Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 117 Military power is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty

After communicating with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao called Zhu Di to the palace in the afternoon.

The two brothers walked slowly and steadily in the square outside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Biao said to Zhu Di: "Old Four."

"Yeah, big brother."

"You did a great job with this."

"It should."

"What do you think about the future?"

"In the future?"

Zhu Di scratched his head and said, "Yunfeng said that we will probably establish a country overseas in the future."

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "What about you?"

'Myself?'

Zhu Di thought about it.

He couldn't become an emperor, and he didn't want to establish a country overseas.

Or.

After experiencing modern life, he found that being an emperor was not as good as modern life.
In modern times, not only is everything available, but as long as you have money, it is not difficult to live like an emperor.

So it’s no wonder that Zhu Yunfeng had been secretly telling his father about this, saying that Old Zhu was guarding against him openly and secretly.

But in Zhu Yunfeng's opinion, this is no different from a beggar who is always on guard against a rich man stealing his broken bowl.

Compared with modern life, the ancient throne is nothing.

Therefore, if one were to ask Zhu Di what he really thought, it must be that being a wealthy man in modern times is better than being a prince or Emperor Yongle in ancient times.

In fact, he could also satisfy his desire to be an emperor.

Because Zhu Di of the Yongle Dynasty invited him to be the emperor many times, and also invited Zhu Yuanzhang to show up a few times.

the reason is simple.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went there and brought young Zhu Di with him, it proved that Emperor Taizu was a god, and he was even able to bring the 20-year-old Zhu Di with him.

For the middle-aged Zhu Di, there was no need for any means to consolidate his power. The biggest means for Zhu Yuanzhang and young Zhu Di to show off their power in front of people was his greatest means to consolidate his power.

So if he wanted to become the Yongle Emperor and go to the Yongle Dynasty, the middle-aged Zhu Di would be eager to sit on the dragon throne with him, overlooking the officials in the court and appreciating the expressions of the officials below when they saw the middle-aged and young Zhu Di sitting together.

But the young Zhu Di often perfunctorily dealt with the Yongle Dynasty. He would either bring some seeds over or get some Yongle silver coins to help the big Zhu Di over there revitalize the agricultural economy.

After the things were delivered, he just taught Zhu Di how to use them, and then fled back to the modern era at a rapid pace, not caring much about the Yongle Dynasty at all.

joke.

Compared to lying at home playing computer or mobile phone games, occasionally going out to pick up girls, going to the bar to have fun, living in a mansion, driving a luxury car, opening champagne and living a carefree life; sitting in the Qianqing Palace or Fengtian Gate to issue orders and govern the country is completely incomparable.

Perhaps some people would say that Zhu Di had no sense of responsibility, and yet he was still the Yongle Emperor.

But the problem was that the Hongwu Dynasty already had Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, and the Yongle Dynasty already had the elder Zhu Di. He, the younger Zhu Di, was redundant. It was already very responsible for him to help Zhu Yuanzhang make AK. Did he really have to be the emperor?
Zhu Di might not think much of working in the Yongle Dynasty for a few days, but he would get annoyed after a long time. It's the same as your family members missing you when they see you haven't been home for a long time, but they dislike you as soon as you return home.

Therefore, if one really asks himself, Zhu Di actually wants to go to modern times and live a life of a wealthy man where he just eats and waits for death.

"Of course, it's to contribute to my father and elder brother."

Zhu Di said without changing his expression.

Ok.

What you think in your heart is one thing, and what you say is naturally another.

If he told the truth, the boss would definitely beat him.

"it is good!"

Zhu Biao was very satisfied and said happily: "Brother also respects your wishes. In fact, you can live your own life. I will explain it to father later so that he can restrict you less."

"Thank you, brother."

Zhu Di was secretly happy.

If Lao Zhu could refrain from giving him mandatory orders in the future, he could have stayed in the modern era.

"But you still have to pay attention to your father's cause."

Zhu Biao changed the subject and said, "Yunnan has not been recovered yet. Father asked you to send the guns to him immediately. You should leave today and return early."

"it is good."

Zhu Di agreed.

As they were talking, two voices suddenly came from the direction of the underground palace not far away.

"Come on, try harder."

"Don't you see how heavy it is? My waist is almost broken from lifting it."

"Next time we have to remove the tile stairs and replace them with concrete ramps. We'll also have to get a forklift over there later."

"Go to the Ministry of Industry and tell them that whoever dares to come here now will be afraid of losing their heads without you."

