Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 360 Li Cunzhao, a malleable talent?

By the sea, on a beach, the sea breeze blows slowly, bringing not only the warmth of spring, but also the smell of salty sea breeze.

Does the wind also smell?

It is now mid-April, and Ningbo Prefecture, which is close to the seaside, is already full of greenery. Especially on this small island, spring is ushering in early, and spring flowers are beginning to bloom.

It can be regarded as a beautiful scenery at a good time.

"It's a pity that we can't see any bikinis on the beach. This beach is completely ruined," Zhu Ming lamented.

In later generations, Zhoushan was known as the land of a thousand islands. Surrounded by islands and tourist attractions such as Jihu Beach, it was also considered a good tourist destination.

But now in the Ming Dynasty, no one came to visit such a beautiful scenery. On the contrary, it was easier for the more than a hundred Japanese pirates.

Those Japanese pirates who surrendered yesterday and thought they would survive were now tied to tree stumps with ropes and firmly fixed in the sea water.

Due to the low tide in the morning, their entire bodies were exposed at this time.

It is said that after the high tide last night, they were once submerged in the sea water, their whole bodies were soaked in the sea water, and they were tortured to death.

Especially the wounds that were deliberately opened on the body are no longer bleeding, but are soaked and turned white, and some are even rotten.

"You're not dead yet?" Zhu Zhen stood on the beach, looking at the Japanese pirates struggling to survive the night, and shook his head.

I have to lament the tenacity of vitality.

But they don't know that living is the greatest torture.

"It's true of you, everyone who comes is a guest, how can you not entertain the guests well? Didn't you see that they are all asleep? Come, add new wounds to their bodies, and wake the guests up by the way. And you still come here Are you here for vacation?" Zhu Zhen greeted the people around him and asked them to add many new wounds to the Japanese pirates again.

Otherwise, how would they know it hurts?

Even Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin looked at Zhu Ming and thought he was a devil.

Was he asleep? That's a coma.

But what he said was very polite, but his actions were more ruthless than anyone else's.

Compared with Zhu Chu's methods, even Zhu Yuanzhang's execution at Lingchi and even the skinning and killing had to be put aside.

As Wang Fu and others used sharp blades to add new wounds to the Japanese pirates' bodies, the Japanese pirates not only experienced the pain of Lingchi, but also experienced the torture of adding salt to the wounds when the seawater rose again.

Seeing the Japanese pirates bleeding again due to their new wounds, Zhu Zhen just treated them with cold eyes. Instead of being unbearable, he wanted to laugh.

This is just a little interest, don't worry, sooner or later you will get back all your principal and interest.

This was just a small episode, and Zhu Xi was too lazy to focus on these beasts.

So Zhu Ming called in nearby people, all of whom were from Dinghai County. Although the Japanese pirates did not have time to cause too much damage this time, some people were inevitably hurt.

Or houses were destroyed, or property was damaged, and some even had family members injured by Japanese pirates.

They are also the people who hate these Japanese pirates the most this time.

Zhu Ming asked them to look at the Japanese pirates: "Don't be too anxious to let them die. Let them feed the fish little by little."

Naturally, the people would not let the Japanese pirates die easily, otherwise how could they vent their anger?

Including the entire people living in the Zhoushan Islands, many people from nearby villages came after hearing the news, treating these Japanese pirates as a celebration, and wanted to celebrate.

Zhu Zhen smiled and led the people away.

They did not go back to Dinghai County, but circled around the main island.

Zhu Xi seemed to be looking at something.

"This is not suitable for building a large camp or a city wall with high gates and thick walls." Tang Xin guessed Zhu Zhen's thoughts and said with a sigh: "My father also wanted to build some defensive measures as a Great Wall on the sea, but it would cost so much The manpower and material resources are too heavy, which will increase the burden on the people and make the gains outweigh the losses."

If these people were richer, they would not still live here knowing that there was a threat from Japanese pirates at the seaside.

Ningbo City is not far away and is protected by a solid city. Isn’t it good to live in the city?

It's not like there's no way.

In ancient times, if you wanted to build a city, it was not just the Qin Dynasty that had to force people to do corvee work to build the Great Wall. This was the case in all dynasties.

Even when Zhu Yuanzhang built the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, many people died from exhaustion.

Moreover, the Zhoushan Islands seem to be quite large, but how many soldiers and horses can it afford?

