Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Xu Da followed Zhu Yuanzhang into a main hall.

Then he was shocked by the scene he saw in front of him.

"This is?"

In Xu Da's eyes, the entire floor of the hall turned out to be a huge sand table map. He spent half his life in the army and as the military god of the Ming Dynasty, he knew the maps all over the country.

But Xu Da had never seen a map of the terrain in front of him, and Xu Da couldn't help but frown.

Because in front of us there are not only grasslands made of simple turf, but also forests lined with small branches, mountains made of white pebbles, deserts represented by yellow sand, and even rivers and oceans? !

Just when Xu Da was wondering where the map in front of him was, two words suddenly came into his eyes.

Xu Da's eyes suddenly opened wide and he turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang aside.

"Your Majesty, is this true?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

boom!

The seeds in Xu Da's head buzzed and exploded completely.

Because the two words he just saw were "Da Ming", which is the map in front of him. If he guessed correctly, it was a map of all countries in the world!

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already asked people to build this huge sand table model of the world map in the main hall after getting Yang Xian's world map. It took him almost a year to finally make it.

During this period, Zhu Yuanzhang consulted Yang Xian many times to ensure that the map was accurate.

For later generations, a world map is not a strange thing, but in this era, this map is a well-deserved priceless treasure.

In order for Zhu Yuanzhang to see this map "reasonably", Yang Xian spent some time and made up a foreign teacher he met in his childhood.

In order to strive for authenticity, Yang Xian even handwritten a logbook in English, just to make Zhu Yuanzhang believe that there are countless places in this world waiting for him to conquer.

As much as Yang Xian shocked Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang shocked Xu Da at this time.

For more than a year, in order to better understand the world, Zhu Yuanzhang could only take the trouble to ask Yang Xian again and again.

If he couldn't leave himself, Zhu Biao would do it for him and then relay it.

At the time of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Europe, Asia and North Africa, there were also a few areas in the Americas.

Except for these areas, civilization has not been born in many places. To be more precise, there should be no modern civilization.

The indigenous tribes still live a hunting life that is no different from the primitive people.

It can be said that there are countless lands waiting for Ming to occupy, and countless resources waiting for Ming to plunder.

While introducing Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang said with great enthusiasm: "Tiande, according to what Yang Xian said, no nation in this world is as powerful as our Han people! What we want to establish is a feat that has never been achieved by our predecessors. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Tang Zong and the Song Ancestors, they spent their whole lives just tossing around on this piece of land."

Zhu Yuanzhang said and pointed to the current territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"And what we have to do is to plant the Ming Dynasty's royal flag all over the world with our own hands!"

In this era, the Han people are the most powerful nation in the world.

At this time, other countries in the world combined do not necessarily have as many people as the Han people.

But the original time and space first allowed the small countries in Europe to become the hegemons of the world, and then allowed immigrants to form a bald eagle with a history of less than 200 years, riding on the heads of all countries in the world for nearly a hundred years.

Needless to say, there were hundreds of years of humiliation in modern times. How many people died in the war of resistance against every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood.

This was something Yang Xian couldn't accept.

This is why he would do this so vigorously to change Lao Zhu's perception.

What Yang Xian wants is to change all this and make Ming and China the masters of the world.

Let everyone be proud to learn Chinese and be proud to speak Chinese, and let this world become a world dominated by Chinese civilization.

Of course, Yang Xian could wait until he achieved another goal before advancing this matter, but he didn't want to wait any longer.

Therefore, even if Yang Xian knew clearly at the time that the world map he suddenly provided would arouse Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion, in the end it would be enough to prove that it was all true.

Yang Xian marked several large metal mines on that world map.

Some of them are located near the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to send people to check them out. With these mines, it can prove the authenticity of other areas and at the same time prove the authenticity of this world map.

The silver mine at Iwami Ginzan in Izumo Province is one of them.

And by that time, the source no longer matters.

