The Dutch were few in number and did not need much troops, but the entry of the Fengsheng army was not only to repel the Dutch, but more importantly, Zhu Youxiao took a fancy to the geographical location of the Kra Isthmus, which happened to be located in the narrowest part of the entire peninsula, which was the most suitable area for digging a canal.

In later generations, due to various political reasons, the canal here has not been dug up, but now there are not so many problems, after a fierce battle into the Forbidden City, with a row of guns, jungle warfare to thwart the attempt of the Dutch, the Fengsheng army did not return to China, but stationed in the local area.

Recruitment began to be made to dig the canal. On the one hand, he wanted to avoid conflict with Spain and Portugal, so as to achieve his intention to get into the Indian Ocean, and on the other hand, for economic reasons, if he went out of the Kra Isthmus, he could reduce the time by a month, and he could reduce the level of exploitation by allowing the merchants of the Ming Dynasty to directly contact the Arab group of transit traffickers.

The excavation of the canal is a huge project, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty at this time, it is absolutely impossible to support the cost of the national road and the Kra Canal, so Zhu Youxiao can only reduce the cost from other aspects, such as slaves.

Nanyang has a lot of human resources, because of the climate, the local indigenous people do not need to cultivate at all, a large number of fruits and vegetation, so that they can live a comfortable life.

Although these people are not good laborers, Zhu Youxiao doesn't need them to do any delicate work, just digging the land, as long as the whip is whipped hard, any lazy natives will be diligent.

As a result, the much-maligned slave trade arose, and a large number of natives were captured by Spain and Portugal and sent to the Holy Army, where they drove them to dig canals.

Of course, the Ming merchants are inevitably involved, after all, a green laborer is five taels of silver, which is simply a business without capital, and sending a boat is a thousand taels of income. As a result, many merchants brought their own swords, hired people, and went to the real Nanyang to catch the natives everywhere.

Many people earned their first pot of gold in this trade, and thus participated in this great prosperity, but the Kra Isthmus, which swallowed the bones of millions of Nanyang natives for no reason, took a full decade to build. 、

And because of the reduction of labor in Nanyang, many Ming merchants who contracted land had no labor, so they also joined the world slave trade, buying serfs from the African continent, compared with the local natives, African serfs were obviously more diligent, so the slave trade flourished in Nanyang completely.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Youxiao did not do anything, but strictly forbade the flow of black slaves into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and even the land occupied by the overseas Ming Dynasty and the canonized feudal lords were not allowed to use black slaves. Whoever discovers it shall have all his property confiscated and deprived of all his lordship. This severe punishment puzzled all the people at that time, and it was not until later generations, because of the black liberation movement, that they discovered the wisdom of Ming Shengzu and admired his far-sighted vision.

Of course, this is only the early stage, and the evil trade caused by this canal has not yet opened its big hand, but Zhu Youxiao has already foreseen it, but he did not intervene, but silently wrote preventive measures.

When the Bongseong Army entered Gaohei, the Habayashi Army, the Hosoyanagi Army, and the Iron Cavalry Army were all assembled, and the naval fleet began to be activated to support Shimazu Tadashi's counterattack. An army of 100,000 landed on Kyushu Island and, with the assistance of the Shimazu family and the support of naval fleet artillery, routed the Tokugawa shogunate's army in one fell swoop.

Then, in the name of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate's disrespect for the king and the vain self-proclaimed emperor, the Ming Dynasty reacted against the crusade war, set out from Kyushu Island, landed on Japan's Honshu Island, and marched towards Edo.

In this battlefield, Zhu Youxiao did not adopt a blitzkrieg in which the naval fleet raided Edo and transported soldiers to log in, but adopted positional warfare, the purpose of which was to let other subject countries and territories see clearly that any country that did not respect the will of the Great Ming would end up like this.

This is a battlefield of killing monkeys and chickens, and it is also a war of showing off its might, showing off the military power of the Ming Dynasty. When thousands of cannons were displayed together and the overwhelming artillery fire was sent out, the faces of all the kings of the subjects who had been invited to watch the battle changed greatly.

The boundless battle line, the many frightened artillery, and the strict cavalry array, all shocked these small countries, although Zhenla and Siam are known as 100,000 men with armor, but this is counting the people or something, but what about the army in front of the Ming Dynasty?

That's a pure 150,000 generals, and the Shimazu family, who is in charge of the people and logistics, is not counted. In particular, the sharp firearms terrified the hearts of the kings of the five countries, and they were weapons that even Westerners admired.

150,000 professional soldiers crisscrossed Japan, which was really devastating and invincible, however, Japan's resistance was also very fierce, and Zhu Youxiao, who intended to settle the world in a war and fight Japan's surrender for 300 years, did not engage in any blitzkrieg tactics, but allowed the Tokugawa shogunate to gather its own forces, gather its own personnel, and concentrate all its forces, and the two of them had a big battle.

