Chapter 60 Secretary General of Ming Dynasty takes office
After Yu Qian left, Zhu Qiyu said respectfully: "I will report to the emperor's brother about the situation of the country's reign in the recent period..."
"No need!" Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "I don't want to ask about these trivial matters. Today, we two brothers will talk about some serious things!"
Zhu Qiyu was stunned. What is serious?
Is it because when I was in charge of the country, I was not serious about all kinds of political affairs I handled?
Zhu Qizhen first said, "Golden companion, go and get a map."
Jin Ying nodded and said, "Prince, where are the maps you want?"
“The bigger the better!”
As a result, Jin Ying searched for a long time and only found a map of the entire Ming Dynasty. Zhu Qizhen was obviously dissatisfied and asked, "Is there any bigger one?"
“Biger…”
Jin Ying was immediately in trouble. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and said, "When the eunuch of Sanbao went to the West, he brought back a complete picture of Kunyu and Wanguo."
Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Just this one, bring it!"
"Just..." Jin Ying said with a puzzled look on her face, "This Kunyu Wanguo map and treasure ship information are all in the warehouse of the Ministry of Works. It has been so many years since then, I'm afraid..."
Zhu Qizhen said impatiently: "What's the point of not letting go? Go and find it!"
"I obey the order!"
Jin Ying hurriedly jogged all the way to the Ministry of Works to find information, and only the two brothers of Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu were left in the hall.
"Do you know where I went this time?"
Zhu Qiyu replied: "The emperor personally led three thousand men into the desert and attacked Huanglong. I admire him very much."
"What we usually call the desert is more than a few thousand miles. I rushed from the south of the desert to the north of the desert, and circled the grassland with the Oirats, and finally crossed the Onon River and arrived at Lake Baikal. Oh, it should be called Beihai. This Beihai has abundant fishery products and is a good place!"
Zhu Qiyu was a little confused. He didn't know what the North Sea was on the grassland. In his heart, the north was just a grassland full of wind and sand. It had no other purpose except grazing, and I had never heard of fishing.
Zhu Qizhen continued, "Can my brother know where is the north of the North Sea?"
"This... I don't know."
"It is a larger and more vast Siberian frozen plain than the northern desert. Although it is ice and snow all year round, there are rich minerals buried underground, and its reserves are amazingly large."
Zhu Qiyu thought to himself, there are minerals buried under the frozen soil, how did you know?
Could it be that you went around Mobei and even created a geospatial quarry...
"Have my brother heard of the Kingdom of Rakshasa?"
Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "I have heard of the Rakshasa Kingdom. It is said that there are a group of blue-eyed and red-haired ghosts living in the extreme north..."
"Okay, okay, it's not that exaggerating!" Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said, "Rakshasa Kingdom is... Alas, why haven't Jin Parcel come back yet?"
"Here, come!"
Jin Ying held a bundle of scrolls and ran into Fengtian Hall, panting and said, "Your Majesty, this picture is the entire Kunyu Wanguo brought back by the eunuch of the Three Treasures!"
Zhu Qizhen pulled Zhu Qiyu to the imperial case and slowly unfolded the picture, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Because this so-called Kunyu Wanguo map is very different from his memory.
The map of the Immortals that was circulated in later generations is almost the same as a modern version of the world map, but this map does not have America and Australia, only a part of the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and the coastline and national boundaries only have a rough outline, which looks more like a semi-finished product.
Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and the most reasonable explanation was that the picture brought back by Zheng He looked like this. It should have been supplemented and improved by someone or multiple descendants, and finally became the complete picture of the world that was circulated in later generations.
Fortunately, it's enough for the time being.
"My brother, please see, this is the territory of our Ming Dynasty. To the north is the remnant Yuan forces, the Oirat to the west, the Tatars to the east, and the north..."
Zhu Qizhen kept finding Lake Baikal and said, "This is the North Sea!"
When Zhu Qiyu saw the map, he nodded repeatedly and said, "I didn't expect that the emperor's brother would have gone so far, at least thousands of miles!"
“Here…”
Zhu Qizhen's finger continued to pass northwest along Lake Baikal. The map was incomplete here, so he pointed at it roughly.
