Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 97 The Ming Dynasty's Great Navigation Era!

Just as Liu Bowen expected, His Royal Highness King Liao woke up the next night when Lan Xian'er took him to take a bath three days later, actually not three days later.

It’s impossible not to wake up, if you don’t wake up, the blood will be congested for too long and the blood vessels will burst and you will die.

Of course, there may be a long recovery period in the follow-up, such knee pillows and facial cleansers must be arranged. No matter how careless Lan Xianer is, Zhu Qi is so obvious, how can I not know His Highness Liao Wang mean?

What's more, when His Royal Highness Liao Wang heard that he fell into the water when he encountered a storm, he immediately jumped into the sea to rescue him. in eyes...

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Qi got close to Lan Xian'er's concern with a little bit of trickery. Looking at the beauty master who was holding a bowl in front of him, feeding him porridge spoonfuls, the sense of accomplishment is needless to mention .

But the good mood didn't last long, Zhu Qi received a bad news!
This seaway has been cleared, so naturally we must hurry up and write a good news and send it back to Zhu Yuanzhang. Because Zhu Qi is unconscious, this matter is naturally the task of the deputy general Yan Wang Zhu Di, and the good news written by Zhu Di, Zhu Qiguang is thinking. As soon as I think about it, I know it's over.

Sure enough, Zhu Di was caught and asked. Zhu Di was very happy. From the invention of a new type of warship, to the use of clever tricks, deliberately making people feign surrender, and using abundant supplies to lure Liu Yi to lead his army to take the initiative to fight, and then in the Bohai sea battle. , commanding calmly, sitting in the middle army, and finally won a big victory.

Forget it, but in the end he even praised the storm!
What to say, the soldiers are now rumored that the storm was cast by the Dragon King of Bohai, and His Royal Highness Liao Wang, as the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, is also the descendant of the dragon.

The Bohai Dragon King didn't know how to flatter, and wanted to help Bao Yuan. As a dragon son, Zhu Qi jumped into the Bohai Sea, killed the Bohai Dragon King, and replaced him with a Bohai Dragon King who was loyal to Daming!

Zhu Qi was dumbfounded when he heard this place, he hesitated and said: "You, how can you talk such nonsense!"

Zhu Di also blinked his eyes, and leaned over and said: "Don't worry, third brother, I naturally reported it by hearsay, but with our father's character, it is impossible to miss such a great opportunity, even if it is only hearsay, Our father can also make it real, and it will definitely be thanks to you, third brother!"

Zhu Qina wished that Zhu Di would die immediately, but the other party was the future Emperor Yongle after all, so he could only stare at Zhu Di who was talking nonsense, and couldn't utter a word.

That night Zhu Qi had a nightmare, dreaming that many years later, Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign in Beiping with the strength of Yan Yidi.

Then he fought all the way to Yingtian Mansion, and he was kidnapped by Zhu Di to come to Ying Tian Mansion, but he finally waited until Zhu Di broke through the gate of Ying Tian Mansion.

After entering the palace, Zhu Di wiped the blood from his face in the midst of a big fire, bowed to himself and said:

"Third Brother, after so many years, I finally made it. This throne belongs to you, Third Brother! Please, Third Brother, ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor!"

Then Zhu Qi woke up from fright, covered in cold sweat when he woke up, fortunately there was Lan Xian'er by his side, there was no way, who let Liu Bowen say it would take three days, Lan Xian'er didn't dare to interrupt at will.

The poor His Royal Highness Liao was weeping silently in his heart because of the miserable future, while hugging Lan Xian'er beside him, the world is cold, only this Naizi still has a little warmth...

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Here, Zhu Di wrote it himself. It can be said that the whole article is to help Zhu Qi boast about his military exploits and report the military situation, and send it to Yingtianfu as soon as possible.

Nahachu, who was closer, got the information immediately. Regarding the fact that Liu Yi's fleet was almost wiped out, Nahachu sneered at the beginning, thinking that it was another fake made by King Liao of the Ming Dynasty. News Fake News!

He had been fooled by the movements of the Ming army before, but later he simply acted like a coward and defended himself. He turned a deaf ear to the news that the Ming army was here today and where it would be tomorrow.

Anyway, I have set up my defensive stance, whether you really want to go out and beat me, you can call me if you have the ability.

