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Text Chapter 538: Opening up the Pacific Ocean

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    Since the Ming Dynasty occupied the Strait of Malacca many years ago, the entire Southeast Asia has become the back garden of the Ming Dynasty navy. After several years of hard work, colonies were finally established on several large islands in Nanyang. The refugees caused by famine or other reasons in the Ming Dynasty  Being moved here made the Ming Dynasty's rule over Nanyang more and more stable, and the development of various large islands became more and more in-depth. Coupled with Nanyang's rich products, Nanyang gradually became one of the richest regions in the Ming Dynasty.  With the stability of Nanyang and the development of local industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming caravans began to enter the Indian Ocean. Coupled with the heroic battles of the Ming Navy, the Portuguese were finally defeated, allowing the Ming Dynasty to control several important routes in the Indian Ocean.  After these years of development, the northern and central parts of the Indian Ocean have been ruled by the Ming Dynasty. Only the southern area closer to Africa is ruled by the Portuguese who retreated there.  However, compared with the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Indian Ocean, it still made no progress in the larger Pacific Ocean. In fact, it is not accurate to say this, because both the Ming Dynasty coastal areas and the Southeast Asia belong to the Pacific Ocean in a broad sense, but other than that  , most of the rest of the Pacific Ocean is still blank. Although Zhou Chong has long occupied the Edo Bay of the Japanese country as an advanced base for the Ming Dynasty to develop the Pacific, but after all these years, Edo Bay still has not sent a single person.  The ship enters the Pacific Ocean.  In fact, it's not that Zhou Zhong doesn't want to develop the Pacific Ocean, it's just that the Pacific Ocean is too big. As one of the largest oceans in the world, the Pacific Ocean occupies almost half of the world's ocean area, and in such a vast sea, the number of habitable islands is also  not much.  Most of them are concentrated near Australia in the southern hemisphere.  There are no large islands in the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere.  This also made it very difficult for Ming Dynasty to go to America through the Pacific Ocean.  For Australia, which is located in the southern hemisphere, Zhou Zhong has no plans to develop it yet. First of all, it is a long way. Although it is very convenient to enter Australia through Nanyang, the Ming Dynasty has not yet digested Nanyang alone, let alone the distance.  Australia, but there are still some bold businessmen pursuing profits.  A route to Australia was discovered from the South Sea, and some Australian products were brought from there, such as kangaroos and other exotic animals, as well as gold and other precious metals.  Of course, it's not that Zhou Chong has never planned to enter the Pacific Ocean in recent years. He is just making some preliminary preparations, such as the Edo Bay of the Japanese Kingdom, which is used as an advance base to open up the Pacific Ocean. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has sent many subordinates.  Set out from Edo Bay and look for an ocean current flowing through the open sea of ??Edo. This ocean current is called the North Pacific Warm Current.  Following this ocean current, you can reach America very conveniently and quickly.  After several years of observation.  Now the Ming Dynasty has been able to determine the location and direction of the North Pacific Warm Current. Officials in Edo Bay even wrote to the court several times, hoping to arrange for ships to enter this warm current as soon as possible and reach the legendary America. According to the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese learned from the  According to the news, there is gold and silver everywhere in America, which has also attracted the attention of countless people. It can be said that these people are waiting for the opening of this route.  It's a pity that Zhou Zhong was busy reforming the internal shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty in these years, and also guiding the development of the navy in the South and Indian Oceans. He had no time to take care of the Pacific. Moreover, he did not think that Spain would welcome them into the Americas, although Spain's influence in the Americas was just beginning.  But they have already occupied the most civilized Central America. If the Ming Dynasty's fleet arrives there, it is likely to conflict with the Spaniards or even war.  It is precisely because of the above reasons that the Ming Dynasty's plan to develop the Pacific Ocean was delayed again and again. However, after Zhengde pacified the Tatars in the north, the entire Ming Dynasty basically had no external enemies, and Tibet had long been internalized.  Attached, he became the Usi Zangdusi of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s rule over Tibet was very weak. However, with the increase in national power, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s rule over Tibet has also been strengthened. As for Yilibali in northern Tibet, it is not worth mentioning.  Zhengde's next target was it. Without external threats, Zhou Chong finally set his sights on the Pacific Ocean.  In September of the 20th year of Masanori, a Ming Dynasty fleet that had been prepared for a long time set out from Edo Bay. This fleet was not very large, with only five ships, but these five ships were all specially-made ocean-going ships.  The performance of the ship is first-rate, and it is also equipped with a large number of weapons. Such an armed force, let alone pirates, can escape even if it encounters the Spanish regular navy, but cannot defeat it.  