"Father, there is a group of people who have verified that the earth under their feet is round." Wen Di said.
Hearing these words, it was like a grenade ringing in Yun's ears. She was so shocked that she didn't react for a long time. After a while, Yun said: "Wen Di, what do you mean?
, someone sailed a boat around the world? Proved that the earth under your feet is indeed a sphere?"
"Yes, father." Wen Di said: "In his letter, his son wrote about the Battle of Socotra Island. He mentioned that the navy of Abyssinia suddenly appeared and helped the Indian Ocean Fleet completely establish a victory; but he did not mention it.
The thing is, when the Abyssinian Navy appeared, a fleet of only six ships also appeared to support the Indian Ocean Fleet. This fleet was the fleet that proved that the earth beneath our feet was a sphere.
"He then introduced the Dongtu expedition team.
Yun just listened briefly and fell into his own thoughts after hearing that the Dongtu expedition set out from Hanzhou and sailed eastward to discover the Mogahunting continent.
'How come there are people sailing eastward from Hanzhou Continent now? In history, the reason why people discovered Hanzhou Continent was because they believed that the earth was a sphere and wanted to open a new route to the east. Magellan also made his first voyage around the world.
For this reason; but now that the Hanzhou Continent has not been fully developed, and there are no rumors of gold flooding the Central Plains, why would anyone want to sail eastward from the Hanzhou Continent? Even if someone planned this, how did he recruit the manpower?
It's unlikely that he happened to meet many people who were very curious about exploring unknown places. However, Wen Di may not know about this issue, so he can only get a letter and ask the vassal king of Hanzhou.' Yun thought wildly.
When he faced this news, he was not happy, and even a little scared. Of course it is a good thing for someone to prove that the earth is a sphere, but it has disadvantages at this time. If it spreads, it may disrupt his plan. When Yun thought of this,
Interrupting Wen Di's words, he asked: "Has it been spread that the earth is a sphere now? Does anyone know about it?"
"Father, this matter has not spread." Wen Di immediately said: "The leader of the Dongtu expedition team, Miura Yuzhen, did not tell anyone other than the expedition team about this matter. When he told his son about it, Li
The Governor also sent most of the people out. Apart from the expedition team, only his son, Governor Li, General Cao, a captain of the Indian Ocean Fleet and one of his son's bodyguards knew about this matter."
"It's not bad." Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Wen Di, please remember that this matter must not be spread. You must also instruct your guards not to tell anyone else. If this matter is revealed to others,
Knowing that, my father will definitely order the Jinyi Guards and the Secretary to investigate carefully, and he will not spare anyone he finds, even Li Jiqian. After a while, my father will summon him and tell him not to tell anyone else."
"My son knows." Wen Di agreed quickly.
Yun sat on the chair and pondered for a while, wondering what he was thinking. After a while, he asked Wen Di if he had anything else to tell him. Wen Di shook his head and said that there was nothing else important. Yun asked again if the Kingdom of England had sent troops.
Egypt. Wen Di said that England sent about 3,000 men, of which 2,500 were mercenaries and 500 were knights.
Yun breathed out slowly, raised the tea cup and took another sip, and drank very slowly. Wen Di knew that his father was about to say something very important. Sure enough, after putting down the tea cup, he said: "Father wants to talk to you later.
Yes, it is the policy you want to implement in Egypt. Of course, my father has never been to Egypt, and all he knows about the Fuzhi people is what he heard from messengers who came and went, which may not be accurate. You can make slight adjustments in Egypt, but generally it cannot be changed.
.”
"Your fiefdom will have Fu people, Indian people, and Han people in the future. Among them, Fu people are the largest, followed by Indian people, and Han people are the least. In Egypt, you must implement the policy of dividing Fu and India, and the Fu people
They were managed according to the methods of the Fu people, and the Indians were managed according to the methods of the Central Plains. Before the Fu people moved to Egypt on a large scale, the land to be allocated to the Fu people was pre-divided, and the Castilians who made contributions in this battle were canonized according to the Fu people's enfeoffment system.
The nobles of Leah and Aragon are Hou Bozinan, and they are allowed to manage the people who have settled here in full accordance with Fu's methods."
"Perhaps, your method of ruling Egypt is similar to that of the early Han Dynasty. You should also read the "Book of Han" and "Historical Records". In the early Han Dynasty, there were thirty-six counties in the world, but only fifteen of them were under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.
, in addition to the canonized vassal kings, the remaining 21 counties also have many feudal princes. Although these princes are not as powerful as the feudal princes, they are also very powerful in their own fiefdoms. Nobles such as Hou Bozinan of Fu are similar to Han Dynasty
The first feudal prince."
"After allocating the land to the Fu people, what is left is the land where Han people and Indians live. All Han people do not do work, business, agriculture, etc., but only serve as officials or soldiers, and compete with the promoted Indians.
