The reason why Jing Ke was able to hide the dagger in the map was that the map had high strategic significance at that time, so he could personally dedicate the map to King Yingzheng of Qin in the form of treasures.

Since the development of China, drawing methods such as scale, direction, distance, relative height, slope, height and distance have been adopted, so the map technology has been very close to the modern era.

However, no matter what kind of method, in fact, it is inseparable from actual measurement, and special personnel need to use tools to measure, so as to draw a more accurate map.

Now that this detailed map is in front of everyone's eyes, it's no wonder that everyone will be surprised.

This map not only has the signs of mountains and rivers, but also the city and road network, which is no different from the domestic map, especially the multi-color drawing.

Zhu Youzhu should be happy when he saw the shock of Li Si and other important ministers of the household department, but he sighed and said: "This is not a map of Annam, but a map of the Indochina Peninsula. I have ordered the Inner Scholar Hall to draw the map of the country in conjunction with the Outer Domain's earlier offering, but you have seen many blanks, which are actually caused by incomplete information! ”

Since he had made up his mind to open the cotton cloth market in Indochina, he had already begun to collect relevant information and draw this most complete map of Indochina to date.

The Laos, Monyang, Mupang, Burma, Dagu, Siam, Champang, etc. on the map have been clearly marked, so that people can see them at a glance.

It's just that due to the lack of some information, and some foreign vassals do not have national maps, they can only choose to leave part of the blank, which is undoubtedly a small pity.

Although Zhu Youzhu explained this, the faces of Li Si and others, who were still full of shock, never expected to draw an almost complete Indochina Peninsula.

"Your Majesty, is this the territory of the Annan Li Dynasty?" Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, saw the area of the long snake strip and looked incredulous.

Wan An had been squinting at the map for a while, and then replied on his behalf: "After Li Hao succeeded to the throne, he has been conquering the Quartet, and the city of Zhancheng in the south has suffered greatly. According to the intelligence over the years, their territory has indeed expanded to the southernmost point! ”

"Your Majesty, why Annan has been expanding southward along the eastern coastline instead of choosing to expand westward, this is very strange!" Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at the strange area and raised his confusion.

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, nodded lightly in recognition of this judgment, and Wan An helped explain: "The Annam Li Dynasty actually planned to go west, but it was defeated by Laos, but I don't know if it was due to this!" ”

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Zhu Youji.

After this period of getting along, although he is several laps older than Zhu Youji, sometimes he has a feeling that the other party is wiser than himself.

"It is true that they were unable to expand westward because of the defeat of Laos, but the Lê Dynasty has been expanding southward along the east coast, and even if it has bypassed the territory of Laos, it has not expanded westward, but it is actually blocked by the mountains and dense forests on the peninsula! Anyone who lives by the sea knows that the coastline is affected by typhoons all year round, and the seaside area is easy to navigate, so the army of the Li Dynasty also went all the way south smoothly after annexing most of the city! Zhu Youzhi also came to the map, looking at the map in front of him and said lightly.

In fact, this situation is not an isolated case, the most typical is the later Chile, whose land length can extend from the northeast of the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Indochina Peninsula.

Wan An and other important ministers have a kind of loyal monarch thoughts and behaviors in their bones, and now when they see Zhu Youzhu walking here, everyone suddenly seems to be a little shorter.

Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was more pragmatic, and asked about the map of the Indochina Peninsula that suddenly appeared: "Your Majesty has taken out this map now, but what are your other plans?" ”

Hey?

Wan An and the other six officials found that Jia Jun's words made sense, and the appearance of this map seemed abrupt, so they turned their heads to look at Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhu knew that the official in his current position was unlikely to do anything to betray the country and seek glory, so he pointed lightly with his finger and said like a chess piece: "The terrain here is the most dangerous, we only need to send to occupy here, then we can divide the Li Dynasty into two." ”

Although the expansion of the Li Dynasty to the south was gratifying, the combat strength of 100,000 was reduced but not increased, and now that the troops are so scattered, they have fallen into a huge flaw.

With Zhu Youji's fingers so lightly, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

Wan An and other officials were still worried about the war, but when they saw that the place Zhu Youzhu pointed out was simply the key point of the Li Dynasty, they couldn't help but secretly swallow and spit at the mouth.

