Chen Mu did not expect that Zhang Juzheng's arrangements for overseas development came so quickly. The main purpose of the banquet was not to discuss the strategy of the North, but it was just an appetizer.

The court officials were much more clear about the pros and cons of the country than Chen Mu imagined. They knew what was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. The overseas market was too great, and the impact was no longer just a clear class distinction between officials, businessmen, and the people, but a huge benefit to the entire Ming Dynasty from top to bottom.

Even those who were originally affected by Chen Mukaihai have the benefits they can get today than in the past.

The Ming Dynasty was still not a country that leaned towards the ocean, and its main focus was still domestic. However, the state dominated the marine interests, just like giants raising sand, and there was no need to even close their five fingers. As long as the little sand leaked from their fingers, it was more than a child who raised his hands together.

This is the follow-up to the Nanyang Military Office's report on his work, or it is the real report on his work. It is not the sincere and fearless mood towards Xu Da, nor is it the report on his similar interview with the young emperor.

This is only about the interests of the empire.

All the six important officials of the Ministry of Education were here, and the Nanyang Military Administration's four years of income had been roughly given up in the court discussion. The ministers who did not say anything had also made it clear in the letters earlier.

Zhang Han, the Minister of Personnel, first asked, "The development of the Nanyang Military Palace is obvious to all. The land under its jurisdiction brings wealth to the court is well known to everyone. The first military government has jurisdiction over tribute countries, vassal states, and land. The Nanyang ministers have repeatedly submitted a letter to the court to enfeoff the vassal kings to guard various places. There will be vassal states in the future. I believe that Chen Shuai has made a conclusion in his mind for the gains and losses of the four years now."

Zhang Han is also old. He is older than Tan Lun and has been promoted to the position, but people are more cautious in their words. He bowed to Zhang Juzheng and then said: "The cabinet believes that the Nanyang Military Office is no longer enough to manage huge land, and reorganization is imminent."

Although the old boss spoke sternly, he kept looking at Chen Mu gently. It was Chen Mu who pulled the Nanyang Military Palace to the current situation with one hand. It was not surprising that the court had such an idea. After all, the size was too large and almost controlled the land equivalent to half of the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of whether it was worried or efficiency, they would consider it.

But obviously, the old man cared more about Chen Mu's thoughts, including Zhang Juzheng, everyone was also looking at Chen Mu, wanting to know what he was thinking.

Zhang Han believed that Chen Mu was most likely to have a helpless look and reluctantly agreed to the court's idea.

However, Chen Mu raised one hand, raised his hand, and said cheerfully: "I agree. I think not only the Nanyang Military Office needs to consider this issue, but also the court. This is exactly what I want to discuss with the humerus of the court when I return to Beijing this time!"

"Ge Lao." Chen Mu said as he bowed to Zhang Juzheng, "I need a world map, can I?"

Zhang Juzheng was quite satisfied with Chen Mu's delegating power, nodded and waved, and said, "Shishou Chen can speak freely. Our old ministers are thorough in the affairs of the middle school, but they are not as good as you overseas."

Chen Mu smiled and complimented everyone: "That's just that I was ordered by the emperor to go out to sea. If it were the Lords, I would have seen a higher bottom!"

He thought that the servants in Zhang Juzheng's mansion would push a hanging map, but he didn't expect that after You Qi entered the house, a group of servants came in one after another, bringing six pages of vertical long screens about two feet wide to put together. He was working on a map of the world. Zhang Juzheng smiled and introduced: "This is the ink seal copied by the Nanjie Hall Tianxia Map in the first year of Wanli in the country. I heard that it has become popular in Jiangnan."

After Zhang Juzheng said that, he asked someone to clean up the banquet, then set the table again, closer to the map, so as not to see clearly, there were no hot dishes on the table, and they changed into fruits and refreshments. Although it was in the middle of winter, there were still many dishes on their table.

