On the twenty-ninth day of the new year, the last court meeting in the second year of Shunchang.

Compared with the previous court, today's court will be more deserted, and some officials have gone home for the New Year.

To tell the truth, when Yu Zhiqian saw the treatment of these officials, Yu Zhiqian was really envious, compared with later generations, now officials are really too relaxed, no wonder a group of people want to be officials, even if they are sixty or seventy years old, they have to participate in the scientific examination, as long as they become officials, they will not be unlucky, and their lives will basically be spent easily without worrying about food and clothing.

There are about ten days of rest time every month, called Xiumu, this time can not go to work, want to go to the next generation, two days a week, full of eight days of rest, this is not over, the emperor's birthday or the death day of the emperor, etc., will be a holiday, in addition, there are statutory holidays, such as the New Year's holiday, a fifteen days at a time, until the Lantern Festival has passed.

In this way, the rest time of a year is far more than that of later generations, in addition, not counting the death of relatives to mourn, one guard is three years, this is filial piety and so on, of course, all these benefits have nothing to do with Yu Zhiqian, he is a damn 997, yes, 997 one level higher than 996.

Seeing that the originally crowded court hall was empty, Yu Zhiqian looked outside the hall, a heavy snowfall last night made the entire palace snowy, the snow was not very big, it did not become a snow disaster, but increased the atmosphere of the New Year.

"Your Majesty!"

After a group of ministers finished saluting, they sat down, winter, Yu Zhiqian also gave this group of ministers some benefits, the original table was replaced, turned into a kotatsu, this thing was only used in Japan in later generations, in fact, this thing is one of the ancient Chinese winter supplies, but later there were fewer people, so it was slowly forgotten.

Yu Zhiqian was worried about the health of some old ministers, so he ordered some quilts, and when he went to the court in winter, the time was too long, and the ministers' legs and feet were frozen.

The first performances are all some Japanese super concerts, nothing too big, just a simple calculation of expenditures and some personnel appointments, etc., but make a decision now and announce it next year.

After half an hour, all the ministers finished speaking, everyone spoke very fast today, and they all wanted to go home from work earlier, isn't it good for wives and children to heat the kang head?

However, Yu Zhiqian waited for all the ministers to finish reporting, waved his hand, and signaled that the door of the big one would be closed, and the ministers looked at Yu Zhiqian with curiosity, not understanding what the emperor was going to do.

After the door was closed and the irrelevant personnel retreated, Yu Zhiqian signaled that Shen Wansan could start, and saw Shen Wansan and He Shen, and took out a huge picture scroll, then Shen Wansan held one head tightly, and then He Shen slowly opened the huge picture scroll while retreating.

A map about one and a half meters high and seven or eight meters long appeared in the center of the main hall, and many ministers focused their eyes on the huge map.

This map was only recently completed by Yu Zhiqian, thanks to Marco Polo, if it weren't for him, Yu Zhiqian really couldn't complete the map of Europe, and this is also the first time that the world map has appeared in this world.

Di Renjie was relatively close, pushed his presbyopia, carefully looked at the middle of the map, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, is this a map?" ”

"Yes, the full name of this map is called Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, and the middle position is the position of my court!"

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's explanation, the group of ministers were stunned, they all knew that there was a continent in the east, which was discovered by Xu Xiake, but they never thought that the world would be so big.

"Guys, do you see? This is what this world is all about, and our Central Plains Dynasty only occupies such a small position in this world! ”

Yu Zhiqian held a small wooden stick in his hand and drew a circle in the middle of the map, and many ministers who were standing farther away also stood up one after another, wanting to look more carefully, after Yu Zhiqian found out, he beckoned: "Closer to the distance, I will tell you about the world!" ”

Yu Zhiqian has great ambitions, but he can't accomplish this ambition alone, he needs everyone to support him, so he needs to mobilize the ambitions of all the ministers in the DPRK and China, let them know that the world is very big, the territory is very big, and if you want to be a marquis, there are many opportunities!