Zhu Youzhu pointed to the territory of the Li Dynasty from north to south, and then added: "The Li Dynasty went all the way south, and the places it passed through were repeatedly killed, so that the southern tribes had already gritted their teeth with hatred for them, and they had already formed a deep hatred of the sea of blood!" Although it has 100,000 regular troops, it has been fighting for many years, and its casualties are not too small, so the strength of the army is really damaged! Now that the Li Dynasty has to take care of such a long territory, we only need to occupy the fortress with surprise soldiers to divide the Li Dynasty army into two. At that time, we will be pressed by the army in the southwest, and the Li Dynasty will not be able to transfer back the army in the south in time, with the military talents of Wang Yue and Wang Zhi, it is not difficult to hit the Li Dynasty in Annam! ”

Although Annan has always preached Zhongxing, history has long proved that "if you have a long teacher, you will be tired".

If a strong country like the Ming Dynasty does not raise troops, once it sends troops to the current Li Dynasty, it can be said that it will fall into the ground. In addition, the various departments of the Indochina Peninsula have been resentful of the Li Dynasty for a long time, and this time they must get twice the result with half the effort.

"Your Majesty, this is a wonderful strategy!" Li Yu's eyes lit up slightly, and he seemed to be sincerely emotional.

When Wan An and the other officials swallowed their saliva, they also nodded lightly in approval, looking at the strategizing emperor in front of them in horror.

This knife went down, and it was literally cut above the seven inches of the snake.

The Li Dynasty was already the target of public criticism in the Indochina Peninsula, and if the north and south were really cut off now, then the Li Dynasty would definitely fall into chaos.

At this moment, everyone realized that the emperor in front of them was not only a master of power and art, but also had extraordinary strategies for military affairs.

Zhu Youzhu was not complacent because of this, but he knew that it would actually take the lives of the soldiers to be able to successfully implement it, so he looked at Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said: "Xu Qing, you asked the head of the Ministry of Rites who had contacted Zhancheng earlier to go south, and be responsible for contacting the Zhancheng side, asking them to fully cooperate with us to cut off the Li Dynasty!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, knew that Zhu Youzhu had already laid out, so he said solemnly.

Zhu Youji's eyes fell on the map area of Annan, but he said with a slight bitterness: "The map of Annan seems to be the most detailed, but in fact, it is already missing, and the route is not as good as Zhang Fu's marching map back then!" ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Fu's marching map must be archived in the Ministry of War, and this map can be found by sending someone!" Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was stunned for a moment, and then reminded seriously.

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly, but shook his head lightly and said: "Don't talk about that marching map, I sent Liu Jin to the military department earlier to retrieve all the military files of Zhu Fu's campaign against Annam, but the result is no longer missing!" ”

In Zhang Fu's four campaigns to pacify Annan, it can be said that he left a lot of valuable military materials, which have been sealed and stored in the database of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

It's just that things are so weird, it was originally a very important intangible wealth belonging to the Ming Dynasty, and now someone was sent to take it, but it turned out to be missing.

"How could such important military information be missing?" The eyes of Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, widened, and he looked very shocked to find the Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

Due to the vacancy of the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lu Wen, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, was not valued by Zhu Youji, there are no members of the Yamen of the Ministry of War now.

Wan An and Liu Ji silently exchanged glances, but they already knew what was going on in their hearts, this was because Da Ming produced Liu Daxia, the strongest military driver.

Everyone in the world knows that Liu Daxia burned the archives of Zheng He's trip to the West, but they don't know that the strongest chariot driver in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Lieutenant General Zhang Fu, hid the military archives of Annan four times.

The land in Annam was relatively barren, and Li Hao chose the path of external expansion. It's just that this process was not smooth, and in the process of westward expansion, it was a crushing defeat to Laos.

After learning of the fiasco of Annam, Wang Zhi thought that this was a good opportunity to recapture Annam, so he lobbied Xianzong and said: "The land of Annam, the Qin people opened it, the Han people restored it, the Tang Dynasty set up a traffic management, and the Song Dynasty conquered the dragon, which is this dynasty, and there are also great achievements of the British Gongnan expedition." Now that the Son of Heaven is above, there is chaos in their country, and we should take the opportunity to take Jiaozhi back! ”

Xianzong is actually a bloody emperor, otherwise he would not have said the words "smash its lair and eliminate its species".

