Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

In fact, Zheng He was not glaring at Jiang Xinghuo.

Instead, he opened his eyes wide and stared at the strange spherical sea map with countries engraved on it.

Annam, Siam, Chenla, Champa, Old Port, Ceylon, Maldives...

More than ten countries, both heard and unheard of, are all marked on the globe in detail. There are even depictions of islands, straits, and ports. It can be said that everything is included and everything is included.

Because Jiang Xinghuo pointed him to the location of the Maldives, Zheng He saw the side of Ming Dynasty and surrounding countries.

Although it was a somewhat reflective sphere, through the moonlight, Zheng He, who was proficient in astronomy and navigation, could still see at a glance that the accuracy of this weird spherical map was countless times more accurate than the best nautical charts of the Ming Dynasty!

Information that is present on the existing nautical charts of the Ming Dynasty is present on this map, and is drawn more specifically; information that is not available on the existing nautical charts of the Ming Dynasty is also present on this map, and it does not appear to be forged.

Zheng He's heartbeat became extremely violent, and the sound of "thump, thump, thump" echoed in his chest like a drum.

As long as we have this picture, doesn't it mean that the Ming fleet can easily come to this "Maldives" without the help of a color-eyed pilot?

It must be understood that this has far exceeded the limit of [officially organized ocean voyages] of previous dynasties.

And so far, the farthest place Zheng He has ever been to the sea is Wanli Shitang (South China Sea), which was also given by Jiang Xinghuo.

In other words, in this era, as long as you have this weird spherical chart, you can create a historical record and leave your name in history.

In fact, Zheng He came to jail in this disguise.

First, he wanted to see for himself what kind of person his majesty and master said he was banished to the immortal, and to understand the details. Zheng He would never be willing to be just a passive mouthpiece, nor would he be willing to be manipulated by Jiang Xinghuo with just one word. Toss it around.

Second, Zheng He also has a wish. If Jiang Xinghuo is really an immortal and can predict the future, then he can ask Jiang Xinghuo to help him see if his wish can come true in the future.

Moreover, the emperor had previously assigned him to collect Western intelligence to prepare for his future voyages to the Western Seas!

Zheng He never expected that he would meet such a treasure here!

Of course, since Zheng He missed most of the lessons of listening to Jiang Xinghuo, until now, Zheng He is still doubtful about whether Jiang Xinghuo is an immortal.

Zheng He just thought that Jiang Xinghuo might have purchased it from some sexy businessman accidentally, or it might have been passed down from his family.

The mind is spinning, and it is just a matter of breathing.

Zheng He took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, struggled to get away from the jailer, leaned on the small window and asked quickly: "Where did you get this thing?"

Zheng He really didn't want to wait anymore. Even waiting until tomorrow to know the answer would be a huge torture for him.

"I made it myself." Jiang Xinghuo replied casually.

Hearing this, Zheng He's breathing stagnated slightly.

As Jiang Xinghuo's fingertips moved unintentionally, Zheng He carefully observed the moving sphere again. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the more he looked at it, the more ecstatic he became!

If he hadn't been worried that this was an imperial prison and the jailer didn't know his identity, he would have wanted to rush into the cell right now, take it from Jiang Xinghuo, and present it to the emperor.

Because Zheng He saw a familiar place name.

--Mecca.

Mecca was first seen in the Majia Kingdom in the "Lingwai Daida" written by Zhou Qufei in the fifth year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was called Mojia in "Song Huiyao" and "Majia" in "Zhufan Chronicles". In the Yuan Dynasty, It is also called Mecca.

Mecca is the holy land of the Great Food Sect (Tianfang Sect).

The reason why Mecca can become a holy place is that the harsh environment on the Arabian Peninsula often leads to conflicts between tribes, but every year they will cease fighting for a period of time and go to Mecca for the Hajj. This is also the time of annual arbitration of disputes and the settlement of debts. People trade in the markets of Mecca. In short, the tribes have a common belief due to these annual events, which makes Mecca an extremely important place on the peninsula. This ultimately leads to the city of Mecca becoming more important in the hearts of the followers of the Great Food Law. sacred status.

Zheng He was very convinced that this was simply a legendary treasure, and he could even prepare to locate it in the holy land of Mecca, which was worth a fortune!

"What are you doing? Get into the cell quickly!"

In fact, the conversation between the two was very brief, and the thoughts in Zheng He's mind only happened for a moment.

The jailers who followed from behind looked solemn and stopped pushing. Instead, they looked at each other and pulled out their knives.

