Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 83 Your Majesty, these five dragons are quite interesting (Please subscribe)
"Your Majesty, the story of the five dragons ruling under one roof is one of the few auspicious stories in history.

However, I think it is better for Your Majesty not to know about this matter for the time being."

Yang Chen noticed that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed very interested, so he started to persuade him.

Zhu Di, who was sitting in the corner, wished he could stand up and cover that crow's mouth.

Unfortunately, he couldn't stand up for a while, so he could only stare at him with resentful eyes.

If looks could kill, Yang Chen would have been torn to pieces by him long ago.

"We have to see what is going on with these five dragons ruling together!

Explain it to us clearly, clearly! "

The first sentence was said by Zhu Yuanzhang to Yang Chen, and the second sentence was said by him to Zhu Di.

"Father! The most urgent task now is to find a way to solve the problem of the fourth brother, instead of looking around and thinking about what to do.

Yang Chen, next time could you just stick to the point and not always involve other things.

One thing has not been resolved yet, and another one pops up. What should we do now?"

Suddenly, five dragons appeared in the same dynasty, and Zhu Biao had a vague feeling that this was not a good thing.

And he could sense it from the few words Yang Chen said.

This so-called "Five Dragons in One Court" seems to be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is a tragedy.

It was rare for five dragons to exist in the same dynasty or for four generations to live together in the same household.

With five generations living under the same roof, should we say that the emperor had a long life or a short life?
Now the issue of the rebellion of the vassal kings has not been resolved yet, and this kind of thing has popped up again. Zhu Biao feels that he has been very tired today.

He didn't dare to imagine, if he went deeper, would the sky collapse immediately?
"Alright, alright, let's listen to Biao'er and not talk about this matter."

“But Biao’er, the matter of the vassal king is indeed something that must be resolved. Otherwise, when we are gone in the future, even if your fourth brother does not rebel.

We are worried that if the ambitions of other princes come to fruition, or if there are 'traitors' around us who are tempting us, what should we do then?"

"There is one more thing. The issue of the annual salary of the clan members will also be resolved today."

Although he was angry, it did not affect Lao Zhu's ability to get back to work immediately.

When he spoke, he would emphasize the wrong words and secretly tell Zhu Di about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very familiar with rebellion, as he started his career as a rebel.

Not only did he rebel against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but during the process of becoming emperor step by step, he also used some tricks to make his adoptive father hand over all military power to him.

This is not just the credit of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The help of some talented strategists is also indispensable.

A person who can become an emperor must have a team following him.

As Zhu Di's father, Zhu Yuanzhang knew best what kind of person Zhu Di was.

Military force might work, but strategy is far less effective.

At this moment, no matter how stupid Zhu Di was, he understood that the person his father was talking about was him, and also his brothers and sisters.

Feeling guilty, Zhu Di could only lower his head, clench the corners of his clothes with both hands and dare not say a word.

"Father, the issue of the annual salary of the clan members and the princes has been a difficult problem since ancient times.

However, I have come up with an immature idea based on the new changes in ministerial salaries, but I don’t know if it is feasible.”

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Biao bowed and expressed his opinion.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu seemed slightly interested and waved his hand to allow him to continue.

“I believe that the reason for the annual salary for the clan members is that the emperor does not want his descendants to live a life of poverty and hunger.

But in the future, if any of our descendants likes to expand our Zhu family and have too many children.

This will inevitably lead to the court having to pay for the bad debt in the end. For this reason, I believe that the assessment system can be used to determine the amount of annual salary to be given to clan members.

Inspect the clan relative who has been granted a title to see if he is eligible for the annual salary.

In particular, the princes with the highest annual salary, 10,000 shi, were sent to the front line to check what the princes were doing there.

Those who can enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment and lead a prosperous life will naturally continue to receive annual salaries.

But the local people are living in poverty, displaced, and disasters are everywhere, which means that the local vassal king has done nothing. Not only should his annual salary be reduced, but he should also be held accountable. "

The annual salary of clan members was a problem that caused a headache for Zhu Biao and his son Zhu Yuanzhang.

They neither wanted their descendants to suffer nor did they want the imperial court to be affected.

But this is a matter of having your cake and eating it too.

At least that's what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao thought.

If we make concessions to avoid troubles in the imperial court, we will have to sacrifice the princes, which will mean suffering for future generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang fought hard to establish his empire just to let his descendants live a good life. This is contrary to his wishes, so he would definitely not do so.

