He thought that when Zhu Yuanzhang met the globe, it was Zhu Xiongying who leaked his mouth in front of him and praised the globe violently. Especially what he told Zhu Xiongying, he relayed it to Zhu Yuanzhang, which aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's interest.

Only then did he summon himself into the palace.

But he never expected that what attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention from the globe turned out to be the territory map of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The most important thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang whimsically wanted to apply the territory map of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the globe to the military.

The map of the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the globe was drawn by him, and others don't know it, can he still not know?

If it was the kind of Northern Yuan territory map restored by technology in later generations, he didn't say a word, and presented it with both hands. But the territory map of the Northern Yuan Dynasty he drew is not half a star worse than the territory map of the Northern Yuan Dynasty restored by the technology of later generations.

The territory map of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the globe is still particular about expanding cognition, but when it is used in the military, he is afraid that the Ming army will enter the grassland, and if he does not meet the Northern Yuan army, he will play himself to death.

Thinking about it, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's displeasure on his face, and hurriedly said, "The emperor forgives the sin, the map of the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the globe is just a work of the minister's graffiti, and cannot be used as a reference for military maps!"

"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and said suspiciously.

Lan Bin didn't explain, but directly opened the wooden box and took out the globe from it: "Your Majesty, please introduce you to one or two!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, only hummed in a nasal voice, and agreed.

Only then did Lan Bin hold the globe to the top of the imperial case and put it down, and then moved a candle on the top of the imperial case to a short distance from the side of the globe and shined on the back of the globe.

Glancing at the globe, his fingers flicked the globe sphere, revealing the patterns of the Ming Territory and the Northern Yuan Territory, and said, "Your Majesty, please look! This is the map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty and the surrounding countries, including the Northern Yuan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, with the help of candle light, and looked at the territory map on the globe, only to find that the territory map above was extremely sloppy, and only marked the location of key areas.

For example, Nanjing, Shuntian, Yangzhou and other places in the Ming Dynasty are marked, while some counties below the state capital are not marked.

The same is true of the Northern Yuan Territory Map.

What does this mean?

It means that his idea of applying the Northern Yuan territory map on the globe to military affairs has been shattered.

Although he only had a little hope for the Northern Yuan territory map on the globe, he was still a little disappointed when he saw the facts.

Disappointed, when I looked at the globe again, it was nothing more than a strange-looking wooden ball.

I couldn't help but say, "Lan Bin boy, it's a shame that our good grandson trusts you so much! Let you prepare a birthday gift for him to give us. You're going to fool our good grandson with such a?"

"Your Majesty, let the ministers defend themselves!" Lan Bin said busily.

Zhu Yuanzhang glared and said, "Okay, let's give you a chance to defend yourself." If you can't say one, two, three, four, you will be charged with betraying the trust of our good grandson and fooling our good grandson, you will have to eat a board!"

"Your Majesty, the minister prepared this globe for His Royal Highness the eldest grandson, not for other purposes, but to understand the world!" Lan Bin tugged at the corners of his mouth and explained.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was even more unhappy, we have lived for such a long time, we have traveled south and north, mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, what have we never seen? How about a thirteen or fourteen-year-old doll that tells the world with a broken thing?

And just such a thing that teaches people to understand the world?

What about our three-year-olds?

But thinking about it, he didn't show it, just glanced at Lan Bin, and said lightly, "Go on!"

"Your Majesty, although the map of the territory of the earth meter plane drawn by the minister is not so detailed, all countries and regions in this world, including the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, have been marked!"

Lan Bin said, "For example, the Northern Yuan in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the Chaoguo, the Ryukyus, and the Sakura Kingdom in the east. Luzon, Siam, and so on in the south!"

As he spoke, he reached out and pointed out the location of the surrounding countries on the globe.

Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze moved with Lan Bin's hand, and his eyebrows were raised

pick, the globe made by this kid Lan Bin doesn't seem to be so useless.

At least the location of the countries around Daming is marked very accurately.

Thinking about it, he looked at the surrounding countries of the Ming Dynasty, and finally landed on the map of the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and once again remembered the question he had asked Zhu Xiongying once before, but he did not get an answer.

couldn't help but say, "The Northern Yuan has been driven out of the Central Plains by us, why is the territory map of the Northern Yuan still larger than the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, before the minister answers, dare to ask the emperor a question!" Lan Bin saluted.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "You ask!"

"Dare to ask the emperor, do you know the Great Mongolia?" After Lan Bin looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, he was serious.

He didn't ask this question casually.

Don't look at the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, they were taken over from the Yuan Dynasty. But in fact, there is no record of the Great Mongolian State in the Ming Dynasty.

And the Yuan Dynasty split from the Great Mongolian State.

The two are deeply linked.

He asked the Great Mongolia in order to start with the Yuan Dynasty, which Zhu Yuanzhang was familiar with, and then gradually expand the knowledge of other countries.

Of course, the most important thing is to stimulate Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the most important thing is ambition, if he knows that the Ming Dynasty only inherited part of the territory of the Great Mongolia, there are still large territories waiting to be conquered.

Maybe it will allow him to focus on foreign expeditions and avoid formulating a series of internal friction policies.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Lan Bin and said lightly, "Qianyuan, isn't it Mongolia? Do you need to ask?"

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, Qianyuan is indeed a part of the Great Mongolia, but not the Great Mongolia!"

Lan Bin expected Zhu Yuanzhang to say this, and said solemnly: "The Great Mongolian State not only includes the former Yuan, but also includes the Chagatai Khanate, the Golden Horde and other countries."

"They're here, and they're here—"

As he spoke, he pointed out the location of the Chagatai Khanate and other countries that had split off from the Great Mongolian State in turn, and pointed them out on the globe.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in disbelief: "Lan Bin boy, you're not mistaken, right? How big is the territory of the Great Mongols?"

"In the past, the territory of the Great Mongolia was indeed so large. But after the death of Genghis Khan Temujin, the Great Mongol kingdom began to divide and form different states."

Lan Bin nodded, "The former Yuan was established by Kublai Khan, the grandson of Temujin."

As he spoke, he also talked in detail about the fact that Temujin and his sons led the Mongol army to conquer the east and the west, and established the Great Mongol state.

Zhu Yuanzhang was fascinated by the fact that the Mongol army swept through Europe and Asia and established a huge Mongolian state, and compared with the glorious past of the former Yuan, his own achievements in establishing the Ming Dynasty were not worth mentioning, not a taste.

The most important thing is that it has been fifteen years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and not to mention foreign expansion, even the old rival Beiyuan has not been eliminated.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty is not as large as the territory of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, let alone the territory of the Great Mongolia.