Chapter 126, the mysterious master

"The whole map of the world, what is this?" asked Zhu Di.

"Here's the map. The old eunuch looked at it and said, "Not only my Daming, but even the Korean Wa Kingdom, Beshi Bali, and Timurid Kingdom." ”

As he spoke, he handed the map to Zhu Di, and several people looked around the map and pointed out and discussed. The reason why the old eunuch is like this is actually mainly to relax Emperor Zhu Di's tense heartstrings.

This thing is really subversive of cognition, it is unimaginable to touch the imperial study silently, and there are so many things with it, especially those two cannons, what kind of means is this!

Although Zhu Di did not show it on his face, he knew very well the nervousness in his heart, how could he not be nervous when he had just ousted his nephew Zhu Yunwen from the stage and sat on the throne? The old eunuch was delaying time by doing this, in addition to calming down the emperor, the most important thing was to wait for the monk Lu Si Zuo Shanshi to come to the world. Dao Yan is Zhu Di's most trusted strategist, and this kind of thing is, of course, Dao Yan's easiest move to appease the emperor's heart.

Dao Yan came over, and after meeting Zhu Di, he asked what was going on, and sighed: "This is a fairy method! Congratulations to Your Majesty, you have been praised by the immortal family and sent an elite weapon to protect the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as Dao Yan said, Zhu Di's heart suddenly relaxed. What Dao Yan said, others can say it, but it's one thing whether Emperor Zhu Di believes it or not. However, it is another thing for Dao Yan to say it, for Zhu Di, Dao Yan's words are the final conclusion. If it weren't for Dao Yan, he might not have rebelled, and if it weren't for Dao Yan, he might still be entangled with the imperial army in Shandong. Dao Yan is his biggest adviser to the emperor, and his words have never been missed.

"It's a pity not to see this immortal. Dao Yan then sighed.

"It's better not to see it. The old eunuch said, "They and we are people of two worlds, especially when they want to be unfavorable to us, so you can't resist at all." ”

"Huh, Brother Shaoyun said this, have you ever met it?" asked Dao Yan.

The old eunuch said, "I don't know if it's or not. At that time, it was still the nineteenth year of Zhizheng, when the fire broke out in the Wan'an Temple in Xicheng, the master took me, my brother and four Ouchi masters to investigate, and was blocked by a young man in his twenties halfway through. The other party took off a tile from the roof and threw it into seven pieces, and we were all wiped out, including my master. At that time, Master's martial arts were still above me at this time. The distance of ten zhang also gave us time to shoot, but we still couldn't stop the tiles that shot at us! I think, even if it is not a god, I am afraid it is not much worse. ”

"A monk is not a person who practices martial arts, you once said that the realm of martial arts, can't you do it innately?" asked Dao Yan.

"I once thought about it and asked Master. The old eunuch shook his head and said, "Master said that although the innate can also use tiles to restrain us, it can't be so easy. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I understand that after the tile is shot, I can control the tile to turn, bypass the sword and hit the acupoint accurately, which is not something that can be done by nature. This is to use the power of the soul to manipulate the tiles, the innate realm, compared to me is not much stronger now, it is impossible to do this step, I am afraid that the real people of Mitutoyo at that time will not be able to do it. He later learned from the master that the other party told the master that the real person of Mitoyo had crossed the innate realm and reached a higher realm.

"There is such a master in the world, why haven't you heard of it?" Zhu Di said suspiciously. Zhang Sanfeng was named a god by his father, why didn't this person who was more clever than Zhang Sanfeng be crowned?

"Since he is a master, of course he will not make a move easily. The old eunuch said, "Since you don't make a move easily, how can others know? But there is a legend in the martial arts that when the four masters of Shaolin Sandu and Zhang Wuji were in a stalemate and could not be separated, when it was critical, they asked a young man called Li Daxia to make a move, and the young man waved his hands and cut out two qi walls to separate the four people. I think this Li Daxia should be the one who stopped us in Dadu before. I can't think of anyone else who can use this method to separate a supreme master, three top first-class masters, but him. ”

With such a superb character, everyone listened to it and fell into imagination. Other legends, that's just legends, but this one, as far as everyone can see.

Soon Dao Yan came back to his senses, this kind of character, there may not be a person in a thousand years, although he looks young, he actually doesn't know how old he is. Think about it, but don't get addicted.

Picking up the map that he put aside, he looked at it and said, "This is the South Sea! ”

"Hey, there is such a big island next to Nanyang, which is not much smaller than my Daming. Dao Yan said in surprise, "There are only a few natives on it, but the desert is too big. "The big island that Dao Yan said was the later Oceania, when Li Shucheng and Jiang Mingyue followed the whales.

Dao Yan's words made a few people sober up, and they looked around the map again, and after a long time, Zhu Di said: "I didn't expect that in addition to the Yuan Dynasty, there are so many Mongol countries, if they hadn't split at the beginning, it would not be easy to overthrow the Mongol court." "In addition to Mongolia in the north, there are also Beshbali, Timurid State, and Golden Horde, which are indeed too large when united. However, since the time of Kublai Khan, several parties have been divided, and for more than a hundred years, except for the same Mongols, there has been no affection, I am afraid that they have not received any news when the Yuan court moved north.

