My Daming New Empire

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My king is in the world, governing the Huayi, treating them equally, and inseparable from each other.Promote the way of the ancient sage Emperor Mingwang to conform to the heart of heaven and earth.

In distant countries and foreign lands, the salty envoys each find their own place, and those who hear the wind and change are fighting for fear of successors.

Seeing the content of the inscription, Zhu Zhanji was filled with emotion.This inscription fully demonstrates the aura of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, and also expresses its intention to win over the Indian countries.

Today's southern and coastal areas of India are all surrendered to Daming, but in later generations, no one here remembers it at all.

Even if he is well-informed and has never heard of this holy monument, it is likely that it was destroyed by the locals long ago.

If Ming Dynasty hadn't given up on Jiaozhi, hadn't withdrawn from the Nanyang region, and continued to intervene and control the Indian region, no one would have dared to do so.

Today's Ming Dynasty has built a palace here, and plans to strengthen its control over Nanyang in the future.Zhu Zhanji believes that as long as Daming does not repeat the same mistakes, this sacred monument will always be handed down for future generations to admire.

It is now the end of February. According to the Gregorian calendar, it is already April, and India is already very hot today.

They didn't stay on the mountain for too long, they went down the mountain the same way and went to the palace of Kezhi.

Zhu Zhanji specially summoned Xie Jin to accompany the horse, and asked him: "If the Chinese dialect is promoted here in Kezhi, does Xie Shi think it is feasible?"

Although Xie Jin is a literati, riding a horse is not a problem. He pondered for a while and said: "If you just set up a Chinese language school for the purpose of increasing the share of trade, the local natives may not be scrambling. But if you want to fully implement , I am afraid it will be difficult."

Zhu Zhanji understood what he meant.Today, the number of literati in Daming is small, and this place has a vast territory and a large population. It is definitely not easy to fully promote Chinese.

But if a Chinese school is set up here under the pretext of trade, the local kings here will probably send their children to study.

He nodded and said: "Then start a school first, so that all countries in Tianzhu will be proud of being able to speak Chinese. Master Xie can contact people among literati, and there can be more than a dozen literati staying here to teach Chinese is enough for the time being. Gu promises that any scholar who is willing to stay here to teach, Juren, after three years, can go back to Daming and be appointed as a fellow Jinshi."

Xie Jin agreed and was willing to help persuade some literati to stay and teach here.

This is just a small matter, but it is very important to Ming who wants to exert influence in India for a long time.

No matter how strong the Ming Dynasty is, or how backward the small Indian countries are, if there is not enough communication between the people, all control will be impossible.

Arriving at the Kochi Palace, the construction of the palace here is quite large. The marble castle has a bit of momentum, but it is a little smaller.

Lord Ke Zhi led his family and civil and military officials to welcome Zhu Zhanji and his party outside the castle, and many female relatives were also taken directly into the harem.

For the next ten days, Zhu Zhanji spent all kinds of entertainment, receiving envoys from various countries every day, and arranging various trivial matters.

The most important thing here is to appoint more than [-] soldiers of Habayashi Guard School, together with the personnel of the inner prison, to go to various countries in India to conduct trade investigations.

The trade between Ming Dynasty and other countries requires understanding the situation of each country, so this matter is recognized by all countries in India.

But what they don't know is that in each team, there are several soldiers who were orphans in the Habayashi Guard School. Their task is to draw a detailed map of the Indian Peninsula, as well as roads.

In Zhu Zhanji's plan, it is not only necessary to open a sea route from Ming Dynasty to India, but also to survey a land route from Ming Dynasty to India.

For thousands of years, traveling from India to Ming Dynasty had to go around Afghanistan first, and then enter the Central Plains from the Western Regions. This road is inconvenient for transportation and supplies are difficult, so of course it is not suitable.

The most suitable road should be from Yunnan to Myanmar, via Myitkyina to Assam.

Apart from China, the eastern region of India is the most suitable region for tea growth, and this region must be controlled by Daming.

Because as long as this place is under control, there will be no other regions in the world suitable for growing tea, and tea will become a specialty of Ming Dynasty, a complete monopoly.

Only completely monopolized commodities can make huge profits.

Although the Myitkyina area is remote and the roads are dangerous, it is the only emerald producing area in the world.Controlling it is equivalent to controlling one of the Chinese's favorite luxury items in the future.

