Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 217: Those who know current affairs are heroes!The plague of Japanese pirates, Zhu Di personally conquered!Zhu Yuanzhang has a good relationship again!
Outside the city, the Shangchuan family brought a thousand soldiers to ask for an audience.

Seeing this scene, Jin Chuan was a little dissatisfied.

He didn't really want to cooperate with other families. After all, the Ming army was the first friend he met, and he should get the most money.

If possible, he even hopes that the Ming army will go to Kyoto now, defeat the Ashikaga family, and let him occupy Kyoto.

It's a pity that the Ming army remained unmoved.

He has been recharging his energy in the city, and has no intention of going to war.

Jinchuan said that the Uesugi family is not as powerful as him, so he can ignore it.

However, under Li Xiao's order, the person was still let in.

Immediately, Jin Chuan's expression changed, and he enthusiastically welcomed the Uesugi family members in and entertained them with a banquet.

"Uesugi's family, welcome."

Jin Chuan held a big banquet, and the three parties sat in the hall, Zhu Gaoxu, Li Xiao and others sat in the main seat, and the other two sat on the left and right sides of the hall.

He first introduced each other, then looked at the Jin Chuan family and said, "I don't know what the Uesugi family is doing here today?"

"I heard that your Jinchuan family tied a big tree. There is an old saying in China, you can lean against a big tree to enjoy the shade. Our Uesugi family also wants to lean on this big tree."

At the beginning, Uesugi expressed his intention to come, and then looked at Zhu Gaoxu, put his right hand on his chest, and respectfully said: "Respect and powerful Ming army, there is an old saying in China, it is not early if there is no profit. Lord Hanwang, I don't know if you are here What is the real purpose of our country."

Zhu Gaoxu took a sip of tea, smiled slightly, rubbed his fingers, and said: "Of course it is to earn a lot of gold and silver, and the first purpose of earning gold and silver is to get rid of the Japanese pirates at sea, the bandits of your Japanese country There are too many, and this Jinchuan family is the most loyal partner of our Daming, and this king will help him control the Japanese kingdom and completely get rid of the Japanese pirates."

These are the words Li Xiao prepared for Zhu Gaoxu a long time ago.

The country of Wa is the largest gold and silver deposit in the Far East, with very large gold and silver resources.

During the Qing Dynasty, it contributed to the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong.

In the early Qing Dynasty, there was a monograph "Eastern Wokao", which introduced the Japanese country, and the book mentioned the huge profits of Chinese commodities in the Japanese country.

The so-called "probably the price of land in the mainland is one, and it is easy to get five if you go to Japan.

And return the goods, you get two with one."

In other words, Chinese goods can be exchanged for five times the profit when they arrive in Japan, and then they can be used to buy Japanese goods back to China, and they can be exchanged for 100% of the profit.

You must know that the European "sea coachmen" in the age of great voyages shuttled between Asia and Europe to engage in the spice trade, and their profits were only [-]%.

And the Huaxia Merchant Ship only needs to go to Japan once and back, and it can earn ten times the huge profits!

From the perspective of economists of later generations, Japan exchanged non-renewable precious metals for renewable resources grown in China's land, and produced excess consumer goods, which could only make Japan poorer and poorer.

Obviously, such rhetoric was quickly recognized by the Uesugi family.

He prostrated himself on the ground and respectfully said: "Lord King of Han, my Uesugi family is willing to submit to Daming, to the King of Han, and together we will create a prosperous era of friendship between Ming and Wa."

As he spoke, he chuckled: "To show our sincerity, I will bring a gift to the King of Han."

The voice fell.

A group of young women in kimonos walked in with small steps, holding fans, their faces painted like a white wall, and their mouths were very red.

"Don't tell me, I thought it was a ghost. It scared me."

Zhu Gaoxu frowned, waved his hand and said, "I don't like these things, please step back."

General Jinchuan on the side agreed very much, and said: "Han Wang is not good at women, Uesugi should change it."

Uesugi had no choice but to wave his hand, and waved again, and asked several people to carry the box in. When he opened it, the box was full of gold and silver.

Now Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "I'm very sincere, I'm very happy. If that's the case, then the Uesugi family will be under my king's command."

Uesugi bowed immediately: "Hi!"

That's it.

The Ming army had another [-] puppet troops.

Eighteen thousand puppet troops were organized again, and half a month later, under the command of Zhu Gaoxu, the army finally set off.

