Chapter 91: A Mixed Picture of Ming Dynasty
If you plan everything and then act, no matter what a man does, you must think carefully.
Especially as a king of a superpower, because the king does not represent an individual, but a huge country, a billion people, and the future of the entire country.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. A single trick that makes the dish taste different if it is not careful.
If a country tastes differently, it is not as simple as being unpalatable, but affects all aspects of the country. Once the huge Chinese Empire becomes biased, it will take dozens or even hundreds of years to adjust.
Those who serve the king should be stable, lenient, and humbly accept advice. These are not lies made up by scholars, but fabricated to control the imperial power. On the contrary, these can strengthen the imperial power.
A good emperor is always more popular and more respectful than a bad emperor.
Therefore, as a monarch, you must not be too fast, too stubborn, too suspicious, too confident, or too stubborn. You must not slap your head and think about it, do whatever you want. It is okay to do what you want, but if you do something wrong, it will be a huge loss of your prestige and national strength.
Since Zhu Yunyu studied, the old man or Hanlin bachelors have always been regarded as negative teaching materials, which is the tyrant of the eternal Emperor Yang of Sui.
Emperor Yang of Sui was violent, but he was not stupid. Not only was he not stupid, but the emperor was also very talented, courageous and insightful.
But he was the kind of emperor who was eager for quick success and instant benefits, had to do it with a slap in his forehead, and was stubborn and suspicious. So in the end, the powerful Emperor merged with the strong Sui Dynasty, which was the Chinese-Chinese Hu people in the north, and was played until he died in the second lifetime.
Think twice before doing everything.
Zhu Yunqiu also understood that it was not a day or night to change the mindset of this ancient country, nor was it a practicable imperial edict from the emperor.
When doing things, you must be more cautious, and after careful consideration and detailed planning, you must ensure that the ultimate goal is achieved.
The next morning, Zhu Yunqiu was buried in the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War, and the documentary memorial on the vast expanse of Japanese pirates and pirates.
It is rare that the Emperor's Grandson took the initiative to ask for something. The Minister of War and the Minister of Works personally sent the drawings of sea ships, as well as the craftsman booklets, personnel reserves, and pictures of shipbuilding and storage materials in the Yingtian Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, Suzhou, Songjiang and Zhenjiang shipyards, etc.
This greatly encouraged Zhu Yun's death. Although the Ming Dynasty now prohibits the people from building large ships, as long as they are willing, the government will not lack the ability and corresponding materials to build sea ships.
The huge sea ship drawings made Zhu Yunyu feel excited. Since the Song Dynasty, China's shipbuilding technology has been ahead of the world, and it was able to manufacture sea ships of up to tens of thousands of stones during the Southern Song Dynasty.
And now, as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing and with money, it can completely build a giant roaming the sea. Among the drawings of Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, the largest lucky ship is as high as eight floors, more than forty meters long and twenty meters wide.
Putting aside these technical foundations, what excited Zhu Yunqi the most was that the Ming Dynasty, compiled by the Ministry of Works, was compiled in the 22nd year of Hongwu.
This picture is extremely large, almost fifteen feet long and seventeen feet wide. After it is spread out, the main hall of Jingren Palace is a little unsatisfied.
This is a world map of the Ming Dynasty.
With the Ming Dynasty as the center, it starts from Japan in the east, reaches Europe in the west, reaches Java in the south, and reaches Mongolia in the north. There are more than a thousand marked places, just with clear marked places.
And below the map, Europe and Africa, the main mountains and harbors are also marked one by one on the map.
What surprised Zhu Yunyu even more was that on the Ming Dynasty, there were even sea routes leading from Shenzhen and Hong Kong in China and to all parts of the world. Among them, the sea route markings for surrounding Asian countries are extremely clear. In addition, in the narration of the map, according to the above markings, you can also find explanations of monsoons, routes, and even local customs.
This is not just a picture, but a veritable national treasure.
Zhu Yunxiu stood carefully on the huge chart, with only one voice in his heart. Our ancestors, wisdom, vision, ability, and knowledge are far beyond those of us modern people who are just talking!
Our exploration and discovery of the world is far beyond other nations in the world. We do not lack the ability to expand, but what we lack is the ambition and greed for the world of others!
(This picture is now collected in the first archives of national archives history and a national treasure.)
Shocked, and the heart was extremely shocked. Zhu Yun was shocked and couldn't speak.
How much treasure does our ancestors leave for our unfilial descendants?
How many of the wisdom of our ancestors have we, the unfilial descendants, abandoned in the long river of history?
We only have the perspective of God, but our perseverance is not as good as our ancestors.
We are generally and fanatical about the civilization of our ancestors, but we have no idea how much price they have paid and how much blood and tears they have shed in order to create these civilizations that will make our descendants proud of.
We enjoy the blessings of our ancestors, but we don’t know how tenacious and hard they have built this great country for thousands of years.
However, Zhu Yunqiu soon discovered that the Great Wall was not drawn on this huge Ming Dynasty map, and there were no national boundaries.
After thinking for a long time, he smiled silently.
The kings of all dynasties in China were all the common rulers of the world, and the Great Wall was the land of China inside and outside the Great Wall. As for those remote Europe and Africa, the Chinese monarchs at this time were just barbarians, and having a name was considered a gift.
But he strangely discovered that there was no signature on this extraordinary national treasure. Such a huge picture that took more than ten years was definitely not something that a person could do, but he did not leave a single name.
But then he thought about it and Zhu Yunqiu had an answer in his mind.
I'm afraid there are only two people in the Ming Dynasty who can see this picture at any time, one is the old man and the other is himself. Moreover, the picture mostly involves strategic locations of military strategists, and I am afraid that those who draw the picture will already be on the day the picture is completed...
For the whole morning, Zhu Yunqiu stood on the map, seeing the end from the beginning and the end from the end. In order to avoid hurting this national treasure, he specially asked the eunuch to make a moving board that could set off him. Whenever he made any moves, several strong eunuchs would listen to his command and move up and down.
This should be the Philippines, this should be Malay, this is Pattaya, so is this place, is it a new addition?
Zhu Yunxiu's mind was verified over and over again with his limited geographical knowledge. Japanese pirates were just the first step for him to take the Ming Dynasty to the ocean. All countries leading to the sea must become the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
This is not empty talk, nor is it bragging. Chinese civilization has influenced East Asian countries for thousands of years, and the Ming and Qing dynasties were fully capable of taking these places for themselves.
Moreover, it was precisely because of the influence of Chinese culture for thousands of years that these countries were so afraid of China's rise in later generations.
As he looked, Zhu Yun's eyes were almost filled with tears.
There is no invincible dynasty in the world. No matter what the future of the Ming Dynasty, this path must be carried out. Because in the future, on the road of our rise, these sea routes controlled by others and the resources produced in these areas have made us compromise again and again and bow our heads.
China cannot be without the ocean. Our ancestors gave us the stars and seas, but we gave them to others.
Think about the Strait of Malacca that was stuck in our necks in later generations. Once a war broke out, the enemy would control Malacca, and the entire China's oil reserves would only last for more than 30 days. Think about the South China Sea in later generations, which was the underwater treasure left to us by our ancestors, but was repeatedly snatched by the enemy of a wild dog.
Chapter completed!