After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao ordered someone to find a copy of the "Western Geography" and enter the palace, and put Jing Yang on the side.

This guy couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, thinking that his daughter had committed a terrible crime.

Zhu Houzhao asked while watching: "Jing Yang, your daughter shouldn't be that old, right?" ”

"Little girl, how dare you ask Your Majesty, it's just this year, just over twenty."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao's mind sank, this age is a little older, "Can you be married to someone?" ”

"Forehead......" Jing Yang muttered in his heart, and still said: "Back to Your Majesty, the little girl has promised to marry the son of the Zuoyu Shilang family of the household department." ”

It's a pity that such a woman shouldn't get married, and if she meets a husband who doesn't understand her after marrying, then her 'hobbies' are very likely to be unable to get on, unless she has that kind of luck.

But then I thought about it, I really didn't care about others, just for the sake of Daming and the country, so I asked a woman of her age not to marry......

"Hmm......" he frowned and thought slowly, in fact, it was not without other ways, "This "Western Geography", have I asked you for advice?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive the emperor. The little girl has never been to the sea, so in her spare time, she made this book by reading books such as "Overseas Illustrated Chronicles", comparing the contents of many books in detail, removing obvious mistakes, and secondly, asking for help. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Do I want to ask you?" You don't know everything. ”

Jing Yang spit bubbles in his heart, what does this mean.

"She also wants to ask others for advice, but the girls' families are inconvenient to show up, so they all asked Weichen to stop her."

"No wonder there are mistakes in this book."

Jing Yang paused, "The little girl has a shallow knowledge, and she is no better than Your Majesty, so the minister will go back and ask her to review it more, and order someone to destroy this book." ”

Zhu Houzhao looked back and continued to look down, the angle from which people in this era open their eyes to see the world is actually quite interesting. In this book, of course, the Central Plains is located in the center of the world, and the overseas countries are like barbarian countries in the corners.

He tapped his head again and remembered when Magellan completed his voyage around the world...... The time should be about the same as now, but I can't remember the specifics.

In addition, the book is not very clear about overseas countries, and I only think that people are white-skinned and green-eyed, which is a kind of person, which is also inaccurate.

“…… Right,"

When the emperor said a word, Jing Yang immediately bowed his head, as a father, he was still very afraid that the emperor would be angry with his daughter.

"You don't have to panic. What I want to say is that there is always a process of understanding new things, and it often takes decades or even hundreds of years to go from vague concepts to detailed understandings. Later generations can't say that the predecessors are at fault, in this era, there are people in the Ming Dynasty who can have such an understanding, it's still good, when will you bring someone into the palace, I will see her, Xiuyu likes it very much. ”

Jing Yang only felt that he had entered the volcano from the ice cellar, and he was immediately happy, "The little girl is a talented person, and she deserves such praise from Your Majesty." ”

"Alright, don't drop your bag." Zhu Houzhao thought of something again, "Right now, I am in the Ming Dynasty, who are the people who know the most about overseas?" ”

It can't be such a little girl, right?

"There seem to be such strange people in Jiangnan, and the more crazy ones also follow the merchant ships to the sea."

"Why don't you organize it, hold a meeting in Jingshi, and gather these people. On the one hand, it is the attitude of the imperial court, I have never agreed with the Ming scholars to be the frog at the bottom of the well, the so-called prosperous era is to be open and inclusive, if there is a stronger country overseas, let's keep in mind the words of Confucius, the threesome must have my teacher, learn from others, why not improve yourself? If not...... Alas, on the contrary, it seems boring, and I will be lonely all the time. ”

Jing Yang only felt shocked, a generation of Zhengde Emperor, this kind of weather is really unbeatable.

