Chapter Seventy-Nine: Admitting Mistakes
In terms of political wisdom, Zhu Zhanji feels that he still has a lot to learn.
With the appearance of the Japanese Kou, he only thought of using this opportunity to open the Dongying Raiders, but Zhu Di's vision was higher, and he had already thought of using this opportunity to make changes in the system.
And although he intermittently mentioned part of the plan to Zhu Di to build a navy, he has not yet formed a complete set of plans, and his movements are still too slow.
Now, Zhu Di didn't wait for the New Year, and suddenly asked him to arrest the affairs of the navy, and he was really a little caught off guard.
At present, Daming has a navy of 3,500 warships and more than 600,000 sailors, and conducts large-scale patrols and training every spring and summer.
Since the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty sailors twice pursued the Japanese as far as the Ryukyu Islands, and the Japanese have not appeared for nearly 20 years.
In this era, no one regarded the Japanese of Dongying as real opponents, let alone believed that they would become a great disaster for the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years in the future.
And in the seventh year of Yongle, after Zheng He's fleet defeated the only naval division of Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin Gulf. He also defeated the king of Ceylon who tried to provoke the Ming Dynasty in Ceylon, and captured him and his family alive.
From then on, the challenge of the South Seas to China's maritime authority was crushed, and the envoys of thirty-six countries submitted to the Ming Empire, and China became the most powerful maritime power at that time. As a result, a trade network was formed between the northern Indian Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Malay Peninsula and the South Sea Islands and the Sulphur Islands formed the vassals of the Ming Overseas Empire, and countless kings were proud to come to the Ming to pay tribute.
After many kings came to the Ming Dynasty, they were reluctant to leave, and their vassals bought houses in Yingtianfu, becoming the first batch of immigrants in history. Even some kings are not far away from the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and they need Zhu Di's order to drive them away in order to let them go back.
Because being a rich man in Daming is much better than being a king in your own country.
There are even some kings, even dying, they want to die in the land of Daming, they come to Daming when they are old, and then they die in Daming, buried in Daming, they can't be Ming people in life, and they have to be Ming ghosts when they die.
The sailors of the Ming Dynasty are so domineering, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is far more desirable than that of the United States in later generations.
But when it comes to the management of the water master, it is definitely not an easy matter. From Liaodong in the north to Guangdong in the south, there are four major water divisions along the coast of the entire Ming Dynasty, and nearly a hundred guards. This force has been scattered for a long time, and it will take more effort to gather it together.
As for fighting in the ring with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Zhu Zhanji was not worried. Because he was good at coordinating relationships in his previous life, and he is still a grandson now, he has a natural ruling advantage.
The key issue is how to effectively integrate the military so that they can burst into greater power in the future, rather than wasting more resources.
This is a professional problem, and Zhu Zhanji has to learn it from scratch.
At this time, it was getting late, and Zhu Di explained the matter clearly and swaggered away. Integrating the entire water division, of course, it was not an easy task for him, but he didn't want to give Zhu Zhanji any help.
The things that should be explained have been explained, Fang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yao Zhenbang, the general envoy of the General Political Department, also introduced Zhu Zhanji, plus a brocade guard discipline gang, if he can't solve this matter smoothly, it means that his political ability is not enough.
At that time, if he came out again to set things right, he could also show the cleverness of his grandfather.
Of course, if he can solve this matter smoothly, it means that his grandson is good at using all kinds of power and has a certain political ability, then he will be happier.
In any case, it is much better than the son who was fooled and lame by Confucianism.
The time is not early, although the Xingqing Palace where Zhu Zhanji lives does not belong to the harem, but the Wenhua Palace, where the East Palace is located, also belongs to the Inner Palace, and the foreign ministers cannot delay for too long.
Zhu Zhanji heard that he was going to accept the water master, but he didn't have a charter in his heart. In addition, he is now more concerned about how to explain this matter to his father, rather than immediately shaking his body and making the generals surrender.
Therefore, he simply discussed with the three of them to go to Jinyiwei tomorrow to discuss the regulations for taking over the water master, and personally sent them out of Xihuamen.
After all, they are all second- and third-grade ministers, and Zhu Zhanji, the grandson who has not yet been in power, has worked with them for the first time, and sending his parents out of the palace does not insult his identity.
Only Ji Gang made a look at him, and he kept Ji Gang at the gate of the palace.
Wang Li, the general of the Han Dynasty guarding the Xihua Gate, originally belonged to the Jinyi Guard system, and immediately vacated the quiet room and personally guarded the door.
"Your Highness, today Your Majesty has ordered the Xinjiang Estuary Naval Division to go to the East China Sea to inspect, and at the same time ordered the Weihai Naval Division and the Ningbo Naval Division to go to sea to inspect, and strictly ordered all coastal guards to be vigilant."
"In other words, Da Ming is ready for battle?"
