Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 164 Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, the Japanese pirates were coming!

Time flies, and winter comes and spring comes in a blink of an eye.

During this period of nearly half a year, many things happened throughout the Ming Dynasty.

The war between the Ming army and the Northern Yuan Dynasty came to a standstill after achieving great results, because they had to follow the policy provided by Chu Nan, harvesting in spring and fighting in autumn.

So after several months of encirclement and suppression of the Northern Yuan people by the 100,000-strong Ming army led by Li Wenzhong, they switched to a defensive situation.

This made the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty very miserable. The Northern Yuan Dynasty had already been devastated and had very few resources left, so they were just thinking of grabbing something before the winter. However, who knew that there were 100,000 elite troops on the border of the Ming Dynasty alone.

This does not include the local soldiers, at least hundreds of thousands of people guarding the place, and they still managed to get nothing.

Therefore, many people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had no choice but to migrate westward, and the Northern Yuan court could not stop them.

The situation of the Zhen people was also not good, because they were beaten to death by the Koreans.

Originally, the Goryeo people were not very strong in combat and were completely unable to defeat the Nuzhen people. However, they could not resist Tang He's help from behind, so the Nuzhen people were defeated again and again. No one knew where they had fled to, a bitter and cold place.

So this winter, the privet people are also very sad.

But no matter how sad they were, the Ming army did not want to indulge them, because spring was coming and a new round of offensive by the Ming army was about to be launched.

Jinling.

above the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon throne, with ministers standing below him. They were holding court.

In addition to Hu Weiyong, Chu Nan, Liu Bowen and others, there were also Zhu Biao, Xu Da and others who had returned from the front a few months ago.

At this moment, Zhu Biao's skin became a little rough, but his whole body became much stronger, and there was a murderous look in his eyes, making him more heroic than before.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very happy. Now his son was more promising, all thanks to Chu Nan's idea.

As for the other princes, they have also mastered the ability to fight wars. Although they are still unable to lead troops on their own, they have many good insights into military affairs.

But now he still had to go to court, so Zhu Yuanzhang asked about the business: "My fellow ministers, is there anything important? If not, then let's adjourn the court."

The Ming Dynasty has been developing quite well recently, and there is a lot more silver in the treasury. Zhu Yuanzhang feels that nothing major will happen.

"Your Majesty!" But just when Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking this, the Minister of Revenue Lu Chang actually stood up with a serious expression.

"According to a report received this morning, a major earthquake occurred in Sichuan and Shu, killing and injuring tens of thousands of people, and leaving countless people homeless. We urgently need disaster relief from the court."

"What?" Upon hearing this, all the ministers present became panicked.

The earthquake was already a major disaster, and it had shaken the imperial court. But this disaster actually happened in Sichuan? That was even more terrifying.

Because Sichuan has fertile land and abundant grain production, if the disaster in Sichuan is not resolved in a timely manner, how many people will starve to death?

Moreover, Sichuan and Shu are far away from Nanjing, and the imperial court has insufficient control over them. If the problem is not handled properly, it may even provoke private action, which would then create trouble.

Even Chu Nan frowned. This earthquake was indeed a very troublesome thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also turned ugly.

"This has happened? We need to provide disaster relief immediately, otherwise there will be a major incident." Then he looked at Lu Chang and said, "Lu Chang, you are responsible for this matter. You are the Minister of Revenue. You will be responsible for mobilizing food and grass, sowing silver, and providing disaster relief."

"Your Majesty..." But when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's order, Lu Chang looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled.

"Don't tell me that there is no money in the treasury? How could there be no money when we have so many good policies in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Hearing this, Lu Chang nodded quickly.

"The Ming Dynasty has taken a lot of measures recently, including increasing the salaries of officials and providing military pay to soldiers on the front lines. Even so, the silver reserves in the national treasury have exceeded 10 million taels, and the reserves are still increasing. However..."

"But what...just say it if you have something to say!" Zhu Yuanzhang was anxious.

The other ministers also frowned. Could it be that with so much money, they couldn't provide disaster relief? Wasn't this a joke?

Lu Chang's face turned very ugly: "But, although my Ming Dynasty has money now, it has no food."

"Because General Li Wenzhong has 100,000 troops on the front line, they have to eat and feed the horses, so they consume a lot of food every day. Although our Ming Dynasty is rich, its productivity is still too poor after all."

"If we only give them money but no food, the people of Sichuan and Shu will still not be able to survive and will still rebel!"

"What!" Upon hearing this, the entire hall was in an uproar. The ministers had never expected that the situation would turn out like this.

The Ming Dynasty had so much money, but it didn't have food to provide disaster relief? Isn't that incredible?

"Minister Lu?" But at this time, Liu Bowen frowned again, then looked at Lu Chang and asked curiously.

"Then Daming has so much money, can't it buy food from other places? Daming is short of food, but other places may not be short of food, right?"

"Yes." The ministers also started discussing. When the Ming Dynasty was short of food before, wasn't this the method they used to solve the problem?
"It's not possible recently." But after hearing Liu Bowen's words, Xu Da on the side frowned.

"Recently, there have been Japanese pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. There are quite a few of them. They often rob our Ming Dynasty ships, kill the people on them, and plunder treasures."

"The people suffered terribly. Every time the government wanted to encircle and suppress them, they took advantage of their boats to escape. After the government troops left, they came back and became very rampant."

"So our Ming Dynasty's foreign maritime trade was OK before, but now the business is not so good, all because of these Japanese pirates."

"What?" Hearing this, the ministers present were shocked. Japanese pirates? There is such a thing?
Chu Nan also frowned. He remembered that when the Yuan Dynasty was in power, there were Japanese pirates on the southeast coast of China, but the scale was not very large.

He remembered that the largest scale of the war was during the Jiajing period, but isn't it the Hongwu period now? How come the Japanese pirates are also causing such a big trouble?

Is it really because of my arrival that history has changed?

"Bold Japanese pirates!" Just when everyone was shocked, Zhu Yuanzhang became angry.

"I have finally made up my mind to lift the maritime ban and expand trade with the surrounding countries, but these Japanese pirates dare to attack our Ming ships and kill our Ming people? How audacious!"

"If we let them continue like this, how can our Ming Dynasty trade with other countries overseas? And how can our Ming Dynasty's fleets that go overseas to get food come back?"

"These Japanese pirates deserve to die. They must be eliminated. I want them all to die!!!"

(End of this chapter)