Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 87 You don’t understand much, do you?
The difficulty of eradicating Japanese pirates, even what Zhu Yuanzhang asked, stumped everyone present.Otherwise, with Zhu Yuanzhang's character, it would be impossible for him to endure the Japanese pirates' beatings in his face!

At this time, under everyone's gaze, Zhang Yifan immediately spoke eloquently: "Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates are harassing our coastal areas of Ming Dynasty. In fact, they are more difficult than our Ming Dynasty. We have no reason to let them be arrogant."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard the saying that Japanese pirates were more difficult.When he was about to ask, "How do you say this?" Zhang Yifan had already taken the initiative to say it.

"We believe that to eradicate Japanese pirates, we have to face the power of the sea. But think about it from the perspective of the Japanese pirates. If the Japanese pirates come to rob the coast of Daming, they will have to face the power of the sea. If you are not careful, you will be buried in the belly of the fish! This is one of them. !”

"Secondly, the Japanese pirates risking their lives to plunder are only those who are too poor to survive and only have one life to risk their lives. After all, not only do they have to worry about God, they also have to worry about our Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. Fight head-on. , they can’t be our opponents!”

Zhang Yifan saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was listening attentively, and even Zhu Di and others were listening attentively, so he continued to lecture: "The reason why Japanese pirates are in constant trouble is that the common people think that the first is that they can indeed plunder from the Ming Dynasty If they get what they want, the benefits outweigh the costs; secondly, under normal circumstances, they are sure to plunder things from the Ming Dynasty. If not, the common people cannot think of the reason why Japanese pirates are incessant!"

This truth was clear to him, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang and others could understand it immediately without further elaboration.Even Mei Yin, who is ignorant of worldly affairs, can understand.

After all, Japanese pirates are also human beings. Everyone has only one life. If one of them dies, one of them will lose money. They are always doing business at a loss. How many Japanese pirates are there?
While they were thinking about it, they saw Zhang Yifan's expression suddenly turned serious and he said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "In this case, the common people think that there must be someone from the Ming Dynasty who has tipped off the Japanese pirates, knowing which places are rich, which places are easy to plunder, and so on. The local officers and soldiers are not stationed, etc. Only under such circumstances, as long as they can successfully cross the sea and reach the coast of Daming, they will be able to gain something!"

"Not bad!" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he praised it for the first time, and then continued, "I just suspected this, so I forbid the people living near the sea to go to sea privately to prevent them from liaising with Japanese pirates!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he shook his head and rejected Zhu Yuanzhang's approach and said: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty has such a long coastline. It is actually unrealistic to prohibit traitors from going to sea to liaise with Japanese pirates. There are various ways to do it. The same goes for secretly going to sea, or even Japanese pirates coming ashore to contact traitors. This is also the reason why Japanese pirates are in constant trouble."

Zhu Yuanzhang was actually very thoughtful when it came to non-imperial matters.Although he was criticized by Zhang Yifan for his approach, he was not annoyed. Instead, he asked with a little curiosity: "Then what countermeasures do you think is best?"

"It's very simple!" Zhang Yifan asked without hesitation after hearing this, "First, find the traitor; second, form a naval and coastal defense force!"

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong remained silent. Hearing the lightness of his words and not seeing that he was being consulted by the emperor, he interrupted and said, "If it were easy to find out the traitor, the court would have already checked it out. Why do you have to say it?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he glanced at him and said nothing. He just turned to look at Zhang Yifan, waiting for his answer.

Because of this issue, he also thought so.

Zhang Yifan turned to look at Hu Weiyong, smiled faintly and said: "What's so difficult about this? If you do some logical reasoning, you can basically figure out what to do!"

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately remembered what Zhang Yifan had said about logic before. Could it be related to this?

He was thinking that Zhang Yifan was already saying: "The people who can contact the Japanese pirates are definitely not ordinary people. They will only be local powerful people or people who go to sea to trade. If there is a place that is robbed by Japanese pirates, There must be a traitor within a certain area centered around this. It is impossible for people in other places to provide detailed information so that the Japanese pirates can avoid the officers and soldiers and grab the property they want."

Starting from this time in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented a road guide system, which made the movement of personnel more inconvenient, which further provided support for Zhang Yifan's analysis.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded slightly.Although he doesn't know what logic is, he still agrees with Zhang Yifan's analysis.

"Also, any collusion between a traitor and Japanese pirates will leave clues. The government may be kept in the dark, but it cannot be hidden from everyone. Mobilizing the people and reporting heavy rewards is also a way to find the traitor." Zhang Yifan said here, After thinking for a while, he said, "What the common people are more worried about is that if the traitor is someone from the government, or even someone from the imperial army, it will be more difficult to investigate."

He said this not because he had read the information that when Zhu Yuanzhang killed some heroes, one of the charges was colluding with Japanese pirates.

The reason why Zhang Yifan raised this possibility is because wealth is so attractive.

