"Your Majesty, the minister has also been in the position of the first assistant for a long time, and I plan to resign." Wang Yue said thoughtfully.

Who knew that he got a big white eye, Zhu Houxi was furious.

"What do you mean? Do you think I'm going to unload the mill and kill the donkey, or do you plan to retire? Zhu Houxi crossed his eyes and said: "Wang Yue, how many times have I told you, the two of us are closer than brothers, why do I dig out my heart and lungs, you always hide it, what do you mean?" ”

Wang Yue couldn't cry or laugh: "Your Majesty, don't be angry yet, I didn't plan to run, and I didn't want to learn from Fan Li, but the world pattern has reached this point, and the minister can't look at it anymore." ”

Zhu Houxi's brows furrowed, "You said it clearly. ”

Wang Yue bowed his head, he unfolded a world map, took a deep breath, and began to explain...... In fact, from the perspective of agricultural civilization, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are absolutely a blessing from heaven, and the whole world is unique.

If you don't believe it, compare it with other big rivers, the Amazon River in the tropics, the Congo River, which are not suitable for human habitation at all, and in the same way, there are some high-latitude rivers that were sent out first.

Among the great rivers that can give birth to agricultural civilization, the Nile is rich, but it is only a delta, and out of the delta, it is a desert.

Looking at the two river basins, the territory itself is narrow, and it is surrounded by deserts, there are many nomads, it belongs to the land of the four wars, there is no depth of maneuver at all, once the civilization is weakened, it is very easy to be conquered and annexed.

If the territory is vast enough and the location is good enough, then the Indus River and the Ganges River are large enough to be comparable to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. But there is also a fatal problem in this area, it is not the Khyber Pass that is talking about here, but the climate in India is too hot, coupled with high rain and heat at the same time, there is drought and waterlogging.

Don't look at the vast arable land in India, many times, it can only be cultivated for one season, and in the dry season, the sun is scorching, and the earth will really crack, and no crops can grow.

Therefore, in the history of India, there were many vassal states and could not form a unified country, and there were natural reasons. Can't be unified, in the face of the invasion of nomads, what else can be done except kneel? With such talent, there is really no need for a black family.

Having said so much, it boils down to one sentence, that is, in the agricultural era, only the Central Plains can produce savings and provide commodities!

Silk and tea from the East were first transported westward through the Silk Road, and later a large amount of porcelain was shipped overseas after the sea route was opened.

In this process, Arab merchants in the Middle East played the role of middlemen and second-hand dealers. They have cleverly controlled the prices of commodities so that the West continues to outflow money.

The output of the West is already small, and there is a need for gold and silver, so it will naturally be backward and poor, and it will not be able to form a unified regime, and for the same reason as India, there are not enough material conditions, and both places have been surrounded by vassals for a long time, and they are constantly fighting each other. It's not that they want to live like this, they're all forced.

Zhu Houxi looked down at the world map, listened to Wang Yue's talk, and nodded frequently, "That's right, these views can be written into the history textbook of the academy...... But what does that have to do with you going out? ”

"Your Majesty!" Wang Yue smiled bitterly: "This pattern lasted for a thousand years, which corresponds to the thousand years of dark Middle Ages that Xiyi said. They couldn't hold on, they had to break the predicament. ”

Zhu Houxi groaned: "I know this, didn't you say many times that they chose to sail and choose to find wealth from the sea, and this road just let them go through!" ”

Zhu Houxi hammered the table, although the Ming Dynasty has been catching up over the years, and there have been many advantages, but it is too late, if it hadn't stopped the West, how good it would be!

The more I think about it, the more angry I become, scholar Wu Guo!

"Your Majesty, Xiyi has reached a critical juncture of change. This is the reason why the minister continues to send people to the West, send books, and positively influence the West. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Houxi said: "You also said this, isn't someone in charge now?" Your apprentices have been sent out several, isn't that enough? ”

"Not enough!"

Wang Yue smiled bitterly: "If it's just Xiyi, it's enough, and there is such a big piece in the middle!" ”

Zhu Houxi was stunned, did Wang Yue's appetite be so big?

Why do you have to eat this piece even now?

"Tell me about it."

His Majesty the Emperor finally became interested, and Wang Yue first dropped his finger in the direction of India.

"Your Majesty, the news has just come that I have annexed Humayun, and Humayun's son, under the protection of some cronies, has fled to Persia."

"Persia?"