However, the country does not belong to him alone. If he does not allow his descendants to exercise restraint, it will mean that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in the future.

The end result is still that the descendants are slaughtered, and some even have to change their surnames in order to survive.

The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh, making it difficult for Lao Zhu to make a choice.

"Applying the same salary system to the princes is only a stopgap measure and will not last long until you and I are no longer alive.

Once future generations encounter difficulties, or if an emperor favors these sons.

If this person were to take advantage of the loopholes without changing the ancestral teachings, it would be a disaster.”

Zhu Yuanzhang analyzed the situation calmly and acknowledged Zhu Biao's method, but also pointed out its shortcomings.

After all, there is already a "precedent".

They themselves stipulated in ancestral precepts that descendants were not allowed to establish a prime minister, but later emperors established a cabinet instead.

He didn't know whether he should praise the future generations for their intelligence or what, in short, he experienced what happened these days.

Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little sensitive, fearing that he might make another wrong decision.

They don't even dare to mention their ancestral teachings casually.

"Father, you can set up ancestral precepts to stipulate that future generations are not allowed to arbitrarily increase the annual salaries of vassal kings.

The annual salary distributed must be used where it should be used, otherwise the princes will be able to use the salary at will to recruit soldiers.

It is also easy to cause some unnecessary suffering to the local people.

This method is a good one, but I think we can slowly add some details in the future to prevent future generations from exploiting loopholes.

To prevent future generations from endangering the Ming Dynasty without changing the ancestral teachings. "

"Alas! Biao'er, you think too simply. Father has already figured out the issue of ancestral precepts. We must find a chance to abolish them in the future!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always followed his ancestral teachings, now got a headache whenever he heard the word "ancestral teachings".

Zhu Biao was surprised by his father's abnormal behavior, as he was the one who liked to add things to the ancestral precepts the most.

Why does he look like a different person now, which makes Zhu Biao very confused.

"Father, why is this happening? You weren't like this before."

"Biao'er, it's father who has figured it out. This ancestral precept has a time limit."

"Timeliness?"

When Zhu Biao heard this word, he felt a little unfamiliar and subconsciously turned to look at Yang Chen. Before he could finish turning his head, Zhu Yuanzhang began to explain.

"Yes, Biaoer, this is timeliness. It means that a policy may be useful within a certain period of time, but after this period of time, the policy cannot adapt to the current situation.

I used to always think of a way to solve the problem once and for all, but later I figured it out.

What will happen next will certainly be far beyond our consideration.

The ancestral teachings may be useful while we are alive, and they may be useful while you are alive, but they will be of use to our descendants for more than ten generations.

There will always be a day when the ancestral teachings are no longer applicable, and then it will be time to prove their effectiveness."

On the stage, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke eloquently, as if he had become a different person, no longer the Hongwu Emperor who would behead and skin people at will.

As if he was not used to his father being like this, Zhu Biao spoke cautiously:
"Father, when did you become so reasonable? And what is timeliness? I have never heard of it before."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt somewhat embarrassed after finally being serious for once and being exposed by his son.

Yang Chen, who had been silent, raised his hand at this moment.

"Because your majesty just said all my words!"

"You bastard! What are you talking about? The entire Ming Dynasty belongs to us. As long as you stand on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you are a member of the Ming Dynasty. Even if you die, you will be a ghost of the Ming Dynasty.

Your words are my words. As the emperor, am I really going to steal your things?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his emotions that were causing a stir and defended himself.

Seeing his father like this, Zhu Biao sighed and laughed:

"I see. No wonder I said my father couldn't read a few characters, but he could say something like 'timeliness'. It turned out that it came from Brother Yang."

"Tsk~ Biao'er, in my opinion, this guy is just taking advantage of others. We can't praise him too much, otherwise one day he will become arrogant and will not take anyone seriously."

As always, Zhu Yuanzhang's violent temper did not allow him to lower his head when talking to others.

Of course, apart from Empress Ma, Empress Ma was Zhu Yuanzhang's most important weakness. Once she took action, Zhu Yuanzhang would have to bow his head no matter what.

"Three of you, I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."

Suddenly, Yang Chen raised his hand and expressed his opinion.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was resting in a chair, refused without thinking and tried to make him shut up.

"Don't say it, we don't want to hear it."

