Half a month later, under the rowing of the crew, two small sampans drove a clipper boat and slowly left the Tianjin wharf. In the wave viewing pavilion, Zhu Yijun, dressed in casual clothes, stood there quietly watching the sea boat.

Zhiyuan finally left, this farewell, I'm afraid there will be no time to see each other again......

At this moment, the guest came over quietly, holding a box in his hand, and said to the emperor.

"Emperor, this is sent by Shi Xuan's consolation envoy."

"Oh? What is it? ”

"Shi Xuan's consolation envoy said that it was his shares in the Lugou factory, as well as the bank's, and that it was a gift to the emperor......

Staring at the sea boat going straight down the river, Zhu Yijun, who was reluctant to give up in his heart, suddenly blindfolded his eyes with tears.

"Zhiyuan ......"

Zhu Yijun, who was standing in the pavilion, looked at Shi Yiwen's appearance of sneering at him, and said silently in his heart.

"Don't worry, I will definitely become Mingjun's ......"

……

Eight years of Wanli!

Any scholar who studies the history of the Celestial Empire, whenever he looks back on the history of this year, always has too many doubts, after all, too many things happened in this year, from Shen Xingshi and others rebelling, to the 100,000 households in Jiangnan because of the assassination of Qincha, the rebellion and exile to Nanyang, and then to "Yi Fan as a prince".

Daming has undergone earth-shaking changes in this year. It was from this year that the Ming Dynasty, which had implemented the ban on the sea, set its sights on the South Seas, and more than 20 vassal kings led more than 10,000 households to defend the country, and in just six years, they successively went to various parts of the South Seas, thus setting off an overseas expansion that was completely different from the Western "geographical discovery".

In the interpretation of later historians, Emperor Shenzong made this decision with a strategic and far-sighted long-term vision, which not only successfully prevented the expansion of European countries in Southeast Asia, but also successfully realized the second round of great expansion of Chinese civilization.

In the expansion of the South Seas, the expansion of the European colonists was halted and repulsed. This also allowed Emperor Shenzong to send Qi Jiguang and other generals to lead 200,000 new troops to expedition to Saibei ten years later, and finally completely broke the backbone of the Mongols in a battle on the shore of Lake Baikal, so that this unruly nation was completely tamed in the Ming Dynasty's heavenly might, and in the following 30 years, Emperor Shenzong launched a crusade against the Western Regions three times, so that this land has lost contact with the Central Plains since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and returned to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, it has laid the most solid foundation for the most powerful country with the largest territory and the strongest strength in the world. And everything started in the eighth year of Wanli!

Eight years before Wanli, it was the Ming Dynasty!

Eight years later, it was the Ming Empire that appeared to the world!

What happened during the magnificent Wanli years? Many historians are extremely puzzled, but what makes them even more puzzling is the Nanyang Propaganda Envoy in the 29 countries of Nanyang.

In this magnificent Wanli period, the Nanyang Xuanfu Envoy is undoubtedly a very dazzling existence, not only because of its own very special status, but also because Shi Yiwen, as a legendary figure, is the only one in the history of the Ming Dynasty who was born and was awarded the title of "king with a different surname", born in Nanyang, what is the unknown relationship between him and Emperor Shenzong, and what kind of role he played in Nanyang Yifeng, all of which have left too many unsolved mysteries for future generations.

But almost everyone knows very well that it was Shi Yiwen, the "King of Zhennan", who created the "Age of Discovery" of the Ming Dynasty - when the princes of Nanyang sent iron-clad Chinese to crusade against the natives, the king of Zhennan, with his extremely keen sense of smell, sensed the importance of North America, sent his fleet to the depths of the Pacific Ocean, established the first colony in North America, and expanded Chinese civilization all the way to the New World......

……

In the 60th year of Wanli, in the North Lookout Pavilion of the Lion Rock Mansion in Nantianmen, Shi Yiwen, who was over 70 years old, once again set his sights on the north and the vast sea.

"Your Majesty, the fleet should not be back today."

Looking at the king sitting on the chaise longue, the attendant on the side reminded softly.

"It's a little too windy here......"

"Out of the way, out of the way, wait, they're finally home, always have to wait......"

Shi Yiwen smiled, his "King of Zhennan" was sealed by Wanli back then, and the holy decree was always sealed in that wooden box, until he arrived in Nanyang, and he opened the wooden box to know the content of the holy decree.

With the hereditary "King of Zhennan" Wang Duke Wang led the Nanyang Comfort Envoy, he was still the first one in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but this is not the Nanyang Kingdom, it is still the Comfort Envoy and then said.

"Eighteen years of the Japanese invaded Korea, intending to invade my Shenzhou, at that time the imperial court was preparing for the war in Mobei, the Nanyang countries should be ordered by the emperor to "respect the king and conquer Yi" to set up the Zhuxia coalition army to the north, with the plan of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", after tens of thousands of coalition troops landed on the Japanese mainland, the so-called elite of the Japanese invaders were all falling apart, Toyotomi Hideyoshi urgently dispatched the Korean army to help, the Zhuxia Navy was in the total annihilation of the Japanese army, 100,000 Japanese invaders did not enter the sea, in order to completely solve the threat of the Japanese rebellion, Zhuxia crusaded against the Japanese country, abolished the emperor, removed the valve chaos, and ...... the counties."

