The Imperial Council soon formed the first resolution, that is, to continue to conquer the Kanto region of the Wa State until it was fully incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the strongest willingness was not the military generals, but the Wenchen of the Wenyuan Pavilion, which was somewhat unexpected by Zhu Yunwen.

But soon, Zhu Yunwen understood the reason - gold and silver wealth are moving!

The occupation of the Kansai region not only obtained a large amount of gold and silver, but also occupied silver mountains such as Iwami and Ikuno, and it is said that the production was quite amazing; Not only that, but it is said that the gold production in the Kanto region of the Wa Kingdom is even more amazing, and there are large quantities of gold and silver mountains in Dewa, Mutsu, Echigo and other countries, and even Yang Rong also learned that the small islands in the sea also produce gold and silver mines......

In addition, the conquest of the Japanese kingdom, with only a few thousand casualties (the rest of the Japanese, Koreans, Mongols, and Jurchens were automatically ignored by the ministers), so the conquest of Kanto, even if the casualties doubled, it was worth it!

In order to become more famous, Zhuo Jing suggested that a propaganda and education should be carried out for the people of the whole country, so that all the people of the Ming Dynasty would know the madness and inhumanity of the Japanese Invaders; Let the officials in various places collect the local anti-Japanese deeds, praise the meritorious personnel, and even commemorate the monuments, and for the victims, the imperial court should give generous compensation, so as to encourage the morale of the army and the people.

Huang Zicheng, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took his thoughts one step further, and he suggested that major newspapers should be organized to conduct interviews in various places, and to publicize the characters who can sing and cry in the anti-Japanese war, and also try to reflect the nature of the inferior beasts, and kill them not only without fault, but with merit.

Qi Tai suggested that the soldiers who dared to die should be recruited in the army to go to the country of Wa, kill the Wa and make meritorious contributions, and avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty who died.

Tan Bo, the secretary of the Ministry of Taxation, and Guo Ren, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, suggested that the merchants and ordinary people who had made contributions to the great cause of the expedition should be commended, so as to partially solve the problem of military supplies for the expedition of the army.

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Seeing the impassioned and impassioned appearance of the ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion, the generals were naturally greatly encouraged, and they asked for war one after another, willing to go to the Wa Kingdom to command the battle and completely exterminate the Wako......

In this regard, Zhu Yunwen is very pleased.

In the past, it was he who pushed the conquest alone, and he was very tired, even though he was the emperor.

Now that there are so many vassals to support him, he will be able to make it easier for himself in the future.

However, while relaxing, Zhu Yunwen found that there were two people who did not speak, and the two of them should have been the first to speak, they were Sheng Yong, the commander-in-chief of the conquest, and Yang Rong, the supervision envoy.

"Sheng Aiqing, Yang Aiqing, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty,"

Sheng Yong glanced at Yang Rong and said, "The last general thinks that what you have said is very true, the Japanese kingdom must be calmed, otherwise the Japanese will inevitably rise again, and there will never be peace." ”

"Hmm-"

Zhu Yunwen nodded, a little strange, isn't this nonsense?

"However, in terms of the next step of the conquest and the governance of the land, the last general and Lord Yang have some different ideas."

"Well, let's hear it!"

"This,"

Sheng Yong hesitated, took out a fold from his sleeve, held it in his hands, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the thoughts of the last general are all written in the fold, and please preview it!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned, and the others were also stunned, and then their eyes were a little unkind.

And Yang Rong on the other side also took out a copy of the fold and handed it over.

Zhu Yunwen took the fold handed over by Liu Zhen with some suspicion, looked at it for a while, raised his head and thought for a while, and then said: "Sheng Yong, Yang Rong, you come in with me, and the others continue to discuss!" ”

Discuss?

You're gone, what are we going to discuss?

But everyone could only bow down, staring at the backs of Sheng Yong and Yang Rong like knives.

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"Sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Well, I just took a brief look at your recital, and I have some insight, but I want to hear your reasoning."

After serving as a supervisor in the Japanese army for a year, Yang Rong's bookish spirit has faded a lot, and there is a lot of military masculinity between his demeanor, he stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, now that the western part of the Japanese land has been fully entered into my hands, it is inevitable to continue to attack the Kanto, but there are also many difficulties. ”

"At present, there are about 180,000 people under the jurisdiction of the Japanese army, including two armies of the Guards, 15 guards from Fujian, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Qiongzhou, and Liaodong, and the rest of the six Korean guards, seven Japanese guards, two Mongolian guards, and three Jurchen guards.

"According to the original establishment of the Wa Kingdom, there are 39 countries under the control of our army, with a population of nearly one million, and the commander-in-chief of the minister and Sheng has roughly calculated that 13 guard posts need to be set up in Chikushi Prefecture (Kyushu Island) and Iyo Island (Shikoku Island), and 15 to 20 guard posts need to be set up in the western part of the island."

"Such a rough estimate requires at least 150,000 people."

"But there are only 180,000 people in the army, so we need to continue to increase our troops."

