Zheng He’s chart!

In another world, there have been many different opinions about its whereabouts. Of course, the most widely-wider legend is that he was burned down by Liu Daxia.

Zheng He's naval chart, full name "The map of the ship from Bao Shipyard to the public from Longjiang to the public" records in detail all hydrological routes from Liujiagang to East Africa during the seven voyages to the Western Regions, including the weather, landforms and even customs of major countries along the way. Every word and even every stroke of the map is the result of the hard work of dozens of navigators. Its comprehensive documentary records and accurate data collection can be called the treasures of civilization in the history of human navigation. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "priceless".

However, such a great treasure of civilization disappeared magically after the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Only in the "Wu Bei Zhi" by the Ming Dynasty man Mao Yuanyi, his related drawings catalog was retained.

Faced with the magnificent situation when Zheng He voyages to the West, in modern times, people in the country were even more sad and angry, saying with Liang Qichao's resentful cry: After Zheng He, there will be no more Zheng He.

So, why is Zheng He no longer there?

Because as a treasure that condenses this prosperous era of civilization: "Zheng He Sea Map", it has long been ruthlessly burned and hidden in the dust of history.

Who burned the chart?

Some people say it is Liu Daxia, but in fact, this is just a novelist's flawed joke.

Where is the truth?

How did Zheng He's chart disappear? Where did it go?

Shi Yiwen was not clear about it in the past, but in the past year, through the reprint of the Da'an Library, he finally learned the answer. In the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He's naval charts were well preserved in Da'an Library and had never been destroyed by others. It should have been burned by the Qing Dynasty together with millions of Da'an Library books and disappeared into the world from then on.

"As long as I have the chart of the Three Treasures and Eunuchs, I will definitely be able to return to the Ming Dynasty safely!"

When he heard this, Zhu Yijun quickly turned his head and asked the guest behind him.

"Where is Zheng He's chart?"

Because he has been in charge of copying that he has been in charge of the secret collection of Ouchi during this period, he must have known this matter the most.

"Returning to the emperor, the sea line maps of Eunuch Zheng's voyage to the West, and the treasure ship maps were originally stored in Nanjing. Later, they were transported to the capital with the collection of Nanjing. When they were sent back in the secret collection of Nanjing, they thought that they would probably use the charts when they went to the West again, so they kept them in the palace and kept them in the secret collection of Dawen." The guest explanation finally made Shi Yiwen's doubts finally answered. Sure enough, the so-called Liu Daxia burned pictures but was just a joke from others. After all, the "Da Ming Law" clearly stipulates that anyone who abandoned the book making and set up a horse and set up a ship talisman to verify the ship, if the seal letters of each government office and the bronze medal at night patrol, beheaded! If the official documents are destroyed, one hundred sticks will be made! Just based on the law, if Liu Daxia really did this, the fate can be imagined.

Even if Liu Daxia burned pictures, no one asked him. Later, he continued to work in the Hongli and Zhengde dynasties. There were naturally countless storms. Once a political enemy made a fuss about this, how could Liu Daxia get out of it? But the problem is that even his political enemy, no one mentioned this matter. Obviously, this was just nonsense. The so-called burning by him was just far-fetched or speculated by later generations.

Now, since the map is here, then... it can be collected! In fact, it is just for collection. After all, compared to this era, he has more modern maps and navigation methods, so he does not need the guidance of Zheng He's nautical charts at all.

After hearing Shi Yiwen say that the chart is so important, Zhu Yijun immediately ordered.

"Since that's the case, guests will take out the chart and hand it over to Zhiyuan after returning to the palace."

A good friend wants to go out to sea, so he cannot let his friends encounter any risks at sea.

"Take out the original picture and save it if you copy it wrong."

"The little slave obeys the order."

Because he has always been responsible for copying the secret books in Da'ui, the customer has a certain understanding of those bibliography, so he added.

"In addition to the charts, General Shi also has the customs and customs of the West recorded by people back then. I wonder if General Shi needed these books. If I remember it correctly, there should be more than 1,700 copies."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yiwen was shocked when he heard it and blurted out:

"What? There are more than 1,700 books that record the customs and customs of various places?"

Perhaps the chart is not important to him, but the information on local customs and customs is very important. This can be said to be the key to the Ming Dynasty taking the most critical step in the future.

"That's right, it's all the records that the fleet arrived in various places. If the General Office is interested, the younger ones will order people to send them."

