[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

In Daming's sea exam, there is a golden rule that is full of temptation.

——As long as you pass the sea examination, all past duties and punishments can be canceled without compensation, and the losses incurred therein will be borne by the state.

This ordinance, which is full of privileges, was not born to exonerate anyone. It was simply used to attract those clan members who were demoted because of family mistakes to participate in the exam, so as to become the backbone of going to sea.

Don't look at Daming's emperor uncles who are all sticking their heads and wanting to go to sea to play. They are highly skilled and bold. Even with Daming's current navigation skills, there are often ships that never come back after sailing.

The Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean around Daming are areas frequently affected by monsoons. While the strong wind brings power to sailing, it also increases the risk of capsizing.

What's worse is that most of Ming's nautical areas are located at the junction of the Eurasian plate, the Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean plate.

The result of the mutual extrusion of the three major sections is that there are many underwater reefs in this area, and the underwater landform is dynamically developing. Therefore, accidents often occur even in relatively safe short-sea shipping, not to mention ocean-going routes.

In the past, anyone with some family background would not let their children go to sea to beg for life. This was true among the people, and the royal family was no exception.

Even if the fearless youths of the clan express their intention to conquer the sea, they will be conquered by their mother's tears first. Therefore, although the exams are lively every year, not many people sincerely come to participate.

But the country really needs royals involved in ocean-going activities.

The main purpose of Ming Dynasty's ocean-going activities today is not commercial activities, but more political needs.

Nowadays, the territory that this young regime needs to manage is unprecedented. Perhaps in terms of size alone, the map area of ​​the Ming Dynasty is not as large as that of the Tang Dynasty when it was at its peak, but in fact many of the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty were governed by local autonomy. , Some areas did not even send a single soldier, but only occupied the situation without actual political management.

But today's Ming Dynasty, even in the Tibetan area that was only a formal obedience in any previous dynasty, has dispatched troops and officials to garrison. From north to south, from east to west, it can be said that every inch of land on the map of Daming is real. It is in the hands of the Ming court and can carry out administrative intervention.

But to manage such a vast land, it is not easy even for modern China before there is no Sky Eye and Beidou positioning, not to mention Daming who records by writing brushes and transports by mules and horses.

So the question is, how to make these areas that have barriers to the culture of the Han nationality obey the imperial power management of the Han nationality?The easiest way is to suppress by force, first flatten the thorns, make the other party willing to listen to others, and then use cultural and economic means to ease the conflict between them.

But if a large number of garrisons are sent to every place, then the military expenditure alone will be enough to make Ming Dynasty take the old path of the Song Dynasty that was dragged down by military expenditure. This problem, and judging from the current financial situation of Daming that is running well, this method is really effective, but it is not a long-term solution.

Because Daming also had a very troublesome household registration system called the military registration system.

Under this system, the descendants of soldiers will always be soldiers, and these military members will assume the responsibility of defending their homes and the country, and they can also inherit the farmland reclaimed by their predecessors and continue to support themselves.

Emperor Hongwu felt that such a system could perfectly solve the pain points of the past dynasties, not disturbing the people, but also ensuring the country's combat effectiveness.

But Mu Bai thinks this idea is too naive.

The land is constant, but the population expansion in peacetime is increasing by the power of power. Even in a simple situation such as military registration and military fields, the population growth rate will exceed the day when the fields are reclaimed, let alone a complex society. The environment, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to buy land is the same as that of modern people to buy houses, and it has never been reduced.

Thanks to his dear vice-captain, Mu Xiaobai, who was somewhat forced to learn some mathematics knowledge, looked up the data and listed the formulas, and roughly figured out when the balance would be broken, and then started the road of transformation.

The household registration system is related to the country, and it cannot be changed at once. Even with a lot of help, Mubai has only transferred the two registrations of doctors and craftsmen, which are the most insignificant to the country's taxation and stability. It can be considered cautious.

So the direction of his action is - how to use the least number of soldiers to stabilize the largest situation.

To achieve this goal, weapons are necessary.

The artisans of Ming Dynasty have sprung up like mushrooms after the restrictions on craftsman registration were released. After the absence of official control, the distribution of their industries has also changed based on market demand.

In the past, most of the craftsmen in Ming Dynasty were carpenters, masons, and stonemasons, followed by military craftsmen who mainly made weapons, and finally gold and silver craftsmen who seemed to have the most people, but now, the number of blacksmiths among craftsmen has increased significantly, and There are many more compound types of work.

Nowadays, the manufacturing industry in Ming Dynasty can be said to be advancing at a rapid pace. Once a technological breakthrough is made, the speed of subsequent reform and advancement is simply jaw-dropping.

