"Smack!"

A slap slammed into Zhu Gaoyu's head.

The old man's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Speak human words!" ”

Zhu Gaoyu: ......

"Alas!"

Readily agreed, Zhu Gaoyu helped the old man and the old lady back and sat back on the stool.

Reaching into his arms, he took out a nautical chart and spread it on the table in front of the three of them.

The old man narrowed his eyes.

It seems that this rabbit cub has been prepared for a long time.

Seeing that the two Tie Hanhan were about to come over, Zhu Gaoyu turned his head and said to the two: "Guard the door, don't let people in." ”

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui glared.

Who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother, why is it so big and not small?

"Get out of here, guard the door..."

Zhu Gaoxu rolled up his sleeves and was about to go crazy, when the old man snorted lightly and pointed out the door.

"Alas, good daddy."

The two Tie Hanhan didn't have any temper at all, walked out and stood at the door, and closed the door by the way.

Zhu Gaoyu glanced at the two of them with disgust.

What a coward!

"It's a nautical chart!"

Empress Xu, who helped Zhu Gaoyu spread the map, saw that it was a map with various signs, and the coastal area focused on drawing the route and said her guess.

Zhu Gaoyu nodded and shook his head again.

"When it comes to nautical charts, it's more accurate to say it's a world map of the area we are exploring."

Zhu Gaoyu studied painting in his previous life, and it may not be possible to draw any famous works, but it is still no problem to draw a flat map.

When he was bored in sailing, Zhu Gaoyu relied on his memory to draw the area known to the world today.

And along the way, compared with the forces of various countries, they filled in the area where they were.

Although I dare not say that it is an absolute standard, it is not bad.

Let's not talk about the coming of all nations.

As far as Zhu Gaoyu is concerned, this drawing with the distribution of forces in various countries and the simple world terrain is a priceless treasure for the Ming Dynasty.

The old man, who was already lying on the map, crossed his fingers one area after another, and finally clicked on the place in Guli.

"Sanbao's three trips, all of them came back here."

"Yes."

Zhu Gaoyu nodded in affirmation, "Originally, Eunuch Zheng planned to continue to move forward, but because of some accidents on the way, he could only return first, and planned to continue next time." ”

The old man bowed slightly, but his eyes did not take off the map.

"Tell me what's going on."

"How can all nations come to the dynasty, how can they transcend the ancient and modern?"

To be honest, when Zhu Gaoyu took out this map just now, the old man had already decided in his heart that he would hand over the sailor to Zhu Gaoyu.

From this map, he can see that his youngest son is very attentive to this aspect and is a manufacturable material.

Zheng He was very relieved, but he was an outsider after all.

With such a large fleet, the elite army was taken out of the sea by the other side.

Zheng He wants to have some accidents, and the old man can't guarantee that the generals who go to sea will have any different intentions.

Now that the youngest son has ambitions in this regard, the old man naturally supports him strongly.

That is, to consider the feelings of his wife and eldest son.

Otherwise, when Zhu Gaoyu mentioned the formation of the Ming Navy, he would have handed over part of the water power of the Ming Dynasty to this little son and let him practice his hands for experiments first.

No matter what happens in the future, the power is in the hands of his own family, and no matter how bad the rice stew, it will be rotten in his own pot.

They are all their own sons, they are all their own sons-in-law, who sits in that position, in fact, it doesn't matter in the old man's heart.

It was not until this moment that he finally realized the difficulties of his father back then.

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and said to the old man and Queen Xu: "When I came back, some national forces admired my Ming culture and admired your greatness, and wanted to follow the Ming Dynasty together and pay tribute to you." ”

"At that time, my son thought, although it was Jianwen's fault at the beginning, but our family's upper position is a little disgraceful after all, which is also your father's perennial heart disease."

Hearing this, the old man's eyes showed a hint of relief.

The child finally grew up and knew that he could share the difficulties for him.

"My son thought that during the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong Li Shimin came to the dynasty, which allowed him to reverse the stain on his life in one fell swoop and create a prosperous era of Zhenguan."

"My son thinks that the situation of our two families is similar, and now that someone is willing to come to my Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, why not invite some more to come to the court with a huge number of countries."

"It may be too expensive, but my son thinks it's worth it."

"When the time comes, let's invite some painters to paint the scene of the coming dynasty of all nations."

"I have to draw a few more pictures, one to stay in Jinling, one to take back to Beiping, where the capital is to be moved, and the other to burn to grandpa and ancestors."

Zhu Gaoyu clenched his fists and waved his fist excitedly at the old man: "You want to show grandpa how strong Daming is in your hands, so that the old man can understand how wrong his choice was back then." ”

"And ......"

"After this matter is widely spread all over the world, I am afraid that those hidden remnants of Jianwen will also be ashamed of themselves."

"After all, when Jianwen was in charge, what the court was like, and what you were like when you were in charge, you can distinguish between the superior and the inferior at this glance."

"In addition, we have communicated with these people and are willing to accept the canonization of your old man."

"In this way, the scope of our Ming management goes beyond the ancient and modern. You've also become the most extensive emperor of all time. ”

This is not that Zhu Gaoyu is boasting about the old man, but in the current era, this is indeed the case.

This is also something that Zhu Gaoyu only knew when he came to this world.

In the perception of later generations, the real territory is the kind of land that is stationed by troops or actually managed, which can be regarded as state-owned territory.

However, this was not the case in ancient times.

In ancient thought, the land where the subject states of the vassal states were located was actually the actual control.

This concept actually came from the Zhou Dynasty.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes were all over the world, but in real name, their lands belonged to Zhou Tianzi, and they were only administrators appointed by Zhou Tianzi.

It's just that because their strength is getting stronger and stronger, Zhou Tianzi's orders are slowly not working.

That is to say, as long as they surrender to the Ming Dynasty and are willing to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, in the concept of the Ming monarchs, it is their territory, even if they do not send a single soldier, it is also their territory.

It is precisely for this reason that during the Wanli period, the imperial court spent so much to help Korea fight the Japanese invaders, why didn't it ask North Korea for a penny.

Because in the concept of the Ming monarch and minister, it is not to help Korea fight, but to defend his own country.

Not to mention asking people for war money, not giving the other side money for post-war reconstruction is already the best result.

Zhu Gaoyu's words, the old man who listened to it was covered in hot blood.

Over the years, he dredged the canal, repaired the Yongle ceremony, sent troops to conquer the remnants of the Mengyuan Dynasty, and did not hesitate to waste national strength to send troops to the north to attack the remnants of the Mengyuan Dynasty.

For what?

It's not to wash away the stain of rebellion and usurpation on him and prove that his position is correct.

However, over the years, the response has been mediocre.

Jin Yiwei reported that there are often shameless remarks about him among the people.

The old man was very angry about this, but he couldn't help it, he couldn't kill everyone in the world.

That's why he sent troops to the grassland again and again, regardless of his physical strength, the purpose was to do a great job, so that everyone and future generations would be impressed by him and recognize him as an emperor.