Chapter 179: Your Majesty, why not look at inventions?

Gao Gong was truly helpless about Zhang Juzheng. He waved his hand and headed back to his hometown again. This time, I'm afraid it's really hard to see him again.

Gao Gong's days in the capital were mainly for recuperation. Two Great Imperial Physicians of the Great Ming diagnosed Gao Gong's condition and finally issued a long-term health regimen.

At the same time, Zhu Yijun made public the correspondence between Zhang Siwei, Wu Dui, Fang Fengshi, and others. The content of these letters was astonishing.

Colluding with barbarians, selling gunpowder, ironware, armor, firearms, etc. —the evidence of these crimes was all placed in the open. The assassination case of the first year of Wanli was also indirectly confirmed in these letters.

Making it public was one thing, but the little Emperor made all these letters into amber and announced a public exhibition.

Making amber for Great Ming craftsmen was not a problem at all. Boiling rosin, making molds, and then slowly pouring it in—all the amber was selected rosin, without any impurities, each one uniform without bubbles, and the transparency was excellent.

It didn't end there. Stone tablets engraved with these letters were all piled up in the Armory Bureau, waiting for the Emperor's order to be sent to the hometown of Zhang Siwei's Puzhou Zhang clan and placed in the ancestral hall!

Zhang Juzheng expressed that he was not responsible for this; he didn't teach this! Even if he said it to the sky, he really hadn't taught this method!

Zhu Yijun was waiting, waiting for the court officials to rescue Zhang Siwei and his accomplices. Once someone spoke nonsense, Zhu Yijun would choose to super-double it, and nail some more nails to Zhang Siwei's historical pillar of shame, adding some spit.

Double it, then super-double it!

He didn't wait for any memorials pleading for Zhang Siwei, but he did wait for a large pile of memorials demanding severe punishment for Wang Chonggu, Gao Gong, stripping Yang Bo of his posthumous title, and even demanding to open Yang Bo's coffin and whip his corpse.

If it were just demanding severe punishment for Wang Chonggu, Zhu Yijun wouldn't be surprised, because in the original copies of these letters, there was a lot of content about Wang Chonggu also colluding with the Northwest Altan Khan. The court officials impeaching Wang Chonggu for relaxing defenses to favor the enemy was not once or twice, but many times.

But wanting to kill Gao Gong, and even stripping Yang Bo of his posthumous title, aroused Zhu Yijun's vigilance.

The little Emperor realized that this was also a practical application of "doubling." The basic logic of saving Zhang Siwei was to drag more people into the water, expand this matter, spread it to the entire officialdom, and finally make the Emperor hesitate and dare not take action.

Zhu Yijun was extremely fortunate that he had cut off a strand of Wang Chonggu's hair in the Huangji Hall, so that this matter could not stir up a storm. The Emperor used imperial power to pardon Wang Chonggu, and the court also engaged in fierce discussions about whether to pursue Wang Chonggu.

And this key public opinion wind hadn't fully blown up before it was divided by Zhang Juzheng. The means of division was the Examination Law. Zhang Juzheng suddenly required all officials in the world to start measuring land, clarifying the number of fields in the world, and stipulated specific standards for reclaiming wasteland, making all officials in the world fall into a busy state.

Measuring land—if it were just simply holding a measuring step cart to clarify the fields, it would be simple. But this was aimed at the lifeblood of the powerful and influential families in the world. This involved the major matter of distribution, and it was also a fish-scale register to be completed within three years. Who would still care whether Zhang Siwei was wronged?

The basic rule of "the capable rise, the mediocre fall" had already been formed, and the malpractice of indulgence was being slowly broken.

Hence Hai Rui, the little expert in anti-corruption, began to exert his strength.

He specifically targeted those blind officials who demanded the killing of Gao Gong. He found one, and it was accurate.

Gao Gong was a politically dead figure. This was clearly using the "doubling" means that everyone knew. Don't hit the diligent, don't hit the lazy, specifically hit the blind. This was a case tried in the Huangji Hall. That strand of hair was the boundary of the punishment. If you insist on chattering endlessly, is it really for the great interests of the imperial court, removing the great treacherous officials of the court, and taking the guilt of the unpleasant rules?

