Chapter 143

Zheng He's fleet sailed mightily to Japan, and during the voyage, when he encountered a suspicious pointed clipper, he immediately raised his horn to issue a warning.

The central content is a word, stop the boat, check!

There are many translators in the fleet, and the official and dialect cannot be understood, and Japanese, Annamite, Siamese and so on take turns to fight. There is always a language to communicate with.

If you don't stop the boat and run directly, the consequences are very serious.

As soon as the horn was retracted, the artillery bombardment was directly fired.

The so-called salute first and then soldiers, if you don't listen to persuasion, you can't blame others.

Since Emperor Hongwu promulgated the ban on the sea, the coastal provinces, except for the army and the boat division, are not allowed to go to the sea.

From the Jianwen Dynasty to the Yongle Dynasty, the imperial court issued a strict order again, and the pointed boats used by the people were changed to flat heads.

In the early years of Yongle, in addition to the Ming army's boat division and the tributary fleets of various countries, only the Japanese pirates were left.

Zheng He's fleet was met by the same robbers who attacked through the mountains in April.

Since the end of Hongwu, this gang of Japanese robbers has attacked Fujian, Zhejiang and other places many times, burning, killing, captive, plundering, and doing all kinds of evil.

The Ming army encircled and suppressed many times, but it was never able to be completely annihilated, and it would still make a comeback after a while, and it was very cunning and difficult to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the guards to seek opportunities to go ashore and plunder.

Property, food, livestock, and even people were all targets for looting. After succeeding, he immediately absconded into the sea, and the boatman of the guard station got the news that the Japanese had already fled into the vast sea and were nowhere to be seen.

After several successful sneak attacks and retreats, it is easy to conclude that there is an internal response to this cargo on the shore.

The commander of the Qian Cang Office asked the imperial court to allow the guards to search for the Japanese Kou Neiying.

After some deliberations, the proposal was not passed.

The opponents had very good reasons, but they did not obtain real evidence, and they wantonly searched and arrested them, which was really a nuisance to the people.

The commander of Shang Shu gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do. Because of this letter, he was targeted by the patrol Yushi again, and he couldn't move easily. It is possible to meet, but if the open investigation is not passed, the unannounced visit is destined to fail. As soon as the order is given, the impeachment of him will be sent to Nanjing.

The big hat of disobeying the order to transfer troops must be buttoned down, and the official will be at the end.

The officers and soldiers of the coastal guard post were tied hand and foot, and they could only passively wait for the Japanese to come ashore, but the Japanese invaders relied on internal responses and repeatedly succeeded, and their arrogance became more and more arrogant. Several bandits joined forces with the pirates, and their power continued to expand, posing a considerable threat to the coastal areas of Fujian and Ningbo, Zhejiang.

An important reason why Zheng He's fleet went to the East and chose Japan for the first stop was to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders.

In the dictionary of Emperor Yongle, there is no loss at all.

Whoever dares to make him uncomfortable for a while, he will be uncomfortable for the rest of his life.

Whoever dares to provoke on his territory wants to be good-looking!

Dare to rob Lao Tzu's territory? Directly copy your nest and burn your house!

He has cleaned up all the Northern Yuan, but he can't clean up the small island-country?

Zhu Di made up his mind to clean up whom, destined not to thunder and rain, and to hold it high and gently. The fist smashed down, and it was absolutely bloody. Moreover, Zhu Di is very unpleasant to look at Japan after he ascended the throne and has never come to congratulate.

What should I do if it doesn't like my eyes?

Two words, clean up.

Four words, clean up fiercely.

The infestation of the Japanese invaders, daring to ignore the new emperor, and not coming to pay tribute, the two together gave Zhu Di enough reason to clean up this group of dwarves.

Before the fleet departed, Emperor Yongle specially summoned Zheng and Wang Jinghong, so that after the two arrived in Japan, they would clearly convey his intentions.

The problem of the Japanese is very disturbing, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very angry, and the consequences are very serious.

In view of all the unpleasantness of the past, Japan must give a satisfactory answer to the Ming Dynasty.

Acquaintances, apologize, pay compensation, hand over people, no one is missing!

These words were written word for word in the edict.

The truth is to tell the people of their own country, there are many barbarians, and they don't know how to educate, so they can't be soft when they should clean up.

Zheng and Wang Jinghong promised in unison, saying that they would follow the will of the Son of Heaven and declare the edict of the Son of Heaven to Japan word for word.

