I am the king of the dead

Chen Mao replaced Yang Hong and became the internal Dinghaishenzhen of the lecture hall.

Zhu Qiyu didn't let Xing'an sing, but went straight in. Shi Heng was teaching in the lecture hall, and Zhu Yong was training in the military city outside Deshengmen.

"Okay, play chess behind my back, right?" As soon as Zhu Qiyu entered the main hall, he saw Yu Qian and Chen Mao playing chess and pushing the chessboard.

No one has played chess with Zhu Qiyu for a long time.

After all, the Xing'an cheating device of "I will win" is there, and the generals of Juyingtang are not interested in fighting the chessboard with His Majesty, a stinky chess basket.

"See Your Majesty." Yu Qian and Chen Mao hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand as a sign of excuses, let the admiral Li Yongchang get out of the way, and stood in the referee's position.

"Battle against Japan." Looking at Kanyu map, Zhu Qiyu understood that the flag they lowered was a chessboard for soldiers to attack Japan's main island.

This geomancy map is already much more accurate. In Daming's past geomancy maps, the proportion of North Korea and Japan is a bit too large.

This map uses latitude and longitude cartography, one of the results of bypassing degrees.

Although the outline of North Korea is not yet accurate, the proportions are already much correct, especially the distance to Wa.

The long wave that was thought to be ten thousand miles long in the past is actually less than two thousand miles long, and it only takes half a month to reach it.

What is very eye-catching here is the location of Jeju Island, which occupies Jeju Island and can attack the main island of Waguo.

The other way is to go to the island through Ryukyu.

Zhu Qiyu looked at it for a long time and said: "It's interesting, it would be much better if Jeju Island belonged to Daming."

Jeju Island is a very good place to garrison troops. After the occupation, it can control the eastern part of Korea and Japan.

"Yes." Yu Qian replied with a smile.

"Oh?" Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "The current king of North Korea, Shouyang Jun, is very, very obedient. A few days ago, he asked for an order to send his son to study in the Siyi Hall in the capital."

"So obedient, it's really inappropriate for me to beat him for no reason."

"Hu Shangshu is under too much pressure."

The former prince Li Hongwei of Joseon refused to kneel down to accept the imperial edict during the period of rebellion. This Yangjun Li Yu is extremely obedient. The first priority of being in power is how to be a dog of Ming Dynasty.

Adhere to the principle of "making great neighbors, and the safety of the Ming Dynasty is the safety of North Korea".

Didn't he have been clamoring for his sons to go to Daming's Siyi Pavilion to study and learn Daming culture recently?

At first Zhu Qiyu thought it was the son of the prince or an abandoned son to be the hostage, but what Li Yu wanted was to send all his sons, four in total.

After discussing with Hu Wei, Zhu Qiyu asked him to send his son.

So obedient, Zhu Qiyu was too embarrassed to beat him up.

Yu Qian pointed to the positions of Jeju Island and Tsushima Island and said: "Your Majesty, there are Japanese invaders in Ming Dynasty, and there are even more Japanese invaders in North Korea. In the past years, the envoys of North Korea always cried at Honglu Temple about the suffering of Japanese invaders, and Daming reprimanded them." Rebels make trouble."

"The Japanese pirates burned, burned, and looted from Tsushima Island to North Korea. They did all kinds of evil. North Korea was too busy to take care of itself. They couldn't beat them again and again, so they could only cry."

"So if we ask to build a military port on Jeju Island, North Korea should be very happy."

Zhu Qiyu is not afraid of the wind, so the emperor will stop doing the land that Hu Yan can't wash?

must be done.

How can Zhu Qiyu be at ease without Ming's garrison in the strategic locations of Japan and North Korea?

Zhu Qiyu is an independent husband of Ming Dynasty, he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty first, and the interests of Ming Dynasty are the priority in everything.

Of course Yu Qian knew that His Majesty must have coveted Jeju Island, and his greatest duty in court was to persuade His Majesty to forgive him.

This is a policy of benevolence. Daming protects North Korea from Japanese pirates, and Daming stationed troops on Jeju Island. This is Daren.

The closer Daming's ship is, the more stable their lives will be.

Daming's coastal security wins once, and their life stability also wins once. This is a win-win result.

"Let Hu Shangshu communicate with Li Yu to see what North Korea means." Zhu Qiyu pointed to the location of Jeju Island.

Everyone knows the heart of the Ming Dynasty to fight the Japanese. There is no reason to fight the Japanese in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is plagued by Japanese pirates, and all people have the same desire.

"I came here this time to ask Yu Shaobao, why did the news of the Wa country spread so quickly, and it was sent to the capital in less than five days?" Zhu Qiyu sat on the main seat and asked with some doubts.

These days, the news is unusually fast.

The old god Yu Qian said: "Didn't your majesty find out that the news from the Jing'an prefectures is faster than other places?"

"Oh?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered that the Roman princess Elena had arrived in Jiayuguan, and the capital had received the news.

