If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 132 The growth of national destiny
With Zhu Zhanquan, the real dragon, casting spells, the fleet naturally had smooth sailing and smooth sailing. In early May, the city of Nanjing could already be seen.

After the two fleets merged, the size of the fleet has reached more than 70 ships. It is an extremely spectacular thing for such a huge fleet to set foot on the sea and go up the Yangtze River waterway.

Even in later generations, the fleets composed of these giant boats would still attract crowds of people along the coast to watch, let alone today's Ming Dynasty.

When the entire fleet docked at the pier, there was already a sea of ​​people on the shore, and it could be said that tens of thousands of people came to watch.

Although this was not Zheng He's first voyage to the West, and it was not the first time that the people in Nanjing saw such an amazing fleet, for ancient people who had no entertainment activities, it was still worth coming to watch. rare things.

So much so that the imperial court had to send out officers and soldiers to drive the people on the street to both sides and make way for the road.

Even so, when the foreign envoys and tribute teams in Zheng He's fleet landed ashore, they were still stunned by the prosperity of Nanjing and such a large population.

In this era, it is no problem to say that they are a small country. Many of the envoys who came to pay tribute may have never seen so many people in their lives. The combined population of their entire country is not as large as that of Nanjing.

Naturally, they were also frightened by the well-dressed Ming soldiers on the dock, and they were afraid of the majesty of the Celestial Kingdom from the bottom of their hearts.

However, before these envoys could express any emotion, the Qingyu Guards from Zhu Zhanqun's fleet had already lined up ashore and lined up neatly on the shore.

The movement was as if one person was in unison, and the footsteps and stamping of feet seemed to be stepping on the same point. It hit the hearts of these envoys like thunder, and also won the applause of countless people on the docks of Nanjing City at this time.

This is the formation that Zhu Zhanquan trained according to the army that was the best in the world in later generations. Even in later generations, it can defeat most countries in the world. In today's era of feudal dynasties, it is truly shocking. .

Especially this Qingyu Guard has just experienced three months of fighting and fighting. Although it is just a low-level battle to clear away pirates and Japanese pirates, it still makes them exude murderous aura. It is obvious at a glance that this It is an army that has truly seen blood.

Although the Qingyu Guards have been stationed in Nanjing City in the past, Zhu Zhanquan did not let them come out to show their style. Now that they have officially appeared, it has undoubtedly given a great shock to the people of Nanjing City.

At the same time, it also made those foreign envoys feel scared from the bottom of their hearts, making them sincerely fear the Ming Dynasty's military power.

After all, they had already learned when they were on the ship that this was just the private army of a Ming vassal, with only a few thousand people, and the Ming Dynasty's standing army alone was hundreds of times that number.

There may be differences in combat effectiveness between different armies, but hundreds of thousands or even millions of armies are still an unimaginable number for these small countries.

Even including dogs, their country does not have hundreds of thousands of lives. In front of the Ming Dynasty, they are just ants that may be crushed at any time.

The reason why they are able to stand on the land of Ming Dynasty now is that they are too far away from Ming Dynasty, and conquering them will not be of any benefit to Ming Dynasty.

In fact, some of them have seen how the Ming Dynasty crushed those small countries that dared to offend it. Zheng He's fleet of 7000 people was enough to defeat those small countries that could not understand themselves and dared to offend the majesty of the heaven. .According to historical records, Zheng He arrived at Mount Ceylon during his voyage to the West. Originally, Zheng He just wanted a normal diplomatic visit, but the king of Mount Ceylon was greedy for the large amount of wealth carried by the fleet, so he wanted to seize Zheng He's fleet.

Then there was nothing more. The Ceylon Mountain Kingdom was conquered and the king was captured by Zheng He.

They used [-] soldiers to attack Zheng He's fleet. After tricking Zheng He off the ship, they cut down the trees near the sea in an attempt to block Zheng He's way back to the ship. However, [-] elite soldiers took a small road and invaded the capital of Mount Ceylon, capturing him. The king and his family.

This greedy king was in Zheng He's fleet, waiting to be sacrificed to the Ancestral Temple.

The two thousand elite soldiers of Zheng He's fleet had such terrifying combat effectiveness. Envoys from these small countries could not even imagine how powerful this army that looked even more terrifying than the soldiers of Zheng He's fleet was.

Now they only dare to rejoice in their hearts. They are glad that their country has chosen to obey and surrender to the Ming Dynasty. They are glad that they are here to pay tribute and not to declare war.

The changes in the mentality of these envoys were insignificant to the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment, on the huge fortune compass at the entrance of the Fengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace, the golden streamer symbolizing the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty had grown significantly and shone brightly.

Although when Zheng He's fleet sailed into the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty, it could be observed on the luck compass that there was a flow of luck from overseas converging towards the Ming Dynasty, but until Zheng He's fleet returned and the fleet docked at the dock, This destiny is truly integrated into the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only that, the gold and cyan that originally only covered the mainland of the Ming Dynasty are also spreading to the Southeast Asian countries, and are also included in the national destiny and people's hearts of the Ming Dynasty.

This change made the officials who were here to observe the national destiny and the people's hearts suddenly feel happy, and they hurriedly ran towards Fengtian Gate, wanting to report the good news of the prosperous national destiny as soon as possible.

After the incident at the Fengtian Hall during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, no one questioned the use of this fortune compass. The emperor even specially created a position and arranged for several petty officials to record the golden national fortune on the fortune compass every day. and cyan's changes in public sentiment.

This official position seems to be of little importance, but in today's court, it is very important.

Because any changes in the national destiny or public sentiment will be discovered and recorded by these petty officials immediately, and then reported to the relevant higher-level departments, or even directly to Tianting.

As a result, this newly established official position suddenly became a very popular official position, just like the title of cabinet bachelor. Although cabinet bachelors are only fifth-rank officials, they can directly see the emperor and participate in state affairs.

Many Hanlin officials who were originally depressed regarded this newly established official position as a new channel for their advancement.

In order to compete for a spot, many people almost broke their heads.

However, when these petty officials reported the changes in the national destiny to the emperor and were rewarded by Zhu Di, who was very happy with the dragon's heart, everyone felt that they could break their heads for this position.

(End of this chapter)