I am the king of the dead

Chapter 475 Xia Yu meets each other, long and short coexist

The labor remuneration of craftsmen in different places is not the same, but it is roughly the same.

Just like the price of grain in the north is four renminbi, eight hundred flying renminbi, and 280 Wenda renminbi per stone, while the price of rice in Nanya is slightly lower, but it is very limited, about three renminbi per stone.

For the labor remuneration of craftsmen, Zhu Qiyu's annual income is about [-] silver coins, which is slightly higher in the north than in the south, and is lower than the treatment of soldiers in the Beijing camp.

Sergeants in the Beijing camp and silversmiths in the military battle bureau had the most lucrative labor remuneration.

"Shouldn't our boat be made a little smaller and thinner?" Zhu Qiyu asked a question.

The main Nanyang warships of Ming Dynasty are all big treasure ships with more than [-] materials.

The four-hundred-year-old battle-seat ship has two masts, with a total length of 8.95 feet from the bow to the stern. The middle part of the hull is 1.65 feet wide. There are bowls and guns hanging on the walls on both sides of the pheasant, which are covered with canvas and oiled to prevent rust.

This warship has an aspect ratio of 5.42:1.

And Fengzhou, that is, a ship specially used for canonization and carrying imperial edicts, is 44 feet 4 feet long, 18 feet wide, and has an aspect ratio of 2.46:1. If you draw it on a drawing, you will find that Fengzhou is like a box.

Even a slightly smaller treasure ship has an aspect ratio close to 2.8:1.

Zhu Qiyu went on to say: "It is true that the treasure ship is as tall as a building, and the arrows and stones cannons are fired from a bird's eye view. When the enemy's boat meets a small one, the plow sinks it, but the enemy is difficult to attack from the back. It can travel with the wind and the tide, and so on."

What is plowing and sinking?

The treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty is like a cart crushing a praying mantis on the sea. The strength of the ship is not a match for manpower. If you walk over it, the boat will sink.

Those small sampans in the vassal state, seeing the mountain-like monster approaching, just a word, fear.

"However, the disadvantages are also obvious. Otherwise, Li Dayang is more glued to the shallow and narrow. It cannot be driven by manpower, but it depends on the wind, and it is difficult to control without wind."

The disadvantages are also very obvious. It can only drive on the ocean and cannot enter narrow straits. It cannot be driven by manpower and can only rely on the wind, and the most important thing is the difficulty in steering.

The rudder stock of the Ming Treasure Ship is as high as three feet and 11 meters long. With such a long rudder stock, it is still impossible to complete the steering. It is necessary to install long sculls that rotate on both sides and the stern to assist in steering.

The "fat boat" has many advantages and disadvantages.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a long time and said: "Slimming, at most it is 4.52:1, no matter how young you are, you will be too fat."

Shi Pu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, thought carefully for a long time and said: "Your Majesty's two thousand boats are about twenty feet long, four feet four feet wide in the middle, and the aspect ratio is 4.43:1. This is also the first two times. The main ship type of the team."

"Is there a picture?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Shi Pu nodded, took out a piece of paper and said, "Yes."

Zhu Qiyu took the drawing and looked at it for a long time, and then took a look at Shi Pu. Although Shi Pu usually does not draw a lot, does not make a sound, and never expresses his opinion, but the paper is very white, which proves that it is a new drawing. Yes, it can be seen that it has been prepared for a long time.

The displacement of the [-] material ship is about [-] tons, and the steering is flexible. It has six masts, nine sails and eight swirling sculls, as well as places for wall pheasants and artillery.

There are bulkheads connected to the hull with flat irons and nails. If a cabin leaks, immediately put down the bulkheads, which can effectively prevent the treasure ship from sinking at sea.

"Isn't this good? It not only meets the needs of the ocean, but also meets the needs of combat. Why was it discarded later?" Zhu Qiyu handed back the draft paper.

Daming's boat itself is very thin, how did he gain weight?
Shi Pu clipped the page and said, "Isn't this later, there will be no need for naval warfare, and it will be mainly used for business?"

"I see." Zhu Qiyu understood Shi Pu's meaning.

Later, the Ming Fleet became invincible, so it was natural to build it bigger and bigger, from [-] to [-], and then to [-]. For the stability of the ship, it was built wider and wider?

Anyway, no one dared to take the idea of ​​the Ming Fleet...

Just two words, arrogant.

The second reason is to load more goods. Daming’s [-]-material sealed boat, [-]-material and [-]-material boats are the sacks that hold money. Of course, they are used to carry spices back to China.

The current situation of the shipping route has almost returned to the situation in the early years of Yongle, so this kind of [-]-material ship, which is a small expert in every aspect, naturally entered the sight of the Minister of Industry.

Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's all."

Slimming can be done without redesigning.