Now, what restricts the development of Ming Dynasty is no longer a technical problem, but a lack of raw materials. This is the problem that the country needs to borrow.

As a country with thousands of years of civilization and a large population, the minerals in the inner and outer layers of Daming's territory have basically been emptied, and the remaining ones are either hidden deep and difficult to mine, or have many impurities and require a lot of labor to smelt.

That's all for the latter, the former is digging with human life with today's mining technology.

So after opening the road to imports and confirming that the imported resources can meet the current needs, Mubai ordered to seal up and backfill nearly two-thirds of the domestic mining areas.

This move is undoubtedly a risk. Given the current international trends and shipping conditions, no one can guarantee that Daming’s supply of goods will be sufficient, but Mu Bai feels that such an attempt is completely worthwhile in terms of benefits and responsibilities for the future.

Due to the above factors, the relationship between Daming and surrounding countries has never been closer, and there is more demand for friendly relations between the two countries.

The vassal states that have been included in the subordinate relationship are fine, and some countries that have not established diplomatic relations with Ming Dynasty before need more careful attention.

What I have to mention is that among the dispatched diplomats, the identity of the royal family members has a natural advantage.

Not every country has gone from ruling the country by blood to ruling the country by officials like Ming Dynasty. For those countries that still stay on the title, the meaning of sending a member of the royal family from Ming Dynasty is completely different from sending an official, even if the member of the royal family expresses Three thousand miles is also much heavier than sending humerus ministers.

Regarding this, although the officials of the Ming Dynasty were also depressed, there was nothing they could do about it given the conditions of the country.

But the question is, where would such a royal willing to venture out to sea come from?Ahem, this is thanks to a policy of Emperor Hongwu.

In the previous era of Emperor Hongwu's "one-word hall", the policies of the whole Ming Dynasty often included emotional policies that surpassed rationality. For example, in order to prevent rivalry, Emperor Hongwu had previously stated that members of the Ming clan should not be killed unless they were extremely evil.

The great evil mentioned here is rebellion, that is to say, apart from rebellion, members of the Ming clan can be fined, land deducted, removed from the name, and imprisoned for mistakes, but they cannot be sentenced to death.

In the next few hundred years, except for a few unlucky people who played disco in the minefield, the Ming Dynasty basically implemented the policies set by Emperor Hongwu.The Fengyang Palace where Emperor Hongwu lives now will be the primary place of imprisonment in the future. Many members of the royal family who made mistakes and their heirs are locked in this palace room, and their eyes are confined to this Sifang City for a lifetime.

It's hard to tell whether it's the three-foot white silk that makes people miserable with a sip of poisoned wine, or a lifetime of imprisonment where they depend on others for food and drink, and the loss of dignity makes life worse than death.

Of course, there are currently no residents in the Fengyang Palace, but there are quite a few descendants of the clan who have been punished in various ways in the big family that Lao Zhu's family has begun to spread.

Emperor Hongwu was a good father and grandfather, but he was also a tiger father. If his son, grandson, and son-in-law went astray and made mistakes, he would definitely criticize and punish them without softening their hearts.

For example, King Zhu of Zhou was scolded by his father all the way because of an incident of running away. If it wasn’t for Emperor Hongwu who retired from work now, he was in a better mood and Zhu Huan hugged his mother’s brother’s thigh in time and went out to sea. , Now it is estimated that it will often be picked up by the father to set up a model to educate the next generation.

In fact, the situation of His Royal Highness Zhou Wang is not bad. Although Emperor Hongwu was disappointed with him, it did not harm his descendants, but there are always some unlucky people who were implicated because of their parents' mistakes, or were relegated or punished Money fined the ground, the small life is worse than that of ordinary people.

If there is no major accident in such a situation, it is basically impossible to turn over, and the sea exam is an opportunity for them.

Whether they can crawl out of the mud and fight for that sliver of life on their own depends on their own will and talent.

In fact, Mu Bai still thinks a little further. In the future, there will only be more talents in this industry, not less. It is definitely not enough to rely solely on the interior of the royal family, and it is inevitable to recruit people from all over the country.

Then this will involve a lot of talent snatching issues, what if the reference is an official from another department, what if it is someone else's domestic slave?What if you are a civil servant from another country (?)

In order to gather talents to his family reasonably and legally, Mu Bai took great pains. Fortunately, he got inspiration from a gossip story he saw in modern times.

In that story, a girl who works in an industry where the spirit of contract is very important just because she was admitted as a civil servant, she broke up with her old employer peacefully without paying liquidated damages. It made Mu Bai, who was stupid at the time, realize for the first time how eager this country is for talents and how extensive its preferential treatment is.