In the face of Annan, who was lost by his grandfather, he also intended to return Annan to the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have ushered in the most bloody moment, the Northeast General Jianzhou Jurchen almost killed the tribe, and the Mongolia in the north did not dare to violate the border, and the southwest also wanted to take the opportunity to raise troops to recover.

As the saying goes, "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, one hundred battles will not be defeated", the military archives of the British public Zhang Fu to pacify Annam four times in that year are very important, and they are the best reference materials for the Ming Dynasty to attack Annam.

Xianzong sent people to the Ministry of War to ask for it, and although Liu Daxia, who was the director of the Ministry of War's car driving department at the time, did not dispose of it like burning Zheng He's archives on his trip to the West, he also hid the files of Annan.

Liu Daxia knew that his opposition was too weak, but he raised the banner of "provocation and erosion in the southwest", and recruited Yu Zijun, the secretary of the military department, and others to oppose the imperial court's recovery of Annan.

In fact, the people of the Li Dynasty did not live satisfactorily, especially since they had been burdened with huge military expenditures, and now the Li Dynasty army was defeated in Laos. If the Ming army fought back at that time, it was indeed very likely that Annan would be included in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

It was only Liu Daxia who hid the Annan archives, and the civilian clique strongly opposed the dispatch of troops on the grounds of the stability of the southwest, which made Xianzong dispel this idea.

It can also be seen from this incident that the young Xianzong actually has a heart to do things, but he met a group of civil officials who only want to share the blessings of peace.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty lost a good opportunity to regain Annan's territory, and the most critical figure was Liu Daxia, who was known as the Three Gentlemen of Hongzhi.

After many years, Daming wanted to start a war against Annan again, but he was once again trapped by Liu Daxia hiding important Annan files.

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, frowned slightly, and even speculated: "When the minister was serving as the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion, I heard that Liu Daxia, who was the driver of the military department at the time, hid this Annan file to prevent the first emperor from vali, I am afraid that the Annan file was lost at that time!" ”

"Your Majesty, what Li Shangshu said, the minister also heard at that time! It's just that I heard that Liu Daxia was hidden, but he didn't burn it privately, and he should be released back afterwards, could it be that he didn't return it? Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, reminisced about the past, and also speculated.

"If Liu Daxia really loses Annan's files, he should be punished!" Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was well aware of the importance of historical data, and immediately expressed his position indignantly.

Du Ming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Si, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, had more or less heard of it, after all, concealing the archives of Annan and burning the archives of Zheng He's voyage to the West had always been the behavior of loyal servants in the mouths of Qingliu officials.

Zhu Youzhi saw that everyone's attention fell on him, so he told the investigation results of the matter and said: "I asked for it unsuccessfully, and I also wanted to know the whereabouts of Annan's files, so I ordered Yin Songcheng of Shuntian Mansion to investigate!" ”

Wan An and the others heard that Zhu Youzhu had been handed over to Song Cheng for investigation, which not only showed that His Majesty had attached great importance to this matter, but also proved that the results of this investigation were credible.

Now all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty know that Song Cheng is the only official who can truly achieve "gentlemen but not the party".

Zhu Youzhu thought of Song Cheng's investigation results, and said bitterly: "As everyone guessed!" The Annan archives were lost during Liu Daxia's tenure, and because many years have passed, and Liu Daxia was extremely careful when he hid at that time, he has not looked for the Annan archives so far. I sent Jinyi Wei to search Liu Daxia's house in Beijing, but I didn't find Annan's files! ”

"How dare he, Liu Daxia, dare to do such a thing that violates the emperor's decree?" Jia Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, learned that it was really Liu Daxia who was hiding or burning privately, and said angrily with gritted teeth.

Li Yu and other officials heard that Liu Daxia hid Annan's archives and didn't feel much about it, but now that the imperial court is preparing to use troops against Annan, they realized how hateful Liu Daxia was, and they didn't understand how a small soldier could do such a rebellious thing.

Wan An and Liu Ji silently exchanged glances, and the other officials were either outside the bureau and didn't know about it, but they were in the bureau and naturally knew where Liu Daxia's arrogance was.

