When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 22 Become famous all over the world.

[Zhu Di has been talking about moving the capital for so long, let’s talk about another of his great undertakings]

The background in the miracle turned into an endless blue.

[When Zhu Di was in power, maritime trade was not prosperous. The famous Zheng He's seven voyages to the West were even under his auspices. 】

[In the third year of Yongle, Zhu Di ordered Zheng He to lead a fleet on an envoy to the West. Speaking of Zheng He, his life was also quite colorful. 】

[He was captured when the Ming army attacked Yunnan, and then entered the palace and became a eunuch. He was appreciated by Zhu Di during the Jingnan period. 】

[He also lived up to Zhu Di's expectations. Zheng He's ship sailed from Suzhou to Fujian, and started his Western journey from Fujian. 】

[According to Ming history records, Zheng He's fleet consisted of more than 240 ships and was equipped with more than 2 people. The main ship Zheng He himself was on was 44 ships long and [-] ships wide, and could accommodate a thousand people. 】

[Zheng He went to the Western Ocean and brought a shipload of war horses, which also transported fodder, a shipload of grain and grass, and a shipload of fresh water for consumption at sea, plus large and small warships. This fleet with a clear division of labor made Zheng He invincible and unstoppable at sea. 】
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Han Dynasty, the first year of Yuan Shuo.

Liu Che's eyes were full of enthusiasm: "Come here, Zhaolou Ship Officer, Ministry of Industry and others come to see me quickly!"

At this time, he had realized the huge profits of overseas trade. It can be said that the cost of water transportation was too high to be completed in a short time.

But maritime trade is possible at any time, but it was not vigorously developing the navy. It only thought about the Northern Expedition of the Huns, but ignored the most profitable sea.

He wants to train the strongest navy for the Han Dynasty, build an invincible fleet, and make the Han Dynasty famous all over the world!

[In the third year of Yongle, Zheng He made his first voyage to the ocean. He drove from Wuhumen in Fujian to Champa and Java, entered the Indian Ocean, passed through the Ceylon Mountains, continued northwest, and returned to Guli.It is said that he once left a stone tablet in Guli, showing the Ming Dynasty region and other words. 】

[In the fifth year of Yongle, the second voyage to the ocean began, and the route was basically the same as the first.He brought back edicts and gifts, and brought back precious stones, rare birds and animals.On the occasion of his return trip in the seventh year of Yongle's reign, he set up a monument to donate to the Buddhist temple in Mount Ceylon. 】

[The third time was from September of the seventh year of Yongle to June of the ninth year, centered on the eastern Indian Ocean, from Java and Sumatra to Ceylon, and then north to the east coast of India, building a fortress in Malacca and then returning home. 】

[The fourth time was from October of the 11th year of Yongle to July of the 13th year of Yongle, and then turned to the Persian Gulf via the East Indian coast and arrived at Hormuz. 】

[The fifth trip was from the autumn of the 15th year of Yongle to July of the 17th year of Yongle. It was the same route as the previous one, but another fleet sailed via the southern coast of Arabia to the coast of East Africa and other places. 】

[The sixth time was also the last time Zhu Di ordered to go to sea, and he died 22 years later.Five years after his grandson ascended the throne, Zheng He embarked on his last voyage and died of illness during this trip. 】
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

The main hall is no longer as dull as before. The future Ming Dynasty is in the hands of Zhu Di. It can be said that all nations will come to court. How many people can there be in the past and present?

That's not what Zhu Yuanzhang cared about: "The uneducated barbarians are worse than the nomads in the north. What's the joy? Such a rudeness! It's just the icing on the cake for our Ming Dynasty."

What he cares about is not how many people come to worship, what he sees is how much benefit Ming Dynasty can bring by sailing on the sea!Even so, the smile on Zhu Di's face did not fade away. In other words, how could they not make people happy when they could see such a prosperous future? ——
Yongle 16 years.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji did not look at the benefits of thinking about sailing. Their eyes were completely occupied by 22 years, because Zhu Di died in this year!

The two of them were worried, but Zhu Di himself was not panicked at all: "Don't I still have several years to live? What a fuss, and I don't ask for immortality. It's all a lie. I just hope you can put it into perspective." I, Daming, will take me to a new level!"

He knew very well how much water there was in those elixirs and alchemists. Wasn't Great Qin in the past the best example?

He also knew that when he was young, he always led troops to fight in wars. Recently, he had felt physically weak, but he never thought that he could live for another six years. He was already contented.

[Zheng He's voyages to the West were not only for economic development. In fact, during Zheng He's subsequent voyages to the West, the country's finances were very tight. But what was the purpose of carrying out the voyages under such great pressure? 】

[Actually, it is very simple. Zheng He had figured out almost most of the maps around Asia, which no one could break through at that time or even for hundreds of years to come. 】

[The map is only the basis. Zhu Di’s purpose was to establish overseas Ming vassals, and more importantly, to establish long-term stable overseas trade. His achievements were also remarkable, and many vassals were established one after another. 】

[After Zheng He, the Ming government never went west again.The reason is also that most of the emperors in later generations did not have Zhu Di's ability. They were exhausted in the face of the harassment of the nomads in the north and had little desire to go to sea. 】

[But the main reason was to go to sea privately. Although the Ming Dynasty had always implemented a maritime ban, by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, various seaside interest groups had formed groups and formed a large scale. 】

[They began to spread to the government, going overseas secretly, concealing the information, not paying taxes, and even secretly recruiting overseas people to further strengthen their control overseas! 】

These words undoubtedly struck a chord in the hearts of countless emperors, making them more cruel than ever before!

He made money privately, divided the power of the court, and finally raised his own people privately!
What is this going to do?
Do you want to rebel if you save money to support others? ——
Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

Everyone seemed to understand the fire in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and the crunching sound made by the close contact between the palm and the cup made no one in the hall dare to look up.

A cold and dead voice filled the hall: "To count the officials in the coastal areas, I want to get the most complete list as soon as possible. In addition, no one within three generations of a wealthy merchant family in the coastal areas can become an official!"

"In addition, they report the number of private land owners truthfully, especially the number of trips to sea each year and their harvest. If there is any fraud, there is no need to report it, and everyone will be executed!"
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Ming Dynasty, Yongle 16th year.

Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhanji on the side: "The benefits are always unevenly distributed, and there are always people who want to overturn the table. The meaning of our existence in the Ming Dynasty is to protect the existence of the table."

"Whoever dares to move, let him never move again! You can let them out when they should be released, but they must be taken back when it is time to close them. Otherwise, someone else will be replaced. I have countless wise men and I have no shortage of them!"
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Song.

Zhao Kuangyin was already a little desperate. The Northern Expedition was not over yet, and the unfilial descendants in the future were even more out of reach. Now that the power of shipping came, the Song Dynasty wanted to grow bigger, but it would inevitably face the counterattack of a group of local forces and the covetousness of surrounding countries.

The most important thing is how to ensure that the control of shipping is still in the hands of the emperor even though it is far away?They are all problems!This is not something that his generation can solve!
(End of this chapter)