Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 878, Open your eyes to see the world
"Your Majesty, the establishment of this zoo by His Royal Highness may also be useful."

Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi, thought for a while and said.

Although Emperor Hongzhi was angry, everyone knew that Emperor Hongzhi loved his prince Zhu Houzhao very much. This has been the case since he was a child.

So even Liu Jian felt that Zhu Houzhao was a bit outrageous, spending so much money to build some animals, and still collecting rare animals, exotic flowers and plants from all over the world, this is indeed a bit too much.

But Liu Jian still stood up to speak for Zhu Houzhao. This would not only give Emperor Hongzhi a step down, but also let Zhu Houzhao know that he was the one who spoke for him. When Zhu Houzhao becomes emperor in the future, he will be more or less affectionate.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"His Royal Highness has always been extremely intelligent. Although he is a bit naughty, he is still a young man after all."

Zhang Mao also followed suit and said, he is a fine person, of course he knows what to do.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, we might as well take a look at His Royal Highness's zoo before drawing conclusions."

Li Dongyang also followed suit.

"Okay, after the Prince's zoo opens, let's go and have a look together."

"I really want to see what effect he spent a million taels of silver on. If it's just for his fun and curiosity, this time, I have to punish him severely."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the words of his courtiers, his face also looked better.

Although he said that he wanted to punish Zhu Houzhao severely, in fact, he was really reluctant in his heart, and he was just looking for a step down.

A few days later, it was still in the study room of Emperor Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi was also in a hurry to discuss state affairs with Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and other important officials.

Zhu Houzhao, who was in a very good mood, almost hummed a little song and walked towards Shang's study room. In his hand, he had a stack of tickets for the first zoo of Ming Dynasty. When he saw someone, he tore one off and said, "Here is a zoo ticket for you." Remember to go and have a look tomorrow.”

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for the reward!"

The guards, eunuchs, etc. who received Zhu Houzhao's tickets were all confused, but they also thanked them again and again.

"The first zoo in Ming Dynasty?"

"Return the tickets?"

Everyone's minds were full of doubts, and they took a closer look at the tickets in their hands.

The tickets are printed delicately, about the size of a palm, with patterns of animals on them. At the same time, it says 'Daming No. [-] Animal Opening Ticket, priced at one tael of silver'. At the same time, there is the specific location information of Daming No. [-] Zoo. .

"Well, remember to watch it. If you don't have time to go, remember to ask your family to go."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction, and did not forget to remind him.

Tickets were issued as soon as I saw people along the way, and I came to Shangshufang.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was about to come in, Xiao Jing rushed up to greet him.

"His Royal Highness, Your Majesty is discussing state affairs with the ministers, do you need me to inform you?"

"No, wait a minute, they're almost done talking, right?"

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said.

"It's almost there, it's almost over."

Xiao Jing nodded and said.

"Hmm~"

Zhu Houzhao tore off a ticket and handed it to Xiao Jing, saying, "It's for you, remember to visit Daming No. [-] Zoo tomorrow."

"You probably don't have time. Remember to send someone to look at it, or ask your family to look at it. In short, someone needs to look at it."

Xiao Jing took the ticket respectfully, was taken aback for a moment, looked at it and quickly said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."

"It's not really a reward. Anyway, it's my own zoo. Let everyone go and see it for free. It's just a gain of knowledge. There are all kinds of animals in it. Keeping them will open your eyes."

Zhu Houzhao said with a big grin.

Then he looked at the small yellow gate, guards, etc. waiting at the door of Shangshu's room. Each person was also issued a ticket, and he did not forget to remind him again.

He handed out the tickets here, and in the study room, Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers had already discussed the matter and were chatting and laughing.

Zhu Houzhao walked in with a playful smile, and said to Emperor Hongzhi, "Father~"

"None of them look serious."

Emperor Hongzhi put on a straight face, thought for a while and said, "I heard that you spent millions of taels of silver to build some kind of zoo, right?"

"Yes, yes~"

"That's why I came here this time."

"Father, this is the entrance ticket to the zoo. Tomorrow, the zoo will officially open. I would like to invite Father and all the gentlemen to do you a favor and go to the zoo together."

Zhu Houzhao didn't care whether Emperor Hongzhi's face was black or not. He tore off a ticket and sent it to Emperor Hongzhi, Zhang Mao, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and other ministers.

