Chapter 436: The Japanese Kingdom Waiting for the Kamikaze
Zhu Ying's idea is very simple.
It is to build a Chinese cultural circle.
In fact, strictly speaking, in original history, Zhu Di was considered a colonizer.
That's Annan.
He mobilized 400,000 troops to capture Annan and establish Jiaozhi.
Although there is no concept of colonization, in fact it is not much different.
The final result, of course, ended in failure.
Zhu Ying had no intention of throwing out the concept of colonization.
The essence of colonization is actually the early plundering method of capital. In fact, the seeds of capital appeared in the Song Dynasty, but under the imperial system, there was no soil for development at all.
No matter how much wealth you control or how much land you own, unless you rebel, you are just a fat sheep in the eyes of the literati and military generals.
You can kill them whenever you want, without any room for resistance.
On the surface, the Song Dynasty did have some factors similar to the germination of capital, such as employment relationships, primitive industrialization, the accumulation of commercial capital, etc.
However, these superficial characteristics did not change the production mode in the developed areas of the Song Dynasty. Its essence was still a combination of the production mode of the traditional land-based agricultural society and the landlord-bureaucratic economic system.
In fact, every emperor, no matter whether he is mediocre or not, has the idea of opening up territories and expanding his territory in his heart.
Otherwise, should the vast land of the Ming Dynasty be given as a gift from others?
For example, in history, Zhu Di, who always wanted to prove himself to Zhu Yuanzhang, spent almost his whole life on horseback.
Because he felt guilty towards his father, he needed merit.
During the Yongle Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, Mongolia was conquered five times, and three major camps were set up outside the fortress to intimidate the frontiers.
The Oara Tatars paid tribute and became vassals, forcibly conquered Annan, directly removed the vassal and established counties, and included them in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Win over and control the Jurchen tribe, conquer Tibet, and set up the Xuanwei Department in Yunnan.
In the east, west, north and south, wherever there was room for expansion, Zhu Di took action.
However, in this case, Zhu Ying controlled Di Bao but did not express the concept of colonization. The root cause was the cultural characteristics of the Ming Dynasty itself.
Even for many people.
Even if I understand the concept of colonization, I still find it useless.
We also have to waste troops to govern the colonies. If the troops are less, there may be resistance from the local indigenous people.
For example, Yunnan, to a certain extent, is similar to the concept of colonization.
In fact, if it were not for Mu Ying, Annan might now be the area with the most frequent uprisings in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention overseas colonization.
It is completely a waste of people and money, and a waste of military power.
For now, none of the barbarian lands overseas can compare with the wealth of the Ming Dynasty.
My family hasn't developed well yet, so I just eat what's in the bowl and watch what's in the pot.
As for the development of capital, that is, businessmen, this is completely out of the thoughts of the ruling classes such as civil servants and military officers.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang never considered it.
What use can a businessman with a low social status have?
But now Zhu Ying is doing the opposite.
The order he issued to Li Shuming as a condition for letting him go was not stated clearly, but the implication was that Li Shuming would go to colonize overseas.
As the first wave of colonial actions before the Ming Dynasty's overseas voyages to the West, it was the first wave of colonization in history.
This is not to say that Zhu Ying was too ambitious, or that he could not see the disadvantages of improving the status of merchants and developing maritime trade.
A large amount of overseas wealth flowed into the Ming Dynasty. To a certain extent, it would only cause inflation.
The current population structure of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to 80% of the population being farmers due to limitations in food production and natural and man-made disasters.
In other words, these 80% of farmers support the other 20%.
The current key point is that with the cultivation of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, there is also the weakening and suppression of landowners in all aspects.
It is conceivable that within two years at most, a steady stream of labor will be slowly liberated from the fields.
Coupled with the stimulation of current policies, such as the policy of apportioning small households into acres, the population of Ming Dynasty will usher in waves of explosive growth in the future.
Zhu Ying knew very well that agriculture is the foundation for a country's rapid development, and industry is also extremely important.
Nowadays, various factories are constantly undertaking it.
