When the 100,000 Western Expeditionary Army focused on Jingnan and gradually tightened the shackles, ready to deal a fatal blow to this enemy. Thousands of miles away in the southern border of Guangxi, once again ushered in the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as the most marginal province, this is the second emperor in history to arrive here, the last emperor was Zhaozong Zhu Youlang.

As the most remote province, Guangxi has always been regarded as a wild place, and there are few dignitaries and dignitaries in history. But now, thanks to the advent of railways, steamships and other means of transportation, especially the emergence of railways, completely changed the distance of space, once a distant frontier, but only need a few days, can be reached, to a large extent, the emergence of the railway fundamentally changed the Ming Dynasty, changed the administrative structure of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming officials can arrive at any time to inspect the place, so as to avoid all kinds of problems caused by the high emperor.

For Zhu Mingzhong, who was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, trains and railways also allowed him to travel to remote frontiers as he wished. It's also good to go out on patrol. Normal patrols are fine. Over the past few years, his footprints have traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, but this is the first time that he has gone further afield.

Through the car window, you can see the mountains overlapping in the distance. Zhu Mingzhong, who was sitting by the window, occasionally looked out of the window.

Half an hour ago, after finishing the condolences to the station staff and border guards in the last railway station on the border, the royal train with the Panlong badge stopped there, and turned to take another civilian train to continue south, which was Zhu Mingzhong's first trip to a foreign land outside the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there is nothing exotic at all, because now Jiaozhi, not only the subject country of the Ming Dynasty, here is the first batch of feudal land of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty used the Zheng family to attack the Mo Dynasty regime that guarded Gaoping, and destroyed the Zheng family, by the way, on the grounds of disrespect of the Ruan family in the south, the Ruan family was destroyed. On the one hand, the Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Department was re-established on the grounds that it was China's homeland, and on the other hand, it was proposed to return the natives and establish another monarch on the grounds that it was to learn from history.

In the face of this dispute, Zhu Mingzhong, as the emperor, made a decision that had a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty - to divide the clan and feudal state, and originally dozens of county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals, and Fengguo generals who held the imperial court were divided into Jiaozhi, and twenty years ago, those clan county kings and generals, even if they were unwilling, could only leave the mainland to go to the fiefdom.

What has changed here in the past 20 years?

As the emperor, Zhu Mingzhong, although he can learn everything about this place through various channels, he has never reached the feudal country, and he has always been eager to experience it on the spot and experience the changes here.

More importantly, of course, he wanted to see if his policy of "teaching the land to return to the summer" had been successful, even though everyone had told him over the years that it had been a success. Millions of natives have given up their bad habits and followed Han rites and customs.

Almost everyone told him. Right now. There is not much difference between here and the mainland. But how can you believe it all without seeing the changes here with your own eyes?

"This is Xin'an......"

Silently looking at the mountains and paddy fields outside the car window, Zhu Mingzhong secretly thought to himself that Xin'an was the fief of Zhu Shugui, the king of Ningjing, as the king of the county, although according to the Ming system, "the fief is five hundred miles outside the county service", but considering the local environment, the imperial court also divided Langjiang Mansion into its fief, the reason why Zhu Shugui was treated so favorably was entirely because of Zhu Mingzhong's personal good impression of him, after all, he was the last family of the Ming Dynasty to be martyred. Because of this, I have always had a special affection for him. Of course, he did not come here as an emperor, but came to this strange and familiar land in the way of a private patrol.

"It seems that the people are peaceful......

Sitting quietly by the window, when he withdrew his gaze from the people working in the paddy fields, Zhu Mingzhong saw his son, Zhu Heyuan, although over the years, one son after another was divided into New Xia, and even last year, the fifteenth son Zhu Heyuan and the sixteenth son Zhu Heyuan were divided into North America, they will make the trip next year, and they will open up a new era in that new world. It will also inherit the Chinese civilization forever in that new continent.

And even to some extent. Zhu Mingzhong has been longing for that day. Longing for the day when their sons will establish their own country on the North American continent and spread Chinese civilization.

Despite the longing, there may not be some kind of loss in the heart. After all. In this day and age. Divide the sons so far away. This means that neither father nor son will ever have time to be together again in this life.

However, the only thing to be thankful about is that he still has more than a dozen sons by his side, only Zhu Heyuan is eighteen in the royal ranks, and he is only fifteen years old today, so it stands to reason that he should study in a military academy, but because it is a holiday, Zhu Mingzhong will take him south with him. His mother is Amir, and because she is a Yarkand person, her appearance clearly bears traces of a half-breed.

Seeing that he was looking at the map again, Zhu Mingzhong knew what he was thinking.

"Heyuan, we can meet your second brother and them in a few days."

Different from the royal families of previous dynasties, maybe because of the separation, maybe because of the scarcity of royal people now, under the deliberate guidance of Zhu Mingzhong, these children have deep feelings, after all, there is no conflict of interest between them. But even so, brothers are inevitably far and near. And the closest person to Zhu Heyuan is his second brother, but because he has long been separated from the country, the two have not seen each other for many years.

"Yes."

Raising his head, Zhu Heyuan said.

"Father, next year, can you seal my feudal kingdom here?"

He asked, pointing to the map. Since his fifteenth birthday, he has been studying maps, logbooks, and expedition diaries, and even in his dormitory at the military academy, there are hundreds of books and maps that mainly record the explorations of the explorers of the Ming Dynasty.

"There?"

Standing up and walking in front of him, Zhu Mingzhong took the map and asked.

"What is it? Hey? It's ......."

Seeing the location drawn on the map, Zhu Mingzhong asked puzzled.

"How did you come up with the idea of choosing this place?"

The reason why he was puzzled was because the place he chose was not a very good fief, and even among the many fiefdoms, Zhu Mingzhong did not consider this place.

"Wild Land" - Zhu Mingzhong may not be familiar with this place name, but he is no stranger to the name "New Guinea Island", which is only separated from Xinxia by a strait, is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest in the world, and the whole island is dense with tropical rainforest.

As a father, Zhu Mingzhong has always attached great importance to his sons' feudal country, whether it is Xinxia or North America, they are all moving first, people, and then building cities, and when their sons take the country, their country is basically stable, and a small number of natives cannot affect the overall situation.

But the place chosen by Zhu Heqian now is obviously not a good place - there are no Chinese people from the Ming Dynasty at all, that is, the people who have migrated there from the mainland.

"Is it because it's separated from your second brother's feudal country by a strait?"

Zhu Mingzhong naturally thought of the relationship between their brothers. Could there be any other reasons besides this one?

"There are indeed reasons for this."

Zhu Heyuan said lightly.

"However, on the other hand, because this place is big enough, maybe it is a wild land, but on the other hand, as long as the retainers are willing, in the next ten years, they can control the entire barbarian land by setting up colonies along the islands, and then the whole island will be the feudal state of the retainers, and ...... There are very few natives on the island ......"

"There aren't many natives, but don't forget, the natives there are all cannibals."

Zhu Mingzhong said very dryly. That place didn't develop even in the 21st century. Maybe it looks like the area is not small. However, as far as the country's development is concerned, there are inherent shortcomings.

"Just a few years ago, there were still our people who were caught and eaten by them......"

Not to mention the 17th century, even in the 70s of the 20th century, there were still many indigenous people in New Guinea who hunted humans for food, and people were even their "staple food".

"Oh, what else is there? What's not a big deal? ”

His son's answer made Zhu Mingzhong pause.

"There are headhunters in Taiwan and Borneo, compared to the cannibals in the wilderness, the headhunters are more barbaric, cruel, and tyrannical, and the combat effectiveness of the cannibals is almost not worth mentioning, but the headhunters are different, but what about now?"

Zhu Heyuan smiled slightly.

"No, it's all gone, it's not a big deal."

"Actually......"

Looking at his son, Zhu Mingzhong, who had not communicated much with him in the past and the future, said earnestly.

"As far as my thoughts are concerned, I want you to go to Europe in the future, to the Balkans."

Father's words made Zhu He's eyes widen in surprise and asked puzzled.

"Father, why is that?"

"You are my son, the blood of the Ming royal family, from where you were born, you must take responsibility, and what is your responsibility?"

Zhu Mingzhong looked at his son and said without hesitation.

"Fuyi returns to summer! Let the world be bathed in the influence of Chinese civilization, this is your responsibility. And the Balkans, now under the rule of the Turks, but the rule of the Turks there, will soon be overthrown, of course, with our help, and according to the information we have so far, I have found you a suitable wife, she is the direct heir of the Branković family of the Serbian state, and you, as her husband, should be the future king of Serbia! ”

He has always had a good plan for the future of his sons. Of course, these plans are not only for the sons, but also for the Ming Dynasty. For the future of China.

Looking directly at his son, who was still puzzled in his eyes, Zhu Mingzhong flipped over the atlas in his hand, turned to the part of Europe, and then said.

"You see, this is Europe, here is Asia, here is Central Asia, that is, our Western Regions, as far as we look at now, the future world civilization competition, must be between Europe and us, European civilization has experienced the decline of the dark Middle Ages, is rising rapidly, in the past century and a half, their civilization is rising rapidly, and in the future, they are also the only one who can challenge us, our civilization is fundamentally different from their civilization, the competition of civilizations, the clash of civilizations, will be inevitable......"

