"This is the world.

The earth we live on is a huge ball.

This ball is so big that it would take nearly 100,000 miles to circle around it. Compared with this big ball, people are too small, so within our line of sight, it looks like we are on a flat ground. However, it is not impossible to verify. There are still traces on weekdays.

It can be found. For example, when you look at a sailboat in the distance on the sea, the first thing you see is always the sail.

About a hundred years later, the Taixi people finally proved this with practical actions.

One of their fleets sailed westward without changing direction, and finally, after a few years, returned to port from their east."

Yang Feng said to the globe.

Homemade.

There is no shortage of craftsmen on Yang Wen's battleship, and there are even some who are professional at drawing maps...

He was exploring new routes, so of course he had to bring a map-drawing tool with him, so all Yang Feng needed was for the craftsman to make a wooden ball, which was nothing more than two oversized wooden bowls buckled together, as long as he could ensure a rough ball shape.

Then those who draw the map find a way to turn a rough world map into an image on a globe, and there is no need to worry about the details. It is just a land outline. After adding the longitude and latitude lines, this is still easy to achieve, and then paint it with different

Color. Especially the actual actual control area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. This also needs to be painted. The current Ming Dynasty extends to the Songhua River Basin in the north, not even Heilongjiang, and Hainan Island in the south. At least not yet, the islands in the South China Sea have not been reached.

To the west is Andingwei, and to the east is Hanwei, namely Ruoqiang and Hotan.

The Shazhou Guard has not yet been established.

However, the Mongols in Shazhou have already paid tribute.

The Hami Guard has not yet been established. The Wunasili who controlled it had either surrendered or rebelled before. They were beaten violently by the Ming army last year and paid tribute, so it cannot be considered an area under actual control.

It should be considered a genus.

His identity is also King Hameri.

Yang Feng's standard for the Ming Dynasty's actual control area was the Weisuo and Xuanwei Division.

Xuanwei Division is also considered an area under actual control.

Although there are many Ming troops in Xuanwei Division, let alone Ming Dynasty officials, they are just chieftains, similar to autonomous regions within feudal borders. The Ming army has the right to conduct military operations in Xuanwei Division. Although it may never have happened in fact, there are

This power has been made clear by the words "Xuan" and "Wei". The former can mobilize the chieftain's army, and the latter can send troops into the chieftain's territory to comfort...

Of course, bring a cannon to comfort you.

In short, the current Ming Dynasty only has such a large area of ​​actual control.

"Is this what Ming Dynasty holds?"

Zhu Yunxi turned the globe and looked at the Ming Dynasty with some dissatisfaction.

“This still relaxes the standards.

For example, when Uzangdu commanded the envoys, the imperial court would accept their tribute and occasionally send an envoy to give instructions. However, in fact, the imperial court had no control over how they managed it. However, that was all they could do there. After all, the place was too high.

Our people can't breathe even if they go up there.

There are also eight hundred Dadian and other Xuanwei bureaus. They only come to pay tribute, so we make them officials.

Not to mention actual jurisdiction, even our envoys may not have been there."

Yang Feng said.

"The gain of these barbarian lands will not benefit the country, and the loss of these barbarian lands will not harm the country. If we want to truly govern them, we have to send officials and soldiers, which will waste people and money.

I am a great Ming Huairou far away person.

As long as they surrender to the Ming Dynasty, why should they care about anything else?"

Huang Zicheng said from the side.

He didn't even have a seat, so he had to stand there.

In addition, I don’t bother to sit in such a smoky place. Look at the women around me who are all wearing immodest clothes, especially the most beautiful one. She doesn’t know how to cover up at all. She just stands with her chest out and her neck.

It's shameless to expose a large piece of it. He is a gentleman and he just glanced at it a few times.

So are other women.

Well, Ambassador Yang’s adoptive daughters wear more retro styles...

Restore the ancient times of Tang Dynasty.

After all, the clothes he designs must take into account his own aesthetics, so they must be cooler than at this time.

This is already very conservative.

He didn't come up with a full set of modern clothes, but he already respected this era.

"Emperor Grandson, please remember that there is no worthless land in this world, it's just when the value is revealed.

Babai Dadian is our name, and the natives call themselves Lanna. This word means millions of rice fields. It is the best rice-producing area. Even in our time, it was also an important rice exporter. The fragrant rice there is

High-quality rice. The barbarian lands that the court now considers are only of unexploited value. Take places like Mu State and Myanmar as examples. They have the best wood for making warships. Later, the Westerners occupied the land and used the teak wood to make warships.

It is unrivaled at sea. Uzang is indeed a plateau land. We can't breathe even when we go up there. But don't forget that the Tang Dynasty was invaded by Tibet and Chang'an was conquered. Such a place is not firmly in our hands. As long as another hero appears, or it is

Those who covet the control of the Ming Dynasty will never have peace in Shaanxi and Sichuan.

Look, there really is no worthless land in this world.

Or it may be fertile soil.

Or there are inexhaustible mineral deposits underground.

or have special strategic value.

There is always a time when its value is shown.

Even if it is for the sake of future generations, we must continue to expand our territories.

The world is so big, only the Ming Dynasty occupies a large part of it. Countries may be strong or weak. If you don't grab more when you are strong and leave as much land as possible to future generations, when you are weak, it will be someone else's turn to grab you.

Also, don’t think about Huairou. Yi and Di are afraid of power and have no morals. Huairou cannot buy stability. People just treat you as a fool and have a lot of money. They say some good things without really paying the cost, and then exchange them for rewards. I can clearly say,

Many of the Fanbang tribute envoys who paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty were businessmen and had nothing to do with their monarchs. They just created their own certificates of submission and took some worthless local products in exchange for rewards and trade from the Ming Dynasty in the name of tribute.

They paid tribute with several horses and some spices, which was more than a hundred times what the Ming Dynasty rewarded.

Huge profits!

How much do spices cost?

There are weeds all over the islands in the South China Sea, just like the weeds here.

The national power of the Ming Dynasty is hundreds and thousands of times that of these foreign countries. It can be said that the population of one county of the Ming Dynasty may be larger than that of their entire country. Even the population of those big countries may not be as large as that of Jiangnan.

With such a huge advantage, why not directly destroy the country, occupy its land, and enjoy everything from then on?

You have to learn from Hu Yuan on this point.

Hu Yuan did a very good job. He grabbed all the land he could. Those who were willing to surrender were treated like dogs, and those who were not willing to surrender slaughtered the city and exterminated their clans."

Yang Feng continued to bewitch Zhu Yunxi.

"The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and its benevolence and righteousness bless the world. How can it be like a barbarian?"

Huang Zicheng said angrily.

"When I was a serf owner, I used to call them the Great Yuan Dynasty. Now I see that they are in trouble, so I call them Hulu. It's heartless!"

Yang Feng sighed with emotion.

"Well?"

Huang Zicheng was speechless and speechless.

Of course, Zhu Yunxi had no interest in paying attention to the companion's mood. He was spinning the globe. It was estimated that part of his blood was awakening. After all, he was also half of the Chang family's blood...

The emperor's grandson finally left with the globe in his arms.

Of course, he didn't want it himself, he had to offer it to his grandfather. His grandfather would definitely make a few more, and they would be more exquisite, so he would definitely have one in the end. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's world map was still unfinished.

, only the eastern part has been completed. Now that Yang Feng is back, those who drew the map will soon continue their work.

"I've always wondered why you don't support the expansion of territory?"

Yang Feng looked at the leaving emperor grandson and asked Zhang Xianzong.

“Who pays for the food?”

Zhang Xianzong said simply.

Yang Feng smiled slightly.

"Everyone knows that opening up territory and expanding territory is a good thing, but who will provide the money and food to expand territory and territory? Your Majesty's expansion into Huining can already be said to have wasted people and money. There are indeed only 20,000 to 30,000 troops in the front, but how many people are transporting behind? Jiangnan?

The grain from Liaodong had to be transported by sea to Liaodong, which had to be transported along the Liao River to Kaiyuan, and then continued to be transported from Kaiyuan. In order to build ships in Jilin, thousands of craftsmen were recruited, and the needs of these craftsmen also had to be transported there.

From Jiangnan to Jilin, more than 100,000 people were transporting these tens of thousands of people.

And these more than 100,000 people have to consume more money and food.

It's all taxes paid by the people.
To be continued...