Seeing this, Yang Chen was relieved and kept criticizing Lao Zhu in his heart. But he didn't dare to say it out loud, at least not now.

Compared with the arrogant and unreasonable Zhu, Zhu Biao seemed much more considerate.

He wanted to know what Yang Chen wanted to say.

"Father, since Yang Chen has an idea, why not listen attentively? Who knows what unexpected gains may come out of it."

"Biao'er, it's not that we don't want him to talk, but this guy always says bad things when he opens his mouth. How dare we let him continue talking? What if he says something bad about someone else? Aren't you worried that he will piss off your father to death?"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was like a drunkard who was throwing a tantrum and making no sense, but Zhu Biao just smiled and turned his head to the side.

"Father, are you afraid?"

"Nonsense! Your father was a man of swords and fire when he was young, so how could he be afraid? I just don't like this guy."

When someone said that he was afraid, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately defended himself in a firm tone.

"Yang Chen, let me make it clear in advance that what you want to talk about is not about life and death, right?"

Looking at Zhu Biao, Yang Chen nodded and said, "Don't worry, Prince. This time it's not about life or death, but about Yongle."

When Zhu Di heard that it was related to him, his legs and feet suddenly became weak and he trembled.

He now has only one attitude towards Yang Chen, which is to keep a respectful distance from him. To be more precise, to keep a fearful distance from him.

I even wondered if the promise I made to Daoyan should be cancelled.

Every time Yang Chen mentioned him, he would be in trouble. Today he almost lost his life, and in the future he might even lose his status and position.

The summary is "Cherish life and stay away from Yang Chen."

Otherwise you won’t even know how you died.

After hearing about Zhu Di's matter, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were curious about what the other party would say.

Yang Chen coughed slightly to moisten his throat, then stood in the middle, grabbed Zhu Di's hand and lifted it up.

“The reason why Your Majesty holds a grudge against Yongle is simply because Yongle has dragon energy and you are worried that he will compete with the crown prince for the throne in the future.

But Yongle has demonstrated his loyalty time and again.

In fact, Yongle did exactly as he said. If he had to choose between being the emperor and fighting a war, I believe Yongle would definitely choose the latter.

The reason is that he is one of the few emperors who died during the Northern Expedition! "

"The emperor died in a personal expedition?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were moved. He didn't expect Zhu Di to be so courageous.

Even after becoming an emperor, he was still able to maintain his original aspirations, even at the cost of his life.

You know, since ancient times, how many people, after becoming emperors, only cared about enjoying themselves.

Even if we had not fallen into rites and music, we would not have been as courageous as during the conquest process.

This was the case with Zhu Yuanzhang. After he became the Hongwu Emperor, he did not think of personally leading the army north like Marshal Zhu.

Perhaps this is the fate of the elderly. When you have too many concerns, you need to give up some things.

"Your Majesty, may I ask what is the purpose of your enthronement and granting of fiefdom?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had calmed down a lot, did not hesitate to answer Yang Chen's questions.

"First, I want my sons to have a legacy. I have gone through life and death for more than ten years and finally conquered this land.

Every place is very important and is part of the Central Plains. It is necessary to prevent treacherous people from holding important positions and splitting the Ming Dynasty in the future.

For this reason, we arrange for these princes to go to local fiefdoms, and we will definitely be able to take control of every important place.

Secondly, it is also to guard the border. Since you know everything, let's not waste time. In the future, we will arrange nine princes in the north of Yingtian Prefecture.

The nine border princes will become the second line of defense to prevent the northern barbarians from invading the capital.

Furthermore, as long as nothing unexpected happens, these nine locations can provide timely support when the court is in danger."

“Yes, Your Majesty, there are reasons for everything you said, but since ancient times, anyone who has become an emperor has tried every possible way to resolve the conflict between the vassal kings and the imperial power without any loss.

The most classic one is the Enfeoffment Order issued by Emperor Wu of Han during the Western Han Dynasty.

The story goes on from one to two, from two to four, until there was no more land left to pass on.

Your Majesty was also prompted to divide the inheritance into eight levels. I will not elaborate on this, as everyone here knows it better than me.

I won’t say much about the disadvantages of this method, I’ll talk about it later.

According to the history I remember, after Yongle became emperor, he was worried that his throne would be taken away by his other brothers in the future. He was also worried that his descendants would face swords and knives against each other.

To this end, he took back all the military power of the princes, confined all the princes in his own fiefdoms, and restricted their actions.

