Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 660: Geniuses’ Nicknames
"Your Majesty." After listening to Zhu Youdong's long speech, many young men fell into deep thought. Among these people, Zhang Huangyan was the first to react: "As Your Majesty said, the main purpose of our Ming Dynasty to control the sea in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is to continuously supply equipment and personnel to the American Volunteer Army, thereby causing chaos in Spain's American colonies. Although the enemy defeated our navy once with a giant ship, it is impossible for such a giant ship to cut off our connection with America. Therefore, our Ming Dynasty has not completely lost the control of the sea in the Eastern Pacific Ocean."
"That's right. It's clearly written in the battle report sent by Guangzhou that the maximum speed of the giant ship of the Western bandits has never exceeded 12 knots . With this alone, our navy of the Ming Dynasty will naturally know how to deal with it in the future. However..." Zhu Youdong's expression became serious: "It is a fact that the enemy is ahead of our Ming Dynasty in electrical engineering and shipbuilding engineering. Moreover, since the enemy has the first 10,000-ton giant ship, there will definitely be a second and third one in the future. At the same time, I firmly believe that the enemy's giant ships will continue to be revised and improved during the construction and use process. Sooner or later, the speed will be increased."
"My Royal Brother is right. Fangshan Academy of Sciences and Binhai Shipyard will definitely catch up as soon as possible."
"Hahaha, there's no point in rushing when it comes to science. Anyway, it would be best if our electricity and engineering could be improved quickly. If we can't achieve a qualitative breakthrough in the short term, will the soldiers of our Ming Dynasty not fight despite being out-equipped?"
"The hearts of the army and the people are with my brother. Even if our soldiers are outdated, they will fight to the end for my brother."
"Haha, Principal You, they are not fighting for me alone, but for this country, for China to stand proudly at the top of the world."
After the two brothers smiled at each other, Zhu Youdong turned around and waved to Zheng Sen: "Come here, get closer to me."
"emperor."
"After hearing what I said just now, do you still want to join the navy and board the ship right away?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking the time out of your busy schedule to guide me. I am not in a hurry now. I will study hard at the Naval Academy, and join the navy after graduating with excellent grades. I will strive to become the fleet commander as soon as possible and serve the emperor and our Ming Dynasty. I firmly believe that under the guidance of the emperor, our Ming Dynasty will sooner or later completely defeat Spain, and by then, I will definitely have a day to avenge my father."
"Very good." Reaching out his hand and patting his shoulder, Zhu Youdong said, "Although you have given up the idea of joining the navy right now, you lost your father at a young age. I understand your feelings. I am four years older than your father, so I am more than qualified to be your father. However , I am the emperor and cannot adopt a son (Zhu Youdong: As a time traveler, I dare not be the adoptive father of the King of the Country. I cannot bear this honor). Therefore, I will invite His Royal Highness Prince Lai to watch the ceremony today, perform the ceremony of crowning you, and grant you a courtesy name."
"Student thanks the emperor." Zheng Sen knelt down earnestly and paid homage. After that, Fang Zhenghua immediately sent people to prepare various items for the ceremony of wearing the cap. Amid the watching and prayers of the crowd, Zheng Sen's hair was tied up.
"Sen means many trees. Therefore, I shall give you the name 'Da Mu', hoping that you will become a towering tree of the Ming Dynasty in the future. But I think that the meaning of this name is still too shallow. Today I give you the name 'Cheng Gong'. May you always be accompanied by success in the future. Successfully join the army, successfully become a general, successfully win, successfully avenge, and successfully become a pillar of the Ming Dynasty!"
"I would like to thank the emperor for giving me calligraphy. I will always use the word success to motivate myself and live up to the emperor's high expectations."
"Get up, do your job well, and don't let me down. Hey, why are you all looking at me like that?"
"Your Majesty." Mu Tianbo, the oldest among them but who had been silent at first, finally spoke: "These guys all want you to give them a name!"
"Hahaha, good, good, I'll grant you all. But I have something important to do later, and time is running out right now, so let's keep it simple. Well, Zhang Huangyan, Huang means the people led by the king hold up torches, Huang means light and brightness. I heard that among the students in the military academy in the 17th year of Tianqi, your physical skills are slightly inferior, but you are in the top three in other subjects such as strategic command, war game simulation, and logistics organization. And now this group of proud sons of heaven are all convinced to call you big brother... So, today I will grant you the name 'Jinliang'."
"Your Majesty, I am proud and terrified at the same time that you have bestowed upon me this name. From now on, I will always use this name to motivate myself and strive to live up to your expectations today."
"Okay, Li Dingguo."
"Your Majesty." The dignified Li Dingguo bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, please grant me a name."
"The two words 'Dingguo' are already very good, and you will be my military commander in the future, helping me to stabilize the country. The best thing would be for you to win every battle I give you. Therefore, I will give you the courtesy name 'Changsheng'."
"Your Majesty, rest assured. This student will definitely be your victorious general in the future!"