The two voices were obviously Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He.

The two of them were acting mysterious today and haven't come over yet. I didn't expect them to come now.

"What are you doing?"

Zhu Biao and Zhu Di walked over.

Then I saw two people struggling to carry a motorcycle out of the underground palace.

This motorcycle is very high-end and has a very domineering appearance. The overall white appearance is full of high-grade metal texture.

The most important thing is that there is a fan-shaped structure in front of the driver's seat, and there is a huge electronic display screen on it, which adds a sense of technology.

Zhu Yunfeng patted the motorcycle mat and said happily: "I bought a CFMOTO 1250TR-G for a little over yuan. Let's try it out in Ming Dynasty. In the future, the Ming army will drive this thing to chase the Mongols. Wouldn't that be great?"

"One hundred thousand? That's too much."

Zhu Di went forward and touched it, feeling its weight, he exclaimed in amazement: "It would be nice to have a bicycle."

"That's easy. I'll open a bicycle factory in modern times and deliver them to you."

"By the way, what are you guys talking about here?"

After Zhu Yunfeng finished speaking, he was surprised and said, "Usually you are busy with your own things, one of you is handling state affairs, and the other is playing with machines in the workshop. Why are you taking a walk together today?"

Zhu Biao said, "Isn't it that the Ming Dynasty is thriving, and you are thinking about what the fourth brother should do in the future? Just ask him what he thinks."

"Is there any need to think about this? Just conquer the whole world."

Zhu Yunfeng smiled and said, "First, we need to deal with the Jurchens in the northeast, and then we will immediately emigrate to the outside of the Great Wall. Then we will destroy the Koreans and the Xiaozi people, dominate the East, and then we will set out to attack the whole world."

"You put it lightly."

Zhu Biao was amused by his words and said with a smile: "It's easy to clean up the Northeast, but do you know how cold it is in the Northeast?"

After that, he shook his head and said, "The Ming Dynasty needs to develop too much. Food will not be available until next year. The cotton seeds you sent can only be planted in Lingnan and Qiongzhou. If you want to plant them in the Western Regions, you have to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty at least."

In later generations, my country had enough cotton and achieved warmth and freedom. That was because cotton not only took root and sprouted in Xinjiang, but also had related planting industries all over the country, so there was no shortage of cotton wool products to keep out the cold.

But in the Ming Dynasty, although cotton was available, it was very scarce.

In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order: For all people with five to ten acres of land, plant half an acre of mulberry, hemp, and kapok each; for more than ten acres, double the amount.

However, the cotton at that time was kapok, which had low yield and poor ability to resist cold. When it was first promoted, the people were miserable. They could not even get enough food but were forced to grow low-yield cash crops.

Therefore, this policy was promoted for a hundred years, and it was not until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, after a hundred years of development, that cotton became more abundant.

In contrast, my country's cotton is mainly Malvaceae cotton, which is completely different from kapok.

Moreover, after being cultivated in my country, the cotton produced is of high yield and good quality. Zhu Yunfeng has naturally sent cotton seeds of various varieties, including those planted in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Because although some cotton requires a lot of heat and is better grown in Xinjiang, many varieties of cotton bred by the country are cold-resistant and high-yielding, and can be grown in places with insufficient heat.

However, at present, the Ming Dynasty must first solve the problem of food and clothing and increase the grain supply before it can grow cash crops. Therefore, the formal large-scale promotion of cotton will have to wait until next year or the year after.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step.

The Ming Dynasty needs so much now.

Basic education, basic industries, food and clothing, economic development, etc.

These are not problems that can be solved by Zhu Yunfeng simply bringing in some modern industrial products.

So Zhu Biao felt helpless many times.

Of course he wanted to achieve success overnight, but that was unrealistic.

"Then I'll open another clothing factory."

Zhu Yunfeng thought for a moment and said, "Of course I know that taking too big a step can easily lead to trouble, so I just briefly outlined this plan, but you have to understand one thing."

"what's up?"

“It’s the 14th century.”

"I understand your idea."

"But you haven't understood what this means yet."

"Oh? What does that mean?"

"The national strength of the Ming Dynasty is already at the top of the world. If we add some modern industrial products, we will basically be able to dominate the world."