"Qiang~"

The sound of the long sword being unsheathed was heard endlessly. Zheng He ignored it at all and just stared at Jiang Xinghuo with burning eyes. He pressed his body against the iron door and said in a sincere tone: "Can you sell it to me? The price is negotiable."

Jiang Xinghuo finally raised his head and looked at the prison inmate who looked like Guan Gong in front of him.

Zheng He looked solemn and somewhat majestic. Unfortunately, Jiang Xinghuo was not intimidated and still lay lazily on the straw pile.

Jiang Xinghuo yawned and said calmly: "This kind of thing is just something you can carve to relieve boredom. I have no interest in selling it."

This sentence was not perfunctory, but Jiang Xinghuo really felt that there was no need to sell it.

In the imperial prison, Jiang Xinghuo was a prisoner and had no shortage of money. What could he get in exchange for selling the globe? Might as well keep it for yourself.

"I just came here to relieve my boredom." The corners of Zheng He's mouth twitched and he resisted the urge to pop his eyes out.

This is a priceless treasure!

In the other party's mouth, it turned out to be just a toy carved out of leisure time to relieve boredom!

What a waste of natural resources!

Zheng He wanted to say something, but several guards who quickly followed him directly grabbed his vital points with their blades. Zheng He had no choice but to follow the guards into his cell.

With a "bang", the cell door closed, basically cutting off the sounds from the outside world.

"It is forbidden to talk at night. Violators will be punished with eighty-year lashes!"

This is a final reminder from the jailer.

Zheng He sat cross-legged on the ground, his back straight.

His heart was still beating wildly and it was difficult to calm down.

Because Zheng He saw something more in his last glance!

The sphere he just saw not only marked the coordinates of all the countries and famous cities he knew. What's more, there are many unheard of countries in the far west such as Hungary, Poland, the Holy Roman Empire, the Teutonic Knights, Norway, Sweden, and Novgorod, which have been marked, although I have not heard of them. He had visited these countries, but Zheng He could be sure that the other party's label was most likely correct.

Because Zheng He stayed in Prince Yan's Mansion for many years after he was castrated, and therefore gained a lot of insights that others did not have.

Prince Yan's Mansion was originally the site of the Yuan Palace, and a large number of classics and notes written by Mongolians were left in Prince Yan's Mansion.

Take the simplest example.

In the history of the Dharma, Muhammad migrated to Medina and made it the first capital of the Dharma regime. After the Umayyads came to power, they moved the capital to Damascus, and the Abbasid dynasty moved to Iraq. of Baghdad.

The center of power of the Dafa regime remained in Baghdad for nearly five hundred years, and Baghdad became a center of academic research and commerce.

More than a hundred years ago, the Mongols invaded and looted Baghdad. This was the most unbearable event in the history of Buddhism. After the Battle of Baghdad, the Mongols then swept across the Western world and conquered Syria.

These are all clearly remembered in the Mongolian notes.

Even the information about the current Tamerlane Khanate was obtained by Zhu Di because of this.

For example, in the Palace of Prince Yan, there is the "Journey to the West" written by Yelu Chucai, which records in detail the main cities, population, geography, customs, etc. of the Timur Khanate today.

"Thousands of miles to the west of the false attack, there is a big city called Xunsiqian. Xunsiqian is called Xunsiqian by the Westerners, so it is named because the land is fertile. In the Western Liao Dynasty, the city is called Hezhongfu, because it is close to the river. Xunsiqian is very Wealthy, with gold and copper coins, no holes, everything is based on the power of peace. There is no rain in the midsummer, and the river is diverted to stimulate it, and the rate of two acres of harvest is about 100%. It is brewed with sweet apples (grapes), which taste like Zhongshan Jiuzhong; it is quite mulberry, Those who are rarely good at silkworms, so silk cocoons are extremely difficult to produce, so they all surrender. The natives regard white clothes as auspicious colors, and green clothes as mourning clothes, so they all wear white..."

In this way, although the specific locations are not marked like Jiang Xinghuo's spherical chart, the names of these cities are all well-founded.

Of course, there are also some other side confirmations.

For example, the two countries slightly to the east, "Lithuania" and "Moscow", are the farthest places that the Mongols reached during their Western Expeditions. However, the Mongolian intelligence also revealed that there are indeed some blond hairs further west. The countries established by the barbarians are called "Falangxi", "Yinggelan" and "Necklow" respectively. Only a few people know this secret.