Daming has everything. In order to adapt to different sea conditions, there are different ship designs. Whatever the emperor needs to use, just choose one.

Regarding issues such as craftsmen, crew, labor remuneration for marching to sea, ship size, how to ensure fresh water and food, and ships carrying weapons, the Ming's Salt and Iron Conference lasted for a full seven days.

This is only a confirmation of the general direction, and each ministry will conduct protracted ministerial discussions, and then the results of the ministerial discussions will be returned to the court meeting, and finally in the court meeting, the specific results will be confirmed, drafted by Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally approved by Zhu Qiyu. Red began to push.

In response to the guiding ideology of mobilization before the war and summary after the war.

Every voyage will be summarized from bottom to top, and the structure, proportion and weapon configuration of the ship will be improved.

The Ming Dynasty has the most sophisticated bureaucratic structure in the world. The existence of these bureaucrats is conducive to the stable rule of the Ming Dynasty. The bureaucratic bureaucracy that has appeared since the Western Zhou Dynasty has provided a strong guarantee for the long-term stable rule of the court.

However, there are always problems in the bureaucracy, such as the emphasis on civil affairs over military affairs since the Hongxi period, the party struggles that have begun since the Zhengtong period, and the wind of anti-contribution from beginning to end, etc.

The reason is not complicated, the bureaucratic bureaucracy is closely integrated with their families.

Wang Zhi, as the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, immediately became a rat in the street when he gave up his clan, and became the second only to be ridiculed by Hu Wei.

At this time, there are three major events in the capital city.

The first major event was that Uncle Wang Li Yu of North Korea came to the capital with his nephew Wang Shizi and asked for an audience. The Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites was communicating with Li Yuan about the details of the audience.

The second major event is Chun Wei, the background of Jinshi who will take the examination is the common desire of scholars all over the world.

The Spring Festival in the fifth year of Jingtai will not be held as scheduled, but will be postponed for one month, because all the juren who came to Beijing to rush for the exam will face piles of math test papers as soon as they enter the Gongyuan.

Wu Jing, as the head of the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian sacrificed wine, and when the door of the Gongyuan opened, he went straight to the Gongyuan with his teaching.

Jingtai's five-year arithmetic has already begun to be included in the grades, so Wu Jing will start a month-long surprise training in mathematics for them. They have just received "Guan Zi Ji School" and have not started to read it. They saw the same mathematics as Xiaoshan test paper.

Zhu Qiyu personally issued instructions, drew the test sites, and asked Jingtai's five-year math papers to be simple, regardless of whether it was in the north or south.

It's about the level of sixth grade in elementary school.

The mathematics in the sixth grade of elementary school is very simple, and there are at most a few application problems, which only involve simple four arithmetic operations, some fraction content and practical problems.

The Juren of Daming is already the best among the best, the guy who can thoroughly read the obscure and difficult Four Books and Five Classics, but his eyes are smeared with these cute numbers.

The students and Juren of the Imperial College, and the Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy gloated over the mourning Juren.

They have suffered this crime for three full years!
The third major event was the great geographical discovery of Jilong Island, which aroused heated discussions in a wide range.

Regarding this hot discussion, Zhu Qiyu is happy to see it succeed.

The desire for land, especially cultivated land, has taken root in the hearts of every common people.

Hu Wei is already a young teacher of the prince. Although he is also responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, most of them are handed over to the servants of the Ministry of Rites, so he has more leisure time.

He found Nikolaoz to drink tea. Nikolaoz was already very fluent in Chinese. Although he couldn't use allusions, he was able to express himself.

"Chinese is really amazing. You only need to know [-] characters to fully express the meaning." Nicholas lamented the differences between Chinese and Western languages.

There are many inconveniences in phonetic writing.

The Turkic and Uighur-style Mongolian scripts of the Altaic language family are all phonetic scripts, which are composed of various vowel and consonant letters. These vowels and consonants are arranged and combined to become characters.

Then, every time a new thing appears in these words, one more phrase and one more permutation and combination are needed.

He also doesn't know how to write Uyghur-style Mongolian script, so he can't understand Genghis Khan's code, and he doesn't even know as much Mongolian script as Wang Fu.

When the Xixia and Jin Kingdoms alternated between the Song and Song Dynasties, their own imitation Chinese characters appeared, and then they quickly abandoned them.

During the 100 years when Hu Yuan ruled the Central Plains, the Mongols gradually used Chinese instead of their Uyghur-style Mongolian. Apart from the fact that there were too many words to understand, it was still not convenient enough. When something new appeared, it had to be arranged and combined. some.

Hu Mei smiled and said: "That's not true. Lun Heng said: People have some inferiorities, but they are inherently inferior; people have skills, and they are inherently clumsy; flaws and goodness meet each other, and good and bad coexist."