"Actually, there is no secret, it's just a pigeon." Yu Qian said with a smile.

"The minister is very poor and bored in Jing'an's various mansions, and he has been thinking about one problem, and that is how to speed up the delivery of news."

"The faster the news spreads, and the faster the capital responds, the more secure and stable the Ming Dynasty will be."

homing pigeons.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered that when he played "Battlefield", there would always be carrier pigeons on British tanks.

It is said to be a tradition left behind after World War II, to communicate when radios were unable to communicate.

Zhu Qiyu also went to find out that his loving father likes to use this kind of flying communication soldier very much.

The "Regulations on the Communication of Military Pigeons" and the "Guidelines for Combat Training of Military Pigeon Breeding Units by the Communications Forces" were successively issued. During the entire Great Patriotic War, Soviet carrier pigeons delivered a total of 15 pieces of information.

During World War II, among the troops of various countries, there were a large number of carrier pigeons. These carrier pigeons carried intelligence, passed through the hail of bullets, and made great military exploits.

Flying communication soldiers, worthy of the name.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "In "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao", Zhang Jiuling made good use of flying slaves and raised a flock of pigeons at home. Whenever he communicated with relatives and acquaintances, he only used books to tie pigeon feet."

"There is a "History of the Tang Dynasty" that said: After the ship is launched, white pigeons must be raised on the sea route as a letter. If the ship is gone, the pigeon will return even though it is thousands of miles away."

""Chunxi Sanshan Zhi" said: Ship pigeons are like doves but the difference is small."

"Raising pigeons to spread news is our Chinese tradition. I built a pigeon loft in Wuyuan Mansion for pigeon breeding."

"Later, the scale of raising pigeons became bigger and bigger. The year before last, a pigeon cage was built on the Guandaoyi Road from Beijing to Songjiangfu. After two years of raising it, it was finally usable."

Yu Qian is a Shaobao, just built a few pigeon lofts.

This is a large-scale breeding of homing pigeons, and the homing pigeons are used for communication.

Zhu Qiyu was filled with emotion, Daming was poor in the past, and he knew it was a good thing, but he couldn't afford it.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is rich, and the official roads and post roads are no longer enough to satisfy the control of the Ming Dynasty Hall over the place, the pigeons naturally stepped onto the stage of history.

"Raise more." Zhu Qiyu said very confidently: "The money is not enough, ask for money from inside."

The smoothness of post roads is the guarantee of the Ming Dynasty's government orders.

Yu Qian hurriedly said: "The pigeon lofts of two post stations are less than a hundred miles away. They are released in the morning and returned in the evening. The speed is extremely fast. It doesn't cost much, and it is much cheaper than the stage horse."

"I was just trying it out, and I will report it to His Majesty when it really works."

Can homing pigeons be used?Is it easy to use?Then you have to try it to know, if you report it indiscriminately, wouldn't it deceive your majesty and flatter you with slander?

He has tried it for two years, and it really works, and it is easy to use. This time, the Songjiang Mansion passed on the map of Yinshan, which is a typical experiment. It will be very fast, and it will be even faster.

Yu Qian continued: "Your Majesty thought that the first thing to do should be to add pigeon lofts on the post road to Guizhou."

King Xiang intends to make some big news in Guizhou, and His Majesty also supports King Xiang. King Xiang wants to build roads in Guizhou, and official roads and post roads may be blocked, so the carrier pigeon, flying over the [-] mountains, is another option.

Unimpeded communication can effectively reduce strategic misjudgments and speed up the flow of news, which is the top priority of Ming Dynasty.

"Good." Zhu Qiyu nodded in approval of Yu Qian's suggestion, nodded and said: "Yu Shaobao is indeed the pillar of the country."

"I just keep pigeons." Yu Qian said modestly.

Chapter 513 Asking the Heart

Yu Qian asked someone to bring a carrier pigeon. The pigeon loft of the capital is in the Huitong hall and also in the martial arts hall.

During the implementation of the carrier pigeon system, Yu Qian has been supervising this matter.

From Hetao to Nanya, from Huguang to Guizhou, there are pigeon lofts raised by Yu Qian.

Raising pigeons is not expensive, but in the past when the Ming Dynasty could not make ends meet, Daming could not afford the administrative expenses.

Yu Qian has served in the local government for 19 years, and has been in charge of the court for more than six years. He knows that every decree of the court costs a lot of money, and every penny must be spent wisely.

In raising pigeons, the biggest cost is administrative expenses, not the pigeons themselves.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the carrier pigeon, it was a gray-black pigeon, not the usual big white pigeon, with a whistle like a bamboo tube tied to its foot, when it flew up, it sounded like a whistle.

This whistle is to show that this pigeon is a pigeon raised by the imperial court, please don't shoot it.

Contrary to what Zhu Qiyu thought, the pigeon's letter was not tied to his feet, but carried on his back.

