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    Li Shimin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Min would spend so much effort and come up with so many good things to please him, just to change his fiefdom?  Zhengzhou is a good place. Among the fiefdoms of many sons, only Li Min is closest to Chang'an. Is there anything he is dissatisfied with?

    Thinking of this, Li Shimin's face became a little gloomy. After shooing away Yu Wenhu and the guards around him, he took Li Min for a walk on the martial arts field and asked: "Liu Lang, the matter of fiefdom has been decided before. Now each of them has been fiefdomed."  The palaces of you and several other princes have already been built in the state capitals of Zhengzhou, and Zhengzhou is in a good location, why do you want to change?"

    The enfeoffment of princes is not a simple matter. Not to mention the sacrifices, the selection of titles, etc., the state capital to be enfeoffed must also make preparations. Therefore, although the enfeoffment has not yet been officially enfeoffed, each prince has already known that he will be enfeoffed.  Where to distribute.

    "I would like to inform my father, Zhengzhou is indeed a good place. Not only is it a big city in itself, but it is also close to Chang'an. It is convenient for my children to visit you and your mother and concubine at any time. However, my children have their own plans and do not want to be under the protection of their father for the rest of their lives.  Under your wings." Li Min also put away his usual playful smile and said seriously.

    "Oh? As a father, I want to know, what are your plans?" Li Shimin was curious and a little disappointed. As a father, he suddenly realized that the son in front of him had really grown up and no longer wanted him to come.  Arrange everything for yourself, but already have your own ideas and plans.

    What made Li Shimin feel even more rare was that Li Min dared to boldly raise it in front of him. This kind of courage and courage was what he valued most. Among the other sons, even the prince Li Chengqian and his favorite Li Chengqian  Tai, even if they are dissatisfied with their own arrangements, no one dares to raise it. They will only obey and follow their own arrangements. This is the only reason.  Li Min is far superior to his brothers.

    "Father, I have something that I would like to ask my father to see. However, this thing is of great importance, so I would like to ask my father to return to the palace to see it." When Li Min spoke, he involuntarily touched the small box in the sleeve of his robe.  Whether you can convince Li Shimin depends on this thing.

    Li Shimin was even more curious when he saw Li Min's rare serious expression.  Immediately, he took Li Min back to Liangyi Palace and asked everyone to exit. Only their father and son were left in the palace.

    Li Shimin sat behind the writing desk, while Li Min stepped forward and stood in front of the writing desk.  I saw him taking out a small box from the sleeve of his robe. After opening it, there was a stack of thick silk cloth inside. Li Min carefully took the silk cloth out of it, then bowed and offered it with both hands: "Father, the emperor  Please look!"

    Li Shimin curiously reached out and took it, and when he opened it, he discovered that there was a strange painting painted on the silk cloth. The whole shape looked like a lantern, with several strange patterns painted here and there on the 'lantern'.  Each pattern is also marked with words, such as Asia, Europe, Africa, America, etc., and the words Pacific, Atlantic, etc. are written in the blank space.

    Intuitively, Li Shimin thought it was a map, but he thought about all the states in the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't find any incomprehensible names like Asia and Europe.  He even thought about the place names of several surrounding countries, but still had no clue. In the end, he could only raise his head and ask Li Min: "Liu Lang, what is painted on it?"

    "Father, what you are holding in your hand is the whole world!" Li Min replied pretending to be mysterious.

    "The whole world?" Li Shimin frowned. For a while, he still couldn't understand the meaning of Li Min's words.

    "Father, do you know how big the world we live in is? What is the end of the world? Why does the sun rise from the east and set from the west, and reincarnate day after day, year after year?" Li Min  He asked three questions in a row. If he wanted to make Li Shimin believe that this world map was real, he must first let him understand that they lived on a sphere, not a round sky as the ancients believed.

    Li Shimin didn¡¯t expect that Li Min would discuss such a mysterious and mysterious issue with him?  But his expression became a little strange, and he asked: "Oh? Then why do you think it is?"

    "That's because we live on a sphere, and"

    "I've known this for a long time." Before Li Min could finish speaking, Li Shimin suddenly interrupted, with a hint of disappointment on his face.

    "Pfft~" Li Min almost vomited blood. Originally, he had prepared a lot of words to explain the facts and reason, and planned to open Li Shimin's eyes. However, he didn't expect that he already knew that the earth was round, and it was also round.  It seems natural. Could it be that he also traveled through time?

    "Father, how do you know?" Li Min asked feebly, holding a lot of words in his heart. He didn't vomit blood but he also suffered internal injuries.