Emperor Yongle was very satisfied, put down the pen, stamped the seal, and then added one more sentence, "If he can't suppress the Kou on his own, govern the law of the country, and tell me clearly that I will send troops to govern the order of the country!" ”

That's pretty unkind.

Translated into this, let the Japanese wipe their eyes with bright spots, weigh their own catties, and it is best to get acquainted with each other, automatically and consciously solve the problem of the Japanese coquents, and then apologize for the compensation, and naturally everything is peaceful.

If I don't know each other, I'm going to do it.

The guns have no eyes, accidentally hit people, collapse houses, and accidentally injure some flowers and plants, which is inevitable. Japan is responsible for all the serious consequences caused by Japan's government-government-government attitudes!

Zheng He and Wang Jinghong promised again.

The historian who was responsible for recording the life of the Son of Heaven was very distressed, and after a fierce and fierce ideological struggle, he solemnly wrote down and recorded the matter.

His work ethic required him to be realistic, but given the international implications, he was polished.

After all, the Shang-Guo-Tianzi-Threatened-Intimidated, and kept saying that he wanted to reason with his fists, which was not conducive to the external image of the Ming Dynasty.

Huaxia is a country of etiquette, and what is particular is to convince people with reason and morality.

If you want to convince people with force, you must have a spring and autumn.

Under the guidance of the historian, Zhu Di's words of hegemony and power were turned into twelve words by the Spring and Autumn Period, "Let them suppress the Kou on their own and govern the law of their own country", which will be preserved for future generations.

In this regard, what Genji, who was in power in Japan, would think, whether he would resist the Ming Dynasty's implementation of hegemony, hegemony, and righteousness, oppress friendly neighbors, and make a big effort to usurp and change history, is not a question for historians to consider.

Despite hundreds of years, there is one truth that has always prevailed.

Only when the national strength is strong can we have the confidence to speak. The country is strong, the nation is strong, and some people believe that Tianyang is square.

The Ming Dynasty in the Yongle period, summed up, can be described in one sentence, those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!

Those who dare to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty, kill!

Didn't actually act, just thinking? That won't work either! If you destroy those who dare to act, you will turn back and go to your territory to swear - lord - power.

Dare to disagree? Then hit until you serve!

Emperor Yongle is not a good person, and like his father, he has left a reputation for killing in history. But he was a competent emperor. It was the long knife in his hand that killed a prosperous era of China where the four Yi surrendered and all nations came to the dynasty!

With the emperor's mandate and the Son of Heaven as his backing, Zheng He is quite confident, and naturally he will not be polite to Japan. Coupled with the unhealthy reaction caused by seasickness, Gonggong Zheng was even more unwilling to play the trick of convincing people with virtue with these widows.

Although the medicine judged by Zhao Yuan is good, it is a symptom but not a cure after all. Even if you don't vomit in the dark, have a headache and dizziness, and walk flutteringly, there are still many problems with seeing people ghost.

If you are not feeling well, you will naturally not be in a good mood.

Violent - when you are irritable, you urgently need a punching bag.

The blind widow bumped into it, and naturally he was unlucky.

Who made them whimsical and arrogant enough to think that they were invulnerable and dared to track the super fleet of the Ming Dynasty with a few searches of small sampans?

A plank boat, running to the invincible battleship, is no less than a rabbit jumping in front of the tiger, provocatively comparing its claws, pouting its three-petal mouth, small, capable of shooting me to death!

If you feel too good about yourself, the end will often be quite miserable.

The violent-irritable Zheng He, plus an even more irritable Wang Jinghong, the two phases were superimposed, and the violent-force-value suddenly soared.

The people on the boat had to be extra careful when they saw the black gas above their heads, for fear that these two would kick people into the sea if they were not angry.

The Japanese ships that dared to appear near the Ming Dynasty fleet belonged purely to the old birthday star who hanged himself, and he thought that his life was too long, so he went to the pole to find death.

The inquiring behavior of the Japanese was regarded as a provocation, and the irascible Zheng Gonggong immediately ordered to clean up this group of blind people.

"Fire!"

Two words decided the fate of a boatload of pirates.

Death is death, and if you want to catch the widows, you can always catch them, and this boat is not bad.

In Zheng He's fleet, there were warships specially equipped with artillery, and the officers and soldiers on board were all transferred by the boat division, and most of them had dealt with the Japanese invaders, and hated them to the core, and they were very unable to eat meat and drink their blood.

I can't easily go to the sea on weekdays, and I can't catch these grandsons, but when I met them today, I definitely don't want to run!

The black solid iron ball kept smashing into the seawater, smashing the sky-waves-flowers.