In fact, it was the implementation of military occupation, Japan was divided into more than 20 occupation zones, and each country received an enclave as a "reward". Since then, there has been no Japanese kingdom in the world, only the overseas enclaves of Nanyang Zhuxia. For so many years, every year when the rotational garrisons returned home, Edwin would personally go to the port to welcome them back.

This year is no exception.

Of course, every time they return, they will bring a large number of people - house slaves and women, in the past forty years, those Japanese have long been tamed into the loyal dogs of Zhuxia, all of them are proud to become the domestic slaves and concubines of the Xia people, and even, the Japanese are still his best tool for expansion in North America, when those ownerless ronin were better at dealing with the natives of North America, it is with the samurai swords of those people, Nanyang has been advancing to the hinterland of North America. Make North America another destination for Chinese immigrants. Millions of Chinese immigrants now live there.

However, this is not Shi Yiwen's most pleased, what makes him more excited is the change of the Ming Dynasty, not the expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the north, but Zhu Yijun, the emperor, his performance is completely beyond Shi Yiwen's expectations, as the longest reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in his 50 years of pro-government, has been forging ahead, this kind of progress is not limited to the expansion of the country, but in all aspects, Zhang Juzheng's reform has not been stopped because of his death, and even with his support to advance to a deeper aspect.

From "adding ding into the mu" to "the official gentry paying grain in one" to the commercial tax reform, under the strong promotion of Zhu Yijun, Daming was displayed in front of the world in a new form, and even made Shi Yiwen look a little strange.

Even last year, in order to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions, Zhu Yijun issued a "railway bond" for the first time to build a railway from the capital to Anxi, which is the later Volga River, of course, this also indicates another problem - the imperial court's money is not enough, in fact, the reason why Zhu Yijun has been reforming for so many years is because the income of the imperial court cannot support his expansion, so he can only continue to implement reforms.

"Perhaps, Da Ming should also be able to recuperate......

When this thought popped up in Shi Yiwen's heart, he shook his head and sighed with a dumb smile.

The territorial expansion of the Ming Dynasty was extremely beneficial to the stability of the Ming Dynasty - millions of displaced people, especially those in the northwest region, gained large amounts of land in those newly occupied areas, and the Ming Dynasty's "westward movement" may have hindered the population growth rate of Zhuxia to some extent, but it was beneficial to the future of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, in these Nanyang countries, that is, your kindness to the soldiers, if they knew that the king had been waiting for them to come back for the past two days, they would definitely ......."

Before the waiter's words fell, a waiter pointed to the sea and said.

"It's back, it's back, your lord, it's the ship's smoke column, there are several smoke columns, it must be our fleet back......"

The shouts of the chamberlain made Shi Yiwen stand up and look at the plumes of smoke on the horizon in the sky, which were the smoke from the chimney of the steamship - twenty-five years ago, the machinery factory of Nantianmen "finally" manufactured the steam engine, ten years ago, the steam engine was installed on the ship, and now this is an era when steam ships and sailing ships exist at the same time, and it is also the era when the steam age has just begun.

"Okay, they're home......"

Shi Yiwen smiled, and then said.

"Let's go, let's go to the dock, you don't know, my favorite thing is to welcome them home, send out a thousand people every year, when they come back, they will bring back two or three thousand concubines, three or four thousand children, and thousands of house slaves, I Nanyang people are prosperous, but I can't do without them......"

Of course, the prosperity of this kind of people comes at the cost of the "loss" of a large number of people in the "Japanese land", but there is also an advantage: while the population of the "cage for birds" is decreasing, the number of Chinese immigrants there is increasing.

In fact, Nanyang is the same.

When he came down from the upper floor, although he was already old, Shi Yiwen's steps seemed extremely brisk, and he was in a very good mood, because history had completely shifted the direction he feared the most, and it was developing in another direction, and the momentum of development was extremely good. If this momentum continues, even if you die one day, you can leave with confidence.

When he came down from the "North Lookout", Shi Yiwen, who was far away, saw an attendant hurriedly running towards this side. When he came running, he said, holding a telegram in both hands.

"Your Majesty, Shenjing is in a hurry."

Shenjing is Beijing. Where is the emergency electricity? Is something big going on?

"But what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has died......"

What the!

The sudden news made Shi Yiwen feel dizzy for a while, his eyes were full of disbelief, and the hundreds of officials and servants who heard the news were all kneeling together, and there was a cry all around.

"Your Majesty......"

He's gone......

"King, king, mourning, this is the emperor's edict to the king......"

"Testament, edict, ......"

Muttered that Shi Yiwen took the telegram, only to see that there were only a few simple words on the telegram.

"Zhiyuan, am I Mingjun?"

(End of book!) ）