"So, you stay in the capital for the time being, and after the dust settles there, we can discuss going to sea."
Zhu Xiongying himself has a good figure and appearance, and with the blessing of the magnificent sun and moon mural behind him, the outer circle of his body seems to be sprinkled with gold powder, making people dare not look directly at him.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ma Sanbao's tone was coy. If he had something to say, he hadn't said it yet.
Zhu Xiongying asked with a smile,
"What? You can tell me anything you want.
You are my close friend, I trust you so much, what else do you have to be embarrassed about? "
Ma Sanbao thought the same thing. If His Majesty didn't trust him, how could he entrust him with such a huge fortune and entrust him to sail on the sea?
There are so many available people in the court, but His Majesty chooses the most unknown one by name. What is this but trust?
However, Ma Sanbao did not know that His Majesty chose him because his talents had been tested by history.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty is already invincible, which means that the lower limit is covered. Although conflicts are inevitable overseas, it is not mainly about fighting after all, so it is not the same to choose generals who can fight to go to sea.
On the contrary, we need all-rounders who can sail, love this thing, and are loyal to the Holy One.
Looking at it this way...
(Voiceover, Old Seventh Zhu Su: Brother Ying, just call me by my name!)
...Besides Ma Sanbao, who else could I choose? !
The die-hard warrior Zhu Su fell to the ground in response.
"I will study your Majesty's book on sea power day and night. Your Majesty said that sea power is greater than land power. As for sea power being the most important thing in the world in the future, I will deeply believe it."
Zhu Xiongying nodded when he heard this.
Ma Sanbao continued, "But, Your Majesty, I don't understand, how can we gain sea power for the Ming Dynasty during our voyage to the West?"
"Well...that's a good question."
Zhu Xiongying was greatly pleased when he heard this. Ma Sanbao could think of this, which meant that he had this idea. He also knew that his voyage to the West was not just for business.
More importantly, it established Ming's authority at sea.
But the sea is not like land. If you occupy a piece of land, you only need to send troops to garrison it. If you continue to develop, you can turn this piece of land into your own territory.
But the sea was difficult to station troops and the area was vast. Ma Sanbao really couldn't figure out how to clarify the Ming Dynasty's possession of this sea area.
Zhu Xiongying paused, sorted out his words, and thought about how to explain this matter to Ma Sanbao.
After a while, he opened his mouth and said,
"Three guarantees."
"His Majesty."
"In the past few years, Japanese pirates were rampant in the southeastern coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and pirates formed in large numbers.
When the emperor labeled them as Japanese pirates, he believed that the offshore waters of the Ming Dynasty belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and these Japanese pirates were thieves operating illegally within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Is this right? "
Ma Sanbao thought for a while, "That's right."
"Then why does the emperor, not only the emperor, but also the people of the Ming Dynasty think that the southeastern coastal waters are the territory of the Ming Dynasty? After all, there are no actual troops stationed on the sea."
"Forehead..."
Ma Sanbao frowned, obviously he was stopped by His Majesty's question.
Before His Majesty asked this question, he seemed to have never thought about it.
It is a natural consensus that the southeastern offshore sea is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
No one even discussed why the sovereignty of the southeastern coastal waters belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, its southeastern coast is close to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it naturally belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Xiongying nodded, "What you said is just one of them, but it is not the main reason.
The southeastern coastal sea is close to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it naturally belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
But when you go sailing on the sea, the sea is so vast that there is no land as far as you can see. How can you establish your sovereignty over this sea area? "
Ma Sanbao is not stupid, but he was also confused by His Majesty's question. This is the core of his question.
Once this question is understood, it will help the Ming Dynasty establish sea power when it goes to sea. It will even open up territory on the sea for the first time since the Central Plains Dynasty.
Zhu Xiongying just looked at Ma Sanbao quietly. He guided Ma Sanbao to think for himself and was not in a hurry to tell the correct answer.
Because this is the process of building thinking from scratch,
From the previous dynasty, there was no trace of this problem.
After all, our ancestors focused their attention and energy on cultivated land. The Chinese have always been pragmatic, doing whatever is useful and neglecting to explore the sea.
And the awareness of sea power is relatively weak, as Ma Sanbao said,
The sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty's offshore waters is only because the southeastern coastal waters are the sea areas near the Ming Dynasty's land territory, and sea rights are established based on the land.
The ancestors had never thought about and were not interested in occupying the sea area that extended outwards.
Because this is not the ambition, even during Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Chinese fleet dominated the world's fleets.
It is even said that Zheng He's fleet was unique in being thrown into the Western Age of Discovery.
But sailing in the Central Plains is just sailing, and there is no idea of dividing the scope of sea areas.
Differences in thinking meant that in the most barbaric period of carving up the sea areas, the Ming Dynasty, which had the strongest naval power, did not get a share of the pie.
There was silence in Fengtian Hall. Seeing that Ma Sanbao was completely dead, Zhu Xiongying said softly,
"Actually, they're people."
Zhu Xiongying spoke with the added talent of the Holy Word of the Great Way. Just this sentence made Ma Sanbao enlightened, and a look of understanding and shock flashed in his eyes.
"It's a human?! Yes, it's a human!"
Ma Sanbao said excitedly, "The reason why the southeastern coastal waters are the territory of the Ming Dynasty is not only because it is very close to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also because a large number of Ming people live in this sea area!
Because people from the Ming Dynasty are active in this sea area, this sea area belongs to the Ming Dynasty! "
Seeing Ma Sanbao dancing excitedly, Zhu Xiongying raised the corners of his mouth,
Xiao Zhu did not hesitate to train Ma Sanbao. The most important thing is that Ma Sanbao is Zheng He.
Zheng, this surname means too much to Ming Dynasty.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was Prince Mu in the southwest, and there was a prince named Guo in the southeast.
One is Mu and the other is Zheng. Never doubt the loyalty of these two surnames to the Ming Dynasty.
Ma Sanbao looked at Zhu Xiongying with admiration. The current Saint is not very old, but he has a keen understanding of world affairs. He can often put forward viewpoints that ordinary people cannot think of, and sees things that ordinary people cannot see.
Just like the case of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, the case of the candidates from the north and the south...
Not only that, His Majesty also has the ability to solve these dead situations. Ma Sanbao is only a few years older than Zhu Xiongying. According to his own thoughts, compared with His Majesty, he is like a firefly compared to the moonlight. There is no comparison at all!
Extraordinary people do extraordinary things, and His Majesty's existence was born out of necessity!
