Chapter 159: Scheming
On November 28, after two days of counting, all the data on the booty seized by the Daming Navy Division this time came out.
The first is prisoners of war. According to various statistics, the total number of Japanese pirates this time should be around 10,500. At present, more than 3,500 corpses have been recovered, and more than 6,800 people have been captured, and the total number is not much different.
As for the two hundred people who are poor, it may also be that they sank to the bottom of the sea and were eaten by fish, or it is possible that a few took advantage of the darkness to lurk on the island, but it did not affect the overall situation.
Secondly, 31 intact thousand-stone ships were seized, another 20 could be repaired, and another 40 had no use value.
In addition to the warships, the fleet also captured about a dozen ships of supplies, except for two supply ships from Dongying, the rest were plundered by Japanese pirates off the coast of Korea.
Li Quan, the Korean pastor of Jeju, still wanted to return these spoils, but without Zhu Zhanji's instructions, no one dared to say that he would return these things to the North Koreans.
And Zhu Zhanji is something that Li Quan can't see at all.
Give them back, what a beautiful thought!
Under his rule, the Ming fleet will never be a big man who only wants face and doesn't want to be wronged.
Although these materials were captured, for Daming, this battle still lost money, and there was a lot of loss.
The chewing of 100,000 warriors is a huge expense, and there are not a few damaged sails.
Of course, more importantly, from the era of cold weapons to the age of hot weapons, the consumption of ammunition and projectiles has increased.
Ammunition cannot be replenished for the time being, so it can only be used as a spare, but there are many stone piles formed by volcanic rocks on Jeju Island, which were ordered by Zhu Zhanji to take local materials and dig countless shells to make shells.
And the manpower is those cheap locals, who only need to be fed, and they are very motivated.
In order to replenish these projectiles, the fleet was prepared to stay here for an additional five days, while the fleet still blocked the entire sea area near Jeju Island.
Zhu Zhanji was reluctant to deal with those North Koreans who came to hear the news, one was to violate Zhu Di's precepts, and the other was that he was unwilling to let the other party continue to ask him for the loot.
Now that the war is still losing money, who will make up for these deficits?
Of course, Zhu Zhanji was also unceremonious, and asked Chang Kun, who was more familiar with the island's pastoral affairs, to forcibly buy the ponies of the big farmers on the island at almost half the price.
Although these ponies are not good at traveling and pulling goods, they are still very popular in the mountainous areas of Cochin, the southwest side.
For all this, although Li Quan saw it in his eyes, he didn't dare to say anything more.
He has already understood that this grandson does not take North Korea seriously at all, and if he dares to talk crookedly, I am afraid that he will not be able to see his homeland.
In any case, it doesn't seem too much for the other party to exterminate the Japanese and take away some loot.
Of course, he wouldn't know that Gao Yide, who was isolated by the Ming army, had decided to give up the calf of North Korea and hug the thigh of the Ming Dynasty.
If it weren't for the fact that the North Koreans still had nearly 1,000 soldiers on the island, Zhu Zhanji would have wanted to kill him a long time ago, and he would have to give the North Koreans an explanation later.
1,000 people is still a little bit more, and there are still many people on the island who are close to North Korea, so he can't kill them all. After killing it all, who will help Daming raise horses and pigs in the future!
Not to mention, the black-skinned lean pigs raised on the island here taste really good.
They were all screened, and more than 4,000 of them were wandering samurai, that is, ronins in later generations, who had no place to stand and could only come out to be pirates.
But there are still more than 2,000 people, all of whom are members of the big family of Dongying, or the family samurai brought by those members.
In Zhu Zhanji's view, the fate of these people should be to build roads on the grassland, but the plan submitted by Zhuang Jing made him change his mind.
Zhuang Jing's plan was actually very simple, that is, to exchange these prisoners of war for the wealth used by the Ming Dynasty, and only unprofitable people would be sent to build roads.
But this ransom is not to give if you want to give, and if you don't want to give it, you won't give it.
The fleet of the Ming Dynasty held these prisoners of war, went door to door to extort money, and if they didn't give money, they were beheaded all over the house.
Of course, if you want to give money, it will also make any one of them on the verge of bankruptcy.
And Zhuang Jing is also willing to take the initiative to ask Ying to complete this task.
Zhu Zhanji quickly saw Zhuang Jing's thoughts clearly through the interests of this matter.
First of all, this is a prestige, and Zhuang Jing and Ji Gang can establish their fierce image in Dongying through this blackmail.
Secondly, if you have the right to act, you will be able to weaken the enemy who should be weakened according to your own wishes, and at the same time you can support some allies.
Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing don't need a tael of silver, because they don't need to compete with Daming for interests at all. When he wants to weaken Party A, he only needs to ask Party B, who has a grudge against Party A, for some compensation.
As soon as Toei had just recovered from the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, he encountered the struggle between the old and the new shogunate, the internal and external struggles, and the enmity between the princes and feudal towns, and they could easily claim a large amount of wealth.
This can also make them personally earn a lot of money, but it will not harm the interests of Daming.
