With Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shimin, and Li Qingzhao watching, Chu Zhen finished checking the herbal medicine information and checked it again with the three of them to confirm that it was correct.
Not far away, Lin Daiyu was sitting uneasily. Shouldn't she be avoiding people like this?
Just as she was hesitating, Chu Zhen had already compiled the information and smiled at Li Shimin: "Where are you going to fight this time? I'll show you a satellite map."
It may not be possible to give satellite maps to others, and the battle cannot be won by relying on maps alone, but the effect given to Li Shimin is completely different.
"Thank you Mr. Chu!"
Li Shimin was overjoyed. He bowed and thanked him first, and then said: "The news I just received is that the Wagang Army was arrogant and did not build any fortifications when they set up camp. Yu Yanshi was defeated by Wang Shichong, and the generals fled or surrendered.
Li Mi led the remnant of Wang Bodang's troops in Jinyong City and fled west into Wulao Pass. Knowing that I was in Changchun Palace, he sent someone to send a letter asking for help. "
Wulao Pass is Hulao Pass. Li Shimin avoids his grandfather Li Hu, so he calls it Wulao Pass.
This speech contains quite a lot of information.
First, Li Shimin said that Li Mi was arrogant and did not build fortifications. This was definitely not written in Li Mi's letter, but was seen by spies from the Tang Dynasty and reported back to Li Shimin.
Secondly, Li Mi should have told in his letter how many troops he and Wang Bodang have and that they are currently at Wulao Pass.
In the end, because Chu Zhen played a small role, Li Shimin defeated Xue Ju in advance and sat in Changchun Palace, looking eastward at Luoyang. As a result, Li Mi did not escape from Wulao Pass immediately, but gritted his teeth and defended the city, writing a letter begging Li Tang for support.
"Hulao Pass..."
Chu Zhen was full of emotion, "Three heroes fight against Lu Bu, and two kings are captured in one battle."
"Who is Sanying?"
Li Qingzhao asked immediately.
She listened as if Chu Langjun was talking about history, but she did not remember that there were people with the title "Three Heroes" during the Three Kingdoms.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shimin were equally puzzled - in these two sentences, Li Shimin only understood Lu Bu.
Only Sister Lin, who was sitting on the sofa, covered her mouth and smiled.
There were many things Uncle Chu said that other people didn't understand, but she was the only one who understood them.
"The three heroes are Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu of the Shu Han Dynasty."
Chu Zhen smiled and said: "This is from a novel called The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties."
"Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu...fighting Lu Bu? It is indeed a story-telling novel."
Li Shimin didn't believe that Lu Bu could fight Zhang Fei and Guan Yu alone.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In the fourth year of my reign in Hongwu, I changed Hulao Pass to Guxiao Pass."
This sentence is not without pride.
"It changed back two hundred years later."
Lin Daiyu said with a smile.
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold himself any longer and said angrily: "Which turtle made such changes?!"
It was three hundred years since the Ming Dynasty passed away. The little girl said that it would be changed in two hundred years. It can be seen that it was his bastard descendants who changed it.
Lin Daiyu smiled and did not answer, and she did not know who changed it.
"Okay, I'll open the satellite map and print out the topographic map for you from Chang'an to Luoyang."
As soon as Chu Zhen said this, Li Shimin quickly went to close the curtains, and Lin Daiyu also took the initiative to stand up and go to close the curtains in other places.
The global satellite map once again appeared in front of the four of them. The blue water polo and the clouds floating on it were so magical that Lin Daiyu couldn't help but stand up and came to Li Qingzhao to look at the map together.
Chu Zhen glanced at her.
Li Shimin was fascinated by the satellite map.
After a while.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "I really didn't expect that Xiaoliuqiu Island is so much bigger than the big Ryukyu Kingdom."
Little Liuqiu, big Liuqiu, full of smooth talk.