"Yes, now some of the Daming Water Divisions are under the jurisdiction of the governors of each army, and some are under the jurisdiction of the local guards, and the orders are different, and even the orders of the various armies are not uniform. Therefore, His Royal Highness's naval division to rebuild the navy is actually in line with His Majesty's wishes, and because of this, he is determined to let His Highness take over the navy. ”
Zhu Zhanji pondered for a while and said: "The reconstruction of the navy cannot be completed in a while, this matter has Fang Bin and Yao Zhenbang to help me, you can leave it alone for the time being." I need you to focus on the Toei side, whether it is the puppet Emperor Mitsuten, or the Ashikaga Yoshinori side, including the old ministers of the shogun's palace who support Ashikaga Yoshiji, you Nishiki need to speed up your efforts to sow discord between them. By the end of next year, and by the summer of the year after that at the latest, I need them to be on the same page. In addition......"
Zhu Zhanji lowered his voice, and Ji Gang hurriedly leaned over and approached his mouth. "I need you to send someone to the Izumo Kingdom of Toei, whether it is persuasion or kidnapping, I must get a member of the Kyogoku family and place him in the Japanese team."
This kind of conspiracy is nothing in front of Ji Gang, an old Jianghu, and when he heard Zhu Zhanji say this, he immediately understood.
Iwami Ginzan is in the territory of Izumo Province, and the Kyogoku family is the de facto ruler of Izumo Province. If someone from the Kyogoku family participated in the Wakoku, then there would be a valid reason for the Ming Dynasty to make a move against Izumo Province.
You don't even need to do anything, you just need the fleet of the Great Ming Navy Division to drive to Izumo Province, and use this as an excuse to take down the land of Silver Mountain in Izumo Country.
As long as the silver mountain there is in hand, Da Ming will definitely not spit it out again.
Ji Gang smiled when he heard this: "Your Highness, please rest assured, after Weichen knew the situation there, he had already photographed more than thirty people in Izumo Country, in addition to more than twenty big celebrities, there were seven people who were originally students and samurai of Dongying." Many of them deliberately maintained friendly relations with the members of the Kyogoku family, not to mention one person, even if two or three people came out, it was not a difficult task. ”
Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "This matter doesn't need to be done seamlessly, but those members of the Jingji family must not stay, because only the dead will not reveal secrets." When the time comes, lock them up in solitary confinement, and when the time comes, cut off their heads. ”
"Your Highness, please rest assured, Jinyi Wei is professional in doing such things."
Separated from Ji Gang, Zhu Zhanji returned to the palace, but did not return to his Xingqing Palace, but went directly to the Wenhua Palace.
The crown prince did not return to the palace, so he sent the little eunuch back in the afternoon to inform the crown princess Zhang that he was going to attend a poetry gathering tonight.
Every year from August to the New Year, the farmers are not busy, and when it comes to the time of shrimp fat and crab beauty, there are many more sour gatherings.
Zhu Gaochi likes this kind of party the most, and when he hears a good poem, he will feel happier than a beautiful woman.
Zhu Zhanji has never been able to understand that the way of poetry was considered a small way in the Tang Dynasty, why Zhu Gaochi, the prince, has not been persuaded to turn back, and he is still so obsessed.
He has been patient today, not only accompanied Zhang for a while, but also took a few younger brothers and sisters to tell them the "thrilling" story of his expedition to the north.
Although some of the stories in it are fake when adults listen to them, a group of children listen to them with relish.
Zhu Gaochi returned to the palace at the time of the curfew and the closing of the palace gate, and at this time, Zhu Zhanji was talking to several younger brothers and sisters about the tense moment of bombarding the Warat army.
They all got up and saluted Zhu Gaochi, and then several children couldn't wait to urge Zhu Zhanji to go down.
Zhu Gaochi was obviously very happy about this scene of his brother and brother Gong, and he didn't bother Zhu Zhanji to tell the story, and he also sat next to him and listened.
When the story was finished, he also checked the homework of several older brothers and told them to study hard before letting them go back.
He can have such a good mood, obviously because he doesn't know what happened in the palace in the afternoon.
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji still hadn't left, he asked with some curiosity: "Does Ji'er have something to talk to his father today?" ”
Zhu Zhanji nodded, then stood up and knelt straight on the ground.
Zhu Gaochi was directly dumbfounded when he saw this scene, and Zhang also hurriedly came to pull him in a panic. "Why is Kir like this?"
Hearing Zhang's words, Zhu Gaochi reacted and asked, "Did Ji'er make a mistake?" ”
"Children are not at fault, but they are at fault because of me."
Zhang's body is delicate and frail, where to pull Zhu Zhanji, who has tensed her body, she can't bear to say her son, so she just turned around and shouted to Zhu Gaochi: "Don't let Ji'er get up and talk well first!" ”
The status of the members of the palace is often not determined by their identity, but more by the emperor's favor.
Although Zhu Gaochi is the crown prince, he is not liked by Zhu Di, so his status in the palace, not to mention compared with Zhu Zhanji, is even worse than Zhang's.
In addition, his money is not sociable enough, and he also needs subsidies from Zhang and Zhu Zhanji, and his wallet is insufficient, so his right to speak is even lower.
He hurriedly said: "Get up and speak, you surprised your father too much, from the time you were five years old to now, this seems to be the first time you have admitted your mistake to your father, tell me what's going on!" ”