Nikolaoz finally froze, and asked dully, "What does this mean?"

Hu Wei is showing off, showing off his long history and deep foundation.

The Chinese language is extensive and profound, and recognizing seven hundred characters is just a rudimentary study.

Hu Yan explained with a smile: "That is to say, everyone has advantages and disadvantages. Everyone has areas that they are good at and are not good at. Flaws and advantages learn from each other, and good and bad can coexist."

"I understand." Nikolaoz nodded.

Hélène sat next to her, writing and drawing all the time, recording what they were talking about.

Hu Wei said suspiciously: "I have always been a little puzzled about one thing. Do you know King Alexander of Macedonia?"

Nikolaoz nodded and said, "Of course, I grew up watching "Alexander's Expedition". Do you have any questions?"

Hu Yan said calmly, "Then, does this Alexander Macedonian have the title of King of Kings?"

"Yes." Nikolaoz was puzzled.

Hu Yan nodded and finally figured out one thing, said with a smile: "That's good."

Nikolaoz was even more confused, so he frowned and asked: "I respect you not only because you are a member of the Daming Presbyterian House, but also because your knowledge is as wide as the ocean, and because of your frankness. .”

"But I really don't understand why you ask about Alexander."

Hu Mei smiled and said: "The descendants of King Alexander Macedon established the Persian Empire. The Persian Prince Bilous asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops for assistance. This is the fifth time that Long Shuo asked for help in the first year."

"At the beginning of the Longshuo period, Bilusi complained that it was invaded by Dashi. At that time, the emperor sent envoys to the Western Regions to divide the prefectures and counties, and took Jiling City as the Persian governor's mansion, that is, Bailusi as the governor."

What Hu Wei was talking about was the establishment of the Persian Governor's Mansion in the Tang Dynasty, which was the request of Balus.

Later, Bilusi went to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi canonized Bilusi as the king of Persia.

What price did Belus pay?
Bilusi gave Tang Gaozong Li Zhi the title of King of Kings passed down from generation to generation in their family.

When Hu Wei researched historical materials, he found that in the old and new Tang books, Li Zhi always said that he was the lord of all nations.

For example, in the first year of Zongzhang (668), on Bingchen day in the fourth month of summer, a comet appeared in the sky, and all the ministers said: "Xingbo is in the northeast, this is a sign that Koryo will be destroyed."

Li Zhi said: "The people of Koryo are my people. Since you are the lord of all nations, how can you shirk your crimes more than Xiaofan!"

Then Li Zhi sent Li Ji to lead the army to Goguryeo, broke the capital of Goguryeo, captured Wang Gaozang of Goguryeo and many ministers to the capital, and then established the Andong Protectorate.

Li Zhi's father Li Shimin likes to call himself Tian Khan, which is the honorific title of a khanate in the Western Regions.

But the title of Li Zhi, the lord of all nations, is very strange.

You must know that the title is not just a casual talk, otherwise it would be ridiculous and generous to ridicule other people's barbarians every day and come up with an inexplicable title.

Titles are serious.

Otherwise, Fatih hurried to fight Constantinople, why bother to go to Batu Saleh first?

Isn't it all for a title?
Li Zhi's self-proclaim made Hu Wei puzzled for a long time, until after comparing Chinese and Western historical materials, especially the documents of the Great Qin Kingdom, Hu Wei finally figured out that the king of kings is the same as the lord of all kingdoms.

It's from that Alexander the Macedonian king.

Moreover, after the translation work continued, it was discovered that Guishan City in Dawan Kingdom and Kuzhan City in Xiliao City were the same city, and they were both located within a distance of less than fifty miles from Suiye City.

Khujand (alexandria eschate) translates to the most distant Greek, or the most distant Alexandria.

During the period of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions to manage the canonization of the countries in the Western Regions, including the Persian Kingdom that inherited the King of Kings.

Nikolaoz looked at Hu Wei blankly, what he said made sense.

"Da Ming inherited the Tang system, so to a certain extent, the Asia Minor Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula you mentioned are legally owned by Daming." Hu Wei opened his mouth again.

Why did Hu Wei study this?

　There is a definite connection between the King of Kings and Li Zhi the Lord of All Kingdoms. An interesting incident happened during the negotiation of the "Treaty of Nerchinsk". Said that we are still the Second Macedonian Empire, and talked about this relationship, which made Tsarist Russia stunned for a while.In the Treaty of Nerchinsk, the Qing Dynasty defeated the invasion of Tsarist Russia, and then demarcated the boundary in the Outer Xing'an Mountains. The territory south of the Outer Xing'an Mountains was the territory of the Qing Dynasty, including Sakhalin Island. 200 years later, the Qing Dynasty began to lose power and humiliate the country, and even the Manchu nobles scolded the street because it was a decision to betray their ancestors.

　　
　
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