"Hmm!" Wang Yue said: "According to Zeng Miao's secret report, I am ready to gather a large army and attack Persia!" ”

"What?" Zhu Houxi was shocked, "He didn't even swallow Tianzhu, why did he attack Persia?" ”

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this matter is indeed something that the minister did not think of, but if you think about it again, it makes sense." I will continue to stay in Tianzhu, and within ten years, his soldiers and horses will be finished! ”

Zhu Houxi took a deep breath, this time he became serious, he really can't underestimate the heroes of the world, although I can't play Wang Yue, but he is also a character.

Tianzhu is an unlucky place, it won't take ten years, and my subordinates have become Kshatriyas, where do they still have the ability to fight?

Regardless of success or failure, I don't want to go on the expedition now, and I won't have a chance in the future.

"Wang Yue, what are the consequences of saying that I will attack Persia?"

Wang Yue said in a deep voice: "What the minister is more concerned about is here. Wang Yue's finger fell on the Ottoman Empire west of Persia.

"Your Majesty, Suleiman of the Ottoman is a hero, extraordinary, and he will not miss this opportunity."

"Will he send troops to Persia and loot while the fire is hot?" Zhu Houxi asked in surprise.

"He might attack here!"

Vienna!

Zhu Houxi looked at the map of the Eurasian continent and gradually fell into deep thought.

Altan and Persia are dead, and the Ottomans take the opportunity to go west, who is most beneficial to this?

"Is that the pirate leader? Zhu Houxi said quietly.

"Not necessarily." Wang Yue didn't know that Hawkins had set off a monstrous wave, but it did not prevent him from grasping the situation.

"Your Majesty, the Ottoman offensive is not a bad thing for Europe, if it goes well, it will just be able to unite the strength of Europe, especially the Habsburgs, who can continue to fight against the Ottomans, grasp the general trend of Europe, and even take the opportunity to remove the chess pieces we have laid."

"Hmm!" Zhu Houxi bowed his head deeply, "Indeed, they were originally scattered, and they had foreign enemies, but they helped them." So what do you want to do, or rather, what is best for us? ”

Wang Yue smiled and said: "Your Majesty, first of all, we must support Alta and let him fight, we must not be instigated, it is best for him to occupy Persia!" ”

Zhu Houxi laughed, "You are really a bad stomach, he went to Persia, Tianzhu is ours, you are once again treating me as a farmer, people work hard to plough the land, and you harvest the crops in the back." ”

Wang Yue didn't care, was it wrong?

"Next up is the Ottomans." Wang Yue smiled and said: "Your Majesty, we should also support Suleiman and let him storm Europe, the more fierce the better, it is best to conquer Vienna and continue to advance!" ”

Zhu Houxi groaned: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, right?" If the Ottomans become bigger, Europe can't resist it, won't it make us a fierce rival! ”

Wang Yue smiled, "Your Majesty, having said that, they have been fighting for hundreds or thousands of years, how can they swallow it so easily." And once the princes and nobles of Europe are gone, they will take the opportunity to encourage the European people to rise up and sweep away everything. ”

"In this process, they need a new ideological system, a new set of things, to mobilize the people and build the country."

Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to grab the topic, "Our Confucianism can take advantage of the situation to enter the West!" ”

"That's right." Wang Yue said with a smile: "Although it is possible to unify the West by doing this, after accepting Confucianism, it may not be so belligerent." And it takes time to do such a big job, more than ten years, decades, hundreds of years...... I'm afraid it may not be successful. ”

"As long as Europe is in a big war, our business opportunities will come...... The most important thing is that I will have the opportunity to immigrate on a large scale and completely control the Americas, and at that time, the whole world, seven or eight times out of ten, will fall into our hands. Even if Europe is unified, what does it matter? ”

After Wang Yue finished saying this, Zhu Houxi fell into a long silence. When he saw the map of the world, he once boasted that he wanted to dominate the world.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that it is not realistic at all. Do you keep sending troops out and fighting wars?

Not to mention whether you can win or not, how many people will die just for a long-distance march and a long-distance expedition? It was destined to be a dream.

But at this moment, Wang Yue came up with a whole set of strategies, which is very feasible!

"Wang Yue, Longzhong has set a three-point world, and your opinion encompasses the whole world! No one can do it but you, and it looks like I'm going to have to let you go to sea. ”

Wang Yue bowed his head, "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes flickered, as if he was planning something......