After Hence Hai Rui's appraisal, they were all taking money to do things, not officials with integrity, so they needed to be impeached!

This most critical public opinion wind, under the joint strangulation of Zhang Juzheng and Hence Hai Rui, finally did not form a petition at the Wumen.

But the court officials petitioned again!

This time it was still led by Ma Ziqiang. The purpose of the petition at the Wumen was: request the Emperor not to hold the Great Court Meeting on the foundation anymore, and not to meet foreign vassal envoys on the foundation anymore. Ma Ziqiang had just become the Minister of Rites and this huge thing happened; he really couldn't afford to lose this face.

Zhang Siwei had already been caught in the prison and would be beheaded in a few days. Your Majesty, for the sake of the court officials being somewhat capable, can you leave some face for the imperial court?

Even a little bit of decency?

This was the second time Ma Ziqiang led court officials to petition. The last time, the Emperor wanted to use a shameful way to further intensify the contradictions, which Ma Ziqiang could understand. Now that Zhang Siwei and his accomplices had been dealt with, Your Majesty, please leave some face for everyone!

Ma Ziqiang felt that if His Majesty still wouldn't give face, he couldn't be the Minister of Rites anymore. Retirement might be his best way out.

And this time, Wang Chonggu was also in the petitioning ranks. His request was the same. Wang Chonggu's reason was that it delayed the construction period. Every time the Emperor went over for the regular Great Court Meeting, they had to clean up, which stopped work for several days, which really delayed time.

Wang Chonggu calculated that if the reconstruction project couldn't be completed before the Emperor's wedding, how many heads would he have to behead?

Zhu Yijun finally agreed to Ma Ziqiang's request and, according to the ancestral laws of the past, changed the location of the Great Court Meeting to the Wenhua Hall.

The court officials heard the imperial edict and left happily. Before, the court officials' request was that the Emperor shouldn't be too tired and should hold regular court meetings—what if His Majesty got tired? Now the request was just not to be in the Huangji Hall without a hall.

People's temperament is always so fond of compromise.

On June 25th, Zhu Yijun, with his imperial uncle Zhu Zaiyu and Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng, came to the Imperial Observatory. The Great Ming's super-large reflecting telescope had been completely built.

The large telescope, with a diameter of three feet six inches six fen and a length of three zhang six chi five cun four fen (12.2 meters), lay horizontally in a room with a mechanism. When it needed to observe the sky, the roof could be opened; when it wasn't needed, it could be closed to prevent rain, snow, wind, and frost.

The completion ceremony ended. Zhu Yijun turned around the large astronomical telescope three times to the left and three times to the right. He couldn't put it down and even studied it himself before being satisfied. He heavily rewarded all the craftsmen, giving each person one hundred taels of silver.

The Emperor was really generous! One hundred taels each, paid on the spot.

Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, and Zhu Zaiyu stood in front of the large astronomical telescope, communicating and exchanging insights about observing the sky. Regarding that little ear of Saturn, everyone put forward various guesses: satellites, or countless small satellites?

"Imperial Uncle, look, our Great Ming's marching speed is thirty li a day, and forced marches can reach one hundred li a day. This hydrofoil sailboat can travel one thousand li a day. Does light have speed or not?" Zhu Yijun issued a soul-searching question.

Imperial Uncle Zhu Zaiyu was stunned. Does light have speed? Where would light get speed! Isn't light instantaneous? But when His Majesty asked, it had to be calculated based on the reality of practice. But how to calculate this?

Zhu Zaiyu discovered that the little Emperor was really... if a court official was useful, he would use him to death!

Zhu Zaiyu was currently holding several errands. The first was to study mathematics, which is the general principle of all things;

The second was to study physics, summarizing the principles of levers, pulleys, wheel axles, gears, inclined planes, and spirals based on mathematics. This was the result of "connecting degrees and passing through," and he was currently studying the mysteries of gears;

The third was the calendar, compiling the Great Ming's calendar. This was extremely difficult, not only because of the resistance of the ancestral laws in the court but also because of the scientific instruments themselves;

The fourth was to study astronomy. This thing had already made Zhu Zaiyu bald.

