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Chapter 37 The Birth of the Japanese Pirates

Tang Chang'an City.

A group of ministers also started discussing excitedly. Although they did not know what the so-called science was, later generations gave two examples: one was the phone that allowed one to chat face to face with people thousands of miles away, and the other was artificial diamonds.

If you add the ability to turn stone into gold, then there are several kinds of magic.

Just thinking about it is exciting, and I can only hope to have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the secrets in the future.

Nanjun in the late Han Dynasty.

Zhang Fei scratched his head and did not join in the heated discussion.

Like the phone call mentioned by Tianmu, there is still no progress, and these things are not what he is good at.

"Huh!" Zhang Fei let out a long breath, stood up and stretched his muscles. His muscles crackled as he stretched.

The young people in later generations can sit still for too long. For example, the sky curtain can be opened for more than an hour, sometimes even longer.

Having said that, Zhang Fei still felt that it would be okay to keep the sky curtain open for a while longer. It only happened once a month after all, and it would be a good thing to reveal more secret recipes of the magic.

At this time, the sky curtain switched again.

[Anti-Japanese War, the Birth of Japanese Pirates#History]

[In 1336, Japan split into two dynasties, the North and the South, due to civil strife]

[The flames of war rage on, the defeated samurai and the desperate people have extremely ridiculous thoughts, they don't fight the Japanese who made them displaced]

[On the contrary, they started to form groups to plunder the Chinese people who had no grudges against them. These bastards were the earliest Japanese pirates.]

[In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated the warlord Zhang Shicheng in western Zhejiang in Pingjiang. The remnants of Zhang Shicheng who were unwilling to surrender fled to the sea and colluded with Japanese pirates, burning, killing and looting along the coast of my country]

[In 1368, when the Ming Dynasty was established, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to suppress the Japanese pirates, but the effect was not great]

[So two years later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued another order to implement a maritime ban, and the people living along the coast moved inland. He also tightened the maritime ban several times afterwards, and the Japanese threat gradually subsided.]

During the Hongwu period, Jinling City.

Many ministers have already reacted and calculated in their minds that according to the calendar of later generations, it is now the third year of Hongwu, which should be 1370.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened attentively, not daring to be careless. After all, this concerned a part of the future of the Ming Dynasty, and also the remnants of Zhang Shicheng and the Japanese pirates, which were his biggest headaches.

The two are in cahoots with each other, are good at naval battles, and are protected by divine winds, which is a real concern.

Some thoughts flashed through his mind: According to Tianmu, hasn't the Japanese threat gradually disappeared since the maritime ban? Why is it worth talking about it again?

Instead, a group of military officers started to curse: "Zhang Shicheng, the son of a bitch, colluded with the Japanese bandits, he deserves to die!"

When the people of Suzhou, Chongming, Wenzhou, Huizhou, Taizhou and other places heard Tianmu mentioned this, they were all filled with hatred and cursed.

After this group of bandits came ashore, they killed anyone they saw, robbed any money they saw, raped and looted, and did all sorts of evil things. They deserve to die!
[In 1392, the Northern Dynasty unified Japan, and the defeated Southern Dynasty warriors were stranded on the islands]

[They inherited the shameless spirit of the Japanese pirates and made a living by plundering our coastal areas. The Japanese invasion problem has intensified again.]

[In 1408, Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty set up six anti-Japanese military headquarters in Shandong, Yangzhou, Jinshan, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong to resist Japanese pirates.]

[They caught the Japanese pirates and beat them up, and finally sent them back to their mother's womb]

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and deliberately skipped the three words "Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty", which means that the Japanese pirates will cause chaos again 22 years later?

The chaos will last for another ten years?

All the ministers also noticed something was wrong and frowned. As the old saying goes, a thief can only steal for a thousand days, but you cannot guard against thieves for a thousand days.

The source of this matter is not in the Ming Dynasty, but in Japan.