Facts have proved that the Ming army has no intention of going out to attack. Even Naha proudly boasted to the left and right: "Isn't this the Great Ming Liao King!"

But it hasn't been two days since Naha came out and got the "false news" that Liu Yi was defeated, the whole army was wiped out, and he himself was captured. But after the scout he sent out to find Liu Yi to confirm the information returned , Naha came out to know that this matter is true.

That Great Ming Liao King Zhu Qi really led the original Daming navy to defeat Liu Yi's fleet in just two or three months?

Nahachu clearly remembered that the number of ships in Liu Yi's fleet was twice as large as that of the Ming fleet, right?How did this fight win?Isn't this naval battle comparable to a warship?
Naha couldn't help but feel a shudder, the Liao King Zhu Qi of Ming Dynasty is so terrifying!
But the most important thing is that once Daming takes control of Haidao, it will not be good news for Naha. In the past, Haidao was under the control of Beiyuan, and there was safety along the coast. Now it is under the control of Daming. It's easy to attack and defend!

It was indeed as Nahachu thought, when he reported the situation in Liaodong to Yuan Ting Prime Minister Wang Baobao, he received a military order from Wang Baobao within a few days, ordering him to rest the army and do a good job of defense. Attacked.

This time, Nahachu just obediently obeyed Prime Minister Wang Baobao's orders, what if he didn't listen?
This Great Ming Liao King is really a bit evil, you must pay [-] points more attention, but you must not be taken advantage of by this Liao King!

On the side of the Ming court, Zhu Qi's mission to Beiping this time can be regarded as a successful completion.

Not only did it successfully scare Nahachu from taking action against those tribes that surrendered to Ming Dynasty, but it also completely cleared the sea lanes. At this time, there is no navy that can compete with Daming in the Bohai Sea. The fleet is gone.

So after coming out for more than half a year, in October of the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Qi was ready to set off to return to Yingtian Mansion to return to his command.

But before going back, Zhu Qi found Wang Chuanqi for two things.

There are only two things for it. First, Wang Chuanqi stuffed a rough sea chart, at least Wang Chuanqi looked like a sea chart.

In fact, this is not a sea chart at all, but a rough map of East Asia, including the so-called Siberia region, and the coastline of North America drawn by Zhu Qi.

Zhu Qi drew it purely by relying on his proficiency in drawing maps in the past. In terms of details, there is no such thing in this picture.

There is no specific proportional length, and there are no islands that can be replenished, but for the Ming Dynasty people who don’t know where Sakhalin Island is at this time, it is really a sea that subverts imagination. Figured it out.

The second thing is to ask Wang Chuanqi to find the new continent according to the "sea map" he drew!

Zhu Qi pointed at the map and said:
"After detouring from the Koryo Peninsula, we continued to walk north along the coastline. At this time, in the north of Changbai Mountain, although it is the territory of Beiyuan, many of the tribes are Jurchen tribes. They should call themselves descendants of the Jin people.

They also have a feud with Meng Yuan, as long as they are careful, they can still get supplies from them, as long as they don't get discovered by Yuan people.

It gets colder the farther you go north. In July and August, it is very likely that the sea will freeze, but of course it may not.

If the sea is frozen, it's not bad news, you just start sailing east along the edge of the ice, you may not encounter any islands for a long time during this period, but believe me, as long as you keep heading east Go, soon you will see the new coastline!

At this time, you are walking south along the coastline. If you see a large continuous island, do a detailed chart drawing along the way, and you don’t have to force yourself to go as far as you can. Just go back the same way.

As long as you can discover this new continent I have drawn, that will be the greatest contribution! "

Wang Chuanqi was stunned when he heard this. Wang Chuanqi also knew about the vast territory of the Yuan Dynasty and even reached the unprecedented vast ice field in the north, but he did not expect that His Highness Liao Wang who lived in the south could actually Such an accurate drawing of the location and coastline of Sakhalin Island.

At least as far as this sea chart is concerned, Wang Chuanqi is still very familiar with the part up to Sakhalin Island. After all, he was a pirate who has been at sea for decades, so he is naturally more knowledgeable than ordinary people.

