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

Chapter 330
Zhu Zhanji showed little interest in Zhu Zhanji's invitation.

In his opinion, if it was just to put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi, Zhu Zhanji himself would be enough, and there was no need for him to intervene.

If Zhu Zhanji, with the assistance of A Qing and Zheng He's fleet, could not quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi, then he would be too useless.

You must know that Zhu Zhanji's troops who went to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion were just reinforcements. The real main forces were the British Duke Zhang Fu and the Duke of Guizhou Mu Sheng who had fought the rebellion in Jiaozhi in the ninth year of Yongle.

Especially the British Duke Zhang Fu. This was already his third crusade against the Chen Dynasty rebels in Jiaozhi. It had already shocked the southwest and made the local people and rebels change their minds after hearing about it.

It can be said that since Zhang Fu succeeded Zhu Neng who died of illness in the second year of Yongle and took charge of the army to conquer Annan, the remnants of the Chen Dynasty and the British Duke have been in a state of repeated friction.

Zhang Fu was there, Annan watched the wind and descended. When Zhang Fu returned to Beijing, Annan immediately raised the anti-flag and caused a stir.

So much so that from the second year of Yongle to the 13th year of Yongle until Zhang Fu was impeached by the eunuchs and transferred back to the capital, he conquered Jiaozhi four times, annihilating the rebellions of Annan forces such as Hu Jiya of the Hu Dynasty and Chen Jikou of the Later Chen Dynasty. .

If it hadn't been for the impeachment of the eunuchs, which caused Zhang Fu to be transferred back to the capital, and the Xuande abandonment of the land, which resulted in all the more than ten years of war being in vain, Zhang Fu would have been able to pacify Jiaozhi with his ability. , allowing Jiaozhi, which had been independent from the Central Plains for 400 years since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, to return to the Chinese territory.

It is particularly pity that a famous general like Zhang Fu was forced to join Baozong in the northern expedition to Oara when he was 75 years old. He was killed in the Civil War at the age of 75. The following year, he was posthumously named Prince of Dingxing County. The name is "loyalty".

His conquest of Jiaozhi was hailed by his contemporaries as a great achievement in "restoring our homeland of China for hundreds of years". Later generations often resented Zhang Fu for not being able to defend Jiaozhi in the world.

It can be said that with Zhang Fu here, putting down the rebellion in Jiaozhi is not a problem at all. As long as Zhu Zhanji doesn't give random orders this time and cooperates with Zhang Fu step by step, he will be able to achieve good results in counterinsurgency.

This was also the main reason why Zhu Zhanyu proposed to let Zhu Zhanji go to Jiaozhi. On the one hand, he hoped that the court could stabilize the situation in the southwest, further develop Nanyang, and make Southeast Asia the next direction of Ming Dynasty's expansion.

On the other hand, I also hope that Zhu Zhanji can accumulate some military merits so that he will not be too far behind himself.

If it were because Zhu Zhanji was inferior to him and could not hold the position of grandson, it would be a headache for Zhu Zhanchun to succeed him.

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"Suppressing the rebellion in Jiaozhi..." In the study room of the palace, Meng Qinglin listened to Zhu Zhanqun's introduction, and after understanding what the situation was like this time, he smiled and said: "Your eldest brother has gained a military merit in vain this time. He didn't need to do anything at all. He only needed to let the army defend the coastal cities and advance steadily to drive the rebels towards the British people. This would lead to a great victory in this counter-rebellion.

You have really found a good job for your eldest brother. With such a great achievement, and being able to win over the military forces, his position as grandson is probably as secure as a mountain. "

"If I really want to fight for the heirloom, he is no longer a great-grandson. There is no need." Zhu Zhanquan shook his head, and then smiled: "How can I be as comfortable as the prince Xiaoyao who works hard in that position? Comfortable?

He wakes up earlier than a chicken and goes to bed later than a dog. There are endless memorials to deal with every day!
Qinglin, do you know that my father was in charge of the country when my grandfather went to war, and he had to issue two hundred kilograms of memorials every day!

Don't look at him being so fat, that's a disease!If I hadn't used Zhu Guo to extend his life and help him recuperate, he wouldn't have had a few more years to live.

This is still the prince, the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty!So I had to eat so much that I wanted to sit in that hard-working seat! "

"Having said that, if you tell people in the world that there is a chance to sit on that ninth-five-year-old throne, wouldn't there still be countless people flocking to it? Your eldest brother, I'm afraid he can't hold back and wants to take the throne for a long time, right? "Meng Qinglin sat next to Zhu Zhankun and smiled teasingly at him.

With her vision and Zhu Zhanjun's introduction, how could she not know what Zhu Zhanji wanted to do in that position.

In response, Zhu Zhanju just shook his head and sighed helplessly: "If it were back then, I would have had this idea, and even wanted to compete with him, but now... let them do the hard work, I Just do what I want to do.”

"What do you want to do? Why do I think you want to get involved in the counter-insurgency in the Southwest?" Meng Qinglin knew Zhu Zhanjun well, and she naturally saw Zhu Zhanqun's idea of ​​​​intervening in the Southwest.