[But more than 50 years later (1467), Wakoku entered the Warring States Period again, and such a small place was divided into dozens of countries]

[The warlords started to kill people every day again. The defeated warriors and unruly people fled to the islands again, inheriting the insane spirit of their ancestors and running to the coast of our country to rob.]

[In 1522, the famous Emperor Jiajing came to power. This old man devoted himself to Taoism and handed over the government affairs to the even more famous treacherous ministers Yan Song and his son.]

[The Ming Dynasty's politics became more corrupt, and land annexation became more serious. Some desperate people had no choice but to flee to the sea and collude with the Japanese pirates to harass my country's coastal areas]

[By the 31st year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates had become more arrogant than ever]

[In the four years, they destroyed Shanghai, invaded Taicang, invaded Chongde, captured Jiashan, and destroyed eastern Zhejiang. In short, the entire southeastern coastal area was in turmoil.]

"Fuck you!" Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table and said, "The little country of Japan has rebelled against you!"

The ministers knew that he was really angry and did not dare to respond. They just watched him pace back and forth.

From the third year of Hongwu to the thirty-first year of Jiajing, that is, in 1552, the problem of Japanese invasion had never been solved, and it had lasted for more than 180 years.

Since 1408, when the Southeast Coast Guard established the Beiwodusi, it has been more than 140 years. They would rather build a long line of defense to defend against the Japanese pirates than to go east to solve the problem once and for all? Why was there no hero who could solve this problem?
Someone had a flash of inspiration. Yes, Tianmu once said that the emperors after the Ming Dynasty were more weird than each other. Some studied abroad, some became monks, some were bad people, some opened zoos, and some were carpenters.

The emperor was not in charge, and his ministers were fighting for power, causing corruption both at home and abroad.

"A small disease may eventually turn into a disaster." In the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City, Li Shimin was content to watch the show, but he never expected that the small Japan, no, it was the Japanese pirates.

How could a small group of Japanese pirates force the Ming Dynasty, known as the most powerful country in Chinese history, to defend itself for hundreds of years?
"How pathetic!" someone muttered.

Li Shimin knew it was Cheng Yaojin who said that without even looking, because he was a rough guy with a loud voice.

"In my opinion, instead of using the money to build six major anti-Japanese military bases, it would be better to just attack Japan and destroy them!"

"That's right! They are all women with no dicks in their crotches!" Someone else muttered. This was Yuchi Jingde.

"That's enough, both of you!" Li Shimin's forehead was throbbing with veins.

The two of them were not angry, they just laughed it off.

Fang Xuanling nodded. The two men's words were reasonable. With the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible for them to be defeated by the small country of Japan, right?
It's really unbelievable.

[In 1554, Wan Biao, the deputy governor of the Central Military Governor's Office in Nanjing, was forced to recruit 200 monks from temples in Hangzhou and Suzhou at his own expense]

[Let his son-in-law, Wu Maoxuan, the commander of Hangzhou Guard, lead the troops to kill the Japanese pirates]

[It is not to be exaggerated that these monks are really powerful. They defeated the Japanese pirates with one move. Once, they chased the Japanese pirates near Songjiang for six days and six nights and wiped out all the Japanese pirates before returning to the camp.]

[But no matter how powerful the monks are, there are only 200 of them. They can't manage an area as big as the southeast coast.]

[So in 1555, more than 40 Japanese pirates entered the country from Pinghu, Zhejiang, and went all the way to Chun'an, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing and other places, injuring more than 3 people. Finally, the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to round them up and eliminate them.]

[Jiajing was furious when he heard the thunder and ordered Yan Song and his son to quell the Japanese invasion]

Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, Song Lian and other ministers were so angry that they laughed.

In Jinling City, the common people thought they had heard wrongly.

"Is Tianmu wrong?"

"Is it possible that 40 people could have traveled to so many places and killed and injured more than 3000 people? Do you really think you are strong as a rock?"

"In your opinion, how many people should there be?"

"I'm afraid it's 4000. It can't be any less?" The man saw that he was very confident and thought that the Ming Dynasty had a strong military and the number was about the same.

