My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 312

Zhu Zhanhe really wanted to go to North Korea in person, but unfortunately, his status meant that he could not be an envoy.

In the end, Zhu Di discussed with several cabinet ministers and decided to send a military general as an envoy. After all, this time it was a matter of discussing the joint dispatch of troops, so it was enough to send a military general as the chief envoy and another civilian official as the deputy envoy.

As for the candidate for the envoy, Zhu Di decided to appoint Zhu Yong after consideration. Firstly, as the Duke of the state, Zhu Yong has sufficient status; secondly, he is still young. Nice opportunity.

Zhu Zhanhe also agreed with this decision with both hands. Zhu Yong has been performing quite well since he served in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. If he completes the task of envoy this time, he may stand alone in the future and even be sent out by Zhu Di. Leading the army, this is definitely great news for Zhu Yong.

That night, Zhu Yong, who received the envoy mission, went directly to Zhu Zhanhe's mansion to inquire about the situation.

"Zhan He, what's the situation, why did you let me go to North Korea?"

Zhu Yong asked Zhu Zhanhe in a daze.

Today he only received news that he was asked to go on a mission to North Korea, but he didn't know why he wanted to go on a mission. After all, the matter was too confidential, and Zhu Di hadn't had time to explain it to Zhu Yong.

"The thing is like this, the imperial court is going to use troops against Japan, and it needs to unite with North Korea..."

Zhu Zhanhe didn't hide anything either, and told Zhu Di in detail his plan to seize Kyushu Island, the Japanese kingdom.

Although Zhu Di and the cabinet did not fully agree today, they only said to send envoys to contact North Korea first to test North Korea's attitude, but according to Zhu Zhanhe's estimation, North Korea will definitely agree, and the cabinet will have no reason to block it at that time, so this plan It will definitely be implemented.

"You can do it, in order to eliminate the Japanese pirates, you are actually planning to use troops against the Japanese country!"

Zhu Yong slapped his hands happily when he heard the words. As a general, he certainly agreed with this matter.

In fact, honorable children like Zhu Yong, as long as they are a little bit ambitious, are more eager for war, because only by war can they prove their abilities, instead of relying solely on the shadow of their parents.

"Brother Zhu, you don't need to do anything else when you go to North Korea this time. You just need to meet the king of North Korea, Li Fangyuan, and tell him our plan to seize Kyushu Island. I believe he will definitely agree!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a smile at this moment.

In his opinion, this mission is not difficult at all. That Li Fangyuan probably wanted to use troops against the Japanese country all the time, but because of his lack of strength, he didn't dare to do it all the time, and Daming took the initiative to find him. To Li Fangyuan, it was simply It's like someone delivering a pillow when you're dozing off.

"I understand, but do you need me to discuss any conditions with him? I'm not good at this?"

Zhu Yong suddenly asked with some worry.

If North Korea agrees to jointly send troops, the two sides will definitely have to divide the responsibilities of sending troops, such as how much troops will be sent by each party, who will bear the money and food, etc. These will definitely need to be negotiated with North Korea. Zhu Yong has no experience in such matters.

"No need for the time being. When Grandpa Huang proposed the plan to attack the Wa country, the cabinet still hesitated, so you went to North Korea mainly to test North Korea's attitude. As for how the two sides will send troops, you must send special people to discuss it."

Zhu Zhanhe explained again.

Sending Zhu Yong, the young Duke, was mainly to show that Daming attached great importance to this matter.

"Hearing what you said, I have a solid foundation in my heart. His Majesty asked me to enter the palace tomorrow, and that's probably what he told me."

Zhu Yong nodded when he heard the words.

Today he suddenly received the news of the mission, which shocked Zhu Yong, thinking that he had made some mistake and was about to be relegated to another place by the court, but he did not expect that he had an important task entrusted to him.

The next day Zhu Yong went to the palace to see Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanhe, who was worried, followed him into the palace. Sure enough, as he expected, Zhu Di gave Zhu Yong some instructions before letting him go back to prepare.

As for the date of the mission, it will be three days later. At that time, they will take a boat from Tianjin and go directly to North Korea. It is estimated that they will arrive in a few days at the earliest.

After Zhu Yong left, Zhu Zhanhe suddenly stepped forward and said, "Grandfather, if we jointly send troops to Kyushu with North Korea this time, we will be able to solve the Japanese pirates' problems in one fell swoop, so..."

"So what?"

At this time, Zhu Di's thoughts were all on North Korea and Japan, and he didn't realize what Zhu Zhanhe wanted to say?
"So, last time Xu Jingchang and I proposed to form a fleet to go to sea, can we prepare in advance?"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a smile.

The reason why Zhu Di rejected their proposal to go to sea last time was because he was worried about breaking the sea ban, which would cause the Japanese pirates to cause greater damage.

But now that the Japanese pirates have a complete solution, Zhu Di naturally has no reason to stop them from doing business at sea.

"This one……"

Zhu Di was also taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't expect Zhu Zhanhe to go around such a big circle, even to let the fleet of nobles go to sea.

"Grandfather, after Ge Chengerlang's Japanese pirates were wiped out by us, there is not much Japanese pirate power along the coast, which is enough to guarantee safety for a few years, and after a few years, when Kyushu Island is occupied by us, there will be no more Japanese pirates." , since that is the case, of course the sea ban is unnecessary."

Zhu Zhanhe said again.

"But……"

Zhu Di still hesitated and wanted to refuse, but he couldn't think of words to refuse.

"Grandfather, don't hesitate. You want to build three halls, and you also want to conquer the Japanese kingdom. All of these need money. What can be faster than going to sea to get money?"

Zhu Zhanhe continued to persuade without hesitation.

"The money you earn is yours, not mine."

Zhu Di suddenly stared and said.

"Grandfather, what you said is that nobles can send ships to sea, why can't you, as long as you nod, I will help you build a fleet, and the income will definitely not be less than anyone else!"

Zhu Zhanhe saw that Zhu Di was moved, so he said again immediately.

Hearing what Zhu Zhanhe said, Zhu Di was finally shaken. The last time the fleet came back from Nanyang, part of the income was the goods loaded by Zheng He's official ship, and these incomes were included in the inner treasury of the palace.

And the most important thing is that the income from going to sea has to be taxed to the Ministry of Households, which is also a considerable amount of income. Together, these incomes can not only solve the problem of rebuilding the three halls, but also don’t have to worry about running out of money to conquer the Wa Kingdom .

Thinking of this, Zhu Di finally nodded helplessly and said: "Well, for the matter of going to sea, you have exhausted your mind, and even wiped out the Japanese pirates yourself, and offered a strategy to attack Kyushu. If I disagree, I don't know if you will What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)