After sending someone to Shandong to clear the matter of the three large family fields and explain it, Zhu Yunwen's attention was about to be diverted from this, because Zheng He was back!

The Three Treasure Eunuchs, who had explored Southeast Asia and Zhu Yunwen's hopes of drawing charts, returned to Quanzhou Port in late April, just in time for the scholars from Fujian and Zhejiang to enter Beijing, and the place was in a mess and chaotic at that time, and the Three Treasures Eunuchs' return to Beijing was delayed, and it was not until May that they successfully entered Beijing.

And before the latter had time to rest, he was hurriedly summoned into the palace by Zhu Yunwen.

"Coming back?"

"I'm back."

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunwen looked at the black and thin guy in front of him, and sighed: "It's just half a year, and you have lost so much weight, it seems that you have suffered a lot during this time." ”

Zheng He was moved and prostrate on the ground: "It's all what slaves and maids should do, but let Your Majesty worry about it, slaves and maids should die." ”

"Hurry up, don't be so polite in my dormitory."

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen also gave tea and snacks, Zheng He was even more moved to tears several times, and he didn't dare to say again.

"I asked you to take this trip to see the overseas world and draw nautical charts, did you do it all?"

After a few words of greeting, Zhu Yunwen brought the topic to the right thing, what Southeast Asia in this time and space is like, he didn't count it in his heart.

"Slaves and maids are ready."

Zheng He replied and took out a roll of drawings that he had brought with him: "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

As he spoke, Zheng He summoned another eunuch to help, and the two of them completely unfolded the drawing, which was nearly a zhang long.

Zhu Yunwen walked down the imperial steps and approached this chart, and the densely drawn section maps and words on it dazzled him for a while, so he smiled bitterly: "Let's introduce it." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand and summoned another eunuch, took over the work in Zheng He's hands, and pulled Zheng He to the sea chart so that the latter could give instructions.

"The slave maid went to sea at the end of the third year of Jianwen, and traveled all the way south, passing through Luzon, Java, Manraka, Buzhawa, Sumatra, Brunei, Old Port, Pengjia, Xintuo, Pengfeng, Teng Nong, Lingasga, Kelantan, Floan, Riroting, Qianmai, Bahu, Danmaling, Garohi, Balinfeng, Xintuo, Jiang, Lan Wuli and other countries."

The series of country names in Zheng He's mouth made Zhu Yunwen only feel confused: "In this palm-sized place, so many countries? ”

"Yes."

Zheng He also smiled bitterly, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed anything.

And his voyage did not go west through the Strait of Malacca to Sri Lanka and Guri in South India as in history, let alone enter the Arabian Sea, he only went to Southeast Asia, that is, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places to go around, otherwise it would not have taken seven months.

However, in just one circle, more than 20 countries have been wandered, which is really incredible.

"Some of these countries are indigenous countries, and many of them were established by our Ming Han people."

Zheng He explained from country to country, "The reason why the slaves and maids were able to draw charts and communicate so smoothly this time was because of the help of these overseas Han people. ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the number of these Han people who fled in the South China Sea was still extremely large, not even less than the local aborigines, including the original dialect of the language used, which can only be said to be the culture of these countries with the passage of time, as well as John Bull's global colonization, and the culture of these countries has become British culture.

"And in this place, it is a country with the largest number of Han Chinese in us."

Zheng He's finger pointed at the name of the old port: "This old port, also known as Palembang, was the country of the Three Buddhas earlier, and was later destroyed by Java, and placed in Palembang, and the biggest force here is the pirates and local troops under the command of Liang Daoming and Chen Zuyi. ”

The names of these two people are authentic compatriots at first hearing.

Zhu Yunwen bowed slightly: "Is the general situation of these countries clear?" ”

Zheng He shook his head slightly: "The slave maid has a shorter time this time, and I haven't had time to inquire in detail, and there are too many of these small countries, and none of them are unified, so it is inevitable that there will be some chaos." ”

In the archipelago area, because of the geographical factors, the transportation depends on crossing the sea, and in this era, these small indigenous countries cannot achieve military unification at all, and they are naturally scattered like a plate of scattered sand.

There is not even a centralized state subject, and there is no way to expect a roughly definite number of people.