Zhang Juzheng drew a Taiji diagram, a Five Elements Taiji diagram, and an Innate Taiji diagram. That the Earth is a sphere was already a basic fact verified by the West, and through actual observation, it was indeed confirmed. The Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Sun revolves around the Earth. If the orbit is a perfect circle, then on the Innate Taiji diagram, the shadow length of all gnomons should be a standard positive Taiji diagram, but the fact is that the change in shadow length of gnomons is an Innate Taiji diagram.

This proved that whether the Earth revolves around the Sun or the Sun revolves around the Earth, its orbit is basically determined, not a perfect circle, but an ellipse. This directly stumped Zhu Zaiyu.

The great scientist Zhu Zaiyu was already very busy. He also held a fifth errand, which was the manufacture of precision machinery—imitating the millisecond watch, figuring out the principles, using "connecting degrees and passing through" to manufacture the millisecond watch, and increasing the accuracy of the millisecond watch, which had already given Zhu Zaiyu a headache.

Now the little Emperor asked again, "Imperial Uncle, does light have speed?"

Whether it has or not, this is a question.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhu Zaiyu scratching his head, and he was mostly gloating. In the past, it was the Emperor holding a big hammer and a small hammer, making his head buzz. Now it was Zhu Zaiyu's turn to have a headache!

This feeling of watching others suffer was very subtle! It was like looking in a mirror, a bit gloating, a bit mixed feelings, and a bit of sympathy for each other.

"Your Majesty, why not look at your subject's latest invention? A small machine that converts circular motion into reciprocating motion?" Zhu Zaiyu decided not to answer, but took out a gift—the transformation from circular motion to reciprocating motion.

Zhu Zaiyu named it a "crank." The circular motion of the waterwheel drove a long rod, and the long rod moved back and forth along the circular wheel of the waterwheel.

Zhang Juzheng always felt that this scene was somewhat familiar. He saw himself in Zhu Zaiyu. That's right, back then, when he couldn't answer the Emperor's questions, he always said, "Your Majesty, why not look at the 'Imperial Mirror Picture Book'?" Now it was Zhu Zaiyu's turn to change the subject. When Zhu Zaiyu couldn't answer the questions when answering for His Majesty, he chose "Your Majesty, why not look at inventions?"

Zhu Yijun tried it himself and found that this thing could first be used for water-powered blowers to further increase the efficiency of iron smelting, and it could also be used for the wool official factory. Wang Chonggu had applied a large amount of water power in the wool official factory to save costs, and the appearance of this small device could be said to have solved Wang Chonggu's urgent need.

A very useful invention.

Zhu Yijun highly affirmed Zhu Zaiyu's work, but immediately changed the subject and said, "I still want to know if light has speed."

"Your subject will think of a way." Zhu Zaiyu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know if he could complete this proposition in his lifetime.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "No rush."

"Commander Qi has gone to the Northwest, mainly to deploy defenses on the Great Wall section of Xuan-Da to prevent Altan Khan from taking advantage of the situation to go south. Even if San Niangzi behaves particularly submissively, one must be prepared. Barbarians have wolf faces and beast hearts, fearing power but not cherishing virtue." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and quoted Wan Shihe's famous saying.

This sentence had been repeatedly proven by practice. To deal with barbarians, you must first make the other party helpless before they are willing to sit down and listen to you.

Zhang Juzheng thought for a long time and said, "Your subject thinks not. Altan Khan is not completely bound to the clan faction. San Niangzi was able to successfully enter the capital, meet the Emperor, and finalize the business. Why would Altan Khan live and die with the Northwest clan faction?"

Qi Jiguang went to Xuan-Da, completely cutting off the possibility of Altan Khan interfering with the Great Ming's handling of the Great Ming clan factions.

Altan Khan let his most beloved little grandson, Bahana, enter the capital to thank him for his grace.

