Zhu Yunwen is really angry!

When he returned to Beijing this time, he was ready to completely clean up the court, even if he killed a river of blood. In the past six months, more than 200,000 troops have been fighting in Mongolia, Northeast China and North Korea, Zhu Yunwen is in charge of command and dispatch, and Yu Xin assists the prince to sit in Nanjing to raise and transfer grain and grass for the army, and has been conscientious and conscientious without any delay; At the same time, when there was a situation in Beijing, he persuaded Qi Tai to go to Beijing to report the news, so Zhu Yunwen was very satisfied with his ability and loyalty, so he found him on the way to Beijing, intending to unify his thoughts, but he didn't expect this result.

But Yu Xin didn't seem to hear the murderous intent in Zhu Yunwen's words, but stood up, slowly knelt on the ground, bowed deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is already old and faint, and he can't serve His Majesty for a long time, but at this moment, there are some heartfelt words that are not unhappy, and I hope Your Majesty will give the old minister this opportunity!" ”

Zhu Yunwen glared at Yu Xin, who was kneeling in front of him, tried his best to suppress the fire, and said, "Say it!" ”

"Your Majesty, in the early years of Hongwu, the first emperor once set fifteen 'countries that are not to be conquered', because 'the land is not enough to supply, and the people are not enough to make orders.' The people of these small countries are poor, and they have different customs and languages from our Ming Dynasty, and the people who get their land can neither increase taxes nor provide soldiers for our Ming Dynasty, what is the use of getting them? ”

"Take the Wa Kingdom as an example, can't I really conquer the Wa Kingdom in the Ming Dynasty? At the peak of our naval division, there were more than 1,000 blessed ships, and more than 4,000 ships of other types, and it was easy to conquer the Japanese kingdom, but what was the benefit of conquering the Japanese kingdom? That's why the first emperor didn't care about them. ”

"Mongolia, Jurchen and Korea, it is not difficult to defeat, but the question is how to govern?"

"It is unrealistic to garrison the Mobei grassland for a long time, the Tang Dynasty once tried, but it was only a flash in the pan; The land where the Jurchens were based was cold and snowy, and the property was barren, and it was impossible to supply the army; As for North Korea, the founding of the country can be traced back to the period of King Wu's war, and it is no longer in the territory of China, and the language and writing are completely different. ”

"In the end, expanding the territory requires not only a strong army, but also an adequate supply of food and wages."

"Your Majesty, it is not easy for the first emperor to start a business, and it is even more difficult to gather and support the people. Does Your Majesty really want to throw the blood and sweat of my Ming people into those barren lands? And decades later, nothing has been found, provoking enemies and causing new border troubles? ”

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

Speaking of excitement, Yu Xin knocked on the ground with his head, and old tears were rampant......

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen sighed slightly, he understood the persistence in Yu Xin's heart, but because of this, he also strengthened the persistence in his heart, and he gently patted his son's shoulder: "Wen Kui, you go and help Yu Shangshu up, I don't blame him!" ”

"The retainers obey!"

Listening to Zhu Wenkui's crisp children's voice and the little hand stretched out in front of him, Yu Xin smiled bitterly, got up gently, and arched his hand: "Thank you for the emperor's grace not to kill, thank Your Highness!" ”

After Yu Xin sat down, Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhuo Jing and Yu Xin's expressions, then walked to the map of Daming, paused for a while, and then suddenly said: "Yu Qing, Zhuo Qing, do you think that I have everything in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't need to expand the land and people?" ”

"Yes!"

"Hehe, it's normal for you to think so, I let you see these maps of all dynasties, the original intention was to let you see that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was shrinking, far inferior to the Han and Tang Dynasties; But what you see is that there is a common place in the territory of all dynasties, and in your opinion, since our predecessors have tried for thousands of years without success, then we can't succeed, right? ”

"This, Emperor Shengming!" This time, Zhuo Jing is responding.

"I don't agree with these two points of view, first of all, I don't think that the Ming Dynasty has everything, the Ming Dynasty lacks too many things, first of all, I lack gold and silver, lack of copper, lack of spices, lack of high-yield cold-tolerant and drought-resistant crops, because of the lack of gold, silver, copper money, so China's metal currency is seriously insufficient, as a last resort, in the Song Dynasty there was a Jiaozi, in the Yuan Dynasty there was a treasure banknote, I also have a treasure banknote, in addition to the Bank of Communications issued a silver ticket, but the silver ticket and silver are equal, will also be subject to the amount of silver, Failure to solve the problem at the root cause; The lack of copper led to the inability of the Ming Dynasty to issue enough copper coins, which seriously restricted the economic development of the Ming Dynasty. High-yield crops have always been lacking in our dynasty, since the introduction of Champa rice in the Song Dynasty, rice varieties have not improved, so my people in the Ming Dynasty have been in a state of not having enough to eat. ”

"And the country with the most silver is the Wa Kingdom, when I asked them to compensate them for five million taels of silver, they took it out, but I asked them to cede Iwami Silver Mountain, but they were unwilling, and in the end the assassination happened, haven't you thought about why?"

