It seemed as if Zhu Youlang was thinking, Wen Anzhi said harmoniously: "Your Majesty, the old minister also hopes to do more things in his lifetime. The old minister cannot wear armor and hold a sword to kill the enemy, but he can still do things like teaching and educating people. His Highness is the future of the Ming Dynasty. The old minister is willing to give it to you, and I hope Your Majesty will allow you."

Wen Anzhi's words were extremely sincere, and Zhu Youlang was very moved when he heard them.

The Ming Dynasty still lacks such loyal, straight and sincere ministers.

"Gei Master Wen, I'm approved."

Zhu Youlang nodded slightly, turned to Han Miao and ordered: "Go and call the prince."

"Abide by the order!"

Han Miao bowed and took the order to leave the hall.

After about half a stick of incense, Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan was taken outside the hall.

After the experience of Fengjie Fujun, his vision and courage have improved a lot, and he is no longer the canary born in the deep palace and raised by women.

After the eunuch chanted by the eunuch, Zhu Cixuan bowed into the hall, knelt down at Zhu Youlang and saluted: "Son of my son, please see my father."

Zhu Youlang cleared his throat and said, "I called the prince to become a disciple. Wenge is loyal to the country and has a lot of knowledge. I want you to be a disciple of Wenge as your teacher."

When Zhu Cixuan came, he heard Han Miao’s reminder and was already prepared.

"My son thanks my father for his grace."

After saying that, he turned around and worshiped Wen Anzhi, "Please ask Mr. Wen to take the orphan as a student."

After receiving this ceremony, Wen'an Zhiman stood up and helped the Crown Prince Zhu Cixuan up, and sighed: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so serious, I will do my best to give me all my best."

Zhu Youlang saw all this and felt very relieved.

The etiquette of respecting teachers and respecting Taoism in the Ming Dynasty was still very well implemented. Even the royal family was no exception.

In addition to the crown prince who needs to kneel down to his mentor when he is a disciple, when his minister teaches the crown prince, the crown prince must stand to listen to the lecture to show respect for the teacher.

But in the Qing Dynasty, this was completely reversed.

When a minister teaches the prince, he must kneel down, yes, he must kneel down!

This has simply subverted the tradition of respecting teachers and respecting Taoism in China for thousands of years.

Ji Xiaolan was severely scolded by Qianlong for not kneeling while giving a lecture to the prince, believing that he was not following the rules.

This is simply putting the cart before the horse and making a joke.

Of course, although the prince of the Ming Dynasty did not have to kneel down when he was listening to his teacher's lecture, he still had to stand.

There is only one chance to enjoy the crown prince’s bowing, that is, at the apprenticeship ceremony.

After the ceremony, Zhu Cixuan officially became Wen Anzhi's student.

Zhu Youlang was still a little relieved.

As the saying goes, those who are capable work harder. Since Wen Anzhi insisted on being the prince's teacher, Zhu Youlang had no reason to refuse.

I just hope that Zhu Cixuan can learn more about governing the country with Wen Anzhi, and that he can inherit the Imperial Ming Dynasty's throne in a hundred years and become a saint king.

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Nanjing Longjiang Pass, the abandoned Longjiang Shipyard has been reopened for many years.

At Shi Lang's suggestion, Longjiang Shipyard will give priority to the construction of large sea ships.

Before the Jiajing Dynasty, more than 80% of the large ships in the entire Ming Dynasty were built by the Longjiang Shipyard.

For example, the treasure ship used by Zheng He to voyage to the West came from here.

At its peak, there were more than 400 craftsmen here alone, and they all had food and accommodation in the shipyard.

According to records, the ships built were 44 zhang and four feet long and 18 zhang wide; the ships built were 37 zhang and 15 zhang wide.

Later, due to the maritime ban policy, Longjiang Shipyard was abandoned.

On the contrary, after Longqing opened the sea, the shipbuilding industry in Fujian and other places developed rapidly, and Fu Shipbuilding became the mainstream ship type.

Shi Lang was sent to Jiangnan by the Qing court to deal with Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's troops who occupied Zhoushan.

After thinking about it, if you build a ship along the coast of Zhejiang, it will be easy for the Ming army to find out that it is ready in advance. Secondly, it is also very complicated to recruit craftsmen.

But if Longjiang Shipyard is re-activated, things will become much easier.

There are ready-made craftsmen, ready-made docks, and even river sluices in Nanjing.

Just clear and repair the shed.

What Shi Lang lacks now is time and efficiency.

He had to build a group of sea ships that could compete with Zheng Chenggong's navy in the shortest time. Just relying on Lang Tingzuo, Guan Xiaozhong, Liang Huafeng and others, the sea ships rashly started a war with Zheng Chenggong, which was to hit the stone with eggs and seek death.

No one knows better than Shi Lang the power of the Zheng Navy. He will take the initiative to fight only if he can do at least 50% of the time.

Otherwise, if the Qing army was defeated by then, his position in the minds of the Qing court and Emperor Shunzhi would plummet.

Since Shi Lang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he has been unemployed in the capital for many years. After waiting for this opportunity for so long, he has finally waited for it, so he naturally cannot miss it easily.

Fortunately, Lang Tingzuo is not an autocratic and greedy person, so he adopted all his suggestions.

If you continue at this pace, Shi Lang will not be able to pull up a sea boat.

The artillery problem also needs to be solved urgently. In large-scale naval battles, the two sides not only compete for who has a large ship, but also compete for who has a large number of cannons.

In the Qing army's firearm configuration, artillery was far more important than that of muskets.

Shi Lang had already greeted Lang Tingzuo, and at that time he would install more than half of the artillery in the Qing army in Jiangnan on the navy's sea ships.

Lang Tingzuo was not difficult to do this. After all, he was the governor of Liangjiang and was in charge of military and political power in Jiangnan. This is what he said.

Only when Shi Lang is placed to this level can he be confident of going to war with the Ming army.

Although Zhoushan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it also depends on the comparison of combat power between the two sides.

The Qing army had captured Zhoushan many times, and Zhang Huangyan fled to the sea in panic.

It was a bit surprised that Zheng Cheng's function has been persisted until now.

When Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong ran away angrily and pulled up a team alone, which was said to have started from scratch.

At that time, no matter how you look at Zheng Chenggong, it was a dead end.

Little do they know that after years of development, the Zheng navy is even better than the invincible army of Zheng Zhilong back then.

Is this really the power of faith?

Shi Lang sneered at this. People still need to recognize reality. Even so, it is just a matter of perseverance for a while.

In the end, everyone will surrender to the Qing Dynasty's rule, so why not surrender early and take a good position?

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Note 1: "Tongdian·Kaiyuan Lili Liqun" records: The crown prince put on Qingjin, went to the gate of the school palace and knelt. The deacon led the stewards on the east stairs of the school palace and stood on the west stairs. The doctor surrendered to the east stairs of the school palace. The prime minister led the crown prince in. The deacon served wine and repaired the case to follow. The crown prince entered the door and went to the south of the west stairs, kneeled and worshiped; the doctor replied. The crown prince was still away. Then he went in and gave money; the wine pot was held before the doctor. The crown prince worshiped. The doctor received the coins. The deacon took the wine pot to the east. After the crown prince worshipped, the prime minister led the crown prince out. The etiquette was completed.

It is clearly recorded here that the crown prince had to kneel down and worship the emperor after he became a disciple, and it was basically used throughout the dynasties. Instead, the Qing Dynasty worshipped the prince, which was really shocking.

Note 2: For detailed descriptions of Longjiang Shipyard, you can read Lao Kun’s old book, and I will not repeat them here.

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