In the warm pavilion, Li Jie, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxie stood silently on the side, while Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the desk and fell into deep thought. On one side, there was an attractive 830,000 guan, and on the other side, it opened a hole for the sea ban, which made him a little difficult to make a decision.

Any policy has delays and inertia, and the same is true for maritime ban. Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of maritime ban. It was just the appearance of Japanese pirates that led to maritime ban. In other words, when the maritime ban policy appeared, the Japanese pirates had already caused huge losses.

Although the policy of maritime ban may have some effect in the short term, over time, it will harm the interests of coastal people. Some people may even simply join the Japanese pirates, resulting in more and more Japanese pirates. In this way, a policy that is clearly targeted at Japanese pirates has become a policy that is beneficial to Japanese pirates.

However, here we need to mention the inertia of maritime ban, because the Ming Dynasty implemented the maritime ban policy from the beginning. Once this policy was decided, it would be difficult for the people who came to the future to change it. Even if later people see the harm of maritime ban, they are unable to change it, because this policy has been formed and even involves the interests of many people. If you want to abolish this policy, you will encounter endless resistance.

It is also under this inertia that the policy of sea ban almost ran through the entire history of the Ming Dynasty. Although there was a "Longqing Switch" in the middle, it only opened a small gap on the sea ban, and did not shake the root of the sea ban. Under this huge inertia, even the emperors of later generations would find it difficult to abolish a policy that had long been tied to countless people.

It was because Li Jie knew about the above that when Tang He wanted to strengthen the sea ban, he would do everything he could to stop the other party, and even disagree with the other party, because every time the sea ban was strengthened, it would increase its inertia by one point, and eventually it would bring the interests of countless people down? No one could stop it at that time.

Fortunately, the maritime ban has not been implemented for too long and has not had time to bind too many people's interests? And Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive? So if he wants to change this policy, it will be much easier than the emperors in later generations.

Li Jie contacted those wealthy businessmen? First, raise military funds for Zhang Dingbian and others, and second, it was to take the opportunity to break the maritime ban? Even if it could not be completely abolished, it would still tear a hole in the maritime ban!

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, then finally raised his head and looked at Li Jie, then looked him up and down for a few glances and suddenly said, "You seem to hate the sea ban?"

"Yes, I really hate the sea ban!" Li Jie did not hide it at all, and immediately said frankly? He almost had a frustration with Tang He because of the sea ban. Now he tried every means to tear open the sea ban. These must be hidden from Lao Zhu. Instead of denying it, it would be better to admit it directly.

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked step by step. He did not think there was any problem with the sea ban. Even if the Japanese pirates were gone, the sea ban could still increase the alertness of the coast of the Ming Dynasty and prevent other dangers.

Li Jie hesitated for a moment, then suddenly looked up and said, "Can you take the globe you offered me?"

Last time Li Jie presented the globe, and wanted to tell Lao Zhu about the form of the world today. But because of the argument with Yuan Jianzheng, the hot air balloons later flew? Li Jie didn't have time to explain it. After Lao Zhu accepted the globe, he did not mention the globe again. It seemed that in his opinion, the globe was a novel toy and he did not take it to heart.

"Globe?" Zhu Yuanzhang remembered what Li Jie gave him before when he heard this name. He immediately ordered the eunuch beside him, "Go and get the globe!"

The eunuch agreed and ran away. After a while, the globe was placed on the table in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Jie stepped forward and looked carefully. He found that although the globe had been wiped before coming, some of the corners were still dusty. Obviously, after Lao Zhu accepted it, he put it on the shelf.

Lao Zhu threw such an important thing aside to eat dust, and Li Jie couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

In fact, Lao Zhu’s idea is understandable. For Lao Zhu, he had defeated the Mongolian Yuan and regained his hometown of China. He even took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which had been lost for hundreds of years.

However, at this time, the land of China was already in ruins, all industries were withered, and the people were living in poverty. Lao Zhu focused all his energy on governing the country, and even endured the previous provocations of Japan. If he hadn't been greedy for the silver mines of Japan, he would probably not be willing to waste energy on Japan.

Lao Zhu’s idea is not wrong, but the situation in this world has entered a period of rapid change. If you only focus on building cars, you will be abandoned by this world sooner or later. Fortunately, Li Jie is here, and what he has to do now is to open the horizons of Lao Zhu and his son and let them know how big the world is!

Li Jie walked to the globe at this time, then reached out and stroked the land and ocean on the sphere, then suddenly looked up and asked a very shocking question: "Your Majesty, in your opinion, are the Mongols really defeated?"

