Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

I was curious when I heard Wei Wu continue to say:

"Emperor Yongle conquered the Mongols and the later Oirat Mongols during his five expeditions to the north of the desert, forcing them to retreat south. He conquered Annan and incorporated his toes into the Ming territory."

"He expanded Liaodong and established the Nurgan Regional Military Commission. He conquered Mendian, subjugated U-Tsang, dredged the Grand Canal, and compiled the Yongle Encyclopedia."

"In history, there were five people who were granted the title of Langjuxu. Four of them were military officers and generals, and only one was an emperor, the Yongle Emperor!"

Although he knew that the fourth son was trying to seize the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang was still satisfied when he heard that his son had achieved such success.

After all, the seizure of the throne has not happened yet, so he would not be angry with Zhu Di for this.

Besides, his eldest son is still alive, and Wei Wu is also there, so Zhu Biao will not die early due to illness.

After all, Zhu Biao did not die of smallpox, which can be cured by medicine. It’s just that when I think of smallpox, I think of Zhu Xiongying.

Then I thought of Zhu Yunwen, followed by Zhu Di, and then Zhu Di's descendants.

I couldn't help but want to strangle Zhu Di's son to death.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was struggling with Zhu Di, Wei Wu spoke again.

"But what I personally respect most about Emperor Yongle is that he opened up the seas and ordered Zheng He to explore the Western Ocean six times."

(The seventh time was during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty)

"Wherever the treasure ships of the Ming Dynasty pass, all foreign nations are awed by the might of the Ming Dynasty and envy its prosperity!"

"It not only greatly promoted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also established exchanges with other countries, promoted trade and strengthened the economy."

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a maritime ban at the beginning of the founding of the country and even abolished the Maritime Customs Office.

But the main reason is that the country was newly established, internally unstable and its foundation was not solid.

In addition, the crown prince and the crown prince died in the later period, and they were busy helping Zhu Yunwen consolidate the throne, so they did not care about the maritime issue.

But now after hearing what Wei Wu said, he became a little curious about the situation overseas.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the West six times. From the perspective of an emperor, he was very clear about this.

If there were no benefits to doing so, I wouldn't have gone there six times, wasting time, effort and money!

"Xiao Wu, what benefits are there overseas that would make Lao Si go out to sea six times at such a huge cost!"

Wei Wu smiled secretly in his heart. It was no wonder that I mentioned overseas on purpose. Old Zhu finally got to the point.

That’s right, Wei Wu specifically mentioned Zheng He’s voyages to the West in order to attract Zhu’s attention.

Let Zhu Yuanzhang turn his attention to overseas and open the sea ban.

The dividends of the Age of Discovery were so rich, how could the Ming Dynasty be left out!

"Mr. Zhu, I once said that the Japanese pirates possessed a large number of gold and silver mines, but overseas there are also rich mineral and land resources."

"Gold, silver, copper, iron, and various other metal minerals, as well as abundant species resources, in some places the land can even produce three crops a year."

Not to mention anything else, the fact that there were three harvests in one year alone made Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes light up.

At this moment, Wei Wu suddenly took out a world map.

"Uncle Zhu, I told you before that this world is a huge sphere. Do you remember?"

"In fact, our Earth is a water ball. 70% of its total surface area is ocean, and only 30% is land."

"This is a world map drawn by later generations. The red area is the territory of China in later generations, and the blue area is all sea!"

Wei Wu said as he spread the map on the ground and showed it to everyone.

Then he reached out and pointed out Hishikari Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Ota City, Shimane Prefecture on the map.

"This is where the Japanese gold mine and Iwami Silver Mine are located."

Looking at the world map in Wei Wu's hand, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were completely opened.

It turns out that the world is so big, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty is less than one-tenth of it.

What shocked them even more was the ocean. The endless sea was so much larger than the land.

At this moment, he truly understood what it meant to be a drop in the ocean!

Then Wei Wu continued: