Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 147 King's Spirit!
Save the compatriots in China from fire and water?
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing after hearing Zhu Xiongying's words.

Brat, that’s not what you told us back then. You told us back then that there are a lot of gold and silver mines in the country of Wa, and if Daming sent troops to take it, it would definitely be profitable.

Now it's all right, it's time to save people.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't have a good impression of the Wa country, especially when the envoys sent there were killed, which made him very angry, and he almost sent troops to pacify the Wa country.

Finally, under the persuasion of Liu Bowen and others, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up.

Now his eldest grandson is planning to annex the Japanese kingdom again, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang hesitate.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is a decisive person after all, and soon he didn't hesitate, because he knew that even if he stopped his grandson this time, with his grandson's character, he would definitely start the crusade against the Japanese country again in the future thing.

Rather than not being able to see anything after he died, he might as well let his grandson do it while he was still alive, so that even if something went wrong, at least he would have to take care of it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Da Ming Navy, we brought it out with one hand, and made great achievements for our Ming Dynasty. Over the years, we have indeed neglected some. Our grandson said it well, we can't let Daming The navy has lost its former splendor, and it is indeed time to give them an additional budget!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, all the ministers of your highness, you look at me and I look at you, and finally Liu Sanwu stood up.

"Your Majesty, please think again! I remember that the Emperor once said that the use of soldiers by a country is like a doctor using medicine. If you are sick, you need to prescribe medicine to treat the disease. If you are not sick, you don't need to prescribe medicine. If you are not sick, take medicine. Come on, governing a country is like curing a disease. If the world is not peaceful, you need a large army to control the chaos. But the world is peaceful, and you only need to repair the armored soldiers to spare the national defense! If people take it, although it will not cause physical disability or death, it is enough to seriously damage the vitality!"

"Now that the financial problems of the imperial court have just been alleviated, and there is still a deficit of more than 100 million yuan, is it too hasty to add 200 million yuan to the navy's budget next year? I think that good steel should be used on the blade, and this part of the silver will be used as a backup for disaster relief Gold, wouldn't it be more appropriate?"

Liu Sanwu spoke eloquently for a long time, and took out what Zhu Yuanzhang had said to prove it, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not respond, but looked at Zhu Xiongying.

The meaning is obvious, whoever presents the evidence.

Zhu Xiongying remained calm, and said: "What the emperor said is naturally very reasonable, but I just want to ask, is the world really peaceful?"

Liu Sanwu was slightly taken aback, only to hear Zhu Xiongying continue to say: "Naturally, there is no need to talk about the troubles in the north, but the southeast coast has been invaded by Japanese pirates all year round, and the people have suffered unspeakably. As you said just now, the state uses soldiers like doctors to prescribe medicine, and the medicine prescribed by the state now seems to have cured the problem of Japanese pirates, but has it really been eradicated?"

"Once the king of Qi withdraws his army, it won't be long before the pirates will come back. The court will need to prescribe medicine again, or set up guards, or send troops again. They have paid money and effort, but they still cannot be eradicated. It is like a Acne, if you don’t get rid of it, it will always be a hidden danger to your body, it will make you uncomfortable from time to time, and it may even endanger your health!”

"Once our Ming's coastal defenses are abolished, they will continue to erode our Ming's coastal areas like a disease. The death of soldiers and civilians, the expense of military supplies, and the invincibility of history. In the long run, the Japanese invasion will even cause the common people to fight against each other. Panic has brought serious hidden dangers to the long-term stability of Ming Dynasty, who can bear such consequences?"

Zhu Xiongying's voice fell, and Liu Sanwu, who was always eloquent, fell silent.

Because what Zhu Xiongying said is the fact that happened in history.

Now that the country is strong, the politics is clear, and the military is powerful, the Japanese pirates have not yet been able to pose any threat, but in the near future, the Japanese pirates will cause great damage to Ming Dynasty.

After Ming Yingzong became orthodox, the politics of the Ming Dynasty became increasingly corrupt, and corruption and bribery prevailed.

With the political corruption of the Ming Dynasty, the plundering of wealth by the royal family, nobles and bureaucratic landlords became more and more serious.Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the government has become increasingly corrupt, the military of the Ming Dynasty has retreated from being strong to weak, the coastal defenses have been weakened, and the imperial forces have been severely damaged.With the vicious development of land annexation, the army's farmland was embezzled, and the soldiers of the guard were occupied by powerful and powerful families.The sergeants could not bear the torture and fled one after another.The army is seriously short of personnel, the combat quality is extremely poor, the equipment is defeated, and the food and grass are in short supply, which facilitates the Japanese pirates' aggression.

Due to increasing political corruption and policy mistakes, coastal defense facilities have lost their proper functions.The guards are useless and vulnerable.The water villages set up on the islands to guard against the enemy were all moved from the islands to the coast because the soldiers were afraid of crossing the sea, and the original water villages were occupied by pirates as lairs.In the guards along the coast of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, the shortage of military supplies, damage to ships, and shortage of soldiers were extremely serious.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, after the Chahar tribe of the Northern Yuan Dynasty moved to the east, they fought repeatedly with the Ming Dynasty in the Liaodong area for a long time, resulting in heavy losses. The coastal defense became more lax, so that Japanese pirates aggressively invaded the southeast, which lasted until the appearance of Qi Jiguang.

During this period of time, the Japanese invasion caused the towns and cities in the coastal areas to decline. Wherever they passed, the villages and markets were turned into ruins, and the houses were emptied. The lives and properties of the people of Ming Dynasty suffered great losses.

Zhu Xiongying said solemnly: "Using soldiers is like medicine, so I will use a strong medicine to completely get rid of the stubborn disease of the Japanese pirates! Only in this way can our descendants of Ming Dynasty be spared the suffering of war!"

"Everyone, I've finished my speech, who agrees? Who opposes?"

Zhu Xiongying's angry voice echoed in the hall, the hall was silent for a while, and then someone started to stand up.

"Sir, seconded!"

"Sir, seconded!"

"Sir, seconded!"

……

All of a sudden, the officials of various ministries stood up one after another, bowing and bowing to show their approval.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched calmly, but his heart was full of joy.

He was not because Zhu Xiongying wanted to plan to fight the Japanese pirates, but because Zhu Xiongying shone with the spirit of a king.

This point was not well reflected in the former prince Zhu Biao. Although Zhu Biao was generous and kind, it also caused him to say that he cared too much about his courtiers.

This is also the only place where Zhu Yuanzhang criticized Zhu Biao.

At this time, Liu Sanwu didn't know what to say. With Confucianism, of course he was Huairou Yuanren, but this involved the country's military, and he couldn't refute what Zhu Xiongying said just now, so he couldn't object any more.

He is more concerned about the silver issue.

Liu Sanwu cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, where does the 200 million military budget come from? You can't increase the taxes of the common people, can you?"

Zhu Xiongying smiled: "Of course there is a way!"

(End of this chapter)