If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 125: Divide the Japanese Kingdom
Obviously, compared with the four families dividing the little productive land of Southern Mongolia, the six families carving up the Japanese country was obviously more attractive.

Immediately, the six vassal kings discussed the issue of distribution in front of the map of the Japanese Kingdom that Zhu Zhanchen took out in his camp.

As for saying that Japan cannot be defeated?nonexistent.

Black eyes cannot see white silver. Since we know that Japan has mountains of gold and silver, it must be conquered by the Ming Dynasty, and all gold and silver will be used by the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongwu once wanted to expedition to the Japanese country like the Yuan Dynasty, but at that time the Ming Dynasty was not stable and the country did not have the strength. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang let North Korea and the Japanese country go. Otherwise, with Lao Zhu's temperament, these two countries would have been killed long ago. The place was knocked down.

Otherwise, the mere land of Liaodong would not have sealed the three vassal kings here. Their main task was to develop the land of Liaodong and provide strongholds and logistical support for the army to conquer North Korea and Japan.

"This Ezo Island is good, and it's quite close to my fiefdom. How about it be mine?" Zhu Gaosui took the lead in setting his sights on Hokkaido in later generations. Although this land didn't look like much, Zhu Gaosui just saw it. When Zhanjuan took out the map and introduced it, Zhu Gaosui heard that Zhu Zhanjuan intended to let him take this piece of land.

Although he couldn't understand, he knew that Zhu Zhanjun would not cheat him. After more than two months of getting along with Zhu Zhanjun, Zhu Gaosui was able to confirm this.

Compared to the four unfamiliar Uncle Wangs, my own nephew is more reliable.

So he followed the hint given to him by Zhu Zhankun and chose this island which was very close to his fiefdom.

Seeing Zhu Gaosui on the road, Zhu Zhanquan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Uncle San made a good choice! I originally wanted to choose this, but since Uncle San has chosen it, then I will choose Kyushu Island below. Anyway, it is close to Tianjin and can be reached by crossing the sea.

How about dividing the rest of the Japanese main island and other islands among the four uncles? "

Seeing that Zhu Zhanjuan and Zhu Gaosui only took the islands at the north and south ends, and did not touch the main island of Japan, King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong couldn't help but wonder if there was something they didn't know about.

However, Zhu Zhanquan also introduced before that the most important area of ​​Japan was its main island, so the four kings did not doubt that he was there. After thinking about it, they gave Shikoku Island to King Ning, and the remaining three kings divided up the main island of Japan together.

As for the small island called Sado, after thinking about it, they felt that it would not be feasible for Zhu Gaosui to only take a desert island, so they generously gave this island to Zhu Gaosui.

Just when everyone was enjoying themselves, a voice suddenly sounded outside the tent, causing the expressions of the four kings and Zhu Gaosui to suddenly change.

"What are you sharing? Can you give me a share?" With the words of inquiry, Zhu Di walked into Zhu Zhanqun's tent and sat down on the main seat unceremoniously.

After casually flipping through the map of the Japanese Kingdom on the table, he understood what they were trying to divide, so he asked Zhu Zhanchun, who was standing aside: "Zhanchun, what are you trying to divide? What are the plans of the six vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty?" Carve up the vassal states?" "Returning to grandpa, the four uncles originally came to me and my third uncle to help them conquer Monan Mongolia, but I felt that there was nothing to fight in Monan Mongolia, so I suggested The four uncles and I went to fight against the Japanese country. After all, the Japanese country is rich in gold and silver, and conquering it will also increase the wealth of our Ming Dynasty." Zhu Zhanquan had no intention of hiding it from Zhu Di, and it was he who secretly sent someone to inform Zhu Di.

Otherwise, it would be such a coincidence that Zhu Di could come in just when they had finished talking.

"Oh? Conquer the Japanese country? The imperial court does have a plan in this regard. The Ministry of Revenue has also petitioned to conquer the Japanese country, but your father refused. The prince feels that our Ming Dynasty is also a country after all, and it is not appropriate to conquer the Japanese country without any reason. Moreover, The imperial court can't afford the money and food to cross the sea to fight against Japan, so the matter has been dropped." Zhu Di said casually, but the meaning behind his words was that Japan was a dish on the court's plate: " What, you guys want to conquer the Japanese country and use it as your own fiefdom? Although I agree that the vassal king can lead the army to expand the territory, but isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to directly destroy a country? "

The four kings fell silent for a moment after Zhu Di's words, and hurriedly pointed their eyes at Zhu Zhanyu, asking him to explain to Zhu Di.

After all, the original plan of the four of them was to attack Monan, and the attack on the Japanese country was all instigated and instigated by Zhu Zhancheng. Naturally, in their opinion, it was Zhu Zhancheng who should explain this matter.

"Grandpa, during the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to the Japanese country. As a result, the Japanese rebelled and killed the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Hongwu wanted to raise troops to conquer, but unfortunately the country was not strong enough so he spared the life of the Japanese country. Now the Ming Dynasty has strong national power. Now that we are strong, we should avenge this, right?" Zhu Zhanquan was also unambiguous. He didn't talk about gold and silver with Zhu Di, but talked about national hatred, giving Zhu Di a very suitable excuse to start a war.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the Japanese country twice in the second year of Hongwu and the 14th year of Hongwu to declare that the central plains of the Japanese country had changed from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, ordering the Japanese country to pay tribute and restrain the Japanese pirates from violating the border.

That is to say, "If you are a minister, you will come to the court in honor of me; if you are not a minister, you will build an army and consolidate yourself. If you are bound to be a bandit, we will order the boat master to sail to the islands, capture his followers, and go straight to his country to tie up his king."

But in the second year of Hongwu, Prince Huai Liang, who was in power in the Japanese state at the time, was very dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial decree. He killed five envoys of the Ming Dynasty and detained three of them for several months before releasing them.

This incident could be regarded as a great shame and humiliation for Zhu Yuanzhang, but Lao Zhu still tolerated the Japanese country this time. After all, the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was the Meng Yuan who still had a certain power in the north, and he did not have enough energy to fight a Japanese country across the sea.

However, Zhu Laosi is now in charge, and Ming Dynasty has enough strength to cross the sea to fight against Japan.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty has not taken action yet is that, firstly, there is no suitable excuse to declare war, and secondly, Zhu Di has just returned from the northern expedition this year. The court has almost spent all the taxes, and it really does not have the budget.

Of course, after Zhu Zhanjun told Xia Yuanji that Japan had a large number of gold and silver mines, the Ministry of Revenue would collect the money and food for the conquest of Japan even if it was a lie, so there was no need to bring it to the table.

Now that the excuse for war and the money and food for the conquest can be solved, Zhu Di still hesitated for a moment and then asked Zhu Zhanyu an unavoidable question: "But when Huang Kao compiled the ancestral training of Huang Ming, he listed the Japanese country as It is one of the fifteen countries that cannot be conquered, and it requires that not a word can be changed.

Now that we want to conquer the Japanese country, wouldn't we be violating Huang Kao's ancestral precepts?Will people in this world say that I am unfilial? "

(End of this chapter)