The video soon began to play.
Lu Li had spent a lot of time and effort on Zhu Di's video.
"Sigh, I hope you can be inspired after watching the video!”
"Please don't disappoint me!"
After Lu Li uploaded the video of Zhu Di, he sat in front of the computer with a cup of tea in his hand.
Soon, the emperors of the various parallel worlds began to watch Zhu Di's side video with great interest.
In the video, there were dozens of super ships that shocked the emperors docked by the sea.
" What is this?!!"
"How did you make such a big ship?”
Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, Tang Taizong, and even Zhu Yuanzhang were all stunned by the huge ship.
"Could this be the ship that Zheng He took when he went to the West during Emperor Yong Le's time?”
"Is this still a boat?"
"This is comparable to the size of an imperial palace!”
The Ancestral Dragon was extremely shocked. The hand holding the brush froze in midair, and his dignified eyes were filled with disbelief.
Immediately after, the video continued to play, accompanied by waves of majestic music.
Lines of words began to appear on the screen.
"Bao Shi number sixty-three, the largest one is forty-four zhang and four chi long! It was eighteen zhang wide, the middle one was thirty-seven zhang long and fifteen zhang wide!”
In the Ming Dynasty, one foot was equivalent to 0.311 meters. Therefore, the large treasure ship was about 138 meters long and 56 meters wide!
"During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, shipbuilding technology reached its peak!”
"However, this video is not about how great Zheng He's voyage to the West was, nor is it about shipbuilding technology!”
"Please take your time!"
As for Zheng He's voyage to the West, the academic world had many praises for him!
He believed that it had strengthened the friendly exchanges between the Dragon Country and the Asian and African countries, promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, and so on. It was a "great feat" in the history of world navigation.
However, since the Ming Dynasty, there had been mixed opinions about Zheng He's voyage to the West, and there had even been more criticism than praise!
For example, in the official archives of the Ming Dynasty, not only was there no special mention of this " feat ", but it was also suspected that the relevant information was destroyed, which added a lot of trouble to the research of later generations.
For example, Liu Daxia commented,"
"In the past, when we went to the West, we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died.”
He also believed that the purpose of going to the West was to search for "rare treasures", which was not beneficial to the national economy and the people's livelihood.
Of course, the ancients had their limitations, but Zheng He's voyage to the West could not be measured purely by economic benefits.
Emperor Yongle Zhu Di looked at the words in the video and focused his attention.
He also ordered his subordinates to record all the videos, regardless of size.
The video continued to play.
"Firstly, Zheng He's motive for going to the West!”
"Emperor Yong Le's original motive was not purely to promote the prestige of the country!”
"In the fourth year of Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty (1402), after four years of the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di won the throne. His nephew Jianwen Emperor's whereabouts are unknown!”
"Although he got what he wanted, Zhu Di suffered from two major problems: First, he was afraid that he would be reviled by the scholars of the world if he "got the position wrongly". Second, Emperor Jianwen's life and death were unknown, and it was rumored that he had fled overseas.”
"In order to find Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di came up with this famous trick!”
"That is to send a fleet out to sea. On the one hand, they will publicize the 'mighty virtue' of the Great Ming Dynasty and let the small countries along the coast pay tribute to the Great Ming Dynasty, forming a grand occasion of coming to court!”
"On the other hand, I can secretly investigate the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen and let myself sleep more peacefully. Of course, it would be perfect if he could bring back some rare treasures from overseas!”
When Emperor Yongle Zhu Di saw this, his expression darkened slightly and he felt a little uncomfortable.
However, he didn't say anything and continued to watch the video.
"Zheng He went to the West seven times, lasting twenty-eight years!”
"Every time we move out, we have to use the money and grain of the thirteen provinces in the world. We only need to spend six million taels of silver!”
" This does not include the rewards given to the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who went out to sea. It is also true that tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died due to storms, pirates, diseases, wars, and so on.”
"Other than the fact that we have achieved some results in spreading the might of the country, there are not many other benefits!”
"Moreover, this method of proclaiming the might of the country does not have much practical significance!”
The " West Ocean " Zheng He was referring to was not the countries in Europe and the United States, but the west of the island of Polo.
Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean coastal areas to the west of Brunei.
"Proclaiming the might of the country does make people come to court, but so what?”
"These areas have never posed a threat to the maritime security of the Dragon Country. At that time, they were even more typical of foreign countries and small countries!”
"Making them bow down to Great Ming's national prestige and bow down to Great Ming is giving them face, so they are naturally willing!”
"Because this is a good deal. Even if they were to offer a gibbon as tribute to this 'Celestial Emperor', they would be rewarded hundreds of times more!”
" Zhu Di and Zheng He don't know, but compared to the " Western " that doesn't pose much of a threat, the " Eastern " is more worth their time!”
"Go to the East and break the spines of those Japanese pirates in advance during the Yongle Era. That would be a great contribution to the Dragon Country!”
"In the future, there were more than ten million people who died because of those Japanese pirates!？”
The video accurately showed the location of Japan.
When the emperors saw this, their expressions darkened.
Ancestral Dragon suddenly remembered that the direction Xu Fu went out to sea was the East Ocean!
"It seems that I can also contribute to the future generations!”
Li Shi Min naturally saw it too.
"Tens of millions of people from the Dragon Country died because of those things?!”
He did not look too good, and his blood pressure rose.
The historical incident of Jian Zhen crossing east probably would not happen again.
Those pirates would no longer have the chance to learn the culture of the prosperous Great Tang.
Zhu Di's face was gloomy, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his blood was surging.
"I understand. Thank you for your teachings, Mister Lu Li!”
The video continued to play. The emperors suppressed their anger towards the Japanese pirates and waited to explode in the future.
"Zheng He didn't establish any normal trading relations with China when he went to the West!”
"The so-called trade between Zheng He and the West is more like a one-way reward and purchase. The things purchased are mostly spices and rare treasures for the royal family to consume, which is not beneficial to the national economy and the people's livelihood! The Ming Dynasty had always strictly prohibited the normal overseas trade of the people!”
"I hope that all the emperors understand that tribute trade is not considered trade at all! Other than satisfying his unnecessary vanity, it was useless!”
"Because according to the principle of being generous, the Ming Dynasty has to give a much higher return to the tribute of the foreign countries to live up to the wishes of the distant countries!”
"This kind of tribute trade is simply a deformed loss. It's not necessary at all!”
"Also, Zheng He went to the West and did not open up a real overseas sphere of influence for the Dragon Country!”
"The most regrettable thing is that Zheng He's voyage to the West did not change the Dragon Country's view of the sea and the world!”
"In the history of world navigation, the people of the Dragon Country woke up early in the morning but rushed to the evening assembly, causing the Dragon Country to miss an entire era!”
"If changes could be made, why would the future generations of the Dragon Country be beaten for more than a hundred years because of the backwardness of sea power?？”
The video soon finished playing.
Emperor Yongle Zhu Di looked at the content of the video and fell into deep thought.
"So, my thinking has always been wrong?”
"Thank you, Mr. Lu Li. Zhu Di knows what to do!”
Then, a grand voice sounded from the platform above the sky.
The Ten Great Emperors ranked seventh!
Emperor Yongle Zhu Di!
He deserved it and was recognized by the heavens!
The reward is hereby announced!
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