Compared with ordinary meat pigeons, the feathers of this homing pigeon are gray and black, with a wide beak, big eyes, smaller body, white and compact nose, and quite soft feathers.

Zhu Qiyu played with the pigeon in his hand, and suddenly he was taken aback. Could his posthumous name in the future be Ming Pigeon Sect?

But he quickly let go of this idea, and chatted with Yu Qian about pigeon breeding and communication.

"Yu Shaobao, where did this pigeon come from?" Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Actually, the pigeons I raise are named Fengweiqi, which are from Shaanxi. There are also more than [-] kinds of pigeons such as Wushan Snow, Bright Wings, Boot Toe, and Shegong."

"The "Horse Companion Classic" says: The head of a horse is king and if you want to get the square, then the pigeon will say: the eyes are the eyes of the prime minister. If you want to get clarity. Whether the horse's head is square or the pigeon is good depends on whether the eyes are clear."

"I wrote a book called "The Classic of Pigeons" with less than [-] words. It starts from five aspects: pigeons, suits, flying, jumping, and allusions, and generally discusses pigeon breeding."

Yu Qian handed his "The Book of Pigeons" to His Majesty, and said with a smile, "It's not finished yet."

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help thinking of "On Tung Oil", the value of this thing is self-evident.

Daming people are always like this, going around in circles, and finally got around to the matter of writing books and talking about it.

Zhu Qiyu put away the "The Book of Pigeons" and said: "Yu Shaobao, some people will scold you, saying that you are wasting the country's money, playing with things and losing your ambition."

Yu Qian said indifferently: "If you scold, you can scold, and you won't lose two pieces of meat. Now the test method is on their heads. If you don't want to do something, you will lose your official title."

The coolest test method in the world hangs high above your head. If you fail to complete the test method, you will have to suffer. In the matter of choosing to play with things and lose one's ambition or to choose to deteriorate in the test, it is natural to choose to complete the test method.

Before scolding Yu Qian for playing with things and losing his ambition, he must first scold the emperor for being extremely cruel.

The past dynasties have always been very easy to fall into a vicious circle. After reaching the peak, they often start to turn from prosperity to decline. There are countless reasons for this, but one thing is certain.

As time goes on, the society has gradually become exaggerated, focusing only on form, engaging in face-saving projects, superficial articles, and not paying attention to actual results.

Manifested in the officialdom, it is the phenomenon of deception, false reports and false reports. Cover up if you can, block you if you can, use the emperor's words as a fart, use the imperial decree as a piece of paper, and use a chicken feather as an arrow. both.

It is manifested in the folks, that is, the phenomenon of luxury and luxury competition is extremely serious. Compared with cars, clothes, makeup, number of maids, birds, crickets, etc., the atmosphere of comparison and competition for luxury is strong.

This is an inevitable trend of social development. Since we want to compare, how about comparing pigeons?

Zhu Qiyu chatted with Yu Qian for a long time, and unknowingly went back to the question of Jeju Island.

"It's very interesting." Zhu Qiyu said curiously: "Once we complete the deployment of Jeju Island and the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese pirates will not be able to go around and attack my Ming Dynasty. Only by ensuring the safety of the sea and the border can we keep Daming safe and peaceful."

Before Zhu Qiyu came to Daming, he always felt that the ancients were a bit cumbersome in marching and fighting.

Why can't they bypass cities and passes and go straight to the capital?

His question is mainly because he saw the light infantry of the Volunteer Army of later generations, appearing and disappearing at every turn, and the question arose after making roundabout raids for thousands of miles.

After he arrived in Daming, he realized that the tactics of big interspersed and big roundabouts are extremely difficult to implement!

Even in the 21th and [-]st centuries, there is only one store with no other branches that can achieve this kind of tactics of interspersed and roundabout.

Zhu Qiyu said excitedly: "And the cost spent on Ryukyu and Jeju Island is far lower than the cost of setting up an inspection department along the coast."

The more than 300 inspection departments deployed along the coast collapsed one after another during the Xuande and Zhengtong years, and the soldiers of the military guards fled to the village.

One of the reasons why the inspection department was abolished was that it was too expensive.

The corruption of the inspection department system is a footnote of the 24 years of Xingwenwuwu.

The corruption of this system brought unforgettable tragedies to Ming Dynasty. The Japanese invasion that intensified during the Jiajing period was the price.

The corruption of the inspection department was not only due to the reversal of the court's policy, but also a large part of the reason was its high price, which included people's livelihood and military equipment.Tuntian, ship repair and so on.

There are two solutions. The first is to move the borders and move the people from the coast to the interior. This is what the Qing court did, but it couldn't be carried out after three years.

The second method is to type out.

Garrisoning on Jeju Island and Ryukyu Island can effectively alleviate the Japanese invasion at a small cost. It is impossible for the Japanese pirates to bypass these two strategic locations and go straight to Daming.

Garrisoning troops in these two places is much, much cheaper than the more than [-] inspection departments.