Chapter 225 The treasure-hunting American giant ship was created. I want the powerful Han to unify China.
The spring night is short and the day is rising...
However, Zhao Ji did not say "from now on the king will not come to court early".
As a time traveler, Zhao Ji knew very well that he would become the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty who would face the humiliation of Jingkang according to historical development. If he treated any of his concubines like Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty when he doted on Concubine Yang in his later years, he would definitely harm the country.
Shallow.
However, Zhao Ji is also a sweet-tempered person and will never let down the woman he likes.
The next morning, Zhao Ji, who was in a happy mood, raised the 'beauty' Master Li several levels, and was promoted to a concubine...
At the same time, Zhao Ji also promoted Chunlan, who had meritorious service, from "Madam" to three levels, and was promoted to "Beauty"...
Li Shishi and Chunlan, who were both fat and thin, knelt down on the spot to express their gratitude...
Zhao Ji looked so happy when he saw these two beauties, he was so charming and charming beyond words!
Although Zhao Ji still has endless energy,
However, when he looked at the sky outside the window, the rising sun had already illuminated the window paper brightly and dazzlingly.
Zhao Ji smiled bitterly and said:
"You two sisters, please retreat first. I still have to go to the front hall to handle state affairs!"
After Li Shishi and Chunlan heard what Zhao Guanjia said, their faces were lowered and their eyebrows were slightly furrowed;
The two of them really couldn't bear to leave Zhao Guan's family, which could bring them happiness.
Both of them are very smart, and they both know that the man in front of them, Zhao Guanjia, who is as strong as an ox, can bring them endless glory, wealth and status, as well as an incomparable sense of security!
However, when Li Shishi and Chunlan saw that Zhao Guan's family had worked hard for most of the night last night and did not even take a half-day's rest, they were still determined to deal with national affairs. How could they dare to disobey the order?
After Li Shishi and Chunlan knelt down to express their gratitude, they exited Yanfu Palace one after another, as graceful as fairies...
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Zhao Ji knows what is the balance between work and rest, what is entertainment and work; when it is time to govern the country, it is time to get down to business.
Zhao Ji moved to the front hall. In the morning, he continued to review the memorial. At the same time, he also asked his eunuchs to prepare for the afternoon inspection of the firearms manufacturing workshop and the live ammunition test...
After Zhao Ji finished reviewing more than a dozen memorials handed down by officials from various places, he suddenly saw a memorial written by Tong Guan, the eunuch in charge of all matters related to sea voyages...
Zhao Ji’s eyes lit up!
Zhao Ji saw Tong Guan's memorial saying that he had led experienced shipbuilding craftsmen in the southeast region to build thirty giant ships capable of going to sea in accordance with the holy will.
Of course, Tong Guan's memorial also mentioned that after the Fangla bandit army was annihilated, its tens of thousands of soldiers had been transformed into heroes who were loyal to the emperor and served the country in the short half a year that Tong Guan was in charge of the southeast.
Song soldiers, and during the shipbuilding process, these former Fangla bandits after their surrender also undertook a lot of physical labor...
When Zhao Ji saw this, he couldn't help but said:
"I know that Tong Aiqing has supervised the army in the northwest for many years and is good at coordinating the relationship between the army and the army. Therefore, I can safely hand over the soldiers of Fang La's tribe to Aiqing for reform. Now it seems that everything Tong Aiqing has done is very good."
In fact, the time traveler Zhao Ji certainly knew that Tong Guan was one of the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Before, more than a year before Zhao Ji traveled to the Northern Song Dynasty, he Tong Guan killed Liu Fa, the God of War in the Northern Song Dynasty who fought against Xixia;
Later, the time traveler Zhao Ji was also trying hard to avoid Tong Guan's alliance with the Jin to destroy the Liao. He led his army to attack the Liao but was defeated by the Liao army. He also exposed the weak military power of the Northern Song Dynasty to the Jin army in advance and a series of deceptions such as the weak military power of the Northern Song Dynasty.
, an act of cheating the people and cheating the emperor.
However, Zhao Ji has always believed more objectively:
Tong Guan can definitely be regarded as a strong man in terms of coordinating the relationship between the various generals in the army, handling large and small affairs in the army, using his "big deception" ability to control the soldiers, and playing political tricks.