Looking at the nautical chart in front of him, Zhu Yunwen fell into silence.

Southeast Asia is bound to become the backyard of the Ming Dynasty, he wants to follow John Bull's colonial policy, start invading these natives hundreds of years in advance, and then swallow this place completely, even if he can't accept the declaration of the political envoy, then at least it must be incorporated into the imperial system of the Ming Dynasty, and finally these countries will be fully sinicized.

"Print a few more copies of this chart."

After having an idea in his heart, Zhu Yunwen explained.

After receiving the order left and right, someone will hurry up to implement this errand, and Zhu Yunwen beckoned Zheng He to sit down.

"What have you seen and heard, tell me about it?"

Hearing Zhu Yunwen's question, Zheng He organized a language report. He seems to have a natural sense of closeness to maritime affairs, and this chat immediately began to gush, and his own eyebrows danced, and Zhu Yunwen was also surprised to hear it.

"The ancients read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, I am honest and I don't deceive."

Zhu Yunwen sighed with emotion: "If it weren't for you going to the sea this time, I'm afraid everyone in the world would still think that between this heaven and earth, there is only one country, my Ming Dynasty and the surrounding barbarian states." ”

What the world is like, Zhu Yunwen naturally knows, but even if he knows, he won't say it.

His identity is to guide, not to go out like a tour guide in person, which is too low.

It's like Zhu Yunwen never takes the initiative to come up with some whimsical ideas for the craftsmen under him to invent and create, he is a dignified emperor, where does he have time to drill into the science and technology tree all day long, the only thing he can do is to encourage those people to open their minds, and then he provides financial support.

Zhu Yunwen has always believed that the Chinese nation is a smart, industrious and creative nation, the four great inventions are enough to explain everything, and the Confucian cage that restricts national thinking has been gradually destroyed and destroyed by him.

Zheng He agreed, and he did open his eyes.

"Your Majesty, these days in the south, the change in climate is the deepest change felt by the slave maid, I think that when the slave and maid were still in Beiping with King Yan on the border, March was still extremely cold, but this time to the south, the same March minister was stuffy and wanted to burn himself."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yunwen's eyebrows jumped: "You don't say that I haven't noticed, why is it cooler in the north than in the south?" ”

asked on his lips, but in his heart he was expecting Zheng He to discover geography, but Zhu Yunwen was a little disappointed, Zheng He didn't seem to have understood this question yet.

It's as if no one in the world today would believe that they live on a ball.

"The climate is different, and the living habits and food customs are different."

Jumping over from the question of geography, Zheng He continued to tell what he had seen and heard along the way, but a spark suddenly flashed in Zhu Yunwen's mind.

"Do you have sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes in these places you go to?"

Zhu Yunwen vaguely remembered that it seemed that in the late Ming Dynasty, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things were introduced from Southeast Asia to Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal provinces, and then began to gradually spread throughout the country, but unfortunately before they had time to promote planting in a large area, the Ming Dynasty died in the country.

If it lasts for a few more years, Daming may be able to rely on these high-yield crops for many years.

"Sweet potato? Sweet potato? ”

Zheng He was confused when he heard this, and Zhu Yunwen introduced him to the appearance characteristics of these two crops, and the latter frowned and shook his head after thinking for a long time.

"Back to Your Majesty, no."

No?

This time it made Zhu Yunwen stunned, impossible.

He remembered that these things were obviously the Ming Dynasty that came from Southeast Asia, how could there be none?

I almost forgot that the origin of these two things is the Americas.

Zhu Yunwen slapped his forehead.

The Age of Discovery had not yet begun, Columbus had not yet been born, and no one had put forward the heliocentric theory, and without the heliocentric theory, Columbus would not have believed that he could reach Japan and China in the East by traveling westward in order to prove that the earth was a sphere, and he would not have discovered the New World of America, and naturally it would have been impossible to bring these two things out.

Copernicus and Columbus will give this credit to Zheng He.

Cultivating Zheng He as an astronomer and geographer is also very touching to think about, isn't it?

"I remember the last time you said that when you were clearing the pirates, you met a group of Hongmaoyi who came to us by relying on the Arabian cannibals, and the next time you go to sea, go to the Arab tribes."

