Whether it is Manchuria, a powerful country in the South Seas in history, or Sumatra, which was destroyed by Zheng He, or Burma, which is requested to be annexed.

Although these states were nominally under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, they still retained a high degree of autonomy in reality, and existed in the form of vassal states or Xuanwei Divisions.

And Chen Kan's purpose is to turn these small countries into the land of the Ming Dynasty in the true sense.

As we all know, in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and it was extremely difficult to actually control a place, especially the farther away from the Central Plains or the political center, the more difficult it was for the imperial court to exercise entrenched rule in that place.

However, there are four local exceptions, one is the Luzon Islands in the South Seas ruled by Manraka and Sumatra, one is the Southeast Asian Peninsula, and the other two are the East China Sea island chain, which includes the Wa Kingdom and the Ryukyu Islands in Taiwan. The last one is Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula.

These four places, without exception, are all places that can be easily reached by the Daming treasure ship along the mainland route.

If the Ming Dynasty had ruled in these places, Zheng He's fleet would have been able to escape the fate of having his charts burned by his descendants after Zheng He's death.

Chen Kan and Zheng He have not met many times, but the historical record of Zheng He is very detailed.

The last time he went to the West, Zheng He's body had reached its limit, but he still begged Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji to let him take command again, and finally ended up dying in Nanyang.

Historical records have already indicated Zheng He's position, so Chen Kan is 90% sure that Zheng He will agree with his plan.

And Chen Kan's plan was also very simple, so that when Zheng He arrived in Nanyang, he would encourage the ambitions of the Manraka or Sumatran kings to unify Nanyang and Southeast Asia.

When necessary, false news can be released to mislead the two countries, and to create an attitude that the two kings are happy to see.

Chen Kan never thought of any particularly complicated conspiracies and plans in the past.

The more complex the plan, the more joints need to be connected in tandem, and the more likely it is that mistakes will occur.

Therefore, the real top-level strategies are simple, efficient and practical.

And His Majesty Chen Kan's plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger has long been used by the US imperialists in later generations.

Soon, a handwritten letter from Chen Kan left the Hou Mansion and went straight to the Liujiagang Wharf along the canal.

After doing all this, Chen Kan temporarily put aside the affairs of Liaodong and Nanyang, and turned his head to look at the Western Regions and the grassland.

The land of the Western Regions is vast, but since the opening of the Maritime Silk Road in the pre-Song Dynasty, the weight of the Western Regions to the Central Plains has become smaller and smaller.

In the Ming Dynasty, after the grandfather promulgated the ban on the board not going to the sea, and the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, the Silk Road in the Western Regions recovered a little.

But the contribution to the treasury is still modest.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to want the group of civil and military ministers in the Ming Dynasty to send troops to recover the Western Regions.

As for the grassland, the Tartars on the grassland are the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty at the moment, and there is no opinion on fighting the Tartars inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

The key is how to rule the steppe.

How to deal with the grassland has been a headache for the emperors of all dynasties, including the new China of later generations.

After recalling how the new China of later generations completely stabilized the grassland, Chen Kan couldn't help but sigh.

It's too hard.

The method of the later generations is too difficult for Da Ming.

Intermarrying with the Han people, changing customs, popularizing patriotic education, and promoting national unity.

This is the three-pronged axe of reform aimed at minority areas in later generations.

It sounds simple, but for the current Da Ming, the difficulty can be called hell.

The first is intermarriage, Daming and the grassland have been fighting for decades, and the two sides can be said to be feuding, with you without me, with me without you.

Not to mention that the Han people also have a habit of leaving their homeland, so let them leave the warm Central Plains and go to the grassland to open up wasteland, which is nonsense.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to get the two parties to intermarry.

The second is to change customs, the golden family in the Central Plains period, are reluctant to use the Han language to deal with state affairs, but also the Han people are listed as the lowest race, to change the customs on the grassland is not easy.

Finally, it is to popularize patriotic education and engage in national unity, and the Ming Dynasty has not yet been able to achieve universal education, let alone on the grassland.

Daming has no money, and there are not so many scholars.

Even if the Ming Dynasty was rich and had so many scholars, according to the temperament of the Han people, they would not use it to develop the grassland.

Therefore, the only places that really gave Chen Kan a headache were the Western Regions and the grassland.

In the final analysis, the current Daming is too poor.

If Chen Kan copied the operation of later generations to rule the Western Regions and the grasslands, with the current financial input of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that he would not be able to make up so much money in a hundred years.

Chen Kan lazily put away the map, and couldn't help but rub his head that was a little swollen and painful.

It is said that the traverser is omnipotent, and the protagonists of the traversal that Chen Kan has seen before seem to be able to light up the technology tree by making a little invention.

Then there are a lot of beauties in their arms, and large swaths of territory are added to the map.

So much so that Chen Kan had the illusion that I could do it.