The final benefit, of course, is that they can be in the process. Quickly take advantage of the contradictions of the Dongying people themselves, as well as the current rampant Japanese traitors, to win over a large number of ronin and poor samurai, and establish their own power.
This force, which is outside the Ming power system, will completely belong to Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing.
Zhu Zhanji considered it and decided to agree to this plan.
The purpose of him letting Ji Gang go to Dongying was to be a-stirring stick. Now, they are able to find their own way to develop, which is of course a good thing.
As long as Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing control their development status, at least in this generation, he will not worry that the situation will get out of control.
After all, Ji Gang and Zhuang Jing are Ming people, they are not real He, and they will never be able to climb to the top of the pyramid.
At most, they can only become a separatist force.
And it is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty that they have become separatist forces.
So seeing this plan, he instructed Li Liang: "Go and call Zhuang Jing over to see me." ”
It took five days for Zhuang Jing to carefully shatter and fuse Zhu Zhanji's personal image in his heart, speculating on Zhu Zhanji's mentality.
Although he couldn't completely know what Zhu Zhanji was thinking in his heart, he analyzed the problem from Zhu Zhanji's perspective, and then made a decision from Zhu Zhanji's standpoint.
He then complied with this decision for his own benefit and without harming Zhu Zhanji's interests. He believes that this plan should be approved by Zhu Zhanji.
Seeing Zhu Zhanji again, his attitude became much more cautious, and he didn't dare to show his mentality easily.
Zhu Zhanji likes to deal with such smart people, and directly analyzes the benefits that Zhuang Jing can obtain in this plan.
This also frightened Zhuang Jing in a cold sweat, bowed to the ground, and did not dare to refute half a sentence.
As a courtier, he actually wanted to break away from the court and become the king of the land in Dongying, which is a great sin that cannot be atoned.
At this time, he also really knew that this grandson must not be evaluated by age.
But just as he was hesitating whether to draw a knife and step forward to kidnap this grandson, and then ask for a few clippers to escape, he heard Zhu Zhanji change his tone and say: "From Commander Ji to Dongying, Gu and him have formed this tacit understanding. He is not sure, and naturally he does not inform you of the whole plan, you don't understand, so you will first test Lonely, and then panic. However, your aura is really satisfying to Lonely. ”
Zhuang Jing was a little confused, he secretly raised his head, but saw Zhu Zhanji standing at the window looking at the blue sky outside. And his eyes were on Yang Zhangde, who was also stunned, at this time, the two of them not only did not have a feeling of mutual dislike, but also had a little sympathy for each other.
Yang Zhangde thought he was smart and looked down on the solemn respect like a dog's leg, but now he knew that Jiang was still old and spicy.
Zhuang Jing was able to make such an idea without understanding the overall situation, which he simply couldn't compare.
It can be said that he still has a lot to learn!
But the two of them were also more afraid of the eighteen-year-old grandson in front of them, who had already figured out how to break down the Dongying forces a year ago, and the plan was not out of control.
This kind of scheming does not look like an eighteen-year-old young man at all!
Zhu Zhanji turned his head from the window, looked at Zhuang Jing and said, "Get up, if people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed." For the sake of your position and economy, I don't blame you, not to mention that your plan does not harm the interests of my Daming at all, but is beneficial to the interests of my Daming. ”
Zhuang Jing stood up tremblingly, and asked weakly: "Then His Highness agrees with Weichen's plan and doesn't catch these more than 1,000 widows to go to the grassland?" ”
Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "These more than 1,000 widows, even if they go to build roads, they will not be of great use. But if you can exchange it for two or three million taels of silver, and you can still tear Dongying apart and make people's hearts panic, then of course it is better. ”
Now that these 100,000 troops are dispatched once, the silver consumption is hundreds of thousands of taels, and it is of course better to exchange it for a few million.
Zhu Zhanji didn't have the idea of fighting a loss, what was the purpose of the war? Isn't it just profit!
Without waiting for Zhuang Jing to reply, he said again: "But this Hayada Saemon is not suitable for raising tigers. Attack Tsushima Island this time, occupy this island, and let most of his people consume it! Tell him that this is the meaning of loneliness, and that he will atone for his sins by laying down Tsushima. If he does well, he will give him more opportunities for development in the future. ”
"Development opportunities?"
"In addition to Tsushima Island, there are countless islands in this world, countless areas to occupy, and some dirty work cannot be done by us Ming people. Therefore, in the future, Gu will not only ask you for money, but will also give you money to recruit troops. There aren't many others in Dongying, but there are still a lot of people! ”
Zhuang Jing understood at this moment, and happily knelt down again. "The minister must live up to the trust and let the Dongying warriors be used by my Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "Not only that,...... It is said that Dongying's little lady is docile and can endure hardships, and I like it the most. This will also be a way to make money in the future......"
(Get up in the middle of the night to update, it's so hard, let's give a monthly pass, right?) also said that the top ten should be women's clothing, and now it is getting farther and farther away from the top ten. )