"Nonsense, the Tianyuan Emperor of the Mongol Yuan is dead. His son is either captured or killed. There is no emperor in the Mongol Yuan. What is this failure?" Zhu Yuanzhang also glared at him and said, Lan Yu defeated the Yuan army in the Fishing Sea and captured more than 80,000 people. Although the last emperor of the Mongol Yuan, Emperor Tianyuan, escaped, escaped, he was soon killed by his subordinates, which also marked the complete demise of the Mongol Yuan.

"No! Your Majesty, you only defeated the Yuan Dynasty, not the Mongols!" Li Jie shook his head firmly and said.

"All nonsense is the Mongols, aren't the Mongols the Yuan Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang angrily slapped the table and said, after all, expelling the Mongols was his most proud achievement in his life, but now it has been denied by Li Jie. If it were another person, he would have been slashed with a knife.

"Your Majesty, do you know how vast the territory occupied by the Mongols when they expanded outward?" Li Jie was not afraid at all, but asked again.

"Hmph, it's already a lucky draw for a mere group of Mongols and Yuan Tartars to conquer the Central Plains. Can they still fight to the horizon?" Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully when he heard this. After all, in the hearts of Chinese people, the concept of the world refers to the entire land of China. As for places outside China, it is not worth their concern at all.

"Your Majesty is right, these Mongols have really fought to the horizon!" Li Jie looked solemn, and then pointed to the grassland where the Mongols originated. "The Mongols started from here, first destroyed the Western Liao, then destroyed the Western Xia, then destroyed the Goryeo and Jin Kingdom, and then organized several Western expeditions. Their fierce military advances were unstoppable..."

Li Jie tells the process of the rise of the Mongols, and his fingers began to move along the route of the Mongols' conquest. Ancient countries and cities were conquered by the Mongols. Central Asia, West Asia, Europe, etc. were all included in the scope of the Mongol Empire. In the end, even the Southern Song Dynasty, which was settled in a corner, was conquered by the Mongols. The entire Mongol Empire formed a huge empire across the Eurasian continent.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite disdainful at the beginning, but as the territory of the Mongol Empire became larger and larger, his face became ugly. When the final Mongol Empire took shape, he realized that the entire Ming Dynasty's territory was less than one-third of the total territory for the Mongol Empire. In other words, even if he destroyed the Mongol Empire, he would only defeat one-third of the Mongols.

In fact, Li Jie also made a coincidence. The Mongol Empire was just a conceptual empire, which was composed of several khanates, and these khanates quickly fell into division and annexation. Especially after the destruction of the Mongol Yuan, only the Temuer Empire in Central Asia was left to maintain the glory of the Mongols. As for other small khanates, it was no longer enough to worry.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while with a ugly face, and finally said, "What do you mean by this?"

"I just want to tell Your Majesty that the world is vast and boundless. Although the Ming Dynasty is powerful, it is not invincible. Even with the Mongols' military attack, it only occupies a small part of the world and is far from conquering the entire world!" Li Jie spoke solemnly again.

"Then what you mean is to let me conquer the whole world?" Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips at the end. Although he was confident, he was not arrogant. Especially after seeing the vastness of this world, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, unless he could live another five hundred years, it would be impossible to conquer the whole world.

"Your Majesty misunderstood. Judging from the current situation, it is still difficult to conquer the world. For Your Majesty, the most important thing is not to close the country's doors, but to keep in touch with countries around the world, and be able to grasp the changes in the world at any time, and the ocean is a window to understand the world!" Li Jie finally talked about the most critical point.

Li Jie's words were not only said to Lao Zhu, but also to Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxi next to him. Even if Lao Zhu couldn't listen, it would be a good thing for Zhu Biao and his son to listen to it. After all, the future of the Ming Dynasty is in their hands.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he was digesting what Li Jie said.

Zhu Biao looked worried. It was the first time he knew that the Mongols had established such a vast empire. Although the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Mongols, there were still Mongols outside. What if they killed the Ming Dynasty and avenged the Mongols?

Zhu Biao's concerns are not unreasonable. The Timur Empire was strong for a while in history. After defeating the Ottoman Empire, it assembled 200,000 troops to prepare for the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Di was in power, and the Ming Dynasty's military front was extremely strong. If these two powerful countries collided together, it would definitely be an unprecedented decisive battle. Unfortunately, Timur died on the east expedition, resulting in the failure of this east expedition.

In contrast, Zhu Yunxiu's face turned red with excitement. He used to know that the Ming Dynasty was the world and the Ming Dynasty was the world, but now he suddenly realized that he was really too ignorant. There was such a vast world outside the Ming Dynasty. Since even the Mongols could conquer such a large territory, why couldn't the Ming Dynasty?
Chapter completed!