Chapter 002: Opportunity
Zhao Zongwu's blueprint is very good, but there is a problem in it.
To go to Wadao to exchange gold and silver, this requires a certain amount of principal, but for the current Ming Dynasty and Zhu Youxiao, this principal cannot be obtained.
The blueprint has not been realized, it is just a blueprint after all, only when it is made, that is the real thing, after all, this white flowery silver, that is really exciting.
"The land of Wajima. Is it really as rich as Qing said? ”
Although Zhu Youxiao doesn't know much about Wajima, this doesn't mean that he doesn't know at all, Zhu Youxiao still knows some basic outlines, but he doesn't know that Wajima will be so chaotic.
According to Zhu Youxiao's understanding of the Japanese Invaders, this Japanese Kou once showed such a strong force, and the Japanese Island behind it must be a powerful existence, although the national strength may be inferior to the Ming Dynasty, but some of the connotations that should exist still exist.
It's just that if you don't know the cost of firewood, rice, oil and salt, only your own family knows best, so Zhu Youxiao is still very novel in his heart.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Listening to Zhu Youxiao's question, Zhao Zongwu explained: "According to what the last general has learned, this island is composed of four large islands.
However, because the gap between the islands is small, there is not much cultural gap in itself, so this has also created Wajima in the narrow sense.
If you really want to calculate with my Ming territory, the area of Wa Island is not even comparable to that of Liaodong, but Wa Island is across the ocean, and there are sea borders around it as a natural barrier, so that it is not subject to external invasion! ”
Different from the knowledge described by Da Ming, what Zhao Zongwu said was like opening a new door for Zhu Youxiao, but it contained a new world, which firmly attracted him.
If Zhao Zongwu said those things to Emperor Wanli and Emperor Taichang, maybe they wouldn't care about it, but it was different for Zhu Youxiao.
has lived in the deep palace since he was a child, and has experienced endless neglect and blindness, which has also made Zhu Youxiao have been in his heart since he was a child, and he is particularly eager to understand the outside world.
Originally, it was just an ordinary inquiry, but listening to what Zhao Zongwu said was so tasteful, so I was immersed in it.
"Then since this island is composed of islands, how can there be a large amount of gold and silver?" At this moment, Zhu Youxiao was like a scholar exploring the mysteries, and then he launched a new question to Zhao Zongwu.
Since it is composed of archipelagos, and since the territory is not even comparable to Liaodong, how can there be a large amount of gold and silver in Wadao?
Isn't that a contradiction in itself?
"Your Majesty doesn't know." Zhao Zongwu saw that Zhu Youxiao was very interested in this, and after a light pause, he then popularized it: "It is precisely because the island is located in the middle of the ocean, which also creates its unique geographical environment.
In many cases, the island was created by thousands of years or even longer, and there are many secrets in the ocean that we don't know.
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, our ancestors had such a description of it, but because it was too ethereal, the descendants did not have too deep a connection with it.
Because of the ground movement, the veins that originally existed in the depths of the ocean were pushed up in the collision, including the veins of gold and silver! ”
In the long history, Zhu Youxiao is considered to be the emperor who likes scientific research, if you say anything else, he may not be interested, but when it comes to this natural way, it feels different from the beginning.
Originally, it was just a brief understanding, but what Zhao Zongwu said was too eye-catching, which made Zhu Youxiao deeply attracted.
"Then according to what you say, this island is worthy of the love of heaven to let it have this valuable gold and silver vein!" Listening to what Zhao Zongwu said, Zhu Youxiao said with emotion.
But then Zhu Youxiao said the doubts lingering in his heart: "It's just that why does this Japanese island have so many resources, so why do Japanese people still do such vulgar things?" Isn't it bad for them to work hard? ”
Regarding Zhu Youxiao's question, Zhao Zongwu said concisely: "If you want to describe this, you have to talk about the servility of Wajima.
The people of Wajima especially admired the strong, and they thought that kneeling at the feet of the strong was the most important thing they should do, so they would show unprecedented obedience and submission to the strong.
But once they face the weak, they will release the long-hidden tyranny, this tyranny, they will be completely embodied in all aspects, which is why the southeast Japanese rebellion, the early Japanese robbers behaved, and the external strength was extraordinarily strong.
As for why they obviously have it, but they don't sit back and enjoy it, the main reason is that everything in Wajima is in the hands of a few people, and many of them don't deserve to own it, so they don't have it, which also makes them want to go out and get it. ”
Zhu Youxiao's expression was shocked, and he made a little decision between his eyebrows, he didn't expect that there were so many roots hidden behind this one island.
"And more importantly, the rebellion that once swept the southeast is actually hidden behind this, the traces of the merchant gentry in the southeast, and they even did not hesitate to introduce Kou into the Ming Dynasty in order to obtain more benefits!"
Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Zongwu with a shocked face, he didn't expect that there was such a saying in the past rebellion.
Looking at Zhu Youxiao with shock in his eyes, Zhao Zongwu felt that the time was almost up, so he casually bowed his hand and said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty!" If you want to solve the crisis in western Liaoning, you can recover the land that fell in eastern Liaoning.
What is indispensable in this hand is silver, marching and fighting is money and food, and my existing Ming army is far inferior to Jiannu in terms of combat power, if you want to recover the fallen land of Liaodong, it is inevitable to form a new army! ”
Talking so much to Zhu Youxiao, if you want to attract his attention, the most important thing is to focus on the existing situation in western Liaoning.
Zhao Zongwu didn't want to waste his time, since he had planned things to do in his heart, he had to complete them well.
But if you want to do this, you need to have righteousness, you need a banner to do things in the Ming Dynasty, you have a flag, you want to do anything, that can be done.
The East China Sea of the Ming Dynasty "Yellow and Bohai Seas, and even more far-reaching seas", this is the place where Zhao Zongwu has always wanted to gallop, as long as he can win the authority of this domain, he can make many of his ideas come true.
If you can't take it down, then everything is just.
So Zhao Zongwu needs this opportunity, and this is also an opportunity for Zhao Zongwu, and it is this young emperor who is the lifeblood of Zhao Zongwu, Zhao Zongwu doesn't like this feeling!