"This is the Rakshasa Kingdom, thousands of miles away from our land of China. The Rakshasa people are red-haired and blue-eyed, but they are not ghosts, but another nation different from our Central Plains people. The place I pointed to is Moscow, which is their capital."
At this time, Zhu Qiyu asked in confusion: "Brother, this Beihai is not within the scope of the Rakshasa Kingdom..."
"My brother is right. The Bury tribes live here. However, due to the rich fishery products of the North Sea, the Rakshasa Kingdom has been coveting for a long time and has been gradually invading. I think this area will become the territory of the Rakshasa Kingdom for decades at most."
"The cloth that the emperor said, cloth..."
"Briat!" Zhu Qizhen explained, "Briat is also a branch of the Mongols. He lives by fishing and hunting on weekdays. At present, he is still a scattered tribe and has not yet formed a stable regime. Therefore, it is easy to be defeated one by one by one by foreign enemies."
Zhu Qiyu frowned and said, "It's also a Mongolian..."
Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "Do my brother think that the Mongols only have Tatars, Oirat and Urianha?"
Zhu Qiyu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My brother is ignorant, please give me advice."
Zhu Qizhen explained: "The Buryat clan existed long before Genghis Khan. They are different from the forces of Canyuan and have no hatred for our Ming Dynasty. This time I went to Beihai and had contact with one of the tribes. Judging from the other party's performance, it is entirely possible to develop into ally."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly realized and said, "I understand. The emperor is planning to use this cloth, cloth..."
"Briat!"
"Yes, Briat!" Zhu Qiyu continued, "Is the emperor planning to form an alliance with the Briat tribe and attack the remnant Yuan forces?"
"good!"
Zhu Qizhen smiled faintly and said, "If we send a group of troops at this time to help them resist the invasion of the Rakshasa people, the Ming Dynasty would have an additional ally, laying the foundation for the complete destruction of the remnants of the Yuan in the future."
Zhu Qiyu lowered his head and pondered for a long time. He had never thought like this in his mind, because he had no idea that there was a North Sea thousands of miles away, and there was a Mongolian tribe mainly fishing and hunting.
Before he knew it, he had already felt the gap between him and the emperor. He was thinking of defending the country, and the emperor had already set his sights thousands of miles away.
"I am deeply acknowledging the words of the emperor brother. However, there are still Tatars and Oirats between our Ming Dynasty and the North Sea. How our troops are dispatched needs to be carefully considered."
"I've already thought about this."
Zhu Qizhen pointed to the direction of the capital and passed by the northeast.
"You can reach Liaodong from Shanhaiguan, pass through Nuergandusi, and then head west along the north bank of the Onon River to reach the Beihai."
Zhu Qiyu stared at the map and nodded, "Although this route is also risky, it can avoid the main forces of Tatars and Oirat. I think it is feasible."
"Since that's the case, I'll leave the rest to you. I still have some serious things to do."
"ah?"
Zhu Qiyu was suddenly stunned, why did he leave it to me?
When you were not here, I was in charge of the country. Now that you are back, I am just a idle prince, with no power, and I can't transfer a soldier. How can I arrange it?
"Why, there are still problems?"
"Emperor brother, my brother has returned the power to supervise the country, such a major event in the court..."
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "It's okay, from tomorrow, you will continue to supervise the country."
"ah?"
This time, Zhu Qiyu was completely stunned.
You are back, what country can I still supervise?
Zhu Qizhen looked at his little brother with a confused look on his face and explained: "I still have a lot of serious things to be busy with. You can be at ease to supervise the country. How did you supervise in the past and how will you supervise now? Don't be under pressure and do it well!"
Zhu Qizhen grabbed his hair hard and almost pulled it off.
"Brother, this is not right..."
"And!" Zhu Qizhen ignored him at all and continued, "Remember to put Yu Qian in the cabinet."
"Brother..."
Zhu Qiyu has never been able to accept this reality. Is he still a state supervisor?
"I have no such precedent!"
Zhu Qizhen laughed and said, "Today, I will set a precedent!"
Chapter completed!