"Hey, here it says that the world we live in is round!" Zheng He said, pointing to the bottom line.

"Round? Dao Yan said.

After a few people saw it, the old eunuch said: "It's actually round, how can the people below stand still? Won't they fall?" Not only the old eunuch was puzzled, but Zheng He and Zhu Di were also puzzled.

Dao Yan thought for a while and said, "We see that they are below, and they see that we are also below. This should be the ...... Causes of the Earth. The arrows we shoot will fall to the ground, the things we throw will fall to the ground, and the people will also fall to the ground when they jump, and it should be that the earth has a force of attraction that sucks everything to the ground, like a magnet. Therefore, the person on the other side will not fall. ”

"This land...... "In this way, the ancestors are wrong when they say 'the sky is round'!"

"People are not sages, it is normal to make mistakes, and even if they are sages, there are times when they make mistakes. Dao Yan said, "In addition to their imagination, they have not really traveled all over this world, and the theory of 'the sky is round and the place is round' has not been confirmed." However, in this way, the theory of the heavens is correct. "The heavens are like eggshells, the earth is like egg yolks, and the heavens wrap around the earth.

"I didn't expect it, after more than 1,000 years of debate, it was finally confirmed. The old eunuch sighed.

"However, they know about the argument, so why don't they actually investigate?" Mr. Zheng said.

"Who wants to go?" Dao Yan said with a smile, "Go out to verify, but you will encounter countless dangers, and if you are not careful, you will lose your life, who wants to go? There is no danger in staying at home, how good it is to live your own happy life, whether it is right or wrong." ”

"It's better to sit and talk than to get up and do it. Zheng He sighed, "If it weren't for this confirmation, I'm afraid I would have to continue to quarrel." ”

"Zheng Guanjian is right. Dao Yan said and said to Zhu Di, "Since Your Majesty wants to build Beiping Mansion City, then organize a fleet to go to the South Seas, when I was young, I heard that many maritime merchants made a lot of money. Now that the pirates have also been exterminated, the nautical charts are also available, and the craftsmen who build ships are easy to find, get a fleet to go to the South Seas, and the money earned by the fleet going to sea can be used to build the city of Beiping, without taking it from the treasury, there is no hindrance. ”

"This is a good idea, but the royal involvement in business is also a handle. Zhu Di said. Of course, it would be nice to be able to get a large amount of money from other places to build the city of Beiping, and avoid the nagging of officials who are staring at the treasury in the DPRK and China. However, there are also business implications to consider.

"Well, that's true, find a good excuse to keep them out of the picture. Dao Yan nodded and said.

After bowing his head and thinking for a while, Dao Yan raised his head and said: "In the name of 'Xuanhua Daming Prestige Civilization and Prompting All Nations to Come to the Dynasty', those sour Confucians will definitely have nothing to say about this slogan." ”

The officials in the DPRK and China really have nothing to say, in fact, they will find a little handle anyway, but Zhu Di, the emperor, is not Emperor Jianwen, that is the second Emperor Hongwu, they are officials who have just joined the new dynasty, and if they are not careful, they will follow in the footsteps of Fang Xiaoru.

In this way, Fujian Wuhumen was soon selected to build sea vessels. After two years of intensive preparations, on June 15, the third year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor ordered Zheng He, as a special envoy of the Ming Dynasty, to lead a fleet to the South Seas to the West Ocean.

Zheng He's delegation got on a small boat from the Liujia River in Suzhou, and after going to sea, he came to Wuhumen in Fujian, where dozens of large ships had been loaded with good supplies, just waiting for him to come.

After arriving at Wuhumen, Zheng He led people to check the material preparations, in addition to the needs of the seafarers along the way, there were also a large number of porcelain, tea, silk and other items used for trade. After some inspection, Zheng He was very satisfied, especially the cabin on the ship was specially set aside for Mazu, Rulai and Allah.

Of course, when going to sea, you have to worship the sea goddess Mazu Niangniang, and Zheng He believes in Buddhism and Hui, Christianity, someone is so prepared, what is he not satisfied with?

Everything was ready, and after the prayer ceremony was over, Zheng He gave the order to set sail.

As the fleet gradually moved away from the coast, Zheng He looked back at the crowd of people who saw him off, thinking in his heart that the mysterious master who appeared in front of the imperial study two years ago, if he hadn't sent the chart, how could he have the opportunity to go to the Western Ocean? This is a major event that will leave a name in history! Although he can't say it in his mouth, he is extremely grateful in his heart.

He didn't know that the matter of going to Nanyang was Daoyan, the prince and the young master, no, it should be Yao Guangxiao now, Daoyan has restored the surname Yao and given the name Guangxiao. Yao Guangxiao, as the person designated by the emperor to build the Beiping Mansion, of course would think of going to Nanyang to make money to build Beiping, and he Zheng He was the confidant of the emperor Zhu Di.

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