"Father, what are you looking at?"

"Oh, this is written on the world map. Do you see it?"

"Father of the World Map, this is your handwriting!"

"That's it, that's my own handwriting! You see, this is the Song Dynasty in the East, which is our territory. This is the Dongzhou continent, your elder brother's territory, is it very big? This is the Africa continent, this is the Europa continent where the Golden Rome is located."

"Father, where is this? I have never seen the land below Nanyang on another map."

“This land is”

Nanjing, Jinling Palace, and Star Gazing Tower. Zhao Kai, the official of the Song Dynasty, "lost his memory" again! Just when the Emperor of Dongzhou was preparing to follow the coastline of the Dongzhou Continent to establish a country, Zhao Kai forgot that Australia was the country, probably because the Europeans had lost their era of navigation?

There is no power on the Dongzhou Continent that can stop Zhao Lun from circling feudalism in his circle. Even if he can't go through it in his life, he will also go through the Caribbean when his son and grandson became the emperor of the continent.

By then, it would be that the Europeans discovered the New World, but that the Dongzhou people crossed the Atlantic Ocean to discover Europe.

"I don't know what the name of this land is," Zhao Kai said with a frown, "I have only read the relevant records in an ancient book, and I don't know if it is true?"

Seeing that Zhao Kai was a little "amnesiac" and had already gotten his wish, Zhao Ping seemed in a very good mood and said to Zhao Kai with a smile: "Father, do you want to know whether the things recorded in this ancient book are true or not? Isn't it enough to ask Zhao Chen to send an expedition fleet to check it out? Isn't it enough to ask Uncle Chai to visit his uncle recently? Why don't he ask him to bring your edict and order Zhao Chen to search the sea south of South China Sea?"

The King of Chairs Zhao Zhi has indeed been going to Hue, the capital of the Southern Emperor, to visit Zhao Huan, who was seriously ill due to excessive alcohol and sex. At the same time, he also had to discuss with Emperor Nan Zhao Chen about the Western Expedition to the Great Food Kingdom.

When Zhao Ping mentioned Zhao Huan, Zhao Kai couldn't help but sigh, showing a sad expression. Of course, he was not crying for rats and pretending to be compassionate, but thought of his eldest son Zhao Lun.

Although Zhao Lun is not a "personal" (Zhao Lun must know Zhao Kai's idea, he must vomit blood), Zhao Kai and him still have a father-son friendship after all. Zhao Lun has now become the "Son of the Continent" and will never be able to return to Middle-earth in this life, so Zhao Kai will naturally not see him.

What made Zhao Kai even more sad was that on Zhao Lun's way to cross the east, there was a boat of sons left!

That's Zhao Kai's grandson!

Although there are only two "a boat of grandsons", these two are the grandsons Zhao Kai prefers, and they are watching them grow up. Now they are gone! Can Zhao Kai not be sad?

Zhao Kai sighed and said to the eunuch on duty on the Star Gazing Tower: "Go to see the King of Xuan Chazi!"

The eunuch immediately took the order and left.

Zhao Kai said to Zhao Ping again: "Second brother, go and go and I'll leave it to you all about this Western Expedition. This is your first battle after becoming the crown prince. You must not mess it up!"

Of course, the Western Expedition used the grassland tribes and the savage Jurchens to fight against the Seljuk Turks. This is the key to Zhao Ping's victory over Zhao Lun in the "national base selection exam"!

But at that time, what Zhao Ping came up with was only an idea and a blueprint, which was in the words of later generations, "PPT Western Expedition". If it could not be implemented, it would be a deception! How could this convince the public?

Therefore, after Zhao Ping became the crown prince, the most important thing was to put the "PPT Western Expedition" into the ground. In any case, he had to pull up the team of the Western Expedition, and he had to be dominated by the grassland tribes and the savages and the military power of this Western Expedition team had to be in the hands of the Song Dynasty.

It can be said that it is extremely difficult to implement this "PPT Western Expedition" and it also tests Zhao Ping's execution ability.

Zhao Ping's execution ability looks good now!

Just a few months after he became the prince, Yue Yun, who was in charge of the army in Mobei, caught the main force of the Naimans and the Bukelie tribe, and after a violent hammer, he forced the two tribes to surrender to the Song Dynasty.

After forcing the two rebellious grassland tribes, the Song Dynasty had actually conquered the northern desert. Yelu Yanxi was dying. Yelu Yuliyan and Yelu Pusuwan were clearly talking about it. When Yanxi died, the great name of the grassland naturally turned into the Song Dynasty, and the various tribes of the grassland were already defeated before this.

So Zhao Ping's "PPT Western Expedition" can be implemented!

Now the army of the Western Expedition has almost been pieced together. All the troops in the northern Mobei and the savage Jurchens have produced people, and a total of 40,000 regular soldiers and 40,000 auxiliary soldiers were collected. In addition, one army of the Song army has a total force of more than 100,000.

The head and deputy commanders of the Western Expedition Army were Zhao Ping's brothers, Zhao Yi and Yue Yun, respectively. The person in charge of command was of course Yue Yun, and the person in charge of "picking fruits" was the king of Wei Zhao Yi on the conquered territory.

