As the new year is approaching, Zhu Youjian feels particularly busy.
First, the Ministry of Education organized the staff to draft a newly compiled Chinese textbook and sent it to Zhu Youjian for review. Zhu Youjian is not an expert in linguistics, but he wants to promote modern applied Chinese at home and abroad, and the modern Chinese textbooks were edited by Xiahu instructed by him, so he has to personally check it.
The modern Chinese in Zhu Youjian's mind is not only a treasure of inheriting the culture and art of the Han nationality, but also a tool for communication and communication between people. Therefore, easy learning is the development direction of Chinese characters and Chinese.
During the last meeting, the basic direction of the reform of Chinese characters has been determined: learning vernacular, simplifying Chinese characters, pinyin phonetic notation, and introducing punctuation. The new textbook led by Xiahu Hu was compiled in accordance with these principles. Zhu Youjian reviewed the basics of the new textbook. satisfaction.
He just added two opinions. One is to increase the content of the vernacular and reduce the length of the ancient text; the other is to gradually divide the new textbook into several volumes, and students should learn from easy to difficult. When students have learned three thousand commonly used vocabulary, You can perform basic reading and writing. If foreigners learn these three thousand Chinese characters, they can communicate with others in Chinese normally.
As for a large number of rare and uncommon words, let the scholars study it. These traditional cultural treasures have no substantial significance to modern applied Chinese.
Once the Chinese textbooks are finalized, they will begin to be printed in large quantities. As a national general textbook, it must be shipped to all parts of the country, including border provinces, in a timely manner.
There may be some irregularities and unreasonable points in the newly edited textbooks, and it is not too urgent. If problems are discovered in the use process in the future, they will be revised.
The next step is to compile a Chinese dictionary. There are tens of thousands of Chinese characters. The compiling of the dictionary is a huge project. According to Ming's current manpower, material resources and scientific level, it may take several years.
In order to make it easier for students to find the standard pronunciation of Chinese characters in time, Zhu Youjian asked the Ministry of Education to compile a simple dictionary, which contains only three thousand or five thousand commonly used Chinese characters. These Chinese characters do not need to be verified. The simple dictionary will soon be available. It can be compiled and distributed to schools everywhere in time.
As for the large research dictionaries, because the included Chinese characters are relatively comprehensive, the pronunciation, meaning, and usage of many characters need to be verified, so the officials of the Ministry of Education should slowly sort them out.
Education Minister Kong Zhenyun was grateful to Zhu Youjian for spreading the words of the saints to all ethnic groups in the frontier, so he suggested that the newly compiled dictionary is called Chongzhen Dictionary. Originally he planned to call Youjian Dictionary, but in this era, he should avoid the emperor’s name. It's called Chongzhen Dictionary.
Chongzhen is the name of the reign, and it can also be regarded as a large dictionary compiled during the Chongzhen period. Zhu Youjian accepted this honor without any hypocrisy, which made the flattering Kong Zhenyun very happy.
Another thing is about Myanmar.
Puti, the national teacher of the Ayutthaya dynasty, with the assistance of Daming Detectives, escaped several hunts by the Toungoo killer along the way, secretly came to the capital and asked Daming to send troops to help repel the invading army of Toungoo.
Zhu Youjian was afraid that the ministers opposed the use of troops, so he used military secrets as an excuse and did not discuss it at the court meeting. Instead, after the court meeting ended, he left the chief officials of the three houses to participate in the discussion of the dispatch of troops to the Tongyu Dynasty.
The chief officials of the three houses already knew Zhu Youjian's mind, that is, to solve the Burmese problem in a comprehensive and thorough manner, and they dare not blatantly oppose it.
Ever since Shi Fenglai was targeted by Jin Yiwei for opposing the Ming military reforms, until he ransacked his home and asked him because of his corruption of ink, the ministers knew Zhu Youjian's methods well, and once Zhu Youjian determined something, they would never die.
Now the relationship between the chief officials of the third house and Zhu Youjian is very smooth. After all, the third house is just the executor of Zhu Youjian's realization of his political ambitions. They have little say in major matters.
Zhu Youjian also reflected on whether he was too dictatorial, and he quickly rejected this idea.
The current Daming is not smooth in diplomacy and is facing many military aggressions and military pressures. However, the ministers do not have the vision of future generations, they only focus on the little power in their hands and blindly talk about benevolence and justice with their opponents, which binds the Ming court. Once the opportunity is lost, when others become stronger, they will not talk about humanity with Daming.
They talked about strength. They used iron hoofs for the establishment of slaves for more than a decade and Mongolia for more than a hundred years. The little Tongyu dynasty also used swords and soldiers to talk to Daming.
Zhu Youjian briefly described Puti's request for help, and asked the chief officials of the three houses to discuss whether they should send troops to conquer the Toungoo Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the Tunyu Dynasty was originally Daming's land. It was the six great propaganda and consolation divisions appointed by the Taizu. If you can't take back these land, it will be disgraceful for future generations." Daming established the country with filial piety, and dissatisfaction means dissatisfaction. Li Chunye's hat was pressed down, and he immediately settled for the dispatch of troops.
Zhu Youjian nodded his head. He had discussed with Li Chunye a long time about the resumption of the Burmese Toungoo Dynasty. Li Chunye's absolute support was something he expected.
"Your Majesty, the South China Sea Fleet is fighting in the South China Sea. Once Toungoo is conquered, Da Ming will fall into a two-line combat situation, which will be very unfavorable to Da Ming." Although the Deputy Prime Minister Zhou Shipu knew Zhu Youjian's determination, he could not help but remind him. sentence.