For example, at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell Xu Da that this world map came from some foreign teacher Yang Xian.

Instead, he directly placed this heavenly skill on Yang Xian's head.

You must know that this kind of thing must be recorded in the history books. How could a foreigner's name be written on such a glorious page in the history books of the Ming Dynasty?

As for why Yang Xian knew this, according to Zhu Yuanzhang, Yang Xian got a heavenly book by chance!

These contents are recorded in Tianshu Mountain.

This heavenly book was given to Ming Dynasty by God. What this means is self-evident.

Now this heavenly book (the navigation log written by Yang Xian) is in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Da and said: "Tiande, including you, only four people have been to this hall. If we hadn't seen you get a prince, I wouldn't have brought you here so early to prevent you from thinking wildly."

"After looking at this world map, you should understand now why I let you come back from Japan. You can hold on to the title of Prince of Zhongshan County that I have granted you!"

A small Japan, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, is basically a treasure in the pocket, and there is no way to kill a chicken with a bull's knife.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da's hand and began to proudly introduce to him the world map in front of him.

"Tiande, you see this is called America. According to Yang Xian, there are only some savages on this continent. But this place, like the Shijian Yinshan you just captured, is rich in gold and silver mines. This continent starts from here, Look, it’s split into two.”

"It is estimated that the area in the north is about 80 million square miles, and the area in the south is half of it. Yang Xian named this long and narrow area Chile. He said that there is a large area here with exposed copper mines. . And the land in its central region is very fertile and there are countless fertile fields. It’s a pity that the savages there don’t know how to cultivate, and large areas of fertile fields are barren and wasted.”

Do you have land but don’t plant crops?

Xu Da asked curiously: "Then what do they eat?"

"Potatoes, you know, the potato seeds that Yang Xian brought to Ming Dynasty came from here. I heard that besides potatoes, there are two other grains there, one is called corn and the other is called sweet potato. Both of these grains are Just like potatoes, one acre of land can produce twenty or thirty stones. It is precisely because of these three treasures that people there can harvest endless amounts of food without intensive farming."

Xu Da's eyes lit up when he heard this, even though he had never heard of what sweet potatoes and corn were.

But he knew potatoes and had eaten them.

You must know that Yang Xian relied on potatoes to save millions of victims in the Sanjin Land. Xu Da stared at the map of America for a long time, wishing he could capture that territory for Ming Dynasty right away.

With such a large area of ​​fertile farmland, coupled with potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes, the food problem will be completely solved by then.

In Xu Da's opinion, potatoes are good for everything, but they make you fart when you eat them. It is precisely because of this that he gave up using them as a ration reserve for the army.

If corn and sweet potatoes have the same yield and don't have this problem, that would be great.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Xu Da's expression in his eyes and nodded slightly. Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Xu Da's reaction.

He continued to introduce: "This is called Australia. Its area is similar to that of our Ming Dynasty. To the north is the wasteland, which has extremely rich iron ore resources. To the south is the plain, which is suitable for farming and is rich in gold."

Zhu Yuanzhang held a wooden stick in his hand and pointed at two locations above Australia.

"These two places each have a huge gold mine. According to the records in the heavenly book, the annual gold output of these two gold mines can reach more than 500,000 taels!"

Xu Da didn't have time to be shocked.

The next piece of information that shocked him even more came from Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth.

"Even though Australia is rich in gold, it is still not the place with the most gold."

In the past nearly a year, Zhu Yuanzhang has done a lot of homework, and now he has a clear understanding of the current world situation.

"This land is called Africa, and it is the hometown of Kunlun Nu. In the southernmost area of ​​Africa, it is said that there is a gold mine that can produce one million taels of gold every year."

The increasingly exaggerated numbers have completely shocked Xu Da.

At this time, Xu Da suddenly thought of a very critical question.

"Your Majesty, there is no country in these two places?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "According to Yang Xian, Australia only has some savages, and Africa also only has some tribes and no countries."