It's a pity that the more he didn't want something to happen, the more likely it would happen. After the Yongle era, his descendants also had a scene of uncle-nephew quarreling with each other.

Only this time it was the nephew who won, while the uncle died.

I don't mean to say that your Majesty's family is the same as the Li Tang family, I just want to tell you.

The solution to the problem of the vassal kings is limited to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there will never be a solution."

Although Yang Chen did not mention who died, it made the people of the Zhu family feel more uncomfortable than if he had mentioned who died.

Especially Zhu Yuanzhang, he had no family affection since childhood, so he had many children and grandchildren.

What he was most worried about was that his descendants would follow the same Xuanwu Gate inheritance method as the Li Tang family.

Fratricide is something that older people don't want to see.

If he knew that future generations would do this but did not stop them, Zhu Yuanzhang would worry and ask himself if he could do it!
"My descendants are also following in my footsteps?"

Zhu Di coughed dryly in his throat and spoke to himself in a hoarse voice with disbelief.

"I never thought that God would punish me in this way? To make my descendants experience the same thing.

How could my son be killed by my grandson?

"Old Four, the matter of future generations has not happened yet, so there is no need for us to think so much. Of course, if you are not a good parent, that is another matter."

Zhu Biao raised his hand and patted Zhu Di on the shoulder to comfort him.

With his reminder, Zhu Di was no longer so immersed in it. His eyes instantly became clear and he regained his rationality. He thanked his elder brother who was beside him.

"Brother, I understand."

After confirming that his brother was really fine, Zhu Biao immediately looked at Yang Chen and said:
“Since the method of dividing the fiefdoms and ruling by decentralization is not feasible, you have even pointed out that the conflicts among the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty can never be resolved.

Yang Chen, what good ideas can you come up with? You might as well speak up, so that we can have some clues.

It will not be like a headless fly, where you will be anxious and exhausted but only do useless work, or even make more mistakes. "

"The position of emperor is still too tempting after all."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and spoke softly as he listened to his son's words, patting the armrest of the chair he sat on.

"Since the Crown Prince has given me some points and face, I can only speak on my own initiative. If what I say is wrong, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. Please forgive me."

Having said that, Yang Chen naturally showed off something.

"Your Majesty just said that the nine foreign princes are the barrier of the Ming Dynasty.

The role of the princes here is to guard the border, but the enemy does not always go south to plunder.

If the enemy does not come, the princes can only stay in their own fiefdoms.

The imperial power will not be suspicious of the vassal kings only when there is a war on the border.

Zhu Yunwen thought that the uncles around him were too powerful, from the time he became the heir to the time he finally became emperor.

The borders of the Ming Dynasty were peaceful most of the time. Even if there were wars, they were only minor and could be driven away by simply sending a group of guards.

Therefore, why not send the fiefs of the vassal kings to more distant places, such as Yongle, whose fief was in Peking.

There is still some distance above Peking to the grasslands, which are very large areas with almost no cities.

If that is the case, then why not reclaim the land and cultivate it here, and slowly build a city that is not small but not too big.

As long as it can be a place for soldiers to be stationed.

In this way, the vassal kings can stay here and become vassal states, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, and can expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty without threatening the imperial power. "

Yang Chen's words were like a spark that ignited a powder keg, and this powder keg was Zhu Di himself.

"Expand the territory! Expand the territory! Father! Brother! Isn't this what I want to do for Ming Dynasty?
Yang Chen is right. As long as my father gives me an army, I can establish a fiefdom for myself.

I have investigated and found that Beiping is all wilderness. As long as I have enough manpower, I believe I can build a city that can accommodate 100,000 people within a year!
If the enemy attacks, I will surely defeat him!"

"Yang Chen, your method is too hasty."

Initially, Zhu Biao was reluctant to pour cold water on him, but he discovered that Yang Chen seemed to think everything was too simple.

The princes led their troops out to fight and kill, occupying a piece of territory and building a city.

None of the manpower and material resources consumed here can be squandered at will by the Ming Dynasty today.

Once full support is given, it will inevitably lead to a scene of war and aggression in the Ming Dynasty.

Not only will he not support it, but the officials in the court and the people of the world will not support it either.

To put it bluntly, the Ming Dynasty was poor and had no money.

"Prince, please allow me to finish my story slowly.