Changguowei is only a thousand-household office, which is already very difficult.

So Tang Xin is right, this place is not suitable for building larger barracks or city walls.

Otherwise, we would not have been attacked by Japanese pirates all the time without taking precautions and countermeasures.

"Who said I need to take defensive measures?" Zhu Zhen shook his head: "I don't like to be passively beaten, but I like to take the initiative. Since the Japanese pirates can attack us from the sea, why can't we go straight to their lair? As long as the entire Japanese country is pacified , the problem of Japanese pirates will naturally be solved."

Since we can't solve the problem of Japanese pirates, we simply wipe out the place where the Japanese pirates were born. If I destroy all your spring water, how can you come out of the place where you were born?

Tang Xin was stunned, her cute little mouth opened, and she looked at Zhu Ming with dumbfounded eyes.

"But," Xu Miaojin frowned and objected: "Although Japan's national strength is average, it is still a country. If you want to conquer it, I'm afraid it won't be possible to send hundreds or thousands of people."

But Ningbo Prefecture is too far away from the Japanese island.

Japanese pirates can cross the sea in dozens of small boats and ride the wind and waves, and they are not afraid of death.

But once the Ming army is dispatched, it will not be able to accommodate dozens of small boats.

Zhu Ming sighed: "So I am considering whether I can build a shipyard here. Now our Ming army seems to be strong, but in fact it is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. As the country is calmed down, the navy system has almost ceased to exist in name only. What's more, the sea is so vast, but we have never I want to develop on the ocean.”

Zhu Zhen didn't know how many years would pass before a carnival of pirates would usher in the Caribbean, and then the great powers would madly sweep across the world and conquer colonies all over the world.

But he knows that the power of the sea cannot be ignored.

He wants to get ahead of others and become the strongest maritime overlord.

But today's Ming Dynasty, not only does the naval establishment almost exist in name only, not to mention that there is almost no shipbuilding technology that can go to sea.

This aspect is completely a blank area, and I'm afraid we need to start building from the foundation.

It has to be said that this is the historical "arrogance" of the Central Plains Dynasty. It has always believed that the Central Plains of China is the center of the world, and everything else is a barbarian land, and they dismiss it.

In ancient times, there has been a saying that there are four barbarians, namely: Nanyi, Beidi, Xirong, and Donghu.

Anyway, except for the Central Plains, it is all a barbaric land, and I don’t want any.

I have to say that the Central Plains Dynasty was indeed a bit blind and arrogant.

But Zhu Chu was different. He knew that the American continent was mostly plains. If used as a farmland, more fields could be cultivated than in the Central Plains.

What's more, many parts of the world today are untapped treasures. Why not continuously import resources from all over the world into the country, and begin to enter a cross-generational technological explosion stage without rushing to use the resources underground in the country.

It’s not like Zhu Chu didn’t know that there were treasures buried in many places in the country, such as various mineral resources, coal mines, and even oil fields.

It's just that these resources are non-renewable and will be exhausted when they are used up.

Moreover, with today's technology, mining at will would be a huge sin if the earth was hollowed out and the continent was divided.

So Zhu Ming has not yet thought about this in a hurry. What he has to consider now is how to seize the opportunity and use the talents of the time travellers. Even without a system, he still has the memory and knowledge of his previous life to lead the Ming Dynasty to a strong rise.

In fact, the early Ming Dynasty was not lagging behind other countries in the world. After all, even Newton would not be born until more than two hundred years later, and Western civilization had not yet risen.

China's backwardness was due to the Qing Dynasty. Originally, the Qing Dynasty also had the opportunity to rise, and Qianlong himself learned a lot of foreign knowledge.

Unfortunately, for the sake of imperial power, we still missed the first train of the industrial era.

That's why the Qing Dynasty is said to be the sinner, because the national strength until the early Qing Dynasty, coupled with the legacy left by the Ming Dynasty, was enough for them to complete the transformation.

Look at Great Britain, doesn’t the royal family still exist well?

Far away.

Zhu Zhen originally wanted to inspect the Zhoushan Islands and imagine the possibility of building a shipyard here. However, the Zhoushan Islands may not be suitable, and this is not the only coastal area.

It seems that we can only think about it in the long term.

"Actually, Goryeo is one step closer to Japan," Xu Miaojin lowered his head and pointed out.