Zheng He, who had been responsible for compiling classics in Prince Yan's palace for a period of time, was the one who happened to know this secret!

Ordinary Confucian scholars like Jiang Xinghuo, who was implicated in Fang Xiaoru's "Execution of Ten Tribes," had no chance of being exposed to such secrets in terms of status; in terms of experience, he had never even been to Nanjing a few times, and had never gone overseas. Without experience, it is even less possible to know the overseas world and know it so clearly.

Combined with the fact that the other party clearly knows that Japan has mountains of gold and silver, and there are guano islands in stone ponds thousands of miles away.

The only answer is that the other party is an immortal who has insight into the secret of heaven!

At this time, Zheng He fell into deeper thinking.

"Why did Jiang Xinghuo make this globe and show it to me 'just in time' when I was pretending to be a prisoner in prison?"

"Could it be that he had predicted my coming and my wishes and questions, so he had prepared answers to my questions in advance?"

Thinking of Jiang Xinghuo's confident attitude again, Zheng He took a deep breath.

Now Zheng He has somewhat believed what the emperor and master told him. Jiang Xinghuo is really an immortal!

The ability to banish an immortal is so terrifying!

Being in a cell apart, Jiang Xinghuo naturally didn't know what the other person was thinking.

If I knew it, I would just feel speechless.

How confident is he? He obviously just woke up, okay?

The light in the cell gradually dimmed. Jiang Xinghuo, who couldn't sleep after being interrupted, stood up and looked out the sky window of the stone wall of the cell.

No matter how lazy a person is, he will want to move after lying flat for a long time.

In the dark night sky, stars twinkled, reflecting a long Milky Way.

Jiang Xinghuo squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky.

The Nanjing in that world in his memory was always brightly lit no matter what night. Not to mention the electric lights in every household, the city full of skyscrapers was even more neon-flashing, just like daytime.

But now, I am afraid that except for the mansions of the powerful and the painted boats on the Qinhuai River, the entire city has been plunged into darkness.

An indescribable feeling of loneliness came over me.

The top brass of the Ming Empire had undoubtedly noticed him.

So what should I do?

This question has been lingering in Jiang Xinghuo's mind recently.

Especially the appearance of that "Mr. Qiu" made Jiang Xinghuo even more certain of this.

There is no doubt that in this era, a person with such wisdom and insight is definitely not an ordinary household official, and his temperament is also quite majestic.

This kind of majesty is a bit similar to the censor Zhongcheng Zhang Xun whom Jiang Xinghuo met in his third life.

It's not exactly like Zhang Xun, who is tough on the outside but ruthless on the inside. Although this "Mr. Qiu" has a straight temperament on the surface, there are still some differences on the inside.

But no matter what, Jiang Xinghuo can be sure that "Mr. Qiu" is definitely not an ordinary person.

In other words, the inmates he came into contact with were not ordinary people.

Not to mention Gao Yu, that iron-headed guy, this devil-muscular man really doesn't look like a normal person. Even Jiang Xinghuo would believe him if he said he ate three vegetative people in one meal.

For example, Jiang Xinghuo has already identified Li Jinglong, well, he is Mr. Cao Jiujiang.

In Jiang Xinghuo's impression, the image of this Ming Dynasty God of War, who is now in his thirties and is a suave man, seems to be a pure iron waste in history, the Ming Dynasty's version of MacArthur.

Ah no, in chronological order, Marshal Mai should be called the American version of Li Jinglong.

As mentioned before, they are also third-rate generals (tactical level is better than strategic level), second-rate commanders (able to orderly dispatch an army of more than 100,000 people for combat, but there is still a gap between first-rate commanders), and first-rate politicians (able to He is a top-notch actor (very good at putting on a show).

But you have to know that as a senior time traveler, Jiang Xinghuo has also led troops and fought in battles, right?

When he was guarding Suiyang City in the third life, Jiang Xinghuo was in charge of hundreds of Tang soldiers.

From that time on, Jiang Xinghuo fully realized that leading troops to fight was really not something that ordinary people could do, and he recalled Li Jinglong’s way of talking about logistics, marching troops, forming camps, etc. Jiang Xinghuo had to admit that Li Jinglong was not as useless as he thought in his previous life.

Not to mention anything else, just arranging the order of eating, drinking and marching for hundreds of thousands of troops is already a task that absolutely no ordinary person can accomplish.

It can only be said that people who can leave a name in the history books are really not as incompetent as imagined.

