People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 399 Since ancient times, King Qin and Japan have been very compatible
"What did the king say?"

Zhu Qiangqiang calmed down. What he said yesterday was treasonous.

Even with his identity, if Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it, he would probably feel very uncomfortable.

What will his brother miss him? Will his father alienate him?

Zhu Xi didn't want this to happen. He might be unwilling and confused, but he never thought about doing something?
He was about to say something more when Zhang Yi spoke:
"Your Majesty's attack on Japan, can you talk about it casually, this is a military situation!

Fortunately, Pindao is an outsider and doesn't understand these things. What if other interested people hear it? "

Zhu Cang looked at Zhang Yi blankly. Although he was drunk yesterday, he was not broken.

He remembered this scene, but he also remembered that he had poured out his heart to Zhang Yi.

It's all my fault that I got carried away, or that I experienced long-term depression, the joy of meeting an old friend in a foreign country, and the effects of alcohol...

The combination of these factors just put him in a very relaxed state and released the pressure in his heart.

However, these words should be hidden deep in his heart, a secret that even his future wife cannot tell.

"that's it?"

"Did His Highness say anything else?"

Zhang Yi blinked at Zhu Xi, who understood:

"I deserve to die, even if I tell such an important thing, if outsiders find out, it will be a big deal!

Little real person, you must shut up! "

Zhang Yi chuckled:
"Of course I know. Your Highness, when you mentioned Japan, have you ever heard of a legend?"

legend?

Doesn't Zhu Fang understand why Zhang Yi told him a legend from a foreign country?

Zhang Yi squatted on the ground and drew a simple map.

He has long been familiar with drawing.

With a few shallow strokes, Zhang Yi outlined the location of China, and in the east of China, he outlined the land of Japan.

"This is China, this is Japan! Separated by a strip of water, we face each other across the sea!"

Zhang Yi pointed at Japan and said:
"The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang: In the 28th year of the First Emperor's reign, he sent the alchemist Xu Fu to the sea. The emperor gave three thousand virgins and three thousand boys to the sea to find the elixir of immortality in the overseas fairy mountains!
Although Xu Fu did not find the elixir, he found an overseas place!

These three thousand boys and girls stayed overseas!
This place is Japan in the past and Japan now..."

Zhang Yi talked about this very controversial legend about the origin of Japan.

Zhu Feng listened with a vague understanding, but he didn't understand what Zhang Yi wanted to say?
Although he was not very good at reading, he had read "Historical Records". This incident was indeed recorded in the Chronicles of Qin Shihuang, but Zhang Yi's statement was a bit far-fetched.

However, Zhang Yi changed the topic and said with a smile:

"So, Japan has been our territory since ancient times, right?"

Zhu Ping suddenly realized what Zhang Yi wanted to say and was stunned.

Let me go, this little Taoist priest has a very dark mind.

The Chinese people have their own arrogance and have always regarded themselves as the supreme kingdom of heaven. The surrounding countries paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty gained a false reputation and orthodox status, and small countries benefited from it.

As a big brother, if you want to attack and occupy other countries,
There must be some moral explanation!
The reason Zhu Yuanzhang found was revenge, and he used revenge for killing the envoy in the second year of Hongwu to deal with Japan.

But Zhang Yi is good. Even the First Emperor has endorsed him since ancient times.

It doesn’t matter whether this legendary talisman conforms to historical records. What matters is, does it sound reasonable?

"Your Majesty has the heart to conquer the stars and the sea, then Japan is my shield for the Ming Dynasty!
The world is very big, and it is far more than just my country, Ming Dynasty..."

Zhang Yi drew a map of China and Japan on the ground, and he added Taiwan and Hainan Island.

Then, draw Southeast Asia and Malacca, and finally point to the north.

"As the old saying goes, 30 years to the east of Hedong, 30 years to the west of Hexi!
We, China, have been favored by heaven since ancient times, but with the rise and fall of things, China, this place, will inevitably lose its dragon spirit!

If one is strong and the other is weak, and a war breaks out, these three places will be China's first shield, and this will be the first island chain!

And this place, the throat of the world, must be captured..."

"It must be taken..."

Expanding territory is the romance in every man's heart.

Since ancient times, the Chinese people's struggle for world hegemony has been carried out in this three-acre land.

Because of geographical reasons, the Central Plains Dynasty wanted to expand. The surrounding mountains and desert grasslands had blocked the expansion of the dynasty, and the sea was originally one of them.

But if shipping develops in the future, the world's maritime map will be added.

Maybe the Chinese people can push their borders further in the future.

