The southwest bank of the Taiye Pond in the West Garden of the Imperial City, here is the famous leopard room of Emperor Zhengde, but compared to the sound of silk and bamboo in the leopard room every day, the leopard room in the past year seems to be very quiet, in the past, there were continuous singing, dancing and juggling here all year round, but now it has long disappeared, Zhengde is no longer messing around every day, but began to fish for three days and dry the net for two days to care about the government, although in the eyes of others, he is still not a diligent emperor, but it is much stronger than only knowing the nonsense before.

The shore of the Taiye Pond in the south of the leopard room is extremely lively today, because Zhengde is on a whim, and the eunuchs in the palace are organized to reclaim a piece of cultivated land, it is said that the emperor will personally cultivate it, although Zhengde's move is very absurd, but the people in the palace have long been accustomed to Zhengde's nonsense, and even those ministers shook their heads indifferently after hearing it, and then they did what they should do, no one entered the palace to persuade at all, and even many ministers thought that this was a manifestation of the emperor's concern for agriculture, Therefore, instead of admonishing, we must encourage more.

Zhengde doesn't care what others think, anyway, he has to do what he thinks, if others dare to stop him, then he will use the identity of the emperor to force it, if he still can't achieve his goal, then he will do everything he can to do it, in short, he will not give up if he does not achieve his goal, which shows that he is an extremely stubborn person.

However, this time Zhengde asked the eunuchs to reclaim the land not just for fun, but to make a thing, although this thing did not help the government much, but for him personally, he could better understand the degree of development of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes, make that land hill-like. The mound is a little higher. Otherwise, it will all be washed away when it rains! Zhengde stood on a raised platform. Commanding the eunuchs below to organize the land, which must not only be cultivated, but also made into the corresponding terrain according to his requirements.

Although the eunuchs working below did not know what His Majesty Emperor Dao was going to do, some of the officials of the Ministry of Industry among these eunuchs were very clear about what His Majesty the Emperor was going to make, and they also understood the importance of this thing. Therefore, these officials are very hard-working, and they also measure the land little by little and mark it well, so that the eunuchs who work can make the corresponding terrain according to the signs.

For the busy eunuchs and officials below, Zhengde is also very satisfied, standing on the high platform, he can clearly see that a Ming territory under his feet is slowly forming, the national border line is dug out by the eunuchs a zigzag ditch, in order to present the outline of the entire Ming Dynasty, and then in the entire Ming territory, north and south Beijing. and the thirteen political envoys were all separated by the younger ditches, and even each state capital within each political envoy. It is also marked, and the unique terrain of these state capitals is also being completed under the production of the eunuchs, although the terrain for this is not standard, but Zhengde does not force this, he only needs to know the general terrain of each state capital.

The reason why Zhengde has this idea on a whim, in fact, comes from Zhou Chong, during this time Zhou Chong has been using troops overseas, and he has used more heart in the military aspect, in order to make it more convenient for Shen Ying's generals, so he asked people to make the sand table, and as a result, Shen Ying immediately reported the production method of the sand table to the Ministry of War, and then after Zhengde saw the sand table, he immediately had such an idea, that is, to make a huge sand table in the palace, this sand table does not need to be very accurate, It is only necessary to mark the general topography and outline of all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and then this huge sand table covering an area of nearly 100 acres appears.

The high platform where Zhengde stood stood in the city of Beijing on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, looking around at the vast land under his feet, and his heart was filled with a feeling of pride for a while, because he was the master of this land, and all the people living on this land were all his people.

When Zhengde's eyes turned to the southwest corner of the Ming Dynasty, he saw that the eunuchs there were piling up dirt on the position of the Wu Si Zang Division, which was the Tubo of the Tang and Song dynasties, but in the Taizu period, Wu Si Zang requested to be attached, so the Ming Dynasty set up the Wu Si Zang Du Command Envoy there, and the lama monks were the commanders of the guards, Tongzhi, Tongzhi, Tong Ju and other officials, and the highest monk was the Dharma King, and he was appointed as the commander of Wu Si Zangdu. The Dharma King was a very interesting monk, and he had no ambitions, and the Tibetans of Wusizang had become sheep under the teachings of these lamas, and they did not pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty at all.

Thinking of Wu Sizang, Zhengde suddenly thought of the letter Zhou Chong wrote to himself before, the letter mentioned his plan for North Korea, in Zhou Chong's plan, he was ready to support the rebels in North Korea, and after unifying the entire territory of Korea, he would then give the Ming Dynasty a request to attach it, and then he could agree to it, and the whole of Korea would become the land of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking that Daming had suddenly increased such a large piece of land under his own governance, Zhengde was also happy to dance with his hands, and immediately asked people to call the head of the Ministry of Works, who was not young, his hair and beard were gray, and Zhengde couldn't remember the name of this old man, but he knew that other people in Ludao called him Lao Sangtou.

