Whether it is Manchuria, the historical Nanyang power, or Sumatra, which was destroyed by Zheng He, or Burma, which asked for annexation.
Although these countries were nominally under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, in fact they still retained a high degree of autonomy and existed in the form of tributary states or Xuanweisi.
Chen Kan's purpose was to turn these small countries into the land of the Ming Dynasty in a real sense.
As we all know, transportation in ancient times was inconvenient, and it was extremely difficult to actually control a place, especially the farther away it was from the Central Plains or the political center, the harder it was for the court to establish deep-rooted rule in that place.
However, there are four exceptions. One is the Luzon Islands in the South Ocean ruled by Manchuria and Sumatra, the other is the Southeast Asian Peninsula, and the remaining two are the East China Sea island chain, including Japan, Taiwan, Ryukyu and other islands. . The last one is Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula.
Without exception, these four places are all places that the Ming Dynasty treasure ships can easily reach along the mainland routes.
If the Ming Dynasty had implemented its rule in these places, Zheng He's fleet would have been able to escape the fate of having the charts burned by future generations after Zheng He's death.
Chen Kan and Zheng He met only a few times, but there are very detailed records about Zheng He in history.
During his last voyage to the West, Zheng He's body had reached its limit, but he still begged Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji to let him take command again, and ended up dying in Nanyang.
Historical records have already shown Zheng He's position, so Chen Kan is 90% sure that Zheng He will agree to his plan.
Chen Kan's plan was also very simple. When Zheng He arrived in Nanyang, he encouraged the ambition of the king of Manchuria or Sumatra to unify Nanyang and the Southeast Asian peninsula.
When necessary, false news can be released to mislead the two countries and create an attitude in the two kings that Ming Dynasty is happy to see this happen.
Chen Kan had never thought of engaging in any particularly complicated plots or plans.
The more complex the plan, the more joints need to be connected in series, and the greater the possibility of mistakes.
Therefore, the real top strategies are simple, efficient and practical.
And His Majesty Chen Kan's strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers has long been used to death by the American emperor in later generations.
Soon, a personal letter from Chen Kan left the Hou Mansion and went straight to Liujiagang Pier along the canal.
After doing all this, Chen Kan put aside matters in Liaodong and Nanyang for the time being, and turned his head to look at the Western Regions and grasslands.
The Western Regions are vast, but since the Maritime Silk Road was opened in the pre-Song Dynasty, the weight of the Western Regions in the Central Plains has become smaller and smaller.
In the Ming Dynasty, after the Great Patriarch promulgated a ban on entering the sea and the national policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, the Silk Road in the Western Regions recovered a little bit.
But the contribution to the national treasury is still small.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for the group of unprofitable civil and military ministers in the Ming Dynasty to send troops to regain the Western Regions.
As for the grasslands, the Tatars on the grasslands are the biggest enemies of the Ming Dynasty at the moment. There is no objection to attacking the Tatars in the Ming Dynasty, both inside and outside the country.
The key lies in how to implement rule on the grassland.
How to deal with grasslands has been a headache for emperors of all dynasties, including the new China of later generations.
After recalling how New China in later generations completely stabilized the grassland, Chen Kan couldn't help but sigh.
too difficult.
The methods of later generations were too difficult for Ming Dynasty.
Intermarry with the Han people, change customs, and popularize patriotic education to achieve great national unity.
These are the three pillars of reform for ethnic minority areas in later generations.
It sounds simple, but for the current Ming Dynasty, the difficulty is hellish.
The first is intermarriage. The Ming Dynasty and the grassland have been fighting for decades. The two sides can be said to be feuding. There is you without me, and I without you.
Not to mention that the Han people have a habit of never leaving their homeland. It would be nonsense to ask them to leave the warm Central Plains to open up wasteland on the grasslands.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for both parties to intermarry.
The second step is to change customs. When the Jin family ruled the Central Plains, they were unwilling to use Han Chinese characters to handle state affairs. They even classified Han people as the lowest race. It was not easy to change the customs on the grasslands.
The last step is to popularize patriotic education and promote national unity. The Ming Dynasty has not yet been able to achieve universal education, let alone the grasslands.
Ming Dynasty had no money and not so many scholars.
Even if the Ming Dynasty had money and so many scholars, the Han people would not use it to develop grasslands according to their temperament.
Therefore, the only two places that really gave Chen Kan a headache were the Western Region and the Grassland.
After all, Ming Dynasty is too poor now.
If Chen Kan copied the work of later generations in ruling the Western Regions and grasslands, with the current financial input of the Ming Dynasty, he might not be able to raise that much money in a hundred years.
Chen Kan lazily put away the map and couldn't help but rub his aching head.
It is said that time-travelers are omnipotent. The protagonists that Chen Kan had seen before seemed to be able to light up the technology tree with some small inventions.