[So in 1556, Yan Song and his son promoted Hu Zongxian to the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor-General of Zhejiang and Zhili, in charge of military affairs in Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Fujian and other places, and fully responsible for suppressing the bandits.]

[Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen, was born into a wealthy family in Huizhou, Anhui. His great-grandfather served as the Minister of Finance in Nanjing, and his family background was prominent.]

[Hu Zongxian received a big order right after he took office. Cao Bangfu, the governor of Suzhou and Songjiang, defeated the Japanese pirates near Suzhou, and only a small number of pirates escaped.]

Hu Zongxian was overjoyed and quickly mobilized 4 soldiers to pursue the Japanese pirates. However, he never expected that more than 000 of these 4 soldiers were killed by the Japanese pirates.

[Hu Zongxian was furious and ordered his deputy general Liu Tao to lead troops to reinforce, but the result once again surprised everyone. The Ming army was defeated and fled again, and the Japanese pirates took the opportunity to turn around and rob eastern Zhejiang.]

After cursing "good-for-nothing", Zhu Yuanzhang sat down calmly and listened as if it had nothing to do with him.

The Japanese know small etiquette but not great righteousness, are particular about small details but not great virtues, value trivial matters but neglect integrity and shame, fear power but do not cherish virtue. When they are strong, they will surely steal and invade, and when they are weak, they will surely submit.

The remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, the Jurchens, Japan, and the remnants of Zhang Shicheng!

No one knew that he had added another person to his list.

Behind the curtain was Hu Zongxian, who showed respect to the wise and humble and invited Xu Wei to come out of retirement. Everyone also knew the distribution of the Japanese pirate forces at that time.

At that time, the Japanese pirates were mainly divided into two forces, namely Wang Zhi and Xu Hai. One was Hu Zongxian's fellow villager, and the other was also.

Wang Zhi started out as a maritime trader, earning several times the profit mainly by selling Portuguese weapons to Japan. In order to ensure that his weapons would not be robbed by islanders and Japanese pirates, he armed himself. As a result, he became the biggest pirate leader.

Later, he simply conquered 36 islands near Nagasaki Prefecture in today's Japan, established the State of Song, and proclaimed himself King Hui.

Wang Zhi also reached an agreement with Zhejiang Governor Wang Yu that as long as he was allowed to do business along the coast, he would cooperate with the government to quell the Japanese rebellion.

This was indeed the case, as Wang Zhi also helped the government repel several attacks by Japanese pirates.

According to Tianmu, Wang Zhi was a thief who had his own code of conduct and was dedicated to doing business.

Even Hu Weiyong, who had experienced many ups and downs in his life, couldn't help but feel disheveled in the wind.

The ministers felt that their brains were not enough.
The corners of Song Lian's mouth twitched, but he finally held it back.

As a subject, one should share the worries of the king. It is well known that the Japanese pirates are a scourge, but he can raise the problem but does not know how to solve it.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been established, and Generals Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and others have led other generals in the Northern Expedition and have not yet returned, at this time, there is not enough food and financial resources to support the Eastern Expedition.

The people of Jinling City were stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it.

The two Confucian scholars, who had previously discussed that Tianmu might have miscalculated the number of Japanese pirates, looked at each other and their faces turned red with shame, wanting to crawl into a hole in the ground.

"Tianmu said that the Japanese pirates cooperated with the government to repel the Japanese pirates?"

"That's right!"

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In the Tang Chang'an City, Li Shimin could not tell who were the Japanese pirates.
The people of Chang'an City also joked for a while, but now they really had nothing to say and could only remain silent.

[At the beginning, the cooperation between the two sides was quite pleasant, and Wang Zhi even helped the government to repel several attacks by Japanese pirates]

[However, just after the honeymoon, another Japanese pirate leader Xu Hai ruined the plan.]

[Xu Hai was also a fellow villager of Hu Zongxian. He once worked as a monk in a temple in Hangzhou, and his Buddhist name was Pu Jing.]