Bahana, Altan Khan's most beloved little grandson. Altan Khan married San Niangzi, but San Niangzi had a marriage contract with the Ordos tribe. There was no way; Altan Khan had to compensate the Ordos tribe with his little grandson's wife. The little grandson was angry and said, "My grandfather bullies his grandson, taking his grandson's wife for others." He wouldn't serve him anymore; he was surrendering to the Ming!

Later, it had been proven from multiple angles that this was a trick Altan Khan made up to negotiate peace.

And this key figure, the little grandson Bahana, brought Altan Khan's gifts to the capital to thank him for his grace. He thanked the Great Ming for reaching a long-term supply agreement on wool prices. This long-term stable supply agreement made San Niangzi's reputation reach the point of being praised by everyone after she returned to the three departments of the left wing.

Bahana expressed that regarding the Great Ming's cleanup of the Northwest clan factions, Altan Khan's attitude was support. When San Niangzi entered the court, she said that the Great Ming's powerful and influential families were even more greedy than the chieftains of various tribes. This was a universal fact. The clan faction and Altan Khan were not of one piece.

But in the reconciliation process between the Great Ming and Altan Khan, there was still a fundamental contradiction of vital importance: the Hetao problem.

Both sides were very tacit and did not mention this problem.

The Great Ming's revitalization inevitably required recovering the Hetao. Recovering the Hetao and recovering Danning Wei were the consistent advocacy of the Great Ming's hawks, and the current Tan Sima, Tan Lun, who was heavily used by the Great Ming, was a firm supporter of recovering the Hetao. The Great Ming's will to recover the Hetao was very firm.

Bahana clearly expressed his attitude on this problem. "When the lips are gone, the teeth are cold" is true, but the Northwest clan faction and Altan Khan are not lips and teeth. Altan Khan did not think the Northwest clan faction was a good teammate; this kind of teammate was instead a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows.

On the Great Ming side, Bahana was conferred the title of General Zhaoyong, ending this journey of Altan Khan's little grandson to the capital to thank him for his grace.

What is interesting is that Bahana requested the Ming court to let him enter the Imperial Academy to study Han learning. Altan Khan is the Loyal and Obedient Prince conferred by the Great Ming. The son of the Loyal and Obedient Prince being in the capital is both expressing sincerity to the court and letting Bahana serve as a hostage.

After Zhu Yijun consulted the Grand Secretary and the Minister of Rites, Ma Ziqiang, he agreed to this study in the capital.

At the end of June and the beginning of July, the day-to-day court discussions began. Zhu Yijun appeared in the Wenhua Hall as usual. Listening to the government at the imperial gate and watching the court officials argue was a very interesting thing.

For example, right now, the Minister of Revenue, Wang Guoguang, and Wang Chonggu were arguing.

"Who in your Ministry of Revenue understands business? The profits of the wool official factory have already been handed over to the court. It's fine that your Ministry of Revenue sent accountants, cashiers, and bookkeepers, but you still want to send people to be general managers? How big is your face? This business is now booming. If it's handed over to you, the stall will be ruined tomorrow!" Wang Chonggu's voice did not become weaker because of the recent public opinion wind demanding a thorough investigation, but was exceptionally loud.

Wang Chonggu, who was ordered to seek wealth, had full confidence. He occupied one-tenth of the profit in the wool official factory, and he hoped more than anyone else that the official factory could expand, expand, and expand again. The Ministry of Revenue proposed to send a general manager, but was directly sprayed back by Wang Chonggu.

"Minister of Justice, that is the court's official factory, not your official factory!" Wang Guoguang also said with a face full of anger. "The Ministry of Revenue appoints the general manager; this is the law of the court!"

Wang Chonggu slapped the table and said loudly, "That is His Majesty's official factory! Everything under heaven is His Majesty's! If it weren't for His Majesty and the Baoqi Office's Xu Zhenming finding the method of gold-soup fermentation from those old paper piles of the Hu Yuan to clean the wool, where would the wool official factory's business be now? His Majesty gave half to the national treasury; that is His Majesty putting the public first and having the world in his heart."

"The court's? His Majesty's!"

Wang Chonggu argued for profit and did not yield an inch. In his view, it was not that he looked down on the scholar-officials in the court, but under the general trend of being ashamed to speak of profit, which scholar-official could do business well? He would kneel down and kowtow to the other party and call him father!

