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Looking at the third point written by Du He on the concerto, Li Shimin understood a little, but he was a little puzzled, looked at Du He and continued: "Your third point is to develop sea routes, draw navigation charts, explore unknown regions on the sea, establish diplomatic relations with unknown countries, and open up the maritime Silk Road. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoI understand this nautical chart, but what does it mean to explore unknown areas on the sea and establish diplomatic relations with unknown countries? ”

In the depths of Du He's soul engraved the shadow of the earth, as soon as the world is spoken, the scene that comes to mind is the earth, but Li Shimin and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military understanding of the world is often only in the Central Plains, the Western Regions, Tianzhu, Mobei, Liaodong Goguryeo, as well as the Wa Kingdom, Ryukyu and other places, in addition to these places their minds are a blank, even if the emperor is well-informed, he does not know how big this world is.

Du He was surprised by Li Shimin's question, and then remembered, and suddenly said with a smile in his heart: "The unknown country and unknown region that the minister is talking about here are vast areas beyond our understanding. Take the well-known Western Regions as an example. The 36 countries of the Western Regions, Wusun, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Ruoqiang, Loulan, Jimo, Xiaowan, Ronglu, etc., must everyone know that in the 36 countries to the west? That's Talas, and the place west of Talas is the Great Food Country, which must be clear to all of you now. But ten years ago, did you know about the existence of the Great Eclipse? ”

Du He's question was asked by Dengshi, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were overturned.

The first contact between Dashi and the Tang Dynasty in history was in the second year of Yonghui, which was the reign of Gaozong Li Zhi, but due to the emergence of Duhe, the prestige of Datang was far greater than in the past, and it was conveyed to Dashi. The two superpowers, this is the beginning of the exchange. Therefore, before the appearance of Duhe, few people in the Tang Dynasty knew about the existence of the Great Eclipse, and in their impression, Talas was almost the end of the extreme west.

After being silent for a while, Fang Xuanling said: "My Datang and Dashi are separated by tens of thousands of miles, and it will take more than half a year to go back and forth, not to mention that the existence of Dashi Country has only been known in recent years." ”

Du He nodded and continued: "Then do you know the West of the Great Food Country, and there are other countries?" The boy has a strong interest in geography, and not long ago, he specially learned some information with the envoy of the Great Food Country, and made a detailed investigation of their history. They found that the area where they were located was a whole new world, the Byzantine Empire to the west of the Great Food Country, and the Gothic Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, the Burgundy Kingdom, the Soviet Kingdom and so on to the west of the Byzantine Empire, which had a common name called the Roman Empire before it was divided. The Roman Empire is actually recorded in ancient books, called Great Qin, but it has long been forgotten in people's memory. And their world culture is as wonderful, for example, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a Alexander the Great in the West, he is almost the most powerful conqueror so far, which is honestly my Chinese great people in the past dynasties, there is no comparison. The land he conquered was almost the size of my three or four Tang dynasties. ”

Li Shimin gasped, now the Tang Dynasty's economy, culture, land and territory have surpassed any dynasty in Chinese history, as long as he can recover Liaodong and conquer Goguryeo, he will become an emperor in China that no one can compare with in ancient times.

This is also his current motivation, as a perfectionist, he has the mind of not being willing to be left behind, and it is his lifelong desire to surpass the Qin Emperor and Han Wu. But now that he knows that there are people like Alexander the Great in history, a restless heart can't help beating, and the pair of eagle-like sharp eyes look farther, and say in his heart: "Since that Alexander the Great can conquer three or four of my Tang Dynasty territory, then I will definitely be able to conquer the same territory, even more than it." ”

The Manchu civil and military forces were also dumbfounded, and this unknown knowledge made them speechless for a while.

"The world is so big, it's amazing! We have the soldier saint Sun Wu, the soldier immortal Han Xin, and the overlord Xiang Yu in China, and the corresponding Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Han Bani, who has the same fate as Xiang Yu. In my country, there are Great Walls, ancient buildings, and in a country called Egypt, there are also buildings called pyramids, which are no less than the existence of the Great Wall. ”

"The kid said that these are not intended to compare the highs and lows, but to show that the world is far bigger than we imagined. This is true in the West, but what about the East? The East is a sea area, an unknown world that has never been explored, and there are countries, customs and resources that we don't know. What we have to do is to find out this country, and then open up the Maritime Silk Road, open up economic channels for our Datang, and contribute to the prosperity of Datang. ”

"Reconsideration!" Wei Zheng has been pondering the pros and cons, and after making up his mind, he said: "The biggest feature of the Maritime Silk Road is that the transportation is convenient, there is no treacherous terrain to obstruct us, we can completely open up several routes to many countries, and the efficiency is far better than the Silk Road on the road, fixed routes." ”

Li Shimin was already a little moved, and when he heard what Wei Zheng said, he also made up his mind and said: "How are the sea ships prepared, after everything is ready, you can send my Tang Navy to open up the eastern seas." ”

"No!" As soon as Du He heard Li Shimin's words, he immediately shouted. This was what he feared the most, and it was inevitable.

