Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 211 Father Kindness, Son Filial Piety, Sextant
Zheng Zhibao used the Zhoushan Islands as a springboard and led tens of thousands of people to land in Haiyan County and plunder the place.

In just half a month, the soldiers attacked the lake. Fortunately, Ren Qi led the army to resist bravely, forcing Zheng Zhibao to retreat to the sea.

Ren Qi reported the matter to the court while preparing the army for war.But there was a shortage of warships, so only some fishing boats could be requisitioned. To be on the safe side, Ren Qi did not rush out to the sea to calm the chaos, and strictly guarded against death on land.

Li Cunming had returned to Nanjing at this time. After receiving Ren Qi's memorial, he hurriedly summoned the ministers at the General Affairs Department.

"It was just reported a few days ago that Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Zheng Zhibao came to attack Jiaxing Mansion soon. Oh, do the Zheng family really want to be the lackeys of the Tatars?" Liu Wenbing cursed.

Yan Ermei said: "Fan Wencheng is full of ingenuity and tricks, it is impossible to guard against him, he actually recruited Zheng Zhilong again, causing trouble for my court! Fortunately, His Majesty has already prepared, I have already trained a navy, and I am not afraid of Zheng's meeting No matter how big the waves are, just send troops to suppress the rebellion.”

Only now did the courtiers recall that His Majesty went to Jiujiang for the past two months to inspect the navy and to prevent the Zheng family from making a sudden disturbance.Everyone admired him very much, and his nervous mood calmed down a lot.

Li Cunming said: "Yes, I have taken precautions for a long time. But I still can't be too optimistic. Jiujiang's navy has not been established for a long time and lacks generals who are proficient in water warfare. Moreover, the most important warships are still under construction. The navy of the Zheng family is far behind."

"I think Ren Qi's countermeasure is correct. Hold the land, avoid the advantages of the pirates, and don't go to the sea to compete with them for the moment. We will be invincible."

Liu Wenbing said, "Will this be too passive?"

Li Cunming said: "Blindly defending is really passive. The coastal areas are constantly harassed by pirates, and the people cannot live and work in peace and contentment. The impact is very bad. I first sent Qi Dazhuang to lead [-] troops to support Jiaxing Mansion, and then further collected information to help the situation. Make a clear judgment, and when Huang Degong is fully prepared, he will advance by sea and land to completely wipe out the pirates."

"That's the only way to go!" Yan Ermei said.

The courtiers acted according to their will and left the General Secretary.Li Cunming said: "Master Yan, please stay here for a while, I still have something to say."

After all the ministers had left, Li Cunming said solemnly: "I still plan to lead the expedition myself. What do the military advisors think?"

"Your Majesty, the Zheng family has been entrenched in the East China Sea for decades, and their strength should not be underestimated, but there is no need for His Majesty's personal conquest. Firstly, the strength of the Zheng family cannot be compared with the Daxi Army and the Shadingzhou rebel army after all. After all, the Zheng family is a pirate, their roots are in the sea, and their strength is greatly reduced on land, so how can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer!"

Li Cunming said: "In fact, I don't like to lead troops to fight. The boat and the car are exhausted, and there is no peace for a while. Does the military commander remember Zheng Sen? Song Xiance once looked at Zheng Sen's bones and said that he looked like a dragon but not a real dragon. It was also a moment Xiong. This man is a talent, I want to surrender him completely, just like I surrendered Li Dingguo."

Yan Ermei said: "Your Majesty's love for talents is admirable. If Your Majesty makes up his mind, I will support it. It's just... just to learn a lesson, and the tragedy of the fall of Kaifeng will never happen again!"

"It is precisely because I am worried about this that I have been reluctant to express the idea of ​​the Royal Conquest to the ministers. They will definitely oppose it. Therefore, I want to entrust the prince Zhu Cijiong in the hands of the military adviser, and I will make some changes. When I am not in Nanjing , the military division will supervise the country, and Zhu Cijiong will ensure his safety."

"Your Majesty, the state has a prince, how can I let the ministers supervise the state?" Yan Ermei knelt down in fear.

Li Cunming helped Yan Ermei up, and said with sincerity: "The story of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, the monarch and his ministers, has been passed down for thousands of years, and the relationship between monarchs and ministers is nothing like this. The military advisor is my Zhang Liang, and my Zhuge Liang. I trust you, please don't refuse the military advisor. !"

"Your Majesty..." Yan Ermei shed tears of emotion.

"Ding, get Yan Ermei's positive emotion value of 10000"

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In order to prevent the tragedy of the fall of Kaifeng from happening again and completely eliminate future troubles, Li Cunming secretly made many arrangements.

It is impossible for the Tartars to fight across the Yangtze River, so there is no need to worry about Zhu Cijiong becoming a prisoner.But this kid Zhu Cijiong is not worry-free, so he has to find a way to keep him from causing trouble.

After reviewing the memorial, Li Cunming said to Wang Cheng'en, "After I re-opened the sutra banquet, the princes also started to go to the study to study. I went to Jiujiang a few days ago. I don't know how the princes are doing in their studies. Who is mischievous?" "

Wang Cheng'en said: "Prince Yong and Princess Zhaoren are very diligent and hardworking, but the crown prince... he often skips classes, and only attends lectures when Bi Dengfu and Tang Ruowang are teaching. The masters have complained to the queen several times, but the queen has nothing to do with him. "

"Hey, this kid really doesn't let me worry!" Li Cunming patted the table, got up and said, "Go, go to the study."

When I came to the upper study room, I saw King Yong and Princess Zhaoren painting, but Zhu Cijiong was nowhere to be seen.