That is indeed close, but the problem is that although Goryeo is nominally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is actually an independent country. In recent years, it has been estranged from the Ming Dynasty, and it was flirting with Bei Yuan before. The army used the road to send troops?

Aren't you afraid that when the Ming army takes advantage of the Tao, they will take advantage of the situation and destroy you?

Zhu Zhen smiled, his smile was a bit mysterious, and there was a glint in his eyes.

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

His seventeenth brother Zhu Quan is right when he says that people who are not of my race must have different minds.

Goryeo was a small country, and its surrender to the Ming Dynasty was forced out of necessity.

But as long as they are given a chance, they will bite Daming back at any time.

"There's no rush now. Whether it's Japan or Goryeo, we have to take it step by step slowly," Zhu Zhen said, reaching out to lift Xu Miaojin's chin. It was because his sister had a tacit understanding with him.

Xu Miaojin glanced at Tang Xin at the side in a funny way and allowed Zhu Chu to tease her.

"Cough cough cough."

There was a cough from the side, reminding Zhu Zhen, Your Highness, there are still people around.

Zhu Ming turned around angrily and said, "Wang Fu, are you sick? Do you want me to find a doctor for you?"

The only one who dared to do this was Wang Fu.

Wang Fu sighed, Your Highness, we are still alive, don't treat us as dead, it will have a bad impact.

Who would have thought that this could be stuffed with a mouthful of dog food.

Can it still be fine?

Something strange flashed in Tang Xin's eyes. Is this guy serious?

Putting aside what happened last night, is this a show of affection in front of yourself, to make yourself jealous? Then you care about him?

"Childish," Tang Xin rolled her beautiful eyes and turned away, but only she knew how she felt in her heart.

If I really don't mind at all, I don't care at all. I wouldn't have been so upset last night that I stayed up all night and sat outside the window listening to the wall.

At this moment, Li Cunzhao came over with a team of people.

Tang Xin's eyes suddenly lit up and he took the initiative to greet him: "Li Cunzhao, why are you here?"

Li Cunhui looked back at the team behind him and snorted coldly: "These bastard brats not only forgot all the things I taught them before, but they also broke up and fled in front of the Japanese pirates. I left them alone. Now I will bring them here to apologize to His Highness in person."

Speaking of what happened yesterday, Li Cunzhao became very angry. His troops had abandoned him as the commander-in-chief, but was that okay?

You ran away, what should I do?

If Tang Xin hadn't arrived in time, Wang Fu and the others might not have been able to save him in time, even with their machine guns.

Originally, Li Cunzhao was already determined to die. He knew what was going on with his subordinates. They were ordinary people on weekdays. How could the temporarily recruited troops be the opponent of professional warriors?

But he himself cannot escape. The current generals are not like those in the late Ming Dynasty. Even if they die, they will not turn around and flee in front of the enemy, let alone abandon the people.

If he was really dead, Li Cunzhao would be clear about his ambition.

But since he is not dead now, he has to settle the score.

"Kneel down, everyone," Li Cunzhao shouted angrily.

The hundreds of soldiers behind him knelt down.

Li Cunzhao also knelt on one knee and said to Zhu Zhen: "See His Highness the King of Dian. All the incompetent soldiers of the Changguo Guard are here. If we can't win on the battlefield, it's because our skills are inferior to others. But they dare to abandon the people and turn around and flee. Not only are they cowardly and cowardly, but they are also incompetent due to their humble position. Please punish them, Your Highness."

The battlefield was very harsh on deserters who broke up. In many cases, if someone dared to escape from the battlefield, he would be hacked to death on the spot.

As mentioned before, one person can sweep away the entire army, and the phenomenon of army collapse is very scary, especially under huge pressure, they will only choose to follow blindly.

If dealt with according to military law, these people would all die, including Li Cunzhao, who would also be beheaded.

Therefore, Li Cunzhao did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly came to Zhu Chu to apologize early this morning. However, when he went to look for it, he missed it. After asking around, he found out that Zhu Chu was going around the island to take in the light, and he found it here.

"Zhu Ming, Li Cunzhao fought bravely with the Japanese pirates without retreating, and stopped the Japanese pirates from harming the people before we arrived. You can't kill him," Tang Xin turned his head and said seriously.

"Do you care about him that much?" Zhu Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Li Cunzhao was startled, my aunt, do you want to help me, or are you afraid that I won't die?