Otherwise, how could he climb to such a high position?
Although I have ten thousand ways to kill Tong Guan justifiably,
However, if I can make Tong Guan die and perform meritorious service, lead a group of people to sail to the United States, and retrieve potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn seeds, then I can really make up for his merits and solve the problem of food and clothing for the people in the Song Dynasty.
Of course, even if Tong Guan went on a long sea voyage and could not come back, most of the people he led on the voyage were also surrendered pawns of Fangla's bandit army, so I didn't suffer much loss.
Thinking about this, Zhao Ji continued to look at Tong Guan's memorial and saw that he wrote in the memorial:
"The humble minister Tong Guan, in accordance with the official decree and relying on the divine power of the emperor, gathered thousands of sea-going shipbuilding masters from the southeast. It took nearly five months to build thirty giant ships capable of going to sea.
Each giant ship has a carrying capacity of tens of thousands of tons! It can carry more than a thousand people!"
Zhao Ji came here after reading Tong Guan's petition and felt that there was a lot of information.
If I were not a traveler who understands the history of the two Song Dynasties, it is really possible that I would not be able to read Tong Guan's excerpts written in semi-classical Chinese.
Tong Guan’s memorial mentions the ‘giant ship, ten thousand dendrobium’,
So, converted into the unit of mass in modern society before Zhao Ji traveled through time, how many tons is ten thousand dendrobium?
Ten thousand dendrobium is equivalent to about 600 tons.
Zhao Ji knew that during the Song Dynasty, the navigation industry was highly developed and the shipbuilding capabilities were also amazing.
As early as the time of Song Taizong, Zhao Ji's ancestor, the Song Dynasty was building sea ships and river boats, with a total of more than 3,000 ships every year...
In the first year of Yuanfeng and the fifth year of Xuanhe, the Song Dynasty court twice built the "Shenzhou" in Mingzhou, carrying tens of thousands of dendrobium, as a ship for envoys to Goryeo.
Before Zhao Ji traveled through time and came to the Northern Song Dynasty, in modern society, he knew that a Song ship with an overload weight of about 250 tons was unearthed in Quanzhou. This kind of medium-sized ship belonged to the Song Dynasty. Even so, it had surpassed the world at that time.
Many merchant ships from other countries have higher carrying capacity.
The larger ships built in the Song Dynasty could carry 10,000 to tens of thousands of hu of dendrobium (that is, 600 to several thousand tons).
Zhao Ji continued to look at Tong Guan's memorial and saw that he wrote:
"Thirty giant ships, with sails like clouds hanging from the sky, and rudders several feet long, all made of Qinzhou's finest blackwood, with a year's worth of food stored in the middle for the crew and generals of the giant ships.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the deck of a giant ship, vegetables are grown in pots of soil, and pigs are raised among them...
The humble minister Tong Guan, according to the orders of the officials, has prepared enough dried vegetables and fruits in each giant ship for the people on board to eat..."
Zhao Ji saw this and immediately wrote:
"This is a very good move!"
Zhao Ji still remembers that after he successfully conquered Fangla in the east, he used a trick to keep Tong Guan, the great eunuch who had been in charge of the army for nearly 20 years, in the southeast, thereby removing Tong Guan's power in charge of the army.
Zhao Ji returns Tong Guan to the southeast coast, supervises the construction of the giant ship, and prepares to let him, Tong Guan, personally lead a team on a voyage to America to retrieve the "Three Treasures"...
Of course, in addition to leaving a globe, nautical maps and other items to Tong Guan, Zhao Ji also asked Tong Guan to prepare food and dried vegetables when he led so many people on a long sea voyage.
This is when Zhao Ji, the time traveler, used his knowledge of later generations' medicine to instruct Tong Guan and his crew members to pay attention to vitamin supplements when they go to sea for such a long time, otherwise people who cannot eat vegetables containing vitamins for a long time will suffer from the disease.
A life-threatening scurvy.
And Zhao Ji saw what Tong Guan wrote in the memorial, not only did he prepare sufficient food and dried vegetables and fruits on the thirty giant ships,
Tong Guan actually had a very innovative idea of "growing vegetables in pots of soil and raising pigs in them" on the ship (that is, growing vegetables in pots and raising pigs for the crew to eat meat to improve their meals).