What I explained before was not detailed enough. I will now explain it in more detail and you will understand it.

First of all, Yongle would not attack at will and kill all the enemies, but would bring our Central Plains civilization over there.

To put it bluntly, it means to "educate the barbarians" and extraordinary measures must be used in extraordinary times.

With Yongle's ability to command troops, I believe that as long as the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not send a large army to threaten his territory, no one would be his opponent.

Isn't this the case with Huo Qubing of the Han Dynasty? He fought wherever he went and traveled light.

When you encounter an unfamiliar place, just find a local to be your leader.

Use the enemy to destroy the enemy, and finally become the first person to seal the Wolf's Lair!
With the Ming Dynasty as his backer, Yongle could also fight wherever he went. The only difference was that he needed to build cities outward and plan this place to be permanently part of the Ming Dynasty's territory.

After the foundation here is solid, Yongle will continue to lead his men to fight outside.

The enemy can nibble away at our territory step by step, so why can't we nibble away at their territory step by step?

The enemy can go and I can go too!

Who knows, as the war goes on, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will become larger and larger.

Even if he encountered an enemy he could not defeat, Yongle could lead his men back to the Ming Dynasty and wait for an opportunity in the future to take revenge. "

hiss!
The father and his two sons were all shocked by Yang Chen's bold idea.

For a long time, many emperors have dreamed of being able to go wherever the enemy goes.

However, not every dynasty can have a young and capable general like Huo Qubing in its military camp.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has muskets and cannons, and its weapons are many times more powerful than those of the Han Dynasty years ago.

As long as he had the ability, the emperor didn't want to expand his territory.

It has the intention to sweep the world, encompass the universe, encompass the four seas, and swallow up the heart of the eight wastelands.

Under the sky, is it the land of the king; on the shore of the land, is it the ministers of the king.

“Once this move is implemented, with Yongle taking the lead, other brothers will surely follow suit in the future.

The brothers had already started to fight for land for their fiefdoms outside, and had fought bloody battles to build their careers. Not only were they brothers, they were also sons of Emperor Taizu.

They certainly couldn't stand being talked about by others, saying that they were brothers, but Yongle was so brave while they just dared to eat and drink for free.

Once Yongle got something far more than what they had.

By then, the remaining princes will certainly focus on outward expansion, and all the princes will be outside the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, wouldn't the conflicts between the princes and the imperial power be reduced a lot?
Moreover, if you think about it carefully, in the future a tyrant ruler will appear in the Ming Dynasty, leading to its own demise.

They have already gone out into the world to establish their own fiefdoms, and the heirs of their dynasties are also the descendants of your Zhu family.

Even if the person who holds imperial power in the future is not of direct bloodline, no matter who he is, he is a descendant of the Zhu family.

So that the throne would not be seized by foreigners.

No, by that time, the foreign races would definitely have disappeared, or they would have been completely integrated into the fiefdoms of other vassal kings and would also be citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

The only ones who can take away your world are probably the rebels. That’s what I mean. I don’t know if you understand.”

He explained it clearly in the most straightforward way in one breath. If they still couldn't understand, Yang Chen would feel helpless.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao and others have understood what he meant.

"Yang Chen, I understand what you said. Basically, it means that Lao Si will be shot out with his back against the Ming territory, like an arrow tied to a rope.

No matter where the bow and arrow go, we can find it back with the help of the rope.

In this way, the territory of the Ming Dynasty can be gradually expanded.

Your Majesty, I think we should consider Yang Chen's method. "

This is a very important matter. Without discussion, Zhu Biao would not directly and arbitrarily adopt the strategy of enfeoffment of vassal kings.

As for asking his brother for his opinion, Zhu Biao thought it was unnecessary.

After Zhu Di's personal explanation just now, he already understood what his younger brother really wanted.

That's honor!
He is an emperor who fought and fought through fire and blood!

Since he wants to fight, Zhu Biao should let him fight! Give him soldiers and food.

After leaving the Ming Dynasty, no matter what Zhu Di's military achievements were, he had the huge mountains of the Ming Dynasty to support him.

At the top, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and pondered, carefully considering Zhu Biao's words and Yang Chen's opinions.

After a moment, he slowly opened his mouth and said:
"This kid has a nice idea. If it were as simple as he said, we would have done it a long time ago.

But what does he know? Right now the Ming Dynasty is short of money, food, and people.