Pointing to the map, the finger was drawn from Western Europe to the south, and then to the Ottoman Empire, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"After the Battle of Vienna, the decline of the Ottoman Empire was already inevitable, and if in the past he was a great power, then now and in the future he will be the prey. At least it will be our prey, and, you know, your ninth brother, his wife is the sole heir to the Byzantine throne, and he has the right to inherit the Byzantine Empire, and he will certainly wear the Byzantine crown in Constantinople, and after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the problems of the Balkans will be exposed, whether to give it back to them, or to create a Serbia under the influence of the Ming Dynasty? That's the question? ”

Looking at his son with a smile, Zhu Mingzhong sighed in his heart, this may be his final construction of the future of the world.

What would the world look like under the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Mingzhong didn't know, but he knew very well what he needed to do. In the next few decades, the Ming Dynasty will continue to divide and build a huge empire in the world, and in this empire, not only Zhuxia, but also the "canonization country" by dividing the prince as the king of other countries, the bloodline will make these canonized countries close to the Ming, and the influence of the bloodline will also make them willing to introduce the knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, and eventually serve as the forefront of the Ming Dynasty in Europe.

"This is our chance, after all, the Turks have spent two hundred years destroying everything there, and what we need is to rebuild, to infiltrate the traces of Chinese civilization on the local destroyed beliefs and cultures, so, in my opinion, you should go there, of course ......"

Looking at his son, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"You can also refuse, after all, if you choose to accept it, I'm afraid only God will know when you will be able to go to the country, even if it is your ninth brother, you still haven't taken the country yet, but it should be soon."

Although Lao Jiu's marriage had been arranged a few years ago, and even now their children, the direct heirs to the throne of the Byzantine Empire, have been born, but the restoration of Byzantium is still far away, Lao Jiu and his wife are still staying in the palace in Nanjing, if there is any benefit, it is that his son can receive the education of the Ming Dynasty. He will be influenced by Chinese civilization. This means that at least in the future, the two generations of emperors there will be deeply influenced by Chinese civilization.

"Well, in that case, how can Erchen refuse?"

After giving up his choice, Zhu Heyuan asked as if he remembered something.

"After the restoration of Byzantium, what about the Turks? If I'm not mistaken, their beliefs were very different from those of the Byzantines. ”

Raising his head, Zhu Heyuan looked at his father, he knew that his father's habits in some beliefs, his mother, had already changed his beliefs.

"Hmmm......"

Closing the atlas, Zhu Mingzhong first let out a long sigh, and then said.

"What their future will be, the Byzantines will decide, just like when you go to Serbia, you also need to rely on the local people, not all the good people. As for the rest...... Of course, the debt owed must be repaid. ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong said in a solemn tone.

"In my opinion, the future of civilization lies in development, and if a civilization refuses to progress, rejects other civilizations, and remains stagnant, then they should not exist in this world."

It's a simple answer......

"Erchen understood."

Zhu Heyan nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said.

"Father, the sons have a question in their hearts, why can they easily accept a Ming prince as their king, or even the emperor? Just like in Egypt, those Egyptians can accept a prince of the Ming Dynasty as their king, what if the Serbs are unwilling in the future? ”

"Don't want to?"

Smiling slightly, Zhu Mingzhong said slowly.

"How is this possible? You know, Europeans are different from us, they believe in the blood of the nobility, they believe that only with the blood of the nobility can they become nobles and become kings, if there is no dignity of blood, everything is empty talk, for the current Europe, the bloodline of the Ming royal family is the most noble, and the Ming is still the most powerful, so, of course, they can accept it, just like ......"

Looking out the window, the train was gradually slowing down at this time, and now that the train entered the station, you could see the people outside the window through the window, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly smiled.

"Why are the natives willing to marry the Mingren? And his family is also proud of marrying a native girl to the Ming people? Actually, there is not much difference between Europeans and us, it is human nature to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, your blood is more noble than all the nobles in Europe, for the people, this is their proud capital, because the king's blood is noble, which means that they are ruled by more noble people, just like they ......"

Pointing to the people outside the window. Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"The superiority of civilization will make them willing to submit to us, for the vast majority of ordinary people. The civilizational superiority that they were able to experience. That's pretty much it, even if it's a poor bastard of the Celestial Empire. When he came here, he would also be regarded as a lord by the natives, and the rich natives would happily marry their daughters to him, not because of anything else. Just because they are Celestial Empire, I guess that's the advantage of civilization. ”