I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 5 Support and Lead
In the next two days, Zhu Houxuan began to collect various information about the industry and commerce of the Ming Dynasty, and began to formulate specific plans.

Hou Sen looked at his own prince with a worried look on his face, wondering what was going on with him again.

However, he still found a gap to report: "Your Highness, Master Jin Tong has had nothing to do in the mansion these days. He has come to me several times to ask when he can leave."

"Master Jin Tong is leaving?" Zhu Houxuan was stunned for a while before he reacted, and subconsciously wanted to let Jin Tong and the others leave.

After all, he asked Jin Tong to come here in order to forge a Damascus knife using modern techniques and serve as Master Jin Tong. But now that he has a more ambitious goal, forging a Damascus knife doesn't seem to be that important, so let them go.

But as soon as the words came to his lips, Zhu Houxun stopped again.

He suddenly realized that he now needed to strengthen his relationship with Emperor Zhengde even more.

In his previous vision, as long as he ignited the flame of the industrial revolution and allowed productivity to increase in a bug-like manner, the wise men of the Ming Dynasty would naturally see the benefits and establish good systems to improve production relations.

But he suddenly thought of the greedy faces and ugly eating habits of the literati in the late Ming Dynasty, and he suddenly wavered again.

He could use his status as a prince to protect the industry and commerce he developed, but what would happen after it developed to a certain scale? The political status of the prince seemed very high, but in fact he had no political and military power, and his status as a vassal king was naturally in opposition to the literati.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that after he reaches a certain critical point in his development, he will become a huge fat sheep, and he will not be able to protect his own industry.

Moreover, the Industrial Revolution is not just a bug-like improvement in productivity, it also has a profound impact on the entire society.

The Industrial Revolution is also a revolution!
The teacher once said: Revolution is not a dinner party, not writing an essay, not painting or embroidery. It cannot be so elegant, so leisurely, so gentle, so kind, courteous, frugal and modest. Revolution is an uprising, a violent action by one class to overthrow another class.

In particular, the First Industrial Revolution will rapidly strengthen the working class and the capitalist class. As these two classes grow and develop, the feudal landlord class represented by the literati will face the most powerful challenge in thousands of years.

Could the Ming Dynasty literati, who held all the political and military power in the Ming Dynasty, watch their interests being damaged and their status being challenged?

What will they do?

The answer is obvious.

When faced with the Industrial Revolution, the literati of the Qing Dynasty could talk about “strange and tricky techniques”, so could the literati of the Ming Dynasty not say the same thing?

Zhu Houxuan could not place all his hopes on the civil servants and literati of the Ming Dynasty. He could not only start the Industrial Revolution, but also protect its fruits!

He carefully searched for information about Emperor Zhengde in his memories of his previous life. Putting aside other things, this distant cousin whom he had never met should be an intelligent emperor who was not satisfied with the status quo and wanted to make aggressive progress in military affairs.

The bureaucracy and civil service groups inherently pursue stability and hate any unstable factors.

Compared with the two, his distant cousin is more adorable.

So he wanted to get closer to Emperor Zhengde.

Moreover, Zhengde, who wanted to make achievements in military affairs, must have been very short of money, otherwise he would not have opened even the imperial farms and stores.

In the future, he will certainly be able to make a lot of money through the productivity improvement brought about by the Industrial Revolution, so he and Emperor Zhengde are complementary to each other to a certain extent. It is a good choice to support Emperor Zhengde in military affairs in exchange for the imperial power's blessing on the Industrial Revolution.

Emperor Zhengde's military victory would strengthen the imperial power and make the protection of the imperial power more powerful, thus forming a virtuous circle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but look to the north, thinking of the cousin he had never met, and said softly: "Brother, do you want to try the feeling of being carried by the support?"

"What did your highness just say? I didn't hear it clearly." Hou Sen asked with some confusion.

"Nothing?" Zhu Houxuan came back to his senses, "Master Jin Tong and the others are leaving, right? They can't leave, so forget it, I'd better go there myself!"

"Then I will ask someone to prepare the sedan chair."

"No need. The weather is good today, so let's walk." Zhu Houxuan moved his body. After determining the direction of future efforts, he felt much better. At the same time, he also put the plan of exercising on the agenda.

His body was not fat like most members of the Zhu family. Instead, it was relatively thin. This was because he had been weak and sickly since childhood, so he had never gained weight.

This also led to his usual light diet and rest every day. Zhu Houxuan naturally knew that his body would not be strong if he continued like this. After all, the body is the capital of the revolution. If he wants to be strong, he must exercise more and eat more meat, eggs and milk, so he plans to adjust his lifestyle from today.

Hou Sen hesitated: "As you command."

However, Hou Sen still ordered Bunian to follow the group from a distance in case of emergency.

When Zhu Houxuan saw this, he didn't say much. He took the lead and walked in front. Hou Sen followed closely behind with a dozen eunuchs and palace guards.

As a prince's palace, Jing Mansion covers a large area. The standard prince's palace in the Ming Dynasty was 630 meters from north to south and 480 meters from east to west, which is square meters when converted into square meters. If you have no idea about this area, you can compare it with the Forbidden City, which covers an area of ​​about square meters.

Therefore, the area of ​​Prince Jing's Mansion is almost half the size of the Forbidden City, and there are more than 800 rooms and more than 20 palaces in the mansion.

The regulations of the palace were all set by Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows how much he valued his sons.

After walking for a while, Zhu Houxuan began to pant for breath and sweat appeared on his forehead. He couldn't help but slow down his pace, but he still stubbornly didn't look at the sedan chair behind him. He was even more determined to exercise. If he was not in good health, he would be useless in the future and would not even have the capital to sustainably exhaust his resources.

The Gongzheng Office is located in a corner of the palace. After all, a place that produces thick smoke and noise cannot be too close to the core area of ​​the palace.

It took Zhu Houxuan and his party a cup of tea to arrive at Gongzheng Office, where they saw Jin Tong and his apprentices busy in front of the stove. It was still a bit cold in the south of the Yangtze River in March, but Jin Tong was shirtless, revealing his strong upper body, bronze skin, and rock-solid muscles, which made Zhu Houxuan envious.

"Master Jin is in good health!" Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

Jin Tong was surprised to realize that the prince had arrived. He turned around and was about to kneel down. Zhu Houxuan hurried forward to support him. "Master Jin, there is no need to be so polite. Why don't you take a good rest and start working again?"

"We are destined to be hard workers. We feel anxious when we have nothing to do. Your Highness treats us so well, so we will make some iron tools for the palace." Jin Tong smiled naively.

(End of this chapter)