Zhu Gaochi walked into the dormitory and stopped at the door of the warm pavilion.

"Father, have you figured out the truth?"

Zhu Di waved his hand and let him in, and then, looking at Shen Ruoxiao, he smiled and said to Yao Biao:

"Shude, you heard it, this kid doesn't buy your account at all. What the hell is going on with the two of you? ”

Yao Biao said with a smile: "He doesn't want to involve the ministers, so he will talk so nonsense." If you promised Your Highness before, you think it's right, right? ”

"Really?" Zhu Di smiled: "He is not as fearless of power as you said, in front of me, he is so scared that he doesn't dare to raise his head." ”

He looked at Shen Ruoliao and said with a smile: "Young man, what are you afraid of me?" Afraid I'll kill you? My two sons can kill you as well. How are you not afraid of them? ”

Shen Ruoyu kept glancing at Yao Biao and Lu Jiang, and he hadn't recovered from his surprise yet.

Zhu Di said: "I asked them to hide behind the screen all the time to listen to what you said; Lone also wants to see what the talent who is raised by Lord Yao with his net worth and life to Gu Bao is like. I'm not too disappointed yet. Actually, you dare to tell the truth, you are already very bold. It's just that as soon as you come in, you look around and ignore Lone's question, which really makes Lone very angry. ”

Yao Biao smiled: "Your Highness is smiling; He felt fresh, and had never seen so many foreign things. If he knew that these were the trophies you brought back from every expedition, he would not dare to look up. ”

"Really?" Zhu Di smiled: "You haven't seen any of these?" Haven't seen any of these on the wall? ”

"I only recognize this crossbow and spear," Shen Ruoyu blushed slightly.

"I'll tell you," Zhu Di stood up and looked proudly at the layout in the warm pavilion. "This is a yak skull; - Shude, in fact, not all of these things are my trophies, you also know that this yak skull was given to Mu Ying, the king of Qianning, many years ago, and Mu Ying transferred it to me. It's a pity that the cow bones are still good, and the deceased has died. These two white tiger skins were given as gifts by the King of Siam. And the turquoise on this ring,"

He raised the middle finger of his left hand, "I see you've been staring at it for a long time, young man, you've never seen a stone like this, have you?" This is the spoils that Lan Yu's gang brought back from the fishing sea, and it is a good thing that is priceless. Such a big turquoise, he brought back a total of three, the emperor rewarded me with one, rewarded him with one, and rewarded one to Concubine Guo Ning. This screen,"

He looked up and down at the gorgeous screen behind the chair, Rao had been together for so long, he still couldn't help but admire: "It's all made of tortoiseshell, and the screen is painted with the battle of Huidu Mountain." This was specially ordered by the emperor to be carved from the tortoiseshell paid by the mud country, and then ordered the painter to draw on it and reward me. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Di looked at Shen Ruoyu meaningfully and asked, "Do you understand what Lone said about this?" Qianning Wang Muying, Liangguo Gong Lanyu, you all know who they are, right? Uszang, Siam, Fishing Sea and mud, you know where they are? ”

Shen Ruoyu blushed and said, "I just know about it." King Qianning is the righteous son of the current emperor, just like Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang, who is the founding father of the Taimiao, but unfortunately he has passed away; The Mu family is now guarding Yunnan. Liang Guogong Lanyu-" He hesitated slightly, and said hesitantly: "He is famous, and women and children know him. He is the brother-in-law of Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, and his brother-in-law, he is also a famous general, I heard that he has never lost a battle, there are generals like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, but he does not have the loyalty of Wei Huo, he is a traitorous minister like Hu Weiyong, who has been exterminated by the emperor and killed more than 20,000 people. Wusi is hidden in the west of Yunnan, where Tubo is located in the Tang Dynasty; Fishing in the northern desert; Siam and mud ...... I only know that they are all the countries of Fan in the south; I really don't know anything else. ”

"What about the battle of the Mountains?" Zhu Di asked with a smile.

Shen Ruoyu thought for a while, glanced at Yao Biao, and said: "It seems to be - if I remember correctly, the first time you led the army to fight against the Prime Minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty bit and Taiwei Nai'er didn't spend it, you fought a big victory in Huidu Mountain, and since then you have been famous all over the world." ”

Zhu Di smiled slightly and said, "I heard that you grew up in the depths of Yanshan since you were a child, and you never left home before the age of sixteen; Where did you know all these things? ”

Shen Ruoyu blushed and said, "Lord Wang, when I was at home before, I couldn't even figure out whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Song Dynasty now." But I've been in Peking for a year. These are common sense questions, and if I haven't heard of them, I'm living in vain. ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Then you can hear more about it today." Siam is in the southwest, further southwest than Yunnan, and has a long friendship with our Chinese Middle Earth; The mud is also in the south, and it has to be crossed to reach it, and it is a far, far away country, but it is still a good neighbor of my Ming Empire, and there are tributary exchanges from time to time. There is a strange white tiger in Siam, you see this tiger skin, it is hard to find in the four seas, it is really beautiful. They also have an abundance of elephants there. The mud tributes often include rare sea treasures, priceless corals, pearls, hawksbill turtles, exotic spices, and more. ”

Zhu Di said as he walked to the center of the warm pavilion and looked down at the carpet under his feet.