Zhu Youxiao went all the way and swept all the way, and his progress was very slow, not only fighting, but also occupation and governance, helping the Shimazu family to stabilize local rule, and implementing a government in a country that has formed its own language and culture, which really gave the cabinet a lot of experience.

On March 12, the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the final decisive battle came. Both the Ming and Japanese amassed all their forces near Edo Castle.

The Ming side was dominated by 100,000 infantry, 50,000 cavalry, and 50,000 logistics soldiers, with a total of 200,000 troops, while the Tokugawa shogunate was much more numerous.

On March 15, the official decisive battle began, and the attackers were still on the Ming side, only to see countless outstanding generals, leading their own platoon and phalanx battle line, steadily advancing, and in front, the Japanese who were stubbornly defending, they also had iron cannons, and they also met the enemy with the same tactics.

However, without artillery, they could not resist the initial bombardment at all, and after the cannon bombardment at the front door, the battle line collapsed, the infantry advanced, and the cavalry covered the killing, but in just three days, the 400,000-strong army was defeated in a mess.

"Heaven will forget Japan!" The third shogun, and the last shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, stood at the head of the castle, looking at the ronin samurai running down the wolf, his face full of sadness, and finally drew his sword and killed himself.

On March 18, the Tokugawa shogunate fell.

After the war, there were naturally many matters of reparations, and the Japanese government, headed by Shimazu Tadashi, was naturally willing to accept countless conditions.

The first was to renounce the occupation of Hokkaido. At this time, although Japan occupied Hokkaido, there was not much of its own population, and it was necessary to evacuate.

And this island is needed, but Zhu Youxiao heard that this is a holy place for horse breeding, so he did not hesitate to take it, in addition to this, there are other islands such as Tsushima Island, which are also occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Eventually, Japan was left with only the three large islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, as well as a number of smaller islands in the surrounding area.

Needless to say, many other economic interests, mineral deposits, military compensation, etc. Afterwards, in the war, the Japanese emperor became the culprit, and Zhu Youxiao was accused of violating the Ming etiquette system for thousands of years as the source of Japan's troubles, and divided by the punishment of the nine clans.

Subsequently, a large-scale manhunt began throughout Japan, and all those who had any blood related to the emperor were arrested and slaughtered, and on April 18, a whole 10,000 people of the emperor's blood were beheaded in Kyoto.

"Japan, perish!" The contemporary emperor, Emperor Gomizuo, sighed faintly, and then was stabbed by the ghost-headed guillotine, and the big head fell to the ground, gurgling and rolling, and his eyes were even wider, looking dead.

This day, known to later historians as the day of Japan's sunk or sunset, marks the end of Japan's classical feudal era and heralds the advent of the era of vassals.

On the second day, at the behest of the Ming Dynasty, Shimazu Tadashi moved the capital to Edo and renamed it Tokyo, on this day, under the auspices of the Ming ambassador to Japan, Shimazu Tadashi was crowned king, the first true king of Japan.

Zhu Youxiao did not go too far to reduce Japan to a dependent territory, for such a basically independent country, the position of the subject country was reluctant enough, and there was no need to bring more trouble to the rule.

In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Japan was calmed down, and the Ming army was withdrawn one after another, and the continuous war made the army tired, and it was time to rest.

In the second half of the year, in addition to the Fengsheng Army and the Praetorian Guard, the other five field armies all started a big holiday, a big rotation, and for a time, tens of thousands of soldiers returned to their hometowns, in addition to bringing back countless honors, there was also a lot of wealth, which not only stimulated the economic development of the country, but also led to a wave of enthusiasm for joining the army.

As the country fell into peace, the economy began to develop greatly, and the policies that had been implemented in the past began to have a great effect. For a time, various cultural and recreational activities were carried out in the life of the country.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty gradually began to go abroad, explore the South Seas, and even crossed the Strait of Malacca and arrived in Europe, and Zhu Youxiao also sent a team to Europe to march with his younger brother Zhu Youzhen as his envoy.

Soon, time passed in the blink of an eye, the winter solstice in the year of the Apocalypse came, and this day was the winter solstice court meeting, however, before the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao needed to sacrifice to the sky first, and soon, countless ceremonial teams surrounded the emperor and came to the Temple of Heaven.

This is not only a place to worship the heavens, but also the headquarters of the Heavenly Emperor Temple, and a place to worship the jade seal of the country. After snatching the jade seal, Zhu Youxiao just handed it over to the officials to watch, and after publicizing it, he didn't take it seriously, but just put it at the Temple of Heaven to worship.