    "Nonsense, thisOf course I know. The theory of Hun Tian was proposed as early as the Warring States Period. As long as anyone has read some books, who doesn¡¯t know this?  "Li Shimin said angrily. Li Min didn't like reading, which was what he disliked about Li Min the most. However, Li Min didn't learn but was skilled. This made him, a father, unable to get angry even if he wanted to.

    "Huntian said!" Li Min almost slapped himself after hearing this. He had learned it in the junior high school textbooks in his previous life, but he didn't even think of it. What made him even more surprised was that this theory was so widely spread.  Wasn¡¯t it popular among the ancients that the sky was round and the earth was round?  When did you start playing with such high-tech stuff?

    "Ahem~, Father, what you are talking about is the Huntian theory that the heaven and the earth are like chicken eggs. This theory is actually wrong. Of course, it cannot be said to be completely wrong. The theory that the earth is round like a chicken egg is still correct.  Yes, but the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars are not as explained by the theory of Hun Tian" Although he was shocked by the theory of Hun Tian, ??as a modern person, Li Min certainly could not give in, so he simply started talking about the theory of heliocentrism.  The nine major planets in the solar system are coming. No matter what, we must first shock Li Shimin intellectually, otherwise it will not be easy to say what follows.

    Li Shimin listened to Li Min's explanation and was a little disapproving at first. After all, the Huntian theory has been developed for so many years, and many celestial phenomena can be explained by the Huntian theory. However, Li Min said that the Huntian theory was wrong, which made him  I thought Li Min was lying.  However, as Li Min's words were well-founded and succinct, the answers to problems that even the Huntian Theory could not explain could be easily found in Li Min's theory. This made Li Shimin feel a little dumbfounded and began to listen carefully.  Li Min's explanation, and as the thinking deepened.  He felt more and more that the theory proposed by Li Min was indeed a step further than the Huntian theory and closer to the nature of the world.

    Li Min's mouth went dry as he spoke. Seeing Li Shimin's solemn expression, he felt very proud. He finally calmed down the emperor's father.  Li Shimin picked up Li Shimin's tea and drank a few sips, and then said: "Father, whether it is the Huntian theory or the heliocentric theory mentioned by Er Chen, they both admit one thing. That is that the earth we live on is spherical.  of."

    When he said this, Li Min pointed at the very non-standard world map and said: "Father, please see, this is the entire sphere we live in. The continents above are the land, and the blank areas are the oceans, and  This is Asia where our Tang Dynasty is located."

    Following Li Min's instructions, Li Shimin discovered that there were some very shallow lines marked on the largest piece of land in the middle, outlining areas. Among them, the easternmost area was the largest.  It actually matches the territory of the Tang Dynasty very well.  Looking around, we can find corresponding locations in Tubo, Goguryeo, and the Western Regions.

    Seeing the whole world for the first time, Li Shimin felt both novel and shocked. However, when he saw that the territory of the Tang Dynasty only accounted for about one-third of the entire Asia, he frowned.  Li Shimin, and even the entire Tang Dynasty, had always thought that he was the Celestial Kingdom and the largest country in the world, but when he saw this world map, Li Shimin discovered it.  It turns out that this world is so big, with seven large continents alone, and the Tang Dynasty only occupies one-third of one of them.  This made Li Shimin, who always believed that I was the best in the world, a little unacceptable.

    Seeing Li Shimin¡¯s dazed expression, Li Min immediately guessed that his pride as an emperor was hurt when he saw that the world was so vast and that the Tang Dynasty only occupied a small part of it.

    So Li Min hurriedly explained: "Father, don't think that the whole world is so big, but in fact, except for Asia where we are and the Europe next to us, other continents are still in a period of ignorance where people drink hair and drink blood, and even countries have not yet appeared.  , and in Asia and Europe, there is only one Roman Empire that can rival our Tang Dynasty in terms of economy, politics, culture, etc., which is the 'Great Qin' in ancient books."

    As Li Min spoke, he pointed to the Mediterranean area in Europe. In fact, he didn't know the specific area of ??the Roman Empire. He just knew that it was probably in that area. However, he did know a little about the history of the Roman Empire, and then said: "In our case,  When China was still in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Roman Empire was once powerful, but later it split into two countries. Among them, the Western Roman Empire has perished and its territory has been occupied by others. Now only the Eastern Roman Empire is left, and the situation is also very bad. It used to be  It was invaded by Persia and other neighboring countries and peoples, and now Persia is in decline, but there is a sudden rise of a large food force in the surrounding area. Not only has Persia been beaten badly, but it has also been in constant friction with the Roman Empire, and a war will break out sooner or later."