"In addition, the language and customs of the Japanese people are far from my Ming Dynasty, and there are as many as a million, which are all unstable factors."

"Therefore, the minister thought that the conquest of Kanto should be postponed, and the battle line should be temporarily stabilized on the east shore of Lake Biwa, and at the same time, all efforts should be made to digest the Japanese people."

"There are three ways to digest the Japanese people, the first is to select the able-bodied people, distribute the land, and cultivate the land on the spot; The second is to move the rebellious, captive, and uncooperative Japanese people out of the island, and they can move to the northeast to cultivate and build railways, and they can move to Taiwan to plant sugarcane, etc.; The third is to lure the Japanese with heavy rewards, attack the Kanto, and let them consume naturally. ”

"Of course, we can't let the Wa Kingdom recuperate, and the minister thinks that we should order the garrison of Whale Prefecture (Hokkaido) to attack and harass the south, occupy the two countries of Dewa and Mutsu as much as possible, as well as the coastal islands, so that the remnants of the Wa Kingdom can not take care of each other, and at the same time incite the feud between Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the daimyo of the Kanto region, win over some of them, suppress some of them, and gradually consume the vitality of the Wa Kingdom."

"In this way, in one to two years, the Japanese country will be peaceful in Kwantung, and our army will suffer the least damage!"

"Oh, I see what you mean!"

Zhu Yunwen frowned and thought for a while, feeling that Yang Rong thought about everything, there was nothing wrong or missing, the only problem was that the gold in Kanto could not be obtained for the time being, which was inevitably a fly in the ointment.

"Marquis Licheng, do you have anything to add?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the last general thinks that if you want to have long-term peace and stability in the Japanese land, you must increase the number of Han people, as long as the Han people have the advantage in the number of Japanese land, the Japanese land can belong to me forever, so it is necessary to migrate people to the Japanese country, in addition to Korea, Jurchen, Mongolia, a large number of Han people are also needed."

"In order to ensure that the Han people occupy the majority of the guards in various places, the number of Han people who need to move to the Japanese land is at least more than 200,000, which is not a small number, and at the same time, it also needs to consume a lot of money and food, but the general thinks that it is all worth it."

"In addition, the last general thought that the jurisdiction of the Kaito Prefecture should be expanded, and that the future Kaito Prefecture should include Chikushi Island, Iyo Island, and the main island west of Mimasaka and Bizen, and that the Kaito Metropolitan Division should be formed from Kyoto in the Wa Province east of Bizen to form the first line of the war against the Wa."

"In this way, the Haidong Metropolitan Division focuses on governance, and the Haidong Xingdu Division focuses on war, each performing its own duties, so that it can be fully planned."

"As for the Whale State in the east, the main responsibility is to attack and harass, and gradually deplete the war potential of the Wa State."

After Sheng Yong finished speaking, he nodded at Yang Rong, and the other party also nodded in response.

These propositions were the best way that the two of them could think of after careful consideration, and in their opinion, they were the best plan to conquer the Wa Kingdom, but whether His Majesty could accept it or not, they did not know whether they could accept it.

Because the two of them could feel that the emperor had a gnashing hatred for the Japanese people, although they didn't know the specific reason.

Zhu Yunwen looked at the map, carefully pondered in his heart, and finally he had to admit that this plan was indeed better, but the war needed to last longer and consumed more money and food.

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About an hour later, Zhu Yunwen returned to the Qianqing Palace, and ordered Sheng Yong and Yang Rong to explain their suggestions to the important ministers present and let them discuss them on this basis.

After three days of discussion, the Military Aircraft Department, the Household Department, and the Military Department jointly estimated the number of health posts, the number of personnel, the relocation of people, the transfer of guard posts, and the money and food, and finally unanimously approved the plan of the two, and of course made some adjustments in the details.

For example, a Chinese language school has been set up in the Haidong Prefecture to encourage the study of Chinese, and at the same time a Chinese proficiency test has been held, and those who pass the examination can be exempted from forced labor, and those who are outstanding can serve as officials at all levels.

For example, it is encouraged to set up a commercial bank in the Haidong Prefecture, and the entire metropolitan division will be exempted from taxes within three years, and at the same time, the transportation of grain to the Japanese country will be exempted from customs duties.

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On October 1, the ninth year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen issued an edict:

The Haidong Metropolitan Division was formed, and Chu Zhi was appointed as the commander of the capital;

The Haidong Xingdu Division was formed, the first capital was Shao Yun, and the supervision envoy was Ye Ping.

Landless people were recruited from Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Yingtianfu, Shandong and other places to go to the Haidong Metropolitan Division, set up a health station, and reclaimed the solid border.

From Huguang, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places, the guards were dispatched to Haidong Dusi Tunken.

Rebuilt the city of Kyoto, renamed Andong City, and ordered Shao Yun to supervise the construction of the palace, and Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, moved to Andong with three guards.

The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Mint sent personnel to Haidong to begin preparations for exploration, mining, and coinage.

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