Perhaps for the people of the Ming Dynasty today, Zhu Ying is really very kind.

Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this.

In many memorials that Zhu Ying reviewed, the punishments imposed on officials or criminals in some cases were really very light compared to the current punishments in the Ming Dynasty.

Before this, Zhu Yuanzhang was also punished by his eldest grandson for the crime of exile.

As we all know, exile and death penalty are almost linked.

Nine out of ten people are exiled and die. This is a common fact.

Many people would rather be executed than be exiled.

Zhu Ying had previously proposed that for criminals sentenced to exile, restrictions on shackles and shackles should be lifted, and even that the yamen runners escorting the exiled criminals must protect the lives of the exiled criminals to the greatest extent possible.

This seems incredible to many people.

In fact, Zhu Ying’s idea is very simple.

The population of the Ming Dynasty is really too small now.

The population of more than 60 million is not even as large as the population of a province in later generations.

The population of the top five provinces in later generations, even Jiangsu Province, which ranks fifth, has exceeded 80 million.

Guangdong Province, which has the largest permanent population, has reached 110 million.

Compared with later generations, including the hidden population, the Ming Dynasty today is at most the size of Hunan Province.

In particular, those who can enjoy the crime of exile are generally the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and the lowest status is a scholar.

Ordinary people were rarely exiled and were basically executed directly to avoid wasting food and labor on the way.

But for Zhu Ying now, even if he is a criminal, he is still a scholar and he can be put to good use.

Besides, these days, there are many people who are exiled unjustly.

It can be said that some of them were directly framed because they offended others.

In the Kunning Hall of the Ming Imperial Palace.

Zhu Ying is beginning to plan for the imperial examination.

If you want to take the path of industrialization, it is not something that can be accomplished with just a single sentence; it requires a large reserve of talent.

Nowadays, talented people who pass the imperial examinations or students who study are all learning Confucianism and cannot directly engage in practical applied knowledge.

Especially the Agricultural School, even if it is launched in the Ming Dynasty, there are only two or three cats of different sizes in it besides Zhu Su.

Looking at the development of agricultural technology throughout the ages, from the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty today, the speed can be said to be very slow.

Occasionally, a few geniuses would appear, and the level of agricultural technology would be rapidly raised.

What Zhu Ying needs to do now is to quickly improve Ming Dynasty’s agricultural technology.

You should know that from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, especially the late Ming Dynasty, which was the peak of the Little Ice Age.

In this regard, Zhu Ying must be adequately prepared.

With Zhu Ying's Ming Dynasty, how could its reign last only less than three hundred years?

Zhu Ying is on this side of the main hall, at the back hall.

Zhu Mingyue and Zhu Yunhuan were chatting.

"Brother, do you think that big brother has been too busy recently and has forgotten about us?"

Zhu Mingyue sat on the swing, swinging boredly, and then asked Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan was currently carving wood with a carving knife.

He has always been fond of wood carving.

Some time ago, with the permission of his elder brother, he stayed in the Gunpowder Department for quite some time, learning from the carpenter every day.

Thinking back to that period of time, Zhu Yunhuan felt very happy. It was the first time that he did what he liked without worrying about being blamed.

What he was carving now was the trigger device related to the matchlock gun.

"Sister, why do you say that? My eldest brother has to go to the morning court now, and he has so many things to deal with, so he is naturally very busy."

"Just like my father back then, you can see that every night, the lights in my brother's bedroom are never turned off before dawn."

"Before dawn in the morning, candles were already lit in my eldest brother's study."

“Of course it’s very busy.”

Zhu Yunhuan replied casually.

"But, my eldest brother had promised to help me find a marriage partner. On that day, it was the Qiqiao Festival, and he said he would take me out with him. But in the afternoon, my eldest brother went directly to Henan."

"Of course, that was about the plague, which is naturally much more important than my business. But my brother has been back for more than a month now, and he has never mentioned it again."

"Although no one from my aunt's place has mentioned this matter anymore, I can't just sit there and wait forever."

Zhu Mingyue said somewhat helplessly.

