October 5, the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youxiao, who was dressed in a dragon robe, stood in the Nuanchun Pavilion and looked at a huge world map in front of him.

Originally, the Warm Spring Pavilion was the place where the emperor worked outside the Fengtian Palace, and if there was any major event, it was also to convene cabinet members and important ministers such as the six Shangshu to discuss the quality of the matter. It's just that because of the weather, the emperor didn't bother with the major affairs of the court, but turned the Nuanchun Pavilion into a place where he worked as a carpenter. Since Zhu Youxiao took control of this body, he sorted out all the carpenter work left by the Emperor of the Apocalypse into another room.

Originally, it was still a messy Warm Spring Pavilion, but after cleaning up those clutter, it became empty, so that Wei Zhongxian found this world map and hung it on the wall behind his desk.

Of course, if you look at it from the current perspective, this map is only a rough drawing, and even some places are still vague and not the current world map at all, but such a map can cause an uproar at the time.

"Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" was edited by the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, published by Li Zhizao, the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple in the Ming Dynasty, and copied and painted 12 copies by the palace craftsmen. This picture has a far-reaching influence and is deeply loved by Zhu Youxiao's grandfather, Emperor Wanli.

The Kunyu Wanguo Quantu continues the Chinese tradition, and the coloring is noticeably more brilliant than the previous maps. In terms of topographic display, in the absence of satellite positioning, it basically reflects the actual situation at that time.

At that time, Oceania was not yet a separate continent, so the map was divided into five continents: Asia (Asia), Europa (Europe), Leviia (Africa), North and South Asia Melica (America), and Melaniica (Antarctica). The other four oceans are the Atlantic Ocean, the Great Eastern Ocean (Pacific Ocean), the Small Western Ocean (Indian Ocean), and the Ice Sea (Arctic Ocean).

Since the Ming Dynasty at that time thought that it was the Celestial Empire and lived in the world, the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the map was slightly in the middle of the map. Outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, there is a map of the territory distribution of countries around the world.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty, summed up by "the unification of the Ming Dynasty", not only marked the provincial capitals and important cities of the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, but also attached the mountains and rivers. For the feudal territory, the map is distinguished by light colors, and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty in these areas is marked in detail, and the vassals like Joseon are also listed in detail, and the Cochin Bu Political Division and the Annam Metropolitan Command Division are not omitted.

Its southeast sea area is labeled as the "Daming Sea". The Ming Dynasty is famous for its cultural relics, from 15 to 42 degrees, and there are many tributary countries from all over the world.

The whole map not only has a map of the territory of each country, but also gives a brief introduction to the human geography and products of each country.

From this map, we can see how the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and the later Manchu emperors treated foreign things differently.

In the eyes of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there are many things, it is natural to learn, such as the Korean War in the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli.

After the Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, he began to conquer Korea, but Korea was defeated by Japan, and hurriedly found the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty.

The reigning emperor at that time was Zhu Youxiao's grandfather Wanli Emperor, although the Wanli Emperor did not go to court for decades, but the control of the imperial court was in his hands, and he hurriedly sent a large army into the court to resist Japan.

As a result, in the process of resisting Japan, Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of the troops entering the DPRK, suddenly discovered that the Japanese had invented a shotgun, which was even more powerful than the musket used in the Ming Dynasty.

Even later, when the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in power. Later, when Jin Nurhaci led the army to attack Liaodong, because the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was not as strong as the artillery of the Portuguese, it was also bought by one word and then imitated.

It can be said that the name of the later Celestial Empire is not all that it is now, but it has come out as far back as the Ming Dynasty.

But for the Manchu Emperor, these are all fallacies to confuse the public, my Qing Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, the land is vast, how can I get these foreigners' things.

A world map like the "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" was destroyed by order of Emperor Qianlong. So much so that after the defeat in the first Opium War, the Manchu court at that time, whether it was the emperor or the Yipin Dayuan, did not even know where this Britain was.

Even Emperor Daoguang asked three ridiculous questions like the British.

According to the record of Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, at that time, Emperor Daoguang was very curious about Britain at war with the Qing Dynasty, and arrested an Englishman into the palace.

Emperor Daoguang asked the British in which direction their country was? Where is the location? Is it a border with Russia? How big the land area is, how many people, after hearing the answer of the British, Emperor Daoguang didn't pay attention to it at all, and even breathed a sigh of relief. Because the land area of Britain is very small, the population is not 1/20 of the Qing Dynasty at all. Emperor Daoguang only thought about his country's advantage in population, after all, if the population is large, if there is a war, the side with more people must be able to win. But he didn't expect Britain's progress in technology and weapons at all, and the lethality of British weapons was already very great at that time, how could it be resisted by manpower?

Emperor Daoguang asked if Britain had a border with Russia, perhaps the question would make the British laugh their teeth. After all, anyone with a little knowledge of geography knows that Britain and Russia are completely unrelated, and at that time, the world has begun to sail around the world.

The second question is, is it possible to reach the UK by land from Xinjiang?

Emperor Daoguang asked the British if they could reach Britain from Xinjiang, and it may be that in Emperor Daoguang's opinion, no matter where it is, it can be easily reached. After all, the theory of the round sky and the land at that time still worked in the Manchu Dynasty, and they all fought with others, and they didn't even know where Britain was, which made people laugh and be generous.

In 1842, Queen Victoria was 23 years old, and Emperor Daoguang also learned that the monarch of the United Kingdom was a 23-year-old woman, which made Emperor Daoguang feel very incredible.

Emperor Daoguang also whimsically said to his ministers that he wanted to include the Queen of England in the harem.

Of course, the reason why the Manchu emperors rejected advanced culture so much was because they were a minority, and the Han population was large at that time. Once these advanced cultures were allowed to spread, the Han Chinese would rebel against the Manchu rule after learning to do so.

In particular, the use of muskets was strictly controlled, so that the firearms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty lagged behind all countries in the world. Even in the Ming Dynasty, China already had shells for flowering shells, and after the Manchu Dynasty ruled, even flowering shells had to be purchased from other countries, and they couldn't even make them.

Although the firearms of the Ming Dynasty have lagged slightly behind other countries, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also ordered to learn from each other's strengths.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xu Guangqi, the right attendant of the former Ministry of Rites, is waiting outside the palace to announce the meeting."

A little eunuch walked into the Nuanchun Pavilion and stood four or five meters away from Zhu Youxiao, and whispered to Zhu Youxiao.

"Xu Guangqi is finally here, hurry, hurry up and announce him into the palace."

Zhu Youxiao had a happy smile on his face, he had already heard of Xu Guangqi, a scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, so he sent Jinyiwei to Shanghai County after the last court meeting (Shanghai was called Shanghai County in the Ming Dynasty. Invited this big bull man at the end of the Ming Dynasty over.

As for why Xu Guangqi was allowed to come, it was for an idea in Zhu Youxiao's heart.

As for how to save the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao has only one in his heart, that is, to strengthen the army. Build a new type of firearms army, an army that has always been under the control of the emperor himself.

Only in this way can we achieve victory in the foreign and internal wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and use this as a bargaining chip to carry out reforms, after all, Taizu also said that power comes out of the barrel of a gun.

It was only at the end of the Ming Dynasty that the firearms produced were often fried due to cutting corners, and the firing range was greatly shortened. So much so that the officers and soldiers on the Liaodong front were willing to use cold weapons in their hands to fight against Houjin rather than use firearms.

However, knowing the history of the development of wars in later generations, Zhu Youxiao, who fought with hot weapons in everything, was naturally unwilling to turn his new-style army into a bunch of cold weapons.