Chu Zhen turned the satellite picture, looked at Xiaoliuqiu Island, and said: "If you send ships to it and build a capital command department, your achievements will be no less than conquering Yunnan and Liaodong."
As long as the capital command department is established and a few records are recorded in the history books, it can be claimed to be "since ancient times."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, looked at Xiaoliuqiu Island and asked: "Is this island very important now?"
Chu Zhen thought for a while and said: "The Japanese pirate intrusion that the Ming Dynasty has suffered has already given you a headache. But throughout the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirate problem always existed and became more and more serious. It was not until Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese that there was a slight improvement."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeply, his eyes wandering between Xiaoliuqiu and Daliuqiu Island, as well as Japan and Korea.
After having the map, he had a new understanding of the inside and outside of the Ming Dynasty.
Chu Zhen continued: "In the late Ming Dynasty, barbarians from the west began to invade Southeast Asia, which is here."
He drew a circle with his mouse, and Li Shimin's eyes moved from Chang'an to Luoyang to the south of Lingnan, and a certain strong pride in his chest became more and more intense.
Beyond the Central Plains, there is a wider world.
"The Western Red Haired Band occupied Xiaoliuqiu Island. Fortunately, they were repelled by Zheng Chenggong, otherwise——"
Before they could speak, Chu Zhen said with emotion: "Since the age of artillery, the northern barbarians have gradually ceased to be a threat. China is now facing enemies from overseas. You are all leading the battle. You can see Xiaoliuqiu from the map. How important the island is.”
Li Shimin saw it.
Not only is it important, it is simply the only way to go. Ryukyu Island holds the most critical position, becoming the maritime gateway of the Central Plains with Qiongzhou.
In addition, a protruding corner of Goguryeo in the north is the Baekje Kingdom of Silla, which also blocks the Bohai Sea.
"The Western Red-haired Fans took over Xiaoliuqiu?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't need to look at modern maps, but he felt uncomfortable all over when he heard them.
How can the Ming Dynasty tolerate Fanyi snoring overseas?
But before he could speak, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but said: "I heard that the Red Haired Country now occupies Ryukyu Island."
"ah?"
Chu Zhen looked at Sister Lin in surprise, "Didn't Dashun Dynasty drive away the colonists on Ryukyu Island?"
In Dream of Red Mansions, Tanchun, who married overseas, went to Ryukyu Island, right?
From this point of view, the situation of Dashun Dynasty is not optimistic.
Lin Daiyu nodded slightly.
"Hmph! These Fanyi should all be killed!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry.
Chu Zhen smiled and said, "It will still be more than a hundred years before Fanyi starts to go to sea by ship, but the age of great navigation will always come, so I said before that it is important to impose a sea ban."
"I already know." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Although Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom has no contact with our Ming Dynasty and has never paid tribute, since it is within our Ming Dynasty sea area, I will send envoys when I return and order them to pay tribute!"
He actually "invented" the word sea area, and he is worthy of being the Hongwu Emperor.
Chu Zhen said with a smile: "There is no rush to take back Ryukyu Island. We have to open the sea first and let the merchants build ships. The Ming Dynasty will build cannons. Only after the ships are strong and the cannons are sharp can we start the age of navigation."
"I have ordered the opening of the sea." Zhu Yuanzhang was still looking at the map.
Li Shimin was also watching.
"It's still early for the Tang Dynasty to want to go to sea."
Chu Zhen turned the satellite map and returned to Chang'an and Luoyang.
Li Shimin has a mouth but cannot speak.
He is not the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, nor is he a prince. He can conquer the world for the Tang Dynasty and resist the Turks. How can he persuade his father or brother to go to the sea to Ryukyu Island?
impossible.
He was not Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, who could set national policies with a single word.
"..."
This is true, but Li Shimin is always unwilling to accept it.
He listened to Mr. Chu's explanation of the changes in the times in later generations, and then saw how big the world is...
That's all, let's go rescue the Li Miwa Gang army first.
