The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 1 My name is Zhu Jianxuan

The 1770th day of the first lunar month in the 2th year of the reign of Emperor Xianning of the Ming Dynasty, which is February 12th, in the Gregorian calendar of Europe.

In the inner courtyard of Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City, Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing, Ming Dynasty, a clear and loud baby cry was heard.

The second empress of Ming Emperor Zhu Zhonglin successfully gave birth to a prince that morning.

Zhu Zhonglin was already over fifty years old. He was in a very good mood as he had a son in his old age. He personally named his son Zhu Jianxuan.

The character "烜" is pronounced as "宣", which means grand, prominent, bright and glorious.

After just a few days, the Emperor and Empress of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the servants who directly served Zhu Jianxuan, gradually discovered many special features of this prince.

The baby cried once instinctively when he was just born in order to adapt to breathing, and he never cried like a normal baby since then.

Seven days after birth, he finally opened his eyes and showed great curiosity about everything around him.

He will observe the people around him very carefully and listen to their voices very carefully.

He seemed to understand what people around him were saying.

At the same time, his eyes seemed to carry some emotions that only adults would have, a feeling of confusion and doubt.

Zhu Jianxuan was indeed confused and puzzled.

Because Zhu Jianxuan has no idea what era he is in.

Zhu Jianxuan is not an ordinary newborn baby, but is reborn with the memories of his past life.

Zhu Jianxuan already had his own consciousness before he was born.

It’s just that the energy in the fetal state is very limited, and the consciousness is in a deep sleep most of the time.

Even during the brief period of wakefulness, the body was unable to move significantly, and no actual images could be seen at all.

Only some vague sounds can be heard occasionally.

It took Zhu Jianxuan a long time to figure out that he must have been reincarnated.

At the same time, he was also surprised to find that his mother was called "Empress" and his father was called "Your Majesty".

When they talked to each other, they would occasionally mention words like "my Ming Dynasty".

"I was reincarnated as the child of a Ming Dynasty emperor?"

When Zhu Jianxuan realized this, he was extremely shocked.

Among all the ancient dynasties, Zhu Jianxuan had a relatively high favorable impression of the Ming Dynasty, and was even a little angry at it for not fighting back.

From a global perspective, the Ming Dynasty in the East and the Kingdom of Spain in the West completed their respective "Reconquistas" at almost the same time.

The Ming Dynasty, along with its two brothers, Spain and Portugal, began exploring the ocean at almost the same time.

The Ming Dynasty's control over the northern grasslands and northwestern frontier was limited, and could only be considered lower-middle among the great unified dynasties of history.

However, the Ming Dynasty's control over the Indochina Peninsula and the South Pacific Islands reached its historical peak during the Yongle period.

Not only is it unprecedented in history, it will also be unprecedented for the time being.

Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can even be regarded as the only emperor of maritime power in ancient Chinese history.

Throughout the Indochina Peninsula and the South Pacific Islands, the vast majority of indigenous regimes clearly and openly pledged allegiance to the Ming Emperor.

The entire sea area was also directly influenced and controlled by the Ming fleet.

The Ming fleet traveled between Southeast Asia, India, Persia, the east coast of Africa and other regions, and established many government factories, official islands and extraction offices along the coast of the Indian Ocean.

The Ming Dynasty had garrisons in these places, which could provide maintenance and supplies for the fleet and collect taxes from merchant ships traveling back and forth.

Officers of the Ming Navy could capture on the spot or even directly execute those indigenous chiefs who did not cooperate with the orders of the Ming court.

The king of Ceylon, which later became Sri Lanka, was dissatisfied with Zheng He's fleet and even wanted to hijack Zheng He, so he was captured and sent to the capital.

Emperor Yongle directly deposed the king and replaced him with someone else.

As long as the kings and chiefs of Southeast Asia could obtain official recognition from the Ming court and were given an empty official position, other countries around them would not dare to infringe upon them.

The enthronement edict and seal issued by the Ming Dynasty could provide a basis for the legitimacy of their rule and even ensure the peace of their country.

If a king rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty court did not directly send troops to punish him, it only needed to issue a public decree to reprimand him, and the king would likely be destroyed and annexed by surrounding countries.

In other words, the official attitude of the Ming Dynasty court could determine the survival of these small countries.

This kind of maritime authority is unique in the entire ancient history of the East.

But what is regrettable is that the Ming Dynasty's ability to control the ocean, after reaching its peak in just over a decade, quickly began to decline.

It may be that later emperors and ministers discovered that regardless of whether they took the initiative to go out to sea or not, overseas countries required them to trade.

Silk, porcelain, tea, ironware, books, copper coins, all the hard currency in the world is in your hands.

Just like modern high-tech products, cutting-edge weapons and equipment, culture and luxury goods, resources and international currency are all unilaterally monopolized by themselves.

Within tens of thousands of miles around him, there is no country with a high enough level of civilization to treat each other equally.

Then why should I spend the money and take the risk to go out and explore?
All we need to do is let these foreign tribes come to us to pay tribute and trade.

The two contemporary brothers of Spain and Portugal encountered much more difficulties when they began to explore the ocean than the Ming Dynasty.

But they persisted, continued their ocean exploration and colonial activities, and eventually took control of most of America.

During the same period, the Ming Dynasty voluntarily gave up the exploration and control of the ocean.

Another serious consequence that was indirectly caused by this was that the Ming Dynasty lost its ability to control the Jiaozhi region.

The opportunity to reintegrate Jiaozhi into the core area of ​​civilization was missed.

Because from the perspective of the ocean, the long and narrow Jiaozhi area does not have much depth, and the maritime fleet and supplies can reach most parts of Jiaozhi directly.

The Yongle Emperor was able to conquer Jiaozhi and maintain control over it, and to suppress local rebellions, thanks to naval power. Several key victories in the middle and late stages of the war were achieved with the support of the fleet.

But from the perspective of land, the land of Jiaozhi is not only on the opposite side of the Shiwan Mountains, but also stretches for thousands of miles away.

This humid and malaria-filled road would scare away all ground logistics personnel.

Without support from the sea, not only was it difficult to maintain supplies at the front, but the deterrent effect on the local forces in Jiaozhi was also greatly reduced.

So giving up the ocean at that time was equivalent to giving up Jiaozhi.

As Zhu Jianxuan's thoughts became more profound, the shock caused by his time travel and rebirth gradually subsided.

Expectations for one's own identity and future also grew rapidly.

The two members of the Ming Dynasty royal family that Zhu Jianxuan most wanted to be reincarnated as were Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying, who died young.

Then there was Zhu Di’s eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji, who later became Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty.

What I want to do most is to lead the Ming Dynasty into the Age of Discovery.

Cut off the Spanish and Portuguese Hu.

However, when Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Zhanji were born, they were both grandsons of the emperor, so it seemed that his father in this life is already the emperor now.

So it is impossible for me to travel through time and space and become either of them.

Zhu Jianxuan had to look for more information and speculate on the true identity of his father in this life.

Then rely on your father's identity to analyze your own identity.

Zhu Jianxuan thought he was quite familiar with the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and thought this matter should not be too difficult.

As a result, Zhu Jianxuan still hadn't figured out the reason until he was officially born.

After learning his name, he was completely stunned.

"My name is Zhu Jianxuan?"

Are you from the Jian generation?

The Ming Dynasty emperors' generation names are as follows:
Gao Zhanqi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, Kind and Harmonious Brothers, Jian Jingdi Xianyou.

Emperor Chongzhen's name was Zhu Youjian, which means "You" in his generation name, and he was six generations away from himself.

So he is the sixth-generation grandson of Chongzhen?

However, in the original history that I remember, the throne of the Ming Dynasty ended with the passing of the generations.

Is this a time and space disorder?

Have you traveled to an ancient world that is completely unrecognizable?

From Chongzhen's You generation name to his own Jian generation name, the Ming Dynasty continued to be passed down for at least more than a hundred years, right?
In the original history that I remember, this should have been the late Qianlong period, and the United States might be about to become an independent country.

How did the Ming Dynasty in this world survive to this era?

Zhu Jianxuan had just been born and his mental strength was severely deficient, making it difficult for him to think deeply. He fell asleep while thinking.

When Zhu Jianxuan woke up again, it was already the next day.

Zhu Jianxuan slowly accepted the fact that he did not travel back to the Ming Dynasty in the original history.

Then I became even more curious about the reasons why the Ming Dynasty was able to prolong its life.

At the same time, Zhu Jianxuan also wanted to know what the situation was like in other parts of the world, and whether it was also completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jianxuan wanted to find someone to ask about the details and wanted to ask for history books to check directly.

But Zhu Jianxuan is just a baby after all.

Even if you want to behave differently from ordinary people, the baby's body makes it impossible to do so.

Babies are unable to control their hands and feet freely, cannot make clear sounds, and can only listen to people talking passively.

It is only seven days after birth that the baby can open his eyes and observe the surrounding environment.

Look for items that carry relevant information, such as unfolded world maps and history books.

But the mother and servants who took care of him would never take the initiative to talk to a baby like him about history and the world situation.

There should be no such thing as the latest world map in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, but there are some popular vernacular novels.

Zhu Jianxuan was very helpless and could only maintain a simple life of eating and sleeping.

Every day I look forward to it in my heart, hoping that my body will develop quickly and I can acquire basic mobility skills as soon as possible.

Then try to actively control your hands and feet every day, and try to actively control the sounds made by your throat every day.

At the same time, I am also slowly adjusting my mentality, adapting myself to the great changes of reincarnation, and accepting the reality that I have become a baby.

I also slowly accepted my parents in this life, and they are indeed my biological parents.

You should face them with the same attitude as you treat your parents throughout your life.

At the same time, no matter what the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is, he at least has the identity of a prince, and his basic social status is well guaranteed.

This is also what their identity brings them, and they will also treat themselves as their own children.

Zhu Jianxuan spent the first eight months of his life like this.

When ordinary babies could barely make simple sounds like babbling, babbling, Zhu Jianxuan was finally able to say the simplest words.

Zhu Jianxuan took some time to choose the timing.

Then start acting like a child genius in front of your parents.

(End of this chapter)