Yue Yunping's expression was solemn, and he paused and said: "You are not here during this time, but many things have happened before, first there is an unknown Japanese bandit, not from the island, it should be from Japan, our army fought with them once and beat them away, but just when I wanted to wave the army to take the nameless island, I got news that a large number of ships from Japan entered the nameless island and stationed near it, it seems that it is the reinforcements of the Japanese invaders. ”

"Reinforcements from the Wokos?" Zhu Shou grew his mouth, was extremely surprised, and muttered, "Impossible." The fleet coming from Japan, how could it be a Japanese pike. Then there is only one possibility. ”

Yue Yunping nodded and said, "That's what I think too." ”

"Japanese Daimyo!" The two said in unison,

"It's amazing that a Japanese daimyo would be involved." Zhu Shou was full of suspicions, logically speaking, the Japanese daimyo are the most noble people in Japan, and they should not collude with the Japanese invaders.

Yue Yunping paused and said, "As far as the minister knows, such a flood of pirates is inseparable from the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Shou was a little surprised, "What does this have to do with the sea ban policy?" I, the Ming Dynasty, closed the treaty ports just to not have business dealings with other countries, but the Japanese were in order to capture the Ming Dynasty. "Zhu Shou can't understand, what does the maritime ban policy have to do with the Japanese invaders?

Yue Yunping smiled mysteriously, shook his head and said, "No! Your Highness, you must know that the Ming Dynasty is a piece of commercial fat for other countries, and how many countries want to have business dealings with the Ming Dynasty, and Japan is naturally no exception. Due to the development of Japanese commerce, the luxury desire of the Japanese daimyo gradually grew, and the demand for various materials and currency of the Ming Dynasty became stronger. And the existence of the Wakou just happens to be able to open up the business of the Ming Dynasty!

So this is one of the reasons why the Japanese Ming Dynasty supports the Japanese Woko! Another reason is that Japan's wars have continued over the years, which have caused a large number of bankruptcies and unemployment to people from all walks of life in Japan, so they have become Japanese pirates, which is one of the reasons for the formation of Japanese pirates!

In general, whether it is a Japanese daimyo or a Japanese daimyo, it is all to open up the commercial road of the Ming Dynasty! And because of the emptiness of our Daming coastal defense, I was able to succeed when the Japanese invaded, causing the Japanese to suffer again. During this period, most of the Japanese members were native Japanese, and in addition to naked invasion, they also used the "exploration trade" that existed between China and Japan to transport goods and weapons. When encountering officers and soldiers on the road, they will be called tribute; Take advantage of their unpreparedness, and kill and plunder. ”

"I see!" Zhu Shou nodded secretly, understanding what Yue Yunping was talking about. "Is it true that as long as the sea ban is lifted, then the Japanese will be self-defeating?"

Yue Yun shook his head straightly, "That's not the case, now the Japanese daimyo and the Japanese are aiming for the Ming Dynasty, and their hearts are even more ambitious, and they already have the ambition to annex the Ming Dynasty, so the sea ban is irrelevant, we only need to completely eliminate the Japanese invaders now!" After that, the sea ban will be lifted, but the minister feels that the sea ban policy has been implemented since the Chengzu period, and I am afraid it will be difficult to change. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Shou was very satisfied, and admired Yue Yunping's reasoning very much, worthy of the person he valued, and he really had a vision.

"This is just the formation of the Japanese Japanese pirates, in fact, most of the Japanese pirates are still Ming and Goryeo people, as the saying goes, the mountains eat the mountains, and the sea eats the sea. The population of China's southeastern coastal area has increased rapidly, but the land has not increased, and the contradiction between man and land is prominent. Since the Song Dynasty, the local residents have always regarded the sea trade as a source of food and clothing, and it can be said that the sea has fed at least one million coastal residents by maritime merchants, sailors, shipbuilding, repair, transportation, and various services.

In Fujian, there is a saying: "The sea is the land of the Fujian people." The ban on the Ming Dynasty ruthlessly deprived the local residents of their "fields", and their jobs were also smashed. In the Chaozhou region of Guangdong, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou of Fujian, it has always been the port of origin for trade to go to sea, and "Chaozhang takes the ship as a profit", and not allowing trade is equivalent to cutting off their livelihood. For the bewildered coastal dwellers, there are two avenues in front of them: either starve or take the risk of smuggling by sea. To put it bluntly, the sea ban was wrong from the beginning. ”

Zhu Shou directly agreed, "That's right! Exactly! Although the closure of the country can make the ruler not affected for the time being, the Ming Dynasty will fall into a long-term political, economic, military, and cultural serious lag behind foreign countries. As a result, the Ming Dynasty became a semi-feudal rule and a semi-colonial realm like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If it weren't for Yue Yunping, Zhu Shou would almost make the Ming Dynasty the Manchu Qing Dynasty behind.

"What Your Highness said is very true." Yue Yunping also agreed with Zhu Shou's words, not sycophancy, but admiration from the bottom of his heart.

"I didn't expect the Japanese daimyo to get involved, so it would be difficult to fight the war." Zhu Shou sighed, in fact, he didn't have any good way, Yue Yunping was waiting for him in vain. Zhu Shou had a feeling that his donkey skills were exhausted.

"Your Highness, the intervention of the Japanese daimyo has exceeded our expectations, if Your Highness you don't have a good plan, the minister still recommends withdrawing the army first." Yue Yunping thought for a while and said, "In order to avoid unnecessary damage, and for him to be able to make a comeback one day, I can only do this." ”

"Nope! No withdrawal! Zhu Shouzhi shook his head, "Although I don't have any way, but there are so many generals in our army who have Wen Taowu strategy, why don't you gather them together to discuss it?" ”

Yue Yunping smiled bitterly, "If they have a way, why should I be like this?" ”

"Don't Xiao Yan and Yang Pengcheng have any good plans?" Zhu Shou couldn't believe it, these are the two big think tanks in the army! Is there anything they can do about it?

"Alas!" Sighing deeply, Yue Yun said squarely: "The minister has brought them, you can ask them personally." ”

Yue Yunping walked out of the cabin, and it didn't take long for him to bring in two familiar people, one was polite and polite, with a short beard on his face, and the other was tall and bearded, which made people suddenly think that he was a brave general, just like that, the two who were not outstanding were the two big thinkers in the Ming army's camp, Xiao Yan and Yang Pengcheng.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The two politely saluted Zhu Shou, and they were very happy in their hearts when they saw Zhu Shou.

"The two of them don't have to be polite. Presumably, the two of you have also heard about the current situation, and I wonder if you two have any good plans. Zhu Shou hugged his arms and asked with interest,

Xiao Yan and Yang Pengcheng glanced at each other, and Xiao Yan took the lead and said, "Back to His Highness, Xiao Yan doesn't have any good plans. The intervention of the Japanese daimyo was not conducive to the operation of our army, and the Japanese naval fleet was above our army in terms of equipment and experience, so Xiao Yan thought that there was no need to go to war, and before the Japanese invaders moved, Xiao Yan suggested strengthening the combat capability of our army's fleet. Xiao Yan felt that our army could temporarily retreat to Ningbo City, as long as Ningbo City and other sea areas were held, there would be a chance to counterattack. ”18110