Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 312 The Great Nephew

Zhu Zhen's understanding of ancient Japan comes from Warring States games such as "Nobunaga's Ambition" and "Taiko Lizhi Biography".Regarding the previous era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it can’t be said that I don’t understand it at all, or I can say that I don’t know it at all...

But if, as Wang Dayuan said, Japan happens to have two regimes in the north and the south, then there is a lot of room for maneuvering.Zhu Zhen secretly decided to try to collect information on Japan after returning to see if there is any opportunity.

"Is there a third strategy?" He asked Wang Dayuan again.

"The third strategy is to reset the Shipbuilding Department and vigorously develop maritime trade." Wang Dayuan said in a deep voice: "As long as legal trade is not restricted, smuggling will disappear. Japanese pirates lose their most important source of income, so naturally they cannot recruit troops. .

"In addition, maritime trade will also bring huge income to the imperial court, enough to support a powerful navy and protect the Ming Dynasty from Japanese pirates! That's why the old man said that the sea ban will make the Japanese pirates stronger, and opening the sea is the way to eliminate the Japanese pirates." Good strategy!"

"Good!" Zhu Zhen applauded: "Mr. Wang's three strategies are true insights, and I will definitely pass them on to my eldest brother and father."

"Old and frightened."

"Mr. Wang, would you like to come to Beijing with me in case I'm summoned?" Zhu Zhen invited with a smile.

Wang Dayuan's expression lifted, he knew what this meant, nodded heavily and said: "I am willing."

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In the next few days, Zhu Zhen asked Wang Dayuan to tell himself about his overseas experience.

Wang Dayuan is well-informed, has read books, and has excellent eloquence. He talked about his own experiences so vividly that even Li Fangyuan and Gao Dayuan didn't bother to quarrel, they were fascinated by it.

They heard from Wang Dayuan that when he was 20 years old, he went to sea from Quanzhou, crossed Qiongzhou, crossed Xisha, passed Jiaozhi and Champa, and arrived at Chenla under the rule of the Angkor Dynasty.There are weird Buddhist temples that are completely different from those in Middle Earth, and gorgeous palaces with golden elephants...

"Angkor Wat..." Zhu Zhen suddenly realized that there was a feeling that history was reflected in reality.

Through Wang Dayuan's narration, he had a general understanding of the main players in the Asian and African continents at this time, and listed those countries one by one.

He knew that the most powerful country in the Indochina Peninsula at this time was Siam with its strong folk customs.

The strongest in Nanyang is the Majapahit Kingdom.

India was still under the rule of the Delhi Sultan.

The Middle East is dominated by the Mamluk dynasty.

And, the power of the Mongols is still very strong overseas, and they control the vast territory from Central Asia to the Persian Plateau.

In addition, in Wang Dayuan's narration, the Ottoman Empire has not yet risen, and he has even never heard of the name of the Timurid Empire.

Of course, it has been several decades since Wang Dayuan last went to the West, and what is going on there still needs further investigation.

However, through the conversation with Wang Dayuan and this trip to Koryo, Zhu Zhen's horizons were greatly broadened, and he suddenly realized that many problems that he thought he had no solution in the past were actually because he was too rigid about the three-thirds of an acre in front of him. Land, once you broaden your horizons and look overseas, you will find many things, but there are still ways to solve them.

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A few days later, Feng Zhou arrived in Nanjing City.

Zhu Zhen was pleasantly surprised to find that the prince had brought his eldest nephew to pick him up.

When the gangway was erected, he couldn't wait to rush down the boat, first called "big brother", then picked up the chubby Zhu Xiongying and kissed again and again.

"Haha, Xiongying is called Uncle Six!"

"Six fathers..." The eldest grandson of the emperor, who was charmingly naive, shouted in a vague way.

Then Zhu Zhen took out a rattle from his sleeve as if juggling, turned it around, boom boom boom.

"Like it?"

"like."

"Kiss Uncle Six."

"Bah." Xiongying was very obedient, then took the rattle, and started to spin it bang, bang, bang...

"Xiongying has kissed you since he was a child, and you will take him with you when he grows up." Zhu Biao watched from the side, showing an auntie smile.

"Okay, no problem." Zhu Zhen agreed without hesitation, hugged the eldest grandson of the emperor, and boarded the prince's chariot with his elder brother.

After getting in the car, Zhu Biao looked Zhu Zhen up and down, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I didn't lose weight this time, but I got stronger again."

"Hey, this time it's not to endure hardship." Zhu Zhen chuckled, how can he not be strong when he eats beef all at once?
"Are they all okay?" the prince asked again.

"Okay, everything is fine. Eat well and sleep well." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Especially sleep well."

"That's good." The prince said with a sigh of relief: "Ever since you went out, brother has been worried. This time I still can't get in touch, and I am more anxious than last time."

"Why didn't you come back together?" He asked again.

"Didn't the father arrange for us to buy a horse and come back from Liaodong by land?" Zhu Zhen covered the brothers: "I need to report something to my elder brother and my father because something happened there. , just come back one step first."

"What happened?" the prince asked hurriedly.

"It's nothing serious." Zhu Zhen coughed lightly and said, "I didn't know until Kaijing that the King of Korea was dead. In order to avoid leaking the news, Li Renren, the Prime Minister of Korea, killed Eunuch Huang..."

"Huh?" The prince was shocked. "audacious in the extreme!"

But what was even more shocking was yet to come.Then I heard Lao Liu continue: "Li Renren knew that he could not be tolerated by Daming, so he wanted to join Beiyuan. Beiyuan also sent their envoy of the Xuanhui Academy, called Cheri Timur, to Kaijing to prepare for the canonization of the King of Korea. They arrived two or three days earlier than us."

"How did such a big change happen?" Although he already knew that the younger brothers were safe and sound, the crown prince was still scalp numb, and grabbed the hand of the sixth child and said: "If I knew this earlier, I wouldn't let you go this time if I killed you of!"

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded with a smile and said, "Maybe it's us who are prone to disaster, and accidents happen wherever we go."

"..." The prince was speechless for a while, and after a while he asked: "Then what happened after that?"

"Li Renren guessed us and already knew that Eunuch Huang was killed, so he sent another prime minister, Cui Ying, to bring his White Shou army into the city and prepare to kill us." Zhu Zhen continued:
"As soon as we made up our minds, we had to act first. The second brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother took Habayashi Wei, rushed to the Shuntian Pavilion where the Mongols lived, and killed the Yuan Dynasty mission. With a rotten tongue, he persuaded the three Korean ministers to betray him, killed Li Renren, and controlled the situation in Kaijing..."

Zhu Zhen said it lightly, but the prince believed that the whole process must be extremely thrilling, and he couldn't help but hugged the sixth son, and said with great joy: "God bless, you are all safe and sound. From now on, you will not be let out together. "

"That's right, so I don't have to let others take care of it." Zhu Zhen touched his nose.

(End of this chapter)