The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Ying's idea is very simple.

It is to build a Han cultural circle.

In fact, strictly speaking, in the original history, Zhu Di was also a colonist.

That is Annan.

An army of 40 was mobilized to defeat Annan and establish Jiaozhi.

Although there is no idea of ​​​​the concept of colonization, it is actually not much different.

The final result, of course, ended in failure.

Zhu Ying did not intend to throw out the concept of colonization.

The essence of colonization is actually the plundering method of capital in the early days. In fact, capital sprouted 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, in the eyes of literati and generals, you are just a fat sheep.

Kill whenever you want, kill whenever you want, there is not even a little room for resistance.

On the surface, the Song Dynasty did have some factors similar to the budding of capital, such as employment relations, primitive industrialization, accumulation of commercial capital, and so on.

However, these superficial features did not change the mode of production in the developed areas of the Song Dynasty, and its essence was still a combination of the mode of production of the traditional land agricultural society and the economic system of the landlord bureaucracy.

Every emperor, no matter if he is stupid or not, has the idea of ​​expanding the territory in his heart.

Otherwise, the vast land of Daming today should be given by others.

Like in history, Zhu Di, who always wanted to prove himself to Zhu Yuanzhang, spent almost his whole life on horseback.

Because he has guilt towards his father in his heart, he needs merit.

In the Yongle Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, Mongolia was conquered five times, and three camps were set up outside the Great Wall to deter the frontier.

The Oala Tatars paid tribute and proclaimed their ministers, forced Annan to be confiscated, directly withdrew the feudal domain and established a county, and included it in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Win over and control the Jurchen tribe, subdue Tibet, and set up a propaganda department in Yunnan.

East, west, north, south, wherever possible expansion, Zhu Di went to do it.

However, in this case, Zhu Ying controlled the Dibao, but did not express the concept of colonization. The root cause was the cultural characteristics of Ming Dynasty itself.

Even for many people it seems.

Even if you understand the concept of colonization, it is useless.

It is also a waste of troops to govern the colonies. If there are fewer troops, they may be resisted by the local aborigines.

For example, Yunnan, to a certain extent, is similar to the concept of colonization.

In fact, if Annan didn't have Mu Ying, it might be the most frequent uprising area in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Let alone overseas colonization.

It is completely wasteful of people and money, and militaristic.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the overseas barbarian lands can't compare to the wealth of Ming Dynasty.

My family hasn't developed well yet, so I just eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot.

As for the development of capital, that is, businessmen, this is completely out of the thinking of the ruling class, civil servants and military officials.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang never considered it.

What is the use of a businessman with a low social status.

But now Zhu Ying is doing the opposite.

The decree he issued to Li Shuming, as a condition for letting him go, was not stated explicitly, but the meaning in it was to let Li Shuming go overseas to colonize.

As the first wave of colonial operations that really started before the Ming Dynasty went abroad and went to the West in history.

This is not to say that Zhu Ying is too ambitious, or that he cannot see the disadvantages of improving the status of merchants and developing maritime trade.

A large amount of overseas wealth flowed into Daming, and to a certain extent, it would only be regarded as inflation.

The current population structure of Ming Dynasty, due to the limitation of grain production, natural disasters and man-made disasters, means that [-]% of the population are farmers.

That is, [-]% of the farmers support the other [-]%.

The current key, along with the planting of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, also weakens and suppresses landlords in all aspects.

It is conceivable that within two years at most, the continuous labor force will be slowly liberated from the fields.

Coupled with the current policies, such as the stimulation of policies such as sharing the land into the mu, the population of Daming will usher in waves of continuous explosive growth in the future.

Zhu Ying is very clear that for the rapid development of a country, agriculture is naturally the foundation, and industry is also extremely important.

Now various factories are constantly undertaking.

Rich and wealthy gentry from all over the country are also constantly joining in.

The industry is developing rapidly, and within a few years, a large number of new generations of wealthy people will appear.

After getting rid of the behavior of traditional merchants, hoarding goods, speculating, and enclosing land, these emerging merchants relying 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 mind.

When high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn began to flourish in Daming, the problem of food and clothing was gradually solved.

Inevitably, it will also spread outside of Daming.

Under such circumstances, overseas human resources are very useful.

It is an inevitable path to open factories outside of Ming Dynasty, use cheap labor force for production, and even the emergence of a large number of serfs.

Japanese country.

One-third of Kyushu Island is occupied by foreign forces, which makes all classes in the entire Wa Kingdom become tense.

When I saw that Ming's army was not like the former Mongolian Yuan, or even other invaders, forcibly attacking the most important Honshu Island in the Japanese mainland.

The current emperor of Japan, Emperor Komatsu panicked.

Speaking of Emperor Komatsu, it was actually very strange to Zhu Ying. Otherwise, Emperor Komatsu had a child, and Zhu Ying would be very clear about his name.

That is Ikkyu in the famous Japanese anime in later generations.

Ikkyu's legal name is Ikkyu Zongchun. Ikkyu's mother was the daughter of a nobleman in the Southern Dynasty. She was once favored by Emperor Komatsu. She was kicked out of the palace because of slander.

She was pregnant at the time, and later lived in a private home.Yixiu was born.Yixiu became a monk at the age of six at Anguo Temple in Kyoto.

And this year, the 26th year of Hongwu, happened to be the year Yixiu was born.

Calculated according to the time, the current Yixiu has been three months.

Emperor Komatsu, who has reached the age of 30, does not know that he has a concubine for the time being, and has given birth to a son for himself.

But even if he knew, he wouldn't say he cared about it now that he was facing the survival of the Wa kingdom.

In the palace of the Wa kingdom, the daimyo, the general, gathered together.

There is sadness on everyone's face.

The emperor was not the actual ruler, the shogun was.