"Old Sangtou, do you have a topographic map of North Korea in the Ministry of Industry?" Zhengde stood on the platform, leaned on the railing and shouted to the old mulberry head below. He didn't care what method Zhou Chong used to merge Korea into the Ming Dynasty, let alone what the effect of annexing North Korea was, in his opinion, as long as he could open up the territory and expand the territory, it was his greatest achievement as the emperor, not to mention that Zhou Zhong had already said that in the future, North Korea would be a springboard to control the Wa Kingdom, and as long as the Wa State was controlled, the Ming Dynasty would be able to reach the continent rich in gold and silver, which was also the hometown of corn and sweet potatoes, and Zhengde really wanted to go to the primitive continent to see it in person.

Lao Sangtou is actually not surnamed Sang, but surnamed Zhou, but there is a mulberry character in the name, so he is called Lao Sangtou, and now he hears His Majesty call himself so affectionately, which makes him extremely excited, almost trembling and replied loudly: "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Industry only has the map of the various state capitals of the Ming Dynasty, as for the map of these subject countries of Korea, I am afraid that only the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of War has it!" ”

"Okay, you pass on my message, immediately go to the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of War, and get the map of North Korea back to me as soon as possible, and instruct the people below to vacate the map of North Korea, and add North Korea in a while!" Zhengde shouted loudly again, he had absolute confidence in Zhou Chong, since the other party had promised to annex North Korea, there must be no problem. Although His Majesty Taizu included North Korea as a non-conquest country, but now the Ming Dynasty did not conquer North Korea, but North Korea itself was in civil strife, and then strongly requested to attach the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't bear to watch the Korean people suffer, so he agreed, so it was not a violation of the ancestral teachings at all.

Thinking of the above, Zhengde couldn't help but show a sinister smile, and at the same time he was more satisfied with his own brother, because he can always come up with some unexpected methods, and then complete the seemingly impossible task, which is also Zhengde's happiest place, after all, in his opinion, Zhou Zhong is his younger brother, and he will definitely be able to do what he can do.

Lao Sangtou heard Zhengde's order, and immediately rushed to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, but he didn't expect that the other party had a map of North Korea, so Lao Sangtou simply asked to come over, of which the map of the Ministry of Rites was given to the Ming Dynasty when North Korea paid tribute, and the map of the Ministry of War was drawn by someone in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhengde got these two maps, he frowned suddenly, because he found that the two maps of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War were very different, such as Gyeonggi Province in North Korea, on the map drawn by the Ministry of War itself, Gyeonggi Province was located in the middle of North Korea, but on the map of North Korea's own tribute, Gyeonggi Province actually ran to the southernmost part of North Korea, and there were also the locations of several other provinces, and the two maps were also very different, and even the general terrain outline of the whole of North Korea, the two maps were very different.

"Old Sangtou, your Ministry of Industry is an expert in drawing maps, if you look at these two maps, why are they so different?" Zhengde frowned and returned the two maps to Lao Sangtoudao, the Ministry of Industry has a job to draw a map of the country, and the old Sangtou in front of him is a master of drawing terrain, otherwise the Ministry of Industry would not have sent him to help him make this huge sand table in the palace.

Lao Sangtou didn't dare to look at these two maps before, after all, this is what the emperor's majesty wanted, he didn't dare to open it without permission, and now after hearing the emperor's majesty's words, he immediately opened it and looked at it, and immediately asserted: "Your Majesty, these two maps are not errors in the drawing process at all, but someone deliberately made a fake map, and even deliberately messed up the location of each province in North Korea, just to not let people know the real terrain of North Korea, and its intentions can be punished!" ”

When Zhengde heard Lao Sangtou's words, a light immediately flashed in his eyes, and he immediately asked, "Oh, then in your opinion, which of these two maps is fake?" ”

"This ......" Lao Sangtou was embarrassed for a while after hearing the words of His Majesty the Emperor, he was just a small principal, and it stands to reason that he could not express his opinion on this kind of national affairs, but since His Majesty asked, he couldn't help but answer, so he hesitated for a moment and replied, "Your Majesty, the map of the military department was drawn in the early years, in order to have a map to guide the army in the future, such a military event, the old man thinks that no one should dare to fake!" (To be continued......)