Liu Daxia was born in a family of eunuchs, and at the age of six he went to Beijing with his father to meet his fellow villager Yang Pu, and as soon as Yang Pu, a scholar, saw Liu Daxia, he said, "This child may be able to reach my position in the future."

Yang Bo personally named Liu Daxia Daxia, and even married a woman of the same age in the clan to Liu Daxia, which can be regarded as indirectly marrying Liu Daxia, and Liu Daxia naturally belongs to the core members of the Huguangpeng Party.

In the original rules, Liu Daxia was the key cultivation object of the Huguang Township Party, and was even cultivated as the future leader of the Township Party.

It's just a way to take the imperial examination, and it's about real talent and chance.

Liu Daxia has been smart since he was a child, and he also has very superior teaching resources, but when Tianshun was a junior in the eighth year, he was already twenty-seven years old.

Although he is still a young man, Yang Tinghe, who is a nineteen-year-old high school jinshi, is the successor of the civil official group, and Liu Daxia's age is actually a bit old.

Liu Daxia entered the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, but when he saw that his teacher, Peng Shi, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was promoted to the secretary of the military department, he took the initiative to give up the opportunity to continue to study his qualifications in the Hanlin Academy, and instead chose to enter the military department to assist his mentor Peng Shi.

Although this choice almost ruined the opportunity for him to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, joining the military department as the head of the military department and holding real power greatly flattered his mentor Peng Shi.

Facts proved that he was right in this political speculation.

In the fourth year of Chenghua, Chen Wen, the first assistant of the cabinet, died, and Peng Shi took over the position of the first assistant.

Liu Daxia's status is rising, and he was naturally promoted to the secretary of the party, and in the ninth year of Chenghua, he was appointed as the driver of the five products.

If he had chosen to stay in the Hanlin Academy to study his qualifications, he would probably continue to climb in the Hanlin review position of Zhengbapin like Yang Tinghe, but now he has become a powerful figure in the military department, and he has the support of the first assistant teacher behind him, and has even entered the inner circle of the civil official group.

It is precisely like this, whether it is Liu Daxia's private burning of Zheng He's archives on his trip to the West, or Liu Daxia's concealment of Zhang Fu's archives of Annan, to a large extent, it is inseparable from the support of Peng Shi, the first assistant at the time.

Of course, these things were done by Liu Daxia after all, and it was he who stood up against the imperial power, but it was inseparable from his arrogant temperament.

Zhu Youzhi actually hated Liu Daxia for delaying the development of Huaxia in his heart, but said lightly on his face: "The Annan archives are very important today, and I have already ordered Wang Zhi to go to Liu's house to ask for it, and he will have news soon!" ”

It is said that Liu Daxia burned the treasure map of Zheng He's voyage to the West and hid the archives of Annan, and it is not a pity for such a person to die. However, Liu Daxia was strongly protected by the civilian official group, and not only won a great reputation in the officialdom, but also was transferred to the more powerful military department of the Ministry of War.

Later, he was arrested and imprisoned by Xianzong's order for committing a crime, but Huai'en, who was respected by the civilian clique, tried his best to save him, and was only released after 20 canes.

After being released from prison, Liu Daxia was afraid of being arrested by Xianzong's order, so he decided to leave the capital to avoid the limelight. He was promoted to the third rank and served as the right political envoy of Fujian and the deputy envoy of the sea patrol, becoming the highest military governor of Fujian.

However, the glorious days did not last long, and he soon left Fujian. It's not that he was demoted, but because his father died, so he is now guarding filial piety in his hometown in Huguang.

Now if you want to retrieve the Annan archives, no matter what kind of mood Zhu Youzhi is, you need to ask where Liu Daxia was hiding back then, and formulate a more scientific combat deployment in combination with Zhang Fu's march back then.

Li Yu and other officials learned that Zhu Youzhi had arranged for Wang Zhi to go to Liu Daxia's house, and although they were very angry at Liu Daxia's actions back then, they knew that the top priority now was to find Annan's archives to draw up a strategy for fighting against Annan.

Since a consensus had been reached on the operation, after determining the troops to be sent, they worked out some detailed issues, and then each returned to his post and began to prepare for the war.

Under Zhu Youji's iron-fisted rule, Xianzong was unable to swing the iron fist because he was blocked, and now Hongzhi is responsible for completing this thunderous crit on behalf of China.

(End of chapter)