The biggest advantage is that when Ming Dynasty opens up this channel, it is equivalent to having an outlet to the Indian Ocean. This is a great event that will benefit future generations.

But at least Zhu Zhanji will not expose this plan until Zhu Di conquers Timur.If we really want to build this road, it will take a lot of energy, and the manpower and material resources consumed are beyond the affordability of Daming now.

In mid-March, when Zhu Zhanji was about to set off, two warships from Nanyang chased him.

They were not a messenger ship from Ming Dynasty, but people sent by Zhang Fu. The ship was filled with two boats of herbs, and there was also a 74-year-old old man Zhonghezi.

Zhu Zhanji was shocked when he learned that Zhonghezi had come, and was even more overjoyed to learn that he had brought various herbs to prevent miasma. He then went to the pier to greet Zhonghezi and his party in person.

As soon as he saw Zhu Zhanji, he smiled and said: "The old man is ashamed. It took a whole year to barely live up to His Highness's entrustment."

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "It is a surprise to know that the chief has finally developed a special medicine to treat miasma. This is a move that benefits the people."

Although Zhong Hezi is an expert in the outside world, he couldn't help being a little complacent at this moment, and said with a smile: "I dare not be, the old man is just doing his duty."

Since he arrived in Cochin last February, he has been studying various miasmas in the Cochin area.With the help of a microscope, he was able to observe the composition of germs in different miasmas.

Although it doesn't understand the principle, the ancient oriental researchers definitely lacked the spirit of experimentation.

The prescriptions handed down from ancient times and their specific pharmacological principles were gathered through repeated experiments, and then survived through historical elimination.

Where do all kinds of pharmacology come from?How are the characteristics of each plant formed?Not all of them have been confirmed by generations of Chinese medicine practitioners through various experiments.

Now that we know about different germs, we can use different medicines and different prescription ratios to target them. Such medicines are much more effective than the previous medicines for miasma prevention and treatment.

In autumn and winter, he entrusted Zhang Fu to purchase countless medicinal materials from various places for research.After many experiments, we have determined the specific medicines for seven common miasmas, and now we are catching up with the medicinal materials.

The main reason why Zhu Zhanji did not dare to go to Bagu, nor did he dare to go to Banggeci and other places, was because he was afraid of the local miasma.

If he had already had these prescriptions, he would definitely not be afraid to go to those places.

But it's not too late now. On the return journey, he will be able to subdue Bagu, which is also the Burma of later generations.

He came to Kezhi, saying that he was delivering prescriptions and medicinal materials to Zhu Zhanji, but more importantly, he wanted to go to the West to see.

Although Zhu Zhanji was afraid that he would be too old and physically unbearable, seeing his persistence, he couldn't bear to drive him back.

Zhu Zhanji left Zhonghezi on his flagship, and let him stay with Huang Yuan on the second floor of the bow.

In the entire fleet, only a few ships have small kitchens, and there are royal chefs who specialize in cooking, and since then Zhu Zhanji has the largest number of people, so eating here is the best.

He didn't need a woman to serve him, but Zhu Zhanji still sent four maids to serve them, master and apprentice.

Liu Chenghui was the happiest when they came, and every morning and evening, he was waiting by his side.

Among Zhu Zhanji's concubines, Liu Chenghui played the most important role. She is proficient in medical skills. Every time a concubine in the harem has a cold, fever, and gets angry, she can directly prescribe medicine without the need for an imperial doctor.

Moreover, she is also in charge of the management of the entire harem, helping Zhu Zhanji manage it in an orderly manner.

Because of Zhu Zhanji's attention and Liu Chenghui's respect, several concubines in the harem also respected this old man.

Although Zhonghezi is 74 years old, he is still in good health. He is very interested in exotic scenery all over the West.Every time he talked to Zhu Zhanji about the journey of tens of thousands of miles, he would answer Zhu Zhanji by living up to his life, insisting on refusing to go back.

Borrowing the monsoon from the southeast, the fleet traveled more than [-] miles in just seven days and arrived at Khormos, which is the mouth of the Persian Gulf in later generations. The name of the Strait of Hormuz is From the name of the country.

Hulumos is the farthest point of Zheng He's first three voyages to the Western Seas. It is the last trade point of Ming Dynasty and also the largest trade point.

This country has long since disappeared in later generations and became part of Iran. In this era, they are also dual vassal states of Timur and Ming.