After Liu Jing heard Zhu Gui's explanation, he showed a slightly thoughtful look on his face, and then nodded and said: "I see, compared to my father's deduction skills, the prince is actually on par, at least my father has never told me such a detailed thing." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Gui suddenly asked, "I don't know where Mr. Liu Bowen is now?" Is it convenient to meet? ”

Zhu Gui's words made the two people present look surprised.

However, compared with Xu Yingxu's hesitation, Liu Jing was more panicked.

"Lord Wang, don't be joking, my father passed away in the eighth year of Hongwu, how can I meet the prince?"

"That's right, Lord Wang, the last general also attended Prime Minister Liu's funeral with Xu Guogong at that time." Xu Yingxu also spoke to corroborate.

However, Zhu Gui shook his head with a smile and said: "This matter can deceive others, but it can't deceive this king, when Liu Jing first came to Datong Mansion, this king was still a little puzzled, after all, with the notoriety of this king when he was in Nanjing, it was impossible for Mr. Liu Jing to defect." ”

Later, when I thought about this matter, this king guessed that there must be a master behind Mr. Liu to give advice, right? Later, this king also learned some of the truth of the matter through the 'art of deduction'. ”

When Zhu Gui said this, he saw Liu Jing's expression change drastically, and he looked impatient to explain, but Zhu Gui didn't give him a chance, but continued.

"Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry, this king can also guess the reason for the prime minister's fake death, presumably he has calculated that the emperor will liquidate those founding heroes, right?"

Zhu Gui sighed when he said this.

Liu Jing showed a noncommittal wry smile, as if he had acquiesced to Zhu Gui's statement.

The two seemed to have a feeling of sympathy for each other, but this made Xu Yingxu on the side dumbfounded.

He went from initial suspicion to shock.

If what the little prince in front of him said is true, then this is a major event that is enough to shake the entire government and the opposition.

You must know that the reason why the emperor was able to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and establish the Ming Dynasty within more than ten years can be said to have played a very key role.

It's just that Xu Yingxu also knew that this matter was too much to do, so even though he had a thousand questions in his heart, he didn't ask them.

For a moment, the inner room fell into silence.

After a while, Liu Jing took the lead in speaking: "What the prince expected was generally good, in fact, he was able to come to Yunzhou because of his father's recommendation, otherwise he wanted to go to Yandi to join the king of Yan with his thoughts at that time." ”

Liu Jing's face was a little unnatural, but he was quickly relieved.

Zhu Gui nodded, indicating that he could understand.

But now that this topic has been discussed, he also got the answer he wanted, that is, the god Liu Bowen is really not dead, so whether he can get the advice of the other party in the future depends on whether he can meet the other party's expectations.

However, Zhu Gui is still very confident in this.

So he shifted the conversation to something else.

The rest of the things were just as Liu Jing expected, and they were all Zhu Gui's instructions on Yunzhou's internal affairs.

Especially in military affairs, Zhu Gui expressed his idea of recruiting a group of Mongol horsemen and equipping them with flintlock pistols.

And this time he wants Xu Yingxu to enter Beijing together, so the training of these Mongols will be strictly arranged.

However, Xu Yingxu's thoughts on this are a little different from Zhu Gui's.

The main reason is that he still doesn't trust these Mongols who have returned to them, and he doesn't want to give them a sharp weapon like a flintlock pistol.

Therefore, Xu Yingxu wanted to personally supervise and train these Mongols after returning from Nanjing.

"General Xu, you can understand your thoughts, but you have to understand one thing, we don't have a lot of time, maybe after we come back from Nanjing this time, the situation will start to be turbulent, and from then on, it will be a little late for us to start training cavalry."

Zhu Gui said.

"But ......"

Xu Yingxu still wanted to insist on his idea, but Zhu Gui interrupted him.

"Okay, this matter has been decided, this 'white plague' on the grassland has made most Mongolians understand one thing, that is, only by relying on the Ming Dynasty can they live a good life."

"By the way, also, General Xu, not only the five thousand Mongols who are about to be selected, but also the lack of personnel in the escort army must be filled before we leave, this time we will go to Nanjing, I don't know how long we will stay, so everything must be prepared in advance."

"Yes."

Xu Yingxu saw that Zhu Gui's attitude was so resolute, and he could only obey orders.

This is the end of this internal meeting of Datong Province.

Xu Yingxu and Liu Jing both went back to prepare.

Zhu Gui also came to the main hall, and then saw Xu Miaoqing in the courtyard teaching Zhu Jixi to ride a bicycle.

He didn't bother the two of them, but went back to the study and began to analyze the map on the table.

Zhu Gui can be said to have a lot of knowledge about the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he does not know much about the history of other parts of the world at the same time of this era.

He only remembers some big events.

For example, Columbus discovered the American continent two hundred years after Zheng He's voyage to the West (probably), and the Industrial Revolution in Europe began around 1840.

And the Age of Discovery in Europe should be a long time before this time.

Therefore, judging from the time, Zhu Gui's global strategy is actually not just talking, even if there is no black technology he brought, with the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers, it can completely crush the natives of other regions in this era.

What Da Ming lacks is not force, but a map and transportation, just like a puzzle missing the most critical parts.

And now Zhu Gui has become the most critical part of this.

Zhu Gui drew four lines on the map, pointing to India, Siberia, Europe, and the American continent on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Three of the lines are in the direction of land, but in order to open these three passages, he must first control this large area of steppe outside the Ming Dynasty, so he must solve the division of Wazi and Tatar within Mongolia.

As for the Pacific direction, this reminded Zhu Gui of a person, that is, Zheng He.

Although it is still a few years before Zheng He went to the West during the Yongle period, Zheng He should still be serving under Zhu Di, the king of Yan, at this time.

In history, Zheng He also played a significant role in the Battle of Jingjing, which was reused by Zhu Di.

However, Zhu Gui felt that even if there was no Zheng He, it would not change the outcome of the Battle of Jingjing, so he was now thinking about how to dig Zheng He out of Zhu Di and use it for him.

And this visit to the prince in Nanjing is the best opportunity.