[But this guy was not clean at all, he often went to brothels in the city to visit prostitutes, and his uncle Xu Weixue was Wang Zhi's confidant]

[When he saw that his uncle was making a lot of money, he threw away the wooden fish, picked up a machete, ran to his uncle's fleet and became Wang Zhi's subordinate]

[After Wang Zhi reached an agreement with the government to do business normally, Xu Hai was unwilling to give up the high-profit business of robbery]

[So he secretly colluded with other Japanese pirates and went to Zhoushan, Zhejiang to rob again]

[Wang Yu, the governor of Zhejiang, was furious and thought that Wang Zhi had betrayed his loyalty and planned the robbery, so he sent the famous general Yu Dayou to lead an army to attack Wang Zhi.]

After this, Wang Zhi drove Xu Weixue and Xu Hai out of the fleet, and the two of them started doing pirate activities again. Not long after, Xu Weixue was hacked to death by officers and soldiers.

"Good kill!"

"Die well!"

"It's time to fuck you!"

[Xu Hai rolled his eyes and had no choice but to follow the Japanese and do the pirates' business again. Soon Xu Hai showed amazing organizational skills and military talent.]

[He seized a piece of land in Zhelin Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai, and formed a force of 20,000 to 30,000 people, also known as the General Tiancha Pinghai, whose strength was second only to Wang Zhi]

[In the first month of 1555, Xu Hai led the Japanese pirates to attack Chongde County, killed the county lieutenant, captured the Ming courtesans Wang Yusu and Wang Cuiqiao and married them. The imperial court sent troops to suppress the rebellion but was defeated by Xu Hai and fled.]

[In 1556, Xu Hai and other Japanese pirates joined forces to attack Suzhou with a total of to people. Hu Zongxian sent guerrilla general Zong Li to lead the fierce Northwest Army to suppress the rebellion. Unexpectedly, they were completely annihilated by Xu Hai again, and no one escaped. Hu Zongxian was shocked.]

[So when he heard Xu Wei say that to catch a thief, one must first catch the leader, he shook his head like a rattle and could not believe it at all. But Xu Wei had been prepared and told Hu Zongxian a plan. What was the plan? We will talk about it in the next episode.]

The common people and officials in Jinling City were outraged. This was just the battle between government soldiers and Japanese pirates. The people along the coast were probably even worse off!
"Those damn Japanese pirates are too arrogant!"

"Damn it, we have to kill them sooner or later!"

"When General Xu Da returns victorious from his northern expedition, Japan will destroy itself!"

"Let this Japanese pirate live for a few more days."

"Your Majesty, I would like to request troops to march east to Japan to eliminate this disaster for our Ming Dynasty!" A general stepped forward and requested to send troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him carefully, first praised his loyalty, then calmed him down with a few words, and said that he had already had a plan.

The ministers didn't know what his plan was, and they were too embarrassed to ask, so they could only call His Majesty wise.

The sky curtain began to play again, and Zhu Yuanzhang emphasized the time node of 1392, which was the day when the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan ended.

In other words, Japan is still in the midst of war, while our Ming Dynasty has already been unified. Now is the third year of Hongwu, which is 1370 according to the calendar of later generations.

We still have 22 years!

Is the story of One Piece copied from history?

"The main theme is based on the Age of Discovery. Pirates from various countries have borrowed from it and made secondary creations. Wang Zhi is also used as the prototype..."

"It's really embarrassing. More than 40 Japanese pirates were able to kill more than people. It's not like the Japanese invaders had logistical support and support troops."

"During the Ming Dynasty, the government couldn't even issue the weapons. The armor and weapons in the armory had all rotted and could not be used. To be honest, these officers and soldiers were no different from the peasant army."

"This is true. They almost captured Nanjing. Otherwise, why do you think they mobilized so many soldiers? It was basically a campaign to defend the king."

"It is true that they are hard to catch because they are roaming around everywhere, but it is nonsense to say that they can capture Nanjing. How high is the city wall of Nanjing, and how many soldiers are there defending it?"

Is the Ming army so weak?

"There are so many traitors! Don't you see that most of the Japanese pirates are from the Ming Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)