My Daming New Empire

However, he did not stop, but led the fleet to continue south.

Not long after sailing, the fleet discovered a continent covered with ice and snow. Only a few scientific expedition personnel landed on this cold continent, and the fleet continued to sail around this continent.

In May of 85, the fleet completed this difficult voyage, and then sent back a telegram announcing that Ming had discovered another continent with an area of ​​500 million square kilometers.

It's just that this continent is not suitable for living because of the cold climate.

The news spread all over the world, and the whole Ming Dynasty cheered for it. Zhu Houzhao in Yingtian Mansion officially announced that this snow-covered continent was named Gaozu Island without consulting Zhu Zhanji.

Because it is not suitable for living, there will be no immigration here, only for research and application.It is listed as a restricted area of ​​Ming Dynasty, and no one is strictly allowed to land.

Daming specially set up two fleets for this purpose, one stationed at Prince Xuan's Mansion and one stationed at North and South Islands to protect this ice and snow continent.

The discovery of Gaozu Island means that the last piece of land in the world has also become the land of Daming. At this time, Zhu Zhanji already feels satisfied.

In July 85, the fleet arrived at the North and South Islands (New Zealand).

It is also known as Yazhou Prefecture, and it is the fiefdom of King Ya, the seventh son of Zhu Zhanji.

After Zhu Zhanji arrived here, he rested in this beautiful place for two months before leaving for Lanfei Island.

In the 60th year of orthodoxy, the 82-year-old Concubine Lan went west by crane. Because of her last wish, she was buried on this small island named after her.

Lanfei Island is the French Polynesia of later generations, and is also called Tahiti by the Chinese.

In many travel magazines, Bora Bora here has been selected as the most beautiful island in the world.

The tomb of Concubine Lan was built on the island of Bora Bora.

Here, Zhu Zhanji completely put aside world affairs and lived for two full years.

Zhu Zhanji, who is already 110 and four years old, has completely become an old man. He will fall asleep unconsciously many times. Now when he travels, he no longer insists on walking by himself, but sits in a wheelchair.

It was not until September of 89 that the court set out to return to Daming under the urging of one telegram after another from the imperial court.

Zhu Houzhao, who has been on the throne for 13 years, is worried about his health, for fear that if he dies outside, his reputation will be damaged.

But Zhu Zhanji is still very clear that he can last a few more years.

In November 89, Zhu Zhanji returned to Daming, where he had been away for more than nine years, and encountered a big dispute in Shinrikyo right after he came back.

The first Pope of Truth was Lan Yan, the second was Madi, and the third was Ma Dian. They were all highly respected and took office without any objection.

However, Ma Dian passed away this summer. For the position of the pope, the various parties of Shinrikyo have different opinions. There has been a stalemate for four months, and a new pope has still not been elected.

Knowing the importance of Shinrikyo, currently Shinrikyo is full of conflicts because of the choice of the pope, Zhu Houzhao dare not suppress one side at will and appoint a new pope.

It was also for this reason that he urged Zhu Zhanji to come back and solve this problem.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is only one Zhu Zhanji who can solve this big contradiction with one sentence.

At present, the contradictions of Shinrikyo mainly focus on two candidates, one is Wang Wensu, a native mathematician of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Leonardo Da Vinci, a foreign truth scientist who was famous in Ming Dynasty.

Wang Wensu is just 40 years old this year. In terms of age, he belongs to the younger generation in Shinrikyo, but he dabbles in the history of books and knows everything.

In particular, he is good at algorithms, and his mathematical theory has played a fundamental role in various aspects such as physics and chemistry.

The reason why the Truth Cult launched him is also to snipe Da Vinci who is too famous, because he is not an opponent of Da Vinci at all.

Leonardo da Vinci is 51 years old this year. He became famous at the age of 16. Once his painting "The Centennial Celebration of the Ming Dynasty" came out, it shocked the world.

Moreover, his oil paintings tend to be realistic, and are even better than Zhang Zeduan in terms of artistic influence.

This work was soon picked up by Zhu Zhanji, and it was collected as a contemporary treasure of the Daming Museum.

Afterwards, Da Vinci successively created such works as "The Blue Royal Concubine", "My Mother—Princess Yongheng's Garden Tour", "Emperor of the World" and so on.

However, after da Vinci spent six years obtaining degrees in six subjects from the Institute of Technology, he stopped painting and entered the Academy of Mechanical Engineering as a researcher.

In the 55th year of Zhengtong, regardless of other people's objections, Yongheng married his second daughter, Princess Yongqing, to 24-year-old Da Vinci. This was the first time a member of the Ming royal family married a foreigner.

But Yongqing is much happier than most princesses, because Da Vinci is not an ordinary person.

In the past 30 years, he has made countless research and inventions. He is currently the scholar with the most patents in Ming Dynasty, and he is also one of the richest scholars.

For example, he developed a new generation of heavy-duty aircraft engines, which directly increased the load capacity of the aircraft from less than ten tons to more than fifty tons.

There is also a new type of electronic telescope, which for the first time guides the eyes of scholars beyond the solar system to the Milky Way.

These are just two of his many contributions, and it can be seen that he has made great contributions to Daming.

Although his contribution is huge, although he is also a member of the royal family, the position of the Pope of Truth can be said to be the most powerful position in the entire Ming Dynasty. Zong.

In terms of achievements, he far exceeds others, but the key is that his status is a bit embarrassing.

Although his supporters are not as numerous as the opponent's forces, they are all elites in the industry, so they must not be treated lightly.

On the other hand, the large number of people represents the conservative forces in the academic circles of the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot be offended.

However, after Zhu Zhanji returned to Yingtian Mansion, he just said a word at the Shinrikyo Congress, which changed most people's minds, and Da Vinci became the fourth Pope of Daming Shinrikyo.

"In front of the truth, everyone is equal. The position of Shinrikyo has never been determined by seniority or age, but by contribution to society."

This sentence has also become the personnel selection criteria for Shinrikyo.Because any other position may be controversial, but if it is selected from the perspective of social contribution, there will be an obvious quantitative standard.

Daming was flourishing in all aspects, and Zhu Houzhao was qualified as an emperor. Even after Zhu Zhanji returned to Daming, he lived in seclusion in the palace and seldom asked about world affairs.

But everyone has not forgotten Zhu Zhanji, as long as he is there, it seems that everyone has a backbone.

However, in the winter of the orthodox 90th year, one year after returning to Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji finally died of no illness because of his old age.

He is 110 years old all the year round, not only the longest living emperor in all dynasties, but also the emperor with the longest reign and the longest reign.

Chapter 52 Postscript 2 and New Book

Losing consciousness all over his body, his soul seemed to have nowhere to go, and Zhu Zhanji, who could no longer move, thought to himself: Is this the feeling of death?

There is no joy in life, no fear in death.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji was neither happy nor sad, just like an outsider.

But slowly, he felt something was wrong.

Because his consciousness began to gradually recover, his body seemed to be full of strength again, just like when he was in his prime.

Then, slowly returning to his place, he regained control of his body.

There was a bright light in front of his eyes, which was a little dazzling.