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, some ministers sitting in the back immediately rushed over, this may be the closest they have ever been to Yu Zhiqian, Yu Zhiqian didn't have any shelf, and pointed to a huge five-pointed star in the middle: "This is Chang'an!" ”

"Your Majesty, I am rich all over the world and have a territory of thousands of miles, why is there only such a point on the map?"

Cheng Yanjin asked in a low voice, he was very surprised, Cheng Yanjin never thought that it would be so big directly, he thought that after the alien races on the grassland were killed, it would be fine, but now it seems that there are still many things waiting for him to do in the future, thinking of this, Cheng Yanjin's fighting spirit that was about to be extinguished was burned again.

"Yes, the place we live in is a sphere, in addition to the land is the sea, the ocean occupies more than seventy percent, these will prove later, but in addition to the area we occupy, there is a very vast world!" After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he pointed to the American continent with his finger.

"This is the American continent, the continent discovered by Xu Xiake, Xu Xiake came to the American continent from here, the American continent goes all the way to the south, and there is a continent, where the continent area is also very large, and the products are abundant!"

The eyes of all the ministers were staring at Yu Zhiqian's small wooden stick, the American continent was drawn by Yu Zhiqian according to his memory, it was not very similar, but there would be no difference.

"Your Majesty, is there a country on that continent now?"

Yu Zhiqian smiled: "No, but there are people, but they are still in the era of the department, and they are a bit like us, it may be our same clan, hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago, they crossed this strait and arrived on this continent!" ”

Hearing this, Di Renjie thought for a moment: "That may be the fleet of Qin Shi Huang who went to sea to seek immortals, maybe they found a new continent and couldn't return!" ”

Di Renjie's words made Yu Zhiqian's eyes light up, hey, this reason is good, the American continent can become the inherent territory of the Yu Tang Empire, looking at the historian not far away, Yu Zhiqian has an idea, but this idea needs a little time to precipitate, such as collecting some things from the Qin Dynasty now, and when you go to the American continent next time, take people to bury them, some of them are dug up now, and some are dug up later!

Thinking of this, Yu Zhiqian silently kept this plan in his heart, and said without moving: "There is also this possibility, this continent is huge, there are no enemies, as long as we can find a safe route through this ocean, we can arrive, establish there, develop that continent, and transport back some of the materials we need!" But the problem is not here, but here! ”

After finishing speaking, Yu Zhiqian moved the stick to the Central Asian region and said slowly: "Here, there is a powerful country on the rise, called the Arab Dynasty, you should have heard of it!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister once heard Hu Shang mention that they need to pay a high fee to this Arab dynasty for transporting goods to our dynasty, or transporting our dynasty's goods to the extreme west for sale!"

"Yes, some of my caravans have reported these things, but most of my caravans will sell their goods as soon as they get close to the kingdom of Arabia and return!"

Many ministers kept talking to Yu Zhiqian, Yu Zhiqian smiled after hearing it, this is normal, after the opening of the Silk Road, the Central Asian dynasties will collect tolls, but these tolls are ultimately borne by the final buyer, it is said that in the era of the Roman Empire, a silk in Rome is sky-high, in addition to the long distance and transportation difficulties, it is this layer of exploitation.

"Your Majesty, this Arab kingdom is strong?"

Yu Zhiqian thought for a while, whether this country is strong or not Yu Zhiqian really doesn't know, but it shouldn't be too weak to be able to hit the European region now, and nodded: "It shouldn't be weak, at least it can have the combat effectiveness of the grassland aliens!" ”

Hearing this, the eyes of many generals began to shine, the level of the grassland alien race, then it means that it is not too strong, and he should be able to kill it.

Cheng Biting Jin's head was the biggest, and he jumped out directly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the right guard of Long to level this Arab country!" ”

After hearing this, Yu Zhiqian glanced at Cheng Biting Jin, this guy, Yiwei wants to destroy the Arab country, what do you want? Arabia is also a dynasty, if it was destroyed so easily, it would have been killed by others a long time ago.

"Cheng Guogong has a heart, but this Arab empire is thousands of miles away from our dynasty, and it is difficult to guarantee the logistics of the army!"