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After giving the other people their names, Fang Zhenghua quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, someone just reported that the Emperor's train is about to arrive."
"So soon? What time is it now?"
"Your Majesty, it is already 11:20 in the morning. The Emperor's train will arrive at 11:30."
"Oh no, it's too late to go to the station now. Hurry up and set up the reception outside the Daming Gate."
"This servant has already arranged it."
"Okay, let's go quickly. Youxiao, Ciyan, you all follow."
Yes, at this moment, the former Wanli Emperor, now the Emperor Taishang of the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Zhu Yijun, is finally returning to Beijing to settle down after traveling around for nearly twenty years.
Of course, he was the Grand Emperor after all, and he had been the Emperor for more than 40 years. So with such an identity, no matter where he went, it was impossible for him to go out for fun. In fact, Zhu Yijun was fine in the vassal states in these years. As long as he was in the Ming Dynasty, he would more or less participate in local government affairs: there were people everywhere who stopped the sedan chair and cried out for justice, some of them really had grievances. Some were really unruly people who filed complaints. But no matter what kind of people they were, Zhu Yijun, who was bored in these years, accepted their complaints and investigated and handled the cases seriously.
When the emperor handled cases, he was certainly fair in his heart - this country belonged to him, who could bribe him to confuse right and wrong? But Zhu Yijun's way of thinking was old-fashioned after all, and his judgments on many cases conflicted with the existing legal system of the Ming Dynasty. So over the years, he also caused a lot of trouble for local officials.
Zhu Youdong could only smile bitterly at his grandfather's repeated interference in the existing judicial system. Then he secretly told local officials: If the emperor's judgment is unreasonable , don't argue with him in person, bring the case files to the Supreme Court or to me in person. In short, just make the old man happy.
During these years, there were local officials who tried their best to curry favor with the emperor who passed by their locality, hoping to get a promotion through him. Zhu Yijun firmly held the bottom line to such people: he accepted all kinds of flattery, but never wrote a single letter of recommendation to Zhu Youdong.
The Emperor Tai Huang lived such a carefree life that he did not miss Beijing that much. Even some bolder folk opera troupes began to present dramas such as "Wanli's Secret Visit" to spread the word...
In short, in the past ten years, Zhu Yijun has traveled around and played the role of a great official when he was free. His life was really comfortable. Over the years, the total time he spent in Beijing did not exceed 100 days. Compared with Zhu Youdong, who only had time to go to Tianjin a few years after the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, he was much more free.
The reason why he wanted to go back to Beijing at this time was that he was too old and couldn't have fun anymore: It was 1637 and Zhu Yijun was already 74 years old - in terms of history, he had been dead for seventeen or eighteen years!
"Your grandson pays respect to the Emperor. I am very happy to see that you are in good health and in good spirits. I regret that I was too busy with my work to meet you at the station in person. Please forgive me, Emperor."
"Hahaha, I know you have a lot of things to do, so how can grandpa blame you? Get up, get up."
Outside the Daming Gate, Zhu Youdong received the carriage of Wanli and his entourage. Seeing Wanli, whom he had not seen for many years, change from a fat man who needed the eunuch to help hold his belly when walking to a thin old man with a thin figure but a very good spirit, Zhu Youdong felt very relieved: As the saying goes, old age leads to longevity. When people come, they have to be thinner to live longer.
"Well, this is You Xiao, right? Yes, it is indeed You Xiao, it seems that I have not made a mistake. Who is this? What, it is You Jian? Hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years, I can't remember what you looked like before. However, the reputation of His Royal Highness Prince Xin, not to mention my own Great Ming, even in the remote vassal states, I can often hear about it.
Hey, what's this? Oh, it's Ci Yan, you've grown so tall? Are you married? No? Oh, your father's new marriage law has raised the minimum marriage age for men to 18, which is really bad, hahaha, my great-grandfather will send two beautiful maids to your palace later. Hey, this Japanese woman, although she doesn't look that good, her attitude is really good, hahaha~"
Seeing Zhu Yijun's unreliable appearance, Zhu Youdong also broke out in a sweat. Fortunately, the old man quickly stopped teasing his great-grandson. He asked Zhu Youdong to get on his imperial sedan chair and directed the eunuchs to go to the West Garden.
"It's rare for a person to live to 70. Grandpa had planned to return to Beijing to live permanently about five years ago. But when he was touring Java Island, he met Zheng Guangyuan and Xu Xiake who were doing scientific research there. After listening to their preliminary explanation of the 'theory of evolution', Grandpa suddenly became interested. So he accompanied them to Burma. Later, you conquered India, so we went to India again..."
"I did receive a report from Wen Tiren saying that Grandpa Huang went to India. Well, India has excellent biodiversity and is indeed a suitable place for research."
"Now, Zheng and Xu have completed their two books, Botany and Zoology. Zheng Guangyuan has also written the first draft of the theory of evolution. Grandpa came back to Beijing this time because he is really old and wants to spend his old age here. On the other hand, Grandpa also brought them back to publish books!"
