This idea has always been in Zhu Yijun's heart. He began to think about this a long time ago.
Originally, Zhu Yijun also thought about not intervening in the rule of the Japanese Empire. Daming was only responsible for the garrison and colonization. But up to now, the Japanese Empire had been defeated. If they continued to use this method of governance, Zhu Yijun felt that it was a waste.
Creating a new governor system seemed to be good.
This governor was an official of Daming. In fact, he was appointed by Daming. At the same time, he also accepted the title of the Emperor of the Japanese Empire. He was also the general of the Japanese Empire.
In this way, whether it was in Daming or in the Japanese Empire, it was all justified. Of course, the king of the Japanese Empire naturally could not be called the Emperor. He must accept the title of Daming.
But up to now, the Japanese Empire's diplomatic mission had come, and Zhu Yijun had not thought about the title of the king of the Japanese Empire.
In the list of the Japanese Empire's diplomatic mission, Zhu Yijun also saw a person. This person was Tachibana Chiyo.
Zhu Yijun did not expect that Tokugawa Ieyasu actually brought her. What was he going to do?
It must be known that Tachibana Munemaki died in North Korea. Why did Tokugawa Ieyasu bring Tachibana Chiyo to Daming?
Although Zhu Yijun did not know, he did not think about it. Because this was a small matter. It was not worth Zhu Yijun's effort.
He put aside the list of the Japanese Empire's diplomatic mission. This matter was not a big deal in Daming.
In the following time, Zhu Yijun's main energy was still on the worship of heaven and ancestors. Other things were not important.
Zhu Yijun did not restrict the freedom of the Japanese Empire's envoys. This allowed them to understand Daming from all aspects. When they went out to take a look, the more they saw, the more despair they felt. Daming's power far exceeded their own.
However, after watching it, everyone had different thoughts, including Tokugawa Ieyasu.
However, it was useless for Tokugawa Ieyasu to think about it because he was destined to never return to the Japanese Empire in this life.
Tokugawa Ieyasu had left the Japanese Empire in Daming. No matter how powerful he was in the Japanese Empire, it was useless.
Everything went smoothly. Zhu Yijun successfully completed the worship to the heaven and ancestors, and indeed strengthened his prestige. However, at this time, someone raised another question. That was, the Emperor's action was inappropriate.
Worship to the heaven and ancestors was the emperor's filial piety. At the same time, it was also a manifestation of merit. However, the emperor forgot one thing. That was, the Emperor Taizu was still in Nanjing!
The person who raised this matter was an imperial censor named Xiong Tingbi. He was a very young imperial censor.
This person's words were sharp, and his words were blunt. He directly pointed out Zhu Yijun's oversight, as if he was criticizing the dragon's scale.
In Xiong Tingbi's memorial, Xiong Tingbi pointed out Zhu Yijun's mistakes. He said that the emperor should go to worship Emperor Taizu. In the memorial, he flattered Emperor Taizu, such as "the sun and moon changed the sky" and "the reopening of the Great Han Dynasty". Anyway, he said it seriously. It was unreasonable for Zhu Yijun not to worship Emperor Taizu.
When the ministers saw this, they realized that there was something wrong!
Many people then realized that they were going to Jiangnan!
It was different from going to Liaodong. That place was very remote, and there was nothing worthy of Zhu Yijun's attention, so there was less resistance. But Jiangnan was different!
There were a lot of things worthy of Zhu Yijun's attention. If Zhu Yijun really did something in Jiangnan, wouldn't it be a big loss?
Some of the Jiangnan officials objected, saying that it was too wasteful, that the journey was too long, anyway, there were all kinds of reasons.
There were also many who agreed. Those who agreed raised the banner of righteousness and killed. Basically, they would kill anyone who stood in their way.
Zhu Yijun did not comment on this and put on a posture of watching a show. After being the emperor for 20 years, Zhu Yijun had long been used to it. When something happened, he would quarrel first, and the quarrel would come to a conclusion.
However, Zhu Yijun also knew that this matter would not be quarreled for too long, because he was going to take advantage of spring to leave for Nanjing.
Zhu Yijun was not worried at all about the opposition of the Jiangnan officials, because it was useless. He did not need to consider their feelings.
Armaments Department.
Xu Guangqi looked at the big guy in front of him with some excitement. Since last year, he had been working hard on the steam engine, and today, Daming had finally built the first steam engine.
Unlike the miniaturization and lightness of the design, this steam engine was an out-and-out big guy.
This steam engine was built according to the theory of "condensing the steam entering the lower part of the piston and connecting the piston to the connecting rod to produce movement."
This thing only had one large cylinder. In order to create a vacuum in the cylinder, Xu Guangqi and his public relations team carried out a long time of research and invented the internal condensing nozzle and automatic valve actuator.
Using steam equivalent to atmospheric pressure, he kept the material within its working limit.
This could be said to be a very simple steam engine, but it represented a very important step.
The invention of the steam engine in his previous life was also a very long process. The earliest recorded steam engine was the steam ball invented by the ancient Greek mathematician Hiro of Alexandria in the 17th century. This was the prototype of the steam engine, and it was only a few decades later.
In 1679, the French physicist Denis Papen made the first working model of the steam engine after observing the steam escaping from his pressure cooker.
His contemporary, Samuel Moran also put forward the idea of the steam engine.
In less than a hundred years, the steam engine would be invented.
However, these were simple steam engines. The large-scale use of the steam engine had to wait until Watt improved the steam engine in the 1760s.
However, Zhu Yijun had put a lot of effort into the steam engine. Although there were not many records of Daming's industrial foundation in later generations, there were many skilled craftsmen. Zhu Yijun believed that once he pointed out the direction, it would not be too difficult to make a steam engine decades in advance.
How did Zhu Yijun know that the Daming of this era was not backward?
Because Zhu Yijun had read Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu".
As Zhu Yijun expected, after giving a general direction, the craftsmen of Daming did not let him down.
With the addition of Xu Guangqi, the progress was even faster.
This talent that Zhu Yijun had trained since he was a child was now really going to shine.
Especially in the field of physics, Xu Guangqi deserved to be called the number one Daming. He was very strong.
Since the invention of the clock, Xu Guangqi had made great progress. Now, he was going to engrave his name on the steam engine.
"Let's start!"
Xu Guangqi glanced at the people around him and said, "Let's try. If we succeed, I will ask the emperor for everyone's credit."