"The first zoo in Ming Dynasty?"

"Tickets?"

Emperor Hongzhi held the ticket in his hand, and his whole face became even darker. Thinking of this matter, it would be fine to criticize Zhu Houzhao. Although a million taels of silver is a lot, it is not considered to be the current wealth of the old Zhu family. what.

But he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to send the tickets to himself, and even invited himself and the ministers of the DPRK and China to visit his zoo.

Emperor Hongzhi was really pissed off.

"The zoo you created is still open to the public?"

Qi returned to Qi, but there was only this one son, Emperor Hongzhi was still very helpless, looked at the ticket in his hand, and thought about asking.

"Of course, why not open it to the outside world?"

"I collect rare animals, exotic flowers and plants from all over the world, not just for fun and to look good, but also for my Ming people to see animals and plants from all over the world, so that they can have a better understanding of all parts of the world. .”

"Hmm~"

"In the words of Old Liu...uh, that is, Liu Jin, it is to open their eyes to see the world, so that more people can learn about some situations around the world through this zoo."

"In the future, I plan to continue to expand this zoo, not only to collect animals and plants from all over the world, but also to collect rare treasures, books, objects, etc. from all over the world. Everyone has an intuitive understanding."

"Even if you haven't been to all parts of the world, you can gain an understanding of all parts of the world just by going to Daming No. [-] Zoo once."

Zhu Houzhao nodded as a matter of course, thought for a while and said.

Of course, the latter words are obviously not his own thoughts, but Liu Jin's suggestion to him.

From Liu Jin's point of view, just playing with animals and plants can only help us understand the nature around the world. What we really need to know is the countries, nations, cultures, religions, histories, etc. around the world.

These things are really meaningful, and the form of the later museum is obviously a very good form, so Liu Jin also fooled Zhu Houzhao to continue to expand his Daming No. [-] Zoo.

In the future, not only the animals and plants, but also the cultures of various regions and countries around the world that are different from Ming Dynasty, etc., so as to open the eyes of Ming people to see the world.

"Open your eyes to see the world?"

When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others heard this, they couldn't help opening their eyes slightly.

In layman's terms, seeing the world with eyes open is to increase knowledge. If we can increase our knowledge and deepen our knowledge and understanding of all parts of the world through such a method, it seems to be doing a great thing.

"It's a good idea. If you can really learn about the situation around the world by visiting this zoo, that would be a great thing."

Liu Jian thought for a while and expressed his approval and support.

At present, the people of Daming do not have a deep understanding of all parts of the world. Even if they are high in the temple, they actually do not have a deep understanding of the world outside of Daming.

Basically, you can gain an understanding of various parts of the world by reading the Ming Morning Post and listening to the reports of your subordinates, but if you really want to go and see in person, there is no such thing.

If Zhu Houzhao can collect all kinds of things from all over the world, and use these things to understand all parts of the world, it will also increase Ming people's understanding and understanding of all parts of the world.

"Yeah~"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled happier, full of a sense of accomplishment.

"Surely that's not what you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked much better. At least for now, it seems that Zhu Houzhao is not just playing around, but doing something meaningful.

It's not bad for a thing that can let people of Ming Dynasty know about the world.

However, Emperor Hongzhi knew his son quite well. Zhu Houzhao must have built this zoo for his own fun at first, to see all kinds of rare and exotic animals for himself, and definitely not for people to open their eyes to see the world.

Liu Jin must be behind this, and only Liu Jin can come up with these things. As for Zhu Houzhao, he can play.

"Father, this is of course my son's idea."

Zhu Houzhao blushed, but replied very confidently.

"Really?"

"I really want to see how your zoo can open people's eyes to see the world."

"Let's talk about it first. If you can't satisfy me, don't talk about continuing to expand. You have built it now, and I will have it demolished."

Emperor Hongzhi said with a straight face.

My own son, there is really nothing to do with him.

"Father, you are satisfied with the safekeeping."

"After you go to see it tomorrow, you will definitely have a new understanding of this zoo."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao said with a hippie smile.

"It's better!"

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly.

"By the way, I'll send you some more, so that the family members can take the time to take a look. This zoo has hundreds of animals of all kinds. In the past few days, some animals from our Daming have arrived. There are also many kinds of exotic flowers and plants.”

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly tore off more tickets, and distributed a few more tickets to the ministers present.

(End of this chapter)