Surrounded by the water column, the boat is in the middle of the waves, the flowers, the toss, the rocking, the up, the down, the left and the right, and occasionally moving in a flat position, as if they are doing a pole-limit-movement.

The seawater continued to pour into the cabin, the mast broke, and the Japanese on board were completely frightened.

kept rolling on the boat, and was even swept into the sea-waves, and disappeared in an instant.

If you are human, you will be afraid.

In the past, the Japanese who burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, faced with the danger of dying at any time, were also frightened.

Many had contorted expressions and hissed and shouted "youkai".

It can't be blamed that they don't have knowledge, in the next life, if any earthlings see a high-end alien civilization and a space battleship, it is estimated that they will have the same reaction.

The bombardment did not last long, but a shipload of pirates seemed to have been in hell for a century.

Some people had tears and snot in their eyes, desperately shouting for surrender. Helplessly, there were no loudspeakers, and there were shelling and water sounds to cover it, and the Ming army couldn't hear it at all.

Some people couldn't bear the pressure, completely collapsed, didn't want to be tortured anymore, and jumped directly into the sea.

The Ming army on the warship also felt that the accuracy of the artillery was too poor, and they did not want to waste any more shells, so they simply stopped the shelling, increased their speed, and crashed directly into the Japanese ship.

With a click, the two boats collided, the boat was broken in two, and all the widows on the whole ship were buried in the sea, and none of them survived.

Looking at the whirlpool during the wreck, the officers and soldiers on the ship said that the layer of iron sheet reinforced in the bow of the ship was really useful. Xingningbo, who came up with this idea, is really a resourceful man.

Having solved a shipload of dead pirates, Zheng He's fleet did not stop and continued to advance towards Japan.

The sea was calm again, except for a few planks floating on the sea, the sound of cannons and shipwrecks, as if they had never existed.

In the distance, a three-masted merchant ship witnessed what had just happened at sea.

The members of the ship were all shocked by the power of the Ming Dynasty warship, and the well-informed captain was silent.

A man dressed as an Arab, but with a full head of red hair, stood on the side of the ship, looking in the direction of Zheng He's fleet leaving, with uncontrollable excitement in his eyes.

A strange flag, a strange fleet, this terrible power of the sea, from the legendary Golden Country?

After a long silence, the Great Merchant Ship spun its sails and headed south.

The destination of the merchant ship was Annam, and the red-haired man proposed to the captain that he hoped to land in the Ming Dynasty.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Okay. But what I promised was to take you to the East, and once on land, you would not pay enough for me to send a crew to protect you. ”

"I understand."

The red-haired man thanked the captain and insisted on getting off the ship early.

The captain fulfilled his duty to remind, and whether this man lived or died had nothing to do with him.

Zheng He's fleet did not find this merchant ship, and on the way to Japan, he encountered several Japanese ships, which were caught if they could, and sent into the sea to feed the fish if they could not catch them.

As we got closer and closer to Japan, the news of this huge fleet finally reached Genji's ears.

At this time, Japan had just ended the Northern and Southern Dynasties and achieved unification, and it was the Muromachi Shogunate that held power, and the ruler was Yoshimitsu, that is, the general Gen Daoyi recorded in the history books.

During the Jianwen period, Yuan Daoyi had ordered that the border people were strictly forbidden to plunder the Ming Dynasty, although the effect was not great, but Emperor Jianwen sent envoys to proclaim appeasement and obtain a bounty seal.

After Emperor Jianwen stepped down and Emperor Yongle ascended the throne, the Japanese still repeatedly disturbed the border, and there was a tendency to become more and more intense.

Who is Zhu Di?

wants to grab the throne directly and beat the Northern Yuan to the desert.

If you provoke him, whoever it is, you must pay the price.

So, Zheng He and Wang Jinghong set off with a threatening edict and went all the way to Japan.

Yuan Daoyi was a little panicked, according to the reliable information obtained, the Ming Dynasty fleet of nearly two hundred, there were huge ships, the hull was huge, like a mountain, the sound of cannons, like a tsunami moving, the power of extraordinary warships can be defeated.

The members of the ship, most of whom were sergeants in jackets and leather armor, often raised their voices on the sea with "divine weapons", which was impressive and unstoppable.

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Daoyi has seen, and the warships of the Ming Dynasty have also docked in Japan.

However, they all came with a "friendly" purpose. And the fleet led by Zheng He, no matter from which point of view, has nothing to do with friendship.