There were puppet troops who were familiar with the local conditions leading the way, and the journey went very smoothly.

Li Xiao found out that these puppet soldiers were also quite ruthless towards the enemies of the Japanese country. When they passed by the villages ruled by the Ashikaga family, they started killing, burning, killing, looting, and smashing, leaving a mess everywhere they went.

Women were abused, all men were killed, food was robbed, and no grass grew.

Of course, Li Xiao didn't care about these things. In fact, it was the same situation when the Huaxia Kingdom was in conflict. Wars are inherently cruel.

Seeing this, the Ashikaga family immediately began to prepare for the battle, strengthening soldiers to guard the cities along the way.

When the Ming army approached the city of Qianding, they failed to persuade them to surrender.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered people to bring out the cannon, and bombarded the city gate indiscriminately, directly blowing through the city gate.

"The front army, the left army, and the right army attack the city!"

Zhu Gaoxu ordered all the puppet troops to attack the city.

Jin Chuan asked cautiously: "Han Wang Sang, your elite troops."

Zhu Gaoxu pushed him back with one sentence: "The queen of the elite troops, what? You want to enjoy the benefits of the fisherman? This will help you defeat the Ashikaga family. If you are dissatisfied, then the Uesugi family will perform better and give him the land at that time , but it’s hard to say.”

"Hi!"

Jin Chuan immediately replied: "Please Han Wang Sang to watch the performance of my Jin Chuan family!"

In this way, under the leadership of Zhu Gaoxu and other generals, they led the puppet army to attack the city, and easily captured the former town, killed the defender of the Ashikaga family inside, and captured the deputy general.

"Chai Gonghuang, surrender! There is an old Chinese saying that those who know the current affairs are the best."

Under some coercion and temptation, several of the defenders were persuaded to surrender, and half of the soldiers were incorporated into the former army and became cannon fodder.

The puppet soldiers in the city began to carnival, and Zhu Gaoxu allowed these people to slaughter the city for three days, then rested and set off again.

The two families of Jinchuan and Uesugi tasted the sweetness, and found that the cannons of the Ming army attacked the city with divine help, and they worked harder.

Immediately afterwards, continue to attack Nishi Asai and break through in three days.

Then go south to attack Gaodao, an important military town, and break it in ten days.

After a series of battles and victories, they finally reached the capital directly.

Kyoto is guarded by a heavy army, the city is high and thick, and the Ashikaga family is strong and clear, so it is difficult to capture it easily, so Zhu Gaoxu directly ordered the army to turn around and capture Kusatsu City and occupy it.

Taking four cities within two months was already very impressive. Under Li Xiao's suggestion, the trend of attacking was eased, and he began to defend the captured territory and recruit troops.

Following the thunderous momentum of the Ming army, the Ashikaga family suffered heavy losses and lost their territory continuously. The princes under his command also began to move around and have different intentions.

In this way, the Wa Kingdom, which had just entered the peaceful period, was suddenly about to split into the Warring States period in which the princes fought chaotically.

Li Xiao waited quietly, waiting for an opportunity, and took the capital in one fell swoop.
Sure enough, the opportunity came quickly, and several companies joined again.

After a few times of agitation, many soldiers raised their flags.

One night, the army attacked at night!

The flames and blood stained Kyoto.
The war lasted for a month, and Kyoto fell.

In this way, the Ashikaga family completely withdrew from the stage of history, and the King of Han took control of the Kyoto regime, enfeoffed various princes, and successfully controlled the Wa country.

Next, the garrison strictly guarded the various ports, and immediately launched an attack once the Japanese pirates landed. This move was quite effective, and half of the Japanese pirates on the sea were directly wiped out.

The remaining half of the Japanese pirates had nowhere to go, so they began to flee towards the coast of Daming.

Li Xiao and others left a thousand elite soldiers in the country of Japan, and at the same time Wei Zhongxian also stayed in the country of Japan, where he was named prime minister and took control of the political power.

Lead the rest of the soldiers back to the ship, and go to chase the remaining Japanese pirates, so as to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop!

the other side.

Nanjing City Imperial Palace.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Di was lying on the armchair rocking, crossing his legs, feeling a moment of leisure.

I have to say that without Zhu Yuanzhang nagging in my ear, this feeling is great.

Hand over everything to the eldest son, and he has completely become the shopkeeper.

"Father, it's not good, urgent military report. Today, the number of Japanese pirates in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has increased greatly. The guards in various places are in emergency. There may be [-] to [-] Japanese pirates scattered along the coast."