That touch of green reminded Chen Mu for no reason about Emperor Longqing who led him to visit the goose gray pond a few years ago and opened the cucumbers to sniff it lightly.

Chen Mu kept looking at this map. The most exquisite ones on it were Guangdong and Nanyang, while the middle of the country was a little simpler. The northern border and Central Asia were very sloppy and had only rough outlines. However, the European countries were relatively fine. They obtained many maps of different years from Portuguese merchants and selected the detailed parts to copy and copy them.

The martial arts lecture hall has a consensus on the maps in recent years. Regardless of which year it will be made, it is not accurate in places outside of the Ming Dynasty, Guangdong and Nanyang, and can only be used as a reference.

Xinming Island and Guinea, the two giant islands are only a little bit on the map, and they are not even as large as the military guards called Minduro Island in the map. From here, we can see that Yang Zhaolong's workload is enough. Wherever he has walked, he will send someone to the military palace and submit it to the military hall. Only when the map department studies will join the world map according to its map proportions.

There are shadows in doubt.

This is also one of his original intentions for returning to China to discuss matters with court officials. The Ming Dynasty still has great potential to explore overseas, and he alone is not enough to stimulate this potential.

He saluted everyone and then said: "The benefits brought by overseas trade are known to all the people. It is undoubtedly true that the dynasty will continue to explore overseas. In the past four years, he has served as the Minister of Nanyang. He has achieved his original intention of the year and found a new way for the dynasty to be overseas for use by the dynasty."

"Then now Chen's work is done well, and the next thing we have to rely on the officials in the court."

"First of all, the current overseas environment is here to tell you. Our opponents are on both sides." Chen Mu stood up and pointed to the map where the European countries gathered together on the map, and said: "In this picture, the east of the Ming Dynasty is across the sea and the European countries; to the west, the sea and land are connected to the Western Regions."

"Our opponents are all in the east, and the countries of Europa are fundamentally different from us. They are not in their skin color and face. Their countries are all religious. In the past, there were two great civilizations in this world, one is our Chinese civilization and the other is Arab civilization. The countries of Europa formed a crusade. On the surface, it was said that for glory, but actually launched an Eastern Expedition for wealth. They absorbed the excellent culture of Arab civilization in the war, and the third civilization appeared in the process of absorption. The paupers of Europa have made progress in technology."

"Portugal, everyone knows that they arrived in the Ming Dynasty decades ago and stopped at Haojing. Because they were poor and weak, they were the first country to launch sailings in Europe, and they were not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty."

"There is only one point in Portuguese, which burst out with extraordinary potential in sailing, and from an extremely poor country to an extremely wealthy country. When the Ming Dynasty encountered it, it had already declined. They had almost no colonies overseas. Because they had no opponents in the world when they went to sea, and their national strength was not enough to support a powerful invading army. Therefore, they were committed to opening commercial stations and their national policy was to master the East-West trade."

"For a period of time, they did it, fully mastered the oriental spices and silk trade, opened trade stations around the world, and had multiple governors to control it. The closest to the Ming Dynasty was its governor in Goa, India."

"But long after long, the nobles of the country only know how to squander, landlords do not farm, people do not work, they all yearn for wealth at sea, and governors from all over the country only know how to plunder wealth and not care about governance. They pass the gold, silver and treasures in their hands, and give them to others. As far as I know, the country has a debt of 3 million gold coins, borrowed from bankers in the Spanish Netherlands, and bears 2.5% of the interest. After shipping cargo by merchants, their country is not allowed to trade in Lisbon, but instead trade in the Netherlands."

"Malacca, the Lion Kingdom, is a country that uses less than 50,000 taels of silk and other goods from the Governor of Goa, which is our experience and lesson. We only know how to conquer but not govern, and only care about the wealth and honor in front of us regardless of local development, we will surely decline."

"The Ming Dynasty is a good friend of Portugal. You can't just watch it decline and do nothing if you perish."
Chapter completed!