"Young man, I see you're interested in this carpet too. This is what I seized from his camp on the mountain of the capital when I was conquering Na'er; Looking at the pattern process, it should be something from Persia or the Western Turks. You've probably never seen such an animal," he said, pointing to the strange swollen back of the horse by the blanket, pointing to the tip of his boot, "this thing is called a camel, and it is very drought-tolerant, and it can walk for half a month without drinking a sip of water in the dry desert." The people of the Western Regions like to use it to carry things the most, just as we like to use cattle and horses. ”

Zhu Di walked through all the strange things in the warm pavilion one by one, while explaining to Shen Ruoyu the name, value and origin of each thing. Never before had he given such patient explanations to anyone; The stories behind many things, even Yao Biao heard about it for the first time. Zhu Gaochi stood aside, his eyes widened in surprise, looking at the two flat-headed people in front of him, and he couldn't understand why his father, who had always been arrogant, was so polite and virtuous.

Zhu Di took a turn in the Dongnuan Pavilion and stopped in front of the huge map by the wall. This is the only thing left in this East Warm Pavilion that has not been explained.

He pondered for a moment and said, "This is my map of the Ming Dynasty's territory, and this piece is our land. Beyond this border are other countries. You see, this is Uszang, this is the Western Regions, here are the Warat tribes, here are still the remnants of the Mongol Tatar forces, here is the Wuliang Habu Duoyan Sanwei, and then down is the Chao * Xian. You can see the Great Wall on this line. This is Jiayuguan; Shanhaiguan is here; This is Juyongguan; Juyong passes, this is the Beiping where we stay. The place where the red circle is drawn is the place where we once fought with the Yuan army. ”

He stopped, stared at the map, his gaze became extremely deep and confused, and he was silent for a long time. Then, he turned his head, looked at Shen Ruoliao, and asked:

"How much do you know about these frontiers?"

Shen Ruoyu said: "I only know that since Lanyu broke the Yuan army in the fishing sea, and later quelled the rebellion of Yuelu Timur, the Tatar vitality was greatly damaged, and it is no longer a big climate, but there are still intrusions from time to time, and the border troubles have not been eliminated." Now, there is a rebellion in the southwest Luchuan. However, with Xiping Hou Muchun here, the counterinsurgency should be just around the corner. Nothing else is clear. ”

"You know a lot." Zhu Di looked at him with a smile and glanced at Yao Biao: "Shude, what did you tell him?" ”

Yao Biao smiled and shook his head. Shen Ruoyu said: "I'm just hearsay; There are all kinds of guests who come to the hotel, and sometimes they discuss something about it. ”

Zhu Di nodded approvingly and said, "It's not enough to know; A good man should take responsibility for the rise and fall of the country, and cannot just sit idly by. You see, such a vast land, this Beiping City can't be found on the map at all, and can only be replaced by a dot. This territory is ours, and there are many of our people, and countless cities and riches on it. However, in the north, for example, there was only a weak line of defense against the Mongol invasion. Border troubles occur from time to time; We can't tolerate them breaking into the Great Wall like a hundred years ago, burning and plundering our people and wealth, trampling on our own country, and making them think that our Ming Dynasty is still as easy to bully as the Southern Song Dynasty. This problem—" He paused and sighed slightly, "how the hell should it be solved?" How many times have we gone on a northern expedition, and each time we have returned with great victories, why can't we eradicate the border troubles? ”

"That's not going home yet," Shen Ruoyu involuntarily continued.

"What?" Zhu Di looked back at him, a little incredulous.

"Does the prince remember the ballad of the Huns?" The loss of my Qilian Mountain has made my six animals restless. Losing my Yanzhi Mountain makes my wife colorless. Shen Ruoyu looked at the map and said thoughtfully: "Strength is everything. The Mongols were able to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty because their strength was too far behind. But they are no longer what they were now; Since we can drive them out of the capital, out of the Great Wall, we are stronger than them. It's just that the journey is far away, the battle line is too long, and the supply can't keep up; To put it bluntly, my Ming Dynasty is still not strong enough, although there are generals and troops like Wei Qing and Huo Quai, but they do not have the strength of Han Wu to do backup, not only drove the Xiongnu out of the Great Wall, but even drove them out of Qilian Mountain, so that they couldn't breathe, and they couldn't even return to their hometown; In this way, the Han Dynasty was rewarded with a long-lasting peace. ”

"Yes," Zhu Di couldn't help but nod and said: "You should fight like this, completely defeat the enemy, and fight so that there is nothing left." The method of 'convincing people with virtue and being far away and soft' can only play an auxiliary role; if you want to combine grace and power, only strength can really decide everything. ”

"Lord Wang, you don't have to be in a hurry;" Shen Ruoyu continued: "Today, the saint also says 'rest with the people', in fact, it is necessary to save enough money and food before fighting. We are already stronger than the Tatars; When you save enough money and food, you will be able to sweep Mobei, level the Tatars, and get rid of future troubles forever, just like Wei Qinghuo did when he was sick. ”

These words were just Shen Ruoyu's ignorant bookish spirit, but they hit the voice that had been hidden in King Yan's heart for a long time; Zhu Di only felt that something in his chest jumped violently, breaking through the shackles that had been suppressed for a long time, and in an instant, it seemed to rush into the sea, and the worries and impetuousness of the past all disappeared, replaced by the boundless vastness and the height of the sky, and the pride of rising to the sky and fighting the sky.

"'Sweep the Mobei, step on the Tatars, get rid of the aftermath forever, and let the Ming Dynasty reinvigorate the Han Dynasty'—" he repeated.

"Yes, that's right, it should be like Liu Che," he muttered, his voice so soft that no one could hear him.