Zhu Zhen's understanding of ancient Japan came from Warring States games such as "Nobunaga's Ambition" and "Taiko Ritsushiden". He couldn't say that he didn't know anything about the previous Southern and Northern Dynasties era. It can also be said that he didn't know a little bit about it.
I no longer know……
However, if, as Wang Dayuan said, Japan happened to have two political powers in the north and the south, there would be a lot of room for maneuver. Zhu Zhen secretly decided to try to collect intelligence on Japan after returning to see if there were any opportunities.
"Is there a third strategy?" he asked Wang Dayuan again.
"The third strategy is to reset the Municipal Shipping Department and vigorously develop maritime trade." Wang Dayuan said solemnly: "As long as legal trade is not restricted, smuggling will disappear. The Japanese pirates have lost their most important source of income, and naturally they can't recruit troops.
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"In addition, maritime trade will bring huge revenue to the court, enough to support a powerful navy and protect the Ming Dynasty from Japanese pirates forever! That's why I said that sea bans will only make Japanese pirates stronger, and opening up the sea will eliminate Japanese pirates.
Good idea!"
"Good!" Zhu Zhen held his palm and praised: "Mr. Wang's three strategies are all true insights. I will definitely convey them to my eldest brother and father."
"The old man is frightened."
"Mr. Wang, are you willing to follow me to Beijing in preparation for the summons?" Zhu Zhen invited with a smile.
Wang Dayuan's expression perked up. He knew what this meant. He nodded heavily and said, "I am willing."
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In the next few days, Zhu Zhen asked Wang Dayuan to tell him about his overseas experiences to relieve his boredom.
Wang Dayuan was well-informed, well-educated, and very eloquent. He talked about his experiences vividly, and even Li Fangyuan and Gao Gao couldn't care less about the quarrel and were mesmerized.
They heard Wang Dayuan tell that when he was twenty years old, he went to sea from Quanzhou, passed Qiongzhou, crossed Xisha, passed through Jiaozhi and Champa, and arrived at Chenla under the rule of the Angkor Dynasty. There were strange Buddhist temples there that were very different from those in China, and there were also
The magnificent palace of the Golden Elephant…
"Angkor Wat..." Zhu Zhen suddenly realized, feeling that history was reflected in reality.
Through Wang Dayuan's narration, he had a general understanding of the main players in Asia and Africa at this time, and identified those countries one by one.
He knew that the most powerful country in Indochina at this time was Siam, with its fierce folk customs.
The strongest in Southeast Asia was the Kingdom of Majapahit.
India was still under the rule of the Delhi Sultans.
The Middle East was dominated by the Mamluk dynasty.
Moreover, the power of the Mongols is still very powerful overseas, and they control a vast territory from Central Asia to the Persian Plateau.
In addition, in Wang Dayuan's account, the Ottoman Empire had not yet risen, and he had never even heard of the name of the Timurid Empire.
Of course, it has been decades since Wang Dayuan last went to the West. What is happening there now requires further investigation.
However, through the conversation with Wang Dayuan and this trip to Korea, Zhu Zhen's horizons were greatly broadened, and he suddenly realized that many of the problems that he thought were unsolvable in the past were actually due to being too rigidly focused on the one-third of an acre in front of him.
Once you broaden your horizons and look overseas, you will find that there are actually ways to solve many things.
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A few days later, Feng Zhou arrived in Nanjing.
Zhu Zhen was surprised to find that the prince actually brought his eldest nephew to pick him up.
When the gangway was set up, he couldn't wait to get off the boat, first called "big brother", then picked up the chubby Zhu Xiongying and kissed him again and again.
"Haha, Xiongying's name is Uncle Liu!"
"Sixth father..." The naive and naive emperor's eldest grandson shouted indistinctly with all his strength.
Then Zhu Zhen, like a magician, took out a rattle from his sleeve and turned it around, boom boom boom.
"Like it?"
"like."
"Kiss Uncle Six."
"Bah." Xiongying was very obedient, then took the rattle and started spinning it, boom, boom, boom...
"Xiongying has kissed you since he was a child. When he grows up, you can take care of him." Zhu Biao looked on from the side with an aunty smile.
"Okay, no problem." Zhu Zhen agreed, hugged the emperor's eldest grandson, and got into the prince's carriage with his eldest 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 when I went out, but I became stronger again."
"Hey, I'm not here to endure hardship this time." Zhu Zhen chuckled. How could he not be strong after eating beef?
"Where are they? Are they all okay?" the prince asked again.
"Okay, everything is good. Eat well and sleep well." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Especially sleep well."
"That's good." The prince breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since you guys left, my brother has been worried about me. I can't get in touch with you this time, so I'm even more anxious than last time."
"Why didn't you guys come back together?" he asked again.
"Didn't the father arrange for us to buy horses and come back by land from Liaodong?" Zhu Zhen covered his brothers and said: "I need to report to my eldest brother and the father because something happened there.
, I just came back one step first."
"What happened?" the prince asked hurriedly.
"It's not a big deal." Zhu Zhen coughed lightly and said, "It was only when we arrived in Beijing that we found out that the King of Goryeo was dead. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, Goryeo Prime Minister Li Renren killed Eunuch Huang..."
"Ah?" The prince looked shocked. "How audacious!"
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 the Ming Dynasty, so he wanted to join the Northern Yuan Dynasty. The Northern Yuan Dynasty also sent their Xuanhui envoy, who was called Cheri Timur.
, arrived in Kaijing to prepare for the canonization of the King of Korea. He arrived two or three days earlier than us."
"How could such a big change happen?" Even though he already knew that his brothers were safe and sound, the prince still felt numb. He grabbed the sixth man's hand and said, "If I had known this, I would never have let you go on this trip.
of!"
"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said with a smile: "Perhaps we are prone to disasters, and trouble will happen wherever we go."
"..." The prince was speechless for a while, and then asked after a while: "What happened next?"
"Li Renren guessed that we and already knew that Eunuch Huang was killed, so he sent another prime minister, Cui Ying, to lead his Bai Shou Army into the city to prepare to kill us." Zhu Zhen continued:
"When we worked together, we had no choice but to strike first. The second brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother took the Yulin Guards and rushed to the Shuntian Pavilion where the Mongolians lived, and killed all the Yuan Dynasty envoys. On my side, I relied on my three-inch invulnerability
The bad tongue persuaded the three Goryeo ministers to rebel, kill Li Renren, and control the situation of opening the capital..."
Zhu Zhen said it lightly, but the prince believed that the whole process must be extremely thrilling. He couldn't help but put his arms around Lao Liu and said with great joy: "God bless you, you are all safe and sound. I will never let you go out together again."
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"That's right. You don't have to worry about it all." Zhu Zhen touched his nose.