Guy said seriously. In fact, he didn't want Shi Yiwen to go to the sea, because he knew very well that the reason why he was favored by the emperor is quite partly because the person in front of him would maintain his connection with him as long as he was in the emperor.

Now that he must go to the sea, if he can help, he will try his best to help him so that he can return to the Ming Dynasty safely. After all, this is also related to his own interests.

"Yes, of course..."

Shi Yiwen's evidence seemed a little excited, and he almost screamed. After all, there were too few information about Zheng He's voyage to the West in later generations, only some simple written records, no charts, no navigation logs, where he had arrived, what was the local environment, and other problems have always troubled scholars in later generations. There are even some so-called experts and scholars who suspect that Zheng He had sailed there, and of course some speculated that his team had arrived.

After passing through America, everything is just a few words of written records, or people's legends and speculations. Now with those books or "Diary Logs", all the answers can be answered. Where did the ship sail and what things had he seen? Only those records can explain everything. Well, as for those logs, as for the local customs and customs, Shi Yiwen doesn't care at all. After all, the so-called customs and customs are not as good as cannons.

"A hundred volumes of public laws in all countries are not as good as a few cannons, and several volumes of friendly treaties are not as good as a basket of ammunition." In this era of jungle rules, "going to the countryside and following customs" has always been the choice of colonists, and colonists will not care about all this. After all, their purpose is to rule!

Excited in his heart, Shi Yiwen said to Ke Yong again.

"In this way, my father-in-law will send all the charts and books as soon as possible. After all, I will hurry up and build a ship to sea to avoid missing this year's monsoon."

Seeing his eager appearance, Zhu Yijun said with some exclamation.

"Zhiyuan, it seems that you are still thinking about the old port in your heart."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little reluctant, and suddenly had a sense of intuition for him that his good friend might leave him and leave the Ming Dynasty one day, and maybe at that time the two might not meet for life.

Uh... Seeing this, Shi Yiwen quickly explained.

"The old port is also the land under the Ming Dynasty. However, this time, I will not go to the old port, there..." Who is the ruler of the old port now? The Dutch or the local natives? This is not important. What is important is that I am about to lead the Ming fleet into the South China Ocean, and the Ming Dynasty will once again set foot on the land of the South China Ocean in the future.

Now it is the Southeast Asian, then the West Asian, that is the whole world!

"There is now occupied by outsiders, so let's wait until you have the chance in the future!"

"Let outsiders take over? That's nothing!"

After waved his hand, Zhu Yijun stared at Shi Yiwen and said.

"When I have the chance in the future, I will ask you to lead troops and take back the old port. Then, I will seal you off..."

When the words came to his mouth, Zhu Yijun suddenly stopped talking. He didn't want to see his good friend again. He looked at Shi Yiwen and said for a while.

"At that time, then you and I... can't do it, no..."

Shaking his head, Zhu Yijun stared at Shi Yiwen and said in an extremely serious tone.

"You can't go to Nanyang at that time, because it's too far from the Ming Dynasty. You are my friend. We will drink and eat meat together. In the future, my son will marry your daughter, and my daughter will marry your son! You will still be the in-laws of children!"

When he said this, he didn't have many thoughts. It was entirely out of reluctance to give up his friends and entirely out of his inner emotions.

Zhu Yijun's words moved Shi Yiwen's heart. In addition, he was moved, because of his words, he thought of another thing secretly. He didn't know how well he and the queen were in good health. If Queen Wang could have something to give birth, perhaps the future would be very different.

A month ago, in order to avoid what happened in history, or to change history, and not to let the Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo of history be born, Shi Yiwen secretly paid some medicines to the young emperor, which were actually some vitamin e drugs, hoping to improve the emperor's body, so that he and the queen could give birth to children as soon as possible, and thus completely change history.

Now Shi Yiwen wants to know the effect of those medicines. Whether it is effective, there must be a message! Why didn’t he even have a sound for so long?

Seeing that Shi Yiwen was silent, he thought that he might still remember what happened in Nanjing in his heart, Zhu Yijun said seriously.

"Zhiyuan, don't worry about this, I will definitely give you an explanation for what happened in Nanjing!"

The little emperor's words made Shi Yiwen stunned. What kind of explanation?

Faced with the emperor's promise, Shi Yiwen couldn't even speak for a moment. After all, anyone knew that the emperor would never make any promises to others easily, but now this little emperor has made such a promise to him.

Although he didn't know what such a promise meant, he would definitely give himself an explanation.
Chapter completed!