Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 273 Zhu Yuanzhang: Will we list Japan as a country that cannot be conquered?
After Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Zhang Cheng, who was sitting aside, folded his hands under his chin, thought for a while and said, "This is actually a bit similar to why our Datong Society can make Yuan Ting retreat steadily."

"So, the Japanese country also implemented the concept of Datong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked hurriedly.

Zhang Cheng smiled and shook his head: "Not really."

then.

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again and said: "But his reform was successful and industrialization was achieved. The Qing Dynasty also made a preliminary attempt at industrialization, but it was unsuccessful."

"Why didn't it succeed?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "You have asked the key to the question."

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his palm: "Let us think about it ourselves first."

Zhang Cheng started talking with a smile, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "I just don't know if it were you, the Zhu family, who would be more afraid of the common people waking up and seizing power than foreigners taking profits."

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought.

"Getting to the root of it."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought seriously for a while and said: "Are the landlords in the Qing Dynasty more powerful than the Japanese landlords? They want the people to be the Qing Dynasty's cows and horses, and they also want the people to love the Qing Dynasty?"

"The Japanese invasion did not succeed, and the Ming Dynasty you established won."

Zhang Cheng nodded.

Zhang Cheng replied.

"So, our Ming Dynasty, like the Qing Dynasty, does not like to actively provoke the Japanese country?"

"It is actually quite embarrassing to talk about industrialization in Daqing. Rather than fearing foreigners seizing profits, people are more afraid of the common people waking up and seizing power."

"After your Ming Dynasty was plundered and bullied by Japanese pirates, some members of the ruling class wanted to conquer the local people and hold them accountable, but they had to be restricted by the ancestral law."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang pursed his lips and remained silent.

At this time, Zhang Cheng took the initiative to mention more conflicts in the history of Chinese civilization and the Japanese country.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and asked Zhang Cheng: "Then who won?"

"Actually, in that world, your Ming Dynasty was also invaded by the Japanese country and fought a war with the Japanese country."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

"Although your ancestral law will not have much effect if the emperor really decides to attack the Japanese mainland, it can be used as an example. The emperor is too lazy to teach the Japanese a lesson, and just wants to suck up the people's fat and anointing, without caring about the dignity of the dynasty. An excuse?"

"In the end, it's the upper hand."

"You want it, you want it."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened at this moment: "Finally, there is someone who makes us happy."

Zhang Cheng nodded: "Yes, after you became emperor in that world, you even issued a decree to list the Japanese country as a country without conquest!"

Zhang Cheng then took the initiative to say to Zhu Yuanzhang: "However, that was also a war initiated by the Japanese country in an attempt to invade the Ming Dynasty."

After a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang then asked Zhang Cheng: "Do you have the original text of this edict?"

"some."

"Just a moment."

Soon.

Zhang Cheng gave Zhu Yuanzhang a copy of the 28th edition of Hongwu's "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions".

"The barbarians in the four directions are all isolated in a corner separated by mountains and seas. They cannot obtain enough land to supply them, and they cannot obtain enough people to command them."

"If he doesn't think about himself and comes to disturb me, he is unlucky."

"He is not troubled by China, but it is also unlucky for me to raise an army and attack lightly." "I am afraid that future generations will rely on China's wealth and strength, be greedy for temporary military success, raise armies for no reason, and cause harm to human lives, so remember not to do so."

"But Hu Rong and the northwest border are close to each other. After many wars, we must select generals to train troops and be prepared at all times.

Now we will not list the names of the barbarian countries, but list them below:
northeast:

Korea (i.e. Goryeo. Its Li Renren and his son Li Chenggui, now named Dan, from the sixth year of Hongwu to the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, all four kings of the Wang family were killed first and last, so they are treated as such)
Due east by north:

Japan (although the government is actually deceitful, secretly committing adultery with the traitorous minister Hu Weiyong, and has evil intentions, so it is exterminated)"

Zhu Yuanzhang read what Zhang Cheng had marked for him.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This seems like something we can do."

then.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly at Zhang Cheng and said, "But in that life, we probably never imagined that the Japanese would one day become a serious danger to China."

"Things in this world are unpredictable."

"When Song Huizong first came to the throne, he never thought that the Jin Congress would become a serious problem."

"The Southern Song Dynasty never thought that the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty would be a serious problem at the beginning."

"The lesson of carving a boat and seeking a sword has been learned very early."

"But there are still many people who like to carve a boat and ask for a sword."

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:
"It seems that we worry too much about our children and grandchildren in that world, and we take care of too much!"

After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled at Zhang Cheng and said: "After talking so much, we have become more and more aware that the family is a dead end, and only thinking about the long-term stability of the family is also a dead end. Thanks to Mr. Zhang for giving me some advice, let me, an old farmer, understand this. You know, it is better to plan for the future of the Chinese people than to plan for our descendants.”

"There is nothing wrong with planning for your children and grandchildren."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Even compared to me, who only cares for myself, I am more selfish for someone who only cares for myself."

"Although there is nothing wrong with it, if you are too stupid, you are still stupid without realizing it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a melancholy look.

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "It's not your fault. In this fast land, most smart people are busy fighting for power and educating the people, and few are doing things to enlighten the people, so you ended up being just a person in that life." It’s normal for people to want to keep the mainland of China as the place where your Zhu family absorbs the people’s fat.”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel angry.

"Mr. Zhang is still so straightforward when he speaks, so straightforward that it makes people uncomfortable to listen to him!"

"However, you are right, the purpose of being a master is to be able to live by absorbing the people's fat and the people's anointing without having to work."

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang still smiled and said it.

Zhang Cheng said: "I don't have to worry about anything. Of course I can be straightforward, just like I will admit directly that I am not a saint, and all I want to do is reap benefits in this world without taking responsibility."

Zhang Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang as he spoke: "Although what I said was naked, I didn't mean to look down on you."

"Even, in my opinion, you are indeed nobler than me!"

"I am the more selfish person!"

“I just want to gain wealth such as gold and silver in this world as capital to experience more luxurious life in that world. At the same time, I also want to enjoy the respect from this world, but I don’t have to work hard to be really responsible for the people of this world. Working hard for their happiness, even allowing yourself to be misunderstood and abused.”

"But you, Mr. Zhang, want to see the people in this world live a better life, especially the Han people, and you also want to see China in this world become more prosperous, so you are willing to take the time to say this to me. many."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a smile.

Zhang Cheng nodded: "Yes, people, after they can enjoy everything without lacking anything, they will have noble pursuits."

"And you, Mr. Zhang, want me to be a chess piece that satisfies your nobler pursuit."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng nodded: "You can say that, whether you want to be this chess piece or not is up to you."

(End of this chapter)