Because of her eldest brother, naturally, Mrs. Lu could no longer be the one to arrange Zhu Mingyue's marriage, so this matter fell on Zhu Ying.

The eldest brother is like a father. Until Zhu Ying speaks up, no one dares to mention Zhu Mingyue’s marriage.

As a woman, how could Zhu Mingyue not care about such an important event in her life as getting married?

So now I am a little anxious.

Hearing his sister's words, Zhu Yunxun smiled and said, "It's not good that no one cares. Could it be that you, sister, are thinking about love?"

"You are so good, Yunxun, you actually dare to laugh at me, I will beat you up."

When Zhu Mingyue heard her brother teasing her, she got off the swing, broke off a willow branch, and started to chase after Zhu Yunhuan.

Seeing his sister chasing after him, Zhu Yunhuan smiled even more happily, then stood up and ran.

The two kids started playing around in the yard.

"What are you playing? You're having so much fun."

Suddenly Zhu Ying's voice rang out in the yard.

"Brother."

"Brother."

Seeing the eldest brother appear, the two of them stopped hurriedly, especially Zhu Mingyue, who was even more frightened.

As a woman, this kind of chasing was considered disrespectful to etiquette, and her face turned pale.

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "What are you doing? We are all family, there is no need to be so polite."

Zhu Yunhuan was so bold when he heard this that he said, "Brother, you don't know why my sister chased me and beat me. She is having sexual thoughts."

"How dare you say that!" Zhu Mingyue got furious all of a sudden, and even Zhu Ying couldn't help it in front of her, with her cheeks flushed.

"oh!"

Zhu Ying then remembered that there seemed to be something that he had indeed stood up his sister.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhu Ying said, "Regarding Mingyue's matter, it is true that I, as the elder brother, neglected it, but it is still not too late to make amends now."

"Guo Zhong."

"The servant is here."

"Pass on my order to summon Geng Xuan, the eldest son of Marquis Changxing, to come to the palace to see me immediately."

"I obey your command."

After receiving the order, Guo Zhong immediately went down to pass on the message.

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "How is it, Mingyue is satisfied now, I will bring him to Kunning Palace later, so that our Mingyue can have a good look at what he looks like."

"If you can satisfy Mingyue, you will be my future husband."

Facing the man who might be her future husband, who she was about to meet, Zhu Mingyue blushed and lowered her head and whispered, "Everything is up to Big Brother."

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mingyue. Big Brother will never let you suffer any loss. If you don't like it, just say so. You are the eldest granddaughter of our Zhu family, so you must be satisfied."

After speaking to Zhu Mingyue, Zhu Ying turned his gaze to Zhu Yunhuan again.

Although Zhu Yunhuan was running out of breath, he still held the carving knife and wood tightly in his hands.

"This is the trigger of the musket."

Zhu Ying recognized it at a glance.

"Reporting to Big Brother, this is the trigger of the arquebus. Recently, the most discussed topic at the Gunpowder Department is the modification of the arquebus."

"I carved this trigger to see if there is anything that can be improved on it."

Zhu Yunhuan replied.

Zhu Ying nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Carpenters are very important not only in the field of matchlock guns, but also in agriculture, commerce, casting, water conservancy, etc."

Just now, when Zhu Ying was preparing to disseminate knowledge about various industries, he suddenly found that there was one thing missing, that is, textbooks.

The original idea was to go to the Hanlin Academy to prepare these textbooks.

Then I learned from Li Weiliang that Zhu Ying's idea was wrong, because no one in the Hanlin Academy knew about these aspects.

In the eyes of the scholars in the Hanlin Academy, all other things are inferior except reading.

This book does not refer to all books, but only refers to Confucianism.

Looking back over the nearly three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the most famous encyclopedia is "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature".

Therefore, Zhu Ying realized that if he wanted to truly build up a reserve of industrial talents, the first step he should take was to publish the book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" in advance.

The Exploitation of the Works of Nature was originally written by Song Yingxing, a famous scientist of the Ming Dynasty, during the tenth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.