The wealthy gentry from all over the country are also joining in.
The industry is developing rapidly, and within a few years, a large number of new generation rich people will appear.
After getting rid of the traditional merchants' behavior of hoarding goods, speculating, and occupying land, these emerging merchants who rely on industry will change the status of the original merchants.
These businessmen with basic patriotic qualities are the best foreign colonial personnel in Zhu Ying's heart.
When high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn began to flourish in the Ming Dynasty, they gradually solved the problem of food and clothing.
Inevitably, it will also spread outside the Ming Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, overseas human resources appear to be very useful.
It is an inevitable path to open factories outside the Ming Dynasty, use cheap labor for production, and even lead to the emergence of a large number of serfs.
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Japanese country.
One-third of Kyushu Island was occupied by foreign forces, which made all classes in the entire Japanese country begin to become nervous.
When I saw that the Ming Dynasty's army was not like the Mongol Yuan or even other invaders, they forcibly attacked Honshu Island, the most important island in the Japanese mainland.
The current emperor of Japan, Emperor Komatsu, panicked.
Speaking of Emperor Gomatsu, it is actually very unfamiliar to Zhu Ying. Otherwise, Emperor Gomatsu had a child, and Zhu Ying would be very clear about his name.
That is Ikkyu in the famous Japanese anime of later generations.
Monk Ikkyu's religious name was Ikkyu Sojun. Ikkyu's mother was the daughter of a noble of the Southern Dynasty. She was once favored by Emperor Gokomatsu, but was kicked out of the palace due to slander.
She was pregnant at the time, and later lived in a private house and gave birth to Ikkyu. Ikkyu became a monk at the age of six at Ankoku Temple in Kyoto.
And this year, the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, happened to be the year when Yixiu was born.
Calculating based on time, the current break has been three months.
Emperor Gokomatsu, who has turned thirty years old, does not yet know that he has a concubine who has given birth to a son for himself.
But even if he knew about it, he wouldn't say he cared about it now that Japan was facing the survival of the country.
In the palace of Japan, the great names and generals gathered together.
There is sadness on everyone's face.
The emperor is not the actual ruler, the shogun is.
The current shogun is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who ended the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu can be said to be at his most glorious moment now. As the general who conquered the barbarians, after completing the unification of the north and the south, his prestige has reached its peak in the entire Japanese country.
In fact, since Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took office, he had always been looking forward to conducting tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Documents continued to be sent to the capital, in which they continued to express their respect and admiration for the Ming Dynasty.
Since the seventh year of Hongwu, he has sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty several times.
From the seventh year of Hongwu's reign to the thirteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the name of "Japanese Conquest General Minamoto Yoshimitsu" and requested trade with the Ming Dynasty.
However, the Ming Dynasty rejected the request of the Muromachi Shogunate on the grounds that the Ming Dynasty believed that King Huairiang of the Japanese Kingdom of the "Dajue Clan" was the orthodox monarch of the Japanese Kingdom, while the "Chimei Clan" were rebellious ministers.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is a shogun of the "Meiji family" and should not be associated with him.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang received the letter of credence from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he rejected the tribute trade from the same town shogunate.
Naturally, the rejection does not mean that there is only one reason. The key lies in the disrespectful behavior of the Japanese towards the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "It's good if we haven't beaten you. If you still want to trade with our Ming Dynasty, just dream about it."
To a certain extent, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a high degree of economic sanctions against the Japanese country.
The Japanese country itself was not rich in resources and relied heavily on foreign trade. Under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo would naturally not listen to it.
Smuggling and Japanese pirates became the main ways for Japan to import resources in foreign trade.
But now, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was kneeling on the left side of Emperor Gokomatsu's head, looked gloomy.
"General, now the Ming Dynasty's army is almost completely occupying the entire Kyushu Island. Can our army just watch helplessly?"
"Although the Ming Dynasty's official army is indeed very powerful, our warriors are not vegetarians."
"I think the war should not be brought to Honshu Island, but everything should be tied to Kyushu Island."