This fleet is mainly used to explore routes, otherwise the size of the fleet will increase several times, because many Ming people believed the news propagated by the Portuguese and believed that America was really full of gold and silver, so domestic  Many people are full of yearning to explore America.  Although Zhou Zhong knew that Portugal had no good intentions in promoting this news, they wanted to divert Ming's attention to the Americas, causing Ming to conflict with the Spaniards, thereby alleviating their own problems.The pressure from above could even allow them to regain control of the Indian Ocean. However, Zhou Zhong did not explain the truth to the people at home because he needed this belief to inspire the people of the Ming Dynasty to explore the Americas. Only in this way can it be faster  The Ming Dynasty will open up sea routes with the Americas, and even directly colonize the Americas to seize the resources of the New World. I believe that after the exploration fleet returns, the Ming Dynasty will set off a wave of exploration of the New World.  When the fleet exploring America set sail from Edo Bay, Zhou Zhong, who was far away in Beijing, was sitting in his study, looking at the report sent by the Shanghai Naval School. This report recorded the story of Selim¡¯s youngest son Mulla  Regarding De's performance in the military academy, the other party has been in the military academy for nearly three years. Every three months, the military academy will record his performance and send it to Zhou Zhong.  The Ottoman Empire is the only powerful empire comparable to the Ming Dynasty. Although the two countries are jointly building the Suez Canal, the relationship between countries has always been very fragile. Moreover, as the Ming Dynasty regained the grasslands, Zhengde planned to march into the Western Regions.  At this time, it is inevitable that he will have a confrontation with this huge empire in the future. In order to weaken this huge empire, Murad's secret chess becomes more and more important. Therefore, Zhou Zhong needs to know Murad's performance in the Ming Dynasty, and follow the opponent's performance  Make your own plan.  Zhou Zhong looked at the report in his hand and kept shaking his head as he read it. It must be said that although the Ottoman Empire's successor system was cruel and even inhumane, the successors selected by this system were very outstanding.  , Murad can become Suleiman's replacement. In addition to his good luck, his talent is also very outstanding. His performance in the military academy can be described as a genius. Every assessment is special, and the same  Among the cadets who entered the military academy in 2011, it is almost impossible to find a better cadet than him.  However, although Murad showed amazing academic ability, he was not without shortcomings. For example, he received a harsh education since childhood, which made him unable to interact with others at all. He had no friends at all in the military school, but this was not the case.  It¡¯s not surprising, after all, he was originally educated as a king. As a king, he does not need friends or even any feelings. For example, the current Sultan Selim of the Ottomans, he is a man who can kill even his sons.  monster.  Thinking of Selim and looking at the report about Murad in his hand, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but think of his eldest son Zhu Zaiyuan. According to the previous imperial edict issued by Zhengde, Zaiyuan had been established as the prince. Although he was only twelve years old,  However, in order to become a qualified heir to the Ming Dynasty throne, he has now begun to receive strict royal education. Even the cabinet has discussed Zaiyuan's education issue for several days. After all, it is related to the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty throne and the future.  The direction of the Ming Empire could not help them not being cautious.  Zhou Chong did not pay much attention to the royal education his son received at first, but when he saw that his son had to complete heavy studies every day, not only to learn etiquette, but also to learn a large number of Confucian classics, it is said that it made the young  The prince has been influenced by the teachings of saints since he was a child. In the future, he will not be able to become a king who only knows how to play like Zhengde.  When Zhou Chong saw this situation, he immediately used his status as supervisor to suspend his son's studies because he felt that there was a big problem with the royal education of the Ming Dynasty. He had no objection to learning etiquette, and even did not object to learning some Confucian classics.  Question, but my son will be an emperor in the future, not a scholar. He only needs to have a general understanding of Confucian doctrine. There is no need to memorize so many things every day. This is not what a king should learn.  .  So in this case, Zhou Zhong personally formulated the education for his son. First of all, he must still learn the royal etiquette, but in addition, Zhu Zaiyuan no longer needs to recite those Confucian classics, but spends a lot of time following them every day.  Zhou Zhong learned how to handle government affairs. Whenever he had time, Zhou Zhong would often take his son to go among the people to experience the sufferings of the people firsthand, understand the people's thoughts, and know what they wanted most. Only  Knowing this, he can be a good emperor in the future.  In addition to learning to govern the country, Zhou Zhong also used some subjects as supplementary learning subjects for his son, such as arithmetic, biology, physics, etc. Most of these things were brought over by Zhou Zhong from later generations. Now he needs to use these to cultivate his son's interest in learning.  After all, in addition to being an emperor, Zaiyuan is also a human being and a child. He needs to have something that interests him. Only in this way can he form a complete personality and not become a character with flaws like Zhengde.  of emperors.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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