In the warm pavilion, Li Jie, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Yunxi all stood silently aside, while Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the bookcase and fell into contemplation.

Any policy has a delay and inertia, and the same is true for the sea ban, originally Zhu Yuanzhang did not plan to ban the sea, but it was the appearance of the Japanese that led to the sea ban, that is to say, when the sea ban policy appeared, the Japanese had already caused huge losses.

Although the policy of banning the sea may have some effect in the short term, over time, it will harm the interests of the coastal people, and even some people will simply join the Japanese bandits, resulting in an increasing number of Japanese bandits.

However, here we have to mention the inertia of the sea ban, because the Ming Dynasty has implemented the sea ban policy from the beginning, once this policy is set, it will be difficult for the people behind to change, even if the later people see the harm of the sea ban, but they are powerless to change, because this policy has been formed, and even involves the interests of many people, and if you want to abolish this policy, you will encounter endless resistance.

It is also under this inertia that the policy of the sea ban runs through almost the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, although there is occasionally a "Longqing switch" in the middle of the sea opening policy, but it is only a small crack in the sea ban, and it does not shake the root of the sea ban, in this huge inertia, even if it is the emperor of later generations, it is difficult to abolish a policy that has long been tied to countless people.

Li Jie knew the above, so when Tang He wanted to strengthen the sea ban, he would do everything to stop the other party, and even did not hesitate to fall out with the other party, because every time the sea ban was strengthened, it would increase its inertia by one point, and finally the interests of countless people would roll down, and no one would be able to stop it at that time.

Fortunately, the sea ban has not been implemented for too long, and it has not had time to bind the interests of too many people, and Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive, so if he wants to change this policy, it will be much easier than the emperors of later generations.

Li Jie contacted those wealthy businessmen, firstly, to raise military funds for Zhang Dingbian and them, and secondly, to take the opportunity to break the sea ban, even if it could not be completely abolished, he would tear a hole in the sea ban!

I saw Zhu Yuanzhang pondering for a while, and then finally raised his head to look at Li Jie, then looked him up and down a few times, and suddenly said, "You seem to hate the sea ban?" ”

"Yes, the minister really hates the sea ban!" Li Jie didn't hide it at all, and immediately said very frankly, he almost fell out with Tang He because of the sea ban before, and now he is trying his best to tear open the sea ban, these must not be hidden from Lao Zhu, rather than denying it, it is better to admit it directly.

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked step by step, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the sea ban, even if the Japanese were gone, but the sea ban could still enhance the vigilance along the coast of Daming, so as to guard against other dangers.

Li Jie hesitated for a moment at this time, and then suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, can you bring the globe presented by the minister?" ”

Last time, Li Jie presented a globe, and he wanted to tell Lao Zhu about the form of today's world, but because of the argument with Yuan Jianzheng, the later hot air balloon flew into the sky, and Li Jie didn't have time to explain it at all. And Lao Zhu didn't mention the globe again after accepting it, as if in his opinion, the globe was a novel plaything, and he didn't take it to heart.

"Globe?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this name, he remembered what Li Jie had given him before, and immediately instructed the eunuch beside him, "Go and get the globe!" ”

The eunuch agreed and rushed away, and after a while, the globe was placed on the table in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Jie stepped forward to take a closer look, and found that although the globe had been wiped before coming, some corners were still dusty, and it was obvious that Lao Zhu put it away after accepting it.

Such an important thing, Lao Zhu threw it aside to eat ashes, and Li Jie couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

In fact, Lao Zhu's thoughts can also be understood, for Lao Zhu, he has defeated Meng Yuan, recovered the homeland of China, and even the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which had been lost for hundreds of years, have been recovered by him.

It's just that at this time, the land of China has been devastated, all industries have withered, and the people are not living, Lao Zhu put all his energy on governing the country, and even endured the provocation of the previous Wa State, if it was not for the covetousness of the silver mines of the Wa State, I am afraid that he would not be willing to waste his energy on the Wa State at all.

Lao Zhu's idea is not wrong, but the situation in this world has entered a period of rapid change, if you just bury your head in the car, sooner or later you will be abandoned by this world, fortunately Li Jie is here, and what he has to do now is to open the eyes of Lao Zhu's father and son, let them know how big this world is!

I saw Li Jie walk to the globe at this time, and then stretched out his hand to touch the land and sea on the surface, and then suddenly raised his head and asked a very surprising question: "Your Majesty, in your opinion, have the Mongols really been defeated?" ”

"Nonsense, Meng Yuan's Tianyuan Emperor is dead, his son is either captured or killed, Meng Yuan has no more emperor, what is this not a failure?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned when he heard this, Lan Yu defeated the Yuan army in the fishing sea, capturing more than 80,000 people, and although Emperor Tianyuan, the last emperor of Mengyuan at that time, escaped, he was soon killed by his subordinates, which also marked the complete destruction of Mengyuan.

