Returning to Jiangnan before Zhao Ming was the news that the Ming army pacified Donghu and forced the Zhou State to cede land and become vassals and join the Ming Dynasty tributary system.When the news came back, the first to boil was the students of the Imperial Land University in Nanjing, as well as the Naval University.At all times, students and young people are the most enthusiastic and radical group.Of course, sometimes it is also the most tolerant, and it is a stunned young man who is manipulated and used by others, so he needs to be guided by the imperial court so as not to be used as a gunman.Over the years, Zhao Ming insisted on sending outstanding students every year to participate in overseas voyages on the merchant ships of the Ming Empire and warships, so that students could enter the fleet and border army for internship, so that students could realize the vastness of the world and the colonial expansion of various countries on the sea and land, which stimulated the enthusiasm of the young Zhuang faction for expansion.Then boiling is the merchants from all over the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the gentry and the common people, and the reason for their boiling is more affordable, the Ming Dynasty will include Myanmar and India into the tributary system, the two countries open their markets to the Ming Dynasty, and the Jiangnan merchants can trade with nearly 100 million people, which will bring great benefits to the south of the Yangtze River.This has brought new impetus to the originally contracted and stagnant economy of Jiangnan, and major workshops generally have the need to resume work and expand production.And this brought about a problem, that is, the shortage of workers, which gave rise to the need for workshops and merchants to improve production technology, so that new technologies such as steam engines entered their field of vision, and it was no longer Zhao Ming who spent money to dominate.Therefore, the blockade of the Indian Ocean was resolved, and the development of the Ming Dynasty immediately entered a new stage.At the end of October, at the Shanghai wharf, when the regent Zhao Ming's boat appeared, the battle on the riverside was so big that Zhao Ming was taken aback.Zhao Ming arrived in Guangzhou in September, when the northwest wind was blowing on the sea, which was not suitable for ships to sail to the south of the Yangtze River, so Zhao Ming immediately transferred to a steam paddle steamer returning from Dongzhou, took a steam steamer, and returned to Nanjing.When Zhao Ming arrived in Malacca, he learned that the steamer had successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean to Dongzhou and returned to Luzon.When Zhao Ming went to Nanyang to preside over the war against the Triple Alliance, the steam paddle steamer had just failed in its trial voyage, and when it came back, the ship had completed its transoceanic voyage, which still made Zhao Ming very satisfied.Of course, this transoceanic voyage is just a voyage and has no commercial value.Because the Ming Dynasty did not have enough supply points on the navigation line to supply coal and other materials, the steamship carried almost no cargo during the sea trial, and the cabin was full of coal and necessary materials.However, Zhao Ming was already very satisfied with the success of the trial voyage, and when the Ming Dynasty established a military port and supply base on the route, the ships would be able to add coal and materials on the road to realize the transportation value of steamships.Zhao Ming asked the steamer to wait for him in Guangzhou, in order to publicize the steamship, let him enter the field of vision of the merchants and the common people, and let the merchants buy and use the steamship, and only when there are enough steamships, the strongholds and supplies on the route can be perfected.After boarding the ship from Guangzhou, Zhao Ming sunken the ship along the coast, and every time he passed a port, although Zhao Ming may not go ashore, he has to dock for a period of time.The officials and people of these ports will come to watch and welcome, but the scale of the welcome is still much worse than that of Jiangnan.Zhao Ming's ship did not dock in Shanghai, but the river was crowded with people in the south of the Yangtze River, waving colorful flags on both sides of the Yangtze River to welcome Zhao Ming's move back to the court, stretching for more than 100 miles, and the government and the army were needed to maintain order.At the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, the steamship docked slowly, and Zhao Ming's return was warmly welcomed by various groups of Nanjing Shinong Industry and Commerce.On the dock, Chen Mingyu and other cabinet members looked at the steamship that was slowly docking, and they all had an indescribable emotion in their hearts."
Does Elder Chen Ge feel like he has been in a situation that has not changed for thousands of years?"
Plug Yinxi's eyes are deep.
Chen Mingyu nodded, "We are indeed in a new era that no one has touched before.In the past, we admired the ancients and imitated the ancients, and often looked for solutions to deal with state affairs and solve problems from the history books and the classics of the ancestors.But from now on, we may have to figure it out on our own. ”The two of them were sighing for a while, and suddenly someone said: "The regent has disembarked!"
”The people on the wharf and the shore let out a burst of cheers, and then saw the regent, who was wearing a red dragon robe, wearing a winged crown, and holding a few pounds of jade belt around his waist in both hands, and walked down the gangway.
Seeing this, a group of Nanjing officials hurriedly greeted them."
Greetings to the Regent!"
Chen Mingyu and others led hundreds of officials to salute."
Welcome Regent!"
Tens of thousands of people, as well as the army and officials who maintained order, also saluted, hula la and knelt down in a large area.
Zhao Ming waved his hand, stepped off the steamship, and said with a loud smile: "All Aiqing and the people are even, and the widow is in Nanyang, and he is also very concerned about everyone!""
The ministers also worry about the regent every day, and look forward to the regent's triumphant return as soon as possible."
Chen Mingyu and the others stood up and smiled.Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Qing and the others did a good job, the widow is not in Nanjing, in fact, it is not a big problem!"
”When Chen Mingyu and the others heard this, they were shocked, and Zhao Ming laughed when he saw that everyone had misunderstood, "What the widow said is from his heart."
In the past two years, the cabinet has done a really good job, handled the affairs of the world in an orderly manner, and helped the widow a lot. ”The reason why Zhao Ming decided to go this time was to fight for 20 years and feel uncomfortable without fighting, mainly to see if the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty could operate better.Through this expedition and delegating power to the cabinet, Zhao Ming found that the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty was worthy of being tested by the perverted emperors of Jiajing Wanli, and it was indeed able to deal with most of the problems in the world.In fact, any form of government has advantages and disadvantages, saying that the emperor is autocratic is not good, Prussia also unified Germany and established a strong German empire.Now in Zhao Ming's view, the political system of the Ming Dynasty does not need much change, it is completely sufficient, too advanced system, there is no soil, rash implementation, but will pull eggs.The problem to be solved at hand is to solve the problem of those in power, who remain wise and martial, one of the best men of the period, in the existing form of government.Everyone was taken aback by Zhao Ming's words, and Chen Mingyu wiped his sweat and said: "The ministers still have a lot of shortcomings, and they still need the regent's teachings!"
”"Yes, yes!
The Ming Dynasty needs a regent to take the helm, and the ministers also need the regent to show the way!
”Many ministers hurriedly chimed in.Zhao Mingyu patted him on the shoulder, and then smiled: "Let's go back to the city first, the widow still has many things to discuss with you." ”()