How could the Ministry of Works spare so many people from tens of thousands of people to build cities outside the Great Wall? Besides, we were planning to march north anyway.

This matter has not yet been implemented. Can we let the fourth brother take the lead?
The last thing is weapons and food. Food must be sent before troops move out. The Ming Dynasty had only a small harvest this year, and there is no surplus food for the fourth brother to lead troops out.

Weapons are even worse. When going out to fight, weapons are always forged from scratch. Without cities and craftsmen, how can we fight with broken weapons? "

Zhu Yuanzhang was not a person who only relied on killing to solve problems.

He knows a lot, and just as he said, war is a matter of many departments working together.

Indispensable.

The Ming Dynasty today does not have excess wealth to support the appointment of vassal kings to other places.

The hope in Zhu Di's eyes, who had originally hoped that this matter would succeed, dimmed in an instant.

How he hoped that his father would allow him to do so.

Through Yang Chen's oral narration, Zhu Di knew that he would have accomplished what he wanted to do now in the future.

He died during the Northern Expedition and was awarded the honorary title of Fenglangjuxu as emperor.

There was even a rare book throughout history, the "Yongle Encyclopedia", which he didn't know about.

Arrange the Ming navy to go to Southeast Asia and spread the Ming Dynasty's reputation around the world.

Since all this has happened, why can't he create another miracle? He wants to go north.

Fight to the ends of the earth and kill all the enemies who still dream of going south to capture the dragon. All the territories, resources, and population will belong to the Ming Dynasty.

And he can also have his own fiefdom and build his own country, which is much more exciting than fighting with his brothers and relatives in the Central Plains Ming Dynasty.

"What? You have nothing to say?"

Yang Chen's silence made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that he had fought for his own dignity, and he felt extremely relieved.

So I asked again, wanting to see if the other party could continue talking.

Seeing this, Yang Chen rubbed his palms and made the final decision.

"Your Majesty, if I say that I can solve the problem of food, I can solve the problem of weapons, and I can solve the problem of people as well."

Yang Chen could solve the three problems that Old Zhu was worried about. Once he said this, it was like a huge rock falling into a calm lake, causing huge waves.

Zhu Biao, who was standing nearby, widened his eyes and asked in disbelief:
"Yang Chen, everything my father just said is very troublesome.

These are big problems that are difficult to solve, any one of which is enough to give hundreds of people in the court a headache, but you say you can solve them easily.

Brother Yang, don't blame me for not reminding you, these things are not to be taken lightly."

Faced with the reminder, Yang Chen raised his hand to indicate that he understood.

"Prince, I know what I am talking about."

"My boy, you know, if that's the case, then I'll give you a chance to explain it clearly. If you can't, don't blame me for deceiving the emperor.

We can't kill you, but we can still imprison you, do you understand?"

A sudden voice came, and the words were very sharp.

Then he held his head high and chest out, facing Zhu Yuanzhang without the slightest sign of fear.

"Your Majesty, I know what I am talking about. Let's talk about the food issue first."

"I mentioned before that in the far western countries, in addition to our Chinese people in the Central Plains, there is also a world where strange-looking people with white hair and strange eyes live. I'm sure you all know about this."

"Are you talking about the Western monks and red-haired barbarians who appeared in Quanzhou, Ningbo, and Guangzhou?"

In the Ming Dynasty, people who fit Yang Chen's description are currently referred to in these two ways.

They came from Western countries and met some Central Plains merchants through Ryukyu, Siam and other regions.

So I tried every possible way to see the country full of golden world described in Marco Polo's books.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang understood, Yang Chen knew he could continue.

"Your Majesty is very knowledgeable. Yes, I am talking about these Western monks and red-haired barbarians. They are covered with body hair, have blond hair and blue eyes, and some have red hair.

All in all, it is completely different from the black hair of people in the Central Plains.

They are all countries from the Western world.

Compared with the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the Western world is still in a chaotic situation.

Over a hundred years later, an adventurer named Christopher Columbus, born in the Republic of Genoa, would come to Spain under the patronage of Isabella I and Ferdinand II.

Several years of exploration on the vast ocean.

During this time, he discovered a whole new world, a world with many plants that people had never seen before.

It is because of the existence of these plants that people in the Western world no longer fear hunger.

They are sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and cocoa, which can be used to make energy supplements.

Just a small piece of this stuff can make you feel refreshed and you don’t have to worry about lack of energy.”

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