"Nope! Your Majesty, you only defeated the Great Yuan, not the Mongols! Li Jie shook his head firmly and said.

"It's nonsense, aren't the Mongols the Great Yuan?" Zhu Yuanzhang also slapped the table angrily when he heard this, after all, expelling Meng Yuan was the most proud achievement in his life, but now he was denied by Li Jie, and if he was another person, I am afraid that he would have been cut by him a long time ago.

"Your Majesty, do you know how vast the territory occupied by the Mongols when they expanded outward?" Li Jie was not afraid at all, but asked again.

"Hmph, just a bunch of Mengyuan Tartars, it's a fluke to conquer the Central Plains, can they still fight to the edge of the sky?" Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully when he heard this, after all, in the hearts of Chinese people, the concept of the world refers to the entire land of China, and as for the places outside the land of China, they are not worthy of their concern at all.

"Your Majesty is right, these Mongols have really hit the edge of the sky!" Li Jie was solemn, and then stretched out his hand to the grassland where the Mongols originated, "The Mongols started from here, first destroyed Western Liao, then destroyed Western Xia, and then destroyed Goryeo and Jin, and then organized several expeditions to the west, and the prosperity of the army was unstoppable......"

Li Jie told the process of the rise of the Mongols, and his fingers began to move along the route of the Mongol conquest, one by one ancient countries and cities were conquered by the Mongols, Central Asia, West Asia, Europe, etc. were all included in the scope of the Mongol Empire, and finally even the Southern Song Dynasty in a corner of the country was conquered by the Mongols, and the entire Mongol Empire formed a huge empire across the Eurasian continent.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite disdainful at first, but as the territory of the Mongol Empire became larger and larger, his face became ugly, and when the final Mongol Empire took shape, he found that the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty was less than one-third of the total territory of the Mongol Empire, in other words, even if he destroyed the Mongol Yuan, he only defeated one-third of the Mongols.

In fact, Li Jie also took a trick, the Mongol Empire is just a conceptual empire, itself is composed of several khanates, and these khanates soon fell into division and annexation, especially after the destruction of the Mongol Yuan, now only the Timurid Empire in Central Asia can maintain the glory of the Mongols, as for the other small khanates, there is no need to worry.

I saw Zhu Yuanzhang's ugly face pondering for a while, and finally he spoke: "What are you trying to tell me about this?" ”

"The minister just wants to tell Your Majesty that this world is vast, although the Ming Dynasty is powerful, it is not invincible, even with the Mongols' soldiers, it only occupies a small part of the world, far from conquering the whole world!" Li Jie said solemnly again.

"Then you mean to let me conquer the whole world?" Zhu Yuanzhang also pouted in the end, although he was confident, he was not arrogant, especially after seeing the vastness of this world, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, unless he could live for another five hundred years, it would be impossible to conquer the whole world.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood, judging from the current situation, it is still a little difficult to conquer the world, for Your Majesty, the most important thing is not to close the country, but to keep in touch with all countries in the world, to be able to grasp the changes in the pattern of this world at any time, and the ocean is a window to understand the world!" Li Jie finally got to the most critical point.

Li Jie's words were not only said to Lao Zhu, but also to Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxi next to him, even if Lao Zhu couldn't listen to it, it was a good thing that Zhu Biao's father and son could listen to it, after all, the future of the Ming Dynasty was in their hands.

I saw that Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and was silent after hearing this, as if he was digesting what Li Jie said.

And Zhu Biao is worried, he also knew for the first time that the Mongols had established such a vast empire, and now although the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Meng Yuan, there are still Mongols outside, what if they kill the Ming Dynasty and avenge the Meng Yuan?

Zhu Biao's worries are not unreasonable, the Timurid Empire, which was once strong in history, was after defeating the Ottoman Empire, gathered 200,000 troops to prepare for the eastward expedition to the Ming Dynasty, it was Zhu Di who was in power at that time, and the Ming Dynasty's troops were also extremely strong, if these two powers collided together, it would definitely be an unprecedented decisive battle. It is a pity that Timur died on the way to the east, which led to the failure of this expedition.

In contrast, Zhu Yunxi's excited little face was red, he only knew that the Ming Dynasty was the world, and the world was the Ming Dynasty, but now he suddenly realized that he was really too ignorant, there was such a vast world outside the Ming Dynasty, since even the Mongols could lay down such a large territory, why couldn't the Ming Dynasty?