Zhu Yunfeng said eloquently: "The world order is actually achieved through military domination. Our ancestors did not dare to destroy the Northeastern Jurchens at the beginning because the Ming Dynasty was threatened by the Northern Yuan Dynasty and they had to care about international influence and did not dare to take direct action. But when we have guns in our hands, we don't need to care about other people's public opinion, because if you say bad things about me, I will destroy your entire nation. So in two years, it will be the time for the Ming Dynasty to formulate a world order system. Do you understand what it means now?"

"That's true. I watched a short video before, which said that South Korea was an invented country. During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was big enough to colonize the whole world. If it weren't for the checks and balances of Germany and France, Britain would be even more powerful."

Zhu Di also said: "After World War II, without the Russian bear, the United States would have been the hegemon. But even with the Russian bear as a constraint, it firmly controlled the entire Western world through the Bretton Woods system and the Marshall Plan to aid Europe. Once the Russian bear disintegrated, its claws would reach out to the whole world. And maintaining its hegemony is the many military bases around the world. Military force is the basis for global hegemony."

"Sure, Old Four."

Ji He was surprised and said, "Your year has not been in vain."

"That is required."

Zhu Di was very proud.

joke.

Although on the surface he is Zhu Di, a classmate who loves playing games, he secretly reads a lot of political theories and watches videos, okay?

"Old Four is right. This is exactly what happened."

“To put it simply and crudely, the West is essentially a world that serves capital.”

"Their so-called democracy is a mistranslation by the Japanese. To be precise, it should be called democracy, which is a fake democracy."

"Because their so-called referendum does not refer to who can govern the country, but who has the money."

"Think about it, no matter how strong your political ability is, who knows you? You must rely on publicity."

"So who controls the propaganda machine? Of course, it's the rich."

“So those rich people can get anyone they want.”

“Those who come to power immediately give back to the capitalists, and after stepping down, they become consultants to capital companies and continue to enjoy a comfortable life.”

"This has resulted in Western-style democratic governments essentially being governments that serve capital, and they are just using the cloak of democracy to do the work of robbers."

"The deeper core is that the West controls public opinion and military power and maintains hegemony, so according to their principles, whoever has money controls the world."

"But there is a problem here. Only with money can you have a strong military."

Zhu Yunfeng looked around and said to a few people, "In the world of the Ming Dynasty, who is the richest and who controls the military power?"

This is the same as the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty was a powerful nation, full of martial virtues, and possessed absolute military might.

I am sending an envoy to make peace with your countries in the Western Regions and to ask you to establish a vassal relationship with the Han Dynasty.

you are not willing?

Well.

My messenger has met with trouble with you.

It's time for me to send troops.

The same is true in the West.

If you are not democratic, then I will force you to be democratic.

Covered in the guise of so-called democracy and freedom, they simply find "legal" excuses for their banditry.

The Han Dynasty will lose several envoys.

The West doesn't even pretend.

So in essence, except for our country, this world is a world of bandits.

Modern my country is armed with great ideas, and therefore adheres to the principle of non-interference in other countries and respecting the destiny of other countries.

But in the world of Ming Dynasty.

If you don't eat it, you will have to wait for the technical knowledge to be introduced to the West and then the Westerners will eat it.

Therefore, when food and military virtue are plentiful, it is time to strike first and gain the upper hand.

Hesitation will only lead to defeat.

"this one"

Hearing Zhu Yunfeng's words, Zhu Biao smiled embarrassedly and said, "It seems to be in the hands of my Ming Dynasty."

"That's right."

Zhu Yunfeng said happily: "With economic and military hegemony in hand, the right of interpretation naturally belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Why can we just make up a random reason to eliminate others? Is there any need to think about it?"

"Well, you're right."

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "It seems that I should suggest to my father that we continue the foreign war next year."

"The first one should be the Japanese."

Ji He said angrily: "We should have killed those dwarfs long ago."

"Look, he's in a hurry."

Zhu Yunfeng pointed at him and said, "Let's fight to the island. Do you have a boat?"

"No, I have to get back to the boat engine right away."

Ji He left impatiently.

"Impatient."

Zhu Yunfeng watched him rush back to the modern era, smiled and didn't stop him.

This is the reality.

The Ming Dynasty's military force was indeed invincible in the same period, but your productivity was not enough.

How difficult would it be to explore the whole world with that small sailboat?

Maybe we are overthinking about expanding into the whole world now, but in recent years, we should indeed deploy a plan for the entire East Asia.

According to Zhu Yunfeng's idea, the Ming Dynasty should first dominate the East, monopolize the world trade system and military hegemony, build more military bases in Africa, Europe, and America, and then establish its own global order.

(End of this chapter)