"The second one, since scholars are scholars, they should be realistic and pragmatic, and they can't do things behind closed doors and talk nonsense, which is the intention of bringing these people together. I guess that now the folk are not only this "Western Geography", but also other people are writing books, and of course there will be all kinds of mistakes. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

"You go and coordinate with the Foreign Affairs Academy, and you will teach a course in world geography, and you will keep the outstanding performers in the conference as teachers. In the future, Gu Zuo's Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry will select officials from among these trainees. I don't want my officials to be so stupid. ”

"Yes."

As Zhu Houzhao expected, in the past ten years, there are indeed some intellectuals among the people who are understanding the West, and Jing Wan can compile such a book, first, to show that there is a source of information, and second, there is also a part of the audience.

If the first ten years were spontaneous among the people, then from this year onwards, it will be promoted by the official power of the imperial court, and at the same time, various maps are actually being drawn and published.

It can be said that the children of this generation who have grown up, as long as they are educated, should not be so shallow.

In retrospect, although this book is wrong, the concept of understanding the world contained in it is still there.

"You are here."

"The slave is here, you collect a few books of the same nature, and send them to the cabinet and the six ministries, so that the ministers can read them."

……

……

A few days later, Zhu Houzhao summoned several important courtiers to meet because of another matter.

Because Xinjiang Yang Yiqing's recital has arrived.

This is a serious matter, and you can't laugh at it.

That Song Shu Wang Wei and Yang Tinghe have all seen it, and then uploaded it in the hands of Liang Chu, He Jian, Wang Jing, Wang Hua and others.

Zhu Houzhao paced slowly in front of them and said, "Yang Yiqing mentioned a total of two things in the song. One, Xizhou transferred two Han people's guards, and they wanted to set up a Hu people's guard based on the Hu people. Second, it is the current Kansai Seven Guards, except for Hami, it should be the Kansai Six Guards, how should it be handled? ”

There's something strange about that.

Wang Jingdang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Isn't this Guanxi Liuwei Hu Renwei? ”

Of course, Zhu Houzhao understood, "In the final analysis, what they mean is the need for an obedient Hu Renwei." The six guards of Kansai have despised the imperial court for a long time, and now that Xinjiang has just been established, the imperial court's control over them is worse than that of ordinary Tusi, which in itself is indeed an issue that needs to be considered. But what Wang Jing said was good, after tossing for a long time, he finally changed from Hu Renwei to Hu Renwei, so it was meaningless. ”

The matter in the Western Regions was originally difficult to solve, and the most critical factor was that it was difficult for the power of the Central Plains to be effectively projected there, and now this difficulty has been slightly alleviated, so we can see hope, otherwise there is no need to discuss it.

Yang Tinghe ended with one sentence, "It's nothing more than a question of whether to fight or not." If you want to solve it, you will fight, and if you want to abandon it, you will not fight. ”

In fact, this question is also very simple, the Ming Dynasty has reached this momentum today, can it still fight?

"Order Yang Yiqing to act at the opportunity, the camera to meet the enemy, and strive to get rid of these hidden dangers as soon as possible!" The emperor suddenly turned around and announced, "The original idea of the ancestors to set up the Seven Guards of Guanxi was to set up a screen on the border and reject the enemy from abroad, but after more than a hundred years, these people have already changed their minds, and I don't want to mention the past grievances and grievances anymore, so let's clean them up." Hu Renwei's proposal, I agreed, but the commander must be my general, they can no longer have the right to self-determination, since they are the Ming soldiers, they must be ordered by the imperial court, otherwise I am the emperor is a fake! ”

The emperor did not say when or how to solve it in his will, but only said that he acted at the opportunity, which was regarded as giving Yang Yiqing a lot of freedom. To put it bluntly, don't ask about the process, give me the result.

The ministers sighed one after another, and now the sharpness of the Ming soldiers is fully displayed, and the Quartet Hulu is probably going to be cleaned up.

"Wait, obey!"

"You don't have to leave. In the past few days, I asked the celebrant to send you some books, have you read them all? Zhu Houzhao curled the corners of his mouth, "Today is empty, let's discuss the situation in this world?" ”

(End of chapter)