yunxi knew that this classic was absolutely very important to the entire Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Zhu Yunxi would not have thought of this aspect of being famous throughout the ages.
For a boy his age, what he wants most is attention and recognition.
The eldest brother can entrust such an important matter to him. Obviously, in the eldest brother's heart, he is still very capable.
This aspect alone made Zhu Yunxi feel that he was being taken seriously, and he was extremely happy.
However, he still asked with some worry: "Brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle such an important matter."
Zhu Ying said with a smile: "Of course I won't let you do it alone. This matter can't be completed by just a few people. Brother, I will prepare at least dozens of people for you to help."
"But brother, let me tell you clearly first. It's easier said than done. This thing seems simple, but when you do it, you encounter a lot of difficulties."
"First of all, all aspects of the technology here need to be verified before they can be included in the book. This is unavoidable. You need to travel around in various places."
"Don't rush to be happy yet."
Zhu Ying said helplessly.
In what he said just now, he just said that he wanted to leave the palace, and Zhu Yunxi's eyes shone.
For the princes and grandsons who have lived in the palace since childhood, going out to play is their biggest hobby.
When Zhu Yunxi heard what his elder brother meant, he seemed to be able to play around in the whole Ming Dynasty, and he was immediately excited.
"Perhaps you will be very enthusiastic about this matter at first, but I want to tell you that this matter itself will encounter a lot of problems, and it will not be as easy as you think."
"If you don't say anything else, just to understand and watch these processes with your own eyes, a simple attempt may take three to five years, not to mention that some aspects require repeated testing to understand the truth."
After hearing what his eldest brother said and hearing that he could go anywhere, Zhu Yunxi, who had long been on top, didn't care so much.
Naturally, he nodded frequently: "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely not let you down."
At this point, Zhu Ying stopped preaching.
Some things can only be understood by experiencing them personally.
"Since you think there is a problem, then go ahead and do it. In the near future, these people will help you organize it. You can get familiar with it first."
"After half a month, after the first day of October, you can set off again."
Zhu Ying arranged.
After all, the first day of October was the day he was canonized, and the creation of the encyclopedia would be the first order from the East Palace he issued after accepting the canonization.
Just when Zhu Ying was about to continue chatting with the two children.
Liu He, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony and the personal eunuch beside Zhu Yuanzhang, hurried over.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty has spoken, please come to the Huagai Palace to discuss political affairs as soon as possible."
The word 'quick' made Zhu Ying frown slightly.
Normally, the old man would let him pass, but he never used the word "quickly".
Then he asked: "Eunuch Liu knows what happened to grandpa."
Liu He did not hesitate and said frankly: "Listen, old slave, there is a rebellion in Shaanxi."
Zhu Ying was a little confused. During the Hongwu period, there were still people who dared to rebel?