Daming: In the beginning, he mistakenly regarded Emperor Yongle as his own father

Although it seems to be a simple change, it has particularly high requirements for the accuracy of the compass. Once there is a slight tilt, this line will become invalid.

Others may not be able to see the significance of these changes, but for Zheng He, who loved sailing since childhood and was obsessed with collecting and researching various nautical technologies, he was too aware of the wonderfulness of these changes.

The sea is different from the land. Once you enter the sea, you can see the vast sea, and you can't see any support anywhere. It is very easy to lose your direction and get lost in the sea. Drifting is death.

With these changes, even if they really lost their way in the sea, they could still rely on the precise scale of the compass to accurately distinguish the direction and find the destination of the voyage.

Zheng He stroked the compass, like touching a peerless treasure, and was so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

After a while, he suddenly knelt on the ground with a "boom", and kowtowed to Lu Lin twice.

"The county magistrate is so intelligent that he was able to make such a miraculously crafted compass. Zheng He is extremely grateful and has nothing to repay."

Ouch hello.

Why did you kneel down again?

Lu Lin really had a headache. The ancient people liked to kneel down so much.

"Brother Zheng He, get up quickly." Lu Lin forcefully pulled him up: "You're not exaggerating, I just made it up casually, as long as you can use it."

Lu Lin was thinking about watching a great navigator open the world's great age of voyage with his own eyes. He didn't have any good things, so he made a compass for him.

It's not a rare thing, it would cost 80 yuan in modern times.

Who would have thought that Zheng He would have such a big reaction, he would kneel when he said kneeling, and kowtow when he said kowtow.

It made him a little unconfident. Is this thing really that good?

He also deliberately picked up the compass, looked it over and over again, and made sure there was no gold.

Only then did he put it back silently.

Zheng He was shocked enough to see such a fine compass, but Lu Xianzi actually said that he made it casually, and immediately shattered his three views.

He was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time, but in the end it all came down to the fact that Lu Xianzi is a great talent who has never been born for thousands of years. He is used to seeing all kinds of heaven and earth spirit treasures, so naturally he didn't take this compass to heart.

Zheng He's admiration for Lu Xianzi became stronger and stronger.

If he knew that the reason why Lu Lin didn't care about the compass was because it was worthless, he would probably vomit blood on the spot.

Zheng He got the precious compass, and was even more reluctant to leave. He believed that Lu Xianzi was a great talent who would never be born in ten thousand years, and he raced against time to ask him for advice on navigation.

Before meeting Lu Xianzi, he had conceited that no one in the Ming Dynasty could understand navigation better than him.

But after meeting Lu Xianzi, he was suddenly ashamed and felt like a frog in a well.

Lu Xianzi had so much nautical knowledge in his mouth, which he had never heard or seen before, which made Zheng He feel like listening to the king's words was better than reading ten years of books.

In fact, Zheng He in history was indeed the originator of voyages, and it was he who started the era of great voyages all over the world.

At that time, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even looking at the whole world, no one knew more about navigation than him, so he was not conceited.

It's just that Lu Lin, as a modern person, is a cheater.

……

As soon as Zheng He left, it was the day when all nations came to court.

At this time of year, the affiliated countries of the Ming Dynasty would send envoys to congratulate them and present their annual tribute by the way.

The amount of tribute items and the quantity are all agreed on the occasion of the court celebration in previous years.

The agreed tribute items may change every year, but they are basically the same.

The Ming Dynasty was hospitable, and every year at this time, a banquet was held to entertain the envoys of various countries. At the same time, in order to show the demeanor of a great country, Nanjing City will impose a curfew.

During the period of Zhaohe, businessmen or tourists from any country can freely enter and exit Nanjing, and Nanjing will also enter unprecedented prosperity, with various shops and restaurants running all night long, extremely lively.

On the third day of the court celebration, the envoys of An Nanguo, Ming's most loyal vassal state, arrived late.

Although Zhu Di was displeased, he also summoned the envoys according to the etiquette.

As far as Zhu Di knew, except for the fourth year of Jingnan, when the country was in turmoil and the pilgrimage was canceled, An Nanguo was the first to come to the pilgrimage in previous years.

This year is a bit strange.

An Nanguo's envoy entered the hall, and according to An Nanguo's etiquette, he knelt down on one knee, covered the opposite shoulder with one hand, and saluted Zhu Di.

"My king asks the emperor of Ming Dynasty how he is."

Seeing that the envoy was courteous and thoughtful, Zhu Di angrily ignored his late arrival, waved his hands and said with a smile.

"The envoy has come from afar, it's been hard work, please take your seat."

The envoy saluted again, and then got up.

Then hand over King Annan's congratulatory documents, one for the Ministry of Rites and one for the emperor, which is the usual practice.

The Ministry of Rites used to record the objects and content of the court greetings, and the emperor's share was purely out of respect, so let him have a look.

But the moment Zhu Di opened the congratulatory document as usual, he was taken aback for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

The Minister of Rites also noticed that something was wrong, so he hurried out to speak.

"Annan's envoy made a mistake? Isn't King Annan's surname Chen? Why is Hu written on the document?"

Originally, what the king's surname is has nothing to do with them.

The problem is that the Annan king, the Chen family, was conferred by Taizu himself, and after being conferred the title, the Chen family followed the example of North Korea and paid tribute to Ming Dynasty.

So from then on, all major events such as King Annan's succession must be reported to the Ming Emperor, and the legality can only be confirmed after the official canonization.

Now not only the king of An Nanguo has changed, but even the surname has changed, but Daming doesn't know anything about it. Isn't this slapping Daming in the face?

What's more terrible is that this year is Zhu Di's first year on the throne, and the first year he accepted An Nanguo's congratulations, and this happened.

Doesn't this make it clear that he didn't recognize Zhu Di as the emperor, and didn't take him seriously?

It's like catching lice on a tiger's head.

Chapter 87

Faced with An Nanguo's actions, Zhu Di was naturally extremely annoyed and dissatisfied.

Why, am I not worthy to be the emperor, or to accept the congratulations from your An Nan Kingdom?

At the beginning, An Nanguo was not only respectful to the Taizu, but also to Jianwen. As a result, Zhu Di just came to power, and they dared to show him face?