The book covers agriculture and handicrafts, as well as production technologies such as machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, and oil pressing.

It is also the world's first comprehensive work on agricultural and handicraft production.

After this book was written, it spread to Japan, Central Asia, and Europe. Even in ancient times when information transmission was slow, it was a best-seller around the world.

However, the Qing Dynasty did not attach much importance to it. Such an important work was not even included in the catalogue of the Siku Quanshu, and was suppressed to a large extent.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying continued: "I plan to gather a group of knowledgeable people to compile a book about the current Ming Dynasty and all walks of life."

"Including the production method of snowflake salt, white sugar, winemaking, carpentry, blacksmithing, tailoring and all the knowledge related to people's livelihood are all included in it."

"I wonder if Yunxun is interested in this."

As the eldest brother, Zhu Ying is very caring towards his younger brother Yunxun.

Naturally, it is impossible for Zhu Ying to do this task personally, because there are too many aspects involved and it will take up a lot of energy.

Actually, this is not a particularly difficult thing to do. After all, it is about collecting, not inventing.

But once this is accomplished, it will surely be remembered for eternity.

As the saying goes, good things should be kept in the family. This time when Zhu Ying came to the back hall, he wanted his younger brother Zhu Yunhuan to take charge of the matter.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan immediately became excited.

Just a few simple words let Zhu Yunhuan know that this book was absolutely very important to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Yunhuan could not think of such a thing as leaving a good reputation for eternity.

For a teenager of his age, what he wants most is attention and recognition.

The eldest brother was able to entrust such an important matter to him, and it was obvious that in his heart, he thought he was still very capable.

This aspect alone made Zhu Yunhuan feel highly valued and he was extremely happy.

But he still asked with some concern: "Brother, I'm afraid I can't handle such an important matter."

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Of course I won't let you do it alone. This is not something that can be accomplished by just a few people. Big brother, I'll prepare at least dozens of people to help you."

"But let me make it clear to you first. It's easier said than done. This may seem simple, but there are many problems to be encountered when doing it."

"First of all, all the technologies involved need to be verified before they can be included in the book. This is unavoidable, and you need to travel around to various places."

"Don't be too happy yet."

Zhu Ying said helplessly.

In the words just now, just the mention of leaving the palace made Zhu Yunhuan's eyes light up.

For the princes and grandchildren who have lived in the palace since childhood, going out of the palace to play is their biggest hobby.

When Zhu Yunhuan heard what his elder brother said, it seemed that he could travel around the entire Ming Dynasty, and he was immediately excited.

"Maybe at the beginning, you will be very enthusiastic about this matter, but I have to tell you that this matter itself will encounter a lot of problems. It is not as easy as you think."

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just to understand and watch these processes with your own eyes, a simple attempt may take three to five years, not to mention that some aspects still require repeated testing to understand the principles behind them."

After hearing what his elder brother said and that he could go anywhere, Zhu Yunhuan, who had already been excited, no longer cared about so many things.

Naturally, he nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, big brother, I will definitely not let you down."

Having said this, Zhu Ying stopped preaching.

There are some things that you can only understand if you experience them yourself.

"Since you think it's a problem, then go ahead and do it. In the near future, these people will be assembled for you. You can go and get familiar with them first."

"Half a month later, after October 1st, you can set off again."

Zhu Ying arranged.

After all, October 1st is the day he is enthroned, and the creation of the encyclopedia will be the first order issued by the Eastern Palace after he accepts the enthronement.

Just when Zhu Ying was about to continue chatting with the two children.

Liu He, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch, hurried over.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered that Your Highness come to the Huagai Palace to discuss government affairs as soon as possible."

The word "speed" made Zhu Ying frown slightly.

Normally, when the old man asked me to pass, he never used the word "fast".

Then he asked, "Eunuch Liu, do you know what happened to Grandpa?"

Liu He did not hesitate and said frankly: "Listen, old slave, there is a rebellion in Shaanxi."

Zhu Ying was a little confused. During the Hongwu period, there were actually people who dared to rebel?