As a person from the later generations, Zhu Yijun certainly knew the importance of the official assessment. Not to mention the officials, even the companies were all about performance.
The officials of the later generations could think of anything for the sake of political achievements, but the officials of this era accepted bribes and curried favor.
Zhu Yijun felt that it was not a bad thing to let Zhang Juzheng test them first and teach them a good lesson.
Although the test was very noisy, it was useless. The memorials were sent to the palace like stones sinking into the sea. The words of Cabinet Zhang Juzheng carried enormous weight.
The test was passed amidst a lot of wailing, and then it began.
In the first year of Wanli, the First Secretary of the Cabinet Zhang Juzheng of the Daming Dynasty was ambitious and prepared to do something big.
Zhu Yijun, on the other hand, was studying in the Imperial Palace. School had started once again in the Imperial Palace. After returning from the winter vacation, these guys were obviously not in a good state, so Zhu Yijun had been training them for the past few days.
At the same time, this year, Zhu Yijun prepared to open a new course, which was called People's Livelihood.
For the students who studied stereotyped writing, the people's livelihood basically had nothing to do with them. They could praise other things, but most of them did not distinguish between the five grains.
Zhu Yijun wanted to train officials who knew more about the people's livelihood, and he also wanted to teach them what development was.
These people were all used by Zhu Yijun in the future, so it was appropriate to start teaching them now.
With the help of mathematics and data, Zhu Yijun believed that the effect would be very good.
Wu Qingbo had already developed binoculars and had begun to equip the generals of the various armies. Of course, they were only the top generals.
Each one had a strict number, and the secrecy was very strict.
This was also an attempt by Zhu Yijun. In the future, there would be more things he wanted to do, so he had to establish a confidentiality system first.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Yijun was meeting his grandfather, Wu Qingbo.
"Your Majesty, the people you sent are back!"
Wu Qingbo looked at Zhu Yijun and said, "The crops that His Majesty wanted to find have been found. The sweet potatoes and potatoes didn't take much effort, but the corn took a lot of time and effort."
"Fortunately, they have all been collected. They even brought back a lot of farmers who know how to grow."
Zhu Yijun nodded his head. It was fine as long as he could collect them. Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "The person I sent is very diligent. Grandpa, please reward him on my behalf. Since he works for the royal family, we can't treat him badly."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I understand!" Wu Qingbo and Li Wei nodded.
"There are some problems with those foreigners!"
Wu Qingbo and Li Wei said, "We've found the Red Barbarians, but they don't trust the people we sent. It might take some time."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Grandpa, you don't have to worry about this. I will send someone else to do it."
The Portuguese were now in Haojing, which was later known as Macau. At first, the Portuguese came to colonize. The Daming and the Portuguese fought a few battles. In the end, the Daming won, and the Portuguese gave up on the idea of colonizing.
However, that battle also showed the Daming that the firearms of the Red Barbarians were very sharp, so they began to imitate them. That was how they came to have the Franco machine cannon and the Red Barbarian cannon.
The Ming Dynasty had foresight, but they were held back by the economy.
His father opened up the sea and built ships. He could even fight against the Portuguese.
Moreover, there were famous generals like Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, so they had a lot of confidence.
When the Donglin party came to power, they monopolized the southeast sea trade and smuggling. They didn't let the court interfere, and the Daming's sea trade was completely over.
Zhu Yijun wanted to get in touch with the Portuguese. He wanted their technology, but more importantly, he wanted their sea maps.
Zhu Yijun had no problem drawing a map of the world on a piece of paper, but he couldn't really do it when it came to the sea routes.
Where were the reefs, whirlpools, and islands to replenish supplies? Daming didn't have any of these.
As for building ships and cannons, Zhu Yijun didn't need to find the Portuguese.
He knew how to develop warships, how to develop cannons, and how to make them. He could even draw the blueprints.
In his previous life, he had done a lot of research on these things. He just lacked the materials.
He had no choice but to let Wu Qingbo handle this matter. At that time, there really wasn't anyone he could mobilize.
However, it was different now. He had Dongchang. It was best to let Dongchang do this.
Send people and pay. Zhu Yijun believed that Dongchang would be able to do it well. After all, the competition for overseas colonies was fierce, and there were all kinds of people. Puritans, fugitives, pirates — they didn't have strong principles.
It didn't take much effort to create something. After all, they dared to sell anything now. If you didn't sell, someone else would.
That was how the Franco machine gun and the Red Barbarian Cannon came about. Later, Xu Guangqi even went to learn from the foreigners and even joined the Catholic Church.
Zhu Yijun sighed. If he had a talent like Xu Guangqi, he wouldn't have to worry so much.
Xu Guangqi was only a teenager now. Who knew how long it would take for him to grow up?
Thinking about this, Zhu Yijun's heart was moved. Why didn't he look for Xu Guangqi?
Rather than learning from those foreigners, he might as well learn from him.
What he could teach him was much more than what those foreigners could teach him.
Thinking about this, Zhu Yijun was tempted. He couldn't rely on himself to build up the technology tree. It was time to groom some talents!
Zhu Yijun didn't want to do things step by step. He wanted to do a great leap forward, just like how the future generations researched on airplanes.
Currently, he was using a second generation fighter jet. But if he could make a third generation fighter jet, he wouldn't change it. He could also make a fourth generation fighter jet, or even four and a half generations.
The third generation fighter jet was still outdated. There was no need to spend so much money on equipment. In the end, it would all be wasted.
In Zhu Yijun's heart, no matter if it was a matchlock or a flintlock rifle, they were all useless.
Only a real rear-loading rifle with metal ammunition could be considered a real gun. At the very least, it had to be made in Hanyang.
If he could make it in Hanyang, then he would be able to build a modern army. Otherwise, it would be useless.
Fighting against the Japanese Empire and Europe was impossible. Anyway, Daming couldn't fight his way out, and others couldn't fight their way in. Might as well make it big.
When I make it in Hanyang, if I don't beat your parents up, my name won't be Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun was distracted again. Wu Qingbo and Li Wei were sitting at the side drinking tea. This wasn't the first time they encountered such a situation.
Their grandson was used to being distracted. Maybe it was because he was too smart and thought too much. This was what Wu Qingbo and Li Wei thought.