What returned to Jiangnan before Zhao Ming was the news that the Ming army pacified Dongshuo and forced Zhou to cede land and surrender, and joined the Ming Dynasty tribute system.

When the news came back, the first thing that was boiling was that there were students from the Nanjing Imperial Continental University and Naval University.

At any time, students and young people are the most passionate and radical group of people.

Of course, sometimes it is also the most willing to be a young man who is manipulated and exploited by others, so the court needs to guide him to avoid being used as a gun.

Over the years, Zhao Ming insisted that every year, he sent outstanding students to take merchant ships of the Ming Empire and warships to participate in overseas navigation, allowing students to enter the fleet and border army internships, allowing students to realize the vastness of the world, as well as the colonial expansion of various countries on sea and land, which inspires the expansion enthusiasm of young and strong people.

Then the thrillers and gentry people in Jiangnan were boiling, and their reasons for boiling were relatively affordable. The Ming Dynasty included Myanmar and India in the tribute system, and the two countries opened up the market to the Ming Dynasty. Jiangnan merchants could trade with nearly 100 million people, which would bring great benefits to Jiangnan.

This has brought new impetus to the originally contracting and stagnant Jiangnan economy, and major workshops generally have the need to resume work and expand production.

This brings another problem, which is that there is a shortage of workers, which has led to the demand for workshops and merchants to improve production technology, so that new technologies such as steam engines will enter their horizons. Zhao Ming is no longer the only one who spends money alone.

Therefore, the solution to the blockade of the Indian Ocean and the development of the Ming Dynasty immediately entered a new stage.

At the end of October, at Shanghai Wharf, when the Regent Zhao Ming's boat appeared, the huge formation on the riverside scared Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming arrived in Guangzhou in September. At this time, the northwest wind blew on the sea, which was not suitable for ships to sail towards Jiangnan. Zhao Ming then changed to a steam paddle ship returning from Dongzhou, took a steam ship, and returned to Nanjing.

When Zhao Ming arrived at Malacca, he learned that the steam ship had successfully arrived in Dongzhou across the Pacific Ocean and returned to Luzon. Then, when the ship was waiting for the wind in Malacca, he sent a fast horse to the Indochina Peninsula and returned to the Ming Dynasty, informing the government of Guangdong and Guangxi and Fujian that the steam paddle steamer returned to the Ming Dynasty and ordered the ship to wait in Guangzhou.

When Zhao Ming went to Nanyang and presided over the war against the Three Kingdoms Alliance, the steam paddle ship had just failed to test sail. When he came back, the ship had completed the trans-ocean voyage, which still made Zhao Ming very satisfied.

Of course, this transoceanic sailing is just a sailing and does not have commercial value.

Because the Ming Dynasty did not have enough supply points on the navigation line to supply coal and other materials, when the steamship tried to sail, it almost did not carry any cargo, and the cabin was full of coal and essential materials.

However, Zhao Ming was already very satisfied with the successful trial sail. After the Ming Dynasty, a military port and supply stronghold were established on the route, and the ship could add coal and materials on the road to realize the transportation value of steam ships.

Zhao Ming asked steamships to wait for him in Guangzhou to promote steamships, let him enter the vision of merchants and the people, and let merchants buy and use steamships. Only when there are enough steamships can the strongholds and supplies on the route be improved.

After boarding the ship from Guangzhou, Zhao Ming wrecked the ship along the coast. Although Zhao Ming may not go ashore for every time he passes a port, he has to dock for a period of time.

The governments and people at these ports will come to watch and welcome them, but the scale of the welcome is still much worse than that of Jiangnan.

Zhao Ming's ship did not dock in Shanghai, but the river was crowded with people in the south of the Yangtze River. Colorful flags were waving on both sides of the Yangtze River, and Zhao Ming's figure was welcomed to move his troops to the east. It stretched for more than a hundred miles and needed yamen runners and troops to maintain order.

At the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, steam ships slowly docked. Zhao Ming's return was warmly welcomed by various groups of scholars, farmers, industrial and commercial organizations in Nanjing.

On the dock, Chen Mingyu and other members of the cabinet looked at the slowly docking steamship and felt an indescribable feeling in their hearts.

"Did Mr. Chen feel like he has been in a change that has not been seen for thousands of years?" Du Yinxi's eyes were deep.

Chen Mingyu nodded, "We are indeed in a new era that our predecessors have never touched on. In the past, we worshipped the ancients and imitated the ancients, and often looked for solutions to deal with state affairs and problems from historical books and the classics of the sages. But from now on, we may have to explore and move forward by ourselves."

The two were feeling a little while, suddenly someone said, "The Regent is off the ship!"

The people on the pier and the shore cheered, and saw the Regent wearing a red dragon robe, a winged crown, and holding a few kilograms of jade belts around his waist with both hands, walking off the gangway.

Seeing this, a group of Nanjing officials hurriedly greeted him.

"I welcome the Regent!" Chen Mingyu and others led all the officials to salute.

"Welcome the Regent!" Tens of thousands of people, as well as the army and yamen runners who maintained order, also bowed and fell to a large area.

Zhao Ming waved his hand, walked off the steamboat, and laughed loudly: "All my dear friends and the people are equal. I am in Nanyang, and I am very concerned about everyone!"

"I am also concerned about the Regent every day, and I hope the Regent will return triumphantly as soon as possible." Chen Mingyu and others stood up and said with a smile.

Zhao Ming waved his hand, "You are doing a good job. Is it really not a big problem whether I am in Nanjing or not!"

Chen Mingyu and others were shocked when they heard this. Zhao Ming saw everyone’s misunderstanding and laughed, “I’m talking about my heart. The cabinet has done a good job in the past two years. The world’s affairs have been handled in an orderly manner, which has helped me a lot.”

This time, Zhao Mingyuan's expedition to Dongshu did not have to fight himself. The reason why he decided to go there was that in addition to fighting for twenty years and not fighting was that he wanted to see if the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty could operate better.

Through this expedition and delegating power to the cabinet, Zhao Ming discovered that the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty was indeed tested by perverted emperors such as Jiajing and Wanli, and was able to deal with most of the problems in the world.

In fact, any political system has its advantages and disadvantages. It is said that the emperor is not tyrannical, and Prussia also unified Germany and established a powerful German empire.

Now Zhao Ming’s view is that the Ming Dynasty’s political system does not require any major changes. It is completely sufficient. If the system is too advanced, without soil, and rashly implementing it will cause trouble.

The problem to be solved at the moment is that in the current political system, solving the people in power and maintaining wisdom and martial arts is one of the best figures of this period.

Everyone was startled by Zhao Ming's words, and Chen Mingyu wiped his sweat and said, "I still have many shortcomings, and I still need the teachings of the regent!"

"Yes! The Ming Dynasty needs the regent to take the helm, and the ministers and others also need the regent to point out the direction!" Many ministers quickly agreed.
Chapter completed!