Zhu Yunwen plans to adjust Zheng He's life trajectory.

"In the past two years, the Fujian and Zhejiang Naval Division has been expanding, I will add you the title of Governor of Jinghai, and you can choose the ships and soldiers who go to sea by yourself, and I will give a word to the General Staff to provide full supply and support when the ships and armor are needed."

As a eunuch, he Zheng He can be regarded as a historical precedent.

This made Zheng He busy and excitedly prostrate and thankful.

After sending Zheng He away, Zhu Yunwen closed his eyes for a moment and said, "Summoning Xue Ke and Zhu Mengjiong into the palace." ”

Xue Ke, Marquis of Yongcheng, and Zhu Mengjiong, the son of the King of Chu, were stunned for a moment when the two principal and deputy generals who recovered Taiwan and Ryukyu received the summons.

The former was the general of the Sailor, and the emperor summoned him to do nothing but fight. The latter is just an idle clan relative in this Nanjing city at the moment, what is he calling him to do?

"I'm going to let you two take the sailor south on a trip to overseas countries."

Zhu Yunwen's first sentence made the two stunned.

"Previously, Zheng He went south to the islands to bring me back a chart, and I have already ordered someone to rub it, so when the time comes, you can take a copy with you and visit me one by one according to this chart."

Trade with Southeast Asia must be carried out, but before proceeding, Zhu Yunwen felt that he should show his muscles first.

If you don't convince them, how will the price of this trade be determined?

Xue Ke didn't worry much about this, he wouldn't think about it so much, he only knew that he would beat whoever the emperor asked him to beat.

As a general, he only thinks about how to win the battle, and other things are not his responsibility.

"After you go, don't fight and kill as soon as you come up, I want to trade with them, not to play with my life."

There are dozens of countries in Southeast Asia, even if they are not as large as the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunwen doesn't want to fight all day long. So looking at Zhu Mengjiong, it is appropriate to teach face-to-face.

"Many of those countries were founded by our Han people, and there are many of them Han forces, so you have to try to win over these forces first."

The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

Since everyone is of Han descent, it should naturally be a family, a force that can be united.

It's just that the basis of this unity must be the Ming Dynasty.

"I let the two of you come is a piece of literature and martial arts, let Xue Ke do the war, and your duty is to divide them."

What should I do when I show off my muscles?

Of course, it is to find a way to convince these small indigenous nations of allegiance.

As long as the Ming Dynasty goes with the attitude of destroying the country, these small countries will unite and resist together, which will make Zhu Yunwen's shipping plan be blocked.

So after intimidation, it is divided and co-opted.

"I want to cultivate the pro-Ming faction, reward the natives who are willing to be my Ming vassals, and at the same time help them conquer and solve those die-hards, and the benefits obtained may as well be given to them first, and I have my own way to take back the principal with interest in the future."

Although Zhu Mengjiong was immature, he still nodded again and again, and took the small notebook and memorized it word by word.

The essence of colonial policy lies in the flattery of the ruled class and thus the qualification to become the ruling class among the ruled classes.

Zhu Yunwen remembers reading an article written by a pastor named Martin Nimuller.

"In Germany, at first they went after the proletarians, and I did not speak, because I was not a proletarian; Then they hunted down the Jews, and I didn't speak, because I wasn't a Jew; Later they hunted down the unionists, and I didn't speak because I wasn't a unionist; After this they hunted down the Catholics, and I did not speak, because I was a Protestant; Finally they came to me, and no one stood up to speak for me. ”

That's the power of cannibalization!

"What they lack, what they need, can be given to them, but for those countries that want to maintain their autonomy, find the careerists who want to be kings from the aristocracy of their country, and support them to rebel and become kings."

Zhu Yunjiong said, Zhu Mengjiong remembered.

But the sweat on his cheeks gradually increased.

The emperor's methods of explanation have no precedent at all in the thousands of years of history he has seen.

"As for the hard-standing kingdoms, they are to contact the enemies of their kingdoms, and to unite with them to destroy them, and promise to give them half of the gains of war."

Of course, these profits will be divided only after deducting the expenses of Daming itself.

The emperor's heart is really black.