While they were talking here, He Xuan appeared at the door of the classroom.

It's already noon.

He Xuan came over to remind his junior officials to have lunch.

Zhu Yuan took advantage of the situation and invited Hua Gao, Wu Zhen and Chang Duan together. They served food in the office next door without returning to the west courtyard. During the lunch, Zhu Yuan explained to Wu Zhen why everyone would not follow the "

The ball fell down, making the deputy governor feel at ease.

After eating, everyone went about their business.

Zhu Yuan did not immediately return to the inner house for a lunch break, but called Liu Lian.

Sitting behind his desk, Zhu Yuan used charcoal to draw a sketch of the appearance of a coastal lighthouse in his memory, and said to Liu Lian: "Draft a notice three days later, on the morning of February 26th.

, requiring maritime merchants from all walks of life to come to Yinghai Division for a meeting and not wait until late."

Liu Lian hesitated and said, "Hanlin, what month was agreed upon?"

Zhu Yuan shook his head: "Things will always change, and I can't wait any longer. Moreover, I will reserve a buffer plan for maritime merchants in Guangzhou and other places in the south."

The Southern Expedition is still going on. After all, Guangdong and Guangxi and some areas further south have not been fully included in the Ming Dynasty territory. Even if they wait for a month, many local maritime merchants may not be able to arrive. As for Zhejiang, Fujian and even the northern provinces, these days, it is time to arrive

Almost all have arrived.

Since Wu Zhen arrived in Mingzhou in advance, things can no longer wait.

Liu Lian thought for a moment and agreed.

Zhu Yuan continued to draw a sketch of the lighthouse, and then added: "There are also teams going north to measure the dimensions of various places, let them speed up. Within ten days, even if people cannot come back, all the dimensional data and coastal mapping of Jiaozhou must be transmitted

Return."

Liu Lian had no objection this time and agreed again.

Zhu Yuan went on to talk about the third thing: "My ancestors have already agreed on the maritime school. I definitely can't accommodate it here. You just need to pick a place in the afternoon that can accommodate many people to have classes together. If you can't find it, just open the class. Then.

You should sort out the course materials as soon as possible. According to my teaching mode, the content includes the tides, ocean currents and other knowledge I have taught in the past two days, as well as "Basics of Mathematics", identification of nautical charts, basic meteorological knowledge, and observation tools such as star-pulling instruments.

I can't think of too much at the moment. Please make a list, including all the knowledge that can be used in navigation, and submit it to me for review as soon as possible. Then, select officials, each of whom will be responsible for one or two tasks.

This course is tentatively taught to all officers of Tianxing Guard and Mingzhou Guard, starting from 100 households. In addition, if there are rural soldiers and ordinary soldiers in the two guards who are literate, they can also recommend or self-recommend.

Those who can pass the review and complete the course will be appointed by the Marine Engineering Department. As for the others, we will discuss the situation in the future."

Liu Lian should be the one again.

Zhu Yuan still didn't look up and continued to draw, and said again: "The last thing is, after I take a nap, I will ask Tu Xiao from the Surveying and Mapping Office to come see me, and then ask Yao Feng to select a few craftsmen who are good at building fortresses."

Liu Lian shook his head and said: "Hanlin, Tu Xiao went to sea again yesterday, and it will take three to five days to come back."

Zhu Yuan paused and said, "Then let's talk about other people from the Surveying and Mapping Office."

Liu Lian nodded.

After sending Liu Lian away, Zhu Yuan was about to finish the drawing in his hand when He Xuan, who had been waiting here, reported that Fang Li was outside the door.

Fang Li came to say goodbye.

The task of 10,000 people assigned to him by Zhu Yuan has been completed so far, less than 4,000.

Wu Zhen arrived yesterday and brought 20,000 people with him at one time, so that he could have more manpower to send to various places in eastern Zhejiang to gather old troops.

All right……

Probably La Zhuangding.

This matter had been decided at the morning meeting. Fang Li could have set off directly, but came here to say goodbye to him, which made Zhu Yuan realize again that the Fang family was really determined to rely on him.

Zhu Yuan did not refuse.

