At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the neighbors in the east were also in the midst of fierce disputes. The war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties plunged the entire country into decline, and countless people were displaced and had to become mercenaries of the Ming Dynasty pirates, who turned around and burned and looted along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

From the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty was committed to strengthening coastal defense, and in the late Hongwu period, because of the collapse of the Zhang Shicheng group that had been exiled to the East China Sea, and the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi Shogunate finally ended the Civil War, so the pirates of the Ming Dynasty, including the Japanese pirates, were almost extinct.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is also a capable man, a ruthless man, and is regarded as the founder of the Muromachi shogunate. He is also obsessed with Ming culture, except that the main house adopts the Ming style. At the same time, he searched for treasures, commodities, calligraphy and paintings.

He also gathered scholars and painters with profound Chinese attainments, providing excellent conditions for him to engage in literary research and publishing, thus forming a distinctive Beishan culture with a Chinese style.

In addition to the cultural aspect, in addition to the economic prosperity, the commodity economy of the country was prosperous, and he worked hard to develop the trade of tomorrow.

In the third year of Jianwen, he sent Zua and Feifu to Ming, and served Ming Zhengshuo in the national letter, called the minister Nagong, and established tomorrow's trade relations.

In the first year of Yongle, Zhu Di was proclaimed emperor. Tomorrow's trade relations were further expanded, forming a ten-year tribute trade, also known as the official trade relationship of tomorrow of the exploration trade.

When the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to open the country and allowed Dongying to trade conditionally, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu began to be responsible for the elimination of those Japanese robbers in Dongying.

There is no soil for the Japanese in Dongying to survive, coupled with the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's naval power, it has been more than ten years, and there has never been a Japanese pirates.

However, in the sixth year of Yongraku, after his death, his concubine Ashikaga Yoshinori succeeded to the position of shogun. Because Ashikaga Yoshimitsu preferred his younger son, he was cut off from his father's power, and all the people who took advantage of the Japanese were encircled, and he became a leader who was prejudiced against the Ming Dynasty.

He took the initiative to interrupt the trade and stopped the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu period and took the initiative to fight against the Japanese invaders.

Toei no longer hunted down the Japanese pirates, and the raids of the Japanese pirates that had been slightly restrained during the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu period reappeared.

However, they were afraid of the might of the Ming fleet, and basically only regarded North Korea as a target for robbery. And this time they headed south, they should have known that Zheng He's fleet was not there, so they wanted to see if there was a chance to take advantage.

In Zhu Zhanji's thoughts, he definitely wanted to concentrate the naval forces of the Ming Dynasty and carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the entire group of Japanese forces.

At present, it is only a period of resurgence, and the power of each gang is very small. Many of the pirates did not even have a large ship, so they had to rely on small sampans to rob them. If the momentum of their development is cut off during this period, they will have no chance to develop at all.

They are also much easier to eliminate than the grassland forces, because in the vast sea, the time and place of both sides are at the same level, and the key is to see who is stronger.

However, when the navy is dispatched, it consumes more military food than the army, and a fleet may not be able to find the enemy for several months, and the forces of the Japanese are scattered, and it is not ordinarily difficult to solve this problem in one fell swoop.

Although Zhu Zhanji knew that this kind of purge was necessary, the ministers did not know that if they could not catch the enemy after consuming too much money and food, no general would dare to take this responsibility.

Therefore, this decision can only be made by Zhu Di.

Daming now has no shortage of ships, no navy, no shortage of military spending, with Zhu Di's temper, knowing that there are Japanese robbers who want to come to Daming to take advantage, it is absolutely easy to stop the war.

"His Royal Highness, the emperor has arrived."

Zhu Zhanji raised his head, only to see that Zhu Di had already walked into the door.

Seeing that he was followed by several civil and military ministers, Zhu Zhanji did not dare to slack off, stood up, walked around the back of the case, and bowed to salute. "Sun Zhanji has seen the emperor's grandfather."

Zhu Di was obviously in a good mood and was not affected by the Japanese invaders. "Excuse me, what's the matter with Ki'er's request to see?"

Zhu Zhanji's gaze swept around behind him, in addition to Ji Gang, Wang Yan, and them, there were also Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yao Zhenbang, the political envoy, and others.

Li Liang was behind them, nodded slightly, and Zhu Zhanji understood. He had already told Zhu Di about it, and Zhu Di also knew his intentions, and now he is still asking like this, just to use his mouth to talk about it.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji asked Zhu Di to sit down in his place and arranged for others to sit down, and he also made a draft in his heart.

Waiting for Zhu Di to sit down, he stood on the left side of the copy in front of him and said: "My grandson heard that North Korea was attacked and plundered by the Japanese invaders again, and the Japanese invaders still have signs of marching towards the Daming Sea, so I checked the information of the Japanese invaders here, hoping to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders from the root." ”

Zhu Di smiled and asked, "What is the root cause?" ”

"Roots, origins." Zhu Zhanji said confidently: "The foundation of the Japanese invaders is in Dongying, and it originated in Dongying, so if you want to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders, you can't solve the problem of the Japanese invaders only by relying on the defense of the Ming Dynasty." We must go back to the root causes, find the root cause of the emergence of the Japanese bandits, and solve the problem once and for all. ”

"And what does Kir get?"

