Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Prince's Secret Thoughts Eavesdropped on by Zhu

The next few days.

Zhu Hu is immersed in the painting world of the imperial palace, unaware of the changes in the outside world.

By carefully drawing a map for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He gained a clearer understanding of the geography of the Ming Dynasty and its surrounding vassal states.

"The land owned by Daming is very different from what I imagined in my head!".

"I thought that in the early years of Hongwu, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was close to the scale of later generations, but now it seems that the gap is very large. "

"Now Yunnan, Xinjiang, Tibet, western Guizhou, Northeast China, and Inner Mongolia are not included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. "

Lao Zhu's words revealed that there are still many local problems that need to be solved in the Ming Dynasty. "

"Take your time, it's just getting started. "

Zhu Hu stared at the map, full of thoughts.

In his fantasy, he began to sketch out a blueprint for the future.

"What are the areas to be laid in the future? "

"The Northeast is the first place and must be taken. The Jurchen tribes in the eastern Liaodong region and further afield, only by controlling these two areas can they directly form a coercive force against Xiaori. "

He turned his gaze to the south again.

"Chen Chao... Isn't this the Vietnam of the future? It's too narrow, and you have to add Thailand next to it... It turns out that Thailand is now called the Kingdom of Canglan.

But it still doesn't feel enough, and it's almost meaningless, so let's just include the Cham and the Khmer country.

Forget it, in order to save trouble, let's directly pocket the whole of Southeast Asia. "

Zhu Hu's ambitions did not stop.

"To the west, don't lose eight miles. In other words, Xinjiang is a battleground for battle.

To ensure that nothing is left unchecked, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia must also be included as buffer zones.

Now what are Kazakh and Uzbeks called... Well, the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, these two places are in the hands of the descendants of Genghis Khan at first listen.

In this way, the Caspian Sea can be used as a natural moat to block foreign invasions.

Wrong.. Further west was the Ottoman Empire.

This country is a bit ruthless, if you let it go, it will cause trouble, take it down.

Now that it's all in the Ottoman Empire, let's take the Middle East by the way, and the treasure land rich in oil can't be without!".

At this time, Zhu Hu noticed that Britain and France were at war as shown on the map.

"Isn't it time for the Hundred Years' War between England and France?

It seems unreasonable not to take advantage of the exhaustion of both sides to regain lost ground. "

As the fantasy deepens.

Zhu Hu was surprised to find.

The ideal territory in his mind.

It's the whole Eurasia!

Zhu Lu licked his lips.

It doesn't seem impossible?

At this time, the little eunuch who was waiting for him reminded:

"Lord Wu, today is the day to go to Mr. Liu's mansion. "

Zhu Hu responded.

"Keep this picture, no one is allowed to approach, there must be one more mark on it, you can go to the emperor to explain. "

The little eunuch knew the importance of the map and hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Hu packed up and took a sedan chair to Liu Bowen's house.

Liu Bowen's place of residence is not far from the palace.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang will go to the morning court in a few days, and if he lives far away, it is estimated that he will not be able to go to work.

Liu Bowen's house is not big, three into three open, the layout is simple and elegant, the only valuable thing in the courtyard is to put a Taihu Lake stone, and there is nothing unusual about the others.

Anyway, he is also a third-grade official, why does he live so shabby.

Liu Bowen is really a gentleman!

Zhu Hu stopped to look at the stones.

"King Wu is so elegant, can he also read this Taihu Stone?"

Zhu Hu looked back and saw Liu Bowen at the gate.

He pointed to the stone and smiled

"This Taihu stone is the most rare in the stone, other people are famous for their sleekness, but the Taihu Lake stone, it is worth it if it looks strange. "

This is talking about Taihu Stone, and it is also talking about Liu Bowen.

Liu Bowen heard what was in the words, so he continued:

"It seems that King Wu knows a lot about Taihu Stone?".

Zhu Hu said:

"The former Song Dynasty calligrapher Mi Fu commented on the four strange stones, which are Lingbi stone, yellow wax stone, British stone, Taihu stone.

It is necessary to take into account the four methods of thinness, leakage, wrinkle, and penetration, so that it can be regarded as a strange stone.

Only Taihu Shi is different from the other three brothers, and he gave birth to the fifth item, but he is ugly.

Thin and wrinkled, Mr. Liu, I don't know if you only put one Taihu Lake stone in this empty courtyard, but you are a Biqi stone?".

Liu Bowen laughed when he heard this.

"Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth! I have stepped on hundreds of people in front of Liu Jimen, but only King Wu pointed out the true meaning of this stone. "

It's still a little comfortable to be praised by Liu Bowen.

After Zhu Hu entered, the housekeeper made a cup of roasted green bean tea.

This green bean tea contains bamboo shoots, green beans, and green tea.

It is said to be a specialty of Liu Bowen's hometown, and it tastes like tea, bamboo shoots, and a faint aroma of fried beans, which tastes more like soup than tea.

Liu Bowen brought a picture of Go.

"Lord Wu, I heard you say a few days ago that you are good at hand talk, why don't you talk hand over today, how about it?"

It is different from the serious teaching that Zhu Hu originally imagined.

From the moment he entered the door, Liu Bowen didn't use the teacher to boast about himself.

Instead, it's like an old friend, chatting with Zhu Hu.

Let's play chess, let's play chess, last time we had to pretend to be forced when the atmosphere came, but I didn't say that I would play.

Liu Bowen began to take it very seriously, and each son was thoughtful.

But after playing more than a dozen moves, he found that Zhu Hu was a pure novice in Go.

The only trick in Zhu Hu's mind is Jiang Liuer's heaven and earth.

Liu Bowen was a little sad, put down the chess piece and said:

"Lord Wu doesn't seem to have learned to talk with hands, so let's learn the heaven and earth chessboard first. "

Then, Liu Bowen took out a picture from the study and spread it on the chessboard.

This is a map of the territory.

It is similar to the map in Ma De's hand, so rough that it is almost impossible to read, and the proportions and locations of the major mountain ranges of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are completely wrong.

Liu Bowen put a few chess pieces on the map.

"Lord Wu, I don't know what you think of these places?"

The locations of his sons are the northeast, southeast, west and southwest respectively.