On the other side, the fleet heading north went to the Bering Sea, and immediately returned to its base on Kuye Island due to the severe cold, while the southbound fleet followed Zheng He's old route to the Western Ocean, all the way south.

In fact, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the navigation map drawn by Zheng He in the Western Ocean during the Chengzu period, there was already the earliest world map of our country, called "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu", which was drawn by Matteo Ricci and Li Zhizao, which was based on the map of the Western world at that time, and the emergence of the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, changed the pattern of Europe in the center of the map, but placed the eastern part of Asia in the center of the world map, which created a precedent for China to draw a world map.

The southbound fleet is not going to travel around the world this time, but is ready to ask the countries surrounding the old route why they have paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty every time they have paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty over the years, do they dare to disrespect the suzerainty when a group of red hairs comes?

In fact, at this time, it is somewhat hooligan to ask for the crime with force, because the Ming Dynasty at that time was strong enough to bring protection and stability to the tributary countries, and then you can't do it, of course I have to change to a more powerful boss, if you don't change, isn't it pressed to the ground and rubbed by others.

On the other hand, it is to obtain rich rewards from the Ming Dynasty, because the ancient dynasties of our country have always been "thin and generous" for tributary countries, and even more so in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has a clear stipulation: "Siyi tribute to Beijing, there is something to pay, there is tribute is rewarded." ”

Some surrounding countries came to pay tribute to the imperial court, bringing the native products of the curtain, as well as some strange and unexpected things produced in the sea, and there are nothing too valuable, the coral tree more than one meter high on TV, the pearl with the size of a fist, that is almost non-existent, even if the submersible is so advanced in later generations, there is no discovery, and it is absolutely no less than winning the lottery first prize to find one, so they go to the Ming Dynasty and play the autumn wind is almost the same.

The return gift of the Ming Dynasty was a real hard currency, with coins, silk, porcelain and other things, so every time those countries came to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, they would get huge economic benefits, otherwise the ghost would be willing to cross the ocean to see you, find a godfather for yourself, and a fool would be willing to do it.

In ancient times, no one can come to pay tribute, and generally there must be a certificate issued by the imperial court, or you go to the Ming Dynasty, and you may not be able to see the main owner when the flowers are grateful, so some countries have many domestic forces, in order to get the opportunity to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, they will fight, one of the more famous examples is Japan.

According to historical records, during the Ming Dynasty, Japan was still in the era of several forces fighting each other, and in order to compete for the right to pay tribute, the famous "Ningbo Tribute" incident occurred in Ningbo. There were two Japanese missions to the Ming Dynasty, both of which had the documents in their hands that were true, but there was only one document, in order to be able to pay tribute to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the two sides clashed, in order to quell the riots, and even led to the death of Liu Jin, the commander of the Ming Dynasty.

The two Japanese missions competed for tribute, not because of how much they worshiped the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the competition for the interests of the true 28 classics, that is, after this incident, Japan began to be dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty and stopped paying tribute, so that a series of invasions of China occurred later, so that it became a feud, but this feud must be remembered and passed on from generation to generation.

This is a typical story of the farmer and the snake, it is better to kill the snake if you have a chance, so a lot of things are very fucked, the cause may be a big fart, and it will be endless when you meet the eyes of the heart, and you still have to be careful about making friends, and I should be cautious.

This time, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty to the south to the coastal island countries do not pay tribute is actually Gao Yiming's nonsense, not to pay tribute is not one or two, who made you Ming Dynasty later become a weak chicken, and a red-haired robber, these countries are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have the energy to cross the ocean to kowtow to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that you will feel that your Ming Dynasty does not exist.

The reason why he is looking for such a lame reason is mainly because Gao Yiming feels that the Ming Dynasty's capture of the whole world is a bit nonsense, but like the Blue Star Police Eagle Sauce in later generations, it is still feasible to establish military bases all over the world, but you have to have a territory to build a base, as far as the current supply technology is concerned, of course, this territory is still close to the mainland, so you have to occupy it, but if you want to occupy it for a long time, or directly assign it to the Ming Dynasty, then you have to have both civilization and hooligan methods, and you have to have a hard school with both hands

First put a hooligan charge on you, and come up with a trumped-up charge, and then ask if you know if you're wrong, it's okay if you don't know what's wrong, just do it, if you know it's wrong, then okay, let's talk about compensation, I want to go to tribute, you don't have any hair left, how can Gao Yiming have time to see you, let's play while playing, let's talk about what you have, right? What's there, Dibei.

So the southbound fleet is doing this this time, before setting off was Gao Yiming personally instructed, the task was personally issued by him, and even the reason for war was personally finalized by Gao Yiming, so three ironclad warships were dispatched at once, the tonnage is the largest in the Ming Dynasty, accompanied by traditional wooden sea ships, they are mainly to transport oil materials, do the work of supply, for this reason the shipyard of the Ming Dynasty has begun to study the ironclad supply warship.