"My grandson thinks that there are three fundamental reasons for the emergence of the Japanese Invaders, and if we want to solve the problem of the Japanese Invaders, we must solve these three fundamentals."

Zhu Di didn't speak this time, Zhu Zhanji looked at his expression, his eyes swept around the faces of others, and continued: "First, the Japanese Kou began to appear in the Mengyuan era a hundred years ago, and Sun Er noticed that Dongying implemented a maritime ban policy at that time. However, Japanese merchants were determined to search for Chinese goods, and were forbidden to go to Zhejiang and Fujian in the Yuan Dynasty to do business. The government of the Yuan Dynasty received Dongying merchants by collecting taxes from Qingyuan and Quanzhou City. Most of these merchants were armed traders who had raided the western coast of Japan. They tried to ride small boats to rob the Tosa and Bungo seas, hide on wild islands, spy on merchant ships plundering them, and seduce Honyi to commit crimes against China. The Japanese merchants were dissatisfied with what they wanted in China and left for robbery. Therefore, in the end of the world, the thieves slept while they did not come. ”

Second, it comes from the chaotic social situation in Dongying for a hundred years. Over the past 100 years, Dongying's handicraft industry has been separated from agriculture and developed independently, but it is still underdeveloped. Japan relies on China for many of its daily necessities, such as silk, cloth, pots, needles, and medicinal herbs. When there is a shortage of goods in China, prices rise sharply. For example, the price of silk per 100 catties is five or six taels of silver in Daming, while in Japan its price is ten times that of China. ”

"Since Dongying entered the period of division between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the feudal princes divided their territories, attacked each other, and fought for power and profit. Some of the feudal lords, samurai, merchants, and ronins of the Southern Dynasties who were defeated in the war went to the coastal areas of China to carry out armed smuggling because of the huge profits from trade. When legitimate business is blocked, they can only rely on looting to satisfy their selfish desires, which is the second root cause. ”

"The third ......" Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Di's face again, and said stubbornly: "The root cause is the third stemming from the strict maritime ban policy of the Ming Dynasty, Dongying lives in poverty and needs Ming goods, but the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibits Dongying people from bartering with Daming, and when the legitimate channels cannot meet their needs, they can only rely on looting to obtain goods." ”

The Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy began in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, and after Zhu Di came to power, he still implemented this policy. However, the internal eunuchs attached to the royal family became the agents of the royal family, controlling the exploration trade and export trade of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to monopolize this huge profit, Zhu Di has actually broken Zhu Yuanzhang's maritime ban policy to a certain extent, but the restrictions on the people are still extremely severe, and a large amount of profits have been earned into the inner treasury.

Although Zhu Zhanji also earned millions of taels of silver as a result, he became a vested interest. But his vision certainly doesn't stop there. No matter how much money a family makes, it is not as much as everyone making money together after deregulation.

In today's era of imperial power, the royal family should not be a monopolist, but a manager. When everyone can make money from this, not only will the economy be activated, but the tax collection alone will far exceed the monopoly profits of the royal family today.

However, the lifting of the sea ban will cause a series of troubles, and management also requires patience to learn and guide. This is contrary to the management system of the feudal era, and it is also contrary to the Confucian concept of governing the country.

After listening to Zhu Zhanji's analysis, Zhu Di smiled, looked at several close ministers and asked, "What do you think?" ”

If Ji Gang hadn't organized himself yet, he would now be regarded as Zhu Zhanji's person. So knowing that this little master of mine doesn't like to talk about it, and only pays attention to the conclusion, as a result, rashly slapping the sycophants will only backfire.

Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had already taken the lead in replying: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Taisun said is extremely true, the Japanese invaders originated from Dongying, and only by solving the Dongying problem can we solve the root of the Japanese invaders. ”

Fang Bin, a native of Qiantang County, Zhejiang, has a vigilant personality and can take care of it, so he is quite favored by Zhu Di.

Zhu Zhanji didn't know much about him, and all the understanding was also obtained in this era.

Zhu Di smiled when he heard this: "Children's words, don't take them seriously. Dongying is a country that is not to be conquered by the emperor himself, how can it be lighter than the soldiers? ”

Ji Gang knew Zhu Zhanji's thoughts, and although he had not yet discussed with Zhu Zhanji in detail, he also knew that the appearance of the Japanese Kou this time actually happened to fit Zhu Zhanji's plan.

So he leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, I think that since Your Highness has this analysis, it must be more than just a plan to raise troops. Dongying is a country that does not conquer, but it is not only the raising of troops that can solve the problem of the Japanese invaders. ”

He easily put the topic in Zhu Zhanji's hands again, although it seemed to shirk responsibility, in fact, this was really in line with Zhu Zhanji's thoughts.

Zhu Di smiled when he heard this: "How old is he, this is a national matter, and it cannot be broken by his small hands." However, he looked at Zhu Zhanji again, and said sharply: "Since you also have some understanding of the situation of the Japanese Invaders, then tell me what you think!" ”

It has been more than ten years since he came to this era, and Zhu Zhanji is still a little unaccustomed to the way people speak in this era.

Just like at this time, even if Zhu Di likes Zhu Zhanji again, he will want to promote and suppress first, deliberately depreciate himself, be modest, and pretend to deliberately give you a chance to perform.

Although it doesn't matter if Zhu Zhanji says the wrong thing at this time, can't he have something to say and something to say?

(Today's first watch, I strive for the third watch today.) ）