He put on the clothes given by Zhu Yuanzhang, went to the toilet again, took everything with him, and returned to the hall to follow Xu Huizu to meet Yunxi.
"I am in charge of this matter, Fu An. I have met Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" Fu An knelt down in front of Yunxi, who was leaning on the Arhat bed, and said loudly.
"Fu Aiqing, please get up." Yunxi closed the book in his hand and said with a smile.
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Fu An stood up and said after kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
"Fu Aiqing, after reading your self-report, I am very pleased that you can still imitate Su Wu's story despite Timur's coercion." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Fu An bowed and said, "I am an official promoted by the late emperor. How can I join the barbarians in the West after receiving your Majesty's kindness?"
"Hey, you don't have to be too modest if you love me. You were not captured for a few days, but for more than eight years. It's not easy to remain the same. I will definitely give you a reward."
"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."
Fu An originally thought that Yunxi would ask a few more questions about how he was unyielding under Timur, but he didn't expect His Majesty to say this, so he raised the book in his hand, smiled at him and said: "I see In your self-report, you say that you have traveled to dozens of countries in the West?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. I followed the men sent by Timur and himself to travel tens of thousands of miles in the west and visit dozens of countries." Fu An replied.
"Where have you been? Please tell me in detail."
"Your Majesty, in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, Timur sent an envoy to lead his ministers to visit the heart of his country, which the Ming Dynasty called the Western Regions but the country called Central Asia. Your Majesty, Westerners divided the land in the world There are three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa. Asia is the large land including the Ming Dynasty, India, Tianfang, etc. Europe is the westernmost land of the entire continent with an area similar to the Ming Dynasty plus Mongolia and Xifan. Africa is covered by The sea is separated from Asia and Europe, and there is only a small piece of land in the northeast that is connected to the sky. Among them, the heartland of Timur's rule is in the middle of Asia, so it is called Central Asia."
Hearing Fu An's introduction to Western geographical terms, Yunxi frowned, but said nothing.
Fu An continued to introduce: "Central Asia was massacred during Genghis Khan's Western Expedition, just like in the Jin Kingdom, because the population was sparse and has not yet recovered the population before the Mongolian massacre. Also because of the Mongolian massacre As a result, many books and profound skills have been lost, which is a pity."
"Around the 30th year of Hongwu, there were approximately more than 10 million people in Central Asia, and they were basically under the rule of Tamerlane. As I observed, they were able to live and work in peace and contentment."
"There are two countries in the north of the country, one is the White Horde and the other is the Blue Horde. Both were established by the descendants of Genghis Khan. They were once very powerful, but now they have declined and are forced to pay tribute to their vassals. But they I am still unconvinced, and if Timur is defeated and dies this time, he will probably rebel."
"In the next two years and thirty-one years of Hongwu, Timur went south to conquer India and took his ministers with him. At this time, most of India was ruled by a country called Delhi. The king of this country was not an Indian, but an Afghan who came from Afghanistan. People believe in Tianfang religion, while most Indians believe in Brahmanism. Therefore, sectarian conflicts are extremely serious and the rule of their country is inherently unstable. Timur easily defeated his country when he attacked south, and once occupied the capital of his country, Delhi. ."
"But Timur had no intention of directly ruling India, and it was probably difficult for him to directly rule India. After plundering the city of Delhi, he took the craftsmen north and returned to the city of Samarkand. I later heard that the country of Delhi suffered heavy losses in the battle, and various places Indians revolted one after another, and their country was in turmoil." Because Fu An believed that the Afghans' rule of India was unreasonable, he used the word uprising for the Indian resistance.
After that, Fu An briefly introduced the Indian customs he saw, and continued: "The next year, in the first year of Jianye, Timur passed through Persia to conquer Anatolia. Anatolia is a land to the west of Persia. Approximately equal to the sum of the four provinces of Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Henan. To the west is the sea called the Mediterranean by Westerners, and to the south is Tianfang. The east coast of the Mediterranean is Anatolia and Tianfang, the north coast is Europe, and the south coast is Africa. It is said that there is a sea to the west, called the Atlantic Sea. This sea is as endless as the sea east of Fuso, surrounding the land in the middle."
"Timur conquered Anatolia westward, and most of the countries surrendered along the way. Only the Black Sheep Kingdom refused to surrender. Timur led his troops to fight with them and defeated them. The leader of his country, Yusuf, fled south. It is said that he fled south. After arriving in Egypt, other countries became more surrendered to Timur. Timur collected offerings from various countries and temporarily led his troops to station in Persia."
"But his attack on Anatolia made another powerful country dissatisfied. This country is called the Ottoman Kingdom. I have written in my self-report that it is located in western Anatolia and has a strong national power. In the next two years, this country and Timur They fought for eastern Anatolia and fought repeatedly until they were defeated in the fourth year of Jianye and the leader of his country died in the battle. After that, Timur divided the Ottoman country into four, allowing each of his four descendants to occupy one part. Divide and conquer. Then Timur led his troops back to the city of Samarkand."
Fu An then talked about what he saw in Persia, Anatolia and other places, and continued: "For more than a year after that, Timur was preparing for the Eastern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty. During this period, he also sent people north to attack Baizhang. , the Blue Horde and the Golden Horde Khanate. They decided to conquer the Ming Dynasty on the 16th of the first month of this year, and officially sent out troops at the end of the month. What happened after that was this battle."
"Is the West so big?" After listening to Fu An's introduction, Chen Ji and Xu Huizu said in unison. They have long adhered to traditional Chinese concepts and believed that the Ming Dynasty was the center of the world and that the area of the West should be very small. But Fu An An's answer subverted their understanding.
"Your Majesty, two gentlemen," Fu An said cautiously: "Although the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, with the largest land and population, but the world's tens of thousands of miles of land, the Ming Dynasty only accounts for one-tenth of one-tenth, even if it is counted The countries such as Fusang, Korea, Siam, and Mongolia that submitted to the Ming Dynasty are only three or four out of ten."
"Haha, the world is so big. Back then, Temujin's grandson Batu once marched to the far west, which is probably what you call Europe. After Ogedei died of illness, he led his troops from Europe to ride horses back to the Onon River, even if they marched non-stop. After traveling hundreds of miles, it took half a year to return, which shows how vast the world is." Yunhe said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, welcome!" Fu An said immediately. Chen Ji and Xu Huizu also bowed and agreed.