Zhao Ji continued to read the content behind Tong Guan's memorial:
"The humble minister Tong Guan has little talent and little learning, and is mediocre and incompetent. I am fortunate to have your Majesty's favor, and I dare not forget your Majesty's orders at all times.
Today, thirty giant ships ready for long voyages to sea have been successfully built.
It is relying on the Holy Power of the Emperor, like divine attention!
It was also because of the imperial edict issued by the emperor that he could gather the strength of the southeast to achieve the current success.
How could it be possible to build such thirty giant ships in such a short period of time with the help of a humble minister?
The humble minister Tong Guan, here looking at the imperial city of Kaifeng in Tokyo, bows his head and kowtows again and again, boldly begging the officials to please name thirty giant ships that can enhance our national prestige in the prosperous age of the Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Ji saw Tong Guan's memorial here, and Zhao Ji unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.
However, Zhao Ji knew that the great eunuch Tong Guan was really powerful. Even if Tong Guan was not in front of me, he was supervising the construction of a giant ship for long voyages on the far southeast coast.
However, through this flattering text, Zhao Ji also understood why the original owner of his body, Song Huizong, was so fond of the eunuch Tong Guan.
Zhao Ji thought for a while, what would be an appropriate name to give to the 30 giant ships that set out on long sea voyages?
Zhao Ji suddenly remembered that he often heard and saw a sentence on the Internet before he traveled through time: 'Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away it is!'
Of course, Zhao Ji, who is a top student in the history department, naturally knows the original source of this domineering saying that has been widely circulated in later generations: "Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away it is."
It comes from the content recorded in Volume 70 of "Hanshu" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty:
During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang led the Han army and the allied forces of the vassal states to conquer the Zhizhi Shanyu's troops who had rebelled against the Han Dynasty...
Du Xun, the acting prime minister of the Han army, led his troops to behead the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu.
And found the silk book brought by Ergenzhi and Guji and others;
The Han army also beheaded 1,518 people including the Yan family, the prince, and the famous king of the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu;
The Han army captured another 145 Xiongnu generals alive and accepted the surrender of more than a thousand Xiongnu soldiers. Finally, at Chen Tang's suggestion, these Xiongnu prisoners and surrendered troops were distributed to assist the Han Dynasty.
Fifteen kings from each of the vassal states sent out their armies.
Therefore, Gan Yanshou, Chen Tang wrote in his memorial to the Han court:
"...it is advisable to hang one's head in the mansion of barbarians to show thousands of miles away;
Anyone who openly offends a strong man will be killed no matter how far away he is!"
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After Zhao Ji thought about this, he felt that he was flattering Tong Guan, and he begged him, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, to name the giant ship that would sail on sea voyages. He already had the answer.
Zhao Ji thought to himself: Why can't the name of the giant ship be something too declarative of war like the 'Mu Zhu'?
Zhao Ji mentioned the imperial pen and Zhubu:
"The six giant ships are named: 'Qianghan No. 1' to 'Qianghan No. 6'!"
Zhao Ji continued to write and criticize:
"The other six giant ships are named: 'Yi Tong No.' to 'Yi Tong No. 6'!"
"The next six giant ships are named: 'Zhonghua No. 1' to 'Zhonghua No. 6'!"
"The six giant ships are again named: 'Peace 1' to 'Peace 6'!"
"The last six giant ships are named: 'Development No. 1' to 'Development No. 6'!"
Zhao Ji looked at the name of the giant ship that he had written with imperial brush and ink, and read it together:
The thirty giant ships are divided into five batches, each batch has six giant ships, namely "six, six, six, six, six";
It means "Da Shun!"
Zhao Ji looked at the name he had given to the giant ship and felt very satisfied. After all, the Northern Song Dynasty had not yet achieved unification.
On the land of China today, there are still separatist regimes such as the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, and the Xia Kingdom.
Zhao Ji dreams of realizing the unification of the country during his lifetime!!!
After Zhao Ji finished naming the giant ship that was about to sail out to sea, he still had several important things to do...