In addition, the recommendation system is still used at this time, and a dog or a cat can be recommended as an official, as long as there is this connection.It is also possible that many of the imperial officers and soldiers, including the heroes, were originally bandits and turned into officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, secretly engaging in collusion with Japanese pirates.

Li Shanchang was a little shocked when he heard Zhang Yifan's words.Because he knew Zhu Yuanzhang, once he was persuaded by Zhang Yifan, and he really thought that there was a traitor among the imperial officials or the army, he would kill him with a butcher's knife.

With this thought in his mind, he quickly turned his head and looked over.Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was so absorbed in what he was listening to that he didn't think about anything else. He just stared at Zhang Yifan and demanded, "You continue to tell me all the strategies for dealing with Japanese pirates!"

Zhang Yifan was naturally obedient and continued: "The main reason for forming the coastal defense army is that the coastal defense army is different from the ordinary imperial army. Not only are the opponents different, but the fighting methods are also different. It is more likely to be water battles or even naval battles. .Why do you want to do this? The common people also have several reasons..."

Zhu Di had a different look on his face as he listened to his talk. He knew Zhang Yifan well. He was just an orphan from Liujiacun. He was so talkative that he could even talk about martial arts?The most important thing is that what he said seems to make sense!

When he thought about it, he listened even more carefully.

"... First, Japanese pirates are mainly elusive, but their combat power is not strong. Therefore, coastal defense officers and soldiers in various places can be more sophisticated and less expensive. They can develop tactics according to the combat characteristics of Japanese pirates and strive to kill a large number of Japanese pirates every time they fight. "

"Secondly, the Japanese pirates came from a long way. They could not go directly from the Japanese country to the coast of the Ming Dynasty to plunder. They must have a place to stay on an island at sea. In this way, there must be naval forces who can go to sea to eliminate and hide on the islands near the coast of the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates, if you kill them a few more times, you can kill them so that they dare not come!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yifan even raised his voice a little and said: "We in the Ming Dynasty can even run the Ryukyu Kingdom and station troops there. On the one hand, we can protect Ryukyu from Japanese pirates, and on the other hand, we can cut off the sea routes for Japanese pirates to come to the Ming Dynasty! At least we can cut off the sea routes from Japanese pirates to the Ming Dynasty! One of the most important sea routes!”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "I have no intention of garrisoning troops in Ryukyu. It is a vassal country after all. In such a distant place, military supplies and food are a big deal!"

"Your Majesty, when Ming Dynasty sent troops to garrison Ryukyu, it was tantamount to protecting the Kingdom of Ryukyu. Naturally, they should provide the military supplies and food!" Zhang Yifan had to remind after hearing this.

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but he quickly came to his senses and immediately shook his head and said: "Ryukyu has never made such a request, should I impose it on them? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate!"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yifan heard this and said disapprovingly, "Our Ming Dynasty's interests are the first priority. Since we are a vassal country, we also have to contribute to the overlord country, so we still look up to them!"

He had just finished speaking when he heard Li Shan shout: "Be bold, don't be rude in front of the emperor!"

When Zhang Yifan heard it, he immediately came back to his senses, chatted, and forgot that the person in front of him was Hongwu Emperor, so he quickly apologized: "The grassroots don't understand etiquette, please punish me!"

When I say this, the word "grassroots" is a little emphasized.

But it was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts were not here.Although Zhang Yifan's words were a bit rude, he spoke completely from Daming's perspective, which was useful to him.

I just heard him say calmly: "You don't know much about diplomatic etiquette, so you don't need to persuade me, I won't agree!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan thought to himself, I don't understand too much?You don’t understand much, do you?People of later generations who don't know, are you mainly spraying on the foreign policy of your ancients?
Of course, he only dared to say this in his heart, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hear his voice anyway.

With this thought in his mind, Zhang Yifan hurriedly expressed that Zhu Yuanzhang taught him a lesson, and then said: "The common people have the most contact with His Highness King Yan, and they know that His Highness King Yan leads the troops well, and he is His Majesty's son. If he Being in charge of coastal defense will definitely make people feel at ease, whether it is leading the coastal defense officers, or tracking down internal traitors!"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's sons were still in military training and had never been in actual combat.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose was to have a few sons to guard various places before he could rest assured.At this time, when he heard Zhang Yifan's proposal, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Not to mention, he trusted his son, so he began to consider this proposal.

Of course, he also has concerns, so he doesn't know if his son can do well?
Before Zhu Di could say anything, he heard Hu Weiyong shout: "Don't talk nonsense on military and state affairs! Your Highness King Yan is still young, and there are so many generals who founded the Ming Dynasty, why do you need His Highness King Yan to go to war?"

Upon hearing what he said, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di, obviously having an idea in his mind, and immediately said calmly: "On the issue of Japanese pirates, what other suggestions do others have?"

　Next month, I will try to do three chapters a day and ten thousand a day. I guess I won’t be able to stick to it for a month. It will be affected by my stuck thinking and being busy at work.But, I will work hard!

　　
　
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