Zhu Houwei felt that if he could not complete his colonial rule in his lifetime, it would definitely become a lifelong regret for him.

A rudimentary map of the world appeared in front of the eyes of several princes.

It can be said that if it weren't for Zhu Youyi speaking so thoroughly, Zhu Houwei would not have planned to take out this world map, let alone say something more long-term to them openly and honestly.

But Zhu Youyi said, then there is not much need for Zhu Houwei to continue to hide, and sometimes he gives the bottom, so that a few people close to Uncle Wang have the bottom in their hearts, which will not be a bad thing for him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look." Zhu Houwei walked to the front of the map, holding a long baton in his hand.

"Your Majesty, this is?" Several princes got up and walked behind Zhu Houwei to look at the map, and they also knew that this was a map, but it was completely different from the map in their impression.

"This is the world map!"

"World map?" The kings do not know why.

Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "Zheng He went to the West back then, drew a nautical chart, and marked dozens of foreign countries on that nautical chart, and that nautical chart can be regarded as a small half of the world map, but it is a pity that this nautical chart and those treasure ship drawings are missing, I asked the military department to look for a long time but could not find it, I sent someone to find Liu Daxia, and asked him if he really burned those nautical charts, this old guy was vague, and there was no accurate word."

Liu Daxia burned Zheng He's charts and related archives, Zhu Houwei didn't know how it was recorded in the history books, only knew that Zheng He's voyage to the West was a typical labor and loss of money in the eyes of civil officials, and was the culprit who dragged down the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Whether Zheng He's trip to the West was a waste of money or not is almost uncontroversial, because it is, but the beginning of his trip to the West was not for profit, but for politics.

What kind of political significance?

The mainstream opinion is that Zhu Di seized the throne of his nephew Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Yunwen's body was not found, so it is suspected that Emperor Jianwen ran away.

Emperor Jianwen will not die for a day, for Zhu Di is like a fish in the throat, and it is also the most unstable factor in the Ming Dynasty, after all, people are orthodox, and they are the Son of Heaven who is supported by the people and even the world's scholars and the Xungui group.

So Zhu Di sent someone to look for it, and if he couldn't find it at home, he went abroad to find it, so he crossed the ocean.

No one knows whether this statement is reliable or not, after all, it is impossible to record it in the official history, so if this is not the case at all, then what is the point of going to the West?

The significance lies in showing off the foreign land, showing off the wealth and strength of China and the four provinces.

It was to announce the defeat of the Mongols and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and the ultimate goal was to re-establish the tributary order.

The Central Plains Dynasty is the upper state of the Celestial Empire, such a concept has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow of almost every Chinese for thousands of years, and the non-Chinese people are barbarians, and they abound in the history books.

It is also because of this sense of superiority that the Chinese Dynasty suffered enough losses in the tributary system, because the tributary of a small country declares its submission to the upper state, so as a superior state, there will naturally be a gift, and this gift is more than the tribute, I don't know how many times.

So there is a hole for small countries to exploit, during the Hongwu period, in order to earn tribute from the Ming Dynasty, the Wa State was eager to send dozens of envoys a year to pay tribute, but it was a pity that the Wa State Short met the Hongwu Emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and when he became the emperor, he only had a few dishes for one meal, how could he endure the constant wool of the Japanese State on his body!

As a result, he ordered to limit the number and number of tributary missions of the Wakos, which also made the Wakoku a complete laughing stock in that era.

Zheng He brought countless silks, teas, and porcelain with him to the West, and if these things could be exchanged for a large amount of gold and silver goods, then it is estimated that no one would say that going to the West was a waste of money, but in fact it was not.

The fleet composed of so many ships is of course the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and more than eighty percent of the goods that can be carried have been given to the royal families and nobles of various countries, and the specialties brought back from various countries are either exchanged for the remaining goods or bought with real money.

The huge expenses of goods, shopping, manufacturing and maintenance of sea vessels, and the cost of water keepers, how much silver these add up, it is definitely a sea of gold and silver, and it is really not too much to say that it costs people and money.

So after the funeral of Emperor Yongle, Renzong sent Zheng He to Nanjing as a garrison eunuch, and Liu Daxia burned the chart in order to prevent future kings from continuing to play the West......

Right or wrong is meaningless to pursue at this time, Zhu Houwei is just a pity that such a cultural treasure has completely disappeared in the long river of history.

Of course, the so-called nautical charts and the customs and customs of various places are basically chicken ribs for Zhu Houwei, because the inventory in his mind is many times more detailed than the so-called nautical charts.

The princes looked at the map marked with various colors, as if trying to find out the location of the Great Ming, but they were clearly disappointed.

Because the Ming Dynasty is the Celestial Empire, it is naturally located in the center of the world, so if it is changed to the map, the Ming Dynasty should also be in the center, but the central position of the map is blank nine times out of ten.

On this simple map of the world, a blank space represents an endless ocean......

"Here!" Zhu Houwei pointed a stick on the red Huaxia section and said solemnly: "This red area is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and this yellow point is the capital!"

The kings were dumbfounded......

A few simple words have completely subverted the original cognition of several princes about the world, and they have not received systematic geographical education, so that their geographical knowledge is extremely lacking, and they only know that the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away, and all countries are coming!

However, the fact is that on this map, the territory of the Ming Dynasty occupies a domain at best......

Zhu Youyi looked at the whole map with blazing eyes, he didn't know who drew this map, but he knew that this map was true nine times out of ten, that is to say, the map that Zhu Houwei showed them represented the world!

It's not the same thing as the world they knew before.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land. On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister.

This sentence declares that the incomparably strong self-confidence of the Central Plains Dynasty is indeed true, but now it seems that it makes him feel so helpless to sit in the well and watch the sky.

"Could this be the grassland?" Zhu Youyi asked, pointing to a large green area above the red section.

"Uncle Wang is right." Zhu Houwei nodded and said: "This is an extremely vast land, almost as big as three percent of the Ming Dynasty, but it's a pity that such a large piece of land can't grow food, otherwise the disaster of the grassland will be completely solved thousands of years ago......"

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