"Miss Tang, we were just childhood friends, but then you followed the Generalissimo (Tang He) back to Beijing. We are really not familiar with each other," Li Cunzhao quickly opened the relationship.

"You," Tang Xin said angrily, being treated like a donkey with good intentions, who is this person?

Li Cunzhao did not dare to look at Tang Xin. He lowered his head and waited quietly for the judgment from Zhu Chu.

Zhu Ming snorted: "Okay, get up. I know your situation, and I am not so ruthless. But you can't escape the death penalty. Li Cunzhao, after all, you are my army of the Ming Dynasty. As warriors, If you can't defend your country, protect your people, or serve when the enemy comes, what use are you? Even if I raise a dog, the dog will know how to bark when its owner needs it."

Li Cunzhao didn't dare to get up. His head was buried in his breastplate, and his face was red with shame.

The hundreds of soldiers behind him also did not dare to face Zhu Ming's cold eyes.

In fact, Zhu Ming still has some temper. He hates iron but also looks down on them.

None of the soldiers brought out by Zhu Chu himself were fierce warriors who were not afraid of death.

Look at these guys again. They were so frightened by the Japanese pirates that they fled. What the hell.

But Zhu Ming was also more mature than before. He was not doing it for Tang Xin's sake, but he knew that if he really executed Li Cunzhao's entire army with iron-blooded tactics, not only would it not be able to solve the problem, but it might even trigger a civil uprising.

After all, these soldiers were recruited from local counties with military registration. How should their families feel?

When the Japanese pirates came, didn't your court respond in time? Why should we be punished?

We also had encounters with Japanese pirates.

"Li Cunzhao obeys the order." Zhu Zhen thought about it in his mind and issued a punishment to Li Cunzhao: "Because you still have some self-respect as the coach, I will not chop off your head. I will keep your head in your care first." On the neck, there will be other uses in the future. But if you are punished by death, you will not be able to escape. After you go back, give each person ten lashes as punishment. Then go and see if the people in Dinghai County need help. They are all yours. Folks, don’t think about it. What will they do if you escape? You are afraid of the Japanese pirates’ samurai swords, aren’t they?”

Li Cunzhao didn't dare to refute a single word. He buried his head and said: "Thank you for not killing, Your Highness. After returning to the camp, Li Cunzhao will also bring thirty military sticks to serve as a warning to others."

"Okay, let's go down," Zhu Chu waved his hand, annoyed when he saw them.

This is not to say that Zhu Chu can stand and talk without pain in his back. If he is just an incompetent and idle prince, I am afraid that others will not be convinced.

You must know that Zhu Zhen's military force is very powerful now. I am afraid that even in the Three Kingdoms era, he will be able to fight Na Lu Fengxian for hundreds of rounds.

In addition, he personally killed countless Japanese pirates yesterday, and blocked the city gate with Xu Miaojin, not letting a single Japanese pirate go.

Of course he has the right to look down on these defeated soldiers.

Li Cunzhao left in despair, and the entire army also learned a profound lesson.

"Li Cunzhao," Zhu Min suddenly said loudly: "The reason why you are alive is because the people did not suffer too many casualties, and also because I miss your dead brothers Paoze. When I was in Yunnan , and shouted the slogan, 'How can one say that one has no clothes and one has the same robe as his son'? If you have the opportunity, you can ask those brothers who have followed me, have I ever betrayed them, or have I ever turned my back on them and escaped?"

Around Zhu Chu, all the guards raised their heads and shouted: "No. Live or die with His Highness. I will follow you to the death."

As long as Zhu Chu did not betray them, they would never betray Zhu Chu, and not only the Yunnan Ming Army, but also the soldiers who had followed Zhu Chu in the grassland.

This is the charm of Zhu Xi's personality.

"And you, for the rest of your lives, will regret your choice yesterday."

After Zhu Ming finished speaking, he turned around, as if he didn't even bother to look at them anymore.

Li Cunzhao was shocked. Although he was not a deserter, he felt the same way. After all, this was the army he brought out, and he felt extremely bitter.

Taking a deep breath, Li Cunzhao shouted: "Your Highness, please rest assured, if there is another Japanese pirate attack, if anyone dares to turn around and run away, I will be the first to chop him to death with my own hands. This will also be the case with my general."

Xu Miaojin saw Zhu Miao slightly lifting the corner of his mouth to reveal a satisfied smile.

This Li Cunzhao can be regarded as a malleable talent.

(End of this chapter)