After Cheng Yanjin heard this, he scratched his head and didn't continue to speak, he was just a hot brain just now, and now after looking at the map carefully, he found that he did take it for granted just now, and he led the troops to the expedition, and it is estimated that he has not yet walked near the Arab Dynasty, so he has no combat effectiveness!

"Further west of the Arab dynasty is Europe, where a group of white-skinned, golden-haired or red-haired Hu people live, and this group is our future enemy!"

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, all the ministers were very curious about why the emperor would say that a region thousands of miles away would be the great enemy of the empire.

Yu Zhiqian smiled, ready to turn on the flickering mode, and slowly spoke: "When I traveled to the fairy world, I once saw some secrets of the fairy world, about five or six hundred years later, the West will rise, and the luck will prosper, and then it may overwhelm the East, maybe after a thousand years, the East will be surpassed by the West!" ”

Flicker, Yu Zhiqian can only flicker, if he says that this is something that will inevitably happen in the future, no one will believe it, but if Yu Zhiqian talks about the statement of automobile transportation, most of the ministers will believe it.

Myths and legends in this era are still deep-rooted, and after Yu Zhiqian crossed over, he also had some awe of ghosts and gods, otherwise how could he explain his crossing? Is it scientific?

Sure enough, when Yu Zhiqian said about automobile transportation, the group of ministers immediately realized that they had such expressions.

Yu Zhiqian continued to flicker: "Although hundreds or even thousands of years later, I and all of you Aiqing will turn into dry bones, but our descendants are still living on this land, so I must not let it go!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is true, but Your Majesty's place here is thousands of miles away from me, and I am a little powerless to destroy them!"

"If you don't have the ability now, it doesn't mean that you won't have the ability in the future, this is also the reason why I build the road, from Chang'an to Yangguan, Yumen Pass, and the road in the future will be repaired all the time, where the road is repaired, the land will be there, I don't believe it, I can't repair it in ten years, I can't build it in fifty years, as long as the road is repaired to the west, it's just!"

All the ministers understood what Yu Zhiqian meant, they had only seen Yu Zhiqian's expression when Yu Zhiqian was discussing Dongying, but everyone could also understand Yu Zhiqian, this was paving the way for future generations.

However, after Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, Fan Jian, the head of the household department, showed a bitter look on his face: "Your Majesty, this road repair is okay, but the household department has no money!" ”

After finishing speaking, Fan Jian began to cry: "Your Majesty, in addition to building the road from Chang'an to Yangguan and Yumen Pass, we are also building the road from Chang'an to Jinling, the road from Chang'an to Shandong Road, to Shannan Road, and Lingnan Road. ”

Yu Zhiqian glanced at Fan Jian: "Fan Shangshu, don't get excited, Qian Zhen has already found it!" ”

After finishing speaking, Yu Zhiqian put the stick on a slender island on the edge of the Central Plains Dynasty: "This is Dongying, now the nautical chart to Dongying is available, and the map of Dongying has also been received, Dongying has a huge amount of silver and copper mines, as long as we occupy Dongying, Dongying's money is enough to support the real plan!" ”

The ministers looked at the map of Dongying Kingdom, they knew that Xu Fu had returned, but the emperor didn't mention it, so they didn't ask, they didn't expect that the emperor had made so many preparations.

"The silver that Xu Fu brought back from the three ships is still being refined, and it is expected to have a million taels of silver!"

Yu Zhiqian spoke slowly again, after Fan Jian heard it, he immediately shut up and didn't speak, the emperor said that he was rich, that is, he was really rich!

"Su Dingfang!"

"The minister is here!"

"How's the Navy trained?"

"Back to Your Majesty, after more than a year of training, the navy has 45 seagoing ships and more than 30,000 sergeants, all of which have been trained!"

Yu Zhiqian nodded with satisfaction after hearing this: "General Su has worked hard!" ”

"Serve your majesty!"

"Thirty thousand navy!" Yu Zhiqian touched his chin and thought, he was not sure whether the 30,000 army could destroy the Dongying Kingdom now, and looked at Su Dingfang again, Su Dingfang immediately understood what Yu Zhiqian meant: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops and step on Dongying!" ”