In other words, it's just that Li Jinglong's opponent Zhu Di is too powerful.

The name "Zhu Di" comes to mind.

Jiang Xinghuo's heart skipped a beat.

The holder of the record of vassal rebellion in Chinese history, a powerful being with the ability to disappear the genealogy, the only emperor in the Net Temple who sealed the wolf in Xu, a strange mage described by literati as having the 'Great Divine Wind Technique' comparable to Liu Xiu's Great Meteor Technique, Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty general who conquered the north, may have noticed him at this moment.

This made Jiang Xinghuo feel a little pressure.

There is no way, the name of Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty, is too loud in later generations.

Zhu Di, how will he treat himself?

Jiang Xinghuo didn't even have to think about it. In the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, his various eccentricities would definitely not be hidden.

As soon as he thought about this, Jiang Xinghuo felt that his past self was simply trying to trick his current self by giving him advice in prison when he had nothing to do.

Let's not discuss the philosophical issue of "Is the past me another me?" If Jiang Xinghuo appeared in front of him two months ago, Jiang Xinghuo would definitely tell him viciously, don't point fingers at the country, it's an old habit like Jiang Zheng Not guilty.

But now, the done thing is done

And what’s most puzzling to Jiang Xinghuo is that I’m really just talking!

Why do you still believe it?

Just believe it.

How can you guys actually do it? !

The "Great Sun and Moon National Debt" really gave Jiang Xinghuo a small Ming shock.

Jiang Xinghuo acted like a primitive man on the straw pile for a while, using the straw as a knot, and began to count all the things he had boasted about.

It doesn't matter, from the reduction of vassals based on performance, the reduction of vassalage to farmers, to the national debt of the Ming Dynasty, chemical fertilizers, central and local taxes, and tax guards, Jiang Xinghuo's scalp became more and more numb, and in the end it was almost about to burst.

After scratching his scalp, Jiang Xinghuo's eyelids began to beat wildly.

After being released from prison, there are only four classes left.

After being released from prison, how to face this new Ming Dynasty?

In other words, how to face Yongle Emperor Zhu Di?

If Zhu Di asked him to do something for him, would he do it himself?

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and finally calmed down.

Jiang is not a coward!

If Zhu Di really wants to do something that will help change the world and make people live a better life, then Jiang Xinghuo will naturally be willing to cooperate with him.

But if Zhu Di wanted to do something to harm the people purely to consolidate the rule of the feudal emperor, or come up with ideas, Jiang Xinghuo would never do it.

After all, as a senior time traveler who has traveled through eight lives.

What method of death has Jiang Xinghuo not tried?

He was just lying flat on the surface, but in fact, his tolerance for pain had already reached the limit of human beings.

His wife and children were separated, he was boiled, killed, and extremely hungry. Jiang Xinghuo had suffered all kinds of hardships and suffered all kinds of sins, and was not afraid of any physical threats at all.

In other words, Jiang Xinghuo was disdainful and would not, like many people in previous life novels, give emperors and generals the hope of becoming a prince or a duke.

What happened in the Six Dynasties was just a private plan.

If you have to travel through time and have to do these stupid things for the continuation of your own bloodline, then what is the point of traveling through time?

If you want to do it, do something big that will change the world!

Jiang Xinghuo believed that since he was not afraid of death or torture, with the knowledge and insights in his mind, he had enough capital to negotiate terms with Emperor Yongle.

Even if Jiang Xinghuo helps Zhu Di, it is only to achieve his goal of saving the common people through Zhu Di's power.

Jiang Xinghuo felt that for Zhu Di, Zhu Di would definitely want to use his strategies to enhance national power, but at the same time, Zhu Di would definitely be wary and wary of things that threatened Zhu Di's imperial power.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo must use Zhu Di's shrewdness and short-sightedness to reasonably avoid conflicts and achieve his goal of saving people.

Therefore, we must either cooperate or confront each other to change the world and transform the Ming Dynasty through win-win cooperation.

Either we break up, or you kill me if you dare.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if Jiang directly started the ninth life?

After thinking about all this, Jiang Xinghuo inexplicably remembered a poem by Linghu Chu from the Tang Dynasty.

The Xia Ming sword on the bowed back shines on the frost, and the horse comes out of Xianyang in the autumn wind.

Before the emperor took over the land of Hehuang, he had no intention of looking back at his hometown.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the stars tonight and sighed.

"I don't want to look back at my hometown."

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo, who had a clear idea, turned over and fell asleep.

Asking for a monthly ticket!