But Wang Chuanqi didn't know about things further north, but His Royal Highness Liao Wang knew, not only that, but even the fact that there was an unknown continent to the east, His Royal Highness Liao Wang knew about it!

He once heard that Qin Shihuang in ancient times sent a special person to the sea to find the legendary fairy island. Could it be that the continent drawn by His Highness King Liao was what Qin Shihuang was looking for in ancient times?
I often hear people say that His Royal Highness Liao Wang XingXiu descended to earth, so the ability of such a prophet, is it really XingXiu descended to earth?

Wang Chuanqi was full of admiration, but Zhu Qi really didn't care about it, nor did he feel complacent in the slightest.

He entrusted Wang Chuanqi with the task of discovering the new continent, because Wang Chuanqi has the most abundant sailing experience in the Ming Dynasty, and he has been a pirate for so many years, so there is absolutely no need for an adventurous spirit. .

And the details are naturally mentioned, for example, you must bring enough vegetables and fruits, and give full play to the Chinese people's nature of loving farming, and you can grow a la carte on the boat.

In fact, this is all nonsense, because the Chinese ocean-going fleet basically has nothing to do with scurvy. Taking Zheng He's voyages to the West as an example, there are records that show that before the voyage, he would bring beans and soak bean sprouts on board. There are also records of various kinds of vegetables.

In addition, Chinese people like to drink tea, and every time they go to sea, they take a lot of tea with them.

A cup of tea a day can perfectly solve the vitamin C supplement needed, and naturally there will be no scurvy.

In addition to these details, the most important thing is to identify the direction at sea.

Zhu Qi originally wanted to build a sextant, but the sextant is too complicated, and the concept of latitude and longitude, if you want to explain it clearly to Wang Chuanqi, it will not take a day or two. The calculation of the angle of a celestial body to obtain the latitude and longitude of the location involves a large number of mathematical problems.

This cannot be learned overnight. After the invention of the sextant in modern times, without basic knowledge of mathematics and astronomy, you really can't play with the sextant.

Fortunately, the Chinese have their own set of wisdom. As one of the four great inventions of China, the compass has been used in navigation a long time ago. However, the compass can only guide the direction after all, and cannot determine the location in detail. Therefore, it is still necessary to popularize sextants in maritime affairs in the future.

In fact, Zhu Qi has always been curious about how the compass, which must be effective on flat ground, works on the swaying ships, until he saw that on the ships of the Ming Fleet, there was a kind of carved iron ball for placing the compass. No matter how the carved iron ball rotates, the tray in the center will remain horizontal due to gravity.

There is another name for this thing, which is called "bedding incense burner". It is used in the palace and in the homes of rich people to burn incense, so as not to let the incense ash spill out and dirty the bedding in the room.

Incidentally, this invention is 500 years ahead of the Western "gimbal".

The reason why Zhu Qizhi is so concerned about the affairs of the New World is naturally because he has crossed the party's overall view and discovered the wealth and benefits brought by the New World, which are definitely not what ordinary words can describe.

The vast amount of raw materials, the land of no man, and the gold and wealth of the New World, as well as the resulting broaden of horizons, have stimulated the rapid development of science and directly installed high-speed engines on the ignorant and backward West for thousands of years.

That is to say, since the age of great voyages, the western world has begun to catch up quickly, while the east has gradually lost its leading position.

As I said before, in the future world, whoever can control the sea will control the world!

As for saying that China's geographical environment is not suitable for discovering the New World of America, because the ocean currents are all north-south, even if there are east-west ones, most of them are from east to west, so starting from China, I want to cross the Pacific Ocean in a normal way It is extremely difficult and dangerous.

But starting from America, it is very easy to sail to Asia, because most of the ocean currents are from America to Asia, and it saves a lot of effort to follow the ocean currents.

In ancient times, Qin Shihuang went out to the east to search for Penglai Xiandao, to Tang Jianzhen's eight eastward voyages to Japan, with heavy losses five times, and historical records, all kinds of ship crashes and deaths when going eastward, etc., are all caused by ocean currents.

After all, sailing to sea in ancient times was actually "drifting" to a certain extent. Today's technology cannot be played without ocean currents and wind power.

"Buddhist Kingdom" has a vivid description of the hardships of sea navigation at that time: "The sea is boundless, and I don't know things. I only look at the sun, the moon and the stars. If it is rainy, it is impossible to follow the wind. But seeing the big waves fighting each other, It's so hot..."

So it’s no wonder that Chinese people don’t like to go to sea, because in this kind of ocean current environment, as long as they go to sea, it’s really a gamble with their lives.

Most Chinese people go to sea, they can only go east. Going east is to go against the ocean current to die. It is really more difficult than Cobron's voyage to find a new sea route. People who are adventurous can go to the sea with their eyes closed. Send it, and it's time to send it clean.

After all, there is only one Mediterranean Sea. The western world with oceanic culture has been around for thousands of years, and there is only one Columbus?
As for why you didn't go south?During the Ming Dynasty, going south to the Luzon Islands and the Indonesian Islands was not new. Those island countries are now all tributaries of the Ming Dynasty. The sea routes have long been known, and the trade between countries is also very frequent. of.

That's why Zhu Qicai asked Wang Chuanqi to explore along the coastline. It would be relatively safer to sail eastward when he encountered a place where the ocean was frozen. After all, along the coastline is always the safest route.

As for, is there no route to America that can sail quickly?
In fact, there are. Starting from the east coast of Japan, all the way to the north, the warm current "Kuroshio Current" along the east side of Japan in the northern Pacific Ocean can send ships all the way to the coast of North America. The Humboldt Current from north to south, and then the ship Brought to Mexico and Peru.

If you want to sail from the Americas, you will drift all the way to the vicinity of the Indonesian archipelago, so that a closed-loop route can be formed.

However, this may have to wait for the conquest of Nanyang and Japan to form a closed-loop route. Once the route is formed, the wealth and resources of the entire world will be in Daming's pocket. Just thinking about it makes me quite excited.

Is the West a ball?

In a word, Zhu Qi will never sit back and watch history repeat itself. The era when Chinese people sit on the huge Pacific Ocean but don't explore and conquer it will be swept into the garbage dump from today on!
Lords and kings of the West, eat shit!

Zhu Qi's words have always been very powerful. In order to give Wang Chuanqi enough motivation, in addition to explaining the exploration route and precautions in detail, he also exaggerated the wealth of this new continent and its importance to Daming. .

And after completing this route, how can it be famous in history? Wang Chuanqi's name can definitely become a national hero, and it will be recorded in the annals of history forever.

What I told Wang Chuanqi was so exciting, I wish I could hurry up and arrange the fleet to set off to venture to the New World.

But the risk is the risk, the entire Daming navy must be dispatched, and the early exploration can only be a small-scale fleet. After all, the route is immature. Where can the large-scale fleet get supplies?

Not only Wang Chuanqi was excited, but even people like Zhu Di and Xu Zengshou listened with enthusiasm.

Pulling Zhu Qi to ask about the story of this new continent, Zhu Qi is waiting for Zhu Di to be interested. No matter what the reason behind Zhu Di's support for Zheng He's voyages is, if there are stories of Zheng He's voyages in this world, then don't I only care about going to the West to be a diplomatic envoy, and I must get the benefits that I should get. Apart from the West, I can also go to the East.

Like Japan, right?
Zhu Di's future is limitless, if Zhu Biao can't hold on, he will most likely remain Emperor Yongle, subtly influence the thoughts of Emperor Yongle in the future, let him pay attention to sea power, of course it is the best thing!

As for what happened in the dream, Zhu Di added a yellow robe to himself... Forget it, it's impossible, don't think too much about it.

Besides, Zhu Qi is very clear about how much he is, bragging and farting, doing small things, it's okay to take the rhythm, let him be the emperor and manage the empire?
Isn't this more difficult than leading troops to fight?
Everything has been properly explained, and Wang Chuanqi is already gearing up to start exploring the sea, and Zhu Qi has finally completed another matter on his mind. Daming's great voyage and exploration career has finally had a beginning. How will the future development be? It depends on how far Wang Chuanqi can go.

Anyway, I do my best, and the rest is to obey the destiny.

How this kind of seed will bloom and bear fruit, we can only wait and see.

After successfully completing the mission in Beiping, Zhu Qi also took Zhu Di and others to start the journey home.

A group of young men, singing triumphantly, headed south towards Yingtian Mansion...

(End of this chapter)