After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

229 Sea Battle
In addition, he also rewarded him with some paintings by famous calligraphers and painters in the past dynasties in the Central Plains. After King Gongmin got them, it was like a treasure.He is a master of calligraphy and painting, of course, his favorite is the calligraphy and painting works of famous masters.

Zhu Di and Hu Weiyong even appreciated King Gongmin's masterpieces of calligraphy and painting.

"My subordinates looked carefully, and there is no sadness or resentment in King Gongmin's paintings." Hu Weiyong said, "It's not like Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. River Chunshui flows eastward."

"It can be seen from this that he will not rebel against me, Daming."

"He is another Song Huizong, and his calligraphy and painting skills are extremely high. My Daming can accept a 'Song Huizong' as a courtier, which is considered a lie." Zhu Di said, "When we return from conquering the Japanese kingdom, we must take some of his paintings. The painting, go back and present it to the father."

"King Gongmin must be very happy, and now his reputation will spread to the Central Plains."

"Based on his calligraphy and painting skills, it is estimated that those calligraphers and painters in the court will admire his calligraphy and painting skills after seeing him."

"Yes, Song Huizong is only suitable to be a courtier, and he is the kind who doesn't care about political affairs." Hu Weiyong said, "So we have to give King Gongmin more time, let him paint and write more, and be a calligrapher and painter with peace of mind. Goryeo Province If you don’t care about government affairs, don’t disturb him.”

"The name of King Gongmin will definitely be passed on to future generations as 'calligraphers and painters'. Calligraphers and painters are their main achievements, just like Wu Daozi, Mi Fu, and Zhao Mengfu."

……

"My Daming navy is about to go on an expedition, and the Japanese side is probably already ready for the battle." Zhu Di changed the subject and stopped discussing the current situation in Korea, said.

"That's right. Goryeo and Wa have been fighting for years, and both sides have their own secret work in each other's interior. Goryeo's Pusan, Changwon, Gwangju and other counties have a large number of Wa people among the common people, and Wa also has Goryeo's secret work." Hu Weiyong said, "So large-scale military operations cannot be concealed from both sides, unless it is a small-scale sneak attack."

"The fact that our Daming navy is about to attack the Japanese kingdom probably reached them when King Gongmin started building ships for us."

"Who is the opponent's general?" Zhu Di asked again.

"The general of the Japanese country, named Arima Koyoshi, is extremely good at water warfare. Arima Koyoshi is in his forties this year. He led the army in battle when he was in his teens. He is now the head of the Arima family."

"Patriarch?" Zhu Di asked in surprise.

"There are many family forces in the Wa Kingdom, and multiple family forces constitute the current situation in the Wa Kingdom. Each family power dominates one side and is called a 'country'. The family also supports retainers, warriors, and warriors are the main combat power of the family." Hu Weiyong said.

"Yeah, yeah." Zhu Di nodded, and he knew this too.

"Because of the large number of islands and inconvenient transportation, it is difficult to form a unified country." Hu Weiyong said, "Their so-called 'countries' actually have only one family power. The general of the Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, is actually The largest family on the island of Honshu."

"In the first year of Hongwu, Japanese pirates harassed our southeast coast, and the emperor sent envoys to reprimand them. The envoys went to Honshu and saw Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew nothing about it. It turned out that the family entrenched in Kyushu Yes, he didn’t know it at all. Later, when the envoy returned to the country, he was intercepted and killed by the family of Kyushu. That is to say, although the countries respect the Kamakura shogunate on the surface, they actually run their own affairs.”

"Shogun, it is difficult to ask about the internal affairs of other 'countries'."

"Is this equivalent to the various vassal kings in the Han Dynasty?" Zhu Di said, "They all have their own private soldiers, and even minted money privately?"

"Yes, this is exactly the situation." Hu Weiyong said, "But the 'states' of the Wa Kingdom are much smaller than the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty. Those 'states' were afraid that their retainers and warriors would rebel, so they vigorously advocated 'Bushido' '"

"The Central Plains Dynasty only advocated the idea of ​​'loyalty to the monarch' in Confucianism, and the 'spirit of bushido' is more ruthless than 'loyalty to the monarch'." Zhu Didao, "The idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch is only to sacrifice one's life for righteousness, but in their Bushido spirit, not only sacrifice one's life for righteousness, but also harakiri , the more painful the death, the more glorious it will be.”

"That gentleman taught all of these?" Hu Weiyong said.

"That's right, Mr. Qin taught us." Zhu Di said, with a sense of respect naturally showing in his tone.

"You really respect that gentleman." Hu Weiyong felt very uncomfortable when he heard that. The princes of Daming all respect him very much. If he is willing to come out of the mountain in the future, won't he be on everyone's head?

However, he could only be afraid in his heart and did not dare to show it, saying: "The head of a small family in Wa Kingdom is called a head, and the head of a big family is called a feudal lord. The Arima family is relatively large, so Arima Hongyi can be called a feudal lord. There are dozens of retainers and ten thousand warriors."

"After the news that we are going to war against the Japanese country reaches the Japanese country, its general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will definitely send troops to help. Therefore, our enemy is definitely not limited to the power of the Arima family." Zhu Di said.

"That's right." Hu Weiyong said, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the ministers panicked when they heard the news that Ming Dynasty was about to conquer the Japanese kingdom, and they didn't sleep well for several days and nights."

"In the past, they dared to be confident because Daming set off from the coast of the mainland and could not reach the Wa country. But now we can start from Korea, and they are scared to death."

"They yelled wildly when they couldn't be beaten, and once they got serious, they were immediately frightened."

"However, they will not surrender easily. After all, they think that our Ming Dynasty is not familiar with naval warfare. In addition, there are several family lords who disagree with Daming's 'Yihe', and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has no choice."

"We had to send some troops to help Arima Hongyi, and together resist my Ming's conquest. Therefore, the enemies facing us are not only the 'Arima family' but also the Gongyue family and the Takahashi family."

"How is the opponent's combat strength?" Zhu Di asked again.

"The opponent's combat power is very strong, because they almost used the power of the whole country. The opponent has [-] warships and [-] sergeants." Hu Weiyong said, "And the biggest difficulty is that they have long been on Tsushima Island Armed."

"Because of the ocean current and wind direction, our warships cannot bypass Tsushima Island and go straight to Iki Island. Once Iki Island is captured, we can land in Fukuoka."

"Therefore, this large-scale naval battle is inevitable."

"In this battle, we will completely defeat them." Zhu Di said with a cold expression, "And we must frighten them and fight them hard. Only when the first battle makes the enemy into a nightmare can the future wars be carried out .”

(End of this chapter)