Chapter 117: The first disagreement between grandfather and grandson
"Dasun, tell us how many things are still being hidden from us."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
This eldest grandson is really not that simple.
"Grandpa, how can I hide anything from you? You haven't even asked me about this."
Zhu Ying said helplessly.
Just because you can't find out, you can't just say I hid it.
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless. What Grand Sun said was true.
"Princess Annan, we think it's good. Since you sent it here, you can keep it when the time comes. Anyway, I don't intend to let you go, considering you are a brat."
Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said jokingly.
Zhu Ying pursed her lips and said, "The princess is not a big deal, but Annan must be taken down."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned immediately.
He couldn't help but have a slight scolding in his tone: "It's just a remote Annan. What's there to worry about? If it was in the past, that's it. Now the Ming Dynasty is not enough for you to worry about."
"I haven't settled my own affairs well, and I'm still thinking about the outside world. You have been living on the border for a long time, so you should be able to see the current situation in the Ming Dynasty better than we can."
"The most important thing is to run your own business well first. Just like you told us about the Ming Dynasty Baobao last time, the current situation in the treasury is worse than you imagined."
"How can we not know the situation of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes? But now that natural disasters are continuing, this is the only solution at the moment."
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone became slightly aggravated.
If the situation had been different before, it would have been easier for him to reprimand him, but with Da Sun's intelligence, you shouldn't be able to see this situation now.
At present, the Ming Dynasty's territory is already large enough in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion. To waste people and money to attack those small countries, for the Ming Dynasty, it is just a militancy.
Zhu Ying listened quietly to the old man's words without interrupting or expressing her thoughts impatiently.
He knew that the old man was limited by his thinking, or vision.
In fact, for the emperors of the past dynasties, many small countries were just a small area on the map. Fighting them was troublesome and laborious, and even if they were defeated, there would be no benefit.
Except for some emperors who naturally like to expand their territories, other emperors basically have no interest at all.
Moreover, there are always many things happening in every dynasty in the Central Plains. When the emperor is too centralized, it means he has to deal with a lot of things every day, just like the old man is doing now.
When the emperor's centralization of power was not enough, he basically thought of ways every day to balance the power of the parties in the court and take power into his own hands.
Not to mention those who like to have fun. If they don’t have enough time to play, how can they have time to take care of those small countries?
After the old man finished scolding him, Zhu Ying began to explain slowly:
"Grandpa, you don't know something. In Grandpa's heart, Annan is probably surrounded by high mountains and miasma. When the army passes by, it will be very easy for us to adapt to the climate."
"Just like the road to Shu, marching is difficult, the country is small and the people are small, and there is no profit to be made. That's right."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "It's good that you know. In our opinion, it is better to fight against Japan than to fight against Annan. At least there is a lot of money as you said."
"Expand a little effort and defeat the Japanese country. At least our Ming Dynasty will not have to worry about running out of money for a hundred years."
Zhu Ying replied: "Silver cannot be used as food, but grandpa, do you know that Annan has natural advantages for growing rice."
"The rice in Annan is basically three-crop rice, which means three crops a year. The rice growing areas in Annan are basically irrigated by rivers."
"With natural water conservancy and extremely fertile soil, the yield per mu is several times higher than our fertile fields in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Ying explained slowly.
In fact, he himself doesn't know much about Annan, but he still knows about the tropical rainforest climate.
The most important thing is that Annan in later generations was a big exporter of grain. It had not much arable land but a large number of people, and could still export a large amount of grain.
It is enough to show that it plays a great role in cultivated land.
The biggest reason why it has not appeared now is because the farming technology in Annan is too backward, and the Annan government does not pay enough attention to rice.
And because there is no rice planting technology, the agricultural sector in Annan has not yet taken off due to many factors.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he hesitated with a hint of disbelief, but his words were extremely certain.
So he asked: "Dasun, these things are not a joke."
In his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang still remained skeptical, including the Japanese Yinshan mentioned by Da Sun.
It's just that the Japanese pirates were too arrogant and the Ming Dynasty's envoy was killed. He had been holding back his anger for twenty years.
Before, Da Sun insisted on attacking the Japanese country. He felt that he might not be able to stop it, so he just decided to do it.
Now we came to Annan again, and this time Da Sun said it was a food problem.
Food is much more important than money.
"Grandpa, I was thinking of going to Annan to found the country. Naturally, I have already investigated this matter clearly. In fact, as to whether this matter is true or not, I can just send some special agents to inquire about it."
Zhu Ying explained.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded subconsciously.
