Chapter 192 Steam Engine! The national destiny of the Ming Dynasty changed!
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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 processing the official documents on the eucalyptus, when suddenly a gust of fragrant wind floated in along with a gentle voice.
There were only two people who could enter and leave Zhu Han's study at will in the palace. One was the concubine Liu, and the other was 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, if Zhou Zhiruo can help Zhu Han provide some help that cannot be ignored when handling government affairs, it will also give 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 his waist and sat on Zhu Han's lap.
"Not bad, really good!"
Zhu Han felt the warmth of Zhou Zhiruo's body on his thighs. He held her waist with one hand and gently stroked 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 favor.
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 he was not the legitimate son, so he would not inherit much at all.
Title and 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 adopt the strategy of enfeoffing the world was to adopt the strategy of enfeoffing the world by the Emperor of Zhou, 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 according to 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.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As generations of descendants surnamed Zhu are restricted to their respective feudal lands and cannot move around at will, only one or two generations have passed.
It became a complete waste.
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 can 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 entitlement 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 county king will definitely need a lot of officials to establish a fiefdom, and then the Zhou family will be able to obtain military merit and nobility through this channel.
After all, everyone clearly knows 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 his parents' family for the sake of his 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 drinking tea and talking and laughing, 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 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.
Zhu Han's expression immediately changed.
"Come here, what's going on?!"
Zhu Han was not in the mood to continue making fun of anything, so he immediately asked the entourage outside.
Soon, the entourage went out to find out the source of the explosion.
"Your Majesty, this is the Nanbian Children's Institute of Technology!"
When Zhu Han heard this, he immediately frowned, "Engineering College?"
The full name of the College of Engineering is Daming Yingtian College of Engineering. It is a new school newly established by Zhu Han who specially transferred personnel from the original Taixue.
For example, the bell tower in Yingtianfu was specifically built by teachers and students of the School of Engineering.
Now there is such a loud explosion coming from the Engineering College, something big must have happened.
Zhu Han secretly cried out in his heart!
Recently, Tao Guangyi, the chief technology guru of the Ming Dynasty, was trial-producing a steam engine at the Institute of Engineering.
Steam engines are very dangerous under high temperature and pressure.
If you are not careful, the boiler of the steam engine will turn into a terrifying hot water bomb.
"Prepare your horses and go to the Engineering College!"
Zhu Han and several followers immediately ran out of the palace and headed towards the Engineering College in the south of the city.
When he entered the gate of the Engineering College, he saw that the square inside the gate was surrounded by people with three floors inside and three floors outside.
"Your Highness, please give way!"
Chen Baodao, the commander of the Royal Guards, squeezed a path for Zhu Han in front.
Zhu Han came to the front of the crowd and saw large water stains scattered on the square.
There are also pieces of scrap metal.
"It's done! It's done!" A man wearing Ming Dynasty official uniform was clapping his hands and laughing in the square, and kept shouting.
This person is none other than Wanhu Tao Guangyi. As Zhu Han's most effective scientific and technological doer, Tao Guangyi has been intoxicated in various scientific and technological experiments ever since he invented the hot air balloon and realized his dream of flying under Zhu Han's guidance.
Extricate yourself.
Zhu Han couldn't help but sigh when he saw Tao Guangyi of thousands of households immersed in scientific and technological experiments. He was indeed a powerful man in history who dared to fly into the sky on a rocket.
"Wanhu, His Royal Highness is here!"
Chen Baodao, the commander of the palace's personal guards, shouted, pulling Tao Guangyi out of his madness.
"Your Highness, Your Highness! It's done! It's done!"
When Tao Guangyi from ten thousand households saw Zhu Han, he was still so happy that he couldn't help himself, and he didn't even bother to salute.
"Is the steam engine ready?" Zhu Han asked quickly.
"Yes, Your Highness, I have made the steam engine you mentioned!" Tao Guangyi of Wanhu said, pointing to the fragments on the ground.
Zhu Han looked at the broken copper and iron all over the floor, and couldn't help but look at Tao Guangyi of the Ten Thousand Households with suspicion.
He even wondered if this guy was under too much pressure and was really mentally unstable.
This was obviously a terrible boiler explosion. How could this be done?
"Isn't that right? It was obviously an explosion. Did the boiler explosion not hurt anyone?" Zhu Han asked immediately.
"Your Highness, this steam engine is already complete. It's just that when I used it to pump water, the well water pumped out was too cold and splashed onto the boiler, causing an explosion!" Wanhu Tao Guangyi explained quickly.
Then he told Zhu Han the detailed process.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It turns out that the original steam engine data provided by Zhu Han to Tao Guangyi is actually a large kettle plus a reciprocating system. The energy efficiency conversion is actually very low.
The whole set is very bulky, and its only practical use is for pumping water.
So Tao Guangyi used this steam engine to test pumping water in the School of Engineering.
Who knows, because the experiment was too successful!
The well water pumped out was very fast, and it didn't take long for the water tower above to be filled. The overflowing well water exploded due to thermal expansion and contraction on the steam engine boiler.
After listening to Wanhu Tao Guangyi's description, I also read the detailed production and operation manual in his hand.
Zhu Han couldn't help but be stunned!
There are so many talented people in Ming Dynasty!
He simply provided an idea, plus a sketch that couldn't be more crude, and he didn't mention any sealing materials. Wanhu Tao Guangyi relied on these simple premises to create a water pump on his own.
steam engine.
This made Zhu Han have to sigh, there is really no shortage of geniuses in this world.
"The steam engine has come out, and the Ming Dynasty will be the real king of the world in the future!"
Zhu Han is not only full of expectations for the future.
Although the efficiency of the steam pump is very low, it cannot be used as an effective transportation power. In other words, this simple version of the steam engine cannot make any steam train or ship.
but.
This is just the beginning and provides a good start for future development.
According to Wanhu Tao Guangyi's almost crazy enthusiasm, Zhu Han felt that it was really just around the corner for Ming Dynasty to enter the steam age.
"Chen Baodao, immediately send people to seal off the engineering college! Anyone who sees this steam engine is not allowed to come in or out at will!" Zhuhai's face suddenly changed and he ordered loudly.
This kind of steam engine can change the destiny of a dynasty.
Of course, Zhu Han could not let any hostile force obtain any information about the steam engine.
Blocking off the entire engineering college is only the first step. According to Zhu Han's idea, everyone at the scene must be checked for three generations to ensure nothing is missed.
but.
Regarding Zhu Han's actions, Wanhu Tao Guangyi showed no concern.
"Your Highness, there is no need for this!" Tao Guangyi said.