Officials managed the Indians together. However, intermarriage between Han and Indians was prohibited. Han women could not marry Indians, Indian daughters could not become Han people's wives, and their sons could not inherit the family business. Han Indians did not marry; Han people could marry Fu
People can intermarry, but they cannot marry common people. They can only intermarry with nobles, and they can only intermarry with former nobles enshrined in Egypt. However, intermarriage is not forced, and those who do not want to intermarry let nature take its own course."
"Your vassal state will become a closer alliance with Castile and Aragon, and maintain the same diplomatic policy with all other countries; it will also not set up a fleet in the Mediterranean and lease Alexandria to Cass.
The Kingdom of Tilia allowed its navy to be stationed permanently, and the land near Alexandria was also granted to the nobles of the Kingdom of Castile."
"The land army is divided into three parts. One part is the mixed Han and Indian troops, the other part is the Fu people's troops directly under your jurisdiction, and the last part is the private troops of the Fu nobles who have enfeoffed you. There will be three prime ministers under your command, one of whom is
As the Prime Minister Wen, he is in charge of the civil affairs of the areas directly under your jurisdiction, that is, the places where the people of India are separated; one is the Prime Minister Wu, in charge of the mixed Han and Indian soldiers and the soldiers of the Fu people directly under your jurisdiction; the third is the Prime Minister Fu, who appoints
Fu people will do it and be responsible for dealing with the Fu country and the enfeoffed Fu nobles."
"The Suez Canal must be built as soon as possible. My father will send people who can dredge the canal to Egypt to build the canal. The canal must be repaired as soon as possible. If you need anything, you can ask for it from the three governors-general of India."
"..."
Yun talked about many policies that Wen Di would implement in Egypt. The more Wen Di listened, the more puzzled he became. After he finished speaking, Wen Di poured a cup of tea for his father. After his father drank it, he asked: "Father, son
Why should Egypt implement a different policy from all other overseas vassals and overseas lands of the Ming Dynasty? Moreover,” he asked a question that he had wondered about for a long time: “Father, why did you send troops to attack Egypt to capture Suez? What on earth was it?
Purpose?"
"What purpose?" Hearing his son's question, Yun repeated it, thought about it again, and felt that he could tell the truth to him, so he said: "It is to firmly bind Castile and Aragon."
Egypt!"
"Father, what do you mean by this? And what good will it do to the Ming Dynasty to tie Castile and Aragon to Egypt?" Wen Di asked.
"Look at this map." Yun took a smaller world map, drew a large circle under the land of Moga Hunter Continent that was already on the map, and said, "This is probably the Moga Hunter Continent.
The shape." Then he put the map upright, pasted the blank spaces east of Hanzhou Continent and west of Fu together with glue, and Tong Wendi said: "The world is roughly shaped like this."
"That's true." Wen Di thought about what the spherical earth looked like, and there was not much difference.
"If the Fu people know the whole picture of the Mogahunting Continent and they want to come to the Central Plains, which way is better?"
"This, if the Suez Canal is opened and there is no hostility to the country that controls the canal, it will naturally be more convenient to travel to the Central Plains via the canal; but if the Suez Canal is not built, or the relationship with the country that controls the canal is extremely poor, then
It would be better to go south and go around the southernmost tip of the Moga Hunter Continent.”
After saying this, Wen Di suddenly realized something and said: "My father sent troops to attack Egypt, built the Suez Canal, and conferred the nobles of Castile to Egypt, so that he could compete with Castile and Aragon."
The two countries formed a close alliance and tied them tightly to Egypt in order to prevent them from going south around the Merga Hunter Continent?"
"That's right." Yun replied.
"But, we only recently discovered the southernmost tip of the Moga Hunter Continent? Father, how could you have made such a plan a few years ago?" Wen Di asked.
"Because my father firmly believes that the earth is a sphere, he believes that sailing eastward from the Hanzhou continent will be able to reach Fu, reach the Mogalie continent, and even return to the Central Plains." Yun replied.
"Even if my father firmly believes that the earth is a sphere, there may not be a sea route at the southern end of the Mogali Continent that can connect the Procellarum Ocean and the Indian Ocean." Wen Di added.
"Which ocean does the Ocean of Storms refer to? The ocean to the east of Hanzhou and to the west of Fu?" Yun asked rhetorically.
"Because there are so many storms in this ocean, the people of Hanzhou continent call it the Ocean of Storms." Wen Di said what Miura Youzhen told him.
"The name Storm Ocean is inappropriate, let's just call it," but at this point, Yun paused and said, "Han Dongyang."
Yun originally wanted to name it the Atlantic Ocean according to what later generations would call it, but then he thought about it. This ocean is between Hanzhou and Fu, so it is called the Atlantic Ocean. Doesn't it mean that this ocean is in the west? But in fact, because the earth is round,
This ocean is the farthest place from the Ming Dynasty. It can be regarded as both the east and the west. It is not appropriate to call it the Atlantic Ocean. So Yun gave himself the name Han Dongyang.