Zhu Gaochi, who just came from the Ministry of War, looked anxious, holding the plan given by the Military Aircraft Department in his hand, "Father, my son plans to send troops to destroy it, please take a look."

According to the normal historical line, Yongle was eight years old, that is, 11 years later.

In order to resist Japanese pirates, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di specially set up six Japanese capitals in Shandong, Yangzhou, Jinshan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and began to clean up Japanese pirates. It took ten years to wipe them out.

But now, Zhu Yuanzhang's method of dealing with Japanese pirates is to ban the sea and relocate the people.

Therefore, encountering such a large-scale attack by Japanese pirates ashore, it is somewhat difficult to parry.

"What? Japanese pirates are so rampant? What's going on!" Zhu Di asked.

"The specific situation seems to be that the Japanese kingdom suddenly started to attack the Japanese pirates to prevent them from going ashore. Those Japanese pirates have no reliable shore, so they had to harass our Daming coast." Zhu Gaochi replied.

Zhu Di was a little puzzled: "Why did this happen? The princes of the Japanese country deliberately allowed the Japanese pirates to plunder my Ming's property. Why did they turn against them?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and said: "This is puzzling, and the specific situation is still being investigated."

Zhu Di thought for a while, and said with a smile: "But that's okay, in this way, the problem of Japanese pirates can be completely solved once and for all, just send troops to wipe them out."

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Father, the boy thinks so too."

Zhu Di smiled slightly, and took the plan, which stated that the guards and county towns in various places were ordered to move the people into the city, to only defend but not attack, and wait for the imperial court to send reinforcements to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

The generals to be dispatched are Xu Huizu as the general, and Guo Ying and others as the participating generals.

"Change this."

Zhu Di handed back the proposal.

"Change what?"

Zhu Gaochi was puzzled.

Zhu Di shook his head: "The selection of the general is not right. Xu Huizu has not fought a single battle for many years, and the actual combat is worrisome. If he becomes the next Li Jinglong, how will he explain it? Will he be punished or not? He is a lonely uncle elder brother."

It's all an excuse, how can Zhu Gaochi not know Zhu Di's thoughts, he said with a smile: "Then, which general do you think is better?"

Zhu Di laughed loudly: "The best candidate is not just. It's far away from the sky and right in front of us!"

"The eyes are beyond the sky and close to the eyes."

Zhu Gaochi pretended to be surprised, looked at Zhu Di with his head held high, and said, "Father, you wouldn't say that you went out in person, would you?"

He hurriedly said: "Father, this is not right, your status is precious, in case there is any damage."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Zhu Di slapped the table and said displeasedly: "Gu is the crown prince. If the sage is not here, Gu has the power to supervise the country. If Gu is not here, you, the grandson of the emperor, have the power to supervise the country. Before Gu left, whatever Gu said was what he said. Got it?"

After Zhu Di waited for so long, he finally had a chance to fight.

Although it is fighting Japanese pirates, isn't that also a war? ?
"This"

Zhu Gaochi was suppressed by his status, so he nodded and smiled and said: "Father, that's fine, my boy will arrange for you properly. The treasury has been abundant these years, and my boy will let you fight for wealth."

"Rich battle?" Zhu Di was delighted: "How rich?"

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "I have arranged for you a long time ago. It was originally used for the Northern Expedition, but now it can also be used to deal with Japanese pirates. Aren't you good at cavalry? , weapons, crossbows, and arrows are all newly prepared, and I will send you [-] elite cavalry, okay?"

Zhu Di was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Gao Chi, and said movedly: "Gao Chi, Dad really saw you right, you still miss Dad in your heart!"

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Since Dad intends to go, the baby will naturally arrange it properly. Food and grass are already being raised, and the pack is light. This time, it seems that the Japanese pirates do not intend to go to sea, but occupy the top of the mountain and occupy the mountain as king. There are five of them in one batch." Thousands of Japanese pirates camped on a mountain in Cengang, Zhejiang Province. You don’t have to worry about the food and grass, the children will be adjusted in various ways, and they will be delivered safely.”

"Good! Great! My dear boy."

Zhu Di was overjoyed. With such a son in charge of logistics in the rear, he could really go to battle with confidence and boldness. "It's not too late, let's make an order."

"Okay Dad."

Zhu Gaochi immediately sat down and began to draw up the decree. While writing, he suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhu Di and said, "Father, what kind of general title would be better for you?"

Zhu Di didn't care about these, "Whatever."

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, and wrote: "Anti-Japanese General!"

That's it.

The decree was promulgated quickly, and many officials of the court stopped it. After being reprimanded by Zhu Di, they became honest.

A few days later, the army set out from Nanjing.

Zhu Di led [-] cavalry and rushed towards Zhejiang.

And this time.

Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, Li Xiao and others also went ashore and began to eliminate Japanese pirates.

Although they knew that there was a huge group of Japanese pirates entrenched in Cen Gang, Li Xiao and the others were not in a hurry.

Their purpose is to deal with waves of pirates running around, and such pirates are the most troublesome to deal with.

Compared with the Japanese pirates gathered together, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop.

The way Li Xiao and others dealt with the Japanese pirates was also very simple. The cavalry rode fast horses and held flintlock guns to hang and beat them.

[Xiaolang, the pirates here have been eliminated, how is the situation on your side?Received please reply. 】

[Just wiped out, there are signal flares [-] miles to the southwest and [-] miles to the southeast. They are scout signals. You go to the southwest, and I go to the southeast.Received please reply. 】

【Received, I love you. 】

[Got it, I love you too. 】

Because of the presence of signal flares, a thousand cavalrymen were divided into five teams and rushed to attack at high speed, and quickly wiped out 35 Japanese pirate gangs spreading around, totaling 800 people.

The rest of the Japanese pirates were already like rats holding their heads. They were scared out of their wits and fled away. They all fled towards the big stronghold of Cen Gang.

But Li Xiao and others hope to see such a situation, like a cat chasing mice, driving the mice into one cage, and finally catching turtles in one urn.

That's it.

Zhu Di's army arrived soon.

Li Xiao is also about to drive the pirates to one place.
The two sides are about to meet.

Another place.

Beiping Mansion, Honghua Village.

Zhu Yuanzhang had rested in the village for a period of time before he recovered.

After all, as I got older, it was hard to accept something like a movie suddenly, and it took me a long time to accept this fact.

In the past few days, Zhu Yuanzhang has been wandering around Honghua Village.

He found that the land was indeed confiscated by the Beiping government, and all the people were exempted from taxes, not only the poll tax, but even the land tax.

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to lose his temper.

However, it was soon discovered that although the land was exempt from taxes, the contracted land required payment to the imperial court.

He instantly understood that the land tax might be included in the contract fee.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes brighten. In this way, it seems that there will be no more tax exemptions, nor will there be any situation where the fields are hidden.

Although I don't know how Li Xiao did it in the first place, but he did.

So, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to meet Li Xiao, and asked him face to face what he had done all these years.
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also found that these land contractors included the original landlord and gentry class, and they were still very rich.

However, there are also some ordinary peasant households who, because of their courage, dared to borrow money from the bank to contract the land, also achieved a turnaround, from poor peasants to rich peasants.

Moreover, according to his observation, he found that every common people seemed to have a smile on their faces
Because the crop yield of the land, no matter how you look at it, is much higher than that of other places, and the ears of wheat are so heavy that the poles are bent.
"Okay, okay, regardless of whether the common people have land or not, as long as every household can afford food and meat, we are happy."

Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself, although he thought it was too incredible, but the facts were in front of him, and he planned to continue to investigate and visit unannounced.

It was early morning.

Compared with the sweltering daytime, the wind blowing in the morning is extraordinarily cool and pleasant.

After leaving the capital these days, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that these days seemed to be not bad.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was exercising in the yard, stretching his muscles and bones.

Suddenly found that Wang Jianlin next to him was also moving his body, punching a strange set of punches.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him while walking around: "Young man, what kind of boxing technique are you doing?"

Wang Jianlin said with a smile: "Military boxing can be practiced in the army."

Military boxing is a combination of fighting movements such as punching, kicking, wrestling, grabbing knives, and grabbing guns. It is necessary to carry out regular training in military boxing and cultivate soldiers' perseverance, bravery and tenacious fighting style. is of great significance.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood aside with his hands behind his back, observing carefully, the more he looked, the more he felt something.

This boxing method is moderate in length, concise in movement, clear in rhythm, easy to learn and understand, you don't need to practice martial arts at an early age to learn it, but it is easy to popularize.

"Two Tigers, practice with this little brother."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Erhu, he wanted to see how the people trained in this army were.

Erhu came out and put on a posture: "Please enlighten me."