Regarding this, Zhu Zhanchun did not deny it, but just nodded and said: "Yes, but my goal is not the southwest and Jiaozhi, but the entire Nanyang." Hearing what Zhu Zhanchun said, Meng Qinglin showed interest. His expression: "Tell me and listen."

"Qinglin, you know that I come from the later generations, so some things are an obsession for me and a responsibility that I must fulfill." Zhu Zhanquan looked at Meng Qinglin and confided to her his Voice.

The connection between Meng Qinglin and him has long been so close that it is difficult to describe in words. The two of them were once blended in blood and souls. Some secrets that could not be revealed to Zhu Zhancheng have now been solved. People say.

Just considering other people's ability to accept it, Zhu Zhanchun did not tell others about it. Only Meng Qinglin, who had experienced the cycle of life and death with him, knew some real secrets.

So when Meng Qinglin heard Zhu Zhancheng mentioning that he was from a later generation, Meng Qinglin just reached out and held Zhu Zhanqun's hand, and then looked at him with a smile.

"For the Ming Dynasty... No, it should be said that for this land of China, now is an important pass and historical turning point." Zhu Zhanquan organized his words, and then began to explain: "This world is in In the next 100 years, we will enter the era of great geographical discoveries. Europeans will begin to explore the world due to the development of navigation technology, discover the American continent, confirm that the earth is round, etc...

This is a very critical opportunity, because it determines who will dominate the world in the next 400 years.

It turns out that the East has been leading in the past 2000 years. Whether it is culture, economy, military or technology, we have been leading the entire world in the past 2000 years.

But in these 100 years, we fell behind, and this lag was a full 300-year gap. It was not until 300 years later that the land of China was sinking, and the entire land of China was in suffering and mourning, then a ray of spark pierced Ended the darkness and brought new hope to this land. "

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanjun recalled the sufferings that China had suffered in later generations, and even though his Taoist heart had been tempered for 800 years, he still couldn't help but feel excited.

When Meng Qinglin saw this, he didn't do anything to comfort Zhu Zhanquan. He just persuaded him: "Now that the world has changed, you also have a chance to make up for this regret, don't you?"

"What I'm saying is that as long as I'm here in this life, I can't let Ming Dynasty repeat the same mistakes no matter what." Zhu Zhanquan quickly calmed down his excitement, and then continued: "Actually, this matter has a deep connection with our Zhu family. The relationship can be traced back to the founder of the country. If it weren't for the prohibition of sea in the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming" left by him, Ming Dynasty would not have so many things that happened later.

However, when the Ming Dynasty was first founded, the coastal defense was indeed fragile. In the past, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang's subordinates fled to sea, and later, Japanese pirates ravaged the sea areas. During the Hongwu period, there was no way to ban the sea.

But when Grandpa's Jingnan was successful and the Yongle Dynasty's national power prospered, there was no need to ban the sea.

This can also be seen when grandpa sent Zheng He to the Western Seas. Although some people say that Zheng He went to the Western Seas to find the remnants of Jianwen, but in fact, without the benefits of Zheng He's voyages, grandpa would not have the money to go north.

It's a pity that the Yongle Dynasty's overseas voyages were a private act of the royal family and were not even considered a court policy, so they stopped after my eldest brother succeeded to the throne.

The following generations of emperors did not think there was any problem with this. Although they reopened the sea when the government's finances were unable to make ends meet, by that time we could no longer catch up! "

In fact, the root of the Ming Dynasty's maritime issues was not the ban on the sea, but Zhu Yuanzhang's background as a farmer. He lacked a systematic and correct understanding of merchants and maritime trade and had a natural aversion to it. In addition, the so-called maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty was actually It was just a variation of the tribute system, not the true ocean-going trade of the Song Dynasty.

The imperial court could not make money and had to face the harassment of Japanese pirates, so it naturally maintained a high-intensity ban on maritime policy.

But is it really impossible to make money from sea trade?How can it be!During the Ming Dynasty, Japanese invasions continued along the southeastern coast of Fujian, but less than one-tenth of the number of Japanese were real, and the rest were all Ming people.

Most of them are thugs raised by maritime merchants, mainly engaged in smuggling and piracy business. These people are all desperadoes who lick blood with their blades.

This is also the fundamental reason why the southeastern coast was completely corrupted during the Jiajing Dynasty. Those pirates were all raised by smuggling merchants, and the local guards had already been fed by them with money. How could they seriously encircle and suppress them?
That is to say, Qi Jiguang came out, there were people in the court who supported this matter, and Jiajing wanted to make money by eradicating the Japanese invaders, so the Japanese invaders in Fujian were almost completely cleared.

But these are all problems for future generations. Now that the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty have long been wiped out by Zhu Zhankun, even the Japanese country is about to be completely defeated. How can those smuggling merchants along the coast be the opponents of the Ming Dynasty's now strong coastal defense force? ?
So now, for Zhu Zhanjun, the most critical step for Ming Dynasty to win this competition is to let the entire Ming Dynasty benefit from sea trade, and to make Ming Dynasty, from the court to the people, realize that sea trade can make money.

Only in this way will Ming Dynasty turn its attention from the land to the ocean.

(End of this chapter)