Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

"These Portuguese people are really bandits!"

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the current narrative of this younger generation actually confirmed his previous suspicions about Portugal.

But what made him even more angry was the Portuguese man’s comment:

"Our Ming Dynasty is weak? It's ridiculous!"

"Does this Portuguese know Yelang Country?"

"In terms of territory, our Ming Dynasty is not only better than a hundred times, but at least ten times better!"

Tomorrow's words are indeed correct. From a territorial point of view, even in the place called Europe, Portugal only exists in a corner, which is completely incomparable with the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty.

On the left side of the Huagai Hall, Li Shanchang looked very interested when he finally talked about Western countries, and made some guesses:

"The Portuguese judge the strength based on the size of the fleet, I'm afraid."

Xu Da touched his back. Even through his clothes, he could feel that there was no trauma on his back. Now that he heard Li Shanchang's comment, he took a slow breath and whispered:

"The Portuguese traveled thousands of miles, and the route they traveled was further than the Mongolian expedition to the west."

"If the country does not build a naval fleet, the Portuguese can invade as much as they want without worrying about retreat, which is no different from the troubles faced by Japanese pirates."

"Japanese pirates?" Li Wenzhong on the side suddenly became energetic.

After thinking about it, I agreed:

"It seems that if you want to stabilize the sea waves, you still need a strong naval fleet."

To the two generals, what the Portuguese said was correct. After all, without this light curtain to turn the emperor's heart, the Ming Dynasty would probably have no intention of guarding the East China Sea. Without him, the coastline would be too long.

The most direct way to deal with Japanese pirates is not to mention civil and military ministers like them. In fact, His Majesty also understands very well:

Just go across the sea and burn the flames of war to the land of the Japanese country. After all, the Japanese pirates are not fire without a source. If their homeland is wiped out, they will not be able to invade the Ming Dynasty.

But in terms of conquering Japan, firstly, its importance is far lower than that of attacking the remnants of the Hu Yuan Dynasty in the north and Yunnan. Secondly, because the Yuan Dynasty lost its two conquests and lost its country, it is inevitable to make people feel worried.

Therefore, in terms of strategy against the Japanese pirates, His Majesty finally adopted a relatively conservative strategy and rejected Li Wenzhong's request to conquer the Japanese.

The current Portuguese country is essentially similar to a large Japanese invader, and judging from the map, the Ming Dynasty is still unable to deal with the Japanese country beside it, let alone the Portuguese country thousands of miles away.

This thought made Li Wenzhong even more anxious, and he secretly made up his mind to persuade his uncle to agree to form the Ming Dynasty Navy!

If nothing else, at least the crucial Malacca Strait must be guarded, right?

Otherwise, if we allow foreign barbarians to come in, provoke Japan today, link up with "Myanmar" tomorrow, and invade North Korea the day after, how can there be peace in the Ming Dynasty's frontier?

At that moment, Li Wenzhong simply moved his butt to Xu Da's side, wanting to ask the general for some advice.

At Zhu Yuanzhang's side, Zhu Biao also tactfully reminded his father of the fact that the Ming Dynasty was still troubled by Japanese pirates. This actually made Zhu Yuanzhang chatter more and more:

"Unfortunately, if we count it in terms of time, Semuren's travel diary has been written for about eighty years."

"Why should Duan Duan write a travelogue? Since the founder of the Yuan Dynasty favored him, wouldn't it be a good idea to stay in Meng Yuan and serve as an official for the rest of his life? He would have to go back and be imprisoned for the rest of his life."

However, these words are just based on past habits. After all, the plans that need to be made are still indispensable:

"In other words, our Ming Dynasty has only one hundred and twenty years of window left?"

"In one hundred and twenty years, we will bridge the north and the south, eliminate the remnant Yuan, clean up the Japanese invasion, explore the South Sea, and stick to Malacca... What kind of name is this? From now on, the mouth of this strait will be called Nanming Gorge!"

Tomorrow the emperor said this, and the Jin Yiwei quickly took note of it.

After counting, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao who was also calculating carefully, and felt another pain in his heart:

If there is no disaster in Biao'er, it will not be difficult to complete the current plans, but...

Knowing a father better than a son, Zhu Biao turned around and met his father's eyes that were about to say nothing, and immediately smiled heartily:

"Isn't my son's hidden illness simple? As long as his father takes care of his son's miscellaneous affairs, he will have nothing to worry about."

That was all he could do for the time being. Keeping his intention to ask Marquis Wu for advice later, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand slightly and named the name of a person present who was trying to reduce his presence:

"Luo Qing, can you write this "Travel Notes"?"

The one who worked hard to reduce his sense of existence was Luo Guanzhong. Among all the people present, he was the only one with a white body, and if his past resume was considered, he was also related to Zhang Shicheng. Therefore, he had not been in the Huagai Palace before, so he had to wait for the palace to decide. He was just called in by Jin Yiwei.

Needless to say, it was shocking, but it also made Luo Guanzhong feel more and more uneasy. He didn't quite understand what the Ming Emperor saw in him.

With a bitter smile in his heart, he stood up and saluted:

"Your Majesty, I am familiar with Zhejiang and Zhejiang, so it is not difficult to write a travel note."

"Don't pretend to be confused. You still don't understand what we want you to write?"

Now Luo Guanzhong could hardly hide his wry smile and said truthfully:

"Kemin has never been to the west called Europe."

"Then later generations will say that this lustful person may not have been to China! What does it have to do with it? Besides, when you wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", could it be possible that you also personally experienced the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite dissatisfied with this. The young man said that it was not important whether the Semu people had actually been to China. He deeply believed that what was important was the collateral impact caused by a small travelogue.

Then it doesn’t matter whether this work is a travelogue or a novel that is falsely called a travelogue.

This was nonsense to Luo Guanzhong, but if he looked at the magnificent light curtain and recalled the casual comments of later generations on the history of hundreds of years, he had an idea in his heart.

How could he not construct a script based on what he had seen today?

Before Luo Guanzhong could figure out the reason, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly added:

"If you agree to my request, I will not blame you for the past, and I will allow you to watch this light curtain in the future, so that you can use it to write the Travels to Xizhou."

For Luo Guanzhong, it was useless to pursue the past, and at most it would only be a quick move, but the attraction of this light curtain to him was beyond the fear of life and death.

So the entanglement in his heart was resolved.

…

In Guangzheng Hall, Li Yu and Qian Chu, both southerners, looked at the long route drawn by the Portuguese on the ocean with great interest.

On the contrary, Zhao Kuangyin always felt that it was not quite right:

"China has survived since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The history is clear and there are many wise men. Why do we need them to discover it?"

"The same is true of India. Its history is slightly inferior to that of China, but it was bullied by this small country. It calls itself a country but is actually a pirate!"

"In this way, the navy can not only defend the sea borders but also help friendly neighbors to resist pirates from outside. It is a must for a country!"

In comparison, Qian Chu's sigh is real:

"A porcelain bottle can be exchanged for a hundred gold?"

"Is the West so rich?"