"But……"

Zhang Yi changed the subject again, causing Zhu Ping's excitement to drop with him.

“Feudal dynasties, especially dynasties like ours, our Ming Dynasty, with our productivity, it is difficult to allow ourselves to have too much territory!
In fact, let alone the Ming Dynasty, it is the same for other empires. Your Highness, think about it. Genghis Khan has gone to Europe. Is it a big deal?
Why did this huge country split into various khanates?
It's very simple, when a country's message from the central government cannot reach a certain place within a month!
It will be difficult for him to effectively rule this place!
Your Highness, think about it, if Ming Dynasty conquers Japan, how to maintain effective rule here?

This is across the sea, and the imperial court's orders have to travel across the ocean to get there!

If this is the case in Japan, what about America further away? "

Japan hasn't even started fighting yet, but Zhang Yi is already thinking about domination.

This is actually a bit unfounded.

However, the character Zhang Yi had built up over a long period of time made Zhu Ping not impatient with his vague words, but started thinking along with him.

Japan's geographical location is undoubtedly very important. It is a natural transit point for the Ming Dynasty to go to sea.

And there is a large enough territory, if the Ming Dynasty can effectively rule.

The cost of ruling this transit station is also low enough.

The only question is, how to rule effectively?

The sky is high and the emperor is far away...

Zhu Ping suddenly realized something. You can say that he is a dandy, but you must not think that he is a fool.

"The King of Qin and Japan always seem to have some kind of fate..."

At this moment, Zhang Yi finally pointed out the theme of his words.

With the productivity of the ancient feudal dynasties, it was almost impossible to maintain effective rule in a place, or in other words, to maintain the bureaucratic rule of the county system.

As for being a colony, that's fine too.

But the genes of the Chinese people cannot be as ruthless as the people from the countries where the pirates were born.

Enfeoffment is probably not the best method among methods.

Enfeoff the heroes and make them vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

But Lao Zhu's suspicious temperament would definitely not let a certain hero occupy a place.

Then his sons are undoubtedly one of the targets for enfeoffment.
Then, whether using Confucianism or China, use this worldview to connect Shu.
This is what later generations would call the Confucian cultural circle...

After Zhang Yi heard Zhu Xi's thoughts, he tried to use this method to influence the national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this method does not conflict with Lao Zhu’s ideas.

The vassal system designed by Lao Zhu was essentially because he could not completely trust outsiders deep down, so he came up with the idea of ​​using the clan's descendants to protect the Ming Dynasty.

But his method didn't actually last.

After his death, Zhu Di successfully rebelled.

The clan of the Ming Dynasty was raised like pigs. Originally, the clan was intended to become the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, the clan's role was just to become a burden to the country.

Rather than doing this, it is better to send these people out.

But where to send it is also a matter of particular importance.

China goes out to sea, Taiwan, Hainan, and Japan. These are the three natural shields of the Ming Dynasty.

Among them, the first two are similar to the mainland and do not leave the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.

But in Japan, the best situation is that a prince can be entrusted there.

There is no doubt that Zhu Xi is the best choice.And given his current situation, leaving the Central Plains may be a good choice.

If you can't become the lord of the Ming Dynasty, you may be able to become the king of Japan.

It wouldn't matter if he was a little more violent, since he was killing Xiaosheng anyway.

Zhu Fang showed gratitude after realizing that Zhang Yi was giving him directions.

Zhang Yi predicted that his destiny was ahead, and his trust in Zhang Yi almost reached the level of worship.

Yesterday, he told the truth after drinking. If it had been anyone else, Zhu Xi would have had the idea of ​​​​killing someone to silence him, but Zhang Yi did not.

"After you said that, I seem to be interested in Japan! Tell me, what is the culture there?"

"It's like learning the culture of our Han people, but not fully grasping it, and needs further education..."

Zhang Yi smiled and told Zhu Xi what he knew about the history of Japan.

Zhu Xiang was full of yearning, not for that remote, barbaric land.

Just a simple longing for the distance.

"I remember, Zhang Yi, I am waiting for you in Nanjing!"

Zhu Xi found that after having such a chat with Zhang Yi, his confusion about the future seemed to be gone.

His inner demon is simply that he can't find the direction to work hard.

Trapped in the Ming Dynasty, he was a vassal king under the supervision of the imperial court.

He also knew that some of his thoughts were wrong to his elder brother and his father.

With this conflict between rationality and sensibility, perhaps leaving is the best way.

Zhu Ming didn't mind the parting too much. The young man didn't know how to feel homesick...

There is only a longing for the distance.

"It's a good thing for Your Highness to have ideals, but is that okay with your current situation?"