But it was really at this time that Chen Kan realized that those crossings in the later generations were simply farting.

Don't say anything else, let's just talk about the steam engine, Chen Kan can't build it even if he smashes his head now.

Is it because the theory doesn't work?

No!

Because the Ming Dynasty did not have sealing materials, the rubber used in the steam engine in later generations is still in the rainforest of South America.

The steam engine that leaks everywhere is nothing more than a large teapot that can spew!

The inability to build a steam engine meant that the Ming Dynasty could not enter the industrial age.

If you can't enter the industrial age, you can't build trains, ships, automobiles, and airplanes.......

And without these convenient means of transportation, it is a fantasy for the Ming Dynasty to rule on the grassland and in the Western Regions!

"Bah~"

"Crossing misunderstands me!"

Feeling dizzy, the only thing Chen Kan could count on now was that Zheng He's fleet would be able to cross the ocean smoothly and bring back rubber, potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes.

Without those things, the so-called Ming industrialization process is a joke.

Catching a glimpse of Chen Kan's appearance that he didn't seem to be very interested, Zhu Yuelan stepped forward with a worried face and asked, "What's the matter, didn't it go well to the barracks today?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head: "Smooth!" ”

Hearing Chen Kan's denial, Zhu Yuelan was suspicious: "As soon as my husband came back, I stayed in the study and refused to show up, I thought my husband was deflated in the barracks." ”

"I was thinking about something in the study, and it had nothing to do with the barracks."

Chen Kan didn't go on in detail, Zhu Yuelan wouldn't understand these things, let alone understand them.

In Zhu Yuelan's worried gaze, Chen Kan walked to the dining hall with his hands in his hands.

In the dining hall, three little guys were chattering over the chicken legs on the plates.

In fact, the chicken legs are obviously enough, but for some reason, the three of them always like to eat the ones snatched from other people's chopsticks.

Seeing Chen Kan coming, the three of them instantly turned into good babies.

Standing on the stool, Zhu Zhanji, who almost stepped on the table with one leg, sat upright all of a sudden.

Chen Kan glared at him angrily, and said in a deep voice: "Is our Hou Mansion going bankrupt, and a chicken leg is going to be scrambled, like what?" ”

glared at the three of them, and seeing that the three of them were no longer messing around, Chen Kan pulled the plate full of chicken legs in front of him.

"Children eat more vegetables and what kind of meat they eat!"

Reprimanded the three of them with confidence, Chen Kan slowly picked up a chicken leg and gnawed it.

Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi, Zhu Zhanji: "......"

In fact, Chen Kan doesn't like to eat chicken legs very much, he prefers to nibble on chicken necks with little meat, because chicken necks are the least meaty but the best taste of the whole chicken.

But Chen Kan was not in a good mood today, so he was very cautious.

Especially seeing the three of them competing for a plate of chicken legs, in order for the three of them to live in harmony, Chen Kan could only eat it for them with tears.

The three little ones looked at each other, they didn't really like to eat chicken legs, they were just joking.

However, Chen Kan now looks like a starving ghost reincarnated, which looks terrifying.

The three little guys tugged and pulled, you look at me and I look at yours.

In the end, it was Zhu Zhanji who asked: "Teacher, what's wrong, has something happened?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head: "It's nothing, I just want to eat meat." ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Zhanji's little face was full of distrust, but Chen Kan didn't explain anything to him.

They are too young now, and their knowledge is not enough, so they can't understand the powerlessness in Chen Kan's heart.

However, Chen Kan believes that with Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi's learning speed, they will soon be able to experience the feeling of being overwhelmed by the cold in a high place and being a fool as far as the eye can see.

So, in order to make yourself a few more of the same kind.

After Chen Kan finished eating the chicken legs, he pulled the three little ones into the study.

Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi, Zhu Zhanji, the three of them stood neatly in the study.

Chen Kan sat at the desk and said lightly: "In the past few days, you have collected your heart, prepared the next course for the teacher, and after Yuanzheng, we will start the next stage of teaching." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi's eyes suddenly showed surprise.

Zhu Zhanyan was stunned, he still hadn't been able to keep up with the progress of the two senior brothers so far.

Chen Kan continued to ask: "How about the matter of letting you go to prepare for the construction of the cement factory?" ”

Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi glanced at each other, and after a while, Hua Shi stepped forward: "Teacher, the main body of the cement plant has been almost built, but what is the cement in your mouth?" ”

Chen Kan took out a wad of paper from the desk and handed it to the two, and said lightly: "Cement is a new thing researched for the teacher, and the hardness is not inferior to the stone after the reaction with water, but this ratio is not accurate for the teacher now, since the cement kiln can be used, you can go and burn it and try it." ”

Hua Shi took the recipe in a daze, and after reading the ingredients on the formula, he found that they were all very ordinary things, so he didn't ask much.