"This"

Wang Jianlin smiled awkwardly: "I'm afraid of hurting this brother, it's not good."

Erhu sneered and said, "If you can hurt me, I'll take your surname."

Wang Jianlin asked, "What's your last name?"

The erhu said: "My surname is Wang."

Wang Jianlin: "."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "."

In the end, the two still opened up their posture, planning to have a friendly exchange of ideas.

Erhu beckoned, signaling him to come first.

"Assigned."

Wang Jianlin yelled, rushed over, raised his legs and kicked over.

The two tigers turned their fists into palms and easily pushed them away, and then turned their palms into claws again, using the Xingyiquan capture method, wrapping silk big and small, and grabbing people with their arms.

Wang Jianlin's expression changed, and he realized that this person was very unusual, so he hurriedly elbowed him sideways, and then the opponent's timing to block with his hand retreated a little.

"Come again!"

Wang Jianlin became serious and swung his fist again to hit the two tigers.

The two tigers handled it with ease, and did not subdue the opponent with one move. Instead, they explored the reality of the opponent. After ten moves in a row, they used Bengquan to send Wang Jianlin flying backwards.

Of course, the two tigers didn't use all their strength, otherwise the punch would hurt the opponent's internal organs and cause internal injuries.

This was a confrontation between ancient martial arts and modern fighting techniques, and ancient martial arts easily won.

Of course, it is also related to Erhu's martial arts training since he was a child, otherwise he would not be able to take on the important task of protecting Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the other hand, Wang Jianlin has only been a soldier for a few years, and after the age of practicing martial arts, he can still develop such skills, which has surprised Erhu very much.

"Thank you for your mercy."

Wang Jianlin cupped his hands, and only then did he realize that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people.

He can be regarded as a good player in the army, but he can't get any benefits in front of these two tigers. It seems that the old man of his family is probably not an ordinary person.

"Assignment."

The two tigers cupped their hands.

Then he walked to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and whispered: "Master Huang, after serving as a soldier for three years, from ordinary people to this kind of skill, the army should have changed the training method, and this military boxing should not be underestimated."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

Xin Dao, from this point of view, Li Xiao is indeed capable of reforming the general system.

The common people must serve in the army to join the army, and they have to attend classes every day to learn to write, sing military songs, and cultivate patriotic culture, because they don’t need to plant military fields, and they have plenty of time to conduct various trainings to quickly improve their strength. Even if they are not military households, they can Become a qualified soldier quickly.

Of course, you can't just listen to one person, he will naturally have to go to the military for inspection later.

"Not bad."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction, looked at Wang Jianlin and said, "Young man, we are leaving today, see you by fate."

After getting along these few days, Zhu Yuanzhang also likes this enthusiastic young man very much.

Erhu took out a bank note of 1000 taels and handed it to Wang Jianlin.

Wang Jianlin turned pale with shock: "What is this for?"

Erhu said: "Then, aren't you talking about collecting 1000 taels of silver every day, and you are going to do big business? My master sees that you are kind, even if you become a big businessman, you are also a good businessman. I will invest you 1000 taels of silver. You have made a lot of money, remember to remember the kindness of our master, and to benefit the common people, you know?"

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning. Since everyone can start a business, he hopes that Daming will have more good businessmen like Li Xiao to benefit the people.

Wang Jianlin tremblingly took the silver tael, his heart was too shocked, "How did this make Mr. Huang where your family lives and your last name? I will repay you in the future."

But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already walked out of the courtyard, waved his hand and said:

"When you are successful, I will see you again if you are destined. If you become a big profiteer in the future, we will be the first to deal with you."

After finishing speaking, he got into the carriage and drove towards the main road.

Looking at the back of the carriage going away, Wang Jianlin bowed deeply, "Master Huang, when I make money, you will take half of the shares! If I lose money, I probably won't lose it."

Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the main road again along the country road.

The carriage drove towards Beiping.

Walked for nearly half an hour.

There was a big house on the side of the road, and inside the big house were gathered many people who were carrying loads and seemed to be on their way.

Followed by.

woohoo-

Suddenly there was a very loud sound, which made the horse neigh and stop, not daring to move.

Bang, bang, bang, bang——

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang even felt that the ground was shaking regularly!
"What happened again?"

Zhu Yuanzhang poked his head out and ordered:
"Er Hu, what kind of sound is this? It's so loud. Go check it out!"

(End of this chapter)