    "I know Persia, but what kind of country is Dashi?" Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened to Li Min's explanation. He was especially concerned about things surrounding the Roman Empire, and Dashi was just a few years ago.  Established, it has not reached Li Shi's ears yet.

      "I would like to inform my father, the country of Dashi is very special. They founded the country based on religion and believe in a religion called Islam. The country's politics and religion are unified, and the military is also very powerful. Although it is in culture, politics, and  Economically it cannot compare with the Tang Dynasty and Rome, but militarily it is an opponent that is not weaker than the Turks." Li Min reminded that in later generations Dashi even fought against the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately due to various unfavorable factors, the Tang Dynasty was defeated.  Since then, it has lost its right to speak in Central Asia, and it has not been able to get it back even in the following dynasties.

    "Hahaha~, the stronger their fighting power, the better. After my father pacified the Central Plains, he destroyed the Turks. Now only two inferior opponents, Goguryeo and Tubo, are left. I feel that life is boring. I didn't expect that in the extreme west,  There are so many powerful countries in the world. One day, I will personally lead the army and let them know the sharpness of our Tang army!" Li Shimin roared with pride. Today, he received the gunpowder weapons presented by Li Min. He also  He was worried that Goguryeo was too weak and would have no use in the future. Unexpectedly, Li Min immediately found several strong opponents for him.

    "My father is wise and mighty, and my sons and ministers admire him very much!" Seeing Li Shimin's arrogance, Li Min immediately stepped forward to flatter him, but he secretly laughed in his heart. The Tang Dynasty was still far away from the Great Eclipse. I don't know how long it will take for the Monkey Year and the Horse Moon to meet him. Li Shimin thought  The desire to fight against the Dashi army is probably a bit uncertain.

    After getting to know the situation in Asia, Li Shimin asked about the situation in other continents. Li Min didn't know much about the situation in other continents during the Tang Dynasty. He could only give a rough summary based on what later generations knew. Africa was better.  , there is Egypt that I can talk about, and then I talked about black Africans, America talked about Indians, and other continents also talked about some human customs, which was an eye-opener for Li Shimin.

    "Liu Lang, where did you know all this?" After hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly glanced at Li Min suspiciously and asked, "These are not poems, songs, or inventions of new things, like the astronomy that Li Min just talked about."  and geographical knowledge, if it is not taught by a dedicated person, no matter how smart a person is, it is absolutely impossible to know these things out of thin air.

    Li Min knew that Li Shimin would ask this question, so he had already thought of a countermeasure, and deliberately hesitated for a moment before saying: "Father, some time ago, in order to find the formula for glass, I offered a reward of 1,000 yuan to a Hu merchant in Chang'an City.  Guan Xiangqiu, one of the Hu merchants from Persia presented a Kunlun slave who could make glass, and then Er Chen made the glass. In addition, he also sold Er Chen the astronomical and geographical knowledge just now. For this reason, Er Chen  I paid the other party a total of two thousand guan, and this map of the world was also drawn by me under his guidance."

    When Li Min spoke, he deliberately made a distressed expression, as if the two thousand dollars he had paid were not worth it.  What he said was half true and half false. That Hu businessman did exist. This kind of lie is the most difficult for people to distinguish.  Moreover, the reason why Li Min dared to say this was because the Hu merchant had left Chang'an and returned to Persia with his family more than a month ago after being beaten and threatened by Li Yong, so he was not afraid that Li Shimin would bring the Hu merchant to confront him.

    "Oh? How can a businessman have such a great talent?" Li Shimin was still a little doubtful.

    "Father, although I don't know the other person's identity, judging from his words and deeds, he is definitely not an ordinary businessman. Originally, I wanted to recommend him to my father, but he refused to serve in the court to the death. Later, my son  I went to look for him again, only to find that he was no longer there, and I don¡¯t know if he is still in the Tang Dynasty." Li Min strived for perfection and unscrupulously portrayed a money-grubbing businessman into a big man hiding in the city.  Xian.

    "It's a pity that such a talent cannot be used. It's my fault!" When Li Shimin heard that the other party was missing, he immediately sighed in disappointment. He did not doubt Li Min's words and offered a reward for glass-making talent. Li Shimin  He also knew very clearly that because the price of the reward was too high, a censor accused Li Min of being extravagant, and he even reprimanded Li Min for this.

    "Huh? By the way, didn't you just want to say why you changed the fiefdom? Why did you switch to the world map while you were talking?" Li Shimin, who was sighing with emotion, suddenly remembered that he had just been asking about the world map.  The reason for Li Min's change of fiefdom has not yet been revealed.  !  ~!

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