The current shogun is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who ended the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wa Kingdom.

It can be said that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is now the most glorious time. 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 Wa country.

In fact, since Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took office, in his heart, he has been looking forward to the tribute trade with Ming Dynasty.

Documents were constantly passed on to the capital, in which he expressed his respect and admiration for Daming.

Since the seventh year of Hongwu, envoys have been sent to Daming several times.

From the seventh year of Hongwu to the 13th year of Hongwu, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the name of "General Yoshimitsu Yuanyuan, who conquered barbarians from the Japanese country", and asked for 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 the "King Huailiang of the Wa Kingdom" of the "Dajue Clan" was the orthodox monarch of the Wa Kingdom, while the "Chi Ming Clan" was a rebellious minister.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is a general of the "Jiming family", let alone fellowship with him.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang received the letter of credence from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he rejected the tribute trade with the Muromachi shogunate.

Naturally, the refusal does not mean that there is only one reason. The key to this is the disrespectful behavior of the Wa Kingdom towards Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's words: "It's not bad if we didn't beat you. If you want to trade with our Ming Dynasty, go ahead and dream."

To a certain extent, Zhu Yuanzhang imposed a high degree of economic sanctions on the Wa country.

The Wa country itself is not rich in resources and is very dependent on foreign trade. Under the suppression of Ming Dynasty, naturally Goryeo will not agree with it.

And smuggling and Japanese pirates have become the main way for the Japanese country to import resources in foreign trade.

But now, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was kneeling on the left side of Emperor Komatsu's lower head, looked gloomy.

"General, now Daming's army is almost completely occupying the entire Kyushu Island. Could it be that our army is just watching helplessly?"

"The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are indeed very powerful, but our warriors are not vegetarians."

"I think that war should not be introduced to Honshu Island, but everything should be tied to Kyushu Island."

In the palace, a daimyo offered his opinion.

In his opinion, the former Mongolian Yuan had never entered Honshu Island.

Naturally, Daming's army cannot be allowed to enter.

Obviously, what this daimyo said was supported by most of the daimyos present.

According to the current situation, whether it is for Korea or Ming Dynasty, the best way is to accumulate troops and use the border between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island as a base point.

Relying on the natural danger of the island to guard.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not answer directly, but gave time for the following daimyos to discuss with each other.

It wasn't until he felt that the timing was about the same that he coughed twice.

The disputing daimyos stopped when they heard the general coughing.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said in a deep voice: "Many of the daimyos here are from Kyushu Island."

"Regarding the situation on Kyushu Island, everyone must be very clear."

"Among the two sides of the Koryo and Ming dynasties, our troops on Kyushu Island are already very difficult to resist."

"That's why General Ben made all the elite warriors retreat to Honshu Island."

"I'm very clear that everyone doesn't want Honshu Island to be affected by the flames of war, but you have to be clear about one thing. Our sea ships have been completely destroyed by Ming Dynasty sea ships."

"They came from Kyushu Island to Honshu Island, and we simply have no ability to fight against them."

"A lot of big names should have been in contact with the army of the Ming Dynasty and know how powerful they are."

"It is very difficult for us to win the final victory. This time the Ming army is not the same as before. They take every step, regardless of the time consumption, and only want to eat us slowly."

"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 any hope of victory."

"If we fight to the death with the army of the Ming Dynasty now, then we will be the only ones who will die."

Ashikaga Yoshitoshi has served as the general who conquered barbarians when he was ten years old, and he has spent 25 years in constant wars.

It was not until last year that a unification victory was achieved.

Therefore, he is very clear about the control of the war situation, and he also has very high military talents.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has great ambitions.

The two spies from the Japanese country that Zhu Di captured were actually secretly manipulated by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and sent to Daming.

Even in order to conceal and expose carefully so as not to damage his relationship with the Ming Dynasty, he deliberately passed the hands of the nobles of the Southern Dynasty.

They thought that they were loyal to the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, but in fact the real master behind the scenes was Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Abandoning Kyushu Island is a difficult choice for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

In the country of Wa, which suffered from the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties War, the overall situation is not very good.

Especially in terms of military strength, internal fighting has made the comprehensive military strength of the entire Japanese country in a very weak state.

Moreover, the years of war have exhausted the people of the Wa Kingdom.

At this critical point, the joint attack of Goryeo and Daming made Ashikaga Yoshimitsu very passive at the moment.

Hearing the general's speech, the daimyos present fell silent immediately.

Especially those daimyos from Kyushu Island, they were the ones who danced the most. After all, a large number of their territories have been annexed.

The rest of the territory will be swallowed up soon.

But they did not ask the general to send an army to attack Daming and Goryeo.

Because everyone is very clear in their hearts that Kyushu Island no longer has this ability.

"Can we just sit and wait for death, waiting for the army of the Ming Dynasty to slowly come to our capital?"

A daimyo from Honshu Island said unwillingly.

Obviously very dissatisfied with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's rhetoric.

The power composition of the Wa Kingdom is similar to the concept of princes.

Daming is equivalent to the feudal princes and kings.

Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is a shogun, he also needs to win the support of the daimyo.

This daimyo obviously has a solid foundation, so he is not very afraid of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't mean to be angry when he heard the words, but said calmly: "In another month, it will be the time for the kamikaze to descend."

"I have already asked the Lord Palace Secretary of the Jingu Palace, and he told me that the coming of the kamikaze this time will deal a great blow to the Koryo Army and the Ming Army."

"But this time the kamikaze will not be like it did against Meng Yuan. The heavily damaged Ming army will still have very strong combat power."

"So no matter what, we have to wait for the kamikaze to pass before we can decide how to fight."

Hearing the word 'Kamikaze', everyone present, including Emperor Go Komatsu who was the puppet above, all became solemn.