It is understandable that others oppose Li Shimin, but Du He, who came up with the idea, opposes it, which makes people confused.

Not only Li Shimin, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty showed puzzled looks, saying that he was the one who wanted to open up the eastern seas, and he was the first to oppose it, and he didn't know what Du He wanted to do.

This time opposition was inevitable.

Because if he doesn't object, the Tang Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty.

There was a super-large nautical event in the Ming Dynasty called Zheng He's Seven Voyages to the West.

It is said that Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty, was ordered to go to the Western Ocean seven times before and after, and Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean was unprecedented. According to records, Zheng He's number of people went to the West each time was more than 27,000, about five guards of the Ming Dynasty's army, and the fleet was composed of three sequences: boat division, amphibious troops, and honor guards. The boat division is the current ship force, the basic unit warship, they are formed into formations, called the front battalion, the rear battalion, the middle battalion, the left battalion, and the right battalion; amphibious forces for landing operations; The honor guard serves as a guard and the etiquette of foreign exchanges, solemn and majestic.

Later generations have given countless words of praise to this feat, what to promote the prestige of a great country, what to develop political, economic and cultural friendly relations between China and Asian countries, has made a great contribution, and strengthened the ties between the Chinese Ming Dynasty government and overseas countries, which is the last worldwide event in ancient Chinese history.

But in Du He's view, it is a, it is the disgusting self-esteem that is troubled, and this behavior is like the nouveau riche of later generations, showing off his wealth, bringing a large number of treasures, and rewarding the treasures to the Western countries, bringing economic benefits to the Western countries, but the Ming Dynasty itself did not get any benefits, and all the expenses relied on the strong national strength of the Ming Dynasty to support, which was a real defeat.

Compared with Zheng He's voyage to the West, Duhe appreciated the extensive transoceanic activities initiated by Europe from the 15th to the 17th century, when Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan discovered the American continent with a fleet of less than 300 people, opened up new shipping routes, and provoked a boom in ocean-going navigation, which brought incomparably huge benefits to their own countries.

The Ming Dynasty's intentions to go south to the West may be good, but the so-called great power demeanor and the act of scattering wealth made this feat a moth and made the Ming Dynasty suffer huge losses.

This should be avoided no matter how it is, the opening of the Maritime Silk Road is for welfare, but if it is a big show, it will become a move to waste life and money.

Li Shimin thought that he was a Ming monarch, but like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he had some great joys in his bones and paid more attention to pomp, which was not advisable.

Du He expressed his meaning.

Li Shimin's brows immediately twisted into a line, and he said unhappily: "If they don't let the country see the power of my Heavenly Empire, how can they have the confidence to come to my Datang to trade?" As he spoke, he made a look and asked Du He to cooperate.

Du He turned a blind eye, this is a matter of principle, if it is mainly to show off wealth, the Maritime Silk Road may not be able to achieve the effect in the image, he said loudly: "The real strength is not made by show, if you want to be admired by others, it is not by show." His Majesty's intention to conduct large-scale Eastern Airlines, what is the difference between this and Yang Guangyaowu showing off his wealth? ”

Li Shimin's face was embarrassed, and he was saying that it was a feat after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he wanted to hold a banquet, so he invited 3,500 people to attend, and the guests were the chiefs and leaders of the various tribes of the grassland who had been dealing with the Great Sui. In order to show off his wealth, Yang Guang ordered Chang'an to hang lanterns, and set up a reception tower in the central drum tower to make Aoshan Fuhai. At night, the lights are brilliant, and the fireworks are brilliant, reflecting the red sky. The whole city and the hundred miles of agriculture and commerce, all dressed in colorful brocade clothes, take the pearl jade and silver car to greet each other, extremely luxurious. Not only that, only Tuli Khan alone received a rich reward of 200,000 pieces of silk silk from Yang Guang.

Du He's implication here is almost to compare him to Yang Guang.

This also shows Du He's determination this time, this is the first time he has stood opposite Li Shimin so openly.

Li Shimin was a little uncomfortable, his face changed slightly, and there were signs of anger.

Before he could get the fire, Wei Zheng stood up again: "The minister reconsidered, the development of the Maritime Silk Road is to consolidate the Tang Dynasty, and it is not advisable to work hard and lose money, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

Chu Suiliang, who has always been at odds with Du He, also stood up this time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that Lord Xiao Du is reasonable. The real strength lies in the inside, and it is not obtained by showing off your wealth. If you want to make your country surrender to Laihe, you can only rely on the comprehensive strength of my Datang as a whole. ”

After succeeding Chu Suiliang, more than ten ministers in a row stood on Du He's side, and none of them were on the same side as Li Shimin.

If the one sitting on the dragon chair is Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who like to act arbitrarily, the consequences are unpredictable.

But Li Shimin is different, seeing the ministers working together, he laughed, the compromise was not insisting, and the eyes of Du He became more and more serious.