This principle of Wang Chonggu was almost impeccable.

One must first clearly know that the wool business was dug out by His Majesty and Xu Zhenming from old paper piles, not imported technology from the West. The Spain on the sheep's back simply wouldn't pass on these technologies. Thanks to the exchanges between China and the West, the Great Ming knew that the wool business was very profitable, but how to earn it, the West simply couldn't pass on the method.

But His Majesty and Xu Zhenming's archaeological-style scientific research created the most solid foundation for this business. If it weren't for this method of using fermented gold soup to wash wool and remove grease, where would the wool official factory's business be?

Wang Chonggu even specifically changed the urine fermentation to gold-soup fermentation. As a scholar, Wang Chonggu was very elegant.

Wang Chonggu was unforgiving and said with disdain, "Just these scholar-officials in the court, who chatter all day long that since the 'Spring and Autumn Period,' historical writing doesn't know where the great ethics are, just recording things."

Wang Chonggu pointed at his own face, leaned forward, and said with a fierce face, "How big is your face? Directly denying all historical lessons since the 'Spring and Autumn Period' to the present with 'not knowing the great ethics,' not even willing to flip through the national history records, and you still have the face to talk about ancestral laws?"

"Handing over the official factory to these cheap scholars who are even disliked by the barbarians outside the pass—this business will be scattered tomorrow!"

"Stir it, stir it, you just stir it! If you stir the business until it's ruined and delay His Majesty's great cause of weakening the grassland's mobility, all of you will be dragged to the Wumen and beheaded!"

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Guoguang falling into a disadvantage and said, "Minister of Justice, are you willing to send accountants, bookkeepers, and cashiers?"

Wang Chonggu immediately changed his face, turning faster than flipping a book, and said quite diligently, "What is Your Majesty saying? This is His Majesty's business; your subject is just handling affairs for His Majesty. Your subject just doesn't want these cheap scholars to delay the business, not refusing the court's supervision."

"Your subject is just worried that it will delay the palace's expenses. This imperial palace reconstruction also needs the silver from the wool official factory, right? Your subject is just afraid that the cheap scholars will ruin things, not refusing the court's supervision."

Wang Chonggu was very diligent. His Majesty rewards merit; Wang Chonggu thought that when the Emperor would turn against him after Commander Qi returned to the capital, the Emperor still pardoned him. Could he not be diligent?

Working under His Majesty, just thinking about how to make money, for Wang Chonggu, this was like a fish in water.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "The Minister of Justice is a sensible person."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the praise." Wang Chonggu bowed again to thank him.

Wang Chonggu had accomplices in the Northwest. The officials who settled 190,000 refugees and reclaimed 300,000 mu of farmland were not affected at all. This was the reason why Zhu Yijun only cut off a strand of hair. Pull one group, unite one group, and strike one group.

Zhu Yijun was very grateful for Wang Chonggu's settling the people. These 190,000 refugees being settled and becoming commoners living and working in peace was the fundamental reason why Wang Chonggu could survive this storm.

Wan Shihe saw that the wind direction was clear and said with a smile, "Minister of Justice, don't complain about the Minister of Revenue. One pen cannot write two 'Wang' characters. Differences in political views are very common. Don't hurt the harmony. The Minister of Revenue also has unspeakable bitterness. The Minister of Justice's wool official factory is booming, but the Ministry of Revenue's trial production of wool in the three borders has not succeeded once."

"The Minister of Revenue thought of sending a general manager into the factory to learn and see what the Minister of Justice's secret recipe is."

"Everything is for His Majesty's affairs, for the court's affairs. There is no need to argue so fiercely."

Wan Shihe came out to smooth things over, to persuade peace, not to hurt the harmony. Wang Chonggu's Wang and Wang Guoguang's Wang were really the same Wang, just different halls. This argument was too fierce; it really needed a smooth person to come out, smooth things over, and let the atmosphere of the meeting not be tense.

Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with the current atmosphere of the court discussion. Fighting without breaking is a state of harmony in contradiction that is very difficult to achieve, and Wan Shihe, the person who smooths things over, plays the role of easing the atmosphere. Wan Shihe is indeed suitable for the Minister of Rites, and Gao Gong is indeed suitable for the Minister of Personnel.

But as Zhang Juzheng's political enemy, Zhu Yijun could not reuse Gao Gong.

So the Ministry of Personnel was actually still substantially led by Zhang Juzheng.

"I know the Minister of Revenue's idea, but I really didn't hide anything. Everything is written in the Official Factory Records." Wang Chonggu was also somewhat helpless. He could understand the purpose of Wang Guoguang sending a general manager, but he couldn't agree to Wang Guoguang's request.

"Where exactly did the problem arise? Minister of Revenue, tell us. The powerful and influential families of the Great Ming want to eat this meat, and the Great Ming court also wants to eat this meat. The powerful and influential families can't do it, and the three borders can't do it either. The method is written so clearly." Wan Shihe asked with curiosity.

Just you, Wang Chonggu, are a capable person, just you can do it? Why can't others do it? You say you didn't hide anything, then where did their problem arise?

Wang Chonggu said with great certainty, "The fundamental reason why the powerful and influential families and the court's weaving of wool can't be done, and even if it is done, it loses money, is because they follow the book. This kind of following the book, for business, is paper talk in military action."

"He wants to do business, but uses the thinking method of a scholar to do business. It would be strange if he could succeed."

"The Official Factory Records is a book summarizing experience. The customs of various places are different, the products of various places are different, the hydrology is different, and the human feelings are different. Their own conditions are different from the official factory. Following the book, it would be strange if they could succeed."

"It's just like the court's government decrees. If one blindly follows the Three Dynasties, is ancient, and is stubborn, cheap scholars cannot govern the country, and even less can they do business."

"So I don't agree with these cheap scholars entering the factory to point fingers. They don't understand but like to point fingers. Laymen leading experts, chanting scriptures can neither govern the country nor win battles, and even less can they do business."

Wang Chonggu, whose name has "Chonggu" (revering the ancient), criticizing the trend of revering the ancient—does this count as a kind of self-criticism?

Zhu Yijun was watching the fun and also laughing.

"So that's it!" Wang Guoguang suddenly realized and finally knew why the Ministry of Revenue's trial production and promotion couldn't be done. The development of various places in the Great Ming had huge differences. Blindly wanting to copy successful experiences was instead not doing things well.

Finding problems from phenomena, as long as one is willing to use their mind, one can find answers to solve them in continuous exploration.

Zhu Yijun nodded continuously, highly agreeing.

Zhang Juzheng made the final summary, saying, "Then don't send general managers or assistant managers. The Ministry of Revenue only sends accountants. Let the general managers in charge of wool official factories in various places enter the factory to work for two years, combine the conditions of various places, and strive to promote the successful experience of the wool official factory within five years."

He said so, and also wrote so on the floating ticket. Zhu Yijun used the seal, and this matter was over.

The Tan Sima, Tan Lun, had been distracted. Until the argument was over, Tan Lun came back to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, Yu Long is over seventy. He can go to the border, why can't your subject go?"

"Because Yu Long is not sick; he is just old and can't stand the tossing on the sea," Zhu Yijun said decisively. "Tan Sima, I am not forbidding the Tan Sima from asking about military affairs. The Tan Sima should of course manage these, but let's talk about it after the Tan Sima's health is better."

"Li Rusong, that kid, can't beat your subject. Your subject's health is still excellent!" Tan Lun wanted to strive for it.

"I have decided." Zhu Yijun didn't argue with Tan Lun. Li Rusong was careless. If Li Rusong knew that Tan Lun's martial arts were so good, and he wasn't careless, the old fearing the young and strong, Tan Lun would definitely not be able to win.

Of course, it might also be that Li Rusong deliberately let Tan Lun win. After all, Li Rusong provoked that capital battalion military generals were controlled by civil officials like slaves. As a result, Tan Lun didn't coordinate the capital battalion at all. Li Rusong took a hit, saving a lot of trouble, right?