Lao Zhu was very kind to him, and he was extremely kind to him. Zhu Yuan was very grateful.

but……

Just like what happened yesterday.

Even if Zhu Yuan had no intention of harming Lao Zhu, it was impossible for him not to make some preparations for his fallback.

Everyone is an adult.

Idealism doesn't work.

Speaking of which, Lao Zhu is precisely the biggest idealist of this era. He hopes that all scholars will be harmonious and guard every place to protect the country for thousands of generations. He hopes that monarchs and ministers will be in harmony, be diligent and diligent, and that wealth and honor will continue to spread to their descendants. He hopes that the common people will live in peace and harmony.

Peaceful, fishermen, woodcutter and farmers doing their duties, enjoying themselves.

However, in the end, all Lao Zhu's ideals were shattered.

His sons guarded the four sides, and few of them set an example according to his wishes, but they did a lot of bad things, which disappointed him.

As for the meritorious officials, there are not many who can be diligent and conscientious.

Lao Zhu set a cruel rule that he would be skinned for sixty taels of silver if he was greedy. In fact, he never used it on his old brothers who fought together with him.

For example, Hu Weiyong.

Such as sapphire.

When they fell, they confiscated countless gold, silver, fields and houses, but among their charges, the word "greed" was the least important.

By analogy, it is entirely conceivable what other heroes are doing privately.

You don’t even have to imagine it, there are many records in historical materials.

If it weren't for fate, most of the heroes would still be rich and prosperous.

Let's talk about Lan Yu. If it hadn't been for the great change in the 25th year of Hongwu, Liang Guogong, who faked thousands of people, invaded people's fields, promoted himself to generals, insulted the Yuan concubine, and sent troops to destroy the customs, would have become the first emperor of the new dynasty.

A general.

It can be seen that Lao Zhu was tolerant enough for the ideal that he and his ministers always shared.

However, in his later years, Prince Zhu Biao, whom Lao Zhu had carefully cultivated for decades, also died.

When Lao Zhu's ideals were shattered one by one, everyone knew what happened.

Therefore, Zhu Yuan is not idealistic.

Now that we have reached our current position, we must gradually build our own team.

Just like Zhu Yuan directly appointed Li Gui as his assistant coach in the past two days, and arranged for Qiao An, and so on.

And it's a typical case of nepotism.

What else?

Think about the civil servants and military officers who surrounded the founding kings of the past dynasties. Most of them were from the same country and the same race.

Lao Zhu is even more typical in this regard.

In the early days, when Marshal Yi's Mansion was changed to the Governor's Mansion, the first Governor was named Zhu Wenzheng. Even if Zhu Wenzheng disappointed Lao Zhu, among the current armies, nephew Li Wenzhong, son-in-law Mu Ying, He Wenhui, Xu Sima and others also

A key general who has a check on the coach.

Why?

Still nepotism.

It is always easier to trust people who are close to you than outsiders. Ability can be cultivated through teaching and training, but the word "relative" cannot be cultivated just by cultivating it.

From Zhu Yuan's perspective as a businessman, the word "kin" is actually a natural bundle of interests.

For example, suppose that Xu Da conspired to rebel. Apart from Lao Zhu, would he let people like Li Wenzhong, Mu Ying, and He Wenhui go? Even if Li Wenzhong and others surrendered, Xu Da would not be relieved and had to get rid of them quickly.

Similarly, Li Wenzhong and others also understand these principles and will definitely supervise the generals to prevent them from doing things they shouldn't do.

Zhu Yuan has always been a person who believes more in the bundling of interests.

Just like running a company in my previous life, I will not act like a gangster and try to spread the pie. I will give you all the benefits that should be given to you. Let us work together to support the company. Everyone will be prosperous and suffer losses. If the company grows, I will eat meat, and you will be able to drink enough soup.

,that's all.

As for the Fang family who surrendered, Zhu Yuan would not naively think that after Fang Li expressed his stance, he would go through fire and water for him.

Just take your time from now on.

When interests are bound up to a certain extent, it is impossible not to go through fire and water for oneself.
Chapter completed!