Li Cunming was furious immediately, and asked, "Where is the prince?"

The teacher who taught the class hurriedly saluted, and replied: "Your Majesty, the princes are asked to paint in this class. After the prince finished painting, he left on his own. I don't know where he is going."

"What did he draw?"

The master brought the prince's painting, Li Cunming saw it and almost lost his temper.I saw a simple line drawn on a piece of white paper, with a semicircle drawn on one side of the line.

Heh, Zhu Cijiong, are you an abstract painter?Are you a soul painter?

"Wang Chengen, go and find the prince for me, hurry up!" Li Cunming roared.

Zhu Cizhao raised his head, trembled, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Princess Zhaoren rested her chin with one hand, and said old-fashionedly: "Hey, brother prince, you have angered the emperor again, and you will be beaten!"

About half an hour later, Zhu Cijiong came.Seeing his demented look, Li Cunming got angry, shook the drawing paper and asked, "Tell me, what the hell are you drawing?"

"The sun is rising in the east, and the wall is standing thousands of feet! What, is there a problem?" Zhu Cijiong said.

Li Cunming said: "You are too simple and perfunctory..."

"Father, you don't know something. The teacher said that painting pays attention to imagery, and pays attention to resemblance in spirit rather than appearance. It is enough when the artistic conception is reached. Besides, painting pays attention to blank space. Look at how much blank space I left!"

The master next to him said: "His Royal Highness, with such an explanation, this painting does have some charm!"

Li Cunming was suddenly dumbfounded and speechless.

Before Li Cunming recovered, Zhu Cijiong saluted and walked out.

Hey, little brat, I can't cure you!

"Stop!" Li Cunming roared, rolled his eyes, and had a plan, "Zhu Cijiong, have you heard of the star-stretching board?"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "No, what is that?"

"Hey, there are things in this world that you don't know! The star board is an instrument for measuring the height of stars from the horizon. It is suitable for determining the course when sailing at sea. With this device, it is not easy to get lost when sailing on the vast sea. .There is such a thing in the Qin Tianjian, and Bi Dengfu should also know about it."

The star-gathering board is a kind of navigational instrument made by the ancient people of our country according to the principle of star-gathering.Astrology is a method of using the position of the stars in the sky and their angular height to the sea level to determine the position and direction of the ship during navigation, so it is also called astronomical navigation.

Around the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, China's astronomy and navigation technology had made great progress, and it was possible to determine the geographic latitude by observing the height of the stars. In the Ming Dynasty, someone invented the star-leading board.

There are 12 square wooden boards in the star board, and a rope runs through the center of the board. The observer holds the board with one hand and stretches his arm forward, and holds the end of the rope with the other hand in front of his eyes.At this time, look at the upper and lower edges of the square plate, level the lower edge with the horizontal line, and coincide with the upper edge with the measured star, and then get the index of the height of the star according to the number of fingers of the plate used.

"Oh, I'm going to ask Teacher Bi for advice!" Zhu Cijiong wanted to leave again.

"Wait a minute! I also know a better instrument than the star-leading board, called the sextant. The principle of the sextant is the same as the star-leading board, but the accuracy is higher. I don't have this in the Ming Dynasty. The teacher doesn't know either, I'm the only one in the whole world who knows."

Zhu Cijiong's curiosity was aroused all of a sudden, and he said with a smile: "Father, how can you teach my son?"

Li Cunming sat on the chair, suppressed a smile and said, "Let me teach you, what kind of skill is it, you have the ability to develop it yourself!"

"But... Ke Erchen has no idea at all, how to develop it?"

"I can tell you that if you understand the principle of the starboard, you will know how to make a sextant. Let me guide you a few more words. A sextant includes a frame, an indexing arc, a telescope, and a translucent and semireflective horizon." The mirrors are all fixed, and the most important thing is the index arm.”

"Forget it, let me draw it for you."

Picking up the pen, I started to draw next to Zhu Cijiong's painting, and it was done in an instant.

Zhu Cijiong came over to watch with great interest. After two glances, he was so dumb that he wanted to cry but couldn't.

I saw that the emperor's painting is also very simple and abstract. There are only four lines in total. A straight vertical line marks the index arm; , indicating the indexing arc.

"It's that...so simple?" Zhu Cijiong looked blank, his brows were wrinkled like pimples.

"It's fine when the artistic conception is reached. Look at how much space I have left, which has captured the essence of your painting!" Li Cunming laughed with a strange ambiguity.

In fact, Li Cunming didn’t know how to make a sextant. He just went to a science and technology museum with his friends before he crossed. He happened to visit the sextant and tried it himself. Because of his interest, he read some information on the Internet. That's all.

After laughing, he patted Zhu Cijiong on the shoulder and said, "The sextant has greatly improved the technology of sea navigation. I want to build a powerful navy in the future, so I count on you to develop the sextant. Go ahead and do it." , I like you!"

Stepping out of the study room, he looked back at Zhu Cijiong, who was still in a daze, and said, "You don't want to tell me that you can't do it, do you? If that's the case, I will look down on you!"

Zhu Cijiong raised his head, his eyes were firm and he said: "I can't develop a sextant, and I won't step out of the Xianliang Temple for a lifetime!"

Li Cunming raised his eyebrows, turned around and left.Far away from the upper study room, cheerful laughter finally broke out.

Wang Chengen wondered: "Your Majesty, why are you laughing?"

"Wang Daban, go and tell Junjun Yan that Zhu Cijiong has been dealt with, and ask him to send more people to guard the Xianliang Temple, and no one else is allowed to approach. And tell the officials of the Military Academy to do our best to support Zhu Cijiong's development of the sextant!"

(End of this chapter)