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's introduction, he came down.

Xu Da was so excited that his whole body was trembling, and he said: "In other words, in the whole world, there are only countries near our Ming Dynasty and in the west?"

"Yes."

The monarch and his ministers looked at each other and saw what they were thinking about each other.

It was only then that Xu Da finally understood Zhu Yuanzhang's words about establishing eternal achievements that had not been established by previous generations.

After walking out of this secret hall, Xu Da finally relaxed and no longer felt that the prince of Zhongshan County was hot to his hands.

But conquering the world is putting it lightly.

It's not easy to do.

The first step now is to capture all the territories around the Ming Dynasty. If you want to go on an expedition, you must ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also hidden dangers in Japan.

Before leaving, Xu Da also reported the situation in Japan to Zhu Yuanzhang, and specifically mentioned Japan's idea of ​​developing Daming firearms. The ambition of the wolf was obvious and he had to guard against it.

Although Xu Da had repeatedly warned Zhu Ping about this before leaving Japan, for some reason he was still a little uneasy, purely out of his sixth sense as the Ming Dynasty's military god.

"If those Japanese dare to reach out to the Ming Dynasty firearms, they will use their left hand to chop the left hand and their right hand to chop the right hand." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly with a sinister expression. "For us, we just say that this method is most beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that we cannot destroy them."

In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty still had insufficient population. Even if Japan was conquered, there would still be big problems in governance.

After all, there is an ocean between them. If only a few people in the leadership are replaced, the hidden dangers will be too great.

Also, if one day the population of the Ming Dynasty is enough, will so many people of the Ming Dynasty be willing to give up their homeland and migrate to Japan?

the other side.

Yangzhou, Shenhou Mansion.

A visitor from the north came.

Mongolian King Zhu Di!

In the Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without being summoned by the emperor.

Zhu Di was ordered to go to Beijing this time and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang the current situation of the Mobei grassland after two years of development.

Because of Yang Xian's intervention, the current Ming vassal system is still different from the original time and space.

In addition to sealing off all vassal kings, it also increased their rights.

In the original time and space, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang divided his descendants into various places and became vassal kings. However, within the territories of each vassal king, there were also local officials appointed directly by the imperial court.

Local officials in the vassal area and the princes in the same city reflected the relationship between monarch and minister in the form of regular court meetings, but they were not administratively subordinate. In principle, the princes of the Ming Dynasty could not participate in local government affairs, and did not handle military finance and taxation (often intercepted Hu). The prince has his own internal management team.

In other words, each feudal king's territory has two sets of lines.

Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of making him king was that "one person can achieve enlightenment, chickens and dogs can ascend to heaven", but he did not want these descendants to stay in the capital and collude with the courtiers, for fear of threatening the rule of the emperor who succeeded him in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, at the beginning of the founding of the country, various places were still unstable. Zhu Yuanzhang can rest assured only if his own family members go to guard him. It can be said that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the vassal kings still had relatively large powers, and the division of labor with local officials was relatively clear. There were no major conflicts at this time.

Yang Xian now wants Zhu Yuanzhang to believe that his sons are responsible for whose territory they are enforcing, and that the feudal king is the first party involved when something goes wrong.

The feudal king has to report to the capital once a year.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang does not give the vassal king this right at this time, the vassal king will still take it himself after Zhu Biao and him die.

And in that case, they don't have to be responsible.

In today's model, the vassal kings in various places are actually just the plus version of the local governor. On the contrary, they are more susceptible to the control of the court than in the original time and space.

By analogy, it is similar to the later generations of xg officers.

After Zhu Di completed his performance report for this year, he stayed with Zhu Biao in the capital for a while. After all, the brotherhood is deep.

On the way back to the fiefdom, he came to Yangzhou to visit Yang Xian, and he didn't come alone.

Zhu Di also called Zhu Biao together. (End of chapter)