The dispatch of King Zhao Yi and General Yue Yun of Wei shows how much capital Zhao Ping put in for the implementation of this "Western Expedition".

If this Western Expedition is screwed up, then Zhao Ping's prince will be "lame". Of course, Zhao Kai does not want his "brother-in-law" to be lame, so Zhao Yi's mission to visit Zhao Huan is just a reason. The main purpose of Zhao Yi's visit to Zhao Huan is to discuss the matter with Zhao Chen in private.

Now there is another task, allowing Zhao Chen to explore the Southern Ocean

"Brother, is your picture based on the ancient calligraphy and painting?"

Zhao Kai looked at the world map drawn by Zhao Kai, and his curiosity could not suppress it. He had seen this picture with Zhao Kai for a long time, but he didn't take it seriously. Zhao Kai didn't say that it was a world map at that time. It was not until the Dongzhou Continent was discovered that Zhao Kai knew that the picture was extraordinary.

"I'll think about it," Zhao Kai pretended to behave and shook his head, "I can't remember it clearly. I'm old and can't remember it!"

Zhao Yi looked at his "Third Brother of the Top Scholar". He felt that he was not old, so why can't he remember the matter? Can this official family still be called? Otherwise, I'd give it to the prince as soon as possible!

"Chair," Zhao Kai looked at Zhao Kai again at this time, "You have not told me about the Nanyang Wufeng District before. This southern continent should have been blocked by Wufeng District, so it was not discovered."

Zhao Yi was stunned, "Brother, have you told you about this?"

"I said it," Zhao Kai said, "At that time, Sheng Xin and the others said at the court meeting on May 11, 17th year of Hongwu, they had just returned to Nanjing. I want to send someone to explore the south, so you can just make excuses for the matter of Wufeng District!"

Zhao Yi has already remembered this.

Zhao Yixin said: Third brother, you are not confused! You remember so clearly what happened for so long, how could you forget about ancient books?

"Brother," Zhao Yi could not ask Zhao Kai, so he had to change the topic, "If this southern continent is really so close to Java, there would be no wind on the sea. Just send a few steamships from the Western port to explore."

The Western Exit is the Strait of Malacca, which is also in the windless area and is not completely windless, but the wind is very small and the wind direction is varied. The large sailboats sailing entirely by wind power have poor mobility at the Western Exit, so in order to completely control the road blocking toll industry at the Western Exit, Zhao Chen built a group of gunships installed with water wheels.

Zhao Kai nodded slightly and sighed: "It seems that this is Chen'er's destiny! You told him that although the Southern Continent is not as good as Dongzhou, it is vast enough and has a pleasant climate. If you have it, you can pass on the country for thousands of years, so I can be worthy of my sister-in-law!"

Sister-in-law Zhu Lian is no longer alive! Before she passed away, the most worried thing was to go to Zhao Chen, a place where miasma is dysentery in the south.

Zhao Zhi saw Zhao Kai's face showing sadness and was sad. The eldest sister-in-law was like her mother, which was really true to him. His mother, Empress Liu, died in the third year of Xuanhe (1121). He was only 3 years old at that time, and his father Zhao Ji was gone five years later. Zhao Zhi, who was only 8 years old, lost his parents and was in a chaotic world. He relied on his sister-in-law Zhu Lian to take care of him, so he did not suffer any hardships.

Zhao Kai sighed again and handed the map to Zhao Kai, "Chie, take this picture to Hue, let's also bring some medicinal materials for the elder brother to rest well."

Zhao Yi took the world map handed to him by Zhao Kai, and stood up and left. According to the plan, he was about to set off in the next few days, and the treasure ship was ready, and now he was waiting for the northwest wind to blow on the Yangtze River.

It looks quite far from Nanjing to Hue, but as long as the wind is opposite, you can arrive in less than a month.

On November 8th of the 32nd year of Hongwu, Zhao Yi waited for the northwest wind and took a boat to leave the Yuejiangmen Wharf in Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing. It took 30 days to run five or six thousand miles of water and land, and finally arrived at the capital of Emperor Nan Zhao Chen, the seventh day of the 12th month.

This Hue City is located in Dazhan Haikou, which is the area of ​​Hoi'an, Annan ancient city that was once a hub for maritime trade between China and the South China Sea in history.

Because of its unique geographical location, Hue is now developing extremely prosperous. This is not only a trade center, but also a "academic center" of Confucianism. The Confucian atmosphere in this trade city is quite strong!

Inside and outside the Hue Castle, you can see "Heavenly Law", or stone tablets or flags that "preserve the Heavenly Law and destroy human desires". Near these stone tablets and flags, there must be a academy under the jurisdiction of the Confucian Southern Clan. The Tianli Hall or the Great Hall of the Great Hall was originally mainly used for worshiping ancestors, and should be managed by each clan itself, and it has little to do with the Confucian Southern Clan.

However, since the "North Emperor came out and the Heavenly Li prospered", the Confucian Southern Sect began to intervene in the clan ancestral hall. After the Southern Sect moved south, the "large ancestral hall" began to appear with the congregation of the surnames and the management of the Tianli Hall of the Confucian Southern Sect!

With the joint efforts of the academy, Tianli Hall and the Great Ancestral Hall, the Confucian forces in Tiannan have become more and more prosperous in recent years!
Chapter completed!