"High-yielding rice is produced in the south, in the further south of the Ming Dynasty, there are Annam, Champa (southern Vietnam), Siam (now Thailand) and Luzon (now the Philippines) and other places, where the yield per mu of land is very high, rice is harvested three times a year, and the grain is equal to rubble, in comparison, their land is much more fertile than my Ming Dynasty, and their people are much better off than our Ming people!"

"Secondly, it is indeed not easy to expand the territory, but the times are different, both of them are familiar with history books, they should know how vast the territory of the Mengyuan Dynasty was in its heyday, from the desert to the west and south, there are countless lands, countless people. In the Han Dynasty, there was a big country in the West, called 'Rome', whose territory, national strength, and navy were not inferior to the Han Dynasty; In the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were defeated by the Arabs, resulting in the complete loss of the Western Regions, and the Arab Empire was also a great power not inferior to Rome. ”

"We can see the historical materials of Mongolia, and the people in the extreme west can also see that they know that in the east of the world, there is such a rich country as the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not covet it! Therefore, the threat from the west should not be underestimated, for example, that lame Timur is very likely to start a war against my Daming! Timur is a believer, you should know their teachings, very xenophobic, they like to preach with a saber, if they don't obey, they will die! In their eyes, we are nothing but a flock of lost lambs, and we should return to the arms of Allah under their education! ”

"In addition, there is an even greater threat, that is, the ocean, the little Japanese robbers make me very stretched, just imagine, if one day, the barbarians of the Far West land land on a large sea ship, landing from the southeast coast, if they are equipped with sophisticated firearms, if their firearms are more powerful than ours, what will we do?"

Yu Xin and Zhuo Jing were a little shocked, they looked at Zhu Yunwen, then glanced at each other, lowered their heads and couldn't help but fall into thought.

After a while, Yu Xin first said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister, is the matter of the Wa Kingdom and the matter of Annan true?" How did the emperor know that the Wa Kingdom was rich in silver and Annam was full of grain? ”

"This?" Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, how did he know? Of course, I checked it from the Internet! But of course he can't say that, he thought for a while and said, "I naturally have my own intelligence channels, the Yu Qing family doesn't have to worry too much, the intelligence is absolutely reliable!" ”

"Okay," Yu Xin smiled bitterly and said: "If this is the case, then the minister will not object, but the minister hopes that the emperor can send more people to verify, don't, don't let my Ming generals work in vain!" ”

"Yes, I know!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is a little puzzled, why did you just say that the barbarians in the extreme west will appear on the southeast coast?"

"This?" Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "There is also an ocean in the extreme west, and their ocean is connected to our ocean here, so sooner or later they will find Daming here!" ”

"But," Zhuo Jing thought for a while and said, "But, Your Majesty, do the ministers still think that they also have saints there?" Can they build such advanced sea vessels and weapons? ”

"Hehe, Zhuo Qing, Sage Kong said: 'Threesome, there must be my teacher!' "Shuo Yuan" also says: 'There will be grass within ten steps!' Why can't they have their own saints? ”

"Could it be," Yu Xin suddenly struck a spirit, his face turned pale, turned to Zhu Yunwen, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, isn't my Ming the richest country in the world, not the center of the world?" ”

"For now," Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, and said categorically: "Yes, but in the future, it will be difficult to say, because the times are different." ”

"Father, you always say that the times are different, what do you mean?"

While the three of them were talking, a children's voice suddenly interjected, and it turned out to be Zhu Wenkui, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly laughed "haha", pulled Zhu Wenkui over, and said with a smile: "Wenkui asked very well, it is true that the times are different." ”

Looking at Yu Xin and Zhuo Jing's stunned expressions, Zhu Yunwen turned around and pointed to the map and said: "The times are indeed different, here are two aspects, first, from the climate, the rainfall in the north is getting less and less, coupled with soil erosion, the north produces less and less grain, and is more and more dependent on the south, in the Han Dynasty, Shaanxi was enough to be self-sufficient, and it could also supply the border army, and the south plain (Hetao) of the Yellow River at that time could also supply a million troops; But in the Tang Dynasty, Shaanxi grain already had to rely on the canal to transport rice from the south to the north, and when Tang Dezong, whether the grain from the southeast could arrive in time was directly related to the fate of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"And more northerly, such as the desert south and desert north steppe, can feed the people are more scarce, the Xiongnu, the Turks have more than 400,000 troops, Genghis Khan period, its standing army is only about 120,000, with the Mongolian soldiers killed in battle, the Mongols have to rely more and more on foreigners, such as their Asu army, that is, the current Asut department, in fact, the Mongolian expedition to the west brought back the barbarians."