So when he has the same need now, he also copied this one, just to serve the future.

Of course, as a state agency, Mu Xiaobai will definitely not take advantage of others, if there is any loss, he will definitely bear it, as long as the other party dares to accept compensation from the state, they will definitely give compensation.

But, but, does [all positions] in this policy also include the occupation of the emperor?What are you kidding?What is the difference between this and the left-handed leave note and the right-handed batch!

Because he hadn’t seen this name for nearly ten years, Mu Bai had a little reaction at first which relative he was. Just as he was trying to pull the person out of the name’s generation, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration. I searched the old father's incognito and approached him in the past.

Then all the elation and excitement when he opened the name just now disappeared, and at this moment, Mu Bai felt like he was in Sparta.

Speaking of which, everything is not without trace.

First of all, people in Lao Zhu's family have relatively clear personality tendencies and personal hobbies.

For example, his grandfather's personal hobby is pretending to be a beggar and running out in white dragon fish clothes, his younger brother loves all kinds of beautiful animals, and himself... cough cough, more or less subtle hobbies, but His father looked very ordinary and simple. When he and his grandfather met outside the palace, the old father would always be the one who worked diligently in the palace.

Because the old father never expressed any opinions on his daily life, Mu Bai felt that it might be because his father had relatively low desires in this regard. After all, he had never seen a workaholic.

But I also want to know, which workaholic would drag out his son, who was only in his teens, to work part-time. This was obviously the preparation in advance by Zhu Biao, who was still the prince at the time, thinking that he would be able to throw the pot away after he was trained! !

Secondly, Dad is indeed a little too concerned about going to sea.

Not to mention a bunch of green lights on policies, he often visits the shipyard to inspect the work in person, and he also supports the construction of the lighthouse. He even visited the lighthouse a few times in person, and went to the bay to inspect... By the way, speaking of his family. The emperor's memorial was also corrected by the old father himself, and the addition of the sea exam was also decided by him.

As far as the emperor's status is concerned, he paid too much attention to the in-depth and caring work in this area, but at that time Mu Bai felt that this was a new business, so his father was worried about his operation, so it was normal to pay more attention.

But looking back now...

Dad's expression every time is genuine interest, not a work smile!

By the way, there is also this special regulation. When he raised this point, there were still many people who opposed it, but the old man was very firm and supported him at the time. Mu Bai was touched at that time, and now thinking about it... Dad wouldn't have had an idea at that time, would he? !

Having said that, during this period of time, he was indeed very busy, and it was because he was running around that he didn't notice the old father's tricks.Who can make His Royal Highness busy, of course it is Dad!

Mu Bai couldn't help but hugged his head, and shouted silently: Co-author, you don't usually make troubles, if you want to do it, make big ones!This is layer upon layer.

He can even imagine the turbulent waves ahead, what if the emperor wants to run away?What are the chances that the throne will be empty waiting for someone to come back?That must be zero.

There is no reason in this world for an emperor to wander outside, isn't that a living target?Even if Lao Zhu's family agrees, civil and military officials will never allow it.

Then hand over the throne to grandpa?Mu Bai pondered for a while, thinking of his grandpa flying up like a butterfly wearing flowers all over the country, he shook his head immediately, it's impossible, grandpa might not agree, the next unlucky guy will definitely be himself.

... By the way, I understand.

Mu Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, he felt that he got a hint from his old father.

If the old man wanted to go to sea, he didn’t need to take any exams at all. He knew that he was the one who produced and graded the papers, but he ran over to take the exams (how did he take the exams?), so in fact It was hinting at his own next move!

Now that he knows that his father has the idea of ​​going to sea, it is hard not to support his son, but supporting his father is definitely not the same thing as being sent to his door and being harmed.

Mu Bai slapped the table and stood up with a firm face.

Decided, 36 tricks, sneaking first, as long as he walks fast, the terrible responsibility will not fall on him.

If the old Zhu's family had to leave one, then he felt that he should be the one to leave.

Goodbye, my old father, today I am going on a long voyage, and I will remember to bring back travel experience and souvenirs for you!

Just as Mu Bai unfolded the chart to study which islands and which ports are suitable for him to sneak in, a burst of powerful footsteps came towards the Wenhua Palace. Before Mu Bai put away the chart in his hand, it was very convenient. He boldly opened the door of Mubai's study, and then the happy-looking Hong Wudi walked in happily: "Sun Zai, grandpa heard that someone passed the sea test with high scores this time? Let grandpa see who it is."

Mu Bai: "..."

Oops, smells of a family crisis!

Are you selling your father or yourself?Do you even need to ask?

Without hesitation, Mu Bai sent out the answer sheet in his hand.