In the palace, a daimyo expressed his opinion.
In his opinion, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty had never invaded Honshu Island.
Naturally, the Ming army cannot be allowed to invade.
Obviously, what this daimyo said was supported by most of the daimyo present.
According to the current situation, the best way for both Goryeo and Ming Dynasty is to accumulate troops and use the border from Kyushu Island to Honshu Island as a base point.
Defend by relying on the natural danger of the island.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not answer directly, but gave time for the following daimyo to discuss with each other.
It wasn't until he felt that the time was almost here that he coughed twice.
The feuding daimyo stopped when they heard the general cough.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said in a deep voice: "Many of the daimyo present here are from Kyushu Island."
"Everyone must be very clear about the situation on Kyushu Island."
"Amid the flanking attacks from Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty, our military strength on Kyushu Island has become extremely difficult to resist."
"That's why I, the general, ordered all the elite warriors to retreat to Honshu Island."
"I know very well that no one wants Honshu Island to be affected by the war, but you have to think clearly about one thing. Our ships have been completely destroyed by the ships of the Ming Dynasty."
"They are coming from Kyushu Island to Honshu Island, and we have no ability to fight against them."
"Many famous names should have come into contact with the Ming Dynasty's army and know how powerful they are."
"It is very difficult for us to win the final victory. This time the Ming army is not like before. They are moving step by step, regardless of the consumption of time, and just want to slowly eat away at us."
"This war may last for a long time."
"So we need to give them more territory, let their forces start to spread out, and let their troops be limited."
"Only in this way will we have hope of victory."
"If we fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty army now, we will be the only ones who die."
Ashikaga Yoshi has already served as the general to conquer barbarians when he was ten years old. He has spent the past twenty-five years in constant wars.
It was not until last year that a unified victory was achieved.
Therefore, he is very clear about controlling the war situation, and he also has very high military talents.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's ambitions were great.
The two Japanese masters captured by Zhu Di were actually secretly controlled by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and sent to the Ming Dynasty.
Even in order to hide it, the exposure of Xizuo would not damage his relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and even went through the hands of the nobles of the Southern Dynasty.
They thought they were loyal to the Emperor of the Southern Dynasties, but in fact the real person behind the scenes was Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Giving up Kyushu Island was a difficult choice for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
In the Japanese country, which suffered the end of the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the overall situation was not very good.
Especially in terms of military strength, internal fighting has left the overall military strength of the entire Japanese country in a very weak state.
Moreover, successive years of war have made the people of Japan very tired.
At this critical point, the joint attack of Goryeo and Ming Dynasty made Ashikaga Yoshimitsu very passive at this moment.
After hearing the general's speech, the daimyo present immediately fell silent.
Especially those daimyo who came from Kyushu Island. They were the ones who originally danced the most happily. After all, a large number of their territories have been annexed.
The remaining territory will be swallowed up soon.
But they did not ask the general to send a large army to attack Ming Dynasty and Goryeo.
Because everyone knows very well that Kyushu Island no longer has this ability.
"Can we just sit back and wait for death, waiting for the Ming Dynasty's army to slowly come to our Kyoto Prefecture?"
A daimyo from Honshu Island said unwillingly.
Obviously he was very dissatisfied with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's remarks.
The power structure of the Japanese country is similar to the concept of princes.
The daimyo is equivalent to the feudal princes and kings.
Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the shogun, he also needed to win the support of the daimyo.
This daimyo obviously has a strong foundation, so he is not very afraid of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, he didn't mean to be angry, but said calmly: "In another month, it will be the time for the divine wind to come."
"I have asked the palace administrator of the shrine, and he told me that the coming of the divine wind this time will deal a huge blow to the Goryeo and Ming armies."
"But this time the divine wind will not be like the one used against Meng Yuan. The Ming army, which suffered heavy losses, will still have a very strong combat power."
"So no matter what, we have to wait for the kamikaze to pass before we can decide how to fight."
Upon hearing the word "kamikaze", everyone present, including Emperor Gokomatsu who was the puppet above, became solemn.