"In the face of this situation, the grassland people will definitely go south desperately, because if they don't do this, they won't be able to live!"

"Secondly, historically, the temperature in the north has been dropping, which will cause a shortage of grain production in the north, and the cold will cause a decrease in grain production, and at the same time, it will also cause nomads to accelerate their southward journey!"

"Therefore, if we can't include Mobei and Northeast China in my Ming territory, then the border troubles of our dynasty will be more serious, because the nomads will desperately invade my Ming Dynasty and gain living space, so that my Ming Dynasty has to expand the scale of the border army, and because the northern army cannot be self-sufficient, it will be necessary to transport a large amount of grain from the south to the north, which will consume the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and in the long run, the national strength of my Ming Dynasty will become weaker and weaker!"

"And the best way to avoid this situation is to completely conquer Mobei and Northeast China, and turn the Mongols into the people of the Ming Dynasty, so that you can save a lot of military expenditures, and the Ming Dynasty can have long-term peace and stability!"

"In addition, there is another external reason, that is, from the perspective of history, small countries and small nations will gradually be annexed to form large countries and large nations, which can be seen from the history of our China, but in the past thousand years, my China has basically not expanded, but the barbarians around us have not stopped!"

"The Mongols have unified the steppe, and it can be said that it is very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to divide and disintegrate them, and it is foreseeable that the Mongolian nation will always be the master of the steppe, unless they are all killed! North Korea in the Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty has been confined to the Han River Basin, even in the Khitan, Jin period, North Korea did not touch the Pyongyang area, but by the end of the Yuan Dynasty chaos, the North Koreans advanced the territory to the Yalu River, the first emperor they cleverly plundered, to prevent our dynasty from setting up Tielingwei, its wolf ambition can be seen. ”

"The same is true of the Wa Kingdom, its so-called Yamato nation roughly originated from the Yamato Kingdom more than a thousand years ago, when our China was roughly in the Three Kingdoms period, but now the Wa Kingdom has controlled the main island, Kyushu and Shikoku, and its tentacles have extended to the Ryukyu in the south and Ezo Island (Hokkaido) in the north, and now the Wa Kingdom is in the shogunate period, and the shogun Seiyi controls the government, and the so-called emperor does not have any authority, but once they are unified, they will inevitably invade Korea, and then invade the Northeast!"

"There are also frequent wars in Annam, Champang, and Siam in the south, and it is foreseeable that it will not be many years before a stronger country emerges in the south."

"Therefore, if I don't expand in the Ming Dynasty, when these barbarians complete the integration, our Ming Dynasty will be in a very bad situation!"

"You see, if the Wa Kingdom and the Ryukyus are not friendly to our Ming Dynasty, then the sea ships of our Ming Dynasty will not be able to cross the Ryukyus and reach the wider ocean; If Annam, Siam, Luzon are not friendly to us, our sea ship trade will be easily cut off by them! ”

"They still dare to intercept my Da Ming's sea ship?" Zhuo Jing was a little unconvinced.

"Hehe, what's not to dare? Didn't the little pirates force us to ban the sea? If they don't dare to intercept our sea ships, we need a strong navy, or they will be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty! ”

When Yu Xin heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, thinking to himself What kind of stimulation did the emperor have? It's like a robber, you have to grab all the good things, and all the people who stand in your way have to be killed, which seems a little bad......

Looking at Zhuo Jing and Yu Xin, who were deep in thought, Zhu Yunwen continued: "There is a more important reason, in the future, my Ming army will all be equipped with firearms, and the raw materials of gunpowder such as sulfur and saltpeter, the Ming Dynasty does not produce much, and the Japanese sulfur is more, it is worth grabbing!" ”

"In addition, the Institute of Engineering has developed a steam engine, but has not been able to solve the sealing problem, recently the water master from Luzon, Siam got a material, called rubber, can solve this problem, for the development of the steam engine, Daming had to obtain rubber origin."

"Your Majesty, is this steam engine so important? What can it do? ”

"Hehe, Yu Qingjia, the steam engine can replace manpower, produce more clothes, firearms, and horse-drawn carts, the steam engine is much stronger than cattle and horses, it can pull heavier cars, and the speed will be faster!"

"Really?"

Zhuo Jing was a little confused, looked back at Yu Xin, and found that the other party was also a little overwhelmed.

Zhuo Jing and Yu Xin are both doers, and they don't know how to pretend to understand, but now that they have heard Zhu Yunwen say so many things they don't understand, they naturally don't dare to put forward any opinions.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but smile when he saw the expressions of the two, and concluded: "Wen Kui, the two Qing families, what I said today must be kept secret, in short, I must expand the territory, the purpose is very simple, that is, to get more food, more gold and silver, and more raw materials, so that my people in the Ming Dynasty can live a better life!" Moreover," Zhu Yunwen straightened his face: "If I don't do this, I will be a sinner in history!" ”

"Sinners?"

It's a bit serious, right?