Then there are beauties hugging her in large numbers, and large areas of territory are being filled on the map.
So much so that Chen Kan had the illusion that he could have sex with me.
But it was at this time that Chen Kan realized that those time travels in later generations were just farts.
Let alone anything else, let's talk about the steam engine. Chen Kan can't build it even if he smashes his head.
Is it because the theory doesn’t work?
No!
It is because there was no sealing material in the Ming Dynasty. The rubber used in steam engines in later generations is still in the rain forests of South America.
A steam engine that leaks air everywhere is nothing more than a big teapot that blows air!
The inability to build a steam engine meant that the Ming Dynasty could not enter the industrial age.
If we cannot enter the industrial age, we cannot build trains, ships, cars, airplanes...
Without these convenient means of transportation, it would be impossible for Ming Dynasty to rule on the grasslands and the Western Regions!
"Hey~"
"I traveled through time by mistake!"
Walking out of the study in a daze, the only thing Chen Kan could hope for now was that Zheng He's fleet could successfully cross the ocean and bring back rubber, potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes.
Without those things, the so-called industrialization process of Ming Dynasty would be a joke.
Seeing that Chen Kan didn't seem to be in high spirits, Zhu Yuelan came up to him with a worried look on his face and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't it go well to the military camp today?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "It went well!"
Hearing Chen Kan's denial, Zhu Yuelan said suspiciously: "As soon as my husband came back, he stayed in the study and refused to show up. I thought he was exhausted in the military camp."
"I was thinking about something in the study and it had nothing to do with the military camp."
Chen Kan did not go on in detail. Zhu Yuelan would not understand these things, let alone understand them.
Under Zhu Yuelan's worried eyes, Chen Kan walked to the dining hall with his hands behind his back.
In the dining hall, three little guys were chattering and grabbing the chicken legs on the plate.
In fact, the chicken legs are obviously enough, but for some reason, the three of them always like to eat what they snatched from other people's chopsticks.
Seeing Chen Kan coming, the three of them instantly transformed into good babies.
Zhu Zhanji, who was standing on the stool with one leg almost touching the table, suddenly sat upright.
Chen Kan glared at him angrily and said in a deep voice: "Is our Marquis Mansion about to go bankrupt? We have to fight for a chicken leg. What are you talking about?"
After glaring at the three of them, seeing that they were no longer messing around, Chen Kan pulled the plate full of chicken drumsticks in front of him.
"Children should eat more vegetables than meat!"
After scolding the three of them confidently, Chen Kan slowly picked up a chicken leg and started to chew on it.
Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi, Zhu Zhanhe: "..."
In fact, Chen Kan doesn't like to eat chicken legs very much. He prefers to nibble on the chicken neck, which has no meat, because the chicken neck is the part with the least meat on the whole chicken but the best taste.
But Chen Kan was not in a good mood today, so he was very cautious.
Especially when he saw three people competing for a plate of chicken drumsticks, in order for the three of them to live harmoniously, Chen Kan could only eat it for them with tears in his eyes.
The three little guys looked at each other. They didn't really like eating chicken legs, they were just playing around.
But Chen Kan now looks like a starving ghost reincarnated, looking extremely scary.
The three little guys were tugging, you looked at me and I looked at you.
In the end, it was Zhu Zhanji who asked: "Teacher, what's wrong? What happened?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "It's nothing, I just want to eat meat."
"oh!"
Zhu Zhanji's face was full of distrust, but Chen Kan didn't explain anything to him.
They are too young and not knowledgeable enough now to realize the powerlessness in Chen Kan's heart.
However, Chen Kan believed that with Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi's learning speed, they would soon experience the feeling of being overwhelmed at a high place and surrounded by fools everywhere they looked.
Therefore, in order to give myself a few more of the same kind.
After Chen Kan finished eating the chicken legs, he took the three little guys into the study.
Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi, and Zhu Zhanhe stood neatly in the study.
Old Master Chen Kan was sitting at the desk and said calmly: "You guys should gather your minds these few days and prepare for the next lesson. After the Yuanzheng period, we will start the next stage of teaching."
As soon as the words fell, Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi's eyes suddenly showed surprise.
Zhu Zhanhe looked confused. Until now, he still couldn't keep up with the progress of his two senior brothers.
Chen Kan continued to ask: "How is the matter about the teacher asking you to build a cement plant?"
Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi looked at each other. After a moment, Hua Shi stepped forward and said, "Teacher, the main body of the cement plant has almost been built, but what exactly is the cement you are talking about?"
Chen Kan pulled out a stack of paper from the desk and handed it to the two of them, and said calmly: "Cement is a new thing that I have researched. When it reacts with water, it is as hard as stone. It's just that I can't get this ratio now." That's right, since the cement kiln can be used, you can go and try it."
Hua Shi took over the formula with confusion. After reading the ingredients on the formula, she found that they were all very ordinary things, so she didn't ask any more questions.