It's hard to tell about the Japanese silver. There are still many ministers in the Ming Dynasty who know about agriculture. They sent a few envoys to check it out. Whether what the great sun said is true or false will be known immediately.
Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately believed what Da Sun said.
"If this is really the case, it seems that Annan is still quite important." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured, and his heart suddenly started to beat a little.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and food has always been the most important issue for the Ming Dynasty.
As long as there is enough food, are you afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not be able to grow?
Seeing that the old man was moved, Zhu Ying quickly struck while the iron was hot and said: "It's not just the Japanese country, Annan. I have been in the deserts and grasslands of the Western Regions for many years, and many small countries seem to be of no use at all."
"But in fact, it is of great significance to the Ming Dynasty."
"The silver obtained by fighting the Japanese country and the grain obtained by conquering Annan. In this way, there is no way to waste money and waste people."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang began to fall silent.
He had to admit that Da Sun's statement really moved him.
Who would object to the fact that they have a lot of money and food?
Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty is affected by natural disasters, and there is little money and food.
However, the proposition hidden in Da Sun's words was so great that most people, even Zhu Yuanzhang, could not take on this problem.
Once the Ming Dynasty started its conquest, it could not be stopped easily.
The scale of a war is far from being fought in a few days or months.
No one says that once a war is started, it will be won.
Due to various unexpected factors, it was as powerful as the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty when it was founded, but it failed one after another in a small place like Japan.
The failure of the two wars resulted in huge losses for the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and also laid huge hidden dangers.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been a warlike person.
When he first joined the rebellion, it was because he could no longer survive. If he didn't rebel, he would starve to death.
Needless to say, the subsequent battles were basically driven by the situation at that time.
If I don't hit you, you will hit me.
The only option is to fight, there is no way out.
So when the entire Central Plains was conquered, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his conquests and turned to recuperate.
The reason why he had an army of one million was because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to protect his family business, rather than because he had any idea of enclosing the wolf as a vassal and expanding his territory.
Even if he becomes the emperor, from the bottom of his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang is still a person who wants to protect the family business.
The ambition in Sun's words cannot be said to be concealed, but it can be said to be completely undisguised, and his desire to conquer is clearly revealed.
Zhu Ying saw that the old man looked a little heavy, and knew that the old man must be very troubled in his heart.
The meaning of Zhu Ying's words today was very direct, and even he knew that the old man was very resistant to these topics.
But he still chose to speak out, because too many things could not be solved overnight based on ancient conditions.
Some preparations may even take several years of preparation.
So he wanted to tell it in advance to test the old man's attitude. Even if he was disgusted by it, he didn't care.
He didn't even care about the worst-case scenario of missing out on the Ming Emperor's throne.
In his current situation, even if he cannot become the Ming Emperor because of this incident, with his status, there is no problem in becoming a vassal king.
In the name of Ming Dynasty, there are simply not many things he can do.
Besides, if not the Ming Emperor, who would?
Or should we say Zhu Yunwen?
If this is really the case, I am afraid that it may not be Zhu Di who will be in trouble by then.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Ying felt that for now, it was better not to push the old man too hard.
He changed the subject and said: "Grandpa, last time I told you about the granulation of gunpowder. Have you arranged it to be done by the Gunpowder Department?"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang came back from his meditation and said: "The memorial came over yesterday and it is said to have been completed, but the effect has not been tested yet."
Zhu Ying was slightly startled when he heard this.
So fast? You're not mistaken, it's only been a few days, and the gunpowder has been successfully granulated?
Although the granulation of gunpowder is not complicated, the action of the gunpowder department was really too fast. It was completely beyond his imagination.
At this time, Zhu Yingcai understood that the current scientific research capabilities in the early Ming Dynasty were not comparable to those in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Grandpa, I want to go to the Gunpowder Department again tomorrow." Zhu Ying couldn't help but say.
He wondered if the gunpowder department had made a mistake.
"Okay, let's go with you tomorrow to see if this is what Dasun said."
Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Dasun gave him a lot of advice. So far, the work-for-relief program is pretty good.
Japan and Annan are too far away.
The closest thing that can be seen is the so-called granulation of gunpowder.
In Da Sun's words, the granulation of gunpowder seems to be quite important, and even feels a bit exaggerated.
It seems that once completed, the damage of firearms can be increased by one level.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see for himself if this was really the case.
So Zhu Yuanzhang should pay more attention to the Yinshan and Annan rice of Japan mentioned by Da Sun.
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood that if the power of firearms could be improved to a higher level.