But according to Qi Jiguang's understanding of Li Rusong, Li Rusong was 90% careless. Li Rusong was really arrogant before.

"Luzon Governor Yin Zhengmao returns to the capital to report on his duties." Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial. Yin Zhengmao had returned. He took a three-masted clipper from Luzon to return to the capital. According to the estimate, he was still three days away from the capital.

Yin Zhengmao returning to the capital to report on his duties was also to pick up the ship. The Great Ming's first five-masted ocean-crossing ship would be delivered to the Luzon Navy for use.

The atmosphere of the court discussion became somewhat oppressive. Everyone didn't speak. This time Yin Zhengmao returned to the capital, his identity was still the Great Ming's Luzon Governor, and the matter he was handling was returning to the capital to report on his duties.

But the problem was, Luzon was too far away. The Great Ming's navy was still in the starting stage, and there was a lack of effective military control over Luzon. Luzon was isolated overseas. How to govern effectively was a problem placed in front of every court official.

Yin Zhengmao returning to the capital, what attitude should the court take to respond? This became a problem, and it needed a keynote, and even more a method of disposal.

"The Ministry of Rites submitted a memorial, asking whether to bestow the national surname on Minister Yin." Zhang Juzheng threw out a blockbuster, blowing the group of officials into a daze.

National Surname! Zhang Juzheng, you really dare to think!

But, it seems, maybe, perhaps, possibly, there is nothing that cannot be done.

It was said that the Ministry of Rites submitted the memorial, but everyone knew clearly that this was Zhang Juzheng's idea. It looked like a rotten idea.

"Mainly referring to the Qianning Duke's Mansion. Back then, Qianning King Mu Ying was adopted by the Taizu High Emperor and changed his surname to the national surname, and then the Qianning Duke's Mansion permanently guarded the Southwest, and the Yunnan border was stable for two hundred years. Today, the Ministry of Rites discussed this matter and felt it was feasible. What do you all think?" Zhang Juzheng stated the reason for the National Surname.

Why is the Qianning Duke's Mansion called the Mu Prince's Mansion?

Because the Qianning Duke's Mansion originally had the surname Zhu.

Mu Ying was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma at the age of eight and changed his surname to Zhu. Later, because he reached adulthood and Zhu Yuanzhang became Emperor, Mu Ying changed back to his original surname. But everyone actually knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had always treated Mu Ying as his own son, and Mu Ying also repaid Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness with his life of fighting.

In the era of war and chaos, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma's adoption of Mu Ying was a kindness of rebirth to Mu Ying. The Great Ming Dynasty's National Surname was also started from the Qianning Duke's Mansion.

You know, before the Great Ming, Yunnan was a place outside the square, the country of the Hundred Pu, but now, as a stable existence of the Great Ming's two capitals and thirteen provinces, the guard of the Qianning Duke's Mansion had made great contributions.

So, could Luzon have a National Surname Mansion? Could it borrow the successful experience of the Qianning Duke's Mansion?

Feudalism and the county system are not completely contradictory, and they can also be opposites and unities, especially in the Great Ming, where it was particularly obvious. The hereditary native officials of the Yunnan Provincial Administration Commission were

"I have no objections, grant him the national surname!" As soon as Zhu Yijun heard Zhang Juzheng's suggestion, he immediately represented the Zhu family and gave his approval!

There is nothing difficult about agreeing to this. Philip II is known as the King of the Empire on which the sun never sets; never mind the New World, he cannot even effectively govern Cape Verde, let alone the heartland of Spain, where the Low Countries of the Netherlands are currently in revolt.

He is merely a bearer of the national surname.

Mu Ying was the first person in the Great Ming to be granted the national surname, while Zheng He, who sailed to the Western Oceans, was granted the surname Zheng by Zhu Di. Another bearer of the national surname, Zheng Chenggong, had the birth name Zheng Sen, and his formal name was Zhu Chenggong; when submitting memorials, he referred to himself as "National Surname Success," and it was only during the Tatar Qing Dynasty that it became the three characters "Zheng Chenggong." Seeking monthly votes, Awoo!!!!!!!!

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