It is more credible to say that they are here to attack Japan and start a war.

was so distracted that he couldn't think of a way, so Yuan Daoyi simply gathered his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

When people came, they all had sad faces, and as soon as the door closed, there was collective silence.

Obviously, everyone is not optimistic about the coming of the Ming Dynasty fleet.

If there is a real fight, how should you deal with it? Or rather, in which direction should I run?

It was suggested that a messenger should be sent to the test first.

What should I do if I am immediately refuted, I can't find out, and I annoy the other party even more? If you are dealt with as a thief, can you still take revenge in the name of justice?!

Yuan Daoyi has a headache, and so do his subordinates.

I can't think of a good solution, so I can only send people to the port to wait first, in case the Ming Dynasty really sends troops to attack, it is better to prepare in advance.

To win or not to win?

In short, let's look at the situation first.

The Japanese were panicked and prepared for war and for running away.

Zheng He's fleet was gradually approaching Xiaguan, and a huge black shadow appeared on the sea, like a giant beast, opening its mouth.

This trip to the East finally arrived at the first stop, and Zheng Hetong and Wang Jinghong, who were tortured by seasickness, were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Meng's plan to run a school in Daning finally achieved initial results.

In the west of Daning City, the newly built Confucianism officially began to be taught.

In the two-story building, in front of the door stands the school rules set by Xingning Bo and approved by the Son of Heaven.

The first article is that all students enrolled in the school will be treated equally, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, regardless of nationality.

After entering the school, they will be uniformly issued with blue cloth shirts and square scarves. Hair in winter padded jacket, cotton hat.

Tatar Jurchen students should first learn Chinese with the guidance and then proceed to the next step of study.

There is martial arts training in Confucianism, not to mention that all of them have learned to be all-round talents in literature and martial arts, but they cannot be powerless.

In the middle of the school, there are two assessments per month, and those who are excellent in both civil and military affairs will be awarded two ingots of treasure banknotes, and those who are excellent in a single item will be awarded one ingot of treasure banknotes. This pandered to the appetite of the Tatar and Jurchen students. Compared with others, they basically have to count down, talk about fists and feet, fight immediately, and out of ten times, five or six times can be pulled out - come out on top.

There was an imperial history that impeached Daning Confucianism for violating the way of the sages.

Emperor Yongle issued an order to inquire, and Meng immediately sent a note that had already been written. In the play, it once again hit Zhu Di's itch, and then there are words in the imperial history, all of them are dismissed.

The reason is very simple, the sage said, there is no class, follow the good and the inducement. The six arts of a gentleman have existed since ancient times. Daning Confucianism does, but teaches according to aptitude, what is against the path of the sage? And the bitter cold on the side, sometimes there is a disaster on the border, learn the martial arts of the middle generation, and when it is critical, you can also protect the family and defend the country.

"Xingningbo is a soldier in the army, and Jing Nan has made great contributions! Needless to say, let's look at the future. ”

The words of the Son of Heaven are final.

Even if there is still a royal history to say about the matter, it will not affect Meng in the slightest.

The ministers only saw the Daning Confucianism, both civil and military, but completely ignored the "Chinese language study class" in Confucianism, as well as various school rules.

At first, Zhu Di didn't take this matter seriously, but after Meng Shangshu, Emperor Yongle had an epiphany.

Negative hands paced in the hall, stood still, picked up Meng Er's music again, almost broke every word to read, and introduced it deeply into his mind.

"Bai Yan returned."

"The slave is here!"

"Spread my will, reward Confucianism in Daning, and make the border guards follow suit."

"Yes."

Bai Yanhui received the order to retreat and go to the cabinet to pass the word, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, who were on duty today, listened to the dictation of the Son of Heaven and thought about it in their hearts.

The next day, the will to reward Daning Confucianism was sent out of the capital.

The next day, Emperor Yongle ordered again, giving Daning to guard, Beijing to stay behind after the military governor's mansion to know, Xingning Bo Qilin suit, give 500 ingots.

Originally, it was a good thing for the emperor to give money, even if it was a treasure banknote, five hundred ingots could buy a lot of grain.

But the problem is that the timing of the money is not right.

Just in time for the palace to reward the families of the heroes of Fengtianjing, the princes, the marquises, the earls, the governors, the commanders, the thousands of households, the hundred households, the guards to pacify, and the pawns and women are all rewarded, and the Chinese duchess is given a crown and a garment, and 500 ingots of money.

After receiving the will of the reward, Meng was silent, not knowing what kind of expression to make.

Intentional or coincidental? Or is the Yongle Emperor playing with cold humor?

Looking up at the sky, there is still no solution.