I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 406 Founding a Country Overseas?

Since Li Tian came to this world, he rarely encountered things related to his previous life.

So every time he encounters this kind of thing, he is very happy.

I was so happy that I almost forgot the business.

Zheng He looked at Li Tian and smirked for a long time without speaking. He couldn't help but asked worriedly,

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, did you see something!"

Hearing this, Li Tian finally returned to reality from his imagination.

He smiled awkwardly,
"It's nothing, I just remembered some interesting things, and I was fascinated for a while."

Zheng He didn't care, but continued the previous topic and said,
"Your Majesty, you just said that they didn't plan to bring disaster to the Central Plains when they went to fetch the treasure this time, so what exactly are they trying to do!"

Having said that, Li Tian finally came back to his senses.

He coughed lightly, then pretended to be an old pedant and said to Zheng He,
"Since ancient times, there have been many legends about a certain person who went to sea to found a country. Leaving aside the distant ones, there was a bearded man in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, there was Zhang Shun, a white man in Langli. They all relied on their own strength to create a legendary figure in a country. "

Hearing these two names, Zheng He frowned, and said in doubt,

"Your Majesty, our family has read some ancient books, why has our family never heard of these two people!"

Hearing this, Li Tian blushed suddenly, and suddenly remembered that both the bearded man and Zhang Shun seemed to be characters in the novel.At this time, the Water Margin has not yet been written, and the Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties have not yet been written.

It's really embarrassing to use two characters in the novel as examples.

"Ahem, Uncle Bao, just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they don't exist, but it doesn't matter. As far as I know, more than a dozen people went to sea to build a country one after another!..."

"It may be that our family is ignorant, Your Majesty continued," Zheng He said deliberately, as if trying to save Li Tian's face.

Li Tian was embarrassed. If he didn't take care of him, he had perfected his ability to fool around, and he immediately adjusted back to his own state.

"China has experienced ups and downs for more than 3000 years. Within two or three hundred years, there will always be a great turmoil. Whether it is the pre-Qin period, the end of the Han Dynasty, the chaos in China, or the Battle of Yashan, there will always be people who want to go overseas to seek a land without war. Promised land."

"The Central Plains has a vast land and abundant resources, and countless heroes have been raised from generation to generation. Someone will always think of this step."

"Uncle Bao, you have traveled around the world for decades. You should know that there is a wider world beyond Ming Dynasty, and there are many places that are more suitable for survival and reproduction than the Central Plains."

"Leaving my original home and looking for a new paradise, I am also quite fascinated by this kind of thing!"

Hearing Li Tian's words, Zheng He's face turned pale, and he hurriedly comforted him,
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? You are the current emperor, and you are the safety of thousands of people. You must not have such thoughts!"

Seeing that he was so nervous, Li Tian suddenly laughed stupidly,
"Haha, Uncle Bao, I'm scared to see you. I just express my feelings for a while. I've been the emperor well. Why do I want to wander overseas to ask for trouble?"

Zheng He breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly complained in his heart,
"Your Majesty, what's going on today? Why do you always say these weird things?"

Before he could recover, Li Tian continued,
"Although I don't have this idea, it doesn't mean that other people don't. This kind of thing has happened in the past, and it will never stop in the future.

Regardless of whether Daming is prosperous or not, there will always be some people who want to use their own methods to create their own world, and even if I want to stop it, it is impossible for me to do so. "

"I can probably guess one or two of the purpose of Tang Sai'er's trip. The treasure they obtained is only one of them. It is probably an important part of it to investigate the possibility of establishing a country overseas."

Zheng He still couldn't quite understand what Li Tian said, so he said coldly,
"Your Majesty, isn't this treason? This kind of people should be found and wiped out one by one. It must not be tolerated!"

Li Tian shook his head again,
"Why should we exterminate them? It's too late for me to praise them!"

"Ah? What is your Majesty's meaning? If you allow these rebellious ministers and thieves to flee overseas, if everyone in this world is like this, after a hundred years, there will be no one in Daming!"

Li Tian came to Zheng He's side, patted Zheng He's shoulder lightly and said,
"Uncle Bao, you are wrong, and it is a big mistake."

"Not to mention, my Ming Dynasty has tens of millions of people, even if a million or eight million people leave, it's no big deal.

Simply speaking, what kind of return these people will bring to Daming when they go overseas is enough to compensate for this population loss. "

Zheng He was even more confused,

"Repay? Our family heard it right, they have already treasoned, how can we repay our Daming?"

Li Tian was not in a hurry, and patiently explained to him,

"Uncle Bao, you also know that our Daming is very short of silver, spices and other materials.

"But there are plenty of these things overseas!"

"After they go to sea and found a country, they also need food to feed their people. If they want to eat, they need to make money.

After they obtained a large amount of supplies that Daming urgently needed overseas, they wanted to sell them at a good price. Besides asking us to trade with Daming, who else could they have? "

Hearing this, Zheng He seemed to understand something.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean, let them go overseas to make a living and let them find scarce resources for Daming for free?"

Li Tian snapped his fingers and said with a smile,

"That's right, that's exactly what I plan to do."

But Zheng He still shook his head and said,

"Even so, our family still can't tolerate it. Those people who originally lived in the Ming Dynasty betrayed the Ming Dynasty. People like these who have forgotten their ancestors should be sentenced to death!"

Li Tian said with a smile,

"Uncle Bao, don't be so angry, I never said that I would agree with them to do this in the future, it's just that things are going to happen step by step, until one day Daming's steam ships spread all over the world.

The entire ocean will be included in the territory of Ming Dynasty. No matter where their country is, it is still within the territory of Ming Dynasty. Isn't it a matter of my will to deal with them at that time! "

Zheng He was completely shocked by Li Tian's unimaginable idea.

"Is it really possible to bring all the oceans into the territory of Ming Dynasty!"

"If you don't try, how do you know you can't do it.

In this world, there is no shortage of adventurers and people with lofty ideals. As long as their adventures become profitable in the early stage, there will be an endless stream of people who are willing to expand the territory for Daming for free! "

(End of this chapter)