1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2639
As for how to use Zhu Zian, a special person, Shi Diwen had a plan, but he was busy with affairs and didn't have much time to personally ask about Zhu Zian's affairs, so the specific execution could only be handed over to his subordinates.

This time Zhu Zian was arranged to travel with the mission. On the one hand, Shi Chengwu was asked to watch his words and deeds, check whether Zhu Zian was available, and arrange him to work after he came back; How to test and appoint the top figures of the previous dynasty.

Of course, even if Zhu Zian is useless, because of his background, Shi Diwen will definitely arrange a bright position for him, such as assigning him to be the honorary vice president of Donghai Academy in Zhoushan, and open a The professional course of Menjing Shiziji will serve as a propagandist in the cultural circle and write stereotyped essays in the future, which can be regarded as a good model for the public.

But if Zhu Zian is determined to make progress and is willing to be loyal to Haihan, then a well-educated young man like him will have a lot to do in Haihan's bureaucratic system.It must be a good story in the future that the children of the former royal family can find a decent official position in the new dynasty by virtue of their ability.

Shi Chengwu's growth stage avoided the difficult years when Haihan started, and it was the period when Da Ming and Haihan's strengths and weaknesses were reversed. In his cognition, although Da Ming had a vast territory, its national strength was far inferior to Haihan's. Not strong, there is no solution to internal and external troubles.Haihan also took advantage of the trend to replace him, which is beneficial to the common people in the world.

The process of Haihan replacing Daming was relatively peaceful. In the end, the two sides resolved the issue of power transfer through negotiations rather than a war of annihilation, so he did not think that Daming was Haihan’s enemy, and he had nothing to do with Zhu Zi’an, who was a child of the royal family. prejudice.Since it is good for Hai Han to appoint Zhu Zian, he is also willing to carry out his father's order, and use this mission to test Zhu Zian's quality.

When Shi Chengwu mentioned that he joined the army, he was not teasing Zhu Zian.In the early years, most of the soldiers recruited in the Haihan Army came from immigrants who were trying to survive. Although these people were loyal, they were often born in poverty and had low education levels, so there was limited room for personal improvement.There are a lot of people who have been in the army for many years and still can't understand military maps. Many technical positions in the army that require a certain level of education are long-term vacancies.So even if you have military exploits, if your military quality is not strong, it will be difficult to be promoted to a senior officer.

Lacking high-quality officers, it is naturally difficult to have a high-quality army. The Haihan Army learned from the painful experience. On the one hand, it opened a military academy to arrange advanced training for officers to improve military knowledge and command skills; Soldiers should be cultivated into technical arms that are seriously in short supply in the army, such as combat staff officers, navigators, signal soldiers, artillery spotters, military doctors, ordnance craftsmen, etc.

Shi Chengwu knew that Zhu Zian was well-educated and fairly clever, if he was willing to join the army, he would probably have a better future in the future.But whether Zhu Zian will choose this path depends on his own wishes.

Zhu Zian faintly heard the taste in Shi Chengwu's words, and quickly bowed to thank Shi Chengwu for his guidance.He didn't rule out the possibility of joining the army. After all, the Haihan Army was known as invincible, and it would be easier for him to be promoted if he served in such an ever-victorious army.But he is prone to seasickness. If he is assigned to the East China Sea Fleet as a sailor, he will have to drift at sea for many years in the future. For him, life would be worse than death.

Thinking of this verse, Zhu Zian stopped the idea of ​​expressing his opinion to Shi Chengwu.If you come to Haihan as a navy, you might as well stay in Shandong and be an idle landlord, at least you don't have to suffer at sea.

At this time, someone came to ask Shi Chengwu about military affairs, and Zhu Zian wisely took the initiative to avoid it.Although Shi Chengwu stayed here to observe and study with him, but he is not a member of the army, so he still has to pay attention to taboos.

Zhu Zian knew neither navigation nor military affairs. Once Shi Chengwu left, no one would introduce him to the situation here.Standing here and watching other people being so busy, but not being able to casually approach to chat, I can't help but feel a little lonely.

Zhu Zian didn't want to look too idle, so he went back to the cabin and took a few books from the luggage, then returned to the command post on the bridge, sat down in a place out of the way, and started to read.

After a while, Shi Chengwu came back after finishing the work at hand, and saw that he was actually reading here, so he was a little curious, walked up to him and asked, "Zian, what kind of book are you reading?"

Zhu Zian quickly got up, presented the few books in hand, and explained in his mouth: "I stayed in Zhoushan for a few days before, and I didn't have much to do, so I went to the bookstore in the city to buy a few books. It's not too urgent. Look, it's all on board."

Shi Chengwu thought that what he was reading was a collection of classics and history, but he couldn't help smiling when he took a look at it.

The book Zhu Zian was looking at was "Illustrations of the East China Sea". Its content was to describe the geographical conditions and customs of the East China Sea region. It also included a number of line drawings, including the customs of various countries and regional maps.This book is rich in pictures and text, and is beautifully printed. It was published by Sanya Publishing House two years ago.

The other two books are "Navigation Basics" and "Taiwan Experience Records", as well as a recent issue of Haihan Times.

In fact, these books and newspapers can also be seen in the market in Hangzhou, but Zhu Zi'an was inconvenient to go out and show his face during his stay in Hangzhou. He didn't have time to visit the bookstore until he arrived in Zhoushan.

Zhu Zian is willing to spend money to buy these books and newspapers to take with him to read, which actually shows that he has the intention to deeply understand Haihan's culture and social conditions.To have such a mentality, Shi Chengwu thinks this is a good start.

Shi Chengwu patted the book on his hand lightly, and asked Zhu Zian: "After reading this, what do you think?"

Zhu Zi'an said: "Aside from other things, this printing and plate-making technique is really excellent! Whether it is text or pictures, they are printed very clearly... Especially this Haihan Times, the text on it is only the size of a soybean, but the words are so clear. The strokes are clear, really amazing!"

Shi Chengwu smiled and said: "Printing is not important... How many of these books and newspapers have you read, and tell me what you think after reading it."

Zhu Zi'an said: "I have only read less than half of this "Pictures of the Eastern Sea". So I’m going to take a closer look.”

Zhu Zi'an paused and continued: "As for the printing technique, it is actually quite important. For example, the few books bought by Beizhi were enough to serve as tributes to the royal family in the past, so the price must be high. But the cost of buying them in Zhoushan is extremely high. It’s cheap, if it wasn’t for the printing technique, how could the price be reduced to such a level? Ordinary people can afford it, and the knowledge on it can be spread.”

(End of this chapter)