Zhang Yi looked Zhu Ping up and down, and Zhu Ping's face turned red immediately.

Zhu Yuanzhang's education for them did not fall behind at all.

Wen You was taught by masters such as Song Lian, and Wu was taught by famous generals like Chang Yuchun who personally taught him military training.

Zhu Ping's results can only be considered average at best.

Compared to Zhu Di, who was a few years younger than him, he was not as good as him, and compared to Zhu Fan, he was also a little worse.

It's not that he's not smart enough, it's that he doesn't work hard enough.

Zhang Yi had watched their training and knew Zhu Ming's temperament well.

Even if Zhu Ping wanted to refute, he couldn't.

"Okay, when I go back, I will definitely train well!"

Zhang Yi laughed loudly when he heard this:

"I wish your highness a bright future and all your dreams come true!"

"When you return to the capital, let's have a drink together!
Next time I will definitely get you drunk and make you look foolish! "

Zhu Xi patted Zhang Yi on the shoulder and spoke excitedly.

……

Zhu Xi left quickly. As the King of Qin in the Ming Dynasty, he could not stay in one place for long.

Zhang Yi watched him go away and returned to his work again.

The military camp had been set up. He said goodbye to Zhang Cundao and went back to guard his rubber forest.

Song Zongzhen was rewarded by the emperor and was very motivated.

Junior Brother Zhang's advice was indeed correct. When he came to Hainan, the reward had already arrived before Dao Ancestor took him seriously.

Now that his work was recognized by the emperor, Song Zongzhen quickly devoted himself to educating local people in addition to helping Zhang Yi guard the rubber plantation.

Teach literacy, farming skills, and other medical knowledge.

Although Qiongzhou has been part of the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and many great scholars have been demoted here, the overall education is far from that of the Central Plains.

The first batch of Han people who migrated here lived with the Xuanwu Army, and they essentially served the Xuanwu Army or helped the emperor grow rubber.

Most of the people he taught were from the Li and Miao ethnic groups.

Zhang Yi gave Song Zongzhen a death order to treat everyone equally.

When he came back, Song Zongzhen was teaching farming techniques. Qiongzhou was a place with many mountains and few fields. Although the climate was very good, farming techniques were not very good.

At this time, unlike later generations, there was a huge logistics network to transport supplies from the mainland.

He wanted to turn Qiongzhou into an important town in the Ming Dynasty and accept immigrants from the imperial court.

This food production must keep up.

"Sweet potatoes, if the imperial court planted them for the first time, they should be harvested, right?"

Zhang Yi thought of this and looked to the north, which was the direction of Nanjing.

……

Almost at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also remembered this incident.

At this point, it is already November.

Ming Dynasty's second Northern Expedition finally came to an end.

Although the Ming Dynasty still failed to complete its original strategy due to the defeat of Lingbei, Xu Da's later operations prevented the Ming Dynasty from losing everything.

On the contrary, because he concentrated on restraining Wang Baobao after Guillotine Hill, the East-West Route Army actually achieved good results.

With the cover of the Central Route Army, Feng Sheng fought all the way to Hami and penetrated the Hexi Corridor.

Li Wenzhong also pushed the front line farther. His aggressiveness also pushed the Central Army's front line a little further.

Although it's not a big victory, it's enough to reward him for his merits.

When winter came, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped when he saw the situation was good.

Steadily digest the results of the battle and let everyone return to the court.

At this time, sitting in front of him was Xu Da kneeling.

"Xu Da, you don't have to blame yourself. Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs. Although you have made mistakes, you have made up for them later. I will not reward you this time, but give rewards to Bao'er and Feng Sheng!"
Don't have any ideas! "

"Chen, don't dare!"

Xu Dazi did not dare to think about the reward. He was fully responsible for the failure of the Northern Expedition.

Zhu Yuanzhang was lucky not to punish him.

"Okay, this is in the past! Come back this year and have a good New Year. You haven't seen your children at home for a while, right?"

Xu Da replied:

"Your Majesty, it's been a while since I last saw Miaoyun, and this child is giving me more and more headaches!

She wears a Taoist robe all day long and goes to Qingxin Temple every day.

That place is closed..."

Xu Da was halfway through speaking and couldn't continue.

Regarding Zhu Ming's breakup of the engagement, someone had already told him when he arrived in the capital.

"It's okay, it's my will!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly and didn't care.

"Your Majesty, I don't understand why the slave Guanyin is imprisoned in Qingxin Temple?

Isn't it very unsafe there? "

Xu Da was puzzled, but Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and did not answer.

(End of this chapter)