"Your Majesty, the climate in the south is hot and humid. My talents are all in the north. I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt to the climate of Toungoo." Cabinet Prime Minister Huang Liji also euphemistically expressed his worries. "The Mongolian cavalry expropriated countless land, but planted in the south. The reason is that their soldiers are not adapted to the southern climate."
Zhu Youzhen nodded again, still not speaking.
"Your Majesty, Toungoo is too far away from my Daming, even if Daming conquered Toungoo, can he establish an effective rule in such a remote place? If an effective rule cannot be established, then after decades, Toungoo will re-independent, then today What is the significance of the conquest of the People’s Republic of China?” The Chief Justice Qiao Yunsheng’s objection was very obvious, “Datang used to expedition to the Western Regions, but today’s Western Regions have long lost any traces of Datang.”
The most troublesome thing for Zhu Youjian is that in every court meeting, the ministers are divided into three factions: support, slight opposition (neutral), and opposition. If there is a vote, I am afraid that it will be difficult to obtain Zhu You at today's meeting. The ministers do not have a world vision for the results they want. It is necessary to let them study in the Academy of Sciences for a period of time. Oh, no, the Academy of Sciences is useless. The Academy of Social Sciences should be established so that they can learn to see the world with their eyes open.
Fortunately, the voice of opposition today does not seem to be too strong, even Qiao Yunsheng, who just surfaced his own position, did not intend to die.
"I have heard what Aiqing said just now. I know that you are all for the sake of Daming's long-term interests. You are worthy of Daming's important ministers. Do you have any opinions?"
Are these reasons insufficient? If your Majesty is not prepared to adopt the opinions of the ministers, no matter how good the reason is, these so-called important ministers, one by one, bowed their heads and slandered Zhu Youjian in their hearts, and they had to listen to Zhu Youjian's reasons for sending troops.
Seeing that the ministers were silent, Zhu Youjian knew that their opposition was not strong. This time it might not be necessary to take rogue measures in the court. "Needless to say the reason for support, there are mainly two points of opposition: 1. It’s how to conquer Dongyu, and Daming’s loss should not be too great; the second is to conquer Dongyu, what is the benefit of Daming. I will answer one by one, and see if the Aiqings are satisfied."
When fighting against political enemies, Zhu Youjian’s methods were a bit horrible, such as killing Wei Zhongxian and investigating Shi Fenglai, but when discussing issues, Zhu Youjian was very kind and did not have the emperor’s majesty at all. At least the ministers did not feel the emperor’s surface. Their majesty, their awe of Zhu Youjian comes from the bones, just like the awe of a mouse to a cat.
"Let me talk about the first point. If you want to conquer Toungoo, you do not need to mobilize the army from the north, but the army from the south. Yunnan, Guangdong, especially Yunnan. The terrain and climate are very similar to that of Tonggu. Daming has a vast territory. We must give full play to this advantage, and use northern troops for the northern expedition and southern troops for the southern requisition."
Zhu Youjian's explanation fully resolved Huang Liji's worries, and the ministers had to continue to listen to the lecture like elementary school students.
"As for the issue of two-front warfare, I have also considered that whether it is a naval battle in the South China Sea or a land battle in Burma, the scale is small, not a national war of Ming Dynasty," Zhu Youjian sipped his tea lightly. Let the ministers have time to think, "They are different from the war with the Mongols in the reign of Emperor Taizu, and also from the war with the establishment of slaves a few years ago. That is the great war of the Ming Dynasty. If they lose, the capital may not be protected. Even Daming might perish the country."
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"Although they are fighting on two fronts, they are all local wars, which have little impact on Daming. Taking a step back, even if both wars are defeated, it will not shake the foundation of Daming. It is a big deal to withdraw from Nanyang and Toungoo. Once a new one appears Opportunity, Daming can make a comeback, do you understand?"
The directors of the three houses are all well-informed. They are only affected by the sages and sages. They are relatively weak in writing, lacking the decisiveness and domineering, and they are not able to know the living environment of Daming. After hearing Zhu Youjian’s advice, Only then did it begin, and there were no more voices of opposition.
"Now that Daming is invited by the Ayutthaya Kingdom, it is justified to send troops, and it is also fighting with the Ayutthaya dynasty. Think about it, with the army that Daming has reorganized now, and the assistance of Dacheng, how confident is it to win?" Zhu Youjian Hope to use victory to induce ministers to support him.
"With my current strength, Daming, even without the assistance of the Dacheng dynasty, I should be 90% sure of victory. Toungoo will not be stronger than Jianshu." Huang Liji took the lead in reversing his position, turning from a neutral faction to a support faction.
"Let me talk about the second question, that is, what good is it for Daming to go to Dongyu?" Zhu Youjian glanced at the ministers and saw no one objected. This first article is over. "Any war As long as you are not forced to defend yourself, you must consider the cost of war and the benefits of war. If there is peace, no one likes war."
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"There are three small countries in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. If Daming sends troops to attack, the winning rate will be very high, but what will Daming get after victory? It is a large piece of land, that is, the cost of war. The benefits are greater than expected, so when Daming is not threatened, he will not send troops to attack these three small countries."
The ministers seemed to be listening to a wonderful story, staring at Zhu Youjian's face one by one, and did not hesitate to commit crimes.
Zhu Youzhen was not angry either